IN the beginnyng God created the heauen & the earth
And the earth was without forme & voyde, & darkenes (was) vpo{n} the depe, & the Spirit of God moued vpon the waters.
Then God said, Let there be light: & there was light.
And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.
And God called the light, Daye, and the darkenes, he called Night. So the euening and the morning were the first day.
¶ Againe God said, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.
Then God made the firmament, and parted the waters, which were vnder the firmame{n}t from the waters which were aboue the firmament, and it was so.
And God called the firmament, Heauen. So the euening and the morning were the seconde day.
¶ God said againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the drye land appeare, and it was so.
And God called the drye land, Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God sawe that it was good.
Then God said, Let the earth budde forthe the budde of the herbe, that sedeth sede, the frutefultre, which beareth frute according to his kinde, which (maie haue) hie sede in itself vpon the earth, and it was so.
And the earth broght forthe the budde of the herbe, that sedeth sede according to his kinde, also the tre that yeldeth frute, which hathe his sede in it selfe according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.
So the euening and the morning were the third daie.
¶ And God said, Let there be lightes in the firmament of the heaue{n}, to separate the daie from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for daies and yeres.
And let them be for lightes in the firmame{n}t of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth, and it was so.
God the{n} made two great lightes: the greater light to rule the daie, and the lesse light to rul the night the (made) also the starres.
And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,
And to rule in the daie, and in the night, & to separate the light from the darkenes: and God sawe that it was good.
So the euening and the morning were the fourth daie.
Afterwarde God said, Let the waters bring forthe in abundance (euerie) creping thing that hathe life: and let the foule flie vpon the earth in the open firmament of the heauen.
Then God created the great whales, & euerie thing liuing and mouing. which the waters broght forthe in abundance, according to their kinde, & euerie fethered foule according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.
Then God blessed them, saying, Bring forthe frute and multiplie, and fil the waters in the seas, and let the foule multiplie in the earth.
So the euening and the morning were the fifte day.
¶ Moreouer God said, Let the earth bring forthe the liuing thing according to his kinde, cattel, and that which crepeth, a{n}d the beast of the earth, according to his kinde, & it was so.
And God made the beast of the earth according to his kinde, and the cattel according to his kinde, and euerie creping thing of the earth according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.
Furthermore God said, Let vs make man in our image according to our lickenes, and let them rule ouer the fish of the sea, a{n}d ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer the beastes and ouer all the earth, and ouer euerie thing that crepeth and moueth on the earth.
Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.
And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forthe frute and multiplie, and fil the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea and ouer the soule of the heauen, and ouer euerie beast that moueth vpon the earth.
And God said, Beholde, I haue giuen vnto you euerie herbe bearing sede, which is vpon all the earth, and euerie tre, wherein is the frute of a tre bearing sede: (that) shalbe to you for meat.
Like wise to euerie beast of the earth, and to euerie foule of the heauen, and to euerie thing that moueth vpon the earth, which hathe life in it selfe, euerie grene herbe (shalbe) for meat, and it was so.
And God sawe all that he had made, and lo it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.
THus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the hoste of them,
For in the seuenth day God ended his worke which he had made, and the seuenth daye he rested from all his worke, which he had made.
So God blessed he seuenth day, and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God had created and made.
¶ These are the generacions of the heauens and of the earth; when thei were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heauens,
And euerie plant of the field, before it was in the earth, and euerie herbe of the field, before it grewe: for the Lord God had not caused it to raine vpon the earth, nether (was there) a man to til the grounde,
But a myst went vp from the earth, & watred all the earth.
¶ The Lord God also made the man of the dust of the grounde, and breatched in his face breath of life, and the man was a liuing soule.
And the Lord God planted a garden Eastwarde in Eden, and there he put the man whome he had made.
[For out of the grounde made the Lord God to growe euerie tre pleasant to the sight, and good for meat: the tre of life also in the middes of the garden, a{n}d the tre of knowledge of good and of euil.
And out of Eden went a riuer to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heades.
The name of one (is) Pishon: the same co{m}passeth the whole land of Hauiláh, where (is) golde.
And the golde of that land is good: there (is) also bdelium, and the onix stone.
And the name of the seconde riuer (is) Gihon: the same compasseth the whole land of Cush.
The name also of the the third riuer (is) Hid dék el: this goeth towarde the Eastside of 〈◊〉 Asshur: and the fourth riuer is Peráth]
¶ Then the Lord God toke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and kepe it.
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Thou shalt eat frely of euerie tre of the garden,
But as touching the tre of knowledge of Good and euil, thou shalt not eat of it: for whensoeuer thou eatest thereof, thou shalt dye the death.
Also the Lord God said, It is not good that the man shuld be him selfe alone: I wil make him an helpe mete for him.
So the Lord God formed of the earth euerie beast of the field, and euerie foule of the heauen, and broght (them) vnto the man to se how he wolde call (them): for howsoeuer the man named the liuing creature, so was the name thereof.
The man therefore gaue names vnto all cattel, and to the foule of the heauen, a{n}d to euerie beast of the field: but for Adám fou{n}de he not an helpe mete for him.
¶ Therefore the Lord God caused an heauie slepe to fall vpon the man: and whiles he slept, he toke one of his rybbes and closed vp the flesh in steade thereof.
And the rybbe which the Lord God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and broght her to the man.
Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.
Therefore shal man leaue his father and his mother, and shal cleaue to his wife, and they shalbe one flesh.
And they were bothe naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed
NOw the serpent was more subtil then anie beast of the field, whiche the Lord God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hathe God in dede said, Ye shal not eat of euerie tre of the garden?
And the woman said vnto the serpent, We eat of the frute of the trees of the garden,
But of the frute of the tre, which is in the middes of the garden, God hathe said, Ye shal not eat of it, nether shal ye touche it, lest ye dye.
Then the serpent said to the woman, Ye shal not dye at all.
But God doeth knowe, that when ye shal eat thereof, your eyes shalbe opened, and ye shalbe as gods, knowing good and euil,
So the woman [seing that the tre was good for meat, and that it was pleasant to the eyes and a treto be desired to get knowledge] toke of the 〈◊〉 thereof, and did eat, and gaue also to her housband with her, and he did eat.
Then the eyes of them bothe were opened and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figtre leaues together, and made them selues breeches.
Afterwarde they heard the voyce of the Lord God walking in the garden in the coole of the day, and the man and his wife hid them selues from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?
Who said, I heard thy voyce in the garden, and was afraied: because I was naked, therefore I hid my self,
And he said, who tolde thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tre, whereof I commanded thee that thou shuldest not eat in no case?
Then the man said, The woman which thou gauest (to be) with me, she gaue me of the tre, and I did eat.
And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent beguyled me, and I did eat.
¶ Then the Lord God said to the serpent, Because 〈◊〉 hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattel, and aboue euerie beast of the field: vpon thy belly shalt thou go, and n dust shalt thou eat all the dayes of thy life.
I wil also o put enimitie betwene thee and the woman, and betwene thy sede and her sede. He shal breake thine phead, and thou shalt q bruise his heele.
¶ Vnto the woman he said, I wil greately increase thy sorowes, and thy conceptions. In sorowe shalt thou bring forthe children, & thy desire (shal be subiect) to thine housba{n}d and he shal rule ouer thee.
¶ Also to Adám he said, Because thou hast obeied the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tre [whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it] cursed (is) the earth for thy sake in sorowe shalt thou eat of it all the dayes of thy life.
Thornes also, & thy 〈◊〉 shal it bring forthe to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbe of the field.
In the sweat of thy face 〈◊〉 thou eat bread til thou returne to the earth: for out of it 〈◊〉 thou taken, because thou art dust, & to dust shalt thou returne.
[And the man called his wiues name 〈◊〉, because she was the mother of all liuing.]
Vnto Adám also and to his wife did the lord God make coates of skinnes, & clothed them.
¶ And the Lord God said, Beholde, the ma{n} is become as one of vs, to knowe good & euil. And now lest he put forthe his hand and take also of the tre of life and eat and liue for euer.
Therefore the Lord God sent him forthe from the garden of Eden, to til the earth, whence he was taken.
Thus he cast out man, and at the Eastside of the garde{n} of Eden he set the Cherubims and the blade of a sworde shaken, to kepe the waye of the tre of life.
AFterwarde the man knewe Heuáh his wife, which conceiued and bare Káin & said, I haue obteined a man by the Lord
And againe she broght forthe his brother Hábel, and Hábel was a keper of shepe, and Káin was a tiller of the grounde.
¶ And in processe of time it came to passe that Káin broght an oblation vnto the Lord of the frute of the grounde.
And Habél also him selfe broght of the first frutes of his shepe, and of the fat of them, and the Lord had respect vnto Hábel, & to his offring.
But vnto 〈◊〉 and to his offring he had no regarde wherefore Káin was exceding wroth, and his countenance fel downe.
Then the Lord said vnto Káin, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance cast downe?
If thou do wel, shalt thou not be accepted and if thou doest not wel, sinne lieth at the dore: also vnto thee his desire (shalbe subiect) and thou shalt rule ouer him.
〈◊〉 Then Káin spake to 〈◊〉 his brother. And when they were in the field, Kain rose vp against Habél his brother, and slewe him.
Then the Lord said vnto Káin, Where is Habel thy brother? Who answered, I can not tel, Am I my brothers keper.
Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the grounde.
Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hathe opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand
Whe{n} thou shalt til the grounde, it shal not henceforthe yelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabonde and a renne gate shalt thou be in the earth.
Then Káin said to the Lord, My punishement is greater, then I can beare.
Beholde, thou hast cast me out this day fró the earth, and from thy face shal I be hid, and shalbe a vagabonde and a 〈◊〉 gate in the earth, & whosoeuer findeth me, shal slaye me.
Then the Lord said vnto him, Douteles 〈◊〉 slayeth Káin, he shalbe punished seuen folde. And the Lord set a marke vpon Káin, lest anie man finding him shulde kil him.
Then Káin went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside of Eden.
Káin also knewe his wife, which conceiued and bare Henóch: and he buylt a citie and called the name of the citie by the name of his sonne, Henóch,
And to Henôch was borne Irád, and Irád begate Mehuiaél, and Mehuiaél begate Methushaél, and Methushaêl begate Lamech.
¶ And Lámech toke to him two wiues: the name of the one (was) Adáh, a{n}d the name of the other Zillàh.
And Adáh bare Iabál, who was the father of suche as dwel in the tentes, and of suche as haue cattel.
And his brothers name (was) Iubál, who was the father of all that playe on the harpe and organes,
And Zillâh also bare Tubal-káin, who wroght cunningly euerie crafte of 〈◊〉 and of yron: and the sister of Tubal-káin (was) Naamáh.
Then Lámech said vnto his wiues Adáh and Zilláh, Heare my voyce, (ye) wiues of Lamech: 〈◊〉 vnto my speche: for I wold 〈◊〉 a man in my wounde, and a yong man in mine hurt.
If Kâin shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech, seuentie times seuen folde.
¶ And Adám knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God, (said she,) hathe appointed me another sede for Habél, because Kâin slewe him.
And to the same Sheth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enōsh, Then began men to call vpon the Name of the Lord.
THis is the boke of the generacions of Adám. In the day that God created Adám, in the lickenes of God made he him
Male and female created he thé, and blessed them, and called their name Adám in the day that they were created.
¶ Now Adám liued an hundreth and thirtie yeres and begate a childe in his owne lickenes after his image, and called his name Sheth.
And the dayes of Adám, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters.
So all the dayes that Adám liued, were nine hundreth and thirtie yeres: and he dyed.
And Sheth liued an hundreth, and fyue yeres, and begate Enósh.
And Sheth liued, after he begate Enósh, eight hundreth and seuen yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
So all the dayes of Sheth were nine hundreth and twelue yeres: and he dyed.
¶ Also Enósh liued ninety yeres & begate Kenán.
And Enósh liued, after he begate Kenán, eight hundreth and fiftene yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
So all the daies of Enósh were nine hundreth and fiue yeres: and he dyed.
¶ Like wise Kenán liued seuentie yeres, & begate Mahala Ieel.
And Kenán liued, after he begate Mahalaleél, eight hu{n}dreth and fourty yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
So all the dayes of Kenán were nine hundreth and ten yeres: and he dyed.
¶ Mahalaleél also liued sixty & fiue yeres and begate Iéred.
Also Mahalaleél liued, after he begate Iéred, eight hundreth and thirty yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
So all the dayes of Mahalaléel were eight hundreth ninety and fiue yeres: and he dyed.
¶ And Iéred liued an hundreth sixty and two yeres, and begate Henóch.
Then Iéred liued, after he begate Henóch eight hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
So all the dayes of Iéred were nine hundreth sixty and two yeres: & he dyed.
¶ Also Henóch liued sixty and fiue yeres and begate Methushélah.
And Henóch walked with God, after he begate Methushélah, thre hundreth hundreth yeres and begate sonnes and daughters.
So all the daies of Henóch were thre hundreth sixty and fiue yeres.
And Henōch walked with God; and he was no more (sene:) for God token him away.
Methushélah also liued an hundreth eighty and seuen yeres, and begate Lámech.
And Methushélah liued, after he begate Lámech, seuen hundreth eighty and two yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
So all the dayes of Methushélah were nine hundreth sixty and nine yeres: and he dyed.
¶ Then Lámech liued an hundreth eighty and two yeres, and begate a sonne.
And called his name Nōah, saying, This same shal comforte vs concerning our worke and sorowe of our hands, as touching the earth, which the Lord hathe cursed.
And Lámech liued, after he begate Nóáh, fiue hundreth ninety and fiue yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
So all the dayes of Lámech were seuen hundreth seuenty and seuen yeres: and he dyed.
And Noah was fiue hundreth yere olde. And Nóah begate Shem, Ham and Iápheth
SO when men began to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them.
Then the sonnes of God 〈◊〉 the daughters of men that they were faire, and they toke them wiues of all that they liked.
Therefore the Lord said, My Spirit shal not alway striue with man, because he is bu flesh, & his dayes shal be an hundreth and twentie yeres.
There were gyantes in the earth in those dayes: yea, and after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of men, and they had borne them children, these were mightie men, which in olde time were men of renoume.
¶ When the Lord sawe that the wickednes of man was great in the earth, & all the imaginacions of the thoghts of his heart (were) onely euil continually.
Then it repe{n}ted the Lord, that he had made man in the earth, and he was sorie in his heart.
Therefore the Lord said, I wil destroye fro{m} the earth the man, whome I haue created, from man to beast, to creping thing, and to the foule of the heauen: for I repent that I haue made them.
But Nóah founde grace in the eyes of the Lord.
¶ These are the generacions of Nóah. Nóah was a iuste and vpright man in his time, (and) walked with God.
And Nóah begate thre sonnes, Shem, Ham and Iápheth.
The earth also was corrupt before God: for the earth was filled with crueltie.
Then God loked vpon the earth, and beholde, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupt his way vpon the earth.
And GOD said vnto Nóah, An end of all flesh is come before me: for the earth is filled with crueltie through thé: and beholde, I wil destroye them with the earth.
¶ Make thee an Arke of pine trees: thou shalt make cabine in the Arke, and shalt pytch it within and without with pytch.
And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the Arke shal be thre hundreth cubites, the breadth of it fiftie cubites, and the height of it thirtie cubites.
A windowe shalt thou marke in the Arke, and in cubite shalt thou finish, it aboue, and the dore of the Arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: thou shalt make it with the lowe seconde and third (roume.)
And I beholde, I wil bring a flood of waters vpon the earth to destroye all flesh, wherein is the breath of life vnder the heauen: al that is in the earth shall perish.
But with thee wil establish my couenant, and thou shalt go into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee,
And of euerie liuing thing, of all flesh two of euerie sorte shalt thou cause to come into the Arke, to kepe (the{m}) aliue with thee: they shalbe male and female.
Of the foules after their kinde, and of the cattel after their kinde, of euerie crepyng thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euerie sorte shall come vnto thee, that thou maiest kepe (them) aliue.
And take thou with thee of all meat that is eaten: and thou shalt gather it to thee, that it may be meat for thee and for them.
Nóah therefore did according vnto all, that God co{m}manded him: (euen) so did he.
ANd the Lord said vnto Nôah, Entre thou and all thine house into the Arke: for thee haue I sene righteous before me in this age.
Of euerie cleane beast thou shalt take to thee by seuens, the male and his female: but of vncleane beastes by couple the male and his female.
Of the foules also of the heauen by seuens, male and female, to kepe sede aliue vpon the whole earth.
For seuen dayes hence I will cause it raine vpon the earth fourthy dayes, and fourty nights, and al the substance that I haue made will I destroye from of the earth.
Nôah therefore did accordyng vnto all that the Lord commanded him.
And Nôah (was) six 〈◊〉 yeres olde, whe{n} the flood, of waters was vpon the earth.
¶ So Nôah entred and his sonnes, & his wife and his sonnes wiues with him into the Arke because of the waters of the flood.
Of the cleane beastes, and of the vncleane beastes, and of the foules, and of all that crepeth vpon the earth.
There came two and two vnto Nōah into the Arke, male and female, as God had commanded Nôah.
And so after seuen dayes the waters of the flood were vpon the earth.
¶ In the six hundreth yere of Noahs life in the seconde moneth, the seuententh day of the moneth, in the same day were all the fountaines of the great depe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened.
And the raine was vppon the earth fourty dayes and fourty nights.
In the selfe same day entred Nôah with Shem and 〈◊〉 and Iápheth, the sonnes of Nôah, and Noahs wife, and the thre wiues of his sonnes with the into them Arke.
They and euerie beast after his kinde, and all cattel after their kinde, and euerie thyng that crepeth and moueth vpon the earth after 〈◊〉 kinde, (and) euerie foule after his kinde, (euen) euerie birde of euerie fether.
For they came to Nôah i{n}to the Arke, two & two, of al flesh wherein is the breath of life
And they entryng in, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.
The{n} the flood was fourty dayes vpon the earth, & the waters were i{n}creased, & bare vp the Arke which was lifte vp aboue the earth
The waters also waxed strong, and were increased excedingly vpon the earth, and the Arke went vpon the waters.
The waters preuailed so excedingly vpon the earth, that all the high mountaines, that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered.
Fiftene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuaile, whe{n} the mountaines were couered
Then all flesh perished that moued vpon the earth, bothe foule and cattell and beast, and euerie thing that crepeth and moueth vpom the earth, and euerie man.
Huerie thing in whose nostrels the spirit of life did breathe, whatsoeuer they were in the drye land, they dyed.
So he destroyed euerie thing that was vpon the earth, from ma{n} to beast, to the creping thing, and to the foule of the heauen: they were euen destroyed from the earth, & Noah onely remained, and they that were with him in the Arke.
And the waters preuailed vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes.
NOw God remembred Nôah and euerie beast, and al the cattel that was with him in the Arke: therfore God made a winde to passe vpon the earth, & the waters ceased
The fountaines also of the depe and the 〈◊〉 of heauen were stopped and the 〈◊〉 from heauen was restrained.
And the waters returned from aboue the earth, going and returning: and after the end of the hundreth and fiftieth day the waters abated.
And in the seuenth moneth, in the seuententh day of the moneth, the Arke rested vpon the mountaines of Ararát.
And the waters were going and decreasing vntil the te{n}th moneth: in the tenth moneth and in the first day of the moneth were the toppes of the mountaines sene.
¶ So after fourty dayes, Nôah opened the windowe of the Arke, which he had made.
And sent forth a rauen, whiche went out going forth and returning, vntill the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth.
Againe he sent a doue from him, that he might se if the waters were diminished fro{m} of the earth.
But the doue founde no rest for the sole of her foote: therefore 〈◊〉 returned vnto hym into the Arke [for the waters (were) vppon the whole earth] and he put forth his hand and toke her, and pulled her to him into the Arke.
And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and againe he sent forthe the doue out of the Arke.
And the doue came to him in the euenyng, and lo, in her mouthe (was) an oliue leafe that she had pluct: whereby Nôah knewe that the waters were abated fro{m} of the earth
Notwithstanding he waited yet other seue{n} dayes, and sent forth the doue, which returned not againe vnto him any more.
¶ And in the six hundreth and one yere, in the first (daie) of the first moneth the waters were dryed vp from of the earth: and Nôah remoued the couering of the Arke & loked & beholde, the vpper parte of the grounde was drye.
And in the seconde moneth, in the seuen and twentieth day of the moneth was the earth drye.
¶ Then God spake to Nôah, saying.
Go forthe of the Arke, thou and thy wife, & thy sonnes & thy sonnes 〈◊〉 with thee.
Bring forthe with thee euerie beast that is with thee, of al flesh, (bothe) foule & cattel and euerie thing that crepeth and moueth vpon the earth, that they maye brede abundantly in the earth, and bring forthe frute and increase vpon the earth.
So Nôah came forthe, and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him.
〈◊〉 beast, euerie creping thing, and deuerie foule, all that moueth vpo{n} the earth after their kindes went out of the Arke.
¶ Then Nôah buylt an altar to the Lord and toke of euerie cleane beast, and of euerie cleane foule, and offred burnt offrings vpon the altar.
And the Lord smelled a sauour of rest, & the Lord said in his heart, I wil henceforthe curse the ground no more for mans cause: for the imaginacion of mans heart (is) euil, (euen) fro{m} his youth: nether wil I smite anie more all things liuing, as I haue done.
Hereafter sede time and haruest, and colde and heate, and sommer and winter, and daye and night shal not cease, so long as the earth remaineth.
ANd God blessed Nóah and his sonnes, and said to them, Bring forthe frute, and multiplie, and replenish the earth.
Also the feare of you, and the dread of you shalbe vpon 〈◊〉 beast of the earth, & vpo{n} 〈◊〉 foule of the heauen, vpon al that moueth on the earth, and vpon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they deliuered.
Euerie thing that moueth a{n}d liueth, shalbe meat for you: as the grene herbe, haue I giuen you all things.
But flesh with the life thereof, (I meane,) with the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
For surely I wil require your blood, wherein your liues (are:) at the hand of euery beast wil I require it: and at the hand of man, (eue{n}) at the hand of a mans brother will I require the life of man.
Who so shedeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God hathe he made man.
But bryng forthe frute and multiplie: growe plentifully in the earth, and increase therein.
¶ God spake also to Nôah and to his sonnes with him, saying.
Beholde, I, euen I establishe my couenant with you, and with your sede after you.
And with euerie liuing creature that is with you, with the foule, with the cattel, and with euerie beast of the earth with you fro{m} al that go out of the Arke, vnto euerie beast of the earth.
And my couenaunt will I establishe wyth you, that frome henceforthe all fleshe shall not be rooted out by the waters of the flood nether shall there be a flood to destroye the earth any more.
Then God said, This is the token of the couenant which I make betwene me and you, and betwene euerie liuing thing, that is with you vnto perpetual generacions.
I haue set my bowe in the cloude, and it shalbe for a signe of the couenant betwene me and the earth.
And when I shall couer the earth wyth a cloude, & the bow shal be sene in the cloud.
Then wil I remember my couena{n}t, which is betwene me and you, and betwene euerie liuing thyng in all fleshe, and there shalbe no more waters of a flood to destroye all flesh.
Therfore the bow shalbe in the cloude, that I may se it, and remember the euerlasting couena{n}t betwene God, and euerie liuing thing in all flesh that is vpon the earth.
God said yet to Nōah, This is the signe of the couenant, whiche I haue established betwene me and all flesh that is vpon the earth.
¶ Now the sonnes of Nôah goyng forthe of the Arke, were Shem and Ham and Iápheth. And Ham is the father of Canáan.
These are the thre sonnes of Nóah, and of them was the whole earth ouerspred.
Nóah also began (to be) an housband man and planted a vinearde.
And he dronke of the wine and was dronken, and was vncouered in the middes of his tent.
And when Ham the father of Canáam sawe the nakednes of hys Father, he tolde hys two brethren without.
Then toke Shem and Iápheth a garment, and put it vppon bothe their shulders and went backward, and couered the nakednes of their father with their faces backe warde: so they sawe not their fathers nakednes.
Then Nóah awoke frome hys wyne, and knewe what his yonger sonne had done vnto hym.
And said, Cursed (be) Canáan: a seruant of seruantes shal he be vnto his brethren.
He sayd moreouer, Blessed (be) the Lorde GOD of Shem, and let Canaan be hys seruant.
God persuade Iápheth, that he may dwel in the tentes of Shem, and let Canáan be his seruant.
¶ And Nóah liued after the flood thre hundreth and fifty yeres.
So all the dayes of Noah were nyne hundreth and fifty yeres: and he dyed.
NOwe these are the generacions of the sonnes of Noah, Shem, Ham and Iapheth: vnto whom sonnes were borne after the flood.
The sonnes of Iápheth (were) Gomer, and Magog, and Madái, and Iauán, and Tubál and Méshech, and Tirás.
And the sonnes of Gómer, Ashkenáz, and Ri pháth and Togarmáh.
Also the sonnes of Iauán, Elisháh and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Of these were the yles of the Gentiles deuided in their landes, euerie man after hys tongue, (and) after their families in their nacions.
¶ Moreouer the so{n}nes of Ham (were) Cush, and Mizráim, and Put, and Canáan.
And the sonnes of Cush, Sebá and Hauiláh, and Sabtáh, and Raamáh, and Sabtechá: also the sonnes of Raamáh (were) Shebá and Dedán.
And Cush begate Nimród, who began to be mighty in the earth.
He was a myghty hunter before the Lorde, wherefore it is said, As Nimród the myghty hunter before the Lord.
And the begynning of hys kyngdome was Babél, and Erech, and Accád, and Calnéh, in the land of Shinár.
Out of that lande came Asshur, and buylded Niniuéh, and the citie Rehobóth, and Cálah:
Résen also betwene Niniuéh a{n}d Cálah: this is a great citie.
And Mizráim begate Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim.
Pathrusim also, and Casluhim [out of whom came the Philistims] and Caphtorims.
¶ Also Canáan begate Zidón his first borne, and Heth.
And Iebusi, and Emori, and Girgashi.
And Hiui, and Arki, and Sini,
And Aruadi, and Zemari, and Hamathy: and afterwarde were the families of the Canaanites spred abroad.
Then the border of the Canaanites was from Zidón, as thou commest to Gerár vntil Azzáh, and as thou goest vnto Sodóm, and Gomoráh, and Admáh, and Zeboiim, euen vnto Lásha.
These are the sonne of Ham accordyng to their families, according to their tongues in their countreis (and) in their nacions.
¶ Vnto Shem also the father of all the sonnes of Eber, and Elder brother of Iápheth were children borne.
The sonnes of Shem (were) Elám and Asshur, and Arpachshád, and Lud, and Arám.
And the sonnes of Arám, Vz and Hul, and Géther and Mash.
Also Arpachshád begate Shélah; and Shélah begate Eber.
Vnto Eber also were borne two sonnes: the name of the one (was) Péleg: for in his dayes was the earth diuided: and his brothers name (was) Ioktán.
Then Ioktán begate Almodád and Shéleph; and Hazarmáueth, and Iérab,
And Hadorám, and Vzál, and Dickláh.
And Obál, and Abimaél. and Shebá.
And Ophir, and Hauiláh, and Iobáb, al these (were) the sonnes of Ioktán.
And their dwellyng was fro{m} Meshá; as thou goest vnto Sephara mount of the East.
These are the sonnes of Shem according to their families; according to their tongues, in their countreis and nacions.
These are the families of the so{n}nes of Nôah after their generacions among their people: and out of these were the nacions diuided in the earth after the flood.
THen the whole earth was of one la{n}guage and one speache.
And as they went frome the Easte, they founde a plaine in the lande of Shinâr, and there they abode.
And they sayd one to another, Come let vs make brycke, and burne it in the fire. So they had brycke for stone, and slyme had they in steade of morter.
Also they said, Go to, let vs builde vs a citie and a tower, whose toppe (may reache) vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scatred vpon the whole earth.
But the Lord came downe, to se the citie a{n}d tower, whiche the sonnes of men buylded.
And the Lord said, Beholde, the people (is) one, and they all haue one language, and this they begynne to do, nether can they now be stopped from whatsoeuer they haue imagined to do.
Come on, let vs go downe, and there 〈◊〉 their language, that euerie one perceiue not anothers speache.
So the Lord scattred them frome thence vppon all the earth, and they left of to buylde the citie.
Therefore the name of it was called Babél, because the LORDE did there confounde the language of all the earth: frome thence then did the LORDE scater them vpon all the earth.
¶ These are the generacions of Shem: Shem (was) an hundreth yere olde, and begate Arpachshád two yere after the flood.
And Shem liued, after he begate Arpachshád, fiue hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
Also Arpachshád liued siue and thirty yeres; and begàte Shélah.
And Arpachshád liued, after he begate Shélah, foure hundreth and thre yeres, âd begate sonnes and daughters.
And Shélah liued thyrty yeres, and begate Eber.
So Shélah liued, after he begate Eber, foure hundreth and thre yeres, and be gate sonnes and daughters.
〈◊〉 Eber liued foure and thirty yeres, and begate Péleg.
So Eber liued, after he begate Péleg, foure hundreth and thirty yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
And Péleg liued thirty yeres, and begate Reu.
And Péleg liued, after he begate Reu, two hundreth and nine yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
Also Reu liued two and thirty yeres, and begate Serug.
So Reu lyued, after he begate Serug, two hundreth and seuen yeres, a{n}d begate sonnes and daughters.
Moreouer Serug liued thirty yeres, and begate Nahór.
And Serug liued, after he begate Nahór, two hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
And Nahór liued nine and twenty yeres, a{n}d begate Térah.
So Nahôr lyued, after he begate Térah, an hundreth and ninetene yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
So Têrah liued seuentie yeres, and begate Abrám, Nahór, and Harán.
¶ Now these are the generacions of Térah, Térah begate Abrám, Nahór, and Harán: and Harán begate Lot.
Then Harán dyed before Térah hys father in the lande of hys natiuitie, in Vr of the Caldees.
So Abrám and Nahór toke them wiues, the name of Abrams wyfe (was) Sarái, and the name of Nahors wife Milcáh, the daughter of Harán, the Father of Milcáh, and the Father of Iscáh.
But Sarái was barren, (and) had no childe.
Then Térah toke Abrâm hys sonne, and Lot the sonne of Harán, hys sonnes sonne and Sarái hys daughter in lawe, hys sonne Abrams wyfe: and they departed together from Vr of the Caldees, to go into the land of Canáan, and they came to Harán, and dwelt there.
So the dayes of Tárah were two hundreth and fiue yeres, and 〈◊〉 dyed in Harán.
FOr the Lord had said vnto Abrám, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kinred, and from thy fathers house vnto the land that I will shewe thee.
And I wil make of thee a greate nacion, and wil blesse thee, and make thy name great, & thou shalt be a blessing.
I wil also blesse the{m} that blesse thee, & curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
So Abrám departed, euen as the Lord spake vnto him, and Lot went with him. [And Abrám was seuenty and fiue yere olde, when he departed out of Harán]
Then Abrám toke Sarái his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, and al their substa{n}ce that they possessed, and the soules that they had gotten in Harán, and they departed, to go to the 〈◊〉 of Canáan: & to the land of Canáan they came.
¶ So Abrám passed through the land vnto the place of Shechém, and vnto the plaine of Moréh [and the Canaanite (was) then in the land]
And the Lord appeared vnto Abrám, & said Vnto thy sede wil I giue this land. And there builded he an altar vnto the Lord, whiche appeared vnto him.
Afterward remouing thence vnto a mountaine Eastward frome Beth-él, he pitched his tent hauing Beth-él on the Westside, and Haái on the East: and there he buylt an altar vnto the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
Againe Abram went forth going and iourneing towarde the South.
¶ Then there came a famine in the land: therefore Abrám went downe into Egypt, to soiourne there: for there was a greate famine in the land.
And when he drewe nere to entre into Egypt, he said to Sarái his wife, Beholde now I know that thou art a faire woman to loke vpon.
Therefore it wil come to passe, that when the Egyptians se thee, thei wil say, She is his wife: so wil they kill me, but they will kepe thee aliue.
Say, I pray thee, that thou art my sister that I may fare wel for thy sake, and that my life may be preserued by thee.
¶ Now, when Abrám was come into Egipt the Egyptians beheld the woman: for she was very faire.
And the princes of Pharaóh sawe her, and commended her vnto Pharaóh: so the woman was taken into Pharaohs house:
Who intreated Abrám wel for her sake, and he had shepe, and beues, and he asses, and men seruantes and maide seruantes, and she asses, and camelles.
But the Lord plagued Pharaóh & his house with great plagues, because of Sarái Abrams wife.
Then Pharaôh called Abrám and said, Why hast thou done this vnto me? Wherefore didest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?
Why say dest thou, She is my sister, that I shulde take her to be my wife? Now therefore beholde thy wife, take (her) and go thy way?
And Pharaôh gaue men commandement concernyng hym: and they conueied hym forthe, and his wife, and all that he had.
THen Abrâm went vp from Egypt, he, & his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him towarde the South.
And Abrám (was) very riche in cattell, in siluer and in golde.
And he went on his iourney from the South toward 〈◊〉, to the place where his tent had bene at the beginning, betwene Beth-él and Haái.
Vnto the place of the altar, whiche he had made there at the first: and there Abrám called on the Name of the Lord.
¶ Lot also, who went with Abrám, had shepe cattel and tentes.
So that the land colde not beare them, that they might dwel together: for their substa{n}ce was great, so that they colde not dwel together.
Also there was debate betwene the herdmen of Abrams cattell, and the herdmen of Lots cattel, [and the Cananites and the Perizzites dwelled at that time in the land.]
Then said Abrám vnto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, betwene thee & me nether betwene mine herdmen and thine herd men: for we be brethren.
Is not the whole land before thee? departe I pray thee fro{m} me: if thou wilt take the left hand, the{n} I wil go to the right: or if thou go to the right hand, then I wil take the left.
So when Lot lifted vp his eies, he sawe that all the plaine of Iordén was watered euerie where: [(for) before the Lord destroyed Sodôm and Gomorâh, (it was) as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest vnto Zôar.]
Then Lot chose vnto him all the plaine of Iordén and toke his iourney from the East: and they departed the one from the other.
Abrám dwelled in the land of 〈◊〉, and Lot abode in the cities of the plaine, & pitched his ten teuen to Sodôm.
Now the men of Sodôm (were) wicked and exceading sinners against the Lord.
¶ Then the Lord said vnto Abrám, [after that Lot was departed from him] Lift vp thine eies now, and loke from the place, where thou art, Northward, and Southward, and Eastward, and Westward:
For all the land, which thou seest, wil I giue vnto thee and to thy sede for euer,
And I wil make thy sede, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can nomber the dust of the earth, then shal thy sede be nombred.
Arise, walke throught the la{n}d, in the lenght thereof, and bredth thereof: for I wil giue it vnto thee.
Then Abrám remoued his tent, and came and dwelled in the plaine of Mamré, 〈◊〉 is in Hebrôn, and buylded there an altar vnto the Lord.
ANd in the daies of Amraphél King of Shinar, Arióch King of Ellasar, Chedorlaômer King of Elám, and Tidál King of the nacions:
(These men) made warre with Berá King of Sodom, and with Birshá King of Gomoráh, Shináb King of Admáh, & Shemebér King of Zeboilm, and the King of Belá, which is Zôar.
All these ioyned together in the vale of Siddîm, which is the salte Sea.
Twelue yeres were they subiect to Chedorlaômer, but in the thirtenthe yere they rebelled.
And in the fourtenth yere came Chedorlaômer, and the Kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashterôth karnaîm, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shauéh Kiriatháim.
And the Horites in their mount Seir, vnto the plaine of Para{n}, which is by the wildernes
And thei returned and came to En-mishpát which is Kadésh, and smote all the countrie of the Amalekites, a{n}d also the Amorites that dwelled in Hazezon-tamár.
Then went out the King of Sodóm, and the King of Gomoráh, and the King of Admáh and the King of 〈◊〉, and the King of Bê la, which is Zôar: and thei ioyned battel with them in the vale of Siddim:
(To wit,) with Chedor-laômer King of Elám, and Tidál King of nacions, and 〈◊〉 King of Shinâr, and Ariôh King of Ellasár: foure Kings against fiue.
Now the vale of; Siddim was ful of slyme pittes, and the Kings of Sodôm and, Gomoráh fled and fel there: and the residue fled to the mountaine.
Then thei toke all the substance of Sodôm and Gomoráh, and all their vitailes and went their waie.
Thei toke Lot also Abrams brothers sonne and his substance [for he dwelt at Sodôm] and departed.
¶ Then came one that had escaped, & tolde Abrám the Ebrewe, which dwelt in the plaine of Mamré the Amorite, brother of Eshcôl and brother of Anér, which were confederat with Abrám.
When Abrám heard that his brother was taken, he broght forthe of them that were borne and broght vp in his house, thre hundreth & eightene, & pursued the vnto Dan.
The{n} he, and his seruantes diuided themselues against the{m} by night, and smote them and pursued them vnto Hobáh, which is on the left side of Damascus.
And he recouered all the substa{n}ce, and also broght againe his brother Lot, & his goods, and the women also and the people.
¶ After that he returned from the slaughter of Chedor-laômer and of the Kings that were with him, came the King of Sodom for the to mete him in the valley of Shauéh, which is the Kings dale.
And Melchi-zedek King of Shalém broght forthe bread and wine: and he was a Priest of the moste high God.
Therfore he blessed him, saying, Blessed (art thou;) Abrám, of God moste high possessor of heauen and 〈◊〉,
And blessed (be) the moste high God, which hathe deliuered thine ennemies into thine hand. And (Abrám) gaue him tithe of all.
Then the King of Sodóm said to Abrám, Giue me the personnes, and take the goods to thy selfe.
And Abrám said to the King of Sodôm, I haue lift vp mine hand vnto the Lord the moste high God possessor of heauen and earth.
That I wil not take of all that is thine, so muche as a threde or shoulachet, lest thou shuldest saie, I haue made, Abrámriche,
Saue onely that, which the yong men haue eaten, and the partes of the men which went with me, Anêr, Eshcôl, and Mamré: let them take their partes.
AFter these things, the worde of the Lord came vnto Abra{m} in a visio{n}, saying Feare not, Abrám, I am thy buckler (and, thine exceading great rewarde.
And Abrám said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seing I go childeles, and the stuarde of mine house (is) this Eliézer of Damascus?
Againe Abrám said, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no sede: wherfore lo, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.
Then beholde, the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying, He shal not be thine heire but one that shal come out of thine owne bowelles, he shalbe thine heire.
Moreouer he broght him forthe and said, Loke vp now vnto heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to nombre them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy sede be.
And (Abrám) beleued the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousnes.
Againe he said vnto him, I am the Lord, that broght thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherit it.
And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shal inherit it?
Then he said vnto him, Take me an heyfer of thre yeres olde, and a she goate of thre yeres olde, and a ramme of thre yeres olde, a 〈◊〉 doue also and a pigion.
So he toke al these vnto him, and diuided them in the middes, and laied euerie pece one against another: but the birdes diuided he not.
Then foules fel on the carkases, & Abrám droue them awaie.
And when the sunne went downe, there fel an heauei slepe vpon Abrâm: and lo, a verie feareful darcknes fel vpon him.
Then he said to Abrám, Knowe this of a suretie, that thy sede shall be a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeres, and shal serue them: and they shall entreate them euill.
Not withstanding the nacion, whome they shal serue, wil I iudge: & afterward shal they come out with great substance.
But thou shalt go vnto thy fathers in peace (and) shalt be buryed in a good age.
And in the fourthe generacion they shall come hether againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet ful.
Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darckenes: and beholde, a smoking furnace, and a fire brande, whiche went betwene those peces.
In that same day the Lord made a coueuant with Abrám, saying, Vnto thy sede haue I giuen this land, from the riuer of Egipt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.
The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites.
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Repahîms.
The Amorites also, and the Canaanites and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.
NOw Sarái Abrams wife bare him no children, & she had a maide an Egiptian Hagār by name.
And Sarái said vnto Abrám, Beholde now, the Lord hathe restrayned me from childe bearing. I pray thee go in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her. And Abram obeied the voice of Sarái.
Then Sarái Abrams wife toke Hagár her maide the Egyptian, after Abrám had dwelled ten yere in the land of Canáan, and gaue her to her housband Abrám for his wife.
¶ And he went in vnto Hagár, and she conceiued, and when she sawe that she had conceiued, her dame was despised in her eies.
Then Sarái said to Abrám, Thou doest me wrong, I haue giuen my maide into thy bosome, and she seeth that she hath conceiued and I am despised in her eies: the Lord iudge betwene me and thee.
Then Abrám said to Sarâi, Beholde, thy maide (is) in thine hand: do with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarái delt roughly with her: wherefore she fled from her.
¶ But the Angel of the Lord founde her beside a fountaine of water in the wildernes by the fountaine in the way to Shur.
And he said, Hagár Sarais maide, whence comest thou? and whether wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from my dame Sarâi.
〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the Lord said to her, Returne to thy dame, and humble thy self vnder her handes.
Againe the Angel of the Lord said vnto her I wil so greatly encrease thy sede, that it shal not be nombred for multitude.
Also the Angel of the Lord said vnto her. Se thou art with childe, and shalt beare a sonne and shalt cal his name Ishma-él: for the Lord hathe heard thy tribulation.
And he shal be a wilde man: his hand (shalbe) against euerie man, & euerie mans hand against him and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Then she called the name of the Lord, that spake vnto her, Thou God lokest on me: for she said, Haue I not also here loked after him that seeth me?
Wherefore the well was called, Beér-la hai-roi, lo, (it is) betwene Kadésh and Béred.
¶ And Hagár bare Abrám a sonne, & Abrám called his sonnes name, whiche Hagár bare, Ishmaél.
And Abrám (was) foure score and sixe yere olde, when Hagár bare him Ishmaél.
WHen Abrám was ninety yere olde and nine, the Lorde appeared to Abrám, and said vnto hym, I am GOD all sufficient, walke before me, and be thou vpright.
And I will make my couenant betwene me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceadingly.
Then Abrám fel on his face, and God talked with hym, saying.
Beholde, I (make) my couenant with thee, & thou shalt be a father of manie nacions.
Nether shall thy name anie more be called, Abrám, but thy name shalbe Abrahám: for a father of manie nacions haue I made thee.
Also I wil make thee exceading fruteful, a{n}d wil make nacions of thee: yea, Kings shal procede of thee.
Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betwene me and thee, and thy sede after thee in their generacions, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy sede after thee.
And I wil giue thee and thy sede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen al the land of Canáan, for an euerlasting possession, and I wil be their God.
¶ Againe God said vnto Abrahám, Thou also shalt kepe my couenant, thou, and thy sede after thee in their generacions.
This is my couenant, which ye shal kepe betwene me and you, and thy sede after thee Let euerie man childe among you be circumcised:
That is, ye shal circumcise the foreskin of your flesh, and it shal be a signe of the couenant betwene me and you.
And euerie man childe of eight daies olde among you, shalbe circumcised in your generacions, aswel he that is borne in (thine) house, as he that is boght with money of any stranger, which is not of thy sede.
He that is borne in thine house, and he that is boght with thy money, must nedes be circumcised: so my couenant shal be in your flesh for an euerlasting couenant.
But the vncircumcised man childe, in whose slesh the foreskinne is not circumcised, euen that personne shal be cut of from his people, (because) he hathe broken my couenant.
¶ Afterward God said vnto Abrahám, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarâi, but Saráh (shalbe) her name.
And I wil blesse her, and wil also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I wil blesse her and she shalbe (the mother) of nations: Kings (also) of people shal come of her.
Then Abrahám fel vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shal a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yere olde? and shal Saráh that is ninety yere olde beare?
And Abrahám said vnto God, 〈◊〉 Oh, that Ishmaél might liue in thy sight.
Then God said, Saráh thy wife shal beare thee a sonne in dede, and thou shalt call his name Izhák: and I wil establish my couena{n}t with him for an euerlasting couenant, (and) with his sede after him.
And as concerning Ishmaél, I haue heard thee: lo, I haue blessed him, and wil make him fruteful, and wil multiplie him exceadingly twelue princes shal he beget, and I wil make a great nacion of him.
But my couenant wil I establish with Izhák which Saráh shal beare vnto thee, the next yere at this season.
And he left of talking with him, and God went vp from Abrahám.
¶ Then Abrahám toke Ishmaél his sonne and all that were borne in his house, and all that was boght with his money, (that is,) euerie man childe among the men of Abrahams house, and he circumcised the foreskinne of their flesh in that self same day, as God had commanded him.
Abrahám also him selfe was ninety yere olde and nine, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised.
And Ishmaél his sonne was thirtene yere olde, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised.
The selfe same day was Abrahám circumcised, and Ishmaél his sonne:
And all the men of his house, (bothe) borne in his house, and boght with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
AGaine the Lord appeared vnto him in the plaine of Mamré, as he sate in his tent dore about the heate of the day.
And he lift vp his eies, and loked: and lo, thre men stode by him, and when he sawe (them) he ran to mete them from the tent dore, and bowed him selfe to the grounde.
And he said, Lord, if I haue now found fauour in thy sight, go not, I praie thee, from thy seruant.
Let a litle water, I pray you, be broght, and wash your fete, and rest your selues vnder the tre.
And I wil bring a morsel of bread, that you may comfort your heartes, afterwarde ye shal go your waies: for therfore are ye come to your seruant. And they said, Do euen as thou hast said.
Then Abrahám made haste into the tent vnto Saráh, and said, Make ready at once thre measures of fine meale: knede it, and make cakes vpon the herthe.
And Abrahám ran to the beastes, and toke a tender and good calfe, and gaue it to the seruant, who hasted to make it ready.
And he toke butter and milke, and the calfe which he had prepared, and set before them and stode him selfe by them vnder the tre, & thei did eat.
¶ Then thei said to him, Where is Saráh thy wife? And he answered, Beholde, (she is) in the tent.
And he said, I wil certeinly come againe vnto thee according to the time of life: and lo, Saráh thy wife shal haue a sonne: and Saráh heard in the tent dore, which was behinde him.
[Now Abrahám and Saráh (were) olde and stryken in age, (and) it ceased to be with Saráh after the maner of women]
Therfore Saráh laughed within her selfe, saying, After I am waxed olde, and my lord also, shal I haue lust?
And the Lord said vnto Abrahám, Wherfore did Saráh thus laugh, saying, Shal I certeinly beare a childe, which am olde?
[Shal anie thing be hard to the Lord? at the time appointed wil I returne vnto thee, (euen) according to the time of life, and Saráh shal haue a sonne.]
But Saráh denied, saying, I laughed not: for she was afraied. And he said, It is not so: for thou laughedst.
¶ Afterward the men did rise vp from the{n}ce and loked toward Sodóm: and Abrahám we{n}t with them to bring them out the waie.
And the Lord said, Shal I hide from Abraham that thing which I do,
Seing that Abrahám shalbe in dede a great and a mightie nacion, and all the nacions of the earth shal be blessed in him?
For I knowe him that he wil commande his sonnes and his housholde after him, that thei kepe the waie of the Lord, to do righteousnes and iudgement, that the Lord maie bring vpon Abrahám that he hathe spoken vnto him.
Then the Lord said, Because the crie of Sodôm and Gomoráh is great, & because their sinne is exceading grieuous,
I wil go downe now, and se whether thei haue done altogether according to that crie, which is come vnto me: and if not, (that) I maie knowe.
And the men turned thence and went toward Sodôm: but Abrahám stode yet before the Lord.
Then Abraha{m} drewe nere, & said, Wilt thou also destroie the righteous with the wicked?
If there be fiftie righteous within the citie, wilt thou destroie a{n}d not spare the place for the fiftie righteous that are therein?
Be it farre from thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous shuld be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee, shal not the iudge of all the worlde do right?
And the Lord answered, If I shal finde in Sodom fifty righteous within the citie, then wil I spare all the place for their sakes.
Then Abrahám answered and said, Beholde now, I haue begonne to speake vnto my Lord, and I am but dust and asihes.
If there shal lacke fiue of fiftie righteous, wilt thou destroie all the citie for fiue? And he said, If I finde there fiue and fourty, I wil not destroie it.
And he yet spake to him againe, and said, what if there shalbe founde fourtie? Then he answered, I wil not do it for fourties sake.
Againe he said, Let not my Lord now be angry that I speake, What if thirtie be founde there? Then he said, I wil not do it, if I finde thirtie there.
Moreouer he said, Beholde, now I haue begonne to spake vnto my Lord, What if twentie be founde there? And he answered, I will not destroie it for twenties sake.
Then he said, Let not my Lord be now angrie, and I will speake but this once, What if ten be founde there? And he answered, I will destroie it for tens sake.
¶ And the Lord went his waye when he had left communing with Abrahám, and Abraha{m} returned vnto his place.
ANd in the euening their came two Angels to Sodôm: and Lot sate at the gate of Sodôm, and Lot sawe (them,) and rose vp to mete them, and he bowed him selfe with his face to the grownd.
And he said, Se my Lords I praye you turne in now into your seruants house, and tarie all night, and wash your fete, and ye shall rise vp early and go your waies. Who said, Naie, but we will abide in the strete all night.
Then he preased vpon them earnestly, and they turned into him, and came to his house and he made them a feast, and did bake vnleauened bread, and they did eat.
But before they went to bed, the men of the citie, (euen) the men of Sodôm compassed the house round about from the yong to the olde, al the people from (al) quarters.
Who crying vnto Lot said to him, Where are the men, whiche came to thee this night? bring them out vnto vs that we maie know them.
Then Lot went out at the dore vnto them, and shut the dore after him.
And said, I praie you, my brethren, do not (so) wickedly.
Beholde now, I haue two daughters, which haue not knowen man: then wil I bring out now vnto you, and do to them as semeth you good: onely vnto these men do nothyng for therefore are they come vnder the shadowe ōf my rofe.
Then they said, Awaie hence, and they said He is come alone as a stranger, and shall he iudge and rule? we wil now deale worse with thee then with them. So they preased sore vpo{n} Lot 〈◊〉 himself, & came to breake the dore
But the men put forthe their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut to the dore.
Then they smote the men that were at the dore of the house with blindenes bothe smale and great, so that thei were wearie in seking the dore.
¶ Then the men said vnto Lot, Whome, hast thou yet here? ether sonne in lawe or thy so{n}nes, or thy daughters, or whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bring it out of this place.
For we wil destroie this place, because the crie of them is great before the Lord, and the Lord hathe sent vs to destroie it.
Then Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe, which maried his daughters, & said, Arise, get you out of this place: for the Lord wil destroie the citie: but he semed to his sonnes in lawe as thogh he had mocked
¶ And when the morning arose, the 〈◊〉 hasted Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, & thy two daughters which are here, lest thou be destroied in the punishment of the citie.
And (as) he prolonged the time, the men caught both him and his wife, and his two daughters by the handes [the Lord being mercifull vnto hym] and they broght hym forthe, and set him without the citie.
¶ And when they had broght the{m} out, (the Angel) said: escape for thy life: loke not behinde thee, nether tarie thou in al the plaine escape into the mountaine, lest thou be destroyed.
And Lot said vnto them, Not so, I praie thee my Lord.
Beholde now, thy seruant hathe founde grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercie, whiche thou hast shewed vnto me in sauyng my life: and I can not escape in the mountaine, lest (some) euil take me, & I die.
Se now this citie hereby to flee vnto whiche is a litle one: Oh let me escape thither: is it not a litle one, and my soule shall liue?
Then he said vnto him, Beholde, I haue receiued thy request also concernyng thys thing, that I will not ouerthrowe this citie, for the whiche thou hast spoken.
Haste thee, saue thee there: for I can do nothing till thou become thether. Therefore the name of the citie was called Zôar.
¶ The sunne did rise vpon the earth, when Lot entred into Zôar,
Then the Lord rained vpon Sodôm and vpon Gomoráh brimstone, and fire fro{m} the Lord out of heauen.
And ouerthrewe those cities and all the plaine, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that that grewe vpon the earth.
¶ Now his wife behinde him loked backe and was turned into a piller of salt.
¶ And Abrahám rising vp early in the morning (went) to the place, where he had stand before the Lord, and loking toward Sodôm and Gomoráh and toward al the land of the plaine.
Beholde, he sawe the smoke of the land mounting vp as the smoke of a fornace.
¶ But yet when God destroied the cities of the plaine, God thoght vpon Abraha{m}, and sent Lot out from the middes of the destruction, 〈◊〉 he ouerthrew the cities wherein Lot dwelled.
¶ Then Lot went vp from Zôar, and dwelt in the mountaine with his two daughters: for he feared to tarie in Zóar, but dwelt in a caue, he, and his two daughters.
And the elder said vnto the yonger, Our father is olde, and there is not a man in the earth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the earth.
Come, we wil make our father drinke wine, and lye with him, that we maie preserue sede of our father.
So thei made their father drinke wine that night, and the elder went and laie with her father: but he perceiued not, nether when she laie downe, nether when she rose vp.
And on the morow the elder said to the yonger, Beholde, yester night laie I with my father: let vs make him drinke wine this night also, and go thou (and) lye with him, that we maie preserue sede of our father.
So thei made their father drinke wine that night also, and the yonger arose, & laie with him, but he perceiued not, when she laie downe, nether when she rose vp,
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with childe by their father.
And the elder bare a sonne, and she called his name Moáb: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this daie.
And the yonger bare a sonne also, and she called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the Ammonites vnto this daie.
AFterwarde Abrahám departed thence toward the South countrie and dwelled betwene Cadésh and Shur, and soiourned in Gerár.
And-Abrahám said of Saráh his wife, She is my sister. Them Abimélech King of Gerár sent and toke Saráh.
But God came to Abimélech in a dreame by night and said to him, Beholde, thou art but dead, because of the woma{n}, which thou hast taken: for she is a mans wife.
[Notwithstanding Abimélech had not yet come nere her] And he said, Lord, wilt thou slaie euen the righteous nacion?
Said not he vnto me, She is my sister? yea, and she her selfe said, He is my brother: with an vpright minde, and innocent hands haue I done this.
And God said vnto him by a dreame, I knowe that thou didest this eue{n} with an vpright minde, and I kept thee also that thou shuldest not sinne against me: therfore suffred I thee not to touche her.
Now then deliuer the man his wife againe: for he is a Prophet, and he shal praye for thee that thou mayestliue: but if thou deliuer her not againe, be sure that thou shalt die the death, thou, and all that thou hast.
Then Abimélech rising vp early in the morning called all his seruantes, & tolde all these thynges vnto them, and the men were sore afraide.
Afterward Abimélech called Abrahám, and said vnto him, What hast thou done vnto vs? & what haue I offended thee, that thou hast broght on me and on my kingdome (this) great sinne? thou hast done things vnto me that ought not to be done.
So Abimélech said vnto Abrahám, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing?
Then Abrahám answered, Because I thoght (thus,) Surely the feare of God (is) not in this place, and they wil slay me for my wiues sake.
Yet in very dede she is my sister: for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she is my wife.
Now when God caused me to wandre out of my fathers house, I said them to her, This is thy kindenes that thou shalt shewe vnto me in all places where we come, Say thou of me, He is my brother.
Then toke Abimélech shepe and beues a{n}d men seruantes, and women seruantes, and gaue them vnto Abrahám, and restored him Saráh his wife.
And Abimélech said, Behold, my land (is) before thee: dwel where it pleaseth thee.
Like wise to Sarâh he said, Beholde, I haue giuen thy brother a thousand peces of siluer beholde, he is the vaile of thine eies to all that are with thee, and to all (others:) and she was thus reproued.
¶ The{n} Abrahàm praied vnto God, and God healed Abimélech, and his wife, & his maid seruants: and they bare children.
For the Lord had shut vp euerie wombe of the house of Abimélech, because of Saráh Abrahams wife.
NOw the Lord visited Saráh, as he had said and did vnto her according as he had promised.
For Saráh conceiued, and bare Abrahám a sonne in his olde age, at the same seaso{n} that God tolde him.
And Abrahám called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, which Saráh bare him, Izhák.
Then Abrahám circumcised Izhák his sonne, when he was eight daies olde, as God had commanded him.
So Abrahám was an hu{n}dreth yere olde, whe{n} his sonne Izhák was borne vnto him.
¶ Then Saráh said, God hathe made me to reioyce: all that heare wil reioyce with me.
Againe she said, Who wolde haue said to Abrahám, that Saráh shulde haue giuen children sucke? for I haue borne him a sonne in his olde age.
Then the childe grewe and was weaned: and Abrahám made a great feast the same day that Izhák was weaned.
¶ And Saráh sawe the sonne of Hagár the Egyptian [which she had borne vnto Abraham] mocking.
Wherefore she said vnto Abrahám, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for the sonne of this bond woma{n} shal not be heire with my sonne Izhák.
And this thing was very grieuous in Abrahams sight, because of his sonne.
¶ But God said vnto Abrahám, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight for the childe, and for thy bond woman: in all that Saráh shal saie vnto thee, heare her voyce for in Izhák shal thy sede be called.
As for the sonne of the bond woma{n}, I wil make him a nacio{n}, also, because he is thy sede.
So Abrahám arose vp early in the morning and toke bread, and a bottel of water, and gaue it vnto Hagár, putting it on her shulder and the childe (also,) and sent her away: who departing wandred in the wildernes of Beer-shéba.
And when the water of the bottelwas spent she cast the childe vnder a certeinetre.
Then she went and sate her ouer against (him) a farre of about a bowe shote: for she said I wil not se the death of the childe, and she sate downe ouer against (him,) and lift vp her voyce and wept.
Then God heard the voyce of the childe, and the Angel of God called to Hagár from heauen, and said vnto her, What aileth thee Hagár? feare not, for God hathe heard the voyce of the childe where he is.
Arise, take vp the childe, and holde him in thine hand: for I wil make of him a great people.
And God opened her eies, and she sawe a well of water so she went and filled the bottel with water, and gaue the boye drinke.
So God was with the childe and he grewe and dwelt in the wildernes, and was an archer.
And he dwelt in the wildernes of Parán, and his mother toke him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
¶ And at that same time Abimélech and Phichôl his chief captaine spake vnto Abrahám, saying, God (is) with thee in all that thou doest.
Now therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrie, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindenes that I haue shewed thee.
Then Abrahám said, I wil sweare.
And Abrahám rebuked Abimélech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away.
And Abimélech said, I knowe not who hathe done this thing: also thou toldest me not, nether heard I (of it) but this daie.
Then Abrahám toke shepe, and beues, and gaue them vnto Abimélech: and they two made a couenant.
And Abraham set seuen lambes of the flocke by themselues.
Then Abimélech said vnto Abrahám, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?
And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand (these) seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.
Wherefore the place is called Beer-shéba, because there thei bothe sware.
Thus made they a couenant at Beershéba 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Phichôl his chief captaine rose vp, and turned againe vnto the land of the Philistims.
¶ And Abrahám planted a groue in Beershéba, and called there on the Name of the Lord, the euerlasting God.
And Abrahám was a strâger in the Philistims land a long season.
ANd after these things God did proue Abrahám, and said vnto him, Abrahám. Who answered, Here am I.
And he said, Take now thine onely sonne Izhák whome thou louest, and get thee vnto the lande of Moriáh, and offre him therefor a burnt offring vpon one of the mountaines, which I wil shewe thee.
Then Abrahám rose vp early in the morning, and sadled his asse, and toke two of his seruants with him, and Izhák his sonne, and cloue wood for the burnt offring, and rose vp and went to the place, which God had tolde him.
¶ Then the third day Abrahám lift vp his eies, and sawe 〈◊〉 place a farre of,
And 〈◊〉 vnto his 〈◊〉, Abide you here with the asse: for I and the childe wil go yonder and worship, & come againe vnto you.
Then Abraham toke the wood of the burnt offring, and laied it vpon Izhák his sonne, & he toke the fire in his hand, and the knife: and they went bothe together.
Then spake Izhák vnto Abrahám his father, and said, My father. And he answered, Here am I, my sonne. And he said, Beholde the fire and the wood, but where is the lambe for the burnt offring?
Then Abrahám answered, My sonne, God wil prouide him a la{m}be for a burnt offring: so they went bothe together.
When they came to the place which God had shewed him, Abraham buylded an altar there, and couched the wood, and bound Izhák his sonne and laied him on the altar vpon the wood.
And Abrahám stretching forthe his hand, toke the knife to kil his sonne.
But the Angel of the Lord called vnto him from heauen, saying, Abrahám, Abrahám. And he answered, Here am I.
Then he said, Lay not thine hand vpon the childe, nether do anie thing vnto him: for now I knowe that thou fearest God, seing for my sake thou hast not spared thine onely sonne.
And Abrahám lifting vp his eies, loked: and beholde, there was a ram behinde (him) caught by the hornes in a bushe, then Abraham went and toke the ram & offred him vp for a burnt offring in the stede of his sonne.
And Abrahám called the name of that place Iehouáh-iireh, as it is said this day, In the mount wil the Lord be sene.
¶ And the Angel of the Lord cryed vnto Abrahám from heauen the seconde time,
And said, By my selfe haue I sworne [saith the Lord] because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,
Therefore wil I surely blesse thee, and wil greatly multiplie thy sede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sande which is vpon the seashore, and thy sede shal possesse the gate of his ennemies.
And in thy sede shal all the nacions of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeied my voyce.
Then turned Abrahám againe vnto his seruants, and they rose vp and went together to Beer-shéba: and Abrahám dwelt at Beershéba.
¶ And after these things one tolde Abraha{m}, saying, Beholde Milcàh, she hathe also borne children vnto thy brother Nahôr:
(To wit,) Vz his eldest sonne, & Buz his brother, and Kemuél 〈◊〉 father of Arám,
And Chésed and Hazon, and Pildásh, and Iidláph, and Bethuél.
And Bethuél begate Rebekáh: these eight did Milcáh beare to Nahôr Abrahams brother.
And his concubine called Reumáh, she bare also Tébah and Gáhan and Tháhash & Maacháh.
WHen Saráh was an hundreth twenty and seuen yere olde so long liued she.]
Then Saráh dyed in Kiriath-arbá: the same is Hebrón in the land of Canáan, and Abraham came to mourne for Saráh and to wepe for her.
¶ Then Abrahám rose vp from the sight of his corps, and talked with the Hitties saying
I am a stranger, and a foriner among you, giue me a possession of buryal with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Then the Hittites aunswered Abraham, saying vnto him.
Heare vs, my Lord: thou art a prince of God amonge vs: in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall forbid thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead (therein.)
Then Abraham stode vp, and bowed hym selfe before the people of the lande of the Hittites.
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mynde, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and intreat for me to Ephron the sonne of Zohar.
That he wolde giue me the caue of Machpelah, which he hathe in the end of his field: that he wolde giue it me for as muche money as it is worthe, for a possession to bury in among you.
[For Ephron dwelt among the Hittites] the{n} Ephron the Hittite aunswered Abraham in the audience of all the Hittites that went in at the gates of his citie, saying.
No, my Lord, heare me: the field giue I thee, and the caue, that therein is, I giue it thee: (euen) in the presence of the sonnes of my people giue I it thee, to bury thy dead.
Then Abraham bowed hym selfe before the people of the land.
And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey, saying, Seyng thou (wilt giue it,) I praye thee, heare me, I will giue the price of the field: receyue it of me, and I wil bury my dead there.
Ephron then aunswered Abraham, saying vnto him.
My Lorde, hearken vnto me: the lande (is worthe) foure hundreth shekels of siluer: what (is) that betwene me & thee? bury therfore thy dead.
So Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron, and Abraham weyed to Ephron the siluer, which he had named, in the audience of the Hittites, (euen) foure hundreth siluer shekels of currant money among marchantes.
¶ So the field of Ephro{n} (which was) in Machpelah, and ouer agaynste Mamré, (euen) the field a{n}d the caue that was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure.
Vnto Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the Hittites, (euen) of all that went in at the gates of his citie.
And after thys, Abraham buryed Sarah hys wyfe in the caue of the field of Machpelah ouer agaynste Mamré: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
Thus bothe the field and the caue, that is therein, was made sure vnto Abraham for a possession of buryal by the Hittites.
NOw Abraham was olde, (and) striken in yeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
Therefore Abraham said vnto hys eldest seruant of his house, whiche had the rule ouer all that he had, Put nowe thine hande vnder my thygh.
And I will make thee sweare by the Lorde God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalte not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Cananites among whome I dwel.
But thou shalte go vnto my countrie, and to my kynred, and take a wife vnto my sonne Izhak.
And the seruant sayd to hym, What if the woman wyll not come with me to this land? shal I bring thy sonne againe vnto the land from whence thou camest?
To whome Abraham answered, Beware that thou bring not my sonne thether againe.
¶ The Lorde God of heauen, who toke me from my fathers house, and frome the lande where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sweare vnto me, saying, Vnto thy sede wyl I giue this land, he shal send his Angell before thee, and thou shalt take a wyfe vnto my sonne from thence.
Neuertheles if the woman will not followe thee, then shalt thou be discharged of this mine othe: onely bring not my sonne thether agayne.
Then the seruaunt put hys hande vnder the thygh of Abraham hys master, and sware to him for this matter.
¶ So the seruaunt toke ten camels of the camels of hys master, and departed: for he (had) all his masters goods in his hande, and so he arose, and went to Aram Naharaim, vnto the citie of Nahor.
And he made his camels to lie downe without the citie by a well of water, at euen aboute the tyme that women come out to drawe water.
And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraha{m}, I beseche thee, send me good spede this day, & shewe mercie vnto my master Abraha{m}
Lo, I stande by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of thys citie come oute to drawe water.
Graunt that the maide, to whome I saye, Bowe downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drinke: if she say, Drinke, and I wil giue thy camels drinke also: may be she that thou hast ordeined for thy seruant Izhak: and ther by shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercie on my master.
¶ Nowe yet he had left speakyng, beholde, Rebekah came out, the daughter of Bethuél, sonne of Milcah the wyfe of Nahor Abrahams brother, and her pitcher vppon her shulder.
[And the maide was very faire to loke vppon, a virgine and vnknowen of man] and she went downe to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.
Then the seruant ran to mete her, and sayd, Let me drincke, I praye thee a litle water of thy pitcher.
And she said, Drinke syr: and she hasted, a{n}d let downe her pitcher vpo{n} her hand and gaue him drinke.
And when the had giuen hym drinke, she said, I wil drawe water for thy camels also vntil they haue dronken ynough.
And she poured out her pitcher into the trogh spedelye, and ranne agayne vnto the well to drawe water, and she drewe for all his camels.
So the man wondred at her, and helde hys peace, to wit, whether the Lorde had made his iourney prosperous or not.
And when the camels had left drinking the man toke a golden abillement of halfe a (shekel) weight, a{n}d two bracelettes for her hands, of ten shekels weight of golde.
And he sayd, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I praye thee, Is there roume in thy Fathers house for vs to lodge in?
Then she said to hym, I am the daughter of Bethuél the sonne of Milcáh whom she bare vnto Nahôr.
Moreouer she said vnto hym, We haue lytter also and prouander ynough, and roume to lodge in.
And the man bowed him selfe and worshipped the Lord.
And sayd, Blessed (be) the Lorde God of my master Abrahâm, which hath not withdrawen his mercie and his trueth from my master: (for) when I was in the waye, the Lorde broght me to my masters brethrens house.
And the maide ran and told them of her mothers house according to these wordes.
¶ Now Rebekáh had a brother called Labán, and Labán ran vnto the man to the wel.
For when he had sene the earynges and the bracelettes in his sisters hands, and when he heard the wordes of Rebekáh his sister, saying, Thus sayd the man vnto me, then he went to the man, and lo he stode by the camels at the well.
And he sayd, come in thou blessed of the Lorde wherfore standest thou without, seing I haue prepared the house, and roume for the camels.
¶ The{n} the ma{n} came into the house, and he vnsadeled the camels and broght litter and prouander for the camels, a{n}d water to washe his fete, & the me{n}s fete that were with him.
Afterward the meat was set before him: but he sayd, I will not eat, vntill I haue sayd my message: And he said, Speake on.
Then he said, I am Abrahams seruant.
And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, that he is become great: for he hath giuen him shepe, and beues, and siluer, and golde, and men, seruantes, and maide seruantes, and camels, and asses.
And Saráh my masters wife hathe borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hathe he giuen all that he hathe.
Nowe my master made me sweare, saying, Thou shalte not take a wife to my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwel:
But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house & to my kynred, & take a wife vnto my sonne.
Then I said vnto my master, What if the woman wil not followe me?
Who aunswered me, The Lorde, before whom I walke, wil send his Angel with thee, and prosper thy iourney, and thou shalt take a wife for my sonne of my kindred a{n}d my fathers house.
Then shalt thou be discharged of mine othe, when thou commest to my kinred: and if they giue thee not one, thou shalte be fre from mine othe.
So I came this daye to the well, and sayd, O Lord, the God of my master Abraha{m}, if thou now prosper my iourney which I go.
Beholde, I stand by the wel of water: when a virgine commeth forthe to drawe water, and I saie to her, Giue me, I praye thee, a litle water of thy pitcher to drinke.
And she saye to me, Drinke thou, and I will also drawe for thy camels, let herbe the wife, whiche the Lorde hathe prepared for my masters sonne.
And before I had made an end of speaking in myne hearte, beholde, Rebekáh came forthe, and her pitcher on her shuldre, and she went downe vnto the well, and drewe water. Then I sayd vnto her, Giue me drinke, I praye thee.
And she made haste, and toke downe her pitcher from her (shulder,) a{n}d said, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drynke also. So I dranke, a{n}d she gaue the camels drinke also.
Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she aunswered, The daughter of Bethuél Nahors sonne, whome Milcáh bare vnto hym. Then I put the abillement vpon her face, and the bracelettes vppon her handes:
And I bowed downe and worshipped the Lorde, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abrahám, whiche had broght me the ryght waye to take my masters brothers daughter vnto his sonne.
Now therefore, if ye will deale mercifully and truely with my master, tel me: and if not, tel me that I may turne me to the right ha{n}d or to the left.
The{n} answered Labán & Bethuél, said, this thing is proceded of the Lord: we ca{n} not therfore say vnto thee, (nether) euil nor good.
Beholde, Rebekáh (is) before thee, take (her) & go, that she may be thy masters sonnes wife, euen as the Lord hathe said.
And when Abrahams seruaunt heard their wordes, he bowed him selfe towarde the earth vnto the Lord.
Then the serua{n}t toke forth iewels of siluer, and iewels of golde, and raiment, and gaue to Rebekáh: also vnto her brother & to her mother he gaue giftes.
Afterwarde they did eat & drinke, (bothe) he, and the men that were with him, & taried all night, and when they rose vp in the morning, he said, Let me departe vnto my master.
Then her brother and her mother answered, Let the maide abide with vs, at the least ten dayes: then shal she go.
But he said vnto them, Hindre you me not, seing the Lord hath prospered my iourney: send me away, that I may go to my master.
Then they said, We will call the maide, and aske her consent.
〈◊〉 they called Rebekáh, and said vnto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she answered, I wil go.
So they let Rebekâh their sister go, and her nourse, with Abrahams seruant and his men.
And they blessed Rebekáh, and said vnto her, Thou art our sister, grow into thousand thousandes, and thy sede possesse the gate of his enemies.
¶ Then Rebekâh arose, and her maides, & rode vpon the camels, and followed the ma{n} and the seruant toke Rebekáh, & departed
Now Izhák came from the way of Beér-lahái-roi, [for he dwelt in the South cou{n}trey]
And Izhák went out to pray in the field toward the euening: who lift vp his eies and loked, and beholde, the camels came.
Also Rebekáh lift vp her eyes, and when she sawe Izhák, she lighted downe from the camel.
[For she had said to the seruant, Who is yonder ma{n}, that co{m}meth in the field to mete vs? And the seruant had said, It is my master] So she toke a vaile and couered her.
And the seruant tolde Izhák all thyngs, that he had done.
Afterward Izhák broght her into the tent of Saráh his mother, & he toke Rebekáh, & she was his wife, and he loued her: so Izhák was comforted after his mothers (death.)
NOW Abrahám had taken him another wife called 〈◊〉.
Which bare him Zimrán, and Iokshán, and Medán, and Mideán, and Ishbák, & Shúah.
And Iokshán begate Shebá and Dedán And the sonnes of Dedán were Asshurim, & Letushim, and Leummim.
Also the sonnes of Mideán (were) Epháh, & Ephér, & Hanóch, & Abidá, and Eldáah, all these were the sonnes of Keturáh.
¶ And Abrahám gaue all his goods to Izhák.
But vnto the sonnes of the concubines, whiche Abrahám had, Abrahám gaue giftes, and sent them away from Izhák his sonne [while he yet liued] Eastward to the East countrey.
And this is the age of Abrahams life, whiche he liued, an hundreth seuenty and fiue yere.
The{n} Abrahám yelded the spirit, and dyed in a good age, an olde man, and of great yeres, and was gathered to his people.
And his sonnes, Izhák and Ishmaél buryed him in the caue of Machpeláh in the field of Ephrôn sonne of Zóhar the Hittite, before Mamré.
Which field Abrahám boght of the Hittites, where Abrahám was buryed with Saráh his wife.
¶ And after the death of Abrahá God blessed Izhák his sonne, and Izhák dwelt by Beér-lahái-roi.
¶ Now these are the generacio{n}s of Ishmaél Abrahams sonne, whom Hagár the Egiptia{n} Sarahs hand maide bare vnto Abrahám.
And these are the names of the sonnes of Ishmaél, name by name, accordyng to their kinreds: the eldest sonne of Ishmaél (was) Nebaiôth, then Kedár, and 〈◊〉, and Mibsám.
And Mishmá, and Dumáh, and Massâ.
Hadár, and Temá, Ietúr, Naphish, and Kédemah.
These are the sonnes of Ishmaél, and these are their names, by their townes and by their castels: (to wit) twelue princes of their nations.
[And these are the yeres of the life of Ishmaél, an hundreth thirti and seuen yere, and he yelded the spirit, and dyed, and was gathered vnto his people]
And they dwelt from Hauiláh vnto Shur, that is towardes Egypt, as thou goest to Asshúr, (Ishmaél) dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.
¶ Like wise these are the generacions of Izhák Abrahams sonne. Abrahám begate Izhák.
And Izhák was fourty yere olde, when he toke Rebekáh to wife, the daughter of Bethuél the Aramite of Padán Arám, (and) sister to Labán the Aramite.
And Izhak prayed vnto the Lorde for hys wife, because she was baren, and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekáh his wife conceiued.
But the children stroue together within her: therefore she said, Seing (it is) so, why am I thus? wherfore she we{n}t to aske the Lord
And the Lord said to her, two nations (are) in thy wombe, & two maner of people shalbe deuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shalbe mightier then the other, and the elder shal serue the yonger.
¶ Therefore when her time of deliuerance was fulfilled, 〈◊〉, twines (were) in her wombe.
So he that came out first was red, and he was all ouer as a rough garment, & they called his name Esáu.
And afterwarde came his brother out, & his hand held Esáu by the hele: therefore his name was called Iaakôb. Now Izhák was thre score yere olde when (Rebekáh) bare them.
And the boyes grewe, and Esáu (was) a cunning hunter, and liued in the fields: but Iaakôb was a plaine man, and dwelt in tentes
And Izhák loued Esáu, for venison (was) his meat, but Rebekáh loued Iaakôb.
Now Iaakôh sodde pottage, a{n}d Esáu came from the field and was 〈◊〉.
Then Esáu said to Iaakôb, Let me eat, I pray thee, of that (pottage) so red, for I am weary. Therfore was his name called Edôm.
And Iaakôb said, Sel me euen now thy birthright.
And Esáu said, Lo, I am almost dead, what (is) then this birthright to me?
Iaakôb then said, Sweare to me euen now. And he sware to him, and solde his birthright vnto Iaakôb.
Then Iaakôb gaue Esáu bread and pottage of lentiles: and he did eat and drinke and rose vp, and went his way: So Esáu contemned (his) birthright.
ANd there was a famine in the land besides the first famine that was in the dayes of Abrahám, Wherefore Izhák went to 〈◊〉 King of the Philistims vnto 〈◊〉.
For the Lord appeared vnto him, and said, Go not downe into Egypt, (but) abide in the land which I shal shewe vnto thee.
Dwel in this land, and I wil be with thee, and wil blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy sede I wil giue all these countreis: and I will performe the othe whiche I 〈◊〉 vnto Abraha{m} thy father.
Also I wil cause thy 〈◊〉 to multiplie as the starres of heauen, and wil giue vnto thy sede al these countreis: and in thy sede shal al the nacions of the earth be Blessed.
Because that Abrahám obeied my voyce and kept mine ordinance, my commandementes, my statutes, and my Lawes.
¶ So Izhák dwelt in Gerár.
And the men of the place asked (him) of his wife, and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest, (said he,) the men of the place shulde kill me, because of Rebekáh: for she was beautiful to the eie.
So after he had bene there long time, Abimélech King of the Philistims loked out at a windowe, and lo, he sawe Izhák sportyng with Rebekáh his wife.
Then Abimélech called Izhák, and said, Lo, she is of a suretie thy wife, and why saidest thou, She is my sister? To whome Izhák answered, Because I thoght (this,) It maie be that I shal die for her.
Then Abimélech said, Why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people had almost lie{n} by thy wife, so shuldest thou haue broght sinne vpon vs.
Then Abimélech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man, or his wife, shal die the death.
Afterward Izhák sowed in that land & founde in the same yere an hundreth folde by estimacion: and so the Lord blessed him.
And the man waxed mightie, & stil increased, til he was exceading great.
For he had flockes of shepe, and herdes of cattel, and a mightie housholde: therefore the Philistims had enuie at him.
In so muche that the Philistims stopped & filled vp with earth all the wells whiche his fathers seruants digged in his father Abrahams time.
Then Abimélech said vnto Izhák, Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier the{n} we a great deale.
¶ Therefore Izhák departed thence & pitched his tent in the valley of Gerár, and dwelt there.
And Izhák returning, digged the welles of water, whiche they had digged in the dayes of Abrahám his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraha{m} and he gaue them the same names, whiche his father gaue them.
Izháks seruants then digged in the valley, and found there a well of liuing water.
But the herd men of Gerár did striue with Izháks herd men saying, The water is ours: therefore called he the name of the well Esek, because they were a strief with hym.
Afterward they digged another well, and stroue for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnáh.
Then he remoued thence, and digged another well, for the whiche they stroue not: therfore called he the name of it Rehobôth and said, Because the Lord hathe now made vs roume, we shal encrease vpon the earth.
So he went vp thence to Beer-shéba.
And the Lord appeared vnto hym the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraha{m} thy father: feare not, for I am with thee, and will blesse thee and multiplie thy sede for my seruant Abrahams sake.
Then he buylt an altar there, and called vpon the name of the Lord, and there spred his tent: where also Izhaks seruants digged a well.
¶ Then came Abimélech to him from Gerár and Ahuzzáth (one) of his friends, and Phicôl the captaine of his armie.
To whome Izhák sayd, Wherefore come ye to me, seyng ye hate me and haue put me awaye from you?
Who answered, We sawe certeinly that the LORDE was with thee, and we thoght (thus,) Let there be nowe an othe betwene vs, (eue{n}) betwene vs & thee, and let vs make a couenant with thee.
Thou shalte do vs no hurte, as we haue not touched thee, and as we haue done vnto thee nothyng but good, and sent thee awaie in peace: thou now, the blessed of the Lord, (do this.)
Then he made them a feaste, and they did eat and drinke.
And they rose vp betymes in the mornyng, and sware one to another: then Izhák let them go, and they departed from hym in peace.
And that same daye Izhaks seruantes came and tolde him of a wel, which they had digged, & said vnto him, We haue found water.
So he called it Shibáh: therefore the name of the citie is called Beer-shéba vnto thys daye.
¶ Nowe when Esáu was fourtie yere olde, he toke to wyfe Iudith, the daughter of Beeri an Hittite, and Bashemáth the daughter of Elón an Hittite (also.)
And they were a grief of minde to Izhak and to Rebekáh.
ANd when Izhák was olde, and hys eyes were dimme [so that he colde not se] he called Esáu hys eldest sonne, and sayd vnto him, My sonne. And he aunswered hym, I am here.
Then he sayd, Beholde, I am nowe olde (and) knowe not the day of my death:
Wherefore nowe, I praie thee take thine instruments, thy quiuer and thy bowe, and get thee to the field, that thou mayest take me some venison.
Then make me sauourie meat, such as I loue, and bring it me that I may eat, (and) that my soule maie blesse thee, before I dye.
[Now Rebekáh heard, when Izhák spake to Esáu his sonne] and Esáu went into the fielde to hunt for venison, and to bring it,
¶ Then Rebekáh spake vnto Iaakób her sonne, saying, Beholde, I haue heard thy Father talking with Esáu thy brother, saying.
Bryng me venison, and make me sauourie meat, that I maye eat and blesse thee before the Lord, afore my death.
Nowe therefore, my sonne, heare my voyce in that which I commande thee.
Get thee now to the flocke, and bryng me thence two good kyds of the goates, that I may make pleasant meat of them for thy Father, such as he loueth.
Then thou shalte bring it to thy father, and he shall eat, to the intent that he maie blesse thee before his death.
But Iaakob sayd to Rebekáh hys mother, Beholde, Esáu my brother (is) rough, and I am smothe.
My father maie possibly fele me, and I shall seme to him to be a mocker: so shal I bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing.
But hys mother sayd vnto him, Vpon me (be) thy curse, my sonne: onely heare my voyce, and go and bring me (them.)
So he went and fet (them,) and broght (the{m}) to his mother: and his mother made pleasant meat, such as his father loued.
And Rebekáh toke faire clothes of her Elder sonne Esáu, which were in her house, a{n}d clothed Iaakób her yonger sonne:
And she couered hys hands and the smothe of his necke with the skinnes of the kyds of the goates.
Afterwarde she put the pleasaunt meat and bread, which she had prepared, in the hand of her sonne Iaakób.
¶ And when he came to his father, he sayd, My father. Who answered, I am here: who art thou, my sonne?
And Iaakób sayd to hys Father, I am Esáu thy first borne, I haue done as thou badest me, arise, I praie thee: sit vp and eat of my venison, that thy soule maie blesse me.
Then Izhák said vnto his sonne, Howe hast thou founde it so quickly my sonne? Who said, Because the Lorde thy God broght it to mine hand.
Againe said Izhak vnto Iaakób, Come nere nowe, that I may fele thee, my sonne, whether thou be that my sonne Esáu or not.
Then Iaakób came nere to Izhak hys father, and he felt hym and sayd, The voyce (is) Iaakobs voyce, but the handes (are) the of Esáu.
[For he knewe him not, because his handes were rough as hys brother Esaus handes: wherefore he blessed him]
Againe he said, Art thou that my sonne Esáu? Who answered, Yea.
Then said he, Bryng it me hether, and I will eat of my sonnes venison, that my soule may blesse thee. And he broght it to him & he ate: also he broght him wine, and he dranke.
Afterwarde his father Izhák said vnto him, Come nere now, and kisse me, my sonne.
And he came nere and kyssed hym. Then he smelled the sauour of hys garments, and blessed hym, and sayd, Beholde, the smell of my sonne (is) as the smell of a field, which the Lord hathe blessed.
God giue thee therefore of the dewe of heauen, and the fatnes of the earth, and plentie of wheat and wine.
Let people be thy seruauntes, and nacions bowe vnto thee: be Lord ouer thy brethren, and let thy mothers children honour thee, cursed (be he) that curseth thee, and blessed (be he) that blesseth thee.
¶ And when Izhák had made an ende of blessynge Iaakób, and Iaakób was scace gone out frome the presence of Izhák hys father, then came Esau his brother from hys hunting.
And he also prepared sauourie meate and broght it to his father, and said vnto his father, Let my father arise, a{n}d eat of his sonnes venison, that thy soule may blesse me.
But his father Izhák said vnto him, Who art thou? And he answered, I am thy sonne, (eue{n}) thy first borne Esáu.
Then Izhák was stricken wyth a meruelous great feare, and said, Who (and) where (is) he (that) hunted venison, and broght it me, and I haue eat of all before thou camest? and I haue blessed hym, 〈◊〉 he shall be blessed.
When Esáu heard the wordes of his father, he cried out with a great crye and bitter, out of measure, and sayd vnto hys father, Blesse me, (euen) me also, my father.
Who answered, Thy brother came with subtiltie, and hathe taken away thy blessing.
Then he sayd, Was he not iustely called Iaakób? for he hathe deceiued me 〈◊〉 two tymes: he toke my birthright, and lo, nowe hath he taken my blessing. Also he said, hast thou not reserued a blessing for me?
Then Izhák aunswered, and sayd vnto Esau, Beholde, I haue made hym thy Lord, and all hys brethren haue I made hys seruantes: also with wheat and wyne haue I furnished hym, and vnto thee nowe what shall I do, my sonne?
Then Esáu said vnto hys father, Hast thou but one blessing my father? blesse me, (eue{n}) me also, my father: and Esau listed vp hys voyce, and wept.
Then Izhák 〈◊〉 father answered, and sayd vnto hym, Beholde, the fatnes of the earth shalbe thy dwel'ynge place, and (thou shalte haue) of the dewe of heauen from aboue.
And by thy sworde shalt thou liue, a{n}d shalt be thy brothers seruant. But it shall come to 〈◊〉, whe{n} thou shalt get the mastrie, that thou shalt breake his yoke from thy necke.
¶ Therefore Esáu hated Iaakôb, because of the blessyng, wherewith his father blessed him. And 〈◊〉 thoght in his minde, The dayes of mourning for my father wil come shortly, then wil slay my brother Iaakob.
And it was tolde to Rebekáh of the words of Esáu her elder sonne, and she sent and called Iaakób her yonger sonne, and sayd vnto him, Beholde, thy brother Esáu is comforted against thee, (meaning) to kil thee.
Now therefore my sonne, heare my voyce: arise, and flee thou to Harán to my brother Labán.
And tary with him a while vntil thy brothers fearcenes beswaged.
And till thy brothers wrath turne away from thee, and he forget the things, whiche thou hast done to 〈◊〉 then will I send and take thee frome 〈◊〉: why shulde I be depriued of you bothe in one day?
Also 〈◊〉 sayd to Izhák, I am weary of my lyfe, for the daughters of Heth. If Iaakôb 〈◊〉 a wife of the daughters of Heth lyke these of the daughters of the lande, what auaileth it me to liue?
THen Izhak called Iaakob and blessed hym, and charged hym; and sayd vnto hym, Take not a wyfe of the daughters of Canáan.
Arise, get thee to Padán Arám to the house or 〈◊〉 thy mothers father, and thence take thee a 〈◊〉 of the daughters of 〈◊〉 thy mothers brother.
And God al 〈◊〉 blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou maiest be a multitude of people.
And gyue thee the blessynge of Abraham, (euen) to thee and to thy sede wyth thee, that thou maiest inherite the land [wherein thou 〈◊〉 a stranger] whiche God gaue vnto Abraham.
Thus Izhak sent forthe Iaakôb, and he went to Padan Arám vnto Labán sonne of Bethuél the Aramite, brother to Rebekah, Iaakobs and Eiaus mothers.
¶ When Esáu sawe that Izhák had blessed 〈◊〉, and sent him to Padán Arám, to fet hym a wife thence, and giuen hym a charge when he blessed him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canáan.
And (that) Iaakôb had obeied his father and his mother and was gone to Padán Aram:
Also Esáu seyng that the daughters of Canáan displeased Izhak his father.
Then went Esau to Ishmaél, and toke vnto the wiues, (whiche he had,) Mahaláth the daughter of Ishmaél Abrahams sonne, the sister of Nabaióth, to be his wife.
¶ Now Iaakób departed from Beer-sheba, and went to Harán.
And he came vnto a (certeine) place, and taried there all nyght, because the sonne was downe, and toke of the stones of the place and layed vnder hys heade and slepte in the same place.
Then he dreamed, and beholde, there stode a ladder vppon the earth and the top of it reached vp to heauen: and lo, the Aungels of God went vp and downe by it.
And beholde, the Lorde stode aboue it, and sayd, I am the Lorde God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon thee whiche thou slepest, will] giue thee and thy sede.
And thy sede shal be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spreade abrode to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the South, and in thee and in thy sede shall al the families of the earth be blessed.
And lo, I am with thee, and will kepe thee whither soeuer thou goest, a{n}d wil bring thee againe into this land: for I 〈◊〉 will not forsake thee vntil I haue performed that, that I haue promised thee.
¶ Then Iaakôb awoke out of his slepe, and said, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware.
And he was afraid and said, How fearefull is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.
Then Iaakôb rose vp early in the mornyng and toke the stone that he had laied vnder his head, and set it vp (as) a piller, & powred oyle vpon the top of it,
And he called the name of that place Beth-él: notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz.
Then Iaakob vowed a vowe, saying; If God wil be with me, and wil kepe me in this iourney which I go, and will giue me bread to eat, and clothes to put on:
So that I come again vnto my fathers house in safety, then shal the Lord be my God.
And this stone, with I haue set vp (as) a piller shalbe Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, wil I giue the tenth vnto thee.
THen Iaakôb lift vp his fete and came into the East countrey.
And as he loked about beholde there was a wel in the field, and lo, thre flockes of shep lay therby [for at that wel were the flockes watered] and there was a greate stone vpon the welles mouthe.
And thither were all the flockes gathered, and they rolled the stone from the welles mouthe, and watered the shepe, and put the stone againe vpon the welles mouthe in his place.
And Iaakôb said vnto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they aunswered, We are of Harán.
Then he said vnto them, Knowe ye Labán the sonne of Nahor? Who said, We knowe him.
Againe he said vnto them, Is he in good helth? And they answered, (He is) in good helth, and beholde, his daughter Rahéll commeth with the shepe.
Then he said, Lo, (it is) yet hie day, nether (is it) time that the cattel shuld be gathered together: watter ye the shepe & go fede (the{m}.)
But they said, We may not vntill all the flockes be broght together, and til (that me{n}) rolle the stone from the welles mouthe, that we may water the shepe.
¶ While he talked with them, Rahél also came with her fathers shepe, for she kept the{m}.
And assone as, Iaakôb, sawe Rahél the daughter of Labán his mothers brother, and the shepe of Labán his mothers brother, then came Iaakób nere, and rolled the stone from the welles mouth, and watered the flocke of Labán his mothers brother.
And Iaakôb kissed Rahél, and lift vp his voyce and wept.
[For Iaakôb Rahél, that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebekahs sonne] then she ran and tolde her father.
And when Labán heard tel of Iaakôb his sisters sonne, he ran to mete him, and embrased him and kissed him, and broght him to his house: and he tolde Labán all these things.
To whome Labán said, Wel, thou art my bone and my flesh, and he abode with him the space of a moneth.
¶ For Labán said vnto Iaakób, Thogh thou be my brother, shuldest thou therefore serue me for noght? tel me, what (shalbe) thy wages?
Now Labán had two daughters, the elder called Leáh, and the yonger called Rahél.
And Leáh was tender eyed, but Rahél was beautiful and faire.
And Iaakôb loued Rahél, and said, I wil serue thee seuen yeres for Rahél thy yonger daughter.
Thé Labán answered, It is better that I giue her thee, then that I shulde giue here to another man: abide with me.
And Iaakób serued seuen yeres for Rahél, and they semed vnto him but a fewe daies, because he loued her.
¶ Then Iaakôb said to Labán, Giue (me) my wife that I maie go into her: for my terme is ended.
Wherefore Labán gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
But when the euening was come, he toke Leáh his daughter and broght her to him & he went in vnto her.
And Labán gaue his maide Zilpáh to his daughter Leáh, (to be) her seruant.
But when the morning was come, beholde, it was Leáh. Then said he to Labán, Wherefore hast thou done thus to me? did not I serue thee for Rahél? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
And Labán answered, It is not the maner of this place, to giue the yonger before the elder.
Fulfil seuen yeres for her, and we wil also giue thee this for the seruice, which thou shalt serue me yet seuen yeres more.
The{n} Iaakôb did so, and fulfilled her seuen yeres, so he gaue him Rahél his daughter to (be) his wife.
Labán also gaue to Rahél his daughter Bilháh his maide (to be) her seruant.
So entred he into Rahél also, and loued also Rahél more then Leáh, and serued hym yet seuen yeres mo.
¶ When the Lord sawe that Leáh was despised, he made her frutefull: but Rahéll (was) baren.
And Leáh conceiued and bare a sonne, and she called his name Reubén: for she said, Because the Lord hathe loked vpon my tribulacion, now therefore mine housband wil loue me.
And she conceiued againe and bare a sonne and said, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath therfore giue{n} me this (sonne) also, and she called his name Simeón.
And she conceiued againe and bare a sonne, and said, Now at this time wil my housband kepe me companie, because I haue borne him thre sonnes: therefore was his name called Leui.
Moreouer she conceiued againe and bare a sonne, saying, Now wil 〈◊〉 praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Iudáh, and left bearing.
ANd when Rahél sawe that she bare Iaakôb no 〈◊〉, Rahèl enuied her sister, and said vnto Iaakób, Giue me children, or els I dye.
Then Iaakobs angre was kindeled against 〈◊〉, and he said, Am I in Gods stede, whiche hath with holden from thee the frute of the wombe?
And she said, Beholde my maide Bilháh, go into her, and she shal beare vpon my knees and I shall haue children also by her.
Then she gaue him Bilháh her maide to wife and Iaakob went into her.
So Bilháh conceiued & bare Iaakôb a sonne
Then said Rahél, God hathe giuen sentence on my side, and hathe also heard my voyce, and hathe giuen me a sonne: therfore called she is name. Dan.
And Bilháh Rahels maide co{n}ceiued againe, and bare Iaakôb the seconde sonne.
Then Rahél said, With excellent wrestlings haue I wrestled with my sister & haue gotten the vpper hand: and she called hys name, 〈◊〉.
And when Leáh sawe that she had left bearing, she toke Zilpáh her maide, a{n}d gaue her Iaakób to wife.
And Zilpáh Leahs maide bare Iaakôb a sonne.
Then said Leáh, A companie cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Againe Zilpáh Leahs maide bare Iaakób another sonne.
Then said Leáh, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters wil blesse me, and she called his name, Ashér.
¶ Now Reubén went in the dayes of the wheat haruest and found mandrakes in the field and broght them vnto his mother Leáh Then said Rahél to Leáh, Giue me, I pray thee, of thy sonnes mandrakes.
But she answered her, Is it a smale matter for thee to take mine housba{n}d, except thou take my sonnes ma{n}drakes also? Then said Rahél, Therefore he shal slepe with thee this night for thy sonnes mandrakes.
And Iaakob came from the field in the euening, and Leáh went out to mete him, and said, Come into me, for I haue boght and payed for thee with my sonnes mandrakes: and he slept with her that night.
And God heard Leáh and she conceiued, and bare vnto Iaakôb the fift sonne.
Then said Leáh, God hathe giuen (me) my rewarde, because I gaue my maide to my housband, and she called his name Issachár.
After, Leáh conceiued againe, and bare Iaakôb the sixt sonne.
The{n} Leáh said, God hathe endued me with a good dowrie: now wil mine housba{n}d dwel with me, because I haue borne him six sonnes: and she called his name Zebulún.
After that, she bare a daughter, and she called her name Dináh.
¶ And God remembred Rahél, and God heard her, and opened her wombe.
So she conceiued and bare a sonne, and said God hathe taken away my rebuke.
And she called his name Ioseph, saying The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne.
¶ And assone as Rahél had borne Ioséph, Iaakôb said to Labán, Send me away that I may go vnto my place and to my countrey.
Giue (me) my wiues and my children, for whome I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee
To whome Labán answered, If I haue now founde fauour in thy sight, (tarie:) I haue perceiued that the Lord hathe blessed me for thy sake.
Also he said, Appoint vnto me thy wages, and I wil giue it (thee.)
But he said vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattel hathe bene vnder me.
For the litle, that thou haddest before I came, is increased into a multitude: & the Lord hathe blessed thee by my comming: but now when shal I trauel for mine owne house also?
Then he said, What shalt giue thee? And Iaakôb answered, Thou shalt giue me nothing at all: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I wil returne, fede, (and) kepe thy shepe.
I wil passe through all thy flockes this day, (and) separat from them all the shepe with litle spottes and great spottes, and all blacke lambes among the shepe, and the great spotted, and litle spotted among the goates and it shalbe my wages.
So shal my righteousnes answere for me hereafter, when it shal come for my rewarde before thy face, and euerie one that hathe not litle or great spottes among the goates, and blacke among the shepe, the same shalbe theft with me.
The{n} Labán said, Go to, wolde God it might be according to thy saying.
Therefore he toke out the same day the he goates that were party coloured and with great spottes, and all the she goates with litle and great spottes, (and) all that had white in them, and all the blacke among the shepe, and put them in the keping of his sonnes.
And he set thre daies iourney betwene him selfe and Iaakób, and Iakōb kept the rest of Labans shepe.
¶ Then Iaakôb toke roddes of 〈◊〉 popular, and of hasel, and of the chesnut tre, & pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appeare in the roddes.
Then he put the roddes, which he had pilled, in the gutters (and) watering troghes, when the shepe came to drinke, before the shepe: [for thei were in heate, when thei came to drinke]
And the shepe were in heate before the roddes, and (afterward) broght forthe yong of party colour, and with smale and great spottes.
And Iaakôb parted these lombes, and turned the faces of the flocke towards (these lambes) party coloured & all maner of blacke, among the shepe of Labán: so he put his owne flockes by them selues, and put them not with Labans flocke.
And in euerie ramming tyme of the stronger shepe, Iaakôb laied the roddes before the eies of the shepe in the gutters that thei might conceiue before the roddes.
But when the shepe were feble, he put the{m} not in: and so the febler were Labans, and the stronger Iakobs.
So the man encreased excedingly, and had manie flockes, and maide seruants, and men seruants, and camels and asses.
NOw he heard the wordes of Labans sonnes, saying, Iaakôb hathe taken away all that was our fathers, & of our fathers goods hathe gotten all this honour.
Also Iaakob behelde the countenance of Labán, that it was not towards him as in times past:
And the Lord had said vnto Iaakob, Turne againe into the land of thy fathers, a{n}d to thy kinred, and I wil be with thee.
Therefore Iaakôb sent and called Rahél & Leáh to the field vnto his flocke.
Then said he vnto them, I se your fathers countenance, that it is not towarde me as it was wonte, and the God of my father hathe bene with me.
And ye knowe that I haue serued your father with all my might.
But your father hathe deceiued me, & changed my wages ten times: but God suffred him not to hurt me.
If he thus, said, The spotted shalbe thy wages, the{n} all the shepe bare spotted: and if he said thus, The partie coloured shal be thy reward, the{n} bare all the shepe particoloured.
Thus hathe God take en awaie your fathers substance, and giuen it me,
¶ For in ramming time 〈◊〉 lifted vp mine eies and sawe in a dreame, and beholde, the he goates leaped vpon the she goates, that were partie coloured with litle and great spottes spotted.
And the Angel of God said to me in a dreame, Iaakôb. And I answered, Lo, I am here.
And he said, lift vp now thine eies, and se all the he goates leaping vpon the she goates that are partie coloured, spotted with litle and great spottes: for I haue sene all that Labân doeth vnto thee.
I am the God of Beth-él, where thou anointedst the piller, where thou vowedst a vowe vnto me, Now arise, get thee out of this countrei and returne vnto the land where thou wast borne.
Then answered Rahél and Leáh, and said vnto him, Haue we anie more porcion and enheritance in our fathers house?
Doeth not he count vs as strangers? for he hathe solde vs, and hathe eaten vp and consumed our monie.
Therefore all the riches, which God hathe taken from our father, is ours and our childrens: now then whatsoeuer God hathe said vnto thee do it.
¶ Then Iaakób rose vp, and set his sonnes and his wiues vpon camels.
And he caried awaie all his flockes, and all his substance which he had gotten, (to wit,) his riches, which he had gotten in Padán Arám, for to go to Izhák his father vnto the land of Canáan.
When Labán was gone to shere his shepe, then Rahél stale her fathers idoles.
Thus Iaakôb stale awaie the heart of Labán the Aramite: for he tolde him not that he fled.
So fled he with all that he had, and he rose vp, and passed the riuer, and set his face toward mount Gileád.
The third day after was it tolde Labán, that Iaakób fled.
Then he toke his brethren with him, and followed after him seuen dayes iourney, and ouertoke him at mount Gileád.
And God came to Labán the Aramite in a dreame by night, and said vnto 〈◊〉, Take hede that thou speake not to Iaakôb ought saue good.
¶ Then Labán ouertoke Iaakôb, and Iaakób had pitched his tent in the mount: and Labán also with his brethren pitched vpon mount Gileád.
Then Labán said to Iaakôb, What hast thou done? thou hast euen stollen away mine heart and caried away my daughters as thogh they had bene taken captiues with the sworde.
Wherefore diddest thou flee so secretly and steale away from me, and diddest not tel me, that I might haue sent thee forthe with mirth and with songs, with timbrel and with harpe?
But thou hast not suffred me to kisse my sonnes and my daughters: now thou hast done foolishly in doing (so.)
I am able to do you euil: but the God of your father spake vnto me yester night, saying, Take hede that thou speake not to Iaakób ought saue good.
Now thogh thou wentest thy way, because thou greatly longedst after thy fathers house: (yet) wherefore hast thou stollen my gods?
The{n} Iaakób answered, and said to Labān, Because I was afraid, and thoght that thou woldest haue taken thy daughters fro{m} me.
(But) with whome thou findest thy gods, let him not liue. Serche thou before our brethren what I haue (of thine,) and take it to thee [but Iaakób wist not that Rahél had stollen them]
Then came Labán into Iaakobs tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the two maides tentes, but founde (them) not, so he went out of Leahs tent, and entred into Rahels tent.
[Now Rahél had taken the idoles and put th̄em in the camels litter and sate downe vpon them] and Labàn serched all the tent, but founde (them) not.
Then said she to her father, My lord, be not angry that I can not rise vp before thee: for the custome of women (is) vpon me: so he serched, but found not the idoles.
¶ The{n} Iaakôb was wroth, and chode with Labán: Iaakób also answered and said to Labán, What haue I trespaced? what haue I offended, that thou hast pursued after me?
Seing thou hast serched all my stuffe, what hast thou founde of all thine housholde stuffe? put it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may iudge betwene vs bothe.
This twenty yere I haue bene with thee: thine ewes and thy goates haue not cast their yong, and the rams of thy flocke haue I not eaten.
Whatsoeuerwas torne (of beastes,) I broght it not vnto thee, (but) made it good my selfe: of mine hade diddest thou require it, (were it) stollen by day or stollen by night.
I was in the day consumed with heat, and with frost in the night, and my slepe departed from mine eies.
Thus haue I bene twenty yere in thine house, and serued thee fourtenth yeres for thy two daughters, and six yeres for thy shepe, and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abrahám, and the feare of Izhák had bene with me, surely thou haddest sent me away now empty: (but) God behelde my tribulacion, and the labour of mine handes, and rebuked (thee) yester night.
Then Labán answered, & said vnto Iaakób, These daughters are my daughters, and these sonnes are my sonnes, and these shepe are my shepe, and all that thou seest, is mine, and what can I do this day vnto these my daughters, or to their sonnes which they haue borne?
Now therefore come and let vs make a couenant, I and thou, which may be a witnes betwene me and thee.
Then toke Iaakób a stone, and set it vp (as) a piller:
And Iaakôb said vnto his brethren, Gather stones: who broghtstones, & made an heape and they did eat there vpon the heape.
And Labán called it Iegār-sahaduthá, and Iaakób called it Galeéd.
For Labán said, This heape is witnes betwene me & thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeéd. Also (he called it)
Mizpâh, because he said, The Lord loke betwene me and thee, when we shalbe departed one from another,
If thou shalt vexe my daughters, or shalt take wiues beside my daughters: (there is) no man with vs, beholde, God (is) witnes betwene me and thee.
Moreouer Labán said to Iaakób, Beholde this heape, and beholde, the piller, which I haue set betwene me and thee,
This heape (shalbe) witnes, and the piller (shalbe) witnes, that I wil not come ouer this heape to thee, and that thou shalt not passe ouer this heape & this piller vnto me for euil.
The God of Abrahám, and the God of Nahor, and the God of their father be iudge betwene vs: but Iaakób sware by the feare of his father Izhák.
Then Iaakób did offre a sacrifice vpon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread and they did eat bread, and taried all night in the mount.
And early in the morning Labán rose vp and kissed his sonnes and his daughters, and blessed them, and Labán departing, went vnto his place againe.
NOw Iaakób went forthe on his iourney and the Angels of God met him.
And when Iaakób sawe them, he said, This is Gods host, and called the name of the same place Mahanáim.
Then Iaakób sent messengers before hym to Esáu his brother, vnto the land of Seirinto the countrey of Edōm:
To whome he gaue commandement saying Thus shal ye speake to my Lord Esáu: Thy seruant Iaakób saith thus, I haue bene a stra{n}ger with Labán and taried vnto this time.
I haue beues also and asses, shepe, and men seruantes, and women seruantes, and haue sent to shewe my lord, that I may finde grace in thy sight.
¶ So the messengers came againe to Iaakób saying, We came vnto thy brother Esáu, and he also commeth against thee & foure hundreth men with him.
Then Iaakób was greately afraid, and was sore troubled, and deuided the people that was with him, and the shepe, and the beues, and the camels into two companies.
For he said, if Esáu come to the one companie and smite it, the other companie shall escape.
¶ Moreouer Iaakób said, O God of my father Abrahám, and God of my father Izhák: Lord, whiche saidest vnto me, Returne vnto thy countrey and to thy kinred, and I wil do thee good.
I am not worthie of the least of al the mercies and all the trueth, which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant: For with my stafe came I ouer this Iordén, and now haue I gotten two bandes.
I pray thee, Deliuer me frome the hand of my brother, fro{m} the hand of Esáu: for I feare him, lest he wil come and smite me, (and) the mother vpon the children.
For thou saidest, I wil surely do thee good, and make thy sede as the sand 〈◊〉 of the sea, whiche can not be nombred for multitude.
¶ And he taryed there the same night, and toke of that whiche came to hand, a presente for Esáu his brother:
Two hundreth she goates and twenty he goates, two hu{n}dreth ewes & twe{n}tie ra{m}mes:
Thirthy milche camels with their coltes fourtie kine, and ten bullockes, twentie she asses and ten foles.
So he deliuered them into the hand of his seruantes, euerie droue by them selues, and said vnto his seruants, Passe before me, and put a space betwene droue and droue.
And he commanded the formest, saying, if Esáu my brother mete thee, and aske thee, saying, Whose (seruant) art thou? & whither goest thou? & whose are these before thee?
Then thou shalt say, (they be) thy seruant Iaakóbs: it is a present sent vnto my Lorde Esáu: and beholde, he hym selfe also is behinde vs.
So like wise commanded he the seconde & the third, and all that followed the droues, saying, After this maner, ye shall speake vnto Esáu, when ye finde him.
And ye shal say moreouer, Beholde, thy serua{n}t Iaakôb (co{m}meth) after vs [for he thoght, I will appease his wrath with the presente that goeth before me, and afterwarde I wil se his face: it may be that he wil accept me]
So went the present before him: but he taried that night with the companie.
And he rose vp the same night, and toke his two wiues, and his two maides, and his eleue{n} children, and went ouer the forde Iabbók.
And he toke them, and sent them ouer the riuer, and sent ouer that he had.
¶ When Iaakób was left: him self alone, there wrestled a man with him vnto the breaking of the day.
And he sawe that he colde not preuaile against him: therefore he touched the holow of his thigh, a{n}d the holow of Iaakobs thigh was losed, as he wrestled with him.
And he said, Let me go, for the morning appeareth, Who answered, I wil not let thee go except thou blesse me.
Then said he vnto him, What is thy name? And he said, Iaakób.
Then said he, Thy name shal be called Iaakób no more, but Israél: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.
Then Iaakób demanded, saying, Tel me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore now doest thou aske my name? And he blessed him there.
And Iaakob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, (said he) I haue sene God face to face, and my life is preserued.
And the sunne rose to him as he passed Peniélrand he halted vpon his thigh.
Therefore the children of Israél eat not of the sinew that shranke in the holow of the thigh, vnto this day: because he touched the sinew that shrank e in the holow of Iaakobs thigh.
ANd as Iaakob lift vp his eies, and loked, beholde Esau came, & with him foure hundreth men: and he deuided the children to Leah, and to Rahèl, and to the two maides.
And he put the maides, and their children formost, and Leáh and her children after, and Rahél, and Iosph hindermost.
So he went before the{m} & bowed him selfe to the grounde seuen times vntil he came nere to his brother.
Then Esau ran to mete him and embraced him, and fel on his necke and kissed him, & thei wept.
And he lift vp his eies, and sawe the women, and the children, & said, Who are these with thee? And he answered, (Thei are) the children whome God of his grace hathe giuen thy seruant.
Then came the maides nere, thei, and their children, and bowed them selues.
Leáh also with her children came nere and made obeissance: and after Ioseph & Rahél drewe nere and did reuerence.
Then he said, What meanest thou by al this droue, which I met? Who answered, (I haue sent it,) that it maie finde fauour in the sight of my Lord.
And Esau said, I haue ynough, my brother: kepe that thou hast to thy selfe.
But Iaakób answered, Nay, I pray thee: if I haue founde grace now in thy sight, then receiue my present at mine hand: for I haue sene thy face, as thogh I had sene the face of God, because thou hast accepted me.
I praye thee take my blessing, that is broght thee: for God hathe had mercie on me, and therefore I haue all thyngs: so he compelled him, and he toke it.
And he said, Let vs take our iourney & go, and I wil go before thee.
Then he answered him, My Lord knoweth that the children (are) tendre, and the ewes and kine with yong vnder mine hand: and if they shulde ouer driue them one day, all the flocke wolde dye.
Let now my Lord go before his seruant, & I wil driue softly, accordyng to the passe of the cattell, whiche is before me, and as the children be able to endure, vntil I come to my Lord vnto Seir.
Then Esau said, I wil leaue the{n} some of my folke with thee. And he answered, What (ne 〈◊〉) this? let me finde grace in the sight of my Lord.
¶ So Esáu returned, (and went) his way that same day vnto Seir.
And Iaakôb went forwarde towarde Succôth, & buylt him an house, & made booths for his 〈◊〉: therefore he called the name of the place Succōth.
¶ Afterwarde, Iaakôb came safe to Sheche{m} a citie, which is in the land of Canáan, when he came from Padán Arám, and pitched before the citie.
And there he boght a parcel of grounde, where he pitched his tent, at the ha{n}d of the sonnes of Hamôr Shechems father for an hundreth pieces of money.
And he set vp there an altar, and called it, The mightie God of Israél.
THen Dináh the daughter of Leáh, whiche she bare vnto Iaakób, went out to se the daughters of that countrey.
Whome when Shechém the sonne of Hamôr the Hiuite lord of that cou{n}trye sawe, he toke her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
So his heart claue vnto Dináh the daughter of Iaakôb: and he loued the maide, and spake kindely vnto the maide.
Then said Shechém to his father Hamór, saying, Get me this maide to wife.
[Now Iaakôb heard that he had defiled Dináh his daughter, and his sonnes were with his cattel in the field: therefore Iaakób helde his peace, vntil they were come]
¶ Then Hamôr the father of Shechém went out vnto Iaakôb to commune with him.
And when the sonnes of Iaakób were come out of the field and heard it, it, grieued the men, and they were very angrie, because he had wroght vilennie in Israél, in that he had lien with Iaakobs daughter: whiche thing ought not to be done.
And Hamór communed with them, saying, The soule of my sonne Shechém longeth for your daughter: giue her him to wife, I pray you.
So make affinitie with vs: giue you, daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you,
And ye shal dwel with vs, and the land shal be before you: dwel, and do your busines in it, and haue your possessions therein.
Shechém also said vnto her father and vnto her brethren, Let me finde fauour in your eies, and I wil giue whatsoeuer ye shal appoint me.
Aske of me abundantly bothe dowrie and giftes, a{n}d I wil giue as ye appoint me, so that ye giue me the maide to wife.
Then the sonnes of Iaakób answered Shechém and Hamór his father, talking among them selues deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinàh their sister,
And they said vnto them, We can not do this thing, to giue our sister to an vncircumcised man: for that were a reprofe vnto vs.
But in this wil we consent vnto you, if ye wil be as we (are,) that euerie man childe among you be circumcised:
Then wil we giue our daughters to you, and we wil take your daughters to vs, and wil dwel with you, and be one people.
But if ye wil not hearken vnto vs to be circumcised, then wil we take our daughter and departe.
Now their wordes pleased Hamór, and Shechém Hamors sonne.
And the yong man deferde not to do the thing because he loued Iakobs daughter: he was also the moste set by of all his fathers house.
¶ Then Hamór and Shechém his sonne we{n}t vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying,
These men are peaceable with vs: and that they may dwel in the land, and do their affaires therein [for beholde, the land hathe roume ynough for the{m}] let vs take their daughters to wiues, and giue them our daughters.
Onely herein wil the men consent vnto vs for to dwel with vs, and to be one people, if all the men children among vs be circumcised as they are circumcised.
Shal not their flockes and their substance & al their cattel be ours? onely let vs consent (herein) vnto the{m}, and they wil dwel with vs.
And vnto Hamor, and Shechém his sonne hearkened all that went out of the gate of his citie: and all the men children were circumcised (euen) al that went out of the gate of his citie.
And on the third day [when they were fore) two of the sonnes of Iaakôb, Simeôn, and Leui, Dinahs brethren toke ether of the{m} his sworde and went into the 〈◊〉 boldely, and slewe euerie male.
They slewe also Hamôr and Shechém his sonne with the edge of the sworde, & toke Dináh out of Shechems house, and went their way.
(Again) the (other) sonnes of Iaakób came vpon the dead, and spoiled the citie, because they had defiled their sister.
They toke their shepe, and their beues, & their asses, and whatsoeuer was in the citie, and in the fields.
Also they caried away captiue and spoiled all their goods, and all their children & their wiues, and al that was in the houses.
Then Iaakób said to Simeon, and Leui, ye haue troubled me, & made me stinke amóg the inhabitants of the land, (aswel) the Canaanites, as the Perizzites, and I being fewe in nombre, they shall gather the{m} selues together against me, and slay me, (and) so shall I, and my house be destroied.
And they answered, Shulde he abuse our sister as a whore?
THen God said to Iaakôb, Arise, go vp to Beth-〈◊〉 & dwel there, & make there an altar vnto God, that appeared vnto thee, when thou fleddest from Esáu thy brother.
Then said Iaakôb vnto his housholde & to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and clense your selues, and change your garments:
For we wil rise and go vp to Beth-él, & I will make an altar there vnto God, which heard me in the day of my tribulacion, & was with me in the way whiche I went.
And they gaue vnto Iaakôb all the strange gods, which (were) in their hands, & all their earings which were in their eares, and Iaakôd hid them vnder an oke, which was by Shechém.
Then they went on their iourney, and the feare of God was vpon the cities, that were round about them: so that they did not followe after the sonnes of Iaakôb.
¶ So came Iaakôb to Luz, whiche is in the land of Canáan: [the same is Beth-él] he and all the people that was with him.
And he buylt there an altar, and had called the place, The God of Beth-él because that God appeared vnto him there, when he fled from his brother.
Then Deboráh Rebekahs nourse dyed, and was buryed beneth Beth-él vnder an oke: & he called the name of it Allôn bachúth.
¶ Againe God appeared vnto Iaakôb, after he came out of Padán Arám, & blessed hym.
Moreouer God said vnto him, Thy name is Iaakôb: thy name shal be no more called Iaakôb but Israél shalbe thy name: and he called his name Israél.
Againe God said vnto him, I am God al sufficient, growe, and multiplie a nation and a multitude of nations shal spring of thee, and Kings shal come out of thy Ioynes.
Also I wil giue the land, which I gaue to Abrahám and Izhák, vnto thee: and vnto thy 〈◊〉 after thee wil I giue that land.
So God ascended from him in the place where he had talked with him.
And Iaakôb set vp a piller in the place where he talked with him, a piller of stone, and powred drinke offring thereon: also he powred oyle thereon.
And Iaakôb called the name of the place, where God spake with him, Beth-él.
¶ Then they departed fro{m} Beth-él, & when there was about halfe a daies iourney of grounde to come to Ephráth, Rahél trauailed, and in trauailing she was in peril.
And when she was in peines of her labour, the midwife said vnto her, 〈◊〉 not: for thou (shalt haue) this sonne also.
The{n} as she was about to yelde vp the goste [for she dyed] she called his name Ben-ony, but his father called him Beniamin.
Thus dyed Rahél, and was buryed in the way to Ephráth, which is Beth-〈◊〉.
And Iaakôb set a piller vpon her graue: This is the piller of Rahels graue vnto this day.
¶ Then Israél went forwarde, and pitched his tent beyonde Migdal-éder.
Now, when Israél dwelt in that land Keubē went, and laye with Bilháh his fathers cócubine, and it came to Israels eare. And Iaakôb had twelue sonnes.
The sonnes of Leáh Reubén Iaakobs eldest sonne, and Simeón, and Leui, and Iudáh, and Issachár, and Zebulún.
The sonnes of Rahél: Ioséph and Beniamin.
And the sonnes of Bilháh Rahels maide Dan and 〈◊〉.
And the sonnes of Zilpáh Leahs maide Gad, and Ashér, these are the sonnes of Iaakôb whiche were borne him in Padán Arám.
¶ Then Iaakôb came vnto Izhák his father to Mamré a citie of Arbáh: this is Hebrôn, where Abrahám and Izhák were strangers.
And the dayes of Izhák were an hundreth and foure score yeres.
And Izhák gaue vp the goste and dyed, and was gathered vnto his people, being olde, and ful of daies: and his sonnes Esáu, & Iaakôb buryed him.
NOw these are the generations of Esáu, whiche is Edóm.
Esáu toke his wiues of the daughter of Canáan: Adáh the daughter of Elôn an Hittite, and Aholibamáh the daughter of Anáh, the daughter of Zibeôn an 〈◊〉.
And (toke) Basemáth 〈◊〉 daughter, sister of Nebaiôth.
And Adáh bare vnto Esáu, Eliphâz, and Basemáth bare Reuél.
Also Aholibomáh bare 〈◊〉, & Iaalám, and Kōrah: these are the sonnes of Esáu whiche were borne to him in the land of Canáan.
So Esáu toke his wiues and his sonnes, and his daughters, and al the soules of his house, and his flockes, and all his cattel, and all his substance, whiche he had gotten in the land of Canáan, & went into (another) countrey from his brother Iaakôb.
For their riches were so great that they cold not dwel together, and the land, wherein they were strangers, colde not receiue them because of their flockes.
Therefore dwelt Esáu in mount Seir: this Esáu is Edóm.
So these are the generacions of Esáu father of Edôm in mount Seir.
These are the names of Esaus sonnes: Elipház, the sonne of Adáh, the wife of Esau, (a{n}d) Reuél the sonne of Bashemáth, the wife of Esáu.
And the sonnes of Eliphâz were Temân, Omâr, Zephon, and Gatám, and Kenàz.
And Timná was co{n}cubine to Elipház Esaus sonne, and bare vnto Elipház, Amalék: these be the sonnes of Adáh Esaus wife.
¶ And these are the so{n}nes of Reuél: Nàhath and Zérah, Shammah, a{n}d Mizzáh: these were the sonnes of Bashemáth Esaus wife.
¶ And these were the sonnes of Aholibamah the daughter of Anáh, daughter of Zibeôn Esaus wife: for she 〈◊〉 vnto Esáu, Ieúsh, and Iaalám, and Kōrah.
These were Dukes of the sonnes of Esáu the sonnes of Elipház, the first borne of Esáu duke Temán, duke Omár duke Zephô, duke Kenaz.
Duke Kórah, duke Gatám, duke Amalék: these are the dukes (that came) of Elipház in the land of Edōm: these were the sonnes of Adáh.
¶ And these are the sonnes of Reull Esaus sonne: duke Náhath, duke Zérah, duke Sha{m}mah, duke Mizzáh: these are the dukes (that came) of Reuél in the land of Edôm: these are the sonnes of Bashemâth Esaus wife.
¶ Like wise these were the sonnes of Aholibamáh Esaus wife: Duke Ieúsh, duke Iaalám duke Kōrah: these dukes (came) of 〈◊〉, the daughter of Anáh Esaus wife.
These are the children of Esáu, and these are the dukes of them: This (Esáu) is Edôm.
¶ These are the sonnes of Seir the Horite, which inhabited the land (before,) Lotán, and Shobál, and Zibeôn, and Anáh.
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishán: these are the dukes of the Horites, the sonnes of Seir in the land of Edôm.
And the sonnes of Lotan were, Hori and Hemám, and Lotans sister (was) Timná.
And the sonnes of Shobál were these: Aluán, and Manábath, and Ebál, Shephó, And 〈◊〉.
And these are the sonnes of Zibeón: bothe Aiah, and Anáh: this was Anáh that founde mules in the wildernes, as he fed his father Zibeons asses.
And the childre{n} of Anáh were these: Dishon and Aholibamáh, the daughter of Anah.
Also these are the sonnes of Dishán: Hemdán, and Eshbán, and Ithrán, and Cherán.
The sonnes of Ezer are these: 〈◊〉, and Zaauán, and Akán.
The sonnes of Dishân are these: Vz, & Arán
These are the dukes of the 〈◊〉: duke Lotán, duke Shobál, duke Zibeo{n}, duke Anáh
Duke 〈◊〉, duke Ezer, duke Dishán: these be the dukes of the Horites after their dukedomes in the land of 〈◊〉.
¶ And these are the Kings that reigned in the la{n}d of Edôm, before there reigned (any) King ouer the children of Israél.
Then Béla the sonne of Beôr reigned in Edôm, and the name of his citie (was) Dinhábah.
And when Béla dyed, Iobáb the sonne of Zérah of Bozrá reigned in his stede.
When Iobáb also was dead, Hushám of the land of Temani reigned in his stede.
And after the death of Hushám. Hadád the sonne of Bedád, which slewe 〈◊〉 in the field of Moáb, reigned in his stede, and the name of his citie (was) Auith.
When Hadàd was dead, then Samláh of Masrekáh reigned in his stede.
When Samláh was dead, Shaúl of Rehobóth by the riuer, reigned in his stede.
When Shaúldyed, Baal-hanán the sonne of of Achbôr reigned in his stede.
And after the death of Baalhanán the so{n}ne of Achbôr, Hadád reigned in his stede, and the name of his citie (was) Páu: & his wiues name Mehetabél the daughter of Matréd, the daughter of Mezaháb.
Then these are the names of the dukes of Esáu according to their families, their places (and) by their names: duke Timnā, duke Al uáh, duke Iethéth.
Duke Aholibamáh, duke Eláh, duke Pinō.
Duke Kenáz, duke Tema{n}, duke Mibzár.
Duke Magdiél, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edôm, according to their habitacions, in the land of their inheritance. This Esâuis the Father of Edóm.
IAakób nowe dwelt in the land, wherin his father was a stranger, in the la{n}d of Canáan.
These are the generacio{n}s of Iaakób, (whe{n}) Ioséph was seuententh yere olde: he kepte shepe with his brethren, and the childe was with the sonnes of Bilháh, and with the sonnes of Zilpáh, his fathers wiues. And Ioséph broght vnto their father their euil saying.
Nowe Israél loued Ioséph more then all hys sonnes, because he begate hym in hys olde age, and he made hym a coate of many colours.
So when his brethren sawe that their father loued hym more then all his brethren, then they hated hym, and colde not speake peaceably vnto him.
¶ And Ioséph dreamed a dreame, and tolde hys brethren, who hated hym so muche the more.
For he said vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame whiche I haue dreamed.
Beholde nowe, we were bindyng sheues in the middes of the fielde: & lo, my shefe arose and also stode vpryght, and beholde, your sheues compassed rounde about, and did reuerence to my shefe.
Then his brethren said to hym, What, shalt thou reigne ouer vs, and rule vs? or shalt thou haue altogether dominió ouer vs? And they hated him so muche the more, for his dreames, and for his wordes.
¶ Agayne he dreamed another dreame, and tolde it his brethren, and said, Beholde, I haue had one dreame more, and beholde, the sunne and the moone and eleuen starres dyd reuerence to me.
Then he tolde it vnto his father and to hys brethren, and his father rebuked hym, and said vnto him, What is this dreame, whiche thou hast dreamed? shal I, and thy mother, a{n}d thy brethren come in dede and fall on the grounde before thee?
And his brethren enuied him, but his father noted the saying.
¶ Then his brethren went to kepe their fathers shepe in Shechém.
And Israél sayd vnto Ioséph, Do not thy brethren kepe in Shechém? come and I wil send thee to them.
And he answered hym, I am here. Then he said vnto hym, Go now, se whether it be wel with thy brethren, and howe the flockes prosper, and bryng me worde agayne, so he sent him frome the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechém.
¶ Then a man founde hym, for lo, he was wandryng in the fielde, and the man asked him, saying, What sekest thou?
And he aunswered, I seke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they kepe (shepe.)
And the man said, Thei are departed hence: for I heard them say, Let vs go vnto Dothán. Then went Ioséph after hys brethren, and found them in Dothán.
And when they saw him a far of, euen before he came at them, they conspired against him for to slaie him.
For they said one to another, Beholde, this dreamer commeth.
Come now therefore, and let vs slaye hym, and cast him into some pit, and we wil say, A wicked beast hathe deuoured him: then we shal se, what wil come of his dreames.
But when Reubén heard (that,) he deliuered him out of their hands, and said, Let vs not kil him.
Also Reubén sayde vnto them, Shed not blood. (but) caste him into thys pit that is in the wildernes, and lay no hande vpon hym. (Thus he said,) that he mightd eliuer him out of their hande, and restore him to his father againe.
¶ Nowe when Ioséph was come vnto hys brethren, they stript Ioséph out of his coat, his party coloured coate that was vpon him.
And they toke him, a{n}d cast him into a pit, and the pit (was) empty, without water in it.
Then they sat them downe to eat bread: and they lift vp their eyes and loked, and beholde, there came a company of Ishmeelites from Gileád, and their camels laden with spicerie, and rosen, and myrrhe, and were going to carie it downe into Egypt.
Then Iudáh sayd vnto his brethren, What auaileth it, if we slaye our brother, thogh we kepe his blood secret?
Come and let vs sel him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon hym for he is our brother (and) our fleshe: and hys brethren obeyed.
Then the Midianites marchant men passed by, and they drewe forthe, and lyft Ioséph out of the pit, and sold Ioséph vnto the Ishmeelites for twentie (pieces) of siluer: who broght Ioséph into Egypt.
¶ Afterwarde Reubén returned to the pit, and beholde, Ioséph (was) not in the pit: the{n} he rent his clothes.
And returned to hys brethren, and sayde, The childe is not (yonder,) and I, whether shall I go?
And they toke Iosephs coate, and killed a kid of the goates, and depped the coate in the blood.
So they sent that party coloured coate, and they broght it vnto their father, and sayde, This haue we founde: se now, whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.
Then he knewe it and said, (It is) my sonnes coat: a wicked beast hathe deuoured him: Ioséph is surely torne in pieces.
And Iaakób rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loynes, and sorowed for his sonne a long season.
Then all his sonnes and al his daughters rose vp to comforte hym, but he wolde not be be comforted, but sayd, Surely I will go downe into the graue vnto my sonne mourning: so his father wept for him.
And the Medianites solde hym into Egypt vnto Potiphár an Eunuche of Pharaohs (a{n}d) his chief stuarde.
ANd at that tyme Iudáh wente downe from his brethren, a{n}d turned into a man called Hiráh an Adullamite.
And Iudáh sawe there the daughter of a man called Shuáh a Canaanite: and he toke her (to wife,) and went in vnto her.
So she conceyued and bare asonne; and he called his name Er.
And she conceiued againe, a{n}d bare a sonne, and she called his name Onán.
Moreouer she bare yet a sonne, whome she called Sheláh: and (Iudáh) was at Chezib when she bare him.
Then Iudáh toke a wife to Er his first borne (sonne) whose name (was) Tamár.
Nowe Er the first borne of Iudáh was wicked in the sight of the Lorde: therefore the Lord slewe him.
Then Iudáh sayd to Onán; Go in vnto thy brothers wife, and do the office of a kinsman vnto her, a{n}d raise vp sede vnto thy brother.
And Onan knewe that the sede shuld not be his: therefore when he went in vnto his brothers wife, he spilled it on the groúde, lest he shulde giue sede vnto his brother.
And it was wicked in the eies of the Lorde, which he did: wherefore he slewe him also.
Then sayd Iudáh to Tamár his daughter in law, Remaine a widow in thy fathers house, til Sheláh my sonne growe vp [for he thoght (thus,) Lest he die as well as his brethren] So Tamár went and dwelt in her fathers house.
¶ And in processe of time also the daughter of Shuáh Iudahs wyfe dyed. Then Iudáh, when he had left mourning, went vp to his shepe sherers to Timnáh, he, and his neyghbour Hirah the Adullamite.
And it was tolde Tamar, saying, Beholde, thy father in lawe goeth vp to Timnah, to shere his shepe.
Then she put her widowes garmentes of from her, and couered (her) with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and sate downe in Petháh-enaim, which is by the way to Timnáh, because she sawe that Sheláh was growen, and she was not giuen vnto him to wife.
Whe{n} Iudáh sawe her, iudged her an whore: for she had couered her face.
And he turned to the way, towards her, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me lye with thee, [for he knewe not that she was his daughter in lawe] And she aunswered, What wilt thou giue me for to lie with me?
Then sayd he, I will send thee a kid of the goates from the flocke, and she said, (Wel) if thou wilt giue me a pledge, til thou send it.
Then he sayd, What is the pledge that I shall giue thee? And she aunswered, Thy signet, and thy cloke, and thy staffe that is in thine hand. So he gaue it her, and lay by her, and she was with childe by him.
Then she rose, and went and put her vayle from her and put on her widowes rayment.
Afterwarde Iudáh sent a kid of the goates by the hande of his neighbour the Adullamite, for to receiue his pledge from the womans hand: but he founde her not.
Then asked he the men of that place, saying, where is the whore, (that sate) in 〈◊〉 by the way side? And they answered, There was no whore here.
He came therefore to Iudáh againe, a{n}d said, I can not finde her, and also the men of the place said, There was no whore there.
Then Iudáh said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: beholde, I sent this kid, a{n}d thou hast not founde her.
¶ Nowe after thre moneths, one tolde Iudáh, saying, Tamárthy daughter in law hath played the whore, and lo, with playing the whore, she is greate with chylde. Then Iudah sayd, Bryng ye her forthe and let herbe burnt.
When she was broght forthe, she sent to her father in lawe, saying, By the man, vnto whome these thynges (perteine,) am I with childe: and sayd also, Loke, I praye thee, whose these are, the seale, and the cloke, and the staffe.
Then Iudáh knewe (them,) and said, She is more righteous: then I for (she hath done it) because I gaue her not to Sheláh my sonne. So he laye with her no more.
¶ Nowe, when the time was come that she shulde be deliuered, beholde, there (were) twinnes in her wombe.
And when she was in trauel, (the one) put out his hand: and the midwife toke and bounde a red (threde) aboute his hand, saying, This is come out first.
But whe{n} he plucked his ha{n}d backe againe, lo, his brother came out, and (the midwife) said, Howe hast thou broken the breache vpó thee? and his name was called Phárez.
And afterwarde came out hys brother that (had) the red (threde) about his hand, a{n}d his name was called Zárah.
NOwe Ioséph was broght downe into Egipt: and Potiphár an Eunuche of Pharaohs [(and his) chief stuarde an Egyptian] boght hym at the hande of the Ishmeelites, which had broght him thether.
And the Lord was with Ioséph, and he was a man that prospered and was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And his master sawe that the Lord (was) with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
So Ioséph founde fauour in his sight, and serued him: and he made him ruler of his house, and put all that he had in his hand.
And from that time that he had made him ruler ouer his house and ouer all that he had the Lord blessed the Egyptians house for Iosephs sake: and the blessing of the Lord was vpon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
Therefore he left all that he had in Iosephs hand, and toke accompte of nothing (that was) with him, saue onely of the bread which he did eat. And Ioséph was a faire personne, and wel fauoured.
¶ Now therefore after these things, his masters wife cast her eyes vpo{n} Ioséph, and said, Lye with me.
But he refused and said to his masters wife, Beholde, my master knoweth not what (he hathe) in the house with me, but hathe committed all that he hathe to mine hand.
There is no man greater in this house then I: nether hathe he kept any thing from me, but only thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickednes and (so) sinne against God?
And albeit she spake to Ioséph day by day, yet he hearkened not vnto her, to lye with her, (or) to be in her companie.
Then on a certeine day (Ioseph) entred into the house, to do his busines: and there was no man of the housholde in the house:
Therefore she caught him by his garment, saying, Slepe with me: but he left his garme{n}t in her hand and fled, and got him out.
Now when she sawe that he had left his garment in her hand and was fled out,
She called vnto the men of her house, and tolde the{m}, saying, Beholde, he hathe broght in an Ebrewe vnto vs to mocke vs: who came into me for to haue slept with me: but I cryed with a loude voyce.
And when he heard that I lift vp my voyce and cryed, he left his garment with me, and fled away, and got him out.
So she layed vp his garment by her, vntil her lord came home.
Then she tolde him according to these wordes, saying, The Ebrewe seruant, which thou hast brogt vnto vs, came into me to mocke me.
But assone as I lift vp my voyce and cryed, he left his garment with me, aud fled out.
Then when his master heard the wordes of his wife, which she tolde him, saying, After this maner did thy seruant to me, his angre was kindled.
And Iosephs master toke him and put him in prison, in the place, where the Kings prisoners lay bounde: and there he was in prison.
But the Lord was with Ioséph, and shewed him mercie, and got him fauour in the sight of the master of the prison.
And the keper of the prison commited to Iosephs hand all the prisoners that were in the prison, and whatsoeuer they did there, that did he.
And the keper of the prison loked vnto nothing that was vnder his hand, seing that the Lord (was) with him: for whatsoeuer he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
ANd after these things, the butler of the King of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
And Pharaóh was angry against his two officers, against the chief butler, and against the chief baker.
Therefore he put them inwarde in his chief stuardes house, in the prison (and) place where Ioséph was bounde.
And the chief stuarde gaue Ioséph charge ouer them, and he serued them: and they continued a season inwarde:
¶ And they bothe dreamed a dreame, ether of them his dreame in one night, eche one according to the interpretatio of his dreame (bothe) the butler & the baker of the King of Egypt, which were bounde in the prison.
And when Ioséph came in vnto them in the morning, and loked vpon them, he holde, they were sad.
And he asked Pharaohs officers, that were with him in his masters warde, saying, Wherefore loke ye so sadly to day?
Who answered him, We haue dreamed, (eche one) a dreame, & there is none to interpret the same, The{n} Ioséph said vnto the{m}, Are not interpretations of God? tel the{n} me now.
So the chief butler tolde his dreame to Ioséph, a{n}d said vnto him, In my dreame, beholde, a vine (was) before me,
And in the vine (were) thre branches, and as it budded, her floure came forthe: and the clusters of grapes waxed ripe.
And (I had) Pharaohs cup in mine hand, and I toke the grapes, and wrong them into Pharaohs cup, and I gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand.
Then Ioséph said vnto him, This is the interpretation of it: The thre branche are thre dayes.
Within thre dayes shal Pharaóh lift vp thine head, and restore thee vnto thine office, and thou shalt giue Pharaohs cup into his hand after the olde maner, when thou wast his butler.
But haue me in remembrance with thee, when thou art in good case, and shewe mercie, I pray thee, vnto me, and make mencion of me to Pharaóh, that thou maiest bring me out of this house.
For I was stollen away by theft out of the land of the Ebrewes, and here also haue I done nothing, wherefore they shulde put me in the dungeon.
And when the chief baker sawe that the interpretacion was good, he said vnto Ioséph, Also me thoght in my dreame that I had thre white baskets on mine head.
And in the vppermost basket there (was) of all maner baken meates for Pharaōh: and the birdes did eat them out of the basket vpon mine head.
Then Ioséph answered, a{n}d said This is the interpretacion thereof: The thre baskets are thre dayes.
Within thre daies shal Pharaóh take thine head from thee, and shal hang thee on a tre, and the birdes shal eat thy flesh fro{m} of thee.
¶ And so the third day, (which was) Pharaohs birthday, he made a feast vnto all his seruantes: and he lifted vp the head of the chief butler, and the head of the chief baker among his seruantes.
And he restored the chief butler vnto his butlership, who gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand,
But he hanged the chief baker, as Ioséph had interpreted vnto them.
Yet the chief butler did not remembre Ioséph, but forgat him.
ANd two yeres after, Pharaóh also dreamed, and beholde, he stode by a riuer,
And lo, there came out of the riuer seuen goodlie kine and fatfleshed, and thei fed in a medow:
And lo, seuen other kine came vp after them out of the riuer, euil fauoured and leane fleshed, and stode by the (other) kine vpon the brinke of the riuer.
And the euil fauoured and leane fleshed kine did eat vp the seuen wel fauoured and fat kine: so Pharaóh awoke.
Againe he slept, and dreamed the seconde time: & beholde, seuen eares of corne grewe vpon one stalke, ranke and goodlie.
And lo, seuen thinne eares, and blasted with the East winde, sprang vp after them.
And the thinne eares deuoured the seuen ranke and ful eares, then Pharaóh awaked, and lo, (it was) a dreame.
Now when the morning came, his spirite was troubled: therefore he sent and called all the sothesaiers of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof, and Pharaóh tolde them his dreames: but none colde interpret them to Pharaóh.
Then spake the chief butler vnto Pharaóh, saying, I call to minde my fautes this day.
Pharaóh being angry with his seruantes, put me inwarde in the chief stuardes house, (bothe) me and the chief baker.
Then we dreamed a dreame in one night, (bothe) I, and he: we dreamed eche man according to the interpretacio{n} of his dreame.
And there (was) with vs a yong man, an Ebrewe, serua{n}t vnto the chief stuarde, whome when we tolde, he declared our dreames to vs, to euerie one he declared according to his dreame.
And as he declared vnto vs, so it came to passe: (for) he restored me to mine office, and hanged him.
Then sent Pharaóh, and called Ioséph, and they broght him hastely out of prison, and he shaued him, and cha{n}ged his raiment, and came to Pharaóh.
Then Pharaóh said to Ioséph, I haue dreamed a dreame, and no man can interpret it, and I haue heard say of thee, (that when) thou hearest a dreame, thou ca{n}st interpret it.
And Ioséph answered Pharaóh, saying, Without me God shal answer for the welth of Pharaóh.
And Pharaóh said vnto Ioséph, In my dreame, beholde, I stode by the ba{n}ke of the riuer
And lo there came vp out of the riuer seuen fatfleshed, and wel fauoured kine, and thei fed in the medow.
Also lo, seuen other kine came vp after the{m} poore & very euil fauoured, & leanefleshed I neuer sawe the like in all the land of Egypt for euil fauoured.
And the leane and euil fauoured kine did eat vp the first seuen fat kine.
And when they had eaten them vp, it colde not be knowen that they had eaten them, but they were stil as euil fauoured, as they were at the beginning: so did I awake.
Moreouer I sawe in my dreame, and beholde, seuen eares sprang out of one stalke, ful and faire.
And lo, seuen eares, withered, thinne, (and) blasted with the East winde, sprang vp after them.
And the thinne eares deuoured the seuen good eares. Now I haue tolde the sothesaiers and none can declare it vnto me.
¶ Then Ioséph answered Pharaóh, (Bothe) Pharaóhs dreames are one. God hathe shewed Pharaóh, what he is about to do.
The seuen good kine are seuen yeres, and the seuen good eares are seuen yeres: this is one dreame.
Like wise the seuen thinne and euil fauoured kine, that came out after them, are seuen yeres: and the seuen emptie eares blasted with the East winde are seuen yeres of famine.
This is the thing, which I haue said vnto Pharaóh, that God hathe shewed vnto Pharaóh, what he is aboute to do.
Beholde, there come seuen yeres of great plentie in all the land of Egypt.
Againe, there shal arise after them seuen yeres of famine, so that all the plentie shalbe forgottten in the land of Egypt, and the famine shal consume the land:
Nether shal the plentie be knowen in the land, by reaso{n} of this famine that (shal come) after: for it shalbe exceading great.
And therfore the dreame was doubled vnto Pharaóh the seco{n}d time, because the thi{n}g is established by God, and God hasteth to performe it.
Now therefore let Pharaóh prouide for a man of vnderstanding and wisdome, and set him ouer the land of Egypt.
Let Pharaóh make and appoint officers ouer the land, a{n}d take vp the fifte parte of the land of Egypt in the seuen plenteous yeres.
Also let them gather all the fode of these good yeres that come, and lay vp corne vnder the hand of Pharaóh for fode, in the cities, and let them kepe (it.)
So the fode shalbe for the prouision of the land, against the seuen yeres of famine, whiche shalbe in the land of Egypt, that the la{n}d perish not by famine.
¶ And the saying pleased Pharaôh and all his seruantes.
Then said Pharaóh vnto his seruantes, Can we finde (suche) a man as this, in whome (is) the Spirit of God.
Then Pharaóh said to Ioséph, For as muche as God hath shewed thee al this, there is no man of vnderstanding, or of wisdome lyke vnto thee.
Thou shalt be ouer mine house, a{n}d at thy worde shall al my people be armed, onely in the Kings throne wil I be aboue thee.
Moreouer Pharaóh said to Ioséph, Beholde I haue set thee ouer all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaóh toke of his ring frome his hand, and put it vpo{n} Iosephs hand, & araied him in garments of fine linen and put a golden cheine about his necke.
So he set him vpon the best charet that he had, saue one: & they cryed before him Abréch, & placed him ouer al the la{n}d of Egipt
Againe Pharaóh said vnto Ioséph, I am Pharaóh, & without thee shal no man lift vp his hand or his fote in al the land of Egypt.
And Pharaóh called Iosephs name Zaphnáth-paaneáh: and he gaue hym to wife Asenáth the daughter of Poti-phérah prince of On, then went Ioséph abroad in the land of Egypt.
¶ And Ioséph (was) thirty yere olde whe{n} he stode before Pharaóh Kyng of Egypt: and Ioséph departing from the presence of Pharaóh, went through out all the land of Egypt.
And in the seuen plenteous yeres the earth broght forthe store.
And he gathered vp al the fode of the seue{n} plenteous yeres, whiche were in the land of Egypt, and layed vp fode in the cities: the fode of the field, that was rounde about (euery) citie, layed he vp in the same.
So Ioséph gathered wheat, like vnto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, vntil he left nombring: for (it was) 〈◊〉 nombre.
Now vnto Ioséph were borne two sonnes [before the yeres of famine came] whiche Asenáth the daughter of Poti-phérah prince of On bare vnto hym.
And Ioséph called the name of the first borne Manasseh: for God, (said he,) hathe made me forget all my labour and all my fathers housholde.
Also he called the name of the seconde Ephráim: for God, (said he,) hath made me fruteful in the land of mine affliction.
¶ So the seuen yeres of the plentie that was in the land of Egypt were ended.
Then began the seuen yeres of famine to come, accordyng as Ioséph had said: and the famine was in al landes; but in all the land of Egypt was bread.
At the length al the land of Egypt was affamished a{n}d the people cryed to Pharaóh for bread. And Pharaóh said vnto all the Egyptians, Go to Ioséph: what he saith to you, do ye.
When the famine was vpon all the land, Ioséph opened all (places,) wherein (the store was) and solde vnto the Egyptians: for the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
And all countreis came to Egypt to bye corne of Ioséph, because the famine was sore in all landes.
THen Iaakób sawe that there was fode in Egypt, and Iaakób said vnto his sonnes, Why gaze ye one vpon another?
And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is fode in Egypt, Get you downe thether and bye vs fode thence, that we may liue, and not dye.
¶ So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.
But Beniamin Iosephs brother wolde not Iaakób send with his brethren: for he said, Lest death shulde befall him.
And the sonnes of Israél came to bye fode among the{m} that came: for there was famine in the land of Canáan.
Now Ioséph was gouerner of the land who solde to all the people of the land: then Iosephs brethren came, and bowed their face to the grounde before him.
And whe{n} Ioséph sawe his brethre{n}, he knewe them, and made him selfe strange toward them, and spake to them roughly, & said vnto them, Whence come ye? Who answered, Out of the land of Canáan, to bye vitaile.
[Now Ioséph knewe his brethren, but they knewe not him.
And Ioséph reme{m}bred the dreames, which he dreamed of them] and he said vnto them, Ye are spies, (and) are come to se the weakenes of the land.
But they said vnto him, Nay, my Lord, but to bye vitaile thy seruantes are come.
We are alone mans sonnes: we meane trnely, and thy seruantes are no spies.
But he said vnto them, Nay, but ye are come to sethe weakenes of the land.
And they said, We thy seruantes are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the land of Canáan: and beholde, the yongest (is) this day with our father, and one is not.
〈◊〉 Ioséph said vnto the{m}, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.
Hereby ye shalbe proued: (by) the life of Pharaóh, ye shal not go hence, except your yongest brother come hether.
Send one of you whiche may fet your brother, and ye shal be kept in prison, that your wordes may be proued, whether there be trueth in you: or els (by) the life of Pharaóh ye are but spies.
So he put them inwarde thre dayes.
Then Ioséph said vnto them the third day, This do, and liue: (for) I feare God.
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bounde in your prison house, (and) go ye, carie fode (for) the famine of your houses:
But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye die not: and they did so.
¶ And they said one to another, We haue verely sinned against our brother, in that we sawe the 〈◊〉 of his soule, when he besoght vs, & we wolde not heare (him:) therfore is this trouble come vpon vs,
And Reubén answered the{m}, saying, Warned I not you, saying, Sinne not against the child and ye wolde not heare? and lo, his blood is now required.
[And they were not aware that Ioséph vnderstode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.]
Then he turned from them, and wept and turned to them againe, and communed with them, and 〈◊〉 Simeôn from among them, and bounde him before their eyes.
¶ So Ioséph commanded that they shulde 〈◊〉 their sackes with wheat, and put 〈◊〉 mans money againe in his sacke, & giue the{m} vitaile for the iourney: and thus did he vnto them.
And they laied their vitaile vpon their asses and departed thence.
And as one of them opened his sacke for to giue his asse prouandre in the ynne, he espied his money: for lo, it was in his sackes mouthe.
Then he said vnto his brethren, My money is restored? for lo, it is euen in my sacke. And their hearts failed them, & they were astonished, and said one to another, What is this (that) God hathe done vnto vs?
¶ And they came vnto Iaakób their father vnto the land of Canáan, and tolde hym all that 〈◊〉 be fallen them, saying.
The man, (who is) Lord of the land, speake roughly to vs, and put vs (in prison) as spies of the countrey.
And we said vnto him, We are true men, (and) are not spies.
We be twelue brethren, 〈◊〉 of our father: one is not, and the yongest (is) this day with our father in the land of Canáan.
Then the Lord of the countrey said vnto vs Hereby shal I knowe if ye be true me{n}: Leaue one of your brethren with me, & take (fode) for the famine of your houses and departe.
And bring your yongest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that ye are no spies, but true men: (so) wil I deliuer you your brother and ye shal occupie in the land.
¶ And as they empted their sackes, beholde euerie mans bu{n}del of monei was in his sacke and when they and their father sawe the bu{n}dels of their money, they were afraied.
Then 〈◊〉 their father said to them, Ye haue robbed me of my children: Ioséph is not, and Simeôn is not, and ye wil take Beniamin: all these things are against me.
Then Reubén answered his father, saying, Slay my two so{n}nes, if I bring him not to thee againe: deliuer him to mine hand and I will bring him to thee againe.
But he said, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, & he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way, which ye go, the{n} ye shal bring my graie head with sorowe vnto the graue.
NOw great famine (was) in the land.
And when they had eaten vp the vitaile which they had broght from Egypt, their father said vnto them, Turne againe, (and) bye vs a litle fode.
And Iudáh answered him, saying, The man charged vs by an othe, saying, Neuer se my face, except your brother (be) with you.
If thou wilt send our brother with vs, we wil go downe, and by thee fode:
But if thou wilt not send (him,) we will not go downe: for the man said vnto vs, Loke me not in the face, except your brother (be) with you.
And Israél said, Wherefore delt ye so euill with me, as to tel the man, whether ye had yet a brother or no?
And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye (any) brother? And we tolde him according to these wordes: colde we know certeinly that he wolde say, Bring your brother downe?
The{n} said Iudáh to Isráel his father, Send the boye with me, that we may rise and go, and that we may liue and not dye bothe we, and thou, and our children.
I wil be suretie for him: of mine hand shalt thou require him. If I bring hym not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me beare the blame for euer.
For except we had made this tarying doutles by this we had returned the seco{n}de time
Then their father Israél said vnto them, If (it must nedes be) so nowe, do thus: take of the best frutes of the land in your vessels, & bring the man a present, a litle rosen, and a litle honie, spices and 〈◊〉, nuttes, and almondes.
And take double money in your hand, and the money, that was broght againe in your sackes mouthes: carie it againe in your hand lest it were some ouersight.
Take also your brother and arise, (and) go againe to the man.
And God almightie giue you mercie in the sight of the man, that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 deliuer you your other brother, & Be{n}iamin: but I shalbe robbed of my childe, as I haue bene.
¶ Thus the men toke this present, and toke twise so muche money in their hands with Beniamin, and rose vp, and went downe to Egypt and stode before Ioséph.
And when Ioséph sawe Beniamin with the{m}, he said to his stuard, Bring these men home and kil meat and make readie: for the men shall eat with me at noone.
And the man did as Ioséph bad, and broght the men vnto Iosephs house.
Now when the men were broght into Iosephs house thei were afraied, and said Because of the money, that came in our sackes mouths at the first time, are we broght, that he maie pike a quarel against vs, and laye some thing to our charge, & bring vs in bondage and our asses.
Therefore came they to Iosephs stuard, and communed with hym at the dore of the house.
And said, Oh syr, we came in dede downe hether at the first time to bye fode.
And as we came to an ynne and opened our sackes, beholde, euerie mans money was in his sackes mouth (euen) our money in ful weight, but we haue broght it againe in our hands.
Also other money haue we broght in our handes to bye fode (but) we can not tel, who put our money in our sackes.
And he said, Peace be vnto you, feare not: your God and the God of your father hath giuen you that treasure in your sackes, I had your money: & he broght forth Simeo{n} to the{m}.
So the man led the{m} into Iosephs house, and gaue them water to wash their fete, & gaue their asses prouander.
And they made redy their present against Ioséph came at none, [for they heard saie, that they shulde eat bread there.]
When Ioséph came home they broght the present into the house to him, which was in their hands, & bowed downe to the grounde before him.
And he asked them of (their) prosperitie & said, Is your father the olde ma{n}, of whome ye tolde me, in good health? is he yet aliue?
Who answered, Thy seruant our father is in good helth, he is yet aliue: a{n}d they bowed downe, and made obeisance.
And he lifting vp his eies, behelde his brother Beniamin his mothers sonne, and said, Is this your yonger brother, of whome ye tolde me? And he said, God be merciful vnto thee, my sonne.
And Ioséph made haste [for his affection was inflamed toward his brother, and soght (where) to wepe] a{n}d entred into his chambre and wept there.
Afterward he washed his face, & came out, & refrained him selfe, & said, Set on meat.
And they prepared for him by him selfe, and for them by the{m} selues, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by them selues, because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Ebrewes: for that was an abominacion vnto the Egyptians.
So they sate before him: the eldest according vnto his age, and the yongest according vnto his you the, and the men marueiled among them selues.
And thei toke meases from before him and (sent) to them: but Beniamins mease was fiue times so muche as anie of theirs: and thei dronke & had of the best drinke with him.
AFterwarde he commanded his stuard, saying, 〈◊〉 the mens sackes with fode; as muche as thei can cary, and put euerie mans money in 〈◊〉 sackes mouthe.
And put my cup, (I meane) the siluer cup, in the sackes mouthe of the yongest, and his corne money. And he did according to the commandement that Ioséph gaue (him,)
And in the morning the men were sent away, thei, and their asses.
And when thei went out of the citie not farre of, Ioséph said to his stuard, Vp, followe after the men: and when thou doest ouertake them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye rewarded euil for good?
Is that not (the cup,) wherein my lord, drinketh? and in the which he doeth deuine & prophecie? ye haue done euil in so doing.
¶ And when he ouertoke the{m}, he said those wordes vnto them.
And thei answered him, Wherfore saieth my Lord suche wordes? God, forbid that thy seruants shulde do suche a thing.
Beholde, the money which we found in our sackes mouthes, we broght againe to thee out of the la{n}d of Canáan: how then shuld we steale out of thy lordes house siluer, or golde
With whome soeuer of thy seruants it be founde, let him dye, a{n}d we also wil be my lords bondmen.
And he said, Now then let it be according vnto your wordes: he with whom it is fou{n}de shal be my seruant, and ye shal be blameles.
Then at once euerie man toke downe his sacke to the grounde, and euerie one opened his sacke.
And he searched and began at the eldest & left at the yongest: and the cup was founde in Beniamins sacke.
Then they rent their clothes, & laded euerie man his asse, & went againe into the citie
¶ So Iudah and his brethren came to Iosephs house [for he (was) yet there] and they 〈◊〉 before him on the grounde.
The{n} 〈◊〉 said vnto the{m}, What acte is this whiche 〈◊〉 haue done? Knowe ye not that suche a man as I, can deuine and prophecie
Then said Iudah, What shall we say vnto my Lord? what shall we speake? and how can we iustifie ourselues? God hath founde out the wickednes of thy seruants: beholde we (are) seruants to my Lord, bothe we, and he, with whome the cup is founde.
But he answered, God forbid, that I shulde do 〈◊〉, (but) the man, with whome the cup is founde, he shal be my seruant, and go ye in peace vnto your father.
Then Iudah drewe nere vnto him, and said, Oh my Lord, let thy seruant now speake a worde in my Lords eares, & let not 〈◊〉 wrath be kindled against thy seruant: for thou art euen as Pharaoh.
My Lord asked his seruants, saying, Haue yea father, or a brother.
And we answered my Lord, We haue a father that is 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉 a yong 〈◊〉, (which he begat) in his age: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother and his father loueth him.
Now thou saidest vnto thy seruants, Bryng hym vnto me, that I may set mine eie vpon him.
And we answered my Lord, The childe can not departe from his father: for if he leaue his father, (his 〈◊〉) wolde dye.
Then saidest thou vnto thy serua{n}ts, Except your yonger brother come downe with you loke in my face no more.
So when we came vnto thy seruant our father, & shewed hym what my Lord had said.
And our father said vnto vs, Go againe, bye vs a litle fode.
Then we answered, We can not go downe: (but) if our yongest brother go with vs, the{n} wil we go downe: for we may not se the ma{n}s face, except our yongest brother be with vs
Then thy seruant my father said vnto vs, Ye knowe that my wife bare me two (sonnes)
And the one went out from me, and I said, Of a surety he is torne in pieces, and I sawe him not since.
Now ye take this also away from me: if death take him, then ye shal bring my gray head in sorowe to the graue.
Now therefore, whe{n} I come to thy seruant my father, and the childe (be) not with vs [seing that his life dependeth on the (childes) life]
Then when he shal se that the childe (is) not (come,) he wil dye: so shal thy seruants bring the gray head of thy seruant our father with sorowe to the graue.
Doutles thy seruant became suretie for the childe to my father, and said, If I bring him not vnto thee againe, the{n} I wil beare the blame vnto my father for euer.
Now therefore, I pray thee, let (me) thy seruant bide for the childe, (as) a seruant to my Lord, and let the childe go vp with his brethren.
For how can I go vp to my father, if the childe (be) not with me, onles I wolde se the euil that shal come on my father?
THen Ioséph colde not refraine him selfe before all that stode by him, but he cried Haue forthe euerie man fro{m} me. And there taried not one with him, while Ioséph vttered himselfe vnto his brethren.
And he wept and cryed, (so) that the Egyptia{n}s heard: the house of Pharaóh heard also.
Then Ioséph said to his brethren, I am Ioséph: doeth my father yet liue? But his brethren colde not answer him, for thei were astonished at his presence.
Againe Ioséph said to his brethren, Come nere, I pray you, to me. And thei came nere. And he said, I am Ioséph your brother, whome ye solde into Egypt.
Now therefore be not sad, nether grieued with your selues, that ye solde me hether: for God did send me before you for (your) preseruation.
For now two yeres of famine (haue bene) through the land, and fiue yeres (are) behinde, wherein nether (shal be) earing nor haruest.
Wherefore God sent me before you to preserue your posteritie in this land, and to saue you aliue by a great deliuerance.
Now then you sent not me hether, but God who hathe made me a father vnto Pharaóh, and lord of all his house, and ruler through out all the land of Egypt.
Haste you and go vp to my father, and tel him, Thus saieth thy sonne Ioséph, GOD hathe made me lord of all Egypt: come downe to me, tary not.
And thou shalt dwel in the land of Gôshen, and shalt be nere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy shepe, & thy beastes, and all that thou hast.
Also I wil nourish thee there [for yet (remaine) fiue yeres of famine] lest thou perish through pouertie, thou and thy housholde, and all that thou hast.
And beholde, your eies do se, and the eies of my brother Beniamin, that my mouth speaketh to you.
Therefore tel my father of all mine honour in Egypt, and of all that ye haue sene, and make haste, and bring my father hether.
Then he fel on his brother Beniamins necke, & wept, & Beniamin wept on his necke,
Moreouer he kissed all his brethren, and wept vpo{n} them: and afterwarde his brethren talked with him.
¶ And the tydings came vnto Pharaohs house, so that thei said, Iosephs brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh wel, and his seruants.
Then Pharaóh said vnto Ioséph, Say to thy brethren, This do ye, lade your beàstes and departe, go to the land of Canáan,
And take your father, and your housholdes and come to me, and I wil giue you the best of the land of Egypt, and ye shal eat of the fat of the land.
And I commande thee, Thus do ye, take you charets out of the la{n}d of Egypt for your children, and for your wiues, and bring your father and come.
Also regard not your stuffe: for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.
And the children of Israél did so: a{n}d Ioséph gaue them charets according to the co{m}mandement of Pharaoh he gaue them vitaile also for the iourney.
He gaue them all, none except, change of raiment: but vnto Beniamin he gaue thre hundreth pieces of siluer, and fine sutes of rayment.
And vnto his father like wise he sent ten he asses laden with the best things of Egypt, & ten she asses lade{n} with wheat, and bread, and meat for his father by the way.
So sent he his brethren away, and thei departed: and he said vnto them, Fal not out by the way.
¶ Then thei went vp from Egypt, and came vnto the land of Canáan vnto Iaakób their father,
And tolde him, saying, Ioséph (is) yet aliue and he also is gouerner ouer all the land of Egypt, and (Iaakobs) heart failed: for he beleued them not.
And thei tolde him all the wordes of Ioséph which he had said vnto them: but when he sawe the charets, which Ioséph had sent to cary him, then the spirit of 〈◊〉 their father reuiued.
And Israél 〈◊〉, (I haue) ynough: Ioséph my sonne (is) yet aliue: I wil go and se him yer I dye.
THen Israél toke his iourney with all that he had, and came to Beer-〈◊〉, and offred sacrifice vnto the God of his father Izhák.
And God spake vnto Israél in a vision by night, saying, Iaakób, Iaakób. Who answered, I am here.
Then he said, I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to go downe into Egypt: for I wil there make of thee a great nation.
I wil go downe with thee into Egypt, and I wil also bring thee vp againe, and Ioséph shal put his hand vpon thine eies.
Then Iaakób rose vp from Beer-shébâ: and the sonnes of Israél 〈◊〉 Iaakób their father, and their children, and their wiues in the charets, which Pharaóh had sent to cary him.
And thei toke their 〈◊〉 and their goods, which they had gotte{n} in the land of Canáan and came into Egypt, (bothe) Iaakób and all his sede with him,
His sonnes and his sonnes sonnes with him, his daughters and his sonnes daughters, and all his sede broght the with him into Egypt.
¶ And these are the names of the children of Israél, which came into Egypt, (euen) Iaakób and his sonnes: Reubén Iaakobs first borne.
And the sonnes of Reubén Hanóch, and 〈◊〉, and Hezrón and Carmi.
¶ And the sonnes of Simeón: Iemuél, and Iamin, and O had, and Iachin, and Zóhar, and Shaul the sonne of a Canaanitish woman.
¶ Also the sonnes of Leui: Gershón, Koháth and Merari.
¶ Also the sonnes of Iudáh: Er, and Onán, and Sheláh, and Phárez, and Zérah: [but Er, and Onán dyed in the land of Canáan] And the sonnes of Phárez (were) Hezrón and Hamúl.
¶ Also the sonnes of Issachár: Tolá, and Phuuáh, and Iob, and Shimron.
¶ Also the sonnes of Zebulún: Séred, and Elon, and Iahleél.
These be the sonnes of Leah, which she bare vnto Iaakob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the soules of his sonnes & his daughters (were) thirty and thre.
¶ 〈◊〉 the sonnes of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
¶ Also the sonnes of Ashér: Iimnah, and Ishuah and 〈◊〉, and Beriah, and Sérah their sister. And the sonnes of Beriah: Héber, and Malchiél.
These are the children of Zilpah, whome Laban gaue to Leah his daughter: and these she bare vnto Iaakob, (euen) sixtene soules.
The sonnes of 〈◊〉 Iaakobs wife (were) Ioséph, and Beniamin.
¶ And vnto Ioséph in the land of Egypt were borne Manasséh, and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-phérah prince of On bare vnto him.
¶ Also the sonnes of Beniamin: Bélah, and Bécher, and Ashbél, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, & Rosh, Mupppim, & Huppim, & Ard.
These are the sonnes of Rahél, which were borne vnto Iaakób, fourtene soules in all.
¶ Also the sonnes of Dan: Hushim.
¶ Also the sonnes of Nephtali: Iahzeél, and Guni, and lézer, and Shillém.
These are the sonnes of Bilháh, which Labán gaue vnto Rahél his daughter, and she bare these to Iaakób, in all, seuen soules.
All the soules, that came with Iakōb into Egypt, which came out of his" loynes [beside Iakobs sonnes wiues] (were) in the whole, thre score and sixe soules.
Also the sonnes of Ioséph, which were borne him in Egypt, (were) two 〈◊〉: (so) that all the soules of the house of Iaakób, which came into Egypt, (are) seuentie.
¶ Then he sent Iudàh before him vnto Ioseph, to direct his way vnto Góshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
Then Ioséph" made ready his charet and went vp to Goshen to mete Israél his father, and presented him selfe vnto him, and fel on his necke, and wept vpon his necke a" good while.
And Israél said vnto Ioséph, Now let me dye, since I haue sene thy face, (〈◊〉) that thou art yet aliue.
Then Ioséph said to his brethren, and to his fathers house, I wil go vp a{n}d shewe Pharáoh and tel him, My brethren and my fathers house, which were in the land of Canáan, are come vnto me,
And the men (are) e shepherdes, and because they are shepherdes, they haue broght their shepe and their cattel, and all that thei haue.
And if Pharaóh call you, and aske you, What is your trade?
Then ye shal say, Thy seruants are men occupied about cattel, fro{m} our childhode euen vnto this time, bothe we and our fathers: that ye may dwel in the land of Góshen: for euerie shepekeper is an f abominacion vnto the Egyptians.
THen came Ioséph and tolde Pharaōh, & said, My father, and my brethren, and their shepe, and their 〈◊〉, and all that they haue, are come out of the land of Canáan, & beholde, they are in the land of 〈◊〉.
And Ioséph toke parte of his brethren, euen a fiue men, and presented the{m} vnto Pharaóh.
The{n} Pharaóh said vnto his brethren, What is your trade? And thei answered Pharaóh, Thy seruants (are) shepherdes, both we and our fathers.
Thei said moreouer vnto Pharaóh, For to soiourne in the land are we come: for thy seruants haue no pasture for (their) shepe, so sore is the famine in the land of Canáan. Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy seruants dwel in the land of Gōshen.
Then spake Pharaóh to Ioséph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee.
The land of Egypt is before thee: in the best place of the land make thy father and thy brethren dwel: let them dwel in the land of Gōshen: and if thou knowest that there be men of actiuitie among them, make them rulers ouer my cattel.
Ioséph also broght Iaakób his father, and set him before Pharaóh. And Iaakōb saluted Pharaōh.
Then Pharaōh said vnto Iaakōb, How olde art thou?
And Iaakōb said vnto Pharaōh, The whole time of my pilgrimage (is) an hundreth and thirty yeres: fewe and euil haue the dayes of my life bene, and I haue not atteined vnto the yeres of the life of my fathers, in he dayes of their pilgrimages.
And Iaakōb toke leaue of Pharaōh, and departed from the presence of Pharaōh.
¶ And Ioséph placed his father, and his brethren, and gaue them possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, (euen) in the land of Ramesés, as Pharaōh had commanded.
And Ioséph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers housholde with bread, euen to the yong children.
¶ Now there was no bread in all the land: for the famine (was) exceading sore: so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canáan were famished by the reason of the famine.
And Ioséph gathered all the money, that was founde in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canáan, for the corne which they boght, and Ioséph laied vp the money in Pharaohs house.
So when money failed in the land of Egyt, and in the land of Canáan, then all the Egyptians came vnto Ioséph, and said, Giue vs bread: for why shulde we dye before thee? for (our) money is spent.
Then said Ioséph, Bring your cattel, and I wil giue you for your cattel, if (your) money be spent.
So they broght their cattel vnto Ioséph, & Ioséph gaue them bread for the horses, and forthe flockes of shepe, and for the herdes of cattel, and for the asses: so he fed the{m} with bread for all their cattel that yere.
But when the yere was ended, they came vnto him the next yere, and said vnto him, We wil not hide from my lord, that since our money is spent, and my lord hathe the herdes of the cattel, there is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our grounde.
Why shal we perish in thy sight, bothe we, and our land? bye vs and our land for bread, and we & our land wil be bonde to Pharaoh: therefore giue vs sede, that we may liue and not dye, and that the land go not to waste.
So Ioséph boght all the land of Egypt for Pharaóh: for the Egyptians solde euerie ma{n} his grou{n}de because the famine was sore vppon them: so the land became Pharaohs.
And he remoued the people vnto the cities, from one side of Egypt euen to the other.
Onely the land of the Priests boghthe not: for the Priests had an ordinarie of Pharaōh, and they did eat their ordinarie, which Pharaōh gaue them: wherefore they solde not their grounde.
Then Ioséph said vnto the people, Behold, I haue boght you this day and your land for Pharaōh: 〈◊〉, (here is) sede for you: so we therfore the grounde.
And of the encrease ye shall gyue the fifte parte vnto Pharaōh, and foure partes shal be yours for the sede of the fielde, and for your meat, and for them of your housholdes, and for your children to eat.
Then they aunswered, Thou hast saued our liues: let vs finde grace in the sight of my Lorde, and we wil be Pharaohs seruants.
Then Ioséph made it a law ouer the land of Egypt vnto this day, that Pharaōh shuld haue the fift (parte,) except the lande of the Priestes onely, which was not Pharaohs.
¶ And Israéld welt in the land of Egypt, in the conntrey of Góshen: and they had their possessions therein, and grewe and multiplied exceadingly.
Moreouer, Iaakób liued in the la{n}d of Egypt seuentene yeres, so that the whole age of Iaakób (was) an hundreth fourtie a{n}d seuen yere.
Now when the time drewe nere that Israel muste dye, he called his sonne Ioséph, and said vnto hym, If I haue nowe founde grace in thy sight, put thine hand nowe vnder my thigh, and deale mercifully and truely with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.
But when I shall slepe wyth my Fathers, thou shalte cary me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burial. And he answered, I wil do as thou hast said.
The{n} he said, Sweare vnto me. And he sweare vnto him. And Isráel worshipped towarde the beds head.
AGaine after this, one sayd to Ioséph, Lo, thy father is sicke: the{n} he toke with him his two sonnes, Manasséh and Ephráim.
Also one tolde Iaakób, and said, Behold, thy sonne Ioséph is come to thee, & Israél toke hys strength vnto hym & sate vpon the bed
Then Iaakób sayd vnto Ioséph, GOD almyghtye appeared vnto me at Luz in the land of Canáan, and blessed me.
And he said vnto me; Beholde, I will make thee fruteful, and wil multiplie thee, and will make a greate nombre of people of thee, a{n}d wil giue this land vnto thy sede after thee for an euerlasting possession.
¶ And nowe thy two sonnes, Manasséh and Ephráim, whiche are borne vnto thee in the lande of Egypte, before I came to thee into Egypt, shalbe mine, as Reubén and Simeón are mine.
But thy lignage, whiche thou hast begotten after them, shalbe thyne: they shalbe called after the names of their brethren in their enheritance.
Now when I came from Padán, Rahél dyed vpon myne hande in the land of Canáan, by the way when (there was) but halfe a dayes iourney of grounde to come to Ephráth: and I buryed her therein the waye to Ephráth: the same (is) Beth-léhem.
Then Israél behelde Iosephs sonnes a{n}d said, Whose are these?
And Ioséph said vnto his father, They are my sonnes, whiche God hathe giuen me here, then he said, I praye thee, bring them to me, that I may blesse them:
[For the eyes of Israél were dim for age, so that he colde not (welse)] Then he caused them to come to hym, and he kyssed them and embraced them.
And Israél sayd vnto Ioséph, I had not thoght to haue sene thy face: yet lo, God hathe shewed me also thy sede.
And Ioséph toke them away fro{m} his knees, and did reuerence downe to the ground.
Then toke Ioseph them bothe, Ephráim in his right hand toward Israels left hande, and Manasséh in hys left hande towarde Israels right hand, so he broght (them) vnto him.
But Israél stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraims head, whiche was the yonger, and his left hande vpon Manassehs head [directing his hands of purpose] for Manasséh (was) the elder.
¶ Also he blessed Ioséph and sayd, The God, before whome my fathers Abrahám and Izhák did walke, the GOD, whyche hathe fed me all my life long vnto this daye, (blesse thee.)
The Angell, whyche hathe deliuered me from all euill, blesse the children, and let my name be named vppon them, and the name of my fathers Abrahám and Izhák, that they maye growe as fishe into a multitude in the middes of the earth.
But when Ioseph sawe that his father layd his right hand vpon the head of Ephráim, it displeased him: and he stayed hys Fathers hande to remoue it from Ephraims head to Manassehs head.
And Ioséph said vnto his father, Not so my father, for this is the eldest: put thy right hand vpon his head.
But hys father refused, and sayd, I knowe well, my sonne, I knowe well: he shalbe also a people, and he shalbe great like wise: but his yonger brother shalbe greater the{n} he; a{n}d his sede shalbe ful of nations.
So he blessed them that daye, and sayd, In thee Israél shal blesse, a{n}d say, God make thee as Ephráim and as Manasséh, and he set Ephráim before Manasséh.
Then Israél said vnto Ioséph, Behold, I dye, and God shalbe with you, and bryng you againe vnto the land of your fathers.
Moreouer, I haue giuen vnto thee one porcion aboue thy brethren, which I gate out of the hand of the Amorite by my sworde a{n}d by my bowe.
THen Iaakób called his sonnes, and sayd, Gather your selues together, that I maye tell you what shall come to you in the laste dayes.
Gather your selues together, and heare, ye sonnes of Iaakób, and hearken vnto Israél your father.
¶ Reubén myne eldest sonne, thou art my myght, and the begynning of my strength, the excellencie of dignitie, and the excellencie of power.
(Thou wast) light as water: thou shalt not be excellent, because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bed: then didest thou defile my bed, (thy dignitie) is gone.
¶ Simeon and Leui, brethre{n} (in euil,) the instrume{n}ts of crueltie are in their habitacio{n}s.
Into their secret let not my soule come: my glorie, be not thou ioyned wyth theyr assemblie: for in theyr wrath they slewe a man, and in theyr selfe wyll they digged downe a wall.
Cursed be their wrath, for it was fearce, and their rage, for it was cruel: I will deuide the{m} in Iaakób, and scater them in Israél.
¶ Thou Iudáh, thy brethren shal praise thee: thyne hande (shalbe) in the necke of thyne ennemyes: thy fathers sonnes shall bowe downe vnto thee.
Iudáh, (as) a lions whelpe shalte thou come vp frome the spoile, my sonne. He shall lye downe (and) couche as a lyon, and as alyonesse Who shall ster him vp?
The sceptre shal not departe from Iudáh, nor a lawe giuer from betwene his fete, vntill Shilōh, come, and the people (shalbe) gathered vnto him.
He shall bynde hys asse fole vnto the vine, and his asses colte vnto the best vine, he shall washe hys garment in wine, and his cloke in the blood of grapes.
His eyes (shalbe) red with wine, and hys tethe white with milke.
¶ Zebulum shall dwel by the sea side, and he (shalbe) an hauen for shyppes: hys border (shalbe) vnto Zidon.
Issachár (shalbe) a strong asse, couchynge downe betwene two burdens.
And he shal se that rest is good, and that the land is pleasant, and he shal bowe his shulder to beare, and shalbe subiect vnto tribute.
¶ Dan shal iudge his people as one of the tribes of Israél.
Dan shalbe a serpent by the way, and adder by the path, byting the horse heles, so that his ryder shal fall back warde.
O Lord, I haue waited for thy saluacion.
¶ Gad, an host of men shall ouercome hym, but he shal ouercome at the last.
Concerning Ashér, his bread (shalbe) fat, and he shal giue pleasures for a King.
¶ Naptali (shalbe) a hynde let go, giuing goodlie wordes.
¶ Ioseph (shalbe) a fruteful bough, (euen) a fruteful bough by the well side: the smale boughes shal runne vpon the wall.
And the archers grieued hym, and shot (against him,) and hated him.
But hys bowe abode stronge, and the handes of hys armes were strengthened, by the handes of the myghtie (God) of Iaakōb, of whome (was) the feeder (appointed by) the stone of Israél.
(Euen) by the God of the father, who shall helpe thee, and by the almyghtie, who shall blesse thee with heauenlye blessyngs from aboue, with blessyngs of the depe, that lyeth beneath, with blessyngs of the brests, and of the whome.
The blessyngs of thy father shalbe stronger then the blessynges of mine elders: vnto the end of the hilles of the worlde they shalbe on the head of Ioséph, and on the toppe of the head of hym that was separat frome his brethren.
¶ Beniamin shall rauine (as) a wolfe: in the mourning he shall deuoure the praye, and at night he shal diuide the spoile.
¶ All these are the twelue tribes of Israél, and thus their father spake vnto them, and blessed them: euerie one of them blessed he with a seueral blessing.
And he charged them and sayd vnto them, I am ready to be gathered vnto my people: bury me with my Fathers in the caue that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
In the caue that is in the fielde of Machpeláh besides Mamré in the lande of Canáan: which (caue) Abrahám boght with the field of Ephrón the Hittite for a possession to bury in.
There they buryed Abrahám and Saráh his wyfe: there they buryed Izhák, and Rebekáh his wife: and there I buryed Leáh.
The purchase of the field & the caue that is therein (was boght) of the childre{n} of Heth.
Thus Iaakob made an end of giuing charge to hys sonnes, and plucked vp his fete into the bed and gaue vp the gost, and was gathered to his people.
THen Ioséph fel vpon his fathers face and wept vpon him, and kissed him.
And Ioséph commanded hys seruauntes the phisicions, to enbaume his father, and the phisicions enbaumed Israél.
So fourty daies were accomplished [for so long did the daies of them that were enbaumed last] and the Egyptians bewailed him seuenty daies.
And when the daies of his mourning were past, Ioséph spake to the house of Pharaóh, saying, If I haue now founde fauour in your eies, speak, I pray you, in the eares of Pharaóh, and say,
My father made me sweare, saying, Lo, I dye, buri me in my graue, which I haue made me in the land of Canaan: now therefore let me go, I praie thee, and bury my father and I wil come againe.
Then Pharaóh said, Go vp and bury thy father, as he made thee to sweare.
¶ So Ioséph went vp to bury his father, and with him went all the seruantes of Pharaóh, (bothe) the elders of his house and all the elders of the land of Egypt.
Like wise all the house of Ioséph, and his brethren, and his fathers house: onely their childre{n}, and their shepe, and their cattel left they in the land of Goshen.
And there went vp with him bothe charets and horsemen: and they were an exceading great companie.
And they came to Gōren Atád, which is beyonde Iordén, a{n}d there they made a great and exceading sore lame{n}tacion: & he mourned for his father seuen daies.
And when the Canaanites the inhabitants of the land sawe the mourning in Gore Atád they said, This is a great mourning vnto the Egyptians: wherefore the name thereof was called Abél Mizráim, which is beyonde Iordén.
So his sonnes did vnto him according as he had commanded them:
For is sonnes caried him into the land of Canáan, and buryed him in the caue of the field of Machpelah, which (caue) Abrahám boght with the field, to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite besides Mamré.
¶ Then Ioséph returned into Egypt, he & his brethren, and all that went vp with him to bury his father, after that he had buryed his father.
And when Iosephs brethren sawe that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Ioséph wil hate vs, and wil paye vs againe all the euil, which we did vnto him.
Therefore they sent vnto Ioseph, saying, Thy father commanded before his death, saying,
Thus shal ye say vnto Ioséph, Forgiue now, I pray thee, the trespace of thy brethren, & their sinne: for they rewarded thee euil. And now, we pray thee, forgiue the trespace of the seruants of thy fathers God. And Ioséph wept, when they spake vnto him.
Also his brethren came vnto him, and fel downe before his face, and said, Beholde, we be thy seruantes.
To whome Ioséph said, Feare not: for am not I vnder God?
When ye thoght euil against me, God disposed it to good, that he might bring to passe, as it is this day, and saue muche people aliue.
Feare not now therefore, I wil nourish you and your children: and he comforted them, and spake kindely vnto them.
¶ So Ioséph dwelt in Egypt, he and his fathers house: and Ioséph liued an hundreth and ten yere.
And Ioséph sawe Ephraims children, euen vnto the third generacion: also the sonnes of Machir the sonne of Manaséh were broght vpon Iosephs knees.
And Ioseph said vnto his brethren, I am ready to dye, and God wil surely viset you, and bring you out of this land vnto the land which he sware vnto Abrahám, vnto Izhák, and vnto Iaakób.
And Ioséph toke an othe of the children of Israél, saying, God wil surely viset you, and ye shal cary my bones hence.
So Ioséph dyed, when he was an hundreth and ten yere olde: and they enbaumed him and put him in a chest in Egypt.
NOw these are the names of the childre{n} of Israel, which came into Egypt [euerie man and his housholde came (thither) with laakób.]
Reubén, Simeon, Leui, and Iudáh,
Issachár, Zebulún and Beniamin,
Dan, and Naphthali, Gad and 〈◊〉.
So all the soules, that came out of the loynes of Iaakób, were seue{n}tie soules: Ioséph was in Egypt already.
Now Ioseph dyed and all his 〈◊〉, and that whole generacion.
¶ And the children of Israél broght forthe frute and encreased in abundance, and were multiplied, and were exceading mightie, so that the land was ful of them.
Then there rose vp anewe King in Egypt, who knewe not Ioséph.
And he said vnto his people, Beholde, the people of the children of Israél (are) greater and mightier then we.
Come, let vs worke wisely with them, lest they multiplie and it come to passe, that if there bewarre, they ioyne them selues also vnto our enemies, and fight against vs, and get them out of the land.
Therefore did they set taske masters ouer them, to kepe them vnder with burdens, and they buylt the cities 〈◊〉 and Raamsés for the treasures of Pharaóh.
But the more they vexed the{m}, the more they multiplied and grewe: therefore they were more grieued against the children of Israél.
Wherefore the Egyptians by crueltie caused the children of Israél to serue.
Thus they made the{m} weary of their liues by sore labour in claye & in 〈◊〉, & in all worke in the field, with all maner of bondage, which they laied vpon them moste cruelly.
¶ Moreouer the King of Egypt comma{n}ded the mid 〈◊〉 of the Ebrewe women, [of which the ones names was Shiphráh, and the name of the other Puáh]
And said, When ye do the office, of a midwife to the women of the Ebrewes & se the{m} on their stolles, if it be a sonne, the{n} ye shal kil him: but if it be a daughter, then let her liue.
Notwithsta{n}ding the midwiues feared God, and did not as the King of Egypt co{m}manded them, but preserued aliue the men children.
Then the King of Egypt called for the midwiues, and said vnto them, Why haue ye done thus, and haue preserued aliue the men children?
And the midwiues answered Pharaóh, Because the Ebrewe women (are) not as the women of Egypt: for they are liuelie, and are deliuered 〈◊〉 the midwife come at them.
God therefore 〈◊〉 the midwiues, & the people multiplied & were very mightie.
And because the midwiues feared God, therfore he made them houses.
Then Pharaóh charged al his people, saying Euerie man childe that is borne, cast ye into the riuer, but reserue euerie maid childe aliue.
THen there went a man of the house of Leui, & toke (to wife) a daughter of Leui.
And the woman conceiued and bare a sonne and when she sawe that he was faire, 〈◊〉 hid him thre moneths.
But when she colde no longer hide him, she toke for him an arke (made) ofrede, & daubed it with slime and with pitch, and laid the childe therein, and 〈◊〉 (〈◊〉) among the bulrushes by the riuer brinke.
Now his sister stode a far of, to wit what wolde come of him.
¶ Then the daughter of Pharaóh came downe to wash her in the riuer, and her maidens walked by the riuers side: and when she sawe the arke among the bulrushes, she sent 〈◊〉 maid to fet it.
Then she opened it, and sawe it was a childe and beholde, the babe wept: so she had compassion on it, and said, This is one of the Ebrewes children.
Then said his sister vnto Pharaohs daughter Shal I go and call vnto thee a nurce of the Ebrewe women to 〈◊〉 thee the childe?
And Pharaohs daughter said to her, Go. So the maid went & called the childesmother.
To whome Pharaohs daughter said, Take this childe away, and nurce it for me, and I wil rewarde thee. Then the woman toke the childe and nurced him.
Now the childe grewe, and she broght him vnto Pharaohs daughter, and he was as her sonne, and she called his name Mosés, because, said she, I drewe him out of the water.
¶ And in those dayes, when Mosés was growen, he went forthe vnto his brethre{n}, & loked on their burde{n}s: also he sawe an Egyptia{n} smiting an Ebrewe one of his brethren.
And he loked rounde about, and when he sawe no man, he slew the Egyptia{n}, and hid him in the sand.
Againe he came forthe the seconde day and beholde, two Ebrewes stroue: and he sayd vnto him that dyd the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy felowe?
And he answered, Who made thee a man of autoritie and a iudge ouer vs? Thinkest thou to kyll me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared and said, Certeinly this thing is knowen.
Now Pharaoh heard this matter, and soght to slay Mosés: therefore Moses fled frome Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midián, and he sate downe by a well.
And the Priest of Midian had seuen daughters, whiche came and drewe (water,) and filled the troghes, for to water their fathers shepe.
Then the shepherdes came and droue them away: but Mosés rose vp and defended the{m}, and wattered their shepe.
And when they came to Reuél their father, he said, How are ye come so sone to day?
And they sayd, A man of Egypt deliuered vs frome the hande of the shepherdes, and also drewe vs water ynough, and wattered the shepe.
The{n} he said vnto hys daughters, And where is he? why haue ye so left the man? call hym that he may eat bread.
And Mosés agreed to dwell with the man: who gaue vnto Mosés Zipporáh his daughter:
And she bare a sonne, whose name he called 〈◊〉: for he said, I haue bene a stranger in a strange land.
¶ Then in processe of time, the Kyng of Egypt dyed, and the 〈◊〉 of Israél sighed for the bondage and cryed: and their crye for the bondage came vp vnto God.
Then God heard their mone, and God remembred his couenant with Abrahám, Izhák, and Iaakob.
So God loked vpon the children to Israél, and God had respect vnto them.
WHen Mosés kept the shepe of Iethro hys father in lawe, Priest of Midian, and droue the flocke to the backeside of the desert, and came to the Mountaine of God, Horéb.
Then the Angell of the Lorde appeared vnto him in a flame of fyre, out of the middes of a bushe: and he loked, and beholde, the bushe burned with fyre, and the bushe was not consumed.
Therefore Mosés sayd, I wyll turne aside nowe, and se this great sight, why the bushe burneth not.
And when the Lord sawe that he turned aside to se, God called vnto hym out of the middes of the bushe, and said, Mosés, Mosés. And he answered, I am here.
Then he sayd, Come not hither; put thy shooes of thy fete: for the place whereon thou standest is holy grounde.
Moreouer he said, I am the God of thy father, the GOD of Abrahám, the God of Izhák, and the GOD of Iaakob. Then Mosés hid hys face: for he was afrayed to loke vppon God.
¶ Then the Lord sayd, I haue surely sene the trouble of my people, whiche are in Egypt, and haue heard their crye, because of their taske masters: for I knowe their sorowes,
Therefore I am come downe to deliuer them out of the hande of the Egyptians; and to brynge them out of that lande into a good land and a large, into a land that floweth with milke and hony, (euen) into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, a{n}d the Hiuites, and the Iebusites.
And nowe lo, the crye of the chyldren of Israél is come vnto me, and I haue also sene the oppression, wherewith the Egyptians oppresse them.
Come now therefore, and I will send thee vnto Pharaóh, that thou maiest bring my people the children of Israél out of Egypt.
¶ But Mosés said vnto God, Who am I, that I shulde go vnto Pharaóh, and that I shulde bring the children of Israél out of Egypt?
And he answered, Certeinly I wil be with thee: and this shalbe a token vnto thee, that I haue sent thee, After that thou hast broght the people out of Egypt, ye shal serue God vpon this Mountaine.
Then Mosés said vnto God, Behold, (whe{n}) I shall come vnto the children of Israél, and shal say vnto them, The God of your fathers hathe sent me vnto you: if they say vnto me, What is hys Name? what aunswere shall giue them?
And GOD aunswered Mosés, I AM that I AM. Also he sayd, Thus shalte thou saye vnto the chyldren of Israél, I am hathe sent me vnto you.
And God spake further vnto Mosés, Thus shalte thou saye vnto the children of Israél, The Lorde God of your fathers, the God of Iaakób hathe sent me vnto you: this is my Name for euer, and this is my memorial vnto all ages.
Go and gather the Elders of Israél together, and thou shalt saye vnto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abrahám, Izhák, and Iaakób appeared vnto me, and sayde, I haue surely remembred you, and that which is done to you in Egypt.
Therefore I did saye, I wyll bryng you out of the affliction of Egypte vnto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, vnto a land that floweth with milke and hony.
Then shal they obeye thy voyce, and thou a{n}d the Elders of Israél shal go vnto the King of Egypt, and saye vnto hym, The LORD praye the enowe therefore, let vs go thre dayes iourney in the wildernes, that we may sacrifice vnto the Lord our God.
¶ But I knowe, that the Kyng of Egypt wil not let you go, but by strong hand.
Therefore wil I stretch out mine hand and smite Egypt with all my wonders, whiche I will do in the middes thereof: and after that shal he let you go.
And I will make this people to be fauored of the Egyptians: so that when ye go, ye shal not go emptie.
For euerie woman shall aske of her neighbour, and of her that soiourneth in her house, iewels of siluer and iewels of golde and raiment, and ye shal put them on your sonnes, and on your daughters, and shall spoile the Egyptians.
THen Mosés aunswered, and said, But lo, they wil not beleue me, nor hearken vnto my voyce: for they wil say, The Lorde hathe not appeared vnto thee.
And the Lord said vnto him, What is that in thine hand? And he answered, A rod.
Then said he, Cast it on the grounde. So he cast it on the grounde, a{n}d it was (turned) into a serpent: and Mosés fled from it.
Againe the Lord said vnto Mosés, Put for the thine hand, and take it by the taile. Then he put for the his hand and caught it, and it (was turned) into a rod in his hand.
(Do thys) that they may beleue, that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abrahám, the God of Izhák, and the God of Iaakób hathe appeared vnto thee.
¶ And the Lord said furthermore vnto him, Thrust nowe thine hande into thy bosome. And he thrust his hand into hys bosome, and when he toke it out (agayne,) beholde, hys hand was leprous as snow.
Moreouer he sayd, Put thine hand into thy bosome agayne. So he put his hand into hys bosome againe, and pluckt it out of hys bosome, and beholde, it was turned agayne as his (other) flesh.
So shal it be, if they will not beleue thee, nether obey the voyce of the firste signe, yet shal they beleue for the voyce of the seconde signe.
But if they will not yet beleue these two signes, nether obey vnto thy voyce, then shalt thou take of the water of the riuer, and powre it vpon the drye lande: so the water which thou shalt take out of the riuer, shalbe (turned) to blood vpon the drye land.
¶ But Mosés sayd vnto the Lorde, Oh my Lord, I am not eloquent, nether at any time (haue bene,) nor yet since thou haste spoken vnto thy seruaunt: but I am slowe of speache and slow of tongue.
Then the Lorde said vnto hym, Who hathe giuen the mouth to man? or who hathe made the domme, or the deafe, or hym that seeth, or the blinde? haue not I the Lord?
Therefore go nowe, and I wyll be with thy mouth, and will teache thee what thou shalt say.
But he sayd, Oh my Lorde, send, I pray thee, by the hand (of hym,) whome thou shuldest send.
Then the Lorde was very angry with Mosés, and said, Do not I knowe Aarón thy brother the Leuite, that he him self shal speak? for lo, he commeth also forthe to mete thee, and when he seeth thee, he wil be glad in his heart.
Therefore thou shalt speake vnto him, and put these wordes in his mouth, and I wil be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and wil teache you what ye ought to do.
And he shalbe thy spokesman vnto the people: he shalbe, (eue{n}) he shalbe as thy mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
Moreouer thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, where with thou shalt do miracles.
¶ Therefore Mosés went and returned to Iethró his father in lawe, and sayd vnto him, I pray thee, let me go, and returne to my brethren, whiche are in Egypt, and se whether they be yet aliue. Then Iethró sayd to Mosés, Go in peace.
[For the Lorde had said vnto Mosés in Midian, Go, returne to Egypt: for they are all dead which went about to kil thee.]
Then Mosés toke his wife, and his sonne, and put them on an asse, and returned towarde the land of Egypt, and Mosés toke the rod of God in hys hand.
And the LORD sayd vnto Mosés, When thou art entred and come into Egypte agayne, se that thou do al the wonders before Pharaoh, whiche I haue put in thine hande: but I wil harden his heart, and he shall not let the people go.
Then thou shalt say to Pharaóh, Thus sayth the Lorde, Israél (is) my sonne, (euen) my first borne.
Wherefore I say to thee, Let my sonne go, that he may serue me: if thou refuse to let him go, beholde, I will slay thy sonne (euen) thy first borne.
¶ And as he was by the way in the ynne, the Lord met him, and wolde haue killed him.
Then Zipporáh toke a sharpe knife, and cut awaye the foreskinne of her sonne, and cast it at his fete, and sayd, Thou (art) in dede a bloodie housband vnto me.
So 〈◊〉 departed from hym. Then she sayd, O bloodye housband [because of the circumcision]
¶ Then the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron, Go mete Mosés in the wildernes, And he went God of the Ebrewes hath met with vs: we and met him in the Mount of God, and kissed him.
Then Mosés tolde Aarón all the wordes of the Lord, who had sent him, & all the signes where with he charged him.
¶ So went Moses and Aaron, and gathered all the Elders of the children of Israél.
And Aarón tolde all the wordes, which the Lord had spoken vnto Mosés, and he did the miracles in the sight of the people,
And the people beleued, and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israél, and had loked vpon their tribulacion, they bowed downe, and worshipped.
THen afterward Mosés and Aaron went a{n}d said to Pharaóh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israél, Let my people go, that they maie celebrate a feast vnto me in the wildernes.
And Pharaóh said, Who is the Lord, that I shulde heare his voyce, & let Israél go? I knowe not the Lord, nether wil I let Israél go.
And they said, We worship the God of the Ebrewes: we pray thee, suffre vs to go thre daies iournei in the desert and to sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, lest he bring vpon vs the pestilence or sworde.
Then said the King of Egypt vnto them, Mosés and Aarón, why cause ye the people to cease from their workes? get you to your burdens.
Pharaóh said furthermore, Beholde, muche people (is) now in the land, and ye make them leaue their burdens.
Therefore Pharaoh gaue commandement the same day vnto the taske masters of the people, and to their officers, saying,
Ye shal giue the people no more strawe, to make bricke [as in time past] (but) let them go and gather them straw them selues:
No withstanding lay vpon them the nombre of bricke, which they made in time past, diminish nothing thereof: for they be idle, therefore thei crye, saying, Let vs go to offre sacrifice vnto our God.
Lay more worke vpon the men, and cause them to do it, and let them not regarde vaine wordes.
¶ Then went the taske masters of the people and their officers out, and tolde the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaóh, I wil giue you no more straw.
Go your selues, get you straw where ye can finde it, yet shal nothing of your labour be diminished.
Then were the people scatred abrode throughout all the land of Egypte, for to gather stubble in stede of straw.
And the taske masters hasted them, saying, Finish your dayes worke" euerie dayes taske as (ye did) when ye had straw.
And the officers of the children of Israéll, which Pharaohs taske masters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in making brick yesterday & to day, as i{n} times past
¶ Then the officers of the children of Israél came, and cryed vnto Pharaóh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?
There is no straw giuen to thy seruants, & they say vnto vs, Make bricke: & lo, thy seruants are beaten, and thy people is blamed.
But he said, Ye are to muche idle: therefore ye say, Let vs go to offre sacrifice to the Lord.
Go therefore now (and) worke: for there shal no straw be giue{n} you, yet shal ye deliuer the whole tale of bricke.
Then the officers of the children of Israél sawe the{m} selues in an euil case, because it was said, Ye shal diminish nothing of your brick (nor) of euerie dayes taske.
¶ And they met Mosés and Aarón, whiche stode in their way as they came out frome Pharaóh.
To whome they said, The Lord loke vpon you and iudge: for ye haue made our sauour to stincke before Pharaóh and before his seruants, in that ye haue put a sworde in their hand to slay vs.
Wherefore Mosés returned to the Lord, & said, Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? wherefore hast thou thus sent me?
For since I came to Pharaóh to speake in thy Name, he hath vexed this people, & yet thou hast not deliuered thy people.
THen the Lorde said vnto Mosés, Now shalt thou se, what I wil do vnto Pharaoh for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and euen be constreined to driue them out of his land.
Moreouer God spake vnto Mosés, and said vnto him, I am the Lord.
And I appeared vnto Abrahám, to Izhák, & to Iaakób by (the Name) of Almightie God but by my Name Iehouáh was I not knowe{n} vnto them.
Furthermore as I made my couenant with them to giue them the land of Canáan, the land of their pilgremage, wherein they were strangers:
So I haue also heard the groning of the children of Israél, whome the Egyptians kepe in bondage, and haue remembred my couenant.
Wherefore say thou vnto the children of Israél, I am the Lorde, and I wil bring you out from the burdens of the Egyptians, and will deliuer you out of their bondage, and wil redeme you in a stretched out arme, & in great iudgementes.
Also I wil take you for my people, and wil be your God: then ye shall knowe that I the Lord your God bring you out from the burdens of the Egyptians.
And I wil bring you into the land whiche I sware that I wolde giue to Abrahám, to Izhák and to Iaakôb, and I wil giue it vnto you for a possession: I am the Lord.
¶ So Mosés tolde the children of Israél thus but thei hearkened not vnto Mosés, for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.
Then the Lorde speake vnto Mosés, saying.
Go speake to Pharaōh King of Egypt, that he let the children of Israél go out of his la{n}d.
But Mosés spake before the Lorde, saying, Beholde, the children of Israél hearken not vnto me, how then shal Pharaóh heare me, whiche am of vncircumcised lippes?
Then the Lord spake vnto Mosés and vnto Aarōn, & charged the{m} (to go) to the children of Israél and to Pharaōh King of Egypt, to bring the children of Israél out of the land of Egypt.
¶ These be the heades of their fathers houses: the sonnes of Reubén the first borne of Israél (are) Hanōch and Pallú. Hezrōn & Carmi: these are the families of Reubén.
Also the sonnes of Simeón: Iemuéll and Iamin, and O had, and Iachin, and Zōar, and Shaull the sonnes of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeōn.
¶ These also are the names of the sonnes of 〈◊〉 in their generacions: Gershōn, and Koháth and Merari [and the yeres of the life os Leui (were) an hundreth thirty and seue{n} yere]
The sonnes of Gershōn (were) Libni and Shimi by their families.
And the sonnes of Koháth, Amrám & Izhár and Hebrōn and Vzziél, [and Koháth liued an hundreth thirty and thre yere]
Also the sonnes of Merari (were) Mahali & Mushi: these are the families of Leui by their kinreds.
And Amrám toke Iochébed his fathers sister to his wife, and she bare him Aarōn & Mosés [and Amrám liued and hundreth thirty and seuen yere]
¶ Also the sonnes of Izhár: Kórah, and Néphegh, and Zichri.
And the sonnes of Vzzièl: Mishaél, and Elzaphán, and Sithri.
And Aarōn toke Elishēba daughter of Amminadáb, sister of Nahashōn to his wife which bare him Nadáb, and Abihú, Eleazár and Ithamár.
Also the sonnes of Kōrah: Assir, and Elkanáh, and Abiasáph: these are the families of the 〈◊〉.
And Eleazár Aarons sonne toke hym (one) of the daughters of Putiél to his wife, which bare him Phinehās: these are the principal fathers of the Leuites through out their families.
These are Aarōn and Mosés to whome the Lord said, Bring the children of Israél out of the land of Egypt, according to their armies.
These are that Mosés & Aarōn, which spake to Pharaōh King of Egypt, that they might bring the children of Israēl out of Egypt.
¶ And at that time when the Lord spake vnto Mosēs in the land of Egypt,
When the Lord, (I say,) spake vnto Mosés, saying, I am the Lord, speake thou vnto Pharaōh the King of Egypt all that I say vnto thee,
Then Mosés said before the Lord, Beholde I am of vncircumcised lippes, and how shal Pharaōh heare me?
THen the Lord said to Mosēs, Beholde, I haue made thee Pharaohs God, and Aarōn thy brother shal be thy Prophet.
Thou shalt speake all that I co{m}manded thee and Aarôn thy brother shal speake vnto Pharaóh, that he suffre the children of Israél to go out of his land.
But I wil harden Pharaohs heart, and multiplie my miracles and my wondres in the land of Egypt.
And Pharaōh shal not hearken vnto you, that I may lay mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out mine armies (euen) my people, the children of Israél out of the land of Egypt, by great iudgements.
Then the Egyptians shalk now that I am the Lord, when I stretch forthe mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israél from among them.
So Mosés and Aarōn did as the Lord commanded them, (euen) so did they.
[Now Mosés was foure score yere olde, & Aarōn foure score and thre, when thei spake vnto Pharaōh]
¶ And the Lord had spoken vnto Mosés & Aarón, saying,
If Pharaōh speake vnto you, saying, Shewe a miracle for you, then thou shalt say vnto Aarōn, Take thy rod and cast it before Pharaōh, (and) it shal be (turned) into a serpent.
¶ Then went Mosés and Aarón vnto Pharaōh, and did euen as the Lord god commanded: and Aarōn caste forthe his rod before Pharaōh and before his seruants, and it was (turned) into a serpent.
Then Pharaōh called also for the wise men and sorcerers: and those charmers also of Egypt did in like maner with their enchantements.
For they cast downe euerie man his rod, and thei were (turned) into serpents: but Aarons rod deuoured their rods.
So Pharaohs heart was hardened, and he hearkned not to them, as the Lord had said
¶ The Lord then said vnto Mosés, Pharaohs heart is obstinat, he refuseth to let the people go.
Go vnto Pharaōh in the morning, [lo, he wil come vnto the water] & thou shalt stand & mete him by the riuers brinke, and the rod which was turned into a serpent, shalt thou take in thine hand.
And thou shalt say vnto him, The Lord God of the Ebrewes hath sent me vnto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serue me in the wildernes: and beholde, hitherto thou woldest not heare.
Thus saith the Lorde, In this thou shalt knowe that I am the Lorde: beholde, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand vpon the water that is in the riuer, and it shalbe turned to blood.
And the fish that is in the riuer shall dye, & the riuer shal stinke, and it shal greue the Egyptians to drinke of the water of the 〈◊〉.
¶ The Lord then spake to Mosés, Say vnto Aarón, Take thy rod, and stretche out thine hand ouer the waters of Egypt, ouer their streames, ouer their riuers, & ouer their pondes, and ouer all pooles of their waters, and they shalbe blood, and there shalbe blood through out all the land of Egypt, bothe in (vessels) of wood, and of stone.
So Mosés and Aarōn did euen as the Lorde commanded: and he lift vp the rod, and smote the water that was in the riuer in the sight of Pharaōh, and in the sight of his seruants: and all the water that was in the riuer, was turned into blood.
And the fish that was in the riuer dyed, and the riuer stanke: so that the Egyptians colde not drinke of the water of the riuer: & there was blood through out all the land of Egypt.
And the enchanters of Egypt did like wise with their sorceries: & the heart of Pharaōh was hardened: so that he did not hearken vnto them, as the Lord had said.
Then Pharaōh returned, and went againe into his house, nether did this yet entre into his heart.
All the Egyptians the{n} digged round about the riuer (for) waters to drinke: for they cold not drinke of the water of the riuer.
And (this) continued fully seuen daies after the Lord had smitten the riuer.
AFterwarde the Lorde said vnto Mosés, Go vnto Pharaōh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serue me:
And if thou wilt not let them go, beholde, I wil smite all thy countrey with frogges.
And the riuer shal scrall ful of frogges, whiche shall go vp and come into thine house: and into thy chambre, where thou slepest, & vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy kneadyng troghes.
Yea, the frogges shall climbe vp vppon thee, and on thy people, and vpon al thy seruants.
¶ Also the Lord said vnto Mosés, Say thou vnto Aarōn, Stretche thine hand with thy rod vpon the streames, vpon the riuers, and vpon the pondes, and cause frogges to come vp vpon the land of Egypt.
Then Aarōn stretched his hand vppon the waters of Egypt, and the frogges came vp and couered the land of Egypt.
And the sorcerers did like wise with their sorceries, and broght frogges vp vpon the land of Egypt.
Then Pharaoh called for Mosés & Aarōn, & said Pray ye vnto the Lord that he may take away the frogges fro{m} me, and from my people, a{n}d I wil let the people go, that they may do sacrifice vnto the Lord.
And Mosés said vnto Pharaōh, As concerning me, euen commande when I shal praye for thee, and for thy serua{n}ts, and for thy people, to destroye the frogges from thee, and from thine houses, that they may remaine in the riuer onely.
The{n} he said, Tomorowe. And he answered Be it as thou hast said, that thou maiest know, that there is none like vnto the Lord our God.
So the frogges shal departe from thee, and from thine houses, and from thy seruants, & from thy people: onely they shal remayne in the riuer.
Then Mosés and Aarōn went out frome Pharaōh: and Mosēs cryed vnto the Lorde concerning the frogges, which he had sent vnto Pharaōh.
And the Lord did accordyng to the saying of Mosés: so the frogges died in the houses in the townes, and in the fields.
And they gathered the{m} togither by heapes and the land stanke (of them.)
But when Pharaōh sawe that he had rest (giuen him,) he hardened his heart, & hearkened not vnto the{m}, as the Lord had said.
¶ Againe the Lorde said vnto Mosés, Say vnto Aarōn Stretche out thy rod, & smite the dust of the earth, that it may be (turned) to lyce through out all the land of Egypt.
And they did so: for Aarōn stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth: and lyce came vpon man & vpo{n} beast: al the dust of the earth was lyce throughout all the land of Egypt.
Now the enchanters assaied lykewise with their enchantments to bring forth lyce, but they colde not, so the lyce were vpon man and vpon beast.
Then said the enchanters vnto Pharaōh, This is the finger of God. But Pharaōhs, heart remained 〈◊〉, a{n}d he hearckened not vnto them, as the Lord had said.
¶ Moreouer the Lord said to Mosés, Rise vp early in the morning, and stand before Pharaóh [lo, he wil come forth vnto the water] and say vnto him, Thus saith the Lorde, Let my people go, that they may serue me.
Els, if thou wilt not let my people go, beholde, I will send swarmes of flies bothe vpon thee, and vpon thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shalbe ful of swarmes of flies, and the grounde also whereon they are.
But the land of Gōshen, where my people are wil I cause to be wonderful in that day, so that no 〈◊〉 of flies shalbe there, that thou 〈◊〉 know that I am the Lord in the middes of the earth.
And I wil make a deliuerance of my people from thy people: tomorowe shal this miracle be.
And the Lord did so: for there came great swarmes of flies into the house of Pharaóh, and (into) his serua{n}ts houses, so that through all the land of Egypt the earth was corrupt by the swarmes of flies.
Then Pharaóh called for Mosés and Aarōn, and said, Go, do sacrifice vnto your God in this land.
But Mosés answered, It is not mete to do so for (then) we shulde offre vnto the Lord our God (that, whiche is) an abominacion vnto the Egyptians. Lo, can we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eies and they not stone vs?
Let vs go thre dayes iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord out God, as he hathe commanded vs.
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice vnto the Lord your God in the wildernes: but go not farre away, pray for me.
And Mosés said, Beholde, I wil go out from thee, and pray vnto the Lord, that the swarmes of flies may departe from Pharaóh, fro{m} his serua{n}ts, and from his peoples tomorow: but let Pharaóh from henceforth deceiue no more, in not suffring the people to sacrifice vnto the Lord.
So Mosés went out from Pharaóh & prayed vnto the Lord.
And the Lorde did according to the saying of Mosés, and the swarmes of flies departed from Pharaóh, from his seruants, and frome his people, (and) there remained not one.
Yet Pharaóh hardened his heart euen the{n} also, and did not let the people go.
THen the Lorde said vnto Mosés, Go to Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde God of the Ebrewes, Let my people go, that they may serue me.
But if thou refuse to let (them) go, and wilt yet holde them stil.
Beholde, the hand of the Lord is vpon thy flocke whiche is in the field: (for) vpon the horses, vpon the asses, vpon the camels, vpo{n} the cattell, and vpon the shepe (shalbe) a mighty great moraine.
And the Lord shal do wo{n}derfully betwene the beastes of Israél, & the beastes of Egipt: so that there shal nothing dye of al (that perteineth) to the children of Israél.
And the Lord appointed a time, saying, To morowe the Lorde shall finish this thyng in this land.
So the Lord did it on the morowe, & all the cattel of Egypt dyed: but of the cattel of the children of Israél dyed not one.
Then Pharaóh sent, and beholde, there was not one of the cattel of the Israelites dead: & the heart of Pharaōh was obstinat, & he did not let the people go.
¶ And the Lord said to Mosés, & to Aarón, Take your handful of ashes of the fornace, and Mosés shal sprinkle them towarde the heauen in the sight of Pharaóh.
And they shalbe (turned) to dust in all the land of Egypt: and it shalbe as a scab breaking out into blisters vpon man and vppon beast throughout all the land of Egypt.
Then they toke asshes of the fornaces, and stode before Pharaóh: and Mosés sprinkled them towarde the heauen, and there came a scab breaking out into blisters vpon man, and vpon beast.
And the sorcerers colde not stand before Mosés, because of the scab: for the scab was vpon the enchanters, and vpon al the Egiptians.
And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaóh, and he hearkened not vnto them, as the Lord had said vnto Mosés.
¶ Also the Lorde said vnto Mosés, Rise vp earely in the morning, & stand before Pharaoh, and tel him, Thus saith the Lorde God of the Ebrewes, Let my people go, that thei may serue me.
For I wil at this time send all my plagues vpon thine heart, and vpon thy seruants, and vpon thy people, that thou maiest knowe that there is none like me in all the earth.
For now I will stretche out mine hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with the pestilence: and thou shalt perish frome the earth.
And in dede, for this cause haue I appointed thee, to shewe my power in thee, and to declare my Name throughout al the worlde.
Yet thou exaltest thy selfe against my people, and lettest them not go.
Beholde, tomorowe this time I will cause to raine a mightie great haile, suche as was not in Egypt since the fundation thereof was laid to this time.
Send therefore now, (and gather thy eat tel, and all that thou hast in the field: (for) vpon all the men, and the beastes, which are founde in the field, and not broght home, the haile shal fall vpon them and they shaldye.
Suche (then) as feared the worde of the Lord among the seruantes of Pharaóh, made his seruants and his cattel flee into the houses:
But suche as regarded not the worde of the Lord, left his seruants, and his cattel in the field.
¶ And the Lord said to Mosés, Stretche forthe thine hand toward heauen, that there may be haile in all the land of Egypt, vpon man and vpon beast, and vpon all the herbes of the field in the land of Egypt.
Then Mosés stretched out his rod toward heauen, and the Lord sent thundre, & haile and lightening vpon the grounde: and the Lord caused haile to raine vpon the land of Egypt.
So there was haile, and fire mingled with the haile, so grieuous, as there was none throughout all the land of Egypt, since it was a nation.
And the haile smote throughout all the la{n}d of Egypt all that was in the field, bothe man and beast: also the haile smote all the herbes of the field, and brake to pieces all the trees of the field.
Onely in the la{n}d of Góshen [where the children of Israél were] was no haile.
Then Pharaóh sent and called for Moses and Aarón, and said vnto them, I haue now sinned: the Lord is righteous, but I and my pe ple are wicked.
Pray ye vnto the Lord [for it is ynough] that there be no more mightie thunders and haile, and I wil let you go, and ye shal tary no longer.
Then Mosés said vnto him, Assone as I am out of the citie, I wil spreade mine handes vnto the LORD, (and) the thunder shal cease nether shal there be any more haile, that thou maiest know that the earth is the Lords.
Now I knowe that thou, and thy seruantes feare the Lord God, before I pray.
[And the flaxe, and the barly were smitten: for the barly was eared, and the flaxe was bolled.
But the wheat and the ryewere not smitten for they were hid in the grounde.]
Then Mosés went out of the citie from Pharaóh and spred his hands to the Lord, & the thundre and the haile ceased, nether rained it vpon the earth.
And when Pharaóh saw that the raine and the haile and the thundre were ceased, he sinned againe, and hardened his heart (bothe) he, and his seruants.
So the heart of Pharaōh was hardened: nether wolde he let the children of Israél go, as the Lord had said by Mosés.
AGain the Lord said vnto Mosés, Go to Pharaóh: for I haue hardened his heart and the heart of his seruants, that I might worke these my miracles in the middes of his (realme.)
And that thou maiest declare in the eares of thy sonne, and of thy sonnes sonne, what things I haue done in Egypt, & my miracles, whiche I haue done among them: that ye may know that I am the Lord.
Then Mosés and Aarōn came vnto Pharaóh, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Ebrewes, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thy selfe before me? Let my people go, that they may serue me.
But if thou refuse to let my people go, beholde, tomorowe wil I bring greshoppers into thy coastes.
And they shall couer the face of the earth, that a man can not se the earth: a{n}d they shall eat the residue whiche remaineth vnto you, and hath escaped from the haile, & thei shal eat all your trees that bud in the field.
And they shal fil thine houses, and al thy seruant houses, and the houses of al the Egyptians, as nether thy fathers, not thy fathers fathers haue sene, since the time they were vpon the earth vnto this day So he returned and went out from Pharaōh.
Then Pharaohs seruants said vnto him How long shall he be an offence vnto vs let the men go, that they may serue the Lorde their God: wilt thou first knowe Egypt is destroyed.
So Mosés and Aaarōn were broght againe vnto Pharoōh, and he said to them, Go serue the Lord your God, but who are they that shall go?
And Mosés answered, We will go with our yong and with our olde, with our sonnes & with our daughters, with our shepe & with our cattel wil we go: for we (must celebrate) a feast vnto the Lord.
And he said vnto them, Let the Lord so be with you, as I will let you go and your children: beholde, for euill is before your face.
(It shal) not (be) so: now go ye (that are) men. and serue the Lord: for that was your desire Then they were thrust out from Pharaohs presence.
¶ After, the Lord said vnto Mosés, Stretche out thine hand vpon the land of Egypt for the greshoppers, that they may come vpon the land of Egypt, and eat all the herbes of the land, (euen) all that the haile hathe left.
Then Mosés stretched forthe his rod vpon the land of Egypt: and the Lord broght an East winde vpon the land all that day, and all that night: & in the morning the East winde broght the greshoppers.
So the greshoppers went vp vpon all the land of Egypt, and remained in all quaters of Egypt: so grieuous greshoppers, lyke to these were neuer before, nether after them shalbe suche.
For they couered al the face of the earth, so that the land was darcke: and they did eat al the herbes of the land, & all the frutes of the trees, which the haile had left, so that there was no grene thyng left vpon the trees, nor among the herbes of the field throughout al the land of Egypt.
Therefore Pharaôh called for Mosés and Aaron in haste, and said, I haue sinned against the Lorde your GOD, and against you.
And nowe forgiue me my sinne onely this once, and pray vnto the Lord your GOD, that he may take away from me this death onely.
(Moses) then went out from Pharaōh, and praied vnto the Lord.
And the Lord turned a mightie stro{n}g West winde, and toke away the greshoppers, and violently cast the{m} into the red Sea, (so that) there remained not one greshopper in all the coast of Egypt.
But the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart, & he did not let the children of Israél go.
¶ Againe the lord said vnto Mosés, Stretche out thine hand toward heauen, that there, may be vpon the land of Egypt darckenes, euen darcknes that may be felt.
Then Mosés stretched forth his ha{n}d toward heauen, and there was a blacke darcknes in all the land of Egypt thre days,
No man sawe another, nether rose vp from the place where he was (for) thre dayes: but all the children of Israél had light where they dwelt.
Then Pharaóh called for Moses, and said, Go, serue the Lorde: onely your shepe and your cattel shal abide, and your childre{n} shall go with you.
And Mosés said, Thou must giue vs also sacrifices, and burnt offrings that we may do (sacrifice) vnto the Lord our God.
Therefore our cattell also shall go with vs: there shal not an hoofe be left, for thereof must we take to serue the Lord our god: nether do we knowe how we shall serue the Lord, vntil we come thither.
[But the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart & he wolde not let them go]
And Pharaôh said vnto him, Get thee from me: loke thou se my face no more: for when soeuer thou commest in my sight, thou shalt dye.
Then Moses said, Thou hast said well: from hence for the wil I se thy face no more.
NOw [the Lord had said vnto Mosés, Yet wil I bring one plague more vpon Pharaóh, and vpon Egypt: after that he wil let you go hence: when he letteth you go, he shal at once chase you hence.
Speake thou now to the people, that euerie man require of his neighbour, and euerie woman of her neighbour iewels of siluer and iewels of golde.
And the Lord gaue the people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians: also Moses (was) 〈◊〉 great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaohs seruants, and in the sight of the people.]
Also Mosés said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight wil I go out into the middes of Egypt.
And all the first borne in the land of Egypt shaldye, from the first borne of Pharaóh that sitteth on his throne, vnto the first borne of the maid seruant, that is at the mille, and all the first borne of beastes.
Then there shal be a great crye throughout all the land of Egypt, suche as was neuer none like, nor shal be.
But against none of the childre{n} of Israél shal a dog moue his tongue, nether against man nor beast, that ye may knowe that the Lord putteth a difference betwene the Egyptians and Israél.
And all these thy seruantes shal, come downe vnto me, and fall before me, saying, Get thee out, 〈◊〉 all the people that are at thy fete, and after this wil I depart. So he went out from Pharaóh very angry.
And the Lord said vnto Mosés, Pharaōh shal not heare you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
So Mosés and Aarón did all these wonders before Pharaôh: but the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart, and he suffred not the children of Israél to go out of his land.
THen the Lord spake to Moses and to Adrôn in the land of Egypt, saying,
This moneth (shal be) vnto you the beginning of moneths: it (shalbe) to you the first moneth of the yere.
Speake ye vnto all the Congregacion of Israél, saying, In the tenth of this moneth let euerie mātake vnto him a lambe according to the house of the fathers, a lambe for an house.
If the housholde be to litle for the lambe, he shal take his neighbour, which is next vnto his house, according to the nombre of the persones: euerie one of you, according to his eating shal make your compt for the lambe.
Your lambe shalbe without blemish, a male of a yere olde: ye shal take it of the lambes, or of the kiddes.
And ye shal kepe (it) vntil the fourtenth day of this moneth: then all the multitude of the Congregacion of Israél shal kil it at euen.
After thei shal take of the blood and strike it on the two postes, and on the vpper doore post of the houses where thei shal eat it.
And thei shal eat the flesh the same night, roste with fyre, and vnleauened bread with sower (herbes) thei shal eat it.
Eat not thereof rawe, boiled nor sodden in water, but roste with fyre, bothe his head, his fete, and his purtenance.
And ye shall reserue nothing of it vnto the morning: but that, which remaineth of it vnto the morowe, shal yé burne with fyre.
¶ And thus shal ye eat it, Your loynes girded your shoes on your fete, and your staues in your hands, and ye shal eat it in haste: (for) it is the Lords Passeouer.
For I wil passe through the land of Egypt the same night, and wil smite all the first borne in the land of Egypt, bothe man and beast and I wil execute iudgement vpon all the gods of Egypt. I (am) the Lord.
And the blood shalbe a token for you vpon the houses where ye are: so when I se the blood, I wil passe ouer you, and the plague shal not be vpon you to destruction, when I smite the land of Egypt.
And this day shalbe vnto you a reme{m}brance: and ye shal kepe it an holy feast vnto the Lord, through out your generacions: ye shal kepe it holy by an ordinance for euer.
Seuen daies shal ye eat vnleauened bread, & in any case ye shal put away leauen the first day out of your houses: for whosoeuer eateth leauened bread from the first day vntil the seuenth day, that persone shal be cut of from Israél.
And in the first day (shalbe) an holy assemblie: also in the seuenth day shal be an holy assemblie vnto you: no worke shalbe done in them, saue about that which euerie ma{n} must eat: that onely may ye do.
Ye shal kepe also (the feast) of vnleauened bread: for that same day I wil bring your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore ye shal obserue this day, throughout your posteritie, by an ordinance for euer.
¶ In the first (moneth) and the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen, ye shal eat vnleauened bread vnto the one and twentieth of the moneth at euen.
Seuen dayes shal no leauen be founde in your houses: for whosoeuer eateth leauened bread, that persone shalbe cut of from the Congregacion of Israél: whether he be a stranger, or borne in the land.
Ye shal eat no leauened bread: (but) in all your habitacions shal ye eat vnleauened bread.
¶ Then Mosés called all the Elders of Israél, and said vnto them, Chose out and take you for (euerie) of your housholdes a lambe and kil the Passeouer.
And take a bunche of hyssope, and did it in the blood that is in the bassen, and strike the lintel, and the dore chekes with the blood that is in the bassen, and let none of you go out at the dore of his house, vntil the morning.
For the Lord wil passe by to smite the Egyptians: and when he seeth the blood vpon the lintel and on the two dore chekes, the Lord wil passe ouer the dore, and wil not suffre the destroyer to come into your houses to plague (you.)
Therefore shal ye obserue this thing as an ordinance (bothe) for thee and thy sonnes for euer.
And when ye shal come into the land, which the Lord wil giue you, as he hathe promised, then ye shal kepe this seruice.
And when your children aske you, What seruice is 〈◊〉 ye (kepe?)
Then ye shal say, It is the sacrifice of the Lords Passeouer, which passed ouer the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and preserued our houses. Then the people bowed them selues, and worshipped.
So the children of Israél went, and did as the Lord had comma{n}ded Mosés and Aarón: so did thei.
¶ Now at midnight, the Lord smote all the first borne in the land of Egypt, from the firstborne of Pharaóh that sate on his throne, vnto the firstborne of the captiue that was in prison, & all the firstborne of beastes.
And Pharaóh rose vp in the night, he, and all his seruants and all the Egyptians: and there was a great crye in Egypt: for there (was) no house where there (was) not one dead.
And he called to Mosés and to Aarôn by night, and said, Rise vp, get you out from among my people, bothe ye, and the children of Isráel, and go serue the Lorde as ye haue said.
Take also your shepe and your cattel as ye haue said, and departe, and blesse me also.
And the Egyptians did force the people, because thei wolde send them 〈◊〉 of the land in haste: for thei said, We dye all.
Therefore the peoples toke thei do we before it was leauened, (euen) their do we bounde in clothes vpon their shulders.
And the children of Israél did according to the saying of Mosés, and thei asked of the Egyptians iewels of siluer and iewels of golde, and raiment.
And the Lord gaue the people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians: & thei gra{n}ted their request: so thei spoiled the Egyptians.
Then the children of Israél toke their iourney from Ramesês to Succóth about six hundreth thousand men of fote, beside children.
And a great multitude of sundry sortes of people went out with them, and shepe, and beues, and cattel in great abundance.
And thei baked the do we which thei broght out of Egypt, (and made) vnleauened takes: for it was not leauened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, nether colde they tary, nor yet prepare them selues vitailes.
So the dwelling of the children of Israél, while thei dwelled in Egypt, (was) foure hundreth and thirty yeres.
And when the foure hundreth and thirty yeres were expired, euen the selfe same day departed all the hostes of the Lord out of the land of Egypt.
It (is) a night to be kept (holy) to the Lord because he broght them out of the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord, which al the childre{n} of Israél musti kepe throughout their generacions.
Also the Lord said vnto Mosés and Aarón, This is the lawe of the Passeouer: no stranger shal eat thereof.
But euerie seruant that is boght for money when thou hast circumcised him, then shal he eat thereof.
A stranger or an hyred seruant shal not eat thereof.
In one house shal it be eaten: thou shalt cary none of the flesh out of the house, nether shal ye breake a bone thereof.
All the Congregacion of Israél shal obserue it.
But if a stranger dwel with thee, and wil obserue the Passeouer of the Lord, let him circumcise all the males, that belong vnto him, and then let him come and obserue it, and he shalbe as one that is borne in the land for none vncircumcised persone shal eat thereof.
One law shalbe to him that is borne in the land, and to the stranger that dwelleth among you.
Then all the children of Israél did as the Lord commanded Mosés and Aarón: so did thei.
And the selfe same day did the Lord bring the children of Israél out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
ANd the LORD spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Sanctifie vnto me all the first borne: (that is) euerie one that (first) openeth the wombe among the children of Israél, aswel of man as of beast: (for) it is mine.
¶ Then Mosés said vnto the people, Remembre this day in the which ye came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage: for by a mightie hand the Lord broght you out from thence: therefore no leauened bread shalbe eaten.
This day come ye out in the moneth of Abib.
¶ Now when the Lord hathe broght thee into the land of the Canaanites, and Hittites, and Amorites, and Hiuites, and Iebusites [which he sware vnto thy fathers, that he wolde giue thee, a land flowing with milke and hony] then thou shalt kepe this seruice in this moneth.
Seuen daies shalt thou eat vnleauened bread and the seuenth day (shalbe) the feast of the Lord.
Vnleauened bread shalbe eaten seuen daies and there shal no leauened bread be sene with thee, nor yet leauen be sene with thee in all thy quarters.
¶ And thou shalt shewe thy sonne in that day, saying, (This is done,) because of that which the Lord did vnto me, when I came out of Egypt.
And it shal be a signe vnto thee vpon thine hand, and for a remembrance betwene thine eies, that the Lawe of the Lord may be in thy mouth: for by a strong hand the Lord broght thee out of Egypt.
Kepe therefore this ordinance in his season appointed from yere to yere.
¶ And when the Lord shal bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware vnto thee and to thy fathers, and shal giue it thee.
Then thou shalt set a parte vnto the Lord all that (first) openeth the wombe: also euerie thing that (first) doeth open (the wombe, and) commeth forthe of thy beast: the males (shalbe) the Lords.
But euerie first fole of an asse, thou shalt redeme with a lambe: and if thou redeme him not, then thou shalt breake his necke: like wise al the first borne of man among thy sonnes shalt thou bye out.
¶ And when thy sonne shal aske thee tomorowe, saying, What is this? thou shal then say vnto him, With a mightie hand the Lord broght vs out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
For when Pharaôh was hard hearted against our departing, the Lord then slewe all the first borne in the land of Egypt: from the first borne of man euen to the first borne of beast therefore I sacrifice vnto the Lord all the males that (first) ope{n} the wombe, but all the first borne of my sonnes I redeme.
And it shalbe as a token vpon thine hand, and as frountelets betwene thine eies, that the Lord broght vs out of Egypt by a mightie hand.
¶ Nowe when Pharaôh had let the people go, God caried them not by the way of the Philistims countrey, thogh it (were) nerer: [for God said, Lest the people repent when they se warre, and turne againe to Egypt.
But God made the people to go about by the way of the wildernes of the red Sea: and the children of Israél went vp armed out of the land of Egypt.
[And Mosés toke the bones of Ioséph with hym: for he had made the children of Israél sweare, saying, God wil surely visite you, and ye shall take my bones away hence with you]
¶ So they toke their iourney from Succóth, and camped in Ethám in the edge of the wildernes.
And the Lord went before them by daye in a piller of a cloude to leade them the way, and by nyght in a piller of fyre to gyue them lyght, that they myght go bothe by day and by night.
He toke not away the piller of the cloude by day, nor the piller of fyre by nyght from before the people.
THen the LORDE spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake to the children of Israél, that they returne and campe before Pi-hahiróth, betwene Migdól and the Sea, ouer agaynst Baal-zephón: aboute it shall ye campe by the Sea.
For Pharaóh will saye of the children of Israél, They are tangled in the land: the wildernes hathe shut them in.
And I wyll harden Pharaohs hearte that he shall followe after you: so I wil get me honour vpon Pharaôh, and vpon all his hoste: the Egyptians also shall know that I am the Lord: and they did so.
¶ Then it was tolde the Kynge of Egypte, that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaōh and of his seruants was turned agaynst the people, and they sayd, Why haue we thys done, and haue let Israél go out of our seruice?
And he made ready his charets, and toke his people with him.
And toke six hundreth chosen charets, and all the charets of Egypt, and captaines ouer euerie one of them.
[For the Lorde had hardened the hearte of Pharaóh King of Egypt, and he followed after the children of Israél: but the children of Israél went out with an hye hand]
And the Egyptians pursued after them, and all the horses (and) charets of Pharaoh, and his horsemen and hys hoste ouertoke them camping by the Sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
And when Pharaoh drewe nie, the children of Israéllift vp their eyes, and beholde, the Egyptians marched after them, and they were sore afrayed: wherefore the children of Israél cryed vnto the Lord.
And they sayde vnto Moses, Haste thou broght vs to dye in the wildernes, because there were no graues in Egypte? wherefore haste thou serued vs thus, to cary vs out of Egypte.
Did not we tel thee thys thyng in Egypte, saying, Let vs be in reste, that we may serue the Egyptians? for it had bene better for vs to serue the Egyptians, then that we shulde dye in the wildernes.
Then Mosés sayde to the people, Feare ye not, stande still, and beholde the saluacion of the LORDE whiche wyll shewe to you thys daye. For the Egyptians, whome ye haue sene thys daye, ye shall neuer se them agayne.
The Lorde shall fight for you: therefore holde you your peace.
¶ And the Lorde sayd vnto Mosés, Wherefore cryest thou vnto me? speake vnto the chyldren of Israéll that they go forwarde:
Andlyft thou vp thy rod, and stretche vp thyne hand vpon the Sea and deuide it, and let the children of Israél go on drye grounde through the middes of the Sea.
Andl, beholde I wyll harden the hearte of the Egyptians that they may followe them, and I wyll get me honour vpon Pharaóh, and vpon all his hoste, vpon his charets, and vppon his horsemen.
Then the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lorde, when I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharaōh, vpon his charets, and vpon his horsemen.
[And the Angell of God, whiche went before the hoste of Israél, remoued and went behinde them: also the piller of the cloude went from before them, and stode behinde them.
And came 〈◊〉 the campe of the Egyptians and the campe of Israél: it was bothe a cloude and darckenes, yet gaue it lyght by nyght, so that all the nyght long the one came not at the other]
And Mosés stretched forthe his hand vpon the Sea, and the LORD caused the Sea to runne backe by a stronge East winde all the nyght, and made the Seadrye lande: for the waters were deuided.
Then the chyldren of Israél went throughe the middes of the Sea vppon the drye grounde, and the waters (were) a wall vnto them on the ryght hande, and on 〈◊〉 hande.
And the Egyptians pursued and wente after them to the middes of the, Sea, (euen) all Pharaohs horses, hys charetes, and hys horsemen.
Nowe in the mornynge watche, when the LORDE loked vnto the hoste of the 〈◊〉, out of the firy and cloudy pyller, he stroke the hoste of the Egyptians wyth feare.
For he toke of their charet wheles, and they draue them with muche a do: so that the Egyptians (euerie) one said, I wil flee 〈◊〉 the face of Israél: for the Lorde fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
¶ Then the Lorde sayd to Mosés, Stretche thine hande vpon the Sea, that the waters may returne vpon the Egyptians, vpon their 〈◊〉 and vpon their horsemen.
Then Mosés stretched forthe his hand vppon the Sea, and the Sea returned to his force early in the mornyng, and the Egyptians fled against it: but the Lord ouerthrew the Egyptians in the middes of the Sea.
So the water returned and couered the charets and the horsemen, (euen) all the hoste of Pharaóh that came into the Sea after them: there remained not one of them.
But the chyldren of Israél walked vppon drye lande through the myddes of the Sea, and the waters (were) a wall vnto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Thus the LORDE saued Israél the same 〈◊〉 out of the hande of the Egyptians and Israél sawe the Egyptians dead vpon the Sea bancke.
And Israél sawe the myghty power, which the Lord shewed vpon the Egyptians: so the people feared the Lord a{n}d beleued the Lord, and his seruant Mosés.
THen sang Mosés and the chyldren of Israél this song vnto the Lorde, and sayd in thys maner, I will sing vnto the Lorde: for he hathe triumphed gloriously: the horse and him that rode vpon him hathe he ouerthrowen in the Sea.
The Lord (is) my strength and praise, and he is become my saluacion. He is my God, and I wil prepare him a tabernacle, (he is) my fathers God, and I wil exalt him.
The Lord (is) a man of warre, his Name (is) Iehouáh.
Pharaohs charets and his hoste hathe he cast into the Sea: his chosen captaines also were drowned in the red Sea.
The depths haue couered them, they sancke to the bothome as a stone.
Thy ryght hand, Lord, is glorious in power: thy ryght hande, LORD, hathe bruised the ennemie.
And in thy greate glorye thou haste ouerthrowen them that rose 〈◊〉 thee: thou sentest forthe thy wrath, whiche) consumed them as the stubble.
And by the blaste of thy nostrels the waters were gathered, the floodes stode styll as an heape, the depths congeled together in the heart of the Sea.
The ennemie sayd, I will pursue, I wil ouertake (them,) I wil deuide the spoile, my luste shalbe satisfied vpon them, I wyll drawe my sworde, mine hand shal destroy them.
Thou blewest with thy winde, the Sea couered them, they sancke as lead in the mightye waters.
Who is lyke vnto thee, ô LORD, among the Gods! who is lyke thee (so) glorious in holynes, fearefull in prayses, shewynge wonders!
Thou stretchedst out thy ryght hande, the earth swalowed them.
Thou wilt by thy mercie carye thys people, (which) thou deliueredst: thou wil bring (the{m}) in thy strength vnto thine holy habitacion.
The people shal heare (and) be afraied: sorowe shal come vpon the inhabitants of Palestina.
Then the dukes of Edôm shalbe amased & trembling shal come vpon the great men of Moāb: all the inhabitants of Canáan shall waxe faint hearted.
Feare and dread shal fall vpon them: because of the greatnes of thine arme, they shalbe stil as a stone, til thy people passe, ô Lord: til this people passe, (which) thou hast purchased.
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountaine of thine inheritance, (which is) the place (that) thou hast prepared 〈◊〉 Lord, for to dwel in, (euen) the sanctuarie, ô Lord, (which) thine hands shal establish.
The Lord shal reigne for euer and euer.
For Pharaohs horses went with his charets and horsme{n} into the Sea, & the Lord broght the waters of the Sea vpon them: but the children of Israél went on drye land in the middes of the Sea.
¶ And Miriám the prophetesse sister of Aarōn toke a timbrel in her hand, and all the women came out after her with timbrels & daunces.
And Miriám answered the men, Singye vnto the Lord: for he hathe triu{m}phed gloriously: the horse and his rider hathe he ouerthrowen in the Sea.
Then Mosés broght Israél from the red Sea aud they we{n}t out into the wildernes of Shur: and they went thre dayes in the wildernes, and founde no waters.
And when they came to Maráh, they colde not drinke of the waters of Maráh, for they were bitter: therefore the name of the place was called Maráh.
Then the people murmured against Mosés, saying, What shal we drinke?
And he cryed vnto the Lord, and the Lord shewed him a tre, (which) whe{n} he had cast into the waters, the waters were swete: there he made them an ordinance and a lawe, and there he proued them,
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken, (ô Israel,) vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that, which is right in his sight, and wilt giue eare vnto his commandements, and kepe all his ordinances, then wil I put none of these diseases vpo{n} thee, which I broght vpon the Egyptians: for I (am) the Lord that healeth thee.
¶ And they came to Elim, where (were) twelue founteines of water and seuentie palme trees, & they ca{m}ped there by the waters.
AFterward all the Congregacion of the children of Israél departed from Elim, and came to the wildernes of Sin, [which is betwene Elim and Sinái] the fiftenth day of the seco{n}de moneth after thei departing out of the land of Egypt.
And the whole Congregacion of the children of Israél murmured against Mosés and against Aaron in the wildernes.
For the children of Israél said to them Oh that we had dyed by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sate by the flesh pottes, when we ate bread (our) bellies ful for ye haue broght vs out into this wildernes, to kil this whole companie with famine.
¶ Then said the Lord vnto Mosés, Beholde, I wil cause bread to raine from heauen to you, and the people shal go out, and gather that that is sufficient for euerie day, that I may proue them, whether they wil walke in my Lawe or no.
But the sixt day they shal prepare that, which thei shal bring (home,) and it shalbe twise as muche as they gather daiely.
Then Mosés and Aarôn said vnto all the children of Israél, At euen ye shal knowe; that the Lord broght you out of the land of Egypt:
And in the morning ye shal se the glorie of the Lord: for he hathe heard your grudgings against the Lord: and what are we that ye haue murmured against vs?
Againe Mosés said, At euen shal the Lord giue you 〈◊〉 to eat, and in the morning your fil of bread: for the Lord hathe heard your murmuri{n}gs, which ye murmure against him: for what are we? your murmurings (are) not against vs, but against the Lord.
¶ And Mosés said to Aarón, Say vnto all the Congregacio{n} of the childre{n} of Israél, Drawe nere before the Lord: for he hathe heard your murmurings.
Now as Aarón spake vnto the whole Congregacion of the children of Israél, they loked toward the wildernes, and beholde, the glorie of the Lord appeared in a cloude.
[For the Lord had spoken vnto Mosés, saying,
I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israél: tel them (therefore) and say, At euen ye shal eat flesh, and in the morning ye shalbe filled with bread, & ye shal knowe that I am the Lord your God]
And so at euen the 〈◊〉 came and couered the campe: & in the morning the dewe laye rounde about the hoste.
And when the dewe that was fallen was ascended, beholde, a smale rounde thing (was) vpon the face of the wildernes, smale as the hore frost on the earth.
And when the childre{n} of 〈◊〉 saue it, they said one to another, It is MAN, for they wist not what it was. And Mosés said vnto them, This is the bread which the Lord hathe giuen you to eat.
¶ This is the thing which the Lord hathe commanded: 〈◊〉 of it euerie man according to his eating an Omer for a man (according) to the nombre of your persones 〈◊〉 man shal take for the{m} which are in his tent.
And the children of Israél did so, and gathered, some more, some lesse.
And when they did measure it with an Omer he that had gathered muche, had nothing ouer, and he that had gathered litle, had no lacke: (so) euerie man gathered according to his eating.
Moses then said vnto them, Let no man reserue thereof til morning.
Notwithstanding thei obeid not Mosés: but some of the{m} reserued of it til morning, and it was ful of wormes, and stanke: therefore Mosés was angry with them,
And they gathered it euerie morning, euerie man according to his eating: for whe{n} the heat of the sunne came, it was melted.
¶ And the sixt day they gathered twise so muche bread, two Omers for one man: then all the rulers of the Congregacion came and tolde Mosés.
And he answered them, This is that, which the Lord hathe said, To morowe (is) the rest of the holy Sabbath vnto the Lord: bake that (to daie) which ye wil bake, and seche that which ye wil sethe, and all that remaineth, lay it vp to be kept til the morning for you.
And they laied it vp til the morning, as Mosés bade, and it stanke not, nether was there any worme therein.
Then Mosés said, Eat that to day: for to day (is) the Sabbath vnto the Lord: to day ye shal not finde it in the field.
Six dayes shal ye gather it, but in the seuenth day (is) the Sabbath: in it there shalbe none.
¶ Notwithstanding, there we{n}t out (some) of the people in the seuenth day for to gather, and they founde none.
And the Lord said vnto Mosés, How long refuse ye to kepe my commandements, and my lawes?
Beholde, how the Lord hathe giue{n} you the Sabbath: therefore he giueth you the sixt dai bread for two dayes: tary (therefore) euerie man in his place: let no man go out of his place the seuenth day.
So the people rested the seuenth day.
And the house of Israél called the name of it, MAN. and it was like to coriandre sede, (but) white: and the taste of it was like vnto wafers (made) with hony.
And moses said, This is that which the Lord hathe commanded, Fil an Omer of it, to kepe it for your posteritie: that they may se the bread where with I haue fed you in wildernes, when I broght you out of the land of Egypt.
Moses also said to Aarōn, Take a pot and put an Omer ful of MAN therein, and set it before the Lord to be kept for your posteritie.
As the Lord commanded Mosés: so Aarón laied it vp before the Testimonie to be kept.
And the children of Israél did eat MAN fourty yeres, vntil they came vnto a land inhabited: they did eat MAN vntil they came to the borders of the land of Canáan.
The Omer (is) the tenth part of the Epháh.
ANd all the Congregacio{n} of the children of Israél departed from the wildernes of Sin, by their iourneis at the co{m}mandeme{n}t of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim, where (was) no water for the people to drinke.
Wherefore the people contended with Mosés, and said, Giue vs water that we may drinke. And Mosés said vnto them, Why co{n}tend ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?
So the people thirsted therefor water, and the people murmured against Mosés, and said, Wherefore hast thou thus broght vs out of Egypt to kil vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?
And Mosés cryed to the Lord, saying, What shall do to this people? for they be almost ready to stone me.
And the Lord answered to Mosés, Go before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israél: and thy rod, wherwith thou smotest the riuer, take in thine hand, & go.
Beholde, I wil stand there before thee vpon the rocke in Horéb, and thou shalt smite on the rocke and water shal come out of it, that the people may drinke. And Mosés did so in the sight of the Elders of Israél.
And he called the name of the place, Massáh and 〈◊〉, because of the co{n}tention of the children of Israél, and because they had tempted the Lord, saying, 〈◊〉 the Lord among vs, or no?
¶ Then came Amalék and foght with Israél in Rephidim.
And Mosés said to Ioshúa, Chuse vs out men and go fight with Amalék: tomoro we I wil stand on the top of the hil with the rod of God in mine hand.
So Ioshúa did as Mosés bade him, and foght with Amalék: and Mosés, Aarón, and Hur, went vp to the top of the hil.
And when Mosés held vp his hand, Israél 〈◊〉: but when he let his hand downe, Amalék preuailed.
Now Mosés hands were heauy: therefore they toke a stone and put it vnder him, & he sate vpon it: and Aarón and Hur staied vp his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side: so his hands were steady vntil the going downe of the sunne.
And Ioshúa disco{m}fited Amalék and his people with the edge of the sworde.
¶ And the Lord said to Mosés, Write this for a remembrance in the boke, and rehearse it to Ioshúa: for I wil vtterly put out the remembrance of Amalék from vnder heauen.
[And Mosés buylte an altar and called the name of it, Iehouáh-nissi]
Also he said, The Lord hathe sworne, that she wil haue warre with Amalék from generacion to generacion.
WHen Iethró the Priest of Midian Mosés father in lawe heard all that GOD had done for Mosés, and for Israél his people, (and) how the Lorde hath broght Israél out of Egypt.
The{n} Iethro the father in law of Mosés toke Zipporáh Mosés wife, [after he had sent her away]
And her two sonnes, [whereof the one was called Gershōm: for he said, I haue bene an aliant in a strange land:
And the name of the other (was) Eliezer: for the God of my father, (said he, was) mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sworde of Pharaōh]
And Iethró Mosés father in lawe came with his two sonnes, and his wife vnto Mosés into the wildernes, where he camped by the mount of God.
And he said to Mosés, I thy father in lawe Iethró am come to thee, and thy wife & her two sonnes with her.
¶ And Mosés went out to mete his father in lawe, and did obeissance and kissed him, & eche asked other of his welfare: and they came into the tent.
Then Mosés tolde his father in lawe all that the Lord had done vnto Pharaôh, and to the Egyptians for Israels sake, (and) all the trauaile that had come vnto them by the way, and (how) the Lord deliuered them.
And Iethrô reioyced at al the goodnes, whiche the Lord had shewed to Israél, (and) because he had deliuered them out of the ha{n}d of the Egyptians.
Therfore Iethró said, Blessed (be) the Lord who hath deliuered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaóh: who hathe (also) deliuered the people from vnder the hand of the Egyptians.
Now I knowe that the Lord is greater the{n} al the gods: for as they haue dealt proudely with them, (so are they recompensed.)
Then Iethrō Mosés father in lawe toke burnt offringes and sacrifices (to offre) vnto God. And Aarón and all the Elders of Israél came to eat bread with Mosés father in law before God.
¶ Now on the morowe, when Mosés sate to iudge the people, the people stode aboute Mosés from morning vnto euen.
And whén Mosés father in lawe sawe al that he did to the people, he said, What is this that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and al the people stand about thee from morning vnto euen?
And Mosés said vnto his father īlaw, Because the people come vnto me to seke God.
When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betwene one and other, and declare the ordinances of God, and his lawes.
But Mosés father in law said vnto him, The thing, which thou doest, is not wel.
Thou bothe weariest thy selfe greatly, & this people that is with thee: for the thing (is) to heauie for thee: thou art not able to do it thy selfe alone.
Heare now my voyce, [I will giue thee counsel, and God shalbe with thee] be thou for the people to God warde; and reporte thou the causes vnto God.
And admonish them of the ordinances, and of the lawes, and shewe them the way, wherein they must walke, & the worke that they must do.
Moreouer prouide thou among al the people men of courage, fearing God, men dealing truely, hating couetousnes: and appoint (suche) ouer them (to be) rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and ruler ouer tens.
And let them iudge the people at al seasons: but euerie great matter let them bring vnto thee, and let them iudge all smale causes: so shall it be easier for thee, when they shall beare (the burden) with thee.
If thou do this thing, [and God (so) commande thee] bothe thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go quietly to their place.
So Mosés obeied the voyce of his father in lawe and did all that he had said:
And Mosés chose men of courage out of al Israél, and made them heades ouer the people, rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, & rulers ouer tens.
And they iudged the people at all seasons, (but) they broght the hard cause vnto Mosés: sor they iudged all smale matters them selues.
Afterward Mosés let his father in lawe departe, and he went into his contrey.
IN the third moneth, after the children of Israél were gone out of the land of Egypt the same day came they into the wildernes Sinái.
For they departed from Rephidim & came to the desert ofsinái, and camped in the wildernes: euen there Israél camped before the mount.
But Moses went vp vnto God, for the Lord had called out of the mount vnto him, saying Thus shalt thou say to the house of Iaakób and tel the children of Israél.
Ye haue sene what I did vnto the Egyptia{n}s and (how) I caryed you vpon egles wings, and haue broght you vnto me.
Now therefore if ye wil heare my voyce in dede, and kepe my couenant, then ye shalbe my chief treasure aboue all people, thogh all the earth be mine.
Ye shalbe vnto me also a kingdome, of Priestes, and an holy nation, These (are) the wordes whiche thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israél.
¶ Mosés then came & called for the Elders of the people, & proposed vnto the{m} all these things, which the Lord commanded him.
And the people aunswered altogether, and said, Al that the Lord hath commanded, we will do. And Mosés reported the wordes of the people vnto the Lord.
And the Lorde said vnto Mosés, Lo, I come vnto thee in a thicke cloude, that the people may heare, whiles I talke with thee, and that they may also beleue thee for euer, [for Mosés had tolde the wordes of the people vnto the Lord]
Moreouer the Lord said vnto Mosés, Go to the people, and sanctifie them to daye and tomorowe, and let them washe theyr clothes.
And let them be ready on the third daie: for the third daye the Lorde will come downe in the sight of all the people vppon mount Sináy:
And thou shalt set markes vnto the people rounde about, saying, Take hede to your selues that ye go not vp to the mount, nor touche the bordre of it: whosoeuer toucheth the mount shal surely dye.
No hand shal touche it, but he shall be stoned to death, or strick enthrough with dartes: whether it be beast or man, he shall not liue: when the horne bloweth long, they shall come vp into the mountaine.
¶ Then Mosés went downe fro{m} the mount vnto the people, and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
And he said vnto the people, Be ready on the third daye, (and) come not at (your) wiues.
And the third daye, when it was mornyng, there was thunders & lightnins, & a thicke cloude vpon the mount, & the sound of the trumpet exceding loude, so that all the people, that was in the campe, was afraid.
Then Mosés broght the people out of the tents to mete with God, & they stode in the nether part of the mount.
And mount Sinái (was) all on smoke, because the Lord came downe vpon it in fire, & the smoke thereof ascended, as the smoke of a fornace, and all the mount trembled excedingly.
And when the sound of the trumpet blewe long, and waxed louder and louder, Mosés spake, and God answered him by voyce.
[For the Lorde came downe vpon mount Sinái on the top of the mount] and whe{n} the Lorde called Mosés vp into the top of the mount Mosés went vp.
Then the Lord said vnto Mosés, Go down, charge the people, that they breake not (their bou{n}des, to go vp) to the Lord to gaze, lest manie of them perish.
And let the Priests also whiche come to the Lorde be sanctified, lest the Lorde destroye them.
And Mosés said vnto the Lord, The people can not come vp into the mount Sinai: for thou hast chaged vs, saying, Set markes on the mountaine, and sanctifie it.
And the Lord said vnto him, Go, get thee downe, and come vp, thou, and Aarón with thee: but let not the Priestes and the people breake (their boundes) to come vp vnto the Lord, lest he destroye them.
So Mosés went downe vnto the people, and tolde them.
THen GOD, spake all these wordes, saying,
I am the Lord thy God, which haue broght thee out of the 〈◊〉 of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt haue none other gods before me.
Thou shalt make thee no grauen image, nether anie similitude (of things) that are in heauen aboue, nether that are in the earth beneth, nor that are in the waters vnder the earth.
Thou shalt not bowe downe to them, nether serue them: for I am the Lord thy God, a ielouse God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vpon the third (generacion) and vpon the fourth of them that hate me:
And shewing mercie vnto thousandes to them that loue me and kepe my commandements.
Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy GOD in vaine: for the Lord wil not holde him giltles that taketh his Name in vaine.
Remembre the Sabbath daie, to kepe it holy,
Six daies shalt thou labour, and do all thy worke,
But the seuenth daie (is) the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: (in it) thou shalt not do anie worke, thou, nor thy so{n}ne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy maid, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
For in six daies the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth daie: therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath daie, and hallowed it.
¶ Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy daies maie be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
Thou shal not kil.
Thou shalt not commit adulterie.
Thou shal not steale.
Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house, nether shalt thou couet thy neighbours wife, nor his man serua{n}t, nor his maid, nor his oxe, nor his asse, nether any thyng that is thy neighbours.
¶ And all the people sawe the thunders, and the lightenings, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountaine smokyng, and when the people sawe it they fled and stode a farre of.
And said vnto Mosés, Talke thou with vs and we wil heare: but let not God talke with vs, lest we dye.
Then Mosés said vnto the people, Feare not: for God is come to proue you, and that his feare may be before you, that ye sinne not.
So the people stode a far of, but Mosés drewe nere vnto darcknes where God (was)
¶ And the Lorde said vnto Mosés, Thus thou shalt say vnto the children of Israél, Ye haue sene that I haue talked with you from heauen.
Ye shal not make (therefore) with me gods of siluer, nor gods of golde: you shall make you none.
An altar of earth thou shalt make vnto me and thereon shalt offre thy burnt offrings, & thy peace offrings, thy shepe, and thine oxen: in all places, where I shal put the reme{m}brance of my Name, I will come vnto thee, and blesse thee.
But if thou wilt make me an altar of stone thou shalt not buylde it of hewen stones: for (if) thou lift vp thy tole vpon the{m}, thou hast polluted them.
Nether shalt thou go vp by steppes vnto mine altar, that thy filthines be not discouered thereon.
NOw these are the lawes, whiche thou shalt set before them:
If thou bye an Ebrewe seruant, he shal serue six yeres, and in the seuenth he shal go out fre, for nothing.
If he came him selfe alone he shall go out him selfe alone: if he (were) maried, then his wife shal go out with him.
If his master hathe giuen him a wife, & she hathe borne him sonnes or daughters, the wife and her children shalbe her masters, but he shal go out him self, alone.
But if the seruant say thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not go out fre.
Then his master shall bryng hym vnto the Iudges, and set him to the dore, or to the poste, and his master shall bore his eare through with a nawle, and he shal serue him for euer.
¶ Likewise if a man sel his daughter to be a seruant, she shal not go out as the men seruants do.
If she please not her master, who hathe betrothed her to him selfe, them shall he cause to bye her: he shal haue no power to sel her to a strange people, seing he despised her.
But if he hath betrothed her vnto his sonne he shal deale with her according to the custome of the daughters.
If he take him another (wife,) he shal not diminish her fode, herrayment, and recompence of her virginitie.
And if he do not these thre vnto her then shall she go out fre, paying no money.
¶ He that smiteth a man, and he dye, shall dye the death.
And if a ma{n} hath not laied waite, but God hathe offred (him) into his hand, then I wil appointe thee a place whither he shall flee.
But if a man come presumpteously vppon his neighbour to slaye hym with guile thou shalt take him from mine altar that he may dye.
¶ Also he that smitteth his father or his mother, shaldye the death.
¶ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if it be founde with hym, shall dye the death.
¶ And he that curseth his father or his mother, shaldye the death.
¶ When men also striue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with the fist, and he dye not, but lieth in bed.
If he rise againe and walke without vpon his staffe, then shall he that smote hym go quite, saue onely he shall beare his charges for his restyng, and shall pay for hys healing.
¶ And if a man smite his serua{n}t, or his mayd with a rod, and he die vnder his hand, he shal be surely punished.
But if he continue a day, or two dayes he shal not be punished: for he (is) his money
¶ Also if men striue and hurt a woman with childe, so that her childe departe from her, and deathe followe not, he shall be surely punished accordyng as the womans housband shal appoint him, or he shal pay as the Iudge determine.
But if death followe, then thou shalt paye life for life.
Eye for eye, to the for to the, hand for hand, fote for fote.
Burning for burning, wonde for wonde, stripe for stripe.
¶ And if a man smite his seruant in the eye, or his maid in the eye, and hathe perished it, he shal let him go fre for his eye.
Also if he smite out his seruants to the, or his may destothe, he shal let him go out fre for his to the.
¶ If an oxe gore a man or a woman, that he dye, the oxe shalbe stoned to death, and his flesh shal not be eaten, but the owner of the oxe (shal go) quite.
If the oxe were wonte to push in times past and it hathe bene tolde his master, and he hathe not kept him, and after he killeth a man or a woman, the oxe shal be stoned and his owner shaldye also.
If there be sea to him a summe of money then he shal pay the ranson of his life, whatsoeuer shalbe laied vpon him.
Whether he hathe gored a sonne, or gored a daughter, he shal be iudged after the same maner.
If the oxe gore a seruant or a mayd, he shal giue vnto their master thirty shecles of siluer, and the oxe shalbe stoned.
¶ And when a man shal open a well, or whe{n} he shal dig a pit and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein,
The owner of the pit shal make it good, (a{n}d) giue money to the owners thereof, but the dead (beast) shalbe his.
¶ And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he dye, then thei shal sel the liue oxe, and deuide the money thereof, a{n}d the dead (oxe) also thei shal deuide.
Or if it be knowen that the oxe hathe vsed to push in times past, and his master hathe not kept him, he shal pay oxe for oxe, but the dead shalbe his owne.
IF a man steale an oxe or a shepe, and kil it or sel it, he shal restore fiue oxen for the oxe, and foure shepe for the shepe.
¶ If a these be founde breaking vp, and be smitten that he dye, no blood (shalbe shed) for him.
(But) if it be in the day light, blood (shalbe shed) for him: (for) he shulde make ful restitution: if he had not (where with,) the{n} shulde he be solde for his theft.
If the theft be founde with him, aliue, [whether it be oxe, asse, or shepe] he shal restore the double.
¶ If a man do hurt field, or vineyarde, and put in his beast to fede in another mans field, he shal recompence of the best of his owne field, and of the best of his owne vineyarde.
If fyre breake out, and catch in the thornes and the stackes of corne, or the standing corne, or the fleld be consumed, he that kindeled the fire shal make ful restitution.
¶ If a 〈◊〉 deliuer his neighbour money or stuffe to kepe, and it be stolen out of his house, if the thefe be found, he shal paye the double.
If these be not founde, then the master of the house shall be broght vnto the Iudges (to feare,) whether he hathe put his hand vnto his neighbours good, or no.
In all maner of trespasse, whether it be for oxen, for asse, for shepe, for rayment, or 〈◊〉 any maner of lost thing, which another chalengeth to be his, the cause of both (parties) shall come before the Iudges, (and) whome the Iudges co{n}demne, he shal pay the double vnto his neighbour.
If a ma{n} deliuer vnto his neighbour to kepe asse, or, oxe, or shepe, or any beast, and it dye or be hurt, or taken away by enemies (and) no man se it.
An othe of the Lorde shalbe betwene them twaine, that he hathe not put his hand vnto his neighbours good, and the owner of it shall take (the othe,) and he shall not make it good:
But if it be stollen from him, he shal make restitution vnto the owner thereof.
If it be torne in pieces, he shall bryng recorde (and) shal not make that good (which is) deuoured.
¶ And if a man borowe (ought) of his neighbour, & it be hurt, or els die, the owner therof not being by, he shal surely make it good
If the owner therof be by he shal not make it good (for) if it (be) an hired thing, it came for his hire.
¶ And if a man entise a mayd that is not betrothed, and lye with her, he shal endowe her, and take her to his wife.
If her father refuse to giue her to him, he shall pay money, accordyng to the dowrie of virgines.
¶ Thou shalt not suffre a witche to liue.
¶ Whosoeuer lieth with a beast, shall dye the death.
¶ He that offreth vnto (any) gods, (saue) vnto the Lord onely, shalbe slaine.
¶ Moreouer thou shalt not do iniurie to a stranger, nether oppresse him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
¶ Ye shall not trouble any widowe, nor fatherles childe.
If thou vexe or trouble suche, and so he call and crye vnto me, I will surely heare his crye.
Then shall my wrath be kindeled, and I will kill you with the sworde, and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherles.
¶ If thou lend money to my people, (that is) to the poore with thee, thou shalt not be as an vsurer vnto hym: ye shall not oppresse him with vsurie.
If thou take thy neighbours rayment to pledge, thou shalt restore it vnto him before the sunne go downe.
For that is his couering onely, (and) this is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he slepe? therefore when he cryeth vnto me, I wil heare him: for I am mercifull.
¶ Thou shalt not railes vpon the Iudges, nether speake euill of the ruler of thy people.
¶ Thine abundance and thy licour shalt thou not kepe 〈◊〉. The first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou giue me.
Like wise shalt thou do with thine oxen & with thy shepe: seuen dayes it shalbe with his damne, (and) the eight day thou shalt giue it me.
¶ Ye shalbe an holy people vnto me, nether shall ye eat any fleshe that is torne (of beastes) in the field: ye shal cast it to the dog
THou shalt not receiue a false tale, nether shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be a false witnes.
¶ Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, nether agre in a co{n}trouersie to decline after many and ouerthrow (the trueth.)
¶ Thou shalt not esteme a poore man in his cause.
¶ If thou mete thine enemies oxe, or his asse going astraye, thou shalt bring him to him againe.
If thou se thine enemies asse lying vnder his burde{n}, wilt thou cease to helpe him? thou shalt helpe him vp againe with it.
¶ Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.
Thou shalt kepe thee farre from a false matter, and shalt not slay the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.
¶ Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
¶ Thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stra{n}ger, seing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Moreouer, six yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the frutes thereof.
But the seuenth yere thou shalt let it rest and lye still, that the poore of thy people may eat, and what they leaue, the beastes of the field shall eat. In like maner thou shalt do with thy vineyarde, (and) with thine oliue trees.
Six daies thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seue{n}th day thou shalt rest, that thine oxe, and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy maid and the stranger may be refreshed.
And ye shal take hede to all things that I haue said vnto you: and ye shal make no me{n}cion of the name of other gods, nether shall it be heard out of thy mouth.
¶ Thre times thou shalt kepe a feast vnto me in the yere.
Thou shalt kepe the feast of vnleauened bread: thou shalt eat vnleauened bread seue{n} dayes, as I commanded thee, in the season of the moneth of Abib: for in it thou camest out of Egypt: and none shal appeare before me emptie:
The feast also of the haruest of the first frutes of thy labours, which thou hast sowe{n} in the field: & the feast of gathering (frutes) in the end of the yere, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
(These) thre times in the yere shall all thy men children appeare before the Lorde Iehouáh.
Thou shalt not offre the blood of my sacrifice with leauened bread: nether shall the fat of my sacrifice remaine vntil the morning.
The first of the first frutes of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God: (yet) shalt thou not seeth a kid in his mothers milke.
¶ Beholde, I send an Angel before thee, to kepe in the way, and to bring thee to the place whiche I haue prepared.
Beware of him, and heare his voyce (and) prouoke him not: for he will not spare your misdedes, because my Names is in him.
But if thou hearken vnto his voyce, and do all that I speake, then I will be an enemie vnto thine enemies, and wil afflict them that afflict thee.
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee vnto the Amorites, & the Hittites and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, and I wil destroye them.
Thou shalt not bowe downe to their gods, nether serue them, nor do after the workes of them: but vtterly ouerthrowe them, and breake in piece their images.
For ye shall serue the Lord your God, and he shal blesse thy bread and thy water, and I wil take al sickenes away from the middes of thee.
¶ There shal none cast their frute nor be barren in thy land: the nombre of thy dayes wil I fulfil.
I wil send my feare before thee, and will destroy all the people among whome thou shalt go: and I will make all thine enemies (turne) their backes vnto thee:
And I wil send hornets before thee, which shal driue out the Hiuites, the Canaanites, & the Hittites from thy face.
I wil not cast them out from thi face in one yere, lest the land growe to a wildernes: and the beastes of the field multiplie against thee.
By litle and litle I will driue them out from thy face vntil thou encrease, & inherite the land.
And I wil make thy coastes from the red Sea vnto the sea of the Philistims, and from the desert vnto the Riuer: for I wil deliuer the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and thou shalt driue them out from thy face.
Thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor with their gods?
Nether shall they dwell in thy land, lest thei make thee sinne against me: for if thou serue their gods, surely it shall be thy destruction.
NOw he had said vnto Mosés, Come vp to the Lord, thou, and Aarón, Nadáb, & 〈◊〉, and seuenty of the Elders of Israél, & ye shal worship a far of.
And Mosés him selfe alone shall come nere to the Lord, but they shal not come nere, nether shall the people go vp with him.
¶ Afterward Mosés came & tolde the people all the wordes of the Lorde and all the lawes: and all the people answered with one voyce, and said, All the things whiche the Lord hathe said, wil we do.
And Mosés wrote al the wordes of the Lord and rose vp early, and set vp an altar vnder the mountaine, & twelue pillers accordyng to the twelue tribes of Israél.
And he sent yong men of the children of Israêl, which offred burnt offrings of beues, & sacrificed peace offrings vnto the Lord.
Then Mosés toke halfe of the blood, and put it in basens, and halfe of the blood he sprinkled on the altar,
After he toke the boke of the couenant, and read it in the audience of the people: who said, All that the Lord hath said, we will do, and be obedient.
Then Mosés toke the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, & said, Beholde blood of the couenant, which the Lorde hathe made with you concernyng all these things.
¶ Then went vp 〈◊〉 and Aaron, Nadáb, & 〈◊〉, and seuenty of the Elders of Israél
And they sawe the God of Israél, & vnder his fete (was) as it were a worke of a Saphir stone, & as the verie heauen whe{n} it is cleare
And vpon the nobles of the children of Israél he laid not his hand: also they sawe God and did eat and drinke.
¶ And the Lord said vnto Mosés, Come vp to me into the mountaine, and be there, and I wil giue thee tables of stone, and the Lawe and the commandement, which I haue written, for to teache them.
The{n} Mosés rose vp and his minister Ioshúa and Mosés went vp into the mountaine of God.
And said vnto the Elders, Tarie vs here 〈◊〉 we come againe vnto you: and beholde, Aaron, and Hur (are) with you: whosoeuer hathe anie matters, let him come to them.
Then Mosés went vp to the mount, and the cloude couered the mountaine.
And the glorie of the Lorde abode vppon mount Sinái, and the cloude couered it six daies: and the seuenth day he called vnto Mosés out of the middes of the cloude.
And the sight of the glorie of the lord (was) like consuming fire on the top of the mountaine, in the eies of the children of Israél.
And Mosés entred into the middes of the cloude, and went vp to the mountaine: and Mosés was in the mount fourty dayes and fourty nightes.
THen the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, that they receiue an offring for me: of euerie man, whose heart giueth it frely, ye shal take the offring for me.
And this is the offring which ye shall take of them, golde, and siluer, and brasse.
And blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen, and goates (heere.)
And ramme skins coulored red, & the skins of badgers, and the wood Shittim.
Oyle for the light, spices for anoyting oyle and for the perfume of swete sauour.
Onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate.
Also they shal make me a Sanctuarie, that I may dwel among them.
According to all that I shewe thee, euen so shal ye make the forme of the Tabernacle, & the facion of all the instruments thereof.
¶ They shal make also an Arke of Shittim wood, two cubites and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broad, and a cubite and an halfe hie.
And thou shal ouerlaie it with pure golde: within and without shalt thou ouerlaie it, & shalt make vpo{n} it a crowne of golde rounde about.
And thou shalt cast foure rings of golde for it, & put them in the foure corners thereof: that is, two rings (shalbe) on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side thereof.
And thou shalt make barres of Shittim wood, and couer them with golde.
Then thou shalt put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke with them.
The barres shal be in the rings of the Arke: they shall not be taken away from it.
So thou shalt put in the Arke the Testimonie which I shall giue thee.
Also thou shalt make a Merciseat of pure golde, two cubites and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broad.
And thou shalte make two Cherubims of golde: of worke beaten out with the 〈◊〉 shalt thou make them at the two endes of the Merciseat.
And the one Cherub shalt thou make at the one end, and the other Cherub at the other ende: of (the matter) of the Merciseat shall ye make the Cherubims, on the two endes thereof.
And the Cherubims shall stretche their wyngs on hie, coueryng the Merciseat with their wings, and their faces one to another: to the Merciseat ward shall the faces of the Cherubims be.
And thou shalt put the Merciseat aboue vppon the Arke, and in the Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie, which I wil giue thee.
And there I wil declare my selfe vnto thee, and frome aboue the Merciseat betwene the two Cherubims, whiche are vpon the Arke of the Testimonie, I wyll tell thee all things which I will giue thee in commandement vnto the children of Israel.
¶ Thou shalt also make a table of Shittim wood, of two cubites lo{n}g, & a cubite broad, and a cubite and an half hie:
And thou shalt couer it with pure golde, a{n}d make therto a crown of gold round about.
Thou shalt also make vnto it a border of foure fingers round about: & thou shalt make a golde{n} crown round about the border therof
After, thou shalt make for it foure rings of golde, a{n}d shalt put the rings in the foure corners that are in the foure fete thereof.
Ouer agaynst the border shall the rings be for places for barres, to beare the Table.
And thou shalt make the barres of Shittim wood, a{n}d shalt ouerlay them with golde, that the Table may be borne with them.
Thou shalte make also dyshes for it, and (incens) cups for it and couerings for it, and goblets, wherewith it shal be couered, (eue{n}) of fine golde shalt thou make them.
And thou shalte set vpon the Table shewebread before me continually.
¶ Also thou shalt make a Candelsticke of pure golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer shal the Candelsticke be made, his shaft, and his bra{n}ches, his bolles, his knops: and his floures shal be of the same.
Six branches also shal come out of the sides of it: thre branches of the Candelsticke out of the one side of it, a{n}d thre branches of the Candelsticke out of the other side of it.
Thre bolles like vnto almondes, one knop and (one) floure in one branche: and thre bolleslyke almondes in the (other) branche, one knop and (one) floure: so through out the six branches that come out of the Candelsticke.
And in the (shaft) of the Candelsticke (shalbe) foure bolles lyke vnto almondes, hys knops and his floures.
And (there shalbe) a knop vnder two branches (made) therof: & a knop vnder two bra{n}ches (made) thereof: and a knop vnder two branches (made) therof according to the six bra{n}ches comming out of the Candelsticke.
Their knops and their braunches shalbe thereof: all this shalbe one beaten worke of pure golde.
And thou shalt make the seuen lampes therof, & the la{m}pes therof shalt thou put theron, to giue light toward that that is before it.
Also the snoffets and snoffedishes thereof (shalbe) of pure golde.
Of a talent of fine golde shalt thou make it with all these instruments.
Loke therefore that thou make (them) after their facion, that was shewed thee in the mountaine.
AFterward thou shalt make the Tabernacle with ten curtaines of fine twined linen, and blewe silke, and purple, & skarlet: and in them thou shalt make Cherubims of broidred worke.
The length of one curtaine (shalbe) eight & twentie cubites, and the breadth of one curtaine, foure cubites: euerie one of the curtaines shal haue one measure.
Fiue curtaine shalbe coupled one to another: and the (other) fiue curtains shalbe coupled one to another.
And thou shalt make strings of blewe silke vpon the edge of the one curtaine, (whiche is) in the seluedge of the coupling: & like wise shalt thou make in the edge of the (other) curtaine in the seluedge, in the seco{n}de coupling.
Fiftie strings shalt thou make in one curtaine, and fiftie stringes shalt thou make in the edge of the curtaine, whiche is in the seco{n}de coupling: the strings (shalbe) one right against another.
Thou shalt make also fiftie taches of golde & couple the curtaines one to another with the taches, and it shalbe one tabernacle.
¶ Also thou shalt make curtaines of goates (heere,) to be a couering vpon the Tabernacle: thou shalt make them (to the nomber) of eleuen curtaines.
The length of a curtaine (shalbe) thirtie cubites, and the breadth of a curtaine foure cubites: the eleuen curtaines (shalbe) of one measure,
And thou shalt couple fiue curtaines by the{m} selues, and the six curtaines by them selues: but thou shalt double the sixt curtaine vpo{n} the fore fronte of the couering.
And thou shalt make fifty strings in the edge of one curtaine in the seluedge of the coupling, and fifty strings in the edge of the (other) curtaine in the seconde coupling.
Like wise thou shalt make fifty taches of brasse, and fasten them on the strings, & shalt couple the coueryng together, that it may be one.
And the remnant that resteth in the curtaine of the couering, (euen) the halfe curtaine that resteth, shalbe left at the backe side of the Tabernacle.
That the cubite on the one side, and the cubite on the other side of that whiche is left in the length of the curtaines of the couering, may remaine on ether side of the Tabernacle to couer it.
Moreouer for that coueryng thou shalt' make a coueryng of rams skins died red and a couering of badgers skins aboue.
¶ Also thou shalt make boardes for the Tabernacle of Shittim wood to stand vp.
Ten cubites (shalbe) the length of a boarde & a cubite & an halfe cubite the breadth of one boarde.
Two tenons (shalbe) in one boarde set in ordre as the fete of a ladder, one against another: thus shalt thou make for al the boardes of the Tabernacle.
And thou shalt make boardes for the Tabernacle, (euen) twentie boardes on the Southe side, euen ful Southe.
And thou shalt make fourtie sockets of siluer vnder the twentie boardes, two sockets vnder one boarde for his two tenons, and two sockets vnder another boarde for his two tenons.
In like maner on the other side of the Tabernacle towarde the Northside (shalbe) twentie boardes.
And their fourtie sockets of siluer, two sockets vnder one boarde, and two sockets vnder another boardes.
And on the side of the Tabernacle, toward the West shalt thou make six boardes.
Also two boardes shalt thou make in the corners of the Tabernacle in the two sides.
Also they shalbe ioyned beneth, and like wise they shalbe ioyned aboue to a ring: thus shal it be for them two: thei shalbe for the two corners.
So they shalbe eight boardes hauing sockets of siluer (euen) sixtene sockets, (that is) two sockets vnder one boarde, & two sockets vnder another boarde.
¶ Then thou shalt make fiue barres of Shittim wood for the boardes of one side of the Tabernacle.
And fiue barres for the boardes of the other side of the Tabernacle: also fiue barres for the boarde of the side of the Tabernacle towarde the Westside.
And the midle 〈◊〉 shall go through the middes of the boardes, from end to end.
And thou shalt couer the boarde with golde and make their rings of golde, for places for the barres, and thou shalt couer the barres with golde.
So thou shalt rere vp the Tabernacle accordyng to the facion thereof, whiche was shewed thee in the mount.
¶ Moreouer thou shalt make a vaile of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined line{n}: thou shalt make it of broydred worke with Cherubims.
And thou shalt hang it vpon foure pillers of Shittim wood couered with golde, [whose hokes shalbe of golde] (standing) vpo{n} foure sockets of siluer.
¶ Afterward thou shalt hang the vaile on the hokes, that thou maiest bring in thither (that is) [within the vaile] the Arke of the Testimonie: and the vaile shall make you a separacion betwene the Holy place and the moste Holy place.
Also thou shalt put the Merciseat vpon the Arke of the Testimonie in the most Holy place.
And thou shalt set the Table without the vaile, & the Ca{n}delsticke ouer against the Table on the Southside of the Tabernacle, and thou shal set the Table on the Northside.
Also thou shalte make an hangyng for the dore of the Tabernacle of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen wroght with nedle.
And thou shalt make for the hanging fiue pillers of Shittim, and couer the{m} with golde: their heades (shalbe) of golde, and thou shalt cast fiue sockets of brasse for them.
MOreouer thou shalt make the altar of Shittim wood, fiue cubites long and fiue cubites broad [the altar shalbe foure square] and the height thereof thre cubites.
And thou shalt make it hornes in the foure corners thereof: the hornes shalbe of it selfe, and thou shalt couer it with brasse.
Also thou shalt make his ashpannes for hys ashes and his besoms, and his basens, and his fleshokes, and his censers: thou shalt make all the instruments therof of brasse.
And thou shalt make vnto it a 〈◊〉 (lyke) networke of brasse: also vpon that" grate shalt thou make foure brasen rings vpon the foure corners thereof.
And thou shalt put it vnder the compasse of the altar beneth, that the grate may be in the middes of the altar.
Also thou shalte make barres for the altar, barres, (I say,) of Shittim wood, a{n}d shalt couer them with brasse.
And the barres thereof shalbe put in the rings, the which barres shalbe vpon the two sides of the altar to beare it.
Thou shalt make the (altar) holow (betwene) the boardes: as (GOD) shewed thee in the mount, so shal they make it.
¶ Also thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle in the Southside, eue{n} ful South: the courte shal haue curtaines of fine twined lynē, of an hu{n}dreth cubites long, for one side.
And it shall haue twentie pillers, with their twentie sockets of brasse: the heades of the pillers, and their filets (shalbe) siluer.
Like wise on the Northside in length (there shalbe) hangyngs of an hundreth (cubites) longe, and the twentie pillers thereof with their twentie sockets of brasse: the heades of the pillers and the filets (shalbe) siluer.
¶ And the breadth of the courte on the Westside (shal haue) curtains of fiftie cubits, (with) their ten pillers a{n}d their ten sockets.
And the breadth of the courte, Eastwarde ful East (shal haue) fiftie cubites.
Also hangings of fiftene cubites (shalbe) on the (one) side (with) their thre pillers and their thre sockets.
Like wyse on the other side (shalbe) hangings of fiftene cubites, (with) their thre pillers, and their thre sockets.
¶ And in the gate of the courte (shalbe) a vaile of twentie cubites, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen wroght with nedle, (with) the foure pillers thereof and their foure sockets.
All the pillers of the courte shall haue filets of siluer rounde aboute, (with) their heades of siluer, and their sockets of brasse.
¶ The length of the court (shalbe) an hundreth cubites, and the breadth fiftie at ether end, and the heyght fiue cubites, (and the hangings) of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brasse.
All the vessels of the Tabernacle for all maner seruice thereof, and al the pins thereof, and all the pins of the courte (shalbe) brasse.
¶ And thou shalt commande the children of Israél, that they bring vnto thee pure oyle oliue beaten for the light, that the lampes may alwaye burne.
In the Tabernacle of the Congregacion without the vaile, which is before the Testimonie, shall Aarōn a{n}d his sonnes dresse them from euening to morning before the Lorde, for a statute for euer vnto their generacions (to be obserued) by the children of Israel.
ANd cause thou thy brother Aarón to come vnto thee and his sonne with him, frome among the children of Israél, that he may serue me in the Priests office: (I meane) Aarón, Nadáb, and Abihu, Eleazár, and Ithamár Aarons sonne.
Also thou shalt make holy garments for Aarón thy brother, glorious and beautiful.
Therfore thou shalte speake vnto all conning men, whome I haue filled with the spirite of wisdome, that they make Aarons garments to consecrate him, that he may serue me in the Priests office.
Now these shalbe the garments, which they shal make, a brest plate, a{n}d a Ephod, & a robe a{n}d a broydred coat, a mitre, a{n}d a girdle, so (these) holy garme{n}ts shal they make for Aarōn thy brother, and for his sonnes, that he may serue me in the Priests office.
Therefore they shall take golde, and blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen.
¶ And they shall make the Ephod of golde, blewe silke, and purple, sharlet, and fine twined linen of broydred worke.
The two shulders therof shalbe ioined together by their two edges: so shal it be closed.
And the embroydred garde of the same Ephod, whiche shalbe vpon hym, shalbe of the selfe same worke and stuffe, (euen) of golde, blewe silke, a{n}d purple, and skarlet, a{n}d fine twined linen.
And thou shalt take two onix stones, and graue vpon them the names of the chyldren of Israél.
Six names of the{m} vpon the one stone, and the six names that remaine, vpon the seconde stone, according to their generacions.
Thou shalt cause to graue the two stones accordyng to the names of the children of Israél by a grauer of signets, that worketh and graueth in stone, and shalt make them to be set and embossed in golde.
And thou shalt put the two stones vpon the shulders of the Ephod, (as) stones of reme{m}brance of the chyldren of Israél: for Aarón shal beare their names before the Lord vpo{n} his two shulders for a remembrance.
So thou shalt make bosses of golde.
¶ And two cheynes of fine golde at the ende, of wrethed worke shalte thou make them, and shalt fasten the wrethed cheines vpon the bosses.
¶ Also thou shalte make the brest plate of iudgement with broydred worke: lyke the worke of the Ephod shalt thou make it: of golde, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen 〈◊〉 thou make it.
Foure square it shalbe (a{n}d) double, an hand bred long an hand bred broad.
Then thou shalte set it full of places for stones, (euen) foure rowes of stones: the ordre (shalbe this,) a ruby, a topaze, and a carbū cle in the first rowe.
And in the seconde rowe (thou shalt set) an emeraude, a saphir, and a diamond.
And in the thirde rowe a turkeis, an achate, and an hematite.
And in the fourte rowe a chrysolite, an onix, and a iasper: and they shalbe set in gold in their embossements.
And the stones shalbe accordyng to the names of the children of Israél, twelue, according to their names, grauen as signets, euerie one after hys name, (and) they shalbe for the twelue tribes.
¶ Then thou shalte make vppon the brest plate two cheines at the endes of wrethen worke of pure golde.
Thou shalt make also vpon the brest plate two rings of golde, and put the two rings on the two endes of the brest plate.
And thou shalt put the two wrethen cheines of golde in the two rings in the endes of the brest plate.
And the (other) two endes of the two wrethen (cheines,) thou shalte fasten in the two embossements, and shalt put (them) vpon the shulders of the Ephod on the foreside of it.
¶ Also thou shalt make two rings of golde, which thou shalt put in the two (other) endes of the brest plate, vpon the border thereof, toward the inside of the Ephod.
And two (other) rings of golde thou shalt make, and put them on the two sides of the Ephod, beneth in the fore parte of it ouer against the coupling of it vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod.
Thus they shal binde the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it may be (fast) vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate be not losed fro{m} the Ephod.
So Aarón shal beare the names of the children of Israél in the brest plate of iudgement vpon his heart, when he goeth into the holy place, for a remembrance continually before the Lord.
¶ Also thou shalt put in the brest plate of iudgeme{n}t the Vrim & the Thúmim, which shalbe vpon Aarons heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aarón shal beare the iudgement of the children of Israél vpon his heart before the Lord continually.
¶ And thou shalt make the robe of the Ephod altogether of blewe silke.
And the hole for his heade shalbe in the middes of it, hauing an edge of wouen worke rounde about the coller of it: so it shalbe as the coller of an habergeo{n} that it rent not.
¶ And beneth vpo{n} the skirtes thereof thou shalt make pomgranates of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, round about the skirtes thereof and belles of golde betwene them round about:
(That is,) a golden bel and a pomgranate a golden bel & a pomgranate rounde about vpon the skirtes of the robe.
So it shalbe vpon Aarón, when he ministreth and his sound shalbe heard, when he goeth into the holy place before the Lord, & when he commeth out, and he shal not dye.
¶ Also thou shalt make a plate of pure golde, and graue theron, as signets are grauen, HOLINES TO THE LORD,
And thou shalt put it on a blewe silk elace, and it shalbe vpon the mitre: (euen) vpo{n} the fore fronte of the mitre shal it be.
So it shalbe vpo{n} Aarons forehead, that Aarón may beare the iniquitie of the offrings which the children of Israél shal offre in all their holy offrings: a{n}d it shalbe alwaies vpon his forehead, to make them acceptable before the Lord.
Like wise thou shalt embroydre the fine linen coat, and thou 〈◊〉 make a mitre of fine linen, but thou shalt make a girdel of nedle worke.
Also thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes coates, and thou shalt make them girdels, & bonets shal thou make them for glorie and comelines.
And thou shalt put them vpon Aarōn thy brother, and on his sonnes with him, & shalt anoynt them, and fil their hands, & sanctifie them, that they may ministre vnto me in the Priests office.
Thou shalt also make them linen breches to couer their priuities: from the loynes vnto the thighs shal they reache.
And they shalbe for Aarón and his sonnes when they come into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, or when they come vnto the altar to minister in the holy place, that they commit not iniquitie, and so dye (This shabe) a lawe for euer vnto him and to hys sede after hym.
THis thyng also shalt thou do vnto them when thou consecratest them to be my Priestes, Take a yong calfe, and two rams without blemish.
And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle, and wafers vnleauened anointed with oyle: [of fine wheat flower shalt thou make them]
Then thou shalt put the{m} in one basket, and present them in the basket with the calfe and the two rams.
And shalt bryng Aarón and his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and wash them with water.
Also thou shalt take the garments, and put vpon Aarón the tunicle, and the robe of the Ephod, and Ephod, and the brest plate, and shalt close (them) to hym with the broydred garde of the Ephod.
Then thou shalt put the mitre vppon hys head thou shalt put the holy crowne vpon the mitre.
And thou shalt take the anointyng oyle, and shalt powre vpon his head, and anoint him.
And thou shalt bring his sonnes, and put coates vpon them.
And shalt gird them with girdels, (bothe) Aarón and his sonnes: and shalt put the bonets on them, and the Priestes office shalbe theirs for a perpetual lawe: thou shalt also fil the hands of 〈◊〉, and the hands of his sonnes.
After thou shalt present the calf before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, & Aaron and his sonnes shall put their hand vppon the head of the calf.
So thou shalt kill the calf before the Lorde at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
Then thou shalt take of the blood of the calf, and put it vpon the hornes of the altar with thy finger, and shalt powre al (the rest) of the blood at the fote of the altar.
Also thou shalt take al the fat that couereth the inwardes, and the kall, (that is) on the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon the{m}, and shalt burne them vpon the altar.
But the flesh of the calf, and his sking, and his dou{n}g shalt thou burne with fire without the hoste: it is a sinne offring.
¶ Thou shalt also take one ram, and Aarón and his sonnes shal put their hands vpon the head of the ram.
The{n} thou shalt kil the ra{m}, & take his blood and sprinkle it round about vpon the altar.
And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, & wash the inwardes of him and his legges, & shalt put them vpon the pieces thereof, & vpon his head.
So thou shalt burne the whole ram vpó the altar, (for) it is a burnt offring vnto the Lord for a swete sauour: it is an offring made by sire vnto the Lord.
¶ And thou shalt take the other ram, and Aarón and his sonnes shall put their hands vpon the head of the ram.
Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood and put it vpon the lap of Aarons 〈◊〉, and vpo{n} the lap of the right eare of his sonnes, and vpon the thumbe of their right hand, and vpon the great toe of their right fote, and shalt sprinkle the blood vpon the altar round about.
And thou shalt take of the blood that is vpon the altar, and of the anointing oyle, & shalt sprinkle it vpon Aaron, and vpon his garments, and vpon his sonnes, and vpon the garments of his sonnes with him: so he shalbe halowed, a{n}d his clothes, & his sonnes and the garments of his sonnes with hym.
Also thou shalt take of the rams the fat and the rópe, euen the fat that couereth the inwardes & the kal of the liuer, & the two kidneis, & the fat that is vpon the{m} and the right shulder, [for it is the ram of consecration. 〈◊〉
And one loaf of bread, and one cake of bread (te{m}pered) with oyle, & one wafer, out of the basket of the vnleauened (bread) that is before the Lord.
And thou shalt put all this in the hands of Aaron, and in the hand of his sonnes, and shalt shake them to and fro before the Lord
Againe, thou shalt receiue them of their hands, and burne the{m} vpon the altar besides the burnt offring for a swete sauour before the Lord: (for) this is an offring made by fire vnto the Lord.
Like wise thou shalt take the brest of the ra{m} of the consecracion, whiche is for Aarón, & shalt shake it to hand fro before the Lorde, and it shalbe thy parte.
And thou shalt sanctifie the brest of the shaken offrings & the shulder of the heaue offrings, which was shaken to and fro, & whiche was hcaued vp of the ram of the consecracion, which (was) for Aarón, and whiche (was) for his sonnes.
And Aarón and his sonnes shal haue it by a statute for euer, of the children of Israél: for it is an heaue offring, and it shalbe an heaue offringe of the children of Israél, of their peace offrings, (euen) their heaue offryng to the Lord.
¶ And the holy garments, which (appertey ne) to Aarón, shalbe his sonnes after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrat therein.
That sonne that shalbe Priest in his stede, shal put them on seuen dayes when he cometh into the Tabernacle of the Cógregacion to minister in the holy place.
¶ So thou shalt take the ram of the consecracion, and sethe his flesh in the holy place.
And Aarón and his sonnes shal eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in 〈◊〉 basket at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
So they shal eat these things, whereby their atonement was made, to consecrat the{m} (and) to sanctifie the{m}: but a stranger shal not eate (thereof,) because they are holy things,
Now if ought of the flesh of the co{n}secratio{n}, or of the bread remaine vnto the morning, then thou shalt burne the rest with fire: it shal not be eate{n}, because it is an holy thing.
Therefore shalt thou do thus vnto Aarón and vnto his sonnes, according to all things, which I haue commanded thee: seuen daies shalt thou consecrat them.
And shalt offer euerie day a calf or a sinne offring, for reconciliation: and thou shalt clense the altar, when thou hast offred, vpon it for reconciliation, and shalt anoint it, to sanctifie it.
Seuen daies shalt thou clense the altar, and sanctifie it, so the altar shalbe moste holy (&) whatsoeuer toucheth the altar, shalbe holy.
¶ Now this is that which thou shalt present vpon the altar: (euen) two lambes of one yere olde, day by day continually.
The one lambe thou shalt prese{n}t in the morning, and the other lambe thou shalt present at euen.
And with the one lambe, a tenth parte of fine floure mingled with the fourte parte of an Hin of beaten oile, and the fourte parte of an Hin of wine, for a drinke offring.
And the other lambe thou shalt present at euen: thou shalt do thereto according to the offring of the morning, a{n}d according to the drinke offring thereof, (to be) a burnt offring for a swete sauoure vnto the Lord.
(This shal be) a continual burnt offring in your generations at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion before the Lord where I wil make appointment with you, to speake there vnto thee.
There I wil appoint with the children of Israél, and (the place) shalbe 〈◊〉 by my glorie.
And I wil sanctifie the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and the altar: I wil sanctifie also Aaròn and his sonnes to be my Priests.
And I wil dwel among the children of Israél, and wil be their God.
Then shal they knowe that I am the Lord their God, that broght them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwel among them: I am the Lord their God,
FVrthermore thou shalt make an altar for swete perfume, of Shittim wood thou shalt make it.
The length therof a cubite and the breadth thereof a cubite [it shalbe foure square] and the height thereof two cubites: the hornes thereof (shalbe) of the same,
And thou shalt ouerlaie it with fine golde, (bothe) the top thereof and the sides thereof rou{n}d about, & his hornes: also thou shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold rounde about.
Besides this thou shalt make vnder this crowne two golden rings on ether side: (eue{n}) on euerie side shalt thou make (them) that 〈◊〉 may be as places for the barres to beare it with all.
The which barres thou shalt make of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with golde.
After thou shalt set it before the vaile, that is nere the Arke of Testimonie, before the Merciseat that is vpon the Testimonie, where I wil appoint with thee.
And Aarón shal burne thereon swete incense euerie morning: when he dresseth the lampes thereof, shal he burne it.
Like wise at euen, when Aarón setteth vp the lampes thereof, he shal burne incense: (this) perfum (shalbe) perpetually before the Lord throughout your generations.
Ye shal offre no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor offring, netherpowre 〈◊〉 drinke offring thereon.
And Aarōn shal make reconciliation vpon the hornes of it once in a yere with the blood of the sinne offring (in the day) of reconciliation: once in the yere shal he make reconciliation vpon it throughout your generations this is moste holy vnto the Lord.
Afterward the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
When thou takest the summe of the children of Israél after their nombre, then they shal giue euerie man a redemption of his life vnto the Lord, when thou tellest the{m}, that there be no plague among them when thou countest them.
This shal euerie man giue, that goeth into the nombre, half a shekel, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie: a shekel (is) twenty geráhs] the halfe shekel (shalbe) an offring to the Lord.
Al that are nombred from twenty yere olde and aboue, shal giue an offring to the Lord.
The riche shal not passe, and the poore shal not diminish from halfe a shekel, when ye shal giue an offring vnto the Lord, for the redemption of your liues.
So thou shalt take the money of the redemption of the children of Israél, and shalt put it vnto the vse of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, that it may be a memorial vnto the children of Israél before the Lord for the redemption of your liues.
¶ Also the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Thou shalt also make a lauer of brasse, and his fote of brasse to wash, and shalt put it betwene the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and the altar, and shalt put water therein,
For Aarōn and his sonnes shal wash their hands and their fete thereat.
When they go into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, or when they go vnto the altar to minister (and) to make the perfume of the burnt offring to the Lord, they shal wash them selues with water, lest they dye.
So they shal wash their hands and their fete that they dye not: and (this) shalbe to the man ordinance for euer, (bothe (vnto him and to his sede throughout their generacions.
¶ Also the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Take thou also vnto thee, principal spices of the moste pure myrrhe fiue hundreth (shekels,) of swete cinamon halfe so muche, (that is,) two hundreth and fiftie, and of swete calamus, two hundreth, and fiftie:
Also of cassia fiue hu{n}dreth, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, and of oile oliue an Hin.
So thou shalt make of it the oile of holy ointement, (euen) a moste precious ointement after the arte of the apotecarie: this shalbe the oile of holy ointement.
And thou shalt anoint the Tabernacle of the Congregation therewith, and the Arke of the Testimonie:
Also the Table, and all the instruments therof, and the Candelsticke, with all the instruments thereof, and the altar of incense:
Also the altar of burnt offring with all his instruments, and the lauer and his fote.
So thou shalt sanctifie them, and they shalbe moste holy: all that shal touche them, shal be holy.
Thou shalt also anoint Aarón and his sonnes, and shalt consecrat them, that they may ministre vnto me in Priests office.
Moreouer thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israél, saying, This shal be an holy ointing oyle vnto me throughout your generacions.
None shal anoint mans flesh there with, nether shal ye make any composition like vnto it: (for) it is holy, (and) shalbe holy vnto you.
Whosoeuer shal make the like ointeme{n}t, or whosoeuer shal put any of it vpon a stranger, euen he shalbe cut of from his people.
And the Lord said vnto Mosés, Take vnto thee (these) spices, pure myrrhe and cleare gumme and galbanum, (these) odoures with pure frankincense, of echelike weight:
Then thou shalt make of the{m} perfume composed after the arte of the apotecary, mingled together, pure (and) holy.
And thou shalt beae it to pouder, and shalt put of it before (the Arke) of the Testimonie in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, where I wil make appointement with thee: it shalbe: vnto you moste holy.
And ye shal not make vnto you any co{m}position like this perfume, which thou shalt make: it shalbe vnto thee holy for the Lord.
Whosoeuer shal make like vnto that to smel thereto, euen he shal be cut of from his people.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying,
Beholde, I haue called by name, Bezaleél, the sonne of Vri, the sonne of 〈◊〉 of the tribe of Iudáh,
Whome I haue filled with the Spirit of God in wisdome, & in vnderstanding and in knowledge and in all workemanship:
To finde out curious workes to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse,
Also in the art to set stones, and to carue in timber, (and) to worke in all maner of workemanship.
And beholde, I haue ioyned with him Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamáh of the trible of Dan, and in the heartes of all that are wise hearted, haue I put wisdome to make al that I haue commanded thee:
(That is,) the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and the Arke of the Testimonie, and the Merciseat that shalbe thereupon, with all instruments of the Tabernacle:
Also the Table and the instruments thereof and the pure Candelsticke with all his instruments, and the Altar of perfume:
Like wise the Altar of burnt offring with all his instruments, and the Lauer with his fote:
Also the garmentes of the ministration, and the holy garments for Aarón the Priest, and the garme{n}ts of his sonnes, to minister in the Priests office,
And the anointing oyle, and swete perfume for the Sanctuarie: according to all that I haue commanded thee, shal they do.
¶ Afterward the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Speake thou also vnto the childre{n} of Israél and say, Notwithstanding kepe ye my Sabbaths: for it is a signe betwene me and you in your generations, that ye may knowe that I the Lord do sanctifie you.
Ye shal therefore kepe the Sabbath: for it is holy vnto you: he that defileth it, shall dye the death: therfore whosoeuer worketh therein, the same persone shalbe euen cut of from among his people.
Six dayes shal men worke, but in the seuenth day (is) the Sabbath of the holy rest to the Lord: whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath day, shaldye the death.
Wherefore the children of Israél shal kepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest through out their generations for an euerlasting couenant.
It is a signe betwene me and the children of Israél for euer for in six dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, and in the seuenth 〈◊〉 he ceased, and rested.
Thus [when the Lorde had made an end of communing with Mosés vpon mount Sinai] he gaue him two Tables of the Testimonie, (euen) tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
BVt when the people sawe, that Mosés taried long or he came downe fro{m} the mou{n}taine, the people gathered the selues together against Aarôn, and said vnto him, Vp, make vs gods to go before vs: for of this Mosés [the ma{n} that broght vs out of the land of Egypt] we know not what is become of hi.
And Aarōn said vnto them, Plucke of the golden earinges, whiche are in the eares of your wiues, of your sinnes, & of your daughters, and bring them vnto me.
Then all the people pluckte from the{m} selues the golden earings, which were in their eares, and they broght (them) vnto Aarōn.
Who receiued them at their hands, and facioned it with the grauing tole, and made of it a molten calf: then they said, These be thy gods, ô Israél, which broght thee out of the land of Egypt.
When Aarôn sawe (that,) he made an altar before it: and Aarôn proclaimed, saying, Tomorowe (shalbe) the holy day of the Lorde.
So they rose vp the next day in the morning, & offred burnt offrigs, & broght peace offrings: also the people sate them downe to eat and drinke, and rose vp to playe.
¶ Then the Lord said vnto Mosés, Go, get the downe: for thy people which thou hast broght out of the land of Egypt, hath corrupted (their waies.)
They are sone turned out of the way, whiche I commanded the{m}: (for) they haue made them a molten calf, and haue worshipped it, and haue offred thereto, saying, These be thy gods, ô Israél, whiche haue broght thee out of the land of Egypt.
Againe the Lord said vnto Mosés, I haue sene this people, and beholde, it is a stifnecked people.
Now therfore let me alone, that my wrath may waxe hote against them, for I will consume them: but I wil make of thee a mightie people.
But Mosés praied vnto the Lord his God, & said, O Lorde, why doeth thy wrath waxe hote against thy people, whiche thou hast broght out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with a mightie hand?
Wherefore shal the Egyptians speake, & say, He hathe broght them out maliciously for to slay them in the mountaines, & to consume them from the earth? turne frome thy fearce wrath, and change thy minde from this euil toward thy people.
Remembre Abrahám, Izhák, and Israél thy seruants, to whome thou swarest by thine owne selfe, and saidest vnto them, I wil multiplie your sede, as the starres of the heauen, and all this land, that I haue spoken of, wil I giue vnto your sede, and thei shal inherit it for euer.
Then the Lord changed his minde from the euil, which he threatened to do vnto his people.
So Mosés returned and went downe from the mountaine with the two. Tables of the Testimonie in his hand: the Tables (were) written on bothe their sides, eue{n} on the one side and on the other were thei written.
And these Tables were the worke of God, and this writing was the writting of God grauen in the Tables.
And when Ioshúa heard the noise of the people, as thei showted, he said vnto Mosés, (There is) a noise of warre in the hoste.
Who answered, It is not the noise of them that haue the victorie, nor the noise of them that are ouercome: (but) I do heare the noise of singing.
Nowe, assone as he came nere vnto the hoste, he sawe the calf and the dancing: so Mosēs wrath waxed hote, and he cast the Tables out of his hands, and brake them in pieces beneth the mountaine.
After, he toke the calf, which they had made, and burned it in the fire, and ground it vnto powder, and strowed it vpon the water, and made the childre{n} of Israél drinke of it.
Also Mosés said vnto Aarón, What did this people vnto thee, that thou hast broght so great a sinne vpon them?
Then Aarón answered, Let not the wrath of my lord waxe fearce: thou knowest this people, that thei are (euen set) on mischief.
And thei said vnto me, Make vs gods to go before vs: for we knowe not what is become of this Mosés [the 〈◊〉 that broght vs out of the land of Egypt.]
Then I said to them, Ye that haue golde, plucke it of: and thei broght it me, and I did cast it into the fire, and (thereof) came this calf.
Mosés therefore sawe that the people were naked [for Aarón had made them naked vnto (their) shame among their enemies]
And Mosés stode in the gate of the cāp, and said, Who (perteineth) to the Lord? (let him come) to me. And all the sonnes of Leui gathered them selues vnto him.
Then he said vnto the{m}, Thus saith the Lord, God of Israél, Put euerie man his sworde by his side: go to & fro, fro{m} gate to gate, through the hoste, and slay euerie man his brother, and euerie man his companion, and euerie man his neighbour.
So the children of Leui did as Mosés had commanded: and there fel of the people the same day about thre thousand men.
[For Mosés had said, Consecrat your hands vnto the Lord this day, euen euerie man vpo{n} his sonne, and vpon his brother, that there may be giuen you a blessing this day]
And when the mornyng came, Mosés said vnto the people. Ye haue committed a grieuous crime: but now I wil go vp to the Lord if I may pacifie (him) for your sinne.
Mosés therfore went againe vnto the Lord and said, Oh, this people haue sinned a great sinne and haue made them gods of golde.
Therefore now if thou pardone their sinne (thy mercie shall appeare:) but if thou wilt not, I pray thee, rase me out of thy boke, whiche thou hast written.
Then the Lord said to Mosés, Whosoeuer hathe sinned against me, I will put him out of my booke.
Go now therefore, bryng the people vnto the place whichel co{m}manded thee: beholde mine Aungell shall go before thee, but yet in the day of my visitacion I will viset their sinne vpon them.
So the Lorde plagued the people, because they caused Aarôn (to make) the calf which he made.
AFterward the Lord said vnto Mosés, Departe, go vp from hence, thou, and the people [whiche thou hast broght vp out of the land of Egypt] vnto the land whiche I sware vnto Abrahám, to Izhák & to Iaakob saying, Vnto thy sede wil I giue it.
And I will send an Angel before thee and wil cast out the Canaanites, the Amorites, and the Hittites, & the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites:
To a land, (I say,) that floweth with milke and hony: for I wil not go vp with thee, because thou art a stifnecked people, lest I consume thee in the way.
And when the people heard this euil tidings they sorowed, and no man put on his best rayment.
[For the Lorde had said to Mosés, Say vnto the children of Israél, Ye are a stifnecked people, I wil come sodenly vpo{n} thee, & consume thee: therefore now put thy costely rayment from thee, that I may know what to do vnto thee]
So the children of Israél laied their good rayment fro{m} the{m}, (after Mosés came downe) from the mount Horéb.
Then Mosés toke (his) tabernacle, and pitched it without the hoste far of fro{m} the host and called it Ohel-moéd. And when anye did seke to the Lorde, he went out vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, whiche was without the hoste.
And when Mosés went out vnto the Ta'ber nacle, al the people rose vp, and stode euerie man at his tent dore, and loked after Mosés vntil he was gone into the Tabernacle.
And assone as Mosés was entred into the Tabernacle, the cloudy piller descended and stode at the dore of the Tabernacle, and (the Lord) talked with Mosés.
Now when all the people sawe the cloudy piller stand at the Tabernacle dore, all the people rose vp, and worshipped euerie man in his tent dore.
And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, face to face, as a man speaketh vnto his friend. After he turned againe into the hoste, but his serua{n}t Ioshúa the sonne of Nun a yong man departed not out of the Tabernacle.
¶ Then Mosés said vnto the Lord, Se, thou saiest vnto me, Lead this people fourth and thou hast not shewed me whome thou wilt send with me: thou hast said moreouer, I knowe thee by name, and thou hast also founde grace in my sight.
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, shewe me now thy way, that I may knowe thee, (and) that I may finde grace in thy sight: consider also that this nacion (is) thy people.
And he answered, My presence shal go (with thee,) and I wil giue thee rest.
Then he said vnto him, If thy presence go not (with vs,) cary vs not hence.
And wherein now shal it be knowen, that I and thy people haue founde fauour in thy sight? shal it not be when thou goest with vs? so I, and thy people shal haue preeminence before all the people that are vpon the earth.
And the Lord said vnto Mosés, I wil do this also that thou hast said: for thou hast founde grace in my sight, and I knowe thee by name.
Againe he said, I beseche thee, shewe me thy glorie.
And he answered, I wil make all my good go before thee, and I wil proclaime the Name of the Lord before the. for I wil shewe mercie to whome I wil shewe mercie, and wil haue compassion on whome I wil haue compassion.
Furthermore he said, Thou canst not se my face, for there shal no man se me, and liue.
Also the Lord said, Beholde, (there is) a place by me, and thou shalt stande vpon the rocke:
And while my glorie passeth by, I wil put thee in a cleft of the rocke, & wil couer thee with mine hand whiles I passe by.
After I wil take away mine hand, and thou shalt se my backe partes: but my face shall not be sene.
ANd the Lord said vnto Mosés, Hewe thee two Tables of stone, like vnto the first, and I wil write vpo{n} the Tables the wordes that were in the first Tables which thou brakest in pieces.
And be ready in the morning, that thou maiest come vp early vnto the mount of Sinai, and waite therefor me in the top of the mount.
But let no man come vp with thee, nether let anie ma{n} be sene throughout al the mount nether let the shepe nor cattell fede before this mount.
¶ Then Mosés hewed two Tables of stone like vnto the first, & rose vp early in the morning, and went vp vnto the mount of Sinái, as the Lord had commanded him, and toke in his hand two Tables of stone.
And the Lord descended in the cloude, and stode with him there, and proclaimed the Name of the Lord.
So the Lorde passed before his face, and cryed, The Lord, the Lord, strong, mercifull, and gracious slow to angre, and abundant in goodnes and trueth.
Reseruing mercie for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie, and transgression and sinne, & not making (the wicked) innocent, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the childre{n} and vpon the childrens children, vnto the third and fourth (generacion.)
Then Mosés made haste and bowed him self to the earth, and worshipped.
And said, ô Lorde, I praye thee, if I haue founde grace i{n} thy sight, that the Lord wolde now go with vs for it is a stifnecked people] and pardone our iniquitie and our sinne and take vs for thine enheritance.
And he answered, Beholde, I will make a couenant before al thy people, (and) will do meruels, suche as haue not bene done in all the world, nether in al nations: & all the people amo{n}g whome thou art, shal se the worke of the Lorde: for it is a terrible thing that I wil do with thee.
Kepe diligently that whiche I commande thee this day, beholde, I will cast out before thee the Amorites, and the Canaanites, & the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites.
Take hede to thy self, that thou make no compact with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest they be the cause of ruine among you:
But ye shall ouerthrowe their altars, and breake their images in pieces, & cut downe their groues.
[For thou shalt bowe downe to none other god, because the Lord, whose Name (is) Ielous, is a ielous God.]
Lest thou make a co{m}pact with the inhabitants of the land, & when they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice vnto their gods (some man) call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice:
And (lest) thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes, a{n}d their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sonnes go a whoring after their gods.
Thou 〈◊〉 make thee no gods of metal.
¶ The feast of vnleauened bread shalt thou kepe: seue{n} dayes shalt thou eat vnleauened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the moneth of Abib: for in the moneth of Abib thou camest out of Egypt.
Euerie (male,) that (first) openeth the wombe (shalbe) mine also the first borne of thy flocke shalbe reconed (mine, bothe) of beues and shepe.
But the first of the asse thou shalt bye out with a lambe: and if thou redeme (him) not, then thou shalt breake his necke: al the first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou redeme, and none shal appeare before me empty.
¶ Six dayes thou shalt worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: bothe in earyng time, and in the haruest thou shalt rest.
¶ Thou shalt also obserue the feast of wekes (in the time) of the first frutes of wheat haruest, and the feast of gathering (frutes) in the end of the yere.
¶ Thrise in a yere shal al your men children appeare before the Lorde Iehouáh God of Israel.
For I wil cast out the nacions before thee, and enlarge thy coastes, so that no man shall desire thy land, when thou shalt come vp to appeare before the Lorde thy God thrise in the yere.
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leauen, nether shal ought of the sacrifice of the feast of Passeouer be left vnto the mornyng.
The first 〈◊〉 frutes of thy land thou shalt bring vnto the house of the Lorde thy God: (yet) shalt thou not se the a kid in his mothers milke.
And the Lord said vnto Mosés, Write thou these wordes: for after the tenoure of these wordes I haue made a couenant with thee & with Israél.
So he was there with the Lorde fourtie daies and fourtie nights, (and) did nether eat bread nor drinke water and he wrote in the Tables the wordes of the couenant, (〈◊〉) the ten commandements.
¶ So when Mosés came downe fro{m} mount Sinái, the two Tables of the Testimonie (were) in Mosés hand, as he descended from the mount: [now Mosés wist not that the skin of his face shone bright, after that (God) had talked with him]
And aarôn and all the children of Israél loked vpon Mosés, & beholde the skin of his face shone bright, and they were afraide to come nere him.
But Mosés called them: and Aaron and al the chief of the Congregacion returned vnto him: and Mosés talked with them.
And afterward al the childre{n} of Israél came nere, and he charged them with all that the Lord had said vnto him in mount Sinái.
So Mosés made an end of communyng with them, a{n}d had put a couering vpon his face.
But when Mosés came before the Lorde to speake with hym, he toke of the couering vntil he came out: then he came out, & spake vnto the children of Israél that whiche was commanded.
And the children of Israél sawe the face of Mosés, how the skin of Mosés face shone bright: therefore Mosés put the coueryng vpon his face, vntil he went to speake with (God.)
THen Mosés assembled all the Congregacion of the children of Israél, & said vnto the{m}, These are the wordes whiche the Lorde hathe commanded, that ye shulde do them:
Six dayes thou shalt worke, but the seue{n}th day shall be vnto you the holy Sabbath of rest vnto the Lord: whosoeuer soeuer doeth (anye) worke therein, shaldye.
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout all your habitations vpon the Sabbath day.
¶ Againe, Mosés spake vnto al the Congregacion of the children of Israél, saying, This is the thing which the Lorde commandeth, saying.
Take from among you an offring vnto the Lorde: whosoeuer is of a willing heart, let him bring this offring to the Lord, (namely) golde, and siluer, and brasse.
Also blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, & fine linen, and goates (heere.)
And rams skins died red, and badgers skins with Shittim wood:
Also oyle for light, and spices for the anointing oyle, and for the swete incense.
And onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephōd, and in the brest plate.
And al the wise hearted among you, shall come and make al that the Lord hath commanded:
(That is) the Tabernacle, the pauillio{n} therof, and his couering, & his taches & his boardes, his barres, his pillers and his sockets.
The Arke, and the barres thereof: the Merciseat, and the vaile that couereth (it.)
The Table, and the barres of it, and all the instruments thereof, and the shewe bread:
Also the Candelsticke of light and his instruments and his lampes with the oyle for the light:
Like wise the Altar of perfume & his barres, and the anointing oyle, and the swete incense, & the vaile of the dore at the entryng in of the Tabernacle.
The Altar of burnt offring with his brasen grate, his barres and all his instruments, the Lauer and his fote.
The hangins of the courte, his pillers and his sockets, and the vaile of the gate of the courte.
The pins of the Tabernacle, and the pins of the courte with their cordes.
The ministryng garments to ministre in the holy place, (and) the holy garments for 〈◊〉 the Priest, and the garments of his sonnes, that they may ministre in the Priests office.
¶ Then all the Congregacion of the children of Israél departed frome the presence of Mosés.
And euerie one, whose hearts encouraged him, and euerie one, whose spirit made hym willing, came, (and) broght an offring to the Lord, for the worke of the Tabernacle of the Congregacio{n}, and for al his vses, and for the holy garments.
Bothe men and women, as many as were fre hearted, came (and) brogh taches & earings, and rings, & bracelets, al (were) iewels of golde: & euerie one that offred an offring of golde vnto the Lord.
Euerie man also, which had blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fiue linen, and goats (heere,) and rams skins died red, & badgers skins, broght (them.)
Al that offred an oblation of siluer and of brasse, broght the offrings vnto the Lord: & euerie one, that had Shittim wood for anie maner worke of the ministracio{n} broght (it)
And al the women that were wise hearted did spin with their handes; and broght the spun worke, (euen) the blewe silke, and the purple, the skarlet, and the fine linen.
Like wise all the women, whose heartes were moued with knowledge, spun goates (heere.)
And the rulers broght onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate:
Also spice, and oyle for light, and for the anointing oyle, and for the swete perfume.
Euerie man & woman of the children of Israél, whose hearts moued them willingly to bring for all the 〈◊〉 which the Lord had commanded them to make by the hand of Mosés, broght a fre offring to the Lord.
¶ Then Mosés said vnto the children of Israél, Beholde, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleél the sonne of Vri, the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudáh.
And hath filled him with an excelle{n}t spirit of wisdome, of vnderstanding, & of knowledge, and in all maner worke.
To finde out curious workes, to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse.
And in grauing stones to set them, and in karuing of wood, (euen) to make anie maner of fine worke.
And he hathe put in his heart that he may teache (other:) bothe he, and Aholiáb the sonne of Abisamách of the tribe of Dan:
The{n} hathe he filled with wisdome of heart to worke all maner of conning and broydred, & nedle worke: in blewe silke, and in purple, in skarlet, and in fine linen and weauing, (euen) to do al maner of worke and subtile inuentions.
THen wroght Bezaleél, and Aholiáb, and all connyng men, to whome the Lorde gaue wisdome, and vnderstandyng, to know how to worke all maner worke for the seruice of the Sanctuarie, according to all that the Lord had commanded.
For Mosés had called Bezaleél, and Aholiáb, a{n}d all the wise hearted men, in whose hearts the Lord had giuen wisdome, (euen) as manie as their heartes encouraged to come vnto that worke to worke it.
And they receiued of Mosés all the osfryng which the children of Israél had broght for the worke of the seruice of the Sanctuarie, to make it: also they broght still vnto hym fre gifts euerie morning.
So all the wise men, that wroght all the holy worke, came euerie man from his worke which they wroght.
And spake to Mosés, saying, The people bring to muche, (and) more then ynough for the vse of the worke, whiche the Lorde hathe commanded to be made.
Then Mosés gaue a commandement, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the hoste, saying, Let nether man nor woman prepare anie more worke for the oblacion of the Sanctuarie. So the people were stayed from offring.
For the stuffe they had, was sufficient for all the worke to make it, and to muche.
All the conning men therefore among the workeme{n}, made (for) the Tabernacle ten curtaines of fine twined linen, a{n}d of blewe silke, and purple, a{n}d 〈◊〉: Cherubims of broydred worke made they (vpon) them.
The length of one curtaine (was) twenty and eyght cubites, and the breadth of one curtaine foure cubites: (and) the curtaines were all of one cise.
And he coupled fiue curtaines together, a{n}d other fiue coupled he together.
And he made stryngs of blewe silke by the edge of one curtaine, in the seluedge of the coupling: lykewise he made on the side of the (other) curtaine in the seluedge in the seconde coupling.
Fiftie strings made he in the one curtaine, and fiftie stryngs made he in the edge of the (other) curtaine, whiche was in the seconde coupling: the strings were set one agaynst another.
After, he made fiftie taches of golde, and coupled the curtaines one to another with the taches: (so) was it one Tabernacle.
¶ Also he made curtaines of goates (heere) for the couering vpon the Tabernacle: he made the{n} (to the nomber) of eleue{n} curtaines.
The length of one curtaine (had) thirty cubites, and the breadth of one curtaine foure cubites: the eleuen curtaines (were) of one cise.
And he coupled fiue curtaines by themselues, and six curtaines by themselues.
Also he made fiftie strings vpon the edge of (one) curtain in the seluedge in the coupling and fiftie stryngs made he vpon the edge of the (other) curtaine in the seco{n}de coupling.
He made also fiftie taches of brasse to couple the coueryng that it might be one.
And he made a coueryng vpon the pauillion of rams skins died red, and a coueryng of badgers skins aboue.
¶ Like wise he made the boardes for the Tabernacle of Shittim wood to stand vp.
The length of a boarde (was) ten cubites, and the breadth of one boarde (was) a cubite, and an halfe.
One boarde had two tenons, set in ordre as the fete of a ladder, one againste another: thus made he for all the boardes of the Tabernacle.
So he make twentie boardes for the South side of the Tabernacle, euen ful South.
And fourtie 〈◊〉 of siluer made he vnder the twentie boardes, two sockets vnder the boarde for his two tenons, and two sockets vnder another boarde for his two tenons.
Also for the other side of the Tabernacle towarde the North, he made twentie boardes.
And their fourtie sockets of siluer, two sockets vnder one boarde, and two sockets vnder another boarde.
Like wise towardes the Westside of the Tabernacle he made six boardes.
And two boardes made he in the corners of the Tabernacle, for 〈◊〉 side.
And they were 〈◊〉 beneth, and lykewise were made sure aboue with a ring: thus he did to bothe in bothe corners.
So there were eyght boardes and their sixtene sockets of siluer, vnder euerie boarde two sockets.
¶ After, he made barres of Shittim wood, fiue for the boardes in the one side of the Tabernacle.
And fiue barres for the boardes in the other side of the Tabernacle, and fiue barres for the boarde of the Tabernacle on the side towarde the West.
And he made the middest barre to shote through the boardes, frome the one end to the other.
He ouerlaied also the boardes with golde, and made theyr ryngs of golde for places for the barres, and couered the barres wyth golde.
¶ Moreouer he made a vaile of blewe silke, and purple, and of skarlet, and of fine twined linen: with Cherubims of broydred worke made he it:
And made thereunto foure pillers of 〈◊〉, and ouerlaied them with golde: whose hokes (were also) of golde, and he caste for them foure sockets of siluer.
And he made an hanging for the Tabernacle dore, of blewe silke, a{n}d purple, a{n}d skarlet, and 〈◊〉 wined linen, (and) nedle worke.
And the fiue pillers of it with their hokes, and ouerlayed their chapiters and their filets with golde, but their fiue sockets (were) of brasse.
AFter thys, Bezaleél made the Arke of Shittim wood, two cubites and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie:
And ouerlayed it with fine golde within and without, and made a crowne of golde to it round about.
And caste for it foure ryngs of golde for the foure corners of it: that is, two rings for the one side of it, and two rynges for the other side thereof.
Also he made barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with golde.
And put the barres in the ryngs by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke.
¶ And he made the Merciseat of pure golde: two cubites and an halfe (was) the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.
And he made two Cherubims of golde, vpon two ends of the Merciseat: (euen) of worke beaten with the hammer made he them.
One Cherub on the one end, and another Cherub on the other end: of the Merciseat made he the Cherubims, as the two endes thereof.
And the Cherubims spred out their wyngs on hie, and couered the Merciseat with their wings, and their faces (were) one towardes another: toward the Merciseat were the faces of the Cherubims.
¶ Also he made the Table of Shittim wood: two cubites (was) the length thereof, and a cubite the breadth therof, and a cubite and an halfe the height of it.
And he ouerlaied it with fine golde, & made therto a crowne of golde round about.
Also he made thereto a border of an hand breadth rounde about, and made vpon the border a crowne of golde round about.
And he cast for it foure rings of golde, and put the rings in the foure corners that (were) in the foure fete thereof.
Againste the border were the rings, as places for the barres to beare the Table.
And he made the barres of Shittim wood, and couered them wyth golde to beare the Table.
Also he made the instruments for the Table of pure golde: dishes for it, and (incens) cups for it, and goblets for it, and couerings for it, where with it shulde be couered.
¶ Like wyse he made the Candelsticke of pure golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer made he the Candelsticke: (and) hysshafte, and hys branche, hys bolles, hys knops, and his floures were of one piece.
And six branches came out of the sides therof: thre branches of the Candelsticke out of the one side of it, and thre branches of the Candelsticke out of the other side of it.
In one branche thre bolles made lyke almondes, a knop and a floure: and in another branche thre bolles made lyke almondes, a knop and a floure: (and) so throughout the six branches that proceded out of the Candelsticke.
And vpon the Candelsticke (were) foure bolles after the facio{n} of almo{n}des, the knops thereof and the floures thereof.
That is, vnder euerie two branches a knop (made) therof, and a knop vnder the second branche thereof, and a knop vnder the third branche thereof, accordyng to the six branches comining out of it.
Their knops and their branches were of the same: it was all one beaten worke of pure golde.
And he made for it seuen lampes with the snuffets, and snufdishes therof of pure gold.
Of a talent of pure golde made he it with all the instruments thereof.
Furthermore he made the perfume altar of Shittim wood: the length of it (was) a cubite, and the breadth of it a cubite [it was square] and two cubites hie, (and) the hornes thereof was of the same.
And he couered it with pure golde, bothe the top and the sides thereof rounde about, and the hornes of it, and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about.
And he made two rings of golde for it, vnder the crowne thereof in the two corners of the two sides thereof, to put barres in for to beare it therewith.
Also he made the barres of Shittim wood, and ouerlaied them with golde.
And he made the holy anoyntyng oyle, and the swete pure incense after the apotecaries arte.
ALso he made the altar of the burnt offring of Shittim woode: fiue cubites (was) the length thereof, and fiue cubites the breadth thereof: (it was) square and thre cubites hie.
And he made vnto it hornes in the foure corners thereof: the hornes thereof were of the same, and he ouerlaied it with brasse.
Also he made al the instruments of the Altar: the ashpans, and the besomes, and the basins, the fleshokes, and the censers: all the instruments thereof made he of brasse.
Moreouer he made a brasen grate wroght like a net to the Altar, vnder the compas of beneth in the middes of it,
And cast foure rings of brasse for the foure ends of the grate to put barres in.
And he made the barres of 〈◊〉 wood, & couered them with brasse.
The which barres he put into the rings on the sides of the altar to beare it with all, and made it holowe (within) the boardes.
¶ Also he made the Lauer of brasse, and the fote of it of brasse of the glasses of the women that did assemble and came together at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
¶ Finally he made the courte on the Southside ful Southe: the hangings of the courte (were) of 〈◊〉 twined linen, hauing an hundreth cubites.
Their pillers (were) twentie, and their brasen sockets twentie: the hokes of the pillers and their filets (were) of siluer.
And on the Northside (the hangings were) an hundreth cubites: their pillers twentie, & their sockets of brasse twentie, the hokes of the pillers and their filets of 〈◊〉.
On the Westside also (were) hangings of fiftie cubites, their ten pillers with their ten sockets: the hokes of the pillers and their filets of siluer.
And toward the Eastside, ful East, (were hangings) of fiftie cubites.
The hangings of the one side (were) fiftene cubites, their thre pillers, and their thre sockets:
And of the other side of the courte gate on bothe sides (were) hangings of fiftene cubites, (with) their thre pillers and their thre sockets.
All the hangings of the courte round about (were) of fine twined linen:
But the 〈◊〉 of the pillers (were) of brasse: the hokes of the pillers and their filets of siluer, and the couering of their chapiters of siluer: and all the pillers of the courte were hooped about with siluer.
(He made) also the hanging of the gate of the courte of nedle worke, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen euen twentie cubites long, and fiue cubites in height and breadth, like the hangings of the courte.
And their pillers (were) foure with their foure sockets of brasse: their hokes of siluer and the couering of their chapiters, a{n}d their filets of siluer.
But all the pins of the Tabernacle and of the courte round about (were) of brasse.
¶ These are the partes of the Tabernacle, (I meane,) of the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, which was appointed by the commandement of Mosés for the office of the Leuites by the hand of Ithamár sonne to Aaron the Priest.
So Bezaleél the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudáh, made all that the Lord commanded Mosés.
And with him Aholiáb sonne of Ahisamách of the tribe of Dan, a cunning workeman and an embroyderer and a worker of nedle worke in blewe silke, and in purple, and in skarlet, and in 〈◊〉 linen.
All the golde that was occupied in all the worke wroght for the holy place [which was the golde of the offring] was nine and twentie talents, and seuen hundreth and thirtie shekels, according to the shekel of the Sanctuarie.
But the siluer of them that were nombred in the Congregacion, (was) an hundreth talents, and a thousand seuen hundreth seuentie and fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie.
A portion for a man, (that is,) halfe a shekel after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, for all them that were nombred from twentie yere olde and aboue, among six hundreth thousand, and thre thousand, and fiue hundreth and fiftie men.
Moreouer there were an hundreth talents of siluer, to cast the sockets of the Sanctuarie, and the sockets of the vaile: an hundreth sockets of an hundreth talens, a talent for a socket.
But he made the hokes for the pillers of a thousand seuen hundreth and seuentie and fiue (shekels) and ouerlaied their chapiters, and made filets about them.
Also the brasse of the offring (was) seuentie talents, and two thousand, and foure hundreth shekels.
Whereof he made the sockets to the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the brasen Altar, and the brasen grate which was for it, with all the instruments of the Altar,
And the sockets of the courte round about and the sockets for the courte gate, and all the pins of the Tabernacle, and all the pins of the courte round about.
MOreouer they made garments of ministration to ministre in the Sanctuarie of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet: thei made also the holy garments for Aarón, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
So he made the Ephód of golde, blewe silke and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen.
And they did beate the golde into thin plates, and cut it into wiers, to worke it in the blewe silke and in the purple, and in the skarlet, & in the fine line{n}, with broydred worke.
For the which thei made shulders to couple together: (for) it was closed by the two edges thereof.
And the broydred garde of his Ephód that was vpon him, was of the same stuffe, and of like worke: (euen) of golde, of blewe silke, & purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ And they wroght (two) onix stones closed in ouches of golde, and graued, as signets are grauen, with the names of the children of Israél,
And put the{m} on the shulders of the Ephód, (as) stones for a remembrance of the children of Israél, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ Also he made the brest plate of broydred worke like the worke of the Ephód (to wit) of golde, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen.
They made the brest plate double, and it was square, an hand breadth long, & an hand breadth broad: (it was also) double.
And they filled it with foure rowes of stones. The ordre (was thus,) 〈◊〉 ruby, a topaze, & a carbuncle in the first rowe.
And in the seconde rowe, an emeraude, a saphir, and a diamond:
Also in the third rowe, a turkeis, an achate and an hematite:
Like wise in the fourte rowe, a chrysolite, an onix, and a iasper: closed and set in ouches of golde.
So the stones (were) according to the names of the children of Israél, (euen) twelue after their names, graue{n} like signets euerie one after his name accordig to the twelue tribes
After, they made vpon the brest place cheines at the endes, of wrethen worke and pure golde.
They made also two bosses of golde, & two golde rings, and put the two rings in the two corners of the brest plate.
And they put the two wrethen cheines of golde in the two rings, in the corners of the brest plate.
Also the two (other) endes of the two wrethen cheines they fastened in the two bosses and put them on the shulders of the Ephód vpon the fore fronte of it.
Like wise they made two rings of golde, & put them in the two (other) corners of the brest plate vpon the edge of it, which was on the inside of the Ephód.
They made also two (other) golden rings, & put them on the two sides of the Ephod, beneth on the foreside of it and ouer against his coupling aboue the broydred garde of the Ephód.
Then they fastened the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephód, with a lace of blewe silke, that it might be (fast) vpo{n} the broydred garde of the Ephód, and that the brest plate shulde not be losed from the Ephód, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ Moreouer he made the robe of the Ephód of wouen worke, altogether of blewe silke.
And the hole of the robe (was) in the middes of it, as the coller of an habergeon, with an edge about the coller, that it shulde not rent.
And they made vpon the skirtes of the robe pomegranates, of blewe silke, & purple, and skarlet, and (fine linen) twined.
They made also belles of pure golde, and put the belles betwene the pomegranates vpon the skirtes of the robe rounde about betwene the pomegranates.
Abel and a pomegranate, a bel and a pomegranate round about the skirtes of the robe to minister in, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ After, they made coates of fine linen, of wouen worke for Aarón and for his sonnes.
And the mitre of fine linen, and goodlie bonnets of fine linen, and linen breches of fine twined linen,
¶ And the girdel of fine twined linen, and of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, (eue{n}) of nedle worke, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ Finally thei made the plate for the holy crowne of fine golde, and wrote vpon it a superscription (like) to the grauing of a signet HOLINES TO THE LORD.
And thei tied vnto it a lace of blewe, silke to fasten it on hye vpon the mitre, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ Thus was all the worke of the Tabernacle, (euen) of the Tabernacle of the Co{n}gregacion finished: and the children of Israél did according to all that the Lord had commanded Mosés: so did thei.
¶ Afterwarde thei broght the Tabernacle vnto Mosés, the Tabernacle and all his instrume{n}ts, his taches, his boardes, his barres, and his pillers, and his sockets,
And the couering of rammes skins died red and the couerings of badgers skinnes, and the couering vaile,
The Arke of the Testimonie, and the barres thereof, and the Merciseat.
The Table, with all the instruments thereof, and the shewe bread,
The pure Candelsticke, the lampes thereof (euen) the lampes set in ordre, and all the instruments thereof, and the oyle for light:
Also the golden Altar and the anointing oyle and the swete incens, and the hanging of the Tabernacle dore,
The brasen Altar with his grate of brasse, his barres and all his instruments, the Lauer and his fote.
The curtaines of the court with his pillers and his sockets, and the ha{n}ging to the courte gate, (and) his cordes, and his pinnes, and all the instruments of the seruice of the Tabernacle, (called) the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
(Finally,) the ministring garmente to serue in the Sanctuarie, (and) the holy garme{n}ts for Aarón the Priest, and his sonnes garments to minister in the Priests office,
According to euerie point that the Lord had co{m}manded Mosés, so the children of Israél made all the worke.
And Mosés behelde al the worke, and beholde, they had done it as the Lord had commanded: so had they done: and Mosés blessed them.
THen the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
In the (first) day of the first moneth in the (very) first (of the same) moneth shalt thou set vp the Tabernacle, (called) the Tabernacle of the Congregacion:
And thou shalt put therein the Arke of the Testimonie, and couer the Arke with the vaile.
Also thou shalt bryng in the Table, and set it in ordre as it doeth require: thou shalt also bryng in the Candelsticke, and light his lampes.
And thou shalt set the incense Altar of golde before the Arke of the Testimonie, & put the hangyng at the dore of the Tabernacle.
Moreouer thou shalt set the burnt offryng Altar before the dore of the Tabernacle (called) the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
And thou shalt set the Lauer betwene the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and the Altar, and put water therein.
Then thou shalt appoint the courte round about, a{n}d hang vp the hanging at the courte gate.
After, thou shalt take the anointing oyle, & anoint the Tabernacle, and al that is therein, and halowe it with al the instruments therof that it may be holye.
And thou shalt anoint the Altar of the burnt offring, and al his instruments, and shalt sanctifie the Altar, that it may be an altar moste holy.
Also thou shalt anoint the Lauer & his fote, and shalt sanctifie it.
Then thou shalt bring Aarōn & his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and wash them with water.
And thou shalt put vppon Aarōn the holy garments, and shalt anoint him, and sanctifie hym that he may minister vnto me in the Priests office.
Thou shalt also bring his sonnes, and cloth them with garments.
And shalt anoint them as thou diddest anoint their father, that they may minister vnto me in the Priests office: for their anointyng shal be (a signe,) that the priesthode shalbe euerlastyng vnto them throughout their generacions.
So Mosés did according to al that the Lord had commanded him: so did he.
¶ Thus was the Tabernacle reared vp the first day of the first moneth in the seconde yere.
Then Mosés reared vp the Tabernacle and fastened his sockets, and set vp the boardes thereof, and put in the barres of it, and reared vp his pillers.
And he spred the couering ouer the Tabernacle, and put the coueryng of that couering on hie aboue it, as the Lorde had commanded Mosés.
¶ And he toke and put the Testimonie in the Arke, and put the barres in (the rings) of the Arke, and set the Merciseat on hie vpon the Arke.
He broght also the Arke into the Tabernacle, and hanged vp the coueryng vaile, and couered the Arke of the Testimonie, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ Furthermore he put the Table in the Tanacle of the Congregacion in the Northside of the Tabernacle, without the vaile.
And set the bread in ordre before the Lord as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ Also he put the Candelsticke in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion ouer against the Table towarde the Southside of the Tabernacle.
And he lighted the lampes before the Lord as the Lord had commanded Moses.
¶ Moreouer he set the golden Altar in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion before the vaile.
And burnt swete incense thereon, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ Also he hanged vp the vaile at the dore of the Tabernacle.
After, he set the burnt offryng Altar (without) the dore of the Tabernacle, (called) the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, & offred the burnt offring and the sacrifice thereon, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ Like wise he set the{n} Lauer betwene the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and the Altar, and powred water therein to wash with.
So Mosés, and Aarôn, and his sonnes, washed their hands and their fete thereat.
When thei went into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and when they approched to the Altar, they washed, as the Lorde had commanded Mosés.
Finally he reared vp the court round about the Tabernacle and the Altar, and ha{n}ged vp the vaile at the court gate: so Mosés finished the worke.
¶ Then the cloude couered the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and the glorie of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
So Mosés colde not entre into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, because the cloude abode thereon, and the glorie of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
Now when the cloude ascended vp frome the Tabernacle, the children of Israél went forwarde in all their iourneis.
But if the cloude ascended not, then they iourneied not til the day that it ascended.
For the cloude of the Lorde (was) vpo{n} the Tabernacle by day, & fire was in it by night, in the sight of al the house of Israél, through out all their iorneies.
NOw the Lord called Mosés, & spake vnto him out of the Tabernacle of the Co{n}gregacio{n}, saying
Speake vnto the children of Israél, & thou shalt say vnto the{m}, If anie of you offer a sacrifice vnto the Lorde, ye shall offer you sacrifice of cattel, (as) of beues and of the shepe.
If his sacrifice (be) a burnt offring of the herde, he shal offer a male without blemish, presenting him of his owne voluntary wil at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion before the Lord.
And he shal put his hand vpon the head of the burnt offring and it shalbe accepted to (the Lord,) to be his atonement.
And he shall kill the bullocke before the Lord, & the Priestes Aarons sonnes shal offer the blood, and shall sprinkle it round about vpo{n} the altar, that is by the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
Then shall he fley the burnt 〈◊〉 and cut it in pieces.
So the sonnes of Aarón the Priest shall put fire vpo{n} the altar, and lay the wood in ordre vpon the fire:
Then the Priestes Aarons sonnes shal lay the partes in ordre, the head & the kall vpo{n} the wood that is in the fire which is vpo{n} the altar
But the inwardes thereof & the legs therof he shal wash in water, & the Priest shal burne all on the altar: (for) it is a burnt offryng, an oblation made by fire a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
¶ And if his sacrifice for the burnt offri{n}g (be) as of the flockes [(as) of the shepe, or of the goates] he shal offer a male without blemish
And he shal kil it on the Northside of the altar before the Lord, and the Priestes Aarons sonnes shal sprinkle the blood thereof round about vpon the Altar.
And he shall cut it in pieces, (separatyng) his head and his kall and the Priest shall lay them in ordre vpon the wood that (lieth) in the fire which is on the altar:
But he shal wash the inwardes, and the legs with water, & the Priest shal offer the whole and burne it vpon the altar: (for) it is a burnt offring, an oblation made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
¶ And if his sacrifice (be) a burnt offring to the Lord of the foules, the{n} he shal offer his sacrifice of the turtle doues, or of the yong pigeons.
And the Priest shal bring it vnto the altar, & wring the necke of it a sunder, and burne it on the altar: and the blood thereof shal be shed vpon the side of the altar.
And he shall plucke out his mawe with his fethers, and cast them beside the altar on the East part in the place of the ashes.
And he shall cleaue it with his wings, (but) not deuide it a sundre: & the Priest shal burne it vpon the altar vpo{n} the wood that is in the fire: (for) it is a burnt offri{n}g, an oblatio{n} made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
ANd when anie wil offer a meat offring vnto the Lord, his offring shalbe of fine floure, and he shal poure oyle vpon it, & put incenseth ereon.
And shall bring it vnto Aarons sonnes the Priests, & he shal take the{n}ce his handful of the floure, & of the oyle with al the incense, and the Priest shal burne it for a memoriall vpon the altar: (for) it is an offring made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
But the remnant of the meat offryng (shal be) Aarons & his sonnes: (for) it is most holy of the Lords offrings made by fire.
¶ If thou bring also a meat offring baken in the ouen, (it shalbe) an vnleauened cake of fine floure mingled with oyle, or an vnleauened wafer anointed with oyle.
¶ But if thy meat offring (be) an oblation of the friyng pan, it shalbe of fine floure vnleauened, mingled with oyle.
And thou shalt parte it in pieces, and powre oyle thereon: (for) it is a meat offring.
¶ And if thy meat offring (be) an oblation (made) in the caudron, it shalbe made of fine floure with oyle.
After, thou shalt bring the meat offring [that is made of these things] vnto the Lord, and shalt present it vnto the Priest, and he shal bring it to the altar,
And the Priest shal take from the meat offring a memorial of it, & shal burne it vpon the altar: (for) it is an oblation made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
But that which is left of the meat offring, (shalbe) Aarons & his sonnes: (for it is) moste holy of the offrings of the Lord made by fire.
All the meat offrings which ye shal offer vnto the Lord, shalbe made without leauen: for ye shal nether burne leauen nor hony in any offring of the Lord made by fire.
¶ (In) the oblation of the first frutes ye shal offer them vnto the Lord, but they shal not be burnt vpon the altar for a swete sauour.
[All the meat offrings also shalt thou season with salt, nether shalt thou suffre the salt of the couenant of thy God to be lacking fro{m} thy meat offring, (but) vpon all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt]
If then thou offer a meat offring of thy first frutes vnto the Lord, thou shalt offer for thy meat offring of thy first frutes eares of corne dried by the fire, and wheat beaten out of the grene eares.
After, thou shalt put oyle vpon it, and laie incense thereon: (for) it is a meat offring.
And the Priest shal burne the memorial of it (euen) of that that is beaten and of the oyle of it with all the incense thereof: (for) it is an offring vnto the Lord made by fire.
And shal put his hand vpon the head of his offring, and kil it at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion: and Aarons sonnes the Priests shal sprinckle the blood vpon the altar round about.
So he shal offer (parte) of the peace offrigs (as) a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord, (euen) the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes,
He shal also take away the two kidneis, and the fat that is on them, and vpon the flanks and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis.
And Aarons sonnes shal burne it on the altar with the burnt offring, whiche is vpon the wood, that is on the fire: (this is) a sacrifice made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the lord
¶ Also if his oblation (be) a peace offring vnto the Lord out of the flocke, whether it be male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
If he offer a lambe for his oblation, then he shall bring it before the Lord.
And lay his hand vpon the head of his offring, and shall kill it before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and Aarons sonnes shal sprinkle the blood therof round about vpon the altar.
After, of the peace offrings he shal offer an offring made by fire vnto the Lord: he shall take awai the fat thereof, & the rumpe altogether, hard by the backe bone, and the far that couereth the inwardes, and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes.
Also he shall take away the two kidneis, with the fat that is vpo{n} the{m}, & vpo{n} the fla{n}ks and the kal vpon the liuer with the kidneis.
Then the Priest shal burne it vpon the altar (as) the meat of an offrings made by fire vnto the Lord.
¶ Also if his offring (be) a goat, then shal he offer it before the Lord.
And shall put his hand vpon the head of it, and kil it before the Tabernacle of the Co{n}gregacion, and the sonnes of Aarón shall sprinkle the blood thereof vpon the altar round about.
Then he shal offer thereof his offring (eue{n}) an offring made by fire vnto the Lord, the fat that couereth the inwardes, & al the fat that is vpon the inwardes.
Also he shal take away the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon the{m}, and vpon the flanks and the kal vpon the liuer with the kidneis.
So the Priest shal burne the{m} vpon the altar, (as) the meat of an offring made by fire for a swete sauour: all the fat (is) the Lords.
(This shalbe) a perpetual ordina{n}ce for your generacions, throughout al your dwellings (so that) ye shal eat nether fat nor blood.
MOreouer the Lord speake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, saying, If anie shall sinne through ignora{n}ce, in anie of the commandements of the Lord [which ought not to be done] but shal do (co{n}trarie) to anie of them.
If the Priest that is anointed do sinne [according to the sinne of the people] the{n} shall he offer, for his sinne which he hath sinned, a yong bullocke without blemish vnto the Lord for a sinne offring.
And he shal bring the bullocke vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion before the Lord, and shal put his hand vpo{n} the bullocks head, and kil the bullocke before the Lord.
And the Priest that is anointed shal take of the bullocks blood, and bring it into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
Then the Priest shal dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seuen times before the Lord, before the vaile of the Sanctuarie:
The Priest also shal put (some) of the blood before the Lord, vpo{n} the hornes of the altar of swete incens, which is in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, then shal he powre all (the rest) of the blood of the bullocke at the fote of the altar of burnt offring, which is at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
And he shal take away all the fat of the bullocke for the sinne offring: (to wit,) the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fat that is about the inwardes.
He shal take away also the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and vpo{n} the flanks and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis.
As it was taken away from the bullocke of the peace offrings, and the Priest shal burne them vpon the altar of burnt offring.
But the skin of the bullocke, and all his flesh, with his head, and his legs, and his inwardes, and his doung (shal he beare out)
So he shal cary the whole bulocke out of the hoste vnto a cleane place, where the ashes are powred, and shal burne him on the wood in the fire where the ashes are cast out shal he be burnt.
¶ And if the whole Congregacion of Israél shal sinne through ignorance, and thing be hid from the eies of the multitude, and haue done (against) anie of the commandements of the Lord which shulde not be done and haue offended:
When the sinne which they haue committed shalbe knowen, then the Congregacion shal offre a yong bullocke for the sinne, and bring him before the Tabernacle of the Co{n}gregacion,
And the Elders of the Congregacion shal put their hands vpon the head of the bullocke before the Lord, and he shal kil the bullocke before the Lord,
Then the Priest that is anointed, shal bring of the bullocks blood into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion,
And the Priest shal dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seuen times before the Lord (euen) before the vaile.
Also he shal put (some) of the blood vpon the hornes of the altar, which is before the Lord, that is in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion: then shal he powre all the (rest) of the blood at the fore of the altar of burnt offring, which is at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
And he shal take al his fat from hym, and burne it vpon the altar.
And (the Priest) shal do with this bullocke, as he did with the bullocke for (his) sinne: so shal he do with this: so the Priest shal make an atonement for them, and it shalbe forgiuen them.
For he shal carie the bullocke without the hoste, and burne him as he burned the first bullocke (for) it is an offring for the sinne of the Congregacion.
¶ When a ruler shall sinne, and do through ignorance (against) anie of the commandements of the Lord his God, which shuld not be done and shal offende.
If one shewe vnto him his sinne whiche he hathe committed, then shal he bring for hys offring an he goat without blemish.
And shal lay his hand vpon the head of the he goat, and kil it in the place where he shulde kil the burnt offring before the Lord (for) it is a sinne offring.
Then the Priest shal take of the blood of the sinne offring with his finger, and put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offring altar, & shall powre (the rest) of his blood at the fote of the burnt offring altar.
And shal burne all his fat vpon the altar, as the fat of the peace offring: so the Priest shal make an atonement for hym, concernyng his sinne, and it shal be forgiuen him.
¶ Likewise if anie of the people of the land shal sinne through ignorance in doing (against) anie of the commandements of the Lorde, whiche shulde not be done, and shal offend.
If one shewe him his sinne which he hathe committed, the{n} he shal bring for his offring a 〈◊〉 goat without blemish for his sinne whiche he hathe committed.
And he shal lay his hand vpon the head of the sinne offring, and slay the sinne offring in the place of burnt offring.
Then the Priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offring altar, and powre all (the rest) of the blood thereof at the fote of the altar.
And shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the peace offrings is take{n} away, & the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar for a swete 〈◊〉 vnto the Lorde, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, & it shalbe forgiuen him.
And if he bring a la{m}be for his sinne offring, he shal bring a female without blemish.
And shal lay his hand vpon the head of the sinne offring, and he shal slay it for a sinne offring in the place where he shulde kill the burnt offring.
Then the Priest shall take of the blood of the sinne offring with his finger, and put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offring altar, and shal powre al (the rest) of the blood therof at the fote of the altar.
And he shal take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lambe of the peace offrings is taken away: the{n} the Priest shal burne it vpon the altar with the oblations of the Lord made by fire, and the Priest shal make an atonement for him concerning his sinne that he hathe committed, and it shalbe forgiuen him.
ALso if anie haue sinned, (that is) if he haue heard the voyce of an othe, and he can be a witnes, whether he hathe sene or knowen of it, if he do not vtter it, he shal be are his iniquitie:
Ether if one touche anie vncleane thing, whether it be a carion of an vncleane beast, or a carion of vncleane cattel, or a carion of vncleane creping things, and is not ware of it yet he is vncleane, and hathe offended:
Ether if he touche anie vnclennes of man [whatsoeuer vnclennes it be, that he is defiled with] & is not ware of it, & after co{m}meth to the knowledge of it, he hathe sinned:
Ether if anie sweare, and pronounce with his lippes to do euil, or to do good whatsoeuer it be that a man shal pronounce with an othe and it be hid fro{m} him, & after knoweth that he hathe offe{n}ded in one of these (points)
Whe{n} he hathe sinned in anie of these things then he shal confesse that he hathe sinned therein.
Therefore shal he bring his trespasse offring vnto the Lord for his sinne which he hathe committed, (euen) a female from the flocke (be it) a la{m}be or a she goat for a sinne offring, and the Priest shal make an atonement for him, concerning his sinne.
But if he be not able to bring a shepe, he shal bring for his trespasse which he hathe committed, two turtle doues, or two yong pigeo{n}s vnto the Lord, one for a sinne offring and the other for a burnt offring.
So he shal bring them vnto the Priest, who shal offer the sinne offring first, and wring the necke of it a sundre, but not plucke it cleane of.
After he shal sprinkle of the blood of the sinne offring vpon the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shal be shed at the fote of the altar: (for) it is a sinne offring.
Also he shal offer the seconde for a burnt offring as the maner is: so shal the Priest make an atonement for him [for his sinne which he hathe committed] and it shalbe forgiuen him.
¶ But if he be not able to bring two turtle doues, or two yong pigeons, then he that hathe sinned, shal bring for his offring, the te{n}th parte of an Epháh of fine floure for a sinne offring, he shal put none oyle thereto nether put anie incense thereon: for it is a sinne ne offring.
Then shal he bring it to the Priest and the Priest shal take his handeful of it for the remembrance thereof, and burne it vpon the altar with the offrings of the Lord made by fire: (for) it is a sinne offring.
So the Priest shal make an atonement for him, as touching his sinne that he hathe co{m}mitted in one of these (points,) and it shal be forgiuen him: and (the remnant) shalbe the Priests, as the meat offring.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
If anie persone transgresse & sinne through ignorance (by taking awaie) things consecrated vnto the Lord; he shal then bring for his trespasse offring vnto the Lord a ra{m} without blemish out of the flocke, (worthe) two shekels of siluer by thy estimation after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, for a trespasse offring.
So he shal restore that wherein he hathe offended, (in taking awaie) of the holy thing, and shal put the fift parte more thereto, and giue it vnto the Priest: so the Priest shal make an atoneme{n}t for him with the ram of the trespasse offring, and it shalbe forgiuen him.
¶ Also if anie sinne and do (against) anie of the commandements of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and knowe not and sinne and beare his iniquitie.
Then shal he bring a ram without blemish out of the flocke, in thy estimation (worth two shekels) for a trespasse offring vnto the Priest: and the Priest shal make an atoneme{n}t for him co{n}cerning his ignorance wherein he erred, and was not ware: so it shal be forgiuen him.
This is the trespasse offring for the trespasse committed against the Lord,
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
If anie sinne & co{m}mit a trespasse against the Lord, & denie vnto his neighbour that, which was take{n} him to kepe, or that which was put to him of trust, or doeth by robberie, or by viole{n}ce oppresse his neighbour.
Or hathe found that which was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely, for anie of (these) things that a man doeth, wherein he sinneth:
When, I say, he thus sinneth and trespasseth, he shal then restore the robbery that he robbed, or the thing taken by violence which he toke by force, or the thing which was deliuered him to kepe, or the lost thing which he founde,
Or for whatsoeuer he hathe sworne falsely, he shal bothe restore it in the whole summe, and shal adde the fift parte more thereto, (and) giue it vnto him to whome it perteineth, the same day that he offreth for his trespasse.
Also he shal bring for his trespasse vnto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flocke in thy estimatio{n} (worthe two shekels) for a trespasse offring vnto the Priest.
And the Priest shal make an atonement for him before the Lord, and it shal be forgiuen him, whatsoeuer thing he hathe done, and trespassed therein.
¶ Then the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Commande Aarón and his sonnes, saying, This is the lawe of the burnt offring, [it is the burnt offring because it burneth vpon the altar all the night vnto the morning, and the fire burneth on the altar]
And the Priest shal put on his linnen garment, and shal put on his linnen breches vpon his flesh, and take away the ashes when the fire hathe consumed the burnt offring vpon the altar, and he shal put them beside the altar.
After he shal put of his garments, and put on other raiment, and cary the ashes forthe without the hoste vnto a cleane place.
But the fire vpo{n} the altar shal burne thereo{n} (and) neuer be put out: wherefore the Priest shal burne wood on it euerie morning, & lay the burnt offring in ordre vpon it, & he shal burne thereon the fat of the peace offrings.
The fire shal euer burne vpon the altar, (and) neuer go out.
¶ Also this is the lawe of the meat offring, which Aarons sonnes shal offer in the presence of the Lord, before the altar.
He shal euen take thence his handful of fine floure of the meat offring and of the oyle, and all the incens which (is) vpon the meat offring and shalt burne it vpon the altar for a swete sauour, (as) a memorial therefore vnto the Lord:
But the rest thereof shal Aarōn and his sonnes eat: it shalbe eaten without leauen in the holy place: in the courte of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion they shal eat it.
It shal not be baken with leauen: I haue giuen it for their porcion of mine offrings made by fire: (for) it is as the sinne offring and as the trespasse offring.
All the males among the children of Aarōn shal eat of it: It (shalbe) a statute for euer in your generacions concerning the offrings of the Lord, made by fire: whatsoeuer toucheth them shalbe holy.
¶ Againe the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying,
This is the offring of Aarōn and his sonnes which they shal offer vnto the Lord in the day when he is anointed: the tenth parte of an Epháh of fine floure, for a meat offring perpetual: halfe of it in the morning, and halfe thereof at night.
In the friyng pan it shalbe made with oyle: thou shalt bring it fried, (and) shalt offer the bake{n} pieces of the meat offring for a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
And the Priest that is anointed in his stede, among his sonnes shal offer it: (it is) the Lords ordinance for euer, it shal be burnt altogether.
For euerie meat offring of the Priest shal be (burnt) altogether, it shal not be eaten.
¶ 〈◊〉 the Lord spake vnto Mosēs saying,
Speake vnto Aarōn, and vnto his sonnes, & say, This is the lawe of the sin offring, In the place where the burnt offring is killed, shal the sin offring be killed before the Lord, (for) it is moste holy.
The Priest that offreth this sin offring, shal eat it: in the holy place shal it be eaten, in the courte of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
Whatsoeuer shal touche the flesh thereof shalbe holy: and whe{n} there droppeth of the blood thereof vpo{n} a garme{n}t thou shalt wash that whereon it droppeth in the holy place.
Also the earthen pot that it is sodden in, shalbe broken, but if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shal bothe be scoured a{n}d washed with water.
All the males among the Priests shal eat thereof, (for) it is moste holy.
But no sin offring, whose blood is broght into the Tabernacie of the Congregació to make reconciliation in the holy place, shal be eaten, (but) shal be burnt in the fire.
LIkewise this is the lawe of the trespasse offring, it is moste holy.
In the place where they kil the burnt offring, shal they kil the trespasse offring, and the blood thereof shal he sprinkle round about vpon the altar.
All the fat thereof also shal he offer, the ru{m}pe and the fat that couereth the in wards.
After he shal take away the two kidneis, with the fat that is on them & vpon the slāks and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis.
Then the Priest shal burne them vpon the altar, for an offring made by fire vnto the Lord: this is a trespasse offring.
All the males among the Priests shal eat there of, it shalbe eaten in the holy place, (for) it moste holy.
As the sin offring (is) the trespasse offring, one lawe serueth for both that wherewith the Priest shal make atonement, shalbe his.
Also the Priest that offreth anie mans burnt offring, shal haue the skin of the burnt offring, which he hathe offred.
And all the meat offring that is baken in the ouen, and that is dressed in the pan, & in the frying pan, shalbe the Priests that offreth it.
And euerie meat offring mingled with oyle, and that is drie, shal perteine vnto all the sonnes of Aarón, to all like.
Furthermore this is the lawe of the peace offrings, which he shal offer vnto the Lord.
If he offer it to giue thankes, then he shal offer for his thankes offring, vnleauened cakes mingled with oyle, and vnleauened wafers anointed with oyle, and sine floure fried (with) the cakes mingled with oyle.
He shall offre (also) hys offring with cakes of leauened bread, for his peace offrings, to giue thankes.
And of all the sacrifice he shall offre one (cake) for an heaue offryng vnto the Lorde, (and) it shalbe the Priests that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offrings.
Also the flesh of his peace offrings, for thankes giuing, shalbe eaten the same day that it is offred: he shall leaue nothyng thereof vntil the morning.
But if the sacrifice of hys offrynge (be) a vowe, or a fre offring, it shalbe eate the same day that he offreth his sacrifice: and so in the morning the residue thereof shalbe eaten.
For asmuch of the offred flesh as remaineth vnto the third day, shalbe burnt with fire.
For if anie of the flesh of his peace offrings be eaten in the third day, he shal not be accepted that offreth it, nether shall it be reckoned vnto him, (but) shalbe an abominacion: therefore the persone that eateth of it shal beare his iniquitie.
The fleshe also that toucheth anie vncleane thyng, shall not be eaten, (but) burnt with fire: but of this fleshe all that be cleane shal eat thereof.
But if anie eat of the flesh of the peace offrings that perteineth to the Lorde, hauyng his vnclennes vpon him, euen the same persone shal be cut of from his people.
Moreouer when anie toucheth anie vncleane thyng, as the vnclennes of man, or of an vncleane beast, or of anie filthie abominacion, and eat of the flesh of the peace offrings, which perteineth vnto the Lorde, euen that persone shal be cut of from his people.
¶ Agayne the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israél, and saye, Ye shall eat no fat of beues, nor of shepe, nor of goates.
Yet the fat of the dead beast, and the fat of that, which is torne (with beastes,) shalbe occupied to anie vse, but ye shal not eat of it.
For whosoeuer eateth the fat of the beast, of the whiche he shall offer an offring made by fire to the Lord, euen the persone that eateth, shal be cut of from his people.
Nether shall ye eat anie blood, ether of foule, or of beast in all yourd wellings.
Euerie persone that eateth anie blood, euen the same persone shalbe cut of frome hys people.
¶ And the Lord talked with Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say, He that offreth hys peace offrings vnto the Lord, shal bring his gift vnto the Lord of his peace offrings.
His hands shall bring the offrings of the Lorde made by fire: (euen) the fat with the breast shal he bring, that the beast may be shaken to and fro before the Lord.
Then the Priest shall burne the fat vpon the altar, and the breast shal be Aarons and hys sonnes.
And the right shulder shall ye giue vnto the Priest for an heaue offring, of your peace offrings.
The same that offreth the blood of the peace offrings, and the fat, among the sonnes of Aaron, shall haue the ryght shulder for hys parte.
For the beast shaken to and fro, and the shulder lifted vp, haue I taken of the children of Israél, (euen) of their peace offrings, and haue giuen them vnto Aarón the Priest and vnto hys sonnes by a statute for euer fro{m} among the children of Israél.
¶ This is the anointyng of Aarôn, and the anointyng of his sonnes, concernyng the offrings of the Lorde made by fire, in the daye whe{n} he presented them to serue in the Priests office vnto the Lord.
The which (portions) the Lord comma{n}ded to gyue them in the daye that the anointed them from among the children of Israél, by a statute for euer in their generacions.
This is (also) the lawe of the burnt offryng, of the meat offring, and of the sinne offring, and of the trespasse offring, and of the consecrations, and of the peace offrings.
Which the Lord commanded Mosés in the mount Sinái, when he commanded the children of Israél to offer their giftes vnto the Lord in the wildernes of Sinái.
AFterwarde the Lorde spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Take Aarón and his sonnes with hym, and the garments, and the anointing oyle, and a bullocke for the sin offring, and two rams, and a basket of vnleauened bread.
And assemble all the companie at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
So Mosés did as the Lord had commanded him, and the companie was assembled at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacio{n}.
Then Mosés said vnto the companie, This is the thyng whiche the Lorde hathe commanded to do.
And Mosés broght Aarón and his sonnes, a{n}d washed them with water.
And put vpon him the coat, and girded him with a girdel, a{n}d clothed him with the robe, and put the Ephōd on him, which he girded with the broydred garde of the Ephód, and bonde it vnto him therewith.
After he put the brest plate thereon, and put in the brest plate the Vrim and the 〈◊〉.
Also he put the mitre vpon his head, and put vpon the mitre on the fore fronte the golden plate, (a{n}d) the holy crowne, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
[Now Mosés had taken the anointing oyle, and anointed the Tabernacle, and that was therein, and sanctified them.
And sprinkled thereof vpon the altar seuen times, and anointed the altar and all hys instruments, and the lauer, and hys fote, to sanctifie them.]
And he powred of the anoynting oyle vppon Aarons head, and anointed hym, to sanctifie him.
After, Mosés broght Aarons sonnes, and put coates vpon them, and girded them with girdels, and put bonets vpon their heades, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
Then he broght the bullocke for the sin offryng, and his sonnes put their handes vppon the head of the bullocke for the sinne offring.
And Mosés slewe hym, and toke the blood, which he put vpon the hornes of the Altar round about with his finger, a{n}d purified the Altar, and powred (the reste) of the blood at the fote of the Altar: so he sanctified it, to make reconciliation vpon it.
Then he toke all the fat that was vpon the inwardes, and the kall of the liuer and the two kidneis, with their fat, which Mosés burned vpon the Altar.
But the bullocke and hys hyde, and hys flesh, and his doung, he burnt with fire without the hoste as the Lorde had commanded Mosés.
¶ Also he broght the ram for the burnt offryng, and Aaron and hys sonnes put their hands vpon the head of the ram.
So Mosés killed it, and sprinkled the blood vpon the Altar round about.
And Mosés cut the ram in pieces, a{n}d burnt the head with the pieces, and the fat.
And washed the inwardes a{n}d the legs in water: so Mosés burnt the ram euerie whit vpo{n} the Altar (for) it was a burnt offrynge for a swete sauour, whiche was made by fire vnto the Lord, as the Lord had co{m}manded Mosés.
¶ After, he broght the other ram, the ram of consecracions, and Aarōn and his sonnes laied their hands vpon the head of the ram.
Whyche Mosés slewe, and toke of the blood of it, and put it vppon the lap of Aarons ryght eare, and vppon the thombe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his ryght fote.
Then Mosés broght Aarons sonnes, and put of the blood on the lap of theyr ryght eares, and vpon the thumbes of their ryght hands, and vpon the great toes of their right fete, and Mosés sprinkled (the reste) of the blood vpon the Altar round about.
And he toke the fat and the rumpe, and all the fat that was vpon the inwardes, and the kall of the liuer, and the two kidneis wyth their fat, and the right 〈◊〉.
Also he toke of the basket of the vnleauened bread that was before the Lord, one vnleauened cake and a cake of oyled breade, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and vpon the right shulder.
So he put all in Aarons handes, and in hys sonnes hands, and shoke it to and fro before the Lord.
After, Mosés toke them out of their hands, and burnt them vpon the Altar for a burnt offryng: (for) these were consecracions for a swete sauour which were made by fire vnto the Lord.
Like wise Mosés toke the breast of the ram of consecracions and shoke it to and fro before the Lord: (for) it was Mosés portion, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
Also Mosés toke of the anointing oyle, and of the blood which was vpon the Altar, and sprinkled it vpon Aarón, vpon 〈◊〉 garments, and vpon his sonnes, and on hys 〈◊〉 garments with him: so he sanctified Aarón, hys garments, and his sonnes, and his sonnes garments with him.
¶ Afterward Mosés sayd vnto Aarón and his sonnes, Sethe the fleshe at the dore of the g Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecracions, as I co{m}manded, saying, Aarón and his sonnes shal eat it.
But that which remaineth of the fleshe and of the bread, shal ye burne with fire.
And ye shalte not departe from the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion seuen dayes, vntil the dayes of your consecracions be at an end: for seue{n} daies, (said the Lord,) shal he consecrate you.
As he hathe done thys day: (so) the Lorde hathe commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.
Therefore shall ye abide at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion daye and nyght, seuen dayes, and shal kepe the watch of the LORD, that ye dye not: for so I am commanded.
So Aarôn and his sonnes did all things whiche the Lord had commanded by the hand of Mosés.
ANd in the eyght daye Mosés called Aarón, and hys sonnes, and the Elders of Isráel.
The{n} he said vnto Aaron, Take thee a yong calf for a sinne offring, a{n}d a ram for a burnt offring, (bothe) without blemish, and bring (them) before the Lord.
And vnto the children of Israél thou shalte speake, saying, Take ye an he goat for a sinne offring, and a calf, and a lambe both of a yere olde, without blemish for a burnt offring:
Also a bullocke, a{n}d a ram for peace offrings, to offer before the Lord, and a meat offring mingled with oyle: for to day the Lorde will appeare vnto you.
¶ Then thei broght that which Mosés commanded before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and all the assemble drewe nere and stode before the Lord.
[For Mosés had said, This is the thing, which the Lord commanded that ye shulde do, and the glorie of the Lord shal appeare vnto you.]
Then Mosés said vnto Aarôn, Drawe nere to the Altar, and offer thy sin offring, and thy burnt offring, and make an atonement for thee & for the people: offer also the offring of the people, and make an atonement for them, as the Lord hathe commanded.
¶ Aarón therefore went vnto the Altar, and killed the calf of the sin offring, which was for him self.
And the sonnes of Aaron broght the blood vnto him, a{n}d he dipt his finger in the blood, and put it vpon the hornes of the Altar, and powred (the rest) of the blood at the fote of the Altar.
But the fat and the kidneis and the kall of the liuer of the sin offring, he burnt vpon the Altar, as the LORD had commanded Mosés,
The flesh also and the hyde he burnt with fire without the hoste.
After, he slewe the burnt offring, and Aarons sonnes broght vnto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about vpon the Altar.
Also thei broght the burnt offring vnto him with the pieces thereof, and the head, and he burnt (them) vpon the Altar.
Like wise he did wash the inwardes and the legs, and burnt (them) vpon the burnt offring on the Altar.
¶ Then he offred the peoples offring, and toke a goat, which was the sin offring for the people, and slewe it, and offred it for sinne, as the first:
So he offred the burnt offring, and prepared it, according to the maner.
He presented also the meat offring, and filled his hand thereof, and beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning he burnt (this) vpon the Altar.
He slewe also the bullocke, and the ram for the peace offrings, that was for the people, and Aarons sonnes broght vnto him the blood, which he sprinkled vpon the Altar round about,
With the fat of the bullocke, and of the ram the rumpe, and that which couereth the inwardes and the kidneis, and the kall of the liuer.
So thei laied the fat vpon the breasts, and he burnt the fat vpon the Altar.
But the breasts and the right shulder Aarôn shoke to & fro before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
So Aarón lift vp his hand towarde the people, and blessed the{m}, and came downe from offring of the sinne offring, and the burnt offring, and the peace offrings.
After, Mosés and Aarón went into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and came out, and blessed the peole, and the glorie of the Lord appeared to all the people.
And there came a fire out from the Lord and consumed vpon the Altar the burnt offring and the fat: which when all the people sawe, thei gaue thankes, & fel on their faces.
BVt Nadáb and Abihú, the sonnes of Aarôn, toke ether of them his censor, and put fire therein, and put incens thereupon, and offred strange fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them.
Therefore a fire went out from the Lord, and deuoured them: so thei dyed before the Lord.
Then Mosés said vnto Aarôn, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I wil be sanctified in them that come nere me, and before all the people I wil be glorified: but Aarón helde his peace.
And Mosés called Mishaél and Elzaphán the sonnes of Vzziél, the vncle of Aarón, and said vnto them, Come nere, cary your brethren from before the Sanctuarie out of the hoste.
Then thei went, and caryed them in their coates out of the hoste, as Mosés had commanded.
After, Mosés said vnto Aarón and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes, Vncouer not your heades, nether rent your clothes, lest ye dye, and lest wrath come vpon all the people: but let your brethren, all the house of Israél be waile the burning which the Lord hathe kindled.
And go not ye out from the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, lest ye dye: for the anointing oyle of the Lord (is) vpon you: and thei did according to Mosés commandement.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Aarôn, saying,
Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou, nor thy sonnes with thee, when ye come into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, lest ye dye: (this is) an ordinance for euer throughout your generacions,
That ye may put difference betwene the holy, and the vnholy, and betwene the cleane and the vncleane,
And that ye may teache the children of Israél all the statutes which the Lord hathe co{m}manded them by the hand of Mosês.
¶ Then Mosés said vnto Aarôn and vnto Eleazár and to Ithamár his sonnes that were left, Take the meat offring that remaineth of the offrings of the Lord, made by fire, and eat it without leauen beside the altar: for it is moste holy:
And ye shal eat it in the holy place, because it is thy duetie and thy sonnes duetie of the offrings of the Lord made by fire: for so I am commanded.
Also the shaken breast and the heaue shulder shal ye eat in a cleane place: thou, and thy sonnes, and thy daughters with thee: for thei are giuen as thy 〈◊〉 and thy sonnes duetie, of the peace offrings of the children of Israél.
The heaue shulder, and the shaken breast shal they bring with the offrings made by fire of the fat, to shake (it) to and fro before the Lord, and it shal be thine and thy sonnes with thee by a lawe for euer, as the Lord hathe commanded.
¶ And Mosés soght the goat that was offred for sinne, and lo, it was burnt: therefore he was angry with Eleazár and Ithamár the sonnes of Aarón, which were left (aliue,) saying,
Wherefore haue ye not eaten the sin offring in the holy place, seing it is moste holy? and (God) hathe giuen it you, to beare the iniquitie of the Congregacion, to make an atonement for them before the Lord.
Beholde, the blood of it was not broght within the holy place: ye shulde haue eaten (it) in the holy place, as I commanded.
And Aarôn said vnto Mosés, Beholde, this day haue they offred their sin offring and their burnt offring before the Lord, and suche things (as thou knowest) are come vnto me: if I had eaten the sin offring to day shulde it haue bene accepted in the sight of the Lord?
So when Mosés heard (it,) he was content.
AFter, the Lord spake vnto Mosés and to Aarón, saying vnto them,
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say, These are the beastes which ye shal eat, among all the beastes that are on the earth.
Whatsoeuer parteth the hoofe, and is clouen foted, and chaweth the cud among the beastes, that shal ye eat:
But of them that chewe the cud, or deuide the hoofe onely, of them ye shal not eat: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, and deuideth not the hoofe, he shalbe vncleane vnto you.
Like wise the conie, because he cheweth the cud and deuideth not the hoofe, he shalbe vncleane to you.
Also the hare, because he cheweth the cud, and deuideth not the hoofe, he shalbe vncleane to you.
And the swine, because he parteth the hoofe and is clouenfoted, but cheweth not the cud, he shalbe vncleane to you.
Of their flesh shal ye not eat, and their carkeis shal ye not touche: (for) thei shalbe vncleane to you.
¶ These shal ye eat, of all that are in the waters: whatsoeuer hathe finnes and skales in the waters, in the seas, or in the riuers, them shal ye eat.
But all that haue not fins nor skales in the seas, or in the riuers, of all that moueth in the waters and of all liuing things that are in the waters, thei shalbe an abominacion vnto you.
Thei, I say, shalbe an abominacion to you: ye shal not eat of their flesh, but shal abhorre their carkeis.
Whatsoeuer hathe not fins nor skales in the waters, that shalbe abominacion vnto you.
¶ These shal ye haue also in abominacion among the foules, thei shal not be eaten: (for) thei are an abominacio{n}, the egle, and the go shauke, and the osprey:
Also the vultur, and the kite after his kinde,
And all rauens after their kinde:
The ostriche also, and the night crowe, and these amea we, & the hauke after his kinde:
The litle owle also, and the cormorant, and the great owle.
Also the redshanke and the pelicane, and the swanne:
The storke also, the heron after his kinde, and the lap wing, and the backe:
Also euerie foule that crepeth (and) goeth vpo{n} all foure, suche shalbe an abominacion vnto you.
Yet these shal ye eat: of euerie foule that crepeth, (and) goeth vpon all foure which haue their fete & leggs all of one to leape with all vpon the earth,
Of them ye shal eat these, the grashoper after his kinde, and the solean after his kinde the hargol after his kinde, and the hagab after his kinde.
But all (other) foules that crepe (&) haue foure fete, thei (shalbe) abominacion vnto you.
For by suche ye shalbe polluted: whosoeuer toucheth their carkeis, shalbe vncleane vnto the euening.
Whosoeuer also beareth of their carkeis, shal wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntil euen.
Euerie beast that hathe clawes deuided, & is not clouen foted, not cheweth the cud, suche shalbe vncleane vnto you: euerie one that toucheth them, shalbe vncleane.
And whatsoeuer goeth vpon his pawes among al maner beastes that goeth on all foure, suche shalbe vncleane vnto you: who so doeth touche their carkeis shalbe vncleane vntil the euen.
And he that beareth their carkeis, shal wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntil the euen (for) suche shalbe vncleane vnto you.
¶ Also these shalbe vncleane to you amo{n}g the things that crepe and moue vpon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the frog, after his kinde:
Also the rat, and the lizard, and the chameleon, and the stellio, and the molle.
These shalbe vncleane to you amo{n}g all that crepe: whosoeuer doeth touche them when they be dead, shalbe vncleane vntil the euen
Also whatsoeuer anie of the dead carkeises of them doeth fall vpon, shalbe vncleane, whether it be vessell of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sacke: whatsoeuer vessel it be that is occupied, it shalbe put in the water as vncleane vntill the euen, and (so) be purified.
But euerie earthen vessel, whereinto anie of them falleth, whatsoeuer is within it shal be vncleane, and ye shal breake it.
All meate also that shalbe eaten, if anye (suche) water come vpo{n} it, shalbe vncleane: and all drynke that shalbe dronke in all (suche) vessels shalbe vncleane.
And euerie thyng that their carkeis fall vppon: shalbe vncleane: the fornais or the pot shalbe broken: (for) they are vncleane, and shalbe vncleane vnto you.
Yet the fountaines and welles where there is plentye of water shal be cleane: but that whyche toucheth their carkeises shal be vncleane.
And if there fall of their dead carkeis vpon anie sede, whiche vseth to be sowen, it shal be cleane.
But if anie water be powred vpon the sede, and there fall of their dead carkeis thereon, it shalbe vncleane vnto you.
If also anie beast, whereof ye may eat, dye, he that toucheth the carkeis thereof shalbe vncleane vntil the euen.
And he that eateth of the carkeis of it, shal wash hys clothes and be vncleane vntill the euen: he also that beareth the carkeis of it, shall washe his clothes, and be vncleane vntill the euen.
Euerie crepyng thynge therefore that crepeth vpon the earth shalbe an abominacion, (and) not be eaten.
Whatsoeuer goeth vppon the breast, and whatsoeuer goeth vppon all foure, or that hathe manie fete among all creping thyngs that crepe vpon the earth, ye shal not eat of them, for they shalbe abominacion.
Ye shall not pollute your selues wyth anye thing that crepeth, nether make your selues vncleane with the{m}, nether defile your selues thereby: ye shal not, I say, be defiled by them
For I am the Lorde your God: be sanctified therefore, and be holy, for I am holy, and defile not your selues wyth anye crepynge thing, that crepeth vpon the earth.
For I am the Lorde that broght you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God, and that you shulde be holy, for I am holy.
Thys is the lawe of beastes, and of foules, and of euerie liuing thing that moueth in the waters, and of euerie thing that crepeth vppon the earth.
That there maye be a difference betwene the vncleane and cleane, and betwene the beast that may be eaten, and the beast that ought not to be eaten.
ANd the Lorde spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say, When a woma{n} hathe broght forthe sede, and borne a man childe, she shall be vncleane seuen dayes, like as she is vncleane when she is put a parte for her disease.
And in the eyght day the foreskin of the (childes) flesh shalbe circumcised]
And she shall continue in the bloode of her purifiyng thre and thirty dayes: she shall touche no halowed thyng, nor come into the Sanctuarie, vntill the tyme of her purifiyng be out.
But if she beare a mayde chylde, then she shalbe vncleane two wekes, as when she hathe her disease: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifiyng thre score and six dayes.
Nowe when the dayes of her purifiyng are out, [whether it be for a sonne or for a daughter] she shal bryng to the Priest a lambe of one yere olde for a burnt offrynge, and a yonge pigeon or a turtle doue for a sin offryng, vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
Who shal offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her: so she shalbe purged of the issue of her blood this is the lawe for her that hathe borne a male or female.
But if she be not able to bring a lambe, she shal bring two turties, or two yong pigeo{n}s: the one for a burnt offryng, and the other for a sin offring: and the Priest shal make an atonement for her: so she shalbe cleane.
MOreouer the Lorde spake vnto Mosés, and to Aarón, saying.
The man that shall haue in the skin of hys fleshe a swellyng or a skab, or a white spot, so that in the skin of his flesh it be like the plague of leprosie, then he shalbe broght vnto Aarón the Priest, or vnto one of his sonnes the Priests.
And the Priest shall loke on the sore in the skin of (his) fleshe: if the heere in the sore be turned into white, and the sore seme to be lower then the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosie: therefore the Priest shalloke on him, and pronounce him vncleane:
But if the white spot be in the skyn of hys fleshe, and seme not to be lower then the skin, nor the heere thereof be turned vnto white, then the Priest shal shut vp (hym that hathe) the plague, seuen dayes.
After, the Priest shall loke vpon hym the seuenth daye: and if the plague seme to hym to abide still, and the plague growe not in the skin, the Priest shal shut him vp yet seuen dayes more.
Then the Priest shalloke on him againe the seuenth daye, and if the plague be darcke, and the sore growe not in the skin, then the Priest shal pronounce him cleane, (for) it is ask ab: therefore he shall washe his clothes, and be cleane.
But if the skab growe more in the skin, after that he is sene of the Priest, for to be purged, he shalbe sene of the Priest yet againe.
Then the Priest shal co{n}sider, and if the skab growe in the skin, then the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: (for) it is leprosie.
¶ When the plague of leprosie is in a man, he shalbe broght vnto the Priest.
And the Priest shall se (hym:) and if the swelling (be) white in the skin, and haue made the heere white, and there be rawe fleshe in the swelling.
It is an olde leprosie in the skin of his flesh: and the Priest shal pronounce him vncleane, and shall not shut him vp, for he is vncleane.
Also if the leprosie breake out in the skin, and the leprosie couer all the skin of the plague, from hys head euen to his fete, wheresoeuer the Priest loketh.
Then the Priest shall consider: and if the leprosie couer all his flesh, he shal pronounce the plague to be cleane, because it is al turned into whitenes: (so) he shalbe cleane.
But if (there be) rawe flesh on him when he is sene, he shalbe vncleane.
For the Priest shall se the rawe flesh, and declare him to be vncleane: (for) the rawe flesh is vncleane, (therefore) it is the leprosie.
Or if the rawe fleshe change and be turned into white, then he shal come to the Priest.
And the Priest shall beholde hym: and if the sore be changed into white, then the Priest shall pronounce the plague cleane, (for) it is cleane.
¶ The fleshe also in whose skin there is a bile and is healed.
And in the place of the bile there be a white swellyng, or a white spot some what reddish, it shalbe sene of the Priest.
And when the Priest seeth it, if it appeare lower then the skin, and the heere thereof be changed into white, the Priest then shall pronounce him vncleane: (for) it is a plague of leprosie, broken out in the bile.
But if the Priest loke on it and there be no white heeres therein, and if it be not lower then the skin, but be darcker, the{n} the Priest shal shut him vp seuen dayes.
And if it spread abroade in the 〈◊〉, the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane, (for) it is a sore.
But if the spot continue in hys place, and growe not, it is a burning bile: therefore the Priest shal declare him to be cleane.
¶ If there be anie flesh, in whose skin there is an hote burnyng, and the quicke fleshe of the burnyng haue a white spot, some what reddishe or pale.
Then the Priest shalloke vpon it: and if the the heere in that spot be cha{n}ged into white: and it appeare lower then the skin, it is a leprosie broken out in the burning: therefore the Priest shal pronou{n}ce him vncleane: (for) it is the plague of leprosie.
But if the Priest loke on it, and there be no white heere in the spot, and be no lower the{n} the (other) skin, but be darcker, then the Priest shal shut him vp seuen dayes.
After, the Priest shall loke on hym the seuenth daye: if it be growen abroade in the skinne, then the Priest shal pronounce hym vncleane: (for) it is the plague of leprosie.
And if the spot abide in his place, not growing in the skin, but is darcke, it is a rising of the burnyng: the Priest shall therefore declare hym cleane, for it is the drying vp of the burnyng.
¶ If also a man or woman hathe a sore on the head or in the beard.
Then the Priest shall se the sore: and if it appeare lower then the skin, and there be in it a smale yelowe heere, then the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: (for) it is a blacke spot, and leprosie of the heade or of the beard.
And if the Priest loke on the sore of the blac kespot, a{n}d if it seme not lower then the skin nor haue anie blacke heere in it, then the Priest shall shut (vp hym, that hathe) the sore of the blacke spot, seuen daies.
After, in the seuenth day the Priest shalloke on the sore: and if the blacke spot grow not, and there be in it no yelowe heere, and the blacke spotsme not lower then the skin.
Then he shalbe shauen, but (the place) of the blacke spot shal he not shaue: but the Priest shal shut vp (him, that hath) the blacke spot, seuen dayes more.
And the seuenth day the Priest shalloke on the blacke spot: and if the blacke spot grow not in the skin, nor seme lower then the (othen) skin, then the Priest shal clense him, a{n}d he shal wash his clothes, and be cleane.
But if the blacke spot growe abroade in the flesh after his clensing.
Then the Priest shall loke on it: and if the blacke spot growe in the skin, the Priest shall not seke for the yelowe heere: (for) he is vncleane.
But if the blacke spot seme to him to abide, and that blacke heere growe therem, the blacke spot is healed, he (is) cleane, and the Priest shal declare him to be cleane.
¶ Furthermore if there be many white spots in the skin of the flesh of man or woman.
Then the Priest shall consider: and if the spottes in the skin of their fleshe be some what darcke and white with all, it is but a white spot broken out in the skin: (therefore) he is cleane.
And the man whose heere is fallen of hys head (and) is balde, is cleane.
And if his head close the heere on the fore parte, and be balde before, he is cleane.
But if there be in the balde head, or in the balde fore heade a white reddish sore, it is a leprosie springing in his balde head, or in his balde forehead.
Therefore the Priest shalloke vpon it, & if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his balde head, or in his balde forehead, appearing like leprosie in the skin of the flesh.
He is a leper and vncleane: (therefore) the Priest shall pronounce hym altogether vncleane: (for) the sore (is) in his head.
The leper also in whome the plague is, shal haue his clothes rent, and his head bare, & shal put a couering vpon his lippes, & shall crye, (I am) vncleane, (I am) vncleane.
As long as the disease (shalbe) vpon hym, he shalbe polluted, (for) he is vncleane: he shal dwel alone, without the campe (shal) his habitacion (be.)
¶ Also the garment that the plague of leprosie is in, whether it be a wollen garment or a linen garment.
Whether it be in the warpe or in the woofe of linen or of wollen, ether in a skin or in anie thing made of skin.
And if the sore be grene or some what reddish in the garment or in the skin, or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in anie thing that is made of skin, it is a plague of leprosie & shalbe shewed vnto the Priest.
Then the Priest shal se the plague, and shut vp (it that hathe) the plague, seuen dayes.
And shall loke on the plague the seuenth day: if the plague growe in the garment or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in the skin or in anie thing that is made of skin, that plague (is) a freating leprosie and vncleane.
And he shall burne the garment, or the warpe, or the woofe, whether it be wolle{n} or linen, or anie thing that is made of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a freating leprosie (therefore) it shalbe burnt in the fire.
If the Priest yet se that the plague growe not in the garment, or in the woofe, or in whatsoeuer thing of skin it be.
Then the Priest shall commande them to wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it vp seuen dayes more.
Againe the Priest shall loke on the plague, after it is washed: and if the plague, haue not cha{n}ged his colour, thoght the plague spred no further, it is vncleane: thou shalt burne it in the fire (for) it is a freat inwarde, whether (the spot) be in the bare place of the whole, or in parte thereof.
And if the Priest se that the plague be darcker, after that it is washed, he shal cut it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warpe, or out of the woofe.
And if it appeare still in the garment or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in anie thyng made of skin, it is a spreading (leprie,) thou shalt burne the thing wherein the plague is, in the fire.
If thou hast washed the garment or the warpe, or the woofe, or whatsoeuer thing of skin it be, if the plague be departed there from, then shal it be washed the seconde time, and be cleane.
This is the lawe of the plague of leprosie in a garment of wollen or linen, or in the warpe or in the woofe, or in anie thing of skin, to make it cleane or vncleane.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
This is the lawe of the leper in the day of his clensing: that is, he shalbe broght vnto the Priest,
And the Priest shal go out of the campe, and the Priest shal consider (him:) and if the plague of leprosie be healed in the leper,
Then shal the Priest commande to take for (him) that is clensed, two sparowes aliue & cleane, and ceder wood and a skarlet (lace,) and hyssope.
And the Priest shal commande to kil one of the birdes ouer pure water in an earthen vessel.
After, he shal take the liue sparowe with the cedar wood, and the skarlet (lace,) and the hyssope, and shal dip them and the liuing sparowe in the blood of the sparowe slaine, ouer the pure water,
And he shal sptinkle vpon him, that must be clensed of his leprosie, seuen times, and clense him, and shal let go the liue sparowe into the broade field.
Then he that shalbe clensed, shal wash his clothes, and shaue of all his heere, and wash him selfe in water, so he shalbe cleane: after that shal he come into the hoste, but shal tarie without his tent seuen dayes.
So in the seuenth day he shal shaue of all his heere (bothe) his head, and his beard, and his 〈◊〉 browes: euen all his heere shal he shawe and shal wash his clothes and shal wash his flesh in water: so he shalbe cleane.
Then in the eight day he shal take two he lambes without blemish, and anewe lambe of an yere olde without blemish, and thre tenth deales of fine floure for a meat offring, mingled with oyle, and a pinte of oyle.
And the Priest that maketh him cleane shal bring the man which is to be made cleane, a{n}d those things, before the Lord, at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
Then the Priest shal take one lambe, and offer him for a trespasse offring, and the pinte of oyle, and shake them to and fro before the Lord.
And he shal kil the lambe in the place where the sinne offring and the burnt offring are slaine, (euen) in the holy place: for as the offring is the Priests, (so) is the trespasse offring: (for) it is moste holy.
So the Priest shal take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lap of the right eare of him that shalbe clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right fote.
The Priest shal also take of the pinte of oyle, and powre it into the palme of his left hand.
And the Priest shal dip his right finger in the oyle that is in his left hand, and sprinkle of the oyle with his finger seue{n} times before the Lord.
And of the rest of the oyle that is in his ha{n}d shal the Priest put vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to be clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right fote, where the blood of the trespas offring (was put.)
But the remnant of the oyle that is in the Priestes hand, he shal powre vpon the head of him that is to be clensed: so the Priest shal make an atonement for him before the Lord.
And the Priest shal offer the sin offring and make an atonement for him that is to be clensed of his vnclennes: then after shall he kil the burnt offring.
So the Priest shal offer the burnt offring and the meat offring vpó the altar: and the Priest shal make an atonement for him: so he shal be cleane.
¶ But if he be poore, and not able, then he shal bring one lambe for a trespas offring to be shaken, 〈◊〉 his reconciliation, & ag tenth deale of fine floure mingled with oyle, for a meat offring, with a pinte of oyle.
Also two turtle doues, or two yong pigeons as he is able, whereof the one shalbe a sin offring, and the other a burnt offring,
And he shal bring them the eight day for his clensing vnto the Priest at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion before the Lord.
Then the Priest shal take the lambe of the trespas offring, and the pinte of 〈◊〉, and the Priest shal shake them to and fro before the Lord.
And he shal kil the lambe of the trespas offring, and the Priest shal take of the blood of the trespas offring, and put it vpon the lap of his right eare that is to be clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right fote.
Also the Priest shal powre of the oyle into the palme of his owne left hand.
So the Priest shal with his right finger sprinkle of the oyle that is in his left hand, seuen times before the Lord.
Then the Priest shal put of the oyle that is in his hand, vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to be clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right fote: vpo{n} the place of the blood of the trespas offring.
But the rest of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shal put vpon the head of him that is to be clensed to make an atonement for him before the Lord.
Also he shal present one of the turtle doues or of the yong pigeons, as he is able.
Suche, I say, as he is able, the one for a sin offring, and the other for a burnt offring with the meat offring: so the Priest shal make an atonement for him that is to be clensed before the Lord.
This is the lawe of hym whiche hathe the plague of leprosie, who is not able in hys clensing (to offre the whole.)
¶ The Lorde also spake vnto Mosés and to Aarôn, saying.
When ye become vnto the land of Canáan which I giue you in possession, if I send the plague of leprosie in an house of the land of your possession.
Then he that oweth the house, shall come land tel the Priest, saying, Me thinke there is like a plague (of leprosie) in the house.
Then the Priest shall commande them to empty the house before the Priest go into it to se the plague, that all that is in the house be not made vncleane, & then shal the Priest go into se the house.
And he shall marke the plague: and if the plague (be) in the walles of the house, & that there be depe spots, grenish orreddishe, which seme to belower then the wall.
Then the Priest shall go out of the house to the dore of the house, and shal cause to shut vp the house seuen daies.
So the Priest shall come againe the seuenth day and if he se that the plague be increased in the walles of the house,
Then the Priest shall commande them to take away the 〈◊〉 wherein the plague (is,) and they shall cast them into a foule place without the citie.
Also he shall cause to scrape the house within round about, & powre the dust, that they haue pared of, without the citie in an vncleane place.
And they shal take other stones, & put the{m} in the places of those stones, and shall take other mortar, to plaister the house with.
But if the plague come againe and breake out in the house, after that he hathe taken away the stones, and after that he hath scraped and plaistred the house.
Then the Priest shall come and see: and if the plague growe in the house, it is a freating leprosie in the house: it is (therefore) vncleane.
And he shall breake downe the house, with the stones of it, and the timber thereof and all the mortar of the house, and he shall carie them out of the citie vnto an vncleane place.
Moreouer he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut vp, he shalbe vncleane vntil the euen.
He also that slepeth in the house shal wash his clothes: he like wise that eateth in the house, shal wash his clothes.
But if the Priest shall come and se, that the plague hathe spred no further in the house, after the house be plaistered, the Priest, after shal pronounce that house cleane, for the plague is healed.
Then shal he take to purifie the house, two sparowes, and cedar wood, & skarlet (lace) and hyssope.
And he shall kill one sparowe ouer pure water in an earthen vessel.
And shal take the cedar wood, & the hissope and the skarlet (lace) with the liue sparowe, and dip them in the blood of the slaine sparowe, and in the pure water, & sprinkle the house seuen times:
So shal he clense the house with the blood of the sparowe and with the pure water, & with the liue sparowe, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssope, and with the skarlet (lace.)
Afterwarde he shall let go the liue sparowe out of the towne into the broade fieldes so shall he make atonement for the house, and it shalbe cleane.
This is the lawe for euerie plague of leprosie and blacke spot.
And of the leprosie of the garment, and of the house.
And of the swelling, and of the skab, and of the white spot.
This is the lawe of the leprosie to teache when (a thing) is vncleane, and when it is cleane.
MOreouer the Lord speake vnto Mosés, and to Aarón, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say vnto them, Whosoeuer hathe an issue from his flesh, is vncleane, (because) of his issue.
And this shalbe his vnclennes in his yssue: (when) his flesh auoideth his issue, or if his flesh be stopped from his yssue, this is his vnclennes.
Euerie bed whereon he lieth that hath the issue, shalbe vncleane, and euerie thing whereon he sitteth, shalbe vncleane.
Whosoeuer also toucheth his bed, shall wash his clothes, and wash him self in water, and shalbe vncleane vntil the euen.
And he that sitteth on anie thing, whereon he sate that hathe the issue, shall washe his clothes, and wash himself in water, and shall be vncleane vntil the euen.
Also he that toucheth the flesh of him that hathe the issue, shal wash his clothes, & wash himselfe in water, and shalbe vncleane vntill the euen.
If he also, that hathe the issue, spit vpon him that is cleane, he shall wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, & shall be vncleane vntil the euen.
And what saddle soeuer he rideth vpo{n} that hathe the yssue, shalbe vncleane.
And whosoeuer toucheth anie thyng that was vnder hym, shalbe vncleane vnto the euen: & he that beareth those (things,) shall wash his clothes, a{n}d wash him self in water, and shal be vncleane vntil the euen.
Like wise whome soeuer he toucheth that hath the issue [& hath not washed his hands in water] shall washe his clothes and washe him selfe in water, and shal be vncleane vntil the euen.
And the vessel of earth that he toucheth, which hath the issue, shalbe broken: & euerie vessel of wood shalbe rinsed in water.
But if he that hathe an issue, be clensed of his yssue, then shall he count hym seuen dayes for his clensing, and wash his clothes, and wash his flesh in pure water: so shal he be cleane.
Then the eight day he shall take vnto hym two turle doues or two yong pigeons, and come before the Lord at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, & shall giue them vnto the Priest.
And the Priest shall make of the one of the{m} a sinne offring, and of the other a burnt offring: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord, for his yssue.
Also if anie mans issue of sede departe from him, he shall wash al his flesh in water, and be vncleane vntill the euen.
And euerie garment, & euerie skin whereupon shalbe issue of sede, shalbe euen washed with water, & be vncleane vnto the euen.
If he that hath an issue of sede, do lie with a woman, they shall bothe washe them selues with water, and be vncleane vntil the euen.
¶ Also when a woman shall haue an yssue, (and) her issue in her flesh shalbe blood, she shalbe put a parte seuen daies: & whosoeuer toucheth her, shalbe vncleane vnto the eue{n}.
And whatsoeuer she lieth vpon in her separacion, shalbe vncleane, and euerie thyng that she sitteth vpon, shalbe vncleane.
Whosoeuer also toucheth her bed, shal wash his clothes, & wash him selfe with water, and shalbe vncleane vnto the euen.
And whosoeuer toucheth anie thyng that she sate vpon, shall wash his clothes, & wash him selfe in water, and shalbe vncleane vnto the euen.
So that whether he touche her bed, or anie thing whereon she hathe sit, he shalbe vncleane vnto the euen.
And if a man lie with her, and (the floures) of her separacion touch him, he shalbe vncleane seuen daies, & al the whole bed whereon he lieth, shalbe vncleane.
Also whe{n} a woma{n}s issue of blood runneth long time besides the time of her floures, or when she hathe an issue, longer then her floures, all the daies of the yssue of her vnclennes she shalbe vncleane, as in the time of her floures.
Euerie bed whereon she lieth [as long as her issue lasteth] shalbe to her as her bed of her separacion: and whatsoeuer she sitteth vpo{n}, shalbe vncleane, as her vnclennes whe{n} she is put a parte.
And whosoeuer toucheth these (thyngs,) shalbe vncleane, and shal wash his clothes, and wash him selfe in water, and shalbe vncleane vnto the euen.
But if she be clensed of her issue, then she shall counte her seuen daies, and after, she shalbe cleane.
And in the eight day she shal take vnto her two turtles or two yong pigeons, and bring them vnto the Priest at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
And the Priest shal make of the one a sinne offring, & of the other a burnt offring, & the Priest shal make an atoneme{n}t for her before the Lord, for the yssue of her vnclennes.
Thus shal ye separate the childre{n} of Israél from their vnclennes, that they dye not in their vnclennes, if they defile my Tabernacle that is among them.
This is the lawe of him that hathe an yssue, and of him frome whome goeth an yssue of sede whereby he his defiled:
Also of her that is sicke of her floures, and of him that hathe a running issue, whether it be man or woman, & of him that lieth with her which is vncleane.
FVrthermore the Lord spake vnto Mosés, after the death of 〈◊〉 two sonnes of Aarón, when they came (to offer) before the Lord, and dyed:
And the Lord said vnto Mosés, Speake vnto Aarón thy brother, that he come not at al times into the Holy place within the vaile before the Merciseat, whiche is vppon the Arke, that he dye not: for I will appeare in the cloude vpon the Merciseat.
After this (sort) shall Aarôn come into the Holy place (euen) with a yong bullocke for a sinne offring, & a ram for a burnt offryng.
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and shal haue linen breches vpon his flesh, & shalbe girded with a linen girdel, and shal couer his head with a linen mitre: these are the holy garments: therefore shal he wash his flesh in water, when he doeth put them on.
And he shall take of the Congregacion of the children of Israél, two he goates for a sinne offring, and a ram for a burnt offrying.
Then Aarón shal offer the bullocke for hys sinne offryng, and make an atonement for him selfe, and for his house.
And he shal take the two he goates, & present the{m} before the Lord at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
Then Aarón shall cast lots ouer the two he goates: one lot for the Lorde, and the other for the Scape goat.
And Aarón shal offer the goat, vpon which the Lords lot shall fall, and make him a sinne offring.
But the goat, on which the lot shal fal to be the Scape goat, shalbe prese{n}ted aliue before the Lord, to make reconciliacion by hym, (and) to let him go [as a Scape goat] into the wildernes.
Thus Aarôn shal offer the bullocke for his sinne offring, and make a reconciliacion for him selfe, and for his house, and shal kil the bullocke for his sinne offring.
And he shal take a censer ful of burning coles from of the Altar before the Lord, & his handefull of swete incens beaten small, and bring (it) within the vaile.
And shal put the incens vpo{n} the fire before the Lord, that the cloude of the incens may couer the Merciseat that is vpon the Testimonie: so he shal not dye.
And he shal take of the blood of the bullocke, & sprinkle it with his finger vpo{n} the Merciseat Eastward: and before the Merciseat shall he sprinkle of the blood with hys finger seuen times.
¶ Then shall he kill the goat that is the peoples sinne offryng, and bryng his blood within the vaile, and do with that blood, as he did with the blood of the bullocke, and sprinkle it vpon the Merciseat, and before the Merciseat.
So he shall purge the Holy place from the vnclennes of the children of Israél, & from their trespasses of all their sinnes: so shall he do also for the Tabernacle of the Congregacion placed with them, in the middes of their vnclennes.
And there shal be no man in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, when he goeth into make an atoneme{n}t in the Holy place, vntil he come out, and haue made an atoneme{n}t for him selfe, and for his housholde, and for all the Congregacion of Israél.
After, he shal go out vnto the Altar that is before the Lorde, and make a reconciliacion vpon it, and shall take of the blood of the bullocke, and of the blood of the goat, and put it vpo{n} the hornes of the Altar round about:
So shal he sprinkle of the blood vpo{n} it with his finger 〈◊〉 times, and clense it, and halowe it from the vnclennes of the children of Israél.
¶ When he hathe made an end of purgyng the Holy place, and the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and the altar, then he shall bring the liue goat:
And Aarón shal put bothe his hands vpon the head of the liue goat, and confesse ouer him all the iniquities of the children of Israél, and al their trespasses, in all their sinnes, putting them vpon the head of the goat, and shal send (him) away [by the hand of a man appointed] into the wildernes.
So the goat shal beare vpon him all their iniquities into the la{n}d that is not inhabited & he shal let the goat go into the wildernes.
After, Aarón shal come into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and put of the linen clothes, which he put on when he went into the Holy place, and leaue them there.
He shal wash also his flesh with water in the Holy place, and put on his owne raiment and come out, and make his burnt offring, and the burnt offring of the people, and make an atonement for him self, and for the people.
Also the fat of the sinne offring shal he burne vpon the Altar.
And he that caryed forthe the goat, (called) the Scape goat, shal wash his clothes, and wash his flesh in water, and after that shal come into the hoste.
Also the bullocke for the sinne offring, and the goat for the 〈◊〉 offring [whose blood was broght to make a reconciliacion in the Holy place] shal one cary out without the hoste to be burnt in the fire, with their skins and with their flesh, and with their doung.
And he that burneth them shal 〈◊〉 his clothes, and wash his flesh in water, and afterwarde come into the hoste.
¶ So this shalbe an ordinance for euer vnto you: the tenth (day) of the seuenth moneth ye shal humble your soules, and do no worke at all, whether it be one of the same countrey or a stranger that soiourneth among you.
For that day shal the Priest make an atonement for you to clense you: ye shal be cleane from all your sinnes before the Lord.
This shal be a Sabbath of rest vnto you, and ye shal humble your soules, by an ordinance for euer.
And the Priest whome he shal anoint, and whome he shal consecrate [to minister in his fathers stede] shal make the atonement, and shal put on the linen clothes and holy vestments,
And shal purge the holy Sanctuarie and the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and shall clense the Altar, and make an atonement for the Priests and for all the people of the Congregacion.
And this shalbe an euerlasting ordinance vnto you, to make an atonement for the childré of 〈◊〉 for all their sonnes once a yere: and as the Lord commanded Mosés, he did.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Speake vnto Aarón, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israél, and say vnto the{m}, This is the thing which the Lord hathe commanded, saying.
Who soeuer (he be) of the house of Israél that killeth a bullocke, or lambe, or goat in the hoste, or that killeth it out of the hoste.
And bringeth it not vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacio{n} to offer an offring vnto the Lord before the Tabernacle of the Lorde, blood shalbe imputed vnto that 〈◊〉 hath shed blood, wherfore that man shalbe cut of from among his people.
Therefore the children of Israél shall bryng their offryngs, whiche they wolde offer abroad in the field, and present the{m} vnto the Lorde at the 〈◊〉 of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion by the Priest, and offer them for peace offrings vnto the Lord.
Then the Priest shall sprinkle the blood vpon the altar of the Lorde before the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and burne the fat for a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
And they shall no more offer their offryngs vnto 〈◊〉, after whome they haue gone a whoring: this shalbe an ordinance for euer vnto them in their generacions.
¶ Also thou shalt say vnto them, Whosoeuer (he be) of the house of Israél, or of the strangers which soiourne among the{m}, that offreth a burnt offring or sacrifice.
And bringeth it not vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion to offer it vnto the Lord, euen that man shal be cut of from his people.
¶ Like wise whosoeuer (he be) of the house of Israél, or of the strangers that soiourne among them, that eateth anie blood, I will euen set my face against that persone that eateth blood, and wil cut him of fro{m} among his people:
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I haue giuen it vnto you (to offer) vpon the altar, to make an atonement for you soules: for this blood shall make an atonement for the soule.
Therefore I said vnto the children of Israél None of you shall eat blood: nether the stranger that soiourneth among you, shall eat blood.
Moreouer whosoeuer (he be) of the children of Israél, or of the strangers that soiourne among them, which by huntyng taketh anie beast or foule that maye be eate{n} he shal powre out the blood thereof, and couer it with dust:
For the life of al flesh is his blood, 〈◊〉 (ioyned) with his life: therefore I said 〈◊〉 the children of Israél, Ye shall eat 〈◊〉 blood of no flesh: for the life of all 〈◊〉 is the blood thereof: whosoeuer eateth it, shal be cut of.
And euerie person that eateth it which dieth (alone,) or that which is torne (with beastes) whether it be one of the same countrey or a stranger, he shal both wash his clothes, and washe him selfe in water, and be vncleane vnto the euen: after he shalbe cleane.
But if he wash (them) not, nor wash his flesh then he shal beare his iniquitie.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying, 2 Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say vnto them, I am the Lord your God.
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shal ye not do: a{n}d after the maner of the land of Canáan, whither I wil bring you, shal ye not do, nether walke in their ordinances,
(But) do after my iudgements, and kepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the Lord your God.
Ye shal kepe therefore my statutes, and my iudgements, which if a man do, he shal the{n} liué in them: I am the Lord.
¶ None shal come nere to anie of the kinred of his flesh to vncouer (her) shame: I am the Lord.
Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy father, nor the shame of thy mother: (for) she is thy mother, thou shalt not discouer her shame.
The shame of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer: (for) it is thy fathers shame.
Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy sister the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether she be borne at home, or borne without: thou shalt not discouer their shame.
The shame of thy sonnes daughter, or of thy daughters daughter, thou shalt not, I say vncouer their shame: for it is thy shame.
The shame of thy fathers wiues daughter, begotten of thy father [(for) she is thy sister] thou shalt not, (I say,) discouer her sname.
Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy fathers sister: (for) she is thy fathers kinsewoman.
Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy mothers sister: for she is thy mothers kinsewoman.
Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy fathers brother: (that is,) thou shalt not go into his wife, (for) she is thine ante.
Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy daughter in lawe: (for) she is thy sonnes wife: (therefore) shalt thou not vncouer her shame.
〈◊〉 shal not discouer the shame of thy 〈◊〉 hers wife: (for) it is thy brothers shame.
〈◊〉 shalt not discouer the shame of the wife 〈◊〉 of her daughter, nether shalt thou take her sonnes daughter, nor her daughters daughter, to vncouer her shame: (for) they are (thy) kinsfolkes, (&) it were wickednes.
Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe (her,) in vncouering her shame vpon her.
Thou shalt not also go vnto a woman to vncouer her shame, as lo{n}g as she is put a parte for her disease.
Moreouer, thou shalt not giue (thy) selfe to thy neighbours wife by carnall copulation, to be defiled with her.
Also thou shalt not giue thy children to offer (them) vnto Molech, nether shalt thou defile the Name of thy God: (for) I am the Lord.
Thou shalt not lie with the male as one lieth with a woman: (for) it is abominacion.
Thou shalt not also lie with anie beast to be defiled there with, nether shal anie woma{n} stand before a beast, to lie downe thereto: (for) it is abominacion.
Ye shal not defile your selues in anie of these things: for in al these the nacions are defiled which I wil cast out before you:
And the land is defiled: therefore I wil visit the wickednes thereof vpon it, & the land shal womet out her inhabitants.
Ye shall kepe therefore mine ordinances, and my iudgements, and commit none of these abominacions, (aswel) he that is of the same countrey, as the stranger that soiourneth among you.
[For all these abominacions haue the men of the land done, which were before you, & the land is defiled:
And shall not the land spue you out if ye defile it, as it spued out the people that were before you?]
For whosoeuer shall commit anie of these abominacions, the persones that do (so) shal be cut of from among their people.
Therefore shall ye kepe mine ordinances that ye do not anie of the abominable customes, which haue bene done before you, and that ye defile not your selues therein: (for) I am the Lord your God.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto al the Co{n}gregacion of the children of Israél, & say vnto the{m}, Ye shal be holy, for I the Lord your God (am) holy.
¶ Ye shall feare euerie man is mother & his father, and shall kepe my Sabbaths: (for) I am the Lord your God.
¶ Ye shall not turne vnto idoles, nor make you molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
¶ And when ye shal offer a peace offring vnto the Lord, ye shal offer it frely.
It shalbe eaten the day ye offer it, or on the morowe: and that whiche remaineth vntill the third day, shal be burnt in the fire.
For if it be eaten the third day, it shalbe vncleane, it shal not be accepted.
Therefore he that eateth it, shall beare his iniquitie, because he hathe defiled the halowed thing of the Lorde, and that persone shal be cut of from his people.
¶ When ye reape the haruest of your land, ye shal not reape euerie corner of your field nether shalt thou gather the glainyngs of thy haruest.
Thou shalt not gather the grapes of thy vineyarde (〈◊〉) nether gather euery grape of thy vineyarde (but) thou shalt leaue them for the poore & for the stranger: I am the Lord your God.
¶ Ye shal not steale, nether deale falsely, nether lie one to another.
¶ Also ye shal not sweare by my Name falsely, nether shalt thou defile the Name of thy God: I am the Lord.
¶ Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong nether robbe (him) The worckemans hire shal not abide with thee vntil the morning.
¶ Thou shalt not curse the deafe, nether put a stumbling blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lord.
¶ Ye shal not do vniustely i{n} iudgeme{n}t, thou shalt not fauour the persone of the poore, nor honour the persone of the mighty (but) thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.
¶ Thou shalt not walke (about) withtalcs among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour I am the Lord.
¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart (but) thou shalt plainely rebukc thy neighbour, & suffre him not to sinne
¶ Thou shalt not auenge, nor be mindeful (of wrong) against the childre{n} of thy people. but shalt louc thy neighbour as thy selfe: I am the Lord.
¶ Ye shal kepe mine ordinances. Thou shalt not let thy cattel gendre with (others) of diuers ki{n}des. Thou shalt not sowe thy field with mingled (sede) nether shal a garment of diuers things (as) of linen and wollen come vpon thee.
¶ Whosoeuer also lieth & medleth with a woman that is abonde maid, affianced to a housba{n}d, & not redemed, nor fredome giue{n} her, she shalbe scourged (but) they shal not dye, because she is not made fre.
And he shal bring for his trespas offring vnto the Lord, at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, a ram for a trespas offring.
Then the Priest shal make an atonement for him with the ra{m} of the trespas offring before the Lord, concerning his sinne which he hath done, & pardo{n} shal be giuen him for his sinne which he hathe co{m}mitted
¶ Also when ye shal come into the land, and haue planted eucrie tre for meat, ye shal counte the frute thereof as vncircumcised: thre yere shal it be vncircumcised vnto you, it shal not be eaten.
But in the fourth yere all the frute thereof shal be holy to the praise of the Lord.
And in the fift yere shal ye eat of the frute of it that it may yelde to you the encrease thereof: I am the Lord your God.
¶ Ye shal not eat (the flesh) with the blood ye shal not vse which craft, nor obserue times.
Ye shal not cut round the corners of your heades, nether shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beard.
Ye shal not cut your flesh for the dead nor make anie printe of a marke vpon you: I am the Lord.
¶ Thou shalt not make thy daughter commen, to cause her to be a whore, lest the land also fall to whoredome and the land be ful of wickednes.
¶ Ye shal kepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: 〈◊〉 the Lord.
¶ Ye shal not regarde them that worke with spirits, nether sothesaiers: ye shal not seke (to them) to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
¶ Thou shalt rise vp before the horehed and honour the persone of the olde man, and dread thy God: I am the Lord.
¶ And if a stranger soiourne with thee in your land, ye shal not vexe him.
(But) the stranger that dwelleth with you shalbe as one of your selues, & thou shal loue him as thy selfe: for ye were stra{n}gers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
¶ Ye shal not do vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.
You shal haue iuste balances, true weightes, a true Ephah, & a true Hin. I am the Lord your God, which haue broght you out of the land of Egypt.
Therefore shal ye obserue all mine ordinances, and all my iudgements, and do them: I am the Lord.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Thou shalt say also to the children of Israel, Whosoeuer (he be) of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that dwel in Israél, that giueth his children vnto Molech, he shaldye the death, the people of the land shal stone him to death.
And I wil set my face against that man & cut him of from among his people, because he hath giuen his children vnto Mōlech, for to defile my Sa{n}ctuarie, and to pollute mine holy Name.
And if the people of the landhide their eyes (&) winke at that ma{n} when he giueth his children vnto Mólech, & kil him not.
Then wil I set my face against that man, and against his familie, and wil cut him of, and all that go a whoring after him to co{m}mit whoredome with Mólech, from amo{n}g their people.
¶ If anie turne after suche as worke with spirits, & after so the saiers, to go a whoring after them, then wil I set my face against that persone, and wil cut him of from among his people.
¶ Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.
Kepe ye therefore mine ordina{n}ces, & do the{m}. I am the Lord which doeth sa{n}ctifie you
¶ If (there be) anie that curseth his father or his mother, he shaldye the death (seing) he hathe cursed his father & his mother, his blood (shalbe) vpon him.
¶ And the ma{n} that co{m}mitteth adulterie with another mans wife, because he hathe commited adulterie with his neighbours wife, the adulterer & the adulteres shaldye the death.
And the man that lieth with his fathers wife (because) he hathe vncouered his fathers shame, thei shal bothe dye: their blood (shalbe) vpon them.
Also the man that lieth with his daughter in lawe, they bothe shaldye the death, they haue wroght abominacion, their blood (shalbe) vpon them.
The man also that lieth with the male, as one lieth with a woman, they haue bothe committed abominacio{n}: they shaldye the death, their blood (shalbe) vpon them.
Like wise he that taketh a wife & her mother committeth wickednes: thei shal 〈◊〉 ne him and them with fire, that there be no wickednes among you.
Also the ma{n} that lieth with a beast, shaldye the death, and ye shal slay the beast.
And if a woman come to anie beast, and lie there with, then thou shalt kil the woman and the beast: they shaldye the death their blood (shalbe) vpon them.
Also the man that taketh his sister, his fathers daughter, or his mothers daughter, and seeth her shame & she seeth his shame it is vilennie: therefore they shalbe cut of in the sight of their people (because) he hathe vncouered his sisters shame, he shal beare his iniquitie.
The man also that lieth with a woman hauing her disease, & vncouereth her shame (and) openeth her fountaine, & she ope{n} the fountaine of her blood, thei shalbe eue{n} bothe cut of from among their people.
Moreouer thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy mothers sister, nor of thy fathers sister, because he hathe vncouered his kin: they shal beare their iniquitie.
Like wise the man that lieth with his fathers brothers wife, and vncouereth his vncles shame: they shal beare their iniquitie (and) shaldye childles.
So the man that taketh his brothers wife, co{m}mitteth filthines (because) he hathe vncouered his brothers shame: they shalbe childles.
¶ Ye shal kepe therefore all mine ordinances and all my iudgeme{n}ts, and do the{m}, that the land, whither I bring you to dwel therein, spue you not out.
Wherefore ye shal not walke in the maners of this nacion which I cast out before you: for they haue committed all these things, therefore I abhorred them.
But I haue said vnto you, ye shal inherit their land, and I wil giue it vnto you to possesse it (euen) a la{n}d that floweth with milke and honie I am the Lord your God, which haue separated you from (other) people.
Therefore shal ye put difference betwene cleane beastes & vncleane, and betwene vncleane foules and cleane: nether shal 〈◊〉 defile your selues with beastes and foules, nor with anie (creping thing) that the grounde bringeth for the, which I haue separated from you as vncleane.
Therefore shal ye be holie vnto me: for I the Lord am holie & I haue separated you fro{m} (other) people, that ye shulde be mine.
¶ And if a man or woman haue a spirit of diuinacion, or so the saying in them, they shaldye the death: they shal stone them to death, their blood (shalbe) vpon them.
ANd the Lord said vnto Mosés, Speake vnto the Priestes the sonnes of Aarón and say vnto them, Let none be defiled by the dead among his people,
But by his kin semā that is nere vnto him: (to wit) by his mother, or by his father, or by his so{n}ne, or by his daughter, or by his brother.
Or by his sister a maid, that is nere vnto him, which hathe not had a housband for her he may lament.
He shal not lament for the prince amo{n}g his people, to pollute himselfe.
Thei shal not make balde partes vpon their head, nor shaue of the lockes of their beard, nor make anie cuttigs i{n} their flesh.
They shalbe holy vnto their God, and not pollute the Name of their God for the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, (and) the bread of their God thei do offer: therefore they shalbe holy.
Thei shal not take to wife an whore, or one polluted, nether shal thei marie a woman diuorced from her housbád: for suche one (is) holy vnto his God.
Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore, for he offreth the bread of thy God: he shal be holy vnto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctifie you am holy.
¶ If a Priests daughter fall to playe the whore, she polluteth her father (therefore) shal she be burnt with fire.
¶ Also the hie Priest among his brethren, [vpon whose head the anointing oyle was powred, and hathe consecrated his hand to put on the garme{n}ts] shal not vncouer his head, nor rent his clothes,
Nether shal he go to anie dead body, nor make him selfe vncleane by his father or by his mother.
Nether shal he go out of the Sanctuarie, nor pollute the holy place of his god: for the crowne of the anointing oyle of his God (is) vpon him: I am the Lord.
Also he shall take a maid vnto his wife:
(But) a widowe, or a diuorced woman, or a polluted, (or) an harlot, these shall he not mary, but shall take a mayde of his owne people to wife:
Nether shal he defile his sede amonge his people: for I am the Lord whiche sanctifie him.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto Aarón, and say, Whosoeuer of thy sede in their generacio{n}s hath anie blemishes, shall not preace to offer the breade of his God:
For whosoeuer hathe anie blemish, shall not come nere: (as) a man blinde or lame, or that hathe a flat nose, or that hath any misshapen (membre.)
Or a man that hathe a broken fote, or a broken hand,
Or (is) croke backt, or bleare eied, or hathe a blemish in his eie, or be skiruie, or skabbed, or haue (his) stones broken.
None of the sede of Aarôn the Priest that hathe a blemish, shal come nere to offer the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, hauing a blemish: he shall not preace to offer the bread of his God.
The bread of his God, (euen) of the most holy, and of the holy shal he eat:
But he shal not go in vnto the vaile, nor come nere the altar, because he hath a blemish, lest he pollute my Sāctuaries: for I am the Lord that sanctifie them.
Thus spake Mosés vnto Aarón, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israél.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Speake vnto Aarôn, and to his sonnes, that they be separated from the holy things of the childre{n} of Israel, & that they pollute not mine holy name in those things which they halowe vnto me: I am the Lord.
Say vnto them, Whosoeuer (he be) of all your sede among your generacions after you, that toucheth the holy things which the childre{n} of Israél halowe vnto the Lord hauing his vncle{n}nes vpo{n} him, eue{n} that persone shal be cut of fro{m} my sight: I the Lord
Whosoeuer also of the sede of Aarón is a leper, or hath a running issue, he shal not eat of the holy things vntil he be cleane: and who so toucheth any that is vncleane (by reaso{n}) of the dead, or a man whose issue of sederunneth from him,
Or the man that toucheth anie creping thing, whereby he may be made vncleane, or a man, by whome he maye take vnclennes, whatsoeuer vnclennes he hathe.
The persone that hathe touched such, shall therefore be vncleane vntill the euen, and shal not eat of the holy things, excepte 〈◊〉 haue washed his flesh with water.
But when the sunne is downe, he shall be cleane, and shal afterward eat of the holy things: for it is his fode.
Of a beast that dyeth, or is rent, (with beasts,) whereby he may be defiled, he shal not eat: I am the Lord.
Let them kepe therefore mine ordinance, lest they beare (their) sinne for it, & dye for it, if they defile it: I the Lord sanctifie them.
There shal no stra{n}ger also eat of the holy thi{n}g, nether the gest of the Priest, nether shal an hired seruant eat of the holy thing:
But if the Priest bie anie with money, he shal eat of it, also he that is borne in his house: they shal eat of his meat.
If the Priests daughter also be maried vnto a stranger, she may not eat of the holy offrings.
Notwithstanding if the Priests daughter be a widow or diuorced, & haue no childe, but is returned vnto her fathers house, she shal eat of her fathers bread, as she did in her youth: but there shal no stranger eate thereof.
¶ If a ma{n} eat of the holy thing vn wittingly he shal put the fifte parte therunto, & giue it vnto the Priest with the halowed thing.
So they shal not defile the holy thinges of the childre{n} of Israél, which they offer vnto the Lord.
Nether cause the (people) to beare the iniquitie (of their) trespas while thei eat their holy thing: for I the Lord do halow them.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Speake vnto Aarón, and to his sonnes, & to all the children of Israél, and say vnto them, Whosoeuer (he be) of the house of Israél, or of the strangers in Israél, that will offer his sacrifice for all their vowes, and for all their fre offrings, whiche they vse to offer vnto the Lord for a burnt offring.
(Ye shall offer) of your fre minde a male without blemish of the beues, of the shepe, or of the goates.
Ye shal not offer any thing that hath able mish: for that shal not be acceptable for you
And whosoeuer bringeth a peace offring vnto the Lord acco{m}plish his vowe, or for a fre offring, of the beues, or of the shepe, his fre offring shal be perfect, no blemish shalbe in it.
Blinde, or broken, or maimed, or hauyng a wēne, or skiruie, or skabbed: these shal ye not offer vnto the Lord nor make an offring by fire of these vpon the altar of the Lord,
Yet a bullocke, or a shepe that hath (anie membre) superfluous, or lacking, suche maiest thou present for a fre offring, but for a vowe it shal not be accepted.
Ye shal not offer vnto the Lord that whiche is bruised or crushed, or broken, or cut away, nether shal ye make (an offring thereof) in your land.
Nether of the hand of a stranger shal ye offer the bread of your GOD of anie of these, because their corrupcio{n} (is) in the{m}, there is a blemish in thé: (therefore) shall they not be accepted for you.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying
Whe{n} a bullocke, or a shepe, or a goat shal be broght forth, it shal be euen seue{n} daies vnder his damme: and from the eight day for the, it shalbe accepted for a 〈◊〉 made by fire vnto the Lord.
As for the cowe or the ewe, ye shall not kil her, and her yong (bothe) in one day.
So when ye will offer a thanke offrynge vnto the Lord, ye shal offer willingly.
The same day it shal be eate{n}, ye shal leaue none of it vntil the morow: I am the lord
Therefore shall ye kepe my commandements and do them: (for) I am the Lord.
Nether shall ye pollute mine holy Name, but I will be halowed amóg the children of Israél, I the Lord sanctifie you.
Which haue broght you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying
Speake vnto the childre{n} of Israél, and say vnto them, The feasts of the LORD whiche ye shall call the holy assemblies, (euen) these are my feasts.
Six daies shal worke be done, but in the seuenth daye (shalbe) the Sabbath of rest, an holy conuocacio{n}: ye shal do no work (therein,) it is the Sabbath of the Lord, in all your dwellings.
¶ These are the feasts of the Lord, (and) holy conuocacions, whiche ye shall proclame in their seasons.
In the first moneth, (and) in the fourte{n}th (day) of the moneth at euening (shalbe) the Passeouer of the Lord.
And on the fiftenth daye of this moneth (shalbe) the feast of vnleauened breade vnto the Lord: seuen daies ye shal eat vnleauened bread.
In the first day ye shal haue an holy co{n}uocacio{n}: ye shal do no seruile work (therin)
Also ye shal offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord seuen daies, (and) in the seuenth day (shalbe) an holy conuocacio{n}: ye shal do no seruile worke (therein.)
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say vnto them, When ye become into the land, which I giue vnto you, & reape the haruest therof, the{n} ye shal bring a sheafe of the first frutes of your haruest vnto the Priest.
And he shall shake the sheafe before the Lorde, that it maye be acceptable for you: the 〈◊〉 after the Sabbath, the Priest shal shake it.
And that day whe{n} ye shake the sheafe, shall ye prepare a lambe without blemish of a yere olde, for a burnt offri{n}g vnto the lord
And the meat offring therof (shalbe) two tenth deales of fine floure mingled with oyle, for a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord of swete sauour: & the drink offring theros the fourth part of an Hin of wine.
And ye shal eat nether bread nor parched corne, 〈◊〉 grene eares vntil the self same day that ye haue broght an offring vnto your God: (this shal be) a lawe for euer in your generacio{n}s & in all your dwellings.
Ye shal count also to you fro{m} the morow after the Sabbath, (eue{n}) fro{m} the day that ye shall brings the sheafe of the shake offring, seue{n} Sabbaths thei shal be co{m}plete.
Vnto the morow after the seuenth Sabbath shal ye no{m}bre fifty daies: then ye shal bring a new meat offring vnto the Lord.
Ye shall brynge out of your habitacions breade for the shake offring: thei shal be two (loaues) of two tenth deales of 〈◊〉 floure, (which) shal be baken with leauen for first frutes vnto the Lord.
Also ye shal offer with the bread seuen la{m}bes without blemish of one yere olde, and a yong bullocke and two rams, they shall be for a burnt offring vnto the Lord, with their meat offrings and their drinke offringes, for a sacrifice made by fire of a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
Then ye shal prepare an he goat for a sin offring, and two lambes of one yere olde for peace offrings.
And the Priest shal shake them to and fro with the bread of the firste frutes before the Lord (&) with the two la{m}bes thei shalbe holy to the Lord, for the Priest.
So ye shal proclame the same day, (that) it may be an holy conuocacion vnto you: ye shal do no seruile worke (therein: it shalbe) an ordinance for euer in al your dwellings, throughout your generacions.
¶ And whe{n} you reape the haruest of your la{n}d, thou shalt not rid cleane the corners of thy field whe{n} thou reapest, nether shalt thou make any after gathering of thi haruest, (but) shalt leaue the{m} vnto the poore & to the stra{n}ger: I am the Lord your God.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Speake vnto the children of Israél, & say, In the seuenth moneth, (and) in the firste (daye) of the moneth shall ye haue a Sabbath, for the remembrance of blowing the trompets, an holy conuocacion.
Ye shal do no seruile worke (therin,) but offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
The tenth also of this seuenth moneth shalbe a day of reco{n}ciliation: it shal be an holy conuocacion vnto you, and ye shall hu{m}ble your soules, & offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord.
And ye shal do no work that same day: for it is a day of reconciliacion, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.
For euerie persone that humbleth not him selfe that same day, shal euen be cut of, from his people.
And euerie persone that shal do anie work that same day, the same persone also will I destroye from among his people.
Ye shal do no maner worke (therefore: this shalbe) a lawe for euer in your generacions, (throughout) all your dwellings.
This shalbe vnto you a Sabbath of rest, and ye shal hu{m}ble your soules: in the ninth (day) of the moneth at euen, from o euen to euen shall ye celebrate your Sabbath.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say, In the fiftenth day of this seuenth moneth (shalbe) for seuen daies the feast of Tabernacles vnto the Lord.
In the first day (shalbe) an holy conuocacio{n}: ye shal do no seruile worke (therein.)
Seuen daies ye shal offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde, (and) in the eight daye shalbe an holy conuocacion vnto you, and ye shal offer sacrifices made by fire vnto the Lord: it is the solemne assemblie, ye shall do no seruile worke (therein.)
These are the feastes of the Lord [which ye shall call holy conuocacions] to offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord, (as) burnt offring, and meat offring, sacrifice, and drinke offrings, euerie one vpon his day.
Beside the Sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your giftes, and beside all your vowes, and beside all your fre offrings, whiche ye shall giue vnto the Lord.
But in the fiftienth day of the seuenth moneth, when ye haue gathered in the frute of the land, ye shall kepe an holy feast vnto the Lord seuen daies: in the first day (shalbe) a Sabbath: like wise in the eight day (shalbe) a Sabbath.
And ye shall take you in the first daye the frute of goodlie trees, branches of palme trees, and the boughes of thicke trees, and willowes of the broke, and shal reioyce before the Lord your God seuen daies.
So ye shall kepe this feast vnto the Lorde seuen daies in the yere, by a perpetual ordinance through your generacions: in the seuenth moneth shal you kepe it.
Ye shal dwel in boothes seue{n} daies al that are Israelites borne, shal dwel in boothes,
That your posteritie maye knowe that I haue made the children of Israél to dwel in boothes, when I broght them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
So Mosés declared vnto the children of Israél the feastes of the Lord.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
a Commande the childre{n} of Israél that thei bring vnto thee pure oyle oliue beate{n}, for the light, to cause the lampes to burne continually.
Without the vaile of the Testimonie, in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, shal Aarôn dresse them, bothe eue{n} and morning before the Lord alwaies: (this shalbe) a law for euer through your generacions.
He shal dresse the lampes vppon the pure Candelsticke before the Lord perpetually.
¶ Also thou shalt take fine floure, and bake tweleue cackes thereof: two tenth deales shal be in one cake.
And thou shalt set the{m} in two rowes, six in arowe vpo{n} the pure table before the Lord.
Thou shalt also put pure incense vpon the rowes, that in stede of the breade it may be for a remembra{n}ce, (and) an offring made by fire to the Lord.
Euerie Sabbath he shall put them in rowes before the Lord euermore, (receauing the{m}) of the children of Israél for an euerlasting couenant.
And the (bread) shalbe Aaro{n}s and his sonnes, and thei shal eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy vnto him of the offrings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual ordinance.
¶ And there went out among the children of Israél the sonne of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian: & this sonne of the Israelitish woma{n}, & a ma{n} of Israél stroue together in the hoste.
So the Israelitish woma{n}s sonne blasphemed the Name (of the Lord,) and cursed, & they broght him vnto Mosés [his mothers name also was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.]
And they put him inwarde, till he tolde them the minde of the Lord.
Then the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Bring the blasphemer without the hoste, and let all that heard him, put their ha{n}ds vpon his head, and let al the Congregacio{n} stone him.
And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israél, saying, Whosoeuer curseth his God, shal beare his sinne.
And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shal be put to death: all the Congregacion shall stone him to death: as well the stra{n}ger, as he that is borne in the land: whe{n} he blasphemeth the Name (of the Lord,) let him be slaine.
¶ He also that killeth anie man, he shalbe put to death.
And he that killeth a beast, he shal restore it, beast for beast.
Also if a man cause (anie) blemish in hys neighbour: as he hathe done, so shall it be done to him:
Breache for breache, eie for eie, to the for to the such a blemish as he hath made in anie, suche shalbe repaied to him.
And he that killeth a beast shal restore it: but he that killeth a man shalbe slaine.
Ye shal haue one lawe: it shalbe aswel for the stranger as for one borne in the countrey: for I am the Lord your God.
¶ Then Mosés tolde the childre{n} of Israél, and they broght the blasphemer out of the hoste, and stond him with stones: so the children of Israél did as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés in mou{n}t Sinai, saying,
Speake vnto the children, of Israél, and say vnto them, When ye shall come into the land which I giue you, the land shall kepe Sabbath vnto the Lord.
Six yeres thou shalt sowe thy field, and six yeres thou shalt cut thy vineyarde, and gather the frute thereof.
But the seuenth yere shalbe a Sabbath of rest vnto the land: (it shalbe) the Lords Sabbath: thou shalt nether sowe thy field, nor cut thy vineyarde.
That which groweth of it owne accorde of thy haruest, thou shalt not reape, nether gather the grapes that thou haste lefte vnlaboured: (for) it shalbe a yere of reste vnto the land.
And the rest of the land shalbe meate for you, (euen) for thee, and for thy seruant, & for thy maid, & for thy hyred serua{n}t, & for the stranger that soiourneth with thee:
And for thy cattel, and for the beastes that are in thy land shall all the increase therof be meat.
¶ Also thou shalt nomber seuen Sabbaths of yeres vnto thee, (euen) seuen times seue{n} yere: & the space of the seuen Sabbaths of yeres wil be vnto the nine & fourty yere.
Then thou shalt cause to blowe the trumpet of the Iubile in the tenth (day) of the seuenth moneth: euen in the day of the recō ciliacion shal ye make the trumpet blowe, throughout all your land.
And ye shall halowe that yere, (euen) the fiftieth yere, and proclaime libertie in the land to all the inhabitants thereof: it shal be the Iubile vnto you, and ye shal returne euerie man vnto his possession, and euerie man shal returne vnto his familie.
This fiftieth yere shalbe a yere of Iubile vnto you: ye shall not sowe, nether reape that which groweth of it self, nether gather (the grapes) therof, that are left vnlaboured.
For it is the Iubile, it shall be holy vnto you: ye shal eat of the increase thereof out of the field.
In the yere of this Iubile, ye shall returne euerie man vnto his possession.
And when thou sellest ought to thy neighbour, or byest at thy neighbours hande, ye shal not oppresse one another:
(But) according to the no{m}ber of yeres after the Iubile thou shalt bye of thy neighbour: (also) according to the no{m}ber of the yeres of the reuenues, he shal sel vnto thee
According to the multitude of yeres, thou shalt encrease the price therof, and accordynge to the fewnes of yeres, thou shalt abate the price of it: for the nomber of frutes doeth he sel vnto thee.
Oppresse not ye therefore anie man hys neighbour, but thou shalt feare thy God: for I am the Lord your God.
¶ Wherefore ye shal obey mine ordina{n}ces, and kepe my Lawes, and do them, and ye shalwel in the land in saftie.
And the land shal giue her frute, & ye shall eat your fil, and dwel therein 〈◊〉.
And if ye shal say, What shal we eat the seue{n}th yere, for we shal not sowe, nor gather in our increase?
I wil send my blessings vppon you in the sixt yere, and it, shal bring forthe frute for thre yeres.
And ye shal sowe the eight yere, and eate of the old frute vntil the ninth yere: vntil the frute therof come, ye shal eat the olde.
¶ Also the la{n}d shal not be sold to be cut of (fro{m} the familie:) for the land is mine, (&) ye be but strangers and soiourners with me.
Therfore in al the land of your possession ye shal grante a redempcio{n} for the land.
¶ If thy brother be impouerished, and sel his possession, the{n} his redemer shall come, (euen) his nere kinsman, and bye out that which his brother solde.
And if he haue no redemer, but hath gotten and founde to bye it out,
The{n} shal he counte the yere'of his sale, & restore the ouer plus to the ma{n}, to whom he solde it, so shal he returne to his possessio{n}.
But if he can not get sufficient to restore to him, then that whiche is solde, shall remaine in the hand of him that hath boght it, vntill the yere of the Iubile: and in the Iubile it shal come out, and he shal returne vnto his possession.
Like wise if a man sel a dwelling house in a walled Citie, he maye bye it out againe within a whole yere after it is solde: within a yere may he bye it out:
But if it be not boght out within the space of a full yere, then the house that is in the walled Citie, shalbe stablished, as cut of (from the familie,) to him that boght it, throughout his generacions: it shal not-go out in the Iubile.
But the houses of villages, whiche haue no walles rounde about them, shal be estemed as the field of the countrie: they may be boght out againe, and shal go out in the Iubile.
Not with sta{n}ding, the cities of the Leuites, (&) the houses of the cities of their possessio{n}, may the Leuites redeme at al seasons.
And if a man purchase of the Leuites the house that was solde, and the citie of their possessio{n} shal go out in the Iubile: for that houses of the cities of the leuites are their possession among the children of Israél.
But the field of the suburbes of their cities, shal not be solde: for it is their perpetual possession.
¶ Moreouer if thy brother be impouerished, & fallen in decay with thee, thou shalt releue him, and (as) a stranger and soiourner, so shal he liue with thee.
Thou shalt take no vsurie of him, nor vantage, but thou shalt feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee.
Thou shalt not giue him thy money to vsurie, not lend him thy vitailes for increase.
I am the Lord your God, which haue broght you out of the la{n}d of Egypt, to giue you the la{n}d of canaa{n} (&) to be your God
¶ If thy brother also (that dwelleth) by thee, be impouerished, and be solde vnto thee, thou shalte not compel hym to serue as abonde seruant,
(But) as an hyred seruant, and as a soiourner he shal be with thee: he shal serue thee vnto the yere of the Iubile.
The{n} shal he departe from thee (bothe) he, and his children with him, and shal returne vnto his familie, and vnto the possession of his fathers shal he returne:
For they are my serua{n}ts, whome I broght out of the la{n}d of Egypt: they shal not be solde as bonde men are solde.
Thou shalt not rule ouer him cruelly, but shalt feare thy God.
Thy bonde seruant also, and thy bonde maid, which thou shalt haue (shalbe) of the heathen that are rounde aboute you of them shal ye bye seruants and maids.
And moreouer of the children of the stra{n}gers, that are soiourners among you, of the{m} shal ye bye, and of their families that are with you, which they begate in your land: these shalbe your possession.
So ye shal take them as inheritance for your children after you, to possesse them by inheritance, ye shal vse their labours for euer: but ouer your brethren the children of Israél ye shal not rule one ouer another with crueltie.
¶ If a soiourner or a stranger (dwelling by the get (riches) & thy brother by him be impouerished, and sel him selfe vnto the stra{n}ger or soiourner (dwelli{n}g) by thee or to the stocke of the strangers familie.
After that he is solde, he may be boght out: one of his brethren may bye him out
Or his vncle, or his vncle sonne may bye him out, or (anie) of the kinred of his flesh amo{n}g his familie, may redeme him: ether if he can get (so muche) he may bye him selfe out.
Then he shal reken with his byer from the yere that he was solde to him, vnto theye re of Iubile: and the money of his sale shal be according to the nomber of yeres: according to the time of an hyred seruant shal he be with him.
If there be manie yeres behinde, accordi{n}g to the{m} he shal giue againe for his deliuera{n}ce, of the money that he was boght for.
If there remayne but fewe yeres vnto the yere of Iubile, the{n} he shal counte with him a{n}d according to his yeres giue againe for his redemption.
He shalbe with him yere by yere as an hyred seruant: he shal not rule cruelly ouer him in thy sight.
And if he be not redemed thus, he shal go out in the yere of Iubile, he and his children with him.
For vnto me the children of Israél (are) seruants: they are my seruants, whome I haue broght out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
YE shal make you none idoles nor grauen image, nether reare you vp anie piller, nether shal ye set" anie image of stone in your la{n}d to bowe downe to it: for I am the Lord your God.
Ye shal kepe my Sabbaths, and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lord.
¶ If ye walke in mine ordinances, and kepe my commandements, and do them,
I wil then send you raine in due season, and the land shal yelde her increase, and the trees of the field shal giue their frute.
And your threshing shal reache vnto the vintage, and the vintage shal reache vnto sowing time, and you shal eat your bread in ple{n}teousnes, & dwel in your la{n}d safely
And I wil send peace in the land, & ye shal slepe and none shal make you afraied: also I wil rid euil beasts out of the la{n}d and the sworde shal not go through your land.
Also ye shal chase your enemies, and they shal fall before you vpon the sworde.
And fiue of you shal chase an hundreth, and an hundreth of you shal putten thousand to flight, and your enemies shal fall before you vpon the sworde.
For I wil haue respect vnto you, & make you encrease, & multiplie you, and establish my couenant with you.
Ye shal eat also olde store, & cary out olde because of the newe.
And I wil set my Tabernacle among you and my soule shal not lothe you.
Also I wil walke among you, and I wil be your God, and ye shal be my people.
I am the lord your God which haue broght you out of the land of Egypt, that ye shulde not be their bondme{n}, & I haue broken the bondes of your yoke, and made you go vpright.
¶ But if ye wil not obey me, nor do all these commandements,
And if ye shal despise mine ordina{n}ces, ether if your soule abhorre my Lawes, so that ye wil not do all my comma{n}dements, but breake my couenant,
Then wil I also do this vnto you, I will appoint ouer you fearfulnes, a consumption, and the burning ague to consume the eies, and make the heart heauie, and you shal sowe your sede in vaine: for your enemies shal eat it.
And I wil set my face against you, and ye shal, fall before your enemies, and they that hate you, shal reigne ouer you, and ye shal flee when none pursueth you,
And if ye wil not for these (things) obey me then wil I punish you seuen times more, according to your sinnes,
And I wil breake the pride of your power, and I wil make your heauen as yron, and your earth as brasse:
And your stre{n}ght shalbe spent in vaine: nether shal your land giue her increase, nether shal the trees of the land giue their frute.
¶ And if ye walke stubbernely against me, and wil not obey me, I wil then bring seuen times mo plagues vpon you, according to your sinnes.
I wil also send wilde beastes vpo{n} you, which shal spoile you, and destroy your cattel, & make you fewe in nomber: so your hye wayes shalbe desolate.
Yet if by these ye wil not be reformed by me, but walke stubbernely against me,
Then wil I also walke stubbernely against you, and I wil smite you yet seuen times for your sinnes:
And I wil send a sworde vpon you, that shal auenge the quarel of my couenat and whe{n} ye are gathered in your cities, I wil send the pestilence among you, and ye shal be deliuered into the hand of the enemie.
Whēl shal breake the staffe of your bread then ten women shal bake your bread in one ouen, & they shal deliuer your bread againe by weight, and ye shal eat, but not be satisfied.
Yet if ye wil not for this obey me, but walk against me stubbernely,
Then wil I walke stubberly in (mine) angre against you, & I wil also chastice you seue{n} times (more) according to your sinnes.
And ye shal eat the flesh of your sonnes, & the flesh of your daughters shal ye deuoure
I wil also destroye your hie places, & cut away your images, and cast your carkeises vpon the bodies of your idoles, & my soule shal abhorre you.
And I wil make your cities desolate, and bring your Sa{n}ctuarie vnto noght, and wil not smel the sauour of your swete odoures
I wil also bring the land vnto a wildernes and your enemies, which dwel therein, shal be astonished there at.
Also I wil scatter you among the heathen and wil drawe out a sworde after you & your land shalbe waste, and your cities shalbe desolate.
Then shal the land enioye her Sabbaths as long as it lieth voyde, and ye shalbe in your enemies land: then shal the land rest and enioye her Sabbaths.
All the daies that it lieth voyde, it shal rest, because it did not rest in your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt vpon it.
And vpon them that are left of you, I wil send euen a faintenes into their hearts in the land of their enemies, & the sounde of a leafe shaken shal chase them, and they shal fiee as fleing from a sworde, and they shal fall, no man pursuing them.
They shal fall also one vpon another, as before a sworde, thogh none pursue them and ye shal not be able to sta{n}d before your enemies:
And ye shal perish among the heathen, & the land of your enemies shal eat you vp.
And they that are left of you, shal pine away for their iniquitie, in your ennemies lands, & for the iniquities of their fathers shal they pine away with them also.
Then thei shal confesse their iniquitie, & the wickednes of their fathers for their trespas, which they haue trespassed agaist me, and also because thei haue walked stubbernely against me,
Therefore I wil walke stubbernely against them, and bring them into the land of their enemies: so the{n} their vncircumcised hearts shal be humbled, and the{n} they shal willingly beare (the punisheme{n}t of) their iniquitie.
Then I wil remembre my couenant with Iaakob, and my couenant also with Izhak and also my couenant with Abraham wil I remember, and wil remember the land.
The la{n}d also (in the meane season) shalbe left of them, & shal enioye her Sabbaths while she lieth waste without the{m}, but they shal willingly suffre (the punishment of) their iniquitie, because thei dispised my lawes, & because their soule abhorred mine ordinances.
Yet notwithstanding this, whe{n} they shalbe in the land of their enemies, I wil not cast the{m} away, nether wil I abhorre the{m}, to destroy the{m} vtterly (nor) to breake my couena{n}t with the{m}: for I am the Lord their God
But I wil reme{m}bre for them the couena{n}t of olde when I broght them out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathe{n} that I might be their God I am the Lord.
These are the ordinances, & the iudgements, & the lawes, which the Lord made betwene him, and the children of Israél in mount 〈◊〉, by the hand of Mosés.
MOreouer the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying,
Speake vnto the childre{n} of Israel, & say vnto the{m}. If anie ma{n} shal make a vowe of a persone vnto the Lord, by thy estimacio{n}
Then thy estimacio{n} shalbe (thus) a malefrō twenty yere olde vnto sixty yere olde shal be by thy estimacio{n} euen fifty shekels of siluer, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie.
But if it be a female, then thy valuacion shalbe thirty shekels.
And from fiue yere olde to twenty yere ol dethy valuacio{n} shalbe for the male twe{n}ty shekels, & for 〈◊〉 female ten shekels.
But from a moneth olde vnto fiue yere olde, the price of the male shalbe fiue shekels of siluer, and thy price of the female, thre shekels of siluer.
And from sixty yere olde and aboue, if (he be) a male, then thy price shal be siftene shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
But if he be poorer then thou hast estemed (him) them shal he prese{n}t him selfe before the Priest, & the Priest shal value him, according to the abilitie of him that vowed (so) shal the Priest value him.
And if (it be) a beast, whereof men bring an offring vnto the Lord, all that one giueth of suche vnto the Lord, shal be holy.
He shal not alter it nor change it, a good for a bad, nor a bad for a good: and if he change beast for beast, then (both) this & that, which was cha{n}ged for it, shalbe holy
And if (it be) anie vncleane beast, of which men do not offer a sacrifice vnto the Lord he shal then present the beast before the Priest.
And the Priest shal value it, whether it be good or bad (a{n}d) as thou valuest it (which art) the Priest, so shal it be.
But if he wil bie it againe, then he shal giue the fift parte of it more, aboue thy valuacion.
¶ Also whe{n} a ma{n} shal dedicate his house to be holy vnto the Lord, the{n} the Priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad, (&) as the Priest shal prise it, so shal the value be.
But if he that sanctified it, wil redeme his house, then he shal giue therto the fift part of money more then thy estimacion, and it shalbe his.
If also a man dedicate to the Lord anie grounde of his inherita{n}ce, then shalt thou esteme it according to the sede thereof: an Homer of barlie sede (shalbe) at fiftie shekels of siluer.
If he dedicate his field (immediately) from the yere of Iubile, it shalbe worthe as thou doest esteme it.
But if he dedicate his field after the Iubile, then the Priest shal reken hym the money according to the yeres that remaine vnto the yere of Iubile, and it shalbe abbated by thy estimacion.
And if he that dedicateth it, wil redeme the field, then he shal put the fift parte of the price, that thou estemedst it at, theren̄to, and it shal remaine his.
And if he wil not redeme the filed, but (the Priest) sel the field to another man, it shal be redemed no more.
But the field shalbe holie to the Lord when it goeth out in the Iubile, as a filed separe te from commune vses: the possession therof shalbe the Priests.
If a ma{n} also dedicate vnto the Lord a field which he hathe boght, which is not of the grounde of his inheritance.
Then the Priest shal set the price to him as thou estemest it, vnto the yere of Iubile, and he shal giue thy price the same day (as a thing) holy vnto the Lord.
(But) in the yere of Iubile, the field shal returne vnto him, of whome it was boght: to him (I say) whose inherita{n}ce the la{n}d was
And all thy valuacion shalbe according to the skekel of the Sanctuarie: a shekel co{n}teineth twenty gerahs,
¶ Notwithstanding the first borne of the beastes, because it is the Lords first borne, none shal dedicate suche be it bullocke, or shepe (for) it is the Lords.
But if it be an vncleane beast, then he shal redeme it by thy valuacion and giue the fift parte more thereto: & if it be not redemed, then it shal be solde, according to thy estimacion.
Notwithsta{n}ding, nothing separate fro{m} the commune vse that a man doeth separate vnto the Lord of all that he hathe [whether it be man or beast, or land of his inheritance] may be solde nor redemed: (for) euerie thing separate from the commune vse is moste holy vnto the Lord.
Nothing separate from the co{m}mune vse which shalbe separate from man shal be redemed (but) dye the death.
Also all the tithe of the la{n}d (bothe) of the sede of the ground (&) of the frute of the 〈◊〉 is the Lords (it is) holy to the Lord.
But if a man wil redeme (anie) of his tithe, he shal adde the fift parte thereto.
And euerie tithe of bullocke, and of shepe (and) of all that goeth vnder the rod the tenth shalbe holy vnto the Lord.
He shal not loke if it be good or bad nether shal he change it: els if he change it, bothe it, and that it was changed with all shalbe holy (and) it shal not be redemed.
These are the comma{n}dements which the Lord commanded by Mosés vnto the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
THe Lord spake againe vnto Mosés i{n} the wildernes of Sinai, in the Tabernacle of the Co{n}gregacio{n}, in the first (day) of the seconde moneth, in the seconde yere after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying.
Take ye the summe of all the Congregacio{n} of the children of Israel, after their familiers (&) housholdes of their fathers with the no{m}ber of their names (to with) all the males, man by man:
From twentie yere olde and aboue, all that go forthe to the warre in Israél, thou & Aaron shal no{m}ber them, throughout their armies.
And with you shalbe men of euerie tribe suche (as are) the heads of the house of their fathers.
And these are the names of the men that shal stand with you, of (the tribe of) Reubén, Elizur, the sonne of Shedeúr:
Of Simeòn, Shelumiél the sonne of Zurishaddai:
Of Iudah, Nahshōn the sonne of Ammin a dab:
Of Issachar, Nethaneél, the sonne of Zuar
Of Zebulún, Eliab, the sonne of Helón:
Of the children of Ioséph: of Ephraim, Elishama the sonne of Ammihud: of Manasséh, Gamliél, the sonne of Pedahzúr:
Of Benianim, Abidan the sonne of Gideoni:
Of Dan, Ahiézèr, the sonne of Ammishad dai:
Of Ashér, Pagiél, the sonne of Ocran:
Of Gad, Eliasaph the sonne of Deuél:
Of Naphtali, Ahira the sonne of Enan.
These were famous in the Congregacio{n}, princes of the tribes of their fathers (and) heades ouer thousands in Israél.
¶ The{n} Mosés and Aarôn toke these men which are expressed by (their) names.
And they called all the Congregacion together, in the first (day) of the seconde moneth, who declared their ki{n}reds by their families (and) by the houses of their fathers according to the nomber of (their) names, from twentie yere olde & aboue man by man.
As the Lord had commanded Mosés, so he nombred them in the wildernes of Sinai.
So were the sonnes of Reubén Israels eldest sonne by their generacio{n}s, by their families (&) by the houses of their fathers according to the nomber of (their) names, man, euerie male from twentie yere olde and aboue, as many as went forthe to warre:
The nomber of them (I say) of the tribe of Reubén (was) six & fourtie thousand, & fiue hundreth.
Of the sonnes of Simeón by their generacio{n}s, by their families (and) by the houses of their fathers, the summe thereof by the nomber of (their) names, man by man euerie male from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went for the to warre:
The summe of them (I say) of the tribe of Simeón (was) nine and fiftie thousand, & thre hundreth.
¶ Of the sonnes of Gad by their generacio{n}s, by their families (and) by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of (their) names, from twentie yere olde and aboue, al that went forth to warre
The nomber of them (I say) of the tribe of Gad (was) fiue and fourtie thousand: & six hundreth and fiftie.
¶ Of the sonnes of Iudàh by their generacio{n}s, by their familiers (and) by the houses of their fathers, according to the no{m}ber of (their) names, from twentie yere olde & aboue, all that went forthe to warre
The nomber of them (I say) of the tribe of Iudàh (was) threscore and fourtene thousand and six hundreth.
¶ Of the sonnes of Issachar by their generacions, by their families, (and) by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of (their) names, from twe{n}tie yere olde & aboue, all that went forth to warre:
The nomber of them (also) of the tribe of Issachar (was) foure and fiftie thousand & foure hundreth.
¶ Of the sonnes of Zebulún, by their generacions, by their families, (and) by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of (their) names, from'twétie yere olde & aboue, all that we{n}t forth to warre:
The nomber of them (also) of the tribe of Zebulún (was) seuen and fiftie thousand & foure hundreth.
¶ Of the sonnes of Ioséph, (namely) of the sonnes of Ephráim by their generacio{n}s, by their families, (and) by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of (their) names, from twentie yere olde & aboue, all that went forthe to warre:
The nomber of them (also) of the tribe of Ephráim (was) fourtie thousande and fiue hundreth.
¶ Of the sonnes of Manasséh by theyr generacions, by their families, (&) by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of (their) names, from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went forthe to warre:
The nomber of them (also) of the tribe of Manasséh (was) two and thirtie thousand and two hundreth.
Of the sonnes of Beniamin by their generacions, by their families, (and) by the houses of their fathers, accordyng to the nomber of (their) names, frome twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went forthe to warre:
The nomber of them (also) of the tribe of Beniamîn (was) fiue and thirtie thousande and foure hundreth.
Of the sonnes of Dan by their generacions, by their families, (&) by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of (their) names, from twentie yere olde & aboue, all that went forthe to warre:
The nomber of them (also) of the tribe of Dan (was) threscore and two thousand and seuen hundreth.
¶ Of the sonnes of Ashér by their 〈◊〉, by their families, (&) by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of (their) names, from twe{n}tie yere olde and aboue, all that went forthe to warre:
The nomber of them (also) of the tribe of Ashér (was) one and fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth.
¶ Of the children of Naphtali, by theyr generacio{n}s, by their families, (and) by the houses of their fathers accordynge to the nomber of (their) names, from twe{n}tie yere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre.
The nomber of them (also) of the tribe of Naphtali, (was) thre and fiftie thousand, & foure hundreth.
These are the summes which Mosés, and Aarôn nombred, and the Princes of Israél: the twelue men, (whiche) were euerie one for the house of their fathers.
So (this) was all the summe of the sonnes of Israél, by the houses of their fathers, from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre in Israél.
And all they were in nomber six hundreth and thre thousand, fiue hundreth & fiftie.
But the Leuites, after the tribes of their fathers were not nombred among them.
For the Lord had spoken vnto Mosés, and said,
Onely thou shalt not nomber the tribe of Leui, nether take the summe of them among the children of israél:
But thou shalt appoint the Leuites ouer the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, & ouer all the instruments thereof, and ouer all things that belong to it they shal beare the Tabernacle, and all the instruments thereof, and shal minister in it, and shall dwell round about the Tabernacle.
And when the Tabernacle goeth forthe, the Leuites shall take it downe: and when the Tabernacle is to be pitched, the Leuites shal set it vp: for the stranger that cometh nere, shal be slaine.
Also the children of Israél shal pitch their tentes, euerie man in his campe, and euerie man vnder his standerd throughout their armies.
But the Leuites shal pitch rounde aboute the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, lest ve{n}geance come vpon the Congregacion of the children of Israél, and the Leuites shall take the charge of the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.
So the children of Israél did accordynge to all that the Lord had commanded Mosés: so did thei.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, and to Aarón, saying,
Euerie man of the children of Israél shall ca{m}pe by his standerd, (&) vnder the ensigne of their fathers house: farre of about the Tabernacle of the co{n}gregacio{n} shal thei pitch
On the Eastside towarde the rising of the sunne, shal thei of the standerd of the hoste of Iudáh pitch according to their armies: and Nahshón the sonne of Amminadáb (shalbe) captaine of the sonnes of Iudáh.
And his hoste and the nomber of the{m} (were) seuenty and foure thousande and six hundreth.
Next vnto him shall they of the tribe of Issachár pitche, and Nethaneél the sonne of Zuár (shalbe) the captaine of the sonnes of Issachár:
And his hoste, and the nomber thereof (were foure) and fiftie thousand, and foure hundreth.
(Then) the tribe of Zebulún, and Eliáb the sonne of Helón, captaine ouer the sonnes of Zebulún:
And his hoste, and the nomber therof seue{n} and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth:
The whole nomber of the hoste of Iudáh (are) an hundreth foure score and six thousand, and foure hundreth according to their armies: thei shal first set forthe.
¶ On the Southside (shalbe) the sta{n}derd of the hoste of Reube{n} according to their armies, & the captaine ouer the so{n}nes of Reubén (shalbe) Elizúr the sonne of Shedeúr.
And his hoste, and the nomber thereof six and fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth.
And by him shal the tribe of Simeo{n} pitch, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Simeòn (shalbe) Shelumiél the sonne of Zurishaddái:
And his hoste, & the nomber of the{m}, nine and fiftie thousand and thre hundreth.
And the tribe of Gad, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Gad (shalbe) Eliasáph the sonne of Deuel:
And his hoste and the nomber of them (were) fiue and fourtie thousand, six hu{n}dreth and fiftie.
All the nomber of the campe of Reubén (were) an hundreth and one and fiftie thousand, and foure hu{n}dreth and fiftie according to their armies, a{n}d thei shal set forthe in the seconde place.
¶ Then the Tabernacle of the Congregacion shal go (with) the hoste of the Leuites, in the middes of the campe as thei haue pitched, so shal thei go forwarde, euerie man in his ordre according to their standerds.
¶ The standerd of the campe of Ephráim (shalbe) toward the West accordi{n}g to their armies: and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Ephráim (shalbe) Elishamā the sonne of Ammihúd:
And his hoste and the nomber of the{m} (were) fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth.
And by him (shalbe) the tribe of Manasséh, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Manasséh (shalbe) Gamliél the sonne of Pedahzūr:
And his hoste and the nomber of them (were) two and thirtie thousand and two hundreth.
And the tribe of Beniamin, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Beniamin (shalbe) Abidan the sonne of Gideoni:
And his hoste, and the nomber of them (were) fiue and thirtie thousand and foure hundreth.
All the nomber of the campe of Ephráim (were) an hundreth and eight thousand and one hu{n}dreth according to their armies, and thei shal go in the third place.
¶ The standerd of the hoste of Dan (shalbe) toward the North according to their armies: and the captaine ouer the children of Dan (shalbe) Ahiézer the sonne of Ammishaddái:
And his hoste and the nomber of them (were) two and thre score thousand and seuen hundreth.
And by him shal the tribe of Ashér pitch, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Ashér (shalbe) Pagiél the sonne of Ocrán.
And his hoste and the nomber of them (were) one and fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth:
Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the captaine ouer the children of Naphtali (shalbe) Ahirá the sonne of Enán:
And his hoste and the nomber of them (were) thre and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth.
All the nomber of the hoste of Dan (was) an hundreth and seuen and fiftie thousand and six hundreth: thei shal go hinmoste with their standerds.
¶ These are the summes of the children of Israél by the houses of their fathers, all the nomber of the hoste, according to their armies, six hundreth and thre thousand, fiue hundreth and fiftie.
But the Leuites were not nombred among the children of Israél, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
And the children of Israél did according to all that the Lord had commanded Mosés: so thei pitched according to their standerds, and so thei iourneyed euerie one with his families, according to the houses of their fathers.
THese also were the generacions of Aarón and Mosés, and in the day that the Lord spake with Mosés in mount Sinái.
So these are the names of the sonnes of Aarón, Nadáb the first borne, and Abihú, Eleazár, and Ithamár.
These are the names of the sonnes of Aarón the anointed Priests, whome (Moses) did consecrate to minister in the Priests office.
And Nadáb and Abihú dyed before the Lord, when thei offred strange fire before the Lord in the wildernes of Sinái, and had no children: but Eleazár and Ithamár serued in the Priests office in the sight of Aarōn their father.
Then the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Bring the tribe of Leui, and set them before Aarôn the Priest that thei may serue him,
And take the charge with him, 〈◊〉 the charge of the whole Congregacion before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion to do the seruice of the Tabernacle.
Thei shal also kepe all the instruments of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and (haue) the charge of the children of Israél to do the seruice of the Tabernacle.
And thou shalt giue the Leuites vnto Aarón and to his sonnes: (for) thei are giuen him frely from among the children of Israél.
And thou shalt appoint Aarōn and his sonnes to execute their Priests office: and the stranger that commeth nere, shal be slaine.
¶ Also the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying,
Beholde, I haue euen taken the Leuites fro{m} among the children of Israél for all the first borne, that openeth the matrice among the childre{n} of Israél, & the Leuites shalbe mine.
Because all the first borne are mine: for the same day, that I smote all the first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified vnto me all the first borne in Israél, bothe man and beast: mine thei shalbe: I am the Lord.
¶ Moreouer the Lord spake vnto Moses in the wildernes of Sinái, saying,
Nomber the children of Leui after the houses of their fathers, in their families: euerie male from a moneth olde and aboue shalt thou nomber.
Then Mosés nombred them according to the worde of the Lord, as he was commanded.
And these were the sonnes of Leui by their names, Gershón, and Koháth, and Merari.
Also these are the names of the sonnes of Gershón by their families: Libni and Shimei.
The sonnes also of Koháth by their families: Amrám and Izehár, Hebrón, and Vzziél.
And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Leui, according to the houses of their fathers.
Of Gershón (came) the familie of the Libnites and the familie of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
The summe whereof after the nomber of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue] was counted seuen thousand and fiue hundreth.
¶ The families of the Gershonites shal pitch behinde the Tabernacle Westwarde.
The captaine and ancient of the house of the Gershonites (shalbe) Eliasáph the sonne of Laél.
And the charge of the sonnes of Gershon in the Tabernacle of the Congregacio{n} (shalbe) the Tabernacle, and the pauillion, the couering thereof, and the vaile of the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion,
And the hanging of the courte, and the vaile of the dore of the courte, which is nere the Tabernacle, and nere the Altar round about, and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof.
¶ And of Koháth (came) the familie of the Amramites, and the familie of the Izeharites and the familie of the Hebronites, and the familie of the Vzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
The nomber of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue (was) eight thousand and six hundreth, hauing the charge of the Sanctuarie.
The families of the sonnes of Koháth shal pitch on the Southside of the Tabernacle.
The captaine & ancient of the house, (and) families of the Kohathites (shalbe) Elizaphán the sonne of Vzziél:
And their charge (shalbe) the Arke, and the table, and the candelsticke, and the altars, and the instruments of the Sanctuarie that they minister with, and the vaile, and all that serueth thereto.
And Eleazár the sonne of Aarón the Priest (shalbe) chief captaine of the Leuites, (hauing) the ouersight of them that haue the charge of the Sanctuarie.
¶ Of Merarî (came) the familie of the Mahlites, and the familie of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
And the summe of them, according to the nomber of all the males, from a moneth olde & aboue (was) six thousand & two hundreth.
The captaine and the ancient of the house of the families of Merari (shalbe.) Zuriél the sóne of Abihail: thei shal pitch on the Northside of the Tabernacle.
And in the charge and custodie of the sonnes of Merari (shalbe) the boardes of the Tabernacle, and the barres thereof, and his pillers, and his sockets, & all the instruments thereof, and all that serueth thereto,
With the pillers of the court round about, with their sockets, and their pins and their cordes.
¶ Also on the forefront of the Tabernacle toward the East, before the Tabernacle, (I say,) of the Congregacion Eastwarde shal Mosés and Aaron and his sonnes pitch, hauing the charge of the Sanctuarie, and the charge of the children of Israél: but the stranger that commeth nere, shalbe slaine.
The whole summe of the Leuites, which Mosés and Aarón nombred at the commandement of the Lord throughout their families, (euen) all the males from a moneth olde and aboue, (was) two and twentie thousand.
¶ And the Lord said vnto Mosés, Nomber all the first borne that are males among the children of Israél, from a moneth olde and aboue, and take the nomber of their names.
And thou shalt take the Leuites to me for all the first borne of the children of Israél [I (am) the Lord] and the cattel of the Leuites for all the first borne of the cattel of the children of Israél.
And Mosés nombred, as the Lord commanded him, all the first borne of the children of Israél.
And all the first borne males rehearsed by name [from a moneth olde and aboue, according to their nomber were two and twentie thousand, two hundreth seuentie and thre.
And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Take the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israél, and the cattel of the Leuites for their cattel, & the Leuites shalbe mine, [I am the Lord]
And for the redeming of the two hundreth seuentie and thre, which are mo then the Leuites of the first borne of the children of Israél]
Thou shalt also take fiue shekels for euerie persone: after the weight of the Sanctuarie shalt thou take it: the shekel (conteineth) twentie gerahs.
And thou shalt giue the money, where with the odde nomber of them is redemed, vnto Aarón and to his sonnes.
Thus Mosés toke the redempcion of them that were redemed, being mo then the Leuites:
Of the firstborne of the children of Israél toke he the money: (euen) a thousande thre hundreth thre score and fiue (shekels) after the shekel of the Sanctuarie.
And Mosés gaue the money of them that were redemed, vnto Aarōn a{n}d to his sonnes accordyng to the worde of the Lorde, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
Take the summe of the sonnes of Koháth from among the sonnes of Leui, after their families, (and) houses of their fathers.
From thirtie yere olde and aboue euen vntil fiftie yere olde, all that entre into the assemblie to do the worke in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
This shalbe the office of the sonnes of Koháth in the Tabernacle of the Congregacio{n} (about) the Holiest of all.
¶ When the hoste remoueth, then Aarôn and his sonnes shall come and take downe the coueryng vaile, and shall couer the Arke of the Testimonie there with.
And they shall put thereon a couerynge of badgers skins, a{n}d shall spread vpon it a cloth altogether of blewe silke, and put to the barres thereof.
And vpon the table of shewe (bread) they shall spread a cloth of blewe silke, and put thereon the dishes, and the (incens) cups, a{n}d goblets, and couerings to couer it with, a{n}d the bread shalbe the eon continually.
And they shal spread vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a coueryng of badgers skins, aud put to, the barres thereof.
Then they shall take a cloth of blewe silke, and couer the candelsticke of lyght wyth his lampes and his snoffers, and hys snoffedishes, and all the oyle vessels thereof, which they occupie about it.
So they shall put it, and all the instruments thereof in coueryng of badgers skins, and put it vpon the barres.
Also vpon the golden altar they shal spread a cloth of blewe silke, and couer it with a coueryng of badgers skins, and put to the barres thereof.
And they shal take al the instruments of the ministerie wherewith they minister in the Sa{n}ctuarie, and put (them) in a cloth of blewe silke, and couer them wyth a coueryng of badgers skins, and put them on the barres.
Also they shal take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth vpon it.
And shal put vpo{n} it all the instruments therof, which they occupie about it: the censers the fleshhokes and the besomes, and the basens, (euen) all the instrumentes of the altar: and they shall spread vpon it a coueryng of badgers skins, and put to the barres of it.
And when Aarôn and his sonnes haue made an end of coueryng the Sanctuarie, and all the instruments of the Sanctuarie, at the remouing of the hoste, afterwarde the sonnes of Koháth shall come to beare it, but they shal not touche (anie) holy thynge lest they dye. Thys is the charge of the sonnes of Koháth in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
¶ And to the office of Eleazār the sonne of Aarón the Priest (perteineth) the oyle for the light, and the swete incens and the dailie meat offring, and the anointing oyle, (with) the ouersight of all the Tabernacle, and of all that therein is, (bothe) in the Sanctuarie and in all the instruments thereof.
¶ And the Lorde spake vnto Mosés and to Aarón, saying.
Ye shal not cut of the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Leuites:
But thus do vnto them, that they may liue and not dye, when they come nere to the moste holy thyngs: let Aarón and his sonnes come and appoint them, euerie one to hys office, and to his charge.
But let them not go in, to se when the Sanctuarie is folden vp, lest they dye.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Take also the summe of the sonnes of Gershón, euerie one by the houses of their Fathers throughout their families:
From thirtie yere olde and aboue, vntil fiftie yere olde shalt thou nombre them, al that entre into the assemblie for to do seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
This shalbe the seruice of the families of the Gershonites, to serue and to beare.
They shall beare the curtaines of the Tabernacle, and the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, hys coueryng, and the coueryng of badgers skins, that is on hie vpon it, and the vayle of the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion:
The curtaines also of the court, & the vaile of the entryng in of the gate of the court, whiche is nere the Tabernacle and nere the altar round about, with their cordes, and all the instruments for their seruice, and all that is made for them: so shall they serue.
At the commandement of Aarón and hys sonnes shall all the seruice of the sonnes of the Gershonites be done, in all their charges and in all their seruice, and ye shal appointe them to kepe all their charges.
This is the seruice of the families of the sonnes of the Gershonites in the Tabernacle of the Congregacio{n}, and their watch (shalbe) vnder the hande of Ithamár the sonne of Aarón the Priest.
¶ Thou shalt nomber the sonnes of Merari by their families, (a{n}d) by the houses of their fathers.
From thirtie yere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde shalt thou no{m}ber them, all that entre into the assemblie, to do the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
And this is their office (and) charge accordynge to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion: the boardes of the Tabernacle with the barres thereof, and hys pillers, and his sockets.
And the pillers round about the court, with their sockets and their pins, and their cordes, with all their instrumentes, euen for all their seruice, and by name ye shall reke{n} the instruments of their office (and) charge.
This is the seruice of the families of the sonne of Merari, accordynge to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion vnder the hande of Ithamár the sonne of Aarón the Priest.
¶ Then Mosés and Aaron and the princes of the Congregacion nombred the sonnes of the Kohathites, by their families and by the houses of their fathers.
From thirtie yere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde, all that entre into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
So the nombers of them throughout their families were two thousand, seuen hu{n}dreth and fiftie.
These are the nombers of the families of the Kohathites, all that serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, which Mosés and Aaron did nomber according to the comma{n} ment of the Lord by the hand of Mosés.
Also the nombers of the sonnes of Gershón throughout their families & houses of their fathers.
From thirtie yere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yere olde: all that entre into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
So the nombers of them by their families, (and) by the houses of their fathers (were) two thousand six hundreth and thirtie.
These are the no{m}bers of the families of the sonnes of Gershon: of all that did seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, whom Mosés and Aaron did nomber according to the commandement of the Lord.
¶ The nombers also of the families of the sonnes of Merari by their families, (and) by the houses of their fathers.
From thirtie yere olde and vpward, euen vnto fiftie yere olde: all that entre into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
So the nombers of them by their families were thre thousand, and two hundreth.
These are the summes of the families of the sonnes of Merari, whome Mosés and Aaron nombred according to the commandement of the Lord, by the hand of Mosés.
(So) all the nombers of the Leuites, whiche Mosés, and Aaron, and the princes of Israél nombred, by their families and by the houses of their fathers.
From thirtie yere olde and vpwarde, euen to fiftie yere old, euerie one that came to do his duetie, office, seruice and charge in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
So the nombers of them were eight thousand fiue hundreth and foure score.
According to the co{m}ma{n}deme{n}t of the Lord by the ha{n}d of Mosés did (Aaro{n}) no{m}ber the{m} euerie according to his seruice, and according to his charge, Thus (were) they of that tribe no{m}bred, as the Lord co{m}ma{n}ded Mosés.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Commande the chyldren of Israél that they put out of the hoste euerie leper, and euerie one that hathe an issue, and whosoeuer is defiled by the dead.
Bothe male and female shall ye put out: out of the host shall ye put them, that they defile not their tentes among whome I dwel.
And the childre{n} of Israél did so, and put the{m} out of the hoste, euen as the Lord had commanded Mosés, so did the children of Israél.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, When a man or woma{n} shal commit ame sinne that men commit, and tra{n}sgresse against the Lord, when that persone shall trespas.
Then they shall confesse their sinne whiche they haue done, and shal restore the dommage thereof with his principall, and put the fift part of it more thereto, a{n}d shal giue it vnto him, against whome he hathe trespassed.
But if the man haue no kinsman, to whome he shulde restore the dommage, the dommage shalbe restored to the Lord for the Priests vse, besides the ram of the atoneme{n}t, whereby he shall make atonement for him.
And euerie offring of all the holy thyngs of the children of Israél, whiche they bring vnto the Priest, shalbe his.
And euerie mans halowed thyngs shal be his: (that is,) whatsoeuer anie ma{n} giueth the Priest, it shalbe his.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say vnto them, If anie mans wife turne to euil, and commit a trespas against him.
So that another man lie with her fleshly, and it be hid from the eyes of her housband, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witnes agaynst her, nether she taken with the maner.
If he be moued with a ielous minde, so that he is ielous ouer his wife, which is defiled, or if he haue a ielous minde, so that he is ielous ouer his wife, whiche is not defiled.
Then shall the man bryng hys wyfe to the Priest, and bryng her offryng with her, the tenth parte of an Epháh of barly meale, (but) he shall not powre oyle vpon it, nor put incens thereon: for it is an offryng of ielousie, an offring for a remembrance, callynge the sinne to minde:
And the Priest shall bryng her, and set her before the Lord.
Then the Priest shal take the holy water in an earthe{n} vessel, & of the dust that is in the floure of the Tabernacle, (euen) the Priest shal take it and put it into the water.
After, the Priest shall set the women before the Lorde, and vncouer the womans head and put the offryng of the memorial in her hand: it is the ielousie offring, and the Priest shall haue bitter (and) cursed water in his hand.
And the Priest shall charge her by an othe, and say vnto the woman, If no man haue lien with thee, nether thou hast turned to vncle{n}nes from thine housband, be fre from this bitter (and) cursed water.
But if thou hast turned fro{m} thine housba{n}d, and so art defiled, & some man hath lien with thee beside thine housband.
[The{n} the Priest shal charge the woma{n} with an othe of cursing, and the Priest shall say vnto the woman] The Lord make thee to be accursed and detestable for the othe among thy people, and the Lord cause thy thigh to rott, and thy belly to swell:
And that this cursed water maie go into thy bowels, to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rott. Then the woman shal answer, Amen, Amen.
After, the Priest shall write these curses in a boke, and shall blot them out with the bitter water.
And shall cause the woman to drinke the bitter & cursed water, and the cursed water, (turned) into bitternes, shall entre into her.
Then the Priest shall take the ielousie offring out of the womans hand, & shall shake the offring before the Lord, and offer it vpo{n} the altar.
And the Priest shall take (an handful) of the offring for a memoriall thereof, and burne it vpon the altar, and afterward make the woman drinke the water.
When he hath made her drinke the water, [if she be defiled and haue trespassed against her housba{n}d] then shal the cursed water (turned) into bitternes, entre into her, & her belly shal swel, & her thigh shal rott, & the woman shalbe accursed among her people.
But if the woman be not defiled, but be cleane, she shal be fre & shal co{n}ceiue & beare
This is the lawe of ielousie, when a wif turneth from her housband and is defiled.
Or whe{n} a ma{n} is moued with a ielous minde being ielous ouer his wife, the{n} shal he bring the woman before the Lorde, and the Priest shal do to her according to all this lawe.
And the man shalbe fre fro{m} sinne, but this woman shal beare her iniquitie.
ANd the Lorde speake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say vnto them, When a man or a woman doeth separate the{m} selues to vowe a vowe of a Nazarite to separate (him selfe) vnto the Lorde.
He shal absteine from wine & stro{n}g drinke, and shall drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shal drink anie licour of grapes nether shal eat fresh grappes nor dried.
As long as his 〈◊〉 endureth, shall he eat nothing that is made of the wine of the vine, nether the kernels, nor the huske.
While he is separate by his vowe, the rasure shall not come vpo{n} his head, vntill the dayes be out, in the which he separateth (him self) vnto the Lord, he shalbe holie, & shal let the lockes of the heere of his head growe.
Duryng the time that he separateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde, he shall come at no dead body:
He shal not make him selfe vncleane at the death of his father, or mother, brother, or sister: for the consecracion of his God is vpon his head.
All the dayes of his separacion he shalbe holy to the Lord.
And if anie dye sodenly by hym, or he beware, then the head of his consecracion shalbe defiled, and he shal shaue his head in the day of his clensing: in the seuenth day he shal shaue it.
And in the eight day he shall bryng two turtles, or two yong pigeons to the Priest, at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
Then the Priest shall prepare the one for a sin offring, and the othe, for a burnt offring and shal make an atoneme{n}t for him because he sinned by the dead: so shal he halowe his head the same day.
And he shall consecrate vnto the Lord the daies of his separacion, & shal bring a lambe of a yere olde for a trespas offring, & the first dayes shalbe voyde: for his consecracion was defiled.
¶ This the{n} is the lawe of the Nazarite Whe{n} the time of his consecracion is out, he shall come to the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
And he shal bring his offring vnto the Lord, an he lambe of a yere olde without blemish for a burnt offring, and a she lambe of a yere olde without blemish for a sin offring, and a ram without blemish for peace offrings.
And a basket of vnleauened bread, of cakes of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and wafers of vnleauened bread anointed with oyle, with their meat offring, & their drinke offrings:
The which the Priest shall bring before the Lord, and make his sin offring and his burnt offring.
He shal prepare also the ram for a peace offring vnto the Lord, with the basket of vnleauened bread, and the Priest shal make his meat offring, and his drinke offring.
And the Nazarite shall shaue the head of his consecracion at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and shal take the heere of the head of his consecracion, and put in the fire, whiche is vnder the peace offring.
Then the Priest shal take the sodē shulder of the ram, and an vnleauened cake out of the basket, and a wafer vnleauened, and put them vpon the hands of the Nazarite, after he hath shauen his consecracion.
And the Priest shall shake them to and fro before the Lord: this is an holy thyng for the Priest besides the shaken breast, & besides the haue shulder: so afterward the Nazarite may drinke wine.
This is the lawe of Nazarite, which he hath vowed, (and) of his offryng vnto the Lorde for his consecracion besides that that he is able to bring: according to the vowe which he vowed, so shal he do after the lawe of his consecracion.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto Aarōn and to his sonnes, saying, Thus shal ye blesse the childre{n} of 〈◊〉, and say vnto them.
The Lord blesse thee, an kepe thee.
The Lord make his face shine vpon thee, and be merciful vnto thee.
The Lord lift vp his countenance vpo{n} thee and giue thee peace.
So they shal put my Name vpon the children of Israél, and I wil blesse them.
NOw whe{n} Mosés had finished the setting vp of the Tabernaele, and anointed it and sanctified it, and all the instrumentes thereof, and the altar with al the instrume{n}ts thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them.
Then the princes of Israél, heades ouer the houses of their fathers [they were the princes of the tribes, who were ouer them that were nombred] offred.
And broght their offring before the Lorde, six couered charets, and twelue oxen: one charet for two princes, and for euerie one an oxe, and they offred them before the Tabernacle.
And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Take (these) of them, that they may be to do the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and thou shalt giue them vnto the Leuites, to euerie man accordyng vnto his office.
So Mosés toke the charets and the oxen, & gaue them vnto the Leuites:
Two charets and foure oxen he gaue to the sonnes of Gershón, accordyng vnto their office.
And foure charets and eight oxen he gaue to the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 according vnto their office, vnder the hand of Ithamár the sonne of Aarón the Priest.
But to the sonnes of Koháth he gaue none, because the charge of the Sanctuarie belonged to them, (which) they did beare vpo{n} (their) shulders.
¶ The princes also offred in the dedicacion for the altar in the day that it was anointed: then the princes offred their offryng before the altar.
And the Lord said vnto Mosés, One prince one day, and another prince another day shall offer their offryng, for the dedicacion of the altar.
¶ So then on the first day did 〈◊〉 the sonne of Amminadáb of the tribe of Iudáh offer his offring.
And his offring (was) a siluer charger of an hundreth & thirty (shekels) weigh, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, bothe ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meat offring.
An (incens) cup of golde of ten (shekels,) ful of incens.
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring.
An he goat for a sin offring.
And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue he goates, a{n}d fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Nahshôn the sonne of Amminadáb.
¶ The second day Nethaneél, the sonne of Zuár, pri{n}ce of (the tribe) of Issachár did offer
Who offred for his offring a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirty (shekels) weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels after the shekell of the Sanctuarie, bothe full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meat offring
An (incens) cup of golde of ten (shekels,) ful of incens.
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring.
An he goat for a sin offring.
And for peace offrings, two bullockes fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue la{m}be of a yere olde: this was the offring of Nethaneél the sonne of Zuár.
¶ The third day 〈◊〉 the sonne of Helō prince of the children of Zebulún (offred.)
His offring (was) a siluer charger of an hundreth & thirty (shekel) weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels, after the shekell of the Sanctuarie, bothe ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meat offring.
A golden (incens) cup often (shekels,) full of incens.
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring.
An he goat for a sin offring.
And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Eliáb the sonne of Helôn.
¶ The fourth day Elizúr the sonne of Shedeúr prince of the children of Reubén (offred.)
His offring (was) a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirty (shekels) weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, bothe ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meat offring,
A golde{n} (ince{n}s) cup of te{n} (shekels) ful of ince{n}s.
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring,
An he goat for a sin offring,
And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue he goates, and fiue lambes of an yere olde: this was the offring of Elizúr the sonne of Shedeúr.
¶ The fift day Shelumiél the sonne of Zurishaddái, prince of the children of Siméon (offred.)
His offring (was) a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirty shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, bothe ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle for a meat offring,
A golden (incens) cup of ten (shekels) ful of incens,
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring,
An he goat for a sin offring,
And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue la{m}bes of a yere olde this was the offring of Shelumiél the sonne of Zurishaddái.
¶ The sixt day Eliasáph the so{n}ne of Deuél prince of the children of Gad (offred.)
His offring (was) a siluer charger of an hundreth & thirty (shekels) weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, bothe ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle for a meat offring,
A golden (incens) cup of ten (shekels) ful of incens,
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde, for a burnt offring,
An he goat for a sin offring,
And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue la{m}bes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Eliasáph the sonne of Deuél.
¶ The seuenth day Elishamá the sonne of Ammiúd prince of the children of Ephráim (offred.)
His offring (was) a siluer charger of an hundreth, and thirtie (shekels) weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, bothe ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meat offring,
A golden (incens) cup of ten (shekels,) ful of incens,
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring,
And he goat for a sin offring,
And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue la{m}bes of a yere olde this was the offring of Elishamá, the sonne of Ammiúd.
¶ Then eyght day (offred) Gamliél the sonne of Pedazur, prince of the children of Manasséh.
His offring (was) a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie (shekels) weight, a siluer boule of seuentie (shekels,) after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, bothe ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle for a meat offring,
A golden (incens) cup of ten (shekels) ful of incens,
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring,
An he goat for a sin offring,
And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue la{m}bes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Gamliél the sonne of Pedazúr.
¶ The ninth day Abidán the sonne of Gideoni prince of the children of Beniamin (offred.)
His offring (was) a siluer charger of an hundreth & thirty (shekels) weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle for a meat offring,
A golden (incens) cup of ten (shekels,) ful of incens,
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring,
An he goat for a sin offring,
And for a peace offring two bullocks, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue la{m}bes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Abidán the sonne of Gideoni.
¶ The tenth day Ahiézer the sonne of Ammishaddái, prince of the children of Dan (offred.)
His offring (was) a siluer charger of an hundreth & thirty (shekels) weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, bothe ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle for a meat offring,
A golden (incens) cup of ten (shekels) ful of incens.
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring,
And he goat for a sin offring,
And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue la{m}bes of a yere olde this was the offring of Ahiézer the sonne of Ammishaddái.
¶ The eleuenth day Pagiél the sonne of Ocrán, prince of the children of Asher (offred.)
His offrings (was) a siluer charger of an hundreth & thirty (shekels) weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, bothe ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle for a meat offring,
A golden (incens) cup of ten (shekels) ful of incens.
A yong bullocke, a ram, a la{m}be of a yere olde for a burnt offring'
An he goat for a sin offring.
And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Pagiél the sonne of Ocrán.
The twelueth day Ahirā the sonne of Enān, prince of the children of Naphtali (offred.)
His offring (was) a siluer charger of an hundred and thirtie (shekels) weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, bothe ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meat offring,
A golden (incens) cup often (shekels,) ful of incens,
A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde, for a burnt offring.
An he goat for a sinne offring,
And for peace offrings two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue he goats, fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Ahirá, the sonne of Enān.
This was the dedicacion of the Altar by the princes of Israél, when it was anointed: twelue chargers of siluer, twelue siluer boules, twelue (incens) cups of golde,
Euerie charger, (conteining) an hundreth and thirtie (shekels) of siluer, and euerie boule seuentie: all the siluer vessel (co{n}teined) two thousand and foure hu{n}dreth (shekels,) after the 〈◊〉 of the Sanctuarie.
Twelue (incens) cups of golde ful of incens, (conteining) ten shekels euerie cup, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie: all the golde of the (incens) cup (was) an hundreth and twentie (shekels.)
All the bullockes for the burnt offring (were) twelue bullockes, the rams twelue, the lambes of a yere olde twelue, with their meat offrings, and twelue he goats for a sinne offring.
And all the bullockes for the peace offrings (were) foure and twentie bullockes, the rams sixtie, the he goats sixtie, the lambes of a yere olde sixtie: this was the dedicacion of the Altar, after that it was anointed.
And when Mosés went into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, to speake with (God,) he heard the voyce of one speaking vnto him fro{m} the Merciseat, that was vpon the Arke of the Testimonie betwene the two Cherubims, and he spake to him.
ANd the LORD spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Speake vnto Aarôn, and say vnto him When thou lightest the lampes, the seuen lampes shal giue light towarde the forefront of the Candelsticke.
And Aarón did so, lighting the lampes thereof toward the forefront of the Candelsticke as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
And this was the worke of the Candelsticke (euen) of golde beaten out with the hammer, bothe the shaft, and the floures thereof was beaten out with the hammer: according to the paterne, which the Lord had shewed Mosés, so made he the Candelsticke.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Take the Leuites from among the children of Israél, and purifie them.
And thus shalt thou do vnto them when thou purifiest them, Sprinkle water of purification vpon them and let them shaue all their flesh, and wash their clothes: so thei shalbe cleane.
Then thei shal take a yong bullocke with his meat offring of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and another yong bullocke shalt thou take for a sinne offring.
Then thou shalt bring the Leuite sbefore the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and assemble all the Congregacion of the children of Israél.
Thou shalt bring the Leuites also before the Lord, and the children of Israél shal put their hands vpon the Leuites.
And Aarón shal offer the Leuites before the Lord, as a shake offring of the children of Israél, that thei may execute the seruice of the Lord.
And the Leuites shal put their hands vpon the heades of the bullockes, and make thou the one a sinne offring, a{n}d the other a burnt offring vnto the Lord, that thou maiest make an atonement for the Leuites.
And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aarón and before his sonnes, and offer them as a shake offring to the Lord.
Thus thou shalt separate the Leuites from amo{n}g the children of Israél, and the Leuites shalbe mine.
And afterward shal the Leuites go into serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and thou shalt purifie them and offer them, as a shake offring.
For thei are frely giuen vnto me from among the children of Israél, for suche as ope{n} anie wombe: for all the firstborne of the children of Israél haue I taken the{n} vnto me.
For all the firstborne of the children of Israél are mine, bothe of man and of beast: since the day that I smote euerie firstborne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for my self.
And I haue taken the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israél,
And haue giuen the Leuites as a gift vnto Aarón, and to his sonnes from among the children of Israél, to do the seruice of the children of Israél in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and to make an atonement for the children of Israél, that there be no plague among the children of Israél, when the children of Israél come nere vnto the Sanctuarie.
¶ Then Mosés and Aarōn and all the Congregacion of the children of Israél did with the Leuites, according vnto all that the Lord had commanded Mosés concerning the Leuites: so did the children of Israél vnto them.
So the Leuites were purified, and washed their clothes, & Aarón offred the{m} as a shake offring before the Lord, and Aarôn made an atonement for them, to purifie them.
And after that, went the Leuites into do their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Co{n}gregacion before Aarón & before his sonnes: as the Lord had commanded Mosés concerning the Leuites, so they did vnto them.
¶ And the Lord speake vnto Mosés, saying,
This also (belongeth) to the Leuites: from fiue and twentie yere olde and vpwarde, they shall go in, to execute (their) office in the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
And after the age of fiftie yere, they shall cease from executyng the office, and shall serue no more:
But they shal minister with their brethren in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion to kepe things commited to their charge, but they shall do no seruice: thus shalt thou do vnto the Leuites touching their charges.
ANd the Lorde speake vnto Mosés in the wildernes of Sinái, in the first moneth of the seconde yere, after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying.
The children of Israél shall also celebrate the Passeouer at the time appointed therunto.
In the fourtenth day of this moneth at euen, ye shal kepe it in his due season: accordyng to all the ordinances of it, and accordyng to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye kepe it.
Then Mosés spake vnto the children of Israél, to celebrate the Passeouer.
And they kept the Passeouer in the fourtenth day of the first moneth at euen in the wildernes of Sinái: according to all that the Lord had commanded Mosés, so did the children of Israél.
¶ And certeine men were defiled by a dead ma{n}, that they might not kepe the Passeouer the same day: and they came before Mosés and before Aarôn the same day.
And those men said vnto him, We are defiled by a dead man: wherefore are we kept backe that we may not offer an offring vnto the Lorde in the time thereunto appointed among the children of Israél?
Then Mosés said vnto them, Stand still, and I wil heare what the Lord wil commande concerning you.
¶ And the Lord speake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say, If anie among you, or of your posteritie shalbe vncleane by the reason of a corps, or be in a long iourney, he shal kepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord.
In the fourtenth day of the seconde moneth at euen thei shal kepe it: with vnleauened bread and sowre herbes shal thei eat it.
They shall leaue none of it vnto the morning, nor breake anie bone of it: according to all the ordina{n}ce of the Passeouer shal thei kepe it.
But the man that is cleane and is not in a iourney, and is negligent to kepe the Passeouer, the same persone shalbe cut of from his people: because he broght not the offring of the Lord in his due season, that man shal beare his sinne.
And if a stranger dwel among you, and wil kepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord, as the ordinance of the Passeouer, and as the maner thereof (is,) so shal he do: ye shal haue one lawe bothe for the stranger, and for him that was borne in the same land.
¶ And when the Tabernacle was reared vp a cloude couered the Tabernacle, (namely) the Tabernacle of the Testimonie: & at euen there was vpon the Tabernacle, as the appearance of fire vntil morning.
So it was alwaie: the cloude couered it (by day,) and the appearance of fire by night.
And when the cloude was taken vp from the Tabernacle, then afterward the children of Israél iourneied: and in the place where the cloude abode, there the childre{n} of Israél pitched their tentes.
At the commandement of the Lord the children of Israél iourneied, and at the commandeme{n}t of the Lord thei pitched: as long as the cloude abode vpon the Tabernacle, they laye stil.
And when the cloude taryed stil vpon the Tabernacle a long time, the children of Israél kept the watch of the Lord, and iourneyed not.
So when the cloude abode a fewe daies vpon the Tabernacle, thei abode in their tents, according to the commandement of the Lord: for they iourneyed at the commandement of the Lord.
And thogh the cloude abode vpon the Tabernacle from euen vnto the morning, ye (if) the cloude was taken vp in the morning, then they iourneyed: whether by day or by night the cloude was taken vp, then they iourneyed.
Or if the cloude taried two dayes or a moneth, or a yere vpon the Tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israél abode stil, & iourneied not: but when it was taken vp, they iourneyed,
At the commandement of the Lord they pitched, and at the commandement of the Lord they iourneyed, keping the watch of the Lord at the commandement of the Lord by the hand of Mosés.
ANd the Lorde speake vnto Mosés, saying.
Make thee two trumpets of siluer: of an whole piece shalt thou make the{m}, that thou maiest vse them for the assemblyng of the Congregacion, and for the departure of the campe.
And when they shal blowe with the{m}, all the Congregacion shal assemble to thee before the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
But if they blowe with one, then the princes, (or) heads ouer the thousands of Israéll shall come vnto thee.
But if ye blowe an alarme, then the campe of them that pitche on the East parte, shal go forwarde.
If ye blowe an alarme the seconde time, the{n} the hoste of them that lie on the Southside shal marche: (for) they shal blowe an alarme when they remoue.
But in assemblyng the Congregacion, ye shall blowe without an alarme.
And the sonnes of Aarón the Priest shall blowe the trumpets, and ye shal haue them as a lawe for euer in your generacions.
And whe{n} ye go to warre in your land against the enemie that vexeth you, ye shal blow an alarme with the trumpets, & ye shal be reme{m}bred before the Lord your God, and shall be saued from your enemies.
Also in the day of your gladnes, & in your feast daies, and in the beginnyng of your monethes, ye shal also blowe the trumpets ouer your burnt sacrifices, and ouer your peace offrings, that they may be a remembrance for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.
¶ And in the seconde yere, in the seconde moneth, (and) in the twentieth (day) of the moneth the cloude was taken vp from the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.
An the children of Israél departed on their iourneis out of the desert of Sinái, and the cloude rested in the wildernes of Parán.
So they first toke their iourney at the co{m}ma{n}deme{n}t of the Lord, by the ha{n}d of Mosés.
¶ In the first place we{n}t the standerd of the hoste of the children of Iudáh, accordyng to their armies: and Nashón the sonne of Amminadáb (was) ouer his bande.
And ouer the bande of 〈◊〉 tribe of the children of Issachár (was) Nethaneél the sonne of Zuár.
And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Zebulún (was) Eliáb the sonne of Helón.
When the Tabernacle was taken downe, then the sonnes of Gershón, and the sonnes of Merari went forwarde bearing the Tabernacle.
¶ After, departed the standerd of the hoste of Reubén according to their armies & ouer his bande (was) Elizúr the sonne of Shedeúr
And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Siméon (was) Shelumiél the sonne of Surishaddái.
And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Gád (was) Eliasáph the sonne of Deuél.
The Kohathites also went forwarde and bare the Sanctuarie, and the (former) did set vp the Tabernacle against they came.
¶ Then the standerd of the hoste of the children of Ephráim went forwarde according to their armies, and ouer his bande (was) Elishamá the sonne of Ammiúd.
And ouer the bande of the tribe of the sonnes of Manasséh (was) Gamliél the sonne of Pedazúr.
And ouer the bande of the tribe of the sonnes of Beniamin (was) Abidán the sonnes of Gideoni.
¶ Last, the sta{n}derd of the hoste of the childre{n} of Dan marched, gathering all the hostes according to their armies: and ouer his ba{n}de (was) Ahiézer the sonne of Ammishaddái.
And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Ashér (was) Pagiél the sonne of Ocrán.
And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Naphtali (was) Ahirá the sonne of Enán.
These were the remouings of the children of Israél according to their armies, whe{n} they marched.
¶ After, Mosés said vnto Hobáb the sonne of Reuél the Midianite, the father in lawe of Mosés, We go into the place, of which the Lord said, I wil giue it you: Come thou with vs, & we wil do thee good: for the Lord hathe promised good vnto Israél.
And he answered him, I wil not go: but I wil departe to mine owne countrey, and to my kinred.
Then he said, I praye thee, leaue vs not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wildernes: therefore thou maiest be our guide.
And if thou go with vs, what goodnes the Lorde shall shewe vnto vs, the same will we shewe vnto thee.
¶ So they departed from the mount of the Lord, thre daies iourney: and the Arke of the couenant of the Lord went before them in the thre daies iourney, to searche out a resting place for them.
And the cloude of the Lord (was) vpon the{m} by day, when they went out of the campe.
And when the Arke went forwarde, Mosés said, Rise vp, Lord, and let thine enemies be scatered, and let them that hate thee, flee before thee.
And when it rested, he said, Returne, ô Lord to the manie thousands of Israél.
WHen the people became murmurers it displeased the Lord: and the Lord: heard it, therefore his wrath was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt among them and co{n}sumed the vtmost parte of the hoste
Then the people cryed vnto Mosés: & whe{n} Mosés prayed vnto the Lorde, the fire was quenched.
And he called the name of that place Taberáh, because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
¶ And a nomber of people that was amo{n}g them, fel a lusting, and turned away, & the children of Israél also wept and said, Who shal giue vs flesh to eat,
We 〈◊〉 the fish which we did eat in Egypt for naught, the cucumbers, and the pepons, and the lekes, and the onions, and the garleke:
But now our soule is dried away, we can se nothing but this MAN.
[The MAN also was as coriander sede, & his coulour like the coulour of bdelium.
The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in milles, or bet it in morters, and baked it in a cauldron, and made cakes of it, and the taste of it was like vnto the taste of freshoyle.
And whe{n} the dewe fel downe vpo{n} the hoste in the night, the MAN fel with it]
¶ Then Mosés heard the people wepe throughout their families, euerie man in the dore of his tente, and the wrath of the Lorde was grieuously kindled: also Mosés was grieued.
And Mosés said vnto the Lorde, Wherefore hast thou vexed thy seruant? and why haue I not founde fauour in thy sight, seing thou hast put the charge of all this people vpon me?
Haue I conceiued al this people? or haue I begotten them? that thou shuldest say vnto me, Cary them in thy bosome [as a nurse be a reth the sucking childe] vnto the land, for the which thou swarest vnto their fathers?
Where shulde I haue flesh to giue vnto all this people? for they wepe vnto me, saying, Giue vs flesh that we may eat.
I am not able to beare all this people alone for it is to heauie for me.
Therfore if thou deale thus with me, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, kill me, that I beholde not my miserie.
¶ Then the Lorde said vnto Mosés, Gather vnto me seuenty men of the Elders of Israél whome thou knowest, that they are the Elders of the people, and gouerners ouer the{m}, and bryng them vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and let them stand there with thee.
And I wil come downe, and talke with thee there, & take of the Spirit, whiche is vpon thee, and put vpon them, and thei shal beare the burthe{n} of the people with thee: so thou shalt not beare it alone.
Furthermore thou shalt say vnto the people, Be sanctified against tomorowe, and ye shall eat fleshe: for you haue wept in the eares of the Lorde, saying, Who shal giue vs flesh to eat? for we were better in Egypt: therefore the Lorde will giue you flesh, and ye shal eat.
Ye shal not eat one day not two dayes, nor fiue daies, nether ten daies, nor twe{n}tie daies.
But a whole moneth, vntil it come out at your nostrels, and be lothesome vnto you, because ye haue contemned the Lorde, whiche is among you; and haue wept before hym, saying, Why came we hither out of Egypt?
And Mosés said, Six hu{n}dreth thousand fotemen (are there) of the people, amo{n}g whom I am: and thou saiest, I wil giue the{m} flesh, that they may eat a moneth long.
Shal the shepe and the beues be slaine for them, to finde them? ether shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to suffise them?
And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses, Is the Lordes hand shortened? thou shalt se now whether my worde shall come to passe vnto thee, or no.
¶ So Mosés went out, and tolde the people the wordes of the Lord, and gathered seue{n}ty men of the Elders of the people, and set the{m} round about the Tabernacle.
Then the Lord came downe in a cloude, & speake vnto him, and toke of the Spirit, that was vpon him, and put it vpon the seue{n}ty Ancient men: and when the Spirit rested vpon them, then they prophecied, and did not cease.
But there remained two of the men in the hoste: the name of the one (was) Eldád, & the name of the other Medád, and the Spirit rested vpon them, [for they were of the{m} that were writen, and went not out vnto the Tabernacle] and they prophecied in the hoste
Then there ran a yong man, and tolde Mosés, and said, Eldád a{n}d Medād do prophecie in the hoste.
And Ioshúa the sonne of Nun the seruant of Mosés one of his yong men, answered and said, My Lorde Mosés, forbid them.
But Mosés said vnto him, Enuyest thou for my sake? yea, wolde God that all the Lords people (were) Prophetes (and) that the Lord wolde put his Spirit vpon them.
And Mosés returned into the hoste, he and the Elders of Israél.
Then there went forth a winde fro{m} the Lord and broght quailes from the Sea, & let the{m} fall vpon the campe, a dayes iourney on this side, and a dayes iourney on the other side, round about the hoste, & (they were) about two cubites about the earth.
Then the people arose, all that day, and all the night, and all the next day and gathered the quailes: he that gathered the least, gathered ten Hommers full, and they spred them abroade for their vse round about the hoste.
While the flesh was yet betwene their teth before it was chewed, eue{n} the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, & the Lord smote the people with an exceadyng great plague.
So the name of the place was called, Kibróth-hattaauáh: for there they buryed the people that fel a lusting.
From Kibróth-hattaauáh the people toke their iourney to Hazeróth, and abode at 〈◊〉 zeróth.
AFterward Miriám and Aaarōn spake against Mosés, because of the woman of Ethiopia whome he had maried [for he had maried woman of Ethiopia]
And they said, What? hath the Lord spoken but onely by Mosés? hathe he not spoken also by vs: and the Lord heard (this.)
[But Mosés (was) a very meke man, aboue all the men that were vpon the earth]
And by and by the Lord said vnto Mosés, & vnto Aarón & vnto Miria{m}, Come out ye thre vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregacion: and they thre came forthe.
Then the Lorde came downe in the piller of the cloude, and stode in the dore of the Tabernacle, and called Aarón and Miriám, and they bothe came forthe.
And he said, Heare now my wordes, If there be a Prophet of the Lorde among you, I wil be knowen to him by a vision, (and) wil speake vnto him by dreame,
My seruant Mosés (is) not so, who is faithfull in al mine house.
Vnto him wil I speake mouth to mouthe, and by vision, and not in darke wordes, but he shall se the similitude of the Lorde, wherefore the{n} were ye not afraied to speake against my seruant, (euen) against Mosés?
Thus the Lord was very angry with them, & departed.
Also the cloude departed from the Tabernacle, and behold, Miriám (was) leprous like snowe: and Aarón loked vpon Miriám, and beholde, (she was) leprous.
Then Aarōn said vnto Mosés, Alas, my Lord I beseche thee, lay not the sinne vpon vs, which we haue foolishly committed & wherein we haue sinned.
Let her not, I pray thee, be as one dead, of whome the flesh is half consumed, when he commeth out of his mothers wombe.
Then Mosés cryed vnto the Lord, saying, O God, I befeche, heale her now.
¶ And the Lord said vnto Mosés, If her father had spit in her face, shulde she not haue bene ashamed seue{n} dayes? let herbe shut out of the hoste seuen dayes, & after she shal be receiued.
So Miriám was shut out of the hoste seuen dayes, and the people remoued not, til Miriám was broght in againe.
THen afterward the people remoued fro{m} Hazerōth, and pitched in the wildernes of Parān.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Send thou men out to searche the land of Canáan whiche I giue vnto the children of Israél: of euerie tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, (suche as are) all rulers among them.
Then Mosés sent them out of the wildernes of Parán at the commandement of the Lord all those men were heades of the children of Israél.
Also their names are these: of the tribe of Reubén, Shamu a the sonne of Zaccúr:
Of the tribe of Simeōn, Shaphat the sonne of 〈◊〉:
Of the tribe of Iudáh, Caléb the sonne of Iephunnéh:
Of the tribe of Issachár, Igáll the sonne of Ioséph:
Of the tribe of Ephráim, Oshéa the sonne of Nun:
Of the tribe of Beniamin, Palti the sonne of Raphū:
Of the tribe of Zebulūn, Gaddiél the sonne of Sodi:
Of the tribe of Ioséph, (to wit,) of the 〈◊〉 of Manasséh, Caddi the sonne of Susi:
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiél the sonne of Gemalli:
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiél the sonne of Michaél:
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the sonne of Vophsi:
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuéll the sonne of Machi.
These are the names of the men, whiche Mosés sent to spie out the land: & Mosés called the name of Oshéa the sonne of Nun Iehoshúa.
So Mosés sent them to spie out the land of Canáan, and said vnto the{m}. Go vp this way toward the South, and go vp into the mountaines.
And consider the land what it is, & the people that dwel therein, whether they be stro{n}g or weake, ether few or many.
Also what the la{n}d (is) that they dwel in, whether it be good or bad: and what cities (thei be,) that they dwel in, whether they dwel in tentes, or in walled townes:
And what the land (is:) whether it be fat or leane, whether there be trees therein, or not And be of good courage, and bring of the frute of the land [for then (was) the time of the first ripe grapes]
¶ So they went vp, and searched out the land, frome the wildernes of Zin vnto Rehob, to go to Hamáth.
And their ascended toward the South, and came vnto Hebron, where 〈◊〉 Ahimān, Sheshái and Talmái, the sonnes of Anāk. And Hebron was 〈◊〉 ylt seuen yere before Zoan in Egypt.
Then they came to the riuer of Eshcol, a{n}d cut downe thence a branche with one clustre of grapes, and they bare it vpon a barre betwene two, and (broght) of the pomegranates and of the figges.
That place was called the riuer Eshcol because of the clustre of grapes, which the children of Israél cut downe thence.
Then after fourty dayes they turned againe from searching of the land.
And they went and came to Mosés and to Aaron and vnto all the Congregacion of the children of Israél, in the wildernes of Parán, to Kadésh, and broght to them, and to all the Congregacion tydings, and shewed them the frute of the land.
And they tolde him, and sayd, We came vnto the land whether thou hast sente vs, and surely it floweth with milke and honie: and here is of the frute of it.
Neuertheles the people be strong that dwel in the land, and the cities (are) walled and exceading great and moreouer, we sawe the sonnes of Anák there.
The Amalekites dwell in the Southe countrey, and the Hittites, and the Iebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountaines, and the Canaanites dwell by the Sea and by the coste of Iordén.
Then Caléb stilled the people before Mosés, and said, Let vs go vp at once, a{n}d possesse 〈◊〉: for vndoutedly we shal ouercome it.
But the men, that went vp with hym, sayd, We be not able to go vp against the people: for they are stronger then we.
So they broght vp an euyll reporte of the land which they had searched for the childre{n} of Israél, saying, The la{n}de which we haue gone through to searche it out, is a land that eateth vp the inhabitantes thereof: for all the people that we sawe in it, are men of great stature.
For there were sawe gyantes, the sonnes of Anák, (whiche come) of the gyantes, so that we semed in our sight lyke greshoppers: and so we were in their sight.
THen all the Congregacion lifted vp their voyce, and cryed: and the people wept that nyght.
And all the children of Israél murmured against Mosés and Aaron: and the whole assemblie sayd vnto them, Wolde God we had dyed in the land of Egypte, or in this wildernes: wolde God we were dead.
Wherefore nowe hathe the Lord broght vs into this lande to fall vpon the sworde? our wiues, and our children shal be a pray: were it not better for vs to returne into Egypt.
And they said one to another, Let vs make a captaine and returne into Egypt.
Then Mosés and Aarōn fell on their faces before all the assemblie of the Congregacio{n} of the children of Israél.
And Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Calēb the sonne of Iephunnéh (two) of them that searched the land, rent their clothes.
And spake vnto all the assemblie of the children of Israél, saying, The lande whiche we walked through to searche it, is a very good land.
If the Lord loue vs, he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, which is a land that floweth with milke and honie.
But rebell not ye agaynst the Lorde, nether feare ye the people of the lande: for they are (but) breade for vs: theyr shielde is departed from them, and the Lord is with vs, feare them not.
And all the multitude said, Stone the{m} with stones: but the glorie of the Lorde appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, before all the children of Israél.
And the Lorde said vnto Mosés, How long will this people prouoke me, and how long will it be, yer they beleue me, for all the signes which I haue shewed among them?
I wil smite them with the pestile{n}ce destroye them, and will make thee a greater nacion and mightier then they.
But Mosés said vnto the Lorde, When the Egyptians shall heare it, [for thou broghtest thys people by thy power frome among them.]
Then they shall saye to the inhabitantes of this land, [(for) they haue heard that thou, Lord, art among this people, (and) that thou, LORD, art sene face to face, and that thy cloude standeth ouer them, and that thou goest before them by day time in a piller of a cloude, and in a piller of fire by night.
That thou wilte kyll thys people as one man: so the heathen whiche haue heard the fame of thee, shall thus say.
Because the Lorde was not able to bryng this people into the lande, whiche he sware vnto them, therefore hathe he slayne them in the wildernes.
And now, I beseche thee, let the power of my Lorde be great, accordyng as thou haste spoken, saying.
The LORDE is slowe to angre, and of greate mercye, and forgyuyng iniquitie, and sinne, but not makyng (the wicked) innocent, and visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children, in the thirde and fourth (generacion.)
Be merciful, I beseche thee, vnto the iniquitie of people, according to thy great mercy, and as thou hast forgiuen this people frome Egypt, euen vntill nowe.
And the Lord said, I haue forgiuen it, according to thy request.
Notwithstandynge, as I liue, all the earth shalbe filled with the glorie of the Lord.
For al those men whiche haue sene my glorie, and my miracles which I did in Egypt, a{n}d in the wildernes, and haue tempted me this ten times, and haue not obeyed my voyce.
Certeinely they shal not se the land, whereof I sware vnto their fathers: nether shall anie that prouoke me, se it.
But my seruant Caléb, because he had another spirit, a{n}d hathe folowed me stil, euen hym will I bryng into the land, whether he went, and his sede, shall inherit it.
Nowe the Amalekites and the Canaanites remaine in the valley: (wherfore) turne back tomorowe, and get you into the wildernes, by the way of the red Sea.
¶ After, the Lord spake vnto Mosés and to Aarōn, saying.
How long (shall I suffre) this wicked multitude to murmure agaynst me? I haue heard the murmurynges of the children of Israél, which they murmure against me.
Tel them, As I liue [sayeth the Lord] I will surely do vnto you, euen as ye haue spoken in mine eares.
Your carkeises shall fall in thys wyldernes, and all you that were counted through all your nombers, frome twentie yere olde and aboue, which haue murmured against me.
Ye shal not doutles come into the land, for the whiche I lifted vp mine hand, to make you dwell therein, saue Caléb the sonne of Iephunnéh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.
But your children, [which ye said shulde be a praye] them wyll I bryng in, and they shall knowe the land whiche ye haue refused.
But euen your carkeises shall fall in thys wildernes.
And your chyldren shall wander in the wildernes, fourtie yeres, and shal beare your whoredomes, vntill your carkeises be wasted in the wildernes.
After the nomber of the dayes, in the whiche ye searched out the land, (euen) fourtie dayes, euerie daye for a yere, shall ye beare your iniquitie, for fourtie yeres, and ye shal fele my breache of promise.
I the Lord haue sayd, Certeinely I wyll do so to all this wicked companie, that are gathered together against me: (for) in this wildernes they shalbe consumed, and there they shaldye.
And the men whyche Mosés had sent to searche the lande (which,) when they came againe, made all the people to murmure agaynste hym, and broght vp a slander vpon the land.]
Euen those men that did bring vp that vyle slander vpon the land, shaldye by a plague before the Lord.
But Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caléb the sonne of Iephunnéh, of those me{n} that went to searche the land, shal liue.
¶ Then Mosés tolde these sayings vnto all the children of Israél, a{n}d the people sorowed greatly.
And they rose vp earely in the mornyng, and gat them vp into the top of the mountaine, saying, Lo, we be ready, to go vp to the place which the Lorde hathe promised: for we haue sinned.
But Mosés sayd, Wherefore transgresseye thus the commandement of the Lord? it wil not so come wel to passe.
Go not vp [for the LORD is not among you] lest ye be ouerthrowen before your enemies.
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites (are) there before you, and ye shal fal by the sworde: for in as muche as ye are turned awaye from the Lord, the Lord also wil not be with you.
Yet they presumed obstinatly to go vp to the top of the mountaine: but the Arke of the couenant of the Lord, and Mosés departed not out of the campe.
Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites, whyche dwelt in that mountaine, came downe and smote them, and consumed them vnto Hormáh.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say vnto them, When ye become into the lande of your habitacions, whiche I gaue vnto you.
And wyll make an offrynge by fire vnto the Lord, a burnt offring or a sacrifice to fulfil a vowe, or a fre offring, or in your feastes, to make a swete sauour vnto the Lorde of the heard, or the flocke.
Then let him that offereth hys offring vnto the Lord, bryng a meat offryng of a tenth deale of fine 〈◊〉, mingled with the fourth parte of an Hin of yole.
Also thou shalte prepare the fourthe parte of an Hin of wine to be powred on a lambe, (appoi{n}ted) for the burnt offring or (any) offring
And for a ram, thou shalt for a meat offring, prepare two tenth deales of fine floure, mingled with the third parte of an Hin of oyle.
And for a drynke offryng, thou shalt offer the third parte of an Hin of wine, for a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
And when thou preparest a bullocke for a burnt offrynge, or for a sacrifice to fulfill a vowe or a peace offring to the Lord.
Then let him offer with the bullocke a meat offring of thre tenth deales of fine floure, mingled with halfe an Hin of oyle.
And thou shalt bryng for a drynke offryng halfe an Hin of wine, for an offring made by fire of a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
Thus shal it be done for a bullocke, or for a ram, or for a lambe, or for a kid.
Accordyng to the no{m}ber that ye prepare (to offer,) so shal ye do to euerie one according to their nomber.
All that are borne of the countrey, shall do these things thus, to offer an offring made by fire of swete sauour vnto the Lord.
And if a stranger soiourne with you, or whosoeuer be among you in your generacions, & will make an offryng by fire of a swete sauour vnto the Lord, as ye do, so he shall do.
One ordina{n}ce (shalbe) both for you of the Congregacion, & also for the stranger that dwelleth (with you,) euen an ordinance for euer in your generacions: as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.
One lawe one maner shall serue bothe for you and for the stra{n}ger that soiourneth with you.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say vnto them, When ye become into the land, to the which I bring you.
And whe{n} ye shal eat of the bread of the la{n}d ye shal offer an heaue offring vnto the Lord.
Ye shal offer vp a cake of the first of your do we for an heaue offring: as the heaue offring of the barne, so ye shal lift it vp.
Of the first of your do we ye shal giue vnto the Lorde an heaue offring in your generacions.
¶ And if ye haue erred, and not obserued al these commandementes, whiche the Lorde hathe spoken vnto Mosés.
(Euen) all that the Lord hathe commanded you by the hand of Mosés, from the first day that the Lord commanded Mosés & henceforward among your generacions.
And if so be that ought be co{m}mitted, ignorantly of the Congregacion, then all the Congregacion shall giue a bullocke for a burnt offring, for a swete sauour vnto the Lord, with the meat offring and drinke offring thereto, according to the maner, and an he goat for a sin offring.
And the Priest shall make an atonement for all the Congregacion of the children of Israél, and it shalbe forgiuen the{m}: for it is ignorance: and they shall bryng their offryng for an offring made by fire vnto the Lorde, and their sinne offring before the Lord for their ignorance:
Then it shalbe forgiuen all the Congregacion of the children of Israél, & the stranger that dwelleth among them: for al the people (were) in ignorance.
¶ But if anie one personne sinne through ignorance, then he shal bring a she goat of a yere olde for a sinne offring.
And the Priest shal make an atonement for the ignorant personne, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make reconciliacion for him: & it shalbe forgiuen him.
He that is borne among the children of Israél, and the stranger that dwelleth among the{m}, shal haue bothe one lawe, who so doeth sinne by ignorance.
¶ But the persone that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be borne in the land, or a stra{n}ger, the same blasphemeth the Lorde: therefore that 〈◊〉 shalbe cut of from among his people.
Because he hath dispised the worde of the Lord, and hathe broken his commandement that persone shalbe vtterly cut of his iniquitie shalbe vpon him.
¶ And while the children of Israél were in the wildernes, they founde a man that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath day.
And they that fou{n}de him gathering stickes broght him vnto Mosés and to Aarón, and vnto all the Congregacion.
And they put him inwarde: for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him.
Then the Lorde said vnto Mosés, This man shall dye the death: and let all the multitude stone him with stones without the hoste.
And all the Congregacion broght hym without the hoste, and stoned hym with stones, and he dyed, as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ And the Lord speake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and byd them that they make the{n} fringes vpon the borders of their garments throughout their generacions, and put vpon the frings of the borders a rybande of blewe silke.
And shal haue the frings, that when ye loke vpon then, ye may remember all the commandementes of the Lord, and do the{n}: and that ye seke not after your owne heart, nor after your owne eies, after the which ye go a whoring:
That ye may remember and do al my commandements, and be holy vnto your God.
I am the Lord your God which broght you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
NOw Kórah the sonne of Izhār, the sonne of Koháth, the sonne of Leui went a parte with Dathán, and Abirám the sonnes sonnes of Eliáb, and On the sonne of Péleth the sonnes of Reubén:
And they rose vp against Mosés, with certeine of the children of Israél, two hundreth and fiftie captaines of the assemblie, famous in the Congregacion and men of renoume.
Who gathered the{m} selues together against Mosés, and against Āarón, and said vnto the{m}, (Ye take) to muche vpon you, seing all the Congregacion is holy, euerie one of them, and the Lord (is) among them: wherfore the{n} lift ye your selues aboue the Congregacion of the Lord?
But when Mosés heard it, he fel vpon hys face.
And spake to Kōrah & vnto al his companie saying, Tomorowe the Lord wil shewe who is his, and who is holy, & who ought to approche nere vnto him: & whome he hathe chosen, he wil cause to come nere to him.
This do (therefore) Take you censers (both) Kōrah, and all his companie,
And put fire therein, and put incens in them before the Lorde tomorowe: and the man whome the Lorde doeth chose, the same shalbe holy: (ye take) to muche vpon you, ye sonnes of Leui.
Againe Mosés said vnto Kōrah, Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui.
Semeth it a smal thing vnto you that the God of Israél hathe separated you from the multitude of Israél, to take you nere to him self, to do the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the Congregacio{n} and to minister vnto them?
He hathe also taken thee to him, & al thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee, and seke ye the office of the Priest also?
For which cause, thou, and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aarōn, that ye murmure against him?
¶ And Mosés sent to call Dathán, & Abirám the sonne of Eliáb: who answered, We will not come vp.
Is it a small thyng that thou hast broght vs out of a land that floweth with milke and hony, to kil vs in the wildernes, except thou make thy selfe Lord and ruler ouer vs also?
Also thou hast not broght vs vnto a lande that floweth with milke & honie, nether giuen vs inheritance of fieldes and vineyardes wilt thou put out the eies of these men? we wil not come vp.
Then Mosés waxed verie angrie, and said vnto the Lord, Loke not vnto their offryng, I haue not taken so muche as an asse fro{m} them nether haue I hurte anie of them.
And Mosés said vnto Kōrah, Be thou, and al thy co{m}panie before the Lord: (both) thou, they, and Aarōn tomorowe:
And take euerie man his censor, and put incens in them, and bryngye euerie man his censor before the Lorde, two hundreth and fiftie censors: thou also and Aarōn, euerie one his censor.
So they toke euerie man his censor, and put fire in them, & laied incens thereon, & stode in the dore of the Tabernacle of the Co{n}gregacion with Mosés and Aarôn.
And Kōrah gathered all the multitude against the{m} vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion: then the glorie of the Lord appeared vnto all the Congregacion.
And the Lorde speake vnto Mosés and to Aarón, saying.
Separate your selues fro{m} amo{n}g this Congregacion, that I may consume the{m} at once.
And they fell vpon their faces and said, O God the God of the spirits, of al flesh, hath not one man (onely) sinned, and wilt thou be wrath with all the Congregacion?
And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the Congregacion and say, Get you away from about the Tabernacle of Kórah, Dathán, and Abirám.
Then Mosés rose vp, & went vnto Dathán, and Abiram, & the Elders of Israél followed him.
And he spake vnto the Congregacion, saying, Departe, I pray you, from the tentes of these wicked men, and touche nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sinnes.
So they gate them away fro{m} the Tabernacle of Kôrah, Dathán, & Abirám on euerie side: and Dathán, and Abirám came out & stode in the dore of their tentes with their wiues, and their sonnes, and their litle children.
And Mosés said, Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hathe sent me to do all these workes: for (I haue) not (done them) of mine owne minde.
If these men dye the commune death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitacion of all men, the Lord hath not sent me.
But if the Lorde make anewe thing, and the earth open her mouth, & swalow the{m} vp with all that they haue, and they go downe quicke into the pit, the{n} ye shal vnderstand that these men haue prouoked the Lord.
¶ And assone as he had made an end of spaking all these wordes, euen the grounde claue a sunder that was vnder them.
And the earth opened her mouthe, and swalowed them vp, with their families, and all the men thet were with Kórah, and all their goods.
So they and all that they had, went downe aliue into the pit, & the earth couered the{m}: so they perished fro{m} among the Congregacion
And al Israél that were about them, fled at the crye of the{m}: for thei said, (Let vs 〈◊〉,) lest the earth swalowe vs vp.
But there came out a fire from the Lord, & consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incens.
¶ And the Lord speake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto Eleazár, the sonne of Aaron the Priest, that he take vp the censers out of the burning, āds kater the fire beyonde (the altar:) for they are halowed.
The censers, (I say,) of these sinners, (that destroyed them selues: & let them make of the{m} broad plates for a couering of the Altar: for they offred the{m} before the Lord, therfore they shalbe holy, and they shalbe a signe vnto the children of Israél.
The{n} Eleazár the Priest toke the brasen censers, which they, that were burnt, had offred and made broad plates of them for a couering of the Altar.
(It is) a remembrance vnto the children of Israél, that no stranger whiche is not of the sede of Aaron, come nere to offer incens before the Lorde, that he be not lyke Kórah and his companie, as the Lord said to hym by the hand of Mosés.
¶ But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israél murmured against Mosés and agaynst Aarōn, saying, Ye haue killed the people of the Lord.
And when the Congregacion was gathered agaynst Mosés and agaynste Aarón, then they turned theyr faces toward the Tabernacle of the Congregacion: and beholde, the cloude couered it, and the glorie of the Lord appeared.
Then Mosés and Aarón were come before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying.
Get you vp frome among this Congregacion: for I will consume them quickely: then they fel vpon their faces.
And Mosés said vnto Aarón, Take the censer and put fire therein of the Altar, and put (therein) incens, and go quickely vnto the Congregacion, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out frome the Lord: the plague is begonne.
Then Aarón toke as Mosés commaunded him, and ran into the middes of the Congregacion, and beholde, the plague was begonne among the people, and he put in incens, and made an atoneme{n}t for the people.
And when he stode betwene the dead, and the{m} that were aliue, the plague was stayed.
So they dyed of this plague fourtene thousand and seuen hundreth, beside them that dyed in the conspiracie of Korah.
And Aarōn went againe vnto Mosés before the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and the plague was stayed.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and take of euerie one of them a rod, after the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the familie of their fathers, (eue{n}) twelue rods: (and) thou shalte write euerie mans name vpon his rod.
And write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui: for euerie rod (shalbe) for the head of the house of their fathers.
And thou shalt put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, before (the Arke) of the Testimonie, where I wyll declare my selfe to you.
And the mans rod, whome I chose, shal blos som: and I wil make cease from me the grudgyngs of the children of Israél, which grudge against you.
¶ Then Mosés spake vnto the children of Israél, and all their princes gaue him a rod, one rod for euerie prince, according to the houses of their fathers, (euen) twelue rods, a{n}d the rod of Aaron (was) among their rods.
And Mosés laid the rods before the Lorde in the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.
And when Mosés on the morowe went into the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, beholde, the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded, and broght for the buddes, and broght forth blossoms and bare ripe almondes.
Then Mosés broght out all the rods frome before the Lord vnto all the children of Israél: and they loked vpon them, and toke euerie man his rod.
¶ After, the Lord sayd vnto Mosés, Bryng Aarons rod againe before the Testimonie to be kepte for a token to the rebellious chyldren, a{n}d thou shalt cause their murmurings to cease from me, that they dye not.
So Mosés did as the Lorde had commanded him: so did he.
¶ And the children of Israél spake vnto Mosés, saying, Beholde, we are dead, we perish, we are all lost.
Whosoeuer commeth nere, or approcheth to the Tabernacle of the Lord, shaldye: shall we be consumed and dye?
ANd the Lord said vnto Aarōn, Thou, and thy sonnes and thy fathers house wyth thee, shal beare the iniquitie of the Sanctuarie: bothe thou and thy sonnes with thee shal beare the iniquitie of your Priests office.
And brynge also wyth thee thy brethren of the tribe of Leui of the familie of the father, whiche shalbe ioyned wyth 〈◊〉, and minister vnto thee: but thou, and thy sonnes with thee (shal minister) before the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.
And they shall kepe thy charge, euen the charge of all the Tabernacle: but they shall not come nere the instruments of the Sanctuarie, nor to the altar, lest they dye, bothe they and you.
And they shal be ioyned with thee and kepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Co{n}gregacion for all the seruice of the Tabernacle: and no stranger shal come nere vnto you.
Therefore shall ye kepe the charge of the Sanctuarie, and the charge of the altar: so there shall fall no more wrath vpon the children of Israél.
For lo, I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from among the childre{n} of Israel (whiche) as a gift of yours, are giuen the Lorde, to do the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
But thou, a{n}d thy sonnes with thee shal kepe your Priests office for all things of the altar, and within the vaile: therefore shal ye serue: (for) I haue made your Priests office an office of seruice: therefore the stranger that commeth nere, shal be slaine.
¶ Agayne the Lorde spake vnto Aarôn, Beholde, I haue giuen thee the keping of mine offrings, of all the halowed thyngs of the children of Israél: vnto thee I haue gyuen them for the anoyntynges sake, and to thy sonnes, for a perpetual ordinance.
This shalbe thine of the most holie things, (reserued) from the fire: all their offryng of all their meat offryng, and of all their sin, offring, and of all their trespas offring, whiche they bryng vnto me, that shalbe moste holy vnto thee and to thy sonnes.
In the most holy place shalt thou eat it: euerie male shal eat of it: it is holy vnto thee.
This also shalbe thine: the heaue offringe of their gift, with all the shake offrings of the children of Israél: I haue giuen them vnto thee and to thy sonnes and to thy daughters with thee, to be a duetie for euer: all the cleane in thine house shall eat of it.
All the fat of the oyle, and all the fat of the wine, and of the wheat, whiche they shal offer vnto the Lord for their first frutes, I haue giuen them vnto thee.
And the firste rype of all that is in theyr land, whiche they shall bring vnto the Lord, shalbe thyne: all the cleane in thyne house shal eat of it.
Euerie thing separate from the commune vse in Israél, shal be thine.
All that (first) openeth the matrice of anie fleshe, whiche they shal offer vnto the Lord, of man or beast, shalbe thyne: but the firste borne of man shalte thou redeme, and the firste borne of the vncleane beast shalt thou redeme.
And those that are to be redemed, shalt thou redeme frome the age of a moneth, according to thy estimation, for the money of fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, which is twentie gerahs.
But the firste borne of a kowe, or the firste borne of a shepe, or the firste borne of ago at shalte thou not redeme: (for) they are holy: thou shalte sprynkle theyr bloode at the altar, and thou shalt burne theyr fat: (it is) a sacrifice made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the Lord.
And the fleshe of them shalbe thyne, as the 〈◊〉 breaste, and as the ryght shulder shalbe thine.
All the heaue offryngs of the holy thynges whyche the children of Israél shal offer vnto the Lord, haue I giuen thee, and thy sonnes, and thy daughters wyth thee, to be a duetie for euer: (it is) a perpetual couenant of salt before the Lorde, to thee and to thy sede with thee.
¶ And the Lorde said vnto Aarón, Thou shalt haue none inheritance in their land, nether shalt thou haue anie parte among them: I am thy parte and thine inheritance amo{n}g the children of Israél.
For beholde, I haue giuen the children of Leui all the tenth in Israél for an inheritance, for their seruice whiche they serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
Nether shall the chyldren of Israél anye more come nere the Tabernacle of the co{n}gregacion, lest they susteine sinne, and dye.
But the Leuites shall do the seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and they shal beare their sinne: (it is) a lawe for euer in your generacio{n}s, that among the childre{n} of Israél they possesse none enheritance.
For the tithes of the children of Israél, whiche they shall offer as an offrynge vnto the Lorde, I haue gyuen the Leuites for an inheritance: therefore I haue sayd vnto them, Among the children of Israél ye shall possesse none inheritance.
¶ And the Lorde spake vnto Mosés, saying.
Speake also vnto the Leuites and say vnto them, When ye shall take of the children of Israél the tithes, whiche I haue giuen you of them for your inheritance, then shal ye take an heaue offring of that same for the Lord, (euen) the tenth parte of the tithe.
And your heaue 〈◊〉 shalbe rekened vnto you, as the corne of the barne, or as the abundance of the wine presse.
So ye shall also offer an heaue offryng vnto the Lorde of all your 〈◊〉, whiche ye shall receiue of the children of Israél, and ye shal giue thereof the Lords heaue offring to Aarôn the Priest.
Ye shal offer of all your gifts all the Lords heaue offrynges: of all the fat of the same (shal ye offer) the holy things thereof.
Therefore thou shalt say vnto them, When ye haue offred the fat thereof, then it shalbe counted vnto the Leuites, as the encrease of the corne floore, or as the encrease of the wine presse.
And ye shalt eat it in all places, ye, and your housholdes: for it is your wages for your seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregacio{n}.
And ye shal beare no sinne by the reason of it, when ye haue offred the fat of it: nether shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israél, lest ye dye.
ANd the Lord spake to Mosés, and to Aarón, saying.
This is the ordina{n}ce of the lawe, which the Lord hathe commanded, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israél that they bring thee a red kowe without blemish, wherein is no spot, vpon the which neuer came yoke.
And ye shall giue her vnto Eleazár the Priest, that he may bryng her without the hoste, and cause her to be slaine before his face.
The{n} shal Eleazár the Priest take of her blood with his finger, & sprinkle it before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion seuen times.
And cause the kowe to be burnt in his sight with her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, and her doung shal he burne (her.)
Then shal the Priest take ceder wood, & hissope & skarlet (lace,) & cast the{m} in the middes of the fire where the kowe burneth.
Then shall the Priest wash his clothes, and he shal wash his flesh in water, & then come into the hoste, and the Priest shalbe vncleane vnto the euen.
Also he that burneth her, shall washe his clothes in water, and wash his flesh in water and be vncleane vntil euen.
And a man, (that is) cleane, shal take vp the ashes of the kowe, & put them without the hoste in a cleane place: & it shalbe kept for the Congregacion of the children of Israél for a spriakling water: it is a sinne offring.
Therefore he that gathereth the ashes of the kowe, shal wash his clothes, & remaine vncleane vntil eue{n}: & it shalbe vnto the children of Israél, & vnto the stranger that dwelleth among them a statute for euer.
He that toucheth the dead bodie of anie man, shalbe vncleane euen seuen daies.
He shall purifie him selfe there with the third day, & the seue{n}th day he shalbe cleane but if he purifie not him selfe the third day, then the seuenth day he shal not be cleane.
Whosoeuer toucheth the corps of anie ma{n} that is dead, and purgeth not him selfe, defileth the Tabernacle of the Lord, & that persone shalbe cut of from Israél, because the sprinkling water was not sprinkled vppon him: he shalbe vncleane, and his vnclennes (shal remaine) stil vpon him.
This is the 〈◊〉, Whe{n} a man dyeth in a tent all that come into the tent, & al that is in the tent, shalbe vncleane seuen dayes.
And all the vessels that be open, whiche haue no coueryng fastened vpo{n} the{m}, shalbe vncleane.
Also whosoeuer toucheth one that is slaine with a sworde in the sield, or a dead persone or a bone of a dead man, or a graue, shalbe vncleane seuen dayes.
Therefore for an vncleane persone they shall take of the burnt ashes of the sin offring, and pure water shalbe put thereto in a vessel.
And a cleane persone shal take hyssope & dip it in the water, and sprinkle it vpon the tent, and vpon al the vessels, and on the persones that were therein, and vpon him that touched the bone, or the slaine, or the dead, or the graue.
And the cleane persone shal sprinkle vpon the vncleane the third day, and the seuenth day, and he shal purifie him selfe the seuenth day, and wash his clothes, and wash him self in water, and shalbe cleane at euen.
But the man that is vncleane and purifieth not himselfe, that persone shalbe cut of fro{m} among the Congregacion, because he hathe defiled the Sanctuarie of the Lord: and the sprinkling water hathe not bene sprinkled vpon him: (therefore) shal he be vncleane.
And it shalbe a perpetual lawe vnto them, that he that sprinkleth the sprinkling water shal wash his clothes: also he that toucheth the sprinkling water, shalbe vncleane vntil euen,
And whatsoeuer the vncleane persone toucheth, shalbe vncleane: a{n}d the persone that toucheth (him,) shalbe vncleane vntil the euen.
THen the children of Iraél came with the whole Congregacion to the desert of 〈◊〉 in the first moneth, and the people abode at Kadésh: where Miriám dyed, and was buryed there.
But there was no water for the Congregacion, and they assembled the{m} selues against Mosés and against Aarón.
And the people chode with Mosés, and spake, saying, Wolde God we had perished, when our brethren dyed before the Lord.
Why haue ye thus broght the congregacion of the Lord vnto this wildernes, that (both) we, and our cattel shulde dye there?
Wherefore now haue ye made vs to come vp from Egypt, to bring vs into this miserable place, (which is) no place of sede, nor figs nor vines, nor pomgranates? nether is there anie water to drinke.
Then Mosés and Aarón went from the assemblie vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and fel vpon their faces: and the glorie of the Lord appeared vnto them.
And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Take the rod, and gather thou and thy brother Aarón the Congregacion together, and speake ye vnto the rocke before their eies, and it shal giue forthe his water, and thou shalt bring them water out of the rocke: so thou shalt giue the Congregacion, and their beastes drinke.
Then Mosés toke the rod from before the Lord, as he had commanded him.
And Mosés and Aarón gathered the Congregacion together before the rocke, and (Moses) sayd vnto the{m}, Heare now, yerebels: shal we bring you water out of this rocke?
Then Mosés lift vp his hand, and with his rod he smote the rocket wise, and the water came out abundantly: so the Congregacion and their beasts dranke.
¶ Agayne the Lord spake vnto Mosés and to Aarón, Because ye beleued me not, to sanctifie me in the presence of the children of Israél therefore ye shal not bring this Congregacion into the land which I haue giuen them.
This is the water of Meribáh, because the children of Israél stroue with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
¶ Then Mosés sent messengers from Kadésh vnto the King of Edôm, (saying) Thus saith thy brother Israél, Thou knowest all the trauaile that we haue had.
How our fathers went downe into Egypt, & we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers.
But when we cryed vnto the Lord, he heard our voyce, and sent an Angel, & hath broght vs out of Egypt, & beholde, we are in the citie Kadésh, in thine vtmost boader.
I pray thee that we may passe through thy countrey: we wil not go through the fieldes 〈◊〉 the vineyardes, nether wil we drinke of the water of the welles: we will go by the kynges way, and nether turne vnto the right hand nor to the left, vntill we be past thy borders.
And Edóm answered him, Thou shalt not passe by me, lest I come out against thee with the sworde.
Then the children of Israél said vnto hym, We wil go vp by the hie way and if I and my cattel drinke of thy water, I will then paye for it: I will onely [without anie harme] go through on my fete.
He answered againe, Thou shalt not go through The{n} Edōm came out against hym with much people, & with a mighty power
Thus Edóm denied to giue Israél passage through his countrie: wherefore Israél turned way from him.
¶ And when the children of Israél with all the Congregacion departed from Kadésh, they came vnto the mount Hor.
And the Lord spake vnto Mosês and to Aarón in the mount Hor nere the coste of the land of Edôm, saying.
Aarôn shalbe gathered vnto his people: for he shall not entre into the land, whiche I haue giuen vnto the children of Israél, because ye disobeied my commandement at the water of Meribáh.
Take Aarón and Eleazár his sonne, and bring them vp into the mount Hor.
And cause Aarôn to put of his garments and put them vpon Eleazár his sonne: for Aarón shall be gathered (to his fathers,) and shall dye there.
And Mosés did as the Lord had co{m}manded and thei went vp into the mount, Hor, in the sight of all the Congregacion.
And Mosés put of Aarons clothes, & put the{m} vpo{n} Eleazar his sonne: so Aaron dyed therein the top of the mount: and Mosés & Eleazár came downe from of the mount.
When al the Co{n}gregacion sawe that Aarôn was dead, all the house of Israél wept for Aarón thirtie dayes.
WHen King Arâd the Canaanite, which dwelt toward the South, heard tel that Israél came by the waie of the spies then foght he against Israél, & toke of them prisoners.
So Israél vowed a vowe vnto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliuer (and) giue this people into mine hand, the{n} I wil vtterly destroye their cities.
And the Lord heard the voyce of Israél, and deliuered (them) the Canaanites: and they vtterly destroyed them and their cities, and called the name of the place Hormáh.
¶ After, they departed from the mount Hor by the way of the red Sea, to compasse the land of Edóm: and the people were sore grieued because of the way.
And the people spake against God and against Mosés, (saying,) Wherefōre haue ye broght vs out of Egypt, to dye in the wildernes? for (here is) nether bread nor water, and our soule lotheth this light bread.
Wherefore the Lord sent firy serpentes among the people which stong the people: so that manie of the people of Israél dyed.
Therefore the people came to Mosés and said, We haue sinned: for we haue spoken against the Lord, and against thee: praye to the Lord, that he take away the serpēs from vs: and Mosés prayed for the people.
And the Lord said vnto Mosés, Make thee a firy serpent, and set it vp for a signe, that as manie as are bitten, may loke vpon it, & liue.
So Mosés made a serpent of brasse, and set it vp for a signe: and when a serpent had bitten a man, then he 〈◊〉 to the serpent of brasse, and liued.
And the children of Israél departed thence and pitched in Obôth.
¶ And they departed from Obôth, and pitched in Iie-abarim, in the wildernes which is before Moáb on the Eastside.
¶ They remoued thence, and pitched vpon the riuer of Záred.
¶ Thence they departed, and pitched on the other side of Arnón, which is in the wildernes, and commeth out of the costes of the Amorites: [for Arnôn (is) the border of Moáb, betwene the Moabites and the Amorites]
Wherefore it shalbe spoken in the boke of the battels of the Lord, what thing he did in the red Sea, and in the riuers of Arnón,
And (at) the streame of the riuers that goeth downe to the dwelling of Ar, and heth vpon the border of Moáb.
¶ And from thence (they turned) to Beér: the same is the well where the Lord said vnto Mosês, Assemble the people, and I wil giue them water.
¶ Then Israél sang this song, Rise vp well, sing ye vnto it.
The princes digged this well, the captaines of the people digged it, eue{n} the lawe giuer, with their staues. And from the wildernes (they came) to Máttanáh,
¶ And fro{m} Mattanáh to Nahaliél, and from Nahaliél to Bamóth,
¶ And from Bamóth in the valley, that is in the plaine of Moáb, to the top of Pisgáh that loketh toward Ieshimón.
¶ Then Israél sent messengers vnto Sihón, King of the Amorites, saying,
Let me go through thy land: we wil not turne aside into the fields, nor into the vineyardes, nether drinke of the waters of the welles: we wil go by the kings way, vntil we be past thy countrei.
But Sihōn gaue Israél no licence to passe through his countrey, but Sihôn assembled all his people, and went out against Israél into the wildernes: and he came to Iahôz, and foght against Israél.
But Israél smote him with the edge of the sworde, and conquered his land, from Arnón vnto Iabôk, (euen) vnto the children of Ammôn: for the border of the children of Ammôn (was) strong.
And Israél toke all these cities, and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Heshbôn & in all the villages thereof,
For Heshbôn was the citie of Sihón the King of the Amorites, which had foght before time against the King of the Moabites, and had taken all his land out of his hand, (euen) vnto Arnōn.
Wherefore they that spake in prouerbes, say, Come to Heshbón, let the citie of Sihôn be buylt and repared:
For a fire is gone out of Heshbôu, (aud) a flame from the citie of Sihôn, and hathe consumed Ar of the Moabites, (and) the lords of Bamóth in Arnôn.
Wo be to thee, Moáb: ô people of Chemósh, thou art vndone: he hathe suffred his sónes to be pursued, & his daughters (to be) in captiuitie to Sihôn the king of the Amorites.
Their empire is lost from 〈◊〉 vnto Dibôn, and we haue destroyed them vnto Nôphah, which (reacheth) vnto Medebá.
¶ Thus Israél dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
And Mosés sent to search out Iaazér, & they toke the townes belonging thereto, and roted out the Amorites that were there.
¶ And they turned and went vp toward Bashán: 〈◊〉 Og the King of Bashán came out against them, he, and all his people, to fight at Edréi,
Then the Lord said vnto Mosés, Feare him not: for I haue deliuered him into thine ha{n}d and all his people, and his land: and thou shalt do to him as thou didest vnto Sihón the King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbòn,
They smote him therefore, and his sonnes, and all his people, vntil there was none left him: so they conquered his land.
AFter, the children of Israel departed and pitched in the pleine of Moáb on the other side of Iordén from Ierichô.
¶ Now Balák the sonne of Zippôr sawe all that Israél had done to the Amorites.
And the Moábites were sore afraiede of the people, because they were manie, and Moáb freated against the children of Israél.
Therefore Moáb said vnto the Elders of Midián, Now shal this multitude licke vp all that are rounde about vs, as an oxe licketh vp the grasse of the field: and Balák the sonne of Zippor (was) King of the Moabites at that time.
He sent menssengers therefore vnto Balaám the sonne of Beôr to Pethôr [which is by the riuer of the land of the children of his folke] to call him, saying, Beholde there is a people come out of Egypt, which couer the face of the earth, and lie ouer against me.
Come now therefore, I pray thee, (and) curse me this people [for they are stronger then I] so it may be that I shal be able to smite the{m} and to driue them out of the land: for I knowe that he, whome thou blessest, is blessed, and he whome thou cursest, shalbe cursêd.
And the Elders of Moáb, and the Elders of Midién departed, hauing (the rewarde) of the sooth saying in their hand, and thei came vnto Balaám, and tolde him the wordes of Balák.
Who answered them, Tary here this night, and I wil giue you an answer, as the Lord shal say vnto me. So the princes of Moâb abode with Balaám.
Then God came vnto Balaám, & said, What men are these with thee?
And Balaám said vnto God, Balák the sonne of Zippúr, King of Moáb hathe sent vnto me, (saying,)
Beholde, (there is) a people come out of Egypt & couereth the face of the earth: come nowe, curse them for my sake: so it may be that I shal be able to ouercome them in battel, and to driue them out.
And God said vnto Balaám, Go not thou with them, nether curse the people, for they are blessed.
And Balaám rose vp in the morning, and said vnto the princes of Balák, Returne vnto your land: for the Lord hathe refused to giue me leaue to go with you.
So the princes of Moáb rose vp, and went vnto Balák, and said, Balaám hathe refused to come with vs.
¶ Balák yet sent againe mo princes, and more honorable then they.
Who came to Balaám, and said to him, Thus saieth Balák the sonne of Zippôr, Be not thou stayed, I pray thee, from comming vnto me.
For I wil promote thee vnto great honour, and wil do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
And Balaám answered, and sayd vnto the seruantes of Balák, If Balák wolde giue me his house ful of siluer and golde, I can not go beyonde the worde of the Lord my God, to do lesse or more.
But nowe, I pray you, tary here this night, that I may wit, what the Lord wil say vnto me more.
And God came vnto Balaám by night, and said vnto him, If the men come to call thee, rise vp, (and) go with them: but onely what thing I say vnto thee, that shalt thou do.
So Balaám rose vp early, and sadled his asse and went with the princes of Moáb.
And the wrath of God was kindled, because he went: and the Angel of the Lord stode in the way to be against him, as he rode vpon his asse, and his two seruantes (were) with him.
And when the asse sawe the Angel of the Lord sta{n}d in the way, and his sworde drawen in his hand, the asse turned out of the waie & went into the field, but Balaám smote the asse, to turne her into the way.
Againe the Angel of the Lord stode in a path of the vineyardes, (hauing) a wall on the one side, and a wall on the other.
And when the asse sawe the Angel of the Lord, she thrust her selfe vnto the wall, and dasht Balaams fote against the wall: wherefore he smote her againe.
Then the 〈◊〉 of the Lord went further, and stode in a narowe place, where was no way to turne, (ether) to the right hand, or to the left.
And when the asse sawe the Angel of the Lord, she lay downe vnder Balaám therefore Balaám was very wrath, and smote the asse with a staffe.
Then the Lord opened the mouth of the asse, and she said vnto Balaám, What haue I done vnto thee, that thou hast smitten me nowe thre times?
And Balaám said vnto the asse, Because thou hast mocked me: I wolde there were a sword in mine hand, for now wolde I kil thee.
And the asse said vnto Balaám, Am not I thine asse, which thou hast ridden vpon since thy first time vnto this day? haue I vsed at anie time to do thus vnto thee? Who said, Nay.
And the Lord opened the eies of Balaám, and he sawe the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with his sworde drawen in his hand: then he bowed him selfe, and fel flat on his face.
And the Angel of the Lord said vnto him, Wherefore hast thou now smitten thine asse thre times? beholde, I came out to withstand thee, because (thy) way is not straight before me.
But the asse sawe me, and turned frome now thre times: for els, if she had not turned frome, surely I had euen now slaine thee, and saued her aliue.
Then Balaám said vnto the Angel of the Lord, I haue sinned: for I wist not that thou stodest in the way against me: now therefore if it displease thee, I wil turne home againe.
But the Angel said vnto Balaám, Go with the men: but what I say vnto thee, that shalt thou speake. So Balaam went with the princes of 〈◊〉.
And when Balák heard that Balaám came, he we{n}t out to mete him vnto a citie of Moáb which is in the border of Arnôn, euen in the vtmost coste.
Then Balák said vnto Balaàm, Did I not send for thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not vnto me? am I not able in dede to promote thee vnto honour.
And Balaám made answer vnto Balák, Lo, I am come vnto thee, and can I now say anie thing at all? the worde that God putteth in my mouth, that shal I speake.
So Balaàm went with Balák, and thei came vnto the citie of Huzôth.
Then Balák offred bullockes, and shepe, & sent (thereof) to Balaám, and to the princes that were with him.
And on the morow Balák toke Balaám, and broght him vp into the hie places of Baál, that thence he might se the vtmost parte of the people.
ANd Balaám said vnto Balák, Buylde me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullockes, and seuen rams.
And Balák did as Balaám said, and Balák a{n}d Balaám offred on (euerie) altar a bullocke and a ram.
Then Balaám said vnto Balák, Stand by the burnt offring, and I wil go, if so be that the Lord wil come (and) mete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I 〈◊〉 thee: so he we{n}t forthe alone.
And God met Balaám, and (Balaám) said vnto him, I haue prepared seuen altars, and haue offred vpon (euerie) altar a bullocke and a ram.
And the Lord put an answer in Balaams mouth, and said, Go againe to Balák, and say on this wise.
So when he returned vnto him, lo, he stode by his burnt offring, he, and all the princes of Moáb.
Then he vttered his parable, and said, Balák the King of Moáb hath broght me from Arám out of the mountaines of the East, (saying) come, curse Iaakób for my sak come and detest Israél.
How shall I curse, where God hathe not cursed? or how shall I detest, (where) the Lorde hathe not detested?
For from the top of the rocks I did se hym, and frome the hils I did beholde him: lothe people shald wel by the{m} selues, and shall not be rekened among the nacions.
Who can tell the dust of Iaakôb, and the nomber of the fourth part of Israél? Let me dye the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.
Then Balák said vnto Balaám, What hast thou done vnto me? I tok thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed the{m} altogether.
And he answered, and said, Must I not take hede to speake that, whiche the Lord hathe put in my mouth?
And Balák said vnto him, Come, I pray thee, with me vnto another place, whence thou maiestse the{m}, and thou shalt se but the vtmost parte of them, and shalt not se them all: therefore curse the{m} out of that place for my sake.
¶ And he broght him into Sede-sop him to the top of Pisgáh and built seuen altars, and offred a bullocke, & a ram on (euerie) altar.
After, he said vnto Balák, Stand here by thy burnt offryng, and I will 〈◊〉 (the Lorde) yonder.
And the Lord met Balaám, and put an answer in his mouth, and said, Go againe vnto Balák, and saie thus.
And when he came to him, behold, he stode by his burnt offring, & the princes of Moâb with him: so Balák said vnto him, What hath the Lord said?
And he vttered his parable, and said, Rise vp, Balák, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippôr.
God (is) not (as) man, that he shulde lie, nether (as) the sonne of man that he shulde repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? and hathe he spoken, and shall he not accomplish it?
Beholde, I haue receiued (commandement) to blesse: for he hathe blessed, and I can not alter it.
He seeth none iniquitie in Iaakób, nor seeth no transgression in Israél: the Lord his God (is) with him, & the ioyful shoute of a King (is) among them.
God broght the{m} out of Egypt their stre{n}gth (is) as an vnicorne.
For (there is) no 〈◊〉 in Iaakób, nor soothsaying in Israél: according to this time it shalbe said of Iaakób and of Israél, What hathe God wroght?
Beholde, the people shal rise vp as a lion, & lift vp him self as a yong lion: he shall not lye downe, til he eat of the praie, & til he drinke the blood of the slaine.
¶ Then Balák said vnto Balaám, Nether curse, nor blesse them at all.
But Balaám answered, and said vnto Balak, Tolde not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that must I do?
¶ Againe Balák said vnto Balaám, Come, I pray thee, I wil bring thee vnto another place, if so be it wil Please God, that thou maiest thence curse them for my sake.
So Balák broght Balaám vnto the top of Peór, that loketh toward Ieshmón.
Then Balaám said vnto Balák, Make me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullockes, and seuen rams.
And Balák did as Balaám had said, & offred a bullocke and a ram on (euerie) altar.
WHen Balaám sawe that it pleased the LOKD, to blesse Israél, then he went not, as certeine times before, to fet diuinacions, but set his face towarde the wildernes.
And Balaám lift vp his eies, and loked vpon Israél, which dwelt according to their tribes and the Spirit of God came vpon him.
And he vttered his parable, and said, Balaám the sonne of Beór hathe said, & the man, whose eies were shut vp, hathe said,
He hathe said, which heard the wordes of God, and sawe the vision of the Almightie, and falling (in a trance) had his eies opened.
¶ How goodlie are thy tents, ô Iaakób, (and) thine habitacions, ô Israél?
As the valleis, are thei stretched forthe, as gardens by the riuers side, as the aloe trees, which the Lord hathe planted, as the cedars beside the waters.
The water droppeth out of his bucket, and his sede (shalbe) in many waters, and his King shalbe hier then Agág, and his kingdome shalbe exalted.
God broght him out of Egypt: his strength (shalbe) as an vnicorne: he shal eat the nacions his enemies, and bruise their bones, and shoote them through with his arrowes.
He coucheth (and) lieth downe as a yong lyon, and as a lyon: who shal stirre him vp? blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Then Balák was verie angry with Balaám, and smote his hands together: so Balák said vnto Balaám, I sent for thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them now thre times.
Therefore now flee vnto thy place: I thoght surely to promote thee vnto honour, but lo, the Lord hathe kept thee backe from honour.
Then Balaàm answered Balák, Tolde I not also thy messengers, which thou sentest vnto me, saying,
If Balák wolde giue me his house ful of siluer and golde, I can not passe the comma{n}dement of the Lord, to do (ether) good or bad of mine owne minde? what the Lord shal co{m}mande, that same wil I speake.
And now beholde, I go vnto my people: come, I wil aduertise thee what this people shal do to thy folke in the later daies.
And he vttered his parable, & said, Balaám the sonne of Beór hathe said, and the man whose eies were shut vp, hathe said.
He hath said that heard the wordes of God and hath the knowledge of the moste high, and sawe the vision of the Almightie, & falling (in a trance) had his eies opened:
I shal se him, but not now: I shal behold him but not nere: there shal come a starre of Iaakôb, and a scepter shal rise of Israél, & shall smite the coastes of Moáb, & destroye all the sonnes of Shéth.
And Edôm shal be possessed, & Seir shal be a possession to their enemies: but Israéll shall do valiantly.
He also that shall haue dominion (shal be) of Iaakôb, and shal destroye the remnant of the citie.
¶ And when he loked on Amalèk, he vttered his parable, and said, Amalék (was) the first of the nacions: but his later end (shall come) to destruction.
And he loked on the Kenites, and vttered his parable, & said, Strong is thy dwellyng place, and put thy nest in the rocke.
Neuertheles, the Kenite shal be spoiled vntil Ashúr cary thee away captiue.
Againe he vttered his parable, and said, Alas, who shall liue when GOD doeth this?
The shippes also shal (come) from the coastes of Chittim and subdue Asshúr, & shall subdue Ebér, and he also (shall come) to destruction.
Then Balaâm rose vp, and went and returned to his place: and Balák also went hys way.
NOw whiles Israél abode in Shittim, the people began to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moáb:
Which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their gods, and the people ate, & bowed downe to their gods.
And Israél coupled him self vnto Baál Peór wherefore the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against Israél:
And the Lorde said vnto Mosés, Take all the heades of the people, and hang them vp before the Lord against the sunne, that the indignacion of the Lords wrath may be turned from Israél.
Then Mosés said vnto the Iudges of Israéll, Euerie one slay his ment that were ioyned vnto Báal Peór.
¶ And beholde, one of the children of Israél came and broght vnto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Mosés, and in the sight of all the Congregacion of the children of Israél, who wept before the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
And when Phinehás the sonne of Eleazár the sonne of Aarón the Priest sawe it, he rose vp from the middes of the Congregacion, and toke a speare in his hand,
And followed the man of Israél into the tent and thrust them bothe through: (to wit,) the man of Israél, and the woman, through her belly: so the plague ceased from the children of Israél.
And there dyed in that plague, foure and twentie thousand.
Then the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Phinehás the sonne of Eleazár, the sonne of Aarón the Priest, hathe turned mine anger away from the children of Israél, while he was zelous for my sake among them: therefore I haue not consumed the children of Israél in my ielousie.
Wherefore saye (to him,) Beholde, I giue vnto him my couenant of peace,
And he shal haue it, and his sede after him, (euen) the couenant of the Priests office for euer, because he was zelous for his God, and hathe made an atonement for the children of Israél.
And the name of the Israelite (thus) slayne, which was killed with the Midianitish woman, (was) Zimri the sonne of Salú, prince of the familie of the Simeonites.
And the name of the Midianitish woman, that was slaine, (was) Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who (was) head ouer the people of his fathers house in Midián.
¶ Againe the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Vexe the Midianites, and smite them:
For they trouble you with their wiles, where with thei haue beguiled you a concerning Peôr, & as co{n}cerning their sister Cozbi the daughter of a prince of Midián, which was slaine in the day of the plague because of Peór.
ANd so after the plague, the Lord spake vnto Mosés, and to Eleazár the sonne of Aarón the Priest, saying,
Take the nomber of all the Congregacion of the children of Israél from twenty yere olde and aboue through out their fathers houses, all that go forthe to warre in Israél.
So Mosés and Eleazár the Priest spake vnto them in the plaine of Moâb, by Iordén (towarde) Ierichó, saying,
From twenty yere olde and aboue (ye shal nomber the people,) as the Lord had commanded Mosés, and the children of Israél, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
¶ Reubén the first borne of Israél: the childre{n} of Reubén (were:) Hanôch, (of whome came) the familie of the Hanochites, (and) of Pallú the familie of the Palluites:
Of Hesrôn, the familie of the Hesronites: of Carmî, the familie of the Carmites.
These are the families of the Reubenites: and they were in nomber thre and fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and thirty.
And the sonnes of Pallú, Eliáb:
And the sonnes of Eliáb, Nemuél, and Dathán, and Abirám: this Dathán and Abirám were famous in the Congregacion, and stroue against Mosés and againste Aarôn in the assemblie of Kôrah, whe{n} they stroue against the Lord,
And the earthe opened her mouthe, and swalowed them vp with Kôrah, when the Co{n}gregacion dyed, what time the fire co{n}sumed two hundreth and fifty men, who were for a signe:
Not withstanding, (all) the sonnes of Kôrah dyed not.
¶ And the children of Simeòn after their families (were:) Nemuél, (of whome came) the familie of the Nemuelites: of Iamin, the familie of the Iaminites: of Iachin, the familie of the Iachinites:
Of Zérah, the familie of the Zarhites: of Shaúl, the familie of the Shaulites.
These are the families of the Simeonites: two and twenty thousande and two hundreth.
¶ The sonnes of Gad after their families (were:) Zephôn, (of whome came) the familie of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the familie of the Haggites: of Shuni, the familie of the Shunites:
Of Ozni, the familie of the Oznites: of Eri, the familie of the Erites:
Of Arōd, the familie of the Arodites: of Arelî, the familie of the Arelites.
These are the families of the sonnes of Gad, according to their nombers, fourty thousand and fiue hundreth.
¶ The sonnes of Iudáh, Er and Onán: but Er and Onán dyed in the land of Canáan.
So were the sonnes of Iudáh after theyr families: of Sheláh (came) the familie of the Shelanites: of Phárez, the familie of the Pharzites, of Zérah, the familie of the Zarhites.
And the sonnes of Pharéz (were:) of Hesrôn, the familie of the Hesronites: of Hamúl, the familie of the Hamulites.
These are the families of Iudáh, after their nombers, seue{n}ty and six thousand and fiue hundreth.
¶ The sonnes of Issachár, after their families (were:) Tolá, (of whom came) the familie of the Tolaites: of Puá, the familie of the Punites:
Of Iashúb the familie of the Iashubites: of Shimrôn the familie of the Shimtonites.
These are the families of Issachár, after their nombers, thre score and foure thousand and thre hundreth.
¶ The sonnes of Zebulún, after theyr families (were:) of Séred, the familie of the Sardites: of Elón, the familie of the Elonites: of Iahleél, the familie of the Iahleelites
These are the families of the Zebulunites, after their nombers, thre score thousande and fiue hundreth.
¶ The sonnes of Ioséph, after their families (were) Manasséh and Ephráim.
The sonnes of Manasséh (were:) of Machir, the familie of the Machirites: & Machir begate Gileád: of Gileád (came) the familie of the Giliadites.
These are the sonnes of Gileád: (of) Iezér, the familie of the Iezerites: of Hélek, the familie of the Helekites:
Of Asriél, the familie of the Asrielites: of Shéchem, the familie of the Shichmites.
Of Shemidá, the familie of the Shemidaites: of Hépher, the familie of the Hepherites.
¶ And Zelophehád the sonne of Hépher had no sonnes, but daughters: and the names of daughters of Zelophehád (were) Mahláh, and Noáh, Hogláh, Milcáh and Tirzáh.
These are the families of Manasséh, and the nomber of them, two and fifty thousa{n}d and seuen hundreth.
¶ These are the sonnes of Ephráim after their families: of Shuteláh (came) the familie of the Shuthalhites: of Bechér, the familie of the Bachrites: of Táhan, the familie of the Tahanites.
And these are the sonnes of Shuteláh: of Erán the familie of the Eranites.
These are the families of the sonnes of Ephráim after their nombers, two & thirtie thousand & fiue hundreth, these are the sonnes of Ioséph after their families.
¶ (These are) the sonnes of Beniamin after their families: of Belá (came) the familie of the Balcites: of Ashbél, the familie of the Ashbelites: of Ahirám, the familie of the Ahiramites:
Of Shuphám, the familie of the Shuphamites: of Huphám, the familie of the Huphamites.
And the sonnes of Belá were 〈◊〉 and Naamán: (of Ard came) the familie of the Ardites, of Naamán, the familie of the Naamites.
These are the sonnes of Beniamin after their families, and their nombers, fiue and fourty thousand and six hundreth.
¶ These are the sonnes of Dan after their families: of Shuhám (came) the familie of the Shuhamites: these are the families of Dan after their householdes.
All the families of the Shuhamites (were) after their nombers, thre score and foure thousand, and foure hundreth.
¶ The sonnes of Ashér after their families (were:) of Iimnáh, the familie of the Iimnites: of Isui, the familie of the Isuites: of Beriáh, the familie of the Beriites.
The sonnes of Beriáh (were,) of Hebér the familie of the Heberites: of Malchiél, the familie of the Malchielites.
And the Name of the daughter of Ashér (was) Sárah.
These are the families of the sonnes of Ashér after their nombers, thre and fifty thousand and foure hundreth.
¶ The sonnes of Naphtali, after their families (were) of Iahzéel, the families of the Iahzeelites: of Guni, the familie of the Gunites.
Of Iézer, the familie of the Izrites: of Shillém, the familie of the Shillemites.
These are the families of Naphtali according to their housholdes, and their no{m}ber, fiue and fourty thousand & foure hu{n}dreth.
These are the nombers of the childre{n} of Israél: six hundreth, and one thousand, seue{n} hundreth and thirty.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Vnto these the land shal be deuided for an inheritance, accordynge to the nomber of names.
To manie thou shalt giue the more inherita{n}ce, and to fewe thou shalt giue lesse inheritance: to euerie one according to his nomber shalbe giuen his inheritance.
Notwithstanding, the land shal be deuided by lot: according to the Names of the tribes of their fathers they shal inherit:
According to the lot shall the possession therof be deuided betwene manie & fewe.
¶ These also (are) the nombers of the Leuites, after their families: of Gershôn (came) the familie of the Gershonites: of Koháth the familie of the Kohathites: of Merari the familie of the Merarites.
These are the families of Leui, the familie of the Libnites: the familie of the Hebronites: the familie of the Mahlites: the familie of the Mushites: the familie of the Korhites: and Koháth begate Amrám.
And Amrans wife was called Iochébed the daughter of Leui, whiche was borne vnto Leui in Egypt: and she bare vnto Amra{m} Aarón, and Mosés, and Miriám their sister.
And vnto Aarôn were borne Nadáb, and Abihú, Eleazár, and Ithamár.
And Nadáb and Abihú dyed because thei offred strange fire before the Lord.
And their nombers were thre and twenty thousand, all males from a moneth olde & aboue: for they were not nombred among the children of Israél, because there was none inheritance giuen them amonge the children of Israél.
¶ These are the nombers of Mosés and Eleazár the Priest which nombred the children of Israél in the plaine of Moáb, nere Iordén, (toward) Ierichô.
And among these there was not a man of them, whome Mosés and Aarôn the Priest nombred, when they tolde the children of Israél in the wildernes of Sinái.
For the Lord said of them, They shall dye in the wildernes: so there was not left a ma{n} of them, saue Caléb the sonne of Iephunnéh, and Ioshúa the sonne of Nun.
THen came the daughters of Zelophehád, the sonne of Hépher, the sonne of Gileád, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasséh, of the familie of Manasséh, the sonne of Ioséph, [& the names of his daughters were these, Mahláh, Noáh, & Hogláh, and Milcáh, and Tirzáh.]
And stode before Mosés, and before Eleazár the Priest, and before the princes, and all the assemblie, at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, saying,
Our father dyed in the wildernes, and he was not amonge the assemblie of the{m} that were assembled against the Lord in the co{m}panie of Kôrah, but dyed in his sinne, and had no sonnes.
Wherefore shulde the Name of our father be taken awaye from amo{n}g his familie, because he hathe no sonne? giue vs a possession among the brethren of our father.
The{n} Mosés broght their cause before the Lord,
And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
The daughters of Zelophehád speak right: thou shalt giue the{m} a possessio{n} to inherite amo{n}g their fathers brethré, & shalt turne the inherita{n}ce of their father vnto them.
Also thou shalt speake vnto the childre{n} of Israél, saying, If a man dye and haue no sonne, then ye shall turne his inheritance vnto his daughter.
And if he haue no daughter, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his brethren.
And if he haue no bretheren, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his Fathers brethren.
And if his father haue no bretheren, ye shal giue his inherita{n}ce vnto his next kinseman of his familie, and he shall possesse it: and (this) shall be vnto the children of Israél a lawe of iudgement, as the LORD hathe commanded Mosés.
¶ Againe the Lord said vnto Mosés, Go vp into this mount of Abarim, and behold the land which I haue giuen vnto the children of Israél.
And when thou hast sene it, thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also, as Aarôn thy brother was gathered.
For ye were disobedient vnto my worde in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the assemblie, to sanctifie me in the waters before their eies. That is the water of Meribáh in Kadésh in the wildernes of Zin.
¶ The{n} Mosés spake vnto the Lord, saying
Let the Lord God of the Spirits of all fleshe appointe a man ouer the Congregacion,
Who may go out and in before them, & lead them out and in, that the Congregacion of the Lord be not as shepe, whiche haue not a shepherd.
And the Lord said vnto Mosés, Take thee Ioshúa the sonne of Nun, in whome is the Spirit, and put thine hands vpon him,
And set him before Eleazár the Priest, & before all the Congregacion, & giue him a charge in their sight.
And giue him of thy glorie, that all the Congregacion of the children of Israél may obeie.
And he shall stand before Eleazár the Priest, who shal aske counsel for him by the iudgeme{n}t of Vrim before the Lord: at his worde they shal go out, and at his worde they shal come in, (bothe) he, and all the children of Israél with him and all the Congregacion.
So Mosés did as the Lord had comma{n}ded him, and he toke Ioshúa, and set him before Eleazár the Priest, and before all the Congregacion.
Then he put his hands vpon him, & gaue him a charge, as the Lord had spoken by the hand of Mosés.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying
Commande the children of Israél, and say vnto the{m}, Ye shal obserue to offer vnto me in their due season mine offring (and) my bread, for my sacrifices made by fire for a swete sauour vnto me.
Also thou shalt say vnto the{m}, This is the offring made by fire which ye shal offer vnto the Lord, two la{m}bes of a yere old without spot, daily, for a co{n}tinual burnt offri{n}g
One lambe shalt thou prepare in the morning, and the other lambe shalt thou prepare at euen.
And the tenth part of an Epháh of fine floure for a meate offring mingled with the fourth parte of an Hin of beate{n} oyle.
(This shalbe) a dailie burnt offring, as was made in the mou{n}t Sinái for a swet sauour: (it is) a sacrifice made by fire vnto the lord
And the drinke offring therof the fourth parte of an Hin for one lambe: in the holy place cause to powre the drinke offringe vnto the Lord.
And the other lambe thou shalt prepare at eue{n}: as the meat offring of the morning & as the drinke offring therof shalt thou prepare (this for) an offring made by fire of swete sauour vnto the Lord.
But on the Sabbath day (ye shal offer) two lambes of a yere olde, without spot, and two tenth deales of fine floure for a meat offring mingled with oyle, and the drinke offring thereof.
(This is) the burnt offring of euerie Sabbath, beside the continual burnt offring, and drinke offring thereof.
¶ And in the beginning of your moneths, ye shall offer a burnt offringe vnto the Lord, two yo{n}g bullockes, and a ram, and seue{n} lambes of a yere olde, without spot,
And thre tenth deales of fine floure for a meat offring mingled with oyle for one bullocke, and two tenth deales of fine floure for a meat offring, mingled with oyle for one ram,
And a tenth deale of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meat offring vnto one la{m}be, for a burnt offring of swete sauour: (it is) an offring made by fire vnto the Lord.
And their drinke offrings shalbe halfe an Hin of wine vnto one bullocke, & the third parte of an Hin vnto a ram, and the fourth parte of an Hin vnto a lambe: this is the burnt offringe of euerie moneth, throughout the moneths of the yere.
And one he goate for a sin offring vnto the Lord shalbe prepared, besides the co{n}tinual burnt offring, & his drinke offring.
Also the fourtenth daye of the firste moneth (is) the Passeouer of the Lord.
And in the fifte{n}th day of the same moneth is the feast: seuen daies shall vnleauened bread be eaten.
In the first day (shalbe) an holy co{n}uocacion, ye shal do no seruile worke (therin.)
But ye shal offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offring vnto the Lord, two yong bullockes, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yere old: se that they be without blemish.
And their meat offringe (shall be) of fine floure mingled with oyle thre tenth deales shal ye prepare for a bullocke, and two tenth deales for a ram:
One tenth deale shalt thou prepare for euerie lambe, (euen) for the seue{n} lambes.
And he goat for a sin offring, to make an atonement for you.
Ye shal prepare these, beside the burnt offring in the morning, which is a continual burnt sacrifice.
After this maner ye shal prepare through out all the seuen dayes, for the mainteining of the offring made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the Lord: it shal be done beside the continual burnt offring and drinke offring thereof.
And in the seuenth daye ye shall haue an holy conuocacion, (wherein) ye shal do no seruile worke.
¶ Also in the day of your first frutes, when ye bring a new meat offri{n}g vnto the Lord, according to your wekes ye shall haue an holy conuocacion, and ye shall do no seruile worke (in it:)
But ye shal offer a burnt offring for a swete sauour vnto the Lord, two yo{n}g bullockes, a ram, and seuen lambes of a yere olde,
And their meat offring of fine floure mingled with oyle, thre tenth deales vnto a bullocke, two tenth deales to a ram,
And one tenth deale vnto euerie lambe throughout the seuen lambes.
And an he goat to make an atoneme{n}t for you:
[Ye shall do (this) besides the continuall burnt offring, and his meat offringe,] se they be without blemish, with their drink offring.
MOreouer in the first (day) of the seue{n}th moneth ye shal haue an holy cōuocatiō: ye shal do no seruile work (therin:) it shalbe a day of blowing the trumpets vnto you.
And ye shall make a burnt offrynge for a swete sauour vnto the Lord: one yong bullocke, one ram, (and) seue{n} lambes of a yere olde, without blemish.
And their meat offring (shal be) of fine floure mingled with oyle, thre tenth deales vnto the bullocke, and two te{n}th deales vnto the ram.
And one tenth deale vnto one lambe, 〈◊〉 the seuen lambes.
And an he goat for a sin offringe to make an atonement for you.
Beside the burnt offring of the moneth, & his meat offring, and the continual burnt offring, and his meat offring and the drink offrings of the same, accordynge to their maner, for a swete sauour, (it is) a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord.
¶ And ye shal haue in the te{n}th (day) of the seuenth moneth, an holy conuocacion: & ye shal humble your soules, (and) shall not do anie worke (therein:)
But ye shal offer a burnt offring vnto the Lord for a swete sauour: one yo{n}g bullocke, a ram, and seuen lambes of a yere olde: se they be without blemish.
And their meat offring shalbe of fine floure mingled with oyle, thre tenth deales to a bullocke, (and) two tenth deales to a ram,
One tenth deale vnto euerie la{m}be, through out the seuen lambes,
An he goat for a sin offring, [beside the sin offring to make the atonement and the co{n}tinual burnt offring and the meat offringe thereof] and their drinke offrings.
¶ And in the fiftenth daye of the seuenth moneth ye shal haue an holy conuocacio{n}: ye 〈◊〉 do no seruile worke (therin,) but ye shal kepe a feast vnto the Lord seue{n} dayes.
And ye shal offer a burnt offrings for a sacrifice made by fire of swete sauour vnto the Lord, thirtene yo{n}g bullockes, two rams (and) fourtene lambes of a yere olde: they shalbe without blemish.
And their meat offring shalbe of fine floure mingled with oyle, thre tenth deales vnto euery bullocke of the thirtene bullockes, two tenth deales to ether of the two rams,
And one te{n}th deale vnto eche of the fourtene lambes,
And one he goat for a sin offring, beside the continual burnt offring, his meat offrynge and his drinke offring.
¶ And the seco{n}de day (ye shal offer) twelue yong bullockes, two rams, fourtene la{m}bes of a yere olde without blemish.
With their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rams, & for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,
And an he goat for a sin offring [beside the continual burnt offringe and his meate offring] and their drinke offrings.
¶ Also the third day (ye shal offer) eleue{n} bullockes, two rams, and fourtene lambes of a yere olde without blemish,
With their meat offring and their drinke offrings, for the bullockes, for the rams, & for the lambes, after their nomber according to the meat.
And an he goat for a sin offring, beside the continual burnt offring, and his meate offrings and his drinke offring.
¶ And the fourth daye (ye shall offer) tene bullockes, two rams, (and) fourtene lambes of a yere olde without blemish.
Their meat offring and their drinke offerings, for the bullockes, for the rams, and for the lambes according to their nomber after the maner,
And an he goat for a sin offring, beside the continual burnt offring, his meat offrynge and his drinke offring.
¶ In the fifth day also (ye shall offer) nine bullockes, two rams, (and) fourtene la{m}bes of a yere olde without blemish,
And their meat offringe and theyr drynke offrings for the bullockes, for the rams, & for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,
And an he goate for a sin offringe, beside the continual burnt offring and his meate offring and his drinke offring.
¶ And in the sixt day (ye shall offer) eight bullockes, two rams, (and) fourtene la{m}bes of a yere olde without blemish,
And their meat offring, and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rams, & for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,
And an he goat for a sin offring, beside the continual burnt offring, his meat offrynge and his drinke offrings.
¶ In the seuenth day also (ye shall offer) seuen bullockes, two rams (and) fourtene lambes of a yere olde without blemish,
And their meate offring and their drynke offrings for the bullockes, for the rams, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after their maner,
And an he goat for a sin offrynge, beside the co{n}tinual burnt offring, his meat offring and his drinke offring.
¶ In the eight day, ye shal haue a solemne assemblie: ye shall do no seruile worke (therein,)
But ye shal offer a burnt offring, a sacrifice made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the Lord, one bullocke, one ram, (and) seuen lambes of a yere olde without blemish,
Their meat offrynge and their drinke offringes for the bullocke, for the ram, and for the lambes according to their no{m}ber, after the maner,
And an he goat for a sin offring, beside the continual burnt offring, and his meate offring, and his drinke offring.
These things ye shal do vnto the Lorde in your feastes, beside your vowes, and your fre offrings, for your burnt offrings, and for your meat offrings, and for your drinke offrings and for your peace offrings.
THen Mosés spake vnto the children of Israél according to all that the Lorde had commanded him.
Mosés also spake vnto the heades of the tribes concerning the children of Israél, saying, This is the thing whiche the Lord hathe commanded,
Whosoeuer voweth a vowe vnto the Lord, or sweareth an othe to binde him selfe by a bonde, he shall not breake his promes, (but) shal do according to al that proceadeth out of his mouth.
If a woma{n} also vowe a vow vnto the Lord, and binde her selfe by a bonde, (beinge) in her fathers house, in the time of her youth,
And her father heare her vowe and bonde, where with she hathe bounde her selfe, and her father holde his peace concernynge her, then all her vowes shall stand and euerie bonde, wherewith she hath bounde her selfe, shall stand.
But if her father disalowe her the same day that he heareth al her vowes & bo{n}des, wherewith she hath bounde her self, they shal not be of value, & the Lord will forgiue her, because her father disalowed her.
And if she haue an housband when she voweth or pronounceth (ought) with her lippes, wherewith she bindeth her selfe.
If her housband heard it and holdeth hys peace co{n}cerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vowe shall stande, and her bondes wherewith she bindeth her selfe shal stand in effect.
But if her housba{n}d disalowe her the same day that he heareth it, then shall he make her vowe which she hathe made, and that that she hathe pronounced with her lippes, wherwith she bo{n}de her self, of none effect: and the Lord will forgiue her.
But euerie vowe of a widowe, and of her that is deuorced [wherewith she hath bonde her selfe] shal stand in effect with her.
And if she vowed in her housbandes house, or bonde her selfe streictly wyth an othe,
And her housband hathe heard it, & helde his peace concerning her, not disalowing her, then all her vowes shal stand, and euerie bonde, wherwith she bounde her selfe, shal stand in effect.
But if her housband disanulled them, the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceaded out of her lippes concernyng her vowes or concerning her bondes, shal stand in effect: (for) her housband hath disanulled the{m}: and the Lord wil forgiue her
(So) euerie vowe, and euerie othe (or) bonde, (made) to humble the soule, her housband may stablish it, or her housband may breake it.
But if her housband holde his peace concerning her from day to day, them he stablisheth all her vowes and all her bondes which she hathe made: he hathe confirmed them because he helde his peace concerning her the same day that he heard (the{m}.)
But if he breake them after that he hath hearde them, then shall he beare her iniquitie.
These are the ordinances which the Lord commanded Mosés, betwene a man & his wife, (&) betwene the father & his daughter, (being) yong in her fathers house.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying
Reuenge the children of Israél of the Midianites, (and) afterward shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people.
And Mosés spake to the people, saying, Harnes some of you vnto warre, and let them go against Midián, to execute the ve{n}geance of the Lord against Midián.
A thousa{n}d of euerie tribe through out all the tribes of Israéll, shall ye send to the warre.
So there were taken out of the thousands of Israél, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euerie tribe a thousand.
And Mosés sent them to the warre, (euen) a thousand of euerie tribe, and (sent) the{m} with Phinehás the sonne of Eleazár the Priest to the warre & the holy instruments: that is, the tru{m}pets to blow (were) in his ha{n}d
And they warred against Midián, as the Lord had commanded Mosés, and slue all the males.
They slue also the Kings of Midián among them that were slaine: Eui and Rékem, & Zur, and Hur and Réba fiue Kinges of Midián, and they slue Balaám the sonne of Beór with the sworde:
But the children of Israél toke the women of Midián prisoners, and their children, & spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods.
And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, & all their villages with fire.
And they toke all the spoyle and all the praye (bothe) of men and beastes.
And they broght the captiues and that which they had taken, & the spoyle vnto Mosés and to Eleazár the Priest, and vnto the Congregacion of the children of Israél, into the ca{m}pe in the plaine of Moáb, which was by Iordén (toward) Ierichō.
¶ Then Mosés and Eleazár the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregacio{n} went out of the campe to mete them.
And Mosés was angry with the captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, whiche came from the warre and battell.
And Mosés said vnto them, What; haue ye saued all the women?
Beholde, these caused the children of Israél through the counsel of Balaám to commit a trespas against the Lord, as co{n}cerning Peôr, and there came a plague among the Congregacion of the Lord.
Now therefore, slay all the males amóg the children, and kil all the women that haue knowen men by carnal copulation.
But all the wome{n} children that haue not knowen carn all copulatió, kepe aliue for your selues.
And ye shal remaine without the hoste seuen dayes, all that haue killed any persone, and all that haue touched anie dead, (and) purifie bothe your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth.
Also ye shall purifie euerie garment and all that is made of skins and all worke of goates heere, & all things made of wood.
¶ And Eleazár the Priest sayde vnto the men of warre, which went to the battell, This is the ordinance of the lawe whiche the Lord commanded Mosés,
As for golde, and siluer, brasse, yro{n}, tynne, and lead:
(Euen) all that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shal be cleane: yet, it shal be purified with the water of purificacion: and all that suffreth not the fire, ye shall cause to passe by the water.
Ye shall wash also your clothes the seue{n}th day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterwarde ye shal come into the Hoste.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Take the summe of the praie that was taken, (bothe) of persones and of cattell, thou and Eleazár the Priest, and the chief fathers of the Congregacion.
And deuide the praie betwene the soldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregacion.
And thou shalt take a tribute vnto the Lord of the men of warre, which we{n}t out to battell: one persone of fiue hundreth, (bothe) of the persones, and of the beues, and of the Asses, and of the shepe.
Ye shal take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazár the Priest, (as) an haue offring of the Lord.
But of the halfe of the children of Israél thou shalt take one, taken out of fiftie, (bothe) of the persones, of the beues, of the asses, and of the shepe, (euen) of all the cattell: and thou shalt giue them vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord.
And Mosés and Eleazár the Priest did as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
And the bootye, (to wit,) the rest of the praie which the me{n} of warre had spoiled, was six hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand shepe,
And seuentie and two thousand beues,
And thre score and one thousand asses,
And two and thirtie thousande persones, in all of women that had lyen by no man.
And the halfe, (to wit,) the parte of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of shepe, was thre hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth.
And the Lords tribute of the shepe was six hundreth and seuentie and fiue.
And the beues (were) six and thirtie thousand, wherof the Lords tribute (was) seue{n}tie and two.
And the asses (were) thirtie thousand and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lords tribute (was) thre score and one:
And of persones sixtene thousa{n}d, wherof the Lords tribute (was) two and thirtie persones.
And Mosés gaue the tribute of the Lords, offring vnto Eleazár the Priest, as the lord had commanded Mosés.
And of the halfe of the children of Israél, which Mosés deuided from the men of warre,
[For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregacion] was thre hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand shepe and fiue hundreth,
And six and thirtie thousand beues,
And thirtie thousand asses, and fiue hundreth,
And sixtene thousand persones,
Mosés, I say, toke of the halfe that perteined vnto the children of Israél, one taken out of fiftie, (both) of the persones & 〈◊〉 the cattel, and gaue the{m} vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had comma{n}ded Mosés.
¶ Then the capitaines which were ouer thousa{n}ds of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousands, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Mosés.
And said to Mosés, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our autoritie, & there lacketh not one man of vs.
We haue therefore broght a present vnto the Lord, what euerie man founde of iewels of golde, bracelets, & cheines, rings eare rings, and ornaments of the legs, to make an atonement sor our soules before the Lord.
And Mosés & Eleazar the Priest toke, the golde of them (and) all wroght iewels.
And all the golde of the offring that thei offred vp to the Lord, [of the captaines ouer thousands and hundreds] (was) sixtene thousand seuen hundreth and fiftie shekels.
[(For) the men of warre had spoiled, euerie man for him self.]
And Mosés and Eleazar the Priest toke the golde of the captaines ouer the thousands, and ouer the hundreds, and broght it into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion for a memorial of the children of Israél before the Lord.
NOw the children of Reubén, and the childre{n} of Gàd had an exceadig great multitude of cattel and they sawe the la{n}d of Iazér, and the land of Gilead, that it was an apt place for cattel.
Then the children of Gad, and the childre{n} of Reubén came, and spake vnto Mosés and to Eleazar the Priest, & vnto the princes of the congregacion saying.
(The land of) Ataroth, and Dibon, and Iazér, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, & Elealého and Shebam, and Nebô, and Beon,
Which countrey the Lord smote before the Co{n}gregacio{n} of Israél, is a land (mete) for cattel, and thy seruants haue cattel:
Wherefore, said thei, If we haue founde grace in thy sight, let this land be giuen vnto thy serua{n}ts for a possession (&) bring vs not ouer Iordén.
And Mosés said vnto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shal your brethren go to warre and ye tary here?
Wherefore now discourage ye the heart of the children of Israél to go ouer into the land, which the Lord hathe giuen 〈◊〉
Thus did your fathers when I sent them from 〈◊〉-barnéa to se the land.
For when they went vp euen vnto the ryuer of Eshcól, and sawe the land: they discouraged the heart of the children of Israél, that thei wolde not go into the la{n}d, which the Lord had giuen them.
And the Lords wrath was kindled the same day, and he did sweare saying.
None of the me{n} that came out of Egypt from twentie yere olde and aboue, shal se the land for the which I sware vnto Abraham, to Iyhak, and to Iaakob, because thei haue not wholie folowed me:
Except Caléb the sonne ôf Iephunnéh the Kenesite, and Ioshúa the sonne of Nun: for thei haue constantly folowed the Lord.
And the Lord was vere angry with Israél, and made them wander in the wildernes fortie yeres, vntil all the generacion that had done euil in the sight of the Lord were consumed.
And beholde, ye are risen vp in your fathersteade (as) an encrease of sinneful me{n} stil to augment the fearce wrath of the Lord, toward Israél.
For if ye turne away from following him, he wil yet againe leaue (the people) in the wildernes, and ye shal destroye all this folke.
And thei went nere to him and said, We wil buylde shepe foldes here for our shepe (and for our cattel, and cities for our children.
But we our selues wil be ready armed (to go) before the children of Israél, vntil we haue broght them vnto their place: but our children shal dwel in the defenced cities. because of the inhabitants of the la{n}d.
We wil not returne vnto our houses, vntil the children of Israél haue inherited, euerie man his inheritance.
Nether wil we inherit with then beyonde Iordén and on that side, because our in he ritance is fallen to vs on this side Iordén Eastward.
¶ And Mosês said vnto them, If ye wil do this thing, & go armed before the Lord to warre:
And wil go euerie onê of you in harnes ouer Iordén before the Lord, vntil he hathe cast out his enemies from his sight:
And vntil the land be subdued before the Lord, then ye shal returne and be innoce{n}t toward the Lord, and toward Israél: and this land shal be your possession before the Lord.
But if ye wil not do so, beholde, ye haue sinned against the Lord & be sure that your sinné wil finde you out.
Builde you (then) cities for your children and foldes for your shepe, and do that ye haue spoken.
Then the children of Gad and the childre{n} of Reubén spake vnto Moses, saying, Thy seruants wil do as my lord commandeth,
Our children, our wiues, our shepe, and all our cattel shal remaine therein the cities of Gilead,
But thy seruantes wil go euerie one armed to warre before the Lord for to fight as my lord sayeth.
So concerning them Mosés comma{n}ded Eleazar the Priest, & Ioshúa the sonne of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israél:
And Mosés said vnto them, If the childre{n} of Gad, and the Children of Reubén, wil go with you ouer Iordén, all armed to fight before the Lord, then when the la{n}d is subdued before you, ye shal giue them the land of Gilead for a possession:
But if thei wil not go ouer with you armed, then thei shal haue their possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
And the children of Gad, and the children of Reubén answered, saying, As the Lord hathe said vnto thy seruants, so wil we do
We wil go armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan: that the possession of our inheritance (may be) to vs on this side Iordén.
So Mosès gaue vnto then (euen) to the children, of Gad, and to the childre{n} of Reubén, and to half the tribe of Manasséh the sonne of Ioséph the kingdome of Sihôn King of the Amorites, and the kingdome of Og, King of Bashan, the land with the cities thereof and coastes, euen the cities of the countrey round about.
¶ Then the children of Gad buylt Dibón and Atarôth, and Aroér,
And Atrōth, Shophan, and Iazér, and Iogbehah.
And Beth-nimràh, and Beth-haran, defenced cities: also shepe foldes.
And the children of Reubén built Heshbo{n} and Elealéh, and Kiriathàim,
And Nebo, and Baal me on, & turned their names, & Shibmah and gaue other names vnto the cities which they built.
And the children of Machir the sonne of Manasséh went to Gilead, & toke it & put out the Amorites that dwels therein.
The{n} Mosés gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manassah, and he dwelt therein.
And Iaîr the sonne of Manasséh went & toke the smal townes thereof, and called them Hauoth Iair.
Also Nobah went and toke Kenath, with the villages thereof and called it Nobah, after his owne name.
THese are the iourneis of the childre{n} of Israél, which we{n}t out of the land of Egypt according to their bandes vnder the hand of Mosés and Aaron.
And Moses wrote their goi{n}g out by their iourneyes according to the commandement of the Lord: so these are the iourneies of their going out.
Now they departed from Ramesés the first moneth (euen) the) fiftenth day of the first moneth, on the morowe after the Passeouer (and) the children of Israél went out with an hie hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
[For the Egyptia{n}s buried all their first borne, which the Lord had smitten among them: vpon their gods also the Lord did execution.]
And the children of Israel remoued from Ramesés, and pitched in Succoth.
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wildernes.
And they remoned from Ethàm, and turned againe vnto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon, and pitched before migdol.
And they departed from before hahiroth and we{n}t through the middes of the Sea into the wildernes, and went thre dayes iourney in the wildernes, of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
And they remoued from Marah, and came vnto Elim, and in Elim were twelue foun tains of wator, and seuenty palme trees, and they pitched there.
And they remoued from Elim, and ca{m}ped by the red Sea.
And they remoued from the red Sea, and laye in the wildernes of Sin.
And they toke their iourney out of the wildernes of Sin, and set vp their tentes in Dophkah.
And they departed from Dophkah & lay in Alush.
And they remoued from Alúsh, and lay in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke.
And they departed from Rephidim, & pitched in the wildernes of Sinai.
And they remoued from the desert of Sinai, and pitched in Kibroth Hattaauah.
And they departed from Kibroth Hattaauah, and lay at Hazeroth.
And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitchet at Rithmah.
And they departed from Rithmah, & pit? ched at Rimmon Parez.
And they departed from Rimmon Parez, and pitchet in Libnah.
And they remoued from Libnah, and pitched in Rissah.
And they iournied from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
And they wont from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
And they remoued froūt mount Shapher, aud lay in Haradah.
And they remoued from Haradah, & pitched in Makheloth,
And they remoued from Makheloth, and This mappe properly apperteineth to the 33 Chap. of Nombres. This mappe declareth the way, which the Israélites went for the space of fourtie yeres from Egypt through the wildernes of Arabia, vntil they 〈◊〉 into the land of Canaan, as it is mencioned in Exod. Nomb. & Deut. It co{n}teineth also the 42 places where they pitched their tentes, which are named Nomber. 33 with the obseruacion of the degrees, concerning the length and the breadth, and the places of their abode set out by nombers. say in Tahath.
And they departed from Tahath, & pitched in Tarah.
And they remoued from Taràh, & pitched in Mithkah.
And they went from Mithkah, & pitched in Hashmonah.
And they departed from Hashmonah: and lay in Moseróth.
And they departed from Moserôth, and pitched in Bene-iaakan,
And they remoued from Bene-iaakan, & lay in Hor-hagidgad.
And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Iotbathah.
And they remoued from Iotbathah, and lay in Ebronah.
And they departed from Ebronah, and lay in Ezion-gaber.
And they remoued from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wildernes of Zin, which is Kadésh.
And they remoued from Kadésh, and pitched in mount Hor in the edge of the la{n}d of Edóm.
[And Aarón the Priest went vp into mount Hor at the commandement of the Lord, and died there, in the fourtieth yere after the children of Israél were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth moneth.
And Aarôn was an hundreth, and thre & twe{n}tie yere olde, whe{n} he died in mou{n}t Hor
And King Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the South of the land of Canaan heard of the comming of the children of Israél].
And they departed from mounte Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punón.
And they departed from Punón, and pitched in Obóth.
And they departed from Obóth, and pitched in Iie-abarim, i{n} the borders of Moab
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibón-gad,
And theiremoued from Dibón-gad, and lay in Almón-diblathaim.
And they remoued from Almón-diblathaim, and pitched in the mounteines of Abarim before Nebô.
And they departed from the mounteines of Abarim, and pitched in the playne of Moàb, by Iorden (toward) Ierichô.
And they pitched by Iordén, from Bethieshimôth vnto Abel-shittim in the plaine of moab.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés in the plaine of Moab, by, Iordén (toward) Ierichô saying,
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say vnto them, When ye are come ouer Iordén to entre into the land of Canaan.
Ye shal then driue out all the inhabitants of the land before you, & destroy all their pictures, & breake a sunder all their images of metal, & plucke downe all their hie places.
And ye shal possesse the land and dwel therein: for I haue giuen you the land to possesse it.
And ye shal inherit the land by lot accordi{n}g to your families: to the more ye shal giue more inheritance, & to the fewer the lesse inheritance, where the lot shal fall to anie man, that shalbe his according to the tribes of your fathers shal ye inherit.
But if ye wil not driue out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those which ye let remaine of them, shal be prickes in your eies, and thornes in your sides, & shal vexe you in the land wherein ye dwel.
Moreouer, it shal come to passe, that I shal do vnto you, as I thoght to do vnto them.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying,
Commande the children of Israél, and say vnto them, When ye come into the la{n}d of Canaan, this is the land that shal fal vnto your inheritance (that is) the land of Canaan with the coastes thereof.
And your Southquarter shalbe from the wildernes of Zin to the borders of Edôm: so that your Southquarter shalbe from the salt Sea coast Eastward:
And the border shal co{m}passe you from the Southe to Maaleh-akrabbim, and reache to Zin, and go out from the Southe to Ka desh-barnea: thence it shal stretch to Hazar-addar, and go a long to Azmôn.
And the border shal compasse from Azmō vnto the riuer of Egypt, and shal go out to the sea.
And your Westquarter shal be the great sea: euer that border shalbe your Westcoast.
And this shal be your North quarter: ye shal marke out your border from the great sea (vnto) mount Hor.
From mount Hor ye shal point out til it come vnto Hamath, and the end of the coast shalbe at Zedad.
And the coast shal reache out to Ziphrō, & go out at Hazar-enan, this shalbe your North quarter.
And ye shal marke out your East quarter from Hazar-enan to Shepham.
And the coast shal go downe from Shepha{m} to Riblah, and from the Eastside of Ain: and the same border shal descend and go out at the side of the Sea of Chinneréth Eastwarde.
Also that border shal go downe to Iordén and leaue at the salt Sea this shalbe your land with the coastes thereof round about
¶ Then Mosés, commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shal inherit by lot, which the Lord comma{n}ded to giue vnto nine tribes and halfe the tribe.
For the tribe of the children of Reubén according to the housholdes of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers housholdes, & halfe the tribe of Manasseh, haue receiued their inheritance.
Two tribes and an halfe tribe haue receiued their inheritance on this side of Iordén (toward) Ierichó ful East.
¶ Againe the lord speake to Mosés, sayi{n}g.
These are the names of the men which shal deuide the land vnto you: Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshúa the sonne of Nun,
And ye shal take also a prince of euerie tribe to deuide the land.
The names also of the men are these: Of the tribe of Iudah, Caléb the sonne of Iephunnéh.
And of the tribe of the sonnes of Simeón Shemuél the sonne of Ammihúd.
Of the tribe of Beniamin, Elidad the sonne of 〈◊〉.
Also of the tribe of the sonnes of Dan, the prince Bukki, the sonne of Iogli.
Of the sonnes of Ioseph of the tribe of the sonnes of Manasséh, the prince Hanniél the sonne of Ephód.
And of the tribe of the sonnes of Ephraim, the prince Kemuél, the sonne of Shiph tan.
Of the tribe also of the sonnes of Zebulûn the prince Elizapha{n}, the sonne of Parnach
So of the tribe of the sonnes of Issachar, the prince Paltiél the sonne of Azzan.
Of the tribe also of the sónes of Ashér, the prince Ahihúd the sonne of Shelomi,
And of the tribe of the sonnes of Naphtali, the prince Pedahél, the sonne of Ammihúd.
These are they: whome the Lord commanded to deuide the inheritance vnto the children of Israél, in the land of Canaan.
ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés in the plaine of Moab by Iordén (toward) Ierichó saying.
Commande the children of Israél, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwel in ye shal giue also vnto the Leuites the suburbes of the cities round about them.
So they shal haue the cities to dwe in, and their suburbes shalbe for their cattel, and for their substance, & for all their beastes.
And the suburbes of the cities, which ye shal giue vnto the Leuites, from the wal of the citie outwarde (shalbe) a thousand cubites round about.
And ye shal measure, without the citie of the Eastside, two thousand cubites: and of the Southside, two thousand cubites: & of the Westside, two thousand cubites: & of the Northside, two thousand cubites: & the citie (shalbe) in the middes, this shalbe (the measure) of the suburbes of their cities
And of the cities which ye shal giue vnto the Leuites, (there shalbe) six cities for refuge, which ye shal appoi{n}t, that he which killeth, may flee thither: and to them ye shal adde two and fourty cities mo.
All the cities which ye shal giue to the Leuites (shalbe) eight and fourtie cities: the{n} (shal ye giue) with their suburbes.
And concerning the cities which ye shal giue, of the possession of the children of Israél: of many ye shal take mo, and of fewe ye shal take lesse: euerie one shal giue of his cities vnto the Leuites, according to his inheritance, which he inheriteth.
¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés, saying
Speake vnto the children of Israél, and say vnto them, When ye become ouer Iordén into the land of Canaan,
Ye shal appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge for you, that he slayer which slayeth anie persone vn warres, may flec thither.
And these cities shalbe for you a refuge from the auenger, that he which killeth, dye not, vntil he stand before the Congregacion in iudgement.
And (of) the cities which ye shal giue, six cities shal ye haue for refuge.
Ye shal appoint thre on this side Iordén and ye shal appoint thre cities in the land of Canàan which shalbe cities of refuge,
These six cities shalbe a refuge for the children of Israél, and for the stranger, & for him that dwelleth among you, that euerie one which killeth anie persone vn warres, may flee thither.
And if one smite another with an īstru ment of yron that he dye, he (is) a murtherer (and) the murtherer shaldye the death.
Also if he smite him by casting a stone, where with he may be slaine, and he dye, he is a murtherer (and) the murtherer shaldye the death.
Or if he smite him with an ha{n}d weapon of wood, where with he may be slaine, if he dye, he is a murtherer, (and) the murtherer shaldye the death.
The reuenger of the blood him selfe shal slay the murtherer: when he meteth him, he shal slay him.
But if he trust him of hate, or hurle at him by laying of wait, that he dye,
Or smite him through enemitie. with his hand, that he dye, he that smote him shaldye the death (for) he is a murtherer there uenger of the blood shal slay the murtherer when he meteth him.
But if he punished him vnaduisedly, and not of hatred, or cast vpon him anie thing, without saying of wait.
Or anie stone [whereby he might be slaine] and sawe him not, or caused it to fall vpon him, and he dye, and was not his enemie, nether soght him anie harme.
Then the Congregacion shal iudge betwene the slayer & the aue{n}ger of blood according to these lawes,
And the Gongregacion shal deliuer the slayer out of the hand of the auenger of blood, and the Congregacion shal restore him vnto the citie of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shal abide there vnto the death of the hie Priest, which is anointed with the holy oyle.
But if the slayer come without the borders of the citie of his refuge, whither he was fled,
And the reuenger of blood find him without the borders of the citie of his refuge, and the reuenger of blood slay the murtherer, he shal be giltles.
Because he shulde haue remained in the citie of his refuge, vntil the death of the hye Priest: and after the death of the hye Priest: the slayer shal returne vnto the la{n}d of his possession.
So these things shalbe a lawe of iudgeme{n}t vnto you, through your generacions in all your dwellings.
Whosoeuer killeth anie persone, the (iudge) shal slay the murtherer, through witnesses: but one witnes shal not testifie against a persone to cause him to die.
Moreouer ye shal take no recompe{n}se for the life of the murtherer, which is worthie to die: but he shal be put to death.
Also ye shal take no recompense for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge, that he shuld come againe, and dwel in the land before the death of the hie Priest.
So ye shal not pollute the land wherein ye shal dwel for blood defileth the land: and the land can not be clensed of the blood that is shed therin, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Defile not therefore the land which ye shal inhabite, for I dwel in the middes thereôf: for I the Lord dwel amo{n}g the childre{n} of Israél.
THen the chief fathers of the familie of the sonnes of Gilead, the sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasséh, of the families of the sonnes of Ioséph, came, and spake before Mosés, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israél.
And said, The Lord commanded my lord to giue the land to inherite by lot to the children of Israél: and my lord was commanded by the Lord, to giue the inherita{n}ce of Zelophehad our brother vnto his daughters.
If they be maried to anie of the sonnes of the (other) tribes of the children of Israél then shal their inherita{n}ce be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers & shal be put vnto the inheritance of the tribe whereof they shalbe: so shal it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
Also when the Iubile of the children of Israél commeth, then shal their inheritance be put vnto the inheritance of the tribe whereof they shalbe so shal their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
Then Mosés commanded the children of Israél, according to the worde of the lord saying, The tribe of the sonnes of Ioséph haue sayd dwel.
This is the thing that the Lord hathe commanded, concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, They shal be wiues; to whome they thinke best, onely to the familie of the tribe of their father shal they mary:
So shal not the inheritance of the childre{n} of Israél remoue from tribe to tribe, for euerie one of the children of Israél shal ioyne him selfe to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers,
And euerie daughter that possesseth anie inheritance of the tribes of the children of Israel, shal be wife vnto one of the familie of the tribe of her father that the children of Israél may enioye euerie man the inheritance of their fathers.
Nether shal the inheritance go about fro{m} tribe to tribe: but euerie one of the tribes of the children of Israél shal sticke to his owne inheritance.
As the Lord commanded Mosés, so did the daughters of Zelophehad.
For Mahlàh, Tirzah, and Hoglah, & Milcah, and Noàh the daughters of Zelophehàd were maried vnto their fathers brothers sonnes,
They were wyues (to certeine) of the families of the sonnes of Manasséh the sonne of Ioséph, so their inheritance remained in the tribe of the familie of their father.
These are the commandeme{n}ts and lawes which the Lord commanded by the hand of Mosés, vnto the children of Israél in the plaine of Moab, by Iordén (toward) Iericho.
THESE be the wordes which Mosés spake vnto all Israélon this side 〈◊〉 in the wildernes, in the plaine, ouer against that red Sea, betwene Paran & Tophel, and Laban, & Hazeroth, and Di-za hab.
(There are) eleuen daies iourney from Horeb vnto Kadésh-barnea, by the way of mount Seir.
And it came to passe in the first day of the eleuenth moneth, in the forteth yere, that Mosés spake vnto the children of Israél according vnto al that the Lord hade giue{n} him in commandement vnto them.
After that he had slaine Sihôn the King of the Amorites which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og King of Bashan, which dwelt at Ashtaroth in 〈◊〉.
On this side Iordén in the land of Moab began Mosés to declare this Law saying,
The Lord our God spake vnto vs in Horéb, saying, Ye haue dwelt long ynough in this mount,
Turne you and departe, and go vnto the mounteine of the Amorities, and vnto all places nere therunto in the plaine, in the mounteine, or in the valley: bothe South ward, and to the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and vnto Lebanon (euen) vnto the great riuer, the riuer Perath.
Beholde, I haue set the land before you: go in & possesse that land which the Lord sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Izhak and Iaakob, to giue vnto them & to their sede after them.
¶ And I spake vnto you the same time, saying, I am not able to beare you my selfe alone:
The lord your God hathe multiplied you and beholde, ye are this day as the starres of heauen in nomber:
[The Lord God of your fathers make you: a thousand times so manie mo as ye are, & blesse you, as he hathe promised you]
How can I alone beare your cumbrance and your charge, and your strife?
Bring you men of wisdome and of vnderstanding, and knowen amo{n}g your tribes, and I wil make them rulers ouer you:
Then ye answered me and said, The thing is good that thou hast commanded (vs) to do.
So I toke the chief of your tribes wise & knowen men, and made them rulers ouer you, captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, and captaines ouer fifty, & captaines ouer ten, and officers amo{n}g your tribes.
And I charged your iudges that same time saying, Heare the (controuersies) betwene your brethren, and iudge righteously betwene euerie man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Ye shal haue no respect of persone in iudgement, but shall heare the small aswel as the great: ye shal not feare the face of man for the iudgement is Gods: and the cause that is to hard for you, bring vnto me and I wil heare it.
Also I commanded you the same time all the things which ye shulde do.
¶ Then we departed from Horeb, and we{n}t through all that greate and terrible wildernes, [as ye haue sene] by the way of the mounteine of the Amorites, as the Lorde our God commanded vs: and we came to Kadeshbarnéa.
And I said vnto you, ye are come vnto the mounteine of the Amorites, whiche the Lord our God doeth giue vnto vs.
Beholde, the Lord thy God hath layed the land before thee: go vp (and) possesse it, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hathe said vnto thee: feare not, nether be discouraged
¶ Then ye came vnto me euerie one, and said, We will send men before vs, to search vs out the land & to bring vs word againe, what way we must go vp by, and vnto what cities we shal come.
So the saying pleased me well, and I toke twelue men of you, of euerie tribe one.
Who departed, and went vp into the mounteine, and came vnto the riuer Eshcôl, and searched out the (land.)
And toke of the frute of the land in their handes, and broght it vnto vs, and broght vs worde againe, and said, It is a good land, whiche the Lord our God doeth giue vs.
Not withstanding, ye wolde not go vp, but were disobedient vnto the commandeme{n}t of the Lord your God,
And murmured in your tentes, and said, Because the Lord hated vs, therefore hathe he broght vs out of the land of Egypte, to deliuer vs into the hand of the Amorites, & to destroy vs.
Whether shal we go vp? our brethre{n} haue discouraged our heartes, saying, The people (is) greater, and taller then we: the Cities (are) great and walled vp to heaue{n} and moreouer we haue fene the sonnes of the Anakims there.
But I sayde vnto you, Dread not, nor be afraid' of them.
The Lord your God, who goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did vnto you in Egypt before your eyes.
And in the wildernes, where thou hast sene how the Lord thy GOD bare thee, as a man doeth beare his sonne, in all the waye whiche ye haue gone, vntill ye came vnto this place.
Yet for all this ye did not beleue the Lorde your God,
Who went in the waye before you, to searche you out a place to pitche your te{n}tes in, in fire by nighte, that ye mighte se what way to go, and in a cloude by day.
Then the Lorde heard the voyce of your wordes, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
Surely there shal not one of these men of this froward generacion, se that good la{n}d, which I sware to giue vnto your fathers.
Saue Caléb the sonne of Iephunneh: he shall se it, and to him will I giue the lande that he hathe troden vpo{n}, and to his children, because he hathe consta{n}tly followed the Lord.
Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither,
But Ioshúa the sonne of Nun which standeth before thee, he shal go in thither: incourage him: for he shall cause Israél to inherit it.
Moreouer, your children, whiche ye said shulde be a praye, and your sonnes, whiche in that daye had no knowledge betwene good and euill, they shall go in thither, and vnto them will I giue it, and they shall possesse it.
But as for you, turne backe, & take your iourney into the wildernes by i the waye of the red Sea.
Then ye answered and said vnto me, We haue sinned against the Lord, we will go vp, and fight, according to all that the Lord our God hathe commanded vs: and ye armed you euerie man to the warre, and were ready to go vp into the mounteine.
But the Lord said vnto me, Say vnto the{m}, Go not vp, nether fight, [for I am not amo{n}g you] lest ye fall before your enemies.
And when I tolde you, ye wolde not heare, but rebelled against the commandement of the Lord, and were presumpteous, and went vp into the mounteine.
Then the Amorites which dwelt in that mounteine came out against you, and chased you [as bees vse to do] and destroyed you in Seir, (euen) vnto Harmáh.
And when ye came againe, ye wept before the LORD, but the Lord wolde not heare your voyce, nor incline his eares vnto you.
So ye abode in Kadésha longe time, according to the time that ye had remained (before.)
THen we turned, and toke our iourney into the wildernes, by the waye of the red Sea, as the Lord spake vnto me: and we compassed mount Seir a long time.
And the Lord spake vnto me, saying,
Ye haue compassed this mountaine longe ynough: turne you Northwarde.
And warne thou the people, saying, Ye shal go through the coast of your brethre{n} the children of Esáu, whiche dwell in Seir, & they shal be afraid of you: take ye good hede therefore.
Ye shall not prouoke them: for I will not giue you of their land so muche as a fote breadth, because I haue giuen mount Seir vnto Esau for a possession.
Ye shall bye meate of them for money to eate, and ye shall also procure water of the{m} for money to drinke.
For the Lord thy God hathe blessed thee in all the workes of thine hand: he knoweth thy walking through this greate wildernes, and the Lord thy God hathe bene with thee this fortie yere, (and) 〈◊〉 thou hast lacked nothing.
And whe{n} we were departed from our brethren the children of Esáu whiche dwelt in Seîr, through the waye of the plaine, from Eláth, & from Ezion-gáber, we turned and went by the way of the wildernes of Moáb.
Then the Lord said vnto me, Thou shalt not vexe Moáb, nether prouoke them to battel: for I wil not giue thee of their land for a possession, because I haue giuen Ar vnto the children of Lot for a possession.
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims.
They also were taken for gyantes as the Anakims: whom the Moabites cal Emims.
The Horims also dwelt in Seir before time, whome the children of Esáu chased out and destroyed them before the{m}, and dwelt in their stede: as Israél shall do vnto the land of his possessio{n}, which the Lord hath giuen them.
Now rise vp, (said I,) and get you ouer the riuer Zéred: and we went ouer the riuer Zéred.
The space also wherein we came frome Kadesh-barnéa vntill we were come ouer the riuer Zeréd, (was) eight and thirtie yeres, vntil all the generacion of the me{n} of warre were wasted out frome amonge the hoste, as the Lord sware vnto them.
For in dede the hande of the Lorde was against them, to destroye them from amo{n}g the hoste, til they were consumed.
¶ So when all the men of warre were co{n}sumed and dead from among the people:
Then the Lord spake vnto me, saying,
Thou shalt go through Ar the coaste of Moáb this day:
And thou shalt come nere ouer agaynste the children of Ammôn: (but) shalt not lay siege vnto them, nor moue warre againste them: for I wil not giue thee of the land of the children of Ammôn (anie) possession: for I haue gyuen it vnto the children of Lot for a possession.
That also was taken for a land of gya{n}ts: (for) gyants dwelt therein afore time, whome the Ammonites called Zamzummims:
A people (that was) great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims: but the LORD destroyed them before the{m}, & they succeded them in their inheritance, and dwelt in their stede:
As he did to the children of 〈◊〉 whiche dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims before them, and they possessed the{m}, and dwelt in their stede vnto this day.
And the Auims whiche dwelt in Hazerîm (eue{n}) vnto Azzáh, the Caphtorims which came out of Caphtor destroyed them, and dwelt in their stede.
¶ Rise vp (therefore, said the Lord:) take your iourney, and passe ouer the riuer Arnón: beholde, I haue giuen into thy hand Sihón: the Amorite, King of Heshbôn, & his land: begin to possesse it and prouoke him to battell.
This 〈◊〉 will begin to send thy feare & thy dread, vpon all people vnder the heauens, whiche shall heare thy fame and shal tremble and quake before thee.
Then I sent messengers out of the wildernes of Kedemóth vnto Sihōh King of Heshbôn, with wordes of peace, saying,
¶ Let me passe through thy land: I wil go by the hie way: I wil nether turne vnto the right hand nor to the left.
Thou shalt sel me meat for money, for to eat, and shalt giue me water for money for to drinke: onely I will go through on my fote,
[As the children of Esáu whiche dwell in Seir, and the Moabites whiche dwell in Ar, did vnto me] vntill I become ouer Iordén, into the land whiche the LORD our God giueth vs.
But Sihôn the Kynge of Heshbôn wolde not let vs passe by him: for the LORD thy God had hardened his spirit, & made hys heart obstinate, because he wolde deliuer him into thine ha{n}d, as (appeareth) this day
And the Lorde sayde vnto me, Beholde, I haue begonne to giue Sihón and his land before thee: begin to possesse and inherite his land.
Then came out Sihōn to mete vs, hym self with all his people to fight at Iaház,
But the Lord our God deliuered him into our power, & we smote him, and his sonnes and all his people.
And we toke all his cities the same time, and destroyed euerie citie, men, and women, and children: we let nothing remaine
Onely the cattel we toke to our selues, & the spoile of the cities which we toke.
From Aroér, whiche is by the ba{n}ke of the riuer of Arnôn, and (from) the Citie that is vpon the riuer, eue{n} vnto Gileád: there was not one citie that escaped vs (for) the Lord our God deliuered vp all before vs.
Onelye vnto the lande of the children of Ammôn thou camest not, (nor) vnto anye place of the riuer Iabbók, nor vnto the Cities in the mountaines, nor vnto whatsoeuer the Lord our God forbade vs
THen we turned, and went vp by the way of Bashán: and Og Kinge of Bashán came out against vs, he, and all his people to fight at Edréi.
And the Lord said vnto me, Feare him not, for I will deliuer him, and all his people, and his land into thine hande, and thou shalt do vnto him, as thou diddest vnto Sihôn King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbón.
So the Lord our God deliuered also vnto our hand, Og the King of Bashán, and all his people: and we smote him, vntill none was left him (aliue,)
And we toke all his Cities the same tyme, nether was there a Citie whiche we toke not from them, (eue{n}) thre score cities, (&) all the countrey of Argôb, the kingedome of Og in Bashán.
All these cities (were) fenced with hie walles, gates and barres, beside vnwalled townes a great many.
And we ouerthrewe them, as we did vnto Sihôn King of Heshbòn, destroying euerie citie, (with) men, women, and children.
But all the cattel and the spoile of the Cities we toke for our selues.
Thus we toke at that time out of the hand of two Kings of the Amorites, the la{n}d that was on this side Iordén frome the riuer of Arnôn vnto mount Hermón:
[Which Hermón the Sidonians call Shiriôn, but the Amorites call it Shenir.]
All the cities of the plaine and all Gileád, and all Bashán vnto Salcháh, and Edréi, Cities of the kyngedome of Og in Bashán.
For onelie Og Kynge of Bashán remayned of the remnant of the gyants, whose bed (was) a bed of yron: is it not at Rabbáth amonge the children of Ammon? the length thereof (is) nine cubites, and foure cubites the bredth of it, after the cubite of a man.
And this land (which) we possessed at that time, from Aroér, whiche is by the riuer of Arnón, and halfe mount Gileád, and the cities thereof, gaue I vnto the Reubenites and Gadites.
And the rest of Gileád, and all Bashán, the kingdome of Og, gaue I vnto the half tribe of Manasséh: (euen) all the countrey of Argób with all Bashán, whiche is called, The land of gyantes.
Iair the sonne of Manasséh toke all the countrey of Argôb, vnto the coastes of Geshuri, and called them after hys owne name, Bashán, Hauoth Iair vnto this day.
And I gaue (parte) of Gileád vnto Machir.
And vnto the Reubenites and Gadites I gaue (the rest) of Gileád, and vnto the riuer of Arnón, halfe the riuer and the borders, euen vnto the riuer Iabbók, (which is) the border of the children of Ammón:
The plaine also and Iordén, and the borders from Chinnéreth euen vnto the Sea of the plaine, (to wit,) the salt Sea vnder the springs of Pisgáh Eastwarde.
¶ And I commanded you the same tyme, saying, The Lord your God hathe giué you this land to possesse it: ye shall go ouer armed before your brethren the children of Israél, all men of warre.
Your wiues onelie, and your childre{n}, and your cattel [for I know that ye haue much cattell] shall abide in your cities, whiche I haue giuen you,
Vntill the Lord haue giuen rest vnto your bretheren as vnto you, and that they also possesse the land, which the Lord your God hathe giuen them beyonde Iordén: the{n} shal ye returne euerie man vnto his possessio{n}, which I haue giuen you.
¶ And I charged Ioshûa the same tyme, saying, Thine eies haue sene all that the Lord your God hathe done vnto these two Kings: so shal the Lord do vnto al the kingdomes whither thou goest.
Ye shal not feare them: for the Lorde your God he shall fight for you.
And I besoght the Lorde the same tyme, saying,
O Lord God, thou haste begonne to shew thy seruant thy greatnes and thy mightye hand: for where is there a God in heaue{n} or in earth, that can do like thy workes, and like thy power?
I pray thee let me go ouer and sethe good land that is beyonde Iordén, that goodlie mountaine, and Lebanôn.
But the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and wolde not heare me: & the Lord said vnto me, Let it suffice thee, speake no more vnto me of this matter.
Get thee vp into the top of Pisgáh, and lift vp thine eyes Westward, & Northward, and Southward, and Eastward, and behold it with thine eyes, for thou shalt not go ouer this Iordén:
But charge Ioshúa, and incourage him, & bolden him: for he shal go before this people, and he shal deuide for inherita{n}ce vnto them, the land which thou shalt se.
So we abode in the valley ouer agaynste Beth-Peôr.
NOw therefore hearken, ô Israél, vnto the ordina{n}ces and to the lawes which I teach you to do, that ye may liue and go in, and possesse the land, which the LORD God of your fathers giueth you.
Ye shall put nothynge vnto the worde which I comma{n}de you, nether shal ye take ought there from, that ye may kepe the commandements of the Lord your GOD which I commande you.
Your eyes haue sene what the Lorde did because of Baal-Peôr, for all the men that followed Baal-Peôr, the Lord thy GOD hath destroyed euerie one from amo{n}g you,
But ye that did cleaue vnto the Lord your God, are aliue euerie one of you this day.
Beholde, I haue taught you ordinances, and lawes, as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye shuld do euen so within the land whither ye go to possesse it.
Kepe them therefore, and do them: for that is your wisdome, and your vnderstanding in the sight of the people, which shal heare all these ordinances, and shall say, Onely this people (is) wise, and of vnderstanding (and) a great nacion.
For what nacion (is so) great, vnto whome the Gods come so nere vnto them, as the Lord our God (is nere vnto vs,) in all that we call vnto him for?
And what nacion (is so) great, that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous, as al this Lawe, whiche I set before you this day?
But take hede to thy selfe, and kepe thy soule diligently, that thou forget not the things which thine eyes haue sene, & that they departe not out of thine heart, all the daies of thy life: but teache the{n} thy sonnes and thy sonnes sonnes.
(Forget not) the day that thou stodest before the Lord thy God in Horéb, when the Lord said vnto me, Gather me the people together: & I wil cause the{m} heare my words, that they maye learne to feare me all the dayes that they shal liue vpon the earthe, and that they may teache their children:
Then came you nere and stode vnder the mountaine and the mountaine burnt with fire vnto the middes of heauen, (and there was) darcknes, cloudes and mist.
And the Lord spake vnto you out of the middes of the fire, (and) ye heard the voyce of the wordes, but sawe no similitude, saue a voyce.
Then he declared vnto you his couenant which he commanded you to do, (euen) the ten commandements, and wrote them vpon two tables of stone.
¶ And the Lord commanded me that same time, that I shulde teache you ordinances and Lawes, which ye shulde obserue in the land, whither ye go, to possesse it.
Take therfore good hede vnto your selues: for ye sawe no image in the daye that the Lord spake vnto you in Horéb out of the middes of the fire:
That ye corrupt not your selues, & make you a grauen image (or) representacion of anie figure: (whither it be) the likenes of male or female.
The likenes of anie beast that is on earth (or) the likenes of anie fethered foule that flieth in the aire:
(Or) the likenes of any thing that crepeth on the earthe, (or) the likenes of anie fishe that is in the waters beneth the earth.
And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne & the moone and the starres with all the hoste of heauen, shuldest be driuen to worshippe them and serue them, whiche the Lord thy God hathe distributed to all people vnder the whole heauen.
But the Lord hath taken you and broght you out of the yro{n} fornace: out of Egypt to be vnto him a people (and) inheritance, as (appeareth) this day.
And the Lord was angry with me for your wordes, and sware that I shuld not go ouer Iordén, and that I shulde not go in vnto that good land, whiche the Lord thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.
For I muste dye in this land, and shall not go ouer Iordén, but ye shall go ouer, and possesse that good land.
Take hede vnto your selues, lest ye forget the couenant of the Lord your God which he made with you, & (lest) ye make you any grauen image, (or) likenes of anie thing, as the Lord thy God hathe charged thee.
For the Lord thy GOD is a consuming fire, (and) a ielous God.
¶ When thou shalt beget chyldren and childrens children, and shalt haue remayned long in the lande, if ye corrupte your selues, and make any graue{n} image, (or) likenes of anie thynge, and worke euill in the sight of the Lord thy GOD, to prouoke him to angre,
I call heauen and earth to record against you this day, that ye shall shortely perishe from the land, wherunto ye go ouer Iorde{n}, to possesse it: ye shal not prolo{n}g your daies therein, but shal vtterly be destroyed.
And the Lord shal scatter you among the people, and ye shalbe left fewe in nomber amonge the nacions, whether the LORD shal bring you:
And there ye shall serue Gods, (euen) the worke of mans hand, wood, & stone, which nether se, nor heare, nor eat, nor smel.
But if frome thence thou shalt seke the Lord thy God, thou shalt finde him, if thou seke him with all thine hearte, and with all thy soule.
When thou arte in tribulacion, and all these things are come vpon thee, at the le{n}gth, if thou returne to the Lord thy God, and be obedient vnto his voyce,
[For the Lord thy God is a mercifull God] he wil not forsake thee, nether destroy thee nor forget the couenant of thy Fathers, which he sware vnto them.
For inquire now of the daies that are past, which were before thee, since the day that GOD created man vpon the earthe, and (aske) fro{m} the one end of heauen vnto the other, if there came to passe suche a greate thinge as this, or whether anie suche like thing hathe bene heard.
Did euer people heare the voyce of God speakynge out of the middes of a fire, as thou hast heard, and liued?
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nacion from among nacions, by tentacions, by signes, and by wonders, and by warre, and by a mighty hand, & by a stretched out arme, and by great feare, according vnto all that the Lord your God did vnto you in Egypt before your eyes?
Vnto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest knowe, that the Lord he is God, (&) that there is none but he alone.
Out of heaue{n} he made thee heare his voice to instruct thee, & vpo{n} earth he shewed thee his greate fire, and thou heardest his voyce out of the middes of the fire.
And because he loued thy fathers, therfore he chose their sede after them, and hathe broght thee out of Egypte in hys sight, by his mighty power,
To thrust out nacions greater and mightier then thou, before thee, to bring thee in, (and) to giue thee their land for inheritance as (appeareth) this day.
Vnderstand therefore this day, and consider in thine heart, that the Lord, he is God in heauen aboue, and vpon the earthe beneth there (is) none other.
Thou shalt kepe therefore his ordinances, and his commandements whiche I co{m}mande thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy childre{n} after thee, and that thou maiest prolonge thy dayes vpon the earth, whiche the Lord thy God giueth thee for euer.
¶ The{n} Mosés separated thre cities on this side of 〈◊〉 towarde the sonne rising:
That the slayer shulde flee thither, which had killed his neighbour at vnwares, and hated him not in time past, mighte flee, I say, vnto one of those 〈◊〉, and liue:
(That is,) Bézer in the wildernes, in the plaine countrey of the Reubenites & Ramôth in Gileád among the Gadites: & Golán in Bashán among them of Manasséh.
¶ So this is the lawe which Mosés set before the children of Israél.
These are the witnesses, and the ordina{n}ces, and the Lawes which Mosés declared to the children of Israél after they came out of Egypt,
On this side Iordén, in the valey ouer againste Beth peôr, in the lande of Sihón Kynge of the Amorites, whiche dwelt at Heshbôn, whome Mosés and the chyldren of Israél smote, after they were come out of Egypt:
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og King of Bashán, two Kings of the Amorites, whiche were on this side Iordén toward the sonne rising:
From Aroér, which is by the banke of the the riuer Arnōn, euen vnto mount Siōn, which is Hermón,
And all the plaine by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, eue{n} vnto the Sea, of the plaine, vnder the springs of pisgáh.
THen Mosés called, all Israél, and sayde vnto them, Heare ô Israél the ordinances and the Lawes whiche I propose to you this day, that ye maye learne them, & take hede to obserue them.
The Lord our God made a couenant with vs in Horéb.
The Lorde made not this couenant with our fathers, (onelye,) but with vs, (euen) with vs all here aliue this day.
The Lorde talked with you face to face in the mount, out of the middes of the fire.
[At that time I stode betwene the Lorde and you, to declare vnto you the worde of the Lord for ye were afraide at the sight of the fire and went not vp in the mount] and he said,
¶ I am the Lord thy GOD, whiche haue broght thee out of the land of Egypte, fro{m} the house of bondage.
Thou shalt haue none other Gods before my face.
Thou shalt make 〈◊〉 no grauen image, (or) anie likenes (of that) that is in heauen aboue, or which is in the earthe beneth, or that is in the waters vnder the earth.
Thou shalt nether bowe thy self vnto the{m}, nor serue them for I the Lord thy God am a ielous God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, euen vnto the third and fourth (generacion) of them that hate me:
And shewing mercie vnto thousandes of them that loue me, and kepe my co{m}mandements.
Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine: for the Lord will not holde him giltles, that taketh his name in vaine.
Kepe the Sabbath daye, to sanctifie it, as the Lord thy God hathe comma{n}ded thee.
Six daies thou shalt labour, and shalt do all thy worke:
But the seuenth daye (is) the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not do anye work (〈◊〉,) thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man seruante, nor thy maide, nor thine oxe, nor thine asse, nether anie of thy cattel, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy man seruant & thy maide may rest aswel as thou.
For, remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, and (that) the Lord the God broght thee out thence by a mightye hand and a stretched out arme: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to obserue the Sabbath day.
¶ Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hathe commanded thee that thy daies may be prolonged, and that it may go wel with thee vppon the lande, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
Thou shalt not kil.
Nether shalt thou commit adulterie.
Nether shalt thou steale.
Nether shalt thou beare false witnes against thy neighbour.
Nether shalt thou couet thy neighbours wife, nether shalt thou desire thy neighbours house, his field, nor his man serua{n}t, nor his maid, his oxe, nor his asse, nor ought that thy neighbour hathe.
¶ These wordes the Lorde spake vnto all your multitude in the mounte out of the middes of the fire, the cloude & the darknes, with a great voyce, & added no more (thereto:) and wrote them vpo{n} two tables of stone, and deliuered them vnto me.
And when ye heard the voyce out of the middes of darknes, [for the mountaine did burne with fire,] then ye came tó me, all the chief of your tribes, and your Elders:
And ye said, Beholde, the Lord our GOD hath shewed vs his glorie & his greatnes, & we haue heard his voice out of the middes of the fire: we haue sene this day that God doeth talke with man, and he liueth.
Now therefore, why shuld we dye: for this greate fire will consume vs if we heare the voyce of the Lord our God anye more, we shaldye.
For what flesh (was) there euer, that heard the voyce of the liuynge GOD speaking out of the middes of the fire as we (haue,) and liued?
Go thou nere and heare all that the Lord our GOD saith: and declare thou vnto vs all that the Lord our God sayeth vnto thee and we will heare it, and do it.
Then the Lord hearde the voyce of your wordes, when ye spake vnto me: and the Lord said vnto me, I haue heard the voyce of the wordes of this people, whiche they haue spoke{n} vnto thee: they haue wel said, all that they haue spoken.
Og that there were suche an hearte in them to feare me, and to kepe all my co{m}mandementes alway: that it might go wel with them, & with their children for euer.
Go, say vnto the{m}, Returne you into your tentes.
But stand thou here with me, and I wil tell thee all the commandements, and the ordinances, and the Lawes, whiche thou shalt teache them that they may do them in the land which I giue them to possesse it.
Take hede therefore, that ye do as the Lord your GOD hathe commanded you: turne not aside to the ryghte hand nor to the left,
(But) walke in all the wayes whiche the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may liue, and that it may go well with you: and that ye may prolong your dayes in the land whiche ye shall possesse.
THese now are the commandements, ordinances, and Lawes, which the Lord your God commanded (me) to teach (you,) that ye might do them in the land whether ye go to possesse it:
That thou myghtest feare the Lorde thy God, and kepe all his ordinances, and hys commandements which I commande thee, thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy life, euen that thy dayes may be prolonged.
Heare therefore, ô Israél, and take hede to do it, that it may go wel with thee, and that ye maye increase mightelye in the lande that floweth with milke and hony, as the lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee
Heare, ô Israél, The Lorde our GOD (is) Lord onely.
And thou shalt loue the Lord thy GOD with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy might.
And these wordes which I comma{n}de thee this day, shalbe in thine heart.
And thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children, and shalt talke of the{m} when thou tariest in thyne house, and as thou walkest by the waye, and when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp:
And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpo{n} thine hand, and they shalbe as frontelets betwene thine eyes.
Also thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates.
And when the Lord thy God hath broght thee into the lande, whiche he sware vnto thy fathers, Abrahám, Izhák, and Iaakób, to giue to thee, with great and goodly cities which thou buyldedst not,
And houses ful of all maner of goods whiche thou filledst not, and wels digged whiche thou diggedst not, vineyardes and oliue trees which thou plantedst not, & (whe{n}) thou hast eaten and art ful.
Beware lest thou forget the Lord, which broght thee out of the land of Egypte, fro{m} the house of bondage.
Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God, & serue him, and shalt sweare by his Name.
Ye shal not walke after other gods, (after anie) of the gods of the people which are round about you,
[For the Lorde thy God is a ielous GOD among you:] lest the wrathe of the Lorde thy God be kindeled against thee: and destroy thee from the face of the earth.
¶ Ye shal not tempt the Lord your God, as ye did tempt him in 〈◊〉:
(But) ye shal kepe diligently the commandements of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his ordinances which he hathe commanded thee,
And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that thou maiest prosper, and that thou maiest go in and possesse that good la{n}d which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers,
To cast out all thine enemies before thee, as the lord hathe said.
When thy sonne shal aske thee in time to come, saying, What meane these testimonies, and ordinances, and lawes, which the Lord our God hathe commanded you?
Then thou shalt say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaosh bo{n}dmen in Egypt but the Lord broght vs out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
And the Lord shewed signes and wonders great and euil vpon Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his housholde, before our eyes.
And broght vs out from the{m}ce, to bring vs in, and to giue vs the land whiche he sware vnto our fathers.
Therefore the Lord hathe commanded vs to do all these ordinances, (and) to feare the Lord our God, that it may go euer wel with vs (and) that he may preserue vs aliue as at this present.
Moreouer, this shalbe our rigtheousnes before the Lord our God, if we take hede to kepe all these commandements, as he hathe commanded vs.
WHen the Lord thy God shal bring thee into the la{n}d whither thou goest to possesse it, and shal roote out manie nations before thee: the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Ca naánites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, seuen nacions greater and mightier then thou.
And the Lord thy God shal giue them before thee, then thou shalt smite the{m}: thou shalt vtterly destroy the{m}: thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor haue compassion on them.
Nether shalt thou make mariages with the{m}, nether giue thy daughter vnto his so{n}ne nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.
For they wil cause thy sonne to turne away from me, and to serue other gods: the{n} wil the wrath of the Lord waxe hote against you and destroy thee sodenly.
But thus ye shal deale with them, Ye shal ouerthrowe their altars, & breake downe their pillers, and ye shal cut downe their groues, and burne their grauen images with fire.
For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lord thy God hathe chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto him selfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth.
The lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you, because ye were mo in nomber then anie people: for ye were the fewest of all people.
But because the Lord loued you, and because he wolde kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto your fathers, the Lord hathe broght you out by a mighty ha{n}d and deliuered you out of the house of bondage from the hand of Pharaóh King of Egypt
That thou maiest knowe, that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God which kepeth couenant and mercie vnto them that loue him and kepe his commandements (euen) to a thousand generacions,
And rewardeth them to their face that hate him, to bring them to destruction he wil not deferre to rewarde him that hateth him, to his face.
Kepe thou therefore the commandeme{n}ts and the ordinances, and the lawes, which I commande thee this day to do them.
〈◊〉 For if ye hearken vnto these lawes, and obserue and do them, then the Lord thy God shal kepe with thee the couenant, & the mercy which he sware vnto thy fathers.
And he willoue thee, and blesse thee, and multiplie thee: he wil also blesse the frute of thy wombe, and the frute of thy land: thy corne and thy wine, and thine oyle & the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy shepe in the land, which he sware vnto thy fathers to giue thee.
Thou shalt be blessed aboue all people, there shalbe nether male nor female baren among you, nor among your cattel.
Moreouer, the Lord wil take away from thee all infirmities, and wil put none of the euil diseases of Egypt [which thou knowest] vpon thee, but wil send the{m} vpo{n} all that hate thee.
Thou shalt therefore consume all people: which the Lord thy God shal giue thee: thine eie shal not spare the{m}, nether shalt thou serue their gods, for that shal be thy destruction.
If thou say in thine heart, These nacions are mo then I how can I cast them out?
Thou shalt not feare them (but) remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Pharaóh, and vnto all Egypt:
The great tentacions which thine eyes sawe, and the signes and wonders, and the mightie hand and stretched out arme, whereby the Lord thy God broght thee out: so shal the Lord thy God do vnto all the people, whose face thou fearest.
Moreouer, the Lord thy God wil send homettes amo{n}g them vntil they that are left, and hide them selues from thee, be destroied.
Thou shalt not feare them: for the Lord thy God (is) amo{n}g you, a God mighty and dreadful.
Andth Lord thy God wil roote out these nacions before thee by litle and litle: thou maist not consume them at once, lest the beastes of the field increase vpon thee.
But the Lord thy God shal giue them before thee, and shal destroy the{m} with a mighty destruction, vntil they be broght to noght
And he shal deliuer their Kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from vnder heauen: there shal no man be able to stand before thee, vntil thou hast destroied them.
The grauen images of their gods shal ye burne with fire (and) couet not the siluer and golde (that is) on them nor take it vnto thee, lest thou be snared there with: for it is an abominacion (before) the Lord thy God.
Bring not therefore abominacion into thine house, lest thou be accursed like it, (but) vtterly abhorre it, & counte it moste abominable: for it is accursed.
YE shal kepe all the commandements which I commande thee this day, for to do them: that ye may 〈◊〉, and be multiplied, and go in & possesse the la{n}d which the Lord sware vnto your fathers.
And thou shalt reme{m}ber all the way which the Lord thy God led thee this fourty yere in the wildernes, for to humble thee and to proue thee, to knowe what was in thine heart, whether thou woldest kepe his co{m}mandements or no.
Therefore he hu{m}bled thee, and made thee hungry, & fed thee with Man, which thou knewest not, nether did thy fathers know it, that he might teache thee that man liueth nor by bread onely, but by euerie (worde) that proceadeth out of the mouth of the Lord, doeth a man liue.
Thy rayment waxed not olde vpon thee, nether did thy fote swel those fourtie yeres.
Knowe therefore in thine heart, that as a man nourtereth his sonne, so the Lord thy God nourtereth thee.
Therefore shalt thou kepe the commandements of the Lord thy GOD, that thou maiest walke in his wayes, and feare him.
For the Lord thy god bringeth thee into a good land, a land in the which are riuers of water and fountaines, and dephtes that spring out of vale is and mountaines
A land of wheat and barley, and of vineyardes, and fig trees, and pomgranates a land of oyle oliue and honey:
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarcetie, nether shalte thou lacke anie thing therin. a la{n}d whose stones (are) yron, and out of whose mountains thou shalt digge brasse.
And when thou hast eaten and filled thy self, thou shalt blesse the Lord thy God for the good land, which he hath giuen thee.
Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, not keping his commandements, & his lawes, and his ordinances, which I commande thee this day:
Lest (when) thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, & hast buylt goodly houses & dwelt (therein)
And thy beastes, and thy shepe are increased, and thy siluer and golde is multiplied, and all that thou hast is encreased.
Then thine heart be lifted vp and thou forget the Lord thy God, which broght the out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Who was thy guide in the great and terrible wildernes 〈◊〉 (wherein were) firy serpe{n}ts and scorpions, and drought, where (was) no water, who broght forthe water for thee, out of the rocke of flinte:
Who fed thee in the 〈◊〉 with Ma{n}, which thy fathers knewe not,] to humble thee, and to proue thee, that he might do thee good at thy latter end,
(Beware) lest thou say in thine heart, My power, and the strength of mine owne ha{n}d hathe prepared me this abundance.
But remember the Lord thy God: for it is he which giueth thee power to get substance to establish his couenant which he sware vnto thy fathers, as (appeareth) this day.
And if thou forget the Lord thy God, and walke after other gods, and serue them, & worship the{m}, I testifie vnto you this day that ye shal surely perish.
As the nacions which the Lord destroyeth before you, so ye shal perish, because ye wolde not be obedient vnto the voyce of the Lord your God.
HEare o Israél, Thou shalt passe ouer Iordén this day, to go in (and) to possesse nacions greater and mightier then thy selfe (and) cities great and walled vp to heauen,
A people great and tal (euen) the childre{n} of the Anakims, whome thou knowest, & (of whome) thou hast heard (say) Who can stand before the children of Anák?
Vnderstand therefore that this day the Lord thy God is he which goeth ouer before thee (as) a consuming fire: he shal destroy, them and he shal bring them downe before thy face? so thou shalt cast the{m} out and destroye them sodenly, as the Lord hathe said vnto thee,
Speake not thou in thine heart [after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out befo re thee] saying, For my righteousnes the Lord hathe broght me into possesse this land; but for the wickednes of these nacions the Lord hathe cast them out before thee.
(For) thou entrest not to inherit their land for thy righteousnes, or for thy vpright heart, but for the wickednes of those nacions, the Lord thy God doeth cast them out before thee & that he might perfourme the worde which the Lord thy GOD sware vnto thy fathers, Abrahám, Izhák, and Iaákob.
Vnderstand therefore, that the Lord thy God giueth thee not this good la{n}d to possesse it for thy righteousnes: for thou art a stifnecked people.
¶ Reme{m}ber, and forget not, how thou prouokedst the Lord thy God to angre in the wildernes: since the day that thou didest depart out of the la{n}d of Egypt vntil ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled agai{n}st the Lord.
Also in Horêb ye prouoked the Lord to angre so that the Lord was 〈◊〉 with you (euen) to destroy you.
When I was gone vp into the mount, to receiue the tables of stone, the tables (I say) of the couena{n}t, which the Lord made with you: & I abode in the mount forty dayes and fortie nightes (and) I nether ate bread nor yet dranke water:
Then the Lord deliuered me two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and in them (was conteined) according to all the wordes which the Lord had said vnto you in the mounte out of the middes of the fire, in the day of the assemblie,
And when the fortie dayes & fortie nightes were ended, the Lord gaue me the two tables of stone, the table (I say) of the couenant.
And the Lord said vnto me, Arise, get the downe quickely from hence: for thy people which thou hast broght out of Egypt, haue corrupt (their wayes) thei are sone turned out of the way, which I commanded them thei haue made them a molten image.
Furthermore, the Lord spake vnto me, saying, I haue 〈◊〉 this people, & behold, it is a stifnecked people.
Let me alone, that I may destroye the{m}, & put out their name from vnder heauen, & I wil make of thee a mightie nacion, and greater then thei be.
So I returned, and came downe from the Mount [and the Mou{n}t burnt with fire and the two Tables of the couenant (were) in my two hands]
Then I loked, and beholde, ye had sinned against the Lord your God (for) ye had made you a molten calf (and) had turned quickely out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
Therefore I toke the two Tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake the{m} before your eies.
And I fel downe before the Lord: fortie daies, and fortie nights, as before: I nether ate bread nor dranke water, because of all your sinnes, which ye had committed; in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord in that ye prouoked him vnto wrath.
[For I was afraied of the wrath and indignacion, where with the Lord was moued against you (euen) to destroye you] yet the Lord heard me at that time also.
Like wise the Lord was verie angry with Aaron (euen) to destroye him: but at that time I praied also for Aarón.
And I toke your sinne (I meane) the calfe which ye had made, and burnt him with fire, and stamped him and grounde him smale, euen vnto verie dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the riuer, that descended out of the Mount.
Also in Taberah and in Massáh and in Kibrothhattaauáh ye prouoked the Lord to angre.
Like wise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnéa, saying, Go vp, and possesse the land which I haue giuen you, then ye rebelled against the commandement of the Lord your God, and beleued him not nor hearkened vnto his voyce.
Ye haue bene rebellions vnto the Lord, since the daie that I knewe you.
Then I fel downe before the Lord fortie daies and fortie nights, as I fel downe (before) because the Lord, had said that he wolde destroye you,
And I praied vnto the Lord & said, O Lord God, destroye not thy people and thine inherita{n}ce, which thou hast redemed through thy greatnes whome thou hast broght out of Egypt by a mightie hand.
Reme{m}ber thy serua{n}ts Abrahám, Izhák, & Iaakób: loke not to the stuburnes of his people, nor to their wickednes, nor to their sinne.
Lest the countrey, whence thou broghtest the{m}, say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, or because he hated the{m}, he caried the{m} out, to slaye the{m} in the wildernes.
Yet thei are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broghtest out by thy mightie power, & by thy stretched out arme
IN the same time the 〈◊〉 said vnto me, Hewe thee two Tables of stone lyke vnto the first, and come vp vnto me into the Mou{n}t, & make thee an Arke of wood
And I wil write vpon the Tables the wordes that were vpon the first Tables, which thou brakest, and thou shalt put the{m} in the Arke.
And I made an Arke of shittim wood, and hewed two Tables of stone like vnto the first, and went vp into the Mountaine, and the two Tables in mine hand.
Then he wrote vpo{n} the Tables according to the first writing [the ten commandements, which the Lord spake vnto you in the Mount out of the middes of the fire, in the daye of the asse{m}blie] and the Lord gaue them vnto me.
And I departed, and came downe from the Mount, and put the Tables in the Arke which I made & there thei be, as the Lord commanded me.
¶ And the childré of Israel toke their iourney from Beereth of the children of Iaaka{n} to Mosen where Aaron dyed: and was buryed, & Eleazár his sonne became Prièst in his steade.
¶ From thence thei departed vnto Gudgodáh, and from Gudgodáh to Iotbáth a land of running waters.
¶ The same time the 〈◊〉 separated the tribe of Leui to beare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord (and) to stand before the Lord, to minister vnto him, & to blesse in his Name vnto this day.
Wherefore Leui hathe no parte nor inheritance, with his brethren (for) the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord thy God hathe promised him.
And I taried in the Mountas at the first time, fortie daies and fortie nights, and the Lord heard me at that time also (and) the Lord wolde not destroye thee.
But the Lord said vnto me, Arise, go for the in the iourney before the people, that thei may go in and possesse the land which I sware vnto their fathers to giue vnto them,
¶ And now, Israél, what doeth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to feare the Lord thy God, to walke in all his 〈◊〉, & to louc him, and to serue the lord thy God with all thine heart, & with all thy soule?
That thou kepe the commandements of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I commande thee 〈◊〉 day for thy welth?
Beholde, heauen, and the heauen of heaue{n}s (is) the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.
Notwithstanding, the Lord set his delite in thy fathers to loue them, and dyd chose their sede after them (euen) you aboue all people, as (appeareth) this day.
Circu{m}cise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and harden your neks no more.
For the Lord your God is God of gods, & Lord of Lords, a great God, mightie & terrible, which accepteth no persones nor taketh rewarde:
Who doeth right vnto the fatherles and widowe, and loueth the stranger, giuing him folde and rayment.
Loue ye therefore the stra{n}ger: for ye were strangers in the Land of Egypt.
Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God: thou shalt serue him, and thou shalt cleaue vnto him, and shalt sweare by his Name.
He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hathe done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eies haue sene.
Thy fathers we{n}t downe into Egypt with seuentie persones, and now the Lord thy God hathe made thee, as the starres of the heauen in multitude.
THerefore thou shalt loue the Lord thy God, and shalt kepe that, which he co{m}mandeth to be kept that is, his ordinances, and his Lawes, & his commandements alwaie.
And consider this day [(for I speake not) to your childre{n}, which haue nether knowen nor sene] the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatnes, his mightie hand and his stretched out arme,
And his signes, and his actes, which he did in the middes of Egypt vnto Pharaoh the King of Egypt and vnto all his land:
And what he did vnto the hoste of the Egyptians, vnto their horses and to their charetes, when he caused the waters of the red Sea to ouerfloe them, as they pursued after you, and the Lord destroyed them vnto this day:
And what he did vnto you in the wildernes, vntil ye came vnto this place:
And what he did vnto Dathán and Abirám the sonnes of Eliáb the sonne of Reubén, when the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them with their householdes & their tents, and all their substance that thei had in the middes of all Israél.
For your eies haue sene all the great actes of the Lord which he did.
Therefore shal ye kepe all the commandements, which I commande you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possesse the land whether ye go to possesse it
Also that ye may prolong (your) daies in the land, which the Lord sware vnto your fathers, to giue vnto them and to their sede (eue{n}) a land that floweth with milke and honie.
¶ For the land whether thou goest to possesse it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came, where thou sowedst thy sede, and waterest it with thy fete as a garden of herbes:
But the land whether ye go to possesse it, (is) a land of mountaines and valleis (and drinketh water of the raine of heauen.
This land doeth the Lord thy God care for the eies of the Lord thy God (are) alwaies vpon it from the beginning of the yere, euen vnto the end of the yere.
¶ If ye shal hearken therefore vnto my co{m}mandements, which I comma{n}de you this day, that ye loue the Lord your God and serue him with all your heart, and with all your soule.
I also wil giue raine vnto your land in due time, the first raine and the latter, that thou maiest gather in thy wheat, and thy wine, and thine oyle:
Also I wil send grasse in thy fields for thy cattel, that thou maiest eat, and haue ynough.
(But) bewarre lest your heart deceaue you, and lest ye turne aside, & serue other gods, and worship them,
And (so) the angre of the Lord be kindled against you, & he shut vp the heauen, that there be no raine, and that your land yelde nother frute, and ye perish quickely from the good la{n}d, which the Lord giueth you.
¶ Therefore shal ye lay vp these my wordes in your heart & in your soule, & binde them for a signe vpon your hand, that they maie be as a frontelet betwene your eyes.
And ye shal teache them your children, speaking of the{m}, when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way and whe{n} thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp.
And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thine house and vpon thy gates,
That your dayes maie be multiplied, and the dayes of your childre{n}, in the land which the Lord sware vnto your fathers to giue them, as long as the heauens are aboue the earth.
¶ For if ye kepe diligently all these commandements, which I commande you to do (that is) to loue the Lord your God to walke in all his waies, and to cleaue vnto him.
Then wil the Lord cast out all these nacio{n}s before you, & ye shal possesse great nacio{n}s and mightier then you.
Al the places wheron the soles of your fete shal treade, shalbe yours, your coast shalbe from the wildernes and from Lebanôn, and from the Riuer (euen) the riuer Perâth, vnto the vttermost Sea.
No man shal stand against your (for) the Lord your God shal cast the feare & dread of you vpon all the land that ye shal tread vpon, as he hathe said vnto you.
¶ Beholde, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:
The blessing, if ye obey the commandements of the Lord your God which I commande you this day:
And the curse, if ye wil not obey the commandements of the Lord your God, but turne out of the way, which I co{m}mande you this day, to go after other gods, which ye haue not knowen.
¶ When the Lord thy God therefore hathe broght thee into the land, whether thou goest to possesse it, then thou shalt put the blessing vpon mount Gerizim, & the curse vpon mount Ebál.
Are they not beyonde Iordén on that parte, where the sunne goeth downe in the land of the Canaanites, which dwel in the plaine ouer agai{n}st Gilgál, beside the groue of Moréh.
For ye shal passe ouer Iordên, to go into possesse the land, which the Lord your God giueth you, and ye shal possesse it, and dwel therein.
Take hede therefore that ye do all the commandements and the lawes, which I set before you this day.
THese are the ordinances & the lawes, which ye shal obserue & do in the land [which the Lord God of thy fathers giueth thee to possesse it] as long as ye liue vpon the earth.
Ye shal vtterly 〈◊〉 all the places: wherein the nacions 〈◊〉 ye shal possesse, serued their gods vpon the hie mountains & vpo{n} the hilles, and vnder euerie grene tre.
Also ye shal ouerthrowe their altars, and breake downe their pillers, & burne their groues with fire: and ye shal hewe downe the grauen images of their gods, and abolish their names out of that place.
Ye shal not so do vnto the Lord your God,
But ye shal seke the place which the Lord your god shal chose out of all your tribes to put his Name there (and) there to dwel, and thether thou shalt come,
And ye shal bring thether your burnt offrings, & your sacrifices, & your tithes, & the offring of your hands, & your vowes and your fre offrings & the first borne of your kine and of your shepe.
And there ye shal eat before the Lord your God, and ye shal reioyce in all that ye put your hand vnto (bothe) ye, and your housholdes, because the Lord thy God hathe blessed thee.
Ye shal not do after all these thi{n}gs that we do here this day (that is) euerie man whatsoeuer semeth him good in his owne eyes.
For ye are not yet come to rest, and to the inherita{n}ce which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
But when ye go ouer Iordên, and dwel in the land, which the Lord your God hathe giuen you to inherit, and (when) he hathe giuen you rest from all your enemies rounde about, and ye dwel in safetie.
Whe{n} there shalbe a place which the Lord your God shal chose, to cause his Name to dwel there, thether shal ye bring all that I commande you: your burnt offrings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offring of your ha{n}ds, and all your special vowes which ye vow vnto the Lord:
And ye shal reioyce before the Lord your God, ye, & your so{n}nes and your daughters, and your seruants, and your maidens, and the leuite that is within your gates: 〈◊〉 for he hathe no parte nor inherita{n}ce with you
Take hede that thou offer not thy burnt offrings in euerie place that thou seest:
But in the place which the Lord shal chose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offrings, & there thou shalt do all that I commande thee.
Notwithsta{n}ding thou maist kil & eat flesh in all thy gates, what soeuer thine heart desireth, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hathe giuen thee, (bothe) the vncleane & the cleane may eat thereof, as of the roe bucke, & of the bart
Onely ye shal not eat the blood (but) powre it vpon the earth as water.
¶ Thou maiest not 〈◊〉 within thy gates the tithe of thy corne, 〈◊〉 of thy wine, nor of thine oyle; nor the first borne of thy kine, nor of thy shepe, nether anie of thy vowes which thou vowest, nor thy fre offrings, nor the offring of thine hands.
But thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God, in the place which the Lord thy God shal chose, thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, & thy maid, & the Leuite, that is within thy gates: and thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, in al that thou puttest thine hand to.
Beware, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth.
¶ When the Lord thy God shal enlarge thy border, as he hathe promised thee, and thou shalt say, I wil eat flesh, [because thine heart lo{n}geth to catflesh] thou maist eat flesh, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth.
If the place which the Lord thy God hathe chosen to put his Name there, be far from thee, then thou shalt kil of thy bullockes and of thy shepe which the Lord hathe giuen thee, as I haue commanded thee: and thou shalt eat in thy gates, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth.
Euen as the roe bucke and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them (bothe) the vncleane and the cleane shal eat of the{m} alike
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood for the blood is the lyfe, and thou maist not eat the life with the flesh.
(Therefore) thou shalt not eat it (but) powre it vpon the earth as water.
Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go wel with thee, and with thy childre{n} after thee when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord:
But thine holy things which thou hast, & thy vowes thou shalt take vp, and come vnto the place which the Lord shal chose.
And thou shalt make thy burnt offrings of the flesh, and of the blood vpon the altar of the Lord thy God, and the blood of thine offrings shal be powred vpon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
Take hede, and heare all these wordes which I co{m}mand thee, that it may go wel with thee, and with thy childre{n} after thee for euer, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.
¶ Whe{n} the Lord thy God shal destroy the nacions before thee, whether thou goest to possesse them, and thou shalt possesse them and dwel in their land,
Beware, lest thou be taken in a snare after them, after that they be destroyed before thee 〈◊〉, and lest thou aske after their gods, saying. How did these nacions serue their gods, that I may do so like wise?
Thou shalt not do so vnto the Lord thy God: for all abominacion, which the Lord hateth, haue they done vnto their gods: for they haue burned bothe their sonnes and their daughters with fire to their gods
(Therefore) whatsoeuer I commande you take hede you do it: thou shalt put nothing thereto, nor take ought there from
IF there arise among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreames, [and giue thee a signe or wondre,
And the signe and the wondre, which he hathe tolde thee, come to passe] saying, Let vs go after other gods, which thou hast not knowen, and let vs serue them,
Thou shalt not hearken vnto the wordes of the prophet, or vnto that dreamer of dreames: for the Lord your God proueth you, to knowe whether ye loue the Lord your god with all your heart, and with all your soule.
Ye shal walke after the Lord your God & feare him, & shal kepe his commandements and hearken vnto his voyce, & ye shall serue him, and cleaue vnto him.
But that prophet, or that dreamer of dreames he shal be slaine, because he hath spoken to turne you away from the Lorde your God [whiche broght you out of the land of Egipt, & deliuered you out of the house of bondage] to thrust thee out of the way, wherein the Lord thy God commanded thee to walke: so shalt thou take the euil away forth of the middes of thee.
¶ If thy brother, the sonne of thy 〈◊〉 mother, or thine owne sonne, or thy daughter, or the wife (that lieth) in thy bosome, or thy frende which is as thine owne soule, entice theese cretly, saying, Let vs go & serue other gods, [which thou hast not knowen, thou, (I say,) nor thy fathers]
(Anie) of the gods of the people which are rownde about you, nere vnto thee or far of from thee, from the one end of the earthe vnto the other:
Thou shalt not consent vnto him, nor heare him, nether shall thine eye pitie him, nor shewe mercie, nor kepe him secret:
But thou shalt eue{n} kill him: thine ha{n}d shalbe first vpon him to put him to death, & the{n} the hands of all the people.
And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he dye [because he hathe gone about to thrust thee away from the Lord thy GOD, which broght thee out of the land of Egipt, from the house of bondage]
That all Israél may heare and feare, and do no more anie such wickednes as this among you.
¶ If thou shalt heare say [concernyng anie of thy cities which the Lord thy God hathe giuen thee to dwel in]
Wicked men are gone out from among you, & haue drawen away the inhabitants of their citie, saying, Let vs go and serue other gods, which ye haue not knowen.
Then thou shalt seke, & make searche & & enquire diligently: and if (it be) true, (and) the thing certeine, that suche abominacion is wroght among you.
Thou shalt eue{n} slaye the inhabita{n}ts of that citie with the edge of the sworde: destroy it vtterly, and al that is therein, and the cattell thereof with the edge of the sworde.
And thou shalt gather all the spoile of it into the middes of the strete therof, & burne with fire the citie & all the spoile thereof euerie whit, vnto the Lorde thy God: and it shalbe an heape for euer: it shall not be built againe.
And there shal cleaue nothing of the damned thing to thine hand, that the Lord maye turne from the fearcenes of his wrath, and shewe thee mercie, a{n}d haue compassion on thee and multiplie thee, as he hathe sworne vnto thy fathers:
When thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, and kepe all his commandements which I commande thee this day, that thou do that which is right in the eies of the Lord thy God.
YEare the children of the Lord your God Ye shall not cut your selues, nor make you (anie) bladnes betwene your eies for the dead.
For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hathe chosen thee to be a precious people vnto him selfe, aboue all the people that are vpon the earth.
¶ Thou shalt eat no maner of abominacio{n}.
These are beasts, whiche ye shal 〈◊〉, the befe the shepe, and the goat.
The hart, and the roe bucke, and the bugle and the wilde goat, and the vnicorne, & the wilde oxe, and the chamois.
And euerie beast that parteth the hoofe, and cleaueth the clift into two clawes, and (is) of the beasts that cheweth the cud, that shall ye eat.
But these ye shal not eat, of the{m} that chewe the cud, and of them that deuide & cleaue the hoofe (onely:) the camel, nor the hare, nor the cony: for they chewe the cud, but deuide not the hoofe: (therfore) they shalbe vncleane vnto you:
Also the swine, because he deuideth the hoofe, and cheweth not the cud, shalbe vncleane vnto you: ye shal not eat of their flesh nor touche their dead carkeises.
¶ These ye shal eat, of al that are in the waters: all that haue finnes & scales shall ye eat.
And whatsoeuer hath no finnes nor scales, ye shall not eat: it shalbe vncleane vnto you.
¶ Of all cleane birdes ye shall eat:
But these are they, whereof ye shall not eat: the egle, nor the goshawke, nor the osprey.
Nor the glead nor the kite, nor the vulture, after their kinde.
Nor all kinde of rauens.
Nor the ostriche, nor the night crowe, nor the semeaw, nor the hawke after her kinde.
Nether the litle owle, nor the greate owle, nor the redshanke.
Nor the pellicane, nor the swanne, nor the cormorant:
The storcke also, & the heron in his kinde, nor the lap wing, nor the backe.
And euerie creping thing that flieth, shalbe vncleane vnto you: it shal not be eaten.
(But) of all cleane foules ye may eat.
Ye shall eat of nothing that dyeth alone, but thou shalt giue it vnto the stra{n}ger that is within thy gates that he may eat it: or thou maiest sel it vnto a stra{n}ger: for thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God Thou shalt not seeth a kid in his mothers milke.
Thou shalt giue the tithe of al the increase of thy sede, that commeth forth of the field yere by yere.
And thou shalt eat before the Lorde thy God [in the place whiche he shall chose to cause his Name to dwell there] the tithe of thy corne, of thy wine, & of thine oyle, & the first borne of thy kyne & of thy shepe, that thou maiest learne to feare the Lorde thy God alway.
And if the way be to long for thee, so that thou art not able to cary it, because the place is far from thee, where the Lord thy God shal chose to set his Name, when the Lorde thy God shal blesse thee.
The{n} shalt thou make it in money, and take the money in thine hand, & go vnto the place which the Lord thy God shal chose.
And thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoeuer thine heart desireth: whether it be oxe, or shepe, or wine or strong drinke, or whatsoeuer thine heart desireth: & shalt eat it there before the Lord thy God, & reioyce (bothe) thou, and thine housholde.
And the Leuite that is within thy gates shalt thou not forsake: for he hathe nether parte nor inheritance with thee.
¶ At the end of thre yere thou shalt bring for the all the tithes of thine encrease of the same yere, and lay it vp within thy gates.
Then the Leuite shall come, because he hathe no parte nor inheritance with thee, & the stra{n}ger, & the fatherles, and the widowe whiche are within thy gates, and shalt eat, & be filled, that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in all the worke of thine hand whiche thou doest.
AT the terme of seuen yeres thou shalt make a fredome.
And this is the maner of the fredom: euerie creditour shal quite the lone of his ha{n}d whiche he hathe sent to his neighbour: he shall not aske it againe of his neighbour, nor of his brother: for (the yere) of the Lordes fredome is proclamed.
Of a stranger thou maist require it: but that which thou hast with thy brother, thine ha{n}d shall remit:
Saue whe{n} there shalbe no poore with thee for the Lord shal blesse thee in the land, whiche the Lorde thy God giueth thee, for an inheritance to possesse it:
So that thou hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God to obserue and do all these commandements, whiche I commande thee this day.
For the Lord thy God hathe blessed thee, as he hathe promised thee: and thou shalt lend vnto manie nacions, but thou thy selfe shalt not borowe, and thou shalt reigne ouer 〈◊〉 nacions, and they shall not reigne ouer thee.
¶ If one of thy brethre{n} with thee be poore within anie of thy gates in thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand fro{m} thy poore brother:
But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him, & shalt lend him sufficient for his nede whiche he hathe.
Beware that there be not a wicked thoght in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yere, that yere of fredome is at hand: therfore it grieueth thee to loke on thy poore brother, & thou giuest him noght, and he crie vnto the Lord against thee, so that sinne be in thee:
Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all thy workes, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.
Because there shalbe euer (some) poore in the land, therefore I commande thee, saying Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy nedie, and to thy poore in thy land.
¶ If thy brother an Ebrewe sel him self to thee, or an Ebrewesse, and serue thee six yere euen in the seuenth yere thou shalt let hym go fre from thee.
And when thou sendest him out fre from thee, thou shalt not let him go away emptie
(But) shalt giue him a liberall rewarde of thy shepe, and of thy corne, and of thy wine thou shalt giue him of that where with the Lord thy God hathe blessed thee.
And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God deliuered thee: therefore I co{m}mande thee this thing to day.
And if he 〈◊〉 vnto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loueth thee and thine house, (and) because he is wel with thee.
Then shalt thou take a naule, & perce his eare through against the dore, a{n}d he shalbe thy seruant for euer: and vnto thy mayd seruant thou shalt do like wise.
Let it not grieue thee, whe{n} thou lettest him go out fre fro{m} thee: for he hathe serued thee six yeres, (whiche is) the double worthe of an hired seruant: and the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all that thou doest.
¶ Al the first borne males that come of thy cattel, and of thy shepe, thou shalt sanctifie vnto the Lord thy God, Thou shalt do no worke with thy first borne bullocke, 〈◊〉 sheare thy first borne shepe.
Thou shal eat it before the Lorde thy God yere by yere, in the place whiche the Lorde shal chofe, (bothe) thou, & thine houshold.
But if there be anie blemish therein, (as if it be) lame, or blinde, or haue anie euil faut, thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lord thy God
(But) shalt eat it within thy gates: the vncleane, and the cleane (shall eat it) alīke, as the roe bucke, and as the heart.
Onely thou shalt not eat the blood therof, (but) powre it vpon the grounde as water.
THou shalt kepe the moneth of Abib and thou shalte celebrate the Passeouer vnto the Lorde thy God: for in the moneth of Abib the Lorde thy God broght thee out of Egypt by night.
Thou shalte therefore offer the Passeouer vnto the Lorde thy God, of shepe and bullockes in the place where the Lorde shall chose to cause his Name to dwel.
Thou shalt eat no leauened bread with it: (but) seuen dayes shalt thou eat vnleauened bread there with, (euen) the bread of tribulacion: for thou camest out of the land of Egypt in haste, that thou maiest remember the day when thou camest out of the land of Egypt, all the dayes of thy life.
And there shall be no leauen sene wyth thee in all thy coastes seuen dayes long: nether shall there remayne the nyght anie of the flesh vntill the morning which thou offredst the first day at euen.
Thou maiest not offer the Passeouer within anie of thy gates, which the Lorde thy God giueth thee:
But in the place whiche the Lorde thy God shall chose to place hys Name, there thou shalt offer the Passeouer at euen, aboute the going downe of the sunne, in the season that thou camest out of Egypt.
And thou shalte roste and eat it in the place whiche the Lord thy God shall chose, and shalt returne on the morowe, and go vnto thy tentes.
Six dayes shalt thou eat vnleauened breade, and the seuenth day (shalbe) a solemne assemblie to the Lord thy God: thou shalte do no worke (therein.)
¶ Seuen wekes shalte thou nomber vnto thee, and shalte begyn to nomber the seuen wekes, when thou begynst to put the sickel to the corne.
And thon shalte kepe the feast of wekes vnto the Lord thy God, (euen) a fre gift of thyne hand, which thou shalt giue vnto the Lorde thy God, as the Lorde the God hathe blessed thee.
And thou shalt reioyse before thy Lord thy God, thou and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, and thy maid, and the 〈◊〉 that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherles, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God shal chose to place his Name there.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt: therefore thou shalt obserue and do these ordinances.
¶ Thou shalt obserue 〈◊〉 feast of the Tabernacles seuen daies, when thou hast gathered in thy corne, and thy wine.
And thou shalt reioyce in thy feaste, thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, and thy mayd, and the Leuite, and the stranger, and the fatherles, and the widowe, that are within thy gates.
Seuen daies shalt thou kepe a feast vnto the Lord thy God in the place which the 〈◊〉 shal chose: whe{n} the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in all thine increase, a{n}d in all the workes of thine ha{n}ds, thou shalt in anie case be glad.
¶ Thre tymes in the yere shall all the males appeare before the Lord thy God in the place which he shal chose: in the feast of the vnleauened bread, & in the feast of the weks, and in the feast of the Tabernacles: and they shal not appeare before the Lord empty.
Euerie man (shall gyue) accordyng to the gift of hys hande, and accordynge to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath giuen theé.
¶ Iudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities, whiche the Lord thy God giueth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall iudge the people with ryghteous iudgement.
Wrest not thou the Lawe, nor respect anye persone, nether take reward: for the reward blindeth the eyes of the wise, a{n}d peruerteth the wordes of the iust.
That which is iust and right shalt thou followe, that thou maiest liue, and possesse the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
¶ Thou shalt plante thee no groue of anie trees nere vnto the altar of the Lorde thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Thou shalte set thee vp no piller, whiche thing the Lord thy God hateth.
THou shalt offer vnto the Lorde thy God no bullocke nor shepe wherein is blemish (or) anie euill fauored thyng: for that is an abominacion vnto the Lord thy God.
¶ If there be found among you in anie of thy cities, whiche the Lord thy God giueth thee, man or woman that hathe wroght wickednes in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his couenant.
And hathe gone and serued other gods, and worshipped them: as the sunne, or the moone, or anie of the hoste of heauen, whiche I haue not commanded.
And it be tolde vnto thee, & thou hast heard it, then shalte thou inquire diligently: and if (it be) true, (and) the thing certeine, that suche abominacion is wroght in Israél.
Then shalte thou bryng forthe that man, or that woman [whyche haue committed that wicked thynge] vnto thy gates, (whether it be) man or woman, a{n}d shalt stone them with stones, til they dye.
At the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal he that is worthy of death, dye: (but) at the mouth of one witnes, he shal not dye.
The hands of the witnesses shalbe first vpon him, to kil him: and afterwarde the háds of all the people: so thou shalt take the wicked away from among you.
¶ If there rise a matter to hard for thee in iudgement betwene blood and blood, betwene plea and plea, betwene plague & plague, in the matter of co{n}trouersie within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and go vp vnto the place which the Lord thy GOD shal chose,
And thou shalt come vnto the Priests of the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shalbe in those dayes, and aske, & thei shal shewe thee the sentence of iudgement,
And thou shalt do according to that thing which they of that place [which the Lord hathe chosen] shewe thee, and thou shalt obserue to do according to all that they informe thee.
According to the Lawe, which they shal teach thee, and according to the iudgement whiche they shall tell thee, shalte thou do: thou shalt not decline from the thyng whiche they shall shewe thee, (nether) to the right hand, nor to the left.
And that man that will do presumpteously, not heark enyng vnto the Priest [that standeth before the Lorde thy God to minister there] or vnto the iudge, that man shaldye, and thou shalt take away euil from Israél.
So all the people shall heare and feare, and do no more presumpteously.
¶ When thou shalte come vnto the lande whiche the Lord thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwel therein, if thou say, I wil set a King ouer me, like as all the nacions that are about me.
(The{n}) thou shalt make him King ouer thee, whome the Lord thy God shal chose: from amonge thy brethren shalte thou make a King ouer thee: thou shalt not set a stranger ouer thee, which is not thy brother.
In anie wise he shal not prepare him manie horses, nor bring the people againe to Egypte for to increase the no{m}ber of horses, seing the Lord hathe said vnto you, Ye shal henceforthe go no more againe that way.
Nether shall he take hym manie wiues, lest his heart turne away, nether shal he gather him muche siluer and golde.
And when he shall sit vppon the throne of his kyngdome, then shall he write hym this Lawe repeted in a boke, by the Priests of the Leuites.
And it shalbe wyth hym, and he shall read therein all dayes of hys lyfe, that he maye learne to feare the Lorde his God, (and) to kepe all the wordes of this Lawe, and these ordinances, for to do them:
That hys heart be not lyfted vp aboue hys brethren, and that he turne not frome the commandement, to the ryght hande or the left, (but) that he maye prolong hys dayes in hys kyngdome, he, and hys sonnes in the middes of Israél.
THe Priestes of the Leuites, (and) all the tribe of Leui shall haue no parte nor inheritance wyth Israél, (but) shall eat the offrings of the Lorde made by fire, and his inheritance.
Therefore shall they haue no inheritance among their brethren: (for) the Lorde is their inheritance, as he hathe said vnto them.
¶ And thys shalbe the Priests duetie of the people, that they, whyche offer sacrifice, whether (it be) bullocke or shepe, shall giue vnto the Priest the shulder, a{n}d the two chekes, and the mawe.
The firste frutes (also) of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the firste of the flece of thy shepe shalt thou giue him.
For the Lorde thy God hathe chosen hym out of all thy tribes, to stande and minister in the Name of the Lorde, him, and hys sonnes for euer.
¶ Also when a Leuite shall come out of anie of thy cities of Israél, where he remained, and come wyth all the desire of hys hearte vnto the place, whyche the LORD shall chose.
He shall then minister in the Name of the Lord his God, as al his brethren the Leuites, whiche remaine there before the Lorde.
They shall haue lyke porcions to eat beside that whiche commeth of hys sale of his patrimonie.
When thou shalt come into the land whiche the Lorde thy God giueth thee, thou shalte not learne to do after the abominacions of those nacions.
Let none be founde amonge you that maketh his sonne or his daughter to go throughe the fire, (or) that vseth witchcraft, (or) a regarder of times, or a marker of the flying of foules, or a sorcerer.
Or a charmer, or that counselleth wyth spirits, or a so the sayer, or that asketh counsell at the dead.
For all that do suche thyngs (are) abominacion vnto the Lorde, and because of these abominacions the Lord thy God doeth caste them out before thee.
Thou shalt be vpryght therefore with the Lord thy God.
For these nacions whiche thou shalt possesse, hearken vnto those that regarde the tymês, and vnto sorcerers: as for thee, the Lord thy God hathe not suffered thee so.
¶ The Lord thy God wil raise vp vnto thee a Prophet like vnto me, fro{m} amo{n}g you (eue{n}) of thy brethren: vnto him ye shall hearken.
According to all that thou desiredst of the Lorde thy God in Horéb, in the day of the assemblie, when thou saidest, Let me heare the voyce of my Lord God no more, nor se this great fire anie more, that I dye not.
And the Lord said vnto me, They haue wel spoken.
I wil raise the{m} vp a Prophet from among their brethren like vnto thee, & will put my wordes in his mouth, & he shall speake vnto them all that I shal commande him.
And whosoeuer will not hearken vnto my wordes, which he shall speake in my Name, I wil require it of him.
But the prophet that shal presume to spake a worde in my Name, whiche I haue not commanded him to speake, or that spaketh in the name of other gods, euen the same prophet shaldye.
And if thou thinke in thine heart, How shall we knowe the worde which the Lord hathe not spoken?
When a prophet speaketh in the Name of the Lord, if the thing follow not nor come to passe, that is the thyng whiche the Lorde hathe not spoken, (but) the prophet hathe spoken it presumpteously: thou shalt not (therefore) be afrayed of him.
WHen the Lorde thy God shall roote out the nacions, whose land the Lorde thy GOD giueth thee, and thou shalt posselfe them, and dwel in their cities, & in their houses.
Thou shalt separate thre cities for thee in the middes of thy land which the Lord thy God giueth thee to possesse it.
Thou shalt prepare thee the waie, & deuide the coastes of the land, whiche the Lord thy God giueth thee to inherit, into thre partes that euerie manslayer may fleeth ether.
¶ This also is the cause wherefore the 〈◊〉 shall flee thether, and liue: who so killeth his neighbour ignorantly, and hated him not in time passed:
As he that goeth vnto the wood with hys neighbour to hewe wood, & his hand striketh with the axe to cut downe the tre, if the head slip from the helue, and hitte his neighbour that he dyeth, the same 〈◊〉 flee vnto one of the cities, and liue.
Lest the auenger of the blood followe after the manslaier, while his heart is chafed, and ouertake hym, because the way is long, and slay him, althogh he be not worthi of death because he hated him not in time passed.
Wherefore I commande thee, saying, Thou shalt appoint out thre cities for thee.
And when the Lord thy God enlargeth thy coastes [as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers] and giueth thee al the land which he promised to giue vnto thy fathers.
[If thou kepe all these commandements to do them, whiche I commande thee this day: (to wit,) that thou loue the Lord thy GOD, and walke in his waies for euer] the{n} shalt thou adde thre cities mo for thee besides those thre.
That innocent blood be not shed within thy land, whiche the Lorde thy God giueth thee to inherit, lest blood be vpon thee.
¶ But if a man hate his neighbour, and laye waite for him, and rise against him, and smite any man that he dye, and flee vnto any of these cities.
Then the Elders of his citie shall send and fet hym thence, and deliuer hym into the hands of the auenger of the blood, that he may dye.
Thine eie shal not spare him, but thou shalt put away (the crye) of innocent blood from Israél, that it may go wel with thee.
¶ Thou shalt not remoue thy neighbours marke, whiche they of olde time haue set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherit in the land, whiche the Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it.
¶ One witnes shal not rise again a man for any trespas, or for any sinne, or for any faute that he offendeth in, (but) at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouthe of thre witnesses shall the matter be stablished.
¶ If a false witnes rise vp against a man to accuse him of trespasse.
The{n} bothe the men whiche striue together shall stand before the Lord, (euen) before the Priests, and the Iudges, whiche shalbe in those daies.
And the Iudges shall make diligent inquisicion: & if the witnes be founde false, (and) hathe giuen false witnes against his brother
The{n} shal ye do vnto him as he had thoght to do vnto his brother: so thou shalt take euil away for the of the middes of thee.
And the rest shal heare (this,) and feare, and shall hence for the commit no more any such wickednes among you.
Therefore thine 〈◊〉 shal haue no co{m}passion (but) life for life, eie for eie, to the for to the, hand for hand, fote for fote.
WHen thou shalt go forthe to warre against thine enemies, and shalt se horses and charets, (and) people mo then thou, be not afraied of the{m}: for the Lord thy God (is) with thee, which broght thee out of the land of Egypt.
And when ye are come nere vnto the battel, then the Priest shall come forthe to speake vnto the people.
And shal say vnto the{m}, Heare, ô Israél: ye are 〈◊〉 this day vnto battell against your 〈◊〉: let not your hearts faint, nether feare nor be amased, nor adread of them.
For the Lord your God goeth 〈◊〉 you, to fight for you against your enemies, (and) to saue you.
¶ And let the officers speake vnto the people, saying, What man (is there) that 〈◊〉 buylt anewe house, and hath not dedicate 〈◊〉 let him go and returne to his house lest he dye in the battell, and another man dedicate it.
And what man (is there) that hathe planted a vineyard, and hath not eaten of the 〈◊〉? let him go and returne againe vnto his house lest he dye in the battel, and another eat the frute.
And what ma{n} (is there) that hath 〈◊〉 a wife, and hathe not 〈◊〉 her? let him go, & returne againe vnto his house, lest he dye in battel, and another man take her.
And let the officers spake further vnto the people, and say, Whosoeuer is afraied and faint hearted, let him go and returne vnto his house, lest his brethrens heart faint like his heart.
And after that the officers haue made an end of spaki{n}g vnto the people, thei shal make captaines of the armie to gouerne the people.
¶ When thou comest nere vnto a citie to fight against it, thou shalt offer it peace.
And if it answer thee againe peaceably, & open vnto thee, then let all the people that is founde therein, be tributaries vnto 〈◊〉, and serue thee.
〈◊〉 if it wil make no peace with thee, but make warre against thee, then thou shalt besiege it.
And the Lorde thy God shall deliuer it into thine hands, and thou shal smite al the males thereof with the edge of the sworde.
Onely the women, and the children, and the cattel, and all that is in the 〈◊〉, (euen) al the spoile thereof shalt thou take vnto thy selfe, and shalt eat the spoile of thine enemies, whiche the Lord thy God hath giuen thee.
Thus shalt thou do vnto al the cities, which are a great way of from thee, which are not of the cities of these 〈◊〉 nacions here.
But of the cities of this people, whiche the Lord thy God shal 〈◊〉 thee to inherit, thou shalt saue no persone aliue.
But shalt vtter'y destroye them: (to wit,) the 〈◊〉, and the Amorites, the Canáanites, and the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the 〈◊〉 sites, as the Lord thy God hathe comma{n}ded thee.
That they teache you not to do after all their abominacions, which they haue done vnto their gods, & (so) ye shuld sinne against the Lord your God.
¶ Whe{n} thou hast besieged a citie long time and made warre against it to take it destroye not the trees thereof, by smiting an axe into them: for thou maiest eat of them therefore thou shalt not cut them downe to further thee in the siege [for the tre of the field is mans (life)]
Onely those trees, which thou knowestare not for meat, those shalt thou destroye and cut downe, and make sortes against the citie that maketh warre with thee, vntill thou subdue it.
IF one be founde slayne in the land, which the Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it, lying in the field, (and) it is not knowen who hathe slayne him.
Then thine Elders & thy Iudges shall come forthe, and measure vnto the cities that are round about him that is slayne.
And let the 〈◊〉 of that citie, which is next vnto the slayne man, take out of the droue an 〈◊〉 that hathe not bene put to labour, nor hathe drawen in the yoke.
And let the Elders of that citie bring the heiser vnto a stonie vailey, which is nether eared, nor sowen, and strike of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 therein the valley.
Also the Priests the sonnes of Leui [whome the Lord thy God hathe chosen to 〈◊〉, and to 〈◊〉 in the Name of the Lord] shall come forthe, and by their word shall al strife and plague be 〈◊〉.
And all the Elders of that citie that came nere to the slayne man, shall 〈◊〉 their hands ouer the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
And shall testifie, and say, Our hands haue not 〈◊〉 this blood, nether haue our eies sene it.
O Lord, be merciful vnto thy people Israél whome thou hast redemed, and lay no innocent blood to the charge of thy people Israél, and the blood shalbe forgiuen them.
So shalt thou take away (the crye) of innocent blood fro{m} thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.
¶ When thou shalt go to warre against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God shall deliuer them into thine hands, and thou shalt take them captiues.
And 〈◊〉 se among 〈◊〉 captiues a beautiful woman, and hast a desire vnto her, & woldest take her to thy wife.
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shaue her head, & pare her nailes.
And he shall put of the garment that she was taken in, and she shall remaine in thine house, and be waile her father and her mother a moneth long: a{n}d after that shalt thou go into her, and mary her, and she shal be thy wife.
And if thou haue no fauour vnto her, then thou maiest let her go whether she wil, but thou shalt not sel her for money, nor make marchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
¶ If a man haue two wiues, one loued and another hated, and they haue borne him children, bothe the loued and also the hated: if the first borne be the sonne of the hated.
Then when the time commeth, that he appointeth his sonnes to be heyres of that which he hathe, he may not make the 〈◊〉 of the beloued first borne before the sonne of the hated, which is the first borne:
But he shal acknowledge the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and giue him double porcion of all that he hathe: for he is the first of his strength, and to him belongeth the right of the first borne.
If anie man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voyce of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he wolde not obey them,
Then shal his father and his mother take him, and bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, & vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth,
And shal say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubburne and disobedie{n}t, (and) he wil not obey our admonicion: he is aryotour, and a dronkard,
Then all the men of his citie shal stone him with stones vnto death: so thou shalt take away euil from amo{n}g you, that all Israél may heare it and feare.
¶ If a man also haue commited a trespas worthy of death, and is put to death, & thou hangest him on a tre,
His body shal not remaine all night vpon the tre, but thou shalt bury him the same day for the curse of God (is) on him that is hanged. Defile not therefore thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee to in her it.
THou shalt not se thy brothers oxe nor his shepe go astray, and withdrawe thy selfe from them, (but) shalt bring them againe vnto thy brother.
And if thy brother be not nere vnto thee, or if thou knowe him not, then thou shalt bring it into thine house, and it shal remaine with thee, vntil thy brother seke after it: the{n} shalt thou deliuer it to him againe.
In like maner shalt thou do with his 〈◊〉, and so shalt thou do with his raiment, and shalt so do with alloste things of thy brother which he hathe loste: if thou hast found them, thou shalt not withdrawe thy selfe (from them.)
¶ Thou shalt not se thy brothers asse nor his oxe fall downe by the way, and withdrawe thy selfe from them, (but) shalt lifte them vp with him.
¶ The woman shal not we are that which 〈◊〉 vnto the man, 〈◊〉 shal a man put on woma{n}s raiment: for al that do so, (are) 〈◊〉 vnto the Lord thy God.
¶ If thou finde a birdes nest in the way, in anie tre, or on the ground, (whether they be) yong or egges, and the dam sitting vpon the yong, or vpon the egges, thou shalt not take the dam with the yong,
(But) shalt in anie 〈◊〉 let the dam go and take the yong to thee, that thou maiest prosper and prolong thy dayes.
¶ When thou buy 〈◊〉 anewe house, thou shalt make a batelme{n}t on thy roof, that thou lay not blood vpon thine house, if anie man fall thence.
¶ Thou shalt not so we thy vineyard with diuers kindes of sedes, lest thou defile the increase of the sede which thou hast sowen, & the frute of the vineyarde.
¶ Thou shalt not plowe with an oxe and an asse together.
¶ Thou shalt not we are (a garme{n}t) of diuers sortes, as of wollen and linen together.
¶ Thou shalt make thee 〈◊〉 vpon the foure quarters of thy vesture, where with thou couerest thy selfe.
¶ If a man take a wife, and when he hathe lien with her, hate her,
And lay 〈◊〉 slanderous things vnto charge, and bring vp an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vpon her, and say, I toke this wife, and when I came to her I found her not a 〈◊〉.
Then shal the father of the maid and her mother take and bring the signes of the maides virginitie vnto the Elders of the 〈◊〉 to the gate.
And the maides father shal say vnto the Elders, I gaue my 〈◊〉 vnto this man 〈◊〉 wife, and he hateth her:
And lo, he laieth slanderous things vnto her charge, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid: lo, these (are the tokens) of my daughters virginitie: and they shal spreade the vesture before the Elders of the citie.
Then the Elders of the citie shal take that man and chastice him,
And shal condemne him in an hundreth (shekels) of siluer, and giue them vnto the father of the maid, because he hathe broght vp an euil name vpo{n} a maid of Israél: and she shalbe his wife, and he may not put her away all his life.
¶ But if this thing be true, that the maide be not found a virgin,
Then they shal bring forthe the maide to the dore of her fathers house, and the men of her citie shal stone her with stones to death: for she hathe wroght follie in Israél, by playing the whore in her fathers house: so thou shalt put euil away from among you.
¶ If a man be found lying with a woman maried to a man, then they shaldye euen bothe twaine: (to wit) the man that lay with the wife, a{n}d the wife: so thou shalt put away euil from Israél.
¶ If a maide be betrothed vnto an housba{n}d and a man 〈◊〉 her in the towne and lie with her,
Then 〈◊〉 bring them bothe out vnto the gates of the same citie, and shal stone the{m} with stones to death: the maide because 〈◊〉 cryed not, (being) in the citie, and the man, because he hathe humbled his neighbours wife: so thou shalt put away euil from amo{n}g you.
¶ But if a man finde a betrothed maide in the field, and 〈◊〉 her, a{n}d lye with her, then the man that lay with her, shaldye alone:
And vnto the maide thou shalt do nothing, because there is in the maide no cause of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour and 〈◊〉 him to death, so is this matter.
For he 〈◊〉 her in the fields: the betrothed maide cryed, and there was no man to succour her.
¶ If a man finde a maide that is not betrothed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde,
Then the man that lay with her, shal giue vnto the maides father fifty (shekels) of siluer: and she shal be 〈◊〉 wife, because he hathe humbled her: he can not put her away all his life.
¶ No man shal take his fathers wife, nor shal vncouer his fathers skirt.
NOne that is hurt by bursting, or that hathe his 〈◊〉 membre cut of, shal entre into the Congregacion of the Lord.
A bastard shal not entre into the Congregacion of the Lord: euen to his tenth generacion shal 〈◊〉 not entre into the Congregacion of the Lord.
The 〈◊〉 and the Moabites shal not entre into the Congregacion of the Lord euen to their tenth generacion shal they not entre into the Congregacion of the Lord for euer.
Because they met you not with bread and water in the way, whe{n} ye came out of Egypt and because they hired against thee Balaám the sonne of Beór, of Pethórin Aram-naharáim, to curse thee.
Neuertheles, the Lord thy God wolde not hearken vnto Balaám, but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee, because the Lord thy God loued thee.
Thou shalt not seke their peace nor their prosperitie all thy daies for euer.
¶ Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite: for he is thy brother, nether shalt thou abhorre an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
The children that are begotten of them in their third generacion, shal entre into the Congregacion of the Lord.
¶ When thou goest out with the hoste against thine enemies, kepe thee then from all wickednes.
¶ If there be among you anie that is vncleane by that which commeth to him by night he shal go out of the hoste, and shal not entre into the hoste,
But at euen he shal wash (him selfe) with water, and when the sunne is downe, he shal entre into the hoste.
¶ Thou shalt haue a place also without the hoste whether thou shalt resorte,
And thou shalt haue a paddle among thy weapons, and when thou woldest sit downe without, thou shalt digthere with, and returning thou shalt couer thine excrements.
For the Lord thy God walketh in the middes of thy campe to deliuer thee, and to giue (thee) thine enemies before thee: therefore thine hoste shalbe holy, that he se no filthy thing in thee and turne away from thee.
¶ Thou shalt not deliuer the seruant vnto his master, which is escaped from his master vnto thee,
He shal dwel with thee, (euen) among you, in what place he shal chose, in one of thy "cities where it liketh him best: thou shalt not vexe him.
¶ There shalbe no whore of the daughters of Israél, nether shal there be a whore keper of the sonnes of Israél.
Thou shalt nether bring the hire of a whore, nor the price of a dog into the house of the Lord thy God for anie vowe: for euen bothe these (are) abominacio{n} vnto the Lord thy God.
¶ Thou shalt not giue to vsurie to thy brother: (as) vsurie of money, vsurie of meat, vsurie of anie thing that is put to vsurie.
Vnto a stranger thou maiest lend vpon vsurie, but thou shalt not lend vpon vsurie vnto thy brother, that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in all that thou settest thine hand to, in the land whether thou goest to possesse it.
¶ When thou shalt vowe 〈◊〉 vnto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slacke to pay it: for the Lord thy God wil surely require it of thee, and (so) it shulde be sinne vnto thee.
But when thou absteinest from vowing it shalbe no sinne vnto thee.
That which is gone out of thy lippes, thou shalt kepe and performe, as thou hast vowed it willingly vnto the Lord thy God: (for) thou hast spoken it with thy mouth.
¶ When thou commest vnto thy neighbours vineyard, then thou maiest eat grapes at thy pleasure, as muche as thou wilt: but thou shalt put none in thy vessel.
When thou commest into thy neighbours corne thou maiest plucke the eares with thine hand, but thou shalt not moue a sickle to thy neighbours corne.
WHen a man taketh a wife, and marieth her, if so be she finde no fauour in his eyes, because he hath espied some filthines in her then let him write her a bil of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
And when she is departed out of his house, and gone her way, and mary with another man.
And if the later housband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, & sent her out of his house, or if the later man dye which toke her to wife:
(Then) her first housband, whiche sent her away, may not take her againe to be his wif, after that she is defiled: for that (is) abominacion in the sight of the Lord, & thou shalt not cause the land to sinne, whiche the Lord thy God doeth giue thee to inherit.
¶ When a man taketh anewe wife, he shall not go a warfare, nether shalbe charged with anie busines, but shalbe freat home one yere, and reioyce with his wife whiche he hathe taken.
¶ No man shall take the nether nor the vpper milstone to pledge: for this gage is (his) liuyng.
¶ If anie man be found stealing anie of his brethren of the children of Israél, and maketh marcha{n}dise of him, or selleth him that these shall dye, so shalt thou put euill away from among you.
¶ Take hede of the plague of leprosie, that thou obserue diligently, and do accordyng to all that the Priests of the Leuites shall teache you: take hedeye do as I commanded them.
Remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Myriám by the way after that ye were come out of Egypt.
¶ Whe{n} thou shalt aske againe of thy neighbour anie thing lent, thou shalt no go into his house to fet his pledge.
But thou shalt stand without, and the man that borowed it of thee, shal bring the pledge out of the dores vnto thee.
Furthermore if it be a poore bodie, thou shalt not slepe with his pledge.
(But) shalt restore him the pledge when the sunne goeth downe, that he may slepe in his rayment, and blesse thee: & it shalbe righteousnes vnto thee, before the Lord thy God
¶ Thou shalt not oppresse an hired seruant that is nedy and poore, (nether) of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates.
Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, nether shal the sunne go downe vpon it: for he is poore, and there with susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lord, and it be sinne vnto thee.
¶ The fathers shal not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers, but euerie man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne.
¶ Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, (nor) of the fatherles, nor take a widowes raiment to pledge.
But remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt, and how the Lord thy God deliuered thee thence therefore I commande thee to do this thing.
¶ When thou cuttest downe thine haruest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheafe in the field, thou shalt not go againe to fet it, (but) it shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherles, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thine hands.
When thou beatest thine oliue tre, thou shalt not go ouer the boughes againe, (but) it shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherles, & for the widow.
When thou gatherest thy vineyard, thou shalt not gather the grapes cleane after thee, (but) thei shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherles and for the widow.
And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt: therefore I commande thee to do this thing.
WHen there shal be strife betwene men and they shal come vnto iudgement, and sentence shalbe giuen vpon them, and the righteous shalbe iustified, a{n}d the wicked condemned,
Then if so be the wicked be worthy to be beate{n}, the iudge shal cause him to lye downe and to be beaté before his face, according to his trespas, vnto a certeine nomber.
Forty (stripes) shal he cause him to haue a{n}d not past, lest if he shulde excede a{n}d beat him aboue that with manie stripes, thy brother shulde appeare despised in thy sight.
¶ Thou shalt not mosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne.
¶ If brethren dwel together, and one of thé dye and haue no childe, the wife of the dead shal not mary without: (that is) vnto a stranger; but his kinseman shal go in vnto her, and take her to wife, a{n}d do the kinsmans office to her.
And the first borne whiche she beareth, shal succede in the name of his brother whiche is dead, that his name be not put out of Israél.
And if the ma{n} wil not take his kinse woman then let his kinswoman go vp to the gate vnto the Elders, and say, My kinsman refuseth to raise vp vnto his brother a name in Israél: he will not do the office of a kinsman vnto me.
Then the Elders of his citie shal call him, & comen with him: if he stand and say, I will not take her.
Then shal his kinswoman come vnto him in the presence of the Elders, & lose his shooe from his fote, & spit in his face, & answer, & say, So shal it be done vnto that ma{n}, that will not buyld vp his brothers house.
And his name 〈◊〉 be called in Israél, The house of him whose shooe is put of.
¶ When men striue together, one with another, if the wife of the one come nere, for to rid her housband out of the hands of him that smiteth him, and put for the her hand, & take him by his priuities.
Then thou shalt cut of her hand: thine ere shall not spare her.
¶ Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small.
Nether shalt thou haue in thine house diuerse measures, a great and a small.
(But) thou shalt haue a right & iust weight a perfit & a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the lande, whiche the Lord thy God giueth thee.
For all that do such things, (and) all that do vnrighteously, (are) abominacion vnto the Lord thy God.
¶ Remember what Amalék did vnto thee by the way, whe{n} ye were come out of Egipt
How he met thee by the way, & smote the hindmost of you, all that were feble behind thee, when thou wast fainted and weary, & he feared not God.
Therefore, when the Lorde thy God hathe giuen thee rest from al thine enemies round about in the lande, whiche the Lorde thy God giueth thee for an inheritance to possesse it, (then) thou shalt put out the remembrance of Amalék from vnder heauen: forget not.
ALso when thou shalt come into the land whiche the Lord thy GOD giueth thee for inheritance, and shalt possesse it & dwell therein.
Then shalt thou take of the first of all the frute of the earth, and bryng it out of the land that the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and put it in a basket, and go vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy GOD shall chose to place his Name there.
And thou shalt come vnto the Priest, that shalbe in those daies, and say vnto him, I acknowledge this day vnto the Lord thy God that I am come vnto the countrey which the Lord sware vnto our fathers for to giue vs.
Then the Priest shal take the basket out of thine hand, and set it downe before the altar of the Lord thy God.
And thou shalt answer and say before the Lord thy God, a Syria{n} (was) my father, who being ready to perish (for hu{n}gre,) we{n}t downe into Egypt, and soiourned there with a smale companie, and grewe there vnto a nacion great, mighty, and ful of people.
And the Egyptians vexed vs, and troubled vs, and laded vs with cruel bondage.
But when we cryed vnto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voyce, and loked on our aduersitie, and on our labour and on our oppression.
And the Lord broght vs out of Egypt in a mightie hand, and a stretched out arme, with great terriblenes, both in signes & wonders.
And he hathe broght vs into this place, and hathe giuen vs this land, (euen) a land that floweth with milke and hony.
And now, lo, I haue broght the first frutes of the land which thou, ô Lord, hast giuen me, and thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God.
And thou shalt reioyce in al the good things which the Lord thy God hathe giuen vnto thee and to thine housholde, thou and the Leuite, and the stranger that is among you.
¶ When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase, the third yere, (which is) the yere of tithing, and hast giuen it vnto the Leuite, to the stranger, to the fatherles and to the widowe, that they may eat within thy gates, and be satisfied,
Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I haue broght the halowed thing out of mine house, and also haue giuen it vnto the Leuites and to the strangers, to the fatherles and to the widowe, according to all thy co{m}mandements which thou hast commanded me: I haue transgressed none of thy commandements, nor forgotten (them.)
I haue not eaten thereof in my mourning nor suffred ought to perish through vnclennes, nor giue{n} ought therof for the dead (but) haue hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lord my God: I haue done after al that thou hast commanded me.
Loke downe from thine holy habitacion, (euen) from heauen, and blesse thy people Israél, and the land which thou hast giuen vs [as thou swarest vnto our fathers] the land that floweth with milke and honie.
¶ This day the Lord thy God doeth co{m}mande thee to do these ordinances, and lawes: kepe them therefore, and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soule.
Thou hast set vp the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walke in his wayes, and to kepe his ordinances, and his commandements, and his lawes, and to hearken vnto his voyce.
And the Lord hathe set thee vp this day, to be a precious people vnto him [as he hathe promised thee] and that thou shuldest kepe all his commandements.
And to make thee high aboue all nacions [which he hathe made] in praise, and in name and in glorie, and that thou shuldest be an holie people vnto the Lord thy God, as he hathe said.
THen Mosés with the Elders of Israél commanded the people, saying, Kepe all the commandements, which I commande you this day.
And whe{n} ye shal passe ouer Iordén vnto the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt set thee vp great stones, & plaister them with plaister,
And shalt write vpon them all the wordes of this Lawe, when thou shalt come ouer, that thou maiest go into the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee: a la{n}d that floweth with mylke and hony, as the Lord God of thy fathers hathe promised thee.
Therefore when ye shal passe ouer Iordén, ye shal set vp these stones, which I commande you this day in mount Ebál, & thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
And there shalt thou buyld vnto the Lord thy God an altar, (eue{n}) an altar of stones: thou shalt lift none yron (instrument) vpon them.
Thou shalt make the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones, & offer burnt offrings thereon vnto the Lord thy God.
And thou shalt offer peace offrings, and shalt eat there and reioyce before the Lord thy God:
And thou shalt write vpon the stones all the wordes of this Lawe, wel, and plainly.
¶ And Mosés and the Priests of the Leuites spake vnto all Israél, saying, Take hede and heare, ô Israél: this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.
Thou shalt hearken therefore vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God, and do his commandements and his ordina{n}ces, which I commande thee this day.
¶ And Mosés charged the people the same day, saying,
These shal stand vpon mount Gerizzim, to blesse the people when ye shal passe ouer Iordén: Simeôn, and Leui, and Iudáh, and Issachár, and Ioséph, and Beniamin.
And these shal stand vpon 〈◊〉 Ebál to curse: Reubén, Gâd, and Ashér, and Zebulún Dan, and 〈◊〉.
And the Leuites shal answer and say vnto all the men of Israél with a loude voyce,
¶ Cursed be the ma{n} that shal make anie carued or molte{n} image, (which is) an abominacio{n} vnto the Lord, the worke of the ha{n}ds of the craftesma{n}, and putteth it in a secret place: And al the people shal answer, and say: So be it.
Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.
Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbours marke: And all the people shal say: So be it.
Cursed be he that maketh the blinde go out of the way: And all the people shal say: So be it.
Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widowe: And all the people shal say: So be it.
Cursed be he that lieth with his fathers wif for he hathe vncouered his fathers skirt: And all the people shal say: So be it.
Cursed be he that lieth with anie beast: And all the people shal say: So be it.
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in lawe: And all the people shal say: So be it.
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly: And all the people shal say: So be it.
Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shal say: So be it.
Cursed be he that confirmeth nor all the wordes of this Lawe, to do them: And all the people shal say: So be it.
IF thou shalte obey diligently the voyce of the Lorde thy God, and obserue and do all his commandements, whiche I commande thee this daye, then the Lorde thy GOD wil set thee on hygh aboue all the nacions of the earth.
And al these blessings shal come on thee, and 〈◊〉 thee, if thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God.
Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, and blessed also in the field.
Blessed 〈◊〉 be the frute of thy body, and the frute of thy ground, and the frute of thy cattel, the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy shepe.
Blessed shal be thy basket and thy dough.
Blessed shalt thou be, when thou comest in, and blessed also when thou goest out.
The Lord shall cause thyne enemies that rise against thee, to fall before thy face: they shal come out against thee one way, and shal flee before thee seuen wayes.
The Lorde shall commande the blessing (to be) with thee in thy store houses, and in all that thou 〈◊〉 thine ha{n}d to, & will blesse thee in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
The Lord shal make thee an holy people vnto him selfe, as he hathe sworne vnto thee, if thou shalt kepe the commandements of the Lord thy God, and walke in his waies.
The{n} all people of the earth shal se that the Name of the Lord is called vpon ouer thee and they shal be afraid of thee.
And the Lord shal make thee plenteous in goods, in the frute of thy body, and in the frute of thy cattel, and in the frute of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers, to giue thee.
The Lord shal open vnto thee his good treasure, (euen) the heauen to giue rayne vnto thy land in due season, and to blesse all the worke of thine hands: & thou shalt lend vnto many nacions, but shalt not borowe thy self,
And the Lord shal make thee the head, and not the tayle, and thou shalt be aboue onely and shalt not be beneth, if thou obey the commandeme{n}ts of the Lord thy God, which I commande thee this day, to kepe and to do (them.)
But thou shalt not decline from anie of the wordes, which I commande you this day, (ether) to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serue them.
¶ But if thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, to kepe and to do all his commandements and his ordinances, which I commande thee this day, the{n} all these curses shal come vpon thee, and ouertake thee.
Cursed shalt thou be in the towne, and cursed also in the field.
Cursed shal thy basket be, and thy dough.
Cursed shal be the frute of thy body, a{n}d the frute of thy land, the increase of thy kine, a{n}d the flockes of thy shepe.
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed also when thou goest out.
The Lord shal send vpon thee cursing, trouble, and shame, in all that which thou settest thine ha{n}d to do, vntil thou be destroyed and perish quickely, because of the wickednes of thy workes whereby thou hast forsaken me.
The Lord shal make the pestilence cleaue vnto thee vntil he hathe co{n}sumed thee from the land, whether thou goest to possesse it.
The Lotd shal smite thee with a consumption, and with the feauer, and with a burning ague, and with seruent heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with the mildewe, and they shal pursue the vntil thou perish.
And thine heauen that is ouer thine head, shalbe brasse, and the earth that is vnder thee, yron.
The Lord 〈◊〉 giue thee for the raine of thy land, dust and ashes: (euen) from heauen shal it come downe vpon thee, vntil thou be destroyed.
(And) the Lord shal cause thee to fall before thine enemies: thou shalt come out one way against them, and shalt flee seuen wayes before them, and shalt be scatered through all the kingdomes of the earth.
And thy carkeis shal be meat vnto all foules of the ayre, and vnto the beastes of the earth, and none shal fray them away.
The Lord wil smite thee with the botche of Egypt, and with the emeroides, and with the skab, and with the itche, that thou canst not be healed.
And the Lord shal smite thee with madnes, and with blindnes, and with astonying of heart.
Thou shalt also grope at noone daies, as the blinde gropeth in darckenes, and shalt not prosper in thy waies: thou shalt neuer but be oppressed with wrong, and be poulled euermore and no man shal succour (thee.)
Thou shalt betrothe a wife, and another ma{n} shal lie with her: thou shalt buylde an house, and shalt not dwel therein: thou shalt plant a vineyarde and shalt not eat the frute.
Thine oxe shal be slayne before thine eies, and thou shalt 〈◊〉 eat thereof: thine asse shal be wiolently taken away before thy face, a{n}d shal not be restored to thee: thy shepe shalbe giuen vnto thine enemies, and no man shall rescue (them) for thee.
Thy sonnes and thy daughters shalbe giuen vnto another people, and thine 〈◊〉 shal stil loke for them, euen til they fall out, and there shal be no power in thine hand.
The frute of thy land and all thy labours shal a people, which thou knowest not, ear, and thou shalt neuer but suffer wrong, and violence alway:
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight which thine eies shal se.
The Lord shal smite thee in the knees, and in the thighes, with a 〈◊〉 botche, that thou canst not be healed: euen from the sole of thy fote vnto the top of thine head.
The Lord shal bring thee and thy King [which thou shalt set ouer thee] vnto a nacion, which nether thou nor thy fathers haue knowen, and there thou shalt serue other gods: (euen) wood and stone,
And thou shalt be a wonder, a prouerbe & a commune talke among al people, whether the Lord shal cary thee.
Thou shalt cary out muche sede into the field, and shalt gather but litle in: for the greshoppers shal destroye it.
Thou shalt plante a vineyarde and dresse it, but shalt nether drinke of the wine, nor gather (the grapes): for the wormes shal eat it.
Thou shalt haue oliue trees in al thy coastes but shalt not anoint thy self with the oyle: for thine olines shal fall.
Thou shalt beget sonnes, and daughters, but shalt not haue them: for thei shal go into captiuitie.
All thy trees and frute of thy land shal the greshopper consume.
The stranger that is among you, shal clime aboue thee vp on hye, and thou shalt come downe beneth alowe.
He shall lend thee, and thou shalte not lend hym: he shalbe the head, and thou shalt be the tayle.
Moreouer, all these curses shal come vpon thee, and shall pursue thee a{n}d ouertake thee, till thou be destroyed, because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe his commandements, and his ordinances, whiche he commanded thee:
And they shalbe vpon thee for signes and wonders, and vpon thy sede for euer.
Because thou seruedst not the LORD thy God with ioyfulnes and with a good hearte for the abundance of all thyngs.
Therefore thou shalte serue thine enemies which the Lord shal send vpon thee, in honger a{n}d in thrust, and in nakednes, a{n}d in nede of al things: and he shal put a yoke of yron vpon thy necke vntil he haue destroyed thee
The Lord shall bryng a nacion vpon thee from far. (euen) from the end of the worlde, flying (swift) as an egle: a nacion whose tongue thou shalt not vnderstand:
A nacion of a fierce countenance, whiche wil not regarde the persone of the olde, nor haue compassion of the yong.
The same shal eat the frute of thy cattel, and the frute of thylande vntyll thou be destroyed, and he shall leaue thee nether wheat, wine, nor oyle, (nether) the increase of thy kyne, nor the flockes of thy shepe, vntill he haue broght thee to noght.
And he shall besiege thee in all thy cities, vntil thine hye and strong walles fal downe, wherein thou trustedst in all the land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy cities throughout all thylande, whiche the Lorde thy God hathe giuen thee.
And thou shalt eat the frute of thy bodie: (euen) the flesh of thy sonnes a{n}d thy daughters, whiche the Lorde thy God 〈◊〉 giuen thee, duryng the siege and straitnes wherein thine enemie shal in close thee:
(So that) the man [that is tender and exceding deintie among you] shalbe grieued at his brother and at his wife, (that lyeth) in his bosome, and at the remnant of his children, whiche he hathe yet left.
For feare of gyuynge vnto anie of them of the fleshe of his children, whom he shal eat, because he hathe nothynge left hym in that siege, and straitnes, wherewith thyne enemie shal besiege thee in all thy cities.
The tender and deintie woman amonge you, whiche neuer wolde venture to set the sole of her fote vpon the grounde [for her softenes and tendernes] shalbe grieued at her housbande, (that lyeth) in her bosome, and at her sonne, and at her daughter.
And at her afterbyrth [that shall come out from betwene her fete] and at her chyldren, whiche she shal beare: for when all thyngs lacke, she shal eat them secretly, duryng the the siege and straitnes, where with thine enemie shal besiege thee in thy cities.
¶ If thou wilte not kepe and do all the wordes of thys Lawe [that are written in thys boke] and feare thys glorious and fearefull name the Lord thy God.
Then the Lord wil make thy plagues wonderfull, and the plagues of thy sede, (euen) great plagues and of long continuance, and sore diseases, and of long durance.
Moreouer, he will bryng vpon thee all the diseases of Egypt, whereof thou wast afrayed, and they shal cleaue vnto thee.
And euerie sickenes, and euerie plague, whiche is not written in the boke of thys Lawe, wil the Lorde heape vpon thee, vntill thou be destroyed.
And ye shalbe left fewe in nomber, where ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude, because thou woldest not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God.
And as the Lord hathe reioyced ouer you, to do you good, and to multiplie you, so he wyll reioyce ouer you, to destroye you, and brynge you to noght, and ye shalbe rooted out of the lande, whether thou goest to possesse it.
And the Lord shal scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the worlde vnto the other, a{n}d there thou shalt serue other gods, whiche thou hast not knowen nor thy fathers, (euen) wood and stone.
Also among these nacions thou shalt finde no rest, nether shall the sole of thy fote haue rest: for the Lord shal giue thee there a trembling heart, and (lokyng to returne) til thine eies fall out, and a sorowfull minde.
And thy lyfe shall hang before thee, and thou shalt feare bothe nyght and daye, and shalt haue none assurance of thy life.
In the mornynge thou shalte saye, Wolde God it were euenyng, and at euenynge thou shalt say, Wolde God it were mornyng, for the feare of thine heart, whiche thou shalte feare, and for the sight of thyne eies, whiche thou shalt se.
And the Lorde shall bryng thee into Egypt agayne with shippes by the way, whereof I sayd vnto thee, Thou shalt se it no more agayne: and there ye shall sel your selues vnto your enemyes for bondemen and bounde women, and there (shalbe) no byer.
THese are the wordes of the couenaunt whiche the Lorde commanded Mosés to make with the children of Israél in the lande of Moáb beside the couenant which he had made with them in Horéb.
¶ And Mosés called all Israél, and sayd vnto them, Ye haue sene all that the Lord did before your eies in the land of Egypt vnto Pharaóh and vnto all his seruaunts, and vnto all his land.
The great tentacions which thine eies haue sene, those great miracles and wonders.
Yet the LORDE hathe not giuen you an heart to perceiue, and eies to se, and eares to heare, vnto this day.
And I haue led you fourtie yere in the wildernes: your clothes are not waxed olde vppon you, nether is thy shooe waxed olde vppon thy fote.
Ye haue eaten no breade, nether dronke wine, nor strong drinke, that ye might know, how that I am the Lord your God.
After ye came vnto thys place, and Sihón Kyng of Heshbón, and Og Kyng of Bashán came out agaynste vs vnto battell, and we slewe them.
And toke their land, and gaue it for an inheritance vnto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the halfe tribe of Manasséh.
Kepe therefore the wordes of thys couenant and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye shall do.
Ye stand this day euerie one of you before the Lorde your God: your heades of your tribes, your Elders and your officers, (euen) all the men of 〈◊〉:
Your children, your wiues, and thy stranger that is in thy campe from the hewer of thy wood, vnto the drawer of thy water.
That thou shuldest passe into the couenaunt of the Lorde thy God, and into his othe whiche the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day.
For to establish thee this day a people vnto himself, a{n}d that he may be vnto thee a God, as he hathe sayd vnto thee, and as he hathe sworne vnto thy fathers, Abrahám, Izhák, and Iaakób.
Nether make I this couenant, and this othe with you onely.
But (aswel) with him that standeth here with vs this day before the Lord our God, as with him that is not here with vs this day.
For ye knowe, howe we haue dwelt in the land of Egypt, & how we passed through the middes of the nacions, which ye passed by.
And ye haue sene their abominacions and their idoles [wood, and stone, siluer and golde] which were among them.
That there shulde not be among you man nor woman, nor familie, nor tribe, whiche shulde turne his heart away thys day frome the Lord our God, to go and serue the gods of these nacions, (and) that there shulde not be among you i (anie) roote that bryngeth fourth gall and worme wood.
So that when he heareth the wordes of this curse, he blesse him selfe in hys hearte saying, I shall haue peace, althogh I walke accordynge to the stubbernes of myne owne heart, thus adding dronkennes to thirst.
The Lord will not be mercyfull vnto hym, but then the wrath of the Lorde and hysielousie shall smoke against that man, and euerie curse that is written in thys boke, shall lyght vpon hym, and the Lorde shall put out his name from vnder heauen.
And the Lord shall separate hym vnto euill out of all the tribes of 〈◊〉, accordyng vnto al the curses of the couenant, that is written in the boke of this Lawe.
So that the generacio{n} to come, (〈◊〉) your children, that shall ryse vp after you, and the stranger that shall come from a farre lande, shall saye, when they shall se the plagues of this lande, and the diseases thereof, wherewith the Lorde shal smite it:
[(For) all that lande (shall) burne with brimstone and salt it shal not be sowen, nor bring fourth, nor anie grasse shal growe therin, like as in the ouerthrowing of Sodom, and Gomoráh, Admáh, and Zeboim, which the Lord ouerthrewe in his wrath and in his angre]
Then shall all nacions saye, Wherefore hathe the Lorde done thus vnto this lande? how fearce (is) this great wrath?
And they shal answer, Because they haue forsake{n} the couenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he had made with them, whe{n} he broght them out of the land of Egypt.
And went and serued others gods and worshipped the{m}: (euen) gods which they knewe not, and which had giuen them nothing.
Therefore the wrath of the Lorde waxed hote agaynst this land, to bring vpon it euerie curse that is written in this boke.
And the Lorde hathe rooted them out of their land in angre, and in wrath, and in great indignacion, and hathe caste them into another land, as (appeareth) this day.
The secret thyngs (belong) to the Lorde our God, but the things reueiled (belong) vnto vs, and to our children for euer, that we may do all the wordes of this Law.
NOw when all these things shall come vppo{n} thee, (ether) the blessing or the curse which I haue set before thee, a{n}d thou shalt turne into thine heart, among all the nacio{n}s whether the Lord thy God hath driue{n} thee.
And shalt returne vnto the Lorde thy God, and obey hys voyce in all that I commande thee this day: thou, and thy children with all thine heart and with all thy soule.
Then the Lorde thy God will cause thy' captiues to returne, and haue compassion vpon thee, and will returne, to gather thee out of all the people, where the Lord thy God had scatered thee.
Thogh thou werest caste vnto the vtmost parte of heauen, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, a{n}d from thence wil he take thee.
And the Lord thy God wil bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possesse it, and he wil shewe thee fauour, and wil multiplie thee aboue thy fathers.
And the Lord thy God wil circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy sede, that thou maist loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, that thou maist liue.
And the Lord thy God wil lay all these curses vpon thine enemies, and on them, that hate thee, and that persecute thee.
Returne thou therefore, & obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandements, which I commande thee this day.
And the Lord thy God wil make thee plenteous in euerie worke of thine hand, in the frute of thy body, and in the frute of thy cattel, and in the frute of the land for thy welth for the Lord wil turne againe and reioyce ouer thee to do thee good, as he reioyced ouer thy fathers,
Because thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, in keping his commandeme{n}ts and his ordinances, which are written in the boke of this Lawe, when thou shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule.
¶ For this co{m}mandement which I commande thee this day, is not hid fro{m} thee, nether is it farre of.
It is not in heauen, that thou shuldest say, Who shal go vp for vs to heauen, and bring it vs, and cause vs to heare it, that we may do it?
Nether is it beyonde the sea, that thou shuldest say, Who shal go ouer the sea for vs, and bring it vs, and cause vs to heare it, that we may do it?
But the worde is verie nere vnto thee: (euen) in thy mouth and in thine heart, for to do it.
Beholde, I haue set before thee this day life and good, death and euil.
In that I commande thee this day, to loue the Lord thy God, to walke in his wayes, a{n}d to kepe his commandements, and his ordinances, and his lawes that thou maiest liue and be multiplied, and that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in the land, whether thou goest to possesse it.
But if thine heart turne away, so that thou wilt not obey, but shalt be seduced and worship other gods, and serue them,
I pronounce vnto you this day that ye shal surely perish, ye shal not prolong your dayes in the land whether thou passest ouer Iordén to possesse it.
I call heauen and earth to recorde this day against you, (that) I haue set before you life and death, blessing and cursing, therfore chose life, that (bothe) thou and thy sede may liue,
By louing the Lord thy God, by obeying his voyce, and by cleauing vnto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy dayes: that thou maist dwel in the land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers, Abrahám, Izhák and Iaakób, to giue him.
THen Mosés went and spake these wordes vnto all Israél,
And said vnto them, I am an hundreth and twentie yere olde this day: I can no more go out and in: also the Lord hathe said vnto me, Thou shalt not go ouer this Iordén.
The Lord thy God he wil go ouer before thee. he wil destroy these nacio{n}s before thee and thou shalt possesse the{m}. Ioshúa, he shal go before thee, as the Lord hathe said.
And the Lord shal do vnto them, as he dyd to Sihôn and to Og Kings of the Amorites and vnto their land whome he destroyed.
And the Lord shal giue them before you that ye may do vnto them according vnto euerie commandement, which I haue co{m}manded you.
Plucke vp your hearts therefore, and be strong: dread not, nor be afrayd of them: for the Lord thy God him selfe doeth go with thee: he wil not fayle thee, nor forsake thee.
¶ And Mosés called 〈◊〉, and said vnto him in the sight of all Israél, Be of a good courage and strong: for thou shalt go with this people vnto the land which the Lord hathe sworne vnto their fathers, to giue the{m}, and thou shalt giue it them to inherit.
And the Lord him selfe 〈◊〉 go before thee: he wil be with thee: he wil not fayle thee, nether forsake thee: feare not (〈◊〉 re,) nor be discomforted.
¶ And Mosés wrote this Lawe, and deliuered it vnto the Priestes the sonnes of Leui [which bare the Arke of the couena{n}t of the Lord] and vnto all the Elders of Israél,
And Mosés co{m}manded them, saying, Euerie seuenth yere when the yere of fredome (shalbe) in the feast of the 〈◊〉:
When all Israél shal come to appeare before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shal chose, thou shalt read this Lawe before all Israél that they may heare it.
Gather the people together: men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may heare, and that they may learne, and feare the Lord your God, and kepe, and obserue all the wordes of this Lawe,
And that their children which haue not knowe{n} it, may heare it, & learne to feare the Lord your God, as long as ye liue in the land, whether ye go ouer Iordén to possesse it.
¶ Then the Lord said vnto Mosés, Beholde thy dayes are come, that thou must dye: Call Ioshúa, and stand ye in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion that I may giue him a charge so Mosés and Ioshúa went, and stode in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
And the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle, in the piller of a cloude: and the piller of the cloude stode ouer the dore of the Tabernacle.
¶ And the Lord said vnto Mosés, Beholde, thou shalt slepe with thy fathers, and this people wil rise vp, and go a whoring after the gods of a strange land [whether they go] (to dwel) therein, and wil forsake me, & breake my couena{n}t which I haue made with them.
Wherefore my wrath wil waxe hote against them at that day, and I wil forsake them, and wil hide my face from the{m}: then they shalbe consumed, and many aduersities and tribulacions shal come vpon them: so then they wil say, Are not these troubles come vpon me, because God is not with me?
But I wil surely hide my face in that day, because of all the euil, which they shal commit in that they are turned vnto other gods.
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teache it the children of Israél: put it in their mouthes, that this song may be my witnes against the children of Israél.
For I wil bring them into the land [which I sware vnto their fathers] that floweth with milke and honie, and they shal eat, and fil them selues, and waxe fat: then shal they turne vnto other gods, and serue them, and contemne, and breake my couenant.
And then when manie aduersities and tribulacions shal come vpon them, this song shal answer them to their face as a witnes: for it shal not be forgotten out of the mouthes of their posteritie: for I knowe their imaginacion, which they go about ene{n} now before I haue broght them into the land which I sware.
¶ Mosés therefore wrote this song the same day and taught it the children of Israél.
And (God) gaue Ioshúa the sonne of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong, and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israél into the land, which I sware vnto the{m}, and I wil be with thee.
¶ And when Mosés had made an end of writing the wordes of this Lawe in a boke vntil he had finished them,
Then Mosés co{m}manded the Leuites, which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord, saying,
Take the boke of this Law, and put ye it in the side of the Arke of the couenant of the Lord your God, that it may be therefor a witnes against thee.
For I knowe thy rebellion & thy stiffe necke: beholde, I being yet aliue with you this day, ye are rebellious against the Lord: how muche more then after my death?
Gather vnto me all the Elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speake these wordes in their audience, and call heauen and earth to recorde against them.
For I am sure that after my death ye wil vtterly be corrupt and turne from the way, which I haue commanded you: therefore euil wil come vpon you at the length, because ye wil commit euil in the sight of the Lord by prouoking him to angre through the worke of your handes.
Thus Mosés spake in the audience of all the Congregacion of Israél the wordes of this song, vntil he had ended them.
HEarken ye heauens, and I wil speake: and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth.
My doctrine shal drop as the raine, (and) my speache shal stil as doeth the dewe, as the shoure vpon the herbes, and as the great raine vpon the grasse.
For I wil publishe the Name of the Lord: giue ye glorie vnto our God.
Perfect is the worke of the mighty God: for all his wayes (are) iudgement. God is true and without wickednes: iust, and righteous is he.
They haue corrupted them selues toward him by their vice, not being his children, (but) a frowarde and crooked generacion.
Do ye so rewarde the Lord, ô foolish people and vnwise? is not he thy father, that hathe boght thee? he hathe made thee, and proportioned thee.
¶ Remember the dayes of olde: consider the yeres of so manie generacions: aske thy father, and he wil shewe thee: thine Elders, & they wil tel thee.
When the most 〈◊〉 (God) deuided to the 〈◊〉 cions their inheritance, when he separated the sonnes of Adám, he appointed the borders of the people according to the nomber of the children of Israél.
For the Lords porcio{n} (is) his people: Iaakób (is) the lot of his inheritance.
He founde him in the land of the wildernes in a waste, and roaring wildernes: he led him about, he taugh thim, (and) kept him as the apple of his eye.
As an egle stereth vp her nest flotereth ouer her birdes, stretcheth out her wings, taketh them, (and) beareth them on her wings,
(So) the Lord alone led him and there was no strange god with him.
He caried him vp to the hie places of the earth, that he might eat the frutes of the fields and he caused him to sucke hony out of the stone and oyle out of the hard rocke:
Butter of kine, and milke of shepe with fat of the lambs, and rams fed Bashán, and goates, wyth the fat of the graynes of wheat, and the red licour of the 〈◊〉 haste thou dronke.
¶ But (he that shulde haue bene) vpryght, when he waxed fat, spurned wyth hys hele: thou att fat, thou art grosse, thou art laden with fatnes: therfore he forsoke God (that) made him, and regarded not the strong God of his saluacion.
They prouoked hym with strange (gods:) they prouoked hym to angre wyth abominacions.
They offred vnto deuils, not to God, (but) to gods whom they knew not: newe (gods) that came newly vp, whome theyr fathers feared not.
Thou hast forgotten the myghtie GOD, (that) begate thee, and haste forgotten God that formed thee.
The Lord then sawe it, and was angry, for the prouocacion of his sonnes and of hys 〈◊〉.
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will se what their end shalbe: for they are a frowarde generacion, children in whome is no fayth.
They haue moued me to ielousie with (hat which is) not God: they haue prouoked me to angre with theyr vanities: and I wyll moue them to ielousie with (those whiche are) no people: I will prouoke them to angre with a 〈◊〉 nacion.
For fire is kyndled in my wrath, and shall burne vnto the bothome of hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the fundacions of the mountaines.
I will send plagues vppon them: I will bestowe mine arrowes vpon them.
(They shalbe) burnt with hunger, and consumed wyth heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of 〈◊〉 vpon them, with the venime of serpents (〈◊〉) in the dust.
The sworde shall kill them without, and in the chambers feare bothe the 〈◊〉 man and the yong woma{n}, the suckeling with the man of graye heere.
I haue said, I wolde scatter them abroade: I wolde make their remembrance to cease fro{m} among men.
Saue that I feared the furie of the enemie, lest their aduersaires shulde waxe proude, (and) lest they shulde saye, Our hye hand and not the Lord hathe done all this.
For they are a nacion voyde of counsel, nether is there (anie) 〈◊〉 in them.
Oh that they were wise, (then) they wolde vnderstand this: they wolde consider their later 〈◊〉.
Howe shulde one chase a thousande, and two putten thousand to flight, except their strong God had solde them, and the Lorde had shut them vp?
For their God (is) not as our God, euen our enemies being iudges.
For their vine (is) of the vine of Sodom, and of the vines of Gomoráh: their grapes (are) grapes of gall, their clusters (be) bitter.
Their wine (is) the poyson of dragons, and the cruel gall of aspes.
Is not this laid in store with me, (and) sealed vp among my treasures?
Vengeance and recopense are mine: their fote shall slide in due time: for the daye of their destruction is at hand, and the thinges that shal come vpon them, make haste.
For the Lorde shall iudge his people, and repent toward his seruantes, when he seeth that their power is gone, and none shut vp (in holde) nor 〈◊〉 (abroad.)
When men shal say, Where are their gods, their myghtie God in whome their trusted?
Whyche did eat the fat of their sacrifices, (and) did drynke the wyne of theyr drynke offrynge 〈◊〉 hym ryse vp, and helpe you: let 〈◊〉 be your refuge.
Beholde now, for I, I am he, and there is no Gods 〈◊〉 me: I 〈◊〉, a{n}d giue life: I wounde, and I make whole: nether is there (anie) that can deliuer out of mine hand.
For I lift vp mine hand to heauen, and say, I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 euer.
If I whet my glitteryng sworde, and myne hand take holde on iudgement, I wil execute vengeance on mine enemies, and wyll rewarde them that hate me.
I wyll make mine arrowes dronke wyth blood, [and my worde shall eat flesh] for the blood of the 〈◊〉, and of the captiues, whe{n} I beginne to take vengeance of the enemie.
Ye nations, prayse hys people: for he will auenge the blood of hys seruauntes, and wyll execute vengeance vpon hys aduersaries, and wil be merciful vnto his land, (and) to his people.
¶ Then Mosés came and spake all the wordes of this song in the audience of the people, he and Hoshéa the sunne of Nun.
When Mosés had made an end of speaking all these wordes to all Israél.
Then he said vnto them, Set your hearts vnto all the wordes which I testifie agaynst you this daye, that ye may commande them vnto your children, that they may obserue and do all the wordes of this Lawe.
For it is no vaine worde concerning you, but it is your life, and by this worde ye shall prolong your dayes in the land, whether ye go ouer lordén to possesse it.
And the Lord spake vnto Mosés the selfe same day, saying.
Go vp into this mountaine of Abarim, vnto the mount Nebó, whiche is in the land of Moáb, that is ouer agaynst Ierichô: and beholde the land of Canáan, whiche I giue vnto the children of Israél for a possession.
And dye in the mount whyche thou goest vp vnto, and thou shalte be gathered vnto thy people, as Aarôn thy brother dyed in mounte Hor, and was gathered vnto hys people.
Because ye trespassed agaynst me among the children of Israél, at the waters of Meribáh. at Kadésh in the wildernes of Zin: for ye sanctified me not among the children of Israél.
Thou shalt therfore se the land before thee, but shalt not go thither, (I meane,) into the land which I giue the children of Israél.
NOw this is the blessing where with Mosés the man of God blessed the children of Israél before his death, and said.
The LORD came from Sinái, and rose vp from Seir vnto them, (and) appeared clearely from mount Parán, and he came with ten thousandes of Saintes, (and) at hys ryght hand a firy Lawe for them.
Thogh he loue the people, (yet) all thy Saintes are in thine hands: and they are humbled at thy fete, to receiue thy wordes.
Mosés commanded vs a Lawe for an inheritance of the Congregacion of Iaakób.
The{n} he was among the righteous (people, as) King, when the heades of the people, a{n}d the tribes of Israél were assembled.
¶ Let Reubén liue, and not dye, thogh hys men be a small nomber.
¶ And thus (he blessed) Iudáh, a{n}d said, Heare, ô Lorde, the voice of Iudáh, and bryng hym vnto hys people: hys handes shalbe sufficient for hym, if thou helpe hym against his ennemies.
¶ And of Leui he sayd, Let thy Thummim and thine Vrim be with thine holy one, who{m} thou didest proue in Massáh, (and) didest cause him to striue at the waters of Meribáh
Who sayd vnto hys father and to hys mother, I haue not sene hym, nether knewe he hys brethren, 〈◊〉 knewe hys owne children: for they obserued thy worde, and kept thy couenant.
They shall teache Iaakób thy iudgements, and Israél thy Lawe: they shall put incens before thy face, and the burnt offring vpon thine altar.
Blesse, ô Lorde, hys substance, and 〈◊〉 the worke of his hands: smite through the loines of them that rise agaynste him, and of the{m} that hate him, that they rise not againe.
¶ Of Beniamin he said, The beloued of the Lord shal dwel in safety by him: (the Lord) shal couer hym all the day long, and dwel betwene his shulders.
¶ And of Ioséph he said, Blessed of the Lord is (his) land for the swetenes of heauen, for the dewe, and for the depth lying beneth.
And for the swete increase of the sunne, a{n}d for the swete increase of the moone.
And for (the swetenes) of the top of the ancient mountaines, and for the swetenes of the olde hilles.
And for the swetenes of the earth, and abu{n}dance thereof: and the good will of him that dwelt in the bushe, shal come vpo{n} the head of Ioséph, and vpon the top of the head of him that was separated (from) his brethre{n}.
His beautie (shalbe like) his first borne bullocke, and his hornes (as) the hornes of an vnicorne: with them he shal smite the people together, (eue{n}) the ends of the worlde: these are also the ten thousands of Ephráim, and these are the thousands of Manasséh.
¶ And of Zebulun he sayd, Reioyce, Zebulun, in thy going out, and (thou,) Ishachar, in thy tentes.
They shall call the people vnto the mountaine: there they shall offer the sacrifices of ryghteousnes: for they shall sucke of the abundance of the sea, and of the treasures hid in the sand.
¶ Also of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, that catcheth for his pray the arme with the head.
And he locked to hym selfe at the begynnyng, because there was a porcion of the Lawe giuer hid: yet he shall come wyth the heads of the people, to execute the iustice of the Lord, and his iudgements with Israél.
¶ And of Dan he said, Dan (is) aliōs whelpe he shal leape from Bashán.
¶ Also of Naphtali he sayd, ô Naphtali, satisfied with fauour, and filled with the blessing of the Lorde, possesse the West and the South.
¶ And of Ashér he said, Ashér (shalbe) blessed with childre{n}: he shalbe acceptable vnto his brethren, and shal dip his fote in oyle.
Thy shooes (shalbe) yron and brasse, and thy strength (shall continue) as long as thou liuest.
¶ There is none like God, ô righteous (people,) which rideth vpo{n} the heaue{n}s for thine helpe, and on the cloudes in his glorie.
The eternal God (is thy) refuge, and vnder (his) armes thou arte for euer: he shall caste out the enemie before thee, and will say, destroye (them.)
Then Israél the founteine of Iaakób shall dwell alone in safety in a land of wheat and wine: also his heauens shall drop the dewe.
Blessed art thou, ô Israél: who is lyke vnto thee, ô people saued by the Lord, the shylde of thine helpe, and whiche is the sworde of thy glorie? therefore thine enemies shalbe in subiection to thee, and thou shalte tread vpon their hie places.
THen Mosés went from the plaine of Moáb vp into mount Nebō vnto the top of Pisgáh that is ouer agaynste Ierichó: and the Lorde shewed hym all the lande of Gileád, vnto Dan.
And al Naphtali & the land of Ephráim and Manasséh, and all the land of Iudáh, vnto the vtmost sea:
And the South, & the plaine of the valley of Ierichó, the citie of palme trees, vnto Zoár.
And the Lord said vnto him, This is the land which I sware vnto Abrahám, to Izhák and to Iaakob, saying, I will giue it vnto thy sede I haue caused thee to se it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go ouer thither.
So Mosés the seruant of the Lorde dyed therein the land of Moáb, according to the worde of the Lord.
And he buryed him in a valley in the land of Moáb ouer against Beth-peôr, but no man knoweth of his sepulchre vnto this day.
Mosés was now an hundreth & twenty yere olde when he dyed: his eye was not dimme nor his naturall force abated.
And the children of Israél wept for Mosés in the plaine of Moáb thirty dayes: so the dayes of weping and mournyng for Mosés were ended.
And Ioshúa the sonne of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdome: for Mosés had put his hands vpon him. And the children of Israéll were obedient vnto him, and did as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
But there arose not a Prophet since in Israél like vnto Mosés [whome the Lord knewe face to face.]
In all the miracles and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt before Pharaóh and before al his seruants, and before all his land.
And in all that mighty hand and all that great feare, which Mosés wroght in the sight of all Israél.
〈◊〉 after the death of Mosés the serua{n}t of the Lord, the Lord spake vnto Ioshúa the sonne of Nun, Mosés minister, saying,
Mosés my sernant is dead: now therefore arise, go ouer this Iordén, thou, and all this people, vnto the land which I giue them, (that is,) to the children of Israél.
Euerie place that the sole of your fote shal treade vpon, haue I giuen you, as I said vnto Mosés.
From the wildernes and this Lebánón euen vnto the great Riuer, the riuer Peráth: all the land of the Hittites, euen vnto the great sea toward the going downe of the sunne, shal be your coast.
There shal not a man be able to withstand thee all the dayes of thy life: as I was with Mosés, (so) wil I be with thee: I wil not leaue thee, nor forsake thee.
Be strong and of a good courage: for vnto this people shalt thou deuide the land for an inheritance, which I sware vnto their fathers to giue them.
Onely be thou strong, and of a moste valiant courage, that thou maiest obserue and do according to all the' Lawe which Mosés my seruant hathe commanded thee: thou shalt not turne away from it to the right ha{n}d nor to the left, that thou maiest prosper whethersoeuer thou goest.
Let not this boke of the Lawe departe out of thy mouth, but meditate therein day and night, that thou maiest obserue and do according to all that is writte{n} therein: for then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, & then shalt thou haue good successe.
Haue not I commanded thee, saying, Be strong and of a good courage, feare not nor be discouraged? for I the Lord thy God (wil be) with thee, whethersoeuer thou goest.
¶ Then Ioshúa commanded the officers of the people, saying,
Passe through the hoste, and commande the people, saying, Prepare you vitailes: for after thre daies ye shal passe ouer this Iorde{n}, to go into possesse the land, which the Lord your God giueth you to possesse it.
¶ And vnto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, & to halfe the tribe of 〈◊〉 spake Ioshúa, saying.
Reme{m}ber the worde, which Mosés the seruant of the Lorde commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hathe giuen you rest, & hathe giuen you this land.
¶ Your wiues, your children, & your cattel shall remaine in the land which Mosés gaue you on this side Iordén: but ye shal go ouer before your brethren armed, all that be men of warre, and shal helpe them.
Vntill the Lord haue giuen your brethren rest, as well as to you, and vntil they also shall possesse the land, which the Lord your God giueth the{m}: then shal ye returne vnto the land of your possession & shal possesse it, whiche (land) Mosés the Lords 〈◊〉 gaue you on this side 〈◊〉 towarde the sunne rising.
Then they answered Ioshúa, saying, Al that thou hast commanded vs, we wil do, & whethersoeuer thou sendest vs, we wil go.
As we obeyed Mosés in all things, so will we obey thee: onely the Lord thy GOD, be with thee as he was with Mosés.
Whosoeuer shal rebelle against thy co{m}mandement, & wil not obey thy wordes in al that thou co{m}mandest him, let him be put to death onely be strong and of good courage.
THen Ioshúa the sonne of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spie secretly, saying Go, vewe the land, & (also) Ierichó: and they went, and came into an harlots house named Raháb, and lodged there.
Then reporte was made to the Kyng of Ierichó, saying, Beholde, there came men hether to night, of the children of Israél, to spie out the countrey.
And the King of Ierichô sent vnto Rahāb, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, (and) whiche are entred into thine house: for they become to searche out all the land.
[But the woman had taken the two men, & hid them] Therefore said she thus, There came men vnto me, but I wist not whence they were.
And when they shut the gate in the darcke the men went out, whether the men went I wote not: followe ye after the{m} quickely, for ye shall ouertake them.
[But she had broght the{m} vp to the roofe of the house, and hyd them with the stalkes of flaxe, whiche she had spread abroade vpon the roofe.]
And certeine men pursued after them, the way to Iordén, vnto the fourdes, and assone as thei which pursued after them, were gone out, thei shut the gate.
¶ And before thei were a slepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the roofe,
And said vnto the men, I knowe that the Lord hathe giuen you the land, and that the feare of you is fallen vpon vs, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
For we haue heard, how the Lord dryed vp the water of the read Sea before you, whe{n} you came out of Egypt, and what you did vnto the two Kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Iordén, vnto Sihōn and to Og, whome ye vtterly destroyed:
And whe{n} we hearde it, our heartes did faint and there remained no more courage in anie because of you: for the Lord your God, he is the God in heauen aboue, and in earth beneth.
Now therefore, I pray you, sweare vnto me by the Lord, that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye wil also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and giue me a true token.
And that ye wil saue aliue my father and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that thei haue: and that ye wil deliuer our soules from death.
And the men answered her, Our life for you to dye, if ye vtter not this 〈◊〉 busines: & when the Lord hathe giuen vs the land, we wil deale mercifully and truely with thee.
The{n} she let them downe by a corde through the windowe: for her house (was) vpon the towne wall, and she dwelt vpon the wall.
And she said vnto them, Go you into the mountaine, lest the pursuers mete with you, and hyde your selues there thre daies, vntil the pursuers be returned: the{n} afterward may ye go your way.
And the men said vnto her, We wil be bla mels of this thine othe, which thou hast made vs 〈◊〉.
Beholde, when we come into the land, thou shalt binde this corde of red threde in the windowe, whereby thou lettest vs downe, & thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother, & thy brethren, and al thy fathers housholde home to thee.
And whosoeuer then doeth go out at the dores of thine house i{n}to the streat, his blood shal be vpon his head, & we will be gylteles: but whosoeuer shal be with thee in the house, his blood shalbe on our head, if anie hand touche him:
And if thou vtter this our matter, we wil be quit of thine othe, which thou hast made vs sweare.
And she answered, According vnto your wordes so be it: then she sent them away, a{n}d they departed, and she bounde the red corde in the windowe.
¶ And they departed, and came into the mountaine, and there abode thre daies, vntil the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers soght them throughout all the way, but founde them not.
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountaine, & passed ouer, & came to Ioshúa the sonne of Nun, and tolde hym all things that came vnto them.
Also they said vnto Ioshúa, Surely the Lord hathe deliuered into our hands all the land: for euen all the inhabitants of the countrey faint because of vs.
THen Ioshúa rose verie early, and they remoued from Shittim, and came to Iordén, he, & al the children of Israél, & lodged there, before they went ouer.
And after thre daies the officers went throughout the hoste.
And commanded the people, saying, When ye se the Arke of the couenant of the Lord your God, and the Priests of the Leuites be a ring it, ye shall departe from your place, and go after it.
Yet there shalbe a space betwene you & it, about two thousand cubites by measure: ye shal not come nere vnto it that ye may know the way, by the which ye shal go: for ye haue not gone this way in times past.
[Now Ioshúa had said vnto the people, Sanctifie your selues: for tomorow the Lord wil do wonders among you.]
Also Ioshúa speake vnto the Priests, saying, Take vp the Arke of the couena{n}t, & go ouer before the people: so they toke vp the Arke of the couenant, & went before the people.
¶ Then the Lord said vnto Ioshúa, This day wil I begin to magnifie thee in the sight of al Israél, which shal knowe, that as I was with Mosés, so wil I be with thee.
Thou shalt therefore comma{n}de the Priests that beare the Arke of the couenant, saying, When ye are come to the drinke of the waters of Iordén, ye shall stand still in Iordén.
¶ Then Ioshua said vnto the children of Israél, Come 〈◊〉, and heare the wordes of the Lord your God.
And Ioshúa said, Hereby ye shall knowe that the liuing God is among you, & that he wil certeinly cast out before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hiuites, and the Perizzites, and the Gergashites, and the Amorites, and the Iebusites.
Beholde, the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde of all the worlde passeth before you into Iordén.
Now therefore take frome among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israél out of euerie tribe a man.
And assone as the soles of the fete of the Priests [that beare the Arke of the Lord God the Lord of all the worlde] shall stay in the waters of Iordén, the waters of Iorde{n} shalbe cut of: for the waters that come fro{m} aboue, shall stand still vpon an heape.
¶ Then when the people were departed from their tentes to go ouer Iordén, the Priests bearing the Arke of the couenant, (went) before the people.
And as they that bare the Arke came vnto Iordén, and the fete of the Priests that bare the Arke were dipped in the brinke of the water, for Iordén vseth to fil al his ba{n}kes all the times of haruest]
Then the waters that came downe frome aboue; stayed (and) rose vpon an heape, and departed far fro{m} the citie of Adám, that was beside Zaretán: but the (waters) that came downe towarde the Sea of the wildernes, (euen) the salt Sea, failed (and) were cut of: so the people went right ouer against Ierichō.
But the Priests that bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord, stode drye within Iorde{n} ready prepared, and all the Israelites went ouer drye, vntill all the people were gone cleane ouer through Iordén.
ANd when all the people were wholly gone ouer 〈◊〉, [after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshúa, saying.
Take you twelue men out of the people, out of euerie tribe a man.
And comma{n}de you them, saying, Take you hence out of the middes of Iordén, out of the place where the Priests stode in a readines, twelue stones, whiche ye shall take away with you, and leaue them in the lodging, where you shall lodge this night.]
Then Ioshúa called the twelue men, whome he had prepared of the children of Israéll, out of euerie tribe a man.
And Ioshúa said vnto them, Go ouer before the Arke of the Lord your God, eue{n} through the middes of Iordén, and take vp euerie man of you a stone vpon his shulder according vnto the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israél.
That this may be a signe among you, that when your children shal aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What (meane) you by these stones?
Then ye may answer them, That the waters of Iordén were cut of before the Arke of the couenant of the Lord: (for) when it passed through Iordén, the waters of Iordén were cut of: therefore these stones are a memorial vnto the children of Israél for euer.
Then the children of Israél did euen so, as Ioshúa had commanded, & toke vp twelue stones out of the middes of Iorde{n}, as the lord had said vnto Ioshûa, according to the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israél, & caried the{m} away with the{m} vnto the lodging, and layed them downe there.
And Ioshua set vp twelue stones in the middes of Iordén, in the place where the fete of the Priests, whiche bare the Arke of the couenant, stode, and there haue they co{n}tinued vnto this day.
¶ So the Priest, which bare the Arke, stode in the middes of Iordén, vntill euerie thyng was finished that the Lord had commanded Ioshúa to say vnto the people, according to all that Mosés charged Ioshua: the{n} the people hasted and went ouer.
When all the people were cleane passed ouer, the Arke of the Lord went ouer also, & the Priests before the people.
And the sonnes of Reubén, & the sonnes of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasséh we{n}t ouer before the children of Israél armed, as Mosés had charged them.
Euen fourty thousand prepared for warre, went before the Lord vnto battell, into the plaine of Ierichó.
That day the Lord magnified Ioshúa in the sight of al Israél, & they feared him, as they feared Mosés al dayes of his life.
And the Lord spake vnto Ioshúa, saying.
Commande the Priests that beare the Arke of the Testimonie, to come vp out of Iordén.
〈◊〉 therefore commanded the Priests, saying Come ye vp out of Iordén.
And when the Priests that bare the Arke of the 〈◊〉 of the Lord were come vp out of the middes of Iordén, & assone as the soles of the Priests fete were set on the drye land, the waters of Iordén returned vnto their place, and 〈◊〉 ouer al the bankes thereof, as they did before.
¶ So the people came vp out of Iordén the tenth (day) of the first moneth, & pitched in Gilgál, in the Eastside of 〈◊〉.
Also the twelue stones, whiche they toke out of Iordén, did 〈◊〉 pitche in Gilgál.
And he speake vnto the children of Israél, saying, When your children shall 〈◊〉 their fathers in time to come, & say What (meane) these stones?
Then ye shal shewe your children, and say, Israél came ouer this 〈◊〉 on drye land:
For the Lord your God dryed vp the waters of 〈◊〉 before you, vntil ye were gone ouer, as the Lord your God did the red Sea, which he dryed vp before vs, till we were gone ouer.
That all the people of the worlde may know that the hand of the Lord is mightie, that ye might feare the Lord your God continually.
NOw when al the Kings of the Amorites which were beyonde 〈◊〉 Westward and all the Kings of the Canaanites, whiche were by the Sea, heard that the Lord had dryed vp the waters of Iordén before the children of Israél vntill they were gone ouer their heart fainted: & there was no courage in them anie more because of the children of Israél.
¶ That same time the Lord said vnto Ioshūa Make thee sharpe kniues, (and) returne, and circumcise the sonnes of Israéll the second time.
Then Ioshúa made hym sharpes kniues and circumcised the sonnes of Israél in the hill of the foreskinnes.
And this is the cause why Ioshúa circumcised al the people (euen) the males that came out of Egypt, because all the men of warre were dead in the wildernes by the way after they came out of Egypt.
For al the people that came out were circu{m}cised: but all the people that were borne in the wildernes by the way after they came out of Egypt, were not circumcised.
For the childre of Israél walked fourty yeres in the wildernes, til al the people of the men of warre that came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed not the voyce of the Lorde: vnto whome the Lorde sware, that he wolde not shewe the{m} the land, whiche the Lord had sworne vnto their fathers that he wolde giue vs, (euen) a land that sloweth with milke and honie.
So their sonnes whome he raised vp in their steade, Ioshúa circumcised: for they were vncircumcised, because they circumcised the{m} not by the way.
And when they had made an end of circuncising all the people, they abode in the places in the campe til they were whole.
After, the Lord said vnto Ioshúa, This day I haue taken away the shame of Egypt from you: wherefore he called the name of that place Gilgál, vnto this day.
¶ So the children of Israél abode in Gilgál, and kept the feast of the Passeouer the fourtenth day of the moneth at eue{n} in the plaine of Ierichô.
And they did eat of the corne of the la{n}d on the morow after the Passeouer, vnleauened bread, and parched corne in the same day.
And the Man ceased on the morowe after they had eaten of the corne of the land, nether had the childré of Israél Man anie more but did eat of the frute of the la{n}d of 〈◊〉 that yere.
¶ And when Ioshúa was by Ierichō, he lift vp his eyes and loked: and beholde there stode a man against him, hauing a sworde drawen in his hand: and Ioshúa went vnto him, and said vnto him, Art thou on our side or on our aduersaries?
And he said, Nay, but (as) a captaine of the host of the Lord am I now come: the{n}: Ioshūa fel on his face to the earthe, and did worship, and said vnto him, What saith my Lorde vnto his seruant?
And the captaine of the Lords hoste said vnto Ioshúa, Lose thy shooe of thy fote: for the place whereon thou standeth, is holy, & Ioshúa did so.
NOw Ierichō was shut vp, and closed, because of the children of Israél: none might go out nor entre in.
And the Lorde said vnto Ioshúa, Beholde, I haue giuen into thine hand Ierichó and the King thereof, (and) the strong men of warre.
All ye therefore (that be) men of warre, shall compasse the citie, 〈◊〉 going round about the citie once: thus shal you do six dayes:
And seuen Priests shall beare seuen trompets of rams hornes before the Arke: and the seuenth day ye shall compasse the citie seuen times, and the Priests shal blowe with the trompets.
And when they make a long (blast) with the rams horne, and ye heare the sounde of the trompet, all the people shall shoute with a greate shoute: then shall the wall of the citie fall downe flat, & the people shal ascend vp, euerie man streight before him.
¶ Then Ioshúa the sonne of Nun called the Priests and said vnto the{m}, Take vp the Arke of the couenant, and let seuen Priests beare seuen trompets of rams hornes before the Arke of the Lord.
But he said vnto the people, Go and compasse the citie: & let him that is armed, go forthe before the Arke of the Lord.
¶ And when Ioshúa had spoken vnto the people, the seuen Priests bare the seuen tro{m}pets of rams hornes, and went forth before the Arke of the Lorde, and blewe with the trompets, and the Arke of the couenant of the Lord followed them.
¶ And the men of armes went before the Priests, that blewe the trompets: then the gathering (hoste) came after the Arke, as they went and blewe the trompets.
[Now Ioshúa had commanded the people saying, Ye shall not shout, nether make anie noyse with your voice, nether shal a worde procede out of your mouth, vntil the day that I say vnto you, Shoute, then shall ye shoute.]
So the Arke of the Lord co{m}passed the citie, and went aboute it once: then they returned into the hoste, and lodged in the campe
And 〈◊〉 rose early in the morning, and the Priests bare the Arke of the Lord:
Also seuen Priest bare seuen trompets of rams hornes, and went before the Arke of the Lorde, and going blewe with the trompets: and the men of armes went before the{m}, but the gathering (hoste) came after the Arke of the Lorde, as they went and blewe the trompets.
And the second day thei compassed the citie once, and returned into the hoste: thus they did six dayes.
And when the seuenth day came, they rose early, euen with the dawning of the day, and compassed the citie after the same maner seuen times: onely that day they compassed the citie seuen times.
And when the Priests had blowen the trompets the seuenth time, Ioshúa said vnto the people, Shoute: for the Lord hathe giue{n} you the citie.
And the citie shalbe an execrable thing, (bothe) it, and all that are therein, vnto the Lord: onely Raháb the harlot shal liue, she, & all that are with her in the house: for she hid the messengers that we sent.
Not withstanding be ye ware of the 〈◊〉 ble thing, lest ye make your selues execrable & in taking of the execrable thing make also the hoste of Israél execrable, & trouble it.
But all siluer, and golde, and vessels of brasse and yron shalbe consecrate vnto the Lord, (and) shal come into the Lords treasurie.
So the people shoured, when they had blowen tro{m}pets: for when the people had heard the sounde of the trompet, they shouted with a great shoute: and the wall fel downe flat: so the people went vp into the citie, euerie man streight before him: and they toke the citie.
And they vtterly destroyed all that was in the citie, bothe man and woman, yong, and olde, and oxe, and shepe, and asse, with the edge of the worde.
But 〈◊〉 had said vnto the two men that had spied out the countrey, Go into the 〈◊〉 house, and bring out thence the woman and all that she hathe, as ye sware to her.
So the yong men that were spies, went in and broght out Raháb, and her father and her mother, and her brethren, and al that she had: also they broght out all her familie, and put them without the hoste of Israél.
After they burnt the citie with fire, and all that was therein: onely the siluer & the golde & the vessels of brasse and yron, they put vnto the treasure of the house of the Lord.
So Ioshúa saued Raháb the harlot, and her fathers housholde, and all that she had, and she dwelt in Israél euen vnto this day, because 〈◊〉 had hid the messengers, which Ioshúa sent to spie out Ierichó.
¶ And Ioshúa sware at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth vp, and buyldeth this citie Ierichó: he shal lay the fundacion thereof in his eldest sonne and in his yongest sonne shal he set vp the gates of it.
So the Lord was with Ioshúa, and he was famous through all the worlde.
BVt the children of Israél committed a trespasse in the excommunicate thyng: for Achán the sonne of Carmi, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Zérah of the tribe of Iudáh toke of the excommunicate thyng: wherefore the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against the children of Israél.
And Ioshúa sent men from Ierichó to Ai, whiche is beside Bethauén, on the East side of Beth-él, and spake vnto them, saying, Go vp, and vewe the countrey, And the went vp, and vewed Ai.
And returned to Ioshúa, and said vnto him, Let not all the people go vp, (but) let as it were two or thre thousand men go vp, and smite Ai, and make not all the people to labour thether, for they are fewe.
So there went vp thether of the people about thre thousand men, and they fled before the men of Ai.
And the men of Aismote of them vpon a thirtie and six men: for they chased the{m} from before the gate vnto Shebarim, & smote the{m} in the going downe: wherefore the heartes of the people melted away like water.
¶ Then Ioshúa rent his clothes, and fell to the earth vpon his face before the Arke of the Lord, vntil the euentide, he, & the Elders of Israél, and put dust vpon their heades.
And Ioshúa said, Alas, ô Lord God, wherfore hast thou broght this people ouer Iorde{n}, to deliuer vs into the hand of the Amorites, & to destroy vs? wolde God we had bene content to dwel on the other side Iordén.
Oh Lorde, what shal I say, when Israél turne their backes before their enemies?
For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall heare of it, and shal compasse vs, and destroy our name out of the earth: and what wilt thou do vnto thy mightie Name.
¶ And the Lord said vnto Ioshúa, Get thee vp: wherfore liest thou thus vpon thy face?
Israél hath sinned, and they haue transgressed my couenant, which I commanded the{m}: for they haue euen taken of the excommunicate thing, and haue also stollen, and dissembled also, and haue put it euen with their owne stuffe.
Therfore the childre{n} of Israél can not sta{n}de before their enemies (but) haue turned their backes before their enemies, because they be execrable: nether will I be with you anie more, except ye destroy the excommunicate from among you.
Vp (therefore,) sanctifie the people, and say Sanctifie your selues against tomorowe: for thus saith the Lord God of Israél, (There is) an execrable thing among you, ô Israéll, (therefore) ye can not stand against your enemies, vntill ye haue put the execrable thing from among you.
In the morning therefore ye shal come according to your tribes, and the tribe which the Lord taketh, shall come accordyng to the families, and the familie which the Lord shal take, shal come by the housholds: and the housholde which the Lord shal take, shal come man by man.
And he that is taken with the excommunicate thing, shalbe burnt with fire, he, and all that he hathe, because he hathe transgressed the couenant of the Lord, and because he hathe wroght foly in Israél.
¶ So Ioshúa rose vp early in the morning & broght Israél by their tribes: and the tribe of Iudáh was taken.
And he broght the families of Iudáh, and toke the familie of the Zathites, & he broght the familie of the Zathites, man by man, and Zabdi was taken.
And he broght his housholde, man by man, and Achán the sonne of Carmi, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Zérah of the tribe of Iudáh was taken.
Then Ioshúa said vnto Achán, My sonne, I beseche thee, giue glorie to the Lord God of Israél, and make confession vnto him, and shewe me now what thou hast done: hide it not from me.
And Achán answered Ioshúa, and said, In dede, I haue sinned against the Lord God of Israél, and thus, and thus haue I done.
I sawe among the spoyle a goodly Babylo nish garment, and two hundreth shekels of siluer, and a wedge of golde of fyftie shekles weight, and I coueted them, and toke them: and beholde, they lye hid in the earth in the middes of my tent, and the siluer vnder it.
¶ Then Ioshúa sent messengers, which ran vnto the tent, and beholde, it was hid in his tent, and the siluer vnder it.
Therefore they toke them out of the tent, and broght them vnto Ioshúa, and vnto all the children of Israél, and layed them before the Lord.
Then Ioshúa toke Achán the sonne of Zérah, and the siluer, and the garment and the wedge of golde and his sonnes, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his shepe, and his tent, and all that he had: and all Israél with him broght them vnto the valley of Achôr.
And Ioshúa said, In as much as thou hast troubled vs, the Lord shal trouble thee this day: and all Israél thre we stones at him, and burned them with fire, a{n}d stoned them with stones.
And they cast vpon him a great heape of stones vnto this day: and (so) the Lord turned from his fearce wrath: therefore he called the name of that place, The valley of Achōr, vnto this day.
AFter, the Lord said vnto Ioshūa, Feare not, nether be thou faint hearted: take all the men of warre with thee and arise, go vp to Ai: beholde, I haue giuen into thine hand the King of Ai, and his people, & his citie, and his land.
And thou shalt do to Ai, and to the Kyng thereof, as thou didest vnto Ierichô and to the king therof: neuertheles the spoyle thereof and the cattell thereof shall ye take vnto you for a pray: thou shalt lye in waite against the Citie on the backside thereof.
¶ Then Ioshūa arose, and all the men of warre to go vp agaynste Ai: and Ioshúa chose out thirtye thousande strong men, (and) valiant, and sent them awaye by night.
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shal lye in wait against the citie on the backside of the citie go not very far from the citie, but be ye all in a readines.
And I and all the people that are with me, wil approche vnto the citie: and whe{n} they shal come out against vs, as they did at the first time, then wil we flee before them.
For thei wil come out after vs, til we haue broght them out of the citie for they will say, They flee before vs as at the first tyme: so we wil flee before them.
Then you shal rise vp from lying in waite and destroye the citie, for the Lord your God wil deliuer it into your hand.
And when ye haue taken the citie, ye shal set it on fire: according to the comma{n}dement of the Lord shal ye do: behold, I haue charged you.
¶ Ioshúa then sent them forthe, and they went to lie in waite, and abode betwene Beth-él and Ai, on the Westside of Ai: but Ioshúa lodged that nyghte amonge the people.
And Ioshúa rose vp early in the morning, and nombred the people and he and the Elders of Israél went vp before the people (against) Ai.
Also all the men of warre that were with him went vp and drue nere, and came against the citie, & pitched on the Northside of Ai: and there was a valley betwene them and Ai.
And he toke aboute fiue thousande men, and set them to lie in wait betwene Bethél and Ai, on the Westside of the citie.
And the people set all the hoste that was on the Northside against the Citie, & the liers in wayte on the West, against the Citie: (and) Ioshúa went the same night into the middes of the valley.
¶ And when the King of Ai sawe it, then the men of the citie hasted & rose vp early, and went out against Israél to battell, he & all his people at the time appointed, before the plaine: for he knewe not that (anie) lay in wait against him on the backside of the citie.
Then Ioshúa and all Israél (as) beate{n} before the{m}, fled by the way of the wildernes.
And all the people of the citie were called together, to pursue after them: & thei pursued after Ioshúa, and were drawen away out of the citie,
So that there was not a man left in Ai, nor in Beth-él, that went not out after Israéll: and they left the Citie open, and pursued after Israél.
The{n} the Lord said vnto Ioshūa, Stretche out the speare that is in thine ha{n}d toward Ai: for I will giue it into thine hande: and Ioshúa stretched out the speare that he had in his hand, towarde the citie.
And thei that lay in waite, arose quickely out of their place, and ran assone as he had stretched out his hande, and they entred into the citie, and toke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.
And the men of Ai loked behinde them, and sawe it: for lo, the smoke of the Citie ascended vp to heauen, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: for the people that fled to the wildernes, turned backe vpon the pursuers.
When Ioshúa and all Israél sawe that they that lay in wayte, had taken the citie, and that the smoke of the Citie mounted vp, then they turned againe and slewe the me{n} of Ai.
Also the other issued out of the Citie against them: so were they in the middes of Israél, these (being) on the one side, & the rest on the other side: & they slewe them, so that they let none of them remayne nor escape.
And the Kynge of Ai they toke aliue, and broght him to Ioshúa.
And when Israél had made an end of slaying all the inhabita{n}ts of Ai in the field, (that is,) in the wildernes, where they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, vntil they were consumed, all the Israelites returned vnto Ai, & smote it with the edge of the sworde.
And all that fell that day, bothe of men & women, were twelue thousande, euen all the men of Ai.
For Ioshúa drewe not his hand backe againe which he had stretched out with the speare, vntil he had vtterlye destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Onely the cattell and the spoyle of this citie, Israél toke for a pray vnto them selues, according vnto the word of the Lord, which he commanded Ioshûa.
And Ioshúa burnt Ai, & made it an heape for euer, (and) a wildernes vnto this day.
And the Kynge of Ai he hanged on a tre, vnto the euening. And assone as the sunne was downe, Ioshúa commanded that thei shuld take his carkeis downe from the tre, and cast it at the entring of the gate of the citie, and lay thereon a greate heape of stones, (that remaineth) vnto this day.
¶ Then Ioshúa buylt an altar vnto the Lord God of Israél, in mount Ebál,
As Mosés the seruant of the Lorde had commanded the children of Israél, as it is written in the boke of the Law of Mosés, an altar of whole stone, ouer which no ma{n} had lift an yron: and they offred thereon burnt 〈◊〉 vnto the Lord, & sacrificed peace offrings.
Also he wrote there vpon the stones, a rehearsall of the Lawe of Mosés, which he wrote in the presence of the chyldren of Israél.
And all Israél [and their Elders, and officers and their iudges stode on this side of the Arke, & on that side, before the Priests of the Leuites, which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord] aswel the stranger, as he that is borne in the countrey: halfe of the{m} (were) ouer against mount Gerizim, and halfe of the{m} ouer against mount Ebál, as Mosés the seruant of the Lorde had commanded before, that they shuld blesse the people of Israél.
Then afterwarde he red all the wordes of the Lawe, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the boke of the Lawe.
There was not a worde of all that Mosés had commanded, whiche Ioshúa red not before all the Congregacion of Israél, as well (before) the women and the chyldren, as the stranger that was co{n}uersant among them.
ANd when all the Kings that were beyond Iordén, in the mountaines and in the valleis, and by all the coastes of the great Sea ouer against Lebanón [(as) the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites] heard thereof,
They gathered them selues together, to fight against Ioshúa, & against Israél with one accord.
¶ But the inhabitants of Gibeōn hearde what Ioshúa had done vnto Ierichō, and to Ai.
And therefore they wroght 〈◊〉: for they went, and fained them selues embassadours, and toke olde sackes vpon theyr asses, and olde bottels for wine, both rent and bounde vp,
And olde shooes and clouted vppon their fete: also the raiment vpon them (was) olde, and all their prouision of bread was dried, and mouled.
So they came vnto Ioshúa into the hoste to Gilgál, and said vnto him, and vnto the men of Israél, We become frome a farre countrey? nowe therefore make a league with vs.
Then the men of Israél said vnto the Hiuites, It may be that thou dwellest among vs, how the{n} can I make a league with thee?
And they said vnto Ioshúa, We are thy seruants. Then Ioshúa said vnto them, Who are ye? and whence come ye?
And they answered him, From a verye far countrey thy seruants are come for the Name of the Lord thy God: for we haue heard his fame and all that he hathe done in Egypt,
And all that he hathe done to the two Kings of the Amorites that were beyonde Iordén, to Sihōn King of Heshbōn, and to Og King of Bashán, whiche were at Ashtaróth.
Wherefore our Elders, and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to vs, saying, Take vitailes with you for the iourney, and go to mete them, and say vnto the{m}, We are your seruants: now therfore make yea league with vs.
This our bread we toke it hot with vs for vitailes out of our houses, the daye we departed to come vnto you: but now behold, it is dried, and it is mouled.
Also these bottels of wine which we filled, (were) new, and 〈◊〉, they be rent, and these our garments and our shooes are olde, by reason of the exceding great iourney.
¶ And the men accepted (their tale) co{n}cerning their vitailes, and counseled not with the mouth of the Lord.
So Ioshúa made peace with the{m}, and made a league with them, that he wolde suffer them to liue: also the Princes of the Co{n}gregacion sware vnto them.
¶ But at the end of thre daies, after they had made a league with them, they hearde that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
And the children of Israél toke theyr iourney, and came vnto their Cities the third day, and their cities (were) Gibeōn, & Chephirah, and Beerōth & Kiriathiearim.
And the children of Israél slewe them not, because the Princes of the Congregacion had sworne vnto them by the Lord GOD of Israél: wherefore all the Congregacion murmured against the Princes.
Then all the princes said vnto all the Co{n}gregacion, We haue sworne vnto them by the Lord God of Israél: now therefore we may not touche them.
(But) this we wil do to them, and let them liue, lest the wrath be vppon vs because of the othe which we sware vnto them.
And the Princes said vnto them agayne, Let them liue, but thei shal hewe wood, and drawe water vnto all the Congregacion, as the Princes appoint them.
Ioshūa then called them, and talked with them, and said, Wherefore haue ye beguiled vs, saying, We are verie farre from you, when ye dwel among vs?
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shal none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers, of water for the house of my God.
And they aunswered Ioshúa and said, Because it was tolde thy seruants, that the Lord thy God had commanded hys seruant Mosés to giue you all the lande, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land out of your sight, therefore we were exceding sore afraid for our liues at the prese{n}ce of you, and haue done this thing:
And beholde now we are in thine hand: do as it semeth good and right in thyne eyes to do vnto vs.
Euen so did he vnto them, and deliuered them out of the hand of the children of Israél, that they slewe them not.
And Ioshúa appointed the{m} that same daie (to be) hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the Congregacion, and for the altar of the Lord vnto this day, in the place which he shulde chuse.
NOw when Adoni-zédek King of Ierusalém had heard how Ioshúa had take{n} Ai and had destroyed it, (for) as he had done to Ierichò and to the Kinge thereof, so he had done to Ai & to the King therof] and how the inhabitants of Gibeón had made peace with Israél, and were amonge them,
Then thei feared excedingly: for Gibeón was a great citie, as one of the roial cities: for it was greater then Ai, and all the men thereof (were) mightie.
Wherefore Adoni-zédek King of Ierusalém sent vnto Hohám King of Hebrón, and vnto Piram Kynge of Iarmúth, and vnto Iapia Kynge of Lachish, and vnto Debir King of Eglón, saying,
Come vp vnto me, and helpe me, that we maye smite Gibeón: for they haue made peace with Ioshúa and with the childre{n} of Israél.
Therefore the fiue Kings of the Amorites, the King of Ierusalém, the King of Hebro{n}, the King of Iarmúth, the King of Lachish, (and) the King of Eglón gathered themselues together, and went vp, they with all their hostes, and besieged Gibeón, & made warre against it.
And the men of Gibeón sent vnto Ioshúa, (euen) to the hoste to Gilgál, saying, Withdrawe not thine hand frome thy seruants: come vp to vs quickly, and saue vs, & helpe vs: for all the Kings of the Amorites which dwel in the mountaines, are gathered together against vs,
So Ioshúa ascended from Gilgál, he, and all the people of warre with him, and all the men of might.
¶ And the Lord said vnto Ioshúa, Feare the{m} not: for I haue giuen them into thine ha{n}d: none of them shal stand against thee.
Ioshúa therefore came vnto them sodenly: (for) he went vp from Gilgál all the night.
And the Lord discomfited them before Israél, and slewe them with a great slaughter at Gibeōn, and chased them a long the way that goeth vp to Beth-horôn, and smote them to Azekáh and to Makkedáh.
And as thei fled from before Israél, (and) were in the going downe to Beth-horôn, the Lord cast down great stones from heauen vpon them, vntil Azekáh, & thei dyed: (they were) more that dyed with the haylestones, then they whome the children of Israél slewe with the sworde.
¶ Then spake Ioshúa to the Lorde, in the day when the Lord gaue the Amorites before the children of Israél, and he sayde in the sight of Israél, Sunne, staye thou in Gibeón, and thou moone, in the valley of Aialón.
And the sunne abode, and the moone stode stil, vntil the people auenged them selues vpon their enemies: [Is not this written in the boke of Iashér] so the sunne abode in the middes of the heauen, and hasted not to go downe for a whole day.
And there was no day like that before it, nor after it, that the Lord heard the voyce of a man: for the Lord fought for Israél.
¶ After, Ioshúa returned, and all Israéll with him vnto the campe to Gilgál:
But the fiue Kings fled and were hid in a caue at Makkedáh.
And it was tolde Ioshúa, saying, The fiue Kings are founde hyd in a caue at Makkedáh.
Then Ioshúa said, Roule great stones vpo{n} the mouthe of the caue, and set men by it for to kepe them.
But stande ye not still: followe after your ennemies, and smite all the hindemoste, suffre them not to enter into their Cities: for the Lord your God hathe giuen them into your hand.
And when Ioshúa and the children of Israél had made an end of slaying them with an exceding great slaughter til they were consumed, and the rest that remayned of them were entred into walled cities,
Then all the people returned to the campe, to Ioshua at Makkedáh in peace: no man moued his tongue against the childre{n} of Israél.
After, Ioshúa said, Open the mouth of the caue, and bring out these fiue Kings vnto me forthe of the caue.
And they did so, and broght out those fiue Kings vnto him forthe of the caue, (euen) the King of Ierusalém, the Kinge of Hebrōn, the King of Iarmúth, the Kynge of Lachish, (and) the King of Eglōn.
And when they had broght out those Kynges vnto Ioshúa, Ioshúa called for all the men of Israél, and said vnto the chief of the men of warre, which we{n}t with him, Come nere, set your fete vpo{n} the neckes of these Kings: and thei came nere and set their fete vpon their neckes.
And Ioshûa said vnto them, Feare not, nor be faint hearted, (but) be strong and of a good courage: for thus wil the Lord do to all your enemies, against whome ye fight.
So then Ioshûa smote them, and slewe them, and hanged them on fiue trees, and thei hanged still vpon the trees vntill the euening.
And at the goynge downe of the sunne, Ioshûa gaue co{m}mandement, that thei shuld take them downe of the trees, and caste them into the caue [wherein thei had bene hid] and thei layed great stones vpon the caues mouth, (which remaine) vntil this day
¶ And that same day Ioshûa toke Makkedáh and smote it with the edge of the sworde, and the King thereof destroyed he with them, and all the soules that were therein, he let not remayne for he did to the Kynge of Makkedáh as he had 〈◊〉 vnto the King of Ierichō.
Then Ioshûa went from Makkedáh, and al Israél with him vnto Libnáh, and fought against Libnáh.
And the Lord gaue it also and the Kyng thereof into the hand of Israél & he smote it with the edge of the sworde, and all the soules that were therein: he let none remaine in it for he did vnto the King therof, as he had done vnto the King of Iericho.
¶ And Ioshúa departed from Libnáh, and all Israél with him vnto Lachish, and besieged it, and assalted it.
And the Lord gaue Lachish into the ha{n}d of Israél, which toke it the seconde day, & smote it with the edge of the sworde, and all the soules that were therein, according to all as he had done to Libnáh.
¶ Then Horám King of Gézer came vp to helpe Lachish: but Ioshúa smote him and his people, vntil none of his remained.
¶ And from Lachish Ioshúa departed vnto Eglón, and all Israél with him, and they besieged it, and assalted it,
And they toke it the same day, and smote it with the edge of the sworde, and all the soules that were therein he vtterly destroyed the same day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
Then Ioshūa went vp from Eglon, and all Israél with him vnto Hebro{n}, & thei fought against it.
And when they had taken it, they smote it with the edge of the sworde, & the King thereof, and all the Cities thereof, and all the soules that were therein: he left none remainyng, accordynge to all as he had done to Eglōn: for he destroyed it vtterly, and all the soules that were therein.
¶ So Ioshúa returned, and all Israéll wyth him to Debir, and fought against it.
And when he had taken it, and the King therof, and all the cities therof, thei smote them with the edge of the sworde, and vtterlye destroyed all the soules that were therein, he let none remaine: as he dyd to Hebrón, so he did to Debir, & to the King thereof, as he had also done to Libnáh, & to the King thereof.
¶ So Ioshúa smote all the hyll countreis, and the South countreis, and the valleis, and the hill sides, and all their Kynges, & let none remayne, but vtterlye destroyed euery soule, as the Lord God of Israél had commanded.
And Ioshúa smote them from Kadeshbarnéa euen vnto Azzáh, and al the countrey of Goshén, euen vnto Gibeôn.
And all these Kinges, and their lande did Ioshúa take at one time, because the lord God of Israél fought for Israél.
Afterwarde, Ioshúa & all Israél with him returned vnto the campe in Gilgál.
ANd when Iabin Kynge of Hazōr had heard this, then he sent to Iobáb King of Madón, and to the King of Shimrón, and to the King of 〈◊〉,
And vnto the Kynges that were by the North in the mountaines, and plaines towarde the Southside of Cin nerôth, and in the valleis, and in the borders of Dor Westwarde,
(And) vnto the Canaanites, (both) by East, and by West, and vnto the Amorites, and Hittites, and Perizzites, and Iebusites in the mountaines, and vnto the Hiuites vnder Hermôn in the land of Mizpéh:
And they came out and all theyr hostes with them, manye people as the sand that is on the seashore for multitude, with horses and charets exceding many.
So all these Kings met together, and came & pitched together at the waters of Meróm, for to fight against Israél.
¶ Then the Lord said vnto Ioshúa, Be not afraid for them: for tomorowe about this time will I deliuer them all slayne before Israél thou shalt hough their horses, and burne their charets with fire.
The{n} came Ioshúa and all the men of warre with him agaynste them by the waters of Merón sodenly, and fel vpon them.
And the Lord gaue them into the hande of Israél and they smote them, and chased them vnto greate Zidón, and vnto Misrephothmáim, and vnto the valley of Mizpéh Eastwarde, and smote them vntil thei had none remaining of them.
And Ioshúa did vnto the{m} as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their charets with fire.
¶ At that time also Ioshúa turned backe, and toke Hazór, and smote the King therof with the sworde: for Hazór before time was the head of all those kingdomes.
Moreouer they smote all the persones that were therein wyth the edge of the sword, vtterly destroying (all,) leauing none aliue, and he burnt Hazór with fire.
So all the cities of those Kynges, and all the Kynges of them dyd Ioshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sworde, (and) vtterly destroyed the{m}, as Mosés the seruant of the Lord had commanded.
But Israél burnt none of the cities that stode still in their strengthe, saue Hazōr onely, that Ioshûa burnt.
And all the spoyle of these Cities and the cattell the children of Israél toke for their praye, but they smote euerye man with the edge of the sworde vntil they had destroyed them, not leauing one aliue.
¶ As the Lord had comma{n}ded Mosés his seruant, so did Mosés co{m}mande Ioshúa, & so did Ioshûa: he left nothing vndone of all that the Lord had commanded Mosés.
So Ioshúa toke all this land of the mountaines, and all the South, and all the land of Goshén, and the lowe countrey, and the plaine, and the mountaine of Israél, and the lowe countrey of the same,
From the mount Halák, that goeth vp to Seir, euen vnto Baalgádin the valley of Lebanōn, vnder mount Hermôn: & all their Kynges he toke, and smote them, & slewe them.
Ioshúa made warre longe tyme wyth all those Kings,
Nether was there anye Citie that made peace with the children of Israél, saue those Hiuites that inhabited Gibeôn: all (other) they toke by battel.
For it came of the Lord, to harden their heartes that they shulde come agaynste Israél in battell to the intente that they shulde destroye them vtterlye (and) shewe them no mercy, but that they shuld bring them to noght: as the Lord had commanded Mosés.
¶ And that same season came Ioshúa, and destroyed the Anakims out of the mountaines: (as) out of Hebro{n}, out or Debir, out of Anáb, and out of all the mountaines of Iudáh, and out of all the mountaines' of Israél: Ioshûa destroyed them vtterly with their cities.
There was no Anakim left in the land of the children of Israél: onely in Azzáh, in Gath, and in Ashdód were they left.
So Ioshûa toke the whole land, according to all that the Lord had said vnto Mosés: and Ioshûa gaue it for an inheritance vnto Israél according to their porcio{n}s through their tribes: then the land was at rest without warre.
ANd these are the Kynges of the land, whiche the children of Israél smote & possessed their land, on the other side Iordén towarde the rising of the sunne, frome the riuer Arnôn, vnto mount Hermôn, and all the plaine Eastward.
Sihôn King of the Amorites, that dwelt in Heshbôn, hauing dominion from Aroér, which is beside the riuer of Arnôn, & from the middle of the riuer, and frome halfe Gileád vnto the riuer Iabbok, in the border of the children of Ammôn.
And from the plaine vnto the sea of Cinneróth Eastward, and vnto the Sea of the plaine, eue{n} the salt Sea Eastward, the way to Bethieshimôth, and from the South vnder the springs of Pisgáh.
¶ They (conquered) also the coaste of Og Kynge of Bashán of the remnant of the gya{n}ts, which dwelt at Ashtaróth, & at Edréi
And reigned in mount Hermôn, and in Salcáh, and in all Bashán, vnto the border of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites, and halfe Gileád, euen the border of Siho{n} King of Heshbôn.
Mosés the seruante of the Lorde, and the children of Israél smote them: Mosés also the serua{n}t of the Lord gaue (their land) for a possessio{n} vnto the Reubenites, & vnto the Gadites, & to halfe the tribe of Manasséh.
¶ These also are the Kings of the cou{n}trey, whiche Ioshúa and the children of Israēll smote on this side Iordén, Westward, from Baal-gád in the valley of Lebano{n}, eue{n} vnto the mou{n}t Halák that goeth vp to Seir, & Ioshúa gaue it vnto the tribes of Israél for a possession, according to their porcions:
In the mountaines, and in the valleis, and in the plaines, and in the hil sides, & in the wildernes, & in the South, (where were) the Hittites, the Amorites, & the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hiuites, & the Iebusites.
¶ The Kynge of Ierichô (was) one: the King of Ai which is beside Beth-êl, one:
The King of Ierusalêm, one: the King of Hebrôn, one:
The King of Iarmûth, one: the Kynge of Lachish, one:
The King of Eglôn, one: the King of Gêzer, one:
The King of Debir, one: the King of Géder, one:
The Kynge of Hormáh, one: the Kyng of Arád, one:
The King of Libnáh, one: the Kynge of Adullám, one:
The King of Makkedáh, one? the Kyng of Beth-él, one:
The King of Tappuáh, one: the Kynge of Hépher, one:
The Kinge of Aphék, one: the Kynge of Lasharón, one:
The Kyng of Madon, one: the Kynge of Hazór, one:
The Kynge of Shimron merón, one: the King of Achsháph, one:
The King of Taanách, one: the Kynge of Megiddo, one:
The Kynge of Kedésh, one: the Kynge of Iokneám of Carmél, one:
The King of Dor, in the countrey of Dor, one: the Kynge of the nacions of Gilgál, one:
The Kynge of Tirzáh, one, all the Kinges (were) thirty and one.
NOw when Ioshúa was olde, (and) striken in yeres, the Lord said vnto hym, Thou art olde and growen in age, & there remayneth excedynge muche lande to be possessed:
This is the lande that remayneth, all the regions of the Philistims, and all Geshuri,
From Nilus whiche is in Egypte, euen vnto the borders of Ekrón Northward: this is counted of the Canaanites, eue{n} fiue lordeshippes of the Philistims, the Azzithites, and the Ashdodites, the Eshk elonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, & the Auites:
From the Southe, all the lande of the Canaanites, and the caue that is beside the Sidonians, vnto Aphék, (and) to the borders of the Amorites:
And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanōn, towarde the sunnerising from Bahalgad vnder mount Hermón, vntil one come to Hamáth.
All the inhabitantes of the mountaines from Lebano{n} vnto Misrephothmáim, (&) all the Sidonians, I wil cast them out from before the children of Israél: onely deuide thou it by lot vnto the Israelites, to inherit, as I haue commanded thee.
Now therefore deuide this land to inherit, vnto the nine tribes, and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh.
(For) with (halfe) thereof the Reubenites and the Gadites haue receiued their inheritance, which Mosés gaue them beyond Iordén Eastward, euen as Mosés the serua{n}t of the Lord had giuen them,
From Aroér that is on the brinke of the riuer Arnón, and from the citie that is in the middes of the riuer, and all the plaine of Medebá vnto Dibōn,
And all the Cities of Sihón Kynge of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbo{n}, vnto the borders of the children of Ammón,
And Gileád, & the borders of the Geshurites and of the Maachathites, & all mou{n}t Hermón, with all Bashán vnto Salcáh:
All the kingdome of Og in Bashan, which reygned in Ashtaróth and in Edréi [who remained of the rest of the gyantes] for these did Mosés smite, and cast them out.
But the childre{n} of Israél expelled not the Geshurites nor the Maachathites but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites euen vnto this day.
Onely vnto the tribe of Leui he gaue none inheritance, (but) the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israél are his inheritance, as he said vnto him.
¶ Mosés then gaue vnto the tribe of the children of Reuben (inherita{n}ce,) according to their families.
And their coast was from Aroér, that is on the brinke of the riuer Arnón, and frome the Citie that is in the middes of the riuer, and all the plaine which is by Medebá:
Heshbón with all the cities thereof, that are in the plaine: Dibón & Bamoth-báal, and Beth-baal-meôn:
And Iahazáh, & Kedemoth & Mepháath:
Kiriatháim also, and Sibmáh, and Zerethshahár in the mount of Emek:
And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth pisgáh, & Beth-ieshimoth:
And all the cities of the plaine: and all the kyngedome of Sihon Kinge of the Amorites, whiche reigned in Heshbon, whome Mosés smote with the Princes of Midián, Eui, and Rekém, and Zur, and Hur, & Réba, the dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the countrey.
And Balaám the sonne of Beor the southsayer did the children of Israél slaye wyth the sworde, among them that were slaine.
And the border of the children of Reubén was Iordén with the coastes, this was the inheritance of the children of Reubén according to their families, with the Cities and their villages.
¶ Also Mosés gaue (inheritance) vnto the tribe of Gad, (euen) vnto the chyldren of Gád according to their families.
And their coastes were Iazér, and all the Cities of Gileád and halfe the lande of the children of Ammon vnto Aroér, whiche is before Rabbáh:
And from Heshbo{n} vnto Ramoth, Mizpéh, and Betonim: & frome Mahanáim vnto the borders of Debir.
And in the valley Beth-arám, and Bethnimráh, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kyngdome of Sihon Kyng of Heshbon, vnto Iordén and the borders eue{n} vnto the Sea coast of Cinéreth, beyonde Iordén Eastward.
This is the inheritance of the children of Gad, after their families, with the cities & their villages.
¶ Also Mosés gaue (inheritance) vnto the halfe trihe of Manasséh: and this belonged to the halfe tribe of the children of Manasséh according to their families.
And their border was from Mahanaim. (euen) all Bashán (to wit) all the kingdome of Og King of Bashán, and all the townes of Iair which are in Bashán, threscore cities,
And halfe Gileád, and Ashtaróth, & Edréi cities of the kingdome of Og in Bashán, (were giuen) vnto the children of Machir the sonne of Manasséh, to halfe of the children of Machir after their families,
These are the heritages, which Mosés did distribute in the plaine of Moáb beyonde Iordén, (towarde) Ierichó Estwarde.
But vnto the tribe of Leui Mosés gaue none inheritance (for) the Lord God of Israél is their inheritance, as he said vnto them.
THese also are the (places) which the children of Israél inherited in the land of Canáan, which Eleazár the Priest, and Ioshúa the sonne of Nun and the chief fathers of the tribes of the childre{n} of Israél, distributed to them,
By the lot of their inherita{n}ce, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Mosés, to giue to the nine tribes, and the halfe tribe
For Mosés had giuen inheritance vnto two tribes and halfe tribe beyo{n}de Iordén but vnto the Leuites he gaue none inheritance among them.
For the children of Ioséph were two tribes Manasséh and Ephraim: therefore they gaue no parte vnto the Leuites in the land, saue cities to dwel in, with the suburbes of the same for their beastes and their substance.
As the Lord had commanded Mosés, so the children of Israél did when they deuided the land.
¶ Then the children of Iudáh came vnto Ioshúa in Gilgál: and Caléb the sonne of Iephunnéh the Kenezite said vnto him Thou knowest what the Lord said vnto Mosés the man of God, concerning me and thee in Kadersh-barnéa.
Fourty 〈◊〉 olde was I, when Mosés the seruant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnéa to espy the land, and I broght him worde againe as (I thoght) in mine heart.
But by brethren that went vp with me, discouraged the heart of the people: yet I followed stil the Lord my God.
Wherefore Mosés sware the same day, saying, Certeinly the land whereon thy fete haue troden, shalbe thine inheritance and thy childrens for euer, because thou hast followed constantly the LORD my GOD.
Therefore beholde now, the Lord hathe kept me aliue, as he promised: this is the fourty and fift yere since the Lord spake this thing vnto Mosés, while the children of Israél wandred in the wildernes: & now lo, I am this day fourscore & fiue yere olde
And yet am as strong at this time, as I was when Mosés sent me: as stro{n}g as I was then, so strong am I now, (ether) for warre or for gouernement.
Now therefore giue me this mountaine whereof the Lord spake in that day [for thou heardest in that daie, how the Anakims (were) there, and the cities great & walled] if so be the Lord wil be with me, that I may driue them out, as the Lord said
Then Ioshúa blessed him, and gaue vnto Caléb the sonne of Iephu{n}néh, Hebrôn for an inheritance.
Hebrón therefore became the inheritance of Caléb the sonne of Iephunnéh the Kenezite, vnto this day: because he followed constantly the Lord God of Israél.
And the name of Hebrón (was) before time, Kiriath-arbá: which (Arbá) was a great man among the Anakims: thus the land ceased from warre.
THis then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Iudáh by their families: (euen) to the border of Edóm & the wildérnes of Zin, Southward on the Southcoast.
And their Southborder was the salt Sea coast, from the point that loketh South ward.
And it we{n}t out on the Southside toward Maaleth-akrabbim, and went a long to Zin, and ascended vp on the Southside vnto Kadesh-barnéa, and we{n}t a long to Hezrón, and went vp to Adár, and fet a compasse to Karkáa.
From thence went it a long to Azmón, and reached vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the end of that coast was on the Westside this shalbe your Southcoast.
Also the East border shalbe the salt Sea, vnto the end of Iordén, and the border on the North quarter from the point of the Sea, (and) from the end of Iordén.
And this border goeth vp to Beth-hoglá, and goeth a long by the Northside of Beth-arabáh, so the border from thence goeth vp to the stone of Bohán the sonne of Reubén,
Againe this border goet̄h vp to Debir from the valley of Achor, and Northwarde turning toward Gilgál, that lyeth before the going vp to 〈◊〉, which is on the Southside of the riuer: also this border goeth vp to the waters of En-shémesh, & endeth at En-rogél.
Then this border goeth vp to the valley of the sonne of Hinnôm, on the Southside of the Iebusites: the same is Ierusalém also this border goeth vp to the top of the mountaine that lieth before the valley of Hinnôm Westward, which is by the end of the valley of the gyantes Northward.
So this border compasseth from the top the mountaine vnto the founteine of the water of Nephtôah, and goeth out to the cities of mount Ephrôn and this border draweth to Baaláh, which is Kiriath-iearim.
Then this border compasseth from Baaláh Westward vnto mount Seir, and goeth alo{n}g vnto the side of mount Iearim, which is Chesalón on the Northside: so it commeth downe to Beth-shémesh, and goeth to Timnáh.
Also this border goeth out vnto the side of Ekrôn Northward: and this border draweth Shicrôn, & goeth a long to mount Baaláh, and stretcheth vnto Iabneél: and the endes of this coastare to the Sea.
And the Wéstborder (is) to the great Sea: so this border shalbe the bo{n}des of the children of Iudáh round about, according to their families,
¶ And vnto Caléb the sóne of Iephunnéh did Ioshûa giue a parte among the childre{n} of Iudáh, as the Lord co{m}manded him (euen) Kiriath-arba of the father of Anák whiche in Hebrôn.
And Caléb droue thence thre sonnes of Anák, Sheshái, and Ahimán, and Talmái, the sonnes of Anák.
And he went vp thence to the inhabita{n}ts of Debir and the name of Debir before time (was) Kiriath-sépher.
Them Caléb said, He that 〈◊〉 Kiriath sepher, and taketh it, eue{n} to him wil I giue Achsah his daughter to wife.
And Othniél, the sonne of Kenaz, the brother of Caléb toke it & he gaue him Achsáh his daughter to wife.
And as she went in (to him) she moued him to aske of her father a field & she lighted of her asse, and Caléb said vnto her, What wilt thou.
Then she answered, Giue me a blessing: for thou hast giue{n} me the South countrei giue me also springs of water And he gaue her the spri{n}gs aboue & the spri{n}gs bene the
This shalbe the inheritance of the tribe of the childre{n} of Iudáh according to their families.
And the vtmost cities of the tribe of the children of Iudáh, toward the coastes of Edôm Southward were Kabzeél, and Eder and Iagûr,
And Kináh, and Dimonáh: and Adadáh,
And Kédesh, and Hazôr, and Ithnán,
Ziph, and Télem, and Bealôth.
And Hazôr, Hadattath, and Kerioth, Hesron [which is Hazor]
Amám, and Shemá, and Moladáh.
And Hazár, Gaddáh, and Heshmôn, and Beth-palet,
And Hasar-shuál, and Beershéba, and Biziothiáh,
Baaláh, and Iim, and Azem,
And Eltolád, and Chesil, and Hormáh.
And Ziklâg, & Madmanná, & Sansannáh.
And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmôn: all (these) cities (are) twenty and nine with their villages.
¶ In thé lowe countrey (were) Eshtaol, & Zoreáh, and Ashnáh,
And Zanoáh, and En-gannim, Tappúah, and Enám,
Iarmúth, and Adullám, Socôh, and Azekàh
And Sharáim, and Adithaim, and Gederáh, & Gederotháim: fourtene cities with their villages,
Zenám, and Hadasháh, and Migdal-gád,
And Dileám, and Mizpéh, and Ioktheél,
Lachish, and Bozkáth, and Eglon.
And Cabbôn, and Lahmám, and Kithlish,
And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamâh, and Makkedàh: sixtene cities with their villages.
Lebnáh, and Ethêr, and Ashàn,
And liphtah, and Ashnáh, and Mezib.
And Keilah and Aczib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.
Ekron with her townes and her villages
From Ekron, euen vnto the Sea, all that lieth about Ashdod with their villages.
Ashdod with her townes and her villages Azzáh with her townes and her villages, vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the great sea (was their) coast.
¶ And in the mountaines (were) Shamis, & Iattir, and Socoh,
And Dannah, and Kiriath-sannath, [which is Debir]
And Anab, and Ashtemoh, and Anim,
And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleuen cities with their villages.
Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
And Ianum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah.
And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba [which is Hebron] and Zior: nine cities with their villages.
Maôn, Carmêl, and Ziph, and Iuttah.
And Izreēl, and Iork deam, and Zanoah.
Kain Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages.
Halhûl, Beth-zûr and Gedor.
And Maa ráh, and Beth-auoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages.
Kiriath-báal, which is Kiriath-iearim and Rabbáh two cities with their villages.
¶ In the wildernes (were) Beth-arabáh Middin, and Secacáh.
And Nibshán, and the citie of salt, and En-gedî: six cities with their villages.
Neuertheles, the Iebusites that were the This 〈◊〉 doeth apperteine to the Chap. 15 of Ioshua. inhabitants of Ierusalém, colde not the children of Iudáh cast out, but the Iebusites dwel with the children of Iudáh at Ierusalém vnto this day.
ANd the lot fel to the children of Ioséph from Iordén by Ierichô vnto the water of Ierichô Eastwarde, (and) to the wildernes that goeth vp from Ierichô by the mount Beth-él:
And goeth out from Beth-él to Luz, and runneth alo{n}g vnto the borders of Archia tároth.
And goeth downe Westward to the coaste of Iaphleti, vnto the coast of Bethhorón the nether, & to Gézer: & the ends thereof are at the Sea.
So the children of Ioséph, manasséh and Ephráim toke their inheritance.
¶ Also the borders of the children of Ephráim according to their families, euen the borders of their inherita{n}ce on the East side, were Atróh addár, vnto Beth-horón the vpper.
And this border goeth out to the Sea vnto Michmetháh on the Northside, and this border returneth Eastwarde vnto Taanáth shilóh, and passeth it on the Eastside vnto Ianóhah.
And goeth downe from Ianóhah to Ataroth, and Naaráth, and cometh to Ierichó, and goeth out at Iordén.
And this border goeth from Tappúah Westward vnto the riuer Kanáh, and the ends thereof are at the Sea: this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
And the separate cities for the children of Ephráim (were) among the inheritance of the children of Manasséh: all the cities with their villages.
And they cast not out the Canaanite that dwelt in Gézer, but the Canaanite dwelleth amo{n}g the Ephraimites vnto this day and serue vnder tribute,
THis was also the lot of the tribe of Manasséh: for he was the first borne of Ioseph (to wit) of Machir the first borne of Manasséh (and) the father of Gileád: now because he was a man of warre, he had Gileád and Bashán.
And also of the rest of the sonnes of Manasséh by their families (euen) of the sonnes of Abiézer, & of the sonnes of Hélek, and of the sonnes of Azriél, and of the sonnes of Shéchem, and of the sonnes of Hépher, and of the sonnes of Shemidá: these (were) the males of Manasséh, the sonne of Ioséph according to their families.
¶ But Zelophehád the sonne of Hépher, the sonne of Gileád, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasséh, had no sonnes, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters. Malháh, and Noáh, Hoglah, Milcháh and Tirzáh:
Which came before Eleazár the Priest, and before Ioshúa the sonne of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Mosés to giue vs an inheritance among our brethre{n} therefore according to the commandement of the Lord he gaue the{m} an inheritance among the brethre{n} of their father.
And there fel ten porcions to Manasséh, beside the land of Gileád & Bashán, which is on the other side Iordén.
Because the daughters of Manasséh did inherit among his sonnes: and Manassehs other sonnes had the land of Gileád.
¶ So the borders of Manasséh were from Ashér to Michmetháh that lieth before Shechém, and this border goeth on the right hand, euen vnto the inhabitants of En-tappúah.
The la{n}d of Tappúah belo{n}ged to Manasséh but Tappuah beside the border of Manasséh (belongeth) to the sonnes of Ephráim.
Also this border goeth downe vnto the riuer Kanáh Southward to the riuer: these cities of Ephráim (are) among the cities of Manasséh: and the border of Manasséh (is) on the Northside of the riuer, and the ends of it are at the Sea.
The South perteineth to Ephráim, and the North to Manasséh, and the Sea is his border: and they met together in Ashér Northward, and in Issachár Eastward.
And Manasséh had in Issachár and in Ashár Beth-sheán, and her townes, and Ibleám, & her townes, and the inhabitants of Dor with the townes thereof, and the inhabitants of En-dór with the townes thereof and the inhabita{n}ts of Thaanách with her townes, and the inhabitants of Megiddó with the townes of the same (euen) thre countreis.
Yet the children of Manasséh colde not destroy those cities, but the Canaanites dwelled stil in that land.
Neuertheles, when the children of Israél were strong they put the Canaanites vnder tribute, but cast them not out wholly
Then the children of Ioséph spake vnto Ioshúa, saying. Why hast thou giuen me but one lot, & one porcion to inherit, seing I am a great people, for as muche as the Lord hathe blessed me hetherto?
Ioshúa then answered them, If thou be muche people, get thee vp to the wod, & cut (trees) for thy selfe therein the land of the Perizzites, and of the gyans, if mount Ephráim be to narowe for thee.
Then the children of Ioséph said, The mountaine wil not be ynough for vs: and all the Canaanites that dwel in the lowe countrey haue charets of yro{n}, aswel they in Beth-shean, and in the townes of the same, as they in the valley of Izreél.
And Ioshúa spake vnto the house of Ioséph, to Ephráim, and to Manasséh, saying Thou art a great people, and hast great power (and) shalt not haue one lot.
Therefore mountaine shalbe thine: for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it downe: and the ends of it shalbe thine, & thou shalt cast out the Canaanites, thogh they haue yron charets (and) thogh they be strong.
ANd the whole Congregacion of the childrén of Israél came together at Shilóh: for they set vp the Tabernacle of the Congregacion there, after the land was subiect vnto them.
Now there remained among the children of Israél seue{n} tribes, to whome they had not deuided their inheritance.
Therefore Ioshúa said vnto the children of Israél, How long are ye so slacke to entre and possesse the land which the Lord God of your fathers hathe giuen you?
Giue from among you for (euerie) tribe thre men, that I may send them, and that they may rise, and walke through the la{n}d and distribue it according to their inheritance, and returne to me,
And that they may deuide it vnto them into seuen partes, [Iudáh shal abide in his coast at the South, and the house of Ioséph shal stand in their coastes at the North]
Ye shal describe the land therefore into seuen partes, and shal bring them hether to me, and I wil cast lottes for you here before the Lord our God.
But the Leuites shal haue no part among you: for the Priesthode of the Lord is their inheritance: also Gad and Reubén & halfe the tribe of Manasséh haue receiued their inheritance beyonde Iordén Eastward, which Mosés the serua{n}t of the Lord gaue them.
¶ Then the me{n} arose, and went their way: and Ioshúa charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Departe, and go through the land, and describe it, and returne to me that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shilôh.
So the men departed, and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seuen partes in a boke, and returned to Ioshúa into the campe at Shilóh.
¶ Then Ioshúa cast lots for them in Shilôh before the Lord, and there Ioshúa deuided the land vnto the children of Israél according to their porcions,
¶ And the lot of the tribe of the childre{n} of Beniamin came forthe according to their families, and the coast of their lot lay betwene the children of Iudáh, and the childrén of Ioséph.
And their coast on the Northside was from Iordén, and the border went vp to the side of Ierichó on the North parte, & went vp through the mountaines Westward, and the endes thereof are in the wildernes of Beth-auén:
And this border goeth a long from thence to Luz, (euen) to the Southside of Luz [the same is Beth-él] and this border descendeth to Arroth-addár, nere the mou{n}t that lieth on the Southside of Beth horon the nether.
So the border turneth, and compasseth the corner of the Sea South ward, from the mou{n}t that lieth before Beth-horón South ward: and the ends thereof are at Kiriath báal [which is Kiriath-iearim] a citie of the children of Iudáh: this is the Westquarter.
And the South quarter (is) from the end of Kiriath-iearim, and this border goeth out Westward, and cometh to the fonteine of waters of Nephtóah.
And this border descendeth at the end of the mountaine, that lieth before the valley of Ben-hinnóm, which is in the valley of the gyantes Northward, and descē deth into tho valley of Hinnóm by the side of Iebusi South ward, & goeth downe to En-rogél,
And co{m}passeth from the North, and goeth for the to En-shémesh, and stretcheth to Gelilóth, which is toward the going vp vnto Adommim. & goeth downe to the stone of Bóhan the sonne of Reubén.
So it goeth a long to the side ouer against the plaine Northward, and goeth downe into the plaine.
After, this border goeth a long to the side of Beth-hogláh Northward: and the ends thereof (that is,) of the border, reache to the point of the salt Sea Northward (and) to the end of Iordén South ward: this is the South coast.
Also Iordén is the border of it on the East side this is the inheritance of the children of Beniamin by the coastes thereof round about according to their families.
Now the cities of the tribe of the childre{n} of Beniamin according to their families, are Ierichó, and Beth-hogláh, and the valley of Keziz.
And Beth-arabáh, and Zemaràim, and Beth-él,
And Auim, and Paráh, and Ophráh,
And Chephár, Ammonái, and Ophnî, and Gabá: twelue cities with their villages.
Gibeón, and Ramáh, and Beeróth,
And Mizpéh, and Chephirah, and Mo záh,
And Rékem, and Irpeél, and Taraláh.
And Zelá, Eléph, and Iebusi, [which is Ierusalém] Gibeáth, (and) Kiriáth: fourtene cities with their villages: this is the inheritance of the children of Beniamin according to their families.
ANd the seco{n}de lot came out to Simeôn, (euen) for the tribe of the children of Simeón according to their families, and their inheritance was in the middes of the inheritance of the children of Iudáh,
Now thei had in their inheritance, Beershéba, and Shéba, and Moladáh,
And Hazar-shuál, and Baláh, and Azem,
And Eltolád, and Bethúl, and Hormáh,
And Ziklág, and Beth-marca both, and Hazar susáh,
And Beth-lebaóth, and Sharuhén: thirtene cities with their villages.
Ain, Remmon, and ether, and Ashán: foure cities with their villages,
And all the villages that were round about these cities, vnto Baalath beér, (and) Rámath South warde: this is the inherita{n}ce of the tribe of the children of Simeón according to their families.
Out of the porcion of the children of Iudáh (came (the inherita{n}ce of the childre{n} of Simeón: for the parte of the children of Iudáh was to muche for them: therefore the children of Simeón had their inherita{n}ce within their inheritance.
¶ Also the third lot arose for the children of Zebulún according to their families: & the coaste of their inheritance came to Sarid.
And their border goeth vp Westwarde, euen to Maraláh: and reacheth to Dabbásheth: & meteth with the riuer that lyeth before Iokneám.
And turneth fro{m} Sarid Eastwarde towarde the sonne rising vnto the border of 〈◊〉 tabôr, and goeth out to Daberáth, and ascendeth to Iaphia,
And from thence goeth a long Eastwarde towarde the sunne rising to gittáh hépher to Ittáh kazin, and goeth for the to Rimmôn, and turneth to Neáh.
And this border compasseth it on the Northside to Hannathôn, and the ends thereof are in the valley of Iiphtah-él,
And Kattáth, and Nahallál, and Shimrón, and Idaláh, & Beth-léhem: twelue cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulún according to their families (that is) these cities and their villages.
¶ The fourthe lot came out to Issachár, (euen) for the children of Issachár according to their families.
And their coast was Izreélah, and Chesulloth, and Shuném,
And Haphraráim, and Shión, and 〈◊〉 ráth.
And Harabbith, and 〈◊〉, and Abez,
And reméth, & En-gannim, and En-had dáh, and Beth-pazzéz.
And this coast reacheth to Tabôr, and Shahazimáth, and Beth-shémesh, and the ends of their coast reache to Iordén: sixtene cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachár according to their families: (that is) the cities, and their villages.
¶ Also the fifte lot came out for the tribe of the childre{n} of Ashér according to their families.
And their coast was Helcáth, and Hali, & Béten, and Achsháph,
And Allammélech, and Amád, and 〈◊〉 and came to Carmél Westwarde, and to Shihôr libnáth,
And turneth towarde the sunne rising to Beth-dagôn, and commeth to Zebulún, and to the valley of Iiphtah-él, towarde the Northside of Beth-emék, and Neiél, and goeth out on the left side of Cabúl.
And to Ebrón, and Rehób, and Hammón, and Kanáh vnto great Zidōn.
Then the coast turneth to Ramáh and to the strong citie of Zor, and this border turneth to Hosáh, and the endes thereof are at the Sea from Hebél to Achzib,
Vmmáh also and Aphék, and Rehób: two and twentie cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ashér according to their families (that is) these cities and their villages.
¶ The sixt lot came out to the children of Naphtali, (euen) to the children of Naphtali according to their families.
And their coast was from Héleph (and) from Allôn in Zaanannim, & Adaminékeb and Iabneél, euen to Lakúm, and the ends thereof are at Iordén.
So this coast turneth Westwarde to Aznoth tabór, and goeth out from thence to Huk kôk, and reacheth to Zebulún on the Southside, & goeth to Ashér on the Westside, and to Iudáh by Iordén towarde the sunnerising.
And the strong cities (are) Ziddim, Zer, and Hammáth, Rak káth, and Cinnéreth,
And Adamáh, and Ramáh, and Hazôr.
And Kédesh, and Edrei, and En-hazôr,
And Irôn, and Migdal-él, Horém, and Bethanáh, & Beth-shémesh: nintene cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naptalî according to their families (that is) the cities and their villages.
¶ The seuenth lot came out for the tribe of the children, of Dan according to their families.
And the coast of their inheritance was, Zoráh, and Eshtaól, and Ir-shémesh.
And Shaalabbin, and Aiialón, and Ithláh,
And Elôn, and Temnáthah, and Ekron.
And Eltekéh, & Gibbethôn, and Baoláh,
And Iehúd, and Bene-berák, and Gathrim môn.
And Me-iarkón, and Rakkôn, with the border that lyeth before Iápho.
But the coastes of the children of Danfel out (to litle) for the{m}: therefore the childre{n} of Dan went vp to fight against Lenshem, and toke it, and smote it with the edge of the sworde, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Léshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
This is the inherita{n}ce of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families (that is) these cities and their villages.
¶ Whe{n} thei had made an end of deuiding the land by the coastes thereof, then the children of Israél gaue an inheritance vnto Ioshúa the sonne of Nun among them.
According to the worde of the Lord 〈◊〉 gaue him the citie which he asked (euen) Timnath-seráh in mount Ephráim: and he buylt the citie and dwelt therein.
These are the heritages which Eleazár the Priest, and Ioshúa the sonne of Nun, & the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israél deuided by lot in Shilôh before the Lord at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion: so thei made an end of deuiding the countrey.
THe Lord also speake vnto Ioshúa, saying,
Speake to the children of Israél, and say, Appoint you cities of refuge, whereof I spake vnto you by the hand of Mosés,
That the slayer that killeth any persone by ignorance (and) vn wittingly, may flee thether, and thei shal be your refuge from the auenger of blood.
And he that doeth flee vnto one of those cities, shal stand at the entring of the gate of the citie, and shal shewe his cause to the Elders of the citie: and thei shal receiue him into the citie vnto them, and giue him a place, that he may dwel with them
And if the auenger of blood pursue after him, thei shal not deliuer the slayer into his hand because he smote his neighbour ignorantly, nether hated he him before time.
But he shal dwel in that citie vntil he stand before the Congregacion in iudgement (or) vntil the death of the hye Priest that shalbe in those daies then shal the slayer returne, and come vnto his owne citie, & vnto his owne house (euen) vnto the citie from whence he fled.
¶ Then thei appointed Kédesh in Galil in mount Naphtali, and Shechêm in mou{n}t Ephráim, and Kiriath-arbá, [which is Hebrôn] in the mountaine of Iudáh.
And on the other side Iordén (towarde) Ierichô Eastwarde, thei appointed Bézer in the wildernes vpon the plaine, out of the tribe of Reuhén, and Ramóth in Gileád out of the tribe of Gad, and Golán in Bashán, out of the tribe of Manasséh.
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israél, and for the stra{n}ger that soiourned among them, that whosoeuer killed any persone ignorantly, might flee thether, and not dye by the hand of the aue{n}ger of blood, vntil he stode before the Congregacion.
THen came the principal father of the Leuites vnto Eleazár the Priest, and vnto Ioshûa the sonne of Nun, and vnto the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israél.
And spake vnto them at Shilôh in the la{n}d of Canáam, saying, The Lord commanded by the ha{n}d of Mosés, to giue vs cities to dwel in, with the suburbes thereof for our cattel.
So the children of Israél gaue vnto the Leuites, out of their inheritance at the commandement of the Lord these cities with their suburbes.
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites & the children of Aarôn the Priest (which were) of the Leuites, had by lot, out of the tribe of Iudáh, and out of the tribe of Simeón, and out of the tribe of Beniamin thirtene cities.
And the rest of the children of Koháth (had) by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephráim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasséh, ten cities.
Also the children of Gershón (had) by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachár, and out of the tribe of Ashér, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasséh in Bashán, thirtene cities.
The children of Merari according to their families (had) out of the tribe of Reubén, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulúm, twelue cities.
So the children of Israél gaue by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with their suburbes, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Mosés.
¶ And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudáh, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeôn these cities which are here named.
And they were the childrens of Aarôn (being) of the families of the Kohathites (and) of the sonnes of Leui, [for their was the first lot.]
So they gaue the{m} Kiriath-arbá of the father of Anók [whiche is Hebrôn] in the mountaine of Iudáh, with the suburbes of the same round about it.
[But the land of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue they to Caléb the sonnes of Iephunnéh to be his possession.]
¶ Thus they gaue to the children of Aarón the Priest, a citie of refuge for the slayer, (euen) Hebrón with her suburbes, and Libnáh with her suburbes.
And Iattir with her suburbes, & Eshtemòa and her suburbes.
And Holon with her suburbes, and Debir with her suburbes.
And Am with her suburbes, & Iuttáh with her suburbes, Beth-shemesh with her suburbes: nine cities out of those two tribes.
And out of the tribe of Beniamin (they gaue) Gibeo{n} with her suburbes, Géba with her suburbes.
Anathoth with her suburbes, & Almôn with her suburbes: foure cities.
All the cities of the children of Aarôn Priests (were) thirtene cities with their suburbes.
¶ But to the families of the children of Koháth of the Leuites, whiche were the rest of the children of Kohath [for the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephráim.]
They gaue them the citie of refuge for the slayer, Shechém with her suborbes in mounte Ephráim, and Gézer with her suburbes.
And Kibzáim with her suburbes, and Bethhorôn with her suburbes: foure cities.
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekéh with her suburbes, Gibethôn with her suburbes.
Aiialón with her suburbes, Gath-rimmôn with her suburbes: foure cities.
And out of the halfe tribe of Manasséh, Tanách with her suburbes, and Gath-rimmō with her suburbes: two cities.
All the cities for the other families of the children of Koháth (were) ten with their suburbes.
¶ Also vnto the children of Gershôn of the families of the Leuites, (they gaue) out of the halfe tribe of Manasséh, the citie of refuge for the slayer, Golân in Bashán with her suburbes, and Beeshteráh with her suburbes: two cities.
And out of the tribe of Issachár, Kishō with her suburbes, Daberéh with her suburbes.
Iarmúth with her suburbes, En-ga{n}nim with her suburbes: foure cities.
And out of the tribe of Ashér, Mishál with her suburbes, Abdôn with her suburbes.
Helkáh with her suburbes, & Rehób with her suburbes: foure cities.
And out of the tribe of Napthali, the citie of refuge for the slayer, Kédesh in in Galil with her suburbes, and Hammoth-dôr with her suburbes, and Kartán with her suburbes thre cities.
Al the cities of the Gershonites accordyng do their families, (were) thirtene cities with their suburbes.
¶ Also vnto the families of the children of Merari the rest of the Leuites, (they gaue) out of the tribe of Zebulun, Iokneâm with her suburbes, (&) Kartáh with her suburbes.
Dimnáh with her suburbes, Nahaláll with her suburbes: foure cities.
And out of the tribe of Reube{n}, Bezer with her suburbes, & Iahazáh with her suburbes.
Redemôth with her suburbes, & Mepháath with her suburbes: foure cities.
And out of the tribe of Gad (they gaue) for a citie of refuge for the slayer, Ramôth in Gilead with her suburbes, and Mahanáim with her suburbes.
Heshbón with her suburbes, (and) Iazér with her suburbes: foute cities in al.
So all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families [which were the rest of the families of the Leuites] were by their lot, twelne cities.
(And) 〈◊〉 the cities of the Leuites within the possession of the children of Israéll (were) eight and fourtie with their suburbes.
These cities lay euerie one (seuerally) with their suburbes rounde about them: so were all these cities.
¶ So the Lorde gaue vnto Israél all the la{n}d, which he had sworne to giue vnto their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Also the Lord gaue them rest round about accordyng to all that he had sworne vnto their fathers: and there stode not a man of all their enemies before them: (for) the Lorde deliuered all their enemies into their hand.
There failed nothyng of all the good things, whiche the Lord had said vnto the house of Israél, (but) all came to passe.
THen Ioshúa called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the halfe tribe of Manasséh.
And said vnto them. Ye haue kept all that Mosés the seruant of the Lord comma{n}ded you, and haue obeyed my voyce in all that I commanded you:
Ye haue not forsaken your brethren this long season vnto this day, but haue dilige{n}tly kept the commandement of the Lord your God.
And now the Lorde hathe giuen rest vnto your brethren as he promised them: therefore now returne ye and go to your tentes, to the land of your possession, which Mosés the seruant of the Lorde hathe giuen you beyonde Iordén.
But take diligen the de, to do the commandement and Lawe, which Mosés the seruant of the Lord commanded you: (that is,) that ye loue the Lord your God, and walke in al his wayes, and kepe his commandements, & cleaue vnto him, and serue him with al your heart and with all your soule.
So Ioshúa blessed them and sent the{m} away, and they went vnto their tents.
¶ Now vnto (one) halfe of the tribe of Manasséh Mosés had giuen (a possession) in Bashán: & vnto the (other) halfe thereof gaue Ioshúa amo{n}g their brethre{n} on this side Iordén Westward: therefore when Ioshúa sent the{m} away vnto their tentes, and blessed the{m}.
Thus he speake vnto them, saying, Returne with muche riches vnto your tentes, & with a great multitude of cattel, with siluer and with golde, with brasse & with yron & with great abunda{n}ce of raime{n}t: deuide the spoyle of your enemies with your brethren.
¶ So the children of Reubén, and the children of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasséh returned, and departed from the childre{n} of Israél from Shilôh [which is in the land of Canáan] to go vnto the countrey of Gileád to the land of their possession, whiche they had obteined, according to the worde of the Lord by the hand of Mosés.
¶ And when they came vnto the borders of Iordén [which are in the land of Canáan] then the children of Reubén, and the children of Gad, and the halfe tribe of Manasséh buylt there an altar by Iordén, a great altar to se to.
¶ When the children of Israél heard saye, Beholde, the children of Reubén, & the children of Gad, & the halfe tribe of 〈◊〉 haue buylt an altar in the forefront of the land of Canâan vpon the borders of Iordén at the passage of the children of Israél:
When the children of israél heard it, then the whole Congregacion of the children of Israél gathered them together at Shiloh to go vp to warre against them.
Then the children of Israél sent vnto the children of Keubén, and to the children of Gad, and to the halfe tribe of Manasséh into the land of Gileád, Phinehás the sonne of Eleazár the Priest.
And with him ten princes, of euerie chief house a prince, according to all the tribes of Israél? for euerie one (was) chief of their fathers housholde among the thousandes of Israél.
¶ So they went vnto the children of Reubén, & to the children of Gad, & to the halfe tribe of Manasséh, vnto the land of Gileád, and spake with them, saying.
Thus saith the whole Congregacion of the Lord, What transgression is this that ye haue transgressed against the God of Israél, to turne away this day from the Lorde, in that ye haue buylt you an altar for to rebell this day against the Lord?
Haue we to litle for the wickednes of Peor, whereof we are not clensed vnto this day, thogh a plague came vpon the Congregacion of the Lord?
Ye also are turned away this day frome the Lord: and seyng ye rebel to day against the Lord, euen tomorowe he wil be wrath with all the Congregacion of Israél.
Not withsta{n}ding if the land of your possession be vncleane, come ye ouer vnto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lords Tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among vs: but rebel not against the Lorde, nor rebel not against vs in buyldyng you an altar, beside the altar of the Lord our God.
Did not Achā the sonne of Zérah trespasse grieuously in the execrable thyng, & wrath fel on all the Congregacion of Israél? and this man alone perished not in his wickednes.
¶ Then the children of Reubén, & the children of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasséh answered, and said vnto the heades ouer the thousandes of Israél.
The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israél him selfe shall knowe: if by rebellion, or by transgression against the Lord (we haue done it) saue thou vs not this day.
If we haue buylt vs an altar to returne away from the Lord, ether to offer thereon burnt offryng, or meat offryng, or to offer peace offryngs thereon, let the Lord him self require it:
And if we haue not (rather) done it for feare of (this) thing, saying, In time to come your children might say vnto our children, What haue ye to do with the Lorde God of Israél?
For the Lorde hathe made Iordén a border betwene vs and you, ye children of Reubén, and of Gad: therfore ye haue no parte in the Lord: so shal your children make our childre{n} cease from fearing the Lord.
Therefore we said, We wil now go about to make vs an altar, not for burnt offring, nor for sacrifice.
But for a witnes betwene vs and you, and betwene our generacio{n}s after vs, to execute the seruice of the Lorde before hym in our burnt offrings, and in our sacrifices, and in our peace offrings, and that your children shulde not say to our childre{n} in time to come Ye haue no parte in the Lord.
Therefore said we, If so be that they shulde (so) say to vs or to our generacions in time to come, the{n} wil we answer, Beholde the facion of the altar of the Lorde, whiche our fathers made, not for burnt offring nor for sacrifice, but it is a witnes betwene vs and you.
God forbid, that we shuld rebel against the Lorde, and turne this day away frome the Lorde to buylde an altar for burnt offryng, (or) for meat offryng, or for sacrifice, saue the altar of the Lorde our God, that is before his Tabernacle.
¶ And when Phineás the Priest, and the princes of the Congregacion a{n}d heads ouer the thousandes of Israél whiche were with him, heard the wordes, that the children of Reubén, and children of Gad, and the children of Manasséh spake, they were wel content.
And Phinehás the sonne of Eleazár the Priest sayd vnto the children of Reubén and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasséh, This day we perceiue, that the Lord is amo{n}g vs, because ye haue not done this trespas against the Lorde: now eye haue deliuered the children of Israél out of the hand of the Lord.
¶ Then Phinehas the sonne of Eleazâr the Priest with the princes returned frome the children of Reubén, and from the children of Gad, out of the lande of Gileád, vnto the land of Canâan, to the children of Israel, and broght them answer.
And the saying pleased the chyldren of Israél: and the children of Israél blessed God, and minded not to go agaynst them in battel, for to destroye the land, wherein the children of Reubén, and Gad dwelt.
Then the chyldren of Reubén, and the chyldren of Gad called the altar (Ed:) for it shalbe a witnes betwene vs, that the Lorde (is) God.
ANd a long season after that the Lord had giuen rest vnto Israél from all their enemies round about, and Ioshua was olde, and striken in age.
Then Ioshua called all Israêl, (and) their Elders, and their heades, and their iudges, and their officers, and said vnto them, I am olde, (and) striken in age.
Also ye haue sene al that the Lord your God hathe done vnto all these nacions before you, howe the LORD your God hym selfe hathe fought for you.
Beholde, I haue deuided vnto you by lot these nacions, that remaine, to be an inheritance according to your tribes, from Iordén, with all the nacions that I haue destroyed, euen vnto the great Sea Westward.
And the Lord your God shal expel them before you, and cast them out of your sight, and ye shal possesse their land, as the Lorde your God hathe said vnto you.
Be ye therfore of a valiant conrage, to obserue and do all that is written in the boke of the Lawe of Mosés, that ye turne not there from to the right hand nor to the left.
Nether company wyth these nacions: (that is,) with them whiche are left with you, nether make mencion of the name of their gods, nor cause to sweare (by them,) nether serue them nor bowe vnto them.
But sticke fast vnto the Lorde your God, as ye haue done vnto this day.
For the Lorde hathe caste out before your great nacions and myghty, and no man hath stand before your face hetherto.
One man of you shal chase a thousand: for the Lord you God, he fighteth for you, as he hathe promised you.
Take good hede therefore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God.
Els, if ye go backe, and cleaue vnto the rest of these nacions: (that is,) of the{m} that remaine with you, and shall make mariages with them, and go vnto them, and they to you.
Knowe ye for certeine, that the Lord your God will cast out no more of these nacions from before you: but they shall be a snare and destruction vnto you, and a whip on your sides, and thrones in your eyes, vntill ye perish out of this good land, whiche the Lord your God hathe giuen you.
And beholde, this day do I entre into the waye of all the worlde, and ye knowe in all your heartes and in all your soules, that nothyng hath failed of al the good thynges whiche the Lorde your God promised you, (but) all are come to passe vnto you: nothing hathe failed thereof.
Therefore as all good things are come vppon you, which the Lorde your God promised you, so shall the Lorde bryng vpon you euerie euill thing, vntill he haue destroyed you out of this good land, which the Lord your God hathe giuen you.
When ye shall transgresse the couenaunt of the Lorde your God, whiche he commanded you, and shall go, and serue other gods, and bowe your selues to them, then shal the wrath of the Lorde waxe hote agaynst you, and ye shall perish quickly out of the good land which he hathe giuen you.
ANd Ioshua assembled (agayne) all the tribes of Israél to Shechem, and called the Elders of Israêl, and their heades, and their iudges, and their officers, and they presented them selues before God.
Then Ioshua said vnto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israêl, Your fathers dwelt beyonde the flood in old time, (eue{n}) Térah the father of Abrahám, a{n}d the Father of Nachór, and serued other gods.
And I toke your father Abrahám from beyonde the flood, and broght hym through all the lande of Canáan, and multiplied hys sede, and gaue him Izhák.
And I gaue vnto Izhák, Iaakób and Esáu: and I gaue vnto Esáu mount Seir, to posesse it: but Iaakôb and hys chyldren wente downe into Egypt.
I sent Mosés also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt: and whe{n} I had (so) done among them, I broght you out.
So I broght your fathers out of Egypt, and ye came vnto the Sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with charrets a{n}d horsemen vnto the red Sea.
Then they cryed vnto the Lord, and he put a darcknes betwene you and the Egyptians, and broght the Sea vpon them, and couered them: so your eyes haue sene what I haue done in Egypte: also ye dwelt in the wildernes a long season.
After I broght you into the land of the Amorites, whiche dwelt beyonde Iordén, and they fought with you: but I gaue them into your hand, and ye possessed their countrey, and I destroyed them out of your sight.
Also Balák the sonne of Zippor Kynge of Moáb arose and warred agaynst Israél, and sent to call Balaám the sonne of Beór for to curse you.
But 〈◊〉 wold not heare Balaa{m}: therfore he blessed you, and I deliuered you out of his ha{n}d.
And ye went ouer Iordén, and came vnto Ierichó, and the men of Ierichó, fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites and the Girgashites, the Heuites and the Iebusites, and I deliuered them into your hand.
And I sent hornets before you, which cast them out before you, (euen) the two Kings of the Amorites, (and) not with thy sworde, nor with thy bowe.
And I haue giuen you a lande, wherein ye did not labour, a{n}d cities which ye buylt not, and ye dwel in them, and eat of the vineyardes and oliue trees, whiche ye planted not.
Nowe therefore feare the Lorde, and serue hym in vpryghtenes and in trueth, and put away the gods, whiche your fathers serued beyonde the flood and in Egypt, and serue ye the Lord.
And if it seme euyll vnto you to serue the Lord, chuse you this day whom ye wil serue, whether the gods whiche your fathers serued [that were beyonde the floode] or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwel: but I and mine house wil serue the Lord.
Then the people answered and sayd, God forbid, that we shulde forsake the Lorde, to serue other gods.
For the Lord our GOD, he broght vs and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, frome the house of bondage, and he dyd those great miracles in our sight, and preserued vs in all the waye that we went, and among all the people through whome we came.
And the Lorde did cast out before vs all the people, euen the Amorites whiche dwelt in the lande: (therefore) will we also serue the Lord, for he is our God.
And Ioshua sayd vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lord: for he is an holy God: he is a ielous God: he will not pardon your iniquitie nor your sinnes.
If ye forsake the Lorde and serue straunge gods, then he will returne and bring euill vpon you, and consume you, after that he hathe done you good.
And the people said vnto Ioshua, Nay, but we will serue the Lord.
And Ioshua sayd vnto the people, Ye are witnesses agaynste your selues, that ye haue chosen you the Lord, to serue him: and they said, (We are) witnesses.
Then put away now, (sayd he,) the strange gods which are among you, and bow your hearts vnto the Lord God of Israél.
And the people said vnto Ioshua, The Lord our God will we serue, and his voyce wil we obey.
So Ioshua made a couenant with the people the same day, and gaue them an ordinance and lawe in Shechém.
And Ioshua wrote these wordes in the boke of the Lawe of God, and toke a great stone, and pitched it there vnder an oke that was in the Sanctuarie of the Lord.
And Ioshua sayd vnto all the people, Beholde, this stone shalbe a witnes vnto vs: for it hathe heard all the wordes of the Lorde which he spake with vs: it shalbe therefore a witnes against you, lest ye deny your God.
Then Ioshúa let the people departe, euerie man vnto his inheritance.
And after these things Ioshua the sonne of Nun, the seruant of the Lord dyed, beyng an hundreth and ten yeres olde.
And they buryed him in the border of hys inheritance in Timnath-seráh, whiche is in mount Ephráim, on the Northside of mount Gáash.
And Israél serued the Lorde all the dayes of Ioshua, and all the dayes of the Elders that ouer lyued Ioshua, and whiche had knowen all the 〈◊〉 of the Lorde that he had done for Israél.
And the bones of Ioséph, which the children of Israél broght out of Egypt, buryed they in Shechém in a parcell of grounde which Iaakob boght of the sonnes of Hamór the father of Shechém, for an hu{n}dreth pieces of siluer, and the children of Ioséph had them in their inheritance.
Also Eleazár the sonne of Aarón dyed, who{m} they buried in the hill of Phinehás his sonne, which was giue{n} him in mount Ephraim.
AFter that Ioshúa was dead, the children of Israél asked the Lord saying, Who shal go vp for vs against the Canaanites, to fight first against them?
And the Lorde said, Iudáh shall go vp beholde, I haue giuen the land into his hand.
And Iudáh said vnto Simeón his brother, Come vp with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites: and I like wise wil go with thee into thy lot: so Simeon went with him.
Then Iudáh went vp, and the Lord deliuered the Canaanites, and the Perizzites into their hands, and they slew of them in Bézek ten thousand men.
And they founde Adoni-bézek in Bézek: and they fought against him, and slewe the Canaanites, and the Perizzites.
But Adoni-bézek fled, & they pursued after him, and caught him, & cut of the thumbes of his hands and of his fete,
And Adoni-bézek said Seue{n}tie Kings hauing the thu{m}bes of their hands & of their fete cut of, gathered (bread) vnder my table: as I haue done, so God hathe rewarded me so they broght him to Ierusalém, and there he dyed.
[Now the children of Iudáh had fought against Ierusalém, and had taken it and smitten it with the edge of the sworde, and had set the citie on fire]
¶ Afterwarde also the childre{n} of Iudáh went downe to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountaine, and towarde the South, and in the lowe countrey.
And Iudáh we{n}t against the Canaanites, that dwelt in Hebrón, which Hebrón before time was called Kiriath-arbá: and they slewe Sheshái, and Ahiman and Talmái.
And from thence he went to the inhabitants of Debir, and the name of Debit in olde, time (was) Kiriath-sépher.
And Caléb said, He that smiteth Kiriathsépher, and taketh it, euen to him will I giue Achsâh my daughter to wife.
And Othniél the sonne of Kenáz Calebs yonger brother toke it, to whome he gaue Achsáh his daughter to wife.
And when she came (to him,) she moued him to aske of her father a field, and she lighted of her asse, and Caléb said vnto her, What wilt thou?
And she answered him, Giue me a blessing: for thou hast giue{n} me a South contrey, giue me also springs of water: and Caléb gaue her the springs aboue and the springs beneth.
¶ And the children of 〈◊〉 Mosés father in lawe went vp out of the citie of the palme trees with the children of Iudáh, into the wildernes of Iudáh, that lieth in the South of Arád, and went and dwelt among the people.
But Iudah went with Simeón his brother, and they slewe the Canaanites that inhabited Zepháth, and vtterly destroyed it, and called the name of the citie Hormáh.
Also Iudáh toke Azzáh with the coastes thereof, & Askelōn with the coastes thereof and Ebrón with the coastes thereof.
And the Lord was with Iudáh, and he possessed the mountaines: for he colde not driue out the inhabitants of the valleys, because they had charets of yron.
And they gaue Hebrón vnto Caléb, as Mosés had said, and he expelled thence the thre sonnes of Anák.
But the children of Beniamin did not cast out the Iebusites, that inhabited Ierusalém: therefore the Iebusites dwel with the children of Beniamin in Ierusalem vnto this day.
¶ They also that were of the house of Ioseph, went vp to Beth-él, and the Lord (was) with them.
And the house of Ioséph caused to vewe Beth-él [and the name of the citie before time (was) Luz.]
And the spies sawe a man come out of the citie, and they said vnto him, Shewe vs we pray thee, the way into the citie, and we wil shewe the mercie.
And when he had shewed them the way into the citie, they smote the citie with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his housholde departe.
Then the man went into the land of the Hittites, and buylt a citie, & called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof vnto this day.
¶ Nether did Manasséh destroy Beth sheán with her townes, nor Taanách with her townes, nor the inhabitants of Dor with her townes, nor the inhabitants of Ibleám with her townes, nether the inhabitants of Megiddó with her townes: but the Canaanites dwelled stil in that land.
Neuertheles when Israél was strong, they put the Canaanites to tribute, and expelled them not wholly:
¶ Likewise Ephraim expelled not the Canaanites that dwelt in Gézer, but the Canaanites dwelt in Gézer among them.
¶ Nether did Zebulún expel the inhabitants of Kitrôn, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol, but the Canaanites dwelt among them and became tributaries.
¶ Nether did Ashér cast out the inhabitants of Acchô, nor the inhabitants of Zidòn, nor of Ahlâb, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbáh, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehôb.
But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabita{n}ts of the land: for they did not driue them out.
¶ Nether did Naphtali driue out the inhabitants of Beth-shémesh, nor the inhabitats of Beth-anáth, but dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabitants of the land: neuertheles the inhabitants of Beth-shémesh, & of Bethanáth became tributaries vnto them.
And the Amorites droue the children of Dan into the mountaine: so that they suffred them not to come downe to the valley.
And the Amorites dwelt stil in mount Héres in Aiialôn, and in Shaalbim, and whe{n} the hand of Iosephs familie preuailed, thei became tributaries:
And the còast of the Amorites was frome Maaleh-akrabbim, (euen) from Sélah and vpwarde.
ANd an Angel of the Lord came vp fro{m} Gilgál to 〈◊〉, and said, I made you to go vp out of Egypt, and haue broght you vnto the land which I had sworne vnto your fathers, and said, I will neuer breake my couenant with you.
Ye also shall make no couenant with the inhabitants of this land, (but) shal breake downe their altars: but ye haue not obeyed my voyce. Why haue ye done this?
Wherfore, I said also, I wil not cast them out before you, but they shalbe (as thornes) vnto your sides, and their gods shalbe your destruction.
And whe{n} the Angel of the Lord spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israél, the people lift vp their voyce, and wept.
Therefore they called the name of that place, 〈◊〉 Bochim, and offred sacrifices there vnto the Lord.
¶ Now when Ioshûa had sent the people away, the children of Israél went euerie ma{n} into his inheritance to possesse the land.
And the people had serued the Lord all the dayes of Ioshua, and all the daies of the Elders that out lyued Ioshûa, which had sene al the great workes of the Lord that he did for Israél.
But Ioshûa the sonne of Nun the seruant of the Lord dyed, when he was an hundreth & ten yeres olde.
And thei buried him in the coastes of his inheritance, in Timnath-héres in mount Ephraim, on the Northside of mount Gáash.
And so all that generacion was gathered vnto their fathers, and another generacion arose after them, whiche nether knewe the Lord, nor yet the workes, which he had one for Israél.
¶ Then the children of Israél thy wickedly in the sight of the Lord, and serued Baalim.
And forsoke the Lord God of their fathers which broght the{m} out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, (euen) the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed vnto them, and prouoked the Lord to angre.
So they forsoke the Lord, and serued Báall and Ashtaroth.
And the wrath of the Lord was hote against Israél, and he deliuered them into the hands of spoilers, that spoiled them, and he solde them into the hands of their enemies round about them, so that they colde no longer stand before their enemies.
Whetherso euer they went out, the ha{n}d of the Lord was sore against them, as the Lord had said, and as the Lorde had sworne vnto them: so he punished them sore.
¶ Notwithstanding, the Lorde raised vp Iudges, whiche deliuered them out of the hands of their oppressers.
But yet they wolde not obey their Iudges: for they went a whoring after other gods, & worshipped them, (and) turned quickely out of the way, wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandements of the Lord: they did not so.
And when the Lord had raised them vp Iudges, the Lord was with the Iudge, and deliuered them out of the hand of their enemies al the daies of the Iudge [for the Lord had co{m}passions of their gronings, because of the{m} that oppressed them and tormented them.]
Yet when the Iudge was dead, thei returned, and did worse then their fathers, in following other gods to serue the{m} and worship them: thei ceased not from their owne inuencions, nor from their rebellious way.
Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was kinled against Israél, and he said, Because this people hathe transgressed my couenant, which I comma{n}ded their fathers, and hathe not obeyed my voyce,
Therefore wil I no more cast out before them any of the nacions, Ioshúa which left when he dyed,
That through them I may proue Israél, whether they wil kepe the way of the Lord to walke therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.
So the Lord left those nacions, and droue them not out immediatly, nether deliuered them into the hand of Ioshúa.
THese now are the nacions which the Lord left, that he might proue Israél by them [(euen) as many (of Israel) as had not knowen all the warres of Canâan,
Onely to make the generacions of the children of Israél to knowe, and to teache them warre, which douteles their predessessors knewe not]
Fiue princes of the Philistims, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hiuites that dwelt in mount Lebanôn, from mount Báal hermôn vnto one come to Hamáth.
And these remained to proue Israél by them to wit, whether thei wolde obey the co{m}mandements of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Mosés.
And the children of Israél dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites,
And thei toke their daughters to be their wiues, and gaue their daughters to their sonnes, and serued their gods.
¶ So the childre{n} of Israél did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, and forgate the Lord their God, and serued Baalim, and Asheróth.
Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israél, a{n}d he solde them into the hand of Chushán rishatháim King of Arám naharáim, and the children of Israél serued Chushán rishatháim eight yeres.
And when the children of Israél cryed vnto the Lord, the Lord stirred vp a sauiour to the children of Israél, and he saued them, (euen) Othniél the sonne of Kenáz, Calebs yonger brother.
And the Spirit of the Lord came vpon him and he iudged Israél, and went out to warre: and the Lord deliuered Chushán rishatháim King of Arám into his hand, and his hand Preuailed against Chushân rishatháim.
So the land had rest fourtie yeres, and Othniêl the sonne of Kenáz dyed.
¶ The{n} the children of Israél againe committed wickednes in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord stre{n}gthened Eglôn King of Moáb against Israél, because thei had committed wickednes before the Lord.
And he gathered vnto him the children of Ammôn, and Amalék, and went and smote Israél, & thei possessed the citie of palme trees.
So the children of Israél serued Eglón King of Moáb eightene yeres.
But when the children of Israél cryed vnto the Lord, the Lord stirred them vp a sauiour Ehúd the sonne of Gerá the sonne of Iemni a man lame of his right hand: and the children of Israél sent a present by him vnto Eglôn King of Moáb.
And Ehúd made him a dagger with two edges of a cubite length, and he did girde it vnder his rayment vpon his right thigh,
And he presented the gift vnto Eglon King of Moáb [and Eglôn (was) a very fatman]
And when he had now presented the present, he sent away the people that bare the present,
But he turned againe from the quarris, that whereby Gilgál, and said, I haue a secret errand vnto thee, ô King. Who said, Kepe silence: and all that stode about him, went out from him.
Then Ehúd came vnto him, [and he sate alone in a somer parler, which he had] and Ehúd said, I haue a message vnto thee from God. Then he arose out of his throne,
And Ehud put for the his left hand, and toke the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,
So that the hafte went in after the blade: and the fat closed about the blade, so that he colde not drawe the dagger out of his belly, but the dirt came out.
Then Ehúd gate him out into the porche, and shut the dores of the parler vpon him, and locked them.
And when he was gone out, his seruants came: who seing that the dores of the parler were locked, thei said, Surely he doeth his easement in his somer chambre.
And thei taryed til thei were ashamed: and seing he opened not the dores of the parler, thei toke the key, and opened the{m}, & beholde their lord was fallen dead on the earth.
So Ehúd escaped [while thei taryed] & was passed the quarris, and escaped vnto Seirâth.
And when he came (home,) he blewe a trumpet in mount Ephráim, and the childre{n} of Israél went downe with him from the mountaine, and he went before them.
Then said he vnto them, Followe me: for the Lord hathe deliuered your enemies, (euen) Moáb into your hand. So they went downe after him, and toke the passages of Iordén toward Moáb, and suffred not a man to passe ouer.
And they slew of the Moabites the same time about ten thousand men, all fed men, and all (were) warriours, and there escaped not a man.
So Moâb was subdued that day, vnder the hand of Israél: and the land had rest foure score yeres.
¶ And after him was Shamgár the sonne of Anáth, which slewe of the Philistims sixe hundreth men with an oxe goade, and he also deliuered Israél.
ANd the children of Israél began againe to do wickedly in the sight of the Lord when 〈◊〉 was dead.
And the Lord solde them into the hand of Iabin King of Canáan, that reigned in Hazôr, whose chief captaine (was called) Siserá, which dwelt in Haroshéth of the Ge{n}tiles.
Then the children of Israél cryed vnto the Lord: [for he had nine hundreth charets of yron, & twentie yeres he had vexed the children of Israél very sore]
¶ And at that time Deboráh a Prophetesse the wife of Lapidôth iudged Israél.
And this Deboráh dwelt vnder a palme tre, betwene Ramáh & Beth-él in mount Ephráim, and the children of Israél came vp to her for iudgement.
Then she sent and called Baráh the sonne of Abinóam out of Kédesh of Naphtali, a{n}d said vnto him, Hathe not the Lord God of Israél commanded, (saying,) Go, & drawe toward mou{n}t Tabor, and take with thee ten thousa{n}d men of the children of Naphtali and of children of Zebulún?
And I wil drawe vnto thee to the riuer Kishón Siserá, the captaine of Iabins armie with his charets, and his multitude, and wil deliuer him into thine hand.
And Barák said vnto her, If thou wilt go with me, I wil go: but if thou wilt not go with me, I wil not go.
Then she answered, I wil surely go with thee but this iourney that thou takest, shal not be for thine honour: for the Lord shal sel Siserá into the hand of a woman. And Deboráh arose and went with Barák to Kédesh.
¶ And Barák called Zebulún and Naphtali to Kédesh, and he went vp on his fete with ten thousand men, and Deboráh went vp with him.
[Now Héber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobáb the father in law of Mosés, was departed from the" Kenites, and pitched his tent vntil the plaine of Zaanaim which is by Kédesh]
The{n} they shewed Siserá, that Barák the so{n}ne of Abinóam was gone vp to mount Tabór.
And Siserá called for all is charets, (euen) nine hundreth charets of yron, and all the people that were with him fro{m} Haroshéth of the Gentiles, vnto the riuer Kishôn.
Then Deboráh said vnto Barák, Vp: for this is the day that the Lord hathe deliuered Sisera into thine hand. Is not the Lord gone out before thee? so Barák went downe from mount Tabôr, and ten thousand men after him.
And the Lord destroyed Siserá and all his charets, and all his hoste with the edge of the sworde, before Barák, so that Siserá lighted downe of his charet, and fled away on his fete.
But Barák pursued after the charets, and after the hoste vnto Haroshéth of the Gentiles: & al the host of Siseráfel vpon the edge of the sworde: there was not a man left.
Howbeit, Siserá fled away on his fete to the tent of laél the wife of Hebér the Kenite: [for peace (was) betwene Iabin the King of Hazór, and betwene the house of Hebér the Kenite]
And Iaél went out to mete Sisera, and said vnto him, Turne in, my Lord, turne into me: feare not. And when he had turned in vnto her into her tent, she couered him with a mantel.
And he said vnto her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water to drinke: for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milke and gaue him drinke, and couered him.
Againe he said vnto her, Stande in the dore of the tent, and when anie man doeth come and enquire of thee, saying, Is anie man here thou shalt say, Nay.
Then Iaél Hebers wife toke a nayle of the tent, and toke an hammer in her hand, and went softly vnto him, and smote the naile into his temples, and fastened it into the grounde, [for he was fast a slepe, and wearie] and (so) he dyed.
And beholde, as Barák pursued after. Siserá Iaél came out to mete him, and said vnto him, Come, and I wil shewe thee the man, whome thou sekest: and when he came into her (tent) beholde, Siserá lay dead, and the naile in his temples.
So God broght downe Iabin the King of Canáan that day before the childre{n} of Israél.
And the hand of the children of Israél prospered, and preuailed against Iabin the King of Canáan, vntil they had destroyed Iabin King of Canáan.
THen sang Deboráh, and Barák the sonne of Abinóam the same day, saying,
Praise ye the Lord for the auenging of Israél and for the people that offred them selues willingly.
Heare, ye Kings, hearken ye princes: I, (eue{n}) I wil sing vnto the Lord: I wil sing praise vnto the Lord God of Israél.
Lord, whe{n} thou wentest out of Seir, when thou departedst out of the field of Edóm the earth trembled, and the heauens rained, the cloudes also dropped water.
The mountaines melted before the Lord, (as did) that Sinâi before the Lord God of Israél.
In the dayes of Shamgár the sonne of Anáth, in the dayes of Iaél the hye waye were vnoccupied, and the trauelers walked through by wayes.
The townes were not inhabited: they decayed, (I say,) in Israél, vntil I Deboráh came vp, whiche rose vp a mother in Israél.
They chosene we gods: then (was) warre in the gates, Was there a shilde or speare sene among fourtie thousand of Israél?
Mine heart (is set) on the gouerners of Israél (and) on them that are willing among the people: praise ye the Lord.
Speake ye that ride on white asses, ye that dwel by Midin, & that walke by the waye
For the noyse of the archers (appaised) amo{n}g the drawers of water: there shal they rehearse the righteousnes of the Lorde, his righteousnes of his townes in Israél: the{n} did the people of the Lord go down to the gates
Vp Deboráh, vp, arise, (and) sing a song: arise Barák, and lead thy captiuitie captiue, thou sonne of Abinóam.
For they that remaine, haue dominio{n} ouer the mightie of the people: the Lorde hathe giuen me dominion ouer the strong.
Of Ephráim their roote (arose) against Amalék: (&) after thee, Ben-iamin (shal fight) against thy people, (ô Amalek:) of Machir came rulers, and of Zebulún they that ha{n}dle the penne of the writer.
And the Princes of Issachár were with Deboráh, & Issachár, & also Barák: he was set on his fete in the valley: for the diuisions of Reubén (were) great thoghtes of heart.
Why abodest thou amo{n}g the shepe foldes, to heare the bleatings of the flockes? for the diuisions of Reubén (were) great thoghtes of heart.
Gileádabode beyonde Iordén: and why doeth Dan remaine in shippes? Ashér sate on the seashore, and taried in his decayed places.
(But) the people of Zebulún and Naphtali haue ieoparde their liues vnto the deathe in the hye places of the field.
The Kings came (and) fought: the{n} fought the Kings of Canáan in Taanách by the waters of Megiddó: they receiued no gaine of money.
They fought from heaue{n}, (euen) the starres in their courses fought against Siserá.
The riuer Kishón swept them away, that ancient riuer the riuer Kishón, ô my soule, thou hast marched valiantly.
The{n} were the horsehoufes broke{n} with the oft beating together of their mighty (men.)
Curse ye Mereôz: [said the Angell of the Lord] curse the inhabita{n}ts thereof, because they came not to helpe the Lorde, to helpe the Lord against the mightie.
Iaél the wife of Hebér the Kenite shal be blessed aboue (other) women: blessed shal she be aboue women (dwelling) in tents.
He asked water, (and) she gaue him milke: she broght forthe butter in a lordly dish.
She put her hand to the naile, and her right hand to the worke mans hammer: with the hammer smote she Siserá: she smote of his head, after she had wounded, and pearsed his temples.
He bowed him downe at her fete, he fel downe, and lay stil: at her fete he bowed him downe, & fel: and when he had sonke downe he lay there dead.
The mother of Siserá loked out at a windowe, and cryed through the lattesse, Why is his charet so long a comming? why tary the wheles of his charets?
Her wise ladyes answered her, Yea. She answered her selfe with her owne wordes,
Haue they not gotten, (and) they deuide the spoyle? euerie man hathe a maide or two Siserá hathe a praye of diuers couloured (garments,) a pray of sondry coulours made of nedle worke: of diuers coulours of nedle worke on bothe sides, for the chief of the spoyle.
So let all thine enemies perish, ô Lord: but they that loue him, shal be as the sunne when he riseth in his might, and the land had 〈◊〉 fortie yeres.
AFterward the children of Israél committed wickednes in the sight of the Lord and the Lord gaue them into the handes of Midián seuen yeres.
And the hand of Midián preuailed against Israél, (and) because of the Midianites the children of Israél made them dennes in the mountaines, and caues, and strong holdes.
When Israél had sowen, then came vp the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the East, and came vpon them,
And camped by them, and destroyed the frute of the earth, euen til thou come vnto Azzáh, and left no foode for Israél, nether shepe, nor oxe, nor asse.
For they went vp, and their' cattel, and came with their tentes as gre 〈◊〉 in multitude: so that they and their camels were without nomber: and they came into the land to destroye it.
So was Israél excedingly impouerished by the Midianites: therefore the children of Israél cryed vnto the Lord.
¶ And when the children of Israél cryed vnto the Lord because of the Midianites,
The Lord sent vnto the children of Israél a Prophet, who said vnto them, Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israél, I haue broght you vp from Egypt and haue broght you out of the house of bondage.
And I haue deliuered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and haue cast them out before you, and giuen you their land.
And I said vnto you, I am the Lorde your God: feare not the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwel: but you haue not obeyed my voyce.
¶ And the Aungel of the Lorde came, and sate vnder the oke whiche was in Ophráh, that perteined vnto 〈◊〉 the father of the Ezrites, and his sonne Gideôn threashed wheat by the wine presse, to hide it fro{m} the Midianites.
Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord (is) with thee, thou valiant man.
To whome Gideōn aunswered, Ah my Lord, if the Lorde be with vs. why then is al this come vpon vs? and where be al his miracles whiche our fathers tolde vs of, and said, Did not the Lord bryng vs out of Egypt? but now the Lord hathe forsaken vs and deliuered vs into the hand of the Midianites.
And the Lord loked vpon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt saue Israél out of the hands of the Midianites: haue not I sent thee?
And he answered hym, Ah my Lord, whereby shal I saue Israéll? beholde, my father is poore in Manasséh, and I am the least in my fathers house.
Then the Lord said vnto him, I wil therfore be with thee, & thou shalt smite the Midianites, as one man.
And he answered him, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, then shewe me a signe, that thou talkest with me.
Departe not hence, I pray thee, vntil I come vnto thee, & bring mine offring, & lay it before thee, And he said, I will tary vntill thou come againe.
¶ Then Gideôn went in, and made ready a kid, and vnleauened bread of an Epháh of floure, and put the flesh in a basket, and put the broth in a pot, & broght it vnto him vnder the oke, and presented it.
And the Angel of God said vnto him, Take the flesh and the vnleauened bread, and lay them vpon this stone, and powre out the broth: and he did so.
¶ Then the Angel of the Lorde put forthe the end of the staffe that he held in his hand and touched the fleshe, and the vnleauened bread: and there arose vp fire out of the stone, and consumed the flesh and the vnleauened bread: so the Angel of the Lorde departed out of his sight.
And when Gideon perceiued that it was an Angel of the Lorde, Gideôn then said, Alas, my Lorde God: for because I haue sene an Angell of the Lorde face to face, (I shaldye.)
And the Lord said vnto him, Peace be vnto thee: feare not, thou shalt not dye.
Then 〈◊〉 made an altar there vnto the Lord, and called it, Iehouáh shalôm: vnto this day it is in Ophráh, of the father of the Ezrites.
¶ And the same night the Lord said vnto him Take thy fathers yong bullocke, & another bullocke of seuen yeres olde, and destroy the altar of Báal that thy father hathe, and cut downe the groue that is by it.
And buylde an altar vnto the Lord thy God vpon the top of this rocke, in a plaine place and take the seconde bullocke, and offer a burnt offring with the wood of the groue, which thou shalt cut downe.
Then Gideón toke ten men of his seruants, and did as the Lord bade him: but because he feared to do it by day for his fathers housholde and the men of the citie, he did it by night.
¶ And when the men of the citie arose early in the morning, beholde, the altar of Bâal was broken, and the groue cut downe that was by it, and the seconde bullocke offred vpon the altar that was made.
Therefore they said one to another, Who hathe done this thing? and when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the sonne of Ioàsh hathe done this thing.
Then the men of the citie said vnto Ioâsh, Bring out thy sonne, that he may dye: for he hathe destroyed the altar of Bâal, and hathe also cut downe the groue that was by it.
And Ioâsh said vnto all that stode by him, Wil ye pleade Baals cause? or wil ye saue him he that wil contend for him, let him dye or the morning. If he be God, let him pleade for him selfe against him that hathe cast downe his altar.
And in that day was Gideôn called Ierubbâal, that is, Let Báal plead for him selfe because he hathe broken downe his altar.
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and they of the East, were gathered together, and went and pitched in the valley of Izreêl.
But the Spirit of the Lord came vpon Gideôn, and he blewe a trumpet, and Abiézer was ioyned with him.
And he sent messengers through out all Manasséh, which also was ioyned with him, and he sent messengers vnto Ashér, and to Zebulún and to Naphtali, and they came vp to mete them.
Then Gideôn said vnto God, If thou wilt saue Israél by mine hand, as thou hast said,
Beholde, I wil put a fleece of wolle in the threshing place: if the dewe come on the fleece onely, and it be drye vpon all the earth then shal I be sure, that thou wilt saue Israél by mine hand, as thou hast said.
And so it was: for he rose vp early on the morowe, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dewe out of the fleece, a{n}d filled a bowle of water.
Againe Gideón said vnto God, Be not angry with me, that I may speake once more let me proue once againe, I pray thee, with thee fleece: let it now be drye onely vpon the fleece, and let dewe be vpon all the grounde.
And God did so that same night: for it was drye vpon the fleece onely and there was dewe on all the grouude.
THen Ierubbáal [who is Gideôn] rose vp early and all the people that were with him, and pitched beside the well of Harod, so that the hoste of the Midianites was on the Northside of them in the valley by the hil of Moréh.
And the Lord said vnto Gideōn, The people that are with thee, are to manie for me to giue the Midianites into their ha{n}des, lest Israél make their vante against me, and say, Mine hand hathe saued me.
Now therefore proclayme in the audience of the people, and say, Who so is timerous or feareful, let him returne, and departe early from mount Gileâd. And there returned of the people which were at mount Gileád, two and twentie thousand: so ten thousand remained.
And the Lord said vnto 〈◊〉, The people are yet to manie: bring them downe vnto the water, and I wil trye them for thee there: and of whome I say vnto thee, This man shal go with thee, the same shal go with thee: and of whome soeuer I say vnto thee, This man shal not go with thee, the same shal not go.
So he broght downe the people vnto the water. And the Lord said vnto Gideôn, As manie as lappe the water with their tongues as a dog lappeth, them put by themselues, & euerie one that shal bowe downe his knees to drinke, (put a parte.)
And the nomber of them that lapped (by putting) their ha{n}ds to their mouthes, (were) thre hundreth men: but all the remnant of the people kneled downe vpon their knees to drinke water.
¶ Then the Lord said vnto Gideón, By these thre hundreth men that lapped, wil I saue you, and deliuer the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the (other) people go euerie man vnto his place.
¶ So the people toke vitailes with them, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israél, euerie man vnto his tent, a{n}d reteined the thre hundreth men: and the hoste of Midiân was beneth him in a valley.
¶ And the same night the Lord said vnto him, Arise, get thee downe vnto the hoste: for I haue deliuered it into thine hand.
But if thou feare to go downe, (then) go thou, and Phuráh thy seruant downe to the hoste,
And thou shalt hearken, what they say, and so shal thine hands be strong to go downe vnto the hoste. Then went he downe and Phuráh his seruant vnto the outside of the souldiars that were in the hoste.
¶ And the Midianites, and the Amalekites and all they of the East, lay in the valley like grashoppers in multitude, and their camels (were) without nomber, as the sand which is by the seaside for multitude.
And when Gideôn was come, beholde, a man tolde a dreame vnto his neighbour, and said, Beholde, I dreamed a dreame, and lo, a cake of barley bread tombled from aboue into the hoste of Midiān, and came vnto a tent and smote it that it fel, & ouerturned it, that the tent fel downe.
And his fellowe answered, and said, This is nothing els saue the sworde of Gideôn the sonne of Ioásh a man of Israél: (for) into his hand hathe God deliuered Midiân and al the hoste.
¶ When Gideôn heard the dreame tolde, & the interpretacion of the same, he worshipped, and returned vnto the hoste of Israél, & said, Vp: for the Lord hathe deliuered into your hand the hoste of Midian.
And he deuided the thre hundreth men into thre bandes, and gaue euerie man a trumpet in his hand with emptie pitchers, and lampes within the pitchers.
And he said vnto them, Loke on me, and do like wise, whe{n} I come to the side of the hoste: euen as I do so do you.
When I blowe with a trumpet and all that are with me, blowe ye with trumpets also on euerie side of the hoste, & say, For the Lord and for Gideón.
¶ So Gideôn and the hundreth men that were with him, came vnto the outside of the hoste in the beginning of the middle watche and they raised vp the watchemen, and they blewe with their trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
And the thre companies blewe with trumpets and brake the pitchers, and held the lampes in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blowe with all: & they cryed, The sworde of the Lord & of Gideo{n}.
And they stode, euerie man in his place rounde about the hoste: and all the hoste ranne, and cryed, and fled.
And the thre hundreth blewe with trumpets, and the Lord set euerie mans sworde vpon his neighbour, and vpon all the hoste: so the hoste fled to Beth-hashittáh in Zereráh, (and) to the border of Abél meholáh vnto Tabbáth.
Then the men of Israél being gathered together out of 〈◊〉, and out of Ashêrand out of all Manasséh pursued after the Midianites.
And Gideón sent menssengers vnto all mount Ephráim, saying, Come downe against the Midianites, and take before them the waters vnto Beth-baráh, and Iordén. Then all the men of Ephráim gathered together and toke the waters vnto Beth-baráh, and Iordén.
And they toke two princes of the Midianites, Oréb and Zeéb, and slewe Oréb vpon the rocke Oréb, and slewe Zeéb at the wine presse of Zeéb, and pursued the Midianites, and broght the heades of Oréb and Zeéb to Gideón beyonde Iordén.
THen the men of Ephráim said vnto him, Why hast thou serued vs thus that thou calledst vs not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? and they chode with him sharpely.
To whome he said, What haue I now done in comparison of you? is not the gleaning of grapes of Ephráim better, them the vintage of Abiézer?
God hathe deliuered into your hands the princes of Midián, Oréb and Zeéb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? and when he had thus spoken, then their spirits abated toward him.
¶ And Gideon came to Iordén to passe ouer, he, and the thre hundreth me{n} that were with him, weary, yet pursuing (them.)
And he said vnto the men of Succóth, Giue, I pray you, morsels of bread vnto the people that folowe me [for they be weary] that I may followe after Zébah, and Zalmunná Kings of Midián.
And the princes of Succóth said, Are the hands of Zébah and Zalmunná now in thine hands, that we shulde giue bread vnto thine armie?
〈◊〉 then said, Therefore when the Lord hathe deliuered Zébah and Zalmunná into mine hand, I wil teare your flesh with thornes of the wildernes and with breers.
¶ And he went vp thence to Penuél, and spake vnto them like wise, and the men of Penuél answered him, as the men of Succóth answered.
And he said also vnto the men of Penuél, When I come againe in peace, I wil breake downe this towre.
¶ Now Zébah and Zalmunná (were) in Kar kór, and their hostes with them, about fiftene thousand, all that were left of all the hostes of them of the East: for there was slayne an hundreth and twentie thousand men, that drewe swordes.
¶ And Gideón went through them that dwelt in tabernacles on the Eastside of Nóbah & Iogbeháh, & smote the hoste: for the hoste was careles.
And when Zébah and Zalmunná fled, he followed after them, and toke the two Kings of Midián, Zébah and Zalmunná, and disco{m}fited all the hoste.
¶ So Gideón the sonne of Ioásh returned from battel, the sunne being (yet) hie,
And toke a seruant of the men of Succôth, and inquired of him: and he wrote to him the princes of Succôth and the Elders thereof, (euen) seuentie and seuen men.
And he came vnto the men of Succóth, and said, Beholde Zébah and Zalmunná, by whome ye vpbraided me, saying, Are the hands of Zébah and Zalmunná already in thine hands, that we shulde giue bread vnto thy weary men?
Then he toke the Elders of the citie, & thornes of the wildernes & breers, and did teare the men of Succôth with them.
Also he brake downe the towre of Penuél and slewe the men of the citie.
¶ Then said he vnto Zébah and Zalmunná, What maner of men were they, whome ye slew at Tabór? and they answered, As thou art, so were they: (euerie) one was like the children of a King.
And he said, They were my brethren, euen my mothers children: as the Lord liueth, if ye had saued their liues, I wolde not slay you.
Then he said vnto 〈◊〉 his first borne sonne, Vp, and slay them: but the boy drewe not his sworde: for he feared, because he was yet yong.
Then Zébah and Zalmunná said, Rise thou, and fall vpon vs: for as the man is, (so is) his strength. And Gideón arose and slewe Zébah and Zalmunná, and toke away the orname{n}ts that were on their camels neckes,
¶ Then the men of Israél said vnto Gideôn, Reigne thou ouer vs, bothe thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne: for thou hast deliuered vs out of the hand of Midián.
And Gideón said vnto them, I wil norreigne ouer you, nether shal my childe reigne ouer you, (but) the Lord shal reigne ouer you.
Againe Gideón said vnto them, I wolde desire a request of you, that you wolde giue me euerie man the earings of his praye [for they had golden earings because they were Ismaelites]
And they answered, We wil giue them. And they spred a garment, and did cast therein euerie man the earings of his praye.
And the weight of the golden earings that he required, was a thousand and seuen hundreth (shekels) of golde, beside collers, and iewels, and purple raiment that was on the Kings of Midián, and beside the cheines, that were about their camels neckes.
And Gideón made an Ephôd thereof, and put it in Ophráh his citie: and all Israél went a whoring there after it, which was the destruction of Gideón and his house.
Thus was Midián broght lowe before the childré of Israél, so that they lift vp their heades no more: and the countrey was in quietnes fortye yeres in the dayes of Gideòn.
¶ Then Ierubbáal the sonne of Ioásh we{n}t, and dwelt in his owne house.
And Gideón had seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had manie wiues.
And his concubine that was in Shechém, bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimélech.
So Gideōn the sonne of Ioásh dyed in a good age, and was buryed in the sepulchre of Ioásh his father in Ophráh, of the Father of the Ezrites.
But when Gideôn was dead, the children of Israél turned away and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their God.
And the children of Israél remembred not the Lord their God, whiche had deliuered them out of the hands of all theyr ennemies on euerie side.
Nether shewed they mercye on the house of Ierubbáal, (or) Gideón, according to all the goodnes whiche he had shewed vnto Israêl.
THen Abimélech the sonne of Ierubbáal went to Shechém vnto his mothers brethren, and communed with them, and with all the familie, (and) house of hss mothers father, saying,
Say, I pray you, in the audience of all the me{n} of Shechém, whether is better for you, that all the sonnes of Ierubbáal, which are seuentie persones, reigne ouer you, ether that one reigne ouer you? Remember also, that I am your bone, and your flesh.
Then his mothers brethren spake of hym in the audie{n}ce of all the men of Shechém, all these wordes: and their heartes were moued to folowe Abimélech: for said thei, He is our brother.
And they gaue him seuentie pieces of siluer out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimélech hired vaine and light fellowes which followed him.
And he went vnto his fathers house at Ophráh, and slewe his brethren, the sonnes of Ierubbâal, (aboute) seuentye persones vpon one stone: yet Iothám the yongest sonne of Ierubbáal was left for he hid him selfe.
¶ And all the men of Shechém gathered together with all the house of Millo, and came and made Abimélech Kynge in the plaine, where the stone was erected in Shechém.
And when they tolde it to Iothám, he we{n}t and stode in the tope of mount Gerizim, and lift vp his voyce, and cryed, and sayde vnto them, Hearken vnto me, you men of Shechém, that GOD maye hearken vnto you.
The trees went for the to anointe a Kyng ouer them, and said vnto the oliue tre, Reigne thou ouer vs.
But the oliue tre said vnto them, Shulde I leaue my fatnes, where with by me thei honour God and man, and go to auance me aboue the trees?
Then the trees said to the fig tre, Come thou, (and) be King ouer vs.
But the fig tre answered them, Shuld I forsake my swetenes, and my good frute, and go to auan ceme aboue the trees?
Then said the trees vnto the vyne, Come thou (and) be King ouer vs.
But the vine said vnto them, Shuld I leaue my wine, whereby I cheare God and man, and go to auance me aboue the trees?
Then said all the trees vnto the bramble, Come thou (and) reigne ouer vs.
And the bramble said vnto the trees, If ye wil in dede anoint me king ouer you, come, and put your trust vnder my shadow: and if not, the fire shal come out of the bramble, and consume the cedres of Lebanôn.
Now therefore, if ye do truely and vncorruptly to make Abimélech King, and if ye haue dealt wel with Ierubbáal and with his house, and haue done vnto him, according to the deseruing of his hands,
[For my father fought for you, and aduentured his life, and deliuered you out of the hands of Midián.
And ye are risen vp agaynste my Fathers house this day, and haue slayne his childré, (about) seuentie persones vpon one stone, and haue made Abimélech the sonne of his maide seruant, King ouer the men of Shechém, because he is your brother.]
If ye then haue delt truelye and purely with Ierubbáal, & with his house this daye, then reioyce ye with Abimélech, and let him reioyce with you.
But if not, let a fire come out from Abimélech, and consume the men of Shechém and the house of Millô: also let a fire come forthe frome the men of Shechém, and from the house of Millô, and consume Abimélech.
And Iothám ranne away, and fled, & went to Beér & dwelt therefor feare of Abimélech his brother.
So Abimélech reygned thre yere ouer Israél.
But God sent an euil Spirit betwene Abimélech, and the men of Shechém: and the men of Shechém brake their promes to Abimélech,
That the crueltie towarde the seuentie sonnes of Ierubbáal and their blood might come and be laide vpon Abimélech theyr brother, which had slayne them, and vpon the me{n} of Shechém, which had aided him to kil his brethren.
So the men of Shechém set men in waite for him in the tops of the mountaines: who robbed all that passed that way by them: & it was tolde Abimélech.
Then Gáal the sonne of Ebéd came with his bretheren, and they went to Shechém: and the men of Shechém put their confide{n}ce in him.
Therefore thei went out into the fielde, and gathered in their grapes and troade them, and made merye, and went into the house of their gods, and did eat & drinke, and cursed Abimélech.
Then Gáal the sonne of Ebéd said, Who is Abimélech? and who is Shechém, that we shulde serue him? Is he not the sonne of Ierubbáal? & Zebūl is his officer? Serue rather the men of Hamór the father of Shechém: for why shulde we serue him?
Now wolde God this people were vnder mine hand: then wolde I put away Abimélech. And he said to Abimélech, Increase thine armie, and come out.
¶ And when Zebúl the ruler of the Citie heard the words of Gáal the sonne, of Ebéd his wrath was kindled.
Therefore he sent messengers vnto Abimélech priuely, saying, Beholde, Gáal the sonne of Ebéd and his bretheren become to Shechém, and beholde, thei fortifie the citie against thee.
Now therefore arise by night, thou & the people that is with thee, and lye in wayte in the field.
And rise early in the morning as soone as the sunne is vp, and assalt the Citie: and when he and the people that is with hym, shal come out against thee, do to him what thou canst.
¶ So Abimélech rose vp, and all the people that were with him by night: and they laie in waite against Shechém in foure ba{n}des.
Then Gáal the sonne of Ebéd went out and stode in the entring of the gate of the citie: and Abimélech rose vp, and the folke that were with him, from liyng in waite.
And when Gáal sawe the people, he said to Zebúl, Beholde, there come people downe from the tops of the mountaines: and Zebúl sayde vnto hym, The shadowe of the mountaines seme men vnto thee.
And Gáal spake againe, and said, Se, there come folke downe by the middle of the land, and another band cometh by the way of the plaine of Meonenim.
Then said Zebúl vnto him, Where is now thy mouthe, that said, Who is Abimélech, that we shulde serue him? Is not this the people that thou haste despised? Go out now, I pray thee, and fight with them.
And Gáal went out before the men of Shechém, and fought with Abimélech.
But Abimélech pursued him, and he fled before him, and manye were ouerthrowen and wounded, euen vnto the entrynge of the gate.
And Abimélech dwelt at Arumáh: & Zebúl thrust out Gáal and his bretheren that they shulde not dwel in Shechém.
¶ And on the morowe, the people went out into the fielde: whiche was tolde Abimélech.
And he toke the people, and deuyded them into thre bandes, and laid waite in the fields, and loked, and behold, the people were come out of the citie, and he rose vp against them, and smote them.
And Abimélech, and the ba{n}des that were with him, russhed forwarde, and stode in the entring of the gate of the citie: & the two other bandes ranne vpon all the people that were in the field and slewe them.
And when Abimélech had fought against the citie all that day, he toke the citie, and slewe the people that was therein, and destroyed the citie and sowed salt in it.
¶ And when all the men of the towre of Shechém heard it, thei entred into an hold of the house of the God Berith.
And it was tolde Abimélech, that all the men of the towre of Shechém were gathered together.
And Abimélech gate hym vp to mount Zalmôn, he and all the people that were with him: and Abimélech toke axes wyth him and cut downe boughes of trees and toke them, and bare them on his shulder, and said vnto the folke that were with him, What ye haue sene me do, make hast, (and) do like me.
Then all the people also cut downe euery man his bough, and followed Abimélech, and put them to the holde, & set the holde on fire with the{m}: so all the me{n} of the towre of Shechém dyed also, about a thousand men and women.
¶ Then went Abimélech to Tebéz, and besieged Tebéz, and toke it.
But there was a stronge towre within the Citie, and thether fled all the men and women, and all the chief of the Citie, and shut it to them, and went vp to the top of the towre.
And Abimélech came vnto the towre and fought against it, and went hard vnto the dore of the towre to set it on fire.
But a certaine woman caste a piece of a milstone vpon Abimélechs head, & brake his braine pan.
Then Abimélech called hastely his page that bare his harnes, and sayde vnto hym, Drawe thy sworde & 〈◊〉 me, that men say not of me, A woman slewe him. And his page thrust him through, and he dyed.
And when the men of Israéll sawe that Abimélech was dead, they departed euery man vnto his owne place.
Thus God re{n}dred the wickednes of Abimélech, whiche he did vnto his Father, in 〈◊〉 his seuenty brethren.
Also all the wickednes of the me{n} of Shechém did God bring vppon their heades. So vpon them came the curse of Iothám the sonne of Ierubbáal.
AFter Abimélech there arose to defend Israél, Tolá, the sonne of Puáh, the sonne of Dodó, a man of Issachár whiche dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephráim.
And he iudged Israél thre and twe{n}tie yere and dyed, and was buryed in Shamir.
¶ And after him arose Iair a Gile a dite, and iudged Israél two and twentie yere.
And he had thirtie sonnes that rode on thirty assecoltes, and thei had thirty cities, which are called Hauoth-Iair vnto this day, and are in the land of Gileád.
And Iair dyed, and was buryed in Kamón.
¶ And the children of Israél wroght wickednes againe in the sight of the Lord, & serued Baalim and 〈◊〉, and the Gods of Arám, and the Goddes of Zidón, and the gods of Moáb, and the Goddes of the chyldren of Ammōn, and the gods of the Philistims, and forsoke the Lorde and serued not him.
Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israél, and he solde them into the handes of the Philistims, and into the hands of the children of Ammôn:
Who from that yere vexed and oppressed the chyldren of Israél eyghtene yeres, (euen) all the children of Israél that were beyonde Iordén, in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gileád.
Moreouer the chyldren of Ammón went ouer Iordén to fight against Iudáh, and against Beniamin, and against the house of Ephráim: so that Israél was sore tormented.
Then the children of Israél cryed vnto the Lord, saying, We haue sinned againste thee, euen because we haue forsaken our owne God, and haue serued Baalim.
And the Lord said vnto the children of Israél, (did not I deliuer you) from the Egyptians & from the Amorites, 〈◊〉 the children of Ammôn and from the Philistims?
The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maobites did oppresse you, and ye cryed to me and I saued you out of theyr hands.
Yet ye haue forsaken me, & serue other Goddes: wherefore I will deliuer you no more.
Go, and crye vnto the gods whiche ye haue chosen: let them saue you in the time of your tribulacion.
And the children of Israél sayde vnto the Lorde, We haue sinned: do thou vnto vs whatsoeuer please thee: onelye we praye thee to deliuer vs this day.
Then they put away the strange gods fro{m} amo{n}g the{m} and serued the Lord: & his soule was grieued for the miserie of Israél.
Then the chyldren of Ammôn gathered the{m} selues together, & pitched in Gileád: and the children of Israél assembled them selues, and pitched in Mizpéh.
And the people (and) princes of Gileád said one to another, Whosoeuer will begin the battel against the children of Ammón, the same shal be head ouer al the inhabitants of Gileád.
THen Gileád begate Iphtáh, and Iphtáh the Gileadite was a valiant man, but the sonne of an harlot.
And Gileads wife bare him sonnes, & whe{n} the womans chyldren were come to age, they thrust out Iphtáh, and said vnto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our fathers house for thou art the sonne of a stra{n}ge woma{n}.
Then Iphtáh fled from his bretheren, and dwelt in the lande of Tob: and there gatheredydle felowes to Iphtáh, and went out with him.
¶ And in processe of time the chyldren of Ammôn made warre with Israél.
And when the children of Ammôn fought with Israél, the Elders of Gileád went to fet Iphtáh out of the land of Tob.
And they said vnto Iphtáh, Come and be our captaine, that we may fight with the children of Ammôn.
Iphtáh then aunswered the Elders of Gileád, Did not ye hate me, and expell me out of my Fathers house? how then come you vnto me now in time of your tribulacion?
Then the Elders of Gileád said vnto Iphtáh, Therfore we turne againe to thee now, that thou maiest go with vs, & fight against the children of 〈◊〉, and be our heade ouer all the inhabitants of Gileád.
And Iphtáh said vnto the Elders of Gileád, If ye bri{n}g me home againe to fight against the children of Ammôn, if the Lorde gyue them before me, shall I be your head?
And the Elders of Gileád said to Iphtáh, The Lord be witnes betwene vs, if we do not according to thy wordes.
Then Iphtáh went with the Elders of Gileád, and the people made hym heade and captaine ouer them: and Iphtáh rehearsed all his wordes before the Lord in Mizpéh.
¶ Then Iphtáh sent messengers vnto the Kynge of the chyldren of Ammôn, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me, to fight in my land?
And the King of the children of Ammón answered vnto the messengers of Iphtáh, Because Israél toke my land, when they came vp from Egypte, from Arnôn vnto Iabbôk, and vnto Iordén: now therfore restore those (lands) quietly.
Yet Iphtáh sent messengers againe vnto the King of the children of Ammón,
And said vnto him, Thus saith Iphtáh, Israél toke not the land of Moáb, nor the land of the children of Ammōn.
But when Israél came vp from Egypt, and walked through the wildernes vnto the red Sea, then they came to Kadésh.
And Israél sent messengers vnto the King of Edóm, saying, Let me, I pray thee, go through thy la{n}d: but the King 〈◊〉 Edóm wold not consent: and also they sent vnto the King of Moáb, but he wolde not therfore Israél abode in Kadésh.
Then thei went through the wildernes, & compassed the land of Edôm, and the land of Moáb, and came by the Eastside of the land Moáb, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, & came not within the coast of Moáb: for Arno{n} (was) the border of Moáb.
Also Israél sent messengers vnto Sihón, King of the Amorites, the King of Heshbo{n}, and Israél said vnto him, Let vs passe, we pray thee, by the land vnto our place.
But Sihon consented not to Israél, that he shulde go through his coast but Sihôn gathered all his people together, and pitched in Iaház, and fought with Israé.
And the Lord God of Israél gaue 〈◊〉 & all his folke into the handes of Israél, and they smote them: so Israél possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitantes of that countrey:
And they possessed all the coaste of the Amorites, from Arnón vnto Iabbôk, and from the wildernes euen vnto Iordén.
Now therefore the Lord GOD of Israél hath cast out the Amorites before his people Israél, and shuldest thou possesse it?
Woldest not thou possesse that whyche Chemôsh thy God giueth thee to possesse? So whome soeuer the Lord our God driueth out before vs, them will we possesse.
And art thou now farre better then Balák the sonne of Zippór Kynge of Moáb? did he not striue with Israél & fight against them,
When Israél dwelt in Heshbōn and in her townes, and in Aroér and in her townes, and in all the Cities that are by the coasts of Arnôn, thre hundreth yeres? why did ye not then recouer them in that space?
Wherefore, I haue not offended thee: but thou doest me wrong to warre against me. The Lord the Iudge be iudge thys daye betwene the children of Israél, & the children of Ammón.
How be it the King of the children of Ammôn hearkened not vnto the wordes of Iphtáh, which he had sent him.
¶ Then the Spirit of the Lord came vpon Iphtáh, and he passed ouer to Gileád and to Manasséh, and came to Mizpéh in Gileád, and from Mizpéh in Gileád he went vnto the children of Ammôn.
And Iphtáh vowed a vowe vnto the Lord, & said, If thou shalt deliuer the children of Ammôn into mine hands,
The{n} that thinge that commeth out of the dores of mine house to mete me, when I come home in peace from the children of Ammôn, shall be the Lords, and I will offer it for a burnt offring.
And so Iphtáh went vnto the children of Ammôn to fight against them, & the Lord deliuered them into his hands.
And he smote them from Aroér euen tyll thou come to Minnith, twentie cities, and so forthe to Abél of the vineyardes, with an exceding great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were humbled before the children of Israél.
¶ Now whe{n} Iphtáh came to Mizpéh vnto his house, beholde, his daughter came out to mete him with timbrels and daunces, whiche was his onely childe: he had none other sonne, nor daughter.
And whe{n} he sawe her, he rent his cloths, & said, Alas my daughter, thou hast broght me lowe, and art of them that trouble me: for I haue opened my mouthe vnto the Lord, and can not go backe.
And she said vnto him, My father, if thou haste opened thy mouthe vnto the Lorde, do with me as thou hast promysed, seynge that the Lord hathe auenged thee of thine enemies the children of Ammón.
Also she said vnto her father, Do thus muche for me: suffre me two moneths, that I may go to the mountaines and be waile my virginitie, I and my fellowes.
And he said, Go and he sent her away two monethes: so she went with her companions, and lamented her virginitie vppon the mountaines.
And after the end of two monethes, she turned againe vnto her Father, who dyd with her according to his vowe which he had vowed, and she had knowen no man, & it was a custome in Israél.
The daughters of Israel went yere by yere to lament the daughter of Iphtáh the Gileadite, foure dayes in a yere.
ANd the men of Ephráim gathered the{m} selues together, and we{n}t Northward & said vnto Iphtáh, Wherfore we{n}test thou to fight against the childre{n} of Ammón, and didst not call vs to go with thee? we will therfore burne mine house vpo{n} thee with fire.
And Iphtáh said vnto them, I and my people were at greate strife with the children of Ammón, and when I called you, ye deliuered me not out of their hands.
So when I sawe that ye deliuered me not, I put my life in mine hands, & went vpo{n} the children of Ammón: so the Lord deliuered them into mine hands. Wherefore the{n} are ye come vpo{n} me now to fight againste me?
Then Iphtáh gathered all the me{n} of Gileád, and fought with Ephráim: & the men of Gileád smote Ephráim, because they sayde, Ye Giliadites are run agates of Ephráim among the Ephraimites, (and) among the Manassites.
Also the Giliadites toke the passages of Iordén before the Ephraimites, and when the Ephraimites that were escaped, sayde, Let me passe, then the men of Gileád said vnto him, Arte thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay,
Then said they vnto him, Say now Shibbôleth: and he said, Sibbôleth: for he colde not so pronounce: then they toke him, & slewe him at the passages of Iordén: and there fel at that time of the Ephraimites two and forty thousand.
And Iphtáh iudged Israél six yere: the{n} dyed Iphtáh the Giliadite, & was buried in (one) of the cities of Gileád.
After him Ibzán of Beth-léhem iudged Israél,
Who had thirtie sonnes & thirtie daughters, (which) he sent out, and toke in thirtie daughters from abroad for hys sonnes, and he iudged Israél seuen yere.
Then Ibzán dyed, & was buryed at Bethléhem.
¶ And after him iudged Israél Elôn, a Zebulonite, and he iudged Israél ten yere.
Then Elôn the Zebulonite dyed, and was buryed in Aiialônin the countrey of Zebulûn.
¶ And after him Abdón the sonne of Hillél the Pirathonite iudged Israél.
And he had fortie sonnes and thirtie neuews that rode on seue{n}tie assecoltes and he iudged Israél eight yeres.
Then dyed Abdón the sonne of Hillél the Pirathonite, and was buryed in Pirathôn, in the lande of Ephráim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
BVt the children of Israél continued to commit wickednes in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord deliuered the{m} into the hands of the Philistims fortie yere.
Then there was a man in Zoráh of the familie of the Danites, named Manôah; whose wife was baren, and bare not.
And the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto the woman, & said vnto her, Beholde now, thou art baren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne.
And nowe therefore beware that thou drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, nether eat anie vncleane thing.
For lo, thou shalt conceiue and beare a sonne, & no rasor shal come on his head: for the child shalbe a Nazarite vnto God from his birth: and he shal begin to saue Israél out of the hands of the Philistims.
¶ Then the wife came, and wold her housband, saying, A man of God came vnto me, and the facion of him was like the facion of the Angel of God exceding fearful, but I asked him not whence he was, nether tolde he me his name,
But he said vnto me, Behold, thou shalt co{n}ceiue, & beare a sonne, and now thou shalt drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, nether eat anie vncleane thing: for the childe shal be a Nazarite to GOD from his byrth to the day of his death.
Then Manóah prayed to the Lorde and said, I praye thee, my Lorde, let the man of God, whome thou sentest, come agayne now vnto vs, and teach vs what we shall do vnto the childe when he is borne.
And God heard the voyce of Manōah, and the Angell of God came againe vnto the wife, as she sate in the fielde, but Manôah her housband was not with her.
¶ And the wife made haste and ranne, and shewed her housband and said vnto hym, Beholde, the man hath appeared vnto me, that came vnto me to day.
And Manôah arose & went after his wife, and came to the man, and said vnto hym, Arte thou the man that spakest vnto the woman? and he said, Yea.
Then Manôah said, Now let thy saying, come to passe: (but) how shall we ordre the childe, and do vnto him?
And the Angel of the Lord said vnto Manòah, The woman must beware of all that I said vnto her.
She may eat of nothing that cometh of the vine tre: she shal not drink wine nor strong drinke, nor eat anie vncleane thinge: let her obserue all that I haue co{m}manded her.
Manóah then said vnto the Angell of the Lord, I pray thee, let vs reteine thee, vntil we haue made ready a kid for thee.
And the Angel of the Lord said vnto Manōah, Thogh thou make me abydes I wyll not eat of thy bread, and if thou wilt make a burnt offring, offer it vnto the Lord: for Manôah knewe not that it was an Angell of the Lord.
Againe Manôah said vnto the Aungell of the Lord. What is thy name, that when thy saying is come to passe, we may honor thee?
And the Angel of the Lord said vnto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, whiche is secret?
Then Manôah toke a kid with a meat offring, and offred it vpon a stone vnto the Lord: and (the Angell) did wonderously, whiles Manóah and his wife loked on.
For when the flame came vp toward heauen from the altar, the Angel of the Lord ascended vp in the flame of the altar, and Manóah and his wife beheld it, and fell on their faces vnto the ground.
[So the Angel of the Lord did no more appeare vnto Manóah and hys wife.] Then Manôah knewe that it was an Angell of the Lord.
And Manòah said vnto his wife, We shal surely dye, because we haue sene God.
But his wife said vnto him, If the LORD wolde kill vs, he wolde not haue receyued a burnt offring, and a meat offring of our hands, nether wolde he haue shewed vs all these things, nor wolde now haue tolde vs anie suche.
¶ And the wife bare a sonne, and called his name Samsón: and the childe grewe, & the Lorde blessed him.
And the Spirit of the Lord began to stre{n}gthen him in the hoste of Dan, betwene Zoráh, and Eshtaól.
NOw Samsón went downe to Timnáth, and sawe a woman in Timnáth of the daughters of the Philistims,
And he came vp and tolde his father and his mother, and said, I haue sene a woman in Timnáth of the daughters of the Philistims: now therefore giue me her to wife.
Then his father and his mother said vnto him, Is there neuer a wife amonge the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, that thou muste go to take a wife of the vncircumcised Philistims? And Samson said vnto his father, Giue me her, for she pleaseth me wel.
But his father and his mother knewe not that it came of the Lord, that he shuld seke an occasion agaynste the Philistims: for at that time the Philistims reygned ouer Israél.
¶ Then went Samsón and his father & hys mother downe to Timnáth, and came to the vineyardes at Timnáth: and beholde, a yong lyon roared vpon him.
And the Spirit of the Lord came vppon him, and he tare him, as one shuld haue rent a kid, and had nothing in his hand, nether tolde he his father nor hys mother what he had done.
And he went downe, and talked wyth the woman whiche was beautifull in the eyes of Samsón.
¶ And within a (fewe) dayes, when he returned to receiue her, he went aside to se the carkeis of the lyon: and behold, there was a swarme of bees, and hony in the body of the lyon.
And he toke thereof in his hands, & went eating, and came to his father and to hys mother, and gaue vnto them, and they did eat: but he tolde not the{m}, that he had take{n} the hony out of the bodie of the lyon.
So his father we{n}t downe vnto the woma{n}, and Samsōn made there a feast: for so vsed the yong men to do.
And when they sawe him, they broght thirtie companions to be with him.
Then Samsón said vnto them, I will now put forthe a ridle vnto you: and if you can declare it me within seue{n} dayes of the feast, & finde it out, I wil giue you thirtie shetes, and thirtie change of garments.
But if you can not declare it me, then shal ye giue me thirtie shetes and thirtie change of garments. And they answered him, Put forthe thy ridle, that we may heare it.
And he said vnto them, Out of the eater came meate, and out of the stronge came swetnes: and they colde not in thre dayes expounde the ridle.
And whe{n} the seuenth day was come, thei said vnto Samsons wife, Entise thine housband, that he maye declare vs the ridle, lest we burne thee and thy fathers house with fire. Haue ye called vs, to possesse vs? is it not (so?)
And Samsons wife wept before hym, and said, Surely thou hatest me and louest me not: for thou hast put forthe a ridle vnto the children of my people, and haste not tolde it me. And he said vnto her, Beholde, I haue not tolde it my father, nor my mother, and shal I tel it thee?
Then Samsons wife wept before him seuen dayes, while theyr feaste lasted: and when the seuenth day came, he tolde her, because she was importunate vppon hym: so she tolde the ridle to the children of her people:
And the men of the citie said vnto him the seuenth day before the sonne we{n}t downe, What is sweter, then honie? and what is stronger then a lyon? Then said he vnto the{m}, If ye had not plowed with my heiffer, ye had not founde out my ridle.
And the Spirit of the Lord came vpo{n} him, and he went downe to Ashkelón, & slewe thirtie men of them and spoiled them, and gaue change of garments vnto the{m}, which expounded the ridle: and hys wrathe was kindled, & he we{n}t vp to his fathers house.
Then Samsons wife was (giuen) to his co{m}panion, whome he had vsed as his friend.
BVt within a while after, in the time of wheat haruest, Samsón visited his wife with a kid, saying, I wil go into my wife into the chamber: but her father wolde not suffre him to go in.
And her father said, I thoght that thou haddest hatted her: therefore gaue I her to thy companion. Is not her yonger sister fairer then she? take her, I pray thee, in stead of the other.
Then Samsón said vnto them, Now am I more blameles then the Philistims: therefore wil I do them displeasure.
¶ And Samsón went out, & toke thre hu{n}dreth foxes, and toke fire brands, & turned them taile to taile, and put a firebrand in the middes betwene two tailes.
And when he had set the branders on fier, he sent them out into the standing corne of the Philistims, and burnt vp bothe the rickes and the standing corne with the vineyardes (and) oliues.
Then the Philistims said, Who hathe done this? And they answered, Samson the sonne in lawe of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and giuen her to his companion. The{n} the Philistims came vp & burnt her and her father with fire.
And Samson said vnto them, Thogh ye haue done this, yet wil I be auenged of you, and then I wil cease.
So he smote them hippe and thigh with a mighty plague: then he went and dwelt in the toppe of the rocke Etám.
¶ Then the Philistims came vp, & pitched in Iudáh, and were spred abroad in Léhi.
And the men of Iudáh said, Why are ye come vp vnto vs? And they answered, To binde Samsón are we come vp, and to do him as he hathe done to vs.
Then thre thousand men of Iudáh went to the toppe of the rocke Etám, and said to Samsón, Knowest thou not that the Philistims are rulers ouer vs Wherefore then hast thou done th{us} vnto vs? And he answered them, As they did vnto me, so haue I done vnto them.
Againe they said vnto him, We are come to binde thee, and to deliuer thee into the hand of the Philistims. And Samsón said vnto them; Sweare vnto me, that ye wil not fall vpon me your selues.
And they answered him, saying, No but we wil binde thee and deliuer thee vnto their hand, but we wil not kil thee. And they bound him with two newe cordes, & broght him from the rocke.
When he came to Leui, the Philistims shouted against him, and the Spirit of the Lord came vpon him, and the cordes that were vpon his armes, became as flaxe that was burnt with fire: for the bandes losed from his hands.
And he found anewe iawe bone of an asse and put forthe his hand, and caught it, & slewe a thousand men there with.
The{n} Samsón said, With the iawe of an asse (are) heapes vpon heapes with the iawe of an asse haue I slayne a thousand men.
And when he had left speaking, be cast away the iawe bone out of his hand, & called that place, Ramath-Léhi.
And he was sore a thirst, & called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast giuen this great deliuerance into the hand of thy seruant: and now shal I die for thirst, and fall into the hands of the vncircumcised.
Then God brake the cheeke toothe, that was in the iawe, and water came thereout: and when he had dronke, his Spirit came againe, and he was reuiued, wherefore the name thereof is called, En-hakkoré, wich is in Lébi vnto this day.
And he iudged Israél in the dayes of the Philistims twentie yeres.
THen went Samsôn to Azzah, a{n}d sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her
And it was tolde to the Azzanites, Samson is come hether. And they went about, and layed wait for him all night in the gate of the citie, & were quiet all the night, saying (Abide) til the morning earely, and we shal kil him,
And Samsón slept til midnight; and arose at midnight, and toke the dores of the gates of the citie, and the two postes and lift them away with the barres; and put them vpon his shulders, and caried them vp to the top of the mountaine that is before Hebron.
¶ And after this he loued a woman by the riuer of Sorék, whose name was Deliláh:
Vnto whome came the princes of the Philistims, and said vnto her, Entise him, and se wherein his great stre{n}gth (lieth) and by what meane we may ouercome him, that we may binde him, and punishe him, and euerie one of vs shal giue thee eleuen hundreth (shekels) of siluer.
¶ And Deliláh said to Samsōn, Tel me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength (lieth) and where with thou mightest be bounde, to do thee hurt.
Samsôn then answered vnto her, If they binde me with seuen greene cordes that were neuer dryed, them shal I be weake, & be as another man.
And the princes of the Philistims broght her seuen greene cordes that were not drye, and she bound him there with.
[And she had men lying in waite with her in the chamber] Then she said vnto him, The Philistims (be) vpo{n} thee. Samsón. And he brake the cordes, as a thread of towe is broken, when it feleth fire so his strenght 〈◊〉 not knowen.
¶ After Deliláh said vnto Samsón, Se thou hast mocked me and tolde me lies. I pray thee now, tel me where with thou mightest be bound.
Then he answered her, If they binde me with newe ropes that neuer were occupied, then shal I be weake, and be as another man.
Deliláh therefore toke newe ropes, and bount him there with, and said vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samsōn [and men lay in wait in the cha{m}ber] & he brake them from his armes, as a threade.
¶ Afterward Deliláh said to Samson, Hetherto thou hast beguiled me, and tolde me lies: tel me how thou mightest be bou{n}d And he said vnto her, If thou 〈◊〉 seuen lockes of mine head with the threa des of the woufe.
And she fastened it with a pinne, and said vnto him. The Philistims (be) vpon thee, Samsón. And he awoke out of his slepe, & went away with the pinne of the webbe & the woufe.
Againe she said vnto him. How canst thou say, I loue thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these thre times, and hast not tolde me wherein thy great strength (lieth)
And because she was importunate vpon him with her wordes continually, & vexed him, his soule was peined vnto the death
Therefore he tolde her all his heart, and said vnto her, There neuer came rasor vpo{n} mine head for I am a Nazarite vnto GOD from my mothers wombe: therefore if I be shauen, my strength wil go from me, & I shalbe weake, and be like all (other) men.
And when Deliláh sawe that he had tolde her all his heart, she se{n}t, and called for the Princes of the Philistims, saying, Come vp once (againe) for he hathe shewed me all his heart. Then the princes of the Philistims came vp vnto her, & broght the money in their hands.
And she made him slepe vpon her knees, and she called a man, and made him to shaue of the seuen lockes of his dead, and she began to vexe him, and his strenght was gone from him.
Then she said. The Philistims (be) vpon thee Sa{m}son. And he awoke out of his slepe, and thoght, I wil go out now as at other times and shake my selfe but he knewe not that the Lord was departed from him.
Therefore the Philistims toke him, and put out his eies, and broght him downe to Azzáh, and bound him with fetters and he did grinde in the prison house.
And the heere of his head began to growe againe after that it was shauen.
Then the princes of the Philistims gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice vnto Dagón their god, and to 〈◊〉: for 〈◊〉 said, Our god hathe deliuered Samsôn our enemie into our hands.
Also when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath deliuered into our hands our enemie and destroier of our cou{n}trey, which hathe slaine manie of vs.
And when their heartes were mery, they said, Call Samsôn, that he may make vs pastime. So they called Samsôn out of the prison house, and he was a laughing stocke vnto them, and they set him betwene the pillers.
Then Samsôn said vnto the seruant that led him by the hand, Lead me, that I may touche the pillers that the house sta{n}deth vpon, and that I may leane to them.
[Now the house was ful of men and women, & there (were) all the princes of the Philistîms: also vpo{n} the roofe (were) about thre thousand men & women that behelde while Samson played]
The{n} Samsôn called vnto the Lord and said, ô Lord God, I pray thee, thinke vpon me: ô God, I beseche thee, strengthen me at this time onely, that I maye be at once auenged of this Philistims for my two eyes.
And Samsón layed holde on the two middle pillers whereupon the house stode and on which it was borne vp, on the one with his right ha{n}d, and on the other with his left.
Then said Samsón, Let me lose my life with the Philistims: & he bowed him with all his might, and the house fel vpon the princes and vpon all the people that were therein, so the dead which he slue at this death were mo then they which he had slayne in his life.
Then his brethren, and all the house of his father came downe and toke him, and broght him vp & buryed him betwene Zoráh & Eshtaòl, in the sepulchre of Manóah his father: now he had iudged Israél twentie yeres.
THere was a man of mount Ephráim, whose name was Micháh.
And he said vnto his mother, The eleuen hundreth (shekels) of siluer that were take{n} from thee, for the which thou cursedst, and spakedst it, euen in mine hearing beholde the siluer (is) with me, I toke it. Then his mother said. Blessed be my sonne of the Lord.
And when he had restored the eleuen hu{n}dreth (shekels) of siluer to his mother, his mother said, I had dedicate the siluer to the Lord of mine ha{n}d for my so{n}ne, to make a grauen and molten image. Now therefore I wil giue it thee againe,
And whe{n} he had restored the money vnto
And whe{n} he had restored the money vnto his mother, his mother toke two hu{n}dreth (shekels) of siluer, and gaue them to the founder, which made thereof a grauen and molten image, and it was in the house of Micháh.
And this man Micháh had an house of gods, & made an Ephód, & Teraphim, and consecrated one of his sonnes, who was his Priest.
In those daies there was no King in Israêl (but) euerie man did that, which was good in his owne 〈◊〉.
¶ There was also a yong man out of Bethléhem Iudáh, of the familie of Iudáh: who was a Leuite, and soiourned there.
And the ma{n} departed out of the citie (eue{n}) out of Beth-léhem Iudáh, to dwel where he colde finde (a place) & as he iourneied, he came to mount Ephráim to the house of Micháh.
And Micháh, said vnto him, Whence commest thou? And the Leuite answered him, I (come) from Beth-léhem Iudáh, and go to dwel where I may finde (a place.)
Then Micháh said vnto him, Dwel with me, and be vnto me a father and a Priest, & I wil giue thee then (〈◊〉) of siluer by yere, and a sure of apparel, and thy meat and drinke. So the Leuite went in.
And the Leuite was content to dwel with the man, and the yong man was vnto him as one of his owne sonnes.
And Michàh consecrated the Leuite, and the yo{n}g man was his Priest, and was in the house of Micháh.
Then said Micháh, Now I knowe that the Lord wil be good vnto me, seing I haue a Leuite to my Priest.
IN those dayes there was no King in Israél, & at the same time the tribe of Dan soght them an inheritance to dwel in 〈◊〉 for vnto that time (〈◊〉) their inheritance had not fallen vnto them among the tribes of Israél,
Therefore the childre{n} of Dan sent of their familie: fiue men out of their coastes (eue{n}) men expert in warre, out of Zoráh and Eshtaól, to vewe the land and searche it out, and said vnto them, Go (and) searche out the land. The{n} thei came to mou{n}t Ephráim to the house of Michah and lodged there
When thei 〈◊〉 in the house of Micháh, thei knewe the voyce of the yong man the Leuite: and being turned in thether, thei said vnto him. 〈◊〉 Who broght thee hether? or what makest thou in this place? & what hast thou (do to) here?
And he answered them, Thus and thus de a leth Micháh with me, and hathe hired me and I am his Priest.
Againe thei said vnto him, Aske counsel now of god, that we may knowe whether the way which we go, shal be prosperoús.
And the Priest said vnto them, Go in peace: for the Lord guideth your way which ye go.
Then the fiue men departed and came to Laish, and sawe the people that were therin, whiche dwelt careles, after the maner of the Zidonia{n}s, quiet & sure, because no man made any trouble in the la{n}d, or vsurped any dominion: also they were far fro{m} the Zidonians, and had nobusenes with (other) men.
¶ So thei came againe vnto their brethre{n} to Zoráh and Eshtaol: and their brethren said vnto them, What haue ye (done?)
And thei answered, Arise, that we may go vp against them: for we haue sene the land and surely it is very good, and do ye sit stil? be not shouthful to go, and enter to possesse the land.
[If ye wil go, ye shal come vnto a careles people, and the countrey (is) large] for God hathe giuen it into your hand (It is) a place which doeth lacke nothing that is in the worlde.
¶ Then there departed thence of the familie of the Danites, from Zoráh and from Eshtaol, six hundreth men appointed with instruments of warre.
And thei went vp, and pitched in 〈◊〉 in Iudáh: wherefore they called that 〈◊〉, Mahaneh-Dan vnto his day: and it is behinde Kiriáthiearim.
And 〈◊〉 went thence vnto mount Ephráim, and came to the house of Micháh.
Then answered the fiue men, that went to spie out the countrey of 〈◊〉, & said vnto their brethren, Knowe ye not, that there is in these houses and Ephod, & Teraphim and a grauen and a molten image? Now therefore consider what ye haue to do.
And thei turned the therwarde and came to the house of the yong man the Leuite, (euen) vnto the house of Micháh, and saluted him peaceably.
And the six hundreth men appointed with their weapons of ware, which were of the children of Dan, stode by the entring of the gate.
Then the fiue men that went to spie out the land, went in thether (and) toke the grauen image and the Ephód, and the Teraphim, and the molten image: and the Priest stode in the entring of the gate with the six hundreth men, that were appointed with weapons of warre,
And the other went into Michahs house and set the grauen image, the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and the molten image, Then said the Priest vnto them, What do ye?
And thei answered him, Holde thy peace: laye thine hand vpen thy mouth, and come with vs to be our father and Priest, Whether is it better that thou shuldest be a Priest vnto the house of one man, or that thou shuldest be a Priest vnto a tribe and to a familie in Israél?
And the Priests heart was glad, and he toke the Ephod and the Teraphim, and the grauen image, and went among the people.
And they turned and departed, and put the children and the cattel, and the substa{n}ce before them.
¶ When thei were farre of from the house of 〈◊〉, the men that were in the houses nere to Michahs house, gathered together, and pursued after the children of Dan,
And cryed vnto the children of Dan who turned their faces: and said vnto Micháh What ayleth thee, that thou makest an outcrye?
And he said, Ye haue take{n}. away my gods which I made and the Priest, and go your waies and what haue I 〈◊〉? 〈◊〉 then say ye vnto me, What aileth 〈◊〉?
And the 〈◊〉 of Dan said vnto him, Let not thy voyce be heard among vs, lest angry fellowes runne vpon thee, and thou lose thy life with the liues of thine housholde.
So the 〈◊〉 of Dan went their 〈◊〉: and when Micháh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they were to strong for him, he turned, and went backe vnto his house.
And thei toke the things which he had, and came vnto Laish vnto a quiet people and without mistrust, and smote the{m} with the edge of the sworde, & burnt the citie with fire:
And there was none to helpe, because Laish was 〈◊〉 from Zidôn, and they had no busides with (other) me{n}: also it was in the valley that lyeth by Beth-rehôb.
After they buylt the citie, and dwelt therein,
And called the name of the citie 〈◊〉, after the name of 〈◊〉 their father which was borne vnto Israél 〈◊〉 howbeit the 〈◊〉 of the cities was Laish at the beginning.
Then the children of 〈◊〉 set them vp the grauen image: and Ionathán the sonne of 〈◊〉, the sonne of 〈◊〉 and his sonnes were the Priests in the tribe of the Danites vntil the day of the captiuitie of the land.
So they set them vp the grauen image, which Micháh had made, all the while the house of God was in Shiloh.
ALso in those daies, when there was no King in Israél, a certaine Leuite dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, and toke to wife a concubine out of Beth-léhem Iudáh.
And his concubine played the whore, there, and went away from him vnto her fathers 〈◊〉 to Beth-léhem Iudáh: and there continued the space of foure moneths.
And her housband arose and went after her to speaké friendly vnto her, and to bring her againe (he had) also his seruant with him, and a couple of asses: and she broght him vnto her fathers house: and when the yong womans father sawe him, he reioyced of his comming.
And his father in lawe, the yong womans father reteined him: and he abode with him thre daies: so they did eat and drinke and lodged there.
¶ And when the fourth day came, thei arose early in the morning, and he prepared to departe the{n} the yong woma{n}s father said vnto his sonne in lawe, Comforte thine heart with a morsel of bread, and then go your way.
So they sate downe, and did eat and drink bothe of them together. And the yong womans father said vnto the man, Be content, I pray thee, & tary all night, and let thine heart be mery.
And when the man rose vp to departe, his father in lawe was earnest: therefore he returned and lodged there.
And he arose vp early the fifte day to departe, and the yong womans father said, Comforte thine heart, I pray thee, and they taryed vntil after midday, and they bothe did eat.
Afterwarde when the man arose to departe with his concubine and his seruant, his father in lawe, the yong womans father said vnto him, Beholde now, the day draweth towarde eue{n} I pray you tary all night beholde the sunne goeth to rest: lodge here, that thine heart 〈◊〉 be mery, and tomorowe get you early vpon your way, & go to thy tent.
But the man wolde not tary, but arose & departed, and came ouer against Iebûs, (which is Ierusalém) and his two asses laden, and his concubine (were) wit him.
When thei were nere to Iebús 〈◊〉 the day 〈◊〉 was sore spent, and the seruant said vnto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let vs turne into this citie of the Iebusites, and lodge all night there.
And his master answered him, We wil not turne into the citie of strangers that are not of the children of Israél, but we wil go forthe to Gibeáh,
And he said vnto his seruant, Come, and let vs drawe nere to one of these places that we may lodge in Gibeáh or in Ramáh
So they went forwarde vpon their way, and the sunne went downe vpo{n} them nere to Gibeáh, which is Beniamin.
¶ Then thei turned thether to go in and lodge in Gibeáh & when he came, he fate him downe in a strete of the citie: for there was no man that toke them into his house to lodging.
And beholde, there came an olde ma{n} from his worke out of the field at euen, and the man was of mount Ephraim, but dwelt in Gibeáh and the men of the place were the children of Iemini.
And when he had lift vp his eyes, he sawe away faring man in the stretes of the citie 〈◊〉 then ths olde man sayd, Whether goest thou, and whence camest thou?
And he answered him, We came from Bet-léhem Iudáh, vnto the side of mount Ephráim: from thence am I 〈◊〉 and I went to Beth-léhem Iudáh, and go (now) to the house of the Lord: and no man receiueth me to house,
Althoght we haue strawe and prouandre for our asses, and also bread and wine for me and thine handmayd, and for the boy that is with thy serua{n}t we lacke nothing
And the olde man said, Peace be with the: as for all that thou lackest (shalt thou finde) with me onely abide not in the stret all night.
¶ So he broght him into his house, and gaue foddre vnto the asses: & 〈◊〉 washed their fete, and did eat and drinke.
〈◊〉 as they were making their hearts mery, beholde, the men of the citie, wicked men be set the house round about, and smote at the dore, and spake to this olde man the master of the house, saying, Bring forthe the man that came into thine house that we may knowe him.
And this man the master of the house, went out vnto them, and said vnto them, Naye my brethren, do not so wickedly, I pray you seing that this man is come into mine house, do not this vilanie.
Beholde (here is) my daughter, a virgine, and his concubine: them wil I bring out now, and humble them, and do with the{m} what semeth you good, but to this man do not this vilanie.
But the men wolde not hearken to him: therefore the man toke his concubine, & broght her out vnto them & they knewe her and abused her all the night vnto the morning, & when the day began to spring they lét her go.
So the woma{n} came in the dawning of the day, and fel downe at the dore of the ma{n}s house were her lord was, til the light day.
And her lord arose in the morning, and opened the dores of the house, and went out to go his way, and beholde, the woman his concubine (was) dead at the dore of the house and her hand (lay) vpon the thresholde.
And he said vnto her, Vp and let vs go but she answered not. Then he toke her vp vpon the asse, and the man rose vp, and went vnto his place.
And when he was come to his house, he toke a knife, and laid hand on his concubine, and deuided her in pieces with her bones into twelue partes, and send her through all quarters of Israél.
And all that sawe it, said, There was no suche thing done or sene since the time that the children of Israél came vp from the la{n}d of Egypt vnto this day: considere the matter, consult and giue sentence.
THen all the children of Israél we{n}t out and the Congregacion was gathered together as one man from Dan to Beér shéba, with the land of Gileàd, vnto the Lord in Mizpéh.
And the chief of all the people (and) all the tribes of Israél assembled in the Congregacion of the people of God foure hu{n}dreth thousand foteme{n} that drewe sword
[Now the children of Beniamin heard that the children of Israél were gone vp to Mizpéh] Then the childre{n} of Israél said, How is this wickednes commited?
And the same Leuite, the womans housband that was slaine, answered and said, I came vnto Gibeáh that is in Beniamin with my concubine to lodge.
And the men of Gibeáh arose against me and be set the house round about vpon me by night, thinking to haue slaine me, and haue forced my co{n}cubine that she is dead
Then I toke my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her through out all the countrey of the inheritance of Israél: for they haue committed abominacion and vilenie in Israél,
Beholde, ye are all children of Israél: giue your aduise, and counsel herein.
Then all the people arose as one man, saying, There shal not a man of vs go to his tent, nether anie turne into his house.
But now this is that thing which we wil do to Gibeáh (we wil go vp) by lot against it.
And we wil take ten men of the hundreth throughout all the tribes of Israél, and an hundreth of the thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand to bring vitaile for the people that they may do [when they come to Gibeáh of Beniamin] according to all the vilenie, that it hathe done in Israél
¶ So all the men of Israél were gathered against the citie, knit together, as one ma{n}
And the tribes of Israél sent men through all the tribe of Beniamin, saying, What wickednes is this that co{m}mitted amo{n}g you
Now therefore deliuer vs those wicked men which are in Gibeáh, that we may put them to death, and put away euil from Israél: but the children of Beniamin wolde not obey the voyce of their brethren the children of Israél.
But the children of Beniamîn gathered them selues together out of the cities vnto Gibeáh, to come out and fight against the children of Israél.
¶ And the children of Beniamin were nombred at that time out of the cities six and twentie thousand men that drewe sworde beside the inhabitants of Gibeáh, which were no{m}bred seuen hundreth chosen men.
Of all this people (were) seuen hundreth chosen men, being left handed: all these coldesling stones at an heere breadth, and not faile.
¶ Also the men of Israél, beside Beniamin the nombred foure hu{n}dreth thousand me{n} that drewe sworde, euen all men of warre.
And the children of Israél arose, and went vp to the house of God, & asked of God, saying, Which of vs shal go vp first to fight against the children of Beniamin? And the Lord said, Iudáh (shalbe) first.
Then the children of Israél arose vp early and camped against Gibeáh.
And the men of Israél went out to battel against Beniamin: and the men of Israél put them selues in array to fight against them beside Gibeáh.
And the children of Beniamin came out of Gibeáh, and slewe downe to the grounde of the Israelites that day two and twentie thousand men.
And the people, the me{n} of Israél plucked vp their hearts, and set their battel againe in array in the first day.
[For the children of Israél had gone vp & wept before the Lord vnto the euening and had asked of the Lord, saying, Shal I go againe to battel against the children of Beniamin my brethren? & the Lord said, Go vp against them]
¶ Then the children of Israél came nere against the children of Beniamin the seconde day.
Also the seconde day Beniamin came forthe to mete them out of Gibeáh, and slewe downe to the grounde of the children of Israél againe eightene thousand me{n}: all they colde handle the sworde.
Then all the children of Israél went vp & all the people came also vnto the house of God, and wept & sate there before the Lord and fasted that day vnto the euening and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings before the Lord.
And the children of Israél asked the Lord [for there (was) the Arke of the couenant of God in those dayes,
And Phinehás the sonne of Eleazár: the sonne of Aarón stode before it at that time] saying, Shal I yet go anie more to battel against the children of Beniamin my brethren, or shal I cease? And the Lord said, Go vp: for tomorowe I wil deliuer the{m} into your hand.
And Israél set men to lye in wait round about Gibeáh.
And the children of Israél we{n}t vp against the children of Beniamin the third day, and put them selues in array against Gibeáh, as at others times.
Then the children of Beniamin comming out against the people, were drawe{n} from the citie: and they began to smite of the people and kil as at other times (euen) by the wayes in the field [whereof one goeth vp to the house of God: and the other to Gibeáh] vpon a thirtie men of Israél.
[For the children of Beniamin said, They are fallen before vs, as at the first. But the children of Israél said, Let vs flee and plucke them away from the citie vnto the hie wayes]
And all the me{n} of Israêl rose vp out of their place, and put them selues in array at Baal tamar: and the men that lay in waite of the Israelites came for the of their place (eue{n}) out of the medowes of Gibeáh.
And they came ouer against Gibeáh, ten thousand chosen men of all Israél, and the battel was sore: for they knewe not that the euil was nere them.
¶ And the Lord smote 〈◊〉 before Israél, and the children of Israél destroyed of the Beniamites the same day fiue and twentie thousand and an hundreth men: all they colde handle the sworde.
So the childre{n} of Beniamin sawe that they were striken downe: for the men of Israél gaue place to the Beniamites, because they trusted to the men that lay in wait, which they had laid beside Gibeáh.
And they that lay in waite hasted, and brake forthe towarde Gibeáh, and the em bushement drewe them selues a long, & smote all the citie with the edge of the sworde.
Also the men of Israél had appointed a certaine time with the embushments, that they shulde make a great flame (&) smoke rise vp out of the citie.
And when the men of Israél retired in the battel, Beniamin began to smite and kil of the men of Israél about thirtie persones: for they said, Surely they are strike{n} downe before vs, as in the first battel.
But when the flame began to arise out of the citie (as) a piller of smoke, the Beniamites loked backe, and beholde, the flame of the citie began to ascende vp to heauen.
Then the men of Israél turned againe, & the men of Beniamin were astonied: for they saw that euil was nere vnto them.
Therefore they fled before the men of Israél vnto the waye of the wildernes, but the battell ouertoke them: also they whiche (came out) of the cities, slewe u among the{m}.
(Thus) they compassed the Beniamites, about, (and) chased them at ease, and ouerran them, euen ouer agaynste Gibeah on the Eastside.
And there were slaine of Beniamin eyghtene thousande men, whiche were all men of warre.
And they turned and fled to the wildernes vnto the rocke of Rimmón: and the (Israelites) glained of them by the way fiue thousand men, and pursued after them vnto Gidóm, and slewe two thousand men of them.
So that all that were slayne that daye of Beniamin, were fiue and twentie thousand men that drewe sworde, which were all men of warre.
But six hundreth men turned and fled to the wyldernes, vnto the rocke of Rimmón and abode in the rocke of Rimmón foure moneths.
Then the men of Israél returned vnto the children of Beniamin, and smote them with the edge of the sworde from the men of the citie vnto the beastes, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they colde come by.
MOreouer the 〈◊〉 of Israél sware in Mizpéh, saying, None of vs shall giue hys daughters vnto the Beniamites to wife.
And the people came vnto the house of God and abode there till euen before God, and lift vp their voices, and wept with great lamentacion.
And said, ô Lorde God of Israél, why is thys come to passe in Israél, that this day one tribe of Israél shulde want?
¶ And on the morowe the people rose vp and made there an altar, and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings.
Then the children of Israél sayd, Who is he among all the tribes of Israél, that came not vp with the Congregacion vnto the Lorde? for they had made a great othe concernyng him that came not vp to the Lorde to Mizpéh, saying. Let hym dye the death.
And the children of Israél were sorie for Beniamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut of from Israél this day.
Howe shall we do for wiues to them that remaine, seyng we haue sworne by the Lord, that we wil not giue them of our daughters to wiues?
Also they said, Is there anie of the tribes of Israél that came not vp to Mizpéh to the Lorde? and beholde, there came none of Iabésh Gileád vnto the hoste (and) to the Congregacion.
For when the people were 〈◊〉, beholde, none of the inhabitantes of labésh Gileád were there.
Therefore the Congregacion sent thether twelue thousande men of the moste valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go, and smite the inhabitantes of 〈◊〉 Gilead with the edge of the sworde, bothe women and children.
And this is it that ye shal do: ye shall vtterly destroye all the males and all the women that haue lien by men.
And they found among the inhabitants of Iabésh Giléad foure hundreth maydes, virgins that had knowen no man by lying with anie male: and they broght them vnto the host to Shilóh, which is in the land of Canaa{n}
¶ The{n} the whole Congregacion sent and spake wyth the chyldren of Beniamin that were in the rocke of Rimmón, and called peaceably vnto them:
And Beniamin came againe at that tyme, a{n}d they gaue them wiues whiche they had saued aliue of the women of Iabésh Gileád: but they had not so ynough for them.
And the people were sory for Beniamin, because the Lorde had made a breache in the tribes of Israél.
Therefore the Elders of the Congregacion sayd, Howe shall we do for wines to the remnant? for the women of Beniamin are destroyed.
And they said, (There must be) an inherita{n}ce for the{m} that be escaped of Beniamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israél.
Howbeit we may not gyue them wiues of our daughters: for the children of Israél had sworne, saying, Cursed be he, that giueth a wife to Beniamin.
Therefore they said, Beholde, there is a feast of the Lord euerie yere in Shilóh (in a place,) whiche is on the Northside of Beth-él, and on the Eastside of the waye that goeth vp from Beth-él to Shechém, and to the South of Lebonáh.
Therefore they commanded the children of Beniamin, saying, Go, and lye in waite in the vineyardes.
And when ye se that the daughters of Shilóh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyardes, and catche you euery man a wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go into the land of Beniamin.
And when their fathers or their brethren come vnto vs to complaine, we will say vnto them, Haue pitie on them for our sakes, because we reserued not to eche man hys wife in the warre, and because ye haue not giuen vnto them hetherto, ye haue sinned.
And the children of Beniamin did so, and toke wiues of them that danced accordyng to their nomber: whyche they toke, and went away, and returned to their inheritance, a{n}d repaired the cities and dwelt in them.
So the children of Israél departed thence at that tyme, euery man to his tribe, and to his familie, and went out from thence euerie man to his inheritance.
In those dayes there was no King in Israél, (but) euerie man did that whiche was good in his eyes.
IN the tyme that the iudges ruled, there was a dearth in the la{n}d, & a man of Bethléhem Iudáh went for to soiourne in the countrey of Moáb, he, and hys wife, and his two sonnes.
And the name of the man (was) Elimélech, and the name of his wyfe, Naomi: and the names of his two sonnes, Mahlon, and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-léhem Iudáh: and when they came into the land of Moáb, they continued there.
Then Elimélech the housbande of Naomi dyed, a{n}d she remained with her two sonnes.
Whiche toke them wyues of the Moabites: the ones name (was) Orpáh, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten yeres.
And Mahlón and Chilion dyed also bothe twaine: so the woman was left (destitute) of her two sonnes, and of her housband.
¶ Then she arose with her daughters in law, and returned from the countrey of Moáb: for she had hearde saye in the countrey of Moáb, that the Lorde had visited his people, and giuen them bread.
Wherefore she departed oute of the place where she was, and her two daughters in lawe, with her, and they went on theyr waye to returne vnto the land of Iudáh.
Then Naomi sayd vnto her two daughters in lawe, Go, returne eche of you vnto her own mothers house: the Lord shewe fauour vnto you, as ye haue done with the dead, and with me.
The Lorde grante you, that you may finde rest, ether of you in the house of her houshand. And when she kissed them, they lift vp their voyce and wept.
And they said vnto her, Surely we will returne with thee vnto thy people.
But Naomi said, Turne agayne, my daughters: for what cause will you go with me? are there anie mo sonnes in my wombe, that they may be your housbands?
Turne againe, my daughters: go your way: for I am to olde to haue an housband, if I shuld say, I haue hope, (and) if I had an housband this night yea, if I had borne sonnes.
Wolde ye tary for them, til they were of age? wolde ye be differred for them from taking of housbands? nay my daughters: for it grieueth me muche for your sakes that the ha{n}d of the Lorde is gone out against me.
Then they lift vp their voyce, and wept againe, and Orpáh kissed her mother in law, but Ruth abode still with her.
And (Naomi) said, Beholde, thy sister in lawe is gone backe vnto her people and vnto her gods: returne thou after thy sister in law.
And Ruth answered, Intreat me not to leaue thee, nor to departe from thee: for whither thou goest, I will go: and where thou dwellest, I will dwel: thy people (shalbe) my people, and thy God my God.
Where thou dyest, wil I dye, and there wil I be buried, the Lord do so to me and more also, if (ought) but death departe thee and me.
¶ When she sawe that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left speaking vnto her.
So they went bothe vntyll they came to Beth-léhe{m}: & when they were come to Bethléhem, it was noised of them through all the citie, and they said, Is not this Naomi?
And she answered them, Call me not Naomi, (but) call me Mará: for the Almyghtie hathe giuen me muche bitternes.
I went out full, a{n}d the Lord hath caused, me to returne empty: why call ye me Naomi, seyng the Lord hath hu{m}bled me, and the Almyghty hathe broght me vnto aduersitie.
So Naomi returned and Ruth the Moabitesse her daughter in law with her, when she came out of the cou{n}trey of Moáb: and they came to Beth-léhem in the begynnyng of barly haruest.
THen Naomis housband had a kynsman, one of great power of the familie of Elimélech, and his name (was) Bóaz.
And Ruth the Moabitesse sayde vnto Naomi, I pray thee, let me go to the field, and gather eares of corne after him, in whose sight I find fauour. And she said vnto her, Go my daughter.
¶ And she went, & came and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and it came to passe, that she met with the portion of the field of Boaz, who was of the familie of Elimélech.
And beholde, Bóaz came from Beth-léhem, and said vnto the reapers, The Lord (be) with you: and thei answered him, The Lord blesse thee.
The{n} said Bôaz vnto his seruant that was appoi{n}ted ouer the reapers, Whose maid is this?
And the seruant that was appointed ouer the reapers, answered, and said, It is the Moabitish mayd, that came with Naomi out of the countrey of Mōab:
And she said vnto vs, I pray you, let me gleane and gather after the reapers among the sheaues: so she came, and hathe continued from that time in the morning vnto now, saue that she taried a litle in the house.
¶ Then said Bóaz vnto Ruth, Hearest thou, my daughter? go to none other field to gather, nether go from hence: but abide here by my maidens.
Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reape, and go thou after the (maidens) Haue I not charged the seruants, that they touche thee not? Moreouer when thou art a thirst, go vnto the vessels and drinke of that which the seruants haue drawen.
Then she fel on her face, and bowed her self to the ground, and said vnto him, How haue I fou{n}d fauour in thine eyes, that thou shuldest knowe me, seing I am a stranger?
And Bôaz answered, and said vnto her, All is tolde and shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in law, since the death of thine housband, and how hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land where thou wast borne, & art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in time past.
The Lord recompence thy worke and a ful reward be giuen thee of the Lord God of Israél, vnder whose wings thou art come to trust.
Then she said, Let me finde fauour in thy sight, my lord: for thou hast comforted me, and spoken comfortably vnto thy maid, thogh I be not like to one of thy maids.
And Bôaz said vnto her, At the meale time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegre. And she sate beside the reapers, and he reached her parched corne: and she did eat, and was 〈◊〉, and left thereof.
¶ And when she arose to gleane, Bóaz commanded his seruants, saying, Let her gather among the sheaues, and do not rebuke her.
Also let fall (some) of the sheaues for her, & let it lie, that she may gather it vp, and rebuke her not.
So she gleaned in the field vntil euening, and she threshed that she had gathered, & it was about an Epháh of barly.
¶ And she toke it vp, and went into the citie and her mother in lawe sawe what she had gathered: also she toke forthe, and gaue to her that which she had reserued, whe{n} she was suffised.
The{n} her mother in lawe said vnto her Where hast thou gleaned to day? & where wroghtest thou? blessed be he, that knewe thee. And she shewed her mother in lawe, with whome she had wroght, and said, The mans name with whome I wroght to day, is Bóaz.
And Naomi said vnto her daughter in lawe, Blessed be he of the Lord: for he ceaseth not to do good to the liuing and to the dead. Againe Naomi said vnto her, The man is nere vnto vs, and of our affinitie.
And Ruth the Moabitesse sayde, He sayde also certainly vnto me, Thou shalt be with my seruants, vntil they haue ended all mine haruest.
And Naomi answered vnto Ruth her daughter in lawe, It is best, my daughter, that thou go out with his maids, that thei mete thee not in another field.
Then she kept her by the maids of Bōaz, to gather vnto the end of barly haruest, and of wheat haruest, and dwelt with her mother in lawe.
AFterward Naomi her mother in law said vnto her, My daughter, shal not I seke rest for thee, that thou maiest prosper?
Now also is not Bōaz our kinsman, with whose maids thou wast? beholde, he winoweth barly to night in the floore.
Wash thy selfe therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment vpon thee, and get thee downe to the floore: let not the man knowe of thee, vntil he haue left eating & drinking.
And when he shal slepe, marke the place where he layeth him downe, and go, and vncouer the place of his fete, & lay thee downe and he shal tel thee what thou shalt do.
And she answered her, All that thou biddest me, I wil do.
¶ So she went downe vnto the floore, and did according to all that her mother in lawe bade her.
And when Bóaz had eaten, and dronken, & cheared his heart, he went to lie downe at the end of the heape of corne, and she came softely, and vncouered the place of his fete, and lay downe.
And at midnight the man was afraied and caught holde: & lo, a woman lay at his fete.
Then he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine ha{n}d maide: spread therefore the wing of thy garment ouer thine hand maid: for thou art the kinseman.
Then said he, Blessed be thou of the Lord my daughter: thou hast shewed more goodnes in the latter end, then at the beginning, in as muche as thou folowedst not yong men were they poore or riche.
And now, my daughter, feare not: I wil do to thee all that thou requirest: for al the citie of my people doeth knowe, that thou art a vertuous woman.
And now, it is true that I am thy kinsman, howbeit there is a kinseman nearer then I.
Tary to night, and when morning is come, if he wil do the duetie of a kinseman vnto thee, wel, let him do the kinsmans duetie: but if he wil not do the kinsemans parte, the{n} wil I do the duetie of a kinsman, as the Lord liueth: slepe vntil the morning.
¶ And she lay at his fete vntil the morning: and she arose before one colde knowe another: for he said, Let no man knowe, that a woman came into the floore.
Also he said, bring the shete that thou hast vpon thee, and holde it. And when she helde it, he measured six (measures) of barly, and laied them on her, and went into the citie.
And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she tolde her all that the man had done to her.
And said, These six (measures) of barly gaue he me: for he said to me, Thou shalt not come empty vnto thy mother in lawe.
Then said she, My daughter, sit stil, vntil thou knowe how the thing wil fall: for the man wil not be in rest, vntil he hathe finished the matter this same day.
THen went Bóaz vp to the gate, and sate there, and beholde, the kinseman, of whome Bôaz had spoken, came by: and he said, Ho, suche one, come, sit downe here. And he turned, and sate downe.
Then he toke ten men of the Elders of the citie, and said, Sit ye downe here. And they sate downe.
And he said vnto the kinseman, Naomi, that is come againe out of the countrei of Moáb wil sel a parcel of la{n}d, which was our brother Elimélechs.
And I thoght to aduertise thee, saying, Bye it before the assista{n}s, and before the Elders of my people. If thou wiltredeme it, redeme it: but if thou wilt not redeme it, tel me: for I knowe that there is none besides thee to redeme it, and I am after thee. Then he answered, I wil redeme it.
Then said Bōaz, What day thou byest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must also bye it of Ruth the Moabitesse the wife of the dead, to sterre vp the name of the dead, vpon his inheritance.
And the kinsman answered, I can not redeme it, lest I destroy mine owne inheritance: redeme my right to thee, for I can not redeme it.
Now this was the maner before time in Israél, concerning redeming and changing, for to stablish all things: a man did plucke of his shooe, and gaue it his neighbour, and this was a sure witnes in Israél.
Therefore the kinsman said to Bôaz, Bye it for thee: and he drue of his shooe.
And Bóaz said vnto the Elders and vnto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I haue boght all that was Elimélechs, and all that was Chiliōns and Mahlóns, of the hand of Naomi.
And moreouer, Ruth the Moabitesse the wife of Mahlón, haue I boght to be my wife to sterre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritance, and that the name of the dead be not put out from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
And al the people that were in the gate, and the Elders said, (We are) witnes: the Lord make the wife that cometh into thine house like Rahél and like Leáh, which twaine did buyld the house of Israél: & that thou maiest do worthely in Ephráthah, and be famous in Beth-léhem,
And that thine house be like the house of Phárez whome Thamár bare vnto Iudáh] of the sede which the Lord shal giue thee of this yong woman.
¶ So Bóaz toke Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in vnto her, the Lord gaue that she conceiued, and bare a sonne.
And the women said vnto Naomi, Blessed (be) the Lord, which hathe not left thee this day without a kinsman, and his name shal be continued in Israél.
And this shal bring thy life againe, and cherish thine olde age: for thy daughter in lawe which loueth thee, hathe borne vnto him, & she is better to thee then seuen sonnes.
And Naomi toke the childe, and layed it in her lap, and became nource vnto it.
And (the women) her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a childe borne to Naomi, and called the name thereof Obéd: the same was the father of Ishái, the father of Dauid.
¶ These now are the generacions of Phárez: Phárez begate Hezrón,
And Hezrón begate Ram, and Ram begate Amminadáb,
And Amminadáb begate Nahshón, and Nahshōn begate Salmáh,
And Salmón begate Bōaz, and Bōaz begate Obéd,
And Obéd begate Ishái, and Ishái begate Dauid.
THere was a ma{n} of one of the two Ramathaim Zophim, of mou{n}t Ephráim, whose name (was) Elkanáh the sonne of Ierohám, the sonne of Elihu, the sonne of Tohu, the sonne of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
And he had two wiues: the name of one (was) Hannáh, and the name of the other Peninnáh: and Peninnáh had children, but Hannáh had no children.
And this man went vp out of his citie euery yere, to worship and to sacrifice vnto the Lorde of hostes in Shiloh, where were the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas Priests of the Lord.
And on a day, when Elkanáh sacrificed, he gaue to Peninnáh his wife and to all her sonnes and daughters porcions.
But vnto Hannáh he gaue a worthy porcion: for he loued Hannáh, and the Lorde had made her baren.
¶ And her aduersarie vexed her sore, for asmuche as she vpbraided her, because the Lord had made her baren.
[And so did he yere by yere] (and) as ofte as she went vp to the house of the Lorde, thus she vexed her, that she wept and did not eat.
Then sayd Elkanáh her housbande to her, Hannáh, why wepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thyne hearte troubled? am not I better to thee then ten sonnes?
So Hannáh rose vp after that they had eaten and dronke in Shiloh [and Eli the Priest sate vpon a stole by one of the postes of the Temple of the Lord,]
And she was troubled in her mynde, and praied vnto the Lord, and wept sore:
Also she vowed a vowe, and said, O Lorde of hostes, if thou wilt loke on the trouble of thine handmayd, and remember me, and not forget thine handmayd, but giue vnto thine handmayd a man childe, then I wil giue him vnto the Lord all the dayes of his 〈◊〉, and there shall no raser come vpon his head.
And as she continued praying before the Lord, Eli marked her mouth.
For Hannáh spake in her heart: her lyppes dyd moue onelye, but her voyce was not hearde: therefore Eli thoght she had bene dronken.
And Eli sayd vnto her, Howe longe wilt thou be dronken? Put away thy dronkenes from thee.
Then Hannah aunswered and said, Nay my Lorde, (but) I am a woman troubled in spirite: I haue dronke nether wine nor strong drinke, but haue powred out my soule before the Lord.
Count not thine handmayd for a wicked woman: for of the abundance of my complaynt and my grief haue I spoken hitherto.
Then Eli answered, and said, Go in peace, and the God of Israéll graunt thy peticion that thou hast asked of him.
She said againe, Let thine handmaid finde grace in thy sight: so the woman went her way, and did eat, and loked no more sad.
¶ Then they rose vp early, and worshipped before the Lorde, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. Nowe Elkanah knewe Hannah his wife, and the Lorde remembred her.
For in processe of time Hannah conceiued, and bare a sonne, and she called his name Samuél, Because, (sayd she,) I haue asked him of the Lord.
¶ So the man Elkanah and all hys house went vp to offer vnto the Lorde the yerelie sacrifice, and his vowe:
But Hannah went not vp: for she sayd vnto her housband, (I will tary) vntil the chylde be weined, then I wyll bryng hym that he may appeare before Lorde, and there abide for euer.
And Elkanah her housband said vnto her, Do what semeth thee best: tary vntyll thou hast weined hym: onely the Lorde accomplyshehys worde, So the woman abode, and gaue her sonne sucke vntyll she weined hym.
¶ And when she had weined him, she toke hi{m} with her with thre bullockes & an Ephah of floure and a bottle of wine, and broght hym vnto the house of the Lorde in Shiloh, and the childe was" yong.
And they slewe a bullocke, and broght the childe to Eli.
And she said, Oh my Lord, as thy soule liueth, my Lorde, I am the woman that stode with thee here praying vnto the Lord.
I prayed for this childe, and the LORDE hathe giuen me my desire whyche I asked of hym.
Therefore also I haue giuen hym vnto the Lorde: as long as he liueth he shalbe giuen vnto the Lord: and he worshipped the Lord there.
ANd Hannah prayed, and sayde, Myne heart reioyceth in the Lord, myne horne is exalted in the Lorde: my mouth is enlarged ouer myne enemies, because I reioyce in thy saluacion.
There is none holy as the Lorde: yea, there is none besides thee, and there is no GOD like our God.
Speake no more presumpteously: let not arrogancie come out of your mouth: for the Lorde (is) a God of knowledge, and by hym enterprises are established.
The bowe (and) the myghtie men are broken, and the weake haue girde them selues with strength.
They that were full, are hyred forthe for bread, and the hongrie are no more (hired,) so that baren hathe borne seuen: and she that had many children, is feble.
The Lord killeth and maketh aliue: bryngeth downe to the graue and raiseth vp.
The Lord maketh poore and maketh riche: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.
He reyseth vp the poore out of the duste, and lifteth vp the begger from the donghil, to set (them) amonge princes, and to make them inherite the seat of glorie: for the pillers of the earth are the Lords, and he hath set, the worlde vpon them.
He wyll kepe the fete of hys Sainctes, and the wicked shall kepe silence in darckenes: for in (〈◊〉 owne) myght shall no man be strong.
The LORDES aduersaries shalbe destroyed, and out of heauen shal he thunder vpon them: the LORDE shall iudge the endes of the worlde, and shall gyue power vnto hys Kynge, and exalte the horne of hys Anointed.
And Elkanah went to Ramáh to his house, and the childe did minister vpon the Lorde before Eli the Priest.
¶ Nowe the sonnes of Eli (were) wycked men (and) knewe not the Lord.
For the Priests custome towarde the people (was this:) when any man offred sacrifice, the Priestes boy came, while the fleshe was sething and a fleshoke with thre teeth in the hand.
And thrust it into the kettle, or into the caldren, or into the pan, or into the pot: all that the fleshoke broght vp, the Priest toke for him felf: thus they did vnto all the Israelites, that came thether to Shilóh.
Yea, before they burnt the fat, the Priests boy came and sayd to the man thar offred, Giue me fleshe to rost for the Priests: for he wil not haue sodden flesh of thee, but rawe.
And if any man said vnto hym, Let them burne the fat accordynge to the custome, then take as much as thine heart desireth: then he wolde answer, No, but thou shalte giue it nowe: and if thou wilt not, I will take it by force.
Therefore the sinne of the yong men was very great before the Lorde: for men abhorred the offring of the Lord.
¶ Nowe Samuél being a yong childe ministred before the Lorde, girded with a linnen Ephód.
And his mother made him a lytle coate, and broght it to hym from yere to yere, when she came vp with her housband, to offer the yerely sacrifice.
And Eliblessed Elkanáh and his wife, and said, The Lord giue thee sede of this woman, for the peticion that she asked of the Lord: and they departed vnto their place.
And the Lorde visited Hannáh, so that she conceiued, and bare thre sonnes, and two daughters. And the childe Samuél grewe before the Lord.
¶ So Eli was very olde, and heard all that his sonnes did vnto all Israél, and how they laye with the women that assembled at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
And he said vnto them, Why do ye suche things? for of all this people I heare euill reportes of you.
(Do no more,) my sonnes: for it is no good reporte that I heare, (which is,) that ye make the Lords people to trespasse.
If one man sinne againste another, the iudge shal iudge it: but if a man sinne against the Lord, who will pleade for him? Notwithstandyng they obeyed not the voyce of their father, because the Lord wolde slaye them.
¶ [Nowe the 〈◊〉 Samuél profited and grewe a{n}d was in fauour both with the Lord, and also with men.]
And there came a man of GOD vnto Eli and said vnto him, Thus saieth the Lord, did not I plainely appeare vnto the house of thys father, when they were in Egypt in Pharohs house?
And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israél to be my Priest, to offer vpon mine altar, and to burne incence, and to we are an Ephó before me, and I gaue vnto the house of thy father al the offrings made by fire of the children of Israél.
Wherefore haue you kiked against my sacrifice and mine offring, whiche I commanded in my Tabernacle, and honorest thy children aboue me, to make your selues fat of the first frutes of al the offrings of Israél my people?
Wherefore the Lord God of Israél sayth, I said, that thine house and the house of thy father shulde walke before me for euer: but nowe the Lord saith, It shall not be so: for them that honour me, I wil honour, and thei that despise me, shall be despised.
Beholde, the dayes come, that I wil cut of thine arme, and the arme of thy fathers house, that there shall not be an olde man in thine house.
And thou shalt se (thine) enemie in the habitation (of the Lord) in al things where with (God) shal blesse Israél, and there shal not be an olde man in thine house for euer.
Neuertheles, I wil not destroy euery one of thine from mine altar, to make thine eyes to faile, and to make thine heart sorowful: & all the multitude of thine house shall dye (when they be) men.
And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, that shall come vpon thy two sonnes Hophni & Phinehás: in one day they shall dye bothe.
And I will sterre me vp a faithfull Priest, that shal do according to mine heart and according to my minde: and I wil buylde him a sure house, and he shall walke before mine Anointed for euer.
And all that are left in thine house, shall come and bowe downe to him for a piece of siluer and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Appoint me I pray thee, to one of the Priests offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
NOw the childe Samuél 〈◊〉 vnto the Lord hefore Eli: and the worde of the Lord was precious in those dayes: for there was no manifest vision.
And at that time, as Eli laye in his place, his eyes bega{n} to waxe dimme that he colde not se.
And yet the light of God went out Samuél slept in the temple of the Lord, where the Arke of God was.
Then the Lord called Samuél: and he said, Here I am.
And he ran vnto Eli, and said, Here am I, fôr thou calledst me. But he said, I called thee not: go againe (and) slepe. And he went and slept.
And the Lord called once againe, Samuél. And Samuél arose, and went to Eli and said, I am here: for thou didest call me. And he answered, I called the not, my sonne: go againe (and) slepe.
Thus (did) Samuél, before he knewe the Lord, and before the worde of the Lord was reueiled vnto him.
And the Lord called Samuél againe the third time: and he arose, and went to Eli, and said, I am here: for thou hast called me. Then Eli perceiued that the Lord had called the childe.
Therefore Eli said vnto Samuél, Go (and) slepe: & if he call thee, then say, Speake Lord for thy seruant heareth. So Samuél went, and slept in his place.
¶ And the Lord came, & stode, and called as at other times, Samuél, Samuél, The{n} Samuél answered, Speake, for thy seruant heareth.
¶ Then the Lord said to Samuél, Beholde, I wil do a thing in Israél, whereof whosoeuer shal heare, his two eares shal tingle.
In that day I wil raise vp against Eli al things which I haue spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I wil also make and end.
And I haue tolde him that I wil iudge his house for euer, for the iniquitie which he knoweth, because his sonnes ran into a slander, and he stayed them not.
Now therefore I haue sworne vnto the house of Eli, that the wickednes of Elis house, shal not be purged with sacrifice nor offring for euer.
Afterwarde Samuél slept vntil the morning, and opened the doores of the house of the Lord, and Samuél feared to shewe Eli the vision.
¶ Then Eli called Samuél, and said, Samuel my sonne. And he answered, Here I am.
Then he said, What is it, that (the Lord) said vnto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me. God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anie thing from me, of all that he said vnto thee.
So Samuél tolde him euerie whit, and hid nothing from him. Then he said, It is the Lord: let him do what semeth him good.
¶ And Samuél grewe, and the Lord was with him, and let none of his wordes fall to the ground.
And all Israél from Dan to Beershéba knewe that faithful Samuél (was) the Lords Prophet.
And the Lord appeared againe in Shilôh: for the Lord reueiled him selfe to Samuél in Shilôh by his worde.
ANd Samuél speake vnto all Israél: and Israél went out against the Philistims to battel and pitched beside Ebénézer: and the Philistims pitched in Aphék.
And the Philistims put them selues in array against Israél: and when they ioyned the battel, Israéll was smitten downe before the Philistims: who slewe of the armie in the field about foure thousand men.
So when the people were come into the campe, the Elders of Israél said, Wherefore hathe the Lorde smitten vs this day before the Philistims? let vs bring the Arke of the couenant of the Lord out of Shilóh vnto vs, that when it commeth among vs, it may saue vs out of the hand of our enemies.
Then the people sent to Shilóh, and broght from thence the Arke of the couena{n}t of the Lord of hostes, who dwelleth betwene the Cherubims: and there (were) the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni, and Phinehás, with the Arke of the couenant of God.
And when the Arke of the couenant of the Lord came into the hoste, al Israél showted a mighty showte, so that the earth ra{n}g againe
And when the Philistims heard the noise of the showte, they said, What meaneth the sounde of this mighty showte in the hoste of the Ebrewes? & they vnderstode, that the Arke of the Lord was come into the hoste.
And the Philistims were afraid, & said, God is come into the hoste: therefore said they wo vnto vs for it hath not bene so hertofore
Wo vnto vs, who shall deliuer vs out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wildernes.
Be strong and play the men, ô Philistims that ye be no seruants vnto the Ebrewes, as thei haue serued you: be valiant therefore, and fight.
And the Philistims fought, and Israéll was smitten downe, and fled euerie man into his tent: & there was an excedyng great slaughter: for there fel of Israél thirtie thousand fotemen.
And the Arke of God was taken, & the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni, and Phinehás dyed.
And there ran a man of Beniamin out of the armie, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and eatth vppon his head.
And when he came, lo, Eli 〈◊〉 vpon a seate by the way side, waiting: for his heart feared for the Arke of God: and when the man came into the citie to tel it, all the citie cryed out.
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth this noise of the tumult? and the man came in hastely, and tolde Eli.
[Now Eli (was) foure score, and eightene yere olde, and his eyes were dimme that he colde not se.]
And the man said vnto Eli, I came from the armie, and I fled this day out of the hoste: & he said, What thing is done, my sonne?
Then the messenger answered and said, Israél is fled before the Philistims, and there hathe bene also a great slaughter among the people: & moreouer thy two sonnes, Hophni and Phinehás are dead, and the Arke of God is taken.
¶ And when he had made mencion of the Arke of God, (Eli) fel from his seate backwarde by the side of the gate, and his necke was broken, and he dyed: for he was an olde man and heauye: and he had iudged Israél fortie yeres.
And his daughter in law Phinehás wife was with childe (nere) her trauel: and when she heard the report that the Arke of God was taken, and that her father in lawe and her housband were dead, she bowed her selfe, and traueled: for her paines came vpon her.
And about the time of her death, the women that stode about her, said vnto her, Feare not: for thou hast borne a sonne: but she answered not, nor regarded it.
And she named the childe Ichabód, saying, The glorie is departed from Israél, because the Arke of God was taken, and because of her father in lawe and her housband.
She said againe, The glorie is departed fro{m} Israél: for the Arke of God is taken.
THen the Philistims toke the Arke of God and caryed it from Ebénézer vnto Ashdōd,
Euen the Philistims toke the Arke of God, and broght it into the house of Dagōn, and set it by Dagōn.
And when they of Ashdōd rose the next day in the morning, beholde, Dagōn was fallen vpon his face on the grounde before the Arke of the Lord, and they toke vp Dagón, and set him in his place againe.
Also they rose vp early in the morning the next day, & beholde, Dagón was fallen vpon his face on the grounde before the Arke of the Lord, and the head of Dagōn and the two palmes of his hands (were) cut of vpon the thresholde: onely the stumpe of Dagón was left to him.
Therefore the Priests of Dagón, and all that come into Dagons house treade not on the thresholde of Dagón in Ashdód, vnto this day.
But the hand of the Lord was heauy vpon them of Ashdōd, and destroyed the{m}, & smote them with emerods, (bothe) Ashdōd, and the coastes thereof.
And whe{n} the men of Ashdōd sawe this, they said, Let not the Arke of the God of Israél abide with vs: for his hand is sore vpon vs a{n}d vpon Dagōn our god.
They sent therefore and gathered all the princes of the Philistims vnto them, and said What shall we do with the Arke of the God of Israél? And they answered, Let the Arke of the God of Israél be caried about vnto Gath: and they caried the Arke of the God of Israél about.
And when they had caried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the citie with a very greate destruction, and he smote the men of the citie bothe small and greate, and they had emerods in their secret partes.
¶ Therefore they sent the Arke of GOD to Ekrōn: and assone as the Arke of GOD came to Ekrōn, the Ekronites cryed out, saying, They haue broght the Arke of the GOD of Israél to vs to slay vs, and our people.
Therefore they sent, and gathered together all the princes of the Philistims & said, Send away the Arke of the God, of Israél, & let it returne to his owne place, that it slay vs not and our people: for there was a destruction (and) death through out all the citie, (and) the hand of God was very sore there.
And the men that dyed not, were smitten with the emerods: and the crye of the citie went vp to heauen.
SO the Arke of the Lord was in the countrey of the Philistims seuen monethes.
And the Philistims called the Priestes and the soth sayers, saying What shal we do with the Arke of the Lord? tel vs where with we shall send it home againe?
And they said, If you send away the Arke of the God of Israél, send it not away emptie, but giue vnto it a sinne offring: then shal ye be healed, and it shalbe knowe{n} to you, why his hand departeth not from you.
Then said they, What shalbe the sinne offring, which we shal giue vnto it? And they answered, Fiue golden emerods & fiue golden mice, according to the nomber of the Princes of the Philistims: for one plague (was) on you all, and on your princes.
Wherefore ye shall make the similitudes of your emerods, and the similitudes of your mice that destroye the land: so ye shall giue glorie vnto the God of Israél, that he may take his hand from you, & from your gods and from your land.
Wherefore then shulde ye harden your heartes, as the Egyptians and Pharaôh hardened their heartes, when he wroght wonderfully among them, did they not let the{m} go, and they departed?
Now therefore make anewe carte, and take two melche kine, on whome there hathe come no yoke: and tye the kine to the carte and bring the calues home from them.
Then take the Arke of the Lord, and set it vpon the carte, and put the iewels of golde whiche ye giue it for a sinne offring in a coffer by the side thereof, and send it away, that it may go.
And take hede, if it go vp by the way of his owne coast to Beth-shémesh, it is he that did vs this greate euil: but if not, we shall knowe then, that it is not his ha{n}d that smote vs, (but) it was a chance that happened vs.
And the men did so: for they toke two kine that gaue milke, and tyed them to the carte and shut the calues at home.
So they set the Arke of the LORD vpon the carte, and the coffer with the mice of golde, and with the similitudes of their emerods.
And the kine we{n}t the streight way to Bethshémesh, and kept one path, and lowed as they went, and turned nether to the right hand nor to the left: also the princes of the Philistims went after the{m}, vnto the borders of Beth-shémesh.
Now they of Beth-shémesh were reaping their wheat haruest in the valley, and they lift vp their eyes, and spyed the Arke, and reioyced when they sawe it.
¶ And the carte came into the fielde of Ioshúa a Bethshemite, and stode stil there, there was also a great stone, and they claue the wood of the carte and offred the kine for a burnt offring vnto the Lord.
And the Leuites toke downe the Arke of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the iewels of golde were, and put them on the great stone, and the men of Beth-shémesh offred burnt offring, and sacrificed sacrifices that same day vnto the Lord.
And when the fiue princes of the Philistims had sene it, they returned to Ekrón the same day.
¶ So these are the golden emerods, whiche the Philistims gaue for a sinne offring to the Lorde: for Ashdód one, for Gazá one, for Askelón one, for Gath one, (and) for Ekrón one.
And golden mice, according to the nomber of all the cities of the Philistims, (belo{n}ging) to the fiue princes, bothe of walled townes and of townes vnwalled, vnto the greate (stone) of Abél, whereó thei set the Arke of the Lord: (which stone remaineth) vnto this day in the field of Ioshua the Beth-shemite.
And he smote of the men of Beth-shémesh because they had loked in the Arke of the Lord: he slewe euen among the people fiftie thousand men and thre score and ten men & the people lame{n}ted, because the Lord had slaine the people with so great a slaughter.
Wherefore the men of Beth-shémesh said who is able to stand before this holy Lorde God? and to whome shall he go from vs?
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kyriath-iearim, saying, The Philistims haue broght againe the Arke of the LORD: come ye downe (and) take it vp to you.
THen the men of Kiriath-iarim came, & toke vp the Arke of the Lord, & broght it into the house of Abinadáb in the hil: and they sanctified Eleazár his sonne, to kepe the Arke of the Lord.
[For while the Arke abode in Kiriath-iearim, the time was long, for it was twentie yeres] and all the house of Israél lamented after the Lord.
¶ The{n} Samuél spake vnto al the house of Israél, saying, If ye become againe vnto the Lord with your hearte, put away the stra{n}ge gods from among you, and Ashtaróth, and direct your hearts vnto the Lord, and serue him onely, and he shall deliuer you out of the hand of the Philistims.
Then the children of Israéll did put away Baalim and Ashtarôth, and serued the Lorde onely.
And Samuél said, Gather all Israél to Mizpéh, and I wil pray for you vnto the Lorde.
And they gathered together to Mizpéh, & drewe water and powred it out before the Lord, and fasted the same day, and said there We haue sinned against the Lorde. And Samuél iudged the chyldren of Israéll in Mizpēh.
When the Philistims heard that the children of Israéll were gathered together to Mizpéh, the princes of the Philistims went vp against Israél: and when the children of Israél heard that, they were afraied of the Philistims.
And the children of Israél said to Samuéll, Cease not to crye vnto the Lorde our God for vs, that he may saue vs out of the hand of the Philistims.
Then Samuél toke a sucking lambe, and offred it all together for a burnt offring vnto the Lord, & Samuél cryed vnto the Lord for Israél, and the Lord heard him.
And as Samuél offred the burnt offring, the Philistims came to fight against Israél: but the Lord thundred with a great thu{n}dre that day vpon the Philistims, and scatred them: so they were slaine before Israél.
And the men of Israél went from Mizpéh, and pursued the Philistims, and smote them vntil (they came) vnder Beth-car.
Then Samuél toke a stone and pitched it betwene Mizpéh and Shen, and called the name thereof, Ebénézer, & he said Hitherto hathe the Lord holpen vs.
¶ So the Philistims were broght vnder, and they came no more agayne into the coastes of Israéll: and the hande of the LORDE was agaynste the Philistims all the dayes of Samuél.
Also the cities which the Philistims had taken from Israél, were restored to Israél, fro{m} Ebrón euen to Gath: and Israél deliuered the coastes of the same out of the hands of the Philistims: and there was peace betwene Israél and the Amorites.
And Samuél iudged Israél all the dayes of his life.
And went about yere by yere to Beth-él, & Gilgál and Mizpéh, and iudged Israél in all those places.
Afterward he returned to Ramáh: for there was his house, & there he iudged Israél: also he buylt an altar there vnto the Lord.
WHen Samuéll was nowe become olde, he made hys sonnes iudges ouer Israél.
[And the name of his eldest sonne was Ioél and the name of the seconde Abia'h] (euen) iudges in Beer-shéba.
And his sonnes walked not in his waies but turned aside after lucre and toke rewardes, and peruerted the iudgement.
¶ Wherefore all the Elders of Israèl gathered them together, and came to Samuél vnto Ramáh.
And sayd vnto hym, Beholde, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: make vs nowe a King to iudge vs like all nacions.
But the thing displeased Samuél, whe{n} they said, Giue vs a King to iudge vs: and Samuéll prayed vnto the Lord.
And the Lorde said vnto Samuél, Heare the voice of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I shuld not reigne ouer them.
As they haue euer done since I broght them out of Egypt euen vnto this day, [and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods] euen so do they vnto thee.
Now therefore hearken vnto their voyce: howbeit yet testifie vnto them and shewe the{m} the maner of the King that shall reigne ouer them.
¶ So Samuéll tolde all the wordes of the Lorde vnto the people that asked a Kyng of hym.
And he said, This shalbe the maner of the King that shal reigne ouer you: he will take your sonnes, and appoint them to his charets, and to be his horsmen, and (some) shall runne before his charet.
Also he will make them his captaines ouer thousandes and captaines ouer fifties, and to eare his grounde, and to reape his haruest, & to make instruments of warre, & the things that serue for his charets.
He wyll also take your daughters and make them apoticaryes, and cookes and bakers.
And he will take your fieldes, and your vineyardes, and your best oliue trees, & giue them to his seruants.
And he wil take the tenth of your sede, and of your vineyardes, and giue it to his Eunuches, and to his seruants.
And he will take your men seruants, and your maid seruants, and the chief of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.
He wil take the tenth of your shepe, a{n}d ye shalbe his seruants.
And ye shal crye out at that day, because of your King, whome ye haue chosen you, and the Lord wil not heere you at that day.
But the people wolde not heare the voyce of Samuél, but did say, Nay, but there shalbe a King ouer vs.
And we also wil be like all (other) nacions, and our King shal iudge vs, & go out before vs, and fight our battels.
Therfore whe{n} Samuél heard all the wordes of the people, he rehearsed the{m} in the eares of the Lord.
And the Lorde said to Samuél, Hearken vnto their voyce, and make them a King. And Samuél said vnto the men of Israêl, Go euerie man vnto his citie.
THere was now a man of Beniamin mightie in power named Kish the sonne of Abiél, the sonne of Zerór, the sonne of Bechoráth, the sonne of Aphiah, the sonne of a man of Iemini.
And he had a sonne called Saúl, a godly yong man and a faire: so that among the children of Israél there was none goodlier then he: from the shulders vpward he was hier then anie of the people.
And the Asses of Kish Saules father were lost therefore Kish said to Saúl his sonne, Take now one of the seruants with thee, & arise, go, and seke the asses.
So he passed through mount Ephráim and went through the land of Shalisháh, but they found them not. Then they went through the land of Shalim, and (there they were) not he went also through the land of Iemini, but they found them not.
When they came to the land of Zuph, Saúl said vnto his seruant that was with him, Come and let vs returne, lest my father leaue (the care) of asses, and take thoght for vs.
And he said vnto him, Beholde now, in this citie is a man of God, and he is an honorable man: all that he saieth commeth to passe: let vs now go rhither, if so be that he can shewe vs what way we may go.
Then said Saúl to his seruant, Wel then let vs go: but what shal we bring vnto the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, & there is no present to bring to the man of GOD: what haue we?
And the seruant answered Saúl againe, and said, Beholde, I haue found about me the fourth parte of a shekle of siluer: that wil I giue the man of God, to tel vs our way.
[Before time in Israél when a man went to seke an answer of God, thus he spake, Come and let vs go to the Seer: for (he that is called) now a Prophet, was in the olde time called a Seer]
The{n} said Saúl to his seruant, Wel said, come let vs go: so they went into the citie where the man of God was.
¶ And as thei were going vp the hie way to the citie, they founde maydes that came out to drawe water, and said vnto them, Is there here a Seer?
And they answered them, and said, Yea: lo, (he is) before you make haste now, for he came this day to the citie: for there is an offring of the people this day in the hie place.
When ye shall come into the citie, ye shall finde him streight way yet he come vp to the hie place to eat: for the people wil not eat vntil he come, because he wil blesse the sacrifice: and then eat they that be bidden to the feast: now therefore go vp: for euen now shal ye finde him.
Then they went vp into the citie, and when they were come into the middes of the citie, Samuél came out against them, to go vp to the hie place.
¶ But the Lord had reueiled to Samuél secretly [a day before Saúl came] saying,
Tomorowe about this time I wil send thee a man out of the land of Beniamin? him shalt thou anoint to be gouernour ouer my people Israél, that he may saue my people out of the hands of the Philistims: for I haue loked vpon my people, and their crye is come vnto me.
When Samuél therefore sawe Saúl, the LORD answered him, Se, this is the man whome I speake to thee of, he shall rule my people.
Then went Saúl to Samuél in the middes of the gate, and said, Tel me, I pray thee, where the Seers house is.
And Samuél answered Saúl, and said, I am the Seer: go vp before me vnto the hie place, for ye shal eat with me to day, and tomorowe I wil let thee go, and wil tel thee all that is in thine heart.
And as for thine asses that were lost thre dayes ago, care not for them: for they are founde, and on whome (is set) all the desire of Israél? is it not vpon thee and on all thy fathers house?
¶ But Saúl answered, and said, Am not I the sonne of Iemini of the smalest tribe of Israél? and my familie (is) the least of all the families of the tribe of Beniamin. Wherfore then speakest thou so to me?
And Samuél toke Saúl and his seruant, and broght them into the chamber, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden: which were about thirtie persones.
And Samuél said vnto the cooke, Bring forthe the portion which I gaue thee, & whereof I said vnto thee, Kepe it with thee.
And the cooke toke vp the shoulder, and that which was vpon it, and set it before Saúl. And (Samuel) said, Beholde, that which is left, set it before thee (and) eat: for hitherto hath it bene kept for thee, saying, Also I haue called the people. So Saúl did eat with Samuél that day.
And when they were come downe fro{m} the hie place into the citie, he communed with Saúl vpon the top of the house:
And when they arose early about the spring of the day, Samuél called Saúl to the top of the house, saying, Vp, that I may send thee away. And Saúl arose, and they went out, bothe he, and Samuél.
And when they were come downe to the end of the 〈◊〉, Samuél said to Saúl, Bid the seruant go before vs, [and he went] but stand thou stil now, that I may shewe thee the worde of God.
THen Samuél toke a viole of oyle and powred it vpon his head, and kissed him and said, Hathe not the Lord anointed thee to be gouernour ouer his inheritance?
When thou shalt departe from me this day, thou shalt finde two men by Rahels sepulchre in the border of Beniamin, euen at Zelzáh, and thei wil say vnto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seke, are founde: and lo, thy father hathe left the care of the asses, and soro weth for you, saying, What shal I do for my sonne?
Then shalt thou go forthe from thence and shalt come to the plaine of Tabōr, and there shal mete thee thre men going vp to God to Beth-él: one carying thre kiddes, a{n}d another carying thre loaues of bread, and another carying a bottle of wine:
And thei wil aske thee if all be wel, and wil giue thee two (loaues of) bread, which thou shalt receiue of their hands.
After that shalt thou come to the hil of God where is the garisons of the Philistims: and when thou art come thether to the citie, thou shaltmete a companie of Prophets co{m}ming downe from the hye place with a viole, and atymbrel, and a pipe, and an harpe before them, and they shall prophecie.
Then the Spirit of the Lord wil come vpon thee, and thou shalt prophecie with the{m}, & shalt be turned into another man.
Therefore when these signes shall come vnto thee, do as occasion shall 〈◊〉: for God (is) with thee.
And thou shalt go downe before me to Gilgál: and I also wil come downe vnto thee to offer burnt offrings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace. Tary for me seuen daies, till I come to thee and shewe thee what thou shalt do.
And when he had turned his backe to go frome Samuéll, God gaue hym another heart: and all to se tokens came to passe that same day.
¶ And when they came thether to the hill, behold, the companie of Prophets met him and the Spirit of God came vpon him, and he prophecied among them.
Therefore all the people that knewe hym before, when thei sawe that he prophecied among the Prophets, said eche to other? What is come vnto the sonne of Kish? is Saúl also among the Prophets?
And one of the same place answered, & said But who is their father? Therefore it was a prouerbe, 〈◊〉 Saúl also among the Prophets?
And when he had made an end of prophecying, he came to the hie place.
And Sauls vncle said vnto him, and to his seruant. Whether went ye? And he said, To seke the asses: and when we sawe that they were no where, we came to Samuél.
And Sauls vncle said, Tel me, I pray thee, what Samuél said vnto you,
Then Saúl said to his vncle, He tolde vs plainely that the asses were founde: but concerning the kingdome whereof Samuél spake, tolde he him not.
¶ And Samuéll assembled the people vnto the Lord in Mizpéh.
And he said vnto the childre{n} of Israél, Thus saith the Lorde God of Israéll, I haue broght Israél out of Egypt, and deliuered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hands of al kingdomes that troublee you.
But ye haue this day cast away your God, who onely deliuereth you out of al your aduersities and tribulacions: and ye said vnto him,? No,) but appoint a King ouer vs. Now therefore" stand ye before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your thousands.
And when Samuél had gathered together, all the tribes of Israél, the tribe of Beniamin was taken.
Afterwarde he assembled the tribe of Beniamin according to their families, & the families of Matri was taken. So Saúl the sonne of Kishe was taken, and when they soght him, he colde not be founde.
Therefore thei asked the Lord againe, if that man shuld yet come thether. And the Lord answered, Beholde, he hathe hid him selfe among the stuffe.
And thei ranne, and broght hym thence: and when he stode amonge the people, he was hier then anye of the people from the shoulders vpwarde.
And Samuél said to all the people, Se ye not him, whome the Lorde hathe chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people showted and said God saue the King.
Then Samuél tolde the people the duety of the kingdome, and wrote it in a boke, and layed it vp before the Lord, & Samuél sent all the people awaye euerye man to his house.
Saúl also went home to Gibeáh, and there followed him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched,
But the wicked me{n} said, How shal he saue vs? So they despised him, and broght hym no presentes: but he helde his tongue.
THen Nahásh the Ammonite came vp, and besieged Iabésh Gileád and all the men of Iabésh sayde vnto Nahásh. Make a couenant with vs, and we will be thy seruants.
And Nahásh the Ammonite answered the{m}, On this condicion will I make a couenant with you, that I maye thruste out all your right eyes, and brynge that shame vppon all Israél.
To whome the Elders of Iabésh said, Giue vs seuen daies respet, that we maye send messengers vnto all the coastes of Israél: and then if no man deliuer vs, we will come out to thee.
¶ Then came the messengers to Gibeāh of Saúl, and tolde these tidings in the eares of the people: and all the people lift vp theyr voyces and wept.
And behold, Saūl came followyng the cattel out of the fielde, and Saūl said, What aileth his people, that thei wepe? And thei tolde him the tidings of the men of Iabésh
Then the Spirit of God came vpon Saúl, when he heard those tidings, and he was exceding angry,
And tooke a yoke of oxen, and hewed the{m} in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coastes of Israél by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoeuer commeth not forth after Saúl, and after Samuél, so shal his oxen be serued. And the feare of the Lord fell on the people, and thei came out with one consent.
And when he nombred them in Bezék the childre{n} of Israél were thre hundreth thousand me{n}: and the men of Iudáh thirty thousand.
Then thei said vnto the messengers that came, So say vnto the men of Iabésh Gileád, Tomorowe by the{m} the sunne be hote, ye shall haue helpe. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Iabésh, which were glad.
Therefore the men of Iabésh said, Tomorowe we will come out vnto you, and ye shal do with vs all that pleaseth you.
¶ And when the morowe was come, Saúl put the people in thre bands, & they came in vpon the hoste in the morning watche, and slewe the Ammonites vntill the heate of the daye: and they that remained, were scattered, so that two of the{m} were not left together.
The{n} the people said vnto Samuél, Who is he that sayde, Shall Saúl reigne ouer vs? bring those men that we may slaye them.
But Saúl sayde, There shall no man dye this daye: for to daye the Lord hath saued Israél.
¶ Then said Samuél vnto the people, Come, that we maye go to Gilgál, and renue the kingdome there.
So all the people we{n}t to Gilgál, and made Saúl King there before the Lord in Gilgál: and there thei offred peace offringes before the Lord: and there Saúl and all the me{n} of Israél reioyced excedingly.
SAmuél then said vnto all Israél, Behold, I haue hearkened: vnto your voyce in all that ye said vnto me, and haue appointed a King ouer you.
Now therefore beholde, (your) King walketh before you, and I am olde and graye headed, and beholde, my sonnes (are) wyth you and I haue walked before you frome my childehode vnto this day.
Beholde, here I am: beare recorde of me before the Lord and before his Anointed. Whose oxe haue I taken? or whose asse haue I taken? or whome haue I done wro{n}g to? or whome haue I hurte? or of whose ha{n}d haue I receiued any bribe, to blynde myne eyes therwith, and I will restore it you?
Then thei said, Thou hast done vs no wro{n}g nor haste hurt vs, nether haste thou taken ought of any mans hand.
And he said vnto them, The Lord is 〈◊〉 against you, and his Anointed is witnes this day, that ye haue found noght in mine hands. And they answered, (He is) witnes.
The{n} Samuél said vnto the people, It is the LORD that made Mosés and Aarôn, and that broght your fathers out of the land of Egypt.
Now therefore stand stil, that I may reaso{n} with you before the Lord according to all the righteousnes of the Lord, whiche he shewed to you and to your fathers.
After that Iaabók was come into Egypt, and your fathers cryed vnto the Lord, the{n} the Lord sent Mosés and Aarón whiche broght your fathers out of Egypte, and made them dwell in this place.
And when thei forgate the Lord theyr God, he solde them into the hand of Siserá captaine of the hoste of Hazór and into the hand of the Philistims, and into the ha{n}d of the King of Moáb, & thei foght against them.
And thei cryed vnto the Lorde, and said, We haue sinned, because we haue forsaken the Lord, and haue serued Baalim and Ashtarōth. Now therefore deliuer vs out of the hands of our enemies, & we wil serue thee.
Therefore the Lord sent Ierubbáal and Bedán and Iphtáh, and Samuél, and deliuered you out of the ha{n}ds of your enemies on euerie side, and ye dwelled safe.
Notwithstanding when you sawe, that Nahásh the King of the children of Ammo{n} came against you, ye said vnto me, No, but a King shal reigne ouer vs: whe{n} yet the Lord your God was your King.
Now therefore beholde the King whome ye haue chosen (and) whome ye haue desired: lo therefore, the Lord hath set a King ouer you.
If ye wil feare the Lord and serue him, and heare his voyce, and not disobey the word of the Lorde, bothe ye, and the King that reigneth ouer you, shal followe the Lord your God.
But if ye will not obey the voyce of the Lord, but disobey the Lords mouthe, then shal the hand of the Lord be vpon you, and on your fathers.
Now also stand and se this great thynge which the Lord wil do before your eyes.
Is it not nowe wheate haruest? I will call vnto the Lord, and he shal send thundre & raine, that ye maye perceiue and se, how that your wickednes is greate, whiche ye haue done in the sight of the Lorde in asking you a King.
Then Samuél called vnto the Lorde, and the Lord sent thundre and rayne the same day: and all the people feared the Lord & Samuél excedingly.
And all the people said vnto Samuél, Pray for thy serua{n}ts vnto the Lord thy GOD, that we dye not? for we haue sinned in asking vs a King, beside all our (other) sinnes.
¶ And Samuél said vnto the people, Feare not, [ye haue in dede done all this wickednes, yet departe not from followynge the Lord, but serue the Lord with all your heart,
Nether turne ye backe: for (that shulde be) after vaine things whiche can not profite you, nor deliuer you, for they are but vanitie.]
For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great Names sake: because it hathe pleased the Lord to make you his people
Moreouer God forbid, that I shulde sinne agaynste the LORD, and cease praying for you, but I will shewe you the good and right way.
Therefore feare you the Lord, and serue him in the trueth with all your heartes, and consider how greate thyngs he hathe done for you.
But if ye do wickedly, ye shal perish, both ye, and your King.
SAúl now had bene King one yere, and he reigned two yeres ouer Israél.
Then Saūl chose him thre thousand of Israél: and two thousande were with Saúl in Michmásh, and in mount Beth-él, and a thousand were with Ionathán in Gibeáh of Beniamin: and the rest of the people he sent euerie one to his tent.
And Ionathán smote the garison of the Philistims, that was in the hill: & it came to the Philistims eares: and Saúl blewe the trumpet through out all the land, saying, Heare, ô ye Ebrewes.
And al Israél heard say, Saúl hath destroyed a garison of the Philistims: wherfore Israél was had in abominacion with the Philistims: and the people gathered together after Saūl to Gilgál.
¶ The Philistims also gathered them selues together to fight with Israél, thirtye thousand charets and six thousande horsemé: for the people (was) like the sand whiche is by the seas side in multitude, & came vp, and pitched in Michmásh Eastwarde from Beth-áuen.
And when the men of Israél sawe that they were in a straite [(for the people were in distresse)] the people hid them selues in caues, and in holdes, and in rockes, and towres, and in pittes.
And (some) of the Ebrewes went ouer Iordén vnto the land of Gad and Gileád: and Saúl was yet in Gilgál, and all the people for feare followed him.
And he taried seue{n} dayes, according vnto the time that Samuél had appointed: but Samuél came not to Gilgál, therefore the people were scatred from him.
And Saūl said, Bring a burnt offring to me and peace offrings and he offred a burnt offring.
And assone as he had made an ende of offring the burnt offring, beholde, Samuél came: and Saúl went forthe to mete hym, to salute him.
And Samuél said, What haste thou done? The{n} Saúl said, Because I sawe that the people was scatred from me, and that thou camest not within the dayes appointed, & that the Philistims gathered them selues together to Michmásh,
Therfore said I, The 〈◊〉 will come downe now vpon me to Gilgál, and I haue not made supplicacio{n} vnto the Lord. I was bolde therfore and offred a burnt offring.
And Samuēl said to Saūl, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the comma{n}deme{n}t of the Lord thy God, which he co{m}manded thee: for the Lord had now stablished thy kingdome vpon Israél for euer.
But now thy kingdome shal not co{n}tinue: the Lord hath soght him a man after his owne hearte, and the Lord hathe co{m}manded him to be gouernour ouer his people, because thou haste not kept that whiche the Lord had commanded thee.
¶ And Samuél arose, and gate him vp from Gilgálin Gibeáh of Beniamin: and Saūl nombred the people that were found with him, about six hundreth men.
And Saúl and Ionathán his sonne, & the people that were founde with them, had their abiding in Gibeáh of Beniamin: but the Philistims pitched in Michmásh.
And there came out of the hoste of the Philistims thre ba{n}des to destroy, one ba{n}de turned vnto the way of Ophráh vnto the land of Shuál,
And another bande turned towarde the way to Beth-horōn, and the thirde ba{n}de turned toward the waye of the coast that loketh toward the valley of Zeboim, toward the wildernes.
Then there was no smith found through out all the land of Israél: for the Philistims said, Lest the Ebrewes make them swordes or speares.
Wherefore all the Israelites went downe to the Philistims, to sharpen euerie ma{n} his share, his mattocke, and his axe & his weding hooke.
Yet they had a file for the shares, and for the mattockes, and for the pickeforkes, & for the axes and for to sharpe{n} the goades.
So when the day of battel was come, there was nether sworde nor speare founde in the hands of anie of the people that were with Saúl and with Ionathán: but (onelye) with Saúl & Ionathán his sonne was there founde.
And the gariso{n} of the Philistims came out to the passage of Michmásh.
THen on a daye Ionathán the sonne of Saúl said vnto the yong man that bare hys armour, Come and let vs go ouer toward the Philistims garison, that is yonder on the other side, but he tolde not hys father.
And Saúl taryed in the border of Gibeáh vnder a pomegranate tre, whiche was in Migrōn, and the people that were wyth him, (were) about six hundreth men.
And Ahiáh the sonne of Ahitúb, Ichabods brother, the sonne of Phinehás, the sonne of Eli, was the Lords Priest in Shilōh, and ware an Ephōd: and the people knew not that Ionathán was gone
¶ Now in the way whereby Ionatha{n} soght to go ouer to the Philistims garison, there was a sharpe rocke on the one side, and a sharpe rocke on the other side: the name of the one (was) called Bozēz, and the Name of the other Séneh.
The one rocke stretched from the North toward Michmásh, & the other (was) from the South toward Gibeáh.
And Ionathán said to the yonge man that bare his armour, Come, and let vs go ouer vnto the garison of these vncircumcised: it may be that the Lord wil worke with vs: for it is not hard to the Lord to saue with manie, or with fewe.
And he that bare his armour, said vnto him, do all that is in thine heart: go where it pleaseth thee: beholde, I am with thee as thine heart desireth.
Then said Ionathán, Beholde, we go ouer vnto those men, and will shewe our selues vnto them.
If they say on this wise to vs, Tarie vntill we come to you, then we wil sta{n}d still in our place, and not go vp to them.
But if they say, Come vp vnto vs, then we wil go vp: for the Lord hathe delyuered them into our hand: and this shalbe a signe vnto vs.
So they bothe shewed them selues vnto the garison of the Philistims: and the Philistims said, Se, the Ebrewescome out of the holes wherein they had hid them selues.
And the men of the garison answered Ionathán, and hys armour bearer, and sayd, Come vp to vs: for we wyll shewe you a thynge. Then Ionathán said vnto hys armour bearer, Come vp after me: for the Lord hathe deliuered them into the hande of Israél.
So Ionathán went vp vpon his hands and vpon his fete, and his armour bearer after him: and (some) fel before Ionathán, & his armour bearer slewe (others) after him.
So the firste slaughter which Ionathán and his armour bearer made, was aboute twentie men within that compasse, as it were within halfe an acre of land whyche two (oxen plowe.)
And there was a feare in the hoste, (and) in the field, and amo{n}g all the people: the garison also, & they that went out to spoile, were afrayed them selues: and the earthe trembled: for it was (stricken) with feare by God.
¶ Then the watchme{n} of Saúl in Gibeáh of Beniamin sawe: and behold, the multitude was discomfited, and smiten as they went.
Therefore said Saúl vnto the people that were with him, Searche now and se, who is gone frome vs. And when they had nombred, beholde, Ionathán, and hys armour bearer were not there.
And Saúl said vnto Ahiáh, Brynge hither the Arke of God [for the Arke of God was at that time with the children of Israél.]
¶ And while Saul talked vnto the Priest, the noise, that was in the hoste of the Philistims, spred farther abroade, and encreased therefore Saúl sayde vnto the Prieste, Withdrawe thine hand.
And Saúl was assembled with all the people that were with him, and they came to the battell: and beholde, euerye mans sworde was against his fellowe, (and) there was a very great discomfiture.
Moreouer the Ebrewes that were with the Philistims before time, and were come with the{m} into all partes of the hoste, euen they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saúl and Ionathán.
Also all the men of Israél whiche had hid them selues in mount Ephráim when they heard, that the Philistims were fled, they followed after them in the battel.
And so the Lord saued Israél that day: and the battel continued vnto Beth-áuen.
¶ And at that time the men of Israél were pressed (with hunger:) for Saúl charged the people with an othe, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth foode til nyght, that I may be aue{n}ged of mine enemies: so none of the people tasted (anie) sustenance.
And all they of the land came to a wood. where hony lay vpon the ground.
And the people came into the wood, and beholde, the hony dropped, and no man, moued his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the othe.
But Ionathán heard not when hys father charged the people with the othe: wherefore he put forthe the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipt it in an hony co{m}be and put his hand to his mouthe, and hys eyes receyued sight.
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father made the people to sweare saying, Cursed be the man that eateth sustenance thys daye: and the people were faint.
Then said Ionathán, My father hathe troubled the land: se now how mine eyes are made cleare, because I haue tasted a litle of this hony:
How muche more, if the people had eate{n} to day of the spoile of their enemies which they founde? for had there not bene now a greater slaughter among the Philistims?
¶ And they smote the Philistims that day, from Michmásh to Aiialón: and the people were exceding faint.
So the people turned to the spoyle, and toke shepe, and oxen, and calues, and slewe them on the grounde, and the people did eat them with the blood.
Then men tolde Saúl, saying, Beholde, the people sinne against the Lord, in that thei eate with the blood. And he said, Ye haue trespassed: roule a greate stone vnto me this day.
Againe Saúl said, Go abroade among the people, and bid them bring me euerie man his oxe, and euery man his shepe, and slaye them here, and eate and sinne not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And the people broght euery ma{n} his oxe in hys hand that night and slewe them there.
Then Saúl made an altar vnto the Lorde, (and) that was the first altar that he made vnto the Lord.
¶ And Saúl said, Let vs go downe after the Philistims by night, and spoyle them vntil the morning shine, and let vs not leaue a ma{n} of them. And they said, Do whatsoeuer thou thinkest best. Then said the Priest, Let vs drawe nere hither vnto God.
So Saúl asked of God, (saying,) Shall I go downe after the Philistims? wilt thou deliuer them into the ha{n}ds of Israél? But he answered him not at that time.
¶ And Saúl said, All ye chief of the people, come ye hither, and knowe, and se by whome this sinne is done this day.
For as the Lord liueth, whiche saueth Israél, thogh it be (done) by Ionathán my sonne, he shall dye the death. But none of all the people answered him.
Then he said vnto all Israél, Be ye on one side, and I and Ionathán my sonne will be on the other side. And the people said vnto Saúl, Do what thou thinkest best.
Then Saúl said vnto the Lord God of Israél, Giue a perfet (lot.) And Ionathán & Saúl were taken, but the people escaped.
And Saúl said, Cast (lot) betwene me & Ionathán my sonne, And Ionathán was taken.
Then Saúl said to Ionathán, Tell me what thou hast done. And Ionathán tolde hym, and said, I tasted a litle hony with the end of the rod, that was in mine hand, and lo, I must dye.
Againe Saúl answered, God do so & more also, vnles thou dye the death, Ionathán.
Aud the people sayde vnto Saúl, Shall Ionathán dye, who hathe so mightelye deliuered Israél? God forbid. As the Lorde liueth there shal not one heere of his heade fall to the grounde: for he hathe wroght with God this day. So the people deliuered Ionathán that he dyeth not.
Then Saúl came vp from the Philistims: & the Philistims went to their owne place.
¶ So Saúl helde the kyngedome ouer Israél, and foght against all his enemies on euerie side, against Moáb, and against the children of Ammón, and against Edóm, and against the Kings of Zobáh, and agaynste the Philistims: and whethersoeuer he we{n}t, he handled them as wicked men.
He gathered also an hoste and smote Amalék, & deliuered Israél out of the háds of them that spoiled them.
Now the sonnes of Saúl were Ionathán, and Ishui, and Malchishúa and the names of his two daughters, the elder was called Meráb, and the yonger was named Michál.
And the name of Sauls wife was Ahinóam the daughter of Ahimáaz and the name of his chief captaine was Abnér the sonne of Ner, Sauls vncle.
And Kish (was) Sauls father: and Ner the father of Abnér (was) the sonne of Abiél.
And there was sore warre against the Philistims all the dayes of Saúl, and whome soeuer Saúl sawe to be a stronge man, and mete for the warre, he toke him vnto him.
AFterwarde Samuél said vnto Saúl, The Lord sent me to anoint thee King ouer his people ouer Israél: nowe therefore obey the voyce of the wordes of the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, I remember what Amaléh did to Israél, how they layed (wait) for them in the waye, as they came vp from Egypt.
Nowe (therefore) go, and smite Amalék, & destroye ye all that perteineth vnto thé, and haue no compassion on the{m}, but slay bothe man and woman, bothe infante and suckeling, bothe oxe, and shepe, bothe camel, and asse.
¶ And Saúl assembled the people, and no{m}bred them in Tel aim, two hundreth thousand fotemen, and ten thousand men of Iudáh.
And Saúl came to a citie of Amalék, and set watch at the riuer.
And Saúl said vnto the Kenites, Go, departe, (and) get you downe from amonge the Amalekites, lest I destroye you wyth them: for ye shewed mercy to all the children of Israél, when they came vp frome Egypt: and the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
So Saúl smote the Amalekites from Hauiláh as thou commest to Shur, that is before Egypt,
And toke Agág the King of the Amalekites aliue, & destroyed all the people with the edge of the sworde.
But Saúl and the people spared Agág, and the better shepe, and the oxen, and the fat beastes, and the lambes, and all that was good, and they wolde not destroye them: but euery thing that was vile and noght worthe, that they destroyed.
¶ Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Samuél, saying,
It repenteth me that I haue made Saúl King: for he is turned from me, and hathe not performed my commandements. And Samuél was moued, and cryed vnto the Lord all night.
And when Samuél arose early to mete Saúl in the morning, one tolde Samuél, saying, Saúl is gone to Carmél: and beholde, he hathe made him there a place, from whe{n}ce he returned, & departed, & is gone downe to Gilgál.
¶ Then Samuél came to Saúl, & Saúl said vnto him, Blessed be thou of the lord, I haue fulfilled the commandement of the Lord.
But Samuél said, What meaneth then the bleating of the shepe in mine eares, & the lowing of the oxen which I heare?
And Saúl answered, They haue broght the{m} from the Amalekites for the people spared the best of the shepe, and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lord thy God, and the remnant haue we destroyed.
Againe Samuél said to Saúl, Let me tell thee what the Lorde hathe said to me thys night. And he said vnto him, Say on,
Then Samuél said, When thou wast litle in thine owne sight, waste thou not made the head of the tribes of Israél? for the Lord anointed thee King ouer Israél.
And the Lord sent thee on a iourney, and said, Go, and destroye those sinners the Amalekites, and fight againste them, vntill thou destroye them.
Now wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voyce of the Lord, but hast turned to the praye, and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord?
And Saúl said vnto Samuél, Yea, I haue obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me, and haue broght Agág the Kinge of Amalék, and haue destroyed the Amalekites.
But the people toke of the spoyle, shepe, and oxen, and the chiefest of the thynges which shulde haue bene destroyed, to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgál.
And Samuél said, Hathe the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offrings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeied? behold, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken (is better) the{n} the fat of ra{m}mes.
For rebellion (is as) the sinne of witchcraft, and transgression is wickednes and idolatrie. Because thou hast cast away the worde of the Lord, therefore he hathe cast away thee from being King.
Then Saúl said vnto Samuél, I haue sinned for I haue transgressed the commandeme{n}t of the Lord, and thy wordes, because I feared the people, and obeied their voyce.
Now therfore, I pray thee, take away my sinne, and turne againe with me, that I may worship the Lord.
But Samuél said vnto Saúl, I wil not returne with thee: for thou hast cast awaye the worde of the Lord, and the Lord hathe cast awaye thee, that thou shalt not be Kynge ouer Israél.
And as Samuél turned him self to go away, he caught the lap of his coat, and it rent.
Then Samuél said vnto him, The LORD hathe rent the kingedome of Israél from thee this daye, and hathe gyuen it to thy neighbour, that is better then thou.
For in dede the strength of Israél wyll not lie nor repent: for he is not a man that he shulde repent.
Then he said, I haue sinned: but honour me, I pray thee, before the Elders of my people, & before Israél, & turne again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.
¶ So Samuél turne againe, and followed Saúl: and Saúl worshiped the Lord.
Then said Samuél, Bring ye hither to me Agág the king of the Amalekites: & Agág came vnto him pleasantly, and Agág said, Truely the bitternes of death is passed.
And Samuél said, As thy sworde hathe made women childeles, so shal thy mother be childeles among other wome{n}. And Samuél hewed Agág in pieces before the Lord in Gilgál.
¶ So Samuél departed to Ramáh, & Saúl went vp to his house to Gibeáh of Saúl.
And Samuél came no more to se Saúl vntill the day of his death but Samuél mourned for Saúl, and the Lord repented that he made Saúl King ouer Israél.
THe Lord then said vnto Samuél, How long wilt thou mourne for Saúl, seing I haue cast him awaye from reigning ouer Israél? fil thine horne with oyle and come, I wil send thee to Ishái the Bethlehemite: for I haue prouided me a Kyng among his sonnes.
And Samuél said, How can I go? for if Saúl shal heare it, he wil kil me. Then the Lord answered, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to do sacrifice to the lord.
And call Ishái to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do, & thou shalt anoint vnto me him whome I name vnto thee.
So Samuél did that the Lord bade him, and came to Beth-léhem, and the Elders of the towne were astonied at his comming, & said, Commest thou peaceably?
And he answered, Yea: I am come to do sacrifice vnto the Lord: sa{n}ctifie your selues, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Ishái and his sonnes, and called them to the sacrifice.
And when they were come, he loked on Eliáb, and said, Surely the Lords Anointed is before him.
But the Lord said vnto Samuél, Loke not on his countinance, nor on the height of his stature, because I haue refused him, for (God seeth) not as man seeth: for man loketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
Then Ishái called Abinadáb, & made him come before Samuél. And he said, Nether hathe the Lord chosen this.
Then Ishái made Shammáh come. And he said, Nether yet hath the Lord chose{n} him.
Againe Ishái made hys seuen sonnes to come before Samuél: and Samuél said vnto Ishái, The Lord hath chosen none of these.
Finally Samuél said vnto Ishái Are there no more children (but these?) And he said, There remaineth yet a litle one behinde, that kepeth the shepe. Then Samuél said vnto Ishái, Send and fet him: for we will not sit downe, til he become hither.
And he sent, and broght him in: and he was ruddie, and of a good countina{n}ce, and comelie visage. And the Lord said, Arise, (&) anoint him: for this is he.
Then Samuél toke the horne of oyle, and anointed him in the middes of his brethre{n}. And the Spirit of the Lord came vpon Dauid, from that daye forwarde: then Samuél rose vp, and went to Ramáh.
¶ But the Spirite of the Lorde departed from Saúl, and an euil spirit (sent) of the Lord vexed him.
And Sauls seruants said vnto him, Behold now, the euil spirit of God vexeth thee.
〈◊〉 our Lord therfore commande thy seruants, (that are) before thee, to seke a ma{n}, that is a conning player vpon the harpe: that when the euil spirit of God commeth vpon thee, he maye playe with his hand, & thou maiest be eased.
Saúl then said vnto his seruants, Prouide me a man, I pray you, that can play wel, and bring him to me.
Then answered one of his seruantes, and said, Beholde, I haue sene a sonne of Ishái, a Beth-lehemite, that can play, & is strong, valia{n}t & a ma{n} of warre & wise in matters, & a comely persone, & the Lord is with him.
Wherfore Saúl sent messe{n}gers vnto Ishái, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne, whiche is with the shepe.
And Ishái toke an asse (laden) with bread and a flagō of wine and a kid, and sent the{m} by the hand of Dauid his sonne vnto Saúl
And Dauid came to Saúl, and stode before him: and he loued him very wel, and he was his armour bearer.
And Saul sent to Ishai, saying, Let Dauid now remaine with me? for he hathe founde fauour in my sight.
And so when the (euil) spirit of God came vpon Saul, Dauid toke an harpe and played with his hande, and Saul was refreshed, and was eased: for the euil spirit departed from him.
NOw the Philistims gathered their armies to battel, and came together to Shochóh, which is in Iudáh, & pitched betwene Shochôh & Azekáh, in the coast of Dammim.
And Saúl, and the men of Israél assembled, and pitched in the valley of Eláh, and put them selues in battel array to mete the Philistims.
And the Philistims stode on a mountaine on the one side, and Israél stode on a mountaine on the other side: so a valley was betwene them.
¶ Then came a man betwene them bothe out of the tentes of the Philistims, named Goliàth of Gath: his height (was) six cubits and a hand breadth.
And had an helmet of brasse vpon his head and a brigandine vpon him: and the weight of his brigandine (was) fiue thousand shekels of brasse,
And he had bootes of brasse vpon his legges, & a shilde of brasse vpo{n} his shoulders
And the shafte of his speare (was) like a weauers beame: & his speare head (weyed) six hundreth shekels of yron: and one be a ring a shilde went before him.
And he stode, and cryed against the hoste of Israél, and said vnto them, Why are ye come to set your battel in array? am not I a Philistim, and you seruants to Saúl? chose you a ma{n} for you, and let him come downe to me.
If he be able to fight with me, and kil me me, then wil we be your seruants: but if I ouercome him, and kil him, then shal ye be our seruants, and serue vs.
Also the Philistim said, I defie the hoste of Israél this day: giue me a man, that we may fight together.
When Saúl and all Israél heard those wordes of the Philistim, they were discouraged and greatly afrayed.
¶ Now this Dauid (was) the sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-léhem Iudah, named Ishái, which had eight sonnes: and this man was taken for an olde ma{n} in the dayes of Saúl.
And the thre eldest sonnes of Ishái went and followed Saúl to the battel: and the names of his thre sonnes that went to battel (were) Eliàb the eldest, & the next Abinadáb, and the third Shammáh.
So dauid was the least: and the thre eldest went after Saúl.
Dauid also went, but he returned from Saúl to fede his fathers shepe in Beth-léhem.
And the Philistim drewe nere in the morning: and euening, and continued fourtie dayes.
And Ishái said vnto Dauid his sonne, Take now for thy brethren an Epháh of this parched corne, and these ten cakes, and runne to the hoste to thy brethren.
Also cary these ten fressh cheses vnto the captaines, & loke how thy brethren fare, and receiue their pledge.
[Then Saúl and they, and all the men of Israél (were) in the valley of Eláh, fighting with the Philistims]
¶ So Dauid rose vp early in the morning and left the shepe with a keper, and toke and went as Ishái had commanded him, & came within the compasse of the hoste: & the hoste went out in array, and showted in the battel.
For Israél and the Philistims had put them selues in array armie against armie.
And Dauid left the things, which he bare, vnder the hands of the keper of the cariage, and ran into the hoste, and came, & asked his brethren how they did.
And as he talked with them, beholde, the man (that was) betwene the two (armies,) came vp, [whose name (was) Goliáth the Philistim of Gath] out of the armie of the Philistims, and spake suche wordes, and Dauid heard them.
And all the men of Israél, when they sawe the ma{n}, ran away from him, and were sore afrayed.
For euery man of Israél said, Sawe ye not this man that cometh vp? euen to reuile Israél is he come vp: and to him that killeth him, wil the King giue great riches, and wil giue him his daughter, yea and make his fathers house fre in Israél.
¶ Then Dauid spake to the men that stode with him, and said, What shalbe done to the man that killeth this Philistim, and taketh away the shame from Israél? for who is this vncircumcised Philistim, that he shulde reuile the hoste of the liuing God?
And the people answered him after this maner, saying, Thus shal it be done to the man that killeth him.
And Eliáh his eldest brother heart when he spake vnto the men, and Eliáb was very angry with Dauid, and said, Why camest thou downe hether and with whome hast thou left those fewe shepe in the wildernes? I knowe thy pride & the malice of thine heart, that thou art come downe to se the battel.
Then Dauid said, What haue I now done? Is there not a cause?
And he departed from him into the presence of another, and spake of the same maner, and the people answered him according to the former wordes.
¶ And thei that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saúl, which caused him to be broght.
So Dauid said to Saúl, Let no mans heart faile him, because of him: thy seruant wil go, and fight with this Philistim.
And Saúl said to Dauid, Thou art not able to go against this Philistim to fight with him: for thou art a boye, and he is a man of warre from his youth.
And Dauid answered vnto Saul, Thy seruant kept his fathers shepe, and there came a lyon and like wise a beare, and toke a shepe out of the flocke.
And I went out after him and smote him, and toke it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by the bearde, and smote him, and slewe him.
So thy seruant slewe bothe the lyon, and the beare: therefore this vncircumcised Philistim shalbe as one of them, seing he hath railed on the hoste of the liuing God.
¶ Moreouer Dauid said, The Lord that deliuered me out of the pawe of the lyon, and out of the pawe of the beare, he wil deliuer me out of the hand of this Philistim. Then Saúl said vnto Dauid, Go, and the Lord be with thee.
And Saúl put his rayment vpon Dauid, and put an helmet of brasse vpon his head and put a bringandine vpon him.
Then girded Dauid his sworde vpon his rayment, and began to go: for he neuer proued it, & Dauid said vnto Saúl, I can not go with these? for I am not accustomed, wherefore Dauid put them of him.
Then toke he his staffe in his hand, and chose him fiue smothe stones out of a brooke, and put the{m} in his shepherdesbag or skrippe, and his sling (was) in his hand, and he drewe nere to the Philistim.
¶ And the Philistim came and drewe nere vnto Dauid, and the man that bare the shield (went) before him.
Now when the Philistim loked about and sawe Dauid, he disdeined him: for he was but yong, ruddy and of a comely face.
And the Philistim said vnto Dauid, Am I a dog, that thou commest to me with staues And the Philistim cursed Dauid by his gods.
And the Philistim said to Dauid, Come to me, and I wil giue thy flesh vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the field.
¶ Then said Dauid to the Philistim, Thou co{m}mest to me with a sworde, & with a speare, and with a shield, but I come to thee in the Name of the Lord of hostes, the God of the hoste of Israél, whome thou hast railed vpon.
This day shal the Lord close thee in mine hand, and I shal smite thee, & take thine head fro{m} thee and I wil giue the carkeises of the hoste of the Philistims this day vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the earth, that all the worlde may knowe that Israél hathe a God,
And that all this assemblie may knowe, that the Lord saueth not with sworde nor with speare (for the battel is the Lords) & he wil giue you into our hands.
And when the Philistim arose to come and drawe nere vnto Dauid, Dauid hasted & ran to fight against the Philistim.
And Dauid put his hand in his bag, and toke out a stone, and slang it and smote the Philistim in his 〈◊〉, that the stone stic ked in his forehead, and he fel groueling to the earth.
So Dauid ouer came the Philistim with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistim, and slewe him, when Dauid had no sworde in his hand.
Then Dauid ran, and stode vpon the Philistim, and toke his sworde and drewe it out of his sheath: and slewe him, and cut of his head there with, So when the Philistims sawe, that their champion was dead, they fled.
And the men of Israél and Iudáh arose, and showted, and followed after the Philistims vntil thei came to the valley, and vnto the gates of Ekrón: and the Philistims fel downe wounded by the way of Shaaráim, euen to Gath and to Ekrön.
And the children of Israél returned from pursuing the Philistims, and spoile their tents.
And Dauid toke the head of the Philistim, and broght it to Ierusalém, and put his armour in his tent.
¶ Whe{n} Saûl sawe Dauid go forthe against the Philistim, he said vnto Abnér the captaine of his hoste, Abner, whose sonne is this yong man? and Abner, answered, As thy soule liueth, ô King, I can not tel.
Then the King said, Enquire thou whose sonne this yong man is.
And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, the{n} Abner toke him, and broght him before Saul with the head of the Philistim in his hand.
And Saûl said to him, Whose so{n}ne art thou thou yong man? And Dauid answered, I am the sonne of thy seruant Ishái the Bethlehemite.
ANd when he had made an end of speaking vnto Saúl, the soule of Ionathán was knit with the soule of Dauid, and Ionathán loued him, as his owne soule.
And Saúl toke him that day, and wolde not let him returne to his fathers house.
Then Ionathán and Dauid made a couena{n}t for he loued him as his owne soule.
And Ionathán put of the robe that was vpon him, and gaue it Dauid, and his garments, eue{n} to his sworde, and to his bowe, and to his girdle.
And Dauid went out whethersoeuer Saúl sent him (and) behaued him selfe wisely: so that Saúl set him ouer the men of warre, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sauls seruants.
¶ When thei came againe, and 〈◊〉 returned fro{m} the slaughter of the Philistim the women came out of all cities of 〈◊〉 singing and dansing to mete King Saúl, with timbrels, with (instruments of) 〈◊〉, and with rebecks.
And the women sang by cours in their playe, & said, Saúl hathe slayne his thousand, and Dauid his ten thousand.
Therefore Saúl was exceding wrath, and the saying displeased him, and he said Thei haue ascribed vnto Dauid ten thousand, and to me thei haue ascribed (but)? thousand, and (what can he haue) more saue the kingdome?
Wherefore Saúl had an eye on Dauid fro{m} that day forwarde.
¶ And on the morowe, the euil spirit of God came vpon Saul, and he prophecied in the middes of the house: & Dauid plaied with his hand like as at other times, and there (was) a speare in Sauls hand.
And Saúl toke the speare, and said, I wil smite Dauid (through) to the wall. But Dauid auoyed twise out of his presence.
And Saúl was afraied of Dauid, because the lord was with hi{m}, & was departer fro{m} Saúl.
Therefore Saul put him from him, and made him a captaine ouer a thousand, and he went out and in before the people.
And Dauid behaued him selfe wisely in all his waies for the Lord (was) with him.
Wherefore when Saúl sawe that he was very wise, he was afraied of him.
For all Israél and Iudáh loued Dauid because he went out and in before them.
¶ Then Saúl said to Dauid, Beholde mine eldest daughter Meráb, her I wil giue thee to wife: onely be a valiant sonne vnto me, and fight the Lords battels? for Saúl thoght, Mine hand shal not be vpon him, but the ha{n}d of the Philisti{m}s shalbe vpo{n} him.
And Dauid answered Saúl What am I? and what is my life (or) the familie of my father in Israél, that I shulde be sonne in lawe to the King?
How 〈◊〉 whe{n} Meráb Sauls daughter shulde haue bene giuen to Dauid, she was giuen vnto Adriél a Meholathite to wife.
¶ Then Michál Sauls daughter loued Dauid: and thei shewed Saúl, and the thing pleased him.
Therefore Saul said, I wil giue him herz that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistims may be against hi Wherefore Saúl said to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in lawe in the one of the twaine.
And Saúl comma{n}ded his seruants. Speake with Dauid secretly, and say, Beholde, the King hathe a fauour to thee, and all his seruants loue thee: be now therefore the Kings sonne in lawe.
And Sauls seruants spake these wordes in the eares of Dauid. And Dauid said, Semeth it to you a light thing to be a Kings sonne in lawe, seing that I am a poore ma{n} and of small reputacion,
And the{n} Sauls seruants broght him word againe, saying Suche wordes spake Dauid
And Saúl said, This wise shal ye say to Dauid, The King desireth no dowrie, but an hundreth foreskinnes of the Philistims, to be auenged of the Kings enemies: for Saúl thoght to make Dauid fall into the hands of the Philistims.
And when his seruants tolde Dauid these wordes, it pleased Dauid wel, to be the Kings sonne in lawe: and the daies were not expired.
Afterwarde Dauid arose with his men and went and slewe of the Philistims two hundreth men and Dauid broght their foreskinnes, and thei gaue them wholy to the King that he might be the Kings sonne in lawe therefore Saúl gaue him michál daughter to wife.
Then Saúl sawe, and vnderstode that the Lord (was) with Dauid, and that Michál the daughter of Saûl loued him.
Then Saúl was more and more afraied of Dauid, and Saúl became alway Dauids enemy.
And when the princes of the Philistims went for the, at their going for the Dauid behaued him selfe more wisely then all the seruantes of Saúl, so that his name was muche set by.
THen Saúl spake to Ionathan his sonne and to all his seruants, that they shulde kil Dauid: but Ionathán Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid.
And Ionathán tolde Dauid saying, Saūl my father goeth about to slaye thee now therefore, I pray thee, take hede vnto thy selfe vnto the morning, and abide in a secret (place) and hide thy selfe.
And I wil go out, and stand by my father in the field where thou art, and wil commune with my father of thee, and I wil se what (he saith) and wil tel thee.
¶ And Ionathan spake good of Dauid vnto Saúl his father, and said vnto him, Let not the King sinne against his seruant, against Dauid: for he hathe not sinned against thee, but his workes haue bene to thee very good.
For he did put his life in danger, and slewe the Philistim, and the Lord wroght a great saluacion for all Israél thou sawest it, and thou reioysedst: wherefore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood, & slaye Dauid without a cause?
Then Saúl hearkened vnto the voyce of Ionathán, and Saūl sware, As the Lord liueth he shalt not dye.
So Ionathán called Dauid and Ionathán shewed him all those wordes, and Ionathán broght Dauid to Saúl, and he was in his presence as in times past.
¶ Againe the warre began, & Dauid we{n}t out and foght with the Philistims, & slewe them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him.
¶ And the euil Spirit of the Lord was vpo{n} Saúl, as he sate in his house hauing his speare in his hand, and Dauid played with his hand.
And Saūl entended to smite Dauid to the wall with the speare: but he turned aside out of Sauls presence, and he smote the speare against the wall? but Dauid fled, & eschaped the same night.
Saūl also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watche him, and to slaye him in the morning & Michál Dauids wife tolde it him, saying, If thou saue not thy self this night, tomorowe thou shalt be slaine.
So Michál let Dauid downe through a windowe: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
Then Michāl toke an image and layed it in the bed, and put a pillowe stuffed with goates (heere) vnder thé head of it, and couered it with a cloth.
And when Saúl sent messengers to take Dauid, she said, He is sicke.
And Saúl sent the messengers againe to se Dauid, saying, Bring him to me in the bed, that I may slaye him.
And when the messengers were come in, beholde, an image (was) in the bed, with a pillowe of goates (here) vnder the head of it.
And Saúl said vnto Michàl, Why hast thou mocked me, so and sent away mine enemy that he is eschaped? And Michál answered Saúl, He said vnto me, Let me go, or els I wil kil thee.
¶ So Dauid fled, and escaped, and came to Samuél to Ramáh, and tolde him all that Saúl had done to him: and he and Samuél went and dwelt in Naiōth.
But one tolde Saūl, saying, Beholde, Dauid (is) at Naioth in Ramáh.
And Saúl sent messengers to take Dauid and whe{n} they sawe a co{m}panie of Prophets prophecying, and Samuel standing as appointed ouer them, the Spirit of God fel vpon the messengers of Saúl, and they also prophecied.
And when it was tolde Saūl, he sent other messe{n}gers, and they prophecied like wise: againe Saūl sent the third messengers, & they prophecied also.
Then went he him self to Ramáh, and came to a great wel that is in Sechū, & he asked and said, Where are Samuel and Dauid? and one said, Beholde (they be) at Naiōth in Ramáh.
And he went thither (euen) to Naiòth in Ramáh, and the Spirit of God came vpon him also, and he we{n}t prophecying vntil he came to Naiōth in Ramáh.
And he stript of his clothes, and he prophecied also before Samuél, & fel downe naked all that day and all that night, therfore theye say, Is Saúl also amonge the Prophetes.
ANd Dauid fled from Naioth in Ramáh and came and said before Ionathán, What haue I done? what (is) mine iniquitie and what sinne haue I committed before thy father, that he seketh my life?
And he said vnto him God forbid, thou shalt not dye: beholde, my father wil do nothing great nor smale, but he wil shew it me and why shulde my father hide this thing from me: he wil not do it.
And Dauid sware againe and said, Thy father knoweth that I haue founde grace in thine eyes: therefore he thinketh, Ionathán shal not knowe it, lest he be sory: but in dede, as the Lord liueth and as thy soule liueth, 〈◊〉 is but a steppe betwene me and death.
Then said Ionathán vnto Dauid, Whatsoeuer thy soule requireth, that I wil do vnto thee.
And Dauid said vnto Ionathán, Beholde tomorowe is the first day of the moneth, and I shulde sit with the King at meat: but let me go, that I may hide my selfe in the fields vnto the third (day) at euen,
If thy father make men cio{n} of me, the{n} say Dauid asked leaue of me, that he mighte go to Beth-léhe{m} to his owne citie: for there is a yerely sacrifice for all that familie.
And if he say thus, It is wel, thy serua{n}t shal haue peace but if he be a{n}gry, be sure that wickednes is concluded of him.
So shalt thou shewe mercy vnto thy seruant, for thou hast ioyned thy seruant into a couenant of the Lord with thee, & if there be in me iniquitie, slaye thou me: for why shuldest thou bring me to thy father?
¶ And Ionathan answered, God kepe that from thee: for if I knewe that wickednes were co{n}cluded of my father to come vpo{n} thee, wolde not I tel it thee?
Then said Dauid to Ionathán, Who f shal tel me? how (shal I knowe) if thy father answere thee cruelly?
And Ionathán said to Dauid, Come and let vs go out into the field: and they twaine went out into the field,
Then Ionathàn said to Dauid, O Lord God of Israél, when I haue groped my fathers minde tomorowe at this time (or) within this thre dayes, and if it be wel with Dauid and I then send not vnto thee, and shewe it thee.
The Lord do so and muche more vnto Ionathán: but if my father haue minde to do thee euil, I wil shewe thee also, and send thee away, that thou maiest go in peace: & the Lord be with thee as he hathe bene with my father.
Like wise (I require) not whiles I 〈◊〉: (for I dout not) but thou wilt shewe me the mercy of the Lord (that I dye not)
But (I require) that thou cut not of thy mercie from mine house for euer? no not whe{n} the Lord hathe destroyed the enemies of Dauid euerie one from the earth.
So Ionathán made a bo{n}de with the house of Dauid (saying) Let the Lord require it at the hands of Dauids enemies.
And againe Ionathán sware vnto Dauid, because he loued him [for he loued him as his owne soule]
Then said Ionathán to him, Tomorowe is the first day of the moneth: and thou shalt be looked for, for thy place shalbe empty.
Therefore thou shalt hide thy selfe thre dayes (then) thou shalt go downe quickely and come to the place where thou didest hide thy selfe when this matter was in ha{n}d and shalt remaine by the stone Ezél.
And I wil shoote thre arrowes on the side thereof, as thogh I shot at a marke.
And after I wil send a boy (saying) Go, seke the arrows. If I say vnto the boy, Se the arrowes are on this side thee, bring them, and come thou: for it is wel with thee & no hurt (as) the Lord liueth.
But if I say thus vnto the boy, Beholde, the arrowes are beyonde thee: go thy way: for the Lord hathe sent the away.
As touching the thing which thou and I haue spoken of, beholde, the Lord (be) betwene thee and me for euer.
¶ So Dauid hid him selfe in the field: and when the first day of the moneth came, the King sate to eat meat.
And the King sate, as at other times vpon his seat, euen vpon his seat by the wall and Ionathán arose, & Abnér sate by Sauls side but Dauids place was empry.
And Saúl said nothing that day: for he thoght, Some thing hathe be fallen him thoght he were cleane (or els) because he was not purified.
But on the morowe which was the seco{n}d day of the moneth, Dauids place was emptie againe: and Saūl said vnto Ionathán his sonne, Wherefore co{m}meth not the sonne of Ishái to meat, nether yester day nor to day?
And Ionathán answered vnto Saūl, Dauid required of me (that he might go) to Bethlēhem.
For he said, Let me go, I pray thee: for our familie (offreth) a sacrifice in the citie, & my brother hathe sent for me? therefore now if I haue found fauour in thine eyes, let me go, I pray thee: and se my brethre{n}, this is the cause that he co{m}meth not vnto the Kings table.
Then was Saúl angry with Ionathan, and said vnto him, Thou sonne of the wicked rebellious woman, do not I knowe, that thou hast chosen the sonne of Ishái to thy confusion and to the confusion (&) shame of thy mother?
For as long as the sonne of Ishái liueth vpon the earth, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdome: wherefore now send and fet him vnto me, for he shal surely dye.
And Ionathán answered vnto Saúl his father, and said vnto him, Wherefore shal he dye? what hathe he done?
And Saúl cast a speare at him to 〈◊〉 him, whereby Ionathán knewe, that it was determined of his father to slaye Dauid.
So Ionathán arose fro{m} the table in a great angre, and did eat no meat the second day of the moneth: for he was sory for Dauid, (and) because his father had reueiled him.
On the next morning therefore Ionathán we{n}t out into the field, at the time appointed with Dauid, and a litle boy with him.
And he said vnto his boy, Runne now, seke the arrowes which I shoote, and as te boy ran, he shot an arrowe beyonde him.
And when the boy was come to the place where the arrowe was that Ionathán had shot: Ionathán cryed after the boy, & said, Is not the arrowe beyond thee?
And Ionathán cryed after the boy, Make spede, haste (and) stand not stil: and 〈◊〉 Boy gathered vp the arrowes, and came to his master.
But the boy knewe nothing: onely Ionathán and dauid knewe the mater.
Then Ionathán gaue his bowe and arrowes vnto the boy that was with him, & said vnto him, Go, carie the{m} into the citie.
¶ Assone as the boy was gone Dauid arose out of a place that was towarde the South, and fel on his face to the ground, & bowed him selfe thre times: and they kyssed one another, and wept bothe twaine til Dauid exceded.
Therefore Ionathán said to Dauid, 〈◊〉 in peace: that which we hauet sworne bothe of vs in the Name of the Lord saying, The Lord be betwene me and thee, & betwene my seede and betwene thy seede (let it stand) for euer.
And he arose & departed, and Ionathán went into the citie.
THen came Dauid to Nob, to Ahimeléch the Priest, and Ahimeleh was astonyed at the meting of Dauid, and said vnto him, Why art thou alone, and no ma{n} with thee?
And Dauid said to Ahimeléch the Priest. The King hathe commanded me a cer teine thing, and hathe said vnto me, Let no man knowe where about I send thee, and what I haue commanded thee, and I haue appointed my serua{n}ts to suche (and) suche places.
Now therefore if thou hast oght vnder thine hand, giue me fiue (cakes of) bread, or what commeth to hand.
And the Priest answered Dauid: and said, There is no commune bread vnder mine hand, but here is halowed bread, if the yong me{n} haue kept them selues, at least from women.
Dauid then answered the Priest, and said vnto him, Certeinly women haue bene separate from vs these two or thre dayes since I came out, and the vessels of the yong men were holy thogh the way were prophane, & how muche more then shal (euery one) be sanctified this day in the vessel?
So the Priest gaue him halowed (bread) for there was no bread there, saue the shewbread that was taken fro{m} before the Lord to put hote bread there, the day that it was taken away.
[And there was the same day one of the seruants of Saúl abiding before the Lord named Doég the Edomite, the chiefest of Sauls herdemen]
And Dauid said vnto Ahimélech, Is there not here vnder thine hand a speare or a sworde: for I haue nether broght my sworde nor mine harnes with me, because the Kings busines required haste.
And the Priest said, The sworde of Goliath the Philistim, whome thou slewest in the valley of Eláh, beholde, it is wrapt in a clothe behinde the Ephōd: if thou wilt take that to thee, take it: for there is none other saue that here, and Dauid said, There is none to that, giue it me.
And Dauid arose and fled the same day from the presence of Saúl, and went to Achish the King of Gath,
And the seruants of Achish said vnto him Is not this Dauid the King of the land? did they not sing vnto him in dances, saying, Saūl hathe slaine his thousand, & Dauid his ten thousand?
And Dauid considered these wordes, and was sore afraid of Achish the King of Gath.
And he changed his behauiour before the{m} and fained him selfe mad in their hands, and scrabled on the dores of the gate, & let his spetle fall downe vpon his bearde.
Then said Achish vnto his seruants, Lo, ye se the man is beside him selfe, wherefore haue ye broght him to me?
Haue I nede of mad men, that ye haue broght this fellowe to play the mad ma{n} in my prese{n}ce? shal he come into mine house
DAuid therefore departed thence, and saued him selfe in the caue of Adullám and when his brethren and all his fathers house heard it, they went downe thither to him.
And there gathered vnto him all men that were in trouble and all men that were in det, and all those that were vexed in minde and he was their prince, and there were with him about foure hundreth men.
¶ And Dauid went thence to Mizpéh in Moáb, and said vnto the King of Moáb, I pray thee, let my father, and my mother come (& abide) with you: til I knowe what God wil do for me.
And he broght them before the King of Moáb, and they dwelt with him all the while that Dauid kept him selfe in the holde.
And the Prophet Gad said vnto Dauid, Abide not in the holde (but) departe & go into the land of Iudáh. The{n} Dauid departed and came into the forest of Háreth.
And Saúl heard that Dauid was discouered, and the men that were with him, and Saúl remained in Gibeáh vnder a tre in Ramáh, hauing his speare in his hand, and all his men stode about him.
And Saul said vnto his seruants that stode about him, Heare now ye sonnes of Iemini, wil the sonne of Isháigiue euerie one of your fields and vineyards? wil he make you all captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreths?
That all ye haue conspired against me, and there is nonne that telleth me that my sonne hathe made a couenant with the sonne of Ishái? and there is none of you that is sory for me, or sheweth me, that my sonne hath stirred vp my seruant to lye in wait against me, as (appeareth) this day.
¶ Then answered Doég the Edomite [who was appointed ouer the seruants of Saúl] & said, I sawe the sonne of Ishái when he came to Nob, to Ahimélech the sonne of Ahitúb.
Who asked counsel of the Lord for him & gaue him vitails, and he gaue him also the sworde of Goliáth the Philistim.
Then the King sent to call Ahimélech the Priest the sonne of Ahitúb, & all his fathers house, (to wit) the Priests that were in Nob and they came all to the King.
And Saúl said, Heare now thou sonne of Ahitūb. And he answered, Here I am, my Lord.
Then Saūl said vnto him, Why haue ye conspired against me, thou & the sonne of Ishái, in that thou hast giue{n} him vitaile, & a sworde and hast asked counsel of God for him, that he shulde rise against me, and lye in waite as appeareth this day?
¶ And Ahimélech answered the King, and said, Who is so faithful among al thy serua{n}ts as Dauid, (being) also the Kings sonne in lawe, and goeth at thy commandement, and is honorable in thine house?
Haue I this day first begon to aske counsel of God for him? be it far from me, let not the King impute any thing vnto his seruant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy seruant knewe nothing of all this, lesse nor more.
Then the Kyng said, Thou shalt surely dye, Ahimélech, thou, and all thy fathers house.
And the King said vnto the sergents that stode about him, Turne, and slaye the Priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with Dauid, and because they knewe when he fled, and shewed it not to me. But the serua{n}ts of the King wolde not moue their hands to fall vpon the Priests of the Lord.
Then the King said to Doég, Turne thou & fal vpon the Priests. And 〈◊〉 the Edomite turned, and ran vpon the Priests, & slew that same day foure score and fiue persones that did we are a linen Ephod.
Also Nob the citie of the Priests smote he with the edge of the sworde, bothe man, & woman, bothe childe and suck lin, bothe oxe and asse, and shepe with the edge of the sworde.
But one of the sonnes of Ahimélech the sonne of Ahitúb [whose name (was) Abiathār] escaped and fled after Dauid.
And Abiathār shewed Dauid, that Saūl had slaine the Lords Priests.
And Dauid said vnto Abiathār, I knewe it the same day, whe{n} Doêg the Edomite (was) there, that he wolde tel Saūl, I am the cause (of the death) of all the persones of thy fathers house.
Abide thou with me, (and) feare not: for 〈◊〉 that seketh my life, shal seke thy life also: for with me thou shalt be in sauegarde.
THen they tolde Dauid, saying, Beholde, the Philistims fight against Keiláh, and spoyle the barnes.
Therefore Dauid asked counsel of the Lord saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistims? And the Lord answered Dauid, Go & smite the Philistims, and saue Keiláh.
And Dauids men said vnto him, Se, we be afraied here in Iudáh, how muche more if we come to Keiláh against the hoste of the Philistims?
Then Dauid asked counsell of the Lorde againe. And the Lord answered him, & said, Arise, go downe to Keiláh: for I will deliuer the Philistims into thine hand.
¶ So Dauid and his men went to Keiláh, & soght with thè Philistims, and broght away theyr cattel, and smote them with a greate slaughter: thus Dauid saued the inhabitants of Keilah.
[And when Abiathár the sonne of Ahimélech fled to Dauid to Keiláh, he broght an Ephód with him.]
¶ And it was tolde Saûl that Dauid was come to Keiláh, and Saúl said, God hathe deliuered him into mine hand: for he is shut in, seing he is come into a citie that hathe gates and barres.
Then Saúl called all the people together to warre, for to go downe to Keiláh, & to besiege Dauid and his men.
¶ And Dauid hauyng knowledge that Saúl imagined mischief against him, said to Abiathár the Priest, Bring the Ephód.
Then said Dauid, O Lorde God of Israél, thy seruant hathe heard, that Saul is about to come to Keiláh to destroy the citie for my sake.
Will the Lords of Keiláh deliuer me vp into his hand? and wil Saul come downe, as thy seruant hathe heard? O Lord God of Israèl, I beseche thee, tel thy seruant. And the Lorde said, He wil come downe.
Then said Dauid, Wil the lords of Keiláh deliuer me vp and the men that are with me into the hand of Saūl? And the Lorde said, They wil deliuer thee vp.
¶ Then Dauid and his men, whiche were about six hundreth, arose, a{n}d departed out of Keiláh, and went whither they colde. And it was tolde Saūl, that Dauid was fled frome Keilāh, and he left of his iourney.
And Dauid abode in the wildernes in holdes, and remained in a mountaine in the wildernes of Ziph. And Saúl soght him euerie day, but God deliuered him not into his hand.
And Dauid sawe that Saul was come out for to seke his life: and Dauid (was) in the wildernes of Ziph in the wood.
¶ And Ionathán Sauls sonne arose, & went to Dauid in the wood, and comfotted him in God.
And said vnto him, Feare not: for the hand of Saūl my father shall not finde thee, and thou shalt be Kyng ouer Israél, and 〈◊〉 shalbe next vnto thee: and also Saūl my father knoweth it.
So they twaine made a couena{n}t before the Lord: and Dauid Did remaine in the wood: but Ionathán went to his house.
¶ Then came vp the Ziphims to Saúl to Gibeáh, sauyng, Doeth not 〈◊〉 hide him selfe by vs in holdes, in the wood in the hill of Hachiláh, whiche is on the right side of Ieshimon?
Now therefore ô King, come downe according to all that thine heart can desire, and our parte (shalbe) to deliuer hym into the Kings hands.
Then Saúl said, 〈◊〉 ye blessed of the Lorde: for ye haue had compassion on me.
Go, I pray you, and prepare yet better: 〈◊〉 and se his place where he 〈◊〉, (and) who hathe sene him there: for it is said to me, He is subtile, and crafty.
Setherefore, & knowe all the secret places where he hideth himselfe, and come ye againe to me with the certentie, and I will go with you: and if he be in the land, I will 〈◊〉 him out throughout al the 〈◊〉 of Iudáh.
Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saúl, but Dauid and his men (were) in the wildernes of Maôn, i{n} the plaine on the right hand of Ieshimôn.
Saúl also and his ment went to 〈◊〉 him, & they tolde Dauid: wherfore he came downe vnto a rocke, & abode in the wildernes of Maón. And whesaúl heard that, he followed after Dauid in the wildernes of Maón.
And Saúl & his ment went on the one side of the mountaine, and Dauid & his men on the other side of the mountaine: and Dauid made haste to get from the presence of Saul for Saūl and his men compassed Dauid and his men round about, to take them.
But there came a messenger to Saūl, saying, Haste thee, and come: for the Philistims haue inuaded the land.
Wherefore Saúl returned from pursuing, Dauid, and went against the Philistims, Therefore they called that place, Sela-ham wáh lekoth.
ANd Dauid went thence, and dwelt in holdes at En-gédi.
When Saūl was returned from the Philistims they tolde him, saying, Beholde, Dauid (is) in the wildernes of Engédi.
Then Saul toke thre thousand chosen men out of all Israél, and went to seke Dauid and his men vpon the rockes (among) the wilde goates.
And he came to the shepecoates by the way where there was a caue & Saúl went into do his easement: and Dauid & his men sate in the inward partes of the caue.
And the men of Dauid said vnto him, Se, the day is come, whereof the Lord said vnto 〈◊〉, Beholde, I will deliuer thine enemie into thine hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seme good to thee. Then Dauid 〈◊〉 and cut of the lappe of Sauls garment priuely.
And afterward Dauid was touched in his heart, because he had cut of the lappe which was on Sauls (garment.)
And he said vnto his me{n}, The Lord kepe me from doing that thing vnto my master the Lords Anointed, to lay mine hand vpon him: for he is the Anointed of the Lord.
So Dauid ouer came his seruants with these wordes, and suffred them not to arise against Saul: so Saúl rose vp out of the caue & went away.
¶ Dauid also arose afterward, and went out of the caue, and cryed after Saúl, saying, O my Lord the King. And when Saúl loked behinde him, Dauid 〈◊〉 his face to the earth, and 〈◊〉 him selfe.
And Dauid said to Saúl, Wherefore giuest thou an eare to mens wordes, that say, Beholde, 〈◊〉 seketh euil against thee?
Beholde, this day thine eyes haue sene, that the Lord had deliuered thee, this day into mine hand in the caue, ad some bade me kil thee, but I had compassion on thee, & said, I wil not lay mine hand on my master: for he is the Lords Anointed.
Moreouer my father, beholde: beholde, I say, the lappe of thy garment in mine hand: for when I cut of the lappe of thy garment, I killed thee not. Vnderstand & se, that there is nether euill nor wickednes in me, nether haue I sinned against thee, yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.
The Lord be iudge betwene thee and me, and the Lord auenge me of thee, and let not mine hand be vpon thee.
Accordyng as the olde prouerbe saith, Wickednes procedeth fro{m} the wicked, but mine hand be not vpon thee.
After whome is the King of Israél come out after whome doest thou pursue? after a dead dog, (and) after a flye?
The Lorde therefore be iudge, and iudge betwene thee and me, and se, and pleade my cause, & deliuer me out of thine hand.
When Dauid had made an end of speaking these wordes to Saul, Saul sayd, Is thys thy voyce, my sonne Dauid? and Saullift vp hys voyce, and wept.
And sayd to Dauid, Thou art more ryghteous then I: for thou hast rendred me good, and I haue rendred thee euil.
And thou hast shewed this daye, that thou hast dealt wel with me: forasmuche as when the Lord had closed me in thine hands, thou killedstme not.
For who shall finde hys 〈◊〉, and let hym departe fre? wherefore the Lordrendre thee good for that thou haste done vnto me this day.
For now behold, I knowe that thou shalt be Kynge, and that the kyngdome of Israél shalbe stablished in thine hand.
Sweare now therfore vnto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seede after me, and that thou wilt not abolish my name out of my fathers house.
So Dauid sware vnto Saul, and Saul went home: but Dauid and his men went vp vnto the holde.
THen Samuél dyed, and all Israél assembled, and mourned for hym, and buryed hym in hys owne house at Ramáh: And Dauid arose and went downe to the wildernes of Parán.
Nowe in Maōn (was) a man, who had hys possession in Carmél, and the man was excedyng myghty and had thre thousand shepe, and a thousand goates: and he was sheryng his shepe in Carmél.
The name also of the man (was) Nabál, and the name of hys wife Abigáil, and she was a woman of singular wisdome, and beautifull, but the man (was) churlish, and euil conditio ned, and was of the familie of Caléb.
And Dauid heard in the wildernes, that Nabál did shere his shepe.
Therefore Dauid sent ten yong men, and Dauid said vnto the yong men, Go vp to Carmél, and go to Nabál, and aske him in my name how he doeth.
And thus shal ye say for salutation, Bothe thou, and thine house, and all that thou hast, be in peace, welth, and prosperitie.
Behold, I haue heard, that thou hast sherers: nowe thy shepherds were with vs, and we did them no hurt, nether did they misse anie thing all the while they were in Carmél.
Aske thy seruants and they will shewe thee. Wherefore let these yong 〈◊〉 finde fauour in thyne eyes: [for we come in a good season] gyue, I praye thee, whatsoeuer commeth to thine hande vnto thy seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid.
¶ And when Dauids yonge men came, they tolde Nabál al those wordes in the name of Dauid, and helde their peace.
Then Nabál aunswered Dauids seruaunts, and sayde, Who is Dauid? and who is the sonne of Ishai? there is manie seruants nowe a dayes, that breake away euerye man from hys master.
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my fleshe that I haue kylled for my sherers, and giue it vnto men, whome I knowe not whence they be?
¶ So Dauids seruauntes turned their waye, and went againe, and came, and tolde him all those things.
And Dauid said vnto hys men, Girde euery man hys sworde (aboute him.) And they girded euerye man hys sworde: Dauid also girded hys sworde. And about foure hundreth men went vp after Dauid, and two hundreth abode by the cariage.
Nowe one of the seruauntes tolde Abigail Nabals wife, saying, Behold, Dauid sent messengers oute of the wildernes to salute our master, and he rayled on them.
Notwithstanding the men were very good vnto vs, and we had no displeasure nether missed we any thing as long as we were conuersant with the{m}, when we were in the fields.
They were as a wall vnto vs bothe by night and by daye, all the while we were with the{m} keping shepe.
Now therfore take hede, and se what thou shalt do: for euill wil surely come vpon our master, and vpon all hys familie: for he is so wicked that a man can not speake to him.
¶ Then Abigail made haste, and toke two hundreth cakes, and two bottles of wine, and fiue shepe ready dressed, and fiue measures of parched corne, and an hundreth frailes of raisins, and two hundreth of figges, and laded them on asses.
Then she said vnto her seruants, Go ye before'me: beholde, I will come after you: yet she tolde not her housband Nabál.
And as she rode on her asse, she came downe by a secret place of the mountaine, and beholde, Dauid and hys men came downe against her, and she met them.
And Dauid sayd, In dede I haue kept all in vaine that this fellowe: had in the wildernes, so that nothyng was missed of all that perteined vnto hym: for he hathe required me euil for good.
So and more also do God vnto the enemies of Dauid: (for) surely I wyll not leaue of all that he hathe, by the dawnyng of the daye, (anie) that pisseth against the wall.
And when Abigail sawe Dauid, she hasted and lyghted of her asse, and fell before Dauid on her face, and bowed her selfe to the grounde.
And fel at his fete, and said, Oh, my Lorde, I (haue committed) the iniquitie, and I praye thee, let thine handmaid speake to thee, a{n}d heare thou the wordes of thine handmayd.
Let not my Lord, I pray thee, regarde this wicked man Nabal: for as hys name is, so is he: Nabal (is) hys name, and foly (is) wyth him: but I thine ha{n}dmayd sawe not the yong men of my Lord whome thou sentest.
Nowe therefore my Lorde, as the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule lyueth [the Lorde, (I say,) that hathe with holden thee from comming to (shed) blood, and that thyne hande shuld (not) saue thee] so now thine enemies shalbe as Nabál, and they that intende to do my Lord euil.
And nowe, thys blessynge whiche thyne handmayd hathe broght vnto my Lorde, let it be giuen vnto the yonge men, that followe my Lord.
I praye thee, forgiue the trespasse of thyne handmayd: for the Lorde wil make my Lord a sure house, because my Lord fighteth the battels of the Lord and none euil hath bene founde in thee in all thy life.
Yet a man hathe risen vp to persecute thee, and to seke thy soule, but the soule my Lord shalbe bounde in the bundel of lyfe with the LORDE thy GOD: and the soule of thine enemies shall (God) caste out, as out of the midle of a sling.
And when the LORD shall haue done to my Lorde all the good that he hathe promised thee, and shall haue made thee ruler ouer Israél.
Then shall it be no grief vnto thee, nor offence of mynde vnto my LORDE, that he hathe not shed blood causeles, nor that my Lorde hathe (not) preserued him selfe: and when the Lord shall haue dealt wel with my Lord, remember thine handmayd.
Then Dauid sayd to Abigail, Blessed be the Lorde God of Israél, whiche sent thee thys day to mete me.
And blessed be thy counsel, and blessed be thou, whiche haste kept me this daye from commyng to (shed) blood, and that myne hand hathe (not) saued me.
For in dede, as the Lorde God of Israél liueth, who hathe kept me backe from hurtyng thee, excepte thou haddest hasted and met me, surely there had not bene left vnto Nabal by the dawning of the day, (any) that pisseth against the wall.
Then Dauid receyued of her hande that whiche she had broght him, and said to her, Go vp in peace to thine house: beholde, I haue hearde thy voyce, and haue granted thy peticion.
¶ So Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he made a feast in his house lyke the feast of a Kyng, and Nabals hearte was mery within hym, for he was very dronken: wherefore she tolde hym nothynge, nether lesse nor more, vntill the morning arose.
Then in the mornyng when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife tolde hym those wordes, and his heart dyed within him, and he was like a stone.
And about ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.
¶ Nowe when Dauid hearde, that Nabal was dead, he sayd, Blessed be the Lorde that hathe iudged the cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, and hathe kepte his seruant from euill: for the Lorde hathe recompensed the wyckednes of Nabal vppon hys owne head. Also Dauid sent to commune with Abigail to take her to his wife.
And when the sernauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmél, they pake vnto her, saying, Dauid sent vs to thee, to take thee to his wife.
And she arose, and bowed her selfe on her face to the earth, and sayd, Beholde, let thy handmayd be a seruant to washe the fete of the seruants of my Lord.
And Abigail hasted, and arose, a{n}d rode vppon an asse, and her fiue maydes followed her, and she went after the messengers of Dauid, and was his wife.
Dauid also toke Ahinóam of Izreél, and they were bothe his wiues.
Now Saul had giue{n} Michál his daughter Dauids wife to Phalti the sonne of Laish, whiche was of Gallim.
AGayne the Ziphims came vnto Saul to Gibeáh, saying, Doeth not Dauid hide hym selfe in the hill of Hachiláh before Ieshimón?
Then Saul arose, and went downe to the wildernes of Ziph, hauing thre thousand chosen men of Israèl with hym, for to seke Dauid in the wildernes of Ziph.
And Saul pitched in the hyll of 〈◊〉, whyche is before Ieshimon by the waye side. Nowe Dauid abode in the wildernes, and he sawe that Saul came after hym into the wildernes.
[For Dauid had sent out spies, and vnderstode, that Saul was come in very dede.]
Then Dauid arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched, and (when) Dauid behelde the place where Saul lay, and Abnér the sonne of Ner whyche was his chief captaine, [for Saul lay in the forte, and the people pitched round about him.]
Then spake Dauid, and sayd to Ahimélech the Hittite, and to Abishái the sonne of Zeruiáh, brother to Ioáb, saying, Who will go downe with me to Saul to the hoste? Then Abishái sayd, I will go downe with thee.
So Dauid and Abishái came downe to the people by nyght: and beholde, Saullaye sleping within the forte, & his speare did sticke in the grounde at his head: and Abnér and the people lay rounde about him.
¶ Then sayd Abishái to Dauid, God hathe closed thyne enemie into thine hande thys day: now therefore, I pray thee, let me smite him once with a speare to the earth, and I wil not smite him againe.
And Dauid said to 〈◊〉, Destroye him not: for who can lay his hand on the Lords anointed, and be giltles?
Moreouer Dauid said, As the Lord liueth, ether the Lord shal smite him, or his day shall come to dye, or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 descende into battel, and perish.
The Lord kepe me from laying mine hand vpon the Lords anointed: but, I pray thee, take now the speare that is at his head, & the pot of water, and let vs go hence.
So Dauid toke the speare and the pot of water from Sauls head, and thei gate them away, & no man sawe it, not marked it, uether did any awake, but thei were all a slepe: for the Lord had sent a dead slepe vpon them.
Then Dauid went into the other side, and stode on the toppe of an hil a far of, a great space being betwene them.
And Dauid cryed to the people, and to Abnér the sonne of Ner, saying, Hearest thou not Abnér? Then Abnér answered, and said, Who art thou that cryest to the King?
¶ And Dauid said to Abnér, Art not thou a man? & who is like thee in Israél? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the King? for there came one of the folke into destroye the King thy lord.
This is not wel done of thee: as the Lord liueth, ye are worthy to dye, because ye haue not kept your master the Lords 〈◊〉 & now se where the Kings speare is, a{n}d the pot of water that was at his head.
And Saúl knewe Dauids voyce, and said, Is this thy voyce, my sonne Dauid? And Dauid said, It is my voyce, my lord Ô King.
And he said, Wherefore doeth my lord thus persecute his seruant? for what 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 done? or what euil is in mine hand:
Now therefore, I 〈◊〉 thee, let my lord the King heare the wordes of his seruant. If the Lord haue stirred thee vp against me, let him smel the sauour of a sacrifice: but if the children of men (haue done it,) cursed be thei before the Lord: for thei haue cast me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serue other gods.
Now therefore let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the King of Israél is come out to seke a slye, as one wolde hu{n}t a partriche in the mou{n}taines.
Then said Saúl, I haue sinned: come againe, my sonne Dauid: for I wil do thee no more harme, because my soule was precious in thine eyes this day: beholde, I haue done foolishly, and haue erred excedingly.
The{n} Dauid answered, and said, Beholde the Kings speare, let one of the yong men come ouer and fet it.
And let the Lord rewarde euerie man according to his righteousnes a{n}d faithfulnes: for the Lord had deliuered thee into (mine) ha{n}ds this daie, but I wolde not lay mine ha{n}d vpon the Lords anointed.
And beholde, like as thy life was muche set by this day in mine eyes: so let my life be set by in the eyes of the Lord, that he may deliuer me out of all tribulacion.
Then Saúl said to Dauid, Blessed art thou, my sonne Dauid: for thou shalt do great things, and also preuaile. So Dauid went his way, and Saúl returned to his place.
ANd Dauid said in his heart, I shal now perish one day by the hand of Saúl: is it not better for me that I saue my selfe in the land of the Philistims, and that Saúl may haue no hope of me to seke me anie more in all the coastes of Israél, and (so) escape out of his hand?
Dauid therefore arose, and he, and the six hundreth men that were with him, went vnto Achish the sonne of Maóch King of Gáth.
And Dauid dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, euerie man with his housholde Dauid with his two wiues, Ahinóam the Izrcelite, and Abigáil Nabals wife the Carmelite.
And it was tolde Saúl that Dauid was fled to Gath: so he soght no more for him.
And Dauid said vnto Achish. If I haue now founde grace in thine eyes, let them giue me a place in some (other) citie of the countrey, that I may dwel there: for why shulde thy seruant dwel in the (head) citie of the kingdome with thee?
Then Achish gaue him Ziklág that same day therefore Ziklág perteineth vnto the Kings of Iudáh vnto this day,
¶ And the time that Dauid dwelt in the cou{n}trey of the Philistims, was foure moneths and certeine dayes.
Then Dauid and his men went vp, and inuaded the Geshurites, and the Girzites and the 〈◊〉 kites: for they inhabited the land from the beginning, (from the way,) as thou goest to Shur, euen vnto the land of Egypt.
And Dauid smote the land, and left nether man nor woman aliue, and toke shepe, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and apparel, and returned and came to Achish.
And Achish said, Where haue ye bene a rouing this day? and Dauid answered, Against the Southe of Iudáh, and against the Southe of the Ierameelites, and against the Southe of the Kenites.
And Dauid saued nether man nor woman aliue, to bring the{m} to Gath, saying, Lest they shulde telon vs, and say, So did Dauid, and so (wil be) his maner all the while that he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistims.
And Achish beleued Dauid, saying, He hathe made his people of Israél vtterly to abhorre him: therefore he shalbe my seruant for euer.
NOw at that time the Philistims assembled their bandes and armie to fight with Israél: therefore Achish said to Dauid, Be sure, thou shalt go out with me to the battel, thou, and thy men.
And Dauid said to Achish, Surely thou shalt knowe what thy seruant can do. And Achish said to Dauid, Surely I wil make thee keper of mine head for euer.
[Samuél was then dead, and all Israél had lamented him, and buryed him in Ramáh his owne citie: and Saúl had put away the sorcerers, and the sothesayers out of the land]
Then the Philistims assembled them selues, and came, and pitched in Shunem: and Saúl assembled all Israél, and they pitched in Gilbóa.
And when Saúl sawe the hoste of the Philistims, he was afrayed, and his heart was sore astonied.
Therefore Saúl asked counsel of the Lord, & the Lord answered him not, nether by dreames, nor by Vrim, nor yet by Prophetes.
¶ Then said Saúl vnto his seruants, Seke me a woman that hathe a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and aske of her. And his seruants said to him, Beholde, there is a woman at En-dor that hathe a familiar spirit.
Then Saúl changed him selfe, and put on other raiment, and he went, & two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, coniecture vnto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him vp whome I shal name vnto thee.
And the woma{n} said vnto him, Beholde, thou knowest what Saúl hathed one, how he hath destroyed the sorcerers, and the sothesayers out of the land: wherefore then sekest thou to take me in a snare to cause me to dye?
And Saúl sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liueth, no harme shal come to thee for this thing.
Then said the woman, Whome shal I bring vp vnto thee? And he answered, Bring me vp Samuél.
And when the woman sawe Samuél, she cryed with a loude voyce, & the woman spake to Saúl, saying, Why hast thou deceiued me? for thou art Saúl.
And the King said vnto her, Be not afrayed: for what sawest thou? And the woman said vnto Saúl, I sawe gods ascending vp out of the earth.
Then he said vnto her, What facion is he of? And she answered, An olde man cometh vp lapped in a mantel: and Saúl knewe that it was Samuél, and he enclined his face to the ground, and bowed him selfe.
¶ And Samuél, said to Saúl, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp? Then Saúl answered, I am in great distresse: for the Philistims make warre against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, nether by Prophetes nether by dreames: therefore I haue called thee, that thou mayest tel me, what I shal do.
Then said Samuél, Wherefore then doest thou aske of me, seing the Lord is gone from thee, and is thine enemie?
Euen the Lord hathe done to him, as he spake by mine hand for the Lord wil rent the kingdome out of thine hand, and giue it thy neighbour Dauid.
Because thou obeiedst not the voyce of the Lord, nor executedst his fearce wrath vpon the Amalekites, therefore hathe the Lord done this vnto thee this day.
Moreouer the Lord wil deliuer Israél with thee into the hands of the Philistims: and tomorowe shalt thou and thy sonnes be with me, and the Lord shal giue the hoste of Israél into the hands of the Philistims.
Then Saúl fel streyght way al a long on the earth, and was sore afrayed because of the wordes of Samuél, so that there was no stre{n}gth in him: for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night.
Then the woman came vnto Saúl, and sawe that he was sore troubled, and said vnto him Se, thine handmayd hathe obeyed thy voyce, and I haue put my soule in mine hand, & haue obeyed thy wordes which thou saidest vnto me.
Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also vnto the voyce of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee, that thou mayest eat and get thee strength, and go on thy iourney.
But he refused, and said, I wil not eat but his seruants and the 〈◊〉 together compelled him, and he obeied their voyce: so he arose from the earth, and sate on the bed.
Now the woman had a fat calfe in the house, and she hasted, and killed it, and toke floure and kneaded it, and baked of it vnleauened (bread).
Then she broght them before Saúl, and before his seruants: and when they had eaten, they stode vp, and went away the same night.
SO the Philistims were gathered together with all their armies in Aphék: and the Israelites pitched by the founteine which is in Izreél.
And the princes of the Philistims went for the by hundreths and thousands, but Dauid and his men came behinde with Achish.
The{n} said the princes of the Philistims, What (do) these Ebrewes (here?) And 〈◊〉 said vnto the princes of the Philistims, Is not this Dauid the seruant of Saúl the King of Israél, who hathe bene with me these dayes, or these yeres, and I haue fou{n}de nothing in him since he dwelt with me vnto this day?
But the princes of the Philistims were wroth with him, and the princes of the Philistims said vnto him, Send this fellowe backe, that he may go againe to his place whiche thou hast appointed him, & let him not go downe with vs to battel, lest that in the battel he be an aduersarie to vs: for where with shulde he obteine the fauour of his master? shulde it not be with the heads of these men?
Is not this Dauid, of whome they sang in da{m} ces, saying, Saúl slewe his thousand, and Dauid his ten thousand?
¶ Then Achish called Dauid, & said vnto him As the Lorde liueth, thou hast bene vpright and good in my sight, when thou wentest out and in with me in the hoste, nether haue I founde euil with thee, since thou camest to me vnto this daye, but the princes do not fauour thee.
Wherefore now returne, and go in peace, that thou displease not the princes of the Philistims.
¶ And Dauid said vnto Achish, But what haue I done? and what hast thou founde in thy seruát as long as I haue bene with thee vnto this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the King?
Achishthen answered, and said to Dauid, I knowe thou pleasest me, as an Angel of God but the princes of the 〈◊〉 haue said, Let him not go vp with vs to battel.
Wherefore now rise vp early in the morning with thy masters serua{n}ts that are come with thee: and when ye be vp early, assone as ye haue light, departe.
So Dauid and his men rose vp early to departe in the morning, and to returne into the land of the Philistims: and the Philistims we{n}t vp to Izreél.
BVt when Dauid and his men were come to 〈◊〉 the third day, the Amalekites had inuaded vpo{n} the South, eué vnto Ziklàg and had smitten Ziklág, and burnt it with fire,
And had taken the women that were therein prisoners, bothe small and great, (and) slewe not a man, but caryed them away, and went their wayes.
¶ So Dauid and his men came to the citie, and beholde, it was burnt with fire, and their wiues, and their sonnes, and their daughters were taken prisoners.
Then Dauid and the people that was with him, lift vp their voyces and wept, vntil they colde wepe no more.
Dauids two wiues were taken prisoners also, Ahinōam the Izreelite, and Abigail the wife of Nabál the Carmelite.
And Dauid was in great sorowe: for the people ente{n}ded to stone him, because the heartes of all the people were vexed 〈◊〉 man for his sonnes and for his daughters: but Dauid comforted him selfe in the Lord his God.
¶ And Dauid said to Abiathár the Priest Ahi melechs sonne, I pray thee, bring me the Ephód. And Abiathár broght the Ephód to Dauid.
Then Dauid asked counsel at the LORD, saying, Shal I followe after this companie? shal I ouertake them? And he answered him, Followe: for thou shalt surely ouertake the{m}, and recouer all.
¶ So Dauid and the six hundreth men that were with him, went, and came to the riuer 〈◊〉, where a parte of them abode:
But Dauid and foure hundreth me{n} followed [for two hundreth abode behinde, being to wearye to go euer the riuer 〈◊〉].
And they founde an Egyptian in the field, and broght him to Dauid, & gaue him bread and he did eat, and they gaue him water to drinke.
Also they gaue him a fewe figs, and two clusters of rainsins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came againe to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor dronke anie water in thre dayes, and thre nights.
¶ And Dauid said vnto him, To whome belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a yong man of Egypt, and seruant to an Amalekite: and my master left me thre dayes ago, because I fel sicke.
We roued vpon the South of Chéreth, and vpon the (coast) belonging to Iudáh, and vpon the South of Caléb, a{n}d we burnt Ziklág with fire.
And Dauid said vnto him, Canst thou bring me to this compagnie? And he said, Sweare vnto me by God, that thou wilt nether kil me, nor deliuer me into the hands of my master, and I wil bring thee to this companie.
¶ And when he had broght him thither, beholde, they lay scatered abroade vpon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dansing, because of all the great pray that thei had take{n} out of the land of the Philistims, and out of the land of Iudáh.
And Dauid smote them from the twilight euen vnto the euening of the next morowe so that there eschaped not a man of them, saue foure hundreth yong men, whiche rode vpon camels, and fled.
And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had take: also Dauid rescued his two wiues.
And they lacked nothing, small or great, sonne or daughter, or of the spoyle of all that they had taken away: Dauid recouered them all.
Dauid also toke all the shepe, and the oxe{n}, (and) they draue them before his cattel, and said, This is Dauids praye.
¶ And Dauid came to the two hundreth me{n} that were to wearie for to folowe Dauid: whome they had made also to abide at the riuer Besór: and they came to mete Dauid, and to mete the people that were with him: so when Dauid came nere to the people, he saluted them.
Then answered all the euil and wicked of the men that went with Dauid, and said, Because they went not with vs, therefore wil we giue them none of the praye, that we haue recouered, saue to euery man his wife and his children: therefore let them cary the{m} away and departe.
Then said Dauid, Ye shal not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hathe giuen vs, who hathe preserued vs, and deliuered the companie that came against vs, into our handes.
For who wil obey you in this matter? but as his parte (is) that goeth downe to the battel, so (shal) his parte (he), that tarieth by the stuffe: they shal parte alike.
So from that day forward he made it a statute and a lawe in Israél, vntil this day.
¶ When Dauid therefore came to Ziklág, he sent of the pray vnto the Elders of Iudáh and to his friends, saying, Se, (there is) a blessing for you of the spoyle of the enemies of the Lord.
He sent to them of Beth-él, and to them of South Ramoth, and to them of 〈◊〉,
And to them of 〈◊〉, and to them of Siphmōth, and to them of Eshtemōa,
And to them of Rachál, and to them of the cities of the 〈◊〉, and to the{m} of the cities of the Kenites,
And to them of Hormáh, and to them of Chot-ashán, and to them of Athách,
And to them of Hebrón, and to all the places where Dauid and his men had hanted.
NOw the Philistims foght against Israél and the men of Israél flod away from the Philistims, and thei fel downe wounded in mount Gilbóa.
And the Philistims preassed sore vpon Saul and his sonnes, and slewe Ionathán, and Abinadáb, and Malchishúa Sauls sonnes.
And when the battel went sore against Saúl, the archers and bowemen hit him, and he was sore wounded of the archers.
Then said Saúl vnto his armour bearer, Drawe out thy sworde, & thrust me through there with, lest the vncircumcised come and thrust me through and mocke me: but his armour bearer wolde not, for he was sore afrayed. Therefore Saúl toke a sworde and fel vpon it.
And when his armour bearer sawe that Saúl was dead, he fel like wise vpon his sworde, and dyed with him.
So Saúl dyed, and his thre sonnes, and his armour bearer, and all his men that same day together.
¶ And when the men of Israél that were on the other side of the valley, and they of the other side Iordén sawe that the men of Israél were put to flight, and that Saúl and his sonnes were dead, then thei left the cities, & ran away: and the Philistims came and dwelt in them.
¶ And on the morowe when the Philistims were come to spoyle them that were slaine, they founde Saul and his thre sonnes lying in mount Gilbóa.
And they cut of his head, and stripped him out of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistims on euerie side, that they shuld publish it in the temple of their idoles, and among the people.
And they layed vp his armour in the house of Ashtarōth, but they ha{n}ged vp his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
¶ When the inhabitants of Iabésh Gileád heard, what the 〈◊〉 had done to Saúl,
Then they arose [as manie as were strong men] and went all night and toke the body of Saúl, a{n}d the bodies of his sonnes, from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Iabésh, and burnt them there,
And toke their bones & buryed the{m} vnder a treat Iabésh, and fasted seuen dayes.
AFter the death of Saūl, when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and had bene two dayes in Ziklág,
Beholde, a man came the third day out of the hoste from Saúl with his clothes rent, and earth vpon his head: and when he came to Dauid, he fel to the earth, and did obeissance.
Then Dauid said vnto him, Whence co{m}mest thou? And he said vnto him, Out of the hoste of Israél I am escaped.
And Dauid said vnto him, What is done? I pray thee, tel me. Then he said, that the people is fled from the battel, and many of the people are ouerthrowen, and dead, and also Saúl and Ionathán his sonne are dead.
And Dauid said vnto the yong man, that told it him, How knowest thou that Saúl and Ionathán his sonne be dead?
Then the yong ma{n} that tolde him answered As I came to mount Gilbóa, beholde, Saúl leaned vpon his speare, and lo, the charets & horsemen followed hard after him.
And when he loked backe, he sawe me, and called me. And I answered, Here am I.
And he said vnto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
Then said he vnto me, I pray thee, come vpon me, and slaye me: for anguish is come vpo{n} me, because my life is yet whole in me
So I came vpon him, and slewe him, & because I was sure that he colde not liue, after that he had fallen, I toke the crowne that was vpon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arme, and broght them hither vnto my Lord,
Then Dauid toke holde on his clothes, & rent them, and like wise all the men that were with him.
And they mourned and wept, and fasted vntil euen, for Saúl and for Ionathán his sonne and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israél, because they were slaine with the sworde.
¶ Afterward Dauid said vnto the yong ma{n} that tolde it him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the sonne of a strangeran Amalekite.
And Dauid said vnto him, How wast thou not afraied, to put forthe thine hand to destroy the Anoynted of the Lord?
Then Dauid called one of his yong men, & said, Go nere, and fall vpo{n} him. And he smote him that he dyed.
The{n} said Dauid vnto him, Thy blood be vpo{n} thine owne head, for thine owne mouth hathe testified against thee, saying, I haue slaine the Lords anointed.
¶ Then Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saúl, and ouer Ionathán his sonne,
[Also he bade them teache the children of Iudáh to shoote, as it is writen in the boke of Iashér]
O noble Israél, he is slaine vpon thy hie places: how are the mighty ouerthrowen?
Tel it not in Gath, nor publish it in the stretes of Ashkelôn, lest the daughters of the Philistims reioyce, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised triumphe.
Ye mountaines of Gilbóa, vpon you (be) nether dewe not raine, nor (be there) fields of offrings: for there the shield of the mightie is cast downe, the shield of Saúl, as thogh he had not bene anoynted with oyle.
The bowe of Ionathán neuer turned backe nether did the sworde of Saúl returne empty from the blood of the slaine, and from the fat of the mighty.
Saúl and Ionathán were louely and pleasant in their 〈◊〉, and in their deathes they were not deuided: they were swifter the negles, they were stronger then lions.
Ye daughters of Israél, wepe for Saul, which clothed you in skarlet, with pleasures, and hanged ornaments of golde vpon your apparel.
How were the mighty slaine in the middes of the battel? ô Ionathán, thou wast slaine in thine hie places.
Wo is me for thee, my brother Ionathán: very kinde hast thou bene vnto me: thy loue to me was wonderful, passing the loue of women: how are the mighty ouerthrowen, and the weapons of warre destroyed?
AFter this Dauid asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shal I go vp into anie of the cities of Iudah? And the Lord said vnto him, Go vp. And Dauid said, Whither shal I go? He then answered, Vnto Hebrōn.
So Dauid went vp thither and his two wiues also, Ahinóam the Izreelite, and Abigáil Nabals wife the Carmelite.
And Dauid broght vp the men that were with him, euerie man with his housholde, & they dwelt in the cities of Hebrōn.
¶ The{n} the men of Iudáh came, & there they anointed Dauid King ouer the house of Iudáh. And they tolde Dauid, saying, that the{n} men of Iabésh Gileád buryed Saúl.
And dauid sent messengers vnto the men of Iabésh Gileád, and said vnto them, 〈◊〉 sed are ye of the Lord, that ye haue shewed suche kindenes vnto your lord Saúl, that you haue buryed him.
Therefore now the Lord shewe mercie and trueth vnto you: and I wil recompence you this benefite, because ye haue done this thing.
Therefore now let your hands be strong, & be you valiant: albeit your master Saúl be dead, yet neuerthelesse the house of Iudáh hathe anointed me King ouer them.
¶ But Abnér the sonne of Ner that was captaine of Sauls hoste, toke Ish-bôsheth the sonne of Saúl, & broght him to Mahanáim.
And made him King ouer Gileád, and ouer the Ashurites, and ouer Izreél, and ouer Ephráim, and ouer Beniamin and ouer all Israél.
Ish-bôsheth Sauls sonne was fourty yere olde when he began to reigne ouer Israél, & reigned two yere: but the house of Iudáh followed Dauid.
[And the time which Dauid reigned in Hebrôn ouer the house of Iudáh, (was) seuen yere and six monethes]
¶ And Abnér the sonne of Ner, and the seruants of Ish-bôsheth the sonne of Saūl went out of Mahanáim to Gibeōn.
And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah, and the seruants of Dauid went out and met one another by the poole of Gibeôn: and they sate downe, the one on the one side of the poole. and the other on the other side of the poole.
Then Abnér said to Ioâd, Let the yong men now arise, and playe before vs. And Ioáb said, Let them arise.
Then there arose and went ouer twelue of Beniamin by nomber, which perteined to Ish-bósheth the sonne of Saúl, and twelue of the seruants of Dauid.
And euerie one caught his fellowe by the head, and (thrust) his sworde in his fellowes side, so they fel downe together: wherefore the place was called Helkathhazzurim which is in Gideón.
And the battel was exceding sore that same day: for Abnér and the men of Israél fel before the seruants of Dauid.
And there were thre sonnes of Zerniáh there Ioáb, and Abishái, and Asahél. And Asahél was as light on foote as a wilderoe.
And Asahél followed after Abnér, and in going he turned nether to the right hand nor to the left from Abnér.
Then Abnér loked behinde him, and said, Art thou Asahél? And he answered, Yea.
Then Abnér said, Turne thee ether to the right hand or to the left, and take one of the yong men, and take thee his weapons: but Asahél wolde not departe from him.
And Abnér said to Asahél, Departe from me wherefore shulde I smite thee to the grou{n}d how then shulde I be able to holde vp my face to Ioáb thy brother?
And whe{n} he wolde not departe, Abnér with the hindre end of the speare smote him vnder the fift (rib), that the speare came out behinde him: and he fel downe there, and dyed in his place. And as manie as came to the place where Asahél fel downe and dyed, stode stil.
Ioáb also and Abishái pursued after Abnér: and the sunne went downe, when they were come to the hil Ammáh, that lieth before Giah, by the way of the wildernes of Gibeo{n}.
And the children of Beniamin gathered the{m} selues together after Abnér, and were on an heape and stode on the top of an hil.
Then Abnér called to Ioáb, and said, Shal the sworde deuoure for euer? knowest thou not, that it wil be bitternes in the latter end? how long the{n} shal it be, or thou bid the people returne from following their brethren?
And Ioáb said, As God liueth, if thou haddest not spoken, surely euen in the morning the people had departed euerie one backe from his brother.
¶ So Ioáb blewe a trumpet, and all the people stode stil, & pursued after Israél no more, nether foght they anie more.
And Abnér & his men walked all that night through the plaine, & went ouer Iordén, a{n}d past through all Bithrôn til they came to Mahanáim.
Ioáb also returned backe from Abnér: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of Dauids seruants ninetene men and Asahél.
But the serua{n}ts of Dauid had smitten of Beniamin, and of Abners men, (so that) thre hundreth and threscore men dyed.
And they toke vp Asahél, and buryed him in the sepulchre of his Father, whiche was in Beth-léhem: and Ioáb and his men went all night, and (when they came) to Hebrón, the daye arose.
THere was then long warre betwene the house of Sail & the house of Dauid: but Dauid waxed stronger, and the house of Saúl waxed weaker.
¶ And vnto Dauid were children borne in Hebrón: and his eldest sonne was Amnon of Ahinôam the Izreelite.
And his seco{n}de, (was) Chileáb of Abigáil the wife of Nabál the Carmelite: a{n}d the third Absalôm the sonne of Maacáh the daughter of Talmái the King of Geshúr,
And the fourth, Adoniiáh the sonne of Aggith, and the fifth, Shephaciáh the sonne of Abitâl,
And the sixt, Ithreám by Egláh Dauids wife: these were borne to Dauid in Hebrôn.
¶ Now while there was warre betwene the house of Saúl a{n}d the house of Dauid, Abnér made all his power for the house of saul.
And Saúl had a concubine named Rizpáh, the daughter of Aiiáh. And (Ish-bôsheth) said to Abnér, Wherefore hast thou gone into my fathers concubine?
Then was Abnér very wrothe for the wordes of Ish-bôsheth, and said, Am I a dogs head, which against Iudâh do shewe mercy this day vnto the house of Saúl thy father, to his brethren, and to his neighbours, and haue not deliuered thee into the hand of Dauid that thou chargest me this day with a fante concerning this woman?
So do God to Abnér, and more also, except as the Lord hathe sworne to Dauid, euen so I do to him,
To remoue the kingdome from the house of Saúl, that the throne of Dauid may be stablished ouer Israél, and ouer Iudáh, euen fro{m} Dan to Beer-shéba.
And he durst no more answer to Abnér: for he feared him.
¶ Then Abnér sent messengers to Dauid on his behalfe, saying, Whose is the land? Who shulde (also) say, Make couenant with me, & beholde, mine hand (shalbe) with thee to bring all Israél vnto thee.
Who said, Wel, I wil make a couenant with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, that thou se not my face except thou bring Michál Sauls daughter when thou commest to se me.
¶ The{n} Dauid sent messengers to Ishbósheth Sauls sonne, saying, Deliuer me my wife Michál, which I maried for an hundreth foreskinnes of the Philistims,
And Ish-bôsheth sent, and toke her fro{m} her housband Phaltiél the sonne of Láish.
And her housband went with her, and came weping behinde her, vnto Bahurim: then said Abnér vnto him, Go, (and) returne. So he returned.
¶ And Abnér had communicacion with the Elders of Israél, saying, Ye soght for Dauid in times past, that he might be your King.
Now then do it: for the Lord hathe spoken of Dauid, saying, By the hand of my seruant Dauid I wil saue my people Israél out of the hands of the Philistims, and out of the hands of all their enemies,
Also Abnér spake to Beniamin, and afterwarde Abnér went to speake with Dauid in Hebrôn, (concerning) all that Israél was content with, and the whole house of Beniamin.
So Abnér came to Dauid to Hebrón, hauing twenty men with him, and Dauid made a feast vnto Abnér, and to the men that were with him.
Then Abnér said vnto Dauid, I wil rise vp, & do gather all Israél vnto my lord the King that thei may make a couenant with thee, & that thou maiest reigne ouer all that thiné heart desireth. Then Dauid let Abnér departe, who went in peace.
¶ And beholde, the seruants of Dauid and Ioáb came from the campe, and broght a great pray with them [but Abnér was not with Dauid in Hebrôn: for he had sent him away, and he departed in peace]
When Ioáb, and all the hoste that was with him were come, men tolde Ioáb, saying, Abnér the sonne of Ner came to the King, and he hathe sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
The{n} Ioáb came to the King, and said, What hast thou done? beholde, Abnér came vnto thee, why hast thou sent him away, and he is departed?
Thou knowest Abnér the sonne of Ner: for he came to disceiue thee, and to knowe thy out going and in going, and to knowe all that thou doest.
¶ And when Ioáb was gone out from Dauid, he sent messengers after Abnér, which broght him againe from the well of Siriáh vnknowing to Dauid.
And when Abner was come againe to Hebrón, Ioáb toke him aside in the gate to speake with him peaceably, and smote him vnder the fift (ryb,) that he dyed, for the blood of Asahél his brother.
And when afterwarde it came to Dauids eare, he said, I and my kingdome are giltles before the Lord for euer, concerning the blood of Abnér the sonne of Ner.
Let the blood fall on the head of Ioáb, and on al his fathers house, that the house of Ioáb be neuer without some that haue running yssues, or lepre, or that leaneth on a staffe, or that doeth fal on the sworde, or that lacketh bread.
[So Ioáb and Abishái his brother slewe Abnér, because he had slayne their brother Asahél at Gibeôn in battel]
And Dauid said to Ioáb, and to all the people that were with him, Rent your clothes, and put on sacke cloth, and mourne before Abnér: and King dauid him self followed the beare.
And when thei had buryed Abnér in Hebrôn, the king lift vp his voyce, and wept beside the sepulchre of Abnér, and all the people wept.
And the King lamented ouer Abnér, and said, Dyed 〈◊〉 a foole dyeth?
Thine hands were not bou{n}de, nor thy feete tyed in fetters of brasse: (but) as a man falleth before wicked men, (so) didest thou fall. And all the people wept againe for him.
Afterwarde all the people came to cause Dauid eat meat while it was yet day, but Dauid sware, saying, So do God to me and more also, if I taste bread, or ought els til the sunne be downe.
And all the people knewe it, and it pleased them: as whatsoeuer the King did, pleased al the people.
For all the people and all Israél vnderstode that day, how that it was not the Kings dede that Abnér the so{n}ne of Ner was slayne.
And the King said vnto his seruants, Knowe not, that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israél?
And I am this day weake & (ne wely) anointed King: & these men the sonnes of Zeruiáh be to hard for me: the Lord reward the doer of euil according to his wickednes.
ANd when Sauls sonne heard that Abnér was dead in Hebrón, the{n} his hands were feble, and all Israél was afrayed,
And Sauls sonne had two men that were captaines of bands: the one called Baanáh, and the other called Recháb, the sonnes of Rimmón a Beerothite of the children of Beniamin. [for Beerôth was reckened to Beniamin,
Because the Beerothites fled to Gittáim, & 〈◊〉 there vnto this day]
And Ionathán Sauls sonne had a sonne that was lame on his feete: he was fiue yere olde when the tidings came of Saúl and Ionathán out of Israél: then his nourse toke him, and fled away. And as she made haste to flee, the childe fell, and began to halt, and his name was Méphibosheth.
And the sonnes of Rimmón the Beerothite Recháb and Baanáh went and came in the heate of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth [who slept on a bed at noone]
And beholde, Recháb and Baanáh his brother came into the middes of the house, (as) they wolde haue wheat, and they smote him vnder the fift (rib,) and fled.
For when they came into the house, he slept on his bed in his bed cha{m}ber, and they smote him, and slewe him, and beheaded him, and toke his head, and gate them away through the plaine all the night.
And thei broght the head of Ish-bósheth vnto Dauid to Hebron, and said to the King, Beholde the head of Ish-bósheth Sauls sonne thine enemie, who soght after thy life: & the Lord hathe auenged my lord the King this day of Saúl and of his seed.
Then Dauid answered Recháb and Baanáh his brother, the sonnes of Rimmón the Beerothite, and said vnto the{m}, As the Lord liueth who hathe deliuered my soule out of all aduersitie?
When one tolde me, and said that Saúl was dead, [thinking to haue broght good tidings] 〈◊〉 toke him and 〈◊〉, him in Ziklág, who thoght that I wolde haue giuen him a rewarde for his tidings:
How muche more, when wicked men haue slayne a righteous persone in his owne howse, (and) vpon his bed? shal I not now therefore require his blood at your hand, & take you from the earth?
Then Dauid commanded his yong men, and they slewe them, and cut of their hands and their feete, and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebro{n}: but they toke the head of Ish-bósheth, & buryed it in the sepulchre of Abnér in Hebrôn.
THen came all the tribes of Israél to Dauid vnto Hebrón, and said thus, Beholde, we are thy bones and thy flesh.
And in time past when Saúl was our King, thou leddest Israēl in and out: and the Lord hathe said to thee, Thou shalt feede my people Israél, and thou shalt be a captaine ouer Israél.
So all the Elders of Israel came to the King to Hebrón: and King Dauid made a couenant with them in Hebrón before the Lord: and they anointed Dauid King ouer Israél.
¶ Dauid (was) thirty yere olde when he began to reigne: (and) he reigned fourty yere.
In Hebrón he reigned ouer Iudáh seuen yere, and six moneths: and in Ierusalém he reigned thirty and thre yeres ouer all Israél and Iudáh.
¶ The King also and his men went to Ierusalém vnto the Iebusites, the inhabita{n}ts of the land: who spake vnto Dauid, saying, Except thou take away the blinde and thé lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking that Dauid colde not come thither.
But Dauid toke the forte of Zión: this is the citie of Dauid.
Now Dauid had said the same day, Whosoeuer smiteth the Iebusites, and getteth vp to the gutters and (smitteth) the lame & blinde whiche Dauids soule hateth, (I wil preferre him:) therefore they said, The blinde & the lame shal not come into that house.
So Dauid dwelt in that forte, & called it the citie of Dauid, a{n}d Dauid buylt round about it, from Milló, and inwarde.
And Dauid prospered and grewe: for the Lord God of hostes (was) with him.
¶ Hirám also King of Tyrus sent messengers to Dauid, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walles: and thei buylt Dauid an house.
Then Dauid knewe, that the Lord had stablished him King ouer Israél, and that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake.
And Dauid toke him mo concubines and wiues out of Ierusalém, after he was come from Hebrón, and mo sonnes and daughters were borne to Dauid.
And these be the names of the sonnes that were borne vnto him in Ierusalém: Shammúa and Shobáb, and Nathán, and Salomón.
And Ibhár, and Elishúa, and Népheg, and Iaphia,
And Elishamá and Eliadá, and 〈◊〉.
¶ But when the Philistims heard that they had anointed Dauid Kynge ouer Israél, all the Philistims came vp to seke Dauid and whe{n} Dauid heard, he we{n}t downe to a forte.
But the Philistims came, and spred them selues in the valley of Repháim.
Then Dauid asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go vp to the Philistims? wilt thou delyuer them into myne hands? And the Lord answered Dauid, Go vp: for I will doutles deliuer the Philistims into thyne hands.
¶ Then Dauid came to Baal perazim, & smote them there, and said, The LORD hathe deuided mine ennemies a sondre before me, as waters be deuided a sódre: therfore he called the Name of that place, Baal-perazim.
And there they left their images, and Dauid and his men burnt them.
Againe the Philistims came vp, and spred them selues in the valley of Repháim.
And when Dauid asked counsell of the Lord, He answered, Thou shalt not go vp, (but) turne about behinde the{m}, & come vpo{n} them ouer against the mulbery trees.
And when thou hearest the noyse of one going in the toppes of the mulbery trees, then remoue: for then shal the LORD go out before thee, to smite the hoste of the Philistims.
Then Dauid did so as the Lord had commanded him, and smote the Philistims fro{m} Géba, vntil thou come to Gázer.
AGayne Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israél, (eue{n}) thirtie thousand,
And Dauid arose and went with all the people that were with him from Baalé of Iudáh to bring vp from thence the Arke of God, whose name is called by the Name of the Lord of hostes, that dwelleth vpo{n} it betwene the Cherubims.
And they put the Arke of God vpo{n} anewe carte, and broght it out of the house of Abinadáb that was in Gibeáh. And Vzzáh & Ahió the sonnes of Abinadáb did driue the newe carte.
And when they broght the Arke of God out of the house of 〈◊〉, that was at Gibeáh, Ahiô went before the Arke.
And Dauid & al the house of Israél played before the LORD on all (instrumentes) made of fire, and on harpes, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on corners, and on cymbals.
〈◊〉 And when they came to Nachons thre sling floore, Vzzáh put his ha{n}d to the Arke of God, & helde it: for the oxe{n} did shake it.
And the Lord was very wroth with Vzzáh, & God smote him i the same place for his faute, & there he dyed by the Arke of God.
And Dauid was displeased, because the Lorde had smitten Vzzáh: and he called the name of the place Pérez Vzzáh vntill this day.
Therefore Dauid that day feared the Lord, and said, How shall the Arke of the Lorde come to me?
So Dauid wolde not bring the Arke of the Lord vnto him into the citie of Dauid, but Dauid caryed it into the house of Obededōm a 〈◊〉.
And the Arke of the Lord co{n}tinued in the house of Obed-edóm the Gittite, thre moneths, and the Lord blessed Obed-edóm, & all his housholde.
¶ And one tolde Kynge Dauid, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house or Obededôm, and all that he hathe, because of the Arke of God: therefore Dauid went and broght the Arke of God from the house of Obed-edóm, into the citie of Dauid with gladnes.
And when they that bare the Arke of the Lord had gone six pases, he offred an oxe, and a fat beast.
And Dauid danced before the Lord with all his might, and was girded with a linen Ephôd.
So Dauid & all the house of Israél, broght the Arke of the Lord with showting, and sounde of trumpet.
And as the Arke of the LORD came into the citie of Dauid, Michál Sauls daughter loked through a windowe, and sawe King Dauid leape, and dance before the Lord, & she despised him in her heart.
And when they had broght in the Arke of the Lord, they set it in his place, in the middes of the tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it? the{n} Dauid offred burnt offrings, and peace offrings before the Lord
And assone as Dauid had made an ende of offring burnt offrings and peace offrings, he blessed the people in the Name of the Lord of hostes.
And gaue among all the people, (euen) amo{n}g the whole multitude of Israél, aswel to the women as men, to euerie one a cake of bread, and a piece of flesh, and a bottel (of wine) so al the people departed euerie one to his house.
¶ The{n} Dauid returned to blesse his house, and Michál the daughter of Saúl came out to mete Dauid, and said, O how gloryous was the Kynge of Israél thys daye, which was vncouered to daye in the eyes of the maidens of his seruants, as a foole vncouereth him selfe.
Then Dauid said vnto Michál, (It was) before the Lorde, whiche chose me rather then thy father, and all his house, and commanded me to be ruler ouer all the people of the Lord, (euen) ouer Israél: and therefore wil I play before the Lord,
And will yet be more vile then thus, and wil be lowe in mine owne sight, and of the very same maid seruants, whiche thou hast spoken of, shal I be had in honour.
Therefore Michál the daughter of Saúl had no childe, vnto the day of her death.
AFterwarde when the King sate in his house and the Lord had giuen him rest round about from all his enemies.
The King said vnto Nathán the Prophet, Beholde, now I dwel in an house of cedar trees, & the Arke of God remaineth within the curtaines.
Then Nathán said vnto the King, Go, and do all that is in thine hearte: for the Lorde (is) with thee.
¶ And the same nyght the worde of the Lord came vnto Nathán, saying,
Go, and tel my seruant Dauid, Thus saieth the Lord, Shalt thou buyld me an house for my dwelling?
For I haue dwelt in no house since the time that I broght the children of Israél out of Egypt vnto this day, but haue walked in a tent and tabernacle.
In all the (places) wherein I haue walked with all the children of Israél, spake I one worde with anie of the tribes of Israél when I comma{n}ded (the iudges) to fede my people Israél? or said I, Why buylde ye not me an house of cedar trees?
Now therefore so say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus sayeth the LORD of hostes, I toke thee from the shepecote followyng the shepe, that thou mightest be ruler ouer my people, ouer Israél.
And I was with thee wheresoeuer thou hast walked, and haue destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and haue made thee a great name, like vnto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
[Also I wil appoint a place for my people Israél, and wil plant it, that they may dwell in a place of their owne, & moue no more, nether shal wicked people trouble them anie more as before time,
And since the time that I set iudges ouer my people of Israél] and I wil giue thee rest from all thine enemies: also the Lord telleth thee, that he wil make thee an house.
And when thy dayes be fulfilled, thou shalt slepe with thy fathers, and I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shall procede out of thy body, and wil stablish his kingdome.
He shal buyld an house for my Name, & I will stablishe the throne of his kingdome for euer.
I wil be his father, & he shalbe my sonne: and if he sinne, I wil chasten him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of men.
But my mercy shal not depart away from him, as I toke it from Saúl whome I haue put away before thee.
And thine house shalbe stablished and thy kingdome for euer before thee, (euen) thy throne shalbe stablished for euer.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, Nathán spake thus vnto Dauid.
Then King Dauid went in, and sate before the Lord, and said, Who am I, ô Lord God, and what is myne house, that thou haste broght me hitherto?
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, ô Lord GOD, therefore thou hast spoken also of thy serua{n}ts house for a great while: but doeth this apperteine to ma{n}, ô Lord God?
And what can Dauid say more vnto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy seruant.
For thy wordes sake, and accordynge to thine owne hearte hast thou done all these great things, to make them knowen vnto thy seruant.
Wherefore thou art great, ô Lord GOD for there is none like thee, nether is there anie God besides thee, accordynge to all that we haue heard with our eares.
And what one people in the earthe is like thy people, like Israél? whose GOD went and redemed them to him selfe, that they might be his people, & that he might make him a name, and do for you greate things, and terrible for thy land, ô Lorde, (euen) 〈◊〉 thy people, whome thou redemest to thee out of Egypt, (from) the nacions, and their Gods?
For thou hast ordeined thy people Israél to be thy people for euer: and thou Lord art become their God.
Now therefore, ô Lord God, confirme for euer the worde that thou hast spoken co{n}cerning thy seruant and his house, and do as thou hast said.
And let thy Name be magnified for euer by them that shall say, The Lord of hostes (is) the GOD ouer Israél: & let the house of thy seruant Dauid be stablished before thee.
For thou, ô Lord of hostes, God of Israél, hast reueiled vnto thy serua{n}t, saying, I will buyld thee an house: therefore hathe thy seruant bene bolde to praye thys prayer vnto thee.
Therefore now, ô Lord God, [(for) thou art God, and thy wordes be true, and thou hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruant.]
Therefore now let it please thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may co{n}tinue for euer before thee: for thou, ô Lorde God, hast spoke{n} it: & let the house of thy serua{n}t be blessed for euer, with thy blessing.
AFter this now, Dauid smote the Philistims, and subdued them, and Dauid toke the bridle of bondage out of the hand of the Philistims.
And he smote Moáb, and measured them with a corde, and cast them downe to the ground: he measured them with two cordes to put them to death, and with one ful corde to kepe them aliue: so became the Moabites Dauids serua{n}ts, & broght gifts.
¶ Dauid smote also Hadadézer the sonne of Rehób King of Zobáh as he we{n}t to recouer his border at the riuer Euphrátes.
And Dauid toke a thousand and seuen hu{n}dreth horsemen, and twentye thousande foteme{n}, and destroyed all the charets, but he reserueth an hundreth charets of them
¶ Then came the Aramites of Dammések to succour Hadadézer King of Zobáh, but Dauid slewe of the Aramites two & twentie thousand men.
And he put a garison in Arám of Da{m}mések: and the Aramites became seruantes to Dauid, and broght giftes. And the Lord saued Dauid wheresoeuer he went.
And Dauid toke the shields of golde that belonged to the seruants of Hadadézer, & broght them to Ierusalém.
And out of Betáh, and Berothái [cities of Hadadézer] Dauid broght exceding much brasse.
¶ Then Tôiking of Hamáth heard how Dauid had smitten all the hoste of Hadadézer,
Therefore Tói sent Iorám his sonne vnto King Dauid, to salute him, and to reioyce with him because he had foght against Hadadézer, and beaten him [for Hadadézer had warre with 〈◊〉] who broght with him vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde and vessels of brasse.
And King Dauid did dedicate them vnto the Lord with the siluer and golde that he had dedicate of all the nacions, whiche he had subdued:
Of 〈◊〉, and of Moáb, and of the children of Ammón, and of the Philistims, and of Amalék, and of the spoyle of Hadadézer the sonne of Rehôb King of Zobáh.
So Dauid gate a name after that he returned, and had slaine of the Aramites in the valley of salt eightene thousand men.
And he put a garison in Edom: throughout all Edóm put he soldiers, and all they of Edôm became Dauids seruantes: and the Lord kept Dauid whethersoeuer he went.
Thus Dauid reigned ouer all Israél, and executed iudgement and iustice vnto all his people.
And Ioáb the sonne of Zeruiáh (was) ouer the hoste, and Ioshaphát the sonne of Ahilúd was recorder.
And Zadok the sonne of Ahitúb, and Ahimélech the sonne of Abiathár (were) the Priests, and Seraiáh the scribe.
And Benaiahú the sonne of Iehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and Dauids sonnes were chief rulers.
ANd Dauid said, Is there yet anye man left of the house of Saúl, that I maye shewe him mercy for Ionathans sake?
And there was of the housholde of Saúl a seruant whose name was Zibá, and when they had called him vnto Dauid, the Kyng said vnto him, Art thou Zibá? And he said, I thy seruant (am he.)
Then the King said, Remaineth there yet none of the house of Saúl, on whome I may shewe the mercy of God? Zibá then aunswered the Kynge, Ionathán hathe yet a sonne lame of his feete.
Then the King said vnto him, Where is he? And Zibá said vnto the King, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the sonne of Ammiél of Lo-debár.
¶ Then King Dauid sent, & toke him out of the house of Machir the sonne of Ammiél of Lo-debár.
Now when Mephibósheth the sonne of Ionathán, the sonne of Saúl was come vnto Dauid, he fell on his face, & did reuerence. And Dauid said, Mephibósheth? And he answered, Beholde thy seruant.
Then Dauid said vnto him, Feare not: for I will surely shewe thee kindnes for Ionathán thy fathers sake, and wil restore thee all the fields of Saúl thy father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
And he bowed him selfe, and said, What is thy seruant, that thou shuldest loke vpon suche a dead dog as I am?
Then the King called Zibá Sauls seruant, and said vnto him, I haue giuen vnto thy masters sonne all that perteined to Saúl and to all his house.
Thou therefore and thy sonnes, and thy seruants shall till the lande for hym, and bring in that thy masters sonne may haue foode to eat. And Mephibósheth thy masters sonne shal eat bread alwaye at my table [now Zibá had fiftene sonnes, and twe{n}tie seruants.]
Then said Zibá vnto the King, According to all that my Lord the Kynge hathe commanded his serua{n}t, so shal thy seruant do, that Mephibósheth may eat at my table, as one of the Kings sonnes.
Mephibosheth also had a yonge sonne named Michá, and all that dwelled in the house of Zibá, (were) seruantes vnto Mephibósheth.
And Mephibósheth dwelt in Ierusalém: for he did eat continually at the Kings table, and was lame on bothe his feete.
AFter this, the King of the childre{n} of Ammón dyed, and Hanūn hys sonne reigned in his stede.
Then said Dauid, I will shewe kyndenes vnto Hanūn the sonne of Nahásh, as hys father shewed kindnes vnto me. And Dauid sent his seruants to comforte hym for his father. So Dauid seruants came into the land of the children of Ammōn.
And the princes of the children of Ammōn said vnto Hanún their Lord, Thinkest thou that Dauid doeth honourthy father, that he hath sent co{m}forters to thee? hathe not Dauid (rather) sent his seruants vnto thee, to searche the citie, and to spie it out, and to ouerthrowe it?
Wherefore Hanún toke Dauids seruants, and shaued of the halfe of their bearde, & cut of their garments in the middle, euen to their buttockes, and sent them away.
¶ When it was tolde vnto Dauid, he sent to mete them [for the men were excedingly ashamed] and the King said, Tarie at Ierichó, vntill your beardes be growen, then returne.
¶ And when the children of Ammón sawe that they stanke in the sight of Dauid, the children of Ammón sent & hired the Aramites of the house of Rehób, and the Aramites of Zobá, twentie thousand footeme{n}, and of King Maacáh a thousand men, and of 〈◊〉 twelue thousand men.
And when Dauid heard of it, he sent Ioáb, and all the hoste of the strong men.
And the children of Ammón came out, and put their armie in array at the entring in of the gate: and the Aramites of Zobá, & of Rehob, and of Ish-tób, and of Maacáh, (were) by them selues in the field.
When Ioáb sawe that the fronte of the battell was agaynste hym before and behinde, he chose of all the choise of Israél, and put them in arraye agaynste the Aramites.
And the rest of the people he delyuered into the hand of Abishái his brother, that he might put them in arraye agaynste the children of Ammón.
And he said, If the Aramites be stronger then I, thou shalt helpe me, and if the children of Ammon be to strong for thee, I wil come and succour thee.
Be strong & let vs be valiant for our people, and for the cities of our God, and let the Lord do that which is good in his eyes.
Then Ioáb, and the people that was with him, ioyned in battell with the Aramites, who fled before him.
And when the children of Ammōn sawe that the Aramites fled, they fled also before 〈◊〉, and entred into the Citie, so Ioáb returned fro{m} the children of Ammōn, and came to Ierusalém.
¶ And when the Aramites sawe that they were smitten before Israél, they gathered them together.
And Hadarézer sent, and broght out the Aramites that were beyonde the Riuer: & they came to Helám, and Shobách the captaine of the hoste of Hadarézer (went) before them.
When it was shewed Dauid, then he gathered all Israél together, and passed ouer Iordén and came to Helám: and the Aramites set them selues in array againste Dauid, and foght with him:
And the Aramites fled before Israél: and Dauid destroyed seuen hundreth charets of the Aramites, & fourtie thousand horsemen, and smote Shobách the captaine of his hoste, who dyed there.
And whe{n} all the Kings, (that were) serua{n}ts to Hadarézer, sawe that they fell before Israél, they made peace with Israél, & serued them, & the Aramites feared to helpe the children of Ammōn anie more.
ANd when the yere was expired in the time whe{n} Kings go forth (to battell,) Dauid sent Ioáb, and his seruants wyth him, and all Israél, who destroyed the children of Ammōn, and besieged Rabbáh: but Dauid remained in Ierusalém.
¶ And when it was euenyng tide, Dauid arose out of his bed, and walked vppon the roofe of the Kings palace: and frome the roofe he sawe a woman washing her selfe and the woman was very beautifull to loke vpon.
And Dauid sent and inquired what woma{n} it was: and (one) said, Is not this Bethshéba the daughter of Eliám, wife to Vriáh the Hittite?
Then Dauid sent messengers, & toke her awaye: and she came vnto him and he laye with her: [now she was purified from her vnclennes] & she returned vnto her house.
And the woma{n} co{n}ceiued therfore she sent and tolde Dauid, & said, I am with childe.
¶ Then Dauid sent to Ioáb, (saying,) Send me Vriáh the Hittite. And Ioáb sent Vriáh to Dauid.
And whe{n} Vriáh came vnto him, Dauid demanded him how Ioáb did, & how the people fared, and how the warre prospered.
Afterward Dauid said to Vriáh, Go down to thine house, & wash thy feete. So Vriáh departed out of the Kings palace, and the King sent a present after him.
But Vriáh slept at the dore of the Kynges palace with all the seruants of his Lord, & went not downe to his house.
Then they tolde Dauid, saying, Vriáh went not downe to his house: and Dauid said vnto Vriáh, Comest thou not from thy iourney? why didest thou not go downe to thine house?
Then Vriáh answered Dauid, The Arke of Israél, and Iudáh dwel in tentes: and my Lords Ioáb and the seruantes of my Lorde abide in the open fields: shal I then go into mine house to eat and drinke, and lie with my wife? (by) thy life, & (by) the life of thy soule, I wil not do this thing.
Then Dauid said vnto Vriáh, Tarie yet this daye, and tomorowe I will send thee awaie. So Vriáh abode in Ierusale{m} that day, and the morowe.
Then Dauid called him, and he did eate & drinke before him, & he made him dro{n}ke: and at euen he went out to lie on his couche with the seruants of his Lord, but we{n}t not downe to his house.
And on the morowe Dauid wrote a letter to Ioáb, and sent it by the hand of Vriáh.
And he wrote thus in the letter, Put ye Vriáh in the fore fronte of the strength of the battell, and recule ye backe from him, that he may be smitten, and dye.
¶ So when Ioáb besieged the citie, he assigned Vriáh vnto a place, where he knew that strong men (were.)
And the men of the citie came out, and foght with Ioáb: and there fell of the people of the serua{n}ts of Dauid, and Vriáh the Hittite also dyed.
Then Ioáb sent and tolde Dauid all the things concerning the warre,
¶ And he charged the messenger, saying, Whe{n} thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the warre vnto the King,
And if the Kinges angre arise, so that he say vnto thee, Wherefore approched ye vnto the citie to fight? knewe ye not that they wolde hurle from the wall?
Who smote Ahimélech sonne of Ierubésheth? did not a woman caste a piece of a milstone vpon him from the wall, and he dyed in Thebēz? why went you nye the wal? Then say thou, Thy serua{n}t Vriáh the Hittite is also dead.
¶ So the messenger went, and came and shewed Dauid al that Ioáb had se{n}t him for.
And the messenger said vnto Dauid, certeinly the men preuailed agaynste vs, and came out vnto vs into the fielde, but we pursued the{m} vnto the entring of the gate.
But the shooters shot fro{m} the wall against thy seruants, and (some) of the Kings seruants be dead: and thy seruant Vriáh the Hittite is also dead.
Then Dauid said vnto the messe{n}ger, Thus shalt thou say vnto Ioáb, Let not this thing trouble thee: for the sworde 〈◊〉 one aswel as another: make thy battell more strong against the citie and destroy it, and encourage thou him.
¶ And when the wife of Vriáh heard that her housband Vriáh was dead, she mourned for her housband.
So when the mourning was paste, Dauid sent and toke her into his house, & she became his wife, and bare him a sonne: but the thing that Dauid had done, displeased the Lord.
THen the Lord sent Nathán vnto Dauid, who came to him, and sayde vnto him, There were two men in one Citie, the one riche, and the other poore.
The riche man had exceding manye shepe and oxen:
But the poore had none at all, saue one litle shepe which he had boght, & nourished vp: and it grewe vp with him, & with his children also, and did eat of his owne morsels, and dranke of his owne cup, and slept in his bosome, & was vnto him as his daughter
Now there came a stranger vnto the riche man, who refused to take of his owne shepe, and of his owne oxen to dresse for the stranger that was come vnto him, but toke the poore mans shepe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Then Dauid was exceding wrothe with the man, and said to Nathan, As the Lorde liueth, the man that hathe done this thing, shall surely dye,
And he shal restore the la{m}be foure folde, because he did this thing, and had no pitie thereof.
Then Nathan said to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israél, I anointed thee King ouer Israél, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saúl,
And gaue thee thy Lords house, and thy Lords wyues into thy bosome, and gaue thee the house of Israél, and of Iudáh, and wolde moreouer [if (that had bene) to litle] haue giuen thee suche and suche things.
Wherefore hast thou despised the co{m}mandement of the Lord, to do euil in his sight? thou hast killed Vriáh the Hittite with the sworde, and hast taken his wife (to be) thy wife, and hast slaine him with the sword of the children of Ammón.
Now therefore the sworde shal neuer departe from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriáh the Hittite to be thy wife.
Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I will raise vp euill agaynste thee out of thine owne house, & will take thy wiues before thine eyes, and giue them vnto thy neyghbour, and he shall lye with thy wiues in the sight of this sunne.
For thou didest it secretlye: but I wyll do this thing before all Israél, and before the sunne.
Then Dauid said vnto Nathán, I haue sinned against the Lord. And Nathán said vnto Dauid, The Lord also hath put away thy sinne, thou shalt not dye.
How be it because by this dede thou hast caused the ennemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the childe that is borne vnto thee shal surely dye.
¶ So Nathán departed vnto his house: & the Lord stroke the childe that Vriahs wife bare vnto Dauid, and it was sicke.
Dauid therefore besoght GOD for the childe, and fasted and went in, and laye all night vpon the earth.
The{n} the Elders of his house arose (to come) vnto him, & to cause him to rise from the grounde: but he wolde not, nether did he eat meat with them.
So on the seuenth day the childe dyed: & the serua{n}ts of Dauid feared to tel him that the childe was dead: for they said, Behold, while the childe was aliue, we spake vnto him, and he wolde not hearken vnto our voyce: how then shal we say vnto him, The childe is dead, to vexe (him) more?
But when Dauid sawe that hys seruantes whispered, Dauid perceiued that the child was dead therfore Dauid said vnto his seruants, Is the childe dead? And they said, He is dead.
Then Dauid arose from the earthe, and washed and anointed him selfe, and changed his apparel, & came into the house of the Lord, and worshiped, & afterward came to his owne house, and bade that 〈◊〉 shuld set bread before him, and he did eat.
Then said his seruants vnto him, What thynge is this, that thou haste done? thou didest fast and wepe for the childe, while it was aliue, but when the childe was dead, 〈◊〉 didest rise vp, and eat meat.
And he said, While the child was yet aliue, I fasted, and wept for I said, Who can tell (whether) GOD will haue mercie on me, that the childe may liue?
But now beynge dead, wherefore shulde I nowe fast? Can I bring him againe anye more? I shall go to hym, but he shall not returne to me.
¶ And Dauid comforted Bath-shéba hys wife, & went in vnto her, and lay with her, and she bare a sonne, and he called hys name Salomôn: also the Lord loued him.
For (the Lord) had sent by Nathán the Prophet therefore he called his name Iedidiáh, because the Lord (loued him.)
¶ Then Ioáb foght agaynste Rabbáh of the children of Ammón, and toke the citie of the kingdome.
Therefore Ioáb sent messengers to Dauid, saying, I haue foght againste Rabbáh, and haue taken the citie of waters.
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the Citie, that thou maiest take it, lest the victorie be attributed to me.
So Dauid gathered all the people together, and went against Rabbáh, and besieged it, and toke it.
And he toke their Kings crowne from his head, [which wayed a talent of golde, with precious stones] & it was (set) on Dauids head and he broght away the spoyle of the citie in exceding great abundance.
And 〈◊〉 caryed awaye the people that was therein, and put them vnder sawes, and vnder yron harowes, & vnder axes of yro{n}, and caste them into the tyle kylne: euen thus did he with all the cities of the chyldren of Ammón. Then Dauid and all the people returned vnto Ierusalém.
NOw after this so it was, that Absalôm the sonne of Dauid hauing a fayre sister, whose name (was) Tamár, Amnôn the sonne of Dauid loued her.
And Amnon was so sore vexed, that he fel sick for his sister Tamár for she was a virgin, & it semed harde to Amnôn to do any thing to her.
But Amnôn had a friende called Ionadáb, the sonne of Shimeáh Dauids brother: and Ionadáb was a very subtile man.
Who said vnto him, Why (arte) thou the Kings sonne so leane from day to day? wilt thou not tel me? The{n} Amnôn answered him, I loue Tamár my brother Absaloms sister.
And Ionadáb said vnto him, Lye downe on thy bed, and make thy selfe sicke: and when thy father shal come to se thee, say vnto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamár come, and giue me meat, and let her dresse meat in my sight, that I may se it, and eat it of her hand.
¶ So Amnôn laye downe, & made him self sicke: and when the King came to se him, Amnôn said vnto the King, I pray thee, let Tamár my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may receiue meat at her hand.
Then Dauid sent home to Tamár, saying, Go now to thy brother Amno{n}s house, and dresse him meat.
¶ So Tamár went to her brother Amno{n}s house, and he laye downe: and she toke floure, and kneadit, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
And she toke a panne, and powred them out before him, but he wolde not eate. The{n} Amnôn said, Causeye euery man to go out from me: so euery man we{n}t out from him.
Then Amnôn said vnto Tamár, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I maye eat of thine ha{n}d. And Tamár toke the cakes whiche she had made, and broght the{m} into the chamber to Amnôn her brother.
And when she had set them before hym to eat, he toke her, and said vnto her, Come, lye with me, my sister.
But-she answered him, Naye my brother do not force me for no such thing ought to be done in Israél: commit not this folie
And I, whether shal I cause my shame to go: and thou shalt be as one of the fooles in Israél: now therefore, I pray thee, speak to the King, for he wil not denye me vnto thee.
How be it he wolde not hearken vnto her voyce, but being stronger then she, forced her, and lay with her.
The{n} Amnôn hated her excedingly, so that the hatred, where with he hated her, was greater then the loue, where with he had loued her, and Amnôn said vnto her, Vp, get thee hence.
And she answered him, There (is) no cause: this euil [to put me away] is greater the{n} the other that thou didest vnto me but he wolde not heare her,
But called his seruant that serued him, & said, Put this woman now out from me: & locke the dore' after her.
[And she had a garment of diuers coulers vpon her: for with suche garme{n}ts were the Kings daughters that were virgins appa reled] Then his seruant broght her out, and locked the dore after her.
And Tamár put a 〈◊〉 on her head & rent the garment of diuers coulers which was on her, and layed her hand on her head, & went her way crying.
And Absalôm her brother said vnto her, Hathe Amnôn thy brother bene with thee Now yet beistyl, my sister, he is thy brother let not this thing grieue thine heart. So Tamár remained desolate in her brother Absaloms house.
¶ But when King Dauid heard all these things, he was very wrothe.
And Absalom said vnto his brother Amnôm nether good nor bad: for Absalôm hated Amnôn, because he had forced his sister Tamár.
¶ And after the time of two yeres, Absalôm had shepe sherers in Baal-hazôm which is beside Ephráim, and Absalôm called all the Kings sonnes.
And Absalôm came to the King and said Beholde now, thy seruant hathe shepe sherers: I pray thee, that the King with his seruants wolde go with thy seruant.
But the King answered Absalōm, Nay my sonne, I pray thee, let vs not go all, lest we be chargeable vnto thee. Yet Absalôm laye sore vpon him: howbeit he wolde not go, but thanked him.
Then said Absalôm, But, I pray thee, shal not my brother Amnôn go with vs, And the King answered him, Why shulde he go with thee?
But Absalōm was instant vpon him, and he sent. Amnon with him, and all the Kings children.
¶ Now had Absalóm commanded his seruants, saying, Marke now when Amnons heatt is mery with wine, and when I say vnto you, Smite Amnôn, kil him, feare not for haue not I commanded you be bolde therefore, and play the men.
And the seruants of Absalôm did vnto Amnôn, as Absalôm had commanded, and all the Kings sonnes arose, and euery man gate him vp vpon his mule, and fled.
¶ And while thei were in the way, tidings came to Dauid, saying, Absalom hathe slayne all the Kings sonnes, and there is not one of them left.
Then the King arose, and tare his garme{n}ts and lay on the grounde, and all his seruants stode by with their clothes rent.
And Ionadáb the sonne of Shimeád Dauids brother answered and said. Let not my lord suppose that they haue slayne all the yong men the Kings sonnes: for Amnon onely is dead, because Absalom had reported (so) since he forced his sister Tamār.
Now therefore let not my lord the King take the thing so grieuously, to thinke that all the Kings sónes are dead: for Amnon onely is dead.
¶ Then Absalom fled: and the yong man that kept the watche, lift vp his eyes, and loked, and beholde, there came muche people by the way of the hil side behinde him
And Ionadáb said vnto the King, Beholde, the Kings sonnes come, as thy seruant said, so it is.
And assone as he had left speaking behold the Kings sonnes came, and lift vp their voyce, and wept: and the King also and all his seruants wept excedingly sore.
But Absalom fled away, and went to Talmái the sonne of Ammihúr King of Geshúr & (Dauid) mourned for his sóne euery day.
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshûr, and was there thre yeres,
And King Dauid desired to go forthe vnto Absalom, because he was pacified co{n}cerning Amnôn, seing he was dead.
THen Ioáb the sonne of Zeruiáh perceiued, that the Kings heart was towarde Absalom,
And Ioáb sent to Tekoah, and broght thence a subtile woman, and said vnto her, I pray thee, faine thy selfe to mourne, & now put on morning apparel, & anoint not thy selfe with oyle: but be as a woman that had now long time mourned for the dead.
And come to the King, and speake of this maner vnto him [for Ioáb taught her what the shulde say]
¶ Then the woman of Tekoáh spake vnto the King, and fel downe on her face to the grounde, and did obeisance, & said Helpe ô King.
Then the King said vnto her. What ayleth thee? And she answered. I am in dede a widowe, and mine housband is dead:
And thine handmayd had two sonnes & they two stroue together in the field: [& there was none to parte them] so the one smote the other, and 〈◊〉 him.
And beholde, the whole familie is risen against thine handmayd, and thei said, Deliuer him that smote his brother, that we may kil him for the soule of his brother whome he slewe, that we may destroy the heire also: so they shal quenchemy sparkle which is left, and shal not leane to mine housband nether name nor posteritie vpo{n} the earth.
And the King said vnto the woman, Go to thine house, & I wil giue a charge for thee
Then the woman of Tekóah said vnto the King, My lord, ó King, this trespasse (be) on me, and on my fathers house, and the King and his throne (be)" giltles.
And the King said, Bring him to me that speaketh against thee, and he shal touche thee no more.
Then said she, I pray thee, let the King remember the Lord thy God, that thou woldest not suffer many reuengers of blood to destroy, lest thei slaye my sonne. And he answered. As the Lord liueth, there shal not one heere of thy so{n}ne fall to the earth
Then the woman said, I pray thee, let thine hand maid speake a worde to my lord the King, And he said, Say on.
Then the woman said, Wherefore the{n} hast thou thoght suche a thing against the people of God? or (why) doeth the King, as one which is fautie, speake this thing, that he wil not bring againe his banished:
For we must nedes dye, and (we are) as water spilt on the grounde, which can not be gathered vp againe: nether doeth God spare anie persone, yet doeth he appoint meanes, not to cast out fro{m} him him that is expelled.
Now therefore that I am come to speake of this thing vnto my lord the King, (the cause is) that the people haue made me afraide therefore thine hand maid said, Now wil I speake vnto the King: it may be that the King wil performe the request of his handmaid.
For the King wil beare, to deliuer his ha{n}d maid out of the hand of the ma{n} that wolde destroye me, and also my sonne fro{m} the inheritance of God.
Therefore thine hand maid said, The word of my Lord the King shal nowe be" comfortable: for my Lord the King is euen as an k Angel of God in hearing of good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God be with thee.
Then the King answered, and said vnto the woman, Hide not from me I pray thee, the thi{n}g that I shal aske thee. And the woma{n} said, Let my lord the King now speake
And the King said, Is not the hand of Ioáb with thee in all this? then the woman answered, and said. As thy soule liueth, my lord the King, I wil not turne to the right hand nor to the left from oght that my lord the King hathe spoken? for euen thy seruant Ioáb bade me, and he put all these wordes in the mouthe of thine hand maid
For to the intent that I shulde change the forme of speache, thy seruant Ioáb hathe done this thing: but my lord is wise according to the wisdome of an Angel of God to vnderstand all things that are in the earth.
¶ And the King said vnto Ioáb, Beholde now, I haue done this thing: go then and bring the yong man Absalôm againe.
And Ioáb fel to the grounde on his face, and bowed himselfe, and thanked the King. Then Ioáb said, This day thy serua{n}t knoweth, that I haue founde grace in thy sight, my LORD the King, in that the King hathe fulfilled the request of his seruant.
¶ And Ioàb arose, and went to Geshûr, & broght Absalòm to Ierusalêm.
And the King said, Let him turne to his owne house: and not se my face. So Absalôm turned to his owne house, & sawe not the Kings face.
Now in all Israél there was none to be so muche praised for beautie as Absalôm fro{m} the sole of his foote euen to the top of his head there was no blemish in him.
And when he polled his head [for at euerie yeres end he polled it: because it was to heauy for him, therefore he polled it] he weighed the heere of his head at two hundreth shekels by the Kings weight.
And Absalóm had thre sonnes, and one daughter named Tamár, which was a faire woman to loke vpon.
¶ So Absalóm dwelt the space of two yeres in Ierusalém, & sawe not the Kings face.
Therefore Absalóm sent for Ioáb to send him to the king, but he wolde not come to him: and when he sent againe, he wolde not come.
Therefore he said vnto his seruants, Beholde, Ioáb hathe a field by my place, and hathe barly therein: go, and set it 〈◊〉 on fire and Absaloms seruants set the field on fire
Then Ioáb arose, and came to Absalôm vnto his house, and said vnto him, Wherefore haue thy seruants burnt my field with fire?
And Absalôm answered Ioáb, Beholde, I sent for thee, saying, Come thou hither, and I wil send thee to the King for to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshúr? It had bene better for me to haue bene there stil now therefore let me se the Kings face: and if there be anie trespasse in me, let him kil me.
Then Ioáb came to the King, and tolde him: and he called for Absalóm, who came to the King, and bowed him selfe to the grounde on his face before the King: and the King kissed Absalom.
AFter this Absalôm prepared him charets and horses, and fiftie men to runne before him.
And absalom rose vp early, and stode hard by the entring in of the gate, and euerie man that had anie matter: and came to the King for iudgement, him did Absalôm call vnto him, and said, Of what citie art thou? And he answered, Thy seruant (is) of one of the tribes of Israél.
Then Absalóm said vnto him, Se thy matters are good and righteous, but there is no ma{n} (deputed) of the King to heare thee
Absalóm said moreouer, Oh that I were made Iudge in the land, that euerie man which hathe anie matter or controuersie, might come to me, that I might do him Iustice.
And when anie man came nere to him, & did him obeisance, he put forthe his hand, and toke him, an kissed him.
And on this maner did Absalóm to all Israél, that came to the King for iudgement so Absalôm stale the heartes of the men of Israél.
¶ And after fortie yere, Absalom said vnto the King, I pray thee, let me go to Hebrón, and rendre my vowe which I haue vowed vnto the Lord.
For thy seruant vowed a vowe when I remained in Geshúr: in Arám, saying, If the Lord shal bring me againe in dede to Ierusalém, I wil serue the Lord.
And the King said vnto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebrôn.
¶ Then Absalôm sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israél, saying, When ye heare the sounde of the trumpet, ye shal say, Absalôm reigneth in Hebrón.
¶ And with absalôm went two hundreth men out of Ierusalém, that were called: & they went in their simplicitie, knowing nothing.
Also Absalôm sent for Ahithōphel the Gilonite Dauids counseler,c from his citie Gilóh: while he offred sacrifices: and the treaso{n} was great: for the people encreased stil with Absalóm.
¶ Then came a messenger to Dauid, saying The hearts of the men of Israél are turned after Absalôm.
Then Dauid said vnto all his seruants that were with him at Ierusalém, Vp, and let vs flee, for we shal not escape sro{m} Absalom: make spede to departe, lest he come sodenly and take vs, and bring euil vpon vs, and smite the citie with the edge of the sworde.
And the Kings seruants said vnto him, Beholde, thy seruants (are ready to do) according to all that my lord the King shal appoint.
So the King departed & all his housholde after him, and the King left ten concubines to kepe the house.
And the King we{n}t forthe & all the people after him, and taryed in a place farre of.
And all his seruants went about him, and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites (euen) sixe hu{n}dreth men which were come after him fro{m} Gath, went before the King.
Then said the King to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore commest thou also with vs? Returne and abide with the King, for thou art a stranger: departe thou therefore to thy place.
Thou camest yesterday, and shulde cause thee to wander to day and go with vs? I wil go whither I can: therefore returne thou and cary againe thy brethre{n} mercie and trueth (be) with thee.
And Ittái answered the King, and said As the Lord liueth, and as my lord the King liueth, in what place my lord the King shalbe, whether in death or life, eue{n} there surely wil thy seruant be.
Then Dauid said to Ittái, Come, and go forwarde. And Ittái the Gittite went, and all his men, and all the children that were with him.
And all the countrey wept with a loude voyce: and all the people went forward: but the King passed ouer the brooke Kidrón: and all the people we{n}t ouer towarde the way of the wildernes.
¶ And lo, Zadók also (was there) and all the Leuites with hym, bearing the Arke of the couena{n}t of God: & they set downe the Arke of God, & Abiathár went vp vntil the people were all come out of the citie.
Then the King said vnto Zadok, Carie the Arke of God againe into the citie, if I shal finde fauour in the eyes of the Lord, he wil bring me againe, & shewe me (bothe) it, and the Tabernacle thereof.
But if he thus say, I haue no delite in thee, beholde, here am I, let him do to me as semeth good in his eyes.
The King said againe vnto Zadok the Priest. Art not thou a Seer? returne into the citie in peace, and your two sonnes with you (to wit) Ahimáaz thy sonne, and Ionathán the sonne of Abiathar.
Beholde, I wil tarie in the fieldes of the wildernes, vntil there come some worde from you to be tolde me.
Zadök therefore and Abiathár, caryed the Arke of God againe to Ierusalém, & they taried there.
And Dauid went vp the mount of oliues and wept as he went vp, and had his head couered, and went barefooted: and all the people that was with him, had euerie man his head coucred, and as they we{n}t vp they wept.
Then one tolde Dauid, saying, Ahithôphél is one of them that haue conspired with Absalōm & Dauid said, ô Lord, I pray the turne the counsel of Ahithopel into foolishnes.
¶ Then Dauid came to the toppe of the mount where he worshiped God and beholde, Hushai the Archite came against him with his coate torne, & hauing earth vpon his head,
Vnto whome Dauid said, If thou go with me, thou shalt be a burthen vnto me.
But if thou returne to the citie, & say vnto Absalōm, I wil be thy seruant, ô King, [as I haue bene in time past thy fathers seruant so wil I now be thy seruant] then thou maiest bring me the counsel of Ahithophel to noght.
And hast thou not there with thee Zadóh and Abiathár the Priests, therefore whatsoeuer thou shalt heare out of the Kings house, thou shalt shewe to Zadok & Abiathár the Priests.
Beholde, there are with them their two sonnes? Ahimáaz Zadoks (sonne) and Ionathán Abiathars (sonne) by them also shal ye send me euerie thing that ye can heare.
So Hushai Dauids friend went into the citie: and Absalom came into Ierusalém.
WHen Dauid was a litle past the toppe (of the hil) beholde, Zibá the seruant of Mephibósheth met him with a couple of asses sadled, and vpon them two hundreth (cakes) of bread, and one hundreth bunshes of raisins, and an hundreth of dryed figges, and a bottel of wine.
And the King said vnto Zibá, What meanest thou by these: And Zibá said, They be asses for the Kings housholde to ride, on and bread and dryed figges for the yong men to eat, and wine, that the faint may drincke in the wildernes.
And the King said, But where is thy masters sonne? Then Zibá answered the, King Beholde, he remaineth in Ierusalém: for he said, This day shal the house of Israél resto reme the kingdome of my father.
Then said the King to Zibá, Beholde, thine are all that (perteined) vnto Mephibôsheth. And Ziba said," I beseche thee, let me finde grace in thy sight, my lord, ô King.
¶ And whe{n} King Dauid came to Bahurim beholde, thence came out a man of the familie of the house of Saúl, named Shimei the so{n}ne of Gerá. & he came out, & cursed.
And he cast stones at Dauid, and at all the seruants of King Dauid: and all the people & all the men of warre (were) on his right hand, and on his left.
And thus said Shimei whe{n} he cursed, Come forthe, come forthe thou murtherer, and wicked man.
The Lord hathe broght vpon thee all the blood of the house of Saúl in whose stead thou hast reined: and the Lord hathe deliuered the kingdome into the hand of Absalōm thy sonne: and beholde, thou art (taken) in the wickednes, because thou art a murtherer.
Then said Abishái the sonne of Zeruiáh vnto the King, Why doeth this dead dogge curse my lord the King? let me go, I pray thee, and take away his head.
¶ But the King said, What haue I to do with you ye sonnes of Zeruiáh: for he curseth, euen because the Lord hathe bidde{n} him curse Dauid: who darre then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
And Dauid said to Abishái, and to all his seruants, Beholde, my sonne which came out of mine owne bowels, seketh my life: then how muche more now may this sóne of 〈◊〉? Suffre him to curse: for the Lord hathe bidden him.
It may be that the Lord wil loke on mine affliction, and dome good for his cursing this day.
And as Dauid and his men went by the way, Shimei went by the side of the mountaine ouer against him, and cursed as he went, and threwe stones against him, and cast dust.
Then came the King & all the people that were with him weary, and refreshed them selues there.
¶ And Absalōm, and all the people, the men of Israél came to Ierusalém, and Ahithóphel with him.
And whe{n} Hushái the Archite Dauids frie{n}d was come vnto Absalom, Hushái said vnto Absalom, God saue the King, God saue the King.
Then Absalōm said to Hushai, Is this thy kindenes to thy friend? Why we{n}test thou not with thy friend?
Hushái then answered vnto Absalōm, Nay but whome the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israél chuse, his wil I be, and with him wil I dwell.
And moreouer vnto whome shal I do seruice? not to his so{n}ne? as I serued before thy father, so wil I before thee.
¶ Then spake Absalōm to Ahithōpel, Giue counsel what we shal do.
And Ahithóphel said vnto Absalōm, Go into thy fathers concubines, which he hathe left to kepe the house: and when all Israél shal heare, that thou artab horred of thy father, the hands of all that are with thee shalbe strong.
So they spred Absalōm a tent vpon the top of the house, and Absalōm went into his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israél.
And the counsel of Ahithōphel which he counseled in those dayes, was like as one had asked counsel at the oracle of God: so (was) all the counsel of Ahithōphel bothe with Dauid and with Absalōm.
MOreouer Ahithōphel said to Absalōm Let me chuse out now twelue thousand men and I wil vp and follow after Dauid this night,
And I wil come vpon him: for he is weary, and weake handed: so I wil feare him and all the people that are with him, shal flee, and I wil smite the King onely.
And I wil bring againe all the people vnto thee (and) when all shal returne, the ma{n} whome thou seket (being slaine)] all the people shalbe in peace.
And the saying pleased Absalōm wel, and all the Elders of Israél.
Then said Absalōm, Call now Hushái the Archite also, & let vs heare like wise what he sayeth.
So when Hushái came to Absalōm, Absalóm spake vnto him, saying, Ahithophel hathe spoken thus: shal we do after saying, or no tel thou?
Hushái then answered vnto Absalōm, The counsel that Ahithóphel hathe giuen, is not good at this time.
For, said Hushái, thou knowest thy father, is a valiant warriar, and wil not lodge with the people.
Beholde, he is hid now in some caue, or in some place: and thogh some of them he ouerthrowe nat the first yet the (people) shal heare, & say, The people that followe Absalōm, be ouerthrowen.
Then he also that is valiant whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shal shrinke & faint for all Israel knoweth, that thy father is is valiant, and they which he with him, stowte men.
Therefore my counsel is, that all Israél be gathered vnto thee from Dan euen to Beer-shéba as the sand of the sea in nomber, & that thou go to battel in thine owne persone.
So shal we come vpon him in some place, where we shal finde him, and we wil vpon him as the dewe falleth on the ground & of all the men that are with him, we wil not leaue him one.
Moreouer if he begotten into a citie, the{n} shal all the me{n} of Israél bring ropes to that citie, and we wil drawe it into thee riuer, vntil there be not one smale stone found there.
¶ Then Absalōm and all the men of Israél said, The counsel of Hushái the Archite is better, then the counsel of Ahithóphel: for the LORD had determined to destroy the good counsel of Ahithophel, that the Lord might bring euil vpon Absalōm.
Then said Hushái vnto Zadōk and to Abia that the Priests, Of this and that maner did Ahithōphel and the Elders of Israél counsel Absalōm: and thus and thus haue I counseled.
Now therefore send quickly, and shewe Diuid, saying, Tary not this night in the fields of the wildernes, but rather get thee ouer, least the King be deuoured and all the people that are with him.
Now Ionathán and Ahimáaz abode by En-rogél. [for they might not be sene to come into the citie] and a maid went, and tolde them, and they went and shewed King dauid.
Neuertheles a yong man sawe them, and tolde it to Absalōm, therefore they bothe departed quickly, & came to a mans house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, into the which they went downe.
And the wise toke and spred a couering ouer the welles mouthe, & spred grounde cornethereon, that the thing shulde not be knowen.
And when Absaloms seruants came to the wife into the house, they said, Where is Ahimáaz and Ionathán? And the woman answered them, They begone ouer the broke of water. And when they had soght them, and colde not finde them, they returned to Ierusalém.
And assone as they were departed, the other came out of the well, and went and tolde King Dauid, and said vnto him, Vp, and get you quickly ouer the water: for suche counsel hathe Ahithōphel giuen against you.
Then Dauid arose, and all the people that were with him, and they went ouer Iordén vntil the dawning of the day, so that the relacked not one of them, that was not come ouer Iordén.
¶ Now when Ahithōphel sawe that his counsel was not followed, he sadled his asse, & arose, & he went home vnto his citie, and put his housholde in ordre, and hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buried in his fathers graue.
Then 〈◊〉 came to Mahanáim. And Absalōm passed ouer Iordén, he, and all the men of Israél with him.
And Absalóm made Amasá captaine of the hoste in the stead of Ioáb: which Amasá was a mans sonne named Ithrá an 〈◊〉 that went into Abigál the daughter of Nahásh, sister to Zeruiáh Ioabs mother.
So Israél and Absalóm pitched in the land of Gileáh.
¶ And when Dauid was come to Mahanáim, Shobi the sonne of Nahásh out of Rabbáh of the children of Ammón, and Machir the sonne of Ammiél out of Lodebár, and Barzelái the 〈◊〉 out of Rogél.
(Broght) beds, and basens, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barly, and floure, & parched corne, and beanes, and lentils, & parched corne.
And they broght hony, and butter, and shepe, and chese of kine for Dauid and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wildernes.
THen Dauid nombred the people that were with him, and set ouer the{m} captaines of thousands and captaines of hundreths.
And Dauid sent forthe the third parte of the people vnder the ha{n}d of Ioáb, and the third parte vnder the ha{n}d of Abishái Ioabs brother the so{n}ne of Zeruiáh: & the (other) third parte vnder the hand of Ittái the Gittite, and the King said vnto the people I wil go with you my selfe also.
But the people 〈◊〉, Thou shalt not go forthe: for if we 〈◊〉 away, they wil not regarde vs, nether wil they passe for vs, thogh halfe of vs were slaine, but thou art now worthe ten thousand of vs: therefore now it is better that thou succour vs out of the 〈◊〉.
Then the King said vnto them, What semeth you best, that I wil do. So the King stode by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreths and by thousands
And the King co{m}manded Ioáb and Abishái, and Ittai, saying (Entreate) the yong man Absalòm gently for my sake, and all the people hearde whe{n} the King gaue all the captaines charge concerning Absalóm,
So the people went out into the field to meete Israél, & the battel was in the wood of Ephráim?
Where the people of Israél were slaine before the seruants of Dauid: so there was a great: slaughter that day (euen) of twentie thousand.
¶ For the battel was skatred ouer all the countrey: and the wood deuoured muche more people that day, then did the sworde.
¶ Now Absalōm met the seruants of Dauid and Absalóm rode vpo{n} a mule, and the mule came vnder a great thicke oke: and his head caught holde of the oke, and he he was taken vp betwene the heauen & the earthe: & the mule that was vnder him went away.
And one that sawe it tolde Ioáb, saying, Beholde, I sawe Absalom ha{n}ged in an oke.
Then Ioáb said vnto the ma{n} that tolde him And hast thou in dede sene? why then didest not thou there smite him to the grou{n}d and I wolde haue giue{n} thee ten k (shekels,) of siluer, and a girdle?
Then the man said vnto Ioàb, Thogh I shulde receiue a thousand (shekels) of siluer in mine hand, yet wolde I not lay mine hand vpo{n} the Kings sonne: for in our hearing the King charged thee, and Abishai, & Ittai, saying, Bewarre, lest anie (touche) the yong man Absalóm.
If I had done it (it had bene) the danger of my life: for nothing can be hid from the King: yea thou thy selfe woldest haue bene against me.
Then said Ioáb, I wil not thus tary with thee. And he toke thre dartes in his hand and thrust them through Absalóm, while he was yet aliue in the middes of the oke.
And ten seruants that bare Ioábs armour, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slewe him.
Then Ioáb blewe the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israél: for Ioáb helde backe the people.
And they toke Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, & layed a mighty great heape of stones vpon him: and all Israél fled euerie one to his tent.
Now Absalóm in his life time had taken & reared hi{m} vp a piller, which is in the Kings dale: for he said, I haue no sonne to kepe my name in remembrance, and he called the piller after his owne name, and it is called vnto this day, Absaloms place.
¶ Then said Ahimáaz the sonne of Zabók I pray thee, let me runne, & beare the King tidings that the Lord hathe deliuered him out of the hand of his enemies.
And Ioáb said vnto him, Thou shalt not be the messenger to day, but thou shalt beare tidings another time, but to day thou shalt beare none: for the Kings sonne is dead.
Then said Ioáb to Cushi, Go, tel the King, what thou hast sene. And Cushi bowed himselfe vnto Ioáb, and ran.
Then said Ahimáaz the sonne of Zadók againe to Ioáb What, I pray thee, if I also runne after Cushi? And Ioáb said, Wherefore now wilt thou runne, my sonne, seing that thou hast no tidings to bring?
Yet what if I runne? Then he said vnto him Runne. So Ahimáaz ranne by the way of the plaine, and ouerwent Cushi?
Now Dauid sat betwene the two gates. And the watcheman went to the top of the gate vpon the wall, and lift vp hys eyes and sawe, a{n}d behold, a man came running alone.
And the watcheman cryed, and tolde the Kyng. And the Kyng sayde, If he be alone, he bryngeth tydyngs. And he came apase, and drewe nere.
And the watchemen sawe another man runnynge, and the watcheman called vnto the porter, and said, Beholde, (another) man runneth alone. And the Kyng sayd, He also bringeth tidings.
And the watcheman said, Me thinketh the 〈◊〉 of the formost (is) lyke the running of Ahimáaz the sonne of Zadok, Then the Kyng said, He is a good man, and commeth with good tidings.
And Ahimáaz called, and sayde vnto the King, Peace (be with thee:) and he fel downe to the earth vpon his face before the Kyng, and said, Blessed be the Lorde thy God, who hathe shut vp the men that lifte vp their hands against my Lord the King.
And the King said, Is the yong man Absalóm safe? And Ahimáaz answered, Whe{n} Ioáb sent the Kings seruant, and (me) thy serua{n}t, I sawe a great tumulte, but I knew not what.
And the Kynge sayd vnto hym, Turne aside, (and) stand here, so he turned aside and stode still.
And beholde, Cushi came, and Cushi said, Tidings, my Lorde the King: for the Lorde hath deliuered thee this day out of the hand of all that rose against thee.
Then the King said vnto Cushi, Is the yong man Absalom safe? And Cushi aunswered, The enemies of my Lorde the King, and all that rise agaynste thee to do thee hurt, be as that yong man is.
And the Kyng was moued, and went vp to the chamber ouer the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my sonne Absalóm, my sonne, my sonne Absalóm: wolde GOD I had dyed for thee, ô Absalōm, my sonne, my sonne.
ANd it was tolde Ioáb, Beholde, the King wepeth and mourneth for Absalōm.
Therefore the victorie of that day was turned into mourning to all the people: for the people heard say that daye, The Kynge sorro weth for his sonne.
And the people went that day into the citie secretly, as people confounded hide them selues when they flee in battel.
So the Kynge hid his face, and the Kynge cryed with a lowde voyce, My sonne Absalóm, Absalóm my sonne, my sonne.
¶ Then Ioáb came into the house to the King and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy seruants, which this day haue saued thy life, and the liues of thy sonnes a{n}d of thy daughters, and the liues of thy wiues, and the liues of thy concubines.
In that thou louest thine enemies, and hatest the friends: for thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest nether thy princes nor seruants: therefore this day I perceiue, that if Absalóm had liued, and we all had dyed this daye, that then it wolde haue pleased thee wel.
Nowe therefore vp, come out, and speake comfortably vnto thy seruants: for I sweare by the Lorde, except thou come out, there wil not tary one man with thee this night: a{n}d that wil be worse vnto thee, then all the euil that fel on thee from thy you the hetherto.
Then the Kyng arose, and sate in the gate: and they tolde vnto all the people, saying, Beholde, the King doeth sit in the gate: and all the people came before the King: for Israél had fled euerie man to his tent.
¶ The{n} all the people were at strife through out all the tribes of Israél, saying, The King saued vs out of the hand of our enemies, and he deliuered vs out of the hande of the Philistims, and nowe he is fled out of the lande for Absalóm.
And Absalóm, whome we anointed ouer vs, is dead in battel: therefore why are ye so slowe to bring the King againe?
But Kynge Dauid sent to Zadōk and to Abiathár the Priests, saying, Speake vnto the Elders of Iudáh and say, Why are ye behind to bryng the King againe to his house, [for the sayinge of all Israéll is come vnto the King, (euen) to his house]
Ye are my brethren: my bones and my flesh are ye: wherefore then are ye the laste that bring the King againe?
Also say ye to Amasá, Art thou not my bone and my fleshe? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captaine of the hoste to me for euer in the roume of Ioáb.
So he bowed the heartes of all the men of Iudáh, as of one man: therefore they sent to the Kyng, saying, Returne thou with all thy seruants.
¶ So the Kyng returned, and came to Iordén. And Iudah came to Gilgál, for to go to meete the Kynge, (and) to conduct him ouer Iordén.
¶ And Shimei the sonne of Gerá, the sonne of Iemini, which was of Bahurim, hasted a{n}d came downe with the me{n} of Iudah to meete Kyng Dauid.
And a thousande men of Beniamin wyth hym, and Zibá the seruant of the house of Saul, and his fiftene sonnes and twentie seruants with hym: and they went ouer Iordén before the King.
And there went ouer abote to carie ouer the Kings housholde, a{n}d to do him pleasure. Then Shimei the sonne of Gerá fell before the King, when he was come ouer Iordén.
And said vnto the Kyng, Let not my Lorde impute wickednes vnto me, nor remember the thyng that the seruant did wickedly when my Lorde the King departed out of Ierusalem, that the Kynge shulde take it to hys heart.
For thy seruaunt doeth knowe, that I haue done amisse: therefore beholde: I am the first this day of 〈◊〉 house of Ioséph, that am come to go downe to meete my Lorde the Kyng.
But Abishái the sonne of Zeruiah answered, and said, Shal not Shimei dye for this, because he cursed the Lordes anointed?
And Dauid sayd, What haue I to do with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiáh, that this daye ye shulde be aduersaries vnto me? shal there anie man dye this day in Israél? for do not I know, that I am this day King ouer Israél?
Therefore the Kynge sayde vnto Shimei Thou shalt not dye, and the King sweare vnto him.
¶ And Mephibosheth the sonne of Saul came downe to meete the King, and had nether washed his feete, nor dressed his beard, nor washed his clothes frome the tyme the King departed, vntill he returned in peace.
And when he was come to Ierusalém and met the King, the King said vnto him, Wherfore wentest not thou wyth me, Mephibosheth?
And he aunswered, My Lorde the King, my seruaunt disceiued me: for thy seruaunt said, I wolde haue mine asse sadled to ride thereon for to go with the Kyng, because thy seruant (is) lame.
And he hathe accused thy seruaunt vnto my Lorde the King: but my Lorde the Kyng (is) as an Angell of GOD: do therefore thy pleasure.
For all my fathers house were but dead men before my Lorde the Kynge, yet didest thou set thy seruant among them that did eat at thine owne table: what right therefore ha uel yet to crye 〈◊〉 more vnto the King?
And the King said vnto him, Why speakest thou anie more of thy matters? I haue sayd, Thou, and Zibá deuide the lands.
And Mephibōsheth sayd vnto the Kynge, Yea, let him take all, seyng my LORDE the King is come home in peace.
¶ Then Barzillai the Gileadite came downe from Rogelim, and went ouer Iordén with the King, to conduct him ouer Iordén.
Now Barzillái was a very aged man, (euen) foure score yere olde, and he had prouided the King of sustenance, while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a ma{n} of very great substa{n}ce.
And the Kynge said vnto Barzillai, Come ouer with me, and I will feede thee with me 〈◊〉 Ierusalém.
And Barzillai sayd vnto the Kyng, Howe long haue I to lyue, that I shulde go vp with the King to Ierusalém?
I am thys day foure score yere olde: and can I discerne betwene good or euill? Hathe thy seruaunt anie taste in that I eat or in that I drinke? Can I heare anie more the voice of singyng men and women? wherefore then shulde thy seruant be anie more a burthen vnto my Lorde the King?
Thy seruant will go a litle way ouer Iordén with the Kyng, and why wil the King recompence it me with suche a rewarde?
I pray thee, let thy seruaunt turne backe againe, that I may dye in mine owne citie, and (be buryed) in the graue of my father and of my mother: but beholde thy seruant Chimhám, let him go with my Lord the King, and do to him what shal please thee.
And the King answered, Chimhám shall go with me, and I wil do to him that thou shalt be content with: and whatsoeuer thou shalt require of me, that wil I do for thee.
So all the people went ouer Iordén: and the King passed ouer: and the Kyng kissed Barzillai, and blessed him, and he returned vnto his owne place.
¶ Then the King went to Gilgal, a{n}d Chim ham went with hym, and all the people of Iudah conducted the Kynge, and also halfe the people of Israél.
And beholde, all the men of Israél came to the King, and said vnto the King, Why haue our brethren the men of Iudáh stolen thee awaye, and haue broght the Kynge and his housholde, and all Dauids men with him ouer Iordén?
And al the men of Iudáh answered the men of Israél, Because the King is nere of kin to vs: and wherefore nowe be ye angry for this matter? haue we eaten of the Kings (cost,) or haue we taken anie bribes?
And the men of Israél answered the men of Iudah, and sayde, We haue ten partes in the Kyng, and haue also more (ryght) to Dauid then ye, Why then did ye despise vs, that our aduise shulde not be first had in restoring our King? And the wordes of the men of Iudah were fearcer then the wordes of the men of Israél.
THen there was come thither a wicked man [named Shéba the sonne of Bichri, a man of Iemini] and he blewe the trumpet, and sayd, We haue no parte in Dauid, nether haue we inheritance in the sonne of Ishai: euery man to his tentes, ô Israél.
So euery man of Israél went from Dauid and followed Shéba the sonne of Bichri: but the men of Iudah claue faste vnto their Kynge, from Iordén euen to Ierusaléw.
When Dauid then came to hys house to Ierusalém, the King toke the ten women (his) concubines, that he had left behinde him to kepe the house, and put them inwarde, and fed them: but laye no more with them: but they were enclosed vnto the day of their death, liuing in widowhode.
¶ The{n} said the King to Amasá, Assemble me the men of Iudáh within thre dayes, and be thou here present.
So Amasá went to assemble Iudáh, but he taried longer then the time which he had appointed him.
The{n} Dauid said to Abishái, Now shall Shéba the sonne of Bichri do vs more harme then (did) Absalóm: take thou (therefore) thy lords seruants and followe after him, lest he get him walled cities, and escape vs.
And there went out after him Ioabs men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mightie men: and thei departed out of Ierusalém, to followe after Shéba the sonne of Bichri.
When thei were at the great stone, which is 〈◊〉 Gibeón, Amasá we{n}t before them, & Ioabs garment, that he had put on, was girded vnto him, & vpo{n} it was a sworde girded, which hanged on his loines in the sheath, and as he went, it vsed to falle out.
And Ioáb said to Amasá, 〈◊〉 thou in health my brother? and Ioáb toke Amasá by the beard with the right hand to kisse him.
But Amasá to 〈◊〉 no hede to the sworde that was in Ioabs hand: for therewith he smote him in the fift (rib,) and shed out his bowels to the grou{n}de, & smote him not the seco{n}de time: so he dyed, then Ioáb & Abishái his brother followed after Shéba the so{n}ne of Bichri
And one of Ioabs men stode by him, & said He that fauoreth Ioáb, and he that is of Dauids parte, (let him go) after Ioáb.
And Amasá walowed in blood 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the way: & when the man sawe that all the people stode stil, he remoued Amasá out of the way into the field, and cast a 〈◊〉 vpon him, because he sawe that euery one that came by him, stode stil.
When he was remoued out of the way, euery man went after Ioáb, to followe after Shéba the sonne of Bichri.
And he went through all the tribes of Israél vnto Abél, and Bethmaacháh & all (〈◊〉) of Berim: and thei gathered together, and went also after him.
So thei came, & besieged him in 〈◊〉, (〈◊〉 to) Bethmaacháh: and thei cast vp a 〈◊〉 against the citie, & the people thereof stode on the ramper, and all the people that was with Ioáb, destroyed and cast downe the wall.
Then cryed a wise woman out of the citie, Heare, heare, I pray you, say vnto Ioáb, come thou hither, that I may speake with thee.
And when he came nere vnto her, the woman said, Art thou Ioáb? And he answered, Yea. And she said to him, Heare the wordes of thine handmayd. And he answered, I do heare.
Then she spake thus, Thei spake in the old time, saying, Thei shulde aske of Abél, and so haue 〈◊〉 continued.
I am (one) of them, that are peaceable (and) faithful in Israél: and thou goest about to destroye a citie, and a mother in Israél: why wilt thou deuoure the inheritance of the Lord?
And Ioáb answered, and said, God forbid, God forbid it me, that I shulde deuoure, or destroye it.
The matter is not so, but a man of mount Ephráim [Shéba the sonne of 〈◊〉 by name] hathe lift vp his hand against the King, (euen) against Dauid: deliuer vs him onely, & I wil departe from the citie. And the woman said vnto Ioáb, Beholde, his head shalbe throwen to thee ouer the wall.
Then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisdome, and thei cut of the head of Shéba the so{n}ne of Bichri, & cast it to Ioáb then he blewe the trumpet, and theiretired fro{m} the citie, euery man to his tent: and Ioáb returned to Ierusalém vnto the King.
¶ The{n} Ioáb (was) ouer all the hoste of Israél and Banaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá ouer the Cherethites and ouer the Pelethites,
And Adorám ouer the tribute, and Ioshaphát the sonne of Ahilúd the recorder,
And Sheiá (was) scribe, and Zadōk and Abiathár the Priests,
And also Irá the Iairite (was) chief about Dauid.
THen there was a famine in the dayes of Dauid, thre yeres together: and Dauid asked counsel of the Lord, and the Lord answered, (It is) for Saúl, and for (his) bloodie house, because he slewe the Gibeonites.
Then the King called the Gibeonites, & said vnto them [Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israél, but a 〈◊〉 of the Amorites, vnto whome the children of Israél had sworne: but Saúl soght to slaye the{m} for his zeale toward the children of Israel & Iudáh]
And Dauid said vnto the Gibeonites, What shal I do for you, and wherewith shal I make the atonement, that ye may blesse the inheritance of the Lord?
The Gibeonites then answered him, We wil haue no siluer nor gold of Saúl nor of his house, nether for vs shalt thou kil anie man in Israél. And he said, What ye shal say, that wil I do for you.
Then they answered the King, The ma{n} that consumed vs and that imagined euil 〈◊〉 vs, (so that) we are destroyed from remaining in anie coste of Israél,
Let seuen men of his sonnes be deliuered vnto vs, and we wil hang them vp vnto the Lord in Gibeáh of Saul, the Lords chosen. And the King said, I wil giue them.
But the King had compassion on Mephibōsheth the so{n}ne of Ionathán the sonne of Saūl because of the Lords othe, that was betwene them, (euen) betwene Dauid and Ionathán the sonne of Saúl.
But the King toke the two sonnes of Rizpáh the daughter of 〈◊〉, whome she bare vnto Saúl, (euen) Armoni & Mephibósheth and the fiue sonnes of Michál, the daughter of Saúl, whome she bare to Abriél the sonne of Barzillái the Meholathite.
And he deliuered them vnto the ha{n}ds of the Gibeonites, which ha{n}ged them in the mountaine before the Lord: so they dyed (all) seuen together, and they were slaine in the time of haruest: in the first (dayes,) & in the beginning of barly haruest.
Then Rizpáh the daughter of Aiáh toke sack cloth and handged it vp for her vpo{n} the rocke, from the beginning of haruest, vntil water dropped vpon them from the heaue{n}, and suffred nether the birdes of the aire to light on them by day, nor beastes of the field by night.
¶ And it was tolde Dauid, what Rizpáh the daughter of Aiáh the concubine of Saúl had done.
And Dauid went and toke the bones of Saúl and the bones of Ionathán his sonne fro{m} the citizens of Iabésh Gilead, which had stollen them from the strete of Beth shán, where the Philistims had handged them, when the Philistims had slaine Saúl in Gilbōa.
So he broght thence the bones of Saúl and the bones of Ionathán his sonne, and thei gathered the bones of them that were hanged
And the bones of Saúl and of Ionathán his sonne buryed they in the countrie of Beniamin in Zelāh, in the graue of Kish his father: and when they had performed all that the King had commanded, God was then appeased with the land.
¶ Againe the Philistims had warre with Israél: and Dauid went downe, and his serua{n}ts with him, and they foght against the Philistims, and Dauid fainted.
Then Ishi-benōb which was of the sonnes of Harapháh [(the head) of whose speare wayed thre hundreth shekels of brasse] euen he being girded with anewe (sworde,) thoght to haue slaine Dauid.
But Abishái the sonne of Zeruiáh succoured him, and smote the Philistim, and killed him. Then Dauids men sware vnto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with vs to battel, lest thou quenche the light of 〈◊〉.
¶ And after this also there was a battel with the Philistims at Gob, then Sibbechái the Hushathite slewe Saph, which was one of the sonnes of Harapháh.
And there was yet (another) battel in Gob with the Philistims, where Elhanáh the so{n}ne of Ioare-oregim, a Bethlehemite slewe Goliáth the Gittite: the staffe of whose speare (was) like a weauers beame.
Afterwarde there was also a battel in Gath, where was a man of (a great) stature, and had on euerie hand six fingers, & on euerie foote six toes, foure and twentie in nomber: who was also the sonne of Harapháh.
And when he reuiled Israél, Ionathán the sonne of Shimá the brother of Dauid slewe him.
These foure were borne to Harapháh in Gath, and dyed by the hand of Dauid and by the hands of his seruants.
ANd Dauid spake the wordes of this song vnto the Lord, what time the Lord had deliuered him out of the hands of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saúl.
And he said, The Lord is my rocke and my forteresse, and he that deliuereth me.
God (is) my strength, in him wil I trust: my shield, and the horne of my saluacion, my hie towre (and) my refuge: my sauiour, thou hast saued me from violence.
I wil call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shal I be safe from mine enemies.
For the pangs of death haue compassed me: the floods of vngodlines haue made me afraide.
The sorowes of the graue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertoke me.
(But) in my tribulation did I call vpon the Lord, and crye to my God, and he did heare my voice out of his temple, and my crye (did enter) into his eares.
Then the earth trembled and quaked: the fundacions of the heauens moued, & shoke because he was angry.
Smoke went out at his nostrels, and consuming fire out of his mouth: coles were kindled there at.
He bowed the heauens also, & came downe and darkenes (was) vnder his feete.
And he rode vpon Cherúb and did flye, & he was sene vpon the wings of the winde.
And he made darknes a tabernacle rounde about him, (euen) the gatherings of waters, (and) the cloudes of the aire.
At the brightnes of his presence the coles of fire were kindled.
The Lord thundred from heauen, and the moste hye gaue his voyce.
He shot arrowes also, and scatred them: (to wit,) lightning, and destroyed them.
The chanels also of the sea appeared, (eue{n}) the fundations of the worlde were discouered by the rebuking of the Lord, (and) at the blast of the breath of his nostrels.
He sent from aboue, (&) toke me: he drewe me out of manie waters.
He deliuered me from my strong enemie, (and) from the{m} that hated me: for they were to strong for me.
They preuented me in the day of my calamitie, but the Lord was my stay.
And broght me forthe into a large place: he deliuered me; because he fauored me.
The Lorde rewarded me accordyng to my righteousnes: according to the purenes of mine hands he recompenced me.
For I kept the wayes of the Lorde, and did not wickedly against my God.
For all his lawes (were) before me, and hys statutes: I did not departe there from.
I was vpright also towarde hym, and haue kept me from my wickednes.
Therefore the Lord did rewarde me, according to my ryghteousnes, accordyng to my purenes before his eyes.
With the godlye thou wilt shewe thy selfe godlie: with thy vpright ma{n} thou wilt 〈◊〉 thy selfe vpright.
With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the frowarde thou wilt shewe thy selfe frowarde.
Thus thou wilt saue the poore people: but thyne eyes (arc) vpon the hautie to humble (them.)
Surely thou art my light, ô Lorde: and the Lord wil lighten my darkenes.
For by thee haue I broke{n} through an host, and by my God haue I leaped ouer a wal.
The way of God is vncorrupt: the worde of the Lord is tryed (in the fire:) he is a shield to all that trust in him.
For who is God besides the Lord? and who is mighty, saue our God?
God is my strength in battell, and maketh my way vpright.
He maketh my feete like hindes (feete,) and hathe set me vpon mine hie places.
He teacheth mine handes to fight, so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes.
Thou haste also giuen me the shield of thy saluacion, and thy louynge kindenes hathe caused me to increase.
Thou haste enlarged my steppes vnder me, and mine heeles haue not slid.
I haue pursued mine enemies and destroyed them, and haue not turned againe vntil I had consumed them.
Yea, I haue co{n}sumed them and thrust them through, and they shal not arise, but shall fall vnder my feete.
For thou haste girded me with power to battel, (and) them that arose against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.
And thou haste giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I myght destroye them that hate me.
They loked aboute, but there was none to saue (them, euen) vnto the Lord, but he answered them not.
Then did I beate them as smal as the dust of the earth: I did tread them flat as the clay of the streete, (and) did spread them abroad.
Thou hast also deliuered me from the con tencions of my people: thou hast preserued me to be the head ouer nacions: the people whiche I knewe not, do serue me.
Strangers shalbe in subiection to me: assone as they heare, they shal obey me.
Strangers shall shrinke awaye, and feare in their priuie chambers.
Let the LORD liue, and blessed (be) my strength: and God, (euen) the force of my saluacion be exalted.
(It is) God that giueth me (power) to reue{n}ge me, and subdue the people vnder me.
And rescueth me from mine enemies: [thou also haste lift me vp frome them that rose against me, thou haste deliuered me from the cruel man.
Therefore I wil praise thee, ô Lord, among the nacions, and wil sing vnto thy Name.]
(He is) the towre of saluacion for his King, and sheweth mercy to his Anointed, (euen) to Dauid, and to his seede for euer.
THese also be the laste wordes of Dauid, Dauid the sonne of Ishai sayth, euen the man who was set vp on hie, the Anointed of the God of Iaakób, and the swete singer of Israél saith.
The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his worde (was) in my tongue.
The God of Israél spake to me, the strength of Israél said, (thou shalt) beare rule ouer me{n}, being iust, (and) ruling in the feare of God.
Euen as the mourning light when the sunne riseth, the mourning, I say, without clouds, (so shal mine house be, and not) as the grasse of the earth (is) by the bright raine.
For so shal not mine house (be) with God: for he hathe made with me an euerlasting coueuant, perfite in all points, and sure: therefore all mine health and whole desire (is) that he will not make it growe (so.)
But the wicked (shalbe) euerie one as thornes thrust away, because they can not be taken with hands.
But the man that shall touche them, muste be defensed with yron, or with the shaft of a speare: and they shalbe burnt with fire in the same place.
¶ These (be) the names of the mighty men whome Dauid had. He that sate in the seate of wisdome beynge chief of the princes, was Adinō of Ezni, he slewe eight hundreth at one time.
And after hym (was) Eleazár the sonne of Dodó, the sonne of Ahohi, one of the thre worthies with Dauid, whe{n} they defied the Philistims gathered thereto battell, whe{n} the men of Israél were gone vp.
He arose and smote the Philistims vntil his hande was weary, and his hand claue vnto the sworde: and the Lorde gaue great victorie the same day, and the people returned after him onely to spoile.
After hym (was) Shammáh the sonne of Agé the Hararite: for the Philistims assembled at a towne, where was a piece of a field full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistims.
But he stode in the middes of the field, and defended it, and slewe the Philistims: so the Lord gaue great victorie.
¶ Afterwarde thre of the thirty captaines went downe, and came to Dauid in the haruest time vnto the caue of Adullam, and the hoste of the Philistims pitched in the valley of Repháim.
And Dauid (was) then in an holde, and the garison of the Philistims (was) then in Bethléhem.
And Dauid longed, and sayd, Oh, that one wolde giue me to drinke of the water of the well of Beth-léhem, whiche is by the gate.
Then the thre mightie brake into the hoste of the Philistims, and drewe water out of the well of Beth-léhem that was by the gate, and toke and broght it to Dauid, who wolde not drinke thereof, but powred it (for an offring) vnto the Lord.
And said, O Lorde, be it far frome me, that I shulde do this, (Is) not this the blood of the men that went in ieopardy of their lyues? therefore he wolde not drynke it. These things did these thre mighty men.
¶ And Abishai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiáh, was chief among the thre, and he lifted vp his speare against thre hundreth, and slewe them, and he had the name among the thre.
For he was moste excellent of the thre, and was the captaine, but he atteined not vnto (the first) thre.
And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiadá the sonne of a valiant man, whiche had done many actes, (and was) of Kabzeel, slewe two stronge men of Moáb: he went downe also, and slewe a lion in the middes of a pit in the time of snowe.
And he slewe an Egyptian a man of great stature, and the Egyptian (had) a speare in his hande: but he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptia{n}s ha{n}d, & slewe him with his own speare.
These thyngs did Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and had the name among the thre worthies.
He was honorable among thirty, but he atteyned not to the (firste) thre: and Dauid made him of his counsel.
¶ Asahél the brother of Ioáb (was) one of the thirty: Elhanán the sonne of Dodó of Beth-léhem.
〈◊〉 the Harodite: Eliká the Harodite.
Hélez the Paltite: Ira the sonne of Ikkésh the Tekoite:
Abiézer the Anethothite: Mebunnai the Husathite:
Zalmon an Ahohite: Maharái the Netophathite:
Héleb the sonne of Baanáh a Netophathite: Ittái the sonne of Ribái of Gibeah of the children of Beniamin.
Benaiah the Pitathonite: Hiddái of the riuer of Gaásh:
Abi-álbon the Arbathite: Azmáueth the Barhumite:
Elihabá the Shaalbonite: (of) the sonnes of Iashén, Ionathan:
Shammah the Hararite: Ahiam the sonne of Sharar the Hararite.
Eliphélet the sonne of Ahasbai the sonne of Maachathi: Eliam the sonne of Ahithophel the Gilonite:
Hezráithe Carmelite: Paarái the Arbite.
〈◊〉 the sonne of Nathan of Zobah: Bani the Gadite:
Zélek the Ammonite: Naharai the Beerothite, the armour bearer of Ioáb the sonne of Zeruiáh:
Ira the Ithrite: Garéb the Ithrite:
Vriiah the Hittite, thirty and seuen in all.
ANd the wrath of the Lorde was agayne kindled agaynste Israél, and he moued Dauid against them, in that he said, Go, nomber Israél and Iudáh.
For the Kyng 〈◊〉 to Ioáb the captaine of the hoste, 〈◊〉 was with hym, Go spedely now through all the tribe of Israél, frome Dan euen to Beer-shéba and nomber ye the people, that 〈◊〉 may knowe the nomber of the people.
And Ioab said vnto the King, The Lord thy God increase the people an hundreth folde mo then they 〈◊〉, and that the eyes of my Lorde the King may 〈◊〉 it: but why doeth my Lord the Kyng desire this thing?
Notwithstanding the Kinges worde preuailed against Ioab and against the captaines of the hoste: therefore Ioáb and the captaines of the hoste went out from the presence of the Kyng, to nomber the people of Israēl.
¶ And they passed ouer Iordén, and pitched in Aroér at the ryght side of the citie that is in the middes of the valley of Gad and toward Iazér.
Then they came to Gileád, and to Tahtimhodshi, so they came to Dan Iaān, and so about to Zidon.
And came to the forteresse of Tyrus and to all the cities of the Hiuites and of the Canaanites, and went toward the South of Iudah, euen to Beer-shéba.
So when they had gone about all the lande, they returned to Ierusalém at the end of nine moneths and twentie dayes.
¶ And Ioab deliuered the nomber (and) summe of the people vnto the Kynge: and there were in Israél eight hu{n}dreth thousa{n}d stro{n}g men that drewe swordes, and the men of Iudah were fiue hundreth thousand mén.
Then Dauids heart smote hym, after that he had nombred the people: and Dauid said vnto the Lord, I haue sinned excedingly in that I haue done: therefore now, Lord, I beseche thee, take away the trespasse of thy seruant: for I haue done very foolishly.
¶ And when Dauid was vp in the morning, the word of the Lord came vnto the Prophet Gad Dauids Seer, saying,
Go, and say vnto Dauid, Thus sayth the Lord I offre thee thre things, chose thee which of them I shal do vnto thee.
So Gad came to Dauid, and shewed him, & said vnto him, Wilt thou that seuen yeres famine come vpo{n} thee in thy land, or wilt thou flee thre moneths before thine enemies, they following thee, or that there be thre dayes pestilence in thy land? now aduise thee and se, what answer I shal giue to him that sent me.
¶ And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderful straite: let vs fall now into the hand of the Lord, [for his mercies (are) great] and let me not fall into the hand of man.
So the Lord sent a pestilence in Israél, from the morning eue{n} to the time appointed: and there dyed of the people from Dan eue{n} to Beer-shéba seuentie thousand men.
And when the Angel stretched out his hand vpon Ierusalém to destroy it, the Lord repented of the euil, and said to the Angel that destroyed the people, It is sufficient, holde now thine hand. And the Angel of the Lord was by the threshing place of Araunáh the Iebusite.
And Dauid spake vnto the Lord [when he sawe the Angel that smote the people] and said, Beholde, I haue sinned, yea, I haue done wickedly: but these shepe, what haue they done? let thine ha{n}d, I praye thee, be against me and against my fathers house.
¶ So Gad came the same day to Dauid, and said vnto him, Go vp, teare an altar vnto the Lord in the threshing floore of Araunáh the Iebusite.
And Dauid [according to the saying of Gad] went vp, as the Lord had commanded.
And Araunáh loked, and sawe the King and his seruants co{m}ming towarde him, and Araunáh went out, and bowed him selfe before the King on his face to the grounde,
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the King come to his seruant? Then Dauid answered, To bye the threshing floore of thee, for to buylde an altar vnto the Lord, that the plague may cease from the people.
Then Araunáh said vnto Dauid, Let my lord the King take and offer what semeth him good in his eyes: beholde the oxen for the burnt offring, & charets, and the instruments of the oxen for wood.
And these things did Araunāh (as) a King giue vnto the King: and Araunāh said vnto the King, The Lord thy God be fauorable vnto thee.
Then the King said vnto Araunáh, Not so, but I wil by it of thee at a price, and wil not offer burnt offring vnto the Lord my God of that whiche doeth cost me nothing. So Dauid boght the treshing floore, and the oxen for fiftie shekels of siluer.
And 〈◊〉 buy t there an altar vnto the Lord and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings and the Lord was appeased toward the land, and the plague ceased from Israél.
NOw whe{n} King Dauid was olde and striken in yeres, they couered him with clothes, but no heate came vnto him.
Wherefore his seruants said vnto him, Let there besoght for my lord the King a yong virgin, and let her stand before the King and cherish him: and let her lye in thy bosome, that my lord the King may get heate.
So they soght for a faire yong maid through out all the coastes of Israél, and founde one Abishág a Shunammite, and broght her to the King.
And the maid was exceding faire, and cherished the King, & ministred to him, but the King knewe her not.
¶ Then Adoniiáh the sonne of Haggith exalted him selfe, saying, I wil be King. And he gate him charets and horsemen, and fifty men to runne before him.
And his father wolde not displease him from his childehode, to say, Why hast thou done so? And he was a very goodly man, and (his mother) bare him next after Absalōm.
And he toke counsel of Ioab the sonne of Zeruiáh, and of Abiathār the Priest: and they helped forward Adoniiáh.
But Zadōk the Priest, and Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadā, and Nathán the Prophet, & Shimei, & Rei, & the men of might which were with Dauid, were not with Adoniiáh.
Then Adoniiáh 〈◊〉 shepe and oxen, & fat cattel by the stone of Zohéleth, which is by En-rogél, and called all his brethren the Kings sonnes, and all the men of Iudáh the Kings seruants,
But Nathán the Prophet, and Benaiáh, and the mighty men, and Salomōn his brother he called not.
Wherefore Nathán spake vnto Bath-shēba the mother of Salomōn, saying, Hast thou not heard, that Adoniiáh the sonne of Haggiith doeth reigne, & Dauid our lord knoweth it not?
Now therefore come, (and) I will now giue thee counsel, how to saue thine owne life, and the life of thy sonne Salomon.
Go, and get thee in vnto King Dauid, and say vnto him, didest not thou, my lord, o King, sweare vnto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Salomón thy sonne shal reigne after me, & he shal sit vpon my throne? why is then Adoniiáh King?
Beholde, while thou yet talkest there with the King, I also wil come in after thee, and 〈◊〉 wordes.
¶ So Bath-shéba went in vnto the King into the chamber, and the King was very olde, & Abishāg the Shunammite ministred vnto the King.
And Bath-shéha bowed and made obeissance vnto the King. And the King said, What is thy matter?
And she answered him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God vnto thine handmaid, (saying,) Assuredly Salomón thy sonne shal reigne after me, and he shal sit vpon my throne.
And beholde, now (is) Adoniiáh King, and now, my lord, ò King, thou 〈◊〉 it not.
And he hathe offred many oxen, and fat cattel, and shepe, and hathe called all the sonnes of the King, and Abiathār the Priest, & Ioáb the captaine of the hoste: but Salomōn thy seruant hathe he not bidden.
And thou my lord, ô King, (knowest) that the eyes of 〈◊〉 (are) on thee, that thou shuldest tel the{m}, who shulde sit on the throne of my lord the King after him.
Forels when my lord the King shall slepe with his fathers, I and my sonne Salomōn shalbe reputed vile.
And lo, while she yet talked with the King Nathān also the Prophet came in.
And they tolde the King, saying, Beholde, Nathán the Prophet. And whe{n} he was come into the King, he made 〈◊〉 before the King vpon his face to the grounde.
And Nathán said, My lord, ö King, hast thou said, Adoniiáh shal reigne after me, and he shal sit vpon my throne?
For he is gone downe this day, and hathe slaine many oxen, and fat cattel, and shepe, & hathe called all the Kings sonnes, and the captaines of the hoste, and Abiathár the Priest and beholde, they eat and drinke before him and say, God saue King Adoniiāh.
But me thy seruant, and Zadōz the Priest & Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá, and thy seruant Salomōn hathe he not called.
Is this thing done by my lord the King, and thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruant, who shulde sit on the throne of my lord the King after him?
¶ Then King Dauid answered, and said, Call me Bath-shéba. And she came into the Kings presence, and stode before the King.
And the King sware, saying, As the Lord liueth, who hathe redemed my soule out of all aduersitie.
That as I sware vnto thee by the Lord God of Israél, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shal reigne after me, and he shal sit vpon my throne in my place, so wil I certeinly do this day.
Then Bath-shébā bowed her face to the earth, and did reuerence vnto the King, and said God saue my lord King Dauid for euer.
¶ And King Dauid said, Call me Zadók the Priest, and Nathán the Prophet, and Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá. And they came before the King.
Then the King said vnto them, Take with you the seruants of your lord, & cause Salomōn my sonne to ride vpon mine owne mule and cary him downe to Gihōn.
And let Zadók the Priest and Nathān the Prophet anoint him there King ouer Israél, and blowe ye the trumpet, and say, God saue King Salomōn.
Then come vp after him, that he may come and sit vp on my throne: and he shal be King in my steade: for I haue appointed him to be prince ouer Israél and ouer Iudāh.
Then Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá answered the King, and said, So be it, (and) the Lord God of my lord the King ratifie it.
As the Lord hathe bene with my Lord the King, so be he with Salomōn, and exalt his throne aboue the throne of my lord King Dauid.
So Zadōk the Priest, and Nathán the Prophet, and Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá, & the Cherethites and the Pelethites went downe, & caused Salomōn to ride vpo{n} King Dauids mule, and broght him to Gihōn.
And Zadok the Priest toke an horne of oyle out of the Tabernacle, and anointed Salomón: and thei blewe the trumpet, & all the people said, God saue King Salomon.
And all the people came vp after him, and the people piped with pipes and reioyced with great ioye, so that the earth rang with the sounde of them.
¶ And Adoniiáh and all the gestes that were with him, heard it: [and they had made an end of eating] and when Ioáb heard the sounde of the trumpet, he said, What meaneth this noise and vprore in the citie?
And as he yet spake, beholde, Ionathán the sonne of Abiathār the Priest came: and Adoniiáh said, Come in: for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings.
And Ionathán answered, and said to Adoniiáh, Verely our lord King Dauid hathe made Salomōn King.
And the King hathe sent with him Zadōk the Priest, & Nathān the Prophet, & Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they haue caused him to ride vpon the Kings mule.
And Zadók the Priest, and Nathán the Prophet haue anointed him King in Gihōn: and thei are gone vp from thence with ioye, and the citie is moued: this is the noise that ye haue heard.
And Salomón also sitteth on the throne of the kingdome.
And moreouer the Kings seruants came to blesse our lord King Dauid, saying, God make the name of Salomón more famous then thy name, and exalt his throne aboue thy throne: therefore the King worshiped vpon the bed.
And thus said the King also, Blessed be the Lord God of Israél, who hathe made one to sit on my throne this day, euen in my sight.
Then al the gestes that were with Adoniiah were afraied, and rose vp, & went euery man his waye.
¶ And Adoniiāh fearing the presence of Salomon, arose and went, and toke holde on the hornes of the altar.
And one tolde Salomōn, saying, Beholde, Adoniiáh doeth feare King Salomōn: for lo, he hathe caught holde on the hornes of the altar, saying, Let King Salomon sweare vnto me this day, that he wil not slaye his seruant with the sworde.
The{n} Salomon said, If he wil shewe him selfe a worthy man, there shal not an here of him fall to the earth, but if wickednes be found in him, he shaldye.
Then King Salomōn sent, and thei broght him from the altar, and he came a{n}d did obeisance vnto King Salomón. And Salomōn said vnto him, Go to thine house.
THen the daies of Dauid drewe nere that he shulde dye, and he charged Salomōn his sonne, saying,
I go the waie of all the earth: be strong therefore, and shewe thy felfe a man.
And take hede to the charge of the Lord thy God, to walke in his waies, and kepe his statutes, and his commandements, & his iudgements, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Lawe of Mosés, that thou maiest prosper in all that thou doest, and in euery thing whereunto thou turnest thee,
That the Lord may confirme his worde which he spake vnto me, saying, If thy sonnes take hede to their way, that thei walke before me in trueth, with all their hearts, & with all their soules, thou shalt not [said he] want one of thy (posteritie) vpon the throne of Israél.
Thou knowest also what Ioáb the sonne of 〈◊〉 did to me, and what he did to the two captaines of the hostes of Israél, vnto Abnér the sonne of Ner, and vnto Amasā the sonne of Iethér: whome he slewe, and shed blood of battel in peace, and put the blood of warre vpon his girdle that was about his 〈◊〉, and in his shooes that were on his feete.
Do therefore according to thy wisdome, & let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.
But shewe kindenes vnto the sonnes of Barzillái the Gileadite, and let them be amo{n}g them that eat at thy table: for so thei came to me when I fled from Absalóm thy brother.
¶ And beholde, with thee (is) Shimei the sonne of Gerá, the sonne of 〈◊〉, of Bahurim, which cursed me with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanáim: but he came downe to meete me at Iordén, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I wil not slaye thee with the sworde.
But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do vnto him: therfore thou shalt cause his hoare head to go downe to the graue with blood.
So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buryed in the citie of Dauid.
And the dayes which Dauid reigned vpon Israél, (were) fourtie yere: seue{n} yeres reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and thre yeres reigned he in Ierusalém.
¶ Then sate Salomōn vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightely.
And Adoniiáh the sonne of Haggith came to Bath-shébathe mother of Salomōn: and she said, Commest thou peaceably? And he said, Yea.
He said moreouer, I haue a sure vnto thee. And she said, Say on.
Then he said, Thou knowest that the kingdome was mine, and that all Israél set their faces on me, that I shulde reigne: howbeit the kingdome is turned away, and is my brothers: for it came to him by the Lord.
Now therefore I aske thee one request, refuse me not. And she said vnto him, Say on.
And he said, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomōn the King, [for he wil not say thee naye] that he giue me Abishāg the Shunammite to wife.
And Bath-sheba said, Wel, I wil speake for thee vnto the King.
¶ Bath-shéba therefore went vnto King Salomōn, to speake vnto him for Adoniiáh: and the King rose to meete her, a{n}d bowed him selfe vnto her, and sate downe on his throne: and he caused a seat to be set for the Kings mother, and she sate at his right hand.
Then she said, I desire a smale request of thee, say me not naye. Then the King said vnto her, Aske on, my mother: for I wil not say thee naye.
She said then, Let Abishág the Shunámite be giuen to Adoniiáh thy brother to wife.
But King Salomōn answered and said vnto his mother, And why doest thou aske Abishág the Shunamite for Adoniiáh? aske for him the kingdome also: for he is mine elder brother, and hathe for him bothe Abiathar the Priest, and Ioáb the sonne of Zeruiāh.
Then King Salomōn sware by the Lord saying, God do so to me and more also, if Adoniiáh hathe not spoken this worde against his owne life.
Now therefore as the Lord liueth, who hathe established me, and set me on the throne of Dauid my father who also hathe made me an house, as he promised, Adoniiáh shal surely dye this day.
And King Salomón sent by the hand of Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá, and he smote him that he dyed.
¶ Then the King said vnto Abiathār the Priest, Go to Anathoth vnto thine owne fields: for thou art worthy of death: but I wil not this day kil thee, because thou barest the Arke of the Lord God before Dauid my father, and because thou hast suffred in all, wherein my father hathe bene afflicted.
So Salomón cast out Abiathár from being Priest vnto the Lord, that he might fulfil the wordes of the Lord, which he spake against the house of Eli in Shilōh.
¶ Then tidings came to Ioáb: [for Ioáb had turned after Adoniiáh, but he turned not after Absalōm] and Ioáb fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, and caught holde on the hornes of the altar.
And it was tolde King Salomōn, that Ioáb was fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, & beholde, (he is) by the altar. Then Salomōn sent Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá, saying, Go, fall vpon him.
And Benaiāh came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, and said vnto him, Thus saith the King Come out. And he said, Naye, but I wil dye here. Then Benaiáh broght the King worde againe, saying, Thus said Ioáb, and thus he answered me.
And the King said vnto him, Do as he hathe said, and smite him, & burye him, that thou maiest take away the blood, which Ioáb shed causeles, from me and from the house of my father.
And the Lord shal bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and better then he, and slewe the{m} with the sworde, and my father Dauid knewe not (to wit,) Abnér the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israél, and Amasá the sonne of Iethér captaine of the hoste of Iudáh.
Their blood shal therefore returne vpon the head of Ioáb, and on the head of his sede for euer: but vpon Dauid, and vpon his sede, and vpo{n} his house, and vpon his throne shal there be peace for euer from the Lord.
So Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá went vp, and smote him, and slewe him, and he was buryed in his owne house in the wildernes.
And the King put Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá in his roume ouer the hoste: and the King set Zadok the Priest in the roume of Abiathár.
¶ Afterwarde the King sent, and called Shimei, and said vnto him, Buylde thee an house in Ierusalém, and 〈◊〉 there, and departe not thence anie whether.
For that day that thou goest out, and passest ouer the riuer of Kidron, knowe assuredly, that thou shalt dye the death: thy blood shal be vpon thine owne head.
And Shimei said vnto the King, The thing is good: as my Lord the King hathe said, so wil thy seruant do. So Shimei dwelt in Ierusalém many dayes.
And after thre yeres two of the seruants of Shimei fled away vnto Achish sonne of Maacháh King of Gath: and thei tolde Shimei, saying, Beholde, thy seruants (be) in Gath.
And Shimei arose, and sadled his asse, and went to Gath to Achish, to seke his seruants: and Shimei went, and broght his seruants from Gath.
And it was tolde Salomōn, that Shimei had gone from Ierusalēm to Gath, and was come againe.
And the King sent and called Shimei, and said vnto him, Did I not make thee to sweare by the Lord, and protested vnto thee, saying That day that thou goest out, and walkest anie whether, knowe assuredly that thou shalt dye the death? And thou saidest vnto me The thing is good, (that) I haue heard.
Why then hast thou not kept the othe of the Lord, & the commandement where with I charged thee?
The King said also to Shimei, Thou knowest al the wickednes whereunto thine heart is priuie, that thou didest to Dauid my father: the Lord therefore shal bring thy wickednes vpon thine owne head.
And let King Salomón be blessed, and the throne of Dauid stablished before the Lord for euer.
So the King commanded Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiada: who went out and smote him that he dyed. And the kingdome was stablished in the hand of Salomón.
SAlomōn the{n} made affinitie with Pharaóh King of Egypt, and toke Pharaohs daugh ter; and broght her into the citie of Dauid vntil he had made an end of buylding his owne house and the house, of the Lord, and the wall of Ierusalem round about.
Onely the people sacrificed in the hie places, because there was no house buylt vnto the Name of the Lord, vntil those dayes.
And Salomon loued the Lord, walking, in the ordinances of Dauid his father: onely he sacrificed and offred incense in the hie places.
And the King went to Gibeōn to sacrifice there, for that was the chief hie place a thousand burnt offrings did Salomōn offer vpon that altar.
In Gibeōn the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God said Aske what I shal giue thee.
And Salomo{n} said. Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my father great mercy, when he walked before thee in trueth, and in righteousnes, and in vprightnes of heart with thee: and thou hast kept for him this great mercy; and hast giuen him a sonne, to sit on his throne, as (appeareth) this day.
And now, ô Lord, my God, thou hast made thy seruant King in stead of Dauid, my father and I am but a yong childe, and knowe not how to go out and in.
And thy seruant (is) in the middes of thy people, which thou hast chosen, eue{n} a great people which can not be tolde nor nombred for multitude.
Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vndersta{n}ding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betwene good and bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mighty people?
And this pleased the Lord wel, that Salomōn had desired this thing?
And God said vnto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy selfe long life, nether hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding to heare iudgement,
Beholde, I haue done according to thy wordes: lo, I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart, so that there hath bene none like thee before thee, nether after thee shall arise the like vnto thee.
And I haue also giuen thee that, whiche thou hast not asked, bothe riches & honour so that among the Kings there shalbe none like vnto thee all thy dayes.
And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to kepe mine ordinances and my commandements, as thy father Dauid did walke, I wil prolo{n}g thy dayes.
And when Salomon awoke, beholde, it was a dreame, and he came to Ierusalem, & stode before the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde, and offred burnt offrings and made peace offrings, and made a feast to all his seruants.
¶ Then came two harlottes vnto the King and stode before him.
And the one woman said, Oh my lord, I and this woman dwel in one house, & I was deliuered of a childe with her in the house.
And the third day after that I was deliuered this woman was deliuered also: and we were in the house together: no stranger (was) with vs in the house, saue we twaine.
And this womans sonne dyed in the night: for she ouerlay him.
And she rose at midnight, and toke my sonne from my side, while thine handmaid slept, and layed him in her bosome, and layed her dead sonne in my bosome.
And when I rose in the morning to giue my sonne sucke, beholde, he was dead: and whe{n} I had wel considered him in the morning, beholde, it was not my sonne, whome I had borne.
Then the other woman said, Nay, but my sonne liueth a{n}d thy sonne is dead: againe she said, No, but thy so{n}ne is dead, and mine aliue: thus they spake before the King.
The{n} said the King, She sayth, this that liueth is my sonne, & the dead is thy sonne: and the other saith, Naye, but the dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my sonne.
Then the King said, Bring me a sworde: & they 〈◊〉 out a sworde before the King.
And the King said, Deuide ye the liuing childe in twaine, a{n}d giue the one halfe to the one and the other halfe to the other.
Then spake the woman, whose the liuing childe was, vnto the King, for her 〈◊〉 was kindled toward her sonne, and she said, Oh my lord, giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: but the other said, Let it be nether mine nor thine, but deuide it.
Then the King answered, and said, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.
And all Israél heard the iudgement, whiche the King had iudged, & they feared the King for they sawe that the wisdome of God was in him to do iustice.
ANd King Salomón was King ouer all Israél.
And these were his princes, Azariáh the sonne of Zadōk the Priest,
Elihōreph and Ahráh the sonnes of Shishá scribes, Iehoshaphát the so{n}ne of Ahilúd, the recorder,
And Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá (was) ouer the hoste, and Sadōk and Abiathár Priests,
And Azariáh the sonne of Nathān (was) ouer the officers, and Zabúd the sonne of Nathán Priest (was) the Kings friend,
And Ahishár was ouer the housholde: and Adonirám the sonne of Abdá (was) ouer the tribute.
¶ And Salomón had twelue officers ouer all Israél, which prouided vitailes for the King and his housholde: eche man had a moneth in the yere to prouide vitailes.
And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephráim:
The sonne of Dekár in Makáz, and in Shaalbim and Beth-shémesh, and Elōn (and) Beth hanán
The sonne of Hésed in Arubōth, to whome perteined Sochoh, and all the land of Hépher:
The sonne of Abinadáb in all the region of Dor, which had Tapháth the daughter of Salomón to wife.
Baaná the sonne of Ahilúd in Taanách, and Megiddô, and in all Beth-sheán, which is by Zartánah beneth Izreél, from Beth-sheán to Abel-meholáh, eue{n} til beyonde ouer against Iokmeám:
The sonne of Gēber in Ramōth Gileád, and his were the townes of Iair, the sonne of Manasséh, which are in Gileád, and vnder him was the region of Argōb whiche is in Bashán: threscore great cities with walles & barres of brasse.
¶ Ahinadáb the sonne of Iddó (had) to Mahanáim:
Ahimāaz in Nephtali, and he toke Basmáth the daughter of Salomón to wife:
Baanáh the sonne of Hushái in Ashér and in Alóth:
Iehoshaphát the sonne of Parúah in Issachár.
Shimei the sonne of Eláh in Beniamin:
Gebér the sonne of Vri in the countrei of Gileád, the land of Sihōn King of the Amorites, and of Og King of Bashán, and was officer alone in the land.
Iudáh and Israél (were) manie, as the sand of the sea in nomber, eating, drinking, and making meary.
And Salomon reigned ouer all kingdomes from the Riuer (vnto) the land of the Philistims, and vnto the border of Egypt, a{n}d they broght presentes, and serued Salomōn all the dayes of his life.
And Salomons vitailes for one day were thirtie measures of fine floure, and threscore measures of meale:
Ten fat oxen, and twentie oxen of the pastures, and an hundreth shepe, beside hartes, and buckes, and bugles, and fat foule.
For he ruled in all (the region) on the other side of the Riuer, from Tiphsáh euen vnto Azzáh, ouer all the Kings on the other side the Riuer: and he had peace rounde about him on euerie side.
And Iudáh and Israél dwelt without feare, euerie man vnder his vine, and vnder his fig tre, from Dan, euen to Beershéba, all the dayes of Salomon.
¶ And Salomōn had fortie thousand stalles of horses for his charets, and twelue thousand horsemen.
And these officers prouided vitaile for King Salomōn, and for all that came to King Salomo{n}s table, euerie man his moneth, (and) they suffred to lacke nothing.
Barly also and strawe for the horses & mules broght they vnto the place where the officers were, euerie ma{n} according to his charge.
¶ And God gaue Salomōn wisdome and vnderstanding exceding muche, and a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore.
And Salomons wisdome excelled the wisdome of all the children of the East and all the wisdome of Egypt.
For he was wiser then anie man: (yea,) then were Ethán the Ezrahite, then Hemán, then Chalcōl, then Dardá the sonnes of Mahōl: and he was famous throughout all nacions rounde about.
And Salomōn spake thre thousand prouerbes: and his songs were a thousand & fiue.
And he speake of trees, from the cedar tre that is in Lebanón, euen vnto the hyssope that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beastes, and of foules, & of creping things and of fishes.
And there came of all people to heare the wisdome of Salomōn, from all Kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdome.
ANd Hirám King of Tyrus sent his seruants vnto Salomōn, [for he had heard that they had anoynted him King in the roume of his father] because Hiram had euer loued Dauid.
Also Salomōn sent to Hirám, saying,
Thou knowest that Dauid my father colde not buylde an house vnto the Name of the Lord his God, for the warres which were about him on euerie side, vntil the Lord had put them vnder the soles of his fete.
But now the Lord my God hathe giuen me rest on euerie side, (so that) there is nether aduersarie, nor euil to resiste.
And beholde, I purpose to buylde an house vnto the Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying, Thy sonne, whome I wyll set vppon thy throne for thee, he shall buylde an house vnto my Name.
Now therefore comma{n}de, that they hewe me cedar trees out of Lebanōn, & my seruants shalbe with thy seruants, and vnto thee will I giue the hire for thy seruants, accordyng to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there are none amo{n}g vs, that can hewe timbre like vnto the Sidonians.
¶ And when Hirám heard the wordes of Salomon, he reioyced greatlye, and sayd, Blessed be the Lord this daye, whiche hath giuen vnto Dauid a wise sonne ouer thys mightie people.
And Hirám sent to Salomo{n}, saying, I haue considered the thyngs, for the which thou sentest vnto me, and wyll accomplishe all thy desire, concerning the cedar trees and firre trees.
My seruants shal bring them downe from Lebanōn to the sea: and I wil conueie the{m} by sea in rafts vnto the place that thou shalt shewe me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receyue them now thou shalt dome a pleasure to minister foode for my familie.
So Hirám gaue Salomōn cedar trees and firre trees, (euen) his ful desire.
And Salomón gaue Hirám twentie thousand measures of wheat for foode to hys housholde, and twentie measures of beaten oyle. Thus much gaue Salomōn to Hirám yere by yere.
¶ And the Lord gaue Salomōn wisedome as he promised him. And there was peace betwene Hirám and Salomón, & they two made a couenant.
¶ And King Salomón raised a summe out of all Israél, and the summe was thirtye thousand men:
Whome he sent to Lebanon, ten thousa{n}d a moneth by course they were a moneth in Lebanon, and two moneths at home. And Adonirám (was) ouer the summe.
And Salomōn had seuentie thousand that bare burde{n}s, and foure score thousand masons in the mountaine,
Besides the princes, whome Salomón appointed ouer the work, (euen) thre thousand and thre hundreth, whiche ruled the people that wroght in the worke.
And the King commanded them, and thei broght greate stones and costly stones to make the fundacion of the house, (euen) hewed stones.
And Salomons workemen, and the workemen of Hirám, and the masons hewed and prepared timbre and stones for the buylding of the house.
ANd in the foure hundreth and foure score yere [after the children of Israél were come out of the land of Egypte] and in the fourth yere of the reigne of Salomo{n} ouer Israél, in the moneth Zif, [whiche is the seconde moneth] he buylt the house of the Lord.
And the house which King Salomōn buylt for the Lord, was thre score cubites long, and twentie broad, and thirty cubites hie.
And the porche before the Te{m}ple of the house (was) twentie cubites long according to the breadth of the house, and ten cubites broade before the house.
And in the house he made windowes, broade (without,) and narowe (within.)
And by the wal of the house he made galleries rounde aboute, euen by the walles of the house rounde aboute the Temple and the oracle, and made chambres round about.
The nether most gallerie (was) fiue cubites broade, and the middlemost six cubites broade, & the thirde seuen cubites broad: for he made restes rounde about without the house, that (the beames) shulde not be fastened in the walles of the house.
And whe{n} the house was buylt, it was buylt of stone perfit, (before) it was broght, so that there was nether hammer, nor axe, nor any toole of yron heard in the house, while it was in buylding.
The dore of the myddle chambre was in the ryght side of the house, and men went vp wyth windyng steires into the middlemost, and out of the myddlemoste into the third.
So he buylt the house and finished it, and cieled the house being va wted with cieling of cedar trees.
And he buylt the galleries vppon all the (wall) of the house of fiue cubites height, & they were ioyned to the house with beames of cedar.
And the worde of the Lord came to Salomon, saying,
Concerning this house which thou buyldest, if thou wilt walke in myne ordinances, and execute my iudgements, and kepe all my commandements, to walke in the{m}, then wyll I performe vnto thee my promes, whiche I promised to Dauid thy father.
And I will dwell among the chyldren of Israél, and will not forsake my people Israél.
So Salomōn buylt the house & finished it,
And buylt the walles of the house within, with bordes of cedre tre from the pauement of the house vnto the walles of the cieling, and within he couered them with wood and couered the floore of the house with plankes of firre.
And he buylt twentie cubites in the sides of the house with bordes of cedre, frome the floore to the walles, and he prepared a (place) within it for the oracle, (euen) the moste holy place.
But the house, that is, the temple before it was fourtie cubites (long.)
And the cedre of the house within was kerued with knoppes, and grauen with flowres: all (was) cedre, (so that) no stone
And the place of the oracle within (was) twentie cubites long, and twentie cubites broad, and twentie cubites hie, and he couered it with pure golde, and couered the altar with cedre.
So Salomōn couered the house within with pure golde: and he shut the place of the oracle with chaines of golde, and couered it with golde.
And he ouerlaied the house with golde, vntill all the house was made perfite, also he couered the whole altar, that was before the oracle, with golde.
And within the oracle he made two Cherubims of oliue tre, ten cubites hie.
The wing also of the one Cherúb (was) fiue cubites, and the 〈◊〉 of the other Cherúb (was) fiue cubites. fro{m} the vttermost part of (one) of his wings vnto the vttermost part of the (other) of his wings, (were) ten cubites
Also the other Cherúb was of ten cubites: bothe the Cherubims were of one measure and one syse.
(For) the height of the one Cherúb (was) ten cubites, & so (was) the other Cherúb.
And he put the Cherubims within the inner house, & the Cherubims stretched out their wings, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other Cherúb touched the other wall: & 〈◊〉 (other) wings touched one another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the house.
And he ouerlaied the Cherubims wyth golde.
And he carued all the walles of the house round about with grauen figures of Cherubims and of palme trees, and graue{n} flowres within and without.
And the floore of the house he couered with golde within and without.
An in the entrynge of the oracle he made (two) dores of oliue tre: (and) the vpper poste (and) side postes (were) fiue square.
The two dores also (were) of oliue tre, and he graued them with grauing of Cherubims and palme trees, and graue{n} flowres, and couered them with golde, and layed thine golde vpon the Cherubims and vpo{n} the palme trees.
And so made he for the dore of the Temple postes of oliue tre foure square.
But the two dores (were) of firre tre, the two sides of the one dore (were) round, & the two sides of the other dore (were) round.
And he graued Cherubims, & palme trees and carued flowres and couered the carued worke with golde, finely wroght.
¶ And he buylt the court within with thre rowes of hewed stone, & one rowe of beames of cedar.
In the fourth yere was the fundacion of the house of the Lord laied in the moneth of Zif:
And in the eleuenth yere in the moneth of Bul, [which is the eight moneth] he finished the house with all the furniture thereof, and in euerie point: so was he seue{n} yere in buylding it.
BVt Salomón was buylding hys owne house thirtene yeres, and finished all his house.
He buylt also an house (called) the forest of Lebanón, an hundreth cubites long, and fiftie cubites broade, & thirtie cubites hie, vpon foure rowes of cedre pillers, and cedre beames (were laied) vpon the pillers.
And it was couered aboue with cedre vpo{n} the beames, that lay on the fourtie & fiue pillers, fiftene in arowe.
And the windowes (were) in thre rowes, & windowe (was) against windowe in thre rankes.
And all the dores, & the side postes (with) the windowes were foure square, and windowe was ouer againste windowe in thre rankes.
And he made a porche of pillers fiftie cubites long, and thirtie cubites broade, and the porche was before them, (eue{n}) before them (were) thirtie pillers.
¶ Then he made a porche for the throne, where he iudged, (euen) a porche of iudgeme{n}t, and it was cieled with cedre from pauement to pauement.
And in his house, where he dwelt, (was) another hall more inwarde then the porche whiche was of the same worke. Also Salomon made an house for Pharaohs daughter whome he had taken to wife] like vnto this porche.
All these were of costelye stones, hewed by measure, (and) sawed with sawes within and without, from the fundacion vnto the (stones) of an hande breadth, and on the outside to the great courte.
And the fundacio{n} (was) of costely stones, (and) great stones, (euen) of stones of ten cubites, and stones of eight cubites.
About also (were) costely stones, squared by rule, and (boardes) of cedre.
¶ And the great courte round about (was) with thre rowes of hewed stones, & arowe of cedre beames: so (was it) to the inner courte of the house of the Lord, and to the porche of the house.
¶ Then King Salomōn sent, and fet (one) Hirám out of Tyrus.
He was a widowes sonne of the tribe of Naphtali, his father being a ma{n} of Tyrus, (and) wroght in brasse: he was ful of wisedome, and vnderstanding, and knowledge to worke all maner of worke in brasse who came to King Salomōn, and wroght all hys worke.
〈◊〉 For he cast two pillers of brasse: the height of a piller was eightene cubites, & a threade of twelue cubites did compasse ether of the pillers.
And he made two, chapiters of molten brasse to set on the toppes of the pillers: the height of one of the chapiters (was) fiue cubites, and the height of the other chapiter (was) fiue cubites.
He made grates like networke, and writhen worke like chaines for the chapiters that were on the toppe of the pillers, (eue{n}) seuen for the one chapiter, and seuen for the other chapiter.
So he made the pillers and two rowes of pomegranates rounde aboute in the one grate to couer the chapiters that were vpon the toppe. And thus did he for the other chapiter.
And the chapiters that were on the toppe of the pillers (were) after lilye worke in the porche, foure cubites.
And the chapiters vppon the two pillers (had) also aboue, ouer against the bellye within the network (pomegranates:) for two hundreth pomegranates were in the (two) rankes about vppon ether of the chapiters.
And he set vp the pillers in the porche of the Temple. And when he had set vp the right piller, he called the name thereof Iachin: and when he had set vp the left piller, he called the name thereof Bōaz.
And vppon the top of the pillers (was) worke of lilyes so was the workemanship of the pillers finished.
¶ And he made a molten sea ten cubites wide from brim to brim, round in compasse, and fiue cubites hie, and a line of thirtie cubites did compasse it about.
And vnder the brim of it (were) knoppes like wilde cucumers compassing it rounde about, ten in one cubite, co{m}passing the sea round about: and the two rowes of knoppes were cast, whe{n} it was molten.
It stode on twelue bulles, thre loking towarde the North, and thre towarde the West, and thre toward the South, and thre towarde the East: & the sea (stode) aboue vpon them, and all their hinder partes were inwarde.
It was an hand breadth thicke, and the brim thereof was like the worke of the brim of a cup with flowres of lilies: it conteyned two thousande Baths.
¶ And he made tene bases of brasse, one base (was) foure cubites long, and foure cubites broade, and thre cubites hie.
¶ And the worke of the bases was on this maner, They had borders, and the borders (were) betwene the ledges:
And on the borders that were betwene the ledges, were lyons, bulles and Cherubims: & vpo{n} the ledges there was a base aboue: and beneth the lyons, and bulles were addicions made of thinne worke.
And euery base had foure brase{n} wheles, & plates of brasse: & the foure corners had vndersetters: vnder the caldron were vndersetters molte{n} at the side of euery addicion.
And the mouth of it (was) within the chapiter and aboue (to measure) by the cubite: for the mouth thereof (was) rounde made like a base, and it was a cubite and halfe a cubite: and also vpon the mouth thereof (were) graue{n} workes, whose borders (were) foure square, (and) not rounde.
And vnder the borders (were) foure wheles, & the axeltrees of the wheles (ioyned) to the base: and the height of a whele (was) a cubite and halfe a cubite.
And the facion of the wheles was like the facion of a charet whele, their axeltrees, and their naues and their felloes, & their spokes (were) all molten.
And foure vndersetters (were) vppon the foure corners of one base: (and) the vndersetters thereof were of the base (it selfe.)
And in the toppe of the base was a rounde co{m}passe of halfe a cubite hie round about and vpon the toppe of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof (were) of the same.
And vpon the tables of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof he did graue Cherubims, lyons and palme trees, on the side of euery one, & addicio{n}s round about.
Thus made he the ten bases, (Thei) had all one casting, one measure, (and) one syse.
¶ Then made he tene caldrons of brasse, one caldron conteined fourtie Baths: and euery caldron (was) foure cubites, one caldron (was) vpon one base throughout the ten bases.
And he set the bases, fiue on the right side of the house, and fiue on the left side of the house. And he set the sea on the right side of the house Eastward toward the South.
¶ And Hirám made caldrons, & besomes & basens, and Hirám finished all the worke that he made to Kynge Salomón for the house of the Lord:
To wit, two pillers and (two) bowels of the chapiters that were on the toppe of the two pillers, and two grates to couer the two bowles of the chapiters whiche were vpon the toppe of the pillers,
And foure hundreth pomegranates for the two grates, euen two rowes of pomegranates for euerie grate to couer the two bowles of the chapiters, that were vpon the pillers,
And the ten bases, and ten caldrons vpon the bases,
And the sea, & twelue 〈◊〉 vnder that sea.
And pottes, and besoms and basens & all these vessels, which Hirám made to King Salomōn for the house of the Lord, were of shining brasse.
In the plaine of Iordén did the King caste the{m} in clay betwene Succôh and Zarthán.
And Salomo{n} left (to weigh) all the vessels because of the exceding abunda{n}ce, nether cold the weight of the brasse be counted.
So Salomón made all the vessels that perteined vnto the house of the Lord, the golden altar, & the golden table, whereon the shewbread was,
And the candelstickes, fiue at the ryghte side, and fiue at the left, before the oracle of pure holde, and the flowres, and the la{m}pes, and the snoffers of golde,
And the bowles, and the hookes, & the basens, and the spoones, and the 〈◊〉 of pure golde, and the hinges of golde for the dores of the house within, (eue{n}) for the most holy place, (and) for the dores of the house, (to wit,) of the Temple.
So was finished all the work that King Salomón made for the house of the Lord, and Salomōn broght in the things which Dauid his father had dedicated: the siluer, & the gold & the vessels, (&) layed the{m} amo{n}g the treasures of the house of the Lord.
THen King Salomōn assembled the Elders of Israél, euen all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the childre{n} of Israél vnto him in Ierusalém, for to bryng vp the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde from the citie of Dauid, which is Ziōn.
And all the men of Israél assembled vnto Kyng Salomón at the feast in the moneth of Ethanim, which is the seue{n}th moneth.
And all the Elders of Israél came and the Priests toke the Arke?
They bare the Arke of the Lord, and they bare the Tabernacle of the Congregacio{n}, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle: those did the Priests and Leuites bring vp.
And King Salomōn and all the Congregacion of Israél, that were assembled vnto him, (were) with him before the Arke, 〈◊〉 shepe & beeues, whiche colde not be tolde, nor nombred for multitude.
So the Priests broght the Arke of the couena{n}t of the Lord vnto his place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, eue{n} vnder the wings of the Cherubims.
For the Cherubims stretched out theyr wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke, and the barres thereof aboue.
And they drewe out the barres, that the ends of the barresmight appeare out of the Sanctuarie before the oracle, but thei were not sene without and there they are vnto this day.
Nothing (was) in the Arke sawe the two tables of stone which Mosés had put there at Horéb, where the Lord made a couena{n}t with the children of Israél, whe{n} he broght them out of the land of Egypt.
And when the Priests were come out of the Sanctuarie, the cloude filled the house of the Lord.
So that the Priests colde not stand to minister, because of the cloude for the glorie of the lord had filled the house of the lord
Then spake Salomón, The Lord said, that he wolde dwel in the darcke cloude.
I haue buylt thee an house to dwel in, an habitacion for thee to abide in for euer.
¶ And the King turned his face, and blessed all the Congregacion of Israel: for all the Congregacion of Israél: stode (there.)
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israél, who spake with his mouth vnto Dauid my father, and hathe with his hand fulfilled it, saying.
Since the day that I broght my people Israél out of Egypt, I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israél, to buylde an house that my Name might he there: but I haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israél.
And it was in the heart of Dauid my father to buyld an house to the Name of the Lord God of Israél.
And the Lord said vnto Dauid my father, Where as it was in thine heart to buylde an house vnto my Name, thou didest wel, that thou wast so minded.
Neuertheles thou shalt not buylde the house: but thy sonne, that shal come out of thy loynes he shal buylde the house vnto my Name.
And the lord hathe made" good his word that he spake: and I am risen vp in the roume of Dauid my father, and sit on the throne of Israél, as the Lord promised, and haue buylt the house for the Name of the Lord God of Israél.
And I haue prepared therein a place for the Arke, wherein is the couenant of the Lord which he made with our fathers, whe{n} he broght the{m} out of the land of Egypt.
¶ Then Salomón stode before the altar of the Lord in the sight of all the Congregacion of Israél, and stretched out his ha{n}d towarde heauen,
And said, O Lord God of Israél there is no god like thee in heaue{n} aboue, or in the earth beneth, thou that kepest couenant and mercy with thy seruants that walke before thee with all their heart.
Thou that hast kept with thy seruant Dauid my father that thou hast promised him for thou spakest with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with 〈◊〉 hand as appeareth this day.
Therefore now, Lord Codof Israél, kepe with thy serua{n}t Dauid my father that thou hast promised him, saying, Thou shalt not want a man in my fight to sit vpo{n} the throne of Israél: so that thy children take hede to their way, that they walke before me, as thou hast walked in my sight.
And now, ô God of Israél, I pray thee, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid my father.
Is it true in dede that god wil dwel on the earth? beholde, the heauens, & the heauens of heauens are not able to containe thee: how muche more (vnable) is this house that I haue buylt?
〈◊〉 haue thou respect vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and to his supplicatio{n}, ô Lord my G O D, to heare the crye and prayer which thy seruant prayeth before thee this day,
That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day (euen) towarde the place whereof thou hast said, My Name shal be there: that thou mayest hearken vnto the prayer which thy serua{n}t prayeth in this place.
Heare thou therefore the supplicacion of thy seruant, & of thy people Israél which pray in this place, and heare thou in the place of thine habitacion (euen) in heaue{n}, and when thou hearest, haue mercy.
¶ When a man shal trespasse against his neighbour, and he lay vpon him an ot lie to cause him to sweare, and the swearer shal come before thine altar in this house,
Then heare thou in heauen, and do & iudge thy seruants. that thou condemne the wicked to bring his way vpon his head, a{n}d iustifie the righteous, to giue him according to his righteousnes.
¶ When thy people Israél shalbe ouerthrowen before the enemie, because they haue sinned against thee and turne againe to thee, and confesse thy Name, and pray and make supplication vnto thee in this house.
Then heare thou in heauen, and be merciful vnto the sinne of thy people Israél, and bring them againe vnto the land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers.
¶ When heauen shalbe shut vp, and there shalbe no raine because they haue sinned against thee and shal pray in this place, & confesse thy Name, and turne from their sinne, when thou doest afflict them,
Then heare thou in heauen, and pardonne the sinne of thy seruants and of thy people Israél [when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they may walke] and giue raine vpo{n} the land that thou hast giuen to thy people to inherit.
¶ When there shalbe famine in the land, when there shalbe pestilence, when there shalbe blasting mildewe, greshopper (or) caterpiller, when their enemie shal besiege them in the cities of their la{n}d (or) anie plague (or) anie sickenes,
(Then) what prayers (and) supplication soeuer shalbe made of anie man (or) of all thy people Israél, whe{n} euerie one shal knowe the plague in his owne heart, and stretch for the his hands in this house.
Heare thou then in heauen, in thy dwelling place, and be merciful, and do, and giue euerie man according to all his wayes as thou knowest his heart [for thou onely knowest the hearts of al the childre{n} of me{n}]
That they may feare thee as long as they liue in the la{n}d which thou gauest vnto our fathers.
Moreouer as touching the stranger that is not of thy people Israél, who shal come ōut of a farre cou{n}trei for thy Names sake.
[When they shal heare of thy great Name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched out arme] and shal come & pray in this house,
Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place and do according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee, that all the people of the earth may knowe thy Name, & feare thee, as do thy people Israél: and that they may knowe, that thy Name is called vpon in this house which I haue buylt.
¶ When the people shal go out to battel against their enemie by they way that thou shalt send them, and shal pray vnto the Lord (towarde) the way of the citie which thou hast chosen, and (towarde) the house that I haue buylt for thy Name,
Heare thou then in heauen their prayer & supplication, and iudge their cause.
If they sinne against thee for 〈◊〉 is no man that sinneth not] and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them vnto the enemies, so that they carie them away priso{n}ners vnto the land of the enemies: ether farre or nere.
Yet if they turne againe vnto their heart in the land [to the whith they be caryed away captiues] and returne and pray vnto thee in the land of them that caryed them away captiues, saying, We haue sinned, we haue transgressed, and done wickedly.
If they turne 〈◊〉 vnto thee with all their heart, and with all their soule in the land of their enemies, which led the{m} away captiues, and pray vnto thee (towarde) the way of their land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers (and towarde) the citie which thou hast chosen, and the house, which I haue buylt for thy Name.
Then heare thou their 〈◊〉 and their supplicacion in heaue{n} thy dwelling place, and iudge their cause,
And be merciful vnto thy people that haue sinned against thee, and vnto all their iniquities [wherein they haue transgressed against thee] and cause that thei, which led them away captiues, may haue pitie & compassion on them.
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broghtest out of Egypt from the middes of the yron fornace.
Let thine eies be open vnto the prayer of thy seruant, & vnto the prayer of thy people Israél, to hearken vnto them, in all that they call for vnto thee.
For thou didest separate them to thee fro{m} among all people of the earth for an in he ritance, as thou saidest by the hand of Mosés thy serua{n}t, when thou broghtest our fathers out of Egypt, ô Lord God.
And when Salomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplicacion vnto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, fro{m} kneling on his knees and stretching of his hands to heauen.
And stode and blessed all the Congregacion of Israél with a loude voyce, saying,
Blessed be the Lord that hathe giuen rest vnto his people Israél, according to all that he promised: there hathe 〈◊〉 failed one worde of all his good promes which he promised, by the hand of Mosēs his seruant,
The lord our God be with vs, as he was with our fathers, that he forsake vs not. nether leaue vs.
That he may bowe our hearts vnto him, that we may walke in all his waies, and kepe his co{m}mandements, & his statutes, and his lawes, which he co{m}ma{n}ded our fathers.
And these my wordes, which I haue praied before the Lord, be nere vnto the Lord our God 〈◊〉 and nighte, that he defende the cause of his seruant & the cause of his people Israél alway as the matter requireth.
That all the people of the earth may knowe, that the lord is God & none other
Let your heart therefore be perfit with the Lord our God to walke in his statutes & to kepe his commandeme{n}ts, as this day
¶ Then the King and all Israél with him offred sacrifice before the Lord,
And Salomón offred a sacrifice of peace offrings which he offred vnto the Lord (to wit) two and twentie thousand beeues, & an hundreth and twentie thousand shepe so the King and all the children of Israél dedicated the house of the Lord.
The same day did the King halowe the midle of the courte, that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offred burnt offrings, and the meat offrings, and the fat of the peace offrings because the brasen altar that was before the Lord, was to litle to receiue the burnt offrings, and the meat offrings, and the fat of the peace offrings.
And Salomón made at that time a feast and all Israél with him, a very great Congregacion, euen from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seuen dayes and seuen dayes (euen) fourtene dayes.
And the eight day he sent the people awaye: and they thanked the Kinge? and vnto their tentes ioyous and with glad heart, because of all the goodnes that the Lord had done for Dauid his seruant, and for Israél his people.
WHen Salomo{n} had finished the buylding of the house of the Lord, and and the Kings palace, and all that Salomo{n} desired and minded to do.
Then the Lord appeared vnto Salomōn the seco{n}de time, as he appeared vnto him at Gibeōn.
And the Lord said vnto him, I haue heard thy prayer and thy supplicatio{n}, that thou hast made before me: I haue halowed this house [which thou hast buylt] to put my Name therefor euer, and mine eyes, and mine heart shal be there perpetually.
And if thou wilt walke before me [as Dauid thy father walked in purenes of heart and in righteousnes] to do according to all that I haue commanded thee (and) kepe my statutes, and my iudgements,
Then wil I stablish the throne of thy kingdome vpon Israél for euer as I promised to Dauid thy father, saying, Thou shalt not want a man vpon the throne of Israél.
(But) if ye and your children turne away from me, and wil not kepe my commandements (and) my statutes [which I haue set before you] but go & serue other gods and worship them,
Then wil I cut of Israél from the land, which I haue giuen them: and the house which I haue halowed for my Name, wil I cast out of my sight, and Israél shalbe a prouerbe, and a commune talke among all people.
Euen this hie house shalbe (so) euerie one that passeth by it, shalbe astonied, a{n}d shall hisse, and they shal say, Why hathe the Lord done thus vnto this land and to this house?
And they shal answer, Because they forsoke the Lord their God, which broght their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and haue taken holde vpon other gods, and haue worshiped them, and serued them, therefore hathe the Lord broght vpon them all this euil.
And at the end of twentie yeres, when Salomón had buylded the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the Kings palace,
[(For the which) Hirám the King of Tyrus had broght to Salomo{n} timber of cedre and firre trees, and golde, and whatsoeuer he desired] then King Salomón gaue to Hirám twentie cities in the land of Galil,
And Hirám came out from Tyrusto sethe cities which Salomón had giuen him, and they pleased him not.
Therefore he said, What cities are these which thou hast giuen me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabúl vnto this day.
And Hiram had sent the King six score talents of golde.
¶ And this is the cause of the tribute why King Salomo{n} raised tribute (to wit) to buylde the house of the Lord, & his owne house and Milló, and the wall of 〈◊〉, and Hazōr, and Megiddō, and Gezér.
Pharaóh King of Egypt had come vp, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slewe the Canaanites, that dwelt in the citie, & gaue it for a prese{n}t vnto his daughter Salomons wife.
[Therefore Salomōn buylt Gezér and Beth-horón the nether,
And Baaláth and Tamór in the wildernes of the land.
And all the cities of store, that Salomón had, euen cities for charets, and cities for horsemen, and (all) that Salomón desired & wolde buyld in Ierusalém, and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion]
All the people that were left of the Amorites, 〈◊〉, Perizzittes, Hiuites, and 〈◊〉, which were not of the children of Israél.
(To wit) their children that were left after them in the land whome the children of Israél were not able to destroye, those did Salomón make tributaires vnto this day.
But of the children of Israél did Salomón make no bondmen: but they were men of warre and his seruants, and his princes and his captaines, and rulers of his charets and his horsemen.
These were the princes of the officers, that were ouer Salomóns worke (euen (fiue hundreth and fiftie, and they ruled the people that wroght in the worke.
¶ And Pharaohs daughter came vp from the citie of Dauid vnto the house which (Salomón) had buylt for her: then did he buylde Millô.
And thrise a yere did Salomón offer burnt offrings and peace offrings vpon the altar which he buylt vnto the Lord and he burnt incense vpon (the altar) that was before the Lord, when he had finished the house.
¶ Also King Salomón made a nauie of shippes in Ezeon-geber, which is beside Eloth and the brincke of the red Sea in the land of Edóm.
And Hirám sent with the nauie his 〈◊〉 ua{n}ts, that were mariners, & had knowledge of the sea, with the seruants of Salomon.
And thei came to Ophir and fet from the{n}ce foure hundreth and twenty talents of golde and broght it to King Salomon.
ANd the quene of: Shebá hearing the fame of Salomon [concerning the Name of the Lord] came to proue him with hard questions.
And she came to Ierusalém with a very great traine, and camels that bare swete odors, and golde exceding muche, and precious stone: and she came to Salomón, and communed with him of all that was in her heart.
And Salómon declared vnto her all her questions: nothing was hid from the King, which he expounded not vnto her.
Then the quene of Shebá sawe all Salomons wisdome, and the house that he had buylt.
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his seruants, and the ordre of his ministers, and their apparel, and his drinking vessels, and his burnt offrings, that he offred in the house of the Lord, & she was greatly astonied.
And she said vnto the King, It was a true worde that I heard in mine owne land of thy sayings, and of thy wisdome.
How be it I beleued not this reporte, til I came, and had sene it with mine eyes: but lo, the one halfe was not tolde me (for) thou hast more wisdome and prosperitie, then I haue heard by reporte.
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy seruants, which stand euer before thee, & heare thy wisdome.
Blessed by the Lord thy God, which loued thee, to set thee on the throne of Israél, because the Lord loued Israél for euer and make thee King, to do equitie and righteousnes.
And she gaue the King six score talents of golde, and of swete odors exceding muche and precious stones. There came no more suche, abundance of swete odors, as the quene of Shebá gaue to King Salomón.
The nauie also of Hirám [that caried golde from Ophir] broght like wise great ple{n}ty of Almuggim trees from Ophir and precious stones.
And the King made of the Almuggim trees pillers for the house of the Lord, and for the kings place, & made harpes & psalteries for singers. There came no more suche Almuggim trees, nor were anie more sene vnto this day.
And King Salomón gaue vnto the quene of Sheba whatsoeuer she wolde aske, besides that, which Salomo{n} gaue her of his kinglie liberalitie: so she returned & went to her owne countrey (bothe) she, and her seruants.
Also the weight of golde, that came to Salomon in one yere, was six hundreth thre score and six talents of golde,
Beside that (he had) of marchant men and of the marchandises of them that solde spices, and of all the Kings of Arabia, and of the princes of the countrey.
And King Salomon made two hundreth targats of beaten golde, six hu{n}dreth (shekels) of golde went to a targat:
And thre hu{n}dreth shields of beaten golde thre pounde of golde went to one shield and the King put the{m} in the house of the wood of Lebanôn.
¶ Then the King made a great throne of yuerie, and couered it with the best golde
And the throne had six steps, and the top of the throne (was) round behinde, & there were stayes on ether side on the place of the throne, and two lions standing by the stayes.
And there stode twelue lions on the six steps on ether side: there was not the like (made) in any kingdome.
And all King Salomons drinking vessels (were) of golde, & all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanōn (were) of pure golde none (were) of siluer (for) it was nothing estemed in the daies of Salomón.
For the King had on the sea the nauie of Tharshish with the nauie of Hirám: once in thre yere came the nauie of Tharshish, and broght golde & siluer, yuerie, & apes and peacockes.
So King Salomon exceded all the Kings of the earth bothe in riches & in wisdome
And all the worlde soght to se Salomón to heare is wisdome, which God had put in his heart,
And thei broght euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, and armour, and swete odors, horses and mules, from yere to yere.
Then Salomón gathered together charets & horsemen: and he had a thousand & foure hundreth charets, & twelue thousa{n}d horsemen, whome he placed in the charets cities and with the Kings at Ierusalem.
And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and gaue cedres as the wilde figtrees that growe abunda{n}tly in the plaine
Also Salomón had horses broght out of Egypt, and fine liuen: the Kings marchants receiued the liuen for a price.
There came vp and went out of Egypt (some) charet (worthe) six hu{n}dreth (shekels) of siluer: that is, one horse, an hundreth & fiftie: and thus they broght (horses) to all the Kings of the Hittites a{n}d to the King of Arám by their meanes.
BVt King Salomón loued many outlandish women: bothe the daughter of Pharaóh (and) the women of Moáb, Ammon, Edóm, Zidón and Heth.
Of the nacions, whereof the Lord had said vnto the children of Israél, Go not ye into them, nor let them come into you (for) surely they wil turne your hearts after their gods, to them, (I say) did Salomôn ioyne in loue.
And he had seuen hundreth wiues (that were) princesses and thre hundreth co{n}cubines, & his wiues turned away his heart
For when Salomón was olde, his wiues turned his heart after other gods, so that his heart was not perfit with the Lord his God, as (was) the heart of Dauid his father
For Salomón followed Ashtarôth the god of the Zidonians, and Milcóm the abominacion of the Ammonites.
So Salomo{n} wroght wickednes in the sight of the Lórd, but continued not to follow the Lord, as (did) Dauid his father.
Then did Salomón buylde an hie place for Chemôsh the abominacion of Moah, in the mountaine that is ouer against Ierusalém, and vnto Molech the abominacion of the children of Ammon.
And so did he for all his outlandish wiues which burnt incense and offred vnto their gods.
Therefore the Lord was angry with Salomón, because he had turned his heart fro{m} the Lord God of Israél, which had appeared vnto him twise,
And had giuen him a charge concerning this thing, that he shulde not followe other gods: but he kept not that, which the lord had commanded him.
Wherefore the Lord said vnto Salomón, Forasmuche as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my couenant, and my statutes [which I commanded thee] I wil surely rent the kingdom thee, and will giue it to thy seruant.
Notwithstanding in thy daies I wil not do it, because of Dauid thy father, but I wil rent it out of the hand of thy sonne:
Howbeit I wil not rent all the Kingdome (but) wil giue one tribe to thy sonne, because of Dauid my seruant, and because of Ierusalém, which I haue chosen.
¶ Then the Lord stirred vp an aduersarie vnto Salomón (euen) Hadád the Edomite, of the Kings seede, which was in Edōm.
For when Dauid was in Edóm: and Ioáb the captaine of the hoste had smitten all the males in Edóm, and was gone vp to bury thei slayne,
[For six moneths did Ioáb remaine there, and all Israél, til he had destroyed all the males in Edóm]
Then this Hadád fled and certeine other Edomites of his fathers seruants with him to go into Egypt, Hadád being yet a litle childe,
And they arose out of Midián: and came to Parán, and toke men with them out of Parán, & came to Egypt vnto Pharaoh King of Egypt, which haue him an house, and appointed him vitailes, and gaue him la{n}d.
So Hadád fou{n}de great fauour in the sight of Pharaoh, and he gaue him to wife the sister of his owne wife (eue{n}) the sister of Tahpenés the quene.
And the sister of Tahpenés bare him Genubáth his sonne, whome Tahpenés vayned in Pharaohs house: and Genubáth was in Pharaohs house among the sonnes of Pharaoh.
And when Hadád heard in Egypt, that Dauid slept with his fathers, and that Ioáb the captaine of the hoste was dead, Hadad said to Pharaóh, Let me departe, that I may go to mine owne countrey.
But Pharaóh said vnto him, what hast thou lacked with me, that thou woldest thus go to thine owne countrey? And he answered, Nothing, but in any wise let me go.
¶ And God stirred him vp (another) aduersaire, Rezón the so{n}ne of Eliadáh, which fled from his Lord Hadadézer King of Zobáh.
And he gathered men vnto him, and had bene captaine ouer the companie, when Dauid slewe them. And thei went to Damascus and dwelt there, and thei made him King in Damascus:
Therefore was he an aduersaire to Israél all the daies of Salomón: besides the euil that Hadád (did) he also abhorred Israél, & reigned ouer a ram.
¶ And Ieroboám the sonne of Nebat an Ephrathite of Zeréda Salomons seruant [whose mother was called Zeruáh a widowe] lift vp his hand against the King.
And this was the cause that he lift vp (his) hand against the King, (When) Salomôn buylt Millō, he repared the broken places of the citie of Dauid his father.
And this man Ieroboám was a man of strength and courage, and Salomon seing that the yong man was mete for the work he made him ouerseer of all the laboure of the house of Ioséph.
And at that time, when Ieroboám went out of lerusalém, the Prophet Ahiiáh the Shilonite founde him in the way, hauing anewe garment on him, and thei two were alone in the field.
Then Ahiiáh caugh the newe garme{n}t that was on him, and 〈◊〉 it in twelue pieces,
And said to Ieroboám, Take vnto thee ten pieces: for thus sayth the Lord God of Israél, Beholde, I wil rent the kingdome out of the hands of Salomon, and wil giue ten tribes to thee.
But he shal haue one tribe for my seruant 〈◊〉 sake, and for Ierusalém the citie, which I hane chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
Because thei haue forsaken me, and haue worshiped Ashtaróth the god of the Zidonians, and Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and haue not walked in my wayes [to do right in mine eyes, and my statutes and my lawes] as (did) Dauid his father.
But I wil not take the whole kingdome 〈◊〉 of his hand: for I wil make him prince all his life long for Dauid my serua{n}ts sake whome I haue chosen (and) who kepe my 〈◊〉 and my statutes.
But I wil take the kingdome out of his sonnes hand, and wil giue it vnto the (eue{n}) the ten tribes.
And vnto his sonne wil I giue one tribe that Dauid my seruant maye haue a light alwaie before me in Ierusalém the citie, which I haue chosen me, to put my Name there.
And I wil take thee, and thou shalt reigne euen as thine heart desireth, and shalt be King ouer Israel.
And if thou hearken vnto all that I commande thee, and wilt walke in my waies, and do right in my sight, to kepe my statutes and my commandements, as Dauid my seruant did, then wil I be with thee, and buylde thee a sure house, as I buylt vnto Dauid, and wil giue Israél vnto thee.
And I wil for this afflict the seede of Dauid but not for euer.
¶ Salomón soght therefore to kil Ieroboám, and Ieroboám arose, and fled into Egypt vnto Shishak King of Egypt, and was in Egypt vntil the death of Salomón.
And the rest of the wordes of Salomón, & all that he did, & his wisdome, are thei not written in the boke of the actes of Salomōn?
The thime that Salomôn reigned in Ierusalém ouer all Israél was fourtie yere.
And Salomón slept with his fathers and was buryed in the citie of Dauid his father and Rehoboám his sonne reigned in his steade.
ANd Rehoboám went to Shechém: for all Israél were come to Shechém, to make him King.
And when Ieroboám the sonne of Nebát heard of it [who was yet in Egypt] whether Ieroboam had fled from King Salomo{n} and dwelt in Egypt.
Then thei sent and called him: and Ieroboam and all the Congregacion of Israél came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, saying.
Thy father made our yoke grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his sore yoke which he put vpon vs, lighter, and we wil serue thee.
And he said vnto them, Departe yet for thre dayes, then come againe to me And the people departed.
And King Rehoboám toke counsel with the olde men that had stande before Salomon his father, while he yet liued, and said, What cou{n}sel giue ye that I may make an answer to this people?
And thei spake vnto him, saying, If thou be a seruant vnto this people this day, & serue them, and answer them, and speake kinde wordes to them, thei wil be thy seruants for euer.
But he forsoke the counsel that the olde men had giuen him, and asked counsel of the yong men, that had bene broght vp with him, and waited on him.
And he said vnto them, What counsel gi giue ye, that we may answer this people, which haue spoken to me, saying, 〈◊〉 the yoke, which thy father did put vpon vs, lighter?
Then the yong men that were broght vp with him, spake vnto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say vnto this people, that haue spoken vnto thee, and said, Thy father hathe made our yoke heauie, but make thou it lighter vnto vs (euen) thus shalt thou say vnto them, My least parte shalbe big ger then my fathers loynes.
Now where as my father did burden you with a grieuous yoke I wil yet make your yoke heauier: my father hathe chastised you with rods, but I wil correct you with scourges.
¶ Then Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboám the third day, as the King had appointed saying, Come to me againe the third day.
And the King answered the people sharpely, and left the olde mens counsel that thei gaue him.
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, and I wil make your yoke more grieuous: my father hath chastised you with rods, but I wil correct you with scourges.
And the Kynge hearkened not vnto the people for it was the ordinance of the Lord, that he might performe his saying, whiche the Lord had spoken by Ahiiáh the Shilonite vnto Ieroboám the sonne of Nebát.
So when all Israél sawe that the King regarded them not, the people aunswered the King thus, saying, What porcion haue we in Dauid? we haue none inheritance in the sonne of Ishái. To your tents, ô Israél: now se to thine owne house, Dauid. So Israél departed vnto their tents.
Howbeit ouer the childre{n} of Israél, which dwelt in the cities of Iudáh, did Rehoboám reigne still.
¶ Now the King Rehoboám sent Adorám the receiuer of the tribute, and all Israél stoned him to death: the{n} King Rehoboám made spede to get him vp to his charet, to flee to Ierusalém.
And Israél rebelled against the house of Dauid vnto this day.
¶ And when all Israél had heard that Ieroboám was come agayne, they sent and called him vnto the assemblye, and made him Kynge ouer all Israél none followed the house of Dauid, but the tribe of Iudáh onely.
And when Rehoboám was come to Ierusalém, he gathered all the house of Iudáh with the tribe of Beniamin an hundreth & foure score thousand of chosen men [whiche were good warriours] to fight against the house of Israél and to bryng the kingdome againe to Rehoboám the sonne of Salomón.
But the worde of God came vnto Shemaiáh the man of God, saying,
Speake vnto Rehoboám the sonne of Salomōn King of Iudáh, and vnto all the house of Iudáh and Beniamin, & the remnant of the people, saying,
Thus sayth the Lord, Ye shal not go vp, nor fight against your brethren the chyldren of Israél: 〈◊〉 euerye man to hys house: for this thing is done by me. They obeied therefore the worde of the Lorde and returned, and departed, according to the worde of the Lord.
¶ Then Ieroboám buylt Sheche{m} in mount Ephráim, and dwelt therein, and we{n}t from thence, and buylt Penuél.
And Ieroboám thoght in his heart, Now shall the kingdome returne to the house of Dauid.
If this people go vp & do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Ierusalém, the{n} shall the heart of this people turne againe vnto their Lord, (euen) to Rehoboâm Kynge of Iudáh: so shall they kill me and go againe to Rehoboám King of Iudáh.
Whereupon the King toke counsell, and made two calues of golde, & said vnto the{m}, It is to muche for you to go vp to Ierusalém: beholde, ô Israél, thy Gods, whiche broght thee vp out of the land of Egypt.
And he set the one in Beth-él, & the other set he in Dan.
And this thing turned to sinne: for the people we{n}t [because of the one] eue{n} to Da{n}
Also he made an house of hye places, and made Priests of the lowest of the people, whiche were not of the sonnes of 〈◊〉.
And Ieroboám made a feast the 〈◊〉 day of the eight moneth, like vnto the feast that is in Iudáh, and offred on the altar. So did he in Beth-él and offred vnto the calues that he had made: and he placed in Beth-él the Priests of the hie places, which he had made.
And he offred vppon the altar, whiche he had made in Beth-él, the fiftenth day of the eight moneth [(eue{n}) in the moneth which he had forged of his owne heart] and made a solemne feast vnto the chyldren of Israél: & he we{n}t vp to the altar, to burne ince{n}se.
ANd beholde, there came a man of God out of Iudáh [by the commandement of the Lord] vnto Beth-él, and Ieroboám stode by the altar to offer incense.
And he cryed against the altar by the commandement of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus sayth the Lord, Behold, a childe shall be borne vnto the house of Dauid, Iosiáh by name, and vpon thee shal he sacrifice the Priestes of the hie places that burne incense vppon thee, and they shall burne mens bones vpon thee.
And he gaue a signe the same time, saying, This is the signe, that the LORD hathe spoken, Beholde, the altar shal rent, & the 〈◊〉 that are vpon it, shal fall out.
And when the King had heard the saying of the man of God, whiche he had cryed against the altar in Beth-él, Ieroboám stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, Lay holde on him: but his hand whiche he put for the agaynste him, dryed vp, and he colde not pull it in againe to him.
The altar also claue a sundre, & the asshes fel out from the altar, accordynge to the signe, which the man of God had giuen by the 〈◊〉 of the Lord.
Then the Kyng aunswered, and said vnto the man of GOD, I beseche thee, praye vnto the Lord thy God, and make intercession for me, that mine hand may be restored vnto me. And the man of God besoght the Lord, and the Kings hand was restored, & became as it was afore.
Then the King said vnto the man of God, Come home with me, that thou maist dine, and I will giue thee a rewarde.
But the man of God said vnto the King, If thou woldest giue me halfe thine house, I wolde not go in with thee, nether wolde I eat bread nor drinke water in this place.
For so was it charged me by the worde of the Lord, saying, Eate no breade nor drink water, nor turne againe by the same way that thou camest.
So he went another way and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-él.
¶ And an olde Prophet dwelt in Beth-él & his sonnes came, & tolde him all the workes, that the ma{n} of God had done that day in Beth-él, & the words which he had spoke{n} vnto the King, tolde they their father.
And their father said vnto the{m}, What way went he? and his sonnes shewed him what waye the man of God went, whiche came from Iudáh.
And he said vnto his sonnes, Sadle me the asse, Who, sadled hym the asse, and he rode thereon,
And went after the man of GOD, and founde him sitting vnder an oke: and he said vnto him, Art thou the man of GOD that camest from Iudáh? And he said, Yea.
Then he said vnto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
But he answered, I may not returne wyth thee, nor go in with thee, nether will I eate bread nor drinke water with thee in thys place.
For it was charged me by the word of the Lord, (saying,) Thou shalt eate no breade, nor drinke water there, nor turne agayne to go by the way that thou wentest.
And he said vnto him, I am a Prophet also as thou art, and an Angel spake vnto me by the worde of the Lord, saying, Brynge him agayne with thee into thyne house, that he maye eat bread and drinke water: (but) he lied vnto him.
So he went againe with him, and did eate bread in his house, and dranke water.
And as they sate at the table, the word of the LORD came vnto the Prophet, that broght him againe.
And he cryed vnto the man of GOD that came from Iudáh, saying, Thus sayth the Lord, Because thou haste disobeyed the mouthe of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandement, whiche the Lord thy God commanded thee,
But camest backe againe, and haste eaten bread & dronke water in the place [whereof he did say vnto thee, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drinke anie water] thy carkeis shall not come vnto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
¶ And when he had eaten bread & dronk, he sadled him the asse, to wit, to the Prophet whome he had broght againe.
And when he was gone, a lyon met him by the way, and slewe him, and hys bodye was cast in the way, and the asse stode therby: the lyon stode by the corps also.
And beholde, men that passed by, sawe the carkeis cast in the way, & the lyon sta{n}ding by the corps: and they came and tolde it in the towne where the olde Prophet dwelt.
And when the Prophet, that broght hym backe againe from the way, heard therof, he said, It is the ma{n} of God, who hath bene disobedie{n}t vnto the commandeme{n}t of the Lord therefore the Lord hathe delyuered him vnto the lyon, which hathe rent hym and slaine him, according to the worde of the Lord, which he spake vnto him.
¶ And he spake to his sonnes, saying, Sadle me the asse. And they sadled him.
And he went and founde his body cast in the way, and the asse and the lyon stode by the corps: and the lyon had not eaten the body, nor torne the asse.
And the Prophet toke vp the body of the man of God, and layed it vppon the asse, and broght it agayne, and the olde Prophet came to the citie, to lament and bury him.
And he layed hys bodye in hys owne graue, and they lamented ouer hym, (saying,) Alas, my brother.
And when he had buryed him, he spake to his sonnes, saying, When I am dead, burye ye me also in the sepulchre, wherein the man of God is buryed: lay my bones beside his bones.
For that thynge whiche he cryed by the worde of the Lord against the altar that is in Beth-él, and against all the houses of the hie places, which are in the cities of Samaria, shal surely come to passe.
(Howbeit) after this, Ieroboám conuerted not from his wicked waye, but turned againe, and made of the lowest, Who wold might consecrate him selfe, and be of the Priests of the hie places.
And this thinge turned to sinne vnto the house of Ieroboám, euen to roote it out, & destroy it from the face of the earth.
AT that time Abiiāh the sonne of Ieroboám fel sicke.
And Ieroboa{m} said vnto his wife, Vp, I pray thee, and disguise thy selfe, that they knowe not that thou art the wife of Ieroboám, and go to Shilóh: for there is Ahiiáh the Prophet, which tolde me that I shuld be King ouer this people,
And take with thee tene loaues and craknels, and a bottell of hony, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shal become of the yong man.
And Ieroboams wife did so, and arose, and went to Shilóh, and came to the house of Ahiiáh: but Ahiiáh colde not se, for hys sight was decayed for his age.
Then the Lord said vnto Ahiiáh, Beholde, the wife of 〈◊〉 commeth to aske a thing of thee for her sonne, for he is sicke: thus and thus shalt thou say vnto her (for) when she co{m}meth in, she shal feine her selfe (to be) another.
Therefore when Ahiiáh heard the sounde of her fete as she came in at the dore, he said, Come in, thou wif of Ieroboám: why feinest thou thus thy selfe to be another? I am sent to thee (with) heauy tidings.
Go, tel Ieroboa{m}, Thus saith the Lord God of Israél, Forasmuche as I haue exalted thee from among the people, & haue made thee prince ouer my people Israél,
And haue rent the kingdome away from the house of Dauid, and haue giue{n} it thee, and thou hast not bene as my seruant Dauid, which kept my commandements, and followed me with all his hearte, and dyd onely that which was right in mine eyes,
But hast done euil aboue all that were before thee [for thou hast gone & made thee other gods, & molten images, to prouoke me, and hast cast me behinde thy backe.]
Therefore beholde, I wil bring euil vpon the house of Ieroboám, & will cut of from Ieroboám him that pisseth against the wall, aswel him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israél, and wil swepe away the re{m}nant of the house of Ieroboám, as a man swepeth away doung, til it be all gone.
The dogs shal eat him of Ieroboa{m}s (stock) that dyeth in the citie, & the foules of the aire shall eat him that dyeth in the fielde: for the Lord hathe said it.
VP therfore and get thee to thine house: for when thy feete entre into the citie, the childe shaldye.
And al Israél shal mourne for him, & bury him: for he onelye of Ieroboám shall come to the graue, because in him there is found some goodnes towarde the Lord God of Israél in the house of Ieroboám.
Moreouer, the LORD shal stir hym vp a King ouer Israél, whiche shall destroy the house of Ieroboám in that day: what? yea, euen now.
For the Lord shall smite Israél, as when a rede is shaken in the water, and he shall wede Israél out of this good lande, whiche he gaue to their fathers, and shall scatre them beyonde the Riuer, because they haue made them groues, prouokyng the Lord to angre.
And he shal giue Israél vp, because of the sinnes of Ieroboám, who did sinne, and made Israél to sinne.
¶ And Ieroboams wife arose, & departed, and came to Tirzáh, and when she came to the thresholde of the house, the yong man dyed,
And they buryed him, and all Israél lame{n}ted him, accordynge to the worde of the Lord, which he spake by the hande of hys seruant Ahiiáh the Prophet.
And the rest of Ieroboams actes, how he warred, and how he reigned, beholde, thei are writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél.
And the dayes whiche Ieroboám reigned, were two and twentie yere and he slept with his fathers, and Nadáb his sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ Also Rehoboám the sonne of Salomón reigned in Iudáh. Rehoboám was one and fourtie yere olde, when he bega{n} to reigne, and reigned seuentene yere in Ierusalém the citie, which the Lord did chuse out of all the tribes of Israél, to put hys Name there: and his mothers name was Naamáh an Ammonite.
And Iudâh wroght wickednes in the sight of the Lord: and they prouoked him more with their sinnes, which they had committed, then all that which their fathers had done.
For they also made them hie places, and images, and groues on euery hye hyll, and vnder euerie grene tre.
There were also Sodomites in the lande, they did according to all the abominacio{n}s of the nacions, whiche the Lord had caste out before the children of Israél.
¶ And in the fift yere of King Rehoboám Shishák King of Egypt came vp agaynste Ierusalém,
And toke the treasures of the house of the Lord, & the treasures of the Kings house, and toke awaye all also he caried away all the shields of golde whiche Salomon had made.
And Kynge Rehoboám made for them brase{n} shields, and committed the{m} vnto the ha{n}ds of the chief of the garde, which waited at the dore of the Kings house.
And when the King went into the house of the Lorde, the garde bare the{m}, & broght them againe into the garde chamber.
And the reste of the actes of Rehoboám, and all that he did, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kyngs of Iudáh?
And there was warre betwene Rehoboám and Ieroboám continually.
And Rehoboám slept with his fathers, & was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his mothers name (was) Naamáh an Ammonite. And Abiiám his sonne reigned in his steade.
ANd in the eightene yere of King Ieroboám the sonne of Nebár, reygned Abiiám ouer Iudáh.
Thre yere reigned he in Ierusalém, and his mothers name (was) Maacháh the daughter of a Abishalōm.
And he walked in all the sinnes of hys father, which he had done before hym: and his heart was not perfit with the Lord hys God as the heart of Dauid his father.
But for Dauids sake did the Lord his God gyue him ab lyght in Ierusalém, and set vp his sonne after him, and established Ierusalém,
Because Dauid did that whiche was ryght in the sight of the Lord, and turned frome nothing that he commanded him, all the dayes of his life, saue onely in the matter of Vriáh the Hittite.
And there was warre betwene Rehoboám and Ieroboám as long as he liued.
The rest also of the actes of Abiiám, and all that he did, are thei not write{n} in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah? there was also warre betwene Abiiām, and Ieroboám.
And Abiiām slept with his fathers, & they buryed him in the citie of Dauid: and Asá his sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ And in the twentie yere of Ieroboám King of Israél reigned Asá ouer Iudáh.
He reigned in Ierusalém one and fourtie yere, & his c mothers name (was) Maacháh, the daughter of Abishalōm.
And Asá did right in the eyes of the Lord, as (did) 〈◊〉 his father.
And he toke away the Sodomites out of the land, and put awaye all the idoles that his fathers had made.
And he put downe Maacháh his mother also from herestate, because she had made an idole in a groue and Asá destroyed her idoles, and burnt the{m} by the broke Kidro{n}.
But they put not downe the hye places. Neuertheles Asas heart was vpright with the Lord all his dayes.
Also he broght in the holy vessels of hys father, and the thynges that he had dedicate vnto the house of the Lord, siluer, and golde and vessels.
¶ And there was warre betwene Asā and Baashá King of Israél all their dayes.
The{n} Baashá King of Israél went vp against Iudáh, and buylt Ramáh, so that he wolde let none go out or into Asá Kynge of Iudáh.
Then Asá toke all the siluer and the gold that was left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house, and deliuered them into the hands of his seruants, and King Asásent them to Ben-hadád the sonne of Tabrimón, the sonne of Hezión King of Arám that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
(There is) a couenant betwene me & thee, (and) betwene my father and thy father: beholde, I haue sent vnto thee a present of siluer, and golde: come, breake thy couenant with Baashá Kynge of Israél, that he may departe from me.
So Ben-hadád hearkened vnto King Asá, and sent the captaines of the hostes, which he had agaynste the Cities of Israél, and smote Iión, and Dan, & Abélbethmaacháh, and all Cinnerōth, with all the lande of Naphtali.
And when Baashá heard thereof, he left buylding of Ramáh, and dwelt in Tirzáh.
Then King Asá asse{m}bled all Iudáh, none excepted, and they toke the stones of Ramáh, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baashá had buylt, and King Asá buylt with them Géba of Beniamin and Mizpáh.
And the rest of all the actes of Asá, and all his might and all that he did, & the cities which he buylt, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kinges of Iudáh? but in his olde age he was diseased in his feete.
And Asá slept with hys fathers, and was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father, And Iehoshaphát his sonne reigned in his steade.
And Nadáb the sonne of Ieroboám began to reigne ouer Israél the seconde yere of Asá King of Iudáh, and reigned ouer Israél two yere.
And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of his father, & in hys sinne wherewith he made Israél to sinne.
And Baashá the sonne of Ahiiáh of the house of Issachár conspired against him, & Baashá slewe him at Gibbethón, whiche belonged to the Philistims: for Nadab and all Israél laied siege to Gibbethón.
Euen in the third yere of Asa King of Iudah did Baasha slaye hym, and reygned in his steade.
And when he was King, he smote all the house of Ieroboam, he left none aliue to Ieroboam, vntill he had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord which he spake by his seruant Ahiiah the Shilonite,
Because of the sinnes of Ieroboam which he co{m}mitted, & wherewith he made Israél to sinne, by his prouocation, wherewith he prouoked the Lord God of Israél.
And the residue of the actes of Nadab and all that he did, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kynges of Israél?
And there was warre betwene Asa & Baasha King of Israél, all their dayes.
In the third yere of Asa King of Iudah, began Baasha the sonne of Ahiiah to reygne ouer all Israél in Tirzah, (and reygned) foure and twentie yeres.
And he did euil in the sight of the Lorde, walking in the way of Ieroboam, and in his sinne, where with he made Israél to sinne.
THen the worde of the Lorde came to Iehú the sonne of Hanáni against Baashá, saying,
For asmuche as I exalted thee out of the dust, & made thee captaine ouer my people Israél, and thou hast walked in the waye of Ieroboám, and hast made my people Israél to sinne, to prouoke me with their sinnes,
Beholde, I will take away the posteritie of Baashá, and the posteritie of his house, and wil make thine house like the house of Ieroboám the sonne of Nebát.
He that dyeth of Baashas (stoke) in the citie, him shall the dogs eat: and that man of him which dyeth in the fieldes, shall the foules of the ayre eat.
And the rest of the actes of Baashá & what he did, and his power, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
So Baashá slept with his fathers, and was buryed in Tirzáh, and Eláh his sonne reigned in his steade.
And also by the hande of Iehū the sonne of Hanáni the Prophet came the worde of the Lord to Baashá, and to his house, that he shulde be like the house of Ieroboam, euen for all the wickednes that he dyd in the sight of the Lord, in prouoking hym with the worke of his hands, and because he killed him.
¶ In the six and twentie yere of Asá Kyng of Iudáh began Eláh the sonne of Baashá to reigne ouer Israél in Tirzah, (& reigned) two yere.
And hys seruante Zimri, captaine of halfe his charets conspired agaynste him, as he was in Tirzah drinking, til he was dro{n}ken in the house of Arza stuarde of his house in Tirzah.
And Zimri came and smote him & kylled him in the seuen and twentye yere of Asa King of Iudah, and reigned in his steade.
¶ And when he was King, and sate on hys throne, he slewe all the house of Baasha, not leauing thereof one to pisse agaynst a wall, nether of hys kinsfolkes nor of hys friends,
So did Zimri destroye all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord which he spake against Baasha by the ha{n}d of Iehú the Prophet,
For all the sinnes of Baasha, and sinnes of Elah his sonne, which they sinned & made Israél to sinne, and prouoked the LORD God of Israél with their vanities.
And the rest of the actes of Elah, and all that he did, are they not write{n} in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
¶ In the seuen & twentie yere of Asa King of Iudah did Zimri reygne seuen dayes in Tirzah, & the people was then in the hoste besieging Gibbethón, which (belonged) to the Philistims.
And the people of the hoste hearde say, Zimri hathe conspired, and hath also slaine the King. Wherefore all Israél made Omri the captaine of the hoste King ouer Israél that same day, (euen) in the hoste.
Then Omri went vp from Gibbethón, and all Israél with hym, and they besieged Tirzah.
〈◊〉 when Zimri sawe, that the Citie was take{n}, he we{n}t into the palace of the Kings house, and burnt him selfe and the Kings house with fire, (and) so dyed,
For his sinnes which he sinned, in doynge that which is euill in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the waye of Ieroboam, and in his sinnes whiche he did, causing Israél to sinne.
And the rest of the actes of Zimri, and hys treason that he wroght, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
Then were the people of Israél deuyded into two partes: (for) half the people followed Tibni the sonne of Ginath to make him King, & the other half followed Omri.
But the people that followed Omri, preuailed agaynst the people that followed Tibni the sonne of Ginath so Tibni dyed, and Omri reigned.
In the one and thirtie yere of Asa Kynge of Iudah began Omri to reigne ouer Israél, (& reigned) twelue yere. Six yere reigned he in Tirzah.
And he boght the mountaine Samaria of one Shémer for two tale{n}ts of siluer, & built in the mountaine, and called the name of the citie, which he built, after the name of Shémer, Lord of the mountaine Samaria.
But Omri did euil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse then all that were before him.
For he walked in all the waye of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and in his sinnes where with he made Israél to sinne in prouoking the Lord God of Israél with theyr vanities.
And the rest of the actes of Omri, that he did, and his strength that he shewed, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buryed in Samaria: and Ahab hys sonne reigned in his steade.
Now Ahab the sonne of Omri began to reigne ouer Israél, in the eight and thirtie yere of Asa Kyng of Iudah: and Ahab the sonne of Omri reigned ouer Israél in Samaria two and twentie yere.
And Ahab the sonne of Omri did worse in the sight of the Lord then all that were before him.
For was it a light thing for him to walke in the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, excepte he toke Iezebél also the daughter of Eth-baal Kynge of the Zidonians to wife, and went and ferued Baal, and worshiped him?
Also he reared vp an altar to Báal in the house of Báal, whiche he had buylt in Samaria.
And Aháb made a groue, and Aháb proceded, and did prouoke the Lord GOD of Israél more then all the Kinges of Israél that were before him.
In his dayes did Hiél the Bethelite builde Ierichō: he laied the fundacion thereof in Abirám his eldest sonne, and set vp the gates therof in his yongest sonne Segúb, according to the word of the Lord which he spake by Ioshúa the sonne of Nun.
ANd Eliáh the Tishbite one of the inhabitants of Gileád said vnto Aháb, As the Lord GOD of Israél liueth, before whome I stand, there shalbe nether dewe nor rayne these yeres, but according to my worde.
¶ And the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying,
Go hence, and turne thee Eastwarde, and hide thy selfe in the riuer Cherith, that is ouer against Iordén,
And thou shalt drinke of the riuer: and I haue comma{n}ded the rauens to feede thee there.
So he went and did accordynge vnto the worde of the Lord for he went, and remained by the riuer Cherith that is ouer agai{n}st Iordén.
And the rauens broght him bread & flesh in the morning, and bread and fleshe in the euening, and he dranke of the riuer.
And after a while, the riuer dryed vp, because there fel no raine vpon the earth.
¶ And the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying,
Vp, (and) get thee to Zarephát, which is in Zidon, and remaine there behold, I haue commanded a widowe there to sustayne thee.
So he arose, and went to Zarepháth: and when he came to the gate of the citie, beholde, the widowe was there gatheryng stickes: and he called her, & said, Bring me, I praye thee, a litle water in a vessell, that I may drinke.
And as she was goynge to fet it, he called to her, & said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
And she said, As the Lord thy God lyueth, I haue not a cake, but euen an handefull of meale in a barel, & a litle oyle in a cruse & beholde, I am gathering a fewe stickes for to go in, and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eat it, and dye.
And Eliáh said vnto her, 〈◊〉 not, come, do as thou hast said, but make me thereof a litle cake firste of all, and bryng it vnto me, and afterwarde make for thee, and thy sonne.
For thus saith the Lord GOD of Israél, The meale in the barel shal not be wasted, nether shal the oyle in the cruse be diminished, vnto the time that the Lord se{n}d raine vpon the earth.
So she went, and did as Eliáh said, and she did eat: so did he and her house for a certeine time.
The barel of the meale wasted not, nor the oyle was spent out of the cruse, according to the worde of the Lord, whiche he spake by the hand of Eliáh.
¶ And after these thynges, the sonne of the wife of the house fel sicke, & hys sicknes was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
And she said vnto Eliáh, What haue I to do with thee, ô thou man of God? art thou come vnto me to call my sinne to remembrance, and to slaye my sonne?
And he said vnto her: Giue me thy sonne, & he toke him out of her bosome, and caried him vp into a cha{m}ber, where he abode, and laied him vpon his owne bed.
Then he called vnto the Lord, and said, O Lord my GOD, hast thou punished also this widowe, with whome I soiourne, by killing her sonne?
And he stretched him selfe vpon the child thre times, and called vnto the Lorde, and said, O Lord my GOD, I pray thee, let this childes soule come into him againe.
The{n} the Lord heard the voyce of Eliáh, & the soule of the chylde came into hym againe, and he reuiued.
And Eliáh toke the childe, & broght him downe out of the chamber into the house, and deliuered him vnto his mother, and Eliáh said, Beholde, thy sonne liueth.
And the woman said vnto Eliah, Now I knowe that thou art a man of GOD, and that the worde of the Lord in thy mouthe is true.
AFter many daies, the word of the Lord came to Eliiáh, in the third yere, saying, Go, shewe thy selfe vnto Aháb, and I wil send raine vpon the earth.
And Eliiáh went to shewe him selfe vnto Aháb, and (there was) a great famine in Samaria.
And Aháb called Obadiah the gouernour of his house: [and Obadiah feared GOD greatly.]
For whe{n} Iezébel destroyed the Prophetes of the Lord, Obadiah toke an hundreth Prophetes, & hid them, by fiftie in a caue, and he fed them with bread and water.
And Ahab sayde vnto Obadiah, Go into the land, vnto all the fountaines of water, and vnto all the riuers, if so be that we may finde grasse to saue the horses and the mules aliue, lest we depriue (the land) of the beastes.
And so thei deuided the land betwene the{m} to walke through it Aháb went one way by him selfe, and Obadiáh went another way by him selfe.
¶ And as Obadiáh was in the way, beholde Eliiáh met him, and he knewe him, and fel on his face, and said, Art not thou my Lord Eliiáh?
And he answered him, Yea, go tel thy lord Beholde, Eliiáh (is here.)
And he said what haue I sinned, that thou woldest deliuer thy seruant into the hand of Ahàb, to slaye me?
As the Lord thy God liueth, there is no nacion or kingdome, whether my lord hathe not sent to seke thee: and when they said, He is not here, he toke an othe of the kingdome & nacion, if thei had not founde thee.
And now thou saist, Go, tel thy lord, Beholde, Eliiáh (is here.)
And when I am gone from thee, the Spirit of the Lord shal cary thee into some place that I do not knowe. so when I come and tel Aháb, if he can not finde thee, then wil he kil me: but I thy seruant feare the Lord from my youth.
Was it not tolde my Lord, what I did when Iezebél slewe the Prophetes of the Lord, how I hidde an hundreth men of the Lords prophetes, by fifties in a caue, and fed them with bread and water?
And now thou saiest, Go, tel thy Lord: Beholde, Eliáh (is there) that he may slaye me.
And Eliiáh said, As the Lord of hostes liueth, before whome I stand, I wil surely shewe my selfe vnto him this day.
¶ So Obadiáh went to mete Aháb, and tolde him: and Aháb went to mete Eliiáh.
And when Aháb sawe Eliiáh, Aháb said vnto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israél?
And he answered, I haue not troubled Israél, but thou, and thy fathers house, in that ye haue forsaken the commandeme{n}ts of the Lord, and thou hast followed 〈◊〉.
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israél vnto mount Carmél, and the prophetes of Báal foure hundreth and fiftie & the prophetes of the groues foure hundreth, which eat at Iezebels table.
¶ So Ahab sent vnto all the children of Israél, & gathered the prophetes together vnto mount Carmel.
And Eliiáh came vnto all the people, and said, How long halt ye betwene two opinions? If the Lord be God followe him: but if Báal be he, then go after him. And the people answered him not a worde.
Then said Eliiáh vnto the people, I onely remaine a Prophet of the Lord: but Baals prophetes are foure hundreth & fiftie me{n}.
Let them therefore giue vs two bullocks, and let them chuse the one, and cut him in pieces, and laye him on the wood, but put no fyre (vnder) and I wil prepare the other bullocke, and laye him on the wood, and wil put no fire (vnder)
Then call ye on the name of your god, & I wil call on the Name of the Lord: and then the God that answereth by fyre let him be God. And all the people answered, and said, It is wel spoken.
And Eliiáh said vnto the prophetes of Báal Chuse you a bullocke, and prepare him first, [for ye are many] and call on the name of your gods, but put no fyre (vnder.)
So thei toke the one bullocke, that was giuen them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal, from morning to noone, saying O Baal, heare vs: but there was no, voyce, nor anie to answer: and thei leapt vpon the altar that was made.
And at noone Eliiah mocked them, and said, Crye loud: for he is a god: ether he 〈◊〉 or pursueth (his enemies) or is in his iourney, or it may be that he slepeth & must be awaked.
And they cryed loude, and cut them selues as their maner was, with kniues and lancets, til the blood 〈◊〉 out vpon them.
And whe{n} mydday was passed, and thei had prophecied vntil the offring of the (euening) sacrifice, there was nether voyce, nor one to answer, nor anie that regarded.
And Eliiah said vnto all the people, Come to me. And all the people came to him. And he repared the altar of the Lord that was broken downe.
And Eliiáh toke twelue stones according to the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob [vnto whome the worde of the lord came, saying, Israél shalbe thy name]
And with the stones he buylt an altar in the 〈◊〉 of the Lord: and he made a ditche rounde about the altar, as great as wolde conteine two measures of sede.
And he put the wood in order, and hewed the bullocke in pieces, and layed him on the wood,
And said, Fil foure barels with water, and powre it on the burnt offring and on the wood, Againe he said, Do so againe. And thei did so the seconde time. And he said, Do it the third time. And thei did it the third time.
And the water ran rounde about the altar and he filled the ditche with water also.
And when they shulde offer the (euening) sacrifice, Eliiáh the Prophet came, and said Lord God of Abraham, Izhak and of Israél let it be knowen this day, that thou art the God of Israél, and that I am thy serua{n}t, and that I haue done all these things at thy commandement.
Heare me, ô Lord, heare me, and let this people knowe that thou art the lord God and that thou hast turned their heart againe at the last.
Then the fire of the Lord fel, and co{n}sumed the burnt offring, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked vp the water that was in the ditche.
And when all the people sawe it, thei fel on their faces, and said, The Lord is God, the Lord is God.
And Eliiáh said vnto them, Take the prophetes of Báal, let not a man of them escape. And they toke the{m}, & Eliiáh broght them to the broke Kishón, and slewe the{m} there.
¶ And Eliiáh said vnto Aháb, Get thee vp, eat and drinke, for (there is) a sounde of muche raine.
So Aháb went vp to eat and to drinke, & Eliiah went vp to the top of Carmél: and he crouched vnto the earth, and put his face betwene his knees.
And said to his seruant, Go vp now and loke towarde the way of the Sea. And he went vp, and loked, and said, There is nothing Againe he said, Go againe seuen times.
And at the seuenth time he said, Beholde, there ariseth a litle cloude out of the sea like a mans hand. Then he said, Vp, & say vnto Aháb, Make readie (thy charet) and get thee downe, that the raine stay thee not.
And in the meane while the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, and there was a great raine. Then Aháb went vp and came to Izreél.
And the hand of the Lord was on Eliiáh, and he girded vp his loynes, and ran before Aháb til he came Izreél.
NOw Aháb tolde Iezebel all that Eliiáh had done, and how he had slayne all the prophetes with the sworde.
Then Iezébel sent a messe{n}ger vnto Eliiáh saying, The gods do so to me and more also, if I make not thy life like one of their liues by tomorowe this time.
¶ When he sawe that, he arose and went for his life, and came to Beer-shéba, which is in Iudáh, and left his seruant there.
But he went a daies iourney into the wildernes and came and sate downe vnder a iuniper tre, and desired that he might dye and said, It is now ynought: ô Lord, take my soule, for I am no better, the{n} my fathers
And as he laie and slept vnder the iuniper tre, beholde now, an Angel touched him, and said vnto him, Vp, (and) eat.
And when he loked about beholde, there was a cake baken on the coles, and a pot of water at his heade? so he did eat and drinke, and returned and slept.
And the Angel of the Lord came againe the seconde time, and touched him, and said, Vp (&) eat for thou a great iourney.
¶ Then he arose, and did eat and drinke, and walked in strength of that meat fourtie daies and fourtie nights, vnto Horéb the mount of God.
And there he entred into a caue, and lodged therein & beholde, the Lord spake to him, and said vnto him, What doest thou here, Eliiáh?
And he answered, I haue bene very ielous for the God of hoste: for the children of Israél haue forsaken thy couenant, broken downe thine altars, and slayne thy Prophetes with the sworde, & I onely am left, and thei seke my life to take it away.
And he said, Come out, and stand vpon the the mount before the Lord. And beholde, the Lord went by, and a mightie strong winde rent the mou{n}taines, and brake the rockes before the Lord (but) the Lord was not in the winde and after the winde (came) an earthquake (but) the Lord was not in the earthquake:
And after the earthquake (came) fyre (but) the Lord was not in the fyre. & after the fyre (came) a stil and soft voyce.
And when Eliiáh heard it, he couered his face with his mantel, and went out, & stode in the entring in of the caue, & beholde (there came) a voyce vnto him, and said, What doest thou here Eliiáh?
And he answered, I haue bene very ielous for the Lord God of hostes, because the children of Israél haue forsake{n} thy couenant, cast downe thine altars, and slaine thy Prophetes with the sworde, and I onely am left: and they seke my life to take it away.
And the Lord said vnto him, Go returne by the wildernes vnto Damascus, and when thou commest (there) anoynt Hazaél King ouer Arám.
And Iehú the sonne of Nimshi shalt thou anoynt Kynge ouer Israél: and Elisha the sonne of Shaphar of Abél Meholáh shalt thou anoynt to be Prophet in thy roume.
And 〈◊〉 him that escapeth from the sworde of Hazaél, shal Iehú slaye and him that escapeth from the sworde of Iehú, shal Elisha slay.
Yet wil I leaue seuen thousand in Israél, (euen) all the knees that haue not bowed vnto Báal, and euerie mouthe that hathe not kissed him.
¶ So he departed thence, and founde Elishá the sonne of Shaphat who was plowing with twelue yoke of oxen before him, and was with the twelft: and Eliiáh went towards him, and cast his mantel vpon him.
And he left the oxen, and ran after Eliiáh and said, i Let me I pray thee, kisse my father and my mother, and then I wil followe thee. Who answered him Go, returue for what haue I done to thee?
And when he went backe againe fro{m} him, he toke a couple of oxen, and slewe them and sod their flesh with the instrumens of the oxen, and gaue vnto the people, and they did eat: then he arose and went after Eliiáh, and ministred vnto him.
THen Ben-ha dād the King of Aram asse{m}bled all his armie, and two and thirtie Kings with him, with horses, and charets and went vp, and besieged Samaria, and foght against it.
And he sent messengers to Ahab King of Israél, into the citie.
And said vnto him, Thus sayeth Ben-hadád Thy siluer and thy golde his mine: also thy women, & thy faire children are mine.
And the King of Israél answered, and said My lord King, according to thy saying, lam thine, and all that I haue.
And whe{n} the messengers came againe they said, Thus commandeth Benhadád, and sayth, When I shal send vnto thee, and commande, thou shalt deliuer me thy siluer and thy golde, and thy women and thy childre{n},
Or els I wil send my seruants vnto thee by tomorow this time and they shal searche thine house, and the houses of thy seruants and whatsoeuer is pleasant in thine eyes, they shal take it in their hands, and bring it away.
Then the King of Israél sent for all the Elders of the land, and said, Take hede, I pray you, and se how he seketh mischief for he sent vnto me for my wiues, and for my children, and for my siluer, and for my golde, and I denyed him not.
And all the elders & all the people said to him, 〈◊〉 not vnto him nor consent
Wherefore he said vnto the messengers of Ben-hadád. Tel my lord the King, All that thou didest send for to thy seruant at the first time, that I wil do, but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and broght him an answer.
And Ben-hadad sent vnto him, and said, The gods do so to me and more also if the dust of Samaria be ynough to all the people that followe me for euerie man an ha{n}d ful.
And the King of Israél answered, and said Tel (him) Let not him that girdeth (his har 〈◊〉) 〈◊〉 hi{m}selfe, as he that putteth it of.
And when he heard that tidings, as he was with the King drinking in the pauilions he said vnto his serua{n}ts, 〈◊〉 forthe (your engines) and thei set the{m} against the citie.
¶ And Behold, there came a Prophet vnto Aháb King of Israél, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou sene all this great multitude? beholde, I wil deliuer it into thine hand this day, that thou maiest knowe, that I am the Lord.
And Ahàb said: By whome? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, By the seruants of the princes of the prouinces. He said againe, Who shal ordre the battel? And he answered, Thou.
¶ Then he nombred the seruants of the princes of the prouinces, and they were two hundreth, two and thirtie: & after the{m} he nombred the whole people of all the children of Israél (euen) seuen thousande.
And they went out at noone? but Ben-hadád did drinke til he was dronken in the tents, (bothe) he and the Kings (for) two & thirtie Kings helped him.
So the serua{n}ts of the princes of the prouinces went out first and Ben-hadád sent out, and they shewed him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
And he said, Whether they become out for peace, take the{m} aliue, or whether they become out to fight, take them yet aliue.
So they came out of the citie (to wit), the seruants of the Princes of the prouinces, and the hoste which followed them.
And they slewe euerie one his enemie: & the Aramites fled, & Israél pursued them But Ben-hadád the King of Arám escaped on an horse with (his) horsemen.
And the King of Israél we{n}t out, and smote the horses and charets, and with a great slaughter slewe he the Aramites.
[For there had come a Prophet to the King of 〈◊〉, and said vnto him, Go, be of good courage, and consider, and take hede what thou doest: for whe{n} the yere is gone about, the King of Arám wil come vp against thee]
¶ Then the seruants of the King of Arám said vnto him, Their gods are gods of the mountaines, and therefore they ouer came vs: but let vs fight against them in in the, plaine, and douteles we shal ouercome them.
And this do, Take the Kinge away, euerie one out of his place, and place captaines for them.
And nomber thy selfe an armie, like the arme that thou hast lost, with suche horses and suche charets, and we wil fight against them in the plaine, and douteles we shal ouercome them: and he hearkened 〈◊〉 their voyce, and did so.
And after the yere was gone about, Benhadád nombred the Aramites, and went vp to Aphék to fight against Israél.
And the children of Israél were nombred, and were all assembled and went against them, and the children of Israel pitched before the{m}, like two litle flockes of kiddes: but the Aramites filled the countrey.
And there came a man of God, and spake vnto the King of Israél, saying, Thus sayth the Lord Because the Aramites haue said, The Lord is the God of the mountaines, & not God of the valleis, therefore wil I deliuer all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord.
And they pitched one ouer against the other seuen dayes, and in the seuenth day the battel was ioyned: and the children of Israél slewe of the Aramites an hundreth thousand fotemen in one day.
But the rest fled to Aphék into the citie: and there fel a wall vpon seuen and twentie thousand men that were left and Benhadád fled into the citie, and came into a secret chamber.
¶ And his seruantes said vnto him, Beholde now, we haue heard say that the Kings of the house of Israél are merciful Kings: we pray thee, let vs put sacke cloth about our loynes, and ropes about our heades, and go out to the Kings of Israél: it may be that he wil saue thy life.
Then they girded sacke cloth about their loynes and (put) ropes about their heades and came to the King of Israél, and said, Thy seruant Ben-hadád saith. I pray thee let me liue and he said, Is he yet aliue? he is my brother.
Now the men toke diligent hede, if they colde catche (anie thing) of him, and made haste, and said, Thy brother Benhadah. And he said, Go, bring him. So Ben-hadáh came out vnto him, and he caused him to come vp vnto the charet.
And (Ben-hadád) said vnto him, The cities, which my father toke from thy father, I wil restore, and thou shalt make stretes for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria. Then (said Ahab) I wil let thee go with thy couenant. So he made a couenant with him and let him go.
¶ Then a certeine man of the children of the Prophetes said vnto his neighbour by the commandement of the Lord, Smite me, I pray the. But the ma{n} refused to smite him.
Then said he vnto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voyce of the Lord, behold, assone as thou art departed from me, a lyon shal slay thee. So when he was departed from him, a lyon found him and slewe him.
Then he found another man, and said Smite me, I pray thee, And the man smote him, & in smiting wounded (him.)
So the Prophet departed, and waited for the King by the way, a{n}d disguysed him self with 〈◊〉 vpon his face.
And when the King came by, he cryed vnto the King, and said, Thy seruant went into the middes of the battel and beholde there went away a man, whome (another) man broght vnto me, and said Kepe this man if he be lost and want, thy life shal go for his, or els thou shalt paye a talent of siluer.
And as thy seruant had here and there to do he was gone: & the King of Israél said vnto him, So shal thy iudgement be: thou hast giuen sentence.
And he hasted, and toke the asshes away from his sace: and the King of Israel knew him that he was of the Prophetes.
And he said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord Because thou hast let go out of (thine) hands a ma{n} whome I appointed to dye thy life shal go for his life, and thy people for his people.
And the King of Israél went to his house heauy and in displeasure, and came to Samaria.
AFter these things Nabóth that Izreelite had a vineyarde in Izreél, hard by the place of Aháb King of Samaria.
And Aháb spake vnto Nabóth, saying, Giue me thy vineyarde, that I may make me a garden of herbers thereof, because it is nere by mine house: and I wil giue thee for it a better vineyarde then it is (or) if it please thee, I wil giue thee the worthe of it in money.
And Naboth said to Aháb, The Lord kepe me from giuing the inheritance of my fathers vnto thee.
Then Aháb came into his house heauy and in displeasure, because of the word which Naboth the Izreelite had spoken vnto him for he had said, I wil not giue thee the inheritance of my fathers, and he lay vpon his bed and turned his face and wolde eat no bread.
Then Iezébel his wife came to him & said vnto him, Why is thy spirit so sad that thou 〈◊〉 no bread?
And he said vnto her, Because I spake vnto him, Giue me thy vineyarde for money, or if it please the, I wil giue thee (another) vineyarde for it, but he answered, I wil not giue thee my vineyarde.
Then Iezébel his wife said vnto him, Doest thou now gouerne the kingdome of Israél? vp, eat bread, and be of good chere, I wil giue thee the vineyard of Naboth the Izreelite.
¶ So she wrote letters in Ahábs name, & sealed them with his seale: and sent the letters vnto the Elders, & to the nobles that were in his citie dwelling with Nabōth.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaime ad fast: and set Nabōth among the chief of the people.
And set two wicked men before him, and let the{m} witnes against him, saying, Thou didest blaspheme God and the King: then cary him out, & stone him that he may dye
And thee men of his citie (euen) the Elders and gouernours, which dwelt in his citie, did as Iezébel had sent vnto them as it was written in the letters, which she had sent vnto them.
They proclaimed a fast, and set Nabóth among the chief of the people.
And there came two wicked men and sate before him: and the wicked me{n} witnessed against Nabóth in the presence of the people, saying, Nabóth did blaspheme God, and the King. Then they caryed him away out of the citie, and stoned him with stones, that he dyed.
Then they sent to Iezébel, saying, Nabóth is stoned and is dead.
¶ And when Iezébel heard that Nabóth was stoned and was dead, Iezébel said to Aháb, Vp (and) take possession of the vineyard of Nabóth the Izreelite, which he refused to giue thee for money: for Nabóth is not aliue, but is dead.
And when Aháb heard that Nabôth was dead he rose to go downe to the vineyard of Nabōth the Izreelite, to take possessio{n} of it.
¶ And the worde of the Lord came vnto Eliiáh the Tishbite saying,
Arise, go downe to mete Aháb King of Israél which is in Samaria, lo (he is) in the vineyarde of Nabóth, whether he is gone downe to take possession of it.
Therefore shalt thou say vnto him. Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also gotten possession? And thou shalt speake vnto him, saying, Thus sayth the Lord In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, shal dogs lick eue{n} thy blood also.
And Aháb said to Eliiáh, Hast thou founde me, ô mine enemie: And he answered, I haue founde (thee) for thou hast solde thy selfe to worke wickednes in the sight of the Lord.
Beholde, I wil bring euil vpon thee, and wil take away thy posteritie, and wil cut of from Aháb him that pisseth against the wall, aswel him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israél.
And I wil make thine house like the house of Ieroboám the sonne of Nebár, and like the house of Baashá the sonne of Ahiiáh. for the prouocatio{n} where with thou hast prouoked, and made Israél to sinne.
And also of Iezéebe, spake the Lord, saying The dogs shal eat Iezébel, by the wall of Izreél.
The dods shal eat him of Ahabs (stocke) that dyeth in the citie: and him that dyeth in the fields, shal the foules of the ayre eat
But there was none like Aháb, who did sell him selfe, to worke wickednes in the sight of the Lord whome Iezébel his with prouoked.
For he did exceding abominably did following idoles, according to all that the Ammorites did whome the Lord cast out before the children of Israél.
Now when Aháb heard those wordes, he rent his clothes and put sacke cloth vpon him and fasted and lay in sackeloth and went softely.
And the worde of the Lord came to Eliiáh the Tishbite saying.
Seest thou how Aháb is humbled before me? because he submitteth him selfe before me, I wil not bring that euil in his dayes (but) in his sonnes dayes will bring euil vpon his house.
ANd they co{n}tinued thre yere without warre betwene Arám and Israél.
And in the third yere did Iehoshaphát the King of Iudáh come downe to the King of Israél.
[Then the king of Israél said vnto his seruants, Knowe ye not that Ramóth Gileád was ours? and we staye, & take it not out of the hand of the King of Arám?]
And he said vnto Iehoshaphát, Wilt thou go with me to battel against Ramóth Gileád? And Iehoshaphat said vnto the King of Israél, I am as thou art, my people as thy people and mine horses as thine horses.
Then Iehoshaphát said vnto the King of Israél, Aske counsel, I pray thee, of the Lord to day.
Then the King of Israél gathered the Prophetes vpon a foure hundreth men, and said vnto them, Shal I go against Ramoth Gileád to battel, or shal I let it alone? And they said, Go vp: for the Lord shal deliuer it into the hands of the King.
And Iehoshaphát said, Is there here neuer a Prophet of the Lord more, that we might inquire of him.
And the King of Israél said vnto Iehoshaphát, There is yet one man [Micháiah the sonne of Imláh] by whome we may aske counsel of the Lord, but I hate him: for he doeth not prophecie good vnto me but euil. And Iehoshaphát said, Let not the King say so.
Then the King of Israél called an Eunuche, and said. Call quickely Micháiah the sonne of Imláh.
And the King of Israél and Iehoshaphát the King of Iudáh sate ether (of them) 〈◊〉 his throne in their apparel in the voyde place at the entring in of the gate of Samaria, and all the Prophetes prophecīed before them.
And Zidkiiáh the sonne of Chenaanáh made him hornes of yron, & said, Thus sayth the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Aramites, vntil thou hast consumed them.
And all the Prophetes prophecied so, saying, Go vp to Ramoth Gileád, and prosper: for the Lord shal deliuer it into the Kings hand.
¶ And the messenger that was gone to call Michálah spake vnto him, saying, Behold now, the wordes of the Prophetes (declare) good vnto the King with one accorde: let thy worde therefore, I pray thee be like the worde of one of the{m}, & speake thou good.
And Micháiah said, As the Lord liueth, whatsoeuer the Lord sayth vnto me: that wil I speake.
¶ So he came to the King, and the King said vnto him, Micháiah, shal we go agai{n}st Ramoth Gilead to battel, or shal we leaue of? And he answered him, Go vp, and prosper: and the Lord shal deliuer it into the hand of the King.
And the King said vnto him, How oft shal I charge thee, that thou tel me nothing but that which is true in the Name of the Lord.
Then he said, I sawe all Israél scatred vpon the mountaines as shepe that had no shepherd. And the Lord said, These haue no master, let euery ma{n} returne vnto his house in peace.
[And the King of Israel said vnto Iehosha phar, Did I not tel thee, that he wolde prophecie no good vnto me, but euil?]
Againe he said. Heare thou therefore the worde of the Lord, I sawe the Lord sit on his throne, and all the hoste of heaue{n} stode about him on his right hand and on his left hand.
And the Lord said, Who shal entise Aháb that he may go and fall at Ramóth Gilead And one said on this maner: and another said on that maner.
Then there came forthe a spirit, & stode before the Lord, and said, I wil entise him. And the Lord said vnto him, Where with?
And he said, I wil go out, and be a false spirit in the mouthe of all his prophetes. The{n} he said. Thou shalt entise him, & shalt also preuaile: go forthe, and do so.
Now therefore beholde, the Lord hathe put a lying spirit in the mouthe of all these thy prophetes, and the Lord hathe appointed euil against thee.
Then 〈◊〉 the sonne of Chenaanáh came nere & smote Micháiah on the chek and said, When went the Spirit of the Lord from me, to speake vnto thee?
And Micháiah said, Beholde, thou shalt se in that day, when thou shalt go from cha{m}ber to chamber to hide thee.
And the King of Israel said, Take Micháiah and cary him vnto Amon the gouernour of the citie, and vnto Ioásh the Kings so{n}ne
And say, thus sayth the King, Put this ma{n} in the prison house, & fede him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction, vntil I returne in peace.
And Micháiah said, If thou returne in peace, the Lord hathe not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken all ye people.
So the King of Israél and Iehoshaphát the King of Iudáh we{n}t vp to Ramôth Gileáe.
And the King of Israél said to Iehoshaphát I wil change mine apparel, and wil entre into the battel, but put thou on thine apparel. And the King of Israél changed him selfe, and went into the battel.
And the King of Aram comma{n}ded his two and thirtie captaines ouer his charrets, saying, Fight nether with smal, nor great, saue onely against the King of Israel.
And when the captaines of the charets sawe Iehoshaphát they said, Surely it is the King of Israél, and they turned to fight against him and Iohoshaphát cryed.
And when the captaines of the charets sawe that was not the King of Israél, they turned backe from him.
Then a (certeine) man drue a bowe mightely and smote the King of Israél betwene the ioyntes of his brigandine, Wherefore he said vnto his charet man, Turne thine hand and cary me out of the hoste: for I am hurt.
And the battell encreased that day, & the King stode stil in his charet against the Aramites, and dyed at euen: and the blood ran out of the wounde into the middes of the charet.
And there went a proclamation through our the hoste about the going downe of the sunne, saying, Euery man to his 〈◊〉, & euery man to his owne countrei.
So the King dyed, and was broght to Samaria, & they buried the King in Samaria.
And one washed the charet in the poole of Samaria and the doggs licked vp his blood [& they washed his armour (accordi{n}g) vnto the worde of the Lord which he spake.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Aháb and all that he did, and the yuorie house, which he buylt, and all the cities that he buylt, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
So Aháb slept with his fathers, and Ahaziáh his sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ And Iehoshaphat the sonne of Asábe gan to reigne vpon Iudáh in the fourth yere of Ahàb King of Israél.
Iehoshaphát was fiue and thirtie yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned fiue and twentie yere in Ierusalém. And his mothers name was Azubáh the daughter of Shilhi.
And he walked in all the wayes of Asá his father, and declined not there from, but did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord Neuertheles the hie places were not taken away: (for) the people offred stil and burnt incense in the hie places.
And Iehoshaphát made peace with the King of Israél.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Iohoshaphát, and his worthie dedes that he did, and his battels which he foght, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudáh?
And the Sodomites, which remained in the dayes of his father Asá, he put cleane out of the land.
There was then no King in Edōm: the deputie (was) King.
Iehoshaphāt made shippes of Tharshish to saile to Ophir for golde, but they we{n}t not, for the shippes were broken at Eziôn Gáber
Then said Ahaziáh the sonne of Aháb vnto Iehoshaphát, Let my seruants go with thy seruants in the shippes. But Iehoshaphát wolde not.
And Iehoshaphát did slepe with his fathers and was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father and Iehorám his sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ Ahaziáh the sonne of Aháb began to reigue ouer Israél in Samaria, the seuententh yere of Iehoshaphát King of Iudáh, and reigned two yeres ouer Israél.
But he did euil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Ieroboám the sonne of Nebár, which made Israél to sinne.
For he serued Báal and worshipped him, and prouoked the Lord God of Israél vnto wrath, according vnto all that his father had done.
THe{n} Moáb rebelled against 〈◊〉 after the death of Aháb:
And Ahaziáh fel through the lattesse windowe in his vpper chamber which was in Samaria: so he was sicke: the{n} he sent 〈◊〉, to whome he said, Go, (and) enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekrōn, if I shal recouer of this my disease.
Then the Angel of the Lord said to Eliiáh the Tishbite, Arise, (and) go vp to mete the messengers of the King of Samaria, and saye vnto the{m}, Is it not because there is no God in Israél, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebúb the god of Ekron?
Wherefore thus sayth the Lord, Thou shalt not come downe fro{m} the bed on which thou art gone vp but shalt dye the death. So Eliiáh departed.
And the messengers retourned vnto him, to whome he said, Why are ye now returned?
And they answered him, There came a man and met vs, and said vnto vs, (Go, and) returne vnto the King which sent you, and say vnto him, Thus sayth the Lords, Is it not because there is no God in Israél, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebúb the God of Ekro{n}? Therefore thou shalt not come downe fro{m} the bed, on which thou art gone vp, but shalt dye the death.
And he said vnto them, What maner of man was he which came and met you, and tolde you these wordes?
And they said vnto him, He was an heerie man, and girded with a girdle of let her about his loynes. Then said he, It is Eliiáh the Tishbite.
Therefore (the King) sent vnto him a captaine ouer fiftie with his fifty (men,) who went vp vnto him: (for) beholde, he sate on the toppe of a mountaine, and he said vnto him, O man of God, the King hathe commanded (that) thou come downe.
But Eliiáh answered, and said to the captaine ouer the fiftie, If that I be a man of God, let fyre come downe from the heauen, and deuoure thee and thy fyftie, So fyre came downe from the heauen and deuoured him and his fiftie.
Againe also he sent vnto him another captaine ouer fiftie, with his fifty. Who spake, and said vnto him, O man of God, thus the King commandeth, Come downe quickly.
But Eliiáh answered and said vnto them, If I be a man of God, let fyre come downe fro{m} the heauen, and deuoure thee and thy fiftie. So fyre came downe from the heauen, and deuoured him and his fiftie.
¶ Yet againe he sent the third captaine ouer fifty with his fifty. And the third captaine ouer fifty we{n}t vp and came, & fel on his knees before Eliiáh, and besoght him, & said vnto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life and the life of these thy fifty seruantes be precious in thy sight.
Beholde, there came fyre downe from the heauen and deuoured the two former captaines ouer fifty with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
And the Angel of the Lord said vnto 'Eliiáh, Go downe with him, be not afrayd of his presence. So he arose, and went downe with him vnto the King.
And he said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebúb the God of Ekrōn, [was it not because there was no God in Israél to inquire of his worde] therefore thou shalt not come downe of the bed, on which thou art gone vp but shalt dye the death.
So he dyed according to the worde of the Lord which Eliiáh had spoken. And Iehorám bega{n} to reigne in his steade, in the seconde yere of Iehorám the so{n}ne of Iehoshaphát King of Iudáh, because he had no sonne.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Ahaziáh that he did, 〈◊〉 thei not written in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
ANd whe{n} the Lord wolde take vp Eliiáh into heaue{n} by a whirle wind, Eliiáh we{n}t with Elishá from Gilgál.
Then Eliiáh said to Elishá, Tary here, I pray thee: for the Lord hathe sent me to Beth-él. But Elishá said, As the Lord liueth, & as thy soule liueth, I wil not leaue thee. So they came downe to Beth-él.
And the children of the Prophetes that were at Beth-él, came out to Elishá, and said vnto him, Knowest thou that the Lord wil take thy master fro{m} thine head this day? And he said, Yea, I knowe it: hold ye your peace
Againe Eliiáh said vnto him, Elishá, tary here I pray thee: for the Lord hathe sent me to Ierichō. But he said, As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I wil not leaue thee. So thei came to Ierichō.
And the childre{n} of the Prophetes that were at Ierichō, came to Elishá, & said vnto him, Knowest thou, that the Lord wil take thy master from thine head this day? And he said, Yea, I knowe it: holde ye your peace.
Moreouer Eliiáh said vnto him, Tary, I pray thee, here: for the Lord hathe sent me to Iordén. But he said, As the Lord liueth, & as thy soule liueth, I wil not leaue thee. So they went bothe (together.)
And fiftie men of the sonnes of the Prophetes went and stode on the other side a farre of and thei two stode by Iordén.
Then Eliiáh toke his cloke, and wrapt it together, and smote the waters, and they were deuided hether and thether, and thei twaine went ouer on the drye land.
Now when thei were passed ouer, Eliiáh said vnto Elishá, Aske what I shal do for thee before I be taken from thee. And Elishá said I pray thee, Let thy Spirit be double vpon me.
And he said, Thou hast askest an hard thing (yet) if thou se me when I am taken from thee, thou shalt haue it so: and if not, it shal not be.
And as thei went walking and talking, beholde, there (appeared) a charet of fyre, and horses of fyre, and did separate them twaine So Eliiah went vp by a whyrle winde into heauen.
And Elishá sawe it, and he cryed, My father, my father, the charet of Israél, and the horsemen thereof: and he sawe him no more: and he toke his (owne) clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
¶ He toke vp also the cloke of Eliiāh that fel from him, and returned, and stode by the banke of Iordén.
After, he toke the cloke of Eliiáh, that fel from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Eliiáh, and he him selfe? Againe also he smote the waters, and thei were separated this waye and that waye and Elisha went ouer.
And when the children of the Prophetes, whiche were at Ierichó, sawe him on the other side, they said, The Spirit of Eliiáh doeth rest on Elishá: and they came to mete him, & fel to the grounde before him.
And said vnto him, Beholde now, there be with thy seruants fiftie strong men: let them go, we pray thee, and seke thy master, if so be the Spirit of the Lord hathe taken him vp, and cast him vpon some mountaine, or into some valley. But he said, Ye shal not send.
Yet they were instant vpon him, til he was ashamed: wherefore he said, Send. So thei 〈◊〉 fiftie me{n}, which soght thre daies, but founde him not.
Therefore thei returned to him, [for he taried at Ierichó] and he said vnto them, Did not I say vnto you, Go not?
¶ And the men of the citie said vnto Elishá, Beholde, we pray thee: the situacion of this citie is pleasant, as thou, my lord, seest, but the water (is) noght, and the grounde baren
Then he said, Bring me anewe cruse, & put salt therein. And they broght it to him.
And he went vnto the spring of the waters, and cast there the salt, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I haue healed this water: death shal no more come thereof, nether barennes (to the grounde.)
So the waters were healed vntil this day, according to the word of Elishá which he had spoken.
¶ And he went vp from the{n}ce vnto Beth-él. And as he was going vp the waye, litle children came out of the citie, and mocked him, and said vnto him, Come vp, thou balde head come vp, thou balde head.
And he turned backe, and loked on them and cursed them in the Name of the Lord. And two beares came out of the forest, and tare in pieces two and fourtie children of them.
So he went from thence to mount Carmél, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
NOw Iehorám the sonne of Aháb began to reigne ouer Israél in Samaria, the eighte{n}th yere of Iehoshaphát King of Iudah and reigned twelue yeres.
And he wroght euil in the sight of the Lord, but not like his father nor like his mother: for he toke away the image of Báal that his father had made.
Neuertheles, he cleaued vnto the sinnes of Ieroboám, the sonne of Nebát, which made Israél to sinne, (and) departed not there from
¶ Then Meshá King of Moáb had store of shepe, and rendred vnto the King of Israél an hundreth thousand lambes, and an hundreth thousand rams with the woll.
But whe{n} Aháb was deade, the King of Moáb rebelled against the King of Israél.
Therefore King Iehorám went out of Samaria the same season, and nombred all Israél,
And went, and sent to Iehoshaphát King of Iudáh, saying, The King of Moáb hathe rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me to battel against Moáb? And he answered, I wil go vp: (for) I am, as thou art, my people, as thy people, (and) mine horses as thine horses
Then said he, What way shal we go vp? And he answered, The way of the wildernes of Edóm.
¶ So went the King of Israél and the King of Iudáh, and the King of Edóm, and when they had compassed the way seue{n} daies, they had no water for the hoste, nor for the cattel that followed them.
Therefore the King of Israél said, Alas, that the Lord hathe called these thre Kings, to giue them into the hand of Moáb.
But Iehoshaphát said, Is there not here a Prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him? And one of the Kings of Israels serua{n}ts answered, & said, Here is Elishá the so{n}ne of Shaphát, which powred water on the hands of Eliiáh.
Then Iehoshaphát said, The worde of the Lord is with him. Therefore the King of Israél, and Iehoshaphát, & the King of Edóm went downe to him.
And Elishá said vnto the King of Israél, What haue I to do with thee? Get thee to the Prophetes of thy father and to the Prophetes of thy mother. And the King of Israél said vnto him. Naye: for the Lord hathe called these thre Kings, to giue them into the hand of Moáb.
Thé Elishá said, As the Lord of hostes liueth in whose sight I stand, if it were not, that I regarde the presence of Iehoshaphát the King of Iudáh, I wolde not haue loked towarde thee, nor sene thee.
But now bring me a minstrel. And when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came vpon him.
And he said, Thus said the Lord, Make this valley ful of dyches.
For thus saith the Lord, Ye shal nether se winde not se raine, yet the valley shal be filled with water, that ye may drinke, (bothe) ye and your cattel, and your beastes.
But this is a small thing in the sight of the Lord: for he wil giue Moáb into your hand.
And ye shal smite euerie strong towne and euerie chief citie, and shal fel euerie fayre tre and shal stop all the fountaines of water; and marre euerie, good field with stones.
And in the morning when the meat offring was offred, behold, there came water by the way of Edóm: and the countrey was filled with water.
And when all the Moabites heard that the Kings were come vp to fight against them, thei gathered all that was able to put on harnes, and vpwarde, and stode in (their) border.
And thei rose early in the morning, when the sunne arose vpon the water; and the Moabites sawe the water ouer against them; as red as blood.
And thei said, This is blood: the Kings are surely slayne, and one hathe smiten another: now therefore, Moáb, to the spoile.
And when thei came to the hoste of Israél, the Israelites arose vp, and smote the Moabites, so that thei fled before them, but they inuade them, and smote Moáb.
And they destroyed the cities: and on all the good field euerie ma{n} cast his stone, and filled them, and thei stopte all the fountaines of water, and felled all the good trees: onely in Kiz-haráseth left they the stones thereof: howbeit thei went about it with shings, and smote it.
And when the King of Moáb sawe that the battel was to sore for him, he toke with him seuen hundreth men that drewe the sworde to breake through vnto the King of Edōm: but thei colde not.
Then he toke his eldest sonne, that shulde haue reigned in his steade, & offred him for a burnt offring vpon the wall: so that Israél was sore grieued, and thei departed fro{m} him, and returned to their countrey.
ANd one of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophetes cryed vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant mine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is dead, and thou knowest that thy 〈◊〉 did feare the Lord and the creditout come to take my two sonnes to be his 〈◊〉.
Then 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vnto her, What shal I do for thee? tel 〈◊〉 hast thou at home. And she said, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hathe nothing at home, saue a 〈◊〉 of oyle.
And he said, Go, and borowe thee vessels, abroade of all thy neighbours, empty {th}e vessels (and) spare not.
And when thou art come in thou shalt shut the dore vpon thee and vpon thy sonnes, & powre out into al those vessels and set aside those that are ful.
So she departed from him, and shut the dore vpon her, and vpon her sonnes. And they broght to her, and she powred 〈◊〉.
And when the vessels were ful, she said vnto her sonne, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said vnto her, There is no mo vessels And the oyle ceased.
Then she came and tolde the man of God. And he said, Go, (and) sel the oyle, and pay the{m} that thou art in det vnto, and liue thou and thy children of the rest.
¶ And on a time Elishá came to Shunen, and there a woman of great (estimation) co{n}strained him to eat bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thether to eat bread.
And she said vnto her housband, Beholde, I knowe now, that this is an holie ma{n} of God that passeth by vs continually.
Let vs make him a 〈◊〉 cha{m}ber, I pray thee with walles, and let vs set him there a bed and a table and a stole, and a candlesticke, that he may turne in thether when he commeth to vs.
¶ And on a day, he came thether and turned into the chamber, and laye therein,
And said to Gehazi his serua{n}t, Call this Shunammite: and when he called her, she stode before him.
Then he said vnto him, Say vnto her now, Beholde, thou hast had all this great care for vs, what shal we do for thee? Is there anie thing to be spoke{n} for thee to the King or to the captaine of the hoste? And she answered I dwel among mine owne people.
Againe he said, What is then to be done for her? The{n} Gehazi answered, In dede she hath no sonne, and her housband is olde.
Then said he, Call her. And he called her, and she 〈◊〉 in the dore.
And he said, At this time appointed, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a sonne. And she said, Oh my lord, thou man of God, do not lye vnto thine handmaid.
So the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne at that same season, according to the time of life, that Elishá had said vnto her.
¶ And when the childe was growen, it fel on a day, that he went out to his father, (and) to the reapers.
And he said to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who said to (his) seruant, Beare him to his mother.
And he toke him and broght him to his mother, and he sate on her knees til noone, and dyed.
Then she went vp, and layed him on the bed of the man of God, and shut (the dore) vpon him, and went out.
¶ Then she called to her housband, and said Send with me, I pray thee, one of the yong me{n}, and one of the asses: for I wil haste to the man of God, and come againe.
And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? (it is) nether newe moone nor Sabbath day. And she answered, All shalbe wel.
Then she sadled an asse, and said to her serua{n}t, Dryue, and go forwarde: stay not for me to get vp, except I bid thee.
¶ So she went, and came vnto the man of God to mount Carmél. And when the man of God saw her ouer against him, he said to Gehazi his seruant, Beholde, the Shunammite.
Runne now, I say, to mete her, and say vnto her, Art thou in helthe? is thine housband in helthe? (&) is the childe in helthe? And shean swered, We are in helthe.
And when she came to the man of God vnto the mountaine, she caught him by his fete: and Gehazi went to her, to thrust her away: but the man of God said, Let her alone for her soule is vexed within her, and the Lord hathe 〈◊〉 it fro{m} me, and hathe not tolde it me.
The{n} she said, Did I desire a sonne of my lord? did I not say? Disceiue me not.
Then he said to Gehazi, Girde thy loynes, and take my staffe in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou mete anie, salute him not: and if anie salute thee, answer him not: and lay my staffe vpon the face of the childe.
And the mother of the childe said, As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I wil not leaue thee. Therefore he arose, and followed her.
But Gehazi was gone before them, and had layed the staffe vpo{n} the face of the child, but he nether spake nor heard: wherefore he returned to mete hym and tolde hym, saying, The childe is not waken.
¶ Then came Elisha into the house, and beholde, the childe was dead, and layed vpon his bed.
He went in therfore, and shut the dore vpon them twaine, and prayed vnto the Lord.
After he went vp, and lay vpon the childe, and put his mouthe on his mouthe, and his eyes vpon hys eyes, and hys hands vpon his hands, and stretched him selfe vpon him, and the fleshe of the childe waxed warme.
And he went (from him,) and walked vp a{n}d downe in the house, and went vp and spred him selfe vpon him: then the childe neesed seuen times, and opened his eyes.
Then he called Gehazi, and sayd, Call thys Shunammite. So he called her, whiche came in vnto hym. And he sayd vnto her, Take thy sonne.
And she came, and fel at his fete, and bowed her selfe to the grounde, and toke vp her sonne, and went out.
Afterwarde Elisha returned to Gilgal, and a famine (was) in the land, and the children of the Prophetes dwelt with hym, And he sayd vnto hys seruaunt, Set on the great pot, and see the pottage for the children of the Prophetes.
And one went out into the fielde, to gather herbes, a{n}d founde, (as it were,) a wilde vine, and gathered thereof wilde gourdes hys garmentfull, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knewe it not.
So they powred out for the men to eat: and when they did eat of the pottage, they cried out, and said, O thou man of God death (is) in the pot: and they colde not eat (thereof.)
Then he said, Bryng meale. And he caste it into the pot, and said, Powre out forthe people, that they maye eat: and there was none euil in the pot.
¶ Then came a man from Baal-shalisha, and broght the man of God bread of the first frutes, (euen) twentie loaues of barly, and full eares of corne in the huske. And he said, Giue vnto the people, that they may eat.
And his seruant answered, Howe shulde I set this before an hundreth men? He sayd agayne, Giue it vnto the people that they may eat: for thus sayth the Lord, They shall eat, and there shal 〈◊〉.
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left ouer, accordynge to the worde of the Lorde.
NOwe was there one Naaman captaine of the hoste of the Kynge of Aram, a greate man, and honorable in the sight of his Lord, because that by hym the Lorde had deliuered the Aramites. He also was a mightie man (and) valiant, (but) a lepre.
And the Aramites had gone out by bandes, and had taken a litle maide of the land of 〈◊〉, and she serued Naamans wife.
And she said vnto her masters, Wolde GOD my Lorde (were) with the Prophete that is in Samaria, he wolde soone 〈◊〉 hym of his leprosie.
And he went in, and tolde hys Lorde, saying, Thus and thus sayd the mayd that is of the land of Israél.
And the King of Aram said, Go thy way thether, and I will send a letter vnto the King of Israél. And he departed, and toke with him ten talents of siluer, and six thousand (pre ces) of golde, and ten change ofraiments.
And broght the letter to the Kynge of Israél to this effect, Now when this letter is come vnto thee, vnderstande, that I haue sent thee Naaman my seruant, that thou mayest heale him of his leprosie.
And when the King of Israél had red the letter, he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to giue life, that he doeth send to me, that I shulde heale a man from his leprosie? wherefore considre, I praye you, and se how he seketh a quarel against me.
But when Elisha the man of God had heard that the King of Israél had rent his clothes, he sent vnto the King, saying, Wherefore haste thou rent thy clothes? Let hym come nowe to me, and he shall knowe, that there is a Prophet in Israél.
¶ Then Naaman came with his horses, and with his charets, and stode at the dore of the house of Elishá.
And Elisha sent a messenger vnto hym, saying, Go and wash thee in lordén seuen times, and thy flesh shal come againe to thee, and thou shalt be cleansed.
But Naaman was wroth and went awaye, and said, Beholde, I thoght with my selfe, He will surely come out, and stand, and call on the Name of the Lorde hys God and put his hand on the place, and heale the leprosie.
Are not Abanáh and Pharpar, riuers of Damascus, better then all the waters of Israél? maye I not washe me in them, and be cleansed? So he turned, and departed in displeasure.
But his seruants came, and spake vnto him, and said, Father, (if) the Prophete had commanded thee a great thing, woldest thou not haue it? howe muche rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be cleane?
Then went he downe, and washed hym selfe seuen times in Iordén, accordyng to the saying of the man of God: and hys fleshe came agayne, lyke vnto the fleshe of a litle childe, and he was cleane.
¶ And he turned againe to the man of God, he, and all his companie, and came and stode before hym and sayd, Beholde, now I knowe that (there is) no GOD in all the worlde but in Israél: nowe therefore, I pray thee, take a rewarde of thy seruant.
But he sayde, As the Lorde lyueth [before whome I stande] I will not receiue it. And he wolde haue constrained hym to receiue it, but refused.
Moreouer Naaman said. Shall there not be giuen to thy seruant two mules loade of this earth? for thy seruaunt wil henceforthe offer nether burnt sacrifice, nor 〈◊〉 vnto anie other God, saue vnto the Lord.
Herein the Lorde be merciful vnto thy seruaunt, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmōn, to worship there, and leaneth on mine hande, and I bowe my selfe in the house of Rimmón: when I do bowe down, (I saye,) in the house of Rimmón, the LORDE be mercyfull vnto thy seruaunt in this point.
Vnto whome he sayd, Go in peace. So he departed from him about halfe a dayes Iour ney of grounde.
And Gehazi the seruant of Elisha the man of God said, Beholde, my master hathe spared thys Aramite Naaman, receyuynge not those things at his hande that he broght: as the Lord liueth, I will run after him, and take some what of him.
So Gehazi followed spedely after Naaman. And when Naamán sawe him running after hym, he lyght downe frome the charet to mete him, and said, Is all wel?
And he answered, All is wel: my master hath sent me, saying, Beholde, there become to me, euen nowe frome mounte Ephraim two yong men of the children of the Prophetes: giue them, I praye thee, a talent of siluer, and two change of garments.
And Naaman said, Yea, take two talents: and he compelled hym, and bounde two talents of siluer in two bags, with two change of garments, a{n}d gaue them vnto two of his seruats, that they might beare them before him.
And when he came to the towre, he toke them out of their handes, and layed them in the house, and sent away the men: and they departed.
¶ Then he went'in, and stode before his master. And Elisha said vnto him, Whence (commest thou,) Gehazi? And he said, Thy seruant went no whether.
But he said vnto him, Went not mine heart (wyth thee) when the man turned agayne from his charet to mete thee? Is this a tyme to take money, and to receiue garments, a{n}d oliues, and vineyardes, and shepe, and oxen, and men seruants, and maid seruant?
The leprosie therefore of Naamán shall cleaue vnto thee, and to thy sede for euer. And he went out frome hys presence a lepre (white) as snowe.
ANd the childre{n} of the Prophets said vnto Elisha, Beholde, we praye thee, the place where we dwel with thee, is to litle for vs.
Let vs now go to Iordén, that we may take thence euerie man a beame, and make vs a place to dwel in. And he answered, Go.
And one sayd, vouchesafe, I praye thee, to go with thy seruaunts. And he aunswered, I wil go.
So he went with them, and when they came to Iordén, they cut downe wood.
And as one was felling of a tre, the yron fel into the water: then he cryed, and said, Alas master, it was but borowed.
And the man of God said, Where fel it? And he shewed him the place. Then he cut down (a piece) of wood, and cast in thether, and he caused the yron to swimme.
Then he said, Take it vp to thee. And he stretched out his hand, and toke it.
Then the Kyng of Aram warred agaynst Israél and toke counsel with his seruants, and said, In suche and suche a place (shal be) my campe.
Therefore the man of GOD sent vnto the Kyng of Israél, saying, Beware thou go not ouer to suche a place: for there the Aramites are come downe.
So the King of Israél sent to the place whiche the man of God tolde hym, and warned 〈◊〉 of, and saued hym selfe frome thence, not once, nor twise.
And the hearte of the Kynge of Aram was troubled for this thyng: therefore he called his seruants and said vnto them, Will ye not shewe me, whiche of vs (bewrayeth our coū sell) to the King of Israél?
Then one of his seruauntes sayd, None, my Lorde, ô King, but Elisha the Prophet that is in Israél, telleth the Kynge of Israél, (euen) the wordes that thou speakest in the priuie chamber.
And he said, Go, and espie where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And one told him, saying, Beholde, (he is) in Dothan.
¶ So he sent thether horses, and charets, a{n}d a mightie hoste: and they came by night, a{n}d compassed the citie.
And when the seruaunt of the man of God arose early to go out, beholde, an hoste compassed the citie wyth horses and charets. Then his seruant said vnto him, Alas master, how shal we do?
And he aunswered, Feare not: for they that be with vs, are mo then they that be with them.
Then Elisha prayed, and sayd, Lorde, I beseche thee, open his eyes, that he maie see. And the Lorde opened the eyes of the seruant, and he loked, and beholde, the mountaine was full of horses and charets of fyre round about Elisha.
So they came downe to hym, but Elishá prayed vnto the Lorde, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindenes. And he the{m} with blindenes, according to the worde of Elishá.
And Elishá said vnto them, This is not the way, nether is this the citie: followe me, and I wil lead you to the ma{n} whome ye seke. But he led them to Samaria.
And when they were come to Samaria, Elishá said, Lord, open their eyes that they may se. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they sawe, and beholde, (they were) in the middes of Samaria.
And the King of Israél said vnto Elishá whe{n} he sawe them, My father, shal I smite them, shall smite them?
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite the{m} doest thou not smite them that thou hast taken with thy sworde, & with thy bowe? (but) set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drinke and go to their master.
And he made great preparacion for the{m}: and when they had eaten and droken, he sent the{m} away: and they went to their master. So the bands of Arám came no more into the land of Israél.
But afterwarde Ben-hadád King of Arám gathered all his hoste, and we{n}t vp, & besieged Samaria.
So there was a great famine in Samaria: for lo, they besieged it vntil an asses head was at foure score (pieces) of siluer, and the fourth parte of a kab of dooues doung at fiue (pieces) of siluer.
And as the King of Israél was going vpon the wall, there cryed a woman vnto him, saying, Helpe, my lord, ô King.
And he said, (Seing) the Lord doeth not succour thee, how shulde I helpe thee with the barne, or with the wine presse?
Also the King said vnto her, What aileth thee And she answered, This woman said vnto me Giue thy sonne, that we may eat him to day, and we wil eat my sonne tomorowe.
So we sod my sonne, and did eat him: and I said to her the day after, Giue thy sonne, that we may eat him, but she hathe hid her sonne.
And when the King had heard the wordes of the woman, he rent his clothes, [and as he went vpon the wall, the people loked, and beholde, he had sacke cloth within vpon his flesh]
And he said, God do so to me and more also if the head of Elishá the sonne of Shaphát shal stand on him this day.
[Now Elishá sate in his house, and the Elders sate with him] And (the King) sent a man before him: (but) before the messenger came to him, he said to the Elders, Se ye not how this murtherers sonne hathe sent to take away mine head? take hede when the messenger commeth, (and) shut the dore, and ha{n}dle him roughly at the dore: is not the sound of his masters fete behind him?
While he yet talked with them, beholde, the messenger came downe vnto him, and said, Beholde, this euil commeth of the Lord: shulde I attend on the Lord any longer?
THen Elishá said, Heare ye the worde of the Lord: thus saith the Lord, Tomorowe this time a measure of fine floure (shalbe) solde for a shekel, and two measures of barly for a shekel in the gate of Samaria.
Then a prince, on whose hand the King leaned, answered the man of God, and said, Thogh the Lord wolde make windowes in the heauen, colde this thing come to passe? And he said, Beholde, thou shalt se it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not eat thereof.
Now there were foure leprouse men at the entring in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here vntil we dye?
If we say, We wil entre into the citie, the famine is in the citie, and we shaldye there: a{n}d 〈◊〉 we sit here, we dye also. Now therefore come, and let vs fall into the campe of the Aramites: if thei saue our liues, we shal liue: and if they kil vs, we are but dead.
So they 〈◊〉 vp in the twilight, to go to the campe of the Aramites: and when thei were come to the vtmoste parte of the campe of the Aramites, lo, there was no man there.
For the Lord had caused the campe of the Aramites to heare a noise of charets and a noise of horses, (and) a noise of a great armie so that they said one to another, Beholde, the King of 〈◊〉 hathe hired against vs the Kings of the Hittites, and the Kings of the Egyptians to come vpon vs.
Wherefore they arose, & fled in the twilight and left their tentes and their horses, & their 〈◊〉, (euen) the campe as it was, and fled for their 〈◊〉.
And when these lepers came to the vtmost part of the campe, they entred into one tent, and did eat and drinke, and caried thence siluer and golde, and raiment, and went and hid it: after they returned, and entred into another tent, and caried thence (also,) and went, and hid it.
Then said one to another, We do not wel: this day is a day of good tidings, and we holde our peace, if we tary til day light, some mischief wil come vpon vs. Now therefore come, let vs go, and tel the Kings housholde.
So they came, and called vnto the porters of the citie, and tolde the{m}, saying, We came to the campe of the Aramites, and lo, there was no man there, nether voyce of man, but horses tyed and asses tyed: and the te{n}tes (are) they were.
And the porters cryed and declared to the Kings house within.
Then the King arose in the night, and said vnto his seruants, I wil shewe you now, what the Aramites haue done vnto vs. They knowe that we are asfamished, therefore they are gone out of the campe to hide them selues in the field, saying, When thei come out of the citie, we shal catche them aliue, and get into the citie.
And one of his seruants answered, and said, Let men take now fiue of the horses that remaine, and are left in the (citie,) [beholde, they are euen as all the multitude of Israél that are left therein: beholde, (I say,) they are as the multitude of the Israelites that are cosumed] and we wil send to se.
So they toke two charets of horses, and the King sent after the hoste of the Aramites, saying, Go and se.
And they went after them vnto Iordén, and lo, all the way was ful of clothes and vessels which the Aramites had cast from them in their haste and the messengers returned, and tolde the King.
Then the people went out and spoiled the campe of the Aramites: so a measure of fine floure was at a shekel, and two 〈◊〉 of barly at a shekel according to the worde of the Lord.
And the King gaue the prince [on whose hand he leaned] the charge of the gate, & the people trode vpon him in the gate, and he dyed, as the ma{n} of God had said, which spake it, when the King came downe to him.
And it came to passe, as the man of God had spoken to the King, saying, Two measures of barly at a shekel & a 〈◊〉 of fine floure shalbe at a shekel, tomorowe about this time in the gate of Samaria.
But the prince had answered the ma{n} of God and said, Thogh the Lord wolde make windowes in the heaue{n}, colde 〈◊〉 come so to passe? And he said, Beholde, thou shalt se it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not eat thereof.
And so it came vnto him: for the people trode vpon him in the gate, and he dyed.
THen spake Elishá vnto the woma{n}, whose sonne he had restored to life, saying, Vp, and go, thou, and thine house, and soiourne where thou canst soiourne: for the Lord hathe called for a famine, and it co{m}meth 〈◊〉 vpon the land seuen yeres.
And the woma{n} arose, and did after the saying of the man of God, and went bothe she and her housholde and soiourned in the land of the Philistims seuen yeres.
¶ And at the seuen yeres end, the woman returned out of the land of the Philistims and went out to call vpo{n} the King for her house and for her land.
And the King talked with Gehazi the seruant of the man of God, saying, Tel me, I praye thee, all the great actes, that Elishá hathe done.
And as he tolde the King, how he had restored one dead to life, beholde, the woman, whose sonne he had raised to life, called vpo{n} the King for her house and for her land. The{n} Gehazi said, My lord, ô King, this is the woman, and this is her sonne, whome Elishá restored to life.
And when the King asked the woman, she tolde him: so the King appointed her an Eunuche, saying, Restore thou all that are hers, and all the frutes of (her) Iádes since the day she left the land, euen vntil this time.
¶ Then Elishá came to Damascus, and Benhadád the King of Arám was sicke, and one tolde him, saying, The man of God is come hether.
And the King said vnto Hazaél, Take a present in thine hand, and go mete the man of GOD, that thou maiest inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shal I recouer of this disease?
¶ So Hazaél went to mete him, and toke the present in his hand, & of euerie good thing of Damascus, (euen) the burden of fourty camels, and came and stode before him, and said, Thy sonne Ben-hadád King of Arám hathe sent me to thee, saying, Shal I recouer of this disease?
And Elishá said to him, Go, (and) say vnto him, Thou shalt recouer: howbeit the Lord 〈◊〉 snewed me, that he shal surely dye.
And he loked vpon him sted fastely til (Hazaél) was ashamed, and the man of GOD wept.
And Hazaél said, Why wepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I knowe the euil that thou shalt do vnto the children of Israél: (for) their strong cities shalt thou set on fyre, and their yong men shalt thou slay with the sworde, and shalt dashe their infants (against the stones,) and rent in pieces their women with childe.
Then Hazaél said, What? is thy seruant a dog, that I shulde do this great thing? And Elishá answered, The Lord hathe shewed me, that thou shalt be King of Arám.
¶ So he departed from Elishá, and came to his master, who said to him, What said Elishá to thee? And he answered, He tolde me that thou shuldest recouer.
And on the morow he toke a thicke cloth and dipt it in water, and spread it on his face, and he dyed: and Hazaél reigned in his steade.
¶ Now in the fifte yere of Iorám the sonne of Aháb King of Israél, and of Iehoshaphát King of Iudáh, Iehorám the sonne of Iehoshaphát KING of Iudáh began to reigne.
He was two and thirtie yere olde, when he began to reigne: and he reigned eight yere in Ierusalém.
And he walked in the wayes of the Kings of Israél, as did the house of Aháb: for the daughter of Aháb was his wife, and he did euil in the sight of the Lord.
Yet the Lord wolde not destroy Iudáh, for Dauid his seruants sake, as he had promised him to giue him a light (and) to his children for euer.
¶ In those dayes Edóm rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudáh, and made a King ouer them selues.
Therefore Iorám went to Zair, and all his charets with him, and he arose by night, and smote the Edomites which were about him with the captaines of the charets, and the people fled into their tentes.
So Edóm rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudáh vnto this day, then Libnáh rebelled at that same time.
Co{n}cerning the rest of the actes of Iorám & all that he did, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the King of Iudáh?
And Iorám 〈◊〉 with his fathers, and was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid. And Ahaziáh his sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ In the twelft yere of Ioràm the sonne of Aháb King of Israél did Ahaziáh the sonne of Iehorám King of Iudáh begin to reigne.
Two and twentie yere olde was Ahaziáh whe{n} he bega{n} to reigne, & he reigned one yere in Ierusalém, & his mothers name (was) Athaliáh the daughter of Omri King of Israél.
And he walked in the way of the house of Aháb, and did euil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Aháb: for he was the sonne in lawe of the house of Aháb.
And he we{n}t with Iorám the sonne of Aháb to warre against Hazaél King of Arám in Ramóh Gileád, & the Aramites smote Iora{m}.
And King Iorám returned to be healed in Izreél of the wounds which the Aramites had giuen him at Ramáh, when he foght against Hazaél King of Arám And Ahaziáh the sonne of Iehorám King of Iudah went downe to se Iorám the sonne of Aháb in Izreél, because he was sicke.
THen Elishá the Prophet called one of the children of the Prophetes, and said vnto him, Girdeth y loynes and take this boxe of oyle in thine hand, a{n}d get thee to Ramóth Gileád.
And when thou co{m}mest thether, loke where (is)Iehú the sonne of Iehoshaphát, the sonne of Nimshi, and go, and make him arise vp from among his brethren, and lead him to a secret chamber.
Then take the boxe of oyle, and powre it on his head, and say, Thus sayeth the Lord, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israél, the{n} open the dore, & flee without anie tarying.
So the seruant of the Prophet gate him to Ramóth Gileád.
And when he came in, beholde, the captaines of the armie were sitting. And he said, I haue a message to thee, ô captaine. And Iehú said, Vnto which of all vs? And he answered, To thee, ô captaine.
And he arose, and went into the house, and he powred the oyle on his head, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israél, I haue anointed thee (for) King ouer the people of the Lord, (euen) ouer Israél.
And thou shalt smite the house of Aháb thy master, that I may auenge the blood of my seruants the Prophetes, and the blood of all the seruants of the Lord of the hand of Iezébel.
For the whole house of Aháb shalbe destroyed: and I wil cut of from Aháb, him that maketh water against the wal, aswel him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israél.
And I wil make the house of Aháb like the house of Ieroboám the sonne of Nebát, and like the house of Baashá the sonne of Ahiiáh.
And the dogs shal eat Iezébel in the field of Izreél, and there shalbe none to burye her. And he opened the dore, and fled.
¶ Then Iehú came out to the seruants of his lord. And (one) said vnto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellowe to thee? And he said vnto them, Ye knowe the man, and what his talke was.
And thei said, It is false, tel vs it now. Then he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying Thus saith the lord, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israél.
Then they made haste, and toke euerie man his garment, and put it vnder him on the top of the staires, and blewe the trumpet, saying, Iehú is King.
So Iehú the sonne of Iehoshaphat the sonne of Nimshi conspired against Ioram [Now Ioram kept Ramoth Gileád, he and all Israél because ofhazaél King of Arám.
And King Iorám returned to be healed in Izreél of the woundes, which the Aramites had giuen him, when he foght with Hazaél King of Arám] and Iehú said, If it be your mindes, let no man departe and escape out of the citie, to go and tel in Izreél.
So Iehú gate vp into a charet, and went to Izreél: for Iorám laye there, and Ahaziáh King of Iudáh was come downe to se Ioram.
And the watcheman that stode in the towre in Izreél, spyed the companie of Iehú as he came, and said, I sea companie. And Iehoram said, Take a horseman and send to mete the{m}, that he may say, Is it peace?
So there went one on horsebacke to mete him, & said, Thus saith the King, Is it peace? And Iehú said, What hast thou to do with peace? turne behinde me. And the watcheman tolde, saying, The messenger came to them, but he commeth not againe.
Then he sent out another on horsebacke, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the King, Is it peace? And Iehú answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turne behinde me.
And the watchman tolde, saying, He came to them (also,) but commeth not againe, and the marching (is) like the marching of Iehú the sonne of Nimshi: for he marcheth furiously.
¶ Then 〈◊〉 said, Make readie: and his charet was made readie. And Iehoram King of Israél and Ahaziah King of Iudah went out ether of the{m} in his charet against Iehú, & 〈◊〉 him in the field of Nabōth the Izréelite.
And when Iehoram sawe Iehú, he said, Is it peace, Iehú? And he answered, What peace? the whoredomes of thy mother Iezébel, & her witch craftes (are) yet in great no{m}ber.
Then Iehorám 〈◊〉 his hand, and fled, & said to Ahaziáh, O Ahaziáh, (there is) treaso{n}.
But lehú toke a bowe in his hand, and smote lehorám betwene the shulders, that the arowe went through his heart: and he fel downe in his charet.
The{n} said (Iehú) to Bidkār a captaine, Take, (and) cast him in some place of the field of Naboth the 〈◊〉: for I remember that when I & thou rode together after Aháb his father, the Lord layed this burde{n} vpo{n} him.
〈◊〉 I haue sene yesterday the blood of 〈◊〉, and the blood of his sonnes, said the Lord, and I wil render it thee in this field, saith the Lord: now therefore take (and) cast him in the field, according to the worde of the Lord.
But when Ahaziáh the King of Iudáh sawe this, he fled by the way of the garden house: and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 after him, and said, Smite him also in the charet: (and thei smote him) in the going vp to 〈◊〉, which is by Ibleám. And he fled to Megiddo, and there dyed.
And his sernants caryed him in a charet to Ierusalém, and buryed him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the citie of Dauid.
¶ And in the eleuenth yere of Iorám the sonne of-Aháb, began Ahaziáh to reigne ouer Iudáh.
And when Iehú was come to Izreél, Iezébel heard of it, and 〈◊〉 her face, a{n}d tired her head, and loked out at a wyndow.
And as 〈◊〉 entred at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, which slewe his master?
And he list vp his eyes to the windowe, and said, Who is on my side, who? Then two (or) thre of her Eunuches loked vnto him.
And he said, Cast her downe: and they cast her downe, and he sprinkled of her blood vpon the wall, and vpon the horses, and he trode her vnder fote.
And whe{n} he was come in, he did eat & drinke, & said, visite now yonder cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a Kings daughter.
And thei went to bury her, but thei founde no more of her then the skul and the fete, & the palmes of her hands.
Wherefore they came againe & tolde him. And he said, This is the worde of the Lord, which he spake by his seruant Eliiáh the Tishbite, saying, In the field of Izreél shal the dogs eat the flesh of Iezébel.
And the carkeis of Iezébel shalbe as doung vpon the grounde in the field of Izreél, so that none shal say, This is Iezébel.
AHáb had now seuentie sonnes in Samaria. And Iehú wrote letters, and sent to Samaria vnto the rulers of Izreél, (and) to the Elders, and to the bringers vp of Ahabs children, to this effect,
Now when this letter commeth to you, [for ye haue with you your masters sonnes, ye haue with you bothe charets and horses, & a defensed citie, and armour]
Consider therefore which of your masters sonnes is best and moste mete, and set him on his fathers throne, and fight for your masters house.
But thei were excedingly afraied, and said, Beholde, two Kings colde not stand before him, how shal we then stand?
And he that was gouernour of (Ahabs) house and he that ruled the citie, and the Elders, & the bringers vp of the children sent to Iehú, saying, We are thy serua{n}ts, and wil do all that thou shalt byd vs: we wil make no King: do what 〈◊〉 good to thee.
¶ Then he wrote another letter to them, saying, 〈◊〉 ye be mine, and wil obey my voyce, take the heades of the men (that are) your masters sonnes, and come to me to Izreél by tomorowe this time. [Now the Kings sonnes (euen) seuenty persones (were) with the great men of the citie, which broght them vp]
And when the letter came to them, they toke the Kings sonnes, and slewe the seuenty persones, and laied their heades in baskets, and sent them vnto him to Izreél.
¶ Then there came a messenger and tolde him, saying, Thei haue broght the heades of the Kings sonnes. And he said, Let them lay them on two heapes at the entring in of the gate vntil the morning.
And when it was day, he went out, and stode and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: beholde, I conspired against my master, and slewe him: but who slewe all these?
Knowe now that there shal fall vnto the earth nothing of the worde of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Aháb: for the Lord hathe broght to passe the things that he spake by his seruant Eliiáh.
So Iehú slewe all that remayned of the house of Aháb in Izreél, and all that were great with him, and his familiars and his priests, so that he let none of his remaine.
¶ And he arose, and departed and came to Samaria. (And) as Iehú was in the waye by an house where the shepherdes did shere,
He met with the brethren of Ahaziáh King of Iudáh and said, Who are ye? And thei answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziáh, and go downe to salute the children of the King and the children of the Quene.
And he said, Take them aliue. And thei toke them aliue, and slewe them at the well beside the house where the shepe are shorne, (euen) two and fourtie men, and he left not one of them.
¶ And when he was departed thence, he met with Iehonadáb the sonne of Recháb comming to mete him, and he blessed him and said to him, Is thine heart vpright, as mine heart is toward thine? And Iehonadáb answered, Yea, douteles. (Then) giue me thine hand. And when he had giuen him his hand he toke him vp to him into the 〈◊〉.
And he said, Come with me, and se the zeale that I haue for the Lord: so they made him ryde in his charet.
And when he came to Samaria, he slewe all that remained vnto Ahàb in Samaria, til he had destroyed him, according to the worde of the Lord, which he spake to Eliiáh.
Then Iehú assembled all the people, & said vnto them, Aháb serued Báal a litle, (but) Iehú shal serue him muche more.
Now therefore call vnto me all the prophetes of Báal, all his seruants, and all his priests, & let not a man be lacking: for I haue a great sacrifice for Báal: whosoeuer is lacking, he shal not liue. But Iehú did it by a subtilitie to destroye the seruants of Báal.
And Iehú said, Proclaime a solemne assemblie for Báal. And thei proclaimed it.
So Iehú sent vnto all Israél, and all the seruants of Báal came, and there was not a man left that came not. And thei came into the house of Báal, and the house of Báal was ful from end to end.
Then he said vnto him that had the charge of the vestrie, Bring forthe vestements for all the seruants of Báal. And he broght the{m} out vestements-
And when Iehú went, and Iehonadáb the sonne of Recháb into the house of Báal, he said vnto the seruants of Báal, Searche diligently, and loke, lest there be here with you (any) of the seruants of the Lord, but the seruants of Báal onely.
And when thei went into make sacrifice & burnt offring, Iehú appointed foure score me{n} without, and said, If anie of the men whome I haue broght into your hands, escape, his 〈◊〉 (shalbe) for his soule.
And when he had made an end of the burnt offring, Iehú said to the garde, and to the captaines, Go in, slaye them, let not a man come out. And they smote them with the edge of the sworde. And the garde, and the captaines cast them, out, and went vnto the citie, (where was) the temple of Báal.
And they broght out the images of the temple of Báal, and burnt them.
And they destroyed the image of Báal, and threwe downe the house of Báal, and made aiakes of it vnto this day.
So Iehú destroyed Báal out of Israél.
But from the sinnes of Ieroboám the sonne of Nebát which made 〈◊〉 to sinne, Iehú departed not from them, (nether from) the golden calues that were in Beth-él and that were in Dan.
〈◊〉 And the Lord said vnto Iehú, Because thou hast dilige{n}tly executed that which was right in mine eyes, (and) hast done vnto the house of Aháb according to all things that were in mine heart, (therefore) shal thy sonnes vnto the fourte (generacion) sit on the throne of Israél.
But Iehú regarded not to walke in the lawe of the Lord God of Israél with all his heart: (for) he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboám, which made Israél to sinne.
In those dayes the Lord began to lothe Israél, and Hazaél smote them in all the coastes of Israél,
From Iordén Eastwarde, (euen) all the land of Gileád, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and them that were of Manasséh, from Aroér [which is by the riuer Arnōn] and Gileád and 〈◊〉.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehú, and all that he did, and all his valiant dedes, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
And Iehu slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in Samaria, and 〈◊〉 his sonne reigned in his steade.
And the time that Iehú reigned ouer Israél in Samaria is eight and twentie yeres.
THen Athaliah the mother of Ahaziáh when she saw that her sonne was dead, she arose and destroyed all the Kings sede.
But 〈◊〉 bathe daughter of King Iorám, (and) sister to Ahaziáh toke loásh the sonne of Ahaziàh, and stale him from amc̄g the Kings sonnes that shulde be slaine, (bothe) him and his nource, (keping the{m}) in the bed chamber, and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slaine.
And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six yere: and Athaliáh did reigne ouer the land.
¶ And the seuenth yere Iehoiadá sent & toke the captaines 〈◊〉 hundreths, with (other) captaines and them of the garde, and caused the{m} to come vnto him into the house of the Lord, and made a couenant with the{m}, & toke an othe of the{m} in the house of the Lord and shewed them the Kings sonne.
And he commanded them, saying, This is it that ye must do, The third parte of you, that cometh on the Sabbath, shal warde towarde the Kings house.
And (another) third parte in the gate of Sur and (another) third parte in the gate behinde them of the garde: and ye shal kepe watche in the house of Massáh.
And two partes of you, (that is,) all that go out on the Sabbath day, shal kepe the watche of the house of the Lord about the King.
And ye shal compasse the King round about euerie man with his weapon in his hand, and whosoeuer commeth within the ranges, let him be slaine: be you with the King, as he goeth out and in.
¶ And the captaines of the hundreths did according to all that Iehoiadá the Priest co{m}manded, and they toke euerie man his men that entred in (to their charge) on the Sabbath with them that went out (of it) on the Sabbath, and came to Iehoiadá the Priest.
And the priest gaue to the captaines of hundreths the speares and the shields that were King Dauids, and were in the house of the Lord.
And the garde stode, euerie man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side, about the altar and about the house, round about the King.
Then he broght out the Kings sonne, and put the crowne vpon him & (gaue him) the Testimonie, and they made him King: also they anointed him, and clapt their hands, & said, God saue the King.
¶ And whe{n} Athaliáh heard the noyse of the running of the people, she came into the people in the house of the Lord.
And when she loked, beholde, the King stode by a piller, as the maner was, a{n}d the princes and the trumpeters by the King, and all the people of the land reioyced, & blue with trumpets. Then Athaliáh rent her clothes, & cryed, Treason treason.
But Ichoiadá the Priest commanded the captaines of the hundreths that had the rule of the hoste, and said vnto them, Haue her forthe of the ranges, & he that 〈◊〉 her, let him dye by the sworde for the Priest had said, let her not be slayne in the house of the Lord.
Then they layed ha{n}ds on her, & she we{n}t by the way, by the which the horses go to the house of the King, and there was she slaine.
And Iehoiadá made a couena{n}t betwene the Lord and the King, & the people, that they shulde be the Lords people: like wise betwene the King and the people.
Then all the people of the land went into the house of Báal, and destroyed it with his altars, & his images brake they downe courageously, & slewe 〈◊〉 the priest of Báal before the 〈◊〉: and the Priest set a garde ouer the house of the Lord.
Then he toke the captaines of hundreths, and the (other) captaines, and the garde, and all the people of the land: and they broght the King from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the garde to the Kings house: and he sate him downe on the throne of the Kings.
And all the people of the land reioyced, & the citie was in quiet, for they had slaine Athaliáh with the sworde beside the Kings house.
Seuen yere olde was Iehoásh when he began to reigne.
IN the seuenth yere of Iehú Iehoásh began to reigne, and reigned fourty yeres in Ierusalém, and his mothers name was Zibiáh of Beer-shéba.
And 〈◊〉 did that which was good in the sight of the Lord all his time that Iehoiadá the Priest taught him.
But the hie places were not taken away: for the people offred yet and burnt incense in the hie places.
¶ And Iehoásh said to the Priests, All the siluer of dedicate things that be broght to the house of the Lord, (that is,) the money of them that are vnder the counte, the money that euerie man is set at, (and) all the money that one 〈◊〉 willingly, and bringeth into the house of the Lord,
Let the Priests take it to them, euerie man of his acquainta{n}ce: and they shal repaire the broken places of the house, wheresoeuer anie decaye is found.
¶ Yet in the thre and twentieth yere of King Iehoásh the Priests had not minded that which was decayed in the Temple.
Then King Iehoásh called for Iehoiadá the Priest, and the (other) Priests, and said vnto them, Why repaire ye not the ruines of the Temple? now therefore receiue no more money of your acquaintance, excepte ye deliuer it to (repaire) the ruines of the Te{m}ple.
So the Priests consented to receiue no more money of the people, nether to repaire the decayed places of the Temple.
Then Iehoiadá the Priest toke a chest and bored an hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side, as euerie man commeth into the Temple of the Lord. And the Priests that kept the dore, put therein all the money that was broght into the house of the Lord.
And when they sawe there was muche money in the chiest, the Kings secretary came vp and the hie Priest, and put it vp after that they had tolde the money that was founde in the house of the Lord,
And they gaue the money made ready into the handes of them, that vndertoke the worke, (and) that had the ouersight of the house of the Lorde: and they payed it out to the carpenters and buylders that wroght vpon the house of the Lord.
And to the masons and hewers of stone, a{n}d to bye tymber and hewed stone, to repaire that was decayed in the house of the Lorde, and for all that whiche was layed out for the reparacion of the Temple.
How be it there was not made for the house of the Lorde bowles of siluer, instruments of musike, basons, trumpets, nor anie vessels of golde, or vessels of siluer of the money that was broght into the house of the Lord.
But they gaue it to the workemen, whiche repaired there with the house of the Lord.
Moreouer, they rekened not with the men, into whose handes they deliuered that money to be bestowed on workemen: for they dealt faithfully.
The money of the trespasse offrynge and the money of the sinne offrynges was not broght into the house of the Lorde: (for) it was the Priests.
¶ Then came vp Hazaél King of Arám, and foght agaynst Gath and toke it, and Hazaél set his face to go vp to Ierusalém.
And Iehoásh Kynge of Iudáh toke all the hallowed things that Iehoshaphát, and Iehorám, and Ahaziáh his fathers Kings of Iudah had dedicate, and that he himselfe had dedicated, and all the golde that was founde in the treasures of the house of the Lord and in the Kings house, and sent it to Hazaél Kynge of Aram, and he departed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.
Concernynge the rest of the actes of Ioash and all that he did, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kynges of Iudáh?
¶ And hys seruants arose and wroght treason, and slewe Ioásh in the house of Millo, when he came downe to Sillá.
Euen Iozachár the sonne of Shimeath, and Iehozabád the sonne of Shommér hys seruants smote him, a{n}d he dyed: a{n}d they buried hym with hys fathers in the citie of Dauid. And Amaziah his sonne reigned in his steade
IN the thre and twentieth yere of Ioash the sonne of Ahaziah Kynge of Iudah, Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu began to reigne ouer Israél in Samaria, (and he reigned) seuentene yere.
And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, whiche made Israél to sinne, (a{n}d) departed not there from:
And the Lord was angry with Israél, and deliuered them into the hand of Hazaél Kyng of Aram, and into the hand of Benhadad the sonne of Hazaél, all (his) dayes.
And Iehoahaz besoght the Lorde, and the Lorde heard him: for he sawe the trouble of Israél, wherewith the Kyng of Aram troubled them.
[And the Lorde gaue Israél a deliuerer, so that they came out from vnder the subiection of the Aramites. And the childre{n} of Israél dwelt in their tentes as before time.
Neuertheles they departed not from the sinnes of the house of Ieroboam whiche made Israél sinne, (but) walked in them, euen the groue also remained stil in Samaria]
For he had left of the people to Iehoahaz but fiftie horsemen, and ten charets, and ten thousand fotemen, because the King of Aram had destroyed them, a{n}d made them like dust beaten to poudre.
Concernyng the rest of the actes of Iehoahaz and all that he did, and his valiant dedes, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
And Iehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in Samaria, and Ioash his sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ In the seuen and thirtieth yere of Ioash Kyng of Iudah began Iehoash the sonne of Iehoahaz to reigne ouer Israél in Samaria, (and reigned) sixtene yere.
And did euil in the sight of the Lorde: (for) he departed not from all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat that made Israél to sinne, but he walked therein.
Concernyng the rest of the actes of Ioash and al that he did, and his valiant dedes (and) how he foght against Amaziah King of Iudah, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the King of Israél?
And Ioash slept with his fathers, and Ieroboa{m} sate vpon his seat: and Ioash was buried in Samaria among the Kings of Israél.
¶ Whe{n} Elisha fel sicke of his sicknes, wherof he dyed, loash the Kynge of Israél came downe vnto him, and wept vpon his face, a{n}d said, O my father, my father, the charet of Israél, and the horsemen of the same.
Then Elisha sayd vnto hym, Take a bowe and arowes. And he toke vnto him bowe and arowes.
And he sayd to the Kyng of Israél, Put thine hand vpon the bowe. And he put his hande vpon it. And Elisha put his hands vpon the Kings hands.
And sayd, Open the windowe Eastwarde. And when he had opened it, Elisha sayd, Shote. And he shot. And he sayd, (Beholde) the arowe of the Lordes deliuerance and the arowe of deliuerance against Aram: for thou shalt smite the Aramites in Aphék, till thou hast consumed them.
Agayne he sayd, Take the arowes. And he toke them. And he said vnto the King of Israél, Smite the ground. And he smote thrise, and ceased.
Then the ma{n} of God was angry with him, and said, Thou shuldest haue smiten fiue or sixtimes, so thou shuldest haue smiten Aram, til thou hadest consumed it, where nowe thou shalt smite Aram but thrise.
¶ So Elisha dyed, and they buryed him, And (certeine) bands of the Moabites came into the land that yere.
And as they were burying a man, beholde, they sawe the souldiers: therefore they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha. And when the man was downe, and touched the bones of Elisha, he reuiued and stode vpo{n} hys fete.
¶ But Hazaél King of Aram vexed Israél all the dayes of Iehoahaz.
Therefore the Lorde had mercie on them, and pitied them, and had respect vnto them because of his couenant with Abraham, Izhák, and Iaakób, and wolde not destroy the{m}, nether cast he them from him as yet.
So Hazaél the King of Aram dyed: a{n}d Benhadad his sonne reigned in his steade.
Therefore Iehoash the sonne of Iehoahaz returned, a{n}d toke out of the hand of Ben-hadád the sonne of Hazaél the cities which he had taken away by warre out of the hand of Iehoahaz his father: (for) thre times did Ioash beat him, and restored the cities vnto Israél.
THe seconde yere of Ioash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israél reigned Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah.
He was fiue and twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twentie yere in Ierusalém, and his mothers name (was) Iehoadan of Ierusalém.
And he dyd vpryghtlye in the sight of the lord, yet not like Dauid his father, (but) did according to all that Ioash his father had done.
Notwithstanding the hie place were not taken away: (for) as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense in the hie places.
¶ And when the kyngdome was confirmed in his hand, he slewe his serua{n}ts which had killed the King his father.
But the children of those that did slay (him,) he slewe not, accordyng vnto that that is, written in the boke of the Lawe of Mosés, wherein the Lorde commaunded, saying, The fathers shal not be put to death for the children, 〈◊〉 the children put to death for the fathers: but euerie man shal be put to death for his owne sinne.
He slewe (also) of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and toke (the citie) of Sela by warre, and called the name thereof Ioktheél vnto this day.
¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Iehoash the sonne of Iehoahaz, sonne of Iehu Kyng of Israél, saying, Come, let vs se one another in the face.
Then Iehoash the Kynge of Israél sent to Amaziah Kynge of Iudah, saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the cedre that is in Lebanon, saying, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife: and the wilde beast that was in Lebanón, went and trode down the thistle.
(Because) thou haste smiten Edom, thine heart hathe made thee proude: brag of glorie, and tarye at home, why doest thou prouoke to (thyne) hurt, that thou shuldest fall, and Iudah with thee?
But Amaziah wolde not heare: therfore Iehoash King of Israél went vp: a{n}d he a{n}d Amaziah King of Iudah sawe one another in the face at Beth-shemesh which is in Iudah.
And Iudah was put to the worse before Israél, a{n}d they fled euery man to their tentes.
But Iehoash Kyng of Israél toke Amaziah King of Iudah, the sonne of Iehoash the sonne of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Ierusalém, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalém from the gate of Ephraim to the coner gate, foure hundreth cubites.
And he toke all the golde and siluer, and all the vessels that were founde in the house of the Lorde, and in the treasures of the Kings house, and the children that were in hostage, and returned to Samaria.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoash which he did and his valiant dedes, and how he soght with Amaziah Kynge of Iudah, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
And Iehoash slepte with hys fathers, and was buryed at Samaria among the Kyngs of Israél: and Ieroboám hys sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ And Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah, liued after the death of Iehoash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israél fiftene yere.
Concernyng the rest of the actes of Amaziah, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?
But they wroght treason against him in Ierusalém, and he fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish, and slewe him there.
And they broght hym on horses, and he was buryed at Ierusalém with his fathers in the citie of Dauid.
Then al the people of Iudah toke Azariah, which was sixtene yere olde, and made hym King for his father Amaziah.
He buylt Elath, and restored it to Iudah, after that the King slept with his fathers.
¶ In the fiftenth yere of Amaziah the sonne of Ioash Kyng of Iudah, was Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash made Kyng ouer Israél in Samaria, (and reigned) one and fourtie yere.
And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde: (for) he departed not from all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israél to sinne.
He restored the coast of Israél, from the entring of Hamach, vnto the Sea of the wildernes, according to the word of the Lord God of Israél, which he spake by his seruant Ionáh the so{n}ne of Amittái the Prophet, which was of Gath Héphet.
For the Lord sawe the exceding bitter affliction of Israél, so that there was none shut vp, nor any left, nether yet any that colde helpe Israél.
Yet the Lord had not decreed to put out the name of Israél from vnder the heauen, therefore he preserued them by the hand of Ieroboám the sonne of Ioásh.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Ieroboa{m} and all that he did, and his valiant dedes, (&) how he foght, and how he restored Damascus, and Hamáth to Iudáh in Israél, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
So Ieroboám slept with his fathers, (euen) with the King of Israél, and Zachariáh his sonne reigned in his steade.
IN the seue{n} and twentieth yere of Ieroboa{m} King of Israél, began Azariáh, sonne of Amaziáh King of Iudáh to reigne.
Sixtene yere olde was he, when he was made King, and he reigned two and fiftie yere in Ierusalém: and his mothers name was Iecholiáh of Ierusalém.
And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziáh did.
But the hie places were not put away: (for) the people yet offred, and burned incense in the hie places.
And the Lord smote the King: and he was a leper vnto the day of his death, and dwelt in an house a parte, & Iothám the Kings sonne gouerned the house, (and) iudged the peoof the land.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Azariáh, and all that he did, are they not written in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudáh?
So Azariáh slept with his fathers and they buryed him with his fathers in the citie of Dauid, and Iothám his sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ In the eight and thirtieth yere of Azariáh King of Iudáh did Zachariáh the sonne of Ieroboám reigne ouer Israél in Samaria six monethes.
And did euil in the sight of the Lord, as did his fathers: (for) he departed 〈◊〉 from the sinnes of Ieroboám the so{n}ne of Nebát, which made Israél to sinne.
And Shallúm the sonne of Iabésh conspired against him, and smote him in the sight of the people, and killed him, and reigned in his steade.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Zachariáh, beholde, thei are written in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél.
This was the worde of the Lord, which he spake vnto Iehú, saying, Thy sonnes shal sit on the throne of Israél vnto the forte (generacion) after thee. And it came so to passe.
¶ Shallúm the sonne of Iabésh began to reigne in the nine and thirtieth yere of Vzziáh King of Iudáh: and he reigned the space of a moneth in Samaria.
For Menahém the sonne of Gadi went vp from Tirzáh, and came to Samaria, & smote Shallum the sonne of Iabēshin Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Shallúm and the treason which he wroght, beholde, they are writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél.
¶ Then Menahém destroyed Tiphsáh, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof fro{m} Tirzáh, because they opened not to him, and he smote it, and ript vp all their women with childe.
The nine, & thirtieth yere of Azariáh King of Iudáh, bega{n} Menahém the sonne of Gadi to reigne ouer Israél, (and reigned) ten yeres in Samaria.
And he did euil in the sight of the Lord, and departed not all his dayes from the sinne of Ieroboám the sonne of Nebát, which made Israél to sinne.
¶ The{n} Phul the King of 〈◊〉 came against the land: and Menahém gaue Phul a thousand talents of 〈◊〉, that his hand might be with him, and establish the kingdome in his hand.
And Menahém exacted the money in Israél, that all men of substa{n}ce shulde giue the King of 〈◊〉 fifty shekels of siluer a piece: so the King of Asshúr returned and taried not therein the land.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Menahém, and all that he did, are they not written in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?
And Menahém slept with his fathers, and Pekahiáh his sonne did reigne in his stead.
¶ In the fiftieth yere of Azariáh King of Iudàh, began Pekahiáh the sonne of Menahém to reigne ouer Israél in Samaria, (& reigned) two yere.
And he did euil in the sight of the Lord: (for) he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboa{m} the sonne of Nebát, whiche made Israél to sinne.
And Pekáh the sonne of Remaliáh, his captaine conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria in the place of the Kings palace with Argób and Ariéh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: so he killed him, and reigned in his steade.
Co{n}cerning the rest of the actes of Pekahiáh and all that he did, beholde, they are writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél.
In the two and fiftieth yere of Azariáh King of Iudáh began Pékah the sonne of Remaliáh to reigne ouer Israél in Samaria, (and reigned) twentie yere:
And he did euil in the sight of the Lord: (for) he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboám the sonne of Nebát, that made Israél to sinne.
In the dayes of Pékah King of Israél, came Tigláth Pilesér King of Asshúr, & toke Iiôn, and Abél, Beth-maacháh, and Iánoah, and Kedésh, and Hazór, and Gileád, and Galiláh, (and) all the land of Naphtali, and caried the{m} away to Asshúr.
And Hoshéa the sonne of Eláh wroght treason against Pékah the sonne of 〈◊〉, & smote him, and slewe him, and reigned in his steade in the twentieth yere of Iothám the sonne of Vzziáh.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Pékah, and all that he did, beholde, they are written in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél.
¶ In the second yere of Pékah the sonne of Remaliáh King of Israél, bega{n} lothám sonne of Vzziáh King of Iudáh to reigne.
Fiue and twentie yere olde was he, when he began to reigne, and he reigned sixtene yere in Ierusale{m}: & his mothers name was Ierushá the daughter of Zadok.
And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord: he did according to all that his father Vzziah had done.
But the hie places were not put away: (for) the people yet offred & burnt incense in the hie places: he 〈◊〉 the hiest gate of the house of the Lord.
Co{n}cerning the rest of the actes of Iothám, & all that he dyd, are thei not written in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudáh?
In those dayes the Lord began to send against Iudáh Rezin the King of Arám, and Pekáh the sonne of 〈◊〉.
And 〈◊〉 slept with his fathers, and was buryed with his fathers in the citie of 〈◊〉 his father, and Aház his sonne reigned in his steade.
THe seuententh yere of Pekáh the sonne of Remaliáh, Aház the sóne of Iothám King of Iudah began to reigne.
Twentie yere olde was Acház, when he began to reigne, and he reigned sixtene yere in Ierusalém, and did not vprightely in the sight of the Lord his God, like Dauid his father:
But walked in the way of the Kings of Israél yea, & made his sonne to go throw the fyre, after the abominatio{n}s of the heathe{n}, whome the Lord had cast out before the children of Israél.
Also he offred and burnt incense in the hie places and on the hilles, and vnder euerie grene tre.
Then Rezin King of Arám, and Pekáh sonne of Remaliáh King of Israél came vp to Ierusalem to fight: and they besieged Aház, but colde not ouercome him.
At the same time Rezin King of Arám restored Eláth to Arám, and droue the Iewes fro{m} Elāth: so the Aramites came to Eláth, and dwelt there vnto this day.
Then Aház sent messengers to Tigláth Pilesár King of Asshúr, 〈◊〉, I am thy seruant and thy sonne: come vp, and deliuer me out of the hand of the King of Arám, and out of the hand of the King of Israél which rise vp against me.
And Aház toke the siluer and the golde that was founde in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the Kings house, and sent a present vnto the King of Asshúr.
And the King of 〈◊〉 consented vnto him and the King of Asshúr went vp against 〈◊〉, and when he had taken it, he caried the people away to Kir, and slewe Rezin.
And King Aház we{n}t vnto Damascus to mete Tiglath Pilesár King of Asshúr: and when King Aház sawe the altar that was at Damascus, he sent to Vriiáh the Priest the patern of the altar, and the facio{n} of it, & all the workeman ship thereof.
And 〈◊〉 the Priest made an altar in all pointes like to that which King Aház had sent from Damascus, so did Vriiáh the Priest against King Aház came from Damascus.
So when the King was come from Damascus, the King sawe the altar: and the King drewe nere to the altar and offred thereon.
And he burnt his burnt offring, and his meat offring, and powred his drink 〈◊〉, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offrings besides that altar,
And (set it) by the brasen altar which was before the Lord, and broght it in farther before the house betwene the altar and the house of the Lord, and set it on the Northside of the altar.
And King Aház commanded Vriiáh the Priest and said, Vpon the great altar set on fyre in the morning the burnt offring, and in the euen the meat offring, & the Kings burnt offring and his meat offring, with the burnt offring of all people of the land, and their meat offring, and their drink offrings: and powre thereby all the blood of the burnt offring, and all the blood of the sacrifice, and the brasen altar shalbe for me to inquire (of God.)
And Vriiáh the Priest did according to all that King Aház had commanded.
And King Aház brake the borders of the bases, and toke the caldrons from of them, and toke downe the sea from the brasen oxe{n} that were 〈◊〉, and put it vpo{n} a paueme{n}t of stones.
And the vaile for the Sabbáth [that they had made in the house] and the Kings entrie without turned he to the house of the Lord, because of the King of Asshum.
Concernynge the rest of the actes of Ahaz, which he did, are they not write{n} in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid, ad Hezekiah his sonne reigned in his steade.
IN the twelfte yere of Aház Kynge of Iudáh began Hoshéa the sonne of Elah to reygne in Samaria ouer Israél, (and reygned) nine yeres.
And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, but not as the Kinges of Israél, that were before him.
And Shalmanéser Kynge of Asshur came vp against him, and Hoshea became hys serua{n}t, and gaue him presents.
And the Kynge of Asshur founde treason in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So Kyng of Egypt, and broght no present vnto the Kyng of Asshur, as (he had done) yerely: therefore the Kyng of Asshur shut hym vp, and put him in prison.
Then the Kyng of Asshur came vp throughout all the land, and went against Samaria, & besieged it thre yere.
¶ In the ninth yere of Hoshéa, the King of Asshúr toke Samaria, and caryed Israél away vnto Asshúr, and put them in Haláh, and in Habór by the riuer of Gozán, & in the cities of the Medes.
For when the children of Israél sinned against the Lord their God, which had broght them out of the land of Egypt, from vnde the hand of Pharaoh King of Egypt, and feared other gods.
And walked according to the facions of the heathe{n}, whome the Lord had cast out before the children of Israél, and (after the maners) of the Kings of Israél, which they vsed,
And the children of Israél had done secretly things that were not vpright before the Lord their God, and throughout al their cities had buylt hie places, (bothe) from the towre of the wache, to the defensed citie,
And had made them images & groues vpon euerie hie hil, and vnder euerie geenetre,
And there burnt incense in all the hie place as did the heathen, whome the Lord had taken away before them, and wroght wicked things to angre the Lord,
And serued idoles: whereof the Lord had said vnto them, Ye shal do no suche thing,
Notwithsta{n}ding the Lord testified to Israél, and to Iudáh by all the Prophetes, and by all the Seers, saying, Turne from your euil waies, and kepe my commandements (and) my statutes, according to al the Lawe, which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my seruants the Prophetes.
Neuertheles they wolde not obey, but hardened their neckes, lyke to the neckes of their fathers, that did not beleue in the Lord their God.
And they refused his statutes and hys couenant, that he made with their fathers, and hys testimonies [where with he witnessed vnto them] and they followe vanitie, and became vaine, and followed the heathen that were rounde about them: co{n}cerning whom, the Lord had charged them, that they shuld not do like them.
Finally they left the commaundementes of the Lorde their God, and made them molten images, (euen) two calues, a{n}d made a groue, and worshiped all the hoste of heauen, and serued Baal.
And they made their sonnes a{n}d their daughters passe through the fyre, and vsed witch craft and enchantements, yea, solde them selues, to do euill in the sight of the Lorde, to angre him:
Therefore the Lorde was excedyng wroth wyth Israél, and put them out of hys sight, (and) none was left but the tribe of Iudah onely.
Yet 〈◊〉 kept not the commandementes of the lord their God, but walked according to the facion of Israél, which they vsed.
Therefore the Lorde cast of all the sede of Israél, and afflicted them, and deliuered them into the hands of spoylers, vntill he had cast them out of his sight.
m For he cut of Israél from the house of Dauid, and they made Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat Kyng: and Ieroboam drewe Israél away from following the Lord and made the{m} sinne a great sinne.
For the children of Israél walked in all the sinnes of Ieroboam, whiche he did, (and) departed not there from.
Vntill the Lorde put Israél away out of hys sight, as he had said by all his seruants the Prophetes, and caryed Israél awaye out of their land to Asshur vnto this day.
And the Kynge of Asshur broght folke from Babél, and from Cuthah, and from Aua, and from Hamath, and frome Sepharuaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria in steade of the chyldren of Israél: so they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
¶ And at the begynning of their dwellyng there, they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lorde sent lyons among them, whiche slewe them.
Wherefore they spake to the Kyng of Asshur, saying, The nacions which thou hast remoued, and placed in the cities of Samaria, knowe not the maner of the God of the la{n}d: therefore he hathe sent lyons among them, and beholde, they slay them, because they knowe not the maner of the God of the la{n}d.
Then the King of Asshur commanded, saying, Carye thether one of the priests, whom ye broght thence, and let hym go and dwell there, and teache them the maner of the God of the countrey.
So one of the priests, whiche they had caryed from Samaria, came and dwelt in Beth-él, and taught them how they shuld feare the Lord.
Howbeit euerie nacion made their gods, a{n}d put them in the houses of the hie places, whiche the Samaritans had made, euerie nacion in their cities, wherein they dwel.
For the men of Babél made Succoth-Benoth: and the men of Cuth made Nergal, a{n}d the men of Hamath made Ashima.
And the 〈◊〉 made Nibhaz, and Tartak: and the Sepharuims burnt their children in the fyre to Adrammélech, and Anammèlech the gods of Sepharuaim.
Thus they feared the Lorde, and appointed out Priests out of them selues for the hie places, who prepared for them (sacrifices) in the houses of the hie places.
They feared the Lorde, but scrued their gods after the maner of the nacions whome they caryed thence.
Vnto this day they do after the olde maner: they nether feare God, nether do after their ordinances nor after their customes, nor after the Lawe, nor after the commandement, which the Lorde commanded the children of Iaakōb, whome he named Israél.
And with whom the Lord had made couenant, and charged them, saying, Feare none other gods, nor bowe your selues to the{m} nor serue them, nor sacrifice to them.
But feare the Lorde which broght you out of the land of Egypt with great power, and a stretched out arme: him feare ye, and worship him, and sacrifice to him.
Also kepe ye diligently the statutes and the ordinances, and the Lawe, and the commandement, which he wrote for you, that ye do them continually, and feare not other gods.
And forget not the couenaunt that I haue made with you, nether feare ye other gods.
But feare the Lord your God, a{n}d he wil deliuer you out of the ha{n}ds of all your enemies.
How be it they obeyed not, but did after their olde custome.
So these nacions feared the Lord, and serued their images (also:) so (did) their childre{n}, and their childrens children: as did their fathers, (so) do they vnto this day.
NOw in the third yere ofhoshéa, sonne of Eláh Kynge of Israél, Hezekiáh the sonne of Aház Kynge of Iudah began to reygne.
He was fiue and twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twentie yere in Ierusalém, His mothers name also was Abi the daughter of Zachariah.
And he did vpryghtly in the sight of the Lorde, accordyng to all that Dauid hys father had done.
He toke awaye the hie places, and brake the images, and cut downe the groues, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Mosés had made: for vnto those dayes the children of Israél did burne incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan.
He trusted in the Lorde God of Israél: so that after hym was none lyke him among all the Kings of Iudah, nether were there anie such before him.
For he claue to the Lord (and) departed not frome hym, but kept hys commandements, which the Lord had commanded Mosés.
So the Lorde was with him, (and) he prospered in all thyngs, which he toke in hande: also he rebelled against the Kings of Asshur, and serued him not.
He smote the Phiiistims vnto Azzah, and the coastes thereof, from the watche towre vnto the defensed citie.
¶ And in the fourte yere of Kynge Hezekiah, [whiche was the seuenth yere of Hoshea sonne of Eláh Kynge of Israél] Shalmanéser King of Asshur came vp against Samaria, and besieged it.
And after thre yeres they toke it, (euen) in the sixt yere of Hezekiah: that is, the ninth yere of 〈◊〉 Kyng of Israél was Samaria taken.
Then the King of Asshur did cary away Israél vnto Asshur, and put them in Haláh and in Habór, (by) the riuer of Gozán, and in the cities of the Medes.
Because they wolde not obey the voyce of the Lord their God, but transgressed hys couenant: (that is,) all that Mosés the seruaunt of the Lord had commanded, and wolde nether obey nor do them.
¶ Moreouer, in the fourtenth yere of Kynge Hezekiah Saneherib King of Asshur came vp agaynste all the strong cities of Iudah, and toke them.
Then Hezekiah Kyng of Iudah sent vnto the King of Asshur to Lachish, saying, I haue offended: departe frome me, (and) what thou layest vpon me, I will beare it. And the the Kynge of Asshur appointed vnto Hezekiah King of Iudah thre hundreth talents of siluer, and thirty talents of golde.
Therefore Hezekiah gaue all the siluer that was founde in the house of the Lorde, and in the treasures of the Kings house.
At the same season did Hezekiah put of (the plates) of the dores of the Temple of the Lorde, and the pillers [whiche the said Hezekiah Kynge of Iudah had couered ouer] and gaue them to the King of Asshur.
¶ And the Kynge of Asshur sent Tartan, and Rab-saris, and Rab shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great host against Ierusalém. And they went vp, and came to Ierusalém, and when they were come vp, they stode by the conduite of the vpper poole, which is by the path of the fullersfield,
And called to the King. Then came out to them Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiāh, whiche was stewarde of the house, and Shebnáh the chanceller, and loáh the sonne of Asáph the recorder.
And Rabshakéh said vnto them, Tel ye Hezekiáh, I pray you, Thus sayth the great King (euen) the great King of Asshúr, What confidence is this wherein thou trusted?
Thou thinkest, Surely I haue eloquence, (but) counsel and stre{n}gth (are) for the warre On whome then doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Lo, thou trustest now in this broken staffe ofrede, (to wit), on Egypt, on which if a ma{n} leane, it wil go into his hand, and pearce it: so (is) Pharaóh King of Egypt vnto all that trust on him.
But if ye say vnto me, We trust in the Lord our God, is not that he whose hie places, & whose altars Hezekiáh hathe taken away, and hath said to Iudáh and Ierusalém, Ye shal worship before this altar in Ierusalém?
Now therefore giue hostages to my lord the King of Asshúr, and I wil giue thee two thousand horses, if thou he able to set riders vpon them.
For how canst thou despise anie captaine of the least of my masters seruants, & put thy trust on Egypt for charets and horsemen?
Am I now come vp without the lord to this place, to destroye it? the lord said to me, Go vp against this land, and destroy it.
Then Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiáh and Shebnáh, and Ioáh said vnto Rabshakéh, Speake, I pray thee, to thy serua{n}ts in the Aramites language, for we vnderstand it, & talke not with vs in the Iewes tongue, in the audié ce of the people that are on the wall.
But Rabshakéh said vnto them, Hathe my master sent me to thy master and to thee to spake these wordes, & not to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their owne doung, and drinke their owne pisse with you.
So Rabshakéh stode and cryed with aloude voyce in the Iewes language, and spake, saying, Heare the wordes of the great King, of the King of 〈◊〉.
Thus sayth the King, Let not Hezekiáh disceiue you: for he shal not be able to deliuer you out of mine hand.
Nether let Hezekiáh make you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord wil surely deliuer vs, and this citie shal not be giuen ouer into the hand of the King of Asshur.
Hearken not vnto Hezekiáh: for thus saith the King of 〈◊〉, Make appointement with me, and come out to me, that euerie ma{n} may eat of his owne vine, and euerie man of his owne figtre, and drinke 〈◊〉 man of the water of his owne well,
Til I come, and bring you to a land like your owne land, (euen) a land of wheat and wine, a land of bread and vineyardes, a land of oliues oyle, and hony that ye maye liue & not dye: & obey not Hezekiáh, for he disceiueth you, saying, The Lord wil deliuer vs.
Hathe anié of the gods of the nacions deliuered his land out of the hand of the King of Asshur?
Where is the god of Hamáh, and of Arpád? where is the god of Sepharuáim, Hená and Iuáh? how haue they deliuered Samaria out of mine hand?
Who are they among all the gods of the nacions, that haue deliuered their land out of mine hand, that the Lord shulde deliuer Ierusalém out of mine hand?
But the people held their peace, and answered not him a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answer ye him not.
Then Eliakim, the sonne of Hilkiáh which was stewarde of the house and Shebnáh the cha{n}celler, & Ioah the soune of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, & tolde him the wordes of Rabshakéh.
ANd when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and put on sacke clothe and came into the house of the Lord,
And sent Eliakim which was the stewarde of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, & the Elders of the Priests clothed in sacke clothe to Isaiah the Prophet the sonne of Amóz.
And they said vnto him, Thus sayth Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulacion and of rebuke, and blasphemie: for the children are come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forthe.
If so be the Lorde thy GOD hathe heard all the wordes of Rabsnakéh, whome the King of Asshúr his master hathe sent to raile on the liuing God, and to reproche him with wordes which the Lord thy God hathe heard them lift thou vp (thy) prayer for the remnant that are left.
¶ So the seruants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
And Isaiah said vnto them, So shal ye say to your master, Thus sayth the Lord, Be not afrayed of the wordes which thou hast heard where with the seruauts of the King of Asshúr haue blasphemed me.
Beholde, I wil send a blast vpon him, and he shal heare a noyse, & returne to his owne land: & I wil cause him to fall vpon the sworde in his owne land.
So Rabshakéh returned, and founde the King of Asshúr fighting against Libnah: for 〈◊〉 had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
He heard also men say of Tirhákah King of Ethiopia, Beholde, he his come out to fight against thee: he therefore departed and sent (other) messengers vnto Hezekiáh, saying,
Thus shal ye speake to Hezekiáh King of Iudáh, and say, Let not thy God disceiue thee in whome thou trustest, saying, Ierusalém shal not be deliuered into the hand of the King of 〈◊〉.
Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of 〈◊〉 haue done to all lands, how they haue destroyed them: and shalt thou be deliuered.
Haue the gods of the heathen deliuered them which my fathers haue destroyed? (as) Gozan, and Harán, and Rézeph, and the children of Eden, which were in Thelasár?
Where is the King of Hamáth, and the King of Arpád, and the King of the citie of Sepharuáim, Hená and Iuá?
¶ So Hezekiáh receiued the letter of the hand of the messengers, and red it: and Hezekiáh went vp into the house of the Lord, and Hezekiáh spred it before the Lord.
And Hezekiáh prayed before the Lord, & said, O Lord God of Israél, which dwellest betwene the Cherubims, thou art very God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth: thou hast made the heauen and the earth.
Lord, bowe downe thine eare, and heare: Lord open thine eyes and beholde, and heare the wordes of Saneherib, who hathe sent to blaspheme the liuing God.
Trueth it is, Lord, that the Kings of Asshúr haue destroyed the nacions and their lands.
And haue set fyre on their gods: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands (euen) wood and stone: therefore they destroyed them.
Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseche thee, saue thou vs out of his hand, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe, that thou, ô Lord, art onely God.
¶ Then Isaiáh the sonne of Amōz sent to Hezekiáh, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God of Israél, I haue heard that which thou hast prayed me, concerning Saneherib King of Asshúr.
This is the worde that the Lord hathe spoken against him, O virgine, daughter of Zión, he hathe despised thee, (and) laughed thee to scorne: ô daughter of Ierusalém, he hathe shaken his head at thee.
Whome hast thou railed on? and whome hast thou blasphemed? and against whome hast thou exalted thy voyce, & lifted vp thine eyes on hye? (euen) against the Holy one of Israél.
By thy messengers thou hast railed on the Lord, and said, By the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the top of the mountaines, by the sides of Lebanón, and wil cut downe the hie cedres thereof, and the faire fyrre trees thereof, and I wil go into the lodging of his borders, and into the forest of his Cármel.
I haue digged, and dronke the waters of others, and with the plant of my feete haue I dryed all the floods closed in.
Hast thou not heard, how I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and shulde I nowe bring it, that it shulde be destroyed, (and layed) on ruinous heapes, (as) cities defensed?
Whose inhabita{n}ts haue small power, (and) are afraied, and confou{n}ded: they are like the grasse of the field, & grene herbe, (or) grasse on the house toppes, or as corne blasted before it be growen.
I knowe thy dwelling, yea, thy goying out and thy comming in, and thy fury againste me.
And because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come vp to mine eares, I wil put mine hoke in thy nostrels, and my bridel in thy lipes, and wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest.
And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, (o{n} Hezekiáh,) Thou shalt eat this yere such things as growe of them selues, and the next yere suche as growe without sawing, and the third yere sowe ye & reape, and plant vineyardes, and eat the frutes thereof.
And the remna{n}t that is escaped of the house of Iudáh, shal againe take roote downewarde, and beare frute vpwarde.
For out of Ierusalém shal go a remnant, and some that shal escape out of mount Zión: the zeale of the Lord of hostes shal do this.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord, concerning the King of Asshúr, He shal not entre into his citie, nor shote an arow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it:
(But) he shal returne the way he came, and shal not come into this citie, sayth the Lord.
For I wil defend this citie to saue it for mine owne sake, and for Dauid my seruants sake.
¶ And the same night the Angel of the Lord went out and smote in the campe of Asshúr an hundreth foure score and fyue thousand: so when they rose early in the morning, beholde, they were all dead corpses.
So Saneherib King of Asshúr departed, and went his way, and returned, and dwelt in Niniuéh.
And as he was in the temple worshiping Nisrōch his God, Adramélech and Sharézer his sonnes slewe him with the sworde: and they escaped into the land of Ararát, ad Esarhaddōn his sonne reigned in his steade.
ABout that time was Hezekiáh sicke vnto death: and the Prophet Isaiáh the sonne of Amōz came to him, and said vnto him, Thus sayth the LORD, Put thine house in an ordre: for thou shalt dye, and not liue.
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
I beseche thee, ô Lord, remember now, how I haue walked before thee in trueth & with a perfit heart, and haue done that which is good in thy sight: & Hezekiáh wept sore.
¶ And afore Isaiáh was gone out into the middle of the court, the worde of the Lord came to him, saying,
Turne againe, and tel Hezekiáh the captaine of my people, Thus sayth the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, (and) sene thy teares: beholde, I haue healed thee, (and) the third day thou shalt go vp to the house of the Lord,
And I wil adde vnto thy dayes fiftene yere, and wil deliuer thee and this citie out of the hand of the King of Asshúr, and wil defend this citie for mine owne sake, and for Dauid my seruants sake.
Then Isaiáh said, Take a lompe of drye figs And they toke it, and layed it on the 〈◊〉, and he recouered.
¶ For Hezekiáh had said vnto Isaiáh, What (shalbe) the sigue that the Lord wil heale me and that I shal go vp into the house of the Lord the third day?
And Isaiáh answered, This signe shalt thou haue of the Lord, that the Lord wil do that he hathe spoken, (Wilt thou) that the 〈◊〉 go forwarde ten degrees, or go bicke ten degrees?
And Hezekiáh answered, It is a light thing for the shadowe to passe forwarde ten degrees: not so (then,) but let the shadowe go backe ten degrees.
And Isaiáh the Prophet called vnto the Lord, and he broght againe the shadowe ten degrees backe by the degrees 〈◊〉 by it had gone downe in the dial of Aház.
¶ The same season Berodách Baladán the sonne of Baladán King of 〈◊〉, sent letters and a present to Hezekiáh: for he had heard how that Hezekiáh was sicke.
And Hezekiáh heard the{m}, and shewed them all his treasure house, (to wit,) the siluer, and the golde, and the spices, and the precious ointme{n}t, and all the house of his armour, and al that was founde in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, and in all his realme, that Hezekiáh shewed them not.
Then Isaiáh the Prophet came vnto King Hezekiáh, and said vnto him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiáh said, They become from a farre countrey, (euen) from Babél.
Then said he, What haue they sene in thine house? And Hezekiáh answered, All that is in mine house haue they sene: there is nothing among my treasures, that I haue not shewed them.
And Isaiáh said vnto Hezekiáh, Heare the worde of the Lord.
Beholde, the dayes come, that all that is in thine house, and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue laied vp in store vnto this day, shal be caried into Babél: Nothing shal be left, saith the Lord.
And of thy sonnes, that shal procede out of thee, (and) which thou shalt beget, shal they take away, and they shalbe eunuches in the place of the King of Babél.
Then Hezekiáh said vnto Isaiáh, The word of the Lord which thou hast spoke{n}, is good for said he, Shal it not (be good,) if peace and trueth be in my dayes?
Concerning the rest of the actes of Hezekiáh, & all his valia{n}t dedes, and how he made a poole and a condite, & broght water into the citie, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudàh?
And Hezekiáh slept with his fathers: and Manasséh his sonne reigned in his steade.
MAnasséh was twelue yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned fiftie and fiue yere in Ierusalém: his mothers name also was Hephzi-báh.
And he did euil in the sight of the Lord after the abominacion of the heathen whome the Lord had cast out before the children of Israél.
For he went backe and buylt the hie places which Hezekiàh his father had destroied: and he erected vp altars for Báal, and made a groue, as did Aháb King of Israél, and worshiped all the hoste of heauen and serued them.
Also he buylt altars in the house of the Lord of the which the Lord said, In Ierusalém wil I put my Name.
And he buylt altars for all the hoste of the heauen in the two courtes of the house of the Lord.
And he caused his sonnes to passe through the fyre, and gaue him selfe to witch craft and sorcerie, and he vsed them that had familiar spirits and were so the sayers, and did muche euil in the sight of the Lord to 〈◊〉 him.
And he set the image of the groue, that he had made, in the house, whereof the Lord had said to Dauid and to Salomōn his sonne, In this house, a{n}d in Ierusalém, which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israél, wil I put my Name for euer.
Nether wil I make the feete of Israél moue anie more out of the land, which I gaue their fathers: so that they wil obserue and do all that I haue commanded them, (and) according to all the Lawe that my seruant Mosés commanded them.
Yet they obeyed not, but Manasséh led the{m} out of the way, to do more wickedly then did the heathen people, whome the Lord destroyed before the children of Israél.
Therefore the Lord spake by his seruants the Prophetes, saying,
Because that Manasséh King of Iudáh hathe done suche abominacions, and hathe wroght more wickedly then all that the Amorites [which were before him] did, and hathe made Iudáh sinne also with his idoles.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israél Beholde, I wil bring an euil vpon Ierusalém and Iudáh, that who so heareth of it, bothe his eares shal tingle.
And I wil stretch ouer Ierusalém the line of Samaria, and the plommet of the house of Aháb: and I wil wipe Ierusalém, as a man wipeth a dish, which he wipeth, and turneth it vpside downe.
And I wil forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliuer them into the hand of their enemies, and the, shalbe robbed and spoiled of all their aduersaries,
Because they haue done euil in my sight, and haue prouoked me to angre, since the time their fathers came out of Egypt vntil this day
Moreouer Manasséh 〈◊〉 innocent blood exceding muche, til her eplenished Ierusalém from corner to corner, beside his sinne where with he made Iudáh to sinne, and to do euil in the sight of the Lord.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Manasséh, and all that he did, and his sinne that he sinned, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudáh?
And 〈◊〉 slept with his fathers, and was buryed in the garden of his owne house (euen) in the garden of Vzzá: and Amón his sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ Amon was two and twentie yere olde, when he bega{n} to reigne, and he reigned two yere in Ierusalem: his mothers name also was Meshullémeth the daughter of Harúz of Iotbáh.
And he did euil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasséh did.
For he walked in all the waie, that his father walked in, and serued the idoles that his father serued, and worshiped them.
And he forsoke the Lord God of his fathers and walked not in the way of the Lord.
And the seruants of Amún conspired against him, and slewe the King in his owne house.
And the people of the land slewe all them that had conspired against King Amón, and the people made Iosiáh his sonne King in his steade.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Amón, which he did, are they not write{n} in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudáh?
And they buryed him in his sepulchre in the garde{n} of Vzzá: and Iosiáh his sonnes reigned in his steade.
IOsiáh was eight yere olde when he began to reigne, and he reigned one and thirtie yere in Ierusalém. His mothers name also was Iedidáh the daughter of Adaiáh of Bozcáth.
And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the wayes of Dauid his father, and bowed nether to the right hand, nor to the left.
¶ And in the eightenth yere of King Iosiáh, the King sent Shaphán the sonne of Azaliáh the sonne of Meshullám the chanceller to the house of the Lord, saying,
Go vp to Hilkiáh the hie Priest, that he may summe the siluer which is broght into the house of the Lord, which the kepers of the dore haue gathered of the people.
And let them deliuer it into the hand of them that do the worke, (and) haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord: let them giue it to them that worke in the house of the Lord, to repaire the decaied places of the house:
(To wit,) vnto the artificers and carpenters and masons, and to bie tymber, and hewed stone to repaire the house.
Howbeit let no rekenynge be made wyth them of the money, that is deliuered into their hand: for they deale faithfully.
And Hilkiah the hie Priest sayd vnto Shaphan the chanceller, I haue founde the boke of the Lawe in the house of the Lord: and Hilkiah gaue the boke to Shaphan, and he red it.
So Shaphan the cha{n}celler came to the King, and broght him worde againe, and sayd, Thy seruauntes haue gathered the money, that was founde in the house, and haue deliuered it vnto the hands of the{m} that do the worke, (and) haue the ouersight of the house of the Lorde.
Also Shaphan the chanceller shewed the King, saying, Hilkiah the Priest hathe deliuered me a boke. And Shaphan red it before the King.
And when the King had heard the wordes of the boke of the Lawe, he rent his clothes
Therefore the King commaunded Hilkiah the Priest, and Ahikam the sonne of Shaphā, and Achbor the sonne of Michaiah, and Shaphan the chanceller, and Asahiah the Kings seruaunt, saying.
Go ye (and) inquire of the Lorde for me, and for the people, and for all Iudah, concernynge the wordes of thys boke that is founde: for greate is the wrath of the Lorde that is kindled agaynste vs, because our fathers haue not obeyed the wordes of thys boke, to do accordyng vnto all that which is writen therein for vs.
¶ So Hilkiáh the Priest and Ahikám, and Achbór and Shaphán, and Asahiáh went vnto Huldáh the Prophetesse the wife of Shallūm, the sonne of Tikuáh, the sonne of Harhás keper of the wardrobe: [and she dwelt in Ierusalém in the colledge] and they communed with her.
And she answered them, Thus sayth the Lord God of Israél, Tel the man that sent you to me.
Thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, I wil bring euil vpon this place, and on the inhabitans thereof, (euen) all the wordes of the boke which the King of Iudáh hathe red,
Because they haue forsaken me, and haue burnt incense vnto other gods, to anger me with all the workes of their ha{n}ds: my wrath also shalbe kindled against this place, and shal not be quenched.
But to the King of Iudáh, who sent you to inquire of the lord, so shal ye say vnto him, Thus sayth the Lord GOD of Israél, The wordes that thou hast heard, (shal come to passe.)
(But) because thine heart did melt, and thou hast humbled thy selfe before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants of the same, (to wit,) that it shulde be destroyed and accused, and hast rent thy clothes and wept before me, I haue also heard it, sayth the Lord.
Beholde therefore, I wil gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shal not se all the euil which I wil bring vpo{n} this place. Thus they broght the King worde againe.
THen the King sent, and there gathered vnto him all the Elders of 〈◊〉 and of 〈◊〉 rusalém.
And the King went vp into the house of the Lord, with all the men of Iudáh and all the inhabita{n}ts of Ierusalém with him, & the Priests and Prophetes, & all the people bothe small & great: & he red in their eares all the wordes of the boke of the couena{n}t, which was fou{n}d in the house of the Lord.
And the King stode by the piller, and made a couenant before the Lord, that they shuld walke after the Lord, and kepe his commandements, and his testimonies, and his statutes with all (their) heart, and with all (their) soule, that they might acco{m}plish the wordes of this couenant writen in this boke. And all the people stode to the couenant.
Then the King commanded Hilkiáh the hie Priest and the Priests of the seco{n}d ordre and the kepers of the dore, to bring out of the Temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Báal, and for the groue, and for all the hoste of heaue{n}, and he burnt them without Ierusalém in the fields of Kedrón, and caryed the powdre of them into Beth-él.
And he put downe the Chemerim, whome the Kings of Iudáh founded to burne incense in the hie places, (and) in the cities of Iudáh, and about Ierusalém, and also them that burnt incense vnto Báal, to the sunne and to the moone, and to the planets, and to all the hoste of heauen.
And he broght out the groue from the Te{m}ple of the Lord without Ierusalém vnto the valley Kedrón, and burnt it in the valley Kedrón, and stampt it to powdre, and cast the dust thereof vpon the graues of the children of the people.
And he brake downe the houses of the so do mites, that were in the house of the Lord, where the women woue hangings for the groue.
Also he broght all the priestes out of the cities of Iudáh, and defiled the hie places where the priests had burnt incense, (euen) from Géba to Beer-shéba, and destroied the hie places of the gates, that were in the entring in of the gate of Ioshúa the gouernour of the citie which was at the left hand of the gate of the citie.
Neuertheles the priests of the hie places came not vp to the altar of the Lord in Ierusalém, saue onely thei did eat of the vnleauened bread among their brethren.
He defiled also Tōpheth, which was in the valley of the childre{n} of 〈◊〉 that no man shulde maketh his sonne or his daughter passe through the fyre to Mōlech.
He put downe also the horses that the Kings of Iudáh had giuen to the sunne at the entring in of the house of the Lord by the chamber of Nethan-mélech the eunuche, which was (ruler) of the suburbes, and burnt the charets of the sunne with fyre.
And the altars that were on the top of the chamber of Aház, which the Kings of 〈◊〉 had made, & the altars which Manasséh had made in the two 〈◊〉 of the house of the Lord, did the King breake downe, and hasted thence, and cast the dust of them in the brooke Kedrōn.
Moreouer the King defiled the hie places that were before Ierusale{m} & on the right ha{n}d of the mount of corruption [which Salomón the King of Israél had buylt for Ashtōreth the idole of the Zidonia{n}s & for Chemósh the idole of the Moabites, & for Milchō the abomination of the children of Ammón]
And he brake the images in pieces, and cut downe the groues and filled their places with the bones of men.
Furthermore the altar that was at Beth-él, (&) the hie place made by Ieroboa{m} the sonne of Nebát, which made Israél to sinne, bothe this altar and also the hie place brake he downe, and burnt the hie place, (and) stampt to powder and burnt the groue.
And as Iosiáh turned him selfe, he spied the graues, that were in the mount, and sent and toke the bones out of the graues, and burnt them vpon the altar, and polluted it, according to the worde of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed whiche cryed the same wordes.
Then he said, What title is that which I se? And the men of the citie said vnto him, (It is) the sepulchre of the ma{n} of God, which came from Iudáh, and tolde these things that thou hast done to the altar of Beth-él.
The{n} said he, Let him alone: let none remoue his bones. So his bones were saued with the bones of the Prophet that came from Samaria.
Iosiáh also toke away all the houses of the hie places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the King of Israél had made to angre (the Lord,) and did to them according to all the factes that he had done in Bethél.
And he sacrificed all the priests of the hie places, that were there vpon the altars, and burnt mens bones vpon them, and returned to Ierusalém.
¶ Then the King commanded all the people saying, Kepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord your God, as it is writte{n} in the boke of this couenant.
And there was no Passeouer holden like that fro{m} the dayes of the Iudges that iudged Israél, nor in all the dayes of the Kings of Israél, and of the Kings of Iudáh.
And in the eightenth yere of King Iosiáh was this Passeouer celebrated to the Lord in Ierusalém.
Iosiáh also toke away them that had familiar spirits, and the sothesayers, and the images, and the idoles, and all the abominacions that were espied in the land of Iudáh and in Ierusalém, to performe the wordes of the Lawe, which were writen in the boke that Hilkiáh the Priest founde in the house of the Lord.
Like vnto him was there no King before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soule, and with all his might according to all the Lawe of Moses, nether after him arose there anie like him.
Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fearcenes of his great wrath where with he was angrie against Iudáh, because of all the prouocacions where with Manasséh had prouoked him.
Therefore the Lord said, I wil put Iudáh also out of my sight, as I haue put away Israél, and wil cast of this citie Ierusalém, whiche I haue chosen, and the house whereof I said, My Name shalbe there.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Iosiáh and all that he did, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudáh?
¶ In his dayes Pharaōh Nechoh King of Egypt we{n}t vp against the King of Asshúr to the riuer Peráth. And King Iosiáh went against him, whome when (Pharaóh) sawe, he slewe him at Megiddô.
Then his seruants caried him dead from Megiddó, and broght him to Ierusalém, and buryed him in his owne sepulchre. And the people of the land toke Iehoaház the sonne of Iosiáh, and annointed him, & made him King in his fathers steade.
Iehoaház (was) thre and twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned thre moneths in Ierusalém. His mothers name also was Hamutál the daughter of Ieremiáh of Libnáh.
And he did euil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
And Pharaóh Nechóh put him in bonds at Ribláh in the land of Hamáth, while he reigned in Ierusalém, and put the land to a tribute of an hundreth talents of siluer, and a talent of golde.
¶ And Pharaóh Nechóh made Eliakim the sonne of Iosiáh King in steade of Iosiáh his father, and turned his name to Iehoiakim, & toke Iehoaház away, which when he came to Egypt, dyed there.
And Iehoiakim gaue the siluer and the golde to Pharaóh, and taxed the land to giue the money, according to the commandement of Pharaóh: he leuyed of Euerie man of the people of the land, according to his vallue, siluer and golde to giue vnto Pharaóh Nechóh.
Iehoiakim was fiue and twentie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeres in Ierusalém. His mothers name also was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiáh of Rumáh.
And he did euil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
IN his dayes came Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél vp, and Iehoiakim became his seruant thre yere: afterwarde he turned, and rebelled against him.
And the Lord sent against him bandes of the Caldees, and bandes of the Aramites, and bandes of the Moabites, and bandes of the Ammonites, and he sent them against Iudáh to destroye it, according to the worde of the Lord, which he spake by his seruants the Prophetes.
Surely by the commandement of the Lord came this vpon Iudáh, that he might put the{m} out of his sight for the sinnes of Manasséh, according to all that he did,
And for the innocent blood that he shed, [for he filled Ierusale{m} with innoce{n}t blood] therefore the Lord wolde not pardone it.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoiakim, and all that he did, are thei not write{n} in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudáh?
So Iehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Iehoiachin his sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ And the King of Egypt came no more out of his land: for the Kyng of Babél had taken from the riuer of Egypte, vnto the riuer Peráth, 〈◊〉 that perteined to the King of Egypt.
¶ Iehoiachin (was) eightene yere old, whe{n} he began to reigne, and reigned in Ierusalém thre moneths. His mothers name also (was) Nehushtá, the daughter of Elnathán of Ierusalém.
And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.
In that time came the seruantes of Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél vp agaynst Ierusalém so the citie was besieged.
And Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél came against the citie, and his seruantes did besiege it.
Then Iehoiachin the King of Iudáh came out against the King of Babél, he, and his mother, and his seruants, and his princes, and his eunuches: and the King of Babél toke him in the eight yere of his reigne.
And he caryed out thence all the threasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house, and brake all the vessels of golde, which Salomón Kynge of Israél had made in the Temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.
And he caryed away all Ierusalém, and all the princes, and all the stronge men of warre, (euen) ten thousand into captiuitie, and all the workemen, and connyng men: so none remained sauyng the poore people of the land.
And he caryed away Iehoiachin into Babél, and the Kings mother, and the Kings wiues, and his eunuches, and the mightye of the land caryed he away into captiuitie from Ierusalém to Babél,
And all the men of warre, (euen) seuen thousand, and carpenters, and lockesmithes a thousand all that were strong and apt for warre, did the King of Babél bryng to Babél captiues.
¶ And the King of Babél made Mattaniáh his vncle King in his steade, and cha{n}ged his name to Zedekiáh.
Zedekiah was one and twe{n}tie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reygned eleuen yeres in Terusalē. His mothers name also was Hamutál the daughter of Ieremiáh of Libnáh.
And he did euil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Iehoiakim had done.
Therfore certeinely the wrath of the Lord was against Ierusalém and Iudáh vntill he cast them out of his sight. And Zedekiáh rebelled against the King of Babél.
ANd in the ninthe yere of his reigne, the tenth (moneth and) tenth day of the moneth Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél came, he, and all his hoste against Ierusalém, and pitched against it, & thei buylt fortes against it rounde about it.
So the citie was besieged vnto the eleue{n}th yere of King Zedekiáh.
And the ninth (day) of the moneth the famine was sore in the citie, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Then the citie was broken vp, and all the men of warre (fled) by night, by the way of the gate, (which is) betwene two walles that was by the Kings garden: nowe the Caldees (were) by the citie rounde about: (and the King) went by the way of the wildernes.
But the armie of the Caldees pursued after the King, and toke him in the deserts oflerichó, and all hys hoste was scatred from him.
Then they toke the King, and caryed him vp to the Kyng of Babél to Ribláh, where they gaue iudgement vpon him.
And they slewe the sonnes of Zedekiáh before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiáh, and bounde him in chaines, and caryed him to Babél.
¶ And in the fift moneth, (and) seuenth (day) of the moneth, whiche was the ninte{n}th yere of King Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél, came Nebuzar-adán chief steward (and) seruant of the King of Babél, to Ierusalém,
And burnt the house of the Lord, and the Kings house, and all the houses of Ierusalém, and all the great houses burnt he with fyre.
And all the armie of the Caldees that were with the chief stewarde, brake downe the walles of Ierusalém rounde about.
And the rest of the people that were left in the citie, and those that were fled and fallen to the King of Babél, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adán chief stewarde carye away captiue.
But the chief stewarde left of the poore of the land to dresse the vines, and to tyll the land.
Also the pillers of brasse that were in the house of the Lord, and the bates, and the brasen Sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Caldees breake, and caryed the brasse of them to Babél.
The pottes also and the besomes, and the instruments of musike, and the incense asshes, and all the vessels of brasse that thei ministred in, toke they away.
And the as she pannes, and the basens, (& all) that was of golde, & that was of siluer, toke the chief stewarde away,
With the two pillers, one Sea and the bases, which Salomōn had made for the house of the Lord: the brasse of all these vessels was without weight.
The height of the one piller was eightene cubites, and the chapiter there on (was) brasse, and the height of the chapiter (was) with networke thre cubites, & pomegranates vpon the chapiter rounde about, all of brasse: and like wise (was) the seco{n}de piller with the networke.
And the chief stewarde toke Seraiáh the chief Priest, and Zephaniáh the seconde Priest, and the threkepers of the dore.
And out of the citie he toke an eunuche that had the ouersight of the me{n} of ware, and fiue men of them that were in the Kings presence, which were founde in the Citie, and Sophēr captaine of the hoste, who mustred the people of the lande, and threscore men of the people of the lande, that were founde in the citie.
And Nebuzar-adán the chief stewarde toke them, and broght them to the Kyng of Babél to Ribláh.
And the King of Babél smote them, and slewe them at Ribláh in the lande of Hamáth. So Iudáh was caryed awaye captrue out of his owne land.
Howbeit there remayned people in the land of Iudáh, whome Nebuchadnezzár King of Babél left, and made Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikám the sonne of Shaphā ruler ouer them.
Then when all the captaines of the hoste and (their) me{n} heard, that the King of Babél had made Gedaliáh gouernour, they came to Gedaliáh to Mizpáh, to wit, Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniáh, and Iohana{n} the sonne of Káreah, & Seraiáh the sonne of Tanhúmeth the Netophathite, and Iaazaniāh the sonne of Maachathi, they and their men.
And Gedaliáh sware to them, & to their men, and said vnto them, Feare not to be the seruants of the Caldees: dwell in the land, and serue the King of Babēl, and ye shal be wel.
But in the seuenth moneth Ishmaēl the sonne of Nethaniáh the sonne of Elishamā of the Kings sede, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliáh, and he dyed, and so did he the Iewes, and the Caldees that were with him at Mizpāh.
Then all the people both small and great and the captaines of the armie arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afrayed of the Caldees.
Not withstanding in the seuen and thirtieth yere after, Iehoiachin King of Iudáh was caryed away in the twelft moneth (and) the seuen and twentith (daye) of the moneth, Euil-merodách King of Babél in 〈◊〉 yere that he began to reygne, did lift vp the head of Iehoiachin Kynge of Iudāh out of the prison.
And 〈◊〉 kindely to him, & sethis throne aboue the throne of the Kings that were 〈◊〉 him in Babél,
And changed his prison garments: and he 〈◊〉 continually eat bread before him, all the dayes of his life.
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 (was) a continuall 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him by the King, euerie daye a 〈◊〉, all the dayes of his life.
ADám, Sheth, Enōsh,
Kenán, Mahalaleél, Iéred
Henōch, Methushélah, Laméch,
Nōah, Shem, Ham, and Iápheth.
¶ The sonnes of Iápheth (were) Gōmer and Magóg, and Madai, and Iauán, & Tubál, and Mēshech, and Tirās.
And the sonnes of Gómer, Ashchenáz, & Iphāth and Togarmáh.
Also the sonnes of Iauán, Elisháh and Tarshisháh, Kittim, and Dodanim.
¶ The sonnes of Ham (were) Cush & Mizráim, Put and Canáan.
And the sonnes of Cush, Sibá and Hauilāh, and Sabtá, and Raamáh, and Sabtechá. Also the sonnes of Raamáh (were) Shebá and Dedán.
And Cush begate Nimrōd, who bega{n} to be mighty in the earth.
And Mizráim begate Ludim and Anamim, Lehabim and Naphtuhim:
Pathrusim also, and Casluhim, of whome came the Philistims, and Caphtorim.
Also Canáan begate Zidon his first borne, and Heth,
And the Iebusite, and the Amorite, & the Girgashite,
And the Hiuite, and the Arkite and the Simite,
And the Aruadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
¶ The sonnes of Shem (were) Elám and Ashúr, and Arpachshád, and Lud, and Aram, and Vz, and Hul and Géther, and Méshech.
Also Arpachshad begate Shélah, and Shélah begate Eber.
Vnto Eber also were borne two sonnes: the name of the one (was) Péleg: for in hys dayes was the earth deuided: and his, brothers name (was) Ioktan.
Then Ioktan begate Almodad & Shéleph, and Hazermaueth and Ierah.
And Hadoram and Vzal and Diklah,
And Ebal, and Abimaél, and Sheba,
And 〈◊〉, & Hauilah and Iobab: all these were the sonnes of loktan.
Shem, Arpachshad, Shélah,
Eber, Péleg, 〈◊〉,
Serūg, Nahōr, Terah,
Abram, which is Abraham.
¶ The sonnes of Abraham (were) Izhak, & Ishmaél.
These are their generacions. The eldest sonne of Ishmaél (was) Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adbeél, and Mibsam,
Mishma, and Dumah, 〈◊〉, Hadad, and Tema,
Ietūr, 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉: these are the sonnes of Ishmaél.
¶ And Keturah Abrahams co{n}cubine barc sonnes, Zimran, and Iokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shúah: & the sonnes of Iokshan, Sheba, aud Dedan.
And the sonnes of Midian (were) Ephah, and Ephar, and Henōch, and Abida, & Eldaah: all these are the sonnes of 〈◊〉.
And Abraham begate Izhak: the sonnes of Izhak, Esau, and Israél.
¶ The sonnes of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuēl, and 〈◊〉, and Iaalam, and Kōrah.
The sonne of Eliphaz, Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, & Amalék.
The sonnes of Reuél, Nahath, Zérah, Sha{m}mah and Mizzah.
And the sonnes of Seir, Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishōn, & Ezēr and Dishan.
And the sonnes of Lotan, Hori, and Homam, and Timna Lotans sister.
The sonnes of Shobal (were) Alian, & Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sonnes of Zibeōn, Aiah and 〈◊〉.
The sonne of Anah (was) Dishōn. And the sonnes of Dishōn, Amram, and Eshbā, and Ithran, and Cheran.
The sonnes of Ezér (were) Bilhan, & Zaauan, (and) Iaakan. The sonnes of 〈◊〉 (were) Vz, and Aran.
¶ And these 〈◊〉 the Kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before a King reigned ouer the children of Israél, (to wit,) Béla the sonne of Beōr, and the name of his Citie (was) Dinhabah.
Then Béla dyed, and Iobab the sonne of Zērah of Bozrah reigned in his steade.
And when Iobab was dead, Hussham of the land of the Temanites reygned in hys steade.
And when Hussham was dead, Hadad the sonne of Bedad which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead, and the name of his citie (was) Auith.
So Hadad dyed, & Samlah of Mashrecah reigned in his steade.
And Samlah dyed, & Shaúl of Rehobōth by the riuer reigned in his steade.
And when Shaúl was dead, Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbór reigned in his steade.
And Baal-hanan dyed, and Hadad reigned in hys steade, and the Name of hys Citie (was) Pai, and his wiues name Mehetabél the daughter of Matréd the daughter of Mezahab.
Hadad dyed also, and there were dukes in Edōm, duke Timna, duke Aliah, duke Iethéth,
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinō.
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
Duke Magdiél, duke Ira{m}: these were the dukes of Edōm.
THese are the sonnes of Israél: Reubén, Simeón, Leui and Iudáh, Isshachár, and Zebulún,
Dan, Ioséph, & Beniamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Ashér.
The sonnes of Iudáh, Er, and Onán, and Shelah. These thre were borne to hym of the daughter of Shúa the Cananite: but Er the eldest sonne of Iudah was euyll in the sight of the Lord, and he slewe him.
And Thamar his daughter in lawe bare him Pharez, & Zérah: (so) all the sonnes of Iudah were fyue.
The sonnes of Pharez, Hezrón & Hamúl.
The sonnes also of Zerah (were) Zimri, & Ethan, and Heman, and Calcól, and Dara, which were fiue in all.
And the sonne of Carmi, Achar that troubled Israél, transgressing in the thing excommunicate,
The sonne also of Ethan, Azariah.
And the sonnes of Hezrōn that were borne vnto him, Iérahmeél, and Ram & Chelubai.
And Ram begate Aminadab, and Aminadab begate Nashōn prince of the childre{n} of Iudah,
And Nahshōn begate Salma, & Salma begate Bóaz,
And Bōaz begate Obēd, and Obēd begate Ishai,
And Ishai begate his eldest sonne Eliab, and Abinadab the seconde, and Shimma the third,
Nathaneél the fourt, Raddai the fift,
Ozém the sixt, (and) Dauid the seuent.
Whose sisters (were) Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sonnes of Zeruiah, Abishai, & Ioab and Asahél.
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa (was) Iethér an Ishme elite.
¶ And Calēb the sonne of Hezrōn begate Ieriōth of Azubáh (his) wyfe, and her sonnes are these, Ieshér, and Shobab, and Ardōn.
And when Azubah was dead, Caléb toke vnto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
And Hur begate Vri, and Vri begate Bezaleél.
And afterward came Hezrō to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, & toke her when he was threscore yere olde, and she bare him Segúb.
And Segúb begate Iair, which had thre & twentie cities in the land of Gilead.
And Gesshúr with Aram toke the townes of Iair from them, (and) Kenath and the townes thereof, (euen) threscore cities. All these were the sonnes of Machir, the father of Gilead.
And after that Hezrōn was dead at Caléb Ephratah, then Abiah Hezrons wyfe bare him also Ashūr the father of Tekōa.
And the sonnes of Ierameél the eldest sonne of Hezrón were Ram the eldest, then Bunah and Orēn and Ozén (and) Ahiiah.
Also Ierahmeél had another wife named Atarah, which was the mother of Onam.
And the sonnes of Ram the eldest sonne of Ierahmeél were Maaz, and Iamin and Ekar.
And the sonnes of Onam were Shammai and Iada. And the sonnes of Shammai, Nadab and Abishūr.
And the name of the wife of Abishúr (was) called Abiahil, and she bare him Ahban and Molid.
The sonnes also of Nadab (were) Séled & Appaim: but Séled dyed without children.
And the sonne of Appaim (was) Ishi; and the sonne of Ishi, Sheshan, and the sonne of Sheshan, Ahlai,
And the sonnes of Iada the brother of Shammai (were) Iéther and Ionathan: but Iéther dyed without children.
And the sonnes of Ionathan (were) Péleth and Zara. These were the sonnes of Ierahmeél.
And Sheshan had no sonnes, but daughters. And Sheshan had a seruant that was an Egyptian named Iarha.
And Sheshan gaue hys daughter to Iarha hys seruant to wyfe, and she bare hym Attai.
And Attai begate Nathan, and Natha{n} begate Zabad,
And Zabad begate Ephlal, and Ephlal begate Obéd.
And Obéd begate Iehú, and Iehú begate Azariah.
And Azariah, begate Hélez, and Hélez begate Eleasah.
And Eleasah begate Sisamai, and Sisamai begate Shallūm,
And Shallūm begate Iekamiah, and Iekamiah begate Elishamo.
Also the sonnes of Caléb, the brother of Ierahmeél, (were) Mesha his eldest sonne, which was the father of Ziph: and the sonnes of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
And the sonnes of Hebrōn (were) Kórah and Tappūah, & Rēkem begate Shammai.
And Shéma begate Raham the father of Iorkoam: and Rékem begate Shammai.
The sonne also of Shammai (was) Maōn: and Maōn (was) the father of Beth-zúr.
And Ephah a concubine of Caléb bare Haran and Moza, and Gazéz Harā also begate Gazéz.
The sonnes of Iahdai (were) Régem, and Iotham, and Geshan, and Pélet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
Calebs concubine Maachah bare Shéber and Tirhanah.
She bare also Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, (and) Sheua the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. And Achsah was Calebs daughter.
¶ These were the sonnes of Caléb the sonne of Hur the eldest sonne of Ephratah Shobál the father of Kiriáth-iearim.
Salmá the father of Beth-léhem, (&) Haréph the father of Beth-gadér.
And Shobál the father of Kiriáth-iearim had sonnes, and he was the ouerseer of halfe Hammenōth.
And the families of Kitiáth-iearim (were) the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shu mathites, and the Mishraites, of the{m} came the Zarreathites, and the Eshtaulites.
The sonnes of Salmá of Beth-léhem, and the Netophathite, the crownes of the house of Ioab, and halfe the Manahthites (and) the Zorites.
And the families of the Scribes dwelling at Iabéz, the Tirathites, the Shimmeathites, the Shuchathites, which are the Kenites, that came of Hammáth the father of the house of Recháb.
THese also were the sonnes of Dauid, which were borne vnto him in Hebro{n}: the eldest Amnón of Ahinōam, the Izraelitesse the second Daniél of Abigáil the Carmelitesse.
The thyrde Absalóm the sonne of Maacháh daughter of Talmái Kynge of Geshūr: the fourt Adoniiáh the sonne of Haggith:
The fift Shephatiáh of Abitál: the sixt Ithreám by Egláh his wife.
(These) six were borne vnto him in Hebro{n}: and there he reigned seue{n} yere and six moneths: and in Ierusalém he reigned thre & thirtie yere.
And these foure were borne vnto hym in Ierusalém, Shimeá, and Shobáb, and Nathán, & Salomōn of Bathshúa the daughter of Ammiél:
Ibhár also, and Elishamá, and Eliphálet,
And Nōgah, and Népheg, and Iaphia,
And Elishamá, and Eliada, and Eliphélet, nine (in nomber.)
(These are) all the sonnes of Dauid, besides the sonnes of the concubines, and Thamar their sister.
¶ And Salomons sonne (was) Rehoboam, whose sonne (was) Abiah, (and) Asa hys sonne, (and) Iehoshaphat his sonne.
(And) Ioram his sonne, (and) Ahaziah hys sonne, (and) Ioash his sonne,
(And) Amaziah his sonne, (&) Azariah hys sonne, (and) Iotham his sonne,
(And) Ahaz his sonne, (and) Hezekiah hys sonne, (and) Manasséh his sonne,
(And) Amón his sonne, (and) Iosiah hys sonne.
¶ And of the sonnes of Iosiah, the eldest (was) Iohanan, the seconde Iehoiakim, the thirde Zedekiah, (and) the fourt Shallúm.
And the sonnes of Iehoiakim (were) Ieconiah, his sonne, (and) Zedekiah his sonne.
And the sonnes of Ieconiah. Assir (and) Shealtiél his sonne:
Malchiram also and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Iecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
And the sonnes of Pedaiah (were) Zerubbabél, and Shimmei and the sonnes of Zerubbabél (were) Meshullam, and Hananiah and Shelomith their sister,
And Hashubah, and Ohél, and Berechiah, and Hazadiah, and Iushabhésed, fiue (in no{m}ber.)
And the sonnes of Hananiah (were) Pelatiah, and Iesaiah: the sonnes of Rephaiah, the sonnes of Arnan, the sonnes of Obadiah, the sonnes of Shechaniah.
And the sonne of Shecaniah (was) Shemaiah: & the sonnes of Shemaiah (were) Hattúsh and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah & Shaphat, six.
And the sonnes of Neariáh (were) Elioenai, and Hezekiiah, and Azrikam, thre.
And the sonnes of Elioenai (were) Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkúb, and Iohanan, and Delaiah and Anani, seuen.
THe sonnes of Iudah (were) Pharez, Hezrón, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
And Reaiah the sonne of Shobal begate Iahath, and Iahath begate Ahumai, and Lahad these are the families of the Zoreathites.
And these were of the father of Etam, Izreél, and Ishma and Idbash: and the Name of their sister (was) Hazlelepóni.
And Penuél (was) the father of Gedór, and Ezér the father of Hushah: these are the sonnes of Hur the eldest sonne of Ephratah, the father of Beth-léhem.
But Ashúr the father of Tekōa had two wiues, Heleah, and Naarah.
And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, & Hépher, and Temeni and Haashtari: these were the sonnes of Naarah.
And the sonnes of Heleah (were) Zéreth, Iezóhar and Ethnan.
Also Coz begate Anúb, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhél the sonne of Harúm,
But Iabéz was more honorable then hys bretheren: and hys mother called hys name Iabéz, saying, Because I bare him in sorowe.
And Iabéz called on the God of Israél, saying, If thou wilt blesse me in dede, and enlarge my coastes; and (if) thine hande be with me, and thou wilt cause me (to be deliuered) from euil, that I be not hurt. And God granted the thing that he asked.
¶ And Chelúb the brother of Shuah begate Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
And Eshtón begate Beth-raphá, and Pascáh, and Tehinnáh the father of the citie of Nahash: these are the men of Recháh.
¶ And the sonnes of Kenáz (were) Othniél & Zeraiáh, & the sonne of Othniél, Hatháth
And Meonothái begate Ophráh. And Seraiáh begate Ioáb the father of the valley of craftesmen: for they were craftesmen,
¶ And the sonnes of Caléb the sonne of Iephunnéh (were) Irá, Eláh, and Náam. And the sonne of Eláh (was) Kenáz.
And the sonnes of Iehaleél (were) Zipn, & Zipháh, Tiriá, and Asareél.
And the sonnes of Ezráh (were) Iéther and Méred, and Ephér, and Ialon, and he begate Miriám, and Shammái, and Ishbáh the father of Eshtemōa.
Also his wife Iehudiiáh bare Iéred the father of Gedor, and Héber the father of Sochō, and Iekuthiél the father of Zanōah: and these are the sonnes of Bithiáh the daughter of Pharaóh which Méred toke.
And the sonnes of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham the father of Keilah (were) the Garmites, and Eshtemōa the Maachathite.
And the sonnes of Shimón (were) Amnōn and Rinnah, Ben-hanam and Tilōn. And the sonnes of Ishi (were) Zohéth, and Benzohéth.
¶ The sonnes of Shelah, the sonne of Iudah (were) Er, the father of Lecah, & Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the housholdes of the{m} that wroght fine linen in the house of Ashbéa.
And Iokim and the men of Chozeba and Ioash, and Saraph, which had the dominio{n} in Moab, and 〈◊〉 Léhem. (These) also are ancient things.
These were potters, and dwelt amonge plants and hedges: there thei dwelt with the King for his worke.
The sonnes of Simeōn (were) Nemuél, and Iamin, Iarib, Zérah, (and) Shaúl.
Whose sonne (was) Shallúm, (&) his sonne Mibsam, (and) his sonne Mishma.
And the sonnes of Mishma, Hamuél (was) his sonne, Zacchúr his sonne, (and) Shimei his sonne.
And Shimei had sixtene sonnes, and six daughters, but his brethren had not many children, nether was all their familie like to the children of Iudah in multitude.
And they dwelt at Beer-shéba, & at Moladah, and at Hazar Shual,
And at Bilhah, and at Ezém, and at Tolad.
And at Bethuél, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
And at Beth-marcabōth, and at Hazar Susim, at Beth-birei, & at Sha araim, these were their cities vnto the reigne of Dauid.
And their townes (were) Etám, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tōchē, and Ashan, fiue cities.
And all their townes that were rounde about these cities vnto Baal, These are their habitations and the declaration of theyr genealogie,
And Meshobab and Iamlēch, and Ioshah the sonne of Amashiah,
And Ioél and Iehu the sonne of Ioshibiah, the sonne of Seraiah, the sonne of Asiél,
And Elionai, and Iaakobah, and Ieshohaiah, anh Asaiah, and Adiél and Iesimiél and Benaiah,
And Ziza the sonne of Shiphéi, the sonne of Allon, the sonne of Iedaiah, the sonne of Shimri, the sonne of Shemaiah.
These were famous princes in their families, and increased greatlye theyr fathers houses.
And they went to the entring in of Gedór, euen vnto the East side of the valley, to seke pasture for their shepe.
And thei found fat pasture and good, and a wide land, bothe quiet and frutefull: for they of Ham had dwelt there before.
And these described by name, came in the dayes of Hezekiáh King of Iudah, & smote theyr tents, and the inhabita{n}ts that were founde there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in theyr rowme, because there was pasture therefor theyr shepe.
And besides these, fiue hundreth men of the sonnes of Simeōn went to mount Seir, and Pelatiáh, (and) Neariah, & Rophaiah, and Vzziél the sonnes of Ishi (were) theyr captaines,
And the rest of Amalék that had escaped, and they dwelt there vnto this day.
THe sonnes also of Reubén the eldest sonne of Israél [for he was the eldest, but had defiled his fathers bed, (therfore) his birthright was giue{n} vnto the sonnes of Ioséph the sonne of Israél, so that the genealogie is not rekened after (his) birthright.
For Iudah preuailed aboue hys brethren, & of him (came) the prince, but the birthright (was) Iosephs.]
The sonnes of Reubén the eldest sonne of Israél (were) Hanōch, and Pallú, Hezrōn and Carmi.
The sonnes of Ioél, Shemaiah hys sonne, Gog his sonne, (and) Shimei his sonne,
Michah his sonne, Reaiah his sonne, (and) Baal his sonne,
Beerah his sonne: whome Tilgath Pilneéser King of Asshūr caryed awaye: he was a prince of the Reubenites.
And when hys bretheren in theyr families rekened the genealogie of theyr generacions, Ieiel and Zechariah (were) the chief,
And Bela the sonne of Azaz, the sonne of Shéma, the sonne of Ioél, which dwelt in Aroér, euen vnto Nebô and Báal: meōn
Also Eastwardc he inhabited vnto the entring in of the wildernes from the riuer Perath: for they had muche cattel in the land of Gilead.
And in the dayes of Saúl they warred with the Hagarims, which fell by their hands: and they dwelt in their tents in all the East partes of Gileád.
¶ And the children of Gad dwelt ouer against them in the land of Bashan, vnto Salcháh,
Ioél (was) the chiefest, and Shapham the seconde but Iaanái and Saphar (were) in Baashān,
And their brethren óf the house óf their fathers were Michaél, & meshullám, & Shebá, & Sorái, and Iacán & Zia, & Ebér, seuen,
These are the children of Abiháil, the sonne of Huri, the sonne of Iaroáh, the sonne of Gileád, the sonne of Michaél, the sonne of Ieshishái, the sonne of Iahdō, the sonne of Buz.
Ahi the sonne of Abdiél, the sonne of Guni (was) chief of the housholde of their fathers.
And they dwelt in Gileád in Bashán, 'and in the townes thereof, and in all the suburbes of Shatōn, by their borders.
All these were 〈◊〉 by genealogies in the dayes of Iothám King of Iudáh, and in the dayes of Ieroboám King of Israél.
¶ The sonnes of Reubén and of Gad, and of halfe the tribe of 〈◊〉 of those that were valiant men, able to beare shield and sworde, and to drawe a bowe, exercised in warre, were foure and fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and threscore, that went out to the warre.
And they made warre with the Hagarims, with Ietur, and Naphish and Nodab.
And they were holpen against them, & the Hagarims were deliuered into their hand, and all that were with them for thei cryed to God in the battel, and he heard them, because they trusted in him,
And they led away their cattel (euen) their camels fiftie thousand, & two hundreth, & fiftie thousand shepe, and two thousand asses, and of persones an hundreth thousand.
For many fel downe wonded, because the warre (was) of God. And they dwelt in their steades vntil the captiuitie.
And the children of the halfe tribe of Manasséh dwelt in the land, from Bashán vnto Báal Hermon, and Senir, and vnto monnt Hermōn (for) they increased,
And these were the heades of the housholdes of their fathers, euen 〈◊〉 and Ishi, and Eliél and Azriél, & Ieremiah, and Hodauiáh, and Iahdiél, strong men, valia{n}t (and) famous, heapes of the housholdes of their fathers,
But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and we{n}t a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whome God had destroied before them,
And God of Israél stirred vp the spirit of Pul King of Asshúr, & the spirit of Tilgáth Pilneesér King of Ashúr, and he caried the{m} awaye (euen) the Keubenites and the Gadites, and the halfe, tribe of Manasséh, and broght them vnto Haláh and Habōr, and Haró, and to the riuer Gozán, vnto this day.
THe sonnes of Leui (were) Gershon. Koháth, and Merari.
And the sonnes of Koháth, Amrám, Izhar and Hebron and Vzziel.
And the children of Amrám: Aarōn, and Mosēs and Miriam, And the sonnes of Aarōn, Nadáb, and Abihú, and Eleazar, and Ithamár.
Eleazar begate Phinehas Phinehás begate Abishúa,
And Abishúa begate Bukki, and Bukki begate Vzzi,
And Vzzi begate Zerahiáh, and Zerahiáh begate Meraióth,
Meraiōth begate Amariah and Amariah begate Ahitub.
And Ahitúb begate Zadōk, and Zadok begate Ahimáaz.
And Ahimáaz begate Azariah, and Azariab begate Iohanan,
And Iohanan begate Azariah [it was he that was 〈◊〉 in the house that Salomón buylt in Ierusalém]
And Azariah begate Amariah, & Amariah begate Ahituh.
And Ahitúh begate Zadók, and Zadok begate Shallúm,
And Shallúm begate Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begate Azariah,
And Azáriah begate Seraiah, and Seraiah begate Iehozadak.
And Iehozadak departed when the Lord caried away into 〈◊〉 Iudah and Ierusalém by the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar.
¶ The sonnes of Leui (were (Gershom Kohath and Merari,
And these be the names of the sonnes of Gershōm, Libni, and Shimei.
And the sonnes of Koháth (were) Amrám, and Izhàr, and Hebron and Vzziel.
The sonnes of Merari, Mahli and Mushi, and these are the families of Leui concerning their fathers.
Of Gershon, Libni his sonne, Iahath his so{n}ne, Zimmah his sonne.
Ioah his sonne Iddo his sonne, Zerah his sonne Ieaterai his sonne.
The sonnes of Kohath' Aminadeb his so{n}ne, Korah his sonne. Assir His sonne.
Elkanáh his sonne, and Ebiasáph his sonne, And Assir his sonne.
Taháts his sonne, Vriél his sonne, Vzziáh his sonne, and Shaúl his sonne.
And the sonnes of Elkanáh, Amasai, and Ahimoth.
Elkanáb, the sonnes of Elkanáh, Zophái his sonne, and Nahath his sonne,
Eliáh his sonne, Ierohám his sonne, Elkanáh his sonne.
And the so{n}nes of Samuél, the eldest Vash ni then Ahiáh.
¶ The sonnes of Merari (were) Mahli, Libni his sonne, Shrmei his sonne, Vzzah his sonne.
Shimea his sonne, Haggiáh his sonne: Asa. iah his sonne.
And these be they whome Dauid set for to sing in the house of the Lorde, after that the Arke had rest.
And thei ministred before the Tabernacle euen the Tabernacle of the Congregatio{n} with singing, vntil Salomon had buylt the house of the Lord in Ierusalém: then they continued in their office, according to their coustume.
And these ministred with their children, of the sonnes of Kohath, Heman a singer: the sonne of Ioél, the sonne of Shemuél,
The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Eliél, the sonne of Tóah.
The sonne of Zuph, the sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Mahath, the sonne of Amasai,
The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Ioél, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne of Zephaniah.
The sonne of Tahath, the sonne of Assir, the sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Kórah.
The sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israél.
And his brother Asaph stode on his right hand: (and) Asaph was the sonne of Berechiah, the sonne of Shiméa.
The sonne of Michaél, the sonne of Baashiah, the sonne Malchiah.
The sonne of Ethni, the sonne of Zerah the sonne of Abiah,
The sonne of Ethan, the sonne of Zimmah the sonne of Shimei,
The sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gershóm, the sonne of Leui.
And their brethren the sonnes of Merari (were) on the left hand (euen) Ethan the sonne of Kishi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Mallúch,
The so{n}ne of Hashabiah the sonne of Amaziah, the sonne of Hilkiah.
The sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Shamer,
The sonne of Mahli, the sonne of Mushi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui.
¶ And their brethren the Leuites were appointed vnto all the seruice of the Tabernacle of the house of God,
But Aarōn and his sonnes burnt incense vpon the altar of burnt offring, and on the altar of incense, for all that was to do in the moste holy place, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Mosés the seruant of God had commanded.
These are also the sonnes of Aarōn, Eleazar his sonne, Phinehas his sonne, 〈◊〉 his sonne,
Bukki his sonne, Vzzi his sonne, Zerahiah his sonne.
Meraiōth his sonne, Amariah his sonne, Ahitūh his sonne,
Zadoh his sonne (and) Ahimaaz his sonne,
¶ And these are the dwelling places of them through out their townes & coastes, (euen) of the sonnes of Aarón for the familie of the Kohathites, for the lot was theirs.
So thei gaue them Hebrôn in the land of Iudah and the suburbes thereof rounde about it.
But the field of the citie, and the villages thereof thei gaue to Calléb the sonne of Iephunneh.
And to the sonnes of Aarōn they gaue the cities (of Iudah) for refuge (euen) Hebrón and Libna with their 〈◊〉, and Iattir, and Eshtemōa with their suburbes.
And Hilén with her suburbes, (and) Debir with her suburbes,
And Ashan and her suburbes, and Bethshémesh and her suburbes:
¶ And of the tribe of Beniamin, Geba and her suburbes, and Alemeth with her suburbes, and anathôth with her suburbes all their cities were thirtene cities by their families.
And vnto the sonnes of Kohath the remnant of the familie of the tribe (euen) of the halfe tribe of the halft of manasséh, by lot ten cities.
And to the sonnes of Gershōm according to their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of ashér, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasséh in Bashan, thirtene cities,
Vnto the sonnes of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reubén, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulém, by lot twelue cities.
Thus the children of Israél gaue to the Leuites cities with their suburbes.
And they gaue by lot out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of tribe of the children of Beniamin these Cities, which thei called by (their) names.
And they of the familes of the sonnes of Kohath, had cities (and) their coastes out of the tribe of Ephraim.
And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and her suburbes, and Gezér and her suburbes.
Iokmeam also and her suburbes, and Beth horōn with her suburbes.
And Aialón & her suburbes, & 〈◊〉 rimmôn and her suburbes.
And out of the halfe tribe of Manasséh Aner and her suburbes, and Bileam and her suburbes, for the families of the remnant of the sonnes of Kohath.
Vnto the sonnes of Gershom out of the familie of the halfe tribe of Manasséh, Golan in Bashàn, and her suburbes, and Ashtarôth with her suburbes.
And out of the tribe of Issachár, Kédesh and her suburbes, Daberáth and her suburbes.
Ramóth also and her suburbes, and Aném with her suburbes,
And out of the tribe of Ashér, Mashal and her suburbes, And Abdōn and her suburbes,
And Hukōk and her suburbes, and Rehōb and her suburbes,
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, 〈◊〉 in Galilea and her suburbes, & Hammôn and her suburbes, and Kiriathaim and her suburbes.
Vnto the rest of the children of Merari (were giuen) out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon and her suburbes, Tabor and her suburbes,
And on the other side Iordén (by) Ierichó, (euen) on the Eastside of Iordén, out of the tribe of Keubén, Bézer in the wildernes with her suburbes, & Iahzáh with her suburbes,
And Redemôth with her suburbes, and Mepháath with her suburbes,
And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gileád with her suburbes, and Nahanáim with her suburbes,
And Heshbōn with her suburbes, and Iaazér with her suburbes,
ANd the sonnes of Issachár (were) Tolá & Puáh, Iashúb, and Shimron, foure,
And the sonnes of Tolá, Vzzi, & Rephaiah and Ieriél, and Iahmái, and Iibsám, and Shemuél, heades in the housholdes of their fathers. Of Tolá (were) valiant me{n} of warre in their generacio{n}s, whose nomber (was) in the daies of Dauid two and twentie thousand, and six hundreth.
And the sonne of Vzzi (was) Izrahaiáh, & the sonnes of Izrahaiah, Michaél, & Obadiáh, & Ioél, & Isshiáh, fiue men all princes
And with them in their generacions after the housholde of their fathers (were) bands of men of warre: for battel, six and thirtie thousand for thei had many wiues & children.
And their brethren among all the families of Issachár (were) valiant men of warre rekened in all by their genealogies foure score and seuen thousand.
¶ The (sonnes) of Beniamin (were) Béla, & Bécher, and Iediaél, thre.
And the sonnes of Béla, Ezbón, and Vzzi, and Vzziél, and Ierimôth, & 〈◊〉, fiue heads of the housholdes of their fathers, valiant men of warre, and were rekened by their genealogies, two and twe{n}tie thousand & thirtie and foure.
And the sonnes of Béchér, Zemiráh, and Ioásh, and Eliézer, and Elioenái, and Omri, and Ierimōth, & Abiáh, and Anathoth, & A laméth: all these were the so{n}nes of Bechér
And thei were nombred by their genealogies according to their generacio{n}s, and the chief of the houses of their fathers, valia{n}t men of warre, twentie thousand and two hundreth.
And the sonne of Iediaél (was) Bilhan, and the sonnes of Bilhan, Ieúsh, and Beniamin, and Ehúd, and Chenaanáh, and Zethan, & Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
All these were the so{n}nes of Iediaél, chief of the fathers, valiant men of ware, seuentene thousand and two hundreth, marching in battel aray to the warre.
And Shuppim, and Huppim (were) the sonnes of Ir, (but) Hushim (was) the so{n}ne of another.
¶ The sonnes of Naphtali, Iahziél, and Guni, and Iezér, and Shallúm of the sonnes of Bilhah.
The so{n}ne of Manasséh (was) Ashriél whome she bare vnto him (but) his concubine of Arābare Machir the father of Gilead.
And Machir toke to wife (the sister) of Huppim and Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maacháh. And the name of the 〈◊〉 conde (sonne) was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a sonne, and called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Shéresh: and his sonnes (were) Vlam and Rakem.
And the sonne of Vlam (was) Bedan, These were the sonnes of Gilead the so{n}ne of Machir, the sonne of Manasséh.
And his sister Molécheth bare Ishôd, and Abiézer, and Mahalah.
And the sonnes of Shemida (were) Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
¶ The sonnes also of Ephraim (were) Shuthelah, and Béred his sonne, and Tahath his sonne, and his sonne 〈◊〉, and Tahath his sonne.
And Zabad his sonne, and Shuthélah his so{n}ne, and Ezér, and Elead: and the men of Gath that were borne in the land, slewe them, because thei came downe to take away 〈◊〉 catel.
Therefore Ephraim their father mourned many dayes, and his brethren came to co{m}forte him.
And when he went into his wife, she conceiued, and bare him a sonne, and he called his name Beriáh, because affliction was in his house.
And his daughter (was) Sheráh, which buylt Beth-horōn the nether, aud the vpper, and Vzzén Sheerah.
And Rephéh (was) his so{n}ne, and Résheph and Telah his sonne, and Tahan his sonne,
Laadán his sonne, Ammihúd his sonne, Elishama his sonne,
Non his sonne, Iehoshua his sonne.
And their possessions and their hahitaciōs (were) Beth-él, and the villages thereof, & Eastwarde Naaran, and Westwarde Gezér with the villages thereof, Shechém also & the villages thereof, vnto Azzah and the villages thereof.
And by the places of the children of Manasséh, Beth-shean and her villages, Taanach and her villages. Megiddó and her villages, Dor and her villages. In those dwelt the children of Ioséph the sonne of Israél.
¶ The sonnes of Ashér (were) Imnah, & Isuah, and Ishuai, & Bēriáh, & Serah their sister.
And the sonnes of Beriah, Héber, and Mal chief, which is the father of Birzauith,
And Héber begate Iaphlét, and Shomér, and Hotham, and Shūah their sister.
And the sonnes of Iaphlét (were) Pasach, & Bimhál, and Ashuath: these were the children of Iaphlét.
And the sonnes of Shamér, Ahi and Rohgah, Iehubbah, and Aram.
And the sonnes of his brother Helem were Zophah, and 〈◊〉 and Shelesh and Amal
The sonnes of Zophah, Suah, and Harnephér, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah.
Bézer and Hod, and Shemma, and Shilshah and Ithran, and Beera.
And the sonnes of Iéther, Iephunneh, and Pispa and Ara.
And the sonnes of Vlla, Harah, and Haniél and Rizia.
All these were the children of 〈◊〉, the heads of their fathers houses, noble men, valiant men of warre (and) chief princes, & thei were rekened by their genealogies for warre and for battel to the nomber of six and twentie thousand men.
BEniamin also begate Bela his eldest so{n}ne. Ashbél the seconde, and Aharah the thirde,
Nohah the fourthe, and Kapha the fifte.
And the sonnes of Béla were Addar, and Gera, and Abihúd,
And Abishua, and Ha aman and Ahoóh,
And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huran.
¶ And these are the sonnes of Ehud: these were the chief fathers of those that inhabited Géba: and they were caryed away captiues to Monathath.
And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he caryed them away captiues: and he begate Vzza and Ahihúd.
And Shaharaim begate (certeine) in the countrey of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara hīs wiues.
He begate, I say, of Hodésh his wife, Iobab and Zibia, and Mesha, aud Malcham,
And Ieúz and Shachia and Mirma: these were his sonnes (and) chief fathers.
And of Hushi he begate Ahithúb & Elpaal.
And the sonnes of Elpaal (were) Eber, and Misham and Shamed [which buylt Ono, & Lod, and the villages thereof]
And Beriah and Shema [which were the chief fathers among the inhabitants of Aialon they draue away the inhabitants of Gath]
And Ahiô, Shasak and Ierimôth.
And Sebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
And Michaél, and Ispah, and 〈◊〉, the sonnes of Beriah,
And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
And Ishmerai and Ezliah, and Ioah, the so{n}nes of Elpaal,
Iakim also, and Zichri, and Sabdi,
And Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliél.
And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath the sonnes of Shimei.
And Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliél,
And Abdôn, and Zichri, and Hanaan,
And Hananith, and Elam, and Antothiiah,
Iphedeiah & Penuel the sonne of Shashak
And Shansherai, & Shehariah & Athaliah,
And Iaareshiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sonnes of Ieroham.
These were the chief fathers according to their generacions (euen) princes, which dwelt in Ierusalém.
And at Gibeōn dwelt the father of Gibeo{n}, & the name of his wife (was) Maacháh
And his eldest sonne (was) Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Báal, and Nadah,
And Gidor, and Ahió, and Zacher.
And Mikloth begate Shimeah: these also dwelt with their brethren in Ierusalém, (euen) by their brethren.
And Ner begate Kish, and Kish begate Saúl, and Saúl begate Ionathan, and Malchishúa, and Abinadah, and Eshbaal,
And the sonne of Ionathan (was) Meribbaal, and Merib-baal begate Micah.
And the sonnes of Micah (were) Pithon, & Melech, and Tarea and Ahaz,
And Ahaz begate Iehoadah, and Iehoadah begate Aleméth, and Azmaueth, and Zimri and Zimri begate Moza,
And Moza begate Bineah, whose sonne (was) Raphah (and his sonne Eleasah (and) his sonne Azél.
And azel had six sonnes, whose names are these, Azriham, bocherú and Ishimael, and Sheariáh, and Obadiáh, and Hanán: all these were the sonnes of Azél.
And the so{n}nes of Eshek his brother (were) Vlam his eldest sonne, I húsh the seconde, and Eliphélet the third.
And the sonnes of Vlám (were) valiant me{n} of warre which shot with the bowe, & had manie sonnes & nephewes, an hu{n}dreth & fiftie all these were of the so{n}nes Beniamin.
THus all Israél were nombred by their genealogie: and beholde, thei are writen in the boke of the Kings of Israél and of Iudáh (and) they were caryed away to Babél for their transgression.
¶ And the chief inhabitants that dwelt in their owne possessions (and) in their owne cities (euen) Israél the Priests, the Leuites, and the Nethinims.
And in Ierusalém dwelt of the children of Iudáh, and of the children of Beniamin, and of the children of Ephráim, and Manasséh.
Vthái the sonne of Amihúd the sonne of Omri the sonne of Imri, the sonne of 〈◊〉: of the children of Parez, the sonne of Iudáh.
And of Shiloni, Asaiáh the eldest, and his sonnes.
And of the sonnes of Zeráh, Ieuél & their brethren six hundreth and ninetie.
And of the sonnes of Beniamin, Sallú, the sonne of Meshullám, the so{n}ne of Hodauiáh the sonne of Hasenuáh,
And Ibneiáh the sonne of Ierohám, and Eláh the sonne of Vzzi, the sonne of Michri, and Meshullám the sonne of Shephatiáh, the sonne of Neuél, the so{n}ne of Ibniiáh
And the brethre{n} according to their generacions nine hundreth fiftie & six: all these me{n} were chief fathers in the housholdes of their fathers,
¶ And of the Priest, Iedaiáh, and Iehoiarib and Iachin,
And Azariáh the sonne of Hilkiah, the sonne of Meshullám, the sonne of Zadók, the sonne of Meraioth, the so{n}ne of Ahitúh the chief of the house of God.
And Adaiáh the sonne of Ierohám, the sonne of Pashhúr, the sonne of Malchiiáh, and Measái the sonne of Adiél, the sonne of Iahzérah, the sonne of Meshullám, the sonne of Meshillemith, the sonne of 〈◊〉,
And their brethren the chief of the housholdes of their fathers a thousand, seuen hundreth and thre score valiant men, for the worke of the seruice of the house of God.
¶ And of the Leuites, Shemaiàh, the sonne of 〈◊〉, the sonne of Azrikám, the so{n}ne of Hashabiáh of the sonnes of Merari
And Bakbakkár, Heresh and Galál, and Mettaniah the sonne of Michá, the sonne of Zichri, the sonne of Asáph.
And Obadiáh the sonne of Shemaiáh, the sonne of Galál, the sonne of Ieduthún, and Berechiáh, the sonne of Asá, the sonne of Elkanáh, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
¶ And the porters (were) Shallúm, and Ak kūb, and Talmon, and Ahimán, and their brethren: Shallūm (was) the chief.
For they were porters to this time by co{m}panies of the children of Leui vnto the Kings gate Eastwarde.
And Shallum the sonne of Kore the sonne of Ebiasáph the sonne of Koráh, and his brethren the Korathites [of the house of their father] (were) ouer the worke (and) office to kepe the gates of the Tabernacle so their families (were) ouer the hoste of the Lord, keping the entrie.
And Phinehás the sonne of Eleazár was their guide, and the Lord (was) with him.
Zechariáh the so{n}ne of Meshelemiáh (was) the porter of the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion,
All these were chosen for porters of the gates, two hundreth and twelue, which were nombred according to their genealogies by their townes, Dauid established these and Samuél the Seer in their pertual office,
So they and their children had the ouersight of the gates of the house of the Lord euen of the house of the Tabernacles by wardes.
The porters were in foure quarters Eastward, Westward. Northward & Southward
And their brethren (which were) in their townes came at seuen dayes from time to time with them.
For these foure chief porters were in perpetual office, and were of the Leuites and had charge of the chamber, and of the treasures in the house of God.
And they laye round about the house of God, because the charge (was) theirs, and they caused it to be opened euerie morni{n}g
And certeine of them had the rule of the ministring vessels: for they broght them in by tale, and broght them out by tale.
Some of them also were appointed ouer the instruments, and ouer all the vessels of the Sanctuarie: and of the floure, and the wine, and the oyle, and the incense, & the swete odours.
And certeine of the sonnes of the Priests made ointments of swete odours.
And Mattihiáh one of the Leuites which was the eldest 〈◊〉 of Shallúm the Karhite, had the charge of the thi{n}gs that were made in the fryingpan.
And other of their brethren the sonnes of Kohath had the ouersight of the: shewbread to prepare it euerie Sabbath.
And these are the singers the chief fathers of the Leuites (which dwelt) in the chambers, and had none other charge, for they had to do in that busines day and night.
These were the chief fathers of the Leuites According to their generacions, and the principal which dwelt at Ierusalém.
And in Gibeón dwelt the father of Gibeón, Ieiél, and the name of his wife (was) Maacháh.
And his eldest sonne (was) abdón, then Zur and Kish, and Báal, and Ner, and Nadáb,
And Gedôr, and Ahió, and Zechariàh, and Miklóth.
And Miklóth begate Shimeám: they also dwelt with their brethren at Ierusalém, (euen) by their brethren.
And Ner begate Kish, and Kish begate Saúl, and Saúl begate Ionathàn and Malchishúa, and Abinadáb and Eshbáal.
And the sonne of Ionathan (was) Meribbáal, and Merib-báal begate Micáh.
And the sonnes of Micáh (were) Pithon, & Melech and Tahréa.
And Aház begate Iaráh, and Iaráh begate Alémech, and Azmaneth and Zimri, and Zimri begate Mozá.
And Mozá begate Bineá, whose sonne, (was) Repheiáh, and his sonne (was) Eleasáh (and) his sonne Azel.
And Azél had six sonnes, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocherú, and Ismaél, and Sheariáh, and Obadiáh, and Hanán: these are the sonnes of Azél.
THen the Philistims foght against Israél and the men of Israél fled before the Philistims, and fel downe slaine in mount Gilbóa.
And the Philistims pursued after Saúl and after his sonnes, and the Philistims smote Ionathán, and Abinadah, and Malchishúa the sonnes of Saúl.
And the batttel was sore against Saúl, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
The{n} said Saúl to his armour bearer, Drawe out thy sworde, a{n}d thrust me 〈◊〉 therewith, lest these vncircumcised come and mocke at me: but his armour bearer wolde not for he was sore afraid: therefore Saúl toke the sworde and fel vpon it.
And when his armour bearer sawe that Saul was dead, he fel like wise vpo{n} the sword and dyed.
So Saúl dyed and his thre sonnes, and all his house, they dyed together.
And when all the men of Israél that were in the valley, sawe how they fled, and that Saúl and his sonnes were dead, they for so ke their cities, and fled away, and the Philistims came, and dwelt in them,
And on the morowe when the Philistims came to spoile them that were slaine, they found Saúl and his sonnes lying in mount Gilbôa.
And when they had stript him, they toke his head and his armour, and sent them into the land of the Philistims round about, to publish it vnto their idoles, and to the people.
And they laied vp his armour in the house of their god, and set vp his head in the house of Dragón.
¶ When all thei of Iabésh Gileád heard all that the Philistims had done to Saúl,
Then they arose [all the valiant men] and toke the body of Saúl, and the bodies of his sonnes, and broght them to Iabésh, & buryed the bones of them vnder an oke in Iabésh, and fasted seuen dayes.
So Saúl dyed for his transgression, that he committed against the Lord, (eue{n}) against the worde of the Lord, which he kept not and in that he soght and asked counsel of a familiar spirit.
And asked not of the Lord: therefore he slewe him, and turned the kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Ishái.
THen all Israél gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron, saying, Behold we are thy bones and thy flesh.
And in time past, euen whe{n} Saúl was King thou leddest Israél out and in: and the lord thy God said vnto thee, Thou shalt fede my people Israél: and thou shalt be captaine ouer my people Israél.
So came all the Elders of Israél to the King to Hebron, and Dauid made a couenant with them in Hebrón before the Lord. And they anointed Dauid King ouer Israél, according to the worde of the lord by the hand of Samuél.
¶ And Dauid and all Israél went to Ierusalém, which is Iebus, where (were) the Iebusites, the inhabitants of the land.
And the inhabitants of Iebús said to Dauid, Thou shalt not come in hither, Neuertheles Dauid toke the towre of Zio{n}, which is the citie of Dauid,
And dauid said, Whosoeuer smiteth the Iebusites first, shal be the chief and captaine. So Ioáb the sonne of Zeruiáh went first vp, and was captaine.
And Dauid dwelt in the towre: therefore thei called it the citie of Dauid.
And he buylt the citie on euerie side, fro{m} Millo eue{n} round about: and Ioáb repaired the reft of the citie.
And Dauid prospered: and grewe: for the Lord of hostes (was) with him.
¶ These also are chief of the valiant men that were with Dauid and ioyned their force with him in his kingdome with all 〈◊〉, to make him King ouer Israél, according to the worde of the Lord.
And this is the nomber of the valiant men whome Dauid had Iashobeám the: sonne of Hachmons, the chief among thirty: he lift vp his speare against thre hu{n}dreth, (whome) he slewe at one time.
And after him (was) Eleazar the sonne of Dódo the Ahohite, which was one of the thre valiant men.
He was with Dauid at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistims were gathered together to battel: and there was a parcel of ground ful of barly, and the people fled before the Philistims.
And thei stode in the middes of the field, and saued it, and slewe the Philistims: so the Lord gaue a great victorie.
¶ And thre of the thirtie captaines went to a rocke to Dauid, into the caue of Adullám. And the armie of the Philistims camped in the valley of Rephaim.
And when Dauid (was) in the holde, the Philistims garison (was) at Beth-léhem.
And Dauid longed, and said, Oh, that one wolde giue me to drinke of the water of the well of Beth-léhem that is at the gate.
Then these thre brake thorowe the hoste of the Philistims, and drewe water out of the well of Beth-léhem that was by the gate, & toke it and broght it to Dauid: but Dauid wolde not drinke of it, but powred it (for an oblacion) to the Lord,
And said, Let not my God suffer me to do this: shulde I drinke the blood of these me{n}s liues: for they haue broght it with the ieopar dye of their liues: therefore he wolde not drinke it: these things did these thre mightie men.
¶ And Abshái the brother of Ioáb, he was chief of the thre, and he lift vp his speare against thre hundreth, (and) slewe them, and had the name among the thre.
Among the thre he was more honorable then the two, & he was their captaine: but he attained not vnto the (first) thre.
Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá [the sonne of a valia{n}t man] which had done manie actes (and was) of Kabzeél, he slewe two strong men of Moáb: he went downe also & slewe a lion in the middes of a pit in time of snow.
And he slewe an Egyptian, a man of great stature, (euen) fiue cubites long, & in the Egyptians hand (was) a speare like a weauers beame: & he went downe to him with a staffe, & plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.
These things did Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá, and had the name among the thre worthies.
Beholde, he was honorable among thirtie, but he attained not vnto the (first) thre. And Dauid made him of his counsel.
¶ These also (were) valiant men of warre, Asahél the brother of Ioáb, Elhanán the sonne of Dodô of Beth-léhem,
Shammóth the Harodite, Hélez the Pelonite,
Irá the sonne of Ikkésh the Tekoite, Abiézér the Antothite,
Sibbecái the Husathite: Ilái the Ahohite,
Maharái the Netophathite, Héled the sonne of Baanáh the Netophathite,
Ithái the sonne of Ribái of Gibeáh of the children of Beniamin, Benaiáh the Pirathonite,
Hurái of the riuers of Gáash, Abiél the Arbathite,
Azmáueth the Baharumite, Elihabá the Shaalbonite,
The sonnes of Hashém the Gizonite, Ionathán the sonne of Shagéh the Harite,
Ahiám the sonne of Sacár the Hararite, Eliphál the sonne of Vr,
Hépher the Mecherathite, Ahiiáh the Pelonite,
Hezró the Carmelite, Naarai the sonne of Ezbai,
Ioél the brother of Nathán, Mibhár the sonne of Haggeri,
Zélek the Ammonite, Nahrái the Berothite, the armour bearer of Ioáb, the sonne of Zeruiáh,
Ira the Ithrite, Garib the Ithrite,
Vriáh the Hittite, Zabád the sonne of Ahlái.
Adiná the sonne of Shiza the Reubenite, a captaine of the Reubenites, and thirtie with him,
Hanan the sonne of Maachah, and Ioshaphat the Mithnite,
Vzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Ieiél the sonnes of Otham the Aroerite,
Iediaél the sonne of Shimri, and Ioha his brother the Tizite,
Eliél the Mahauite, and Ieribai and Ioshauiah the sonnes of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
Eliél and Obéd, and Iaasiél the Mesobaite.
THese also are they that came to Dauid to Ziklag, while he was yet kept close, because of Saúl the sonne of Kish: and they were among the valiant and helpers of the battel.
Thei were weaponed with bowes, and colde vse the right and the left hand with stones & with arrowes (and) with bowes, (a{n}d were) of Sauls brethren, (euen) of Beniamin.
The chief (were) Ahiézer, and Ioash the sonnes of Shemaah a Gibeathite, and Ieziél, and Pélet the sonnes of Asmaueth, Berachah and Iehú the Antothite,
And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a valiant man among thirtie, and aboue thirtie, and Ieremiah, and Iehaziél, and Iohanan, and Ioshabad the Gederathite,
Eluzai, and Ierimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Sephatiah, the Haruphite,
Elkanah, and Ishiah, and Azariél, and Ioézer Iashobeam of Hakorehim,
And Ioelah, and Zébadiah, the sonnes of Ieroham of Gedór.
And of the Gadites there separed them selues some vnto Dauid into the holde of the wildernes, valiant men of warre, (and) men of armes, (and apt) for battel, which colde handle speare and shield, & their faces (were like) the faces of lyons, and (were) like the roes in the mountaines in swiftenes,
Ezér the chief, Obadiah the seconde Eliab the third,
Mishmanàh the fourte, Ieremiáh the fifte,
Attái the sixt, Eltél the seuente,
Iohanán the eight, Elzabád the ninte,
Ieremiáh the tente, Macbannái the eleuente.
These were the sonnes of Gad, captaines of the hoste: one of the least (colde resist) an hundreth, and the greatest a thousand.
These are they that went ouer Iordén in the first moneth when he had filled ouer all his bankes, & put to flight all them of the valley towarde the East and the West.
And there came of the childre{n} of Beniamin and Iudáh to the holde vnto Dauid,
And Dauid went out to mete them, and answered and said vnto them, If ye become peaceably vnto me to helpe me, mine heart shal be knit vnto you, but if you (come) to betray me to mine aduersaries, (seing) there is no wickednes in mine handes, the God of our fathers beholde it, and rebuke it.
And the spirit came vpon Amasái, which was the chief of thirtie, (and he said,) Thine (are we,) Dauid, & with thee, ô so{n}ne of Ishái Peace, peace be vnto thee, and peace be vnto thine helpers: for thy God helpeth thee. Then Dauid receiued them, and made them captaines of the garison.
¶ And of Manasséh (some) fel to Dauid, whe{n} he came with the Philistims against Saúl to battel, but they helped the{m} not: for the princes of the Philistims by aduisement sent him away, saying, He wil fall to his master Saúl for our heades.
As he went to Ziklág, there fel to him of Manasséh, Adnáh, and Iozabád, and Iediaél, and Michaél, and Iozabád, and Elihú, and Ziltái, heades of the thousands that were of Manasséh.
And thei helped Dauid against that bande: for thei were all valiant men and were captaines in the hoste.
For at that time day by day there came to Dauid to helpe him, vntil it was a great hoste like the hoste of God.
And these are the nombers of the captaines that were armed to battel, (and) came to Dauid to Hebrón to turne the kingdome of Saúl to him, according to the worde of the Lord.
The children of Iudah that bare shield and speare, (were) six thousand and eight hundreth armed to the warre.
Of the children of Simeôn valiant men of warre, seuen thousand and an hundreth.
Of the children of Leui foure thousand and six hundreth.
And Iehoiadá (was) the chief of them of Aarôn: and with him thre thousand and seuen hundreth.
And Zadók a yong man very valiant, and of his fathers housholde (came) two and twentie captaines.
And of the children of Beniamin the brethren of Saúl thre thousand: for a great parte of them vnto that time kept the warde of the house of Saúl.
And of the children of Ephrāim twentie thousand, and eight hundreth valiant men (and) famous men in the housholde of their fathers.
And of the halfe tribe of Manasséh eightene thousand, which were appointed by name to come and make Dauid King.
And of the children of Issachar which were men that had vndersta{n}ding of the times, to knowe what Israél ought to do: the heades of them (were) two hundreth, & all their brethren were at their commandement.
Of Zebulún that went out to battel, expert in warre, (and) in all instruments of warre, fiftie thousand which colde set the battel in aray: they were not of a double heart.
And of Naphtali a thousand captaines, and with them with shield and speare seuen and thirtie thousand.
And of Dan expert in battel, eight and twentie thousand, and six hundreth.
And of Ashér that went out to the battel and were trained in the warres, fourtie thousand.
And of the other side of Iordén of the Reubenites and of the Gaddites, and of the halfe tribe of Manasséh with all instruments of warre to fight with, an hundreth and twentie thousand.
All these men of warre that colde lead an armie, came with vpright heart to Hebron to make Dauid King ouer all Israél: and all the rest of Israél (was) of one accorde to make Dauid King:
And there they were with Dauid thre dayes eating and drinking: for their brethre{n} had prepared for them.
Moreouer they that were nere them vntil Issachár, and Zebulún, and Naphtali broght bread vpon asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, (euen) meat, floure, figges, and reisins, and wine and oyle, and beues and shepe abundantly: for there was ioye in Israél.
ANd Dauid counseled with the captaines of thousands and of hundreths, (and) with all the gouernours.
And Dauid sayd to all the Congregacion to Israél, If it seme good to you, and that it procedeth of the Lorde our God, we wil send to and fro vnto our brethren, that are left in all the lande of Israél [for wyth them are the Priestes and the Leuites in the cities (and) their suburbes] that they may assemble them selues vnto vs.
And we will bryng againe the Arke of our God to vs: for we soght not vnto it in the dayes of Saúl.
And all the Congregacion answered, Let vs do so: for the thyng semed good in the eyes of all the people.
¶ So Dauid gathered all Israél together from Shihor in Egypt, euen vnto the entring of Hamath, to bryng the Arke of God from Kiriath-iearim.
And Dauid went vp and all Israél to Baalath, in Kiriath-iearim, that was in Iudah, to bring vp from thence the Arke of God the Lorde that dwelleth betwene the Cherubims, where his name is called on.
And they caried the Arke of God in anewe cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Vzzá and Ahio guided the cart.
And Dauid and al Israél played before God with all (their) might, bothe with songs and with harpes, and with violes, and with timbrels and with cimbales and with trompets.
¶ And when they came vnto the thresshyng floore of Chidon, Vzza put forthe his hand to holde the Arke, for the oxen did shake it.
But the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against Vzzá, and he smote hym, because he layed his hande vpon the Arke: so he dyed there 〈◊〉 God.
And Dauid was angrie, because the Lorde had made a breache in Vzza, and he called the name of that place Pérez-vzza vnto this day.
And Dauid feared God that daye, saying, How shal I bring into me the Arke of God?
Therefore Dauid broght not the Arke to him into the citie of Dauid, but caused it to turne into the house of Obed Edom the Gittite.
So the Arke of God remained in the house of Obéd Edóm, (euen) in his house thre moneths: and the Lord blessed the house of Obéd Edóm, and all that he had.
THen sent Hiram the Kynge of Tyrus messengers to Dauid, and cedre trees, with masons and carpenters to buylde him an house.
Therefore Dauid knewe that the Lord had confirmed hym Kyng ouer Israél, (and) that his kingdome was lift vp on hie, because of his people Israél.
¶ Also Dauid toke mo wiues at Ierusalém, a{n}d Dauid begate mo sonnes and daughters.
And these are the names of the children whiche he had at Ierusalém, Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Salomon.
And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet.
And Nogah, and Nepheg and Iaphia.
And Elishama, and 〈◊〉, and Eliphalet.
But when the Philistims heard that Dauid was anointed King ouer Israél, all the Philistims came vp to seke Dauid. And when Dauid heard, he went out against them.
And the Philistims came, and spred them selues in the valley of Rephaim.
Then Dauid asked counsel at God, saying, Shall I go vp agaynst the Philistims, and wilt thou deliuer them into mine hande? And the Lorde said vnto him, Go vp: for I will deliuer them into thine hand.
So they came vp to Baal-perazim and Dauid smote them there: and Dauid sayd, God hath deuided mine enemies with mine ha{n}d, as waters are deuided: therefore they called the name of that place, Baal-perazim.
And there they had left their gods: and Dauid said, Let them euen be burnt with fyre.
Againe the Philistims came and spred them selues in the valley.
And when Dauid asked againe counsell at God, God said to him, Thou shalt not go vp after them, (but) turne away from them, that thou maiest come vpon them ouer againste the mulbery trees.
And when thou hearest the noyse of one goyng in the toppes of the mulbery trees, then go out to battell: for GOD is gone forthe before thee, to smite the hoste of the Philistims.
So Dauid did as God had commanded him: and they smote the hoste of the Philistims from Gibeon euen to Gézer.
And the fame of Dauid went out into all lands and the Lord broght the feare of hym vpon all nacions.
ANd (Dauid) made hym houses in the citie of Dauid, and prepared a place for the Arke of GOD; and pitched for it a tent.
Then Dauid said, None ought to cary the Arke of God, but the Leuites: for the Lorde hathe chosen them to beare the Arke of the Lorde, and to minister vnto him for euer.
¶ And Dauid gathered all Israél together to Ierusalém to bryng vp the Arke of the Lorde vnto his place, whyche he had ordeined for it.
And Dauid assembled the sonnes of Aaron, and the Leuites.
Of the sonnes of Kohath Vriél the chief, and his brethren six score.
Of the sonnes of Merari, Asaiah the chief, a{n}d his brethren two hundreth and twentie.
Of the sonnes of Gershom, Ioél the chief, and his brethren an hundreth and thirtie.
Of the sonne of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundreth.
Of the sonnes of Hebrōn, Eliél the chief, and his brethren foure score.
Of the sonnes of Vzziél, Amminadab the chief, a{n}d his brethren an hu{n}dreth & twelue.
¶ And Dauid called Zadok and Abiathar the Priestes, and of the Leuites, Vriél, Asaiah and Ioél, Shemaiah, and 〈◊〉, and Amminadab:
And he said vnto them, Ye are the chief fathers of the Leuites: sanctifie your selues, and your brethren, and bring vp the Arke of the Lorde God of Israél vnto the (place) that I haue prepared for it.
For because ye were not there at the first, the Lord our God made a breach among vs: for we soght him not after (due) ordre.
So the Priestes and the Leuites sanctified the{m} selues to bring vp the Arke of the Lorde God of Israél.
¶ And the sonnes of the Leuites bare the Arke of God vpon their shulders with the barres, as Mosés had commanded, according to the worde of the Lord.
And Dauid spake to the chief of the Leuites, that they shulde appointe (certeine) of their brethren to singe with instrumentes of musike, with violes and harpes, and cymbales, that they might make a sounde, and lift vp their voyce with ioye.
So the Leuites appointed Heman the sonne of Ioél, and of his brethren Asáph the sonne of Bereechiah, and of the sonnes of Merari their brethren, Ethan the sonne of Kushaiah
And with them their brethren in the seconde degre, Zechariah, Ben, and Iaaziél, and Shemiramoth, and Iehiél, and Vnni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maasiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneah, and Obed Edóm, and Ieiél the porters.
So Heman, Asaph and Ethan (were) singers to make a sounde with cymbales of brasse.
And Zechariah, and Aziél, and Shemiramoth, and Iehiél, and Vnni, and Eliab, and Maashiah, and Benaiah with violes on Alamōth.
And Mattithiah, and Elipheléh, and Mikneah, and Obéd Edóm, and Ieiél, and Azaziah, with harpes, vppon Sheminith lenazzéah.
But Chenaniah the chief of the Leuites had the charge, bearing the burden in the charge, for he was able to instruct.
And Berechiah and Elkanah were porters for the Arke.
And Shecaniah and Iehoshaphat and Nethaneél and Amashai, and Zachariah, and Benaiah, and Eliézer the Priestes did blowe with trumpets before the Arke of God, and Obéd Edóm and Ieriah (were) porters for the Arke.
So Dauid and the Elders of Israél and the captaines of thousandes went to bryng vp the Arke of the couenant of the Lord from the house of Obéd Edōm with ioye.
And because that God helped the Leuites that bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde, they offred seuen bullockes and seuen rams.
And Dauid had on him a linen garment, as all the Leuites that bare the Arke, and the singers and Chenaniah that had the chief charge of the singers: and vpon Dauid (was) a linen Ephód.
Thus all Israél broght vp the Arke of the Lords couenant with shouting and sou{n}de of trumpets a{n}d with cornets, a{n}d with cymbales, making a sounde with violes a{n}d with harpes
And when the Arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde came into the citie of Dauid, Michál the daughter of Saul loked out at a windowe, and sawe Kyng Dauid dancynge and playing, and she despised him in her heart.
SO they broght in the Arke of God, and set in the middes of the Tabernacle that dauid had pitched for it, & they offred burnt offrings and peace offrings before God.
And when Dauid had made an end of offring the burnt offring a{n}d the peace offrings, he blessed the people in the Name of the Lord.
And he dealt to euerie one of Israél both ma{n} and woman, to euerie one a cake of bread, and a piece of flesh, and a bottel of (wine.)
And he appointed certeine of the Leuites to minister before the Arke of the Lord, and to rehearse and to thanke a{n}d praise the Lord God of Israél.
Asaph the chief, and next to hym Zechariah, Ieiél, and Shemiramoth, and Iehiél, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obéd Edóm, euen Ieiél with instruments, violes and harpes, and Asaph to make a sounde with cymbales.
(And) Benaiah and Iahaziél Priestes, with trumpets continually before the Arke of the couenant of God.
Then at that time Dauid did appoint at the biginnyng to giue thankes to the Lorde by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
Praise the Lorde (and) call vpon his Name: declare his workes among the people.
Sing vnto hym, sing prayse vnto hym, (and) talke of all his wonderful workes.
Reioyce in his holy Name: let the hearts of them that seke the Lord reioyce.
Seke the Lord and his strength: seke his face continually.
Remember his maruelous workes that he hathe done, his wo{n}ders, and the iudgeme{n}ts of his mouth,
O sede of Israél his seruant, ô the children of Iaakôb his chosen.
He is the Lord our God: his iudgements (are) throughout all the earth.
Remember his couenant for euer, (and) the worde, which he commanded to a thousand generacions:
Whiche he made with Abrahám, and his othe to Izhák:
And hathe confirmed it to Iaakōb for a Lawe, (and) to Israél for an euerlasting couenant,
Saying, To thee wil I giue the land of Canáan, the lot of your inheritance.
When ye were fewe in nomber, yea, a very fewe, and strangers therein,
And walke about 〈◊〉 nacion to nacion, and from (one) kingdome to another people.
He suffred no man to do them wrong, but rebuked Kings for their sakes, saying,
Touche not mine anointed, and do my Prophetes no harme.
Sing vnto the Lord all the earth: 〈◊〉 his saluacion from day to day.
Declare his glorie among the nacions, and his wonderful workes among all people.
For the Lord (is) great and muche to be praised, and he is to be feared aboue all gods.
For all the gods of the people (are) idoles but the Lord made the heauens.
Praise and glorie (are) before him: power & beautie (are) in his place.
Giue vnto the Lord, ye families of the people: giue vnto the Lord glorie and power.
Giue vnto the Lord the glorie of his Name: bring an offring and come before him, (and) worship the Lord in the glorious Sanctuarie.
Tremble ye before him, all the earth: surely the worlde shal be stable (and,) not moue.
Let the heauens reioyce, and let the earth be glad, and let them say among the nacions The Lord reigneth.
Let the sea roare, and all that therein is: let the field be ioyful and all that is in it.
Let the trees of the wood the{n} reioyce at the presence of the Lord: for he commeth to 〈◊〉 the earth.
Praise the Lord, for he is good, for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
And say ye, Saue vs, ô God, our saluacion, & gather vs, and deliuer vs from the heathen, that we may praise thine holy Name, and glorie in thy praise.
Blessed (be) the Lord God of Israél for euer and euer: and let all people say, So be it, and praise the Lord.
¶ Then he left there before the Arke of the Lords couenant Asáph and his brethren to minister continually before the Arke, that which was to be done euerie day:
And Obéd Edóm and his brethre{n}, thre score and eight: and Obéd Edóm the sonne of Ieduthún, and Hosáh (were) porters.
And Zadōk the Priest and his brethren the Priests (were) before the Tabernacle of the Lord, in the hie place that was at Gibeōn,
To offer burnt offrings vnto the Lord, vpon the burnt offring altar co{n}tinually, in the morning and in the euening, euen according vnto all that is written in the Lawe of the Lord which he commanded Israél.
And with them were Hemán, & Ieduthún and the rest that were chosen, [which were appointed by names] to praise the Lord, because his mercie (endureth) for euer.
Euen with them (were) Hemán and Ieduthún to make a sounde with the cornets and with the cymbales, with excellent instrume{n}ts of 〈◊〉. and the sonnes of Ieduthún were at the gate.
And all the people departed, euerie man to his house: and Dauid returned to blesse his house.
NOw afterwarde whe{n} Dauid dwelt in his house, he said to Nathán the Prophet, Be 〈◊〉, I dwel in an house of cedre trees, but the Arke of the Lords couenant remaineth vnder curtaines.
Then Nathán said to Dauid, Do all that is in thine heart: for God is with thee.
And the same night euen the worde of God came to Nathán, saying,
Go, and tel Dauid my 〈◊〉, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not buylde me an house to dwel in:
For I haue dwelt in no house, since the day that I broght out the children of Israél vnto this day, but I haue bene from tent to tent, and from habitacion (to habitacion.)
Wheresoeuer I haue walked with all 〈◊〉, spake I one worde to anie of the iudges of Israél [whome I commanded to fede my people] saying, Why haue ye not buylt me an house of cedre trees?
Now therefore thus shalt thou say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saith the Lord of hostes I toke thee from the shepe coate (&) from following the shepe, that thou shuldest be a prince ouer my people Israél.
And I haue bene with thee whethersoeuer thou hast walked, & haue destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, & haue made thee a name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
[Also I wil appoint a place for my people Israél, and wil plant it, that they may dwel in their place, and moue no more: nether shal the wicked people vexe then anie more, as at the beginning,
And since the time that I commanded iudges ouer my people Israél] And I wil subdue all thine enemies: therefore I say vnto thee, that the Lord wil buylde thee an house.
And when thy dayes shalbe fulfilled to go with thy fathers, then wil I raise vp thy sede after thee, which shal be of thy sonnes, and wil stablish his kingdome.
He shal buylde me an house, & I wil stablish his throne for euer.
I wil be his father and he shalbe my sonne, & I wil not take my mercie away, from him, as I toke it from him that was before thee.
But I wil establish him in mine house, and in my kingdome for euer, and his throne shalbe stablished for euer,
According to all these wordes, and according to all this vision. So Nathán spake to King Dauid.
¶ And Dauid the King went in and sate before the Lord and said, Who am I, ô Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast broght me hetherto.
Yet thou esteming this a smale thing, ô God hast, also spoke{n} concerning the house of thy seruant for a great while, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of hye degre, ô Lord God.
What can Dauid (desme) more of thee for the honour of thy seruant? for thou knowest thy seruant.
O Lord, for thy seruants sake, euen according to thine heart hast thou done all this great thing to declare all magnificence.
Lord, there (is) none like thee, nether is (there) anie God besides thee, according to all that we haue heard with our eares.
Moreouer what one nacion in the earth (is) like thy people Israél, whose God went to redeme then (to be) his people, & to make thy self a Name, (& to do) great & terrible things by casting our nacio{n}s fro{m} before thy people whome thou hast deliuered out of Egypt?
For thou hast ordeined thy people Israél to be thine owne people for euer, & thou Lord art become their God.
Therefore now Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant and co{n}cerning his house, be confirmed for euer, and do as thou hast said,
And let thy Name be stable and magnified for euer, that it may be said, The Lord of hostes, God of Israél, (is) the God of Israél, and let the house of Dauid thy seruant be stablished before thee.
For thou, ô my God, hast reueled vnto the eare of thy serua{n}t, that thou wilt buylde him an house: therefore thy seruant hathe bene bolde to pray before thee.
Therefore now Lord [(for) thou art God, and hast spoken this goodnes vnto thy seruant]
Now therefore, it hathe pleased thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may be before thee for euer: for thou, ô Lord, hast blessed it, and it shalbe blessed for euer.
ANd after this Dauid smote the Philistims and subdued them, and toke Gath, and the villages thereof out of the hand of the Philistims.
And he smote Moáb, and the Moabites became Dauids seruants, and broght giftes.
¶ And Dauid smote Hadarézer King of Zobáh vnto Hamáth, as he went to stablish his border by the riuer Peráth.
And Dauid toke from him a thousand charets, and seuen thousand horsemen, and twe{n}tie thousand fotemen, and destroyed all the charets, but he reserued of the{m} an hundreth charets.
¶ Then came the Aramites of Damascus to succour Hadarézer King of Zobáh, but Dauid slewe of the Aramites two and twentie thousand.
And Dauid put (a garison) in Arám of Damascus, and the Aramites became Dauids seruants, and broght giftes: and the Lord preserued Dauid wheresoeuer he went.
And Dauid toke the shields of gold that were of the seruants of Hadarézer, and broght the{m} to Ierusalém.
And from Tabháth, and from Chun [cities of Hadarézer] broght Dauid exceding much brasse, where with Salomōn made the brasen Sea, and the pillers and the vessels of brasse.
¶ Then Tōu King of Hamáth heard how Dauid had smiten all the hoste of Hadarézer King of Zobáh.
Therefore he sent Hadóram his sonne to King Dauid, to salute him, & to reioyce with him, because he had foght against Hadarézer, and beaten him [for Tōu had warre with Hadarézer] (who broght) all vessels of golde and siluer and brasse.
And King Dauid did dedicate them vnto the Lord, with the siluer and golde that he broght from all the nacions, from Edóm, and from Moáb, and from the children of Ammón, and from the Philistims, and from Amalék.
¶ And Abishái the sonne of Zeruiáh smote of Edōm in the salte valley eightene thousand,
And he put a garison in Edōm, and all the Edomites became Dauids serua{n}ts: & the Lord preserued Dauid wheresoeuer he went.
So Dauid reigned ouer all Israél, and executed iudgement and iustice to all his people.
And Ioáb the sonne of Zeruiáh was ouer the hoste, and 〈◊〉 the sonne of Ahilúd recorder,
And Zadók the sonne of Ahitúb, and Abimélech the sonne of Abiathār (were) the Priests, and Shaushá the scribe.
And Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá was ouer the Cherethites and the Pelethites: and the sonnes of Dauid (were) chief about the King.
AFter this also Nahásh the King of the children of Ammón dyed, and his sonne reigned in his steade.
And Dauid said, I wil shewe kindnes vnto Hanún the sonne of Nahásh, because his father shewed kindenes vnto me. And Dauid sent messengers to comforte him for his father. So the seruants of Dauid came into the land of the children of Ammón to Hanún to comforte him.
And the princes of the children of Ammón said to Hanún, Thinkest thou that Dauid doeth honourthy father, that he hathe sent comforters vnto thee? Are not his seruants come to thee to searche, to seke and to spie out the land?
Wherefore Hanún toke Dauids seruants, and shaued them, and cut of their garme{n}ts by the halfe vnto the buttocks, and sent the{m} away.
And there went (certeine) and tolde Dauid concerning the men & he sent to mete them [for the men were excedingly ashamed] and the King said, Tary at Iericho, vntil your beardes be growen: then returne.
¶ When the children of Ammōn sawe that they stanke in the sight of Dauid, the{n} sent Hanún and the children of Ammón a thousand talents of siluer to hyre them charets and horsemen out of Arám Naharáim and & out of Arám, Maacháh, & out of Zobáh.
And they hyred them two and thirtie thousand charets, and the King of Maacháh and his people, which came and pitched before Medebá: and the children of Ammon gathered the{m} selues together from their cities, and came to the battel.
¶ And when Dauid heard, he sent Ioáb and all the hoste of the valiant men.
And the children of Ammōn came out, and set their battel in araye at the gate of the citie And the Kings that were come, were by the{m} selues in the field.
When Ioáb sawe that the fronte of the battel was against him before and behinde, then he chose out of al the choise of Israél, and set him selfe in araye to mete the Aramites.
And the rest of the people he deliuered vnto the hand of Abishái his brother, and they put them selues in araye against the children of Ammón.
And he said, If Arám be to strong for me, then thou shalt succour me: and if the children of Ammón preuaile against thee, them I wil succour thee.
Be strong, and let vs shewe our selues valiant for our people, a{n}d for the cities of our God and let the Lord do that which is good in his owne sight.
So Ioáb and the people that was with him came nere before the Aramites vnto the battel, and they fled before him.
And when the childre{n} of Ammón sawe that the Aramites fled, they fled also before Abishái his brother, and entred into the citie: so Ioáb came to Ierusalém.
¶ And when the Aramites sawe that they were discomfited before Israél, they sent messengers and caused the Aramites to come for the that were beyonde the riuer: and Shophách the captaine of the hoste of Hadarézer (went) before them.
And when it was shewed Dauid, he gathered all Israél, and went ouer Iordén, and came vnto them, and put him selfe in araye against them: and when Dauid had put him selfe in battel araye to mete the Aramites, they foght with him.
But the Aramites fled before Israél, and Dauid destroyed of the Aramites seuen thousand charets, and fortie thousand fotemen, and killed Shophách the captaine of the hoste.
And when the seruants of Hadarézer sawe that they fel before Israél, they made peace with Dauid, and serued him. And the Aramites wolde no more succour the children of Ammōn.
ANd when the yere was expired, in the time that Kings go out (a warrefare,) Ioáb caried out the strength of the armie, & destroyed the countrey of the children of Ammón, and came and besieged Rabbáh [but Dauid taryed at Ierusalem] and Ioáb smote Rabbáh and destroyed it.
The{n} Dauid toke the crowne of their King from of his head, & fou{n}de it the weight of a talent of golde, with precious stones in it: and it was (set) on Dauids head, & he broght away the spoile of the citie exceding muche.
And he caryed away the people that were in it, and cut them with sawes, and with harowes of yron, and with axes: euen thus did Dauid with all the cities of the children of Ammón. Then Dauid and all the people came againe to Ierusalém.
¶ And after this also there arose warre at Gézer with the Philistims: then Sibbechāi the Hushathite slewe Sippái, of the childre{n} of Harapháh, and they were subdued.
And there was yet (another) battel with the Philistims: and Elhanán the sonne of Iair slewe Lahmi, the brother of Goliáth the Gittite, whose spearestaffe (was) like a weauers beame.
And yet againe there was a battel at Gath, where was a man of a (great) stature, and his fingers (were) by sixes, (euen) foure & twenty, and was also the sonne of Harapháh.
And when he reuiled Israél, Iehonathán the sonne of Shimeà Dauids brother did slea him.
These were borne vnto Haraphah at Gath, and fel by the hand of Dauid: and by the hands of his seruants.
ANd a Satan stode vp against Israél, and prouoked Dauid to nomber israél.
Therefore Dauid said to Ioáb, and to the rulers of the people, Go, (and) nomber Israél fro{m} Beer-shéba euen to Dan, and bring it to me, that I may know the nomber of them.
And 〈◊〉 answered, The Lord increase his people an hundreth times so many as they be ô my lord the King: are they not all my lords seruants? wherefore doeth my lord require this things why shulde he be a cause of trespasse to 〈◊〉.
Neuertheles the Kings worde preuailed against Ioáb. And Ioáb departed and went through al Israél, and returned to Ierusalém.
And Ioáb gaue the nomber (and) summe of the people vnto Dauid: and all Israél were eleuen hundreth thousand men that drewe sworde: and Iudáh was foure hundreth and seuentie thousand men that drewe sworde.
But the Lenites and Beniamin counted he not among them: for the Kings worde was abominable to Ioáb.
¶ And God was displeased with this thing: therefore he smote Israél.
Then Dauid said vnto God, I haue sinned greatly, because I haue done this thing: but now, I beseche thee, remoue the iniquitie of thy seruant: for I 〈◊〉 done very foolishly.
And the Lord spake vnto 〈◊〉 Dauids Seer saying,
Go and tel Dauid, saying, Thus sayth the Lord, I offre thee thre things chose thee one of them, that I may do it vnto thee.
So Gad came to Dauid, and said vnto him, Thus sayth the Lord, Take to thee.
Ether thre yeres famine, or thre moneths to be destroyed before thine aduersaries, a{n}d the sworde of thine enemies to take (the,) or els the sworde of the Lord and pestilence in the land thre dayes, that the Angel of the Lord may destroy throughout all the coastes of Israél: now therefore aduise thee, what worde I shal bring againe to him that sent me.
And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderful strait, let me now fall into the hand of the Lord: for his mercies (are) exceding great, & let me not fall into the hand of man.
So the Lord sent a pestilence in Israél, and there fell of Israél seuentie thousand men.
¶ And God sent the Angel into Ierusalém to destroye it. And as he was destroying, the Lord behelde, and repented of the euil and said to the Angel that destroyed, It is now ynough, let thine hand cease. Then the Angel of the Lord stode by the thresshing floore of Ornán the Iebusite.
And Dauid lift vp his eyes, and sawe the Angell of the Lord stand betwnene the earth and the heauen with his sworde drawen in his hand, (and) stretched out towarde Ierusalém Then Dauid and the Elders of Israél, which were clothed in sacke, fell vpon their faces.
And Dauid said vnto God, Is it not, I that commanded to nomber the people? It is eue{n} I that haue sinned and haue committed euil, but these shepe what haue they done? ô Lord my God, I beseche thee, let thine hand be on me and on my fathers house, a{n}d not on thy people for (their) destruction.
¶ Then the Angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to Dauid, that Dauid shulde go vp and set vp an altar vnto the Lord in the thresshing flore of Ornán the Iebusite.
So Dauid went vp according to the saying of Gad, which he had spoken in the Name of the Lord.
And Ornán turned about, and sawe the Angel, and his foure sonnes (that were) with him, hid them selues, and Ornán thresshed wheat.
And as Dauid came to Ornán, Ornán loked and sawe Dauid and went out of the thresshing floore, and bowed him selfe to Dauid with his face to the ground.
And Dauid said to Ornán, Giue me the place of (thy) thresshing floore, that I may buylde an altar therein vnto the Lord: giue it me for sufficient money, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
The{n} Ornán said vnto Dauid, Take it to thee and let my lord the King do that which semeth him good: lo, I giue thee bullockes for burnt offrings, and tresshing instruments for wood, and wheat for meat offring, I giue it all.
And King Dauid said to Ornán, Not so: but I wil bye it for sufficie{n}t money: for I wil not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offrings without cost.
So Dauid gaue to Ornán for that place six hundreth shekels of golde by weight.
And Dauid buylt there an altar vnto the Lord, and offred burnt offrings, and peace offrings, and called vpon the Lord, and he answered him by fyre from heauen vpon the altar of burnt offring.
And when the Lord had spoken to the Angel, he put vp his sworde againe into his shethe.
Arthat time whe{n} Dauid sawe that the Lord had heard him in the thresshing floore of Ornán the Iebusite, then he sacrificed there.
[But the Tabernacle of the Lord which Mosés had made in the wildernes, and the altar of burnt offring (were) at that season in the hie place at Gibeōn.
And Dauid colde not go before it to aske counsel at God: for he was afraied of the sworde of the Angel of the Lord)
ANd Dauid said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for the burnt offring of Israél.
And Dauid commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israél and he set masons to hewe and polish stones to buylde the house of God.
Dauid also prepared muche yron for the nailes of the dores (and) of the gates, and for the ioynings, and abundance of brasse passing weight,
And cedre trees without no{m}ber: for the Zidonians and they of Tyrus broght muche cedre wood to Dauid.
And Dauid said, Salomón my sonne is yong and tender, and we must buylde an house for the LORD, magnifical, excellent and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreis. I wil (therefore) now prepare for him. So Dauid prepared very muche before his death.
Then he called Salomōn his sonne, and charged him to buylde an house for the LORD God of Israél.
And Dauid said to Salomōn, My sonne, I purposed with my selfe to buyld an house to the Name of the Lord my God,
But the worde of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed muche blood, & hast made great battels: thou shalt not buylde an house vnto my Name: for thou hast shed muche blood vpon the earth in my sight.
Reholde, a sonne is borne to thee, which shalbe a man of rest, for I wil giue him rest from all his enemies round about: therefore his name is Salomón: and I wil send peace & quietnes vpon Israél in his dayes.
He shal buylde an house for my Name, and he shal be my sonne, and I wil be his father, & I wil establish the throne of his kingdome vpon Israél for euer.
Now (therefore) my sonne, the Lord shalbe with thee, and thou shalt prosper, and thou shalt buylde an house to the Lord thy God, as he hathe spoken of thee.
Onely the Lord giue thee wisdome & vndersta{n}ding, and giue thee charge ouer Israél euen to kepe the Law of the Lord thy God.
Then thou shalt prosper, if thou take hede to obserue the statutes and the iudgements which the Lord co{m}manded Mosés for Israél: be strong and of good courage: feare not, nether be afraied.
For beholde, according to my pouertie haue I prepared for the house of the Lord an hundreth thousand talents of golde, and a thousand thousand talents of siluer, and of brasse and of yron passing weight: for there was abundance: I haue also prepared timbre and stone, and thou maiest prouide more thereto.
Moreouer thou hast workemen with thee ynough, hewers of stone, & workemen for timbre, and all men expert in euerie worke.
Of golde, of siluer (and) of brasse, and of yron there is no nomber. Vp (therefore) and be doing, & the Lord wil be with thee
Dauid also commanded all the princes of Israél to helpe Salomón his sonne, saying
Is not the Lord your God with you, and hathe giuen you rest on euerie side: for he hathe giuen the inhabitants of the land into mine hand, and the lands is subdued before the Lord and before his people.
Now set your hearts and your soules to seke the Lord your God & arise, & buylde the Sanctuarie of the Lord God to bring the 〈◊〉 of the couenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of GOD into the house buylt for the Name of the Lord.
SO when Dauid was olde and ful of daies, he made Salomón his sonne King ouer Israél.
And he gathered together all the princes of Israél with the Priests and the Leuites.
And the Leuites were nombred fro{m} the age of thirtie yere and aboue, and their nomber according to their summe was eight and thirtie thousand men.
Or these foure and twentie thousand (were set) to aduance the worke of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were ouerseers & iudges.
And foure thousand (were) porters, & foure thousand praised the Lord with instrume{n}ts which he made to praise (the Lord.)
So Dauid deuided offices vnto them, (to wit,) to the sonnes of Leui, to Gershón, Koháth, and Merari.
Of the Gershonites (were) Laadān and Shimei.
The sonnes of Laadán, the chief (was) Iehiél and Zethám and Ioél, thre.
The sonnes of Shimei, Shelomith, & Haziél and Haram, thre: these were the chief fathers of Laadán.
Also the sonnes of Shimei (were) Iáhath, Ziná, Ieúsh, and Beriáh these foure were the sonnes of Shimei.
And Iáhath was the chief, and Zizáh the seconde, but Ieúsh and Beriáh had not many 〈◊〉: therefore they were in the families of (their) father, counted but as one.
¶ The sonnes of Koháth (were) Amrám, Izhár, Hebrón and Vzziél, foure.
The sonnes of Amrám, Aarōn and Mosés: and Aarōn was separated to sanctifie the moste holy place, he and his sonnes for euer to burne ince{n}se before the Lord, to minister to him, and to 〈◊〉 in his Name for euer.
¶ Mosés also the man of God, (and) his children were named with the tribe of Leui
The sonnes of Moses (were) Gershóm, and Eliézer,
Of the sonnes of Gershóm (was) Shebuél the chief.
And the sonne of Eliézer (was) Rehabiāh the chief: for Eliézer had none other sonnes: but the sonnes of Rehabiáh were very many.
The sonne of Izhár (was) Shelomith the chief.
The sonnes of Hebrōn (were) Ieriáh the first Amariáh the seconde, Iahaziél the third, and Iekamiám the fourt.
The sonnes of Vzziél (were) Micháh the first and Isshiáh the seconde.
¶ The sonnes of Merari (were) Mahli and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli, Eleazár and Kish.
And Eleazár dyed, and had no sonnes, but daughters, and their brethren the sonnes of Kish toke them.
The sonnes of Mushî (were) Mahli, & Edér, and 〈◊〉, thre.
These were the sonnes of Leui according to the house of their fathers, (euen) the chief fathers according to their offices, according to the nomber of names (and) their summe that did the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lord from the age of twenty yeres and aboue.
For Dauid said, The Lord God of Israél hath giuen rest vnto his people, that they may dwel in Ierusalém for euer.
And also the Leuites shal no more beare the Tabernacle and all the vessels for the seruice thereof.
Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid, the Leuites were nombred fro{m} twe{n}tie yere and aboue,
And their office (was) vnder the ha{n}d of the sonnes of Aaron, for the seruice of the house of the Lord in the courtes, and chambers, & in the purifying of all holy things, and in the worke of the seruice of the house of God,
Bothe for the shewe bread, and for the fine sloure, for the meat offring, and for the vnleauened cakes, and for the fryed things, and for that which was rosted, and for all measures and cise,
And for to stand euerie morning, to giue thankes and to praise the Lord, and like wise at euen,
And to offer all burnt offrings vnto the Lord in the Sabbaths, in the moneths, and at the appointed times, according to the nomber (&) according to their custome continnally before the Lord,
And that they shulde kepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and the charge of the holie place, and the charge of the sonnes of Aaron their brethren in the seruice of the house of the Lord.
THese are also the diuisions of the sonnes of Aarón, The sonnes of Aarón (were) Nadáb, and Abihú, Eleazár, and Ithamár.
But Nadáb and Abihú dyed before their father, & had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamár executed the Priests office.
And Dauid distributed them, euen Zadok of the sonnes of Eleazár, and Ahimélech of the sonnes of Ithamár according to their offices in their ministration.
And there were found mo of the sonnes of Eleazár by the nomber of men, then of the sonnes of Ithamár: and they deuided them, (to wit,) amo{n}g the sonnes of Eleazár, sixtene heades, according to the housholde of their fathers, and among the sonnes of Ithamár, according to the housholde of their fathers, eight.
Thus they distributed them by lot the one from the other, and so the rulers of the Sanctuarie and the rulers (of the house) of God (were) of the sonnes of Eleazar and of the sonnes of Ithamār.
And Shemaiáh the sonne of Nethaneél the scribe of the Leuites, wrote them before the King and the princes, and Zadók the Priest, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathát and (before) the chief fathers of the Priests and of the Leuites, one familie being reserued for Eleazár, and another reserued for Ithamár.
And the first lot fel to Iehoiarib, and the second to Iedaiáh,
The third to Harim, the fourt to Seorim,
The fift to 〈◊〉, the sixt to Miiamin,
The seuent to Hakkóz, the eight to Abiiáh,
The ninte to Ieshúa, the ten to Shecaniáh,
The eleuent to Eliáshib, the twelft to Iakim,
The thirtente to Huppáh, the fourtene to Ieshebeáb,
The fiftene to Bilgáh, the sixtente to Immér,
The seuentente to Hezir, the eightene to Happizzér,
The ninetente to Pethahiáh, the twentieth to Iehezek el,
The one and twentie to Iachin, the two and twentie to Gamúl,
The thre and twentie to Deliāh, the foure and twentie to Maaziáh.
These were their ordres according to their offices, when they entred into the house of the Lord according to their custome vnder the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israél had commanded him.
¶ And of the sonnes of Leui that remained of the sonnes of Amrám, (was) Shubaél, of the sonnes of Shubaél, Iedeiáh,
Of Rehabiáh (euen) of the sonnes of Rehabiah, the first Isshiiah,
Of Izhari, Shelomóth, of the sonnes of She Iomóth, Iahath,
And (his) sonnes Ieriáh (the first,) Amariáh the seconde, Iahaziél the thirde, (and) Iekameám the fourt,
The sonne of Vzziél (was) Micháh, the sonne of Micháh (was) Shamir,
The brother of Micháh (was) Isshiiáh, the sonne of Isshiiáh, Zechariáh,
The sonnes of Merari (were) Mahli & Mushi the sonne of Iaaziiah (was) Benō,
The sonnes of Merari of Iahaziah (were) Benó, and Shóham, and Zaccur and Ibri.
Of Mahli (came) Eleazar, whiche had no sonnes.
Of Kish. the sonne of Kish (was) Ierahmeél,
And the sonnes of Mushi (were) Mahli, and Edér, and Ierimóth: these were sonnes of the Leuites after the housholde of their fathers.
And these also cast lottes with their brethre{n} the sonnes of Aarón before King Dauid, and Zadōk and Ahimélech and the chief fathers of the Priests, and of the Leuites, (euen) the chief of the families against their yo{n}ger brethren.
SO Dauid and the captaines of the armie separated for the ministerie the sonnes of Asaph, and Hema{n}, and Ieduthún, who shulde (sing) prophecies with harpes, with violes, and with cymbales, and their nomber was (euen) of the men for the office of their ministerie, (to wit,)
Of the sonnes of Asaph, Zaccûr, and Ioséph, and Nethaniah, and Asharélah the sonnes of Asaph (were) vnder the ha{n}d of Asaph, (which sang) prophecies by the commission of the King.
Of Ieduthûn, the sonnes of Ieduthún, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Ieshaiah, Ashabiah and Mattithiah, six, vnder the hands of their father: Ieduthún (〈◊〉) prophecies with an harpe, for to giue thankes and to praise the Lord.
Of Heman, the sonnes of Heman, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Vzziél, Shebuél, and Ierimóth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, & Romamti-ézer, Ioshbekashah, Mallóthi, Hothir (and) Mahazióth.
All these were the sonne of Hemán the Kings Seer in the wordes of God to lift vp the 〈◊〉: and God gaue to Hemán fourtene sonnes and thre daughters.
All these were vnder the hand of their father, singing in the house of the Lord with cymbales, violes and harpes, for the seruice of the house of God, and Asáph, & Ieduthún and Hemán (were) at the Kings commandement.
So was their nomber with their brethre{n} that were instruct in the songs of the Lord, (eue{n}) of all that were conning, two hu{n}dreth foure score and eight.
And thei cast lottes, charge against (charge) aswel small as great, the cunning man as the scholer.
And the first lot fell to Ioséph, (which was) of Asáph, the seco{n}de, to Gedaliáh, who with his brethren and his sonnes were twelue.
The third, to Zaccúr, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren (were) twelue.
The fourte, to Izri, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The fift, to Netaniáh, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The sixt, to Bukkiáh, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The seuent, to Iesharéláh, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The eight, to Ieshaiáh, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The nint, to Mattaniáh, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The tent, to Shimei, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The eleuent, to Azaréel, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The twelft, to Ashabiáh, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The thirtene, to Shubaél, (he,) his sonnes & his brethren twelue.
The fourtent, to Mattithiáh, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The fiftent, to Ierimóth, (he,) his sonnes & his brethren twelue.
The sixtente, to Hananiáh, (he,) his sonnes & his brethren twelue.
The seuentente, to Ioshbekáshah, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The eightente, to Hanani, (he,) his sonnes & his brethren twelue.
The ninetente, to Mallóthi, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The twentieth, to Eliáthah, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The one and twentieth, to Hothir, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The two and twentieth, to Giddálti, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The thre and twentieth, to Mahazioth, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
The foure and twentieth, to Romámtiézer, (he,) his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
COncerning the dinisions of the porters of the Kothites, Meshelemiáh the sonne of Koré of the sonnes of Asáph.
And 〈◊〉 sonnes of Meshelemiáh, Zechariáh the eldest, Iediaél the seconde, Zebadiáh the third, Iathniél the fourt,
Elám the fift, Iehohanán the sixt, (and) Elichoenái the seuent.
And of the so{n}nes of Obéd Edōm, Shemaiáh the eldest, Iehozabád the seconde, Ioáh the third, and Sacar the fourt, and Nethaneél the fift,
Ammiél the sixt, Issachár the seuent, 〈◊〉 thài the eight: for God had blessed him.
And to Shemaiáh his sonne, were so{n}nes borne, that ruled in the house of their father, for thei were men of might.
The sonnes of Shemaiáh (were) Othni, and Rephaél, and Obéd, Elzabád (&) his brethre{n} strong men: Elihú also, and Semachiáh.
All these were of the sonnes of Obéd Edom thei & their sonnes & their brethren mightie and strong to serue, (euen) thre score and two of Obéd Edóm.
And of Meshelemiáh sonnes and brethren eightene mightie men.
And of Hosáh of the sonnes of Merari the sonnes (were) Shuri the chief, and [thogh he was not the eldest, yet his father made him the chief.]
Helkiáh the seco{n}de, Tebaliáh the third, (&) Zechariáh the fourt: all the sonnes and the brethren of Hosáh (were) thirtene.
Of these (were) the diuisions of the porters of the chief men, (hauing) the charge againste their brethren, to serue in the house of the Lord.
And thei cast lottes bothe smale & great for the house of their fathers, for euerie gate.
And the lot on the Eastside fel to Shelemiáh: then thei cast lottes for Zechariah his sonne a wise counseler, and his lot came out Northwarde:
To Obéd Edōm Southwarde, and to his sonnes the house of Asuppim:
To Shuppim and to Hosáh Westwarde with the gate of Shallécheth by the paued strete that goeth vpwarde, warde ouer againste warde.
〈◊〉 (were) six Leuites, (and) Northwarde foure a day, (and) Southwarde foure a daye, and towarde Asuppim two (and) two.
In Parbár towarde the West (were) foure by the paued strete, and two in Parbár.
These are the diuisions of the porters of the sonnes of Koré, and of the sonnes of Merari.
¶ And of the Leuites, Ahiiáh (was) ouer the treasures of the house of God, and ouer the treasures of the dedicate things.
Of the sonnes of Laadán the sonnes of the 〈◊〉 (desce{n}ding) of Laadán, the chief fathers of Laadán (were) Gershúnni (and) Iehieli.
The sonnes of Iehieli (were) Zethán and Ioél his brother, (appointed) ouer the treasures of the house of the Lord.
Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites (and) of the Ozielites.
And Shebuélt he sonne of Gershóm, the so{n}ne of Mosés, a ruler ouer the treasures.
And of his brethren, (which came) of Eliézer, was Rehabiáh his sonne, and Ieshaiáh his sonne, and Iorám his sonne, and Zichri his sonne, and Shelomith his sonne.
Which Shelomith and his brethren (were) ouer all the treasures of the dedicate things, which Dauid the King, and the chief fathers the captaines ouer thousands, and hundreths, and the captaines of the armie had dedicate.
[(For) of the battels and of the spoiles they did dedicate to mainteine the house of the Lord]
And all that Samuél the Seer had dedicate, and Saúl the sonne of Kish and Abnér the sonne of Ner, and Ioáb the sonne of Zeruiáh, (and) whosoeuer had dedicate (anie thing, it was) vnder the hand of Shelomith, and his brethren.
Of the Izharites (was) Chenaniáh and his sonnes, for the busines without ouer Israél, for officers and for iudges.
Of the Hebronites, Ashabiáh and his brethren, men of actiuitie, a thousand, and seuen hundreth were officers for Israél beyonde Iordén Westwarde, in all the busines of the Lord, and for the seruice of the King.
Among the Hebronites (was) Iediiáh the chiefest, euen the Hebronites by his generacions according to the families. And in the fourtieth yere of the reigne of Dauid thei were soght for: and there were fou{n}de amo{n}g them of actiuitie at Iazér in Gileád.
And his brethre{n} men of actiuitie, two thousand & seue{n} hundreth chief fathers, whome King Dauid made rulers ouer the Reubenites, & the Gadites, and the halfe tribe of Manasséh, for euerie matter (perteining) to God, and for the Kings busines.
THe children of Israél also after thei nomber, (euen) the chief fathers and captaines of thousands and of hundreths, and their officers that serued the King by diuers courses, whiche came in and went out, moneth by moneth throughout all the moneths of the yere: in euerie course (were) foure and twentie thousand.
Ouer the first course for the first moneth (was) Iashobeám the sonne of Zabdiél: & in his course (were) foure & twentie thousand.
Of the sonnes of Pérez (was) the chief ouer all the princes of the armies for the first moneth.
And ouer the course of the seconde moneth was Dodái, an Ahohite, and (this was) his course, and Miklóth (was) a captaine, and in his course (were) foure & twentie thousand.
The captaine of the third hoste for the third moneth (was) Benaiáh the sonne of Iehoiadá the chief Priest: & in his course (were) foure and twentie thousand.
This Benaiáh was mightie among thirtie and aboue the thirtie, and in his course (was) Amizabád his sonne.
The fourt for the fourt moneth (was) Asahél the brother of Ioáb, and Zebadiáh his sonne after him: and in his course (were) foure and twentie thousand.
The fift for the fift moneth (was) prince Shamhúth the Izrahite: and in his course foure and twentie thousand.
The sixt for the sixt moneth (was) Irá the sonne of Ikkésh the Tekoite: and in hys course foure and twentie thousand.
The seuent for the seuent moneth (was) Helez the Pelonite, of the sonnes of Ephráim and in his course foure and twentie thousand.
The eight for the eight moneth (was) Sibbecái the Hushathite of the Zarhites: and in his course foure and twentie thousand.
The nint for the nint moneth (was) Abiézer the Anethothite of the sonnes of Iemini and in his course foure and twentye thousand.
The tent for the tent moneth (was) Maharái, the Netophathite of the Zarhites: and in his course foure and twentie thousand.
The eleuent for the eleue{n}t moneth (was) Benaiáh the Pirathonite of the sonnes of Ephráim: and in his course foure and twentie thousand.
The twelft for the twelft moneth (was) Heldái the Netophathite, of Othniél: and in his course foure and twentie thousand.
Moreouer (the rulers) ouer the tribes of Israél ouer, the Reubenites (was) ruler, Eliézer the sonne of Zichri: ouer the Shimeonites, Shephatiáh the sonne of Maacháh.
Ouer the Leuites, Hashabiáh the sonne of Remuél: ouer (them) of Aharōn, (&) Zadók:
Ouer Iudáh, Elihú of the brethren of Dauid: ouer Issachár, Omri the sonne of Michaél:
Ouer Zebulū, Ishmaiáh the sonne of Obadiáh: ouer Naphtali, Ierimóth the sonne of Azriél:
Ouer the sonnes of Ephráim, Hoshéa the sonne of Azazziáh: ouer the halfe tribe of Manasséh, Ioél the sonne of Pedaiáh:
Ouer the (other) halfe of Manasséh in Gileád, Iddó the sonne of Zechariáh: ouer Beniamin, Iaasiél the sonne of Abnér:
Ouer Dan, Azariél the sonne of lerohám, these are the pri{n}ces of the tribes of Israél.
¶ But Dauid toke not the nóber of them from twentie yere olde and vnder, because the Lord had said that he wold increase Israél like vnto the starres of the heauens.
And Ioáb the sonne of Zeruiáh bega{n} to nomber: but he finished it not, because there came wrath for it against Israél, nether was the nomber put into the Chronicles of King Dauid.
And ouer the Kings treasures (was) Azmauéth the sonne of Adiel and ouer the treasures in the fieldes, in the cities and in the villages and in the towres (was) Iehonatha{n} the sonne of Vzziáh:
And ouer the workemen in the field that tilled the grounde, (was) Ezri the sonne of Chelúb.
And ouer them that dressed the vines, (was) Shimei the Ramathite: and ouer that whiche apperteined to the vines, and ouer the store of the wine (was) Sabdi the Shiphmite:
And ouer the oliue trees and mulberie trees that were in the valleies, (was) Báal Hanán the Gederite: and ouer the store of the oyle (was) Ioásh:
And ouer the oxen that fed in Sharōn, (was) Shetrái the Sharonite: and ouer the oxen in the valleies (was) Shaphat the sonne of Adlái:
And ouer the camels (was) Obil the Ishmaelite: and, ouer the asses (was) Iehdeiáh the Meronothite:
And ouer the shepe (was) Iaziz the Hagerite: all these were the rulers of the substa{n}ce that was King Dauids.
And Iehonathán Dauids vnclea man of counsel and of vnderstanding [for he was a scribe] and Iehiél the sonne of Hachmoni (were) with the Kings sonnes.
And Ahitóphel (was) the Kings cou{n}seler, and Hushái the Archite the Kings friend.
And after Ahitóphel (was) Iehoiadá the sonne of Benaiáh and Abiathár: & captaine of the Kings armie (was) Ioáb.
NOw Dauid assembled all the princes of Israel: the princes of the tribes, and the captaines of the ba{n}des that serued the King, and the captaines of thousands and the captaines of hundreths, and the rulers of all the substance, and possession of the King, & of his sonnes, with the eunuches, and the mightie, and all the men of power, vnto Ierusalem.
And King Dauid stode vp vpon hys fete, and said, Heare ye me, my brethren and my people I purposed to haue buylt an house of rest for the Arke of the couenant of the Lord, and for a footestole of our God, and haue made ready for the buylding,
But GOD said vnto me, Thou shalt not buylde an house for my Name, because thou hast bene a man of warre, and hast shed blood,
Yet (as) the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be King ouer Israel for euer [for in Iudáh wold he chuse a prince, and of the house of Iudáh is the house of my father, and amonge the sonnes of my father he delited in me to make me King ouer all Israel.]
So of all my sonnes [for the Lorde hathe giuen me manie sonnes] he hathe eue{n} chosen Salomo{n} my sonne to sit vpo{n} the throne of the kingdome of the Lord ouer Israel.
And he said vnto me, Salomón thy sonne, he shal buylde mine house and my courtes: for I haue chosen him to be my sonne, and I wil be his father.
I will stablishe therefore hys kingdome for euer: if he indeuoure him selfe to do my commandements, and my iudgements, as this day.
Now therefore in the sight of all Israél the Congregacion of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, kepe and seke for all the co{m}mandements of the Lord your God, that ye may possesse this good land, and leaue it for an inheritance for your childre{n} after you for euer.
And thou, Salomó my sonne, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a perfite hearte, and with a willing mynde: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all the imaginacio{n}s of thoghtes: if thou seke him, he wyll be founde of thee, but if thon forsake him, he will caste thee of for euer.
Take hede now, for the Lord hathe chosen thee to buylde the house of the Sanctuarie: be strong (therefore,) and do it.
¶ Then Dauid gaue to Salomón his sonne the paterne of the porche and of the houses thereof, and of the closets therof, and of the galeries thereof, and of the cha{m}bers therof that are within, and of the house of the merciseate,
And the paterne of all that he had in hys minde for the courtes of the house of the LORD, and for all the chambers rounde aboute, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the dedicate things,
And for the courses of the Priests, and of the Leuites, and for all the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of the ministerie of the house of the Lord.
(He gaue) of golde by weight, for (the vessels) of golde, for all the vessels of all maner of seruice, (and) all the vessels of siluer by weight, for all maner vessels of all maner of seruice.
The weight also of golde for the candlestickes, and golde for their la{m}pes, with the weight for euerie ca{n}dlesticke, and for the lampes thereof, and for the ca{n}dlestickes of siluer by the weight of the candlesticke, and the lampes thereof, according to the vse of euerie candlesticke,
And the weight of the golde for the tables of shewbread, for euerie table, and siluer for the tablēs of 〈◊〉
And pure golde for the 〈◊〉, and the bowles, and plates, and 〈◊〉 basens, gold in weight for euerie basen, and for siluer basens by weight for euerie basen,
And for the altar of incense, pure golde by weight, and golde for the paterne of the charet of the Cherubs that spred the{m} selues, and couered the Arke of the couenant of the Lord
All, (said he,) by writing (sent) to me by the hand of the Lord, (which) made me vnderstand all the workemanship of the paterne.
And Dauid said to Salomón his sonne, Be strong, and of a valiant courage and do it: feare not, nor be afraied: for the Lord God (euen) my God (is) with thee: he wil not leaue thee nor forsake thee till thou hast finished all the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lord.
Beholde also, the companies of the Priests and the Leuites for all the seruice of the house of God, euen (they shalbe) with thee for the whole work, with euerie fre heart that is skilful in anie maner of seruice. The princes also and all the people (wyll be) wholly at thy commandement.
MOreouer Dauid the Kynge said vnto all the Congregacion, God hath chosen Salomón mine onelie sonne yong and te{n}dre, & the worke (is) great: for this house (is) not for man, but for the Lord God.
Now I haue prepared with all my power for the house of my God, golde for (vessels) of golde, and siluer for (them) of siluer, and brasse for (things) of brasse, yro{n} for (things) of yron, and wood for (things) of wood & onix stones & stones to be set, & carbuncle stones and of diuers colour, & all precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
Moreouer because I haue delite in the house of my GOD, I haue of myne owne golde and siluer, whiche I haue giue{n} to the house of my God, beside all that I haue prepared for the house of the Sanctuarie,
Euen thre thousand talents of golde of the golde of Ophir, and seuen thousande talents of fined siluer to ouerlay the walles of the houses.
The golde for the (thinges) of golde, and the siluer for (things) of siluer, and for all the worke by the hands of artificers: and who is willing to fill hys hande to daye vnto the Lord?
So the Princes of the families, & the princes of the tribes of Israél, and the captaines of thousands & of hundreths, with the rulers of the Kings work, offred willingly,
And they gaue for the seruice of the house of GOD fiue thousande talents of golde, and ten thousand pieces, and ten thousand talents of siluer, and eyghtene thousande talents of brasse, and one hundreth thousand talents of yron.
And they with whome (precious) stones were founde, gaue them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the ha{n}d of Iehiél the Gershunnite.
And the people reioyced when thei offred willingly: for they offred willingly vnto the Lord, with a perfite heart. And Dauid the King also reioyced with great ioye.
Therefore Dauid blessed the Lord before all the Congregacion, & Dauid said, Blessed (be) thou, ô Lord GOD, of Israél our father, for euer and euer.
Thine, ô Lord, (is) greatnes and power, & glorie, and victorie and praise: for all that is in heauen and in earth (is thine:) thyne is the kingdome, ô Lord, and thou excellest as head ouer all.
Bothe riches and honour (come) of thee, and thou reygnest ouer all, and in thyne hand is power and strength, and in thyne hand it is to make great, & to giue strenght vnto all.
Now therefore our God, we thanke thee and praise thy glorious Name.
But who am I, and what is my people, that we shulde be able to offer willingly after this sorte? for all things come of thee: and of thine owne hand we haue giuen thee.
For we are strangers before thee, and soiourners, like all our fathers: our dayes (are) like the shadowe vpon the earth, and there is none abiding.
O Lord our God, all this abundance that we haue prepared to buylde thee an house for thine holy Name, is of thine hand and all (is) thine.
I knowe also, my GOD, that thou tryest the hearte, and hast pleasure in righteousnes: I haue offred willingly in the vprightnes of myne hearte all these thyngs: now also haue I sene thy people whyche are founde here, to offer vnto thee willingly with ioye.
O Lord God of Abrahám, Izhák and Israél our fathers, kepe this for euer in the purpose, (and) the thoghts of the heart of thy people, & prepare their hearts vnto thee.
And giue vnto Salomôn my sonne a perfit heart to kepe thy commandeme{n}ts, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all thinges, and to buylde the house whiche I haue prepared.
¶ And Dauid said to all the Congregacio{n}, Now blesse the Lord your God. And all the Congregacion blessed the LORD GOD of their fathers, and bowed downe theyr heades, and worshipped the Lord and the King.
And they offred sacrifices vnto the Lord, and on the morow after that day, they offred burnt offrings vnto the Lord, (euen) a thousande yonge bullockes, a thousande rammes, (&) a thousand sheepe, with theyr drinke offrings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israél.
And they did eat and drynke before the Lord the same daye with greate ioye, and they made Salomón the sonne of Dauid King the seconde time, and anointed him prince before the Lord, and Zadok for the hie Priest.
So Salomón sate on the throne of the Lord, as King in steade of Dauid his father, and prospered: and all Israél obeyed hym.
And all the princes and men of power, and all the sonnes of King Dauid submitted them selues vnder King Salomón.
And the Lord magnified Salomón in dignitie, in the sight of all Israél, and gaue him so glorious a kingdome, as no Kynge had before him in Israél.
¶ Thus Dauid the sonne of Ishái reigned ouer all Israél.
And the space that he reigned ouer Israél, (was) fourtie yere: seuen yere reigned he in Hebrón, and thre and thirtie yere reygued he in Ierusalém:
And he dyed in a good age, full of dayes, riches and honour, and Salomón his sonne reignéd in his steade.
Concerning the actes of Dauid the King first and last, beholde, they are writen in the boke of Samuél the Seer, and in the boke of Nathán the Prophete, and in the boke of Gad the Seer,
With all his reigne and his power, and times that went ouer him, and ouer Israél and ouer all the kingdomes of the earth.
THen Salomón the sonne of Dauid was confirmed in hys kingdome: and the Lord his God (was) with him, & magnified him highlie.
And Salomo{n} spake vnto all Israél, to the captaines of thousands, and of hu{n}dreths and to the iudges, & to all the gouernours in all Israél, (euen) the chief fathers.
So Salomōn and all the Congregacion with him went to the hye place that was at Gibeón: for there was the Tabernacle of the Congregacion of God which Mosés the seruant of the Lord had made in the wildernes.
But the Arke of God had Dauid broght vp from Kiriath-iearim, when Dauid had made preparacio{n} for it: for he had pitched a tent for it in Ierusalém.
Moreouer the brasen altar that Bezaleél the sonne of Vri, the sonne of Hur had made, did he set before the Tabernacle of the Lord: and Salomón and the Co{n}gregacion soght it.
And Salomo{n} offred there before the Lord vpon the brasen altar that was in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion: euen a thousand burnt offrings offred he vpon it.
¶ The same night did God appeare vnto Salomón, and said vnto hym, Aske what I shal giue thee.
And Salomón said vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercie vnto Dauid my father and hast made me to reigne in his steade.
Now (therefore) ô Lord God, let thy promes vnto Dauid my father be true: for thou hast made me King ouer a great people, like to the dust of the earth.
Giue me now wisdome & knowledge that I may go out & go in before this people: for who can iudge this thy great people.
And God said to Salomón, Because thys was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, treasures nor honour, nor the liues of thine enemies, nether yet hast asked long life, but hast asked for thee wisdome and knowledge that thou mightest iudge my people, ouer whome I haue made thee King,
Wisdome and knowledge is gra{n}ted vnto thee, and I wil giue thee riches and treasures & honour, so that there hath not bene the like among the Kings which were before thee, nether after thee shall there be the like.
Then Salomōn came from the hye place, that was at Gibeón, to Ierusalém from before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, and reigned ouer Israél.
And Salomón gathered the charets and horsmen: and he had a thousand and foure hundreth charets, and twelue thousande horsmen, whome he placed in the charet cities, and with the King at Ierusalém.
And the King gaue siluer and golde at Ierusalém as stones, and gaue cedre trees as the wilde fig trees, that are abunda{n}tly in the plaines.
Also Salomón had horses broght out of Egypt and fine linen: the Kinges marchants receiued the fine linen for a price.
They came vp also and broght out of Egypt (some) charet, (worthe) six hundreth (shekels) of siluer, that is an horse for an hundreth and fiftie: and thus they broght (horses) to all the Kings of the Hittites, & to the Kings of Aram by their meanes.
THen Salomón determined to buyld an house for the Name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdome.
And Salomōn tolde out seuentie thousand that bare burdens, and foure score thousand men to hewe (stones) in the mountaine, and thre thousand and six hundreth to ouersee them.
And Salomón sent to Hurám the King of Tyrus, saying, As thou hast done to Dauid my father, and didest send him cedre trees to buyld him an house to dwel in, (so do to me.)
Beholde, I buyld an house vnto the Name of the Lord my God, to sactifie it vnto him, and to burne swete incense before him, & for the continuall shewbread, and for the burnt offrings of the morning & euening, on the Sabbath daies, and in the newe moneths, and in the solemne feastes of the Lord our God this is a perpetual thing for Israél.
And the house which I buyld, (is) great: for great (is) our God aboue all Gods.
Who is he then that can be able to buyld him an house, when the heauen, and the heauen of heauens can not conteine him? who am I the{n} that I shuld buyld him an house? but (I do it) to burne ince{n}se before him,
Send me now therefore a cunning ma{n} that can worke in golde, in siluer, and in brasse, and in yron, and in purple, and crimosin and blewe silke, and that can graue ingrauen worke with the cunning men that are with me in Iudáh and in Ierusalém, whome Dauid my father hathe prepared.
Send me also cedre trees, firre trees and Algummim trees from Lebanón: for I knowe that thy seruants can skil to hewe timbre in Lebanōn: and beholde, my seruants (shalbe) with thine,
That they may prepare me timbre in abu{n}dance. for the house which I do buyld, (is) great and wonderfull,
And beholde, I will giue to thy seruantes the cutters and the hewers of timbre twe{n}tie thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twentie thousand measures of barlye, and twentie thousand baths of wine, and twentie thousand baths of oyle.
Then Hurám King of Tyrus answered in writing which he sent to Salomōn, Because the Lord hathe loued his people, he hathe made thee King ouer them.
Hurám said moreouer, Blessed (be) the lord God of Israél which made the heauen and the earth, and that hathe giuen vnto Dauid the King a wise sonne, that hath discretion, prudence and vnderstandyng to buylde an house for the Lord, and a palace for his kingdome.
Now therfore I haue sent a wise man, (and) of vnderstanding of my father Hurams,
The sonne of a woman of the daughters of Dan: and his father was a man of Tyrus, and he can skill to worke in golde, in siluer, in brasse, in yron, in stone, & in timbre, in purple, in blewe silke, and in 〈◊〉 linen and in crimosin, and can graue in all graue{n} workes, and broder in all broydred work that shalbe giuen hym, with thy cunning men, & with the cunning men of my Lord Dauid thy father.
Now therefore the wheat and the barly, the oyle and the wine, which my Lord hath spoken of, let him send vnto his seruants.
And we wil cut wood in Lebanón as much as thou shalt nede, and wil bring it to thee in raftes by the sea to Iapho, so thou maiest cary them to Ierusalém.
¶ And Salomón nombred all the stra{n}gers that were in the lande of Israél, after the nombring that his father Dauid had nombred the{m}. & they were found an hundreth and thre & fiftie thousand, & six hundreth.
And he set seuentie thousand of the{m} to the burden, and foure score thousand to hewe (stones) in the mountaine, and thre thousand and six hundreth ouerseers to cause the people to worke.
SO Salomōn bega{n} to buyld the house of the Lord in Ierusalém, in mount Moriáh whiche had bene declared vnto Dauid his father, in the place that Dauid prepared in the thresshing floore of Ornā the Iebusite.
And he began to buyld in the secóde moneth (&) the seconde day, in the fourtyere of his reigne.
And these are the (measures, whereon) Salomón grou{n}ded to build the house of God: the length of cubites after the first measure (was) threscore cubites, & the breadth twenty cubites:
And the porche, that was before the le{n}gth in the fronte of the breadth (was) twe{n}tie cubites, and the height (was) an hundreth and twentie, and he ouerlaied it within with pure golde.
And the greater house he syled with firre tree which he ouerlaied with good golde, & graued thereon palme trees & chaines.
And he ouerlaied the house with precious stone for beautie: & the golde (was) golde of Paruáim.
The house, I say, the beames, postes, and walles thereof and the doores thereof ourelaied he with golde, and graued Cherubims vpon the walles.
¶ He made also the house of the most holy place: the length thereof (was) in the fro{n}te of the breadth of the house, twentie cubites & he ouerlaied it with the best golde, of six hundreth talents.
And the weight of the nailes (was) fiftie shekels of golde, and he ouerlaied the cha{m}bers with golde.
¶ And in the house of the most holy place he made two Cherubims wroght like children, and ouerlaied them with golde.
And the wings of the Cherubims (were) twentie cubites long: the one wing (was) fiue cubites, reaching to the wall of the house, & the other wing fiue cubites, reaching to the wing of the other Cherúb.
Like wise the wing of the other Cherúb was fiue cubites, reaching to the wall of the house, & the other wing fiue cubites ioyning to the wing of the other Cherúb.
The wings of these Cherubims were spred abroad twe{n}tie cubites: they stode on their fete & their faces (were) toward the house.
¶ He made also the vaile of blewe silke & purple, and crimosin, and fine linen, and wroght Cherubims thereon.
¶ And he made before the house two pillers of fiue and thirtie cubites hie: and the chapiter that was vpon the top of (eche) of them, (was) fiue cubites.
He made also chaines for the oracle, and put them on the heades of the pillers, and made an hundreth pomegranates, & put them among the chaines.
And he set vp the pillers before the Te{m}ple, one on the right hand & the other on the left, and called that on the right hand Iachin, and that on the left hand Bóaz.
ANd he made an altar of brasse twentie cubites long, and twentie cubites broade, and ten cubites hie.
And he made a molten Sea often cubites from brim to brim, rounde in compasse, & fiue cubites hie: and a line of thirtie cubites did compasse it about.
And vnder it was the facio{n} of oxen which did compasse it round about, ten in a cubite compassing the Sea about: two rowes of oxen were cast when it was molten.
It stode vpon twelue oxe{n}: thre loked toward the North, and thre loked toward the West, and thre loked toward the South, & thre loked towarde the East, and the Sea (stode) about vpon them, and all their hinder partes were inwarde.
And the thickenes thereof (was) an hand breadth, and the brim therof (was) like the worke of the brim of a cup, with floures of lilies: it conteined thre thousand baths.
¶ He made also ten caldrons, and put fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left, to washe in them (and) to clense in them that which apperteined to the burnt offrings: but the Sea (was) for the Priests to wash in.
¶ And he made ten candlestickes of gold [according to their forme] and put them in the Temple, fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left.
¶ And he made ten tables, and put them in the Temple, fiue on the right hand, & fiue on the left: and he made an hundreth base{n}s of golde.
And he made the court of the Priestes, & the great court and dores for the court, and ouerlayed the dores thereof wyth brasse.
And he set the Sea on the right side Eastward toward the South.
And Hurám made pottes and besomes & basens, and Hurám finished the work that he shulde make for King Salomōn for the house of God,
(To wit,) two pillers, and the bowles and the chapiters on the toppe of the two pillers, and two grates to couer the two bowles of the chapiters which were vppon the toppe of the pillers:
And foure hu{n}dreth pomegranates for the two grates, two rowes of pomegranates for euerie grate to couer the two bowles of the chapiters, that were vpon the pillers.
He made also bases, and made caldrons vpon the bases:
(And) a Sea, and twelue bulles vnder it:
Pottes also and besomes, and fleshokes, & all these vessels made Hurám hys father, to King Salomōn for the house of the Lord of shining brasse.
In the plaine of Iordén did the King caste them in claye betwene Succoth and Zeredáthah.
And Salomo{n} made all the vessels in great abundance: for the weight of brasse colde not be rekened.
And Salomón made all the vessels that were for the house of God: the golden altar also and the tables, where the shewbread stode.
Moreouer the candlestickes, with theyr lampes to burne them after the maner, before the oracle, of pure golde.
And the floures and the lampes, and the snoffers of golde, which was fine golde.
And the hookes, and the basens, and the spones, and the ashpans of pure golde: the entrie also of the house (and) dores therof within, (euen) of the moste holy place: and the dores of the house, (to wit,) of the Te{m}ple (were) of golde.
SO was all the worke finished that Salomōn made for the house of the Lord, and Salomōn broght in the thynges that Dauid his father had dedicated, wyth the siluer and the golde, and all the vessels, (&) put them amo{n}g the treasures of the house of God.
Then Salomōn assembled the Elders of Israél, and all the heades of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israél vnto Ierusalém to bring vp the Arke of the couenant of the Lord from the citie of Dauid, which is Zión.
And all the men of Israél assembled vnto the King at the feast: it was in the seuenth moneth.
And all the Elders of Israél came, and the Leuites toke vp the Arke.
And thei caryed vp the Arke and the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle, those did the Priests (&) Leuites bring vp.
And King Salomōn and all the Congregacion of Israél that (were) assembled vnto him, (were) before the Arke, offring shepe and bullockes, whiche colde not be tolde nor nombred for multitude.
So the Priests broght the Arke of the couena{n}t of the Lord vnto his place, into the Oracle of the house, into the moste Holye place, (euen) vnder the wings of the Cherubims.
For the Cherubims stretched out (theyr) wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke and the barres thereof aboue.
And they drewe out the barres, that the ends of the barres might be sene out of the Arke before the Oracle, but they were not sene without: and there they are vnto this day.
Nothing (was) in the Arke, saue the two Tables, whiche Mosés gaue at Horéb, where the Lord made a couenant with the children of Israél, when they came out of Egypt.
And when the Priestes were come out of the Sanctuarie [for all the Priests that were present, were sanctified (and) did not wait by course.
And the Leuites the singers of all sortes, (as of) Asáph, of Hemán, of Ieduthún & of their sonnes and of their brethren, being cladde in fine linen, stode with cymbales, and with violes and harpes at the Eastend of the altar, and with them an hundreth & twentie Priests blowing with trumpets:
And thei were as one, blowing tru{m}pets, and singing, and made one sounde to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lift vp (their) voyce wyth trumpets and with cymbales, and within struments of musike, and when they praised the Lord (singing) For he is good, because his mercie (lasteth) for euer] the{n} the house (euen) the house of the Lord was filled with a cloude.
So that he Priests colde not stand to ministre, because of the cloude, for the glorie of the Lord had filled the house of God.
THen "Salomōn said, The Lord hathe said that he wolde dwel in the darke cloude:
And I haue buylt thee an house to dwel in an habitacion for thee to dwel in for euer
And the King turned his face, and blessed all the Congregacion of Israél [for all the Congregacion of Israél stode (there)
And he said, Blessed (be) the Lord God of Israél, who spake with his mouthe vnto Dauid my father, and hathe with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
Since the day that I broght my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israél to buylde an house that my Name might be there, nether chose I anie man to be a ruler ouer my people Israél:
But I haue chosen Ierusalém, that my Name might be there, and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israél.
And it was in the heart of Dauid my father to buylde an house vnto the Name of the Lord God of Israél.
But the Lord said to Dauid my father, Where as it was in thine heart to buylde an house vnto my name, thou didest wel, that thou wast so minded.
Notwithstanding thou shalt not buylde the house, but thy sonne which shal come out of thy loynes, he shal buylde an house vnto my Name.
And the Lord hathe performed his worde that he spake: and I am risen vp in the roume of Dauid my father, and am set on the throne of Israél as the Lord promised, & haue buylt an house to the Name of the God of Israél.
And I haue set the Atke there, wherein is the couenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Israél.
¶ And the King stode before the altar of the Lord, in the presence of all the Congregacion of Israél, and stretched out his hands,
[For Salomōn had made a brasen skaffolde and set it in the middes of the courte of fiue cubites long, & fiue cubites broade and thre cubites of height, and vpon it he stode, and kneled downe vpon his knees before all the Congregacion of Israél, and stretched out his hands towarde heauen]
And said, O Lord God of Israél, there (is) no God like thee in heauen nor in earth, which kepest couenant, and mercie vnto thy seruants, that walke before thee with all their heart.
Thou that hast kept with thy seruats Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him for thou spake with thy mouthe: and hast fulfilled it with thine hands as (appeareth) this day.
Therefore now Lord God of Israél, kepe with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him sayi{n}g, Thou shalt not want a man in my sight, that shal sit, vpon the throne of Israél: so that thy sonnes take 〈◊〉 to their waies, to walke in my Lawe, as thou hast walked before me.
And now, ô Lord God of Israél, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid.
[Is it true in dede that God wil dwel with man on earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to to co{n}teine thee how muche more (vnable) is this house, which I haue buylt?]
But haue thou respect to the prayer of thy 〈◊〉, and to his supplicacion, ô Lord my God, to heare the crye and prayer which thy seruant prayeth before thee.
That thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night (euen) toward the place, whereof thou hast said, That thou woldest put thy Name there that thou maiest hearken vnto the prayer, which thy serua{n}t prayeth in this place.
Heare thou therefore the 〈◊〉 of thy seruant, and of thy people Israél, which they praye in this place: and heare thou in the place of thine habitacion (euen) in heauen, and when thou hearest, be merciful.
¶ When a man shal sinne against his neighbour, and he lay vpon him an othe to cause him to sweare, and the swearer shal come before thine altar in this house,
Then heare thou in heauen, and do: & iudge thy seruants, in recompensing the wicked to bring his way vpon his head, and in iustifiyng the righteous, to giue him according to his righteousnes,
¶ And when thy people Israél shalbe ouerthrowen before the enemie, because they haue sinned against thee, and turne againe and confesse thy Name, and pray, and make supplication before thee in this house.
Then heare thou in heauen, and be merciful vnto the sinne of thy people Israél, and bring then againe vnto the la{n}d which thou gauest to them and to their fathers.
When heauen shalbe shult vp, and there shalbe no raine, because they haue sinned against thee, and shal pray in this place, & confesse thy Name, and turne from their sinne, when thou doest afflict them.
Then heare thou in heauen, and pardone the sinne of thy seruants, and of thy people Israél [when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they may walke] & giue raine vpon thy land, which thou hast giuen vnto thy people for an inheritance.
¶ When there shalbe famine in the land, when there shalbe pestilence, blasting, or mildewe, when there shalbe greshopper, or caterpiller, when their enemie shal besiege them in the cities of their la{n}d (or) any plague or any sicknes,
(Then) what prayers (and) supplicacion soeuer shal be made of ony man, or of all thy people Israél, when euerie one shal knowe his owne plague, and his owne disease, and shal stretche forthe his hands toward this house,
Heare thou then in heauen, thy dwelling place, and be merciful, and giue euerie man according vnto all his wayes, as thou doest knowe his heart [for thou onely knowest the hearts of the children of men]
That they may feare thee, and walke in thy wayes as long as they liue in the la{n}d which thou gauest vnto our fathers.
¶ Moreouer as touching the stranger which is not of thy people Israel who shal come out of a farre countrey for thy great Names sake, and thy mightie hand, and thy stretched out arme when they shal come & pray in this house.
Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee, that all the people of the earth may knowe thy name, and feare thee like thy people Israél, and that they may knowe, that thy name is called vpon in this house which I haue buylt.
¶ When thy people shal go out to battel against their enemies, by the way that thou shalt se{n}d them, and they praye to thee in the way toward this citie, which thou hast chosen, euen toward the house which I haue buylt to thy Name.
Then heare thou in heauen their prayer & their supplicacion, and iudge their cause.
If thei sinne against thee for there is no man that sinneth not] and thou be angrie with them and deliuer them vnto the enemies, and thei take them, and cary the{m} away captiue vnto a land farre or nere.
If they turne againe to their heart in the land whether they be caryed in captiues, and turne and pray vnto thee in the land of their captiuitie, saying, We haue sinned we haue transgressed and haue done wickedly,
If they turne againe to thee with all their heart, and with all their soule in the land of their captiuitie, whether they haue caryed them captiues, and pray toward their land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers and (toward) the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I haue baylt for thy Name.
Then heare thou in heaue{n}, in the place of thine habitacion their prayer & their supplication, & iudge their cause, & be merciful vnto thy people, which haue sinned against thee.
Now my God, I beseche thee, let thine eyes be open, and thine eares attent vnto the prayer (that is made) in this place.
Now therefore arise, ô Lord God (to come) into thy rest, thou and the Arke of thy strenght: ô Lord God, let thy Priests be clothed with saluacion, and let thy Sainctes reioyce in goodnes.
O Lord God, refuse not the face of thine anointed, reme{m}ber the mercies (promised) to Dauid thy seruant.
ANd when Salomôn had made an end of praying, fyre came downe from heauen, and consumed the burnt offring and the sacrifices & the glorie of the Lord filled the house.
So that the Priests colde notente rinto the house of the Lord, because the glorie of the Lord had filled the Lords house.
And when all the children of Israél saw the fyre, & the glorie of the Lord come downe vpon the house, they bowed themselues with (their) faces to the earth vpon the pauement, and worshiped and praised the Lord (saying) For he is good: because his mercie (lasteth) for euer.
Then the King & all the people offred sacrifices before the Lord.
And King Salomô offred a sacrifice of two and twentie thousand bullockes, and an hundreth and twentie thousand shepe, so the King and all the people dedicated the house of God.
And the Priests waited on their offices, & the Leuites with the instruments of musike of the Lord, which King Dauid had made to praise the Lord, Because his mercy (lasteth) for euer: whe{n} Dauid praised (God) by them, the Priests also blewe trumpets ouer against them. and all they of Israél stode by.
Moreouer Salomón halowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he had prepared burnt offrings, and the fat of the peace offrings because the brasen altar which Salomón had made, was not able to receiue the burnt offring, and the meat offring, and the fat.
And Salomón made a feast at that time of seuen dayes, and all Israél with him, a very great Congregacio{n}, fro{m} the entring in of Hamáth, vnto the riuer of Egypt.
And in the eight day they made a solemne assemblie: for they had made the dedicacion of the altar seuen dayes, and the feast seuen dayes.
And the thre and twentieth day of the seuent moneth, he sent the people away into their tents, ioyous & with glad heart because of the goodnes that the Lord had done for Dauid and for Salomón, and for Israél his people.
So Salomón finished the house of the Lord, and the Kings house, and all that came into Salomóns heart to make in the house of the Lord: and he prospered in his house.
¶ And the Lord appeared to Salomón by night and said to him, I haue heard thy prayer, and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of sacrifice,
If I shut the heauen that there be no raine or if I comma{n}de the grashoppers to de uore the land, or if I send pestilence amo{n}g my people.
If my people, among whome my Name is called vpon, do humble them selues, and praye, and seke my presence, and turne fro{m} their wicked wayes, the{n} wil I heare in heauen, and be merciful to their sinne: & wil heale their land.
Then mine eyes shalbe ope{n} and mine eares atte{n}t vnto the prayer (made) in this place
For I haue now chosen and sanctified this house, that my Name may be therefor euer and mine eyes and mine heart shalbe there perpetually.
And if thou wilt walke before me, as Dauid thy father walked, to do according vnto all that I haue commanded thee, and shalt obserue my statuts & my iudgeme{n}ts.
Then wil I stablish the throne of thy kingdome, according as I made the couenant with Dauid thy father saying, Thou shalt not want a man to be ruler in Israel.
But if ye turne away, and forsake my statutes and my commandements which I haue set before you, & shal go & serue other gods and worship them.
Then wil I plucke them vp out of my land which I haue giuen them, and this house which I haue sanctified for my Name, wil I cast out of my sight, and wil make it to be a prouerbe and a commune talke amo{n}g all people.
And this house which is moste hie, shalbe an astonishment to euerie one that passeth by it, so that he shal say, Why hathe the Lord done thus to this la{n}d, & to this house
And they shalt answer, Because they forsoke the Lord God of their fathers, which broght them out of the land of Egypt, & haue taken holde on other gods, and haue worshiped them, and serued them, therefore hathe he broght all this euil vpon them
ANd after twentie yere when Salomón had buylt the house of the Lord, and his owne house,
The{n} Salomón buylt the cities that Hurám gaue to Salomón, and caused the childre{n} of Israél to dwel there.
And Salomón went to Hamáth Zobáh, and ouercame it.
And he buylt Tadmór in the wildernes, & repaired all the cities of store which he buylt in Hamath.
And he buylt Beth-horón the vpper, and Beth-horó the nether, cities defe{n}ced with walles, gates and barres,
Also Baaláth, and all the cities of store that Salomón had, and all the charet cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and euerie pleasant place that Salomón had a minde to buylde in Ierusalém, and in Lebanón, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
(And) all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, & Perizites, & the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, which were not of Israél.
(But) of their childre{n} which were left after them in the land, whome the children of Israél had not consumed, euen then did Salomón make tributaries vntil this day.
But of the children of Israél did Salomôn make no seruants for his worke: for they were men of warre, and his chief princes, and the captaines of his charets & of his horsemen.
So these were the chief of the officers which Salomón had (euen) two hundreth and fiftie that bare rule ouer the people.
¶ Then Salomón broght vp the daughter of Pharaōh out of the citie of Dauid, into the house that he had buylt for her for he said, My wife shal not dwel in the house of Dauid King of Israél for it is holy, because that the Arke of the Lord came vnto it.
¶ The{n} Salomon offred burnt offrings vnto the Lord, on the altar of the Lord, which he had buylt before the porche.
To offer according to the commandement of Mosés euerie day, in the Sabbats, & in the newe moones, and in the solemne feastes, thre times in the yere (that is) in the feast of the Vnleauened bread, and in the feast of the Wekes, and in the feast of of the Tabernacles.
And he set the courses of the Priests to their offices, according to the ordre of Dauid his father, and the Leuites in their watches, for to praise and minister before the Priests euerie day, & the porters by their courses, at euerie gate: for so (was) the co{m}mandement of Dauid the man of God.
And they declined not from the commandement of the King, co{n}cerning the Priests and the Leuites, touching all things, and touching the treasures.
¶ Now Salomón had made prouision for all the worke, from the day of the fundacion of the house of the Lord, vntil it was finished (so) the house of the LORD was perfite.
Then went Salomón to Ezion-géber, and to Eloth by the seasied in the la{n}d of Edòm
And Hurám sent him by the hands of his serua{n}ts, shippes, & serua{n}ts had that knowledge of the sea: and they went with the seruants of Salomón to Ophir, & broght thence four hundreth and fiftie talens of golde, and broght them to King Salomón.
ANd when the Quene of Shebá heard of the fame of Salomôn she came to proue Salomón with harde questions at Ierusalém, with a verie great traine, and camels that bare swete odours and muche golde, and precious stones: and when she came to Salomón, she co{m}muned with him of all that was in her heart.
And Salomón declared her all her questions, and there was nothing hid from Salomon, which he declared not vnto her.
Then the Quene of Shebá sawe the wisdome of Salomôn, and the house that he had buylt.
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his seruants, and the ordre of his waiters aud their apparel, and his burnt offrings, which he offred in the house of the Lord, and she was greatly astonied.
And she said to the King (It was) a true worde which I heard in mine oune land of thy sayings, and of thy wisdome:
Howbeit I beleued not their reporte, vntil I came, and mine eyes had sene it: and beholde, the one halfe of thy great wisdome was not tolde me (for) thou excedest the fame that I heard.
Happie are thy men, and happie are these thy seruants, which stande before thee all way, and heare thy wisdome.
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which loued thee, to set thee on his throne as King, in the stead of the Lord thy God: because thy God loueth Israél, to establish it for euer therefore hathe he made the King ouer them, to execute iudgement & iustice
Then she gaue the King six score talents of golde, and of swete odours exceding muche and precious stones: nether was theresuche swete odours (since) as the Quene of Shebá gaue vnto King Salomón.
And the seruants also of Hurám, and the seruants of Salomón which broght golde from Ophir, broght Algumim wood and precious stones.
And the King made of the Algumim wood staires in the house of the lord, and in the Kings house, and harpes and violes for singers: and there was no suche sene before in the land of Iudáh.
And King Salomón gaue to the Quene of Shebá euerie pleasant thing that she asked besides for that which she had broght vnto the King, so she returned and went to her owne countrey (bothe) she, and herser uants.
¶ Also the weight of golde that came to Salomón in one yere, was six hu{n}dreth thre score and six talents of golde.
Besides that which chapmen and marchants broght: and all the Kings of Arabia and the princes of the countrey broght golde and siluer to Salomón.
And King Salomón made two hundreth targats of beaten golde, and six hundreth (shekels) of beaten golde went to one targat.
And thre hu{n}dreth shields of beaten golde thre hundreth (shekels) of golde went to one shield, and the King put the{m} in the house of the wood of Lebanón.
And the King made a great throne of yuorie and ouerlaied it with pure golde.
And the throne had six steppes, with a footestole of golde fastened to the throne and stayes on ether side on the place of the seate, & two lions standing by the stayes
And twelue lions stode there on the six steppes on ether side: there was not the like made in anie kingdome.
And all King Salomons drinking vessels (were) of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanón (were) of pure golde (for) siluer was nothing estemed in the dayes of Salomon.
For the Kings shippes went to Tarshish with the seruants of Hurám, euerie thre yere once came the shippes of Tarshish & broght golde, and siluer, yuorie, and apes and pecotkes.
So King Salomón excelled all the Kings of the earth in riches and wisdome.
And all the Kings of the earth soght the presence of Salomón, to heare his wisdome that God had put in his heart.
And they broght euerie man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, armour and swete odours, horses, and mules, from yere to yere.
And Salomón had foure thousand stalles of horses, and charets, and twelue thousand horsemen, whome he bestowed in the charet cities, & with the King at Ierusale{m}.
And he reigned ouer all the Kings from the Riuer euen vnto the land of the Philistims, and to the border of Egypt.
And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalém, as stones, and gaue cedre trees as the wilde fig trees, that are abundant in the plaine.
And they broght vnto Salomón horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Salomón first and last, are they not written in the boke of Nathán the Prophet, and in the prophecie of Ahiiáh the Shilonite, and in the visions of Ieedó the Seer against Ieroboám the sonne of Nebat?
And Salomôn reigned in Ierusalém ouer all Israél fourty yeres.
And Salomón slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid his father: and Rehoboám his sonne reigned in his steade.
THen Rehoboám went to Shechém: for to Shechém came all Israél to make him King.
And when Ieroboám the sonne of Nebát heard it [which was in Egypt, whether he had fled from the preséce of Salomón the King] he returned out of Egypt.
And they sent and called him: so came Ieroboám and all Israél, and co{m}muned with Rehoboám saying,
Thy father made our yoke grieuous: now therefore make thou the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his sore yoke, that he put vpon vs lighter, and we wil serue thee.
And he said to the{m} (Departe) yet thre dayes then come againe vnto me. And the people departed.
And King Rehoboám toke counsel with the olde men that had stand before Salomón his father, while he yet liued, saying, What counsel giue ye that I may answer this people?
And they spake vnto him, saying, If thou be kinde to this people, and please them, and speake louing wordes to the{m}, they wil be thy seruants for euer.
But he left the counsel of the ancient men that they had giuen him, and toke counsel of the yong men that were broght vp with him, and 〈◊〉 on him.
And he said vnto them, What counsel giue ye, that we may answer this people which haue spoken to me, saying, Make they oke which thy father did put vpon vs, lighter?
And the yong men that were broght vp with him, spake vnto him, sayi{n}g, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake to thee saying, Thy father made our yoke heauy, but make thou it lighter for vs: thus shalt thou say vnto them. My least parte shal be big ger then my fathers loynes.
Now where as my father did burden you with a grieuous yoke, I wil yet increase your yoke: my father hathe chastised you with roddes, but I (wil corrected you) with scourges
¶ Then Ieroboám and all the people came to Rehoboám the third day, as the King had appointed, saying, Come againe to me the third day.
And the King answered them sharpely: and King Rehoboám left the counsel of the ancient men,
And spake to them after the counsel of the yong me{n}, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, but I wil increase it: my father chastised you with roddes, but I (wil correct you) with scourges.
So the King hearkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinance of God that the Lord might performe his saying, which he had spoken by Ahiiáh the Shilonite to Ieroboám the sonne of Nebát.
So whe{n} all Israél sawe that the King wolde not heare them, the people answered the King, saying, What portion haue we in Dauid? for we haue none inheritance in the sonne of Ishái. O Israél euerie man to your tents now se to thine owne house; Dauid So all Israél departed to their tents.
Howbeit Rehoboám reigned ouer the children of Israél, that dwelt in the citiés of Iudáh.
Then King Rehoboam sent Hadorám that was ouer the tribute, and the children of Israél stoned him with stones, that he dyed: then King Rehoboám made spede to get him vp to his charet, to flee to Ierusalem,
And Israél rebelled against the house ōf Dauid vnto this day.
ANd when Rehoboám was come to Ierusalém, he gathered of the house of Iudah and Beniamin nine score thousand chosen men of warre to fight against Israél (and) to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboám.
But the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Speake vnto Rehoboám the sonne of Salomón King of Iudah, and to all Israél that are in Iudah, and Beniamin, saying,
Thus sayth the Lord, Ye shal not go vp nor fight against your brethren returne euerie man to his house: for this thing is done of me. They obeied therefore the worde of the Lord, & returned from going against Ieroboam,
And Rehoboam dwelt in Ierusalem, and buylt strong cities in Iudah.
He buylt also Beth-léhem, and Etam, and Iekoa.
And Beth-zūr, and Shoco, and Adullám,
And Gath, and Mareshá, and Ziph.
And Adoráim, and Lachish, and Azekáh,
And Zoráh, and Aialón and Hebro{n}, which were in Iudáh and Beniamin, strong cities
And he repaired the strong holdes and put captaines in them, and store of vitaile, and oyle and wine.
And in all cities he put shields and speares and made them exceding strong, so Iudáh and Beniamin were his.
¶ And the Priests & the Leuites that were in all Israél, resorted vnto him out of all their coastes.
For the Leuites left their suburbes and their possession, and came to Iudáh and to Ierusalém: for Ieroboám and his sonnes had cast them out from ministring in the Priests office vnto the Lord.
And he ordeined him. Priests for the hie places, and for the deuils and for the calues which he had made.
And after the Leuites there came to Ierusale{m} of all the tribes of Israél, suche as set their hearts to seke the lord God of Israél to offer vnto the lord God of their fathers
So they strengthened the kyngdome of Iudáh, and made Rehoboám the sonne of Salomon mightie, thre yere long: for thre yere they walked in the way of Dauid & Salomon.
¶ And Rehoboám toke him Mahaláth the daughter of lerimóth the sonne of Dauid to wife (and) Ahihailthe daughter of Eliáb the sonne of Ishai,
Which bare him sonnes Ieúsh, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
And after her he toke Maakth the daughter of Absalom which bare him Ahiiah, & Atthai, and Ziza, and Shelomith,
And Rehoboam loued Maakah the daughter of Absalóm aboue all his wiues and his concubines: for he toke eightene wiues, & thre score concubines, and begate eight and twe{n}tie sonnes, & threscore daughters
And Rehoboám made Ahiiah the sonne of Maakah the chief ruler among his brethren (for) he thoght to make him King.
And he taught him: and dispersed all his sonnes throughout all the cou{n}treis of Iudáh and Beniamin vnto euerie stro{n}g citie and he gaue them abundance of vitaile, & desired many wiues.
ANd when Rehoboám had established the kingdome and made it strong, he forsoke the Lawe of the Lord, and all Israél with him.
Therefore in the fift yere of King Rehoboam, Shishak the King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalém [because they had transgressed against the Lord]
With twelue hundreth charets, and thre score thousand horsemen, and the people were without nomber, that came with him from Egypt (euen) the Lubims, Sukkims and the Ethiopians.
And he toke the strong cities which were of Iudah, and came vnto Ierusalém.
¶ Then came Shemaiah the Prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Iudáh, that were gathered together in Ierusalém because of Shishák, and said vnto them, Thus sayth the Lord, Ye haue forsaken me therefore haue I also left you in the ha{n}ds of Shishák.
Then the princes of Israél, and the King humbled the{m} selues, and said, The lord (is) iuste.
And when the Lord sawe that they humbled them selues, the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They haue humbled them, but I wil send them deliuerance shortely, and my wrath shal not be powred out vpon Ierusalém by the hand of Shishak.
Neuertheles they shalbe his seruants: so shal thei know my seruice, and the seruice of the kingdomes of the earth.
¶ Then Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalém, and toke the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house: he toke (euen) all, and he caryed away the shields of gold which Salomón had made.
Instead whereof King Rehoboam made shields of brasse, and committed the{m} to the hands of the chief of the garde, that waited at the dore of the Kings house.
And when the King entred into the house of the Lord, the garde came and bare the{m} and broght them againe vnto the garde chamber.
And because he humbled him selfe, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, that he wolde not destroye all together. And also in Iudah the things prospered.
So King Rehoboam was strong in Ierusalém and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and fourtie yere olde, when he bega{n} to reigne, and reigned seuentene yeres in Ierusalém, the citie which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israél to put his Name there, And his mothers name was Naa mah an Ammonitesse.
And he did euil: for he prepared not his heart to seke the Lord.
The actes also of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the boke of Shemaiah the Prophet, and Iddo the Séer in rehearsing the genealogie? & there (was) warre alway betwene Rehoboam and Ieroboam,
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, &
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buryed in the citie of Dauid, and Abiiah his sonne reigned in his stead.
IN the eightente yere of Kynge Ieroboam began Abiiah to reigne ouer Iudáh.
He reigned thre yere in Ierusalém: [his mothers name also was Michaiáh the daughter of Vriél of Gibea] and there was warre betwene Abiiah and Ieroboam.
And Abiiah set the battel in aray with the armie of valiant men of warre, (euen) foure hundreth thousand chosen men. Ieroboam also set the battel in aray againste hym with eight hundreth thousand chosen men whiche were strong (and) valiant.
And Abiiah stode vp vppon mount Zemeraim, whiche is in mount Ephraim, and sayd, Oleroboam, and Israél, heare you me.
〈◊〉 you not to knowe that the Lorde GOD of Israél hathe giuen the kyngdome ouer Israél to Diuid for euer, (euen) to him and to his sonnes by a couenant of salt?
And Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat the seruant of Salomón the sonne of Dauid is risen vp, and hathe rebelled against his Lord.
And there are gathered to hym vaine men (and) wicked, and made them selues strong agaynste Rehoboam the sonne of Salomón: for Rehoboam was (but) a childe and tender hearted, and colde not resist them.
Now therefore ye thinke that ye be able to resiste agaynste the kingdome of the Lorde, (whiche is) in the handes of the sonnes of Dauid, and ye be a great multitude, and the golden calues (are) with you whyche Ieroboam made you for gods.
Haue ye not driuen awaye the Priestes of the Lorde the sonnes of Aaron and the Leuites, and haue made you Priestes lyke the people of (other) countreis? whosoeuer commeth to consecrate with a yong bullocke and seuen rams, the same maye be a Priest of them that are no gods.
But we belong vnto the Lord our God, and haue not forsaken him, and the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron minister vnto the Lord, and the Leuites in (their) office.
And they burne vnto the Lord euerie mornyng and euerie euening burnt offrings and swete incense, and the bread is set in order vpon the pure table, and the candelsticke of golde with the lampes thereof, 〈◊〉 burne euerie euenyng: for we kepe the watche of the Lord our God: but ye haue forsaken him.
And beholde, this God (is) with vs, as a captaine, and hys Priestes with the soundyng trumpets, to crye an alarme agaynst you. O ye children of Israèl, fight not agaynste the LORDE God of your fathers: for ye shall not prosper.
¶ But Ieroboam caused an ambushment to compasse, (and) come behinde them, whe{n} they were before Iudah, and the ambushement behinde them.
Then Iudah loked, and beholde, the battel (was) before and behinde them, and they cryed vnto the Lorde, and the Priests blewe with the trumpets.
And the men of Iudah gaue a shoute: and euen as the men of Iudah shouted, GOD: smote Ieroboam and also Israél before Abiiah and Iudah.
And the children of Israél fled before Iudah, and God 〈◊〉 the{m} into their hand.
And Abiiah and hys people slewe a greate slaughter of them, so that there fell downe wounded of Israél fiue hundreth thousand chosen men.
So the children of Israél were broght vnder at that tyme: and the children of Iudah preuailed, because they stayed vpon the Lord God of their fathers.
And Abiiah pursued after Ieroboam, and toke cities from him, (euen) Bethél, and the villages thereof, and Ieshanah with her villages, and Ephron with her villages.
And Ieroboam recouered no strength againe in the dayes of Abiiah, but the Lorde plaged him, and he dyed.
So Abiaah waxed mightie, 'and maried fourtene wiues, and begate two and twentie sonnes, and sixtene daughters.
The rest of the actes of Abiiah and his maners and hys sayings are writen in the storie of the Prophet Iddo.
SO Abiiah slept with his fathers, and they buryed hym in the citie of Dauid, and Asá hys sonne reygned in hys steade: in whose dayes the land was quiet ten yere.
And Asá did that was good and ryght in the eyes of the Lord his God.
For he toke awaye the{n} altars of the strange (gods) and the hie places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues.
〈◊〉 commaunded Iudah to seke the Lorde God of their fathers, and to do (accordyng) to the Lawe and the commandement.
And he toke away out of all the cities of Iudah the places, and the images: therfore the kingdome was quiet before him.
He buylt also strong cities in Iudah, because the land was in rest, and he had no warre in those yeres: for the LORDE had gyuen hym rest.
Therfore he said to Iudah, Let vs buyld these cities and make walles about, and towres, gates, and barres, whiles the land is before vs: because we haue soght the Lorde our God, we haue soght him, and he hath giuen vs rest on euerie side: so they buylt and prospered.
And Asá had an armie of Iudah that bare shields and speares, thre hundreth thousand, and of Beniamin that bare shields and drewe bowes, two hundreth and foure score thousand: all these were valiant men.
¶ And there came out againste then Zérah of Ethiopia with an hoste often hundreth thousand, and thre hundreth charets, and came vnto Maresháh.
Then Asa went out before hym, and they set the battel in aray in the valley of Zephathah beside Mareshah.
And Asa cryed vnto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to helpe with many, (or) with no power: helpe vs, ô Lorde our God: for werest on thee, and in thy Name are we come against this multitude: ô Lord, thou art our God, let not ma{n} preuaile against thee.
¶ So the Lorde smote the Ethiopians before Asá and before Iudáh, and the Ethiopians 〈◊〉.
And Asá and the people that was with him, pursued them vnto Gezár. And the Ethiopians host was ouerthrowen, (so that) there was no life in them: for they were destroyed before the Lorde and be sore his hoste: and they caryed away a mighty great spoile.
And they smote all the cities rounde about 〈◊〉: for the feare of the Lord came vpon them, a{n}d they spoiled all the cities, for there was exceding muche spoile in them.
Yea, and they smote the tents of cattel, and caryed away plentie of shepe and camels, a{n}d returned to Ierusalém.
THen the Spirit of God came vpon Azariah the sonne of Obéd.
And he went out to mete 〈◊〉, and said vnto hym, O Asa, and all Iudáh, and Beniamin, heare ye me. The Lorde (is) with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seke hym, he wil be founde of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Nowe for a long season Israél (hathe bene) without the true God, and without Priest to teache and without Lawe.
But (whosoeuer) returned in his affliction to the Lorde God of Israél, and soght him, he was founde of them.
And in that time there (was) no peace to him, that did go out and go in: but great troubles (were) to all the inhabitants of the earth.
For nacion was destroyed of nacion, and citie of citie: for God troubled them with all aduersitie.
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your handes be weake: for your worke shal haue a rewarde.
¶ And when Asá heard these wordes, and the prophecie of Odéd the Prophete, he was encouraged, and toke awaye the abominacions out of all the lande of Iudáh, and Beniamin, and out of the cities whiche he had taken of mount Ephraim, and he renued the altar of the Lorde, that was before the porche of the Lord.
And he gathered al Iudah and Beniamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, and Manasséh and out of Simeón: for there fell many to hym out of Israél, when they sawe that the Lord his God (was) with him.
So they assembled to Ierusalém in the third moneth, in the fiftente yere of the reygne of Asá.
And they offred vnto the Lorde the same time of the spoile, (which) they had broght, (euen) seuen hundreth bullockes, and seuen thousand shepe.
And the made a couenant to seke the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soule.
And whosoeuer will not seke the Lorde GOD of Israél, shal be sleane, whether he were small or great, man or woman.
And they sweare vnto the LORD with a loude voyce, and with shoutyng and with trumpets, and with cornets.
And all Iudah reioyced at the othe: for they had sworne vnto the Lorde with all their heart, aud soght him with a whole desire, a{n}d he was founde of them. And the Lorde gaue them rest rounde about.
¶ And Kyng Asá deposed Maachah (hys) mother from her regencie, because she had made an idole in a groue: and Asá brake downe her idole, and stamped it, and burnt it at the broke Kidrón.
But the hie places were not taken awaye out of Israél: yet the heart of Asá was perfite all his dayes.
Also he broght into the house of GOD the things that his father had dedicate, and that he had dedicate, siluer, and golde, a{n}d vessels.
And there was no warre vnto the fiue and thirtieth yere of the reigne of Asá.
IN the six and thirtieth yere of the reigne of Asá came Baasha King of Israél vp against Iudah, and buylt Ramah to let none passe out or go into Asa King of Iudah.
Then Asa broght out siluer and golde out of the treasures of the house of the Lorde, and of the Kyngs house, and sent to Benhadad Kyng of Arám that dwelt at Damascus, saying.
There (is) a couenant betwene me and thee, and betwene my father and thy father: behold, I haue sent thee siluer and gold: come, breake thy league with Baasha Kyng of Israél that he may departe from me.
And Benhadád hearkened vnto Kyng Asá, and sent the captaines of the armies whiche he had, against the cities of Israél. And they smote Iiōn, and Dan, and Abelmāim, and the store cities of Naphtalī.
And when Baashá heard it, he left buylding of Ramáh, and let his worke cease.
Then Asá the King toke all 〈◊〉, & caryed away the stones of Ramáh and the tymbre thereof, where with Baashá did buyld, and he buylt therewith Géba and Mizpáh.
¶ And at that same time Hanáni the Seer came to Asá King of Iudáh, and said vnto him Because thou hast rested vpon the King of Arám, and not rested in the Lord thy God, therefore is the hoste of the King of Arám escaped out of thine hand.
The Ethiopians and the Lubims, were they not a great hoste with charets and horsemen exceding many? yet because thou didest rest vpon the Lord, he deliuered them into thine hand.
For the eyes of the Lord beholde all the earth to shewe him selfe strong with them that are of perfite heart toward him: thou hast the{n} done foolishly in this: therefore fro{m} hensforthe thou shalt haue warres.
The{n} Asā was wroth with the Seer, and put him i{n}to a priso{n}: for he was displeased with him, because of this thing. And Asá oppressed (certeine) of the people at the same time.
And beholde, the actes of Asá first and last, lo, they are writen in the boke of the Kings of Iudáh and Israél.
¶ And Asá in the nine and thirtieth yere of his reigne was diseased in his fete, (and) his disease was extreme: yet he soght not the Lord in his disease, but to the Phisicians.
So Asá slept with his fathers, and dyed in the one and fourtieth yere of his reigne.
And they buryed him in (one) of his sepulchres, whiche he had made for him selfe in the citie of Dauid, and layed him in the bed, which they had filled with swete odours and diuerse kindes (of spices,) made by the arte of the apoticarie: and they burnt him with an exceding great fyre.
ANd Iehoshaphát his sonne reigned in his stead, and preuailed against Israél,
And he put garisons in all the strong cities of Iudáh, and set bands in the land of Iudáh and in the cities of Ephráim, which Asá his father had taken.
And the Lord was with Iehoshaphát, because he walked in the first wayes of his father Dauid, and soght not Baalim.
But soght the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandements, and not after the trade of Israél.
Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand, and all Iudáh broght presents to Iehoshaphát, so that he had of riches and honour in abundance.
And he lift vp his heart vnto the wayes of the Lord, and he toke awaye moreouer the hie places and the groues out of Iudáh.
¶ And in the third yere of his reigne he sent his princes, Ben-háil, and Obadiáh, & Zechariáh, and Nethaneél, and Michaiáh, that they shulde teache in the cities of Iudáh,
And with them Leuites, Shemaiáh, and Nethaniáh, and Zebadiáh, and Asahēl, & Shemiramōth, and Iehonathán, and Adoniiáh, and Tobiiáh, and Toq-adoniiáh, Leuites, & with them Elishamá and Iehorám Priests.
And they taught in Iudáh, and had the boke of the Lawe of the Lord with them, & went about throughout all the cities of Iudáh, and taught the people.
And the feare of the Lord fell vpon all the kingdomes of the lands that were rounde about Iudáh, and they foght not against Iehoshaphát.
Also (some) of the Philistims broght Iehoshaphát gifts and tribute siluer, and the Arabia{n}s broght him flockes, seuen thousand, & seuen hundreth rams, and seuen thousand, & seuen hundreth he gotes.
So Iehoshaphát prospered and grewe vp on hie: and he buylt in Iudáh palaces and cities of store.
And he had great workes in the cities of Iudáh, and men of warre, (&) valiant men in Ierusalém.
And these are the nombers of them after the house of their fathers, In Iudáh (were) captaines of thousands, Adnáh the captaine, and with him of valiant men thre hundreth thousand.
And 〈◊〉 at his hand Iehohanán a captaine, and with him two hundreth & foure score thousand.
And at his ha{n}d Amasiáh the sonne of Zichri whiche willingly offred him selfe vnto the Lord, and with him two hundreth thousand valiant men.
And of Beniamin, Eliadá a valiant man, and with him armed men with bowe and shield two hundred thousand.
And at his hand Iehozabád, & with him an hundreth and foure score thousand armed to the warre.
These waited on the King, besides those whiche the King put in the strong cities throughout all Iudáh.
ANd Iehoshaphát had riches & honour in abundance, but he was ioyned in affinitie with Aháb.
And after certeine yeres he went downe to Aháb to Samaria: and Aháb slewe shepe and oxen for him in great nomber, and for the people that he had with him, & entised him to go vp vnto Ramōth Gileád.
And Aháb King of Israél said vnto Iehoshaphāt King of Iudáh, Wilt thou go with me to Ramóth Gileád? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people and we (wil ioyne) with thee in the warre.
And Iehoshaphát said vnto the King of Israél, Aske cou{n}sel, I pray thee, at the worde of the Lord this day.
Therefore the King of Israél gathered of Prophetes foure hundreth men, and said vnto them, Shal we go to Ramoth Gileád to battel, or shal I cease? And they said, Go vp: for GOD shal deliuer it into the Kings hand.
But lehoshaphát said, Is there here neuer a Prophet more of the Lord that we might inquire of him?
And the King of Israél said vnto Iehoshaphát, There is yet one man, by whome we may aske counsel of the Lord, but I hate him: for he doeth not prophecie good vnto me, but all way cuil: it is Michaiah the sonne of Imlá. Then Iehoshaphát said, Let not the King say so.
And the King of Israél called an eunuche, & said, Call quickly Michaiáh the sonne of Imlá.
¶ And the King of Israél, and Iehoshaphát King of Iudáh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the{m} on his throne clothed in (their) apparel: they sate euen in the thresshing floore at the entring in of the gate of Samaria: and all the Prophetes prophecied before them.
And Zidkiáh the sonne of Chenaanáh made him hornes of yron, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Aramites vntil thou hast consumed them.
And all the Prophetes prophecied so, saying Go vp to Ramóth Gilead, & prosper: for the Lord shal deliuer it into the hand of the King.
¶ And the messenger that went to call Michaiah, spake to him, saying, Beholde, the wordes of the Prophetes (〈◊〉) good to the King with one accorde: let thy worde therefore, I pray thee, be lyke one of theirs, and speake thou good.
And Michaiah said, As the Lord liueth, whatsoeuer my God saith, that wil I speake.
¶ So he came to the King, and the King said vnto him, Michaiah, shal we go to Ramóth Gilead to battel, or 〈◊〉 I leaue of? And he said, Go ye vp, and prosper, and they shal be deliuered into your hand.
And the King said to him, How oft shal I charge thee, that thou tel me nothing but the trueth in the Name of the Lord?
The{n} he said, I sawe all Israél scatered in the mountaines, as shepe that haue no shepheard: and the Lord said, These haue no master: let them returne euerie man to his house in peace:
And the King of Israél said to Iehoshaphat, Did I not tel thee, that he wolde not prophecie good vnto me, but euil?
Againe he said, Therefore heare ye the word of the Lorde: I sawe the Lord sit vpon his throne, and all the hoste of heauen sta{n}ding at his right hand, and at his left.
And the Lord said, who shal persuade Ahab King of Israél, that he may go vp and fall at Ramóth Gilead? And one spake and said thus and another said that.
The{n} there came forthe a spirit and stode before the Lord, and said, I wil persuade him. And the Lord said vnto him, Wherein?
And he said, I wil go out, and be a false spirit in the mouthe of all his Prophetes. And he said, Thou shalt persuade, and shalt also 〈◊〉 go forthe and do so.
Now therefore beholde, the Lord hathe put a false spirit in the mouthe of these thy Prophetes, and the Lord hathe determined euil against thee.
The{n} Zidkiáh the sonne of Chenaanáh came nere, and smote Michaiáh vpon the cheke, and said, By what way went the spirit of the Lord from me, to speake with thee?
And Michaiáh said, Behold, thou shal se that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thee.
And the King of Israél said, Take ye Michaiáh, and carie him to Amōn the gouernour of the citie, and to Ioásh the Kings sonne,
And say, Thus saith the King, Put this man in the prison house, and fede him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction vntil 〈◊〉 returne in peace.
And Michaiah said, If thou returne in peace the Lord hathe not spoken by me. And he said, Heare, all ye people.
So the King of Israél and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramōth Gilead.
And the King of Israél said vnto Iehoshaphat I wil change my selfe, and entre into the battel: but put thou on thine apparel. So the King of Israél changed him selfe, and they went into the battel.
And the King of Aram had commanded the captaines of the charets that were with him saying, Fight you not with small not great, but against the King of Israél onely.
And when the captaines of the charets sawe Iehoshaphat, they said, It is the King of 〈◊〉: and they compassed about him to fight. But Iehoshaphat cryed, & the Lord helped him and moued them (to departe) from him.
For when the captaines of the charets sawe that he was not the King of Israél, they turned backe from him.
Then (a certeine) man drewe a bowe mygh tely, & smote the King of Israél betwene the ioyntes of his brigandine: therefore he said to his charetman, Turne thine ha{n}d, and carie 〈◊〉 out of the hoste: for I am hurt.
And the battel increased that day: and the King of Israél stode stil in his charet against the Aramites vntil euen, and dyed at the time of the sunne going downe.
ANd Iehoshaphát the Kyng of Iudah returned safe to his house in Ierusalém.
And Iehu the sonne of Hanani the Seer we{n}t out to mete hym, and sayd to Kyng Iehoshaphat, Woldest thou helpe the wicked, and loue them that hate the Lorde? therefore for this thyng the wrath of the Lorde is vppon thee.
Neuertheles good thynges are founde in thee, because thou hast taken away the groues out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seke God.
¶ So Iehoshaphat dwelt at Ierusalém, and turned and went through the people from Beer-sheba to mounte Ephraim, and broght them agayne vnto the LORD God of their fathers.
And he set iudges in the land throughout all the strong cities of Iudah, citie by citie.
And sayd to the iudges, Take hede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgementes of man, but of the Lorde, and (he wil be) with you in the cause (and) iudgement.
Wherefore nowe let the feare of the Lorde be vpon you: take hede, and do it: for there is no iniquitie with the LORD our God, nether respect of persones, nor receyuing of rewarde.
Moreouer in Ierusalém did Iehoshaphat set of the Leuites, and of the Priests, and of the chief of the families of Israél, for the iudgement and cause of the Lord: and they returned to Ierusalém.
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the feare of the Lorde faythfully and with a persite heart.
And in euerie cause that shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, betwene blood and blood, betwene lawe and precept, statutes a{n}d iudgements, (ye shal iudge them,) and admonishe them that they trespasse not against the Lorde, that wrath come not vpon you and vpon your brethre{n}. Thus shal ye do and trespasse not.
And beholde, Amariah the Priest (shalbe) the chief ouer you in all matters of the Lord, and Zebadiah the sonne of Ishmaél, a ruler of the house of Iudáh, (shalbe) for all the Kings affaires, and the Leuites (shalbe) officers before you. Be of courage, and do it, a{n}d the Lord shalbe with the good.
AFter this also came the children of Moáb and the childre{n} of Ammón, and with them of the Ammonites agaynst Iohoshaphat to battel.
The{n} there came that tolde Iehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyonde the Sea, out of Arám: and beholde, they be in Hazzón Tamár, whiche is En-gédi.
And 〈◊〉 feared, and set hym selfe to seke the Lorde, and proclaymed a faste throughout all Iudah.
And Iudáh gathered themselues together to aske counsel of the Lord: they came euen out of all the cities of Iudáh to 〈◊〉 of the Lord.
And Iehoshaphát stode in the Congregacio{n} of Iudáh and Ierusalém in the house of the Lord before the new court,
And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heauen? and reignest not thou on all the kingdomes of the heathen and in thine hand is power and might, and none is able to withstand thee.
Didest not thou our God cast out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israél and gauest it to the sede of Abrahám thy friend for euer?
And they dwelt therein, and haue buylt thee a Sanctuarie therein for thy Name, saying,
If euil come vpon vs, (as) the sworde of iudgement, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and in thy presence [for thy Name is in this house] and wil crye vnto thee in our tribulacion, and thou wilt heare and helpe,
And nowe beholde, the children of Ammón and Moab, and mount Seir, by whome thou woldest not let Israél go, whe{n} they came out of the land of Egypt: but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not:
Beholde, I say, they rewarde vs, in comming to cast vs out of thine inheritance, whiche thou hast caused vs to inherit.
O our God, wilt thou not iudge them? for there is no strength in vs to (stande) before this great multitude that commeth againste vs, nether do we knowe what to do: but our eyes are towarde thee.
And all Iudah stode before the LORD with their yong ones, their wiues, and their children.
And Iahaziél the sonne of Zechariáh the sonne of Benaiah, the sonne of Ieiél, the sonne of Mattaniah, a Leuite of the sonnes of Asaph (was there,) vpon whome came the Spirit of the Lorde, in the middes of the Congregacion.
And he said, Hearken ye, all Iudah, and ye inhabitantes of 〈◊〉, and thou Kyng Iehoshaphat: thus sayth the LORD vnto you, Feare you not, nether be afrayed for this great multitude: for the battell (is) not yours, but Gods.
Tomorowe go ye downe against them: beholde, they come vp by the cleft of Ziz, and ye shall finde them at the end of the broke before the wildernes of Israél.
Ye shall not nede to fight in thys (battel:) stand stil, moue not, and beholde the saluacion of the Lorde towarde you: ô Iudah, and Ierusalēm, feare ye not, nether be afrayed: tomorowe go out agaynste them, and the Lord (wil be) with you.
¶ Then Iehoshaphat bowed downe with his face to the earth, and all Iudáh and the inhabitants of Ierusalém fell downe before the Lord, worshiping the Lord.
And the Leuites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Corhites stode vp to praise the Lorde GOD of Israél with aloude voice on hie.
And when they arose early in the mornyng, they went forth to the wildernes of Tekoa: and as they departed, Iehoshaphat stode a{n}d said, Heare ye me, ô Iudah, and ye inhabitantes of Ierusalém: put your trust in the Lorde your God, and ye shalbe assured: 〈◊〉 his Prophetes, and ye shall prosper.
And whe{n} he had consulted with the people, and appointed singers vnto the Lorde, and them that shulde prayse (hym that is) in the beautiful Sanctuarie, in going forthe before the men of armes, and saying, Praise ye the Lorde, for his mercie (lasteth) for euer.
And when they began to shoute, and to prayse, the Lord laied ambushments against the children of Ammōn, Moāb, and mount 〈◊〉, whiche were come against Iudāh, and they slewe one another.
For the children of Ammōn and Moāb rose against the inhabitants of mount Seir to slea and to destroye (them:) and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, euerie one helped to destroy another.
And when Iudah came toward Mizpah in the wildernes, they loked vnto the multitude: and beholde, the carkeises were fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
And when Iehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoyle of the{m}, thei fou{n}d among them in abundance bothe of substance and also of bodies (laden) with precious iewels, whiche they toke for themselues, til they cold cary no more: they were thre dayes in gathering of the spoile: for it was muche.
And in the fourte daye they assembled them selues in the valley of Berachah: for there they blessed the Lorde: therefore they called the name of that place. The valley of Berachah vnto this day.
Then euerie man of Iudah and Ierusalēm returned with Ieshaphat their head, to go againe to Ierusale{m} with ioye: for the Lord had made them to reioyce ouer their enemies.
And they came to Ierusalém with, violes, and with harpes, and with trumpets, (euen) vnto the house of the Lord.
And the feare of GOD was vpon all the kyngdomes of the earth, when they had heard that the Lorde had foght agaynst the enemies of Israél.
So the kingdome of Iehoshaphat was quiet, and his God gaue him rest on euery side.
¶ And Iehoshaphat reygned ouer Iudah, and (was) fiue and thirtie yere olde, when he began to reigne: and reigned fiue and twentie yere in Ierusalém, and hys mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
And he walked in the waye of Asa hys father, a{n}d departed not there from, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lorde.
How be it the hie places were not taken awaye: for the people had not yet prepared their hearts vnto the God of their fathers.
Concernyng the rest of the actes of Iehoshaphat first and last, beholde, they are writen in the boke of Iehu the sonne of Hanani, which is mencioned in the boke of the Kings of Israél.
¶ Yet after this did Iehoshaphat King of Iudah ioyne hym selfe with Ahaziah King of Israél, who was giuen to do euil.
And he ioyned with him, to make shippes to go to Tarshish: and they made the shippes in Ezión Gabér.
Then 〈◊〉 the sonne of Dodauah of Mareshah prophecied against Iehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast ioyned thy self with Ahaziah, the Lorde hathe broken thy workes, and the shippes were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
IEhoshaphat then slept with hys fathers, and was buryed with hys fathers in the citie of Dauid: and Iehorám his sonne reigned in his stead.
And he had brethren the sonnes of Iehoshaphat, Azariáh, and 〈◊〉, and Zechariáh, and Azariáh, and Michaél, and Shephatiáh. All these were the sonnes of Iehoshaphat King of Israél.
And their father gaue them greate giftes of siluer and of golde, and of precious things, with stro{n}g cities in Iudah, but the kingdome gaue he to Iehoram: for he was the eldest.
And Iehoram rose vp vpon the kingdome of his father, and made him selfe strong, and slewe all his brethren with the sworde, and also of the princes of Israél.
Iehoram was two and thirtie yere olde, whe{n} he began to reigne, a{n}d he reigned eight yere in Ierusalém.
And he walked in the waye of the Kings of Israél, as the house of Ahab had done: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife, and he wroght euil in the eies of the Lord.
Howbeit the Lorde wolde not destroye the house of Dauid, because of the couenant that he had made with Dauid, and because he had promised to giue a light to hym, and to his sonnes for euer.
¶ In his dayes Edóm rebelled fro{m} vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer them.
And Iehoram went forthe with his princes, and al his charets with him: a{n}d he rose vp by night, and smote Edóm, which had co{m}passed him in, and the captaines of the charets.
But Edóm rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudáh vnto this day. then did Libna rebell at the same time from vnder his hand, because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.
¶ Moreouer he made hie places in the mou{n}taines of Iudáh, and claused the inhabitants of Ierusalém to commit fornication, and co{m}pelled Iudáh (thereto.)
And there came a writing to him fro{m} Eliáh the Prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Dauid thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the wayes of Iehoshaphát thy father, nor in the wayes of Asá King of Iudáh,
But hast walked in the way of the Kings of Israél, & hast made Iudáh and the inhabitants of Ierusalém to go a whoring, as the house of Aháb went a whoring, and hast also sleane thy brethren of thy fathers house, whiche were better then thou,
Beholde, with a great plague wil the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wiues, and all thy substance,
And thou shalt be in great diseases in the disease of thy bowels, vntil thy bowels fall out for the disease, day by day.
¶ So the Lord stirred vp against Iehorám the spirit of the Philistims, and the Arabians that were beside the Ethiopians.
And they came vp into Iudáh, and brake into it, and caried away all the substance that was founde in the Kings house, and his sonnes also, and his wiues, so that there was not a sonne left him, saue Iehoaház, the yongest of his sonnes.
And after all this, the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
And in processe of time, euen after the end of two yeres, his guttes fell out with his disease: so he dyed of sore diseases: and his people made no burning for him like the burning of his fathers.
When he began to reigne, he was two and thirtie yere olde, and reigned in Ierusalém eight yere, and liued without being desired yet they buryed him in the citie of Dauid, but not among the sepulchres of the Kings.
ANd the inhabitants of Ierusalém made Ahaziáh his yongest sonne King in his stead: for the armie that came with the Arabians to the campe, had sleane all the eldest: therefore Ahaziáh the sonne of Iehorám King of Iudáh reigned.
Two and fourty yere olde (was) Ahaziáh when he began to reigne, & he reigned one yere in Ierusalém, & his mothers name (was) Athaliáh the daughter of Omri.
He walked also in the waies of the house of Aháb: for his mother counseled him to do wickedly.
Wherefore he did euil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Aháb: for they were his counselers after the death of his father, to his destruction.
And he walked after their counsel, and we{n}t with Iehoram the sonne of Aháb King of Israél to fight against Hazaél King of Arám at Ramóth Gileád: and the Aramites smote Iorám.
¶ And he returned to be healed in Izreél, because of the woundes where with thei had wounded him at Ramáh, whe{n} he foght with Hazaél King of Arám. Now Azariáh the sonne of Iehorám King of Iudáh went downe to se Iehorám the sonne of Aháb at Izreél, because he was diseased.
And the destruction of Ahaziáh came of God in that he went to Iorám: for when he was come, he went forthe with Iehorám against Iehú the sonne of Nimshi, whome the Lord had anointed to destroye the house of Aháb.
Therefore when Iehú executed iudgeme{n}t vpon the house of Aháb, & founde the princes of Iudáh and the sonnes of the brethren of Ahaziáh that waited on Ahaziáh, he slewe them also.
And he soght Ahaziáh, and they caught him where he was hid in Samaria, & broght him to Iehú, and slewe him, and buryed him, because, said thei, he is the sonne of Iehoshaphát, which soght the Lord with all his heart So the house of Ahaziáh was not able to reteine the kingdome.
¶ Therefore when Athaliáh the mother of Ahaziáh sawe that her sonne was dead, she arose and destroyed all the Kings sede of the house of Iudáh.
But Iehoshabeáth the daughter of the King toke Ioáh the sonne of Ahaziah, and stale him from among the Kings sonnes, that shulde be sleane, and put him & his nurce in the bed chamber: so Iehoshabeáth the daughter of King Iehorám the wife of Iehoiadá the Priest [for she was the sister of Ahaziáh] hid him from Athaliáh: so she slewe him not.
And he was with them hid in the house of God six yeres, whiles Athaliáh reigned ouer the land.
ANd in the seuentie yere Iehoiadá waxed bolde, and toke the captaines of hu{n}dreths, (to wit,) Azariáh the sonne of Iehorám, and Ishmaél the sonne of Iehohanán, & Azariáh the sonne of Obéd, and Maasiáh the sonne of Zichri incouenant with him.
And they went about in Iudáh, and gathered the Leuites out of all the cities of Iudáh, and the chief fathers of Israél: and they came to Ierusalém.
And all the Congregacion made a couenant with the King in the house of God: & he said vnto them, Beholde, the Kings sonne muste reigne, as the Lord hathe said of the sonnes of Dauid.
This is it that ye shal do, The third parte of you that come on the Sabbath of the Priests & the Leuites, (shal be) porters of the dores.
And (another) third parte towarde the Kings house, and (another) third parte at the gate of the fundacion, and all the people (shalbe) in the courtes of the house of the Lord.
But let none come into the house of the Lord, saue the priests, and the Leuites that minister: they shal go in, for they are holy: but al the people shal kepe the watch of the Lord.
And the Leuites shal compasse the King round about, and euerie man with his weapon in his hand, and he that entreth into the house, shalbe sleane, and be you with the King, when he commeth in, and when he goeth out.
¶ So the Leuites & all Iudáh did according to all things that Iehoiadá the Priest had cóman ded, and toke euery man his men that came on the Sabbath, with them that went out on the Sabbath: for Iehoiadà the Priest did not discharge the courses.
And Iehoiadá the Priest deliuered to the captaines of hundreths speares, and shields, & bucklers which had bene King Dauids, and were in the house of God.
And he caused all the people to stand [euerie man with his weapon in his hand] from the right side of the house, to the left side of the house by the altar and by the house rounde about the King.
Then they broght out the Kings sonne, and put vpon him the crowne and (gaue him) the testimonie, and made him King. And Iehoiadá and his sonnes anointed him, and said, God saue the King.
¶ But when Athaliáh heard the noise of the people running and praising the King, she came to the people into the house of the Lord.
And when she loked, beholde, the King stode by his piller at the entring in, and the princes and the trumpets by the King, and al the people of the land reioyced, and blewe the trumpets, and the singers (were) with instruments of musike, and they that colde 〈◊〉 praise: then Athaliáh rent her clothes, and said, Treason, treason.
Then Iehoiadá the Priest broght out the captaines of hundreths that were gouerners of the hoste, and said vnto them, Haue her forthe of the ranges, and he that followeth her, let him dye by the sworde: forthe 〈◊〉 had said, Slea her not in the house of the Lord.
So they layed hands on her: and wher she was come to the entring of the horsegate by the Kings house, thei slewe her there.
¶ And Iehoiadá made a couenant betwene him, & all the people, and the King, that they wolde be the Lords people.
And all the people we{n}t to the house of Báal, and destroyed it, and brake his altars & his images, & slewe Mattán the Priest of Báal before the altars.
And Iehoiadá appointed officers for the house of the Lord, vnder the hands of the Priests and Leuites, whome Dauid had distributed for the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offrings vnto the Lord, as it is writen in the Lawe of Mosés, with reioycing & singing by the appointement of Dauid.
And he set porters by the gates of the house of the Lord, that none that was vncleane in any thing, shulde entre in.
And he toke the captaines of hundreths, and the noble men, and the gouerners of the people, and all the people of the land, and he caused the King to come downe out of the house of the Lord, and they went through the hie gate of the Kings house, and set the King vpon the throne of the kingdome.
Then all the people of the land reioyced, & the citie was quiet, after that thei had sleane Athaliáh with the sworde.
IOásh (was) seuen yere olde when he began to reigne, and he reigned fourtie yere in Ierusalém: and his mothers name was Zibiáh of Beer-shéba.
And Ioásh did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, all the dayes of Iehoiadá the Priest.
And Iehoiadá toke him two wiues, and he 〈◊〉 sonnes and daughters.
¶ And afterward it came into Ioásh minde, to renue the house of the Lord.
And he assembled the Priestes and the Leuites, and said to them, Go out vnto the cities of Iudáh, and gather of all Israél money to repaire the house of your God, from yere to yere, and haste the thing: but the Leuites hasted not.
Therefore the King called Iehoiadá, the chief, and said vnto him, Why hast thou not required of the Leuites to bring in out of Iudáh and Ierusalém the taxe of Mosés the seruant of the Lord, and of the Congregacio{n} of Israél, for the Tabernacle of the testimonie?
For wicked Athaliáh, (and) her children brake vp the house of God: & all the things that were dedicate for the house of the Lord did thei bestowe vpon Baalim.
Therefore the King commanded, and they made a chest; a{n}d set it at the gate of the house of the Lord.
And they made proclamacion through Iudah and Ierusalém, to bryng vnto Lorde the taxe of Mosés the seruant of God, (laied) vpon Israél in the wildernes.
And all the princes and all the people reioyced, and broght in, and caste into the chest, vntill they had finished.
And when it was tyme, they broght the chest vnto the Kyngs officer by the hand of the Leuites: and when they sawe that there was muche siluer, then the Kings Scribe [and one appointed by the hye Priest] came and emptied the chest, and toke it, and caried it to his place againe: thus they did day by day, and gathered siluer in abundance.
And the Kyng and Iehoiada gaue it to suche as did the labour (a{n}d) worke in the house of the Lorde, and hyred masons and carpenters to repaire the house of the Lorde: (they gaue it) also to workers of yron and brasse, to repaire the house of the Lorde.
So the workemen wroght, and the worke amended through their hands: and they restored the house of GOD to hys state, and strengthened it.
And when they had finished it, they broght the rest of the siluer before the King and Iehoiadá, and he made thereof vessels for the house of the LORDE, (euen) vessels to minister, bothe morters and (incense) cuppes, and vessels of golde, and of siluer: and they offred burnt offrings in the house of the Lorde continually all the dayes of Iehoiada.
¶ But Iehoiada waxed olde, and was full of dayes and dyed. And hundreth and thirtie yere olde (was he) when he dyed.
And they buryed him in the citie of Dauid with the Kings, because he had done good in Israél, and towarde God and his house.
¶ And after the death of sehoiadá, came the princes of Iudah, and did reuerence to the King, and the King hearkened vnto them.
And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and serued groues and idoles: and wrath came vpon Iudah and Ierusalém, because of this their trespasses.
And (God) sent Prophetes among them to bring them againe vnto the Lorde: and they made protestation among them, but they wolde not heare.
And the Spirit of God came vpon Zechariah the sonne of Iehoiada the Priest, whiche stode aboue the people, and sayd vnto them, Thus saith GOD, Why transgresseye the commandements of the Lorde: surely it shall not prosper: 〈◊〉 ye haue forsaken the Lord, he also hathe forsaken you.
Then they conspired agaynst hym and stoned hym with stones at the commaundement of the Kyng, in the court of the house of the Lord.
Thus Ioash the Kyng remembred not the kindenes which Iehoiadá his father had done to him, but slewe his sonne. And when he dyed, he said, The Lord loke vpon it, and require it.
¶ And when the yere was out, the hoste of Arám came vp against him, and thei came against Iudáh and Ierusalém, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoile of them vnto the King of Damascus.
Thoght the armie of Arám came with a small company of men, yet the Lord deliuered a very great armie into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers: & they gaue sentence against Ioásh.
And when thei were departed from him, [for thei left him in great diseases] his owne seruants conspired against him for the blood of the children of Iehoiadá the Priest, and slewe him on his bed, and he dyed, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid: but they buryed him not in the sepulchres of the Kings.
And these are they that conspired against him, Zabád the sonne of Shimráth an Ammonitesse, and Iehozabád the sonne of Shim rith a Moabitesse.
But his sonnes, and the summe of the taxe (gathered) by him, and the fundacion of the house of God, beholde, they are writen in the storie of the boke of the Kings. And Amaziáh his sonne reigned in his stead.
AMaziáh was fiue and twentie yere olde, whe{n} he began to reigne, and he reigned nine and twentie yere in Ierusalém: and his mothers name (was) Iehoaddán, of Ierusalém.
And he did vprightly in the eyes of the Lord but not with a perfite heart.
And when the kingdome was established vnto him, he 〈◊〉 his serua{n}ts, that had slayne the King his father.
But he 〈◊〉 not their children, but (did,) as it is writen in the Law, (and) in the boke of Mosés, where the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shal not dye for the children nether shal the children dye for the fathers, but euerie man shaldye for his owne sinne.
¶ And Amaziáh assembled Iudáh, and made them captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreths according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Iudáh and 〈◊〉 and he no{m}bred them from twentie yere olde and aboue, and founde among them thre hundreth thousand chosen men, to go forthe to the warre, and to ha{n}dle speare and shield.
He hyred also an hundreth thousand valiant men out of Israél for an hundreth talents of siluer.
But a man of God came to him, saying, O King, let not the armie of Israél go with thee for the Lord is not with Israél, (nether) with all the house of Ephráim.
If not, go thou on, do it, make thy selfe stro{n}g to the battel, (but) God shal make thee fall before the enemie: for God hathe power to helpe, and to cast downe.
And Amaziáh said to the man of God, What shal we do then for the hundreth talents, which I haue giuen to the hoste of Israél? Then the man of God answered, The Lord is able to giue thee more then this.
So Amaziáh separated the{m}, (to wit,) the armie that was come to him out of Ephráim, to returne to their place: wherefore their wrath was kindled greatly against Iudáh, and they returned to their places with great angre.
Then Amaziáh was encouraged, and led forthe his people, and went to the salt valley, and smote of the children of Seir, ten thousand.
And (other) ten thousand did the children of Iudáh take aliue, and caryed them to the toppe of a rocke, and cast the{m} downe from the toppe of the rocke, and they all burst to pieces.
But the men of the armie, which Amaziáh sent away, that they shulde not go with his people to battel, fell vpon the cities of Iudáh from Samaria vnto Bethhorón, and smote thre thousand of them, and toke muche spoyle.
Now after that Amaziáh was come fro{m} the slaughter of the Edomites, he broght the gods of the children of Seir, and set them vp to be his gods, and worshiped them, and burned incense vnto them.
Wherefore the Lord was wroth with Amaziáh, and sent vnto him a Prophet, which said vnto him, Why hast thou soght the gods of the people, which where not able to deliuer their owne people out of thine hand?
And as he talked with him, he said vnto him, Haue thei made thee the Kings counseler? cease thou: why shulde they smite thee? And the Prophet ceased, but said, I knowe that God hathe determined to destroye thee because thou hast done this, and hast not obeyed my counsel.
¶ Then Amaziáh King of Iudáh toke counsel, and sent to Ioásh the sonne of Iehoaház, the sonne of Iehú King of Israél, saying, Come, let vs se one another in the face.
But Ioásh King of Israél sent to Amaziáh King of Iudáh, saying, The thistle that is in Lebanōn, sent to the cedre that is in Lebano{n} saying, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife: and the wilde beast that was in Lebanón went and trode downe the thistle.
Thou thinkest: lo, thou hast smiten Edóm, and thine heart lifteth thee vp to bragge: abide now at home: why doest thou prouoke to (thine) hurt, that thou shuldest fall, and Iudáh with thee?
But Amaziáh wolde not heare: for it was of God, that he might deliuer them into (his) hand, because they had soght the gods of Edóm.
So Ioásh the King of Israél went vp: and he and Amaziáh King of Iudáh sawe one another in the face at Bethshémesh, which is in Iudáh.
And Iudáh was put to the worse before Israél, and they fled euerie man to his tents.
But Ioásh the King of Israél toke Amaziáh King of Iudáh, the sonne of Ioásh, the sonne of Iehoaház in Bethshémesh, a{n}d broght him to Ierusalém, and brake downe the wall of lerusalém, from the gate of Ephraim vnto the corner gate, foure hundreth cubites.
And (he toke) all the golde and the siluer, and all the vessels that were founde in the house of God with Obéd Edóm, and in the treasures of the Kings house, and the children that were in hostage, and returned to Samaria.
¶ And Amaziáh the sonne of Ioásh King of Iudáh liued after the death of Ioásh sonne of Iehoaház King of Israél, fiftene yere.
Co{n}cerning the rest of the actes of Amaziáh first and last, are they not writen in the boke of the Kings of Iudáh and Israél?
Now after the time that Amaziáh did turne away from the Lord, they wroght treason against him in Ierusalém: and when he was fled to Lachish, thei sent to Lachish after him and slewe him there.
And thei broght him vpon horses, and buryed him with his fathers in the citie of Iudáh.
THe{n} al the people of Iudáh toke Vzziáh which was sixtene yere olde, & made him King in the stead of his father Amaziáh.
He buylt Elóth, and restored it to Iudah after that the King slept with his fathers.
Sixtene yere olde (was) Vzziah, when he began to reygne, and he reygned two and fiftie yere in Ierusalém, and his mothers name (was) Iecoliah of Ierusalém.
And he dyd vpryghtlye in the sight of the Lord, accordyng to all that hys father Amaziah did,
And he soght God in the dayes of Zechariah [whiche vnderstode the visions of God] and when as he soght the Lord, God made him to prosper.
For he went forthe and foght against the Philistims and brake downe the wall of Gath, and the wall of Iabnéh, and the wall of Ashdóh, and buylt cities in Ashdód, and among the Philistims.
And God helped him against the Philistims, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbáal and Hammeunim.
And the Ammonites gaue giftes to Vzziáh & his name spred to the entring in of Egypt: for he did moste valiantly.
Moreouer Vzziáh buylt towres in Ierusalém at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning, and made them strong.
And he buylt towres in the wildernes, and digged many cisternes: for he had muche cattel bothe in the valleis and plaines, plowmen, 〈◊〉 dressers of vines in the mountaines, and in Carmél: for he loued housbandrie.
Vzziáh had also an hoste of fighting me{n} that went out to warre by bandes, according to the counte of their nomber vnder the hand of Ieiél the scribe, and Maaseiáh the ruler, (&) vnder the hand of Hananiáh, one of the Kings captaines.
The whole nomber of the chief of the families of the valia{n}t men (were) two thousand and six hundreth.
And vnder their hand (was) the armie for warre, thre hundreth and seuen thousand, & fiue hundreth that foght valiantly to helpe the King against the enemie.
And Vzziáh prepared them through out all the hoste, shields, and speares, and helmets, and brigandines, and bowes, and stones to sling.
He made also verie artificial engins in Ierusalém, to be vpon the towres and vpon corners, to shote arowes and great stones: and his name spred farre abroade, because (God) did helpe him meruelously, til he was mightie.
¶ But when he was strong, his heart was lift vp to (his) destruction: for the transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the Temple of the Lord to burne incense vpon the altar of incense.
And Azariáh the Priest went in after him, & with him foure score Priests of the Lord, valiant men.
And they withstode Vzziáh the King, and said vnto him, It perteineth not to thee, Vzziáh, to burne incense vnto the Lord, but to the Priests the sonnes of Aarón, that are consecrated for to offer incense: go for the of the Sanctuarie: for thou hast transgressed, & thou shalt haue none honour of the Lord God.
Then Vzziáh was wroth, and had incense in his ha{n}d to burne it: and while he was wroth with the Priests, the leprosie rose vp in his forehead before the Priests in the house of the Lord beside the incense altar.
And when Azariáh the chief Priest with all the Priests loked vpon him, beholde, he was leprous in his forehead, and they caused him hastely to departe thence: & he was eue{n} compelled to go out, because the Lord had smiten him.
And Vzziáh the King was a lepre vnto the day of his death, and dwelt as a lepre in an house a parte, because he was cut of from the house of the Lord and Iothám his sonne (ruled) ouer the Kings house, and iudged the people of the land.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Vzziáh first and last, did Isaiáh the Prophet the sonne of Amóz write.
So Vzziáh slept with his fathers, & they buryed him with his fathers in the field of the buryal, whiche perteined to the Kings: for they said, He is a lepre. And Iothám his sonne reigned in his stead.
IOthán (was) fyue & twe{n}tie yere olde whe{n} he began to reigne, and reigned sixtene yere in Ierusalém, and his mothers name was Ierusháh the daughter of Zadok.
And he did vprighthly in the sight of the Lord acording to all that his father Vzziáh did, saue that he entred not into the Temple of the Lord, & the people did yet corrupt (their waies)
He 〈◊〉 the hye gate of the house of the Lord, and he buylt very muche on the wall of the castel.
Moreouer he buylt cities in the mou{n}taines of Iudáh, and in the forests he buylt palaces and towres.
And he foght with the King of the children of Ammón, and preuailed against them. And the children of Ammón gaue him the same yere an hundreth tale{n}ts of siluer, & ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousa{n}d of barly: this did the children of Ammón giue him bothe in the secódyete & the third.
So Iothám became migthie because he directed his way before the Lord his God.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Iothám, and all his warres and his wayes, lo, they are writen in the boke of the Kings of Isráel and Iudáh.
He was fyue and twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned sixtene yere in Ierusalém.
And Iothám slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid: & Aház his sonne reigned in his stead.
AHáz (was) twentie yere olde when he began to reigned sixtene yere in Ierusalém, & did not vprightly in the sight of the Lord, like Dauid his father.
But he wallked in the wayes of the Kings of Israél and made euen molten images for Baalim.
Moreouer he burnt incense in the valley of Ben-hinnom, and burnt his sonnes with fyre after the abominacio{n}s of the heathe{n} whome the Lord had cast out before the children of Israél.
He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the hie places, and on hilles, and vnder euerie grene tre.
Wherefore the Lord his God deliuered him into the hand of the King of the Aramites, & they smote him, and toke of his, manie prisoners, and broght them to Damascus: and he was also 〈◊〉 into the hand of the King of Israél, which smote him with a great slaughter.
For Pekáh the sonne of Remaliáh, slewe in Iudah six score thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.
And Zichri a mightic man of Ephráim slewe Maaseiáh the Kings sonne, and Azrikám the gouernour 〈◊〉 the house, and 〈◊〉 the seconde after the King.
And the children of Israél toke prisoners of their brethren, two hundreth thousand of women sonnes and daughters, and caryed away muche spoile of them, and broght the spoile to Samaria.
¶ But there was a Prophet of the Lords, [whose name (was) Odéd] and he went out before the hoste that came to Samaria, and said vnto them, Beholde, because the Lord God of your fathers is wroth with Iudáh, he hathe deliuered them into your hand, and ye haue slaine them in a rage, that reacheth vp to heauen.
And now ye purpose to kepe vnder the children of Iudáh and Ierusalém, as seruants and hand maides vnto you: but are not you (suche that) sinnes (are) with you before the Lord your God?
Now therefore heare me, and deliuer the captaines againe, which ye haue taken prisoners of your brethren: for the fearce wrath of the Lord (is) toward you.
Wherefore certeine of the chief of the children of Ephráim, Azariáh the sonne of Iehohanán, Berechiáh the so{n}ne of Meshillemōth, and 〈◊〉 the sonne of Shallu{m}, and Amasá the sonne of Hadlái, stode vp against them that came from the warre,
And said vnto the{m}, Bring not in the captiues hether: for (this shalbe) a sinne vpon vs (against) the Lord: ye ente{n}d to adde more to our sinnes and to our trespasse, thogh our trespasse be great, and the fearce wrath (of God is) against 〈◊〉.
So the armie left the captiues and the spoile before the princes and all the Congregacion.
And the me{n} that were named by name, rose vp and toke the prisoners, & with the spoile clothed all that were naked among them, and arayed them, and shod them, and gaue them meat and gaue them drinke, and anointed them, and caryed all that were feble of them vpon asses, and broght them to Ierichó the citie of Palmetrees to their brerhren: so they returned to Samaria.
¶ At that time did King Aház send vnto the Kings of Asshúr, to helpe him.
[For the Edomites came moreouer, & slewe of Iudáh, and caryed away captiues.
The Philistims also inuaded the cities in the lowe countrey, and towarde the South of Iudáh, and toke Bethshémesh and Aialón, and Gederôth and Shochó, with the villages thereof, and Timnáh, with her villages, and Gimzo, with her villages, and they dwelt there.
For the Lord had humbled Iudáh, because of Aház King of Israél: for he had broght vengeance vpon Iudáh and had grieuously transgressed against the Lord]
And Tigláth Pilneéser King of Asihúr came vnto him who troubled him & did not strengthen him.
For Aház toke a porcion out of the house of the Lord and out of the Kings house & of the princes, and gaue vnto the King of Asshúr: yet it helped him not.
And in the time of his tribulacion did he yet trespasse more against the Lord, [this is King Ahāz]
For he sacrificed vnto the gods of Damascus, which plagued him, and he said, Because the gods of the Kings of Arám helped them, I wil sacrifice vnto them, and they will helpe me: yet they were his ruine, and of all Israél.
And Aház gathered the vessels of the house of God, and brake the vessels of the house of God, and shut vp the dores of the house of the Lord, and made him altars in euerie corner of Ierusalém.
And in euerie citie of Iudáh he made hie places, to burne incense vnto other gods, and prouoked to angre the Lord God of his fathers.
Concerning the rest of his actes, and all his wayes first and last, beholde, they are writen in the boke of the Kings of Iudáh, and Israél.
And Aház slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Ierusalém, but broght him not vnto the sepulchres of the Kings of Israél: and Hezekiáh his sonne reigned in his steade.
HEzekiáh began to reigne, when he was fyne and twentie yere olde, and reigned nine and twentie yere in Ierusalém: and his mothers name (was) Abiiáh the daughter of Zechariáh.
And he did vprightely in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Dauid hys father had done.
He opened the dores of the house of the Lord in the first yere and in the firste moneth of his reigne, and repared them.
And he broght in the Priests and the Leuites, and gathered them into the Easte strete,
And said vnto them, Heare me, ye Leuites: sanctifie now your selues, and sanctifie the house of the Lord God of your fathers, & carye forthe the filthines out of the Sa{n}ctuarie.
For our fathers haue trespassed, and done euil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and haue forsaken him, and turned away their faces from the Tabernacle of the Lord, & turned their backes.
They haue also shut the dores of the porche, and quenched the lampes, and haue nether burnt incense, nor offred burnt offrings in the Sanctuarie vnto the GOD of Israél.
Wherefore the wrath of the Lord hathe bene on Iudáh and Ierusalém: and he hath made them a scatering, a desolacion, and an hissing, as ye se with your eyes.
For lo, our fathers are falle{n} by the sword, and our sonnes, and our daughters, & our wiues (are) in captiuitie for the same cause.
Now I purpose to make a couena{n}t with the Lord God of Israél, that he may turne away his fearce wrath from vs.
Now my sonnes, be not deceiued: for the Lord hathe chosen you to stande before him, to serue him, and to be hys ministers, and to burnt incense.
¶ Then the Leuites arose, Maháth the sonne of Amashái, & Ioél the sonne of Azariáh of the sonnes of the Kohathites and of the sonnes of Merari, Kish the sonne of Abdi, and Azariáh the sonne of Iehalelél: and of the Gershonites, Ioáh the sonne of Zimmáh, and Edén the sonne of Ioáh:
And of the sonnes of Elizaphán, Shimri, & Iehiél: and of the sonnes of Asáph, Zechariáh, and Mattaniáh:
And of the sonnes of Hemán, Iehiél, and Shimei: & of the sonnes of Ieduthún, Shemaiáh and Vzziél.
And they gathered their brethren, & sanctified them selues and came accordyng to the commandeme{n}t of the King, (and) by the wordes of the Lorde, for to clense the house of the Lord.
And the Priests went into the inner partes of the house of the Lord, to clense it, and broght out all the vnclennes that they founde in the Temple of the Lord, into the courte of the house of the Lord & the Leuites toke it, to carie it out vnto the broke Kidrón.
They began the first (day) of the first moneth to sa{n}ctifie it, and the eight day of the moneth came they to the porche of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight dayes, and in the sixtente day of the first moneth they made an end.
¶ The{n} they went into Hezekiah the King, and said, We haue clensed all the house of the LORD and the altar of burnt offring, with all the vessels therof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof:
And all the vessels whyche Kynge Aház had cast aside when he reigned, (and) tra{n}sgressed, haue we prepared and sanctified: and beholde, they are before the altar of the Lord.
¶ And Hezekiáh the King rose early, & gathered the Princes of the citie, and went vp to the house of the Lord.
And they broght seuen bullockes, and seuen rams, and seuen lambes, and seuen he goates, for a sin offring for the kyngdome, and for the Sanctuarie, and for Iudáh. And he commanded the Priestes the sonnes of Aarón, to offer (them) on the altar of the Lord.
So they slewe the bullockes, & the Priests receiued the blood, and sprinkled it vpo{n} the altar: they slewe also the rams & sprinkled the blood vppon the altar, and they slewe the lambes, and they sprinkled the blood vpon the altar.
Then they broght the he goates for the sinne offring before the King and the Co{n}gregacion, and they laied theyr handes vpon them.
And the Priests slewe them, and with the blood of them they cle{n}sed the altar to reconcile all Israél: for the Kynge had commanded for all Israél the burnt offringe & the sinne offring.
He appointed also the Leuites in the house of the Lord with cymbales, with violes, and with harpes, according to the commandement of Dauid, and Gad the Kings Seer, and Nathán the Prophet: for the commandement (was) by the hand of the Lord, (and) by the ha{n}d of his Prophetes.
And the Leuites stode with the instruments of Dauid, and the Priestes with the trumpets.
And Hezekiáh commanded to offer the burnt offring vpon the altar: and whe{n} the burnt offring bega{n}, the song of the Lord began with the trumpets, and the instruments of Dauid King of Israél.
And all the Congregacion worshiped, singing a song, and they blewe the trumpets: all this (continued) vntil the burnt offring was finished.
And when they had made an ende of offring, the King and all that were present with him, bowed them selues, and worshiped.
¶ Then Hezekiáh the Kyng and the princes commanded the Leuites to prayse the LORD with the wordes of Dauid, and of Asáph the Seer. so they praised with ioye, and thei bowed them selues, & worshiped.
And Hezekiáh spake, and sayd, Now ye haue consecrate your selues to the Lord: come nere and bring the sacrifices and (offrings) of praise into the house of the Lord. And the Congregacion broght sacrifices, and (offrings) of praises, and euerie ma{n} that was willing in heart, (offred) burnt offri{n}gs.
And the nomber of the burnt offrynges, which the Congregacion broght, was seuentie bullockes, an hundreth rammes, (and) two hundreth lambes: all these were for a burnt offring to the Lord:
And for sanctification six hundreth bullockes, and thre thousand shepe.
But the Priests were to fewe, and were not able to flay all the burnt offrings therfore their brethre{n} the Leuites did helpe them, till they had ended the worke, and vntill (other) Priests were sanctified: for the Leuites were more vpright in heart to sanctifie them selues, then the Priests.
And also the burnt offrings were manye with the fat of the peace offrings & the drinke offrings for the burnt offring, so the seruice of the house of the Lord was set in order.
Then Hezekiáh reioyced and all the people, that God had made the people so ready: for the thing was done sodenly.
ANd Hezekiáh sent to all Israél, and Iudáh, & also wrote letters to a Ephráim and Manasséh, that thei shulde come to the house of the LORD at Ierusalém, to kepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord GOD of Israél.
And the King and his princes and all the Congregacion had taken counselin Ierusalém to kepe the Passeouer in the seco{n}de moneth.
For thei colde not kepe it at this time, because there were not Priests ynow sanctified, nether was the people gathered to Ierusalém.
And the thing pleased the King, and all the Congregaciou.
And they decreed to make proclamation throughout all Israél 〈◊〉 Beershéba eue{n} to Dan, that they shuld come to kepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord God of Israél at Ierusalém: for they had not done it of a great (time,) as it was writen.
¶ So the postes went with letters by the commission of the Kyng, and his princes, throughout all Israél and 〈◊〉, and with the commandement of the Kynge, saying, Ye children of Israél, turne againe vnto the Lord God of Abrahám, Izhák, and Israéll, and he will returne to the remnant that are escaped of you, out of the hands of the Kings of 〈◊〉.
And be not ye like your fathers, and lyke your brethren, which trespassed agaynste the Lord God of their fathers (and) therefore he made them desolate, as ye se.
Be not ye now stifnecked like your fathers, (but) giue the hand to the Lord and come into his Sanctuarie, which he hathe sanctified for euer, and serue the Lord your God, and the fearcenes of his wrath shall turne away from you.
For if ye returne vnto the Lord, your brethren and your children (shal finde) mercie before them that led them captiues, and they shal returne vnto this lande: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, & wil not turne away his face from you, if ye conuert vnto him.
¶ So the postes went from Citie to Citie through the land of Ephráim and Manasséh, euen vnto Zebulún but they laughed them to scorne, and mocked them.
Neuertheles diuers of Ashér, and Manasséh, & of Zebulún submitted them selues, and came to Ierusalém.
And the hand of God was in Iudáh, so that he gaue them one heart to do the cómandement of the King, and of the rulers, according to the worde of the Lord.
And there assembled to Ierusalém muche people, to kepe the feast of the vnleauened bread in the seconde moneth, a verye great assemblie.
¶ And they arose, and toke away the altars that were in Ierusalém: and all those forince{n}se toke they away, and cast them into the broke Kidrón.
Afterwarde they slewe the Passeouer the fourtene (day) of the seconde moneth: and the Priests and Leuites were ashamed, and sanctified them selues, & broght the burnt offrings into the house of the Lord.
And they stode in theyr place after theyr maner accordynge to the Lawe of Mosés the man of God: (and) the Priests sprinkled the blood, (receiued) of the hands of the Leuites.
Because there were manie in the Congregacion that were not sanctified, therefore the Leuites had the charge of the killing of the Passeouer for all that were not cleane, to sanctifie it to the Lord.
For a multitude of the people, (eue{n}) a multitude of Ephráim, and Manasséh, Issachár and Zebulún had not clensed them selues, yet did eat the Passeouer, (but) not as it was writen wherfore Hezekiáh prayed for the{m}, saying, The good Lord be merciful toward (him,)
That prepareth his whole heart to seke the Lord GOD, the GOD of his fathers, thogh he be not (clensed,) according to the purificacion of the Sanctuarie.
And the Lord heard Hezekiah, & healed the people.
And the children of Israél that were present at Ierusalém, kept the feast of the vnleauened bread seue{n} dayes with great ioye and the Leuites, and the Priests praised the Lord, day by day; singing with lowd instruments vnto the Lord.
And Hezekiáh spake comfortably vnto all the Leuites that had good knowledge (to sing) vnto the Lord: and thei did eat in that feast seue{n} dayes, & offred peace offri{n}gs and praised the Lord God of their fathers.
And the whole assemblie toke counsel to kepe it other seuen dayes. So they kept it seuen dayes with ioye.
For Hezekiáh King of Iudáh had giue{n} to the Congregacio{n} a thousand bullockes, and seuen thousand shepe. And the princes had giuen to the Congregacion a thousand bullockes, and ten thousande shepe: and many Priests were sanctified.
And all the Congregacion of Iudáh reioyced with the Priests and the Leuites, & all the Congregacion that came out of Israél, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israél, and that dwelt in Iudáh.
So there was great ioye in Ierusalém: for since the time of Salomo{n} the sonne of Dauid King of Israél there (was) not the like thing in Ierusalém.
Then the Priests and the Leuites arose, & blessed the people, and theyr voyce was heard, and their prayer came vp vnto heauen, to his holy habitacion.
ANd whe{n} all these things were finished, all Israél that were found in the cities of Iudáh, went out and brake the images, and cut downe the groues, & brake downe the hie places, and the altars throughout all Iudáh and Beniamin, in Ephráim also & Manasséh, vntill they had made an end: afterward all the children of Israél returned euerie man to his possession, into theyr owne cities.
And Hezekiáh appointed the courses of the Priests and Leuites by their turnes, euerie man according to his office, (bothe) Priests and Leuites, for the burnt offring & peace offrings, to minister & to giue tha{n}kes, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.
[And the Kings 〈◊〉 (was) of his owne substance for the burnt offrings, (eue{n}) for the burnt offrings of the mornyng and of the euening, & the burnt offrings 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sabbaths, and for the new moones, & 〈◊〉 the solemne feastes, as it is writen in 〈◊〉 Law of the Lord.]
He comma{n}ded also the people that 〈◊〉: in Ierusale{m}, to giue a parte to the Priests, and Leuites, that they might be encouraged in the Law of the Lord.
¶ And when the commaundement was spred, the children of Israél broght abundance of first frutes of corne, wine, & oyle, and honie, & of all the increase of the field and the tithes of all thynges broght they abundantly.
And the children of Israél and Iudáh that dwelt in the Cities of Iudáh, they also broght the tithes of bullockes & shepe; and the holy tithes which were co{n}secrate vnto the Lord their God, and laid them on many heapes.
In the third moneth they began to lay the fundacion of the heapes, and finished the{m} in the seuent moneth.
¶ And when Hezekiáh and the princes came, and sawe the heapes, they blessed the Lord and his people Israél.
And Hezekiáh questioned with the Prests and the Leuites concerning the heapes.
And Azariáh the chief Priest of the house of Zadók answered him, and said, Since the people began to brynge the offrings into the house of the Lord, we haue eaten and haue bene satisficed, and there is left in abundance: for the Lord hathe blessed hys people, and this abundance that is left.
¶ And Hezekiáh commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord: & they prepared them,
And caryed in the first frutes, & the tithes, and the dedicate things faithfully: & ouer them (was) Conaniáh the Leuite, the chief, and Shimei his brother the seconde.
And Iehiél, and Azaziáh, and Náhath, and Asahél, and 〈◊〉, and Iozabád, and Eliél, and Ismachiáh, and Máhath, and Benaiáh (were) ouerseers by the appointement of Conaniáh, & Shimei his brother, (and) by the commandement of Hezekiáh the King, and of Azariáh the chief of the house of God.
And Koré the sonne of Imnáh the Leuite porter towarde the Easte, (was) ouer the things that were willingly offred vnto God to distribute the oblations of the Lord, & the holy things that were consecrate.
And at his hand (were) Edén & Miniamin, and Ieshúa, and Shemaiáh, Amariáh, and Shechaniáh, in the Cities of the Priestes, to distribute with fidelitie to their brethre{n} by courses, bothe to the great and small,
Their daily porcion: beside their generacion being males from thre yere olde and aboue, (euen) to all that entred into the house of the Lorde to their office in theyr charge, according to their courses:
Bothe to the generacion of the Priests 〈◊〉 the house of theyr fathers, and to the Leuites from twe{n}tie yere olde and aboue, accordynge to theyr charge in their courses:
And to the generacion of all their childre{n}, their wiues, and their sonnes and theyr daughters throughout all the Congregacion: for by their fidelitie are they partakers of the holy things.
Also to the sonnes of Aarōn, the Priestes, (which were) in the fields (and) suburbes of their cities, in euerie citie the me{n} that were appointed by names, shuld giue porcious to all the males of the Priests, and to all the generacion of the Leuites.
And thus did Hezekiáh throughout all Iudáh, and did wel, and vprightly, & truely before the Lord his God.
And in all the workes that he began for the seruice of the house of GOD, both in the Lawe and in the commandements, to seke his God, he did it with all his heart, & prospered.
AFter these thynges faithfully (described,) Sanneherib King of 〈◊〉 came and entred into Iudáh, and besieged the strong cities, and thoght to winne the{m} for him selfe.
When Hezekiáh sawe that Sanneherib was come, and that his purpose (was) to fight against Ierusalém,
Then he toke counsel with his princes & hys nobles, to stoppe the water of the fountaines without the citie: and they did helpe him.
So many of the people assembled the{m} selues, and stopt all the fountaines, and the riuer that ran through the middes of the countrey, saying, Why shulde the Kynges of Asshúr come, and finde muche water?
And he toke courage, and buylt all the broken wall, and made vp the towres, and another wall without, and repared Millo in the citie of Dauid, and made manye dartes and shields.
And he set captaines of warre ouer the people and assembled them to hym in the broad place of the gate of the Citie, and spake comfortably vnto them, saying,
Be strong and couragious feare not, nether be afraied for the King of 〈◊〉, nether for all the multitude that is with him: for there (be) mo with vs, then (is) with him.
With him (is) an arme of fleshe, but with vs (is) the Lord our God for to helpe vs, & to fight our battels. Then the people were co{n}firmed by the wordes of Hezekiáh King of Iudáh.
After this, did Sanneherib Kyng of Asshúr send his seruants to Ierusalém [while he was against Lachish, and all hys dominion with him] vnto Hezekiáh King of Iudáh and vnto all Iudáh that were at Ierusalém, saying,
Thus saith Sanneherib the King of Asshúr, Wherein do ye trust, that ye wil remaine in Ierusalém, (during) the siege?
Doeth not Hezekiáh entice you to gyue ouer your selues vnto death by famine & by thirst, saying, The Lord our GOD shall deliuer vs out of the hand of the Kyng of Asshúr?
Hathe not the same Hezekiáh take{n} away his hie places and his altars and comma{n}ded Iudáh and Ierusalém, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burne ince{n}se vpon it?
Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto all the people of (other) countreies? Were the Gods of the nations of (other) lands able to deliuer their land out of mine hand?
Who is he of all the Gods of those nacions [that my fathers haue destroied] that colde deliuer his people out of mine hand? that your God shulde be able to delyuer you out of mine hand?
Now therefore let not Hezekiáh deceiue you, nor seduce you after this sorte, nether beleue ye him: for none of all the Gods of any nacion or kingdome was able to deliuer his people out of myne hand and out of the hande of my fathers: how muche lesse shall your Goddes delyuer you out of mine hand?
And his seruants spake yet more agaynst the Lord God, and against his serua{n}t Hezekiáh.
He wrote also letters, blasphemyng the Lord God of Israél and speaking agaynste him, saying, As the gods of the nacions of (other) countreis colde not delyuer theyr people out of mine hande, so shall not the God of Hezekiáh deliuer hys people out of mine hand.
Then they cryed with a lowde voyce in the Iewes speache vnto the people of Ierusalém that were on the wall, to feare them and to astonish them, that thei might take the citie.
Thus they spake against the GOD of Ierusalém, as against the gods of the people of the earth, (euen) the workes of mans hands,
But Hezekiáh the King, and the Prophet Isaiáh the sonne of Amoz praied agaynst this and cryed to heauen.
And the Lord sent an Angell whiche destroied all the valiant men, and the princes and captaines of the hoste of the Kynge of Asshúr: so he returned with shame to his owne land. And when he was come into the house of his God, they that came forth of his owne bowels, slewe him there with the sworde.
So the Lord saued Hezekiáh and the inhabitants of Ierusalém from the hande of Sanneherib King of Asshúr, and frome the hand of all (other,) and mainteined them on euerie side.
And many broght offrings vnto the Lord to Ierusalém, and presents to Hezekiáh King of Iudáh, so that he was magnified in the sight of all nacions frome thence forthe.
In those dayes Hezekiáh was sicke vnto the death, and praied vnto the Lord, who spake vnto him, and gaue him a signe.
But Hezekiáh did not rendre accordyng to the rewarde (bestowed) vpo{n} him: for his heart was lift vp, and wrath came vppon him, and vpon Iudáh and Ierusalém.
Notwithstanding Hezekiáh humbled him selfe [after that his heart was lifted vp] he and the inhabitants of Ierusalém, and the wrath of the Lord came not vpon them in the daies of Hezekiáh.
Hezekiáh also had exceding much riches and honour, and he gate him treasures of siluer, and of golde, & of precious stones, and of swete odours, and of shields, and of all pleasant vessels:
And of store houses for the increase of wheat, and wine and oyle, and stalles for all beastes, and rowes for the stables.
And he made him cities, and (had) possession of shepe and oxen in abundance: for God had giuen him substance excedynge muche.
This same Hezekiáh also stopped the vpper water springs of Gihón, and led then streight vnderneth toward citie of Dauid Westward. so Hezekiáh prospered in all his workes.
But because of the ambassadours of the princes of Babél, whiche sent vnto hym to enquire of the wondre that was done in the land, God left him to trye him, (&) to knowe all that was in his heart.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Hezekiáh, and his goodnes, beholde, they are writen in the visio{n} of Ishaiáh the Prophet, the sonne of Amóz, in the boke of the Kings of Iudáh and Israél.
So Hezekiáh slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the highest sepulchre of the sonnes of Dauid: and all Iudáh & the inhabitants of Ierusalém did him honour at his death: and Manasséh his sonne reygned in his stead.
MAnasséh (was) twelue yere olde whe{n} he began to reygne, and he reygned fiue and fiftie yere in Ierusalém:
And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, like the abominacions of the heathen, whome the Lord had cast out before the children of Israél.
For he went backe and buylt the hie places, which Hezekiáh his father had broken downe: and he set vp altars for Baalim, and made groues, and worshiped all the hoste of the heauen, and serued them.
Also he buylt altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Ierusalém shal my Name be for euer.
And he buylt altars for all the hoste of the heauen in the two courtes of the house of the Lord.
And he caused his sonnes to passe through the fyre in the valley of 〈◊〉: he gaue him selfe to witch craft and to charming, and to sorcerie, and he vsed the{m} that had familiar Spirits, and sothesayers: he did verye muche euyll in the sight of the Lord to angre him.
He put also the karued image, whiche he had made, in the house of God: whereof God had said to Dauid and to Salomón his sonne, In this house and in Ierusale{m}, which I haue chose{n} before all the tribes of Israél, wil I put my Name for euer.
Nether will I make the foote of Israél to remoue any more out of the lande whiche I haue appointed for your fathers, so that they take hede, and do all that I haue commanded them, accordynge to the Law and statutes and iudgements by the hand of Mosés.
So Manasséh made Iudáh and the inhabitants of Ierusalém to erre, (&) to do worse then the heathen, whome the Lorde had destroyed before the children of Israél.
¶ And the Lord spake to Manasséh and to his people, but they wolde not regarde.
Wherefore the Lord broght vppon them the captaines of the hoste of the Kynge of Asshúr, whiche toke Manasséh (& put him) in fetters, and bounde him in chaines, and caryed him to Babél.
And when he was in tribulacion, he praied to the Lord his God, and humbled him self greatly before the God of his fathers,
And prayed vnto him: and (God) was entreated of him, and heard hys prayer, and broght him againe to Ierusalém into hys kingdome: then Manasséh knewe that the Lord was God.
Now after this he buylt a wall without the citie of Dauid, on the Westside of Gihôn in the valley, euen at the entrie of the fishe gate, and compassed about Ophél, and raised it very hie, and put captaines of warre in all the strong cities of Iudáh.
And he toke awaye the strange Gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, & all the altars that he had buylt in the mou{n}t of the house of the Lord, and in Ierusalém, and cast them out of the citie.
Also he prepared the altar of the Lorde, and sacrificed thereon peace offrings, and of thankes, and comma{n}ded Iudáh to serue the Lord God of Israél.
Neuertheles the people did sacrifice still in the hie places, but vnto the Lord their God.
¶ Concerning the rest of the actes of 〈◊〉, and his prayer vnto hys God, and the wordes of the Seers, that spake to hym in the Name of the Lord God of Israél, beholde, thei are (writen) in the boke of the Kings of Israél.
And his prayer and how (God) was intreated of him, and all his sinne, and hys trespasse, and the places wherein he buylt hie places, and set groues, and images [before he was humbled] beholde, they are writen in the boke of the Seers,
So Manasséh slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in his owne house: and Amón his sonne reigned in his stead.
¶ Amón (was) two and twentie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned two yere in Ierusalém.
But he did euil in the sight of the Lorde, as did Manasséh his father: for Amón sacrificed to all the images, which Manasséh his father had made, and serued them,
And he humbled not himselfe before the Lord, as Manasséh his father had humbled him selfe: but this Amón trespassed more and more.
And his seruants co{n}spired against him, and slewe him in his owne house.
But the people of the land slewe all them that had conspired against King Amón: & the people of the lande made Iosiáh his sonne King in his stead.
IOsiáh (was) eight yere olde whe{n} he began to reigne, and he reygned in Ierusalém one and thirtie yere.
And he did vprightlye in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the wayes of Dauid his father, and bowed nether to the ryght hand nor to the left.
And in the eight yere of his reygne [when he was yet a childe] he began to seke after the God of Dauid his father: and in the twelft yere he began to purge Iudáh, and Ierusale{m} from the hie places, & the groues, & the kerued images, and molte{n} images:
And they brake downe in hys sight the altars of 〈◊〉, and he caused to cut downe the images that were on hie vpon them: he brake also the groues, and the kerued images, and the molten images, and stampt them to poudre, & strowed it vpon the graues of them that had sacrificed vnto them.
Also he burnt the bones of the Priestes vpon they raltars, and purged Iudáh and Ierusalém.
And in the cities of Manasséh, & Ephráim, and Simeón, euen vnto Naphtali, with their maules (they brake all) rounde about.
And when he had destroyed the altars & the groues, and had broken and stamped to poudre the images, and had cut downe all the idoles throughout all the land of Israél, he returned to Ierusalém.
¶ Then in the eightene yere of hys reygne when he had purged the land and the Temple, he sent Shaphán the sonne of Azaliáh, and Maaseáh the gouernour of the citie, and Ioáh the sonne of Ioaház the recorder, to repare the house of the Lorde his God.
And when they came to Hilkiáh the hye Priest, they deliuered the money that was broght into the house of God, whiche the Leuites that kept the dore, had gathered at the hand of Manasséh, and Ephráim, and of all the residue of Israél, and of all Iudáh and Beniamin, and of the inhabitants of Ierusalém.
And they put it in the hands of them that shuld do the work (and) had the ouersight in the house of the Lord and they gaue it to the workeme{n} that wroght in the house of the LORD, to repare and amende the house.
Euen to the workemen and to the buylders gaue they it, to bye hewed stone and timber for couples and for beames of the houses, which the Kings of Iudáh had destroyed.
And the men did the worke faithfully, and the ouerseers of them (were) Iaháth & Obadiáh the Leuites, of the childre{n} of Merari, and Zechariáh, and Meshullám of the children of the Kohathites to set it forwarde and of the Leuites all that colde skil of instruments of musike.
And (they were) ouer the bearers of burdens, and them that set forwarde 〈◊〉 the workemen in 〈◊〉 worke: and of the Leuites (were) scribes, & officers & porters.
¶ And when they broght out the money that was broght into the house of the Lord, Hilkiáh the Priest founde the boke of the Law of the Lord (giuen) by the hand of Moses.
Therfore Hilkiáh answered and sayde to Shaphán the chanceler, I haue founde the boke of the Lawe in the house of the LORDE: and Hilkiáh gaue the boke to Shaphán.
And Shaphán caryed the boke to the King, and broght the King worde agayne, saying, All that is committed to the hande of thy seruants, that do they.
For they haue gathered the money that was founde in the house of the Lord, and haue deliuered it into the ha{n}ds of the ouerseers, and to the hands of the workemen.
Also Shaphán the chanceler declared to the King saying, Hilkiáh the Priest hathe giuen me a boke, and Shaphan red it before the King.
And when the King had heard the wordes of the Lawe, he tare his clothes.
And the King commanded Hilkiáh, and Ahikám the sonne of Shaphán, and Abdon the sonne of Micáh, and Shaphán, the cha{n} celer, & Asaiáh the Kings serua{n}ts, saying,
Go (and) enquire of the Lord for me, and forthe rest in Israél and Iudáh, concerning the wordes of this boke that is founde: for great (is) the wrath of the Lord that is fallen vpon vs, because our fathers haue not kept the worde of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this boke.
Then Hilkiáh and they that the King (had appointed) went to Huldáh the prophetesse the wife of Shallu{m}, the sonne of Tok háth, the sonne of Hasráh keper of the wardrobe [and she dwelt in Ierusalém within the colledge] and they communed here of with her,
And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israél, Tel ye the man that sent you to me,
Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I wil bring euil vpon this place, and vpon the inhabitants thereof (euen) all the curses, that are written in the boke which they haue red before the King of Iudáh,
Because they haue forsaken me, and burnt incense vnto other gods, angre me with all the workes of their hands before shal my wrath fall vpon this place, and shal not be quenched.
But to the King of Iudáh, who sent you to enquire of the Lord so shal ye say vnto him Thus saith the Lord GOD of Israél, The wordes which thou hast heard (shal come to passe.)
(But) because thine heart did melt, and thou didest humble thy self before God: when thou heardest his wordes against this place and against the inhabitants there of and humbledst thy selfe before me & tarest thy clothes, and weptest before me, I haue also heard it, saith the Lord.
Beholde, I wil gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shal not se all the euil. which I wil bring vpon this place, and vpon the inhabitants of the same, Thus they broght the King worde againe.
¶ Then the King sent and gathered all the Elders of Iudáh and Ierusalém.
And the King went vp into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Iudáh, and the inhabitants of Ierusalém, and the 〈◊〉 & the Leuites, and all the people from the greatest to the smallest, and heredin their eares all the wordes of the boke of the couenant that was founde in the house of the Lord.
And the King stode by his piller, and made a couena{n}t before the Lord, to walke after the Lord, and to kepe his commandements and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soule (&) that he wolde accomplish the wordes of the couenant writen in the same boke.
And he caused all that were founde in Ierusalém, and Beniamin to stand to it and the inhabita{n}ts of Ierusalém did according to the couenant of GOD (euen) the God of their fathers,
So Iosiáh toke away all the abominacions out of all the countreis that perteined to the children of Israél, and compelled all that were found in Israél, to serue the lord their God (so) all his daies they turned not backe from the Lord God of their fathers
MOreouer 〈◊〉 kept a Passeouer vnto the Lord in Ierusalém, and they slewe the Passeouer in the fourtene day of the first moneth.
And he appointed the Priests to their charges, and incouraged them to the seruice of the house of the Lord.
And he said vnto the Leuites, that taught all Israél and were sanctified vnto the Lord Put the holy Arke in the house which Salomón the sonne of Dauid King of Israél did buyld: it (shalbe) no more a burden vpon your shulders: serue now the Lord your God and his people Israél.
And prepare your selues by the houses of your fathers according to your courses, as Dauid the King of Israél hathe writen, & according to the writing of Salomón his sonne,
And stand in the Sanctuarie according to the diuision of the families of your brethren the children of the people, and (〈◊〉) the diuision of the familie of the Leuites:
So kil the Passeouer, and sanctifie your selues, and prepare your brethré that they may do according to the worde of the lord by the hand of Mosés.
Iosiah also gaue to the people shepe, lambes and kiddes, all for the Passeouer (eue{n}) to all that were present, to the nomber of thirty thousand, and thre thousand bullockes, these were of the Kings substance.
And his princes offred willingly vnto the people, to the Priests and to the Leuites: Hilkiáh, and Zechariáh, and Iehiél, rulers of the house of God, gaue vnto the Priests for the Passeouer (eué) two thousand & six hundreth (shepe) & thre hu{n}dreth bullockes
Conaniáh also and Shemaiáh and Nethaneél his brethren, and Hashabiáh and 〈◊〉 and Iozabád chief of the Leuites gaue vnto the leuites: for the Passeouer, fyue thousand (shepe) & fyue hundreth bullockes.
Thus the seruice was prepared, and the Priests stode in their places, also the Leuites in their ordres according to the Kings commandement:
And thei slewe the Passeouer, & the Priests spinkled (the blood) with their hand, and the Leuites slayed (them.)
And they toke away (fro{m}) the burnt offring to giue it according to the diuisions of the families of the children of the people, to offer vnto the Lord, as it written in the boke of Mosés, and so of the bullockes.
And they rosted the passe ouer with fyre, according to the custome, but the sanctified things they sod in pottes, pannes, & caulderns, and distributed them 〈◊〉 to all the people.
Afterwarde also they prepared for them selues & for the Priests, for the Priests the sonnes of Aaro{n} (were occupied) in offring of burnt offrings, and the fat vntil night: therefore the Leuites prepared for the{m} selues, & for the Priests the sonnes of Aarón
And the singers the sonnes of Asáph (stode) in their standing according to the commandement of Dauid, and Asaph, and Hemán, and Ieduthún the Kings Seer: & the porters at euerie gate, who might not departe from their seruice: therefore their brethren the Leuites prepared for them.
So all the seruice of the Lord was prepared the same day, to kepe the Passeouer & to offer burnt offrings vpon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandeme{n}t of King Iosiáh.
And the children of Israél that were present kept the Passeouer the same time, and the feast of the vnleauened bread seuen dayes.
And there was no Passeouer kept like that in Israél, from the dayes of Samuél the Prophet: nether did all the Kings of Israél kepe suche a Passeouer as Iosiah kept, and the Priests and the Leuites, and all Iudáh, and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Ierusalém.
This Passeouer was kept in the eightente yere of the reigne of Iosiáh.
¶ After all this, when Iosiáh had prepared the Te{m}ple, Nechó King of Egypt came vp to fight against Carchemish by Peráth, and Iosiáh went out against him.
But he sent messengers to him, saying, What haue I to do with thee, thou King of Iudáh? (I come) not against thee this day, but against the house of mine enemie and God commanded me to make haste: leaue of (to come) against God, which is with me lest he destroye thee.
But Iosiáh wolde not turne his face from him, but cha{n}ged his apparel to fight with him, and hearkened not vnto the wordes of Nechó, which were of the mouth of GOD, but came to sight in the valley of Megiddó.
And the shoters shot at King Iosiáh: the{n} the King said to his seruants, Cary me away, for I am very sicke.
So his seruants toke him out of that charet, & put him in the seconde charet which he had, and when they had broght him to Ierusalém, he dyed, and was buryed in the sepulchres of his fathers: and all Iudáh & Ierusalém mourned for Iosiáh.
And Ieremiah lamented Iosiáh, and all singing men and singing wome{n} mourned for Iosiáh in their lamentacions to this day, & made the same for an ordinance vnto Israél: and beholde, they be written in the lamentacions.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Iosiáh and his goodnes (doing) as it was written in the Law of the Lord.
And his dedes, first and last, beholde, thei are writen in the boke of the Kings of Israél and Iudáh,
THen the people of the land toke Iehoaház the sonne of Iosiáh, and made him King in his father stead in Ierusalém.
Iehoahaz (was) thre and twe{n}tie yere olde when he began to reigne, and he reigned thre moneths in Ierusalém.
And the King of Egypt toke him away at Ierusalém, and condemned the land in an hundreth talents of siluer, and a talent of golde.
¶ And the King of Egypt made Eliakim his brother King ouer Iudáh and Ierusale{m}, and turned his name to Iehoiakim & Nechó toke Iehoaháh his brother and caryed him to Egypt.
Iehoiakim (was) fyue & twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yere in Ierusalém, and did euil in the sight of the Lord his God.
Against him came vp Nebuchadnezzar King of Bábél, and bounde him with chaines to carye him to Babél.
Nebuchadnezzar also caryed of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babél, and put them in his Temple at Babél.
Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoiakim, and his abominacions which he did, and that which was founde vpon him, beholde, they are writen in the boke of the Kings of Israél a{n}d Iudáh, and Iehoiachim his sonne reigned in his steade.
¶ Iehoiachim (was) eight yere olde whe{n} he began to reigne, and he reigned thre moneths and ten dayes in Ierusalém, and did euil in the sight of the Lord.
And when the yere was out, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and broght him to Babél with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, & he made Zedekiáh his brother King ouer Iudáh and Ierusalém.
Zedekiáh (was) one and twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned eleuen yere in Ierusalem.
And he did euil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not him selfe before Ieremiáh the Prophet at the commandement of the Lord.
But he rebelled moreouer against Nebuchadnezar, which had caused him to sweare by God and he hardened his necke and made his heart obstinate that he might not returne to the Lord God of Israél.
All the chief of the Priests also and of the people trespassed wonderfully, according to all the abominacions of the heathen, & polluted the house of the Lord which he had sanctified in Ierusalém.
Therefore the Lord God of their fathers sent to then" by his messengers, rising early and sending: for he had compassion on his people, and on his habitacion.
But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his wordes, and misused his Prophetes, vntil the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, and til there was no remedie.
For he broght vpon them the King of the Caldeans, who slewe their yong men with the sworde in the house of their Sanctuarie, and spared nether yong men, nor virgine, ancient, not aged (God) gaue all vnto his hand.
And all the vessels of the house of GOD great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the King and of his princes: all these caryed he to Babél.
And they burnt the house of God, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalém, and burnt all the places thereof with fyre, and all the precious vessels thereof: to destroye (all.)
And thei that were left by the sworde, caryed he away to Babél, and they were seruants to him and to his sonnes, vntil the kingdome of the Persians had rule.
To fulfil the worde of the LORD by the mou{n}ts of Ieremiah, vntil the land had her fil of her Sabbaths (for) all the dayes that she lay desolate, she kept Sabbath, to fulfil seuentie yeres.
¶ But in the first yere of Cyrus King of Persia [whe{n} the worde of the Lord (spoke{n}) by the mouth of Ieremiáh, was finished] the lord stirred vp the spirit of Cyrus King of Persia, and he made a proclamacion through all his kingdome, and also by writing, saying.
Thus sayth Cyrus King of Persia, All the kingdomes of the earth hathe the Lord God of heauen giuen me, and he hathe co{m}manded me to buylt him an house in Ierusalem, that is in Iudáh. Who is among you of all his people, with whome the Lord his God (is?) let him go vp.
NOw in the first yere os Cyrus King of persia [that the worde of the Lord, (spoken) by the mouth of Ieremiáh might be accomplished] the Lord stirred vp the c spirit of Cyrus King of Persia, & he made a proclamacio{n} through all his kingdome, and also by writing saying,
Thus saith Cyrus King of Persia, The Lord God of heauen hathe giuen me all the kingdomes of the earth, and he hathe co{m}manded me to buyld him an house in Ierusalém, which is in Iudáh.
Who is he among you of all his people with whome his God is? let him go vp to Ierusalém which is in Iudáh, and buyld the house of the Lord God of Israél, he is the God, which is in Ierusalém.
And euerie one that remaineth in anie place [where he soiourneth] let the me{n} of his place relieue him with siluer and with golde, and with substance, and with cattel, (and) with a willing offring, for the house of God that is in Ierusalém.
Then the chief fathers of Iudáh and Beniamin, and the Priests and Leuites rose vp, with all them whose spirit God had raised to go vp, to buyld the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalém.
And all they that were about them stre{n}gthened their hands with vessels of siluer, with golde, with substa{n}ce and with cattel, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offred.
Also the King Cyrus broght forthe the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzár had taken out of Ierusalém, & had put the{m} in the house of his god
Euen then did Cyrus King of Persia bring forthe by the hand of Mithredáth the treasurer, and counted the{m} vnto Sheshbazzár the Prince of Iudáh.
And this is the nomber of them thirtie basins of golde, a thousand basins of siluer, nine and twentie kniues.
Thirtie bowles of golde (and) of siluer bowles of the second sorte, foure hu{n}dreth and ten (and) of other vessels, a thousand.
All the vessels of golde & siluer (were) fiue thousand and foure hundreth. Sheshbazzár broght vp all with them of the captiuitie that came vp fro{m} Babél to Ierusalém.
THese also are the so{n}nes of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie [whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babél had caried away vnto Babél] and returned to Ierusalém, and to Iudáh, euerie one vnto his citie.
Which came with Zerubbabél (to wit) le shua, Nehemiáh, Seraiáh, Reelaiáh, Mordecái Bilshan, Mispar, Beguai, Rehum, Baanah. The nomber of the men of the people of Israél (was)
The sonnes of Parósh, two thousand, an hundreth, seuentie and two:
The sonnes of Shephatiah, thre hundreth seuentie and two:
The sonnes of Arah, seuen hundreth, and seuentie and fiue:
The sonnes of Pahath Moah, of the sonnes of Ieshúa (&) Ioab, two thousand, eight hundreth and twelue:
The sonnes of Elam, a thousand, two hundreth and foure and fiftie:
The sonnes of Zattú, nine hundreth, and fiue and fourtie:
The sonnes of Zaccai, seuen hundreth, and threscore:
The sonnes of Bani, six hundreth, and two and fourtie:
The sonnes of Behai, six hu{n}dreth, and thre and twenty:
The sonnes of Azdag a thousand, two hundreth, and two and twentie:
The sonnes of Adonikam, six hu{n}dreth, thre score and six.
The sonnes of Biguai, two thousand, and six and fiftie:
The sonnes of Adin, foure hundreth and foure and fiftie:
The sonnes of Ater of Hizkiah, ninetie and eight:
The sonnes of Bezái, thre hundreth, and thre and twentie:
The sonne of Iorah an hundreth and twelue
The sonnes of Hasshúm, two hundreth & thre and twentie:
The sonnes of Gibbár, ninetie and fiue:
The sonnes of Beth-lehém, an hundreth and thre and twenty:
The men of Netopháh: six and fiftie:
The men of Anothóth, an hundreth and eight and twentie:
The sonnes of Azmáueth, two and fourtie
The sonnes of Kiriáth arim, of Chephiráh and Beeróth, seuen hundreth and thre and fourtie:
The sonnes of Haramáh and Gába, six hundreth, and one and twentie:
The men of Michmás, an hundreth, and two and twentie:
The sonnes of Beth-él and Ai, two hundreth, and thre and twentie:
The sonnes of Nebô, two and fiftie:
The sonnes of Magbish, an hundreth and six and fiftie:
The sonnes of the other Elám, a thousand and two hundreth, and foure and fiftie:
The sonnes or Harim, thre hundreth and twentie.
The sonnes of Lod-hadid, and Onô, seuen hundreth, and fiue and twentie:
The sonnes of Ierichô, thre hundreth and fiue and fourtie.
The sonnes of Senáah, thre thousand: six hundreth and thirtie.
¶ Thre Priest of the sonnes of Iedaiáh of the house of Ieshúa, nine hundreth seuentie and thre:
¶ The sonnes of Immér, a thousád and two and fiftie:
The sonnes of Pashúr, a thousand, two hu{n}dreth and seuen and fourtie,
The sonnes of Harim, a thousand and seuentene.
¶ The Leuites: the sonne of Ieshúa, and Kadmiél of the sonnes of Hodauiáh, seuentie and foure.
¶ The singers: the sonne of Asàph, an hundreth and eight and twentie.
¶ The sonnes of the porters: the sonnes of Shallúm, the sonnes of Atér, the sonnes of Talmón, the sonnes of Akkúb the sonnes of Hatitá, the sonnes of Shobái: all (were) an hundreth and nine and thirtie.
¶ The Nethinims the sonnes of Zihá, the so{n}nes of Hasuphá, the so{n}nes of Tabbaóth,
The sonnes of Kerôs, the sonnes of Siahá the sonnes of Padón.
The sonnes of Lebanáh, the sonnes of Hagabáh, the sonnes of Akkúb,
The sonnes ot Hagáb, the sonnes of Shálái, the sonnes of Hanán,
The sonnes of Giddél, the sonnes of Gáhar the sonnes of Reaiáh,
The sonnes of Rezin, the sonnes of Nekoda, the sonnes of Gazzám,
The sonnes of Vzzá, the sonnes of Paséah the sonnes of Besái,
The sonnes of Asnáh, the sonnes of Meunim, the sonnes of Nephusim,
The sonnes of Bakbúh: the sonnes of Haku pá, the sonnes of Harhur,
The sonnes af Bazlúth, the sonnes of Mehidá, the sonnes of Harshá,
The sonnes of Barcosthe sonnes of Shiserá the sonnes of Thámah,
The sonnes of Neziáh, the sonnes of Hatiphá.
The sonnes of Salomons seruants: the so{n}nes of Sotài, the sonnes of Sophéreth, the sonnes of Perudà,
The sonnes of Iaaláh, the sonnes of Darkón, the sonnes of Giddél.
The sonnes of Shephatiáh, the sonnes of Hattil the so{n}nes of Pochéreth Hazzebaim, the sonnes of Ami.
All the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomo{n}s seruants (were) thre hundreth ninetie and two.
¶ And these went vp from Telmeláh, and from Telharshá, Cherúb, Addan, (and) Immér, but they colde not discerne their fathers house and their sede, whether they were of Israél,
The sonnes of Delaiah, the sonnes of Tobiáh, the sonnes of Nekodá, six hundreth and two and fiftie.
And of the sonnes of the Priests, the so{n}nes of Habaiáh, the sonnes of Coz, the sonnes of Barzillai, which toke of the daughters of Barzillái the Giliadite to wife, and was called after their name.
These soght their writing of the genealogies, but they were not found: therefore were they put from the Priesthode.
And Tirshátha said vnto them, that thei shulde not eat of the moste holy thing, til there rose vp a Priest with Vrim and Thū mim.
The whole Co{n}gregacion together (was) two and fourtie thousand, thre hundreth and threscore,
Beside their seruants and their maides: of whome (were) seuen thousand, thre hundreth and seuen and thirtie: and among them (were) two hu{n}dreth singing men and singing women.
Their horses (were) seuen hundreth, & six and thirty: their mules, two hundreth and fiue and fourtie:
Their camels foure hundreth and fiue and thirtie: their asses, six thousand, seuen hundreth and twentie.
And (certeine) of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord, which was in Ierusalém, thei offred willingly for the house of God, to set it vp vpon his fundacion.
Thei gaue after their habilitie vnto the treasure of the worke (euen) one and threscore thousand drammes of golde & fiue thousand pieces of siluer and an hu{n}dreth Priests garments.
So the Priests & the Leuites, and a (certeine) of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israél in their cities.
ANd when the seuent moneth was come, and the children of Israél (were) in their cities, the people assembled the{m} selues as one man vnto Ierusalém.
Then stode vp Ieshua the sonne of Iozadák, an his brethren the Priests, and Zerubbabél the sonne of Shealtiél, & his brethren, end buylded the altar of the God of Israél, to offer burnt offrings thereon, as it is writen in the Law of Mosés the man of God.
And they set the altar vpon his bases [for feare (was) among the{m}, because of the people of those countreies] therefore they offred burnt offrings thereon vnto the Lord, (euen) burnt offrings in the morning and at euen.
They kept also the feast of the Tabernacles, as it is writen, and the burnt offring daily, by nomber according to the custome day by day.
And afterward the continual burnt offring, bothe in the new moneths and in all the feast dayes that were consecrate vnto the Lord, and in all the oblations willingly offred vnto the Lord.
From the first day of the seuent moneth began they to offer burnt offrings vnto the Lord but the fundacion of the Temple of the Lord was not laied.
They gaue money also vnto the masons, and to the workemen, and meat and drinke, and oyle vnto them of Zidon and of Tyrus, to bring them cedre wood from Lebanón to the sea vnto Iaphô, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus King of Persia,
¶ And in the seconde yere of their co{m}ming vnto the house of God in Ierusalém in the second moneth began Zerubbabél the so{n}ne of Shealtiél, and Ieshua the sonne of Iozadák, and ther emnant of their brethren the Priests and the Leuites, & all they that were come out of the captiuitie vnto Ierusalém, and appointed the Leuites from twenty yere olde & aboue, to set foreward the worke of the house of the Lord.
And Ieshúa stode with his sonnes, and his brethren (and) Kadmiél with his sonnes (&) the sonnes of Iudáh together to set forward the workemen in the house of God, and the sonnes of Henadád with their sonnes, and their brethren the Leuites.
And when the buylders laied the fundacion of the Temple of the Lord thei appointed the Priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Leuites the sonnes of Asáph with cymbales, to praise the LORD after the ordinance of Dauid King of Israél.
Thus they sang whe{n} they gaue praise, and when they gaue thankes vnto the Lord, For he is good, for his mercie (endureth) for euer toward Israél. And all the people shouted with a great shoute, when thei praised the Lord, because the fundacion of the house of the Lord was layed.
Many also of the Priests and the Leuites & the chief of the fathers, ancie{n}t men, which had sene the first house, [when the fundacion of this house was layed before their eies] wept with a loude voyce: and many shouted a loude for ioye,
So that the people colde not discerne the sounde of the shoute for ioye, from the noyce of the weping of the people: for the people shouted with a loude crye, and the noyce was heard farre of.
BVt the aduersaires of Iudáh and Beniamin heard, that the children of the captiuitie buylded the Te{m}ple vnto the Lord God of Israél.
And thei came to Zerubbabél, and to the chief fathers, and said vnto them, We wil buylde with you, for we seke the Lord your God as ye (do) and we haue sacrificed vnto him since the time of Esár Hadd on King of Asshúr which broght vs vp hither.
Then Zerubbabél, and Ieshúa, and the rest of the chief fathers of Israél, said vnto the{m} It is not for you, but for vs to buyld the house vnto our God: for we our selues together wil buyld it vnto the Lord God of Israél, as King Cyrus the King of Persia hathe commanded vs,
Wherefore the people of the la{n}d discouraged the people of Iudáh, and troubled them in buylding,
And they hyred counselers against them to hinder their deuice, all the daies of Cyrus King of Persia, euen vntil the reigne of Darius King of Persia.
And in the reigne of Ahashueròsh [in the beginning of his reigne] wrote thei an accusation against the inhabitants of Iudáh and Ierusalém.
And in the dayes of Artahsháshte, Mithredáth, Tabeél, and the rest of their companions wrote whe{n} it was peace vnto Artahshashte King of Persia, and the writing of the letter was the Aramites writing, and the thing declared (was) in the language of the Aramites.
Rehúm the chancelour, and Shimshái the scribe wrote a lettre against Ierusalém to Artahsháshte the King, in this sorte.
Then (wrote) Rehúm the chancelour, and Shimshái the scribe, and their companions Din aié, and Apharsatcaié, Tarpelaié, Apharsaié, Archeuaié, Bablaié, Shushanchaié, Dehaué, Elmaié,
And the rest of the peole whome the great and noble Asnappár broght ouer, and set in the cities of Samaria, and other that are beyonde the Riuer and Cheéneth.
¶ This is the copie of the letter that they sent vnto King Artahsháshte, THY SERVANTS the men beyonde the Riuer and Cheéneth, (salute thee.)
Be it knowen vnto the King that the Iewes which came vp from thee to vs, are come vnto Ierusalém [a citie 〈◊〉 and wicked] and buylde, and laye the fundacions of the walles, and haue ioyned the fundacions.
Be it knowen now vnto the King, that if this citie be buylt, and the fundacions of the walles layed, thei wil not giue tolle, tribute, nor custome: so shalt thou hinder the Kings tribute.
Nowe therefore because we haue bene broght vp in the (Kynges) palace, it was not mete for vs to se the Kings dishonor: for this cause haue we sent and certified the King.
That one may searche in the boke of the Chronicles of thy fathers, and thou shalte finde in the boke of the Chronicles, and per 〈◊〉 that this citie is rebellious a{n}d noysome vnto Kings and prouinces, and that they haue moued sedicion of olde time, for the whiche cause this citie was destroyed.
We certifie the King (therfore,) that if this citie be buylded, and the fundacion of the walles layed, by this meanes the porcion beyonde the Riuer shal not be thine.
¶ The King sent an answer vnto Rehum the chancelour, and 〈◊〉 the scribe, and to the reste of their companions that dwelt in Samaria, and vnto the other beyonde the Riuer, Shelám and Cheéth.
¶ The letter whiche ye sent vnto vs, hathe bene openly red before me.
And I haue commanded and they haue searched, and founde, that this citie of olde time hathe made insurrection agaynst Kings, and hathe rebelled, and rebellion hathe bene co{m}mitted therein.
There haue bene myghtie Kings also ouer Ierusalém, whiche haue ruled ouer all beyonde the Riuer, and tolle, tribute, and custome was giuen vnto them.
Make ye now a decree, that those men may cease, and that the citie be not buylt, til I haue giuen (another) commandement.
Take hede nowe that ye fayle not to do thys: why shulde domage growe to hurt the King?
When the copie of Kyng Artahshashtes lettre was red before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe, a{n}d their companions, they went vp in al the haste to Ierusalém vnto the Iewes, and caused them to cease by force and power.
Then ceased the worke of the house of God, which was in Ierusalém, and 〈◊〉 stay vnto the seco{n}de yere of Darius Kyng of Persia.
THen Haggai a Prophet and Zechariah the sonne of Iddo a Prophet prophecied vnto the Iewes that were in Iudah, and Ierusalém, in the Name of the God of Israél, (eue{n}) vnto them.
Then Zerubbabél the sonne of Shealtiél, a{n}d Ieshua the sonne of Iozadak arose, and began to builde the house of God at Ierusalém, and with them (were) the Prophetes of God, whiche helpe them.
¶ At the same time came to them Tatnai, whiche was captaine beyonde the Riuer, and Shether-boznai and their companions, and said thus vnto them, Who hathe giuen you commandement to buylde this house, and to lay the 〈◊〉 of these walles?
Then sayd we vnto them after thys maner, What are the names of the men that buylde this buylding?
But the eye of their GOD was vpon the 〈◊〉 of the Iewes, that they colde not cause them to cease, tyll the matter came to Darius: and then they aunswered by letters thereunto.
The copie of the lettre, that Tatnai Captaine beyonde the Riuer, and Shether-boznai and 〈◊〉 companions Apharsechaié, [whiche 〈◊〉 beyond the Riuer] sent vnto King Darius.
They sent a lettre vnto hym, wherein it was writen thus, VNTO DARIVS the King all peace.
Be it knowen vnto the King, that we went into the prouince of Iudea, to the house of the great God, which is buylded with great stones, and beames are layed in the walles, and this worke is wroght spedely, and prospereth in their hands.
Then asked we those Elders, and said vnto them thus, Who hathe giuen you commandement to buyld this house, and to laye the fundacion of these walles?
We asked their names also, that we might certifie thee, (and) that we might write the names of the men that were their rulers.
But thei answered vs thus, and said, We 〈◊〉 the seruants of the God of heauen and earth and buylde the house that was buylt of olde (and) many yeres ago, which a great King of Israél buylded, and founded it.
But after that our fathers had prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath, he gaue them ouer into the hand of Nebuchadnezzár King of Babél the Caldean, and he destroyed this house, and caryed the people away captiue vnto Babél.
But in the first yere of Cyrus King of Babél. King Cyrus made a decree to buyld this house of God.
And the vessels of golde and siluer of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzár toke out of the Temple, that was in Ierusalém, a{n}d broght them into the Temple of Babél, those did Cyrus the King take out of the Temple of Babél, and they gaue them vnto (one) Sheshbazzár by his name, whome he had made captaine.
And he said vnto him, Take these vessels & go thy way, and put them in the Temple that is in lerusalém, and let the house of God be buylt in his place.
Then came the same Sheshbazzár and layed the fondacion of the house of God, which is in Ierusalém, and since that time euen vntil now, hathe it bene in buylding, yet is it not finished.
Now therefore if it please the King, let there be searche made in the house of the Kings treasures, which is therein Babél, whether a decree hathe bene made by King Cyrus, to buylde this house of God in Ierusalém, and let the King send (his) minde concerning this.
THen King Darius gaue commandeme{n}t, and they made searche in the librarie of the treasures, which were there layed vp in Babél.
And there was founde in a coffre [in the palace that was in the prouince of the Medes] a volume, and therein was it thus writen (as) a memorial,
IN THE FIRST yere of King Cyrus, King Cyrus made a decree for the house of God in Ierusalém, Let the house be buylt, (euen) the place where they offred, sacrifices & let the walles thereof be ioyned together: let the height thereof (be) threscore cubites (&) the breadth thereof threscore cubites.
Thre orders of great stones, and one order of tymbre, and let the expences be giuen of the Kings house.
And also let them render the vessels of the house of God [of golde and siluer, which Nebuchadnezzár toke out of the Te{m}ple which was in Ierusalém, and broght vnto Babél] and let him go vnto the Temple that is in lerusalém to his place and put them in the house of God.
Therefore Tatnái captaine beyonde the Riuer, and Sherhár Boznái, [and their companions Apharsecaié, which are beyonde the Riuer] be ye farre from thence.
Suffre ye the worke of this house of God, that the captaine of the Iewes a{n}d the Elders of the Iewes may buylde this house of God in his place,
For I haue giuen a commandement what ye shal do to the Elders of these Iewes for the buylding of this house of God, that of there uenues of the King, which is of the tribute beyonde the Riuer, there be incontinently expenses giuen vnto these men that they cease not.
And that which thei shal haue nede of, let it be giuen vnto them day by day, whether it be yong bullockes, orrams, or lambs for the burnt offrings of the God of heauen, wheat, salt, wine, and oyle, according to the appointement of the Priests that are in Ierusalém, that there be no faute,
That they may haue to offer swete odours vnto the God of heauen, and pray for the Kings life, and for his sonnes.
And I haue made a decree, that whosoeuer shal alter this sentence, the wood shal be pulled downe from his house, and shalbe set vp, (and) he shal be hanged thereon, and his house shal be made a dung hil for this.
And the God that hathe caused his Name to dwel there destroye all Kings and people that put to their hand to alter, (and) to destroye this house of God, which is in Ierusale{m}. Darius haue made a decree, let it be done with spede.
¶ Then Tatn áithe captaine beyonde the Riuer, (and) Shethár Boznái and their companio{n}s, according to that which Darius had sent, so thei did spedely.
So the Elders of the Iewes buylded, and they prospered by the prophecying of Haggái the Prophet, and Zechariah the sonne of 〈◊〉, and they buylded a{n}d finished it, by the appointement of the God of Israél, & by the commandement of Cyrus and Darius, and Artah shshte King of Persia.
And this house was finished the third day of the moneth Adar, which was the sixt yere of the reigne of King Darius.
¶ And the children of Israél, the Priests, and the Leuites, and the residue of the children of the 〈◊〉 kept the dedication of this house of God with ioye.
And offred at the dedicacion of this house of God an hundreth bullockes, two hu{n}dreth rams, foure hundreth lambes and twelue goates, for the sinne of all Israél, according to the nomber of the tribes of Israél.
And they set the Priests in their ordre, and the Leuites in their courses ouer the seruice of God in Ierusalém, as it is writen in the boke of Mosés.
And the children of the captiuitie kept the passe ouer on the fourtente (day) of the first moneth.
[For the Priests and the Leuites were purified all together] and they killed the Passeouer for all the children of the captiuitie, and for their brethren the Priests, & for the{m} selues.
So the children of Israél which were come againe out of captiuitie, and all suche as had separated them selues vnto them, from the filthines of the heathen of the land, to seke the Lord God of Israél, did eat,
And they kepte the feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes with ioye: for the Lorde had made them glad, and turned the heart of the King of Asshur vnto them, to incourage them in the worke of the house of God, (euen) the God of Israél.
NOw after these things, in the reigne of Artahshashte King of Persia, (was) Ezrá the sonne of Seraiáh, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne of Hilkiah.
The sonne of Shallum, the sonne of Zadók, the sonne of Ahitub.
The sonne of Amariáh, the sonne of Azariáh, the sonne of Meraioth.
The sonne of Zeraiah, the sonne of Vzzi, the sonne of Bukki.
The sonne of Abisshua, the sonne of Phinehás, the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aarôu, the chief Priest.
This Ezrâ came vp from Babél, and was a scribe prompt in the Law of Mosés, whiche the Lorde God of Israél had giuen, and the King gaue hym all his request accordyng to the hand of the Lorde hys God (which was) vpon him.
And there went vp (certeine) of the children of Israél; and of the Priests, and the Leuites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims vnto Ierusalém, in the seuent yere of King Artahshashte.
And he came to Ierusale{m} in the fift moneth, whiche was in the seuent yere of the King.
For vpon the first (daye) of the first moneth began he to go vp frome Babél, and on the first (day) of the fift moneth came he to Ierusalém, accordyng to the good hande of hys God (that was) vpon him.
For Ezrá had prepared hys heart to seke the Lawe of the Lord, and to do it, and to teache the precepts and iudgements in Israél.
¶ And thys is the copie of the letter that King Artahshashte gaue vnto Ezra the Priest (and) scribe, (euen) a writer of the wordes of the commandements of the Lord, and of his statutes ouer Israél.
Artahshashte Kyng of Kynges to Ezrá the Priest and perfite scribe of the Lawe of the God of heauen, and to Cheéneth.
I haue giuen commandement, that euerie one, that is willing in my kyngdome of the people of Israél, and of the Priests, and Leuites to go to Ierusalém with thee, shal go.
Therfore art thou sent of the King and his seuen counselers, to enquire in Iudah and Ierusalém, according to the Law of thy God which is in thine hand.
And to carie the siluer and the golde, whiche the King and his counselers willingly offer vnto the God of Israél [whose habitacion is in Ierusalém.
And all the siluer and golde that thou canst finde in all the prouince of Babél, with the fre offring of the people, and that whiche the Priestes offre willingly to the house of their God which is in Ierusalém.
That thou maiest bye spedely with that siluer, bullockes, rams, lambes, with their meat offrings and their drinke offrings: and thou shalt offer them vpon the altar of the house of my God, which is in Ierusalém.
And whatsoeuer it please thee and thy brethren to do with the rest of the siluer, and golde, do ye it accordyng to the will of your God.
And the vessels that are giuen thee for the seruice of the house of thy God, those deliuer thou before God in Ierusalém.
And the residue that shalbe nedeful for the house of thy God, whiche shalbe mete for thee to bestowe, thou shalt bestowe it out of the Kings treasure house.
And I King Artahshashte haue giuen commandement to all the treasurers whiche are beyon dei the Riuer, that whatsoeuer Ezrá the Priest and scribe of the Lawe of the God of heauen shall require of you, that it be done incontinently.
Vnto an hundreth talents of siluer, vnto an hu{n}dreth measures of wheat, a{n}d vnto an hu{n}dreth baths of wine, and vnto an hundreth baths of oyle, and salt without writing.
Whatsoeuer (is) by the commandement of the GOD of heauen, let it be done spedely for the house of the God of heauen: for why shulde he be wrath againste the realme of of the Kyng, and children?
And we certifie you, that vpon anie of the Priests, Leuites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers in this house of God, there shal no gouernour lay vpon them tolle, tribute nor custome.
And thou Ezrá [after the wisdome of thy God, that is in thine hand] set iudges and ar biters, which may iudge all the people that is beyonde the Riuer, (euen) all that knowe the Lawe of thy God, and teache ye (them) that knowe it not.
And whosoeuer wil not do the Lawe of thy God, and the Kings lawe, let hym haue iudgement without delay, whether it be vnto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonement.
Blessed (be) the Lorde God of our fathers whiche so hathe put in the Kings heart, to beautifie the house of the Lord that is in Ierusalém.
And hathe enclined mercye towarde me, before the King and his counselers, and before all the Kings mightie princes: and I was comforted by the hand of the Lord my God (which was) vpon me, and I gathered the chief of Israél to go vp with me.
THese are now the chief fáthers of them, and the genealogie of them that came vp with me from Babél, in the reigne of Kyng Arthshashte.
Of the sonnes of Phinehas, Gersnóm: of the sonnes of Ithamar, Daniél: of the sonnes of Dauid, Hattush:
Of the sonnes of She ohaniah, of the sonnes of Pharósh, Zechariah, and with him the counte of the males, an hundreth and fiftie.
Of the sonnes of Pahath Moáb, Elihoenai, the sonne of Zerahiáh, and with hym two hundreth males.
Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, the sonne of 〈◊〉, and with him thre hundreth males.
And of the sonnes of Adin, Ebed the sonne of 〈◊〉, and with him fiftie males.
And of the sonnes of Elám, Ieshaiah the sonne of Athaliah, and with him seuentie males.
And of the sonnes of Shephatiáh, Zebadiáh the sonne of Michaél, and with hym foure scoremales.
Of the sonnes of Ioáb, Obadiáh the sonne of Iehiél, and with him two hundreth and eyghtene males.
And of the sonnes of Shelomith the sonne of Iosiphiah, and with hym an hundreth and thre scoremales.
And of the sonnes of Bebái, Zechariáh, the sonne of 〈◊〉, a{n}d with him eight and twentie males.
And of the sonnes of Azgád, Iohanan the sonne of 〈◊〉, and with him an hundreth and ten males.
And of the sonnes of Adonikam, (that were the last, whose names are these: Eliphélet, Iehiél and Shemaiah, and with them thre scoremales.
And of the sonnes of Biguai, Vthai, and Zab bud, and with them seuentie males.
And I gathered the{m} to the Riuer that goeth toward Ahauá, and there abode we thre dayes: then I vewed the people, and the Priests, a{n}d founde there none of the sonnes of Leui.
Therefore sent I to 〈◊〉, to Ariél, to Shemeiah, and to Elnathán, and to Iarib, and to Elnathán, and to Nathán, and to Zechariáh, and to Meshullam the chief, and to Ioiarib and to Elnathán, men of vnderstanding.
And I gaue them commandement, to Iddô the chiefest at the place of Casephiá, and I tolde them the wordes that they shulde speake to Iddō, (and) to hys brethten the Nethmims at the place of Casiphiá, that they shulde cause the ministers of the house of our God to come vnto vs.
So by the good hand of our GOD (whiche was) vpon vs, they broght vs a man of vnderstandynge of the sonnes of Mahali the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israél, and Sherebiah with his sonnes and his brethren, (〈◊〉) eightene.
Also Hashabiah, and with him Ieshaiah of the sonnes of Merari, with his brethren, and their sonnes twentie.
And of the Nethinims, whome Dauid had set, and the princes for the seruice of the Leuites, two hu{n}dreth and twentie of the Nethinims, which all were named by name.
And these at the Riuer, by Ahauá, I proclaimed a faste, that we might humble our selues before our GOD, and seke of hym a right waye for vs, and for our children, and for all our substance.
For I was ashamed to require of the King an armie and horsemen, to helpe vs against the enemie in the way, because we had spoken to the Kyng, saying, The hande of our God (is) vpon all them that seke him, in goodnes, but his power and his wrath (is) against all them that forsake him.
So we fasted, and besoght our God for this: and he was intreated of vs.
Then I separated twelue of the chief of the Priests, Sherehiah, (and) Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them.
And weighed then the 〈◊〉 and the gold, a{n}d the veslels, (euen) the offring of the house of our God, (which) the Kyng and his counselers, and his princes, and al Israél that were present had offred.
And I weighed vnto their hand six hundreth and fifty talents of siluer, a{n}d in siluer vessel, an hundreth talents, (and) in golde, an hundreth talents.
And twentie basins of golde, of a thousand drammes, and two vessels of shining brasse very good, and precious as golde.
¶ And I said vnto them, Ye are consecrate vnto the Lorde, and the vessels (are) consecrate, and the golde and the siluer (are) frely offred vnto the Lord God of your fathers.
Watche ye, and kepe (them) vntil ye weigh them before the chief Priests and the Leuites, and the chief fathers of Israél in Ierusale{m} in the chambers of the house of the Lorde.
So the Priests and the Leuites receiued the weight of the siluer and of the golde, and of the vessels to bring (them) to Ierusalém, vnto the house of our God.
¶ Then we departed from the Riuer of Ahaua on the twelft (day) of the first moneth, to go vnto Ierusalém, and the hand of our God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hand of the enemie, and of suche as layed waite by the way.
And we came to 〈◊〉, and abode there thre dayes.
And on the 〈◊〉 day was the siluer weighed, and the golde and the vessel in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the sonne of Vriáh the Priest, and with him (was) Eleazar the sonne of Phinehas, and with the{m} (was) Iozabad the sonne of Ieshua, and Noa diah the sonne of Binnui the Leuites.
By nomher and by weight of euerie one, a{n}d all the weight was writen at the same time.
Also the children of the captiuitie, whiche were come out of captiuitie, offred burnt offrings vnto the God of Israél, twelue bullockes for all Israél, ninetie and six rams, seuentie & seuen lambes, (&) twelue he goates for sinne: all (was) a burnt offring of the Lord
And they deliuered the Kings commission vnto the Kings officers, & to the captaines beyonde the Riuer: and they promoted the people, and the house of God.
WHen as these things were done, the rulers came to me, saying, The people of Israél, and the Priests and the Leuites are not separated from the people of the lands [as touching their abominacion] (to wit,) of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the 〈◊〉, the Iebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
For they haue taken their daughters to the{m} selues, and to their sonnes, and they haue mixed the holy sede with the people of the la{n}ds and the hand of the princes and rulers hath bene chief in this trespasse.
But when I heard this saying, I rent my clothes & mv garment, and 〈◊〉 of the heere of mine head, and of my heard, & 〈◊〉 downe astonied.
And there assembled vnto me all that feared the wordes of the God of Israél, because of the transgression of them of the captiuitie. And I sate downe astonied vntil the 〈◊〉 sacrifice.
And at the euening sacrifice I arose vp from mine heuines, & when I had rent my clothes and my garme{n}t, I fel vpon my knees, & spred out mine hands vnto the Lord my God,
And said, O my God, I am confounded and ashamed, to lift vp mine eyes vnto thee my God: for our iniquities are increased ouer our head, and our 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 vp vnto the heauen.
From the dayes of our fathers haue we bene in a great 〈◊〉 vnto 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our iniquities haue we, our 〈◊〉, (&) 〈◊〉 Priests bene deliuered into the hand 〈◊〉 the Kings of the lands, vnto the sworde, into captiuitie into a spoyle, and into confusion of face, as (appeareth) this day.
And now for a title space grace hathe bene shewed from the Lord our God, in causing a remnant to escape, and in giuing vs a nayle in his holy place, that our GOD may light our eyes, and giue vs a litle reuiuing in our seruitude.
For (thogh) we were bo{n}demen, yet our God hathe not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath enclined mercie vnto vs in the sight of the Kings of Persia, to giue vs life, (and) to erect the house of our God, and to redresse the desolate places thereof, and to giue vs a wall in Iudáh and in Ierusalém.
And now, our God, what shal we say after this? for we haue forsaken thy commandements.
Which thou hast commanded by thy seruants the Prophetes, saying, The land whereunto ye go to possesse it, is an vncleane la{n}d, because of the filthines of the people of the lands, which by their abominacions, (and) by their vnclennes haue filled it from 〈◊〉 to corner.
Now therefore shal ye not giue your daughters vnto their sonnes, nether shal ye take their daughters vnto your sonnes, nor seke their peace nor wealth for euer, that ye may be strong and eat the goodnes of the land, and leaue it for an inheritance to your sonnes for euer.
And after all that is come vpon vs for our euil dedes, and for our great trespasses [seing that thou our God hast hayed (vs fro{m} being) bene the for our iniquities, & hast giuen vs suche deliuerance]
Shulde we returne to breake thy commandements, and ioyne in affinitie with the people of suche abominacio{n}s? woldest not thou be angrie toward vs til thou haddest consumed (vs,) so that there (shuld be) no remnant nor anie esk aping?
O Lord God of Israél, thou art iuste, for we haue bene reserued to escape, as (appeareth) this day: beholde, we are before thee in our 〈◊〉: therefore we can not stand before thee because of it.
WHiles Ezrá prayed thus, & confessed him selfe weping, and falling downe before the house of God, there assembled vnto him of Israél a very great Congregacio{n} of men and women & children: for the people wept with a great lamentacion.
Then Shecaniáh the sonne of Iehiél one of the sonnes of Elám, answered, & said to Ezrá, We haue trespassed against our God, and haue taken strange 〈◊〉 of the people of the land, yet now there is hope in Israél concerning this.
Now therefore let vs make a couenant with our God, to put away all the wiues [& suche as are borne of the{m}] according to the counsel of the Lord, and of those that feare the co{m}mandements of our God, and let it be done according to the Law.
Arise: for the matter belongeth vnto thee: we also wil be with thee: be of comforte and do it.
¶ Then arose Ezrá, & caused the chief Priests the Leuites, & all Israél, to sweare that they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to this worde. So they sware.
And Ezrá rose vp from before the house of God, and went into the chambre of Iohanán the sonne of Eliashib: he went euen thither, (but) he did eat nether bread, nor dronke water: for he mourned, because of the transgression of them of the captiuitie.
And they caused a proclamation to go 〈◊〉 ghout Iudáh and Ierusalém, vnto all them of the captiuitie, that they shulde assemble them selues vnto Ierusalém.
And whosoeuer wold not come within thre dayes according to the counsel of the princes and Elders, all his substa{n}ce shulde be for fait, & he shulde be separate from the Congregacion of them of the captiuitie.
¶ Then all the men of Iudáh & Beniamin assembled them selues vnto Ierusalém within thre dayes, which was the twentieth (day) of the ninte moneth, and all the people sate in the strete of the house of God, trembling for this matter, and forthe raine.
And Ezrá the Priest stode vp, and said vnto them, Ye haue transgressed, and haue taken strange wiues, to increase the trespasse of Israél.
Now therefore giue praise vnto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his wil and separate your selues from the people of the land, and from the strange wiues.
And all the Congregacion answered, & said with a loude voyce, So wil we do according to thy wordes vnto vs.
But the people are many, and it is a raynie wether, and we are not able to stand without neither (is it) the worke of one day or two: for we are many that haue offended in this thing.
Let our 〈◊〉 stand therefore before all the Congregacion, and let all them which haue taken strange wiues in our cities, come at the time appointed, and with them the Elders of euerie citie and the 〈◊〉 thereof, til the fierce wrath of our God for this matter turne away from vs.
Then were appointed Ionathán the sonne of Asah-él, & Iahaziáh the sonne of Tikuáh óuer this matter, and Meshullám and Shabbethái the Leuites helped them.
And thei of the captiuitie did so and departed, (euen) Ezrá the Priest, (&) the men (that were) chief fathers to the familie of their fathers by name, & sate downe in the first daye of the tente moneth to examine the matter.
And vntil the first day of the first moneth they were finishing the busines with all the men that had taken strange wiues,
And of the sonnes of the Priests there were men founde, that had taken strange wiues, (to wit,) of the sonnes of Ieshúa, the sonne of Iozadák, & of his brethren, Maaseiáh, A Eliézer, and Iarib and Gedaliáh.
And thei gaue their hands, that thei wolde put away their wiues, and they that had trespassed, (gaue) a ramme for their trespasse.
And of the sonnes of Immér, Honani, and Zebadiáh.
And of the sonnes of Harim, Maaseiáh, and Eliiáh, and Shemaiáh, and Iehiél, and Vzziáh
And of the sonnes of Pashúr, Elioenái, Maaseiáh, Ishmaél, Nethaneél, Iozabád, and Elasáh.
And of the Leuites, Iozabád and Shimei and Kelaiáh, [which is Kelitáh] Pethahiáh, Iudáh and Eliézer.
And of the singers, Eliashib. And of the porters, Shallum, and Tellém, and Vri.
And of Israél: of the sonnes of Parôsh, Ramiáh, and Iesiáh, and Malchiáh, and Miámin, and Eleazár, and Malchiiáh, and Benaiáh.
And of the sonnes of Elám, Mattaniâh, Zechariáh, and Iehiél: and Abdi, and Ieremōth, and Eliáh.
And of the sonnes of Zattú, Elioenái, Eliashib, Mattaniáh, and Ierimóth, and Zabád, & Aziza.
And of the sonnes of Bebái, Iehohanán, Hananiáh, Zabbái, Athlái.
And of the sonnes of Bani, Meshullám, Mal lūch, and Adaiáh, Iashúb, and Sheál, Ieremóth.
And of the sonnes of Paháth Moáb, Adná, & Chelál, Benaiáh, Maaseiáh, Mattaniāh, Bezaleél, and Binnúi, and Manasséh.
And of the sonnes of Harim, Eliézer, Ishiiáh Malchiáh, Shemaiáh, Shimeôn,
Beniamin, Mallúch, Shamariáh.
Of the sonnes of Hashúm, Mattenái, Mattattáh, Zabád, Eliphélet, Ieremái, Menasséh, Shimei.
Of the sonnes of Bani, Maadái, Amrám, and Vél,
Banaiáh, Bediáh, Chellúh,
Vaniáh, Meremôth, Eliashib,
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Iaosau,
And Banni & Bennúi, Shimei,
And Shelemiah, & Nathan, & Adaiah,
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Azareél, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Shallūm, Amariah, Ioséph.
Of the sonnes of Nebô, Ieiēl, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iadau, & Ioél, Benaiah.
All these had taken strange wiues: & amo{n}g them were women that had children.
THe wordes of Nehemiáh the sonne of Hachaliáh, in the moneth Chisléu, in the twentieth yere, as I was in the palace of Shushán,
Came Hanáni, one of my brethren, he and the me{n} of Iudáh, and I asked them co{n}cerning the Iewes that were deliuered, which were of the residue of the captiuitie, and concerning Ierusalém.
And they said vnto me, The residue that are left of the captiuitie therein the prouince, (are) in great affliction and in reproche, and the wall of Ierusalém (is) broken downe, and the gates thereof are burnt with fyre.
And when I heard these wordes, I sate downe and wept, and mourned (certeine) dayes, and I fasted and prayed before the God of heauen,
And said, O Lord God of heauen, the great and terrible God, that kepeth couenant and mercie for them that loue him, and obserue his commandements,
I pray thee, let thine eares be attent, and thine eyes open, to heare the prayer of thy seruant, which I pray before thee dayly, day a{n}d night for the children of Israél thy seruants, and 〈◊〉 the sinnes of the children of Israél, which we haue sinned against thee, bothe I and my fathers house haue sinned:
We haue grieuously sinned against thee, & haue not kept the commandements, nor the statutes, nor the iudgements, which thou co{m}mandedst thy seruant Mosés.
I beseche thee, remember the worde that thou commandedst thy seruant Mosés, saying, Ye wil transgresse, and I wil scatre you abroade among the people.
But if ye turne vnto me, and kepe my commandements, and do them, thogh your scatering were to the vttermost parte of the heauen, (yet) wil I gather you from thence and wil bring you vnto the place that I haue chosen, to place my Name there.
Now these are thy seruants and thy people whome thou hast redemed by thy great power, and by thy mighty hand.
O Lord, I beseche thee, let thine eare now hearken to the prayer of thy seruant, and to the prayer of thy seruants, who desire to feare thy Name, and, I pray thee, cause thy seruant to prosper this day, and giue him fauour in the presence of this man: for I was the Kings butler.
NOw in the moneth Nisán in the twentieth yere of King Artahsháshte, the wine (stode) before him, and I toke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King, now I was not (before time) sad in his presence.
And the King said vnto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seing thou art not sicke? this is nothing, but sorowe of heart. Then was I sore afraied,
And I said to the King, God saue the King for euer: why shulde not my countenance be sad, when the citie (and) house of the sepulchres of my fathers lieth waste and the gates thereof are deuoured with fyre?
And the King said vnto me, For what thing doest thou require? Then I praied to the God of heauen,
And said vnto the King, If it please the King and if thy seruant haue founde fauour in thy sight, (I desire) that thou woldest send me to Iudáh vnto the citie of the sepulchres of my fathers, that I may buylde it.
And the King said vnto me, [the quene also sitting by him] How long shal thy iourney be? and when wilt thou come againe? So it pleased the King, and he sent me, a{n}d I set him a time.
After I said vnto the King, If it please the King, let them giue me letters to the captaines beyonde the Riuer, that they may conuaye me ouer, til I come into Iudáh,
And letters vnto Asáph the keper of the Kings' parke, that he may giue me timber to buylde the gates of the palace [which apperteined to the house] and for the walles of the citie, and for the house that I shal entre into. And the King gaue me according to the good hand of my God vpon me.
¶ Then came I to the captaines beyond the Riuer, and gaue them the Kings letters. And the King had sent captaines of the armie and horsmen with me.
But Sanballát the Horonite, and Tobiáh a seruant an Ammonite heard it, and it grieued them sore, that there was come a man which soght the wealth of the children of Israél.
So I came to Ierusalém, and was there thre dayes.
And I rose in the night, I, & a few men with me: for I tolde no man, what God had put in mine heart to do at Ierusalém, and there was not a beast with me, saue the beast whereon I rode.
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, and (came) before the draggon well, and to the dung porte, and vewed the walles of Ierusalém, how they were broken downe, and the portes thereof deuoured with the fyre.
Then I went forthe vnto the gate of the fountaine, and to the Kings fishpoole, and there was no roume for the beast that was vnder me to passe.
Then went I vp in the night by the broke, and vewed the wall, and turned backe, and comming backe, I entred by the gate of the valley and returned.
And the rulers knewe not whether I was gone, nor what I did, nether did I as yettel it vnto the Iewes, nor to the Priests, nor to the noblemen, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that laboured in the worke.
Afterward I said vnto them, Ye se the miserie that we are in, how Ierusalém lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burnt with fyre: come and let vs buylde the wall of Ierusalém, that we be no more a reproche.
Then I tolde them of the hand of my God, [which was good ouer me] and also of the Kings wordes that he had spoken vnto me. And they said, Let vs rise, and buylde. So they strengthened their hand to good.
But when Sanballát the Horonite, and Tobiáh the serua{n}t an Ammonite, and 〈◊〉 the Arabian heard it they 〈◊〉 vs and despised vs, and said, What a thing is this that ye do? Wil ye rebell against thee King?
Then answered I them, and said to the{m}, The God of heauen, he wil prosper vs, and we his seruants wil rise vp and buylde: but as for you ye haue no porcio{n} nor right, nor memorial in Ierusalém.
THen arose Eliashib the hie Priest with his brethren the Priests, and they buylt the snepegate: thei repared it, & set vp the dores thereof: euen vnto the towre of Meáh repared they it, (&) vnto the towre of Hananeél.
And next vnto him buylded the men of Ierichó, and beside him Zaccúr the sonne of Imri.
But the fishe porte did the sonnes of Senaah buylde, which also layed the beames thereof and set on the dores thereof, the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof.
And next vnto the{m} fortified Merimóth, the sonne of Vriiáh, the sonne of Hakkôz: and next vnto them fortified Meshullám, the sonne of Berechiáh, the sonne of Meshezabeél: and next vnto them fortified Zadók, the sonne of Baaná:
And next vnto them fortified the Tekoites: but the great me{n} of them put not their neckes to the worke of their 〈◊〉.
And the gate of the olde (fishpoole) fortified Iehoiadá the sonne of Paséah, & Meshul la{m} the sonne of Besodaiáh: thei layed the beames thereof, & set on the dores thereof, and the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof.
Next vnto them also fortified Melatiáh the Gibeonite, and Ladón the Meronothite, me{n} of Gibeôn, & of Mizpáh, vnto the throne of the Duke, (which was) beyonde the Riuer.
Next vnto him fortified Vzziél the sonne of Harhohiáh of the golde smithes: next vnto him also fortified Hananiáh, the sonne of Harakkahim, and they repared Ierusalém vnto the broad wall.
Also next vnto them fortified Raphaiáh, the sonne of Hur, the ruler of the halfe parte of Ierusalém.
And next vnto him fortified Iedaiáh the sonne of Harumáph, euen ouer against his house: and next vnto him fortified Hattúsh, the sonne of Hashabniáh.
Malchiiáh the sonne of Harim, and Hashúb the sonne of Paháth Moáb fortified the seconde portió, & the towre of the fornaces.
Next vnto him also fortified Shallúm, the sonne of Halloésh, the ruler of the halfe parte of 〈◊〉, he, and his daughters.
The valley hate fortified Hanúm, and the inhabitants 〈◊〉 Zanuah: thei buylt it, and set on the dores thereof, the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof, euen a thousand cubites on the wall vnto the dung porte.
But the dung porte fortified Malchiáh, the sonne of Recháb, the ruler of the fourte parte of Beth-haccárem: he buylt it, and set on the dores thereof, the lockes thereof, a{n}d the barres thereof.
But the gate of the fountaine fortified Shallún, the sonne of Gol-hozéh, the ruler of the fourte parte of Mizpáh: he buylded in, and couered it, and set on the dores thereof, the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof, and the wall vnto the fishpoole of Sheláh by the Kings garden, and vnto the steppes that go downe from the citie of Dauid.
After him fortified Nehemiáh the sonne of Azbúk, the ruler of the halfe parte of Bethzur, vntil the other side ouer against the sepulchres of Dauid, and to the fishpoole that was repared, and vnto the house of the mightie.
After him fortified the Leuites, Rehúm the sonne of Bani, and next vnto him fortified Hashabiáh the ruler of the halfe parte of Keilah in his quarter.
After him fortified their brethren: Bauai, the sonne of Henadad the ruler of the halfe parte of Keilah:
And next vnto him fortified Ezer, the sonne of Ieshúa the ruler of Mizpah, the other portion ouer against the going vp to the corner of the armoure.
After him was earnest Barúch the sonne of Zacchúi, (and) fortified another portio{n} from the corner vnto the dore of the house of Eliashib the hie Priest.
After him fortified Merimóth, the sonne of Vriiah, the sonne of Hakkóz, another portion from the dore of the house of Eliashib, euen as long as the house of Eliashib extended.
After him also fortified the Priests, the men of the plaine.
After them fortified Beniamin, and Hasshúb ouer against their house: after him fortified Azariah, the sonne of Maaseiah, the sonne of Ananiah, by his house.
After him fortified Binnúi, the sonne of He 〈◊〉 another portion, from the house of Azariah vnto the turning and vnto the corner
Palál, the sonne of Vzái from ouer against the corner, & the high towre, that lyeth out from the Kings house, which is beside the courte of the prison. After him, Pedaiáh, the sonne of Parôsh.
And the Nethinims they dwelt in the forteresse vnto the (place) ouer against the water gate, Eastward, & to the towre that lyeth out.
After him fortified the Tekoites another portion ouer against the great towre, that lyeth out, euen vnto the wall of the forteresse.
From aboue the horsegate forthe fortified the Priests, euerie one ouer against his house
After them fortified Zadók the sonne of 〈◊〉 mér ouer against his house: and after him fortified Shemaiáh, the sonne of Shechaniâh the keper of the East gate.
After him fortified Hananiáh, the sonne of Shelemiáh, and Hanún, the sonne of Zaláph, the sixt, another portion: after him fortified Meshullám, the sonne of Berechiáh, ouer against his chamber.
After him fortified Malchiáh the goldsmithes sonne, vntil the house of the Nethinims and of the marchants ouer against the gate Miphkád, and to the chamber in the corner.
And betwene the chamber of the corner vnto the shepegate fortified the goldsmithes & the 〈◊〉.
BVt whe{n} Sanballát heard that we buylded the wall, then was he wroth and sore grieued, and mocked the Iewes.
And said before his brethren and the armie of Samaria, thus he said, What do these weake Iewes? wil they fortifie the{m} selues? wil thei sacrifice? wil thei finish it in a day? wil they make the stones whole againe out of the heapes of dust, seing they are burnt?
And Tobiáh the Ammonite (was) beside him and said, Althogh they buylde, (yet) if a foxe go vp, he shal eue{n} breake downe their stony wall.
Heare, ô our God [for we are despised] and turne their shame vpon their owne head, & giue them vnto a pray in the land of their captiuitie,
And couer not their iniquitie, nether let their sinne be put out in thy preséce: for thei haue prouoked (vs) before the bylders.
So we buylt the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the people was to worke.
¶ But when Sanballát, and Tobiáh, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, & the 〈◊〉 heard that the walles of Ierusale{m} were repared, [for the breaches began to be stopped] then thei were verie wroth,
And conspired altogether to come and to fight against Ierusalém, and to hinder the{m}.
Then we prayed vnto our God, and set warchemen by them, day and night, because of them.
And Iudáh, said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there (is) muche earth, so that we are not able to buylde the wall.
Also our aduersaries had said, Thei shal not knowe, nether se, til we come into the middes of them and slaye them, and cause the worke to cease.
But when the Iewes [which dwelt beside them] came, they tolde vs ten times, From all places whence ye shal returne, (they wil be) vpon vs.
Therefore set I in the lower places behinde the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, and placed the people by their families with their swordes, their speares and their bowes,
Then I beheld, and rose vp, and said vnto the princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraied of the{m}: remember the great Lord, and feareful, and fight for your brethren, your sonnes, and your daughters, your wiues, and your houses.
And when our enemies heard that it was knowe{n} vnto vs, then God broght their counsel to noght, and we turned all againe to the wall, euerie one vnto his worke.
And from that day, halfe of the yong men did the labour, and the other halfe parte of the{m} helde the speares, & shields, and bowes, and habergins: & the rulers (stode) behinde all the house of Iudáh.
They that buylded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, (and) they that laded, did the worke with one hand, and with the other helde the sworde.
For euerie one of the buylders (had) his sworde girde on his loynes, and (so) buylded: & he that blewe the tru{m}pet, (was) beside me.
Then said I vnto the princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The worke is great a{n}d large, and we are separated vpon the wall, one farre from another.
In what place (therefore) ye heare the sou{n}d of the trumpet, resorte ye thither vnto vs: our God shal fight for vs.
So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning, til the starres came forthe.
And at the same time said I vnto the people, Let euerie one with his sernant lodge within Ierusalém, that they may be a watche for vs in the night, and labour in the day.
So nether I, nor my brethren, nor my serua{n}ts nor the men of the warde, [which followed me] none of vs did put of our clothes, (saue) 〈◊〉 one put them of for wasshing.
NOw there was a great crye of the people, and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes.
For there were that said, We, our sonnes and our daughters are many, therefore we take vp corne, that we may eat and liue.
And there were that said, We must gage our lands, & our vineyardes, and our houses and take vp corne for the famine.
There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute (vpon) our la{n}ds and our vineyardes.
And now our flesh (is) as the flesh of our brethren, (&) our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes, and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters (now) in subiection, and there (is) no power in our hands: for other me{n} (haue) our lands and our vineyardes.
Then was I very angrie when I heard their crye and these wordes.
And I thoght in my minde, and I rebuked the princes, and the rulers, and said vnto the{m}, You laye burdens euerie one vpon his brethren: and I set a great assemblie againste them,
And I said vnto them, We [according, to our abilitie] haue redemed our brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heathen: and wil you sell your brethre{n} againe, or shal they be solde vnto vs? The{n} helde they their peace, and colde not answere.
I said also, That which ye do, is not good. Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God, for the reproche of the heathen our enemies?
For euen I, my brethren, and my seruants do lend them money and corne: I pray you, let vs leaue of this burden.
Restore, I pray you, vnto them this day their lands, their vineyardes, their oliues, and their houses, and (remit) the hundreth parte of the siluer and of the corne, of the wine, and of the oyle that ye exact of them.
Then said they, We wil restore it, and wil not require it of the{m}: we wil do as thou hast said. Then I called the Priests, and caused them to sweare, that they shulde do according to this promes.
So 〈◊〉 my lappe, and said, So let GOD shake our euerie man that wil not performe this promes from his house, and from his labour: euen thus let him be shaken out, and emptied. And all the Congregacio{n} said, Ame{n} and praised the Lord: and the people did according to this promes.
And from the time that (the King) gaue me charge to be gouernour in the land of Iudáh from the twentieth yere, euen vnto the two & thirtieth yere of King Artahsháshte, (that is,) twelue yere, I, and my brethren haue not eaten the bread of the gouernour.
For the former 〈◊〉 that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, & had taken of them bread and wine, besides fourtie shekels of siluer: yea and their seruants bare rule ouer the people: but so did not I, because of the feare of God.
But rather I fortified (a porcion) in the worke of this wall, and we boght no land, and all my seruants came thether together vnto the worke.
Moreouer there (were) at my table an hundreth and fiftie of the Iewes, & rulers, which came vnto vs from among the heathen that are about vs.
And there was prepared daiely an oxe, and six chosen shepe, and birdes were prepared for me, and within ten dayes wine for all in abundance. Yet for al this I required not the bread of the gouernour: for the bondage was grieuous vnto this people.
Remember me, ô my God, in goodnes, (according) to all that I haue done for this people.
ANd when Sanballát, and Tobiáh, and Géshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had buylt the wall, and that there were no mo breaches therein [thogh at that time I had not set vp the dores vpon the gates]
Then sent Sanballat and Géshen vnto me, saying, Come thou that we may mete together in the villages in the plaine of On o: and they thoght to dome euil.
Therefore I sent messengers vnto them, saying, I haue a great worke to do, and I can not come downe: why shulde the worke cease whiles I leaue it, and come downe to you?
Yet they sent vnto me foure times after this forte. And I answered them after the same maner.
Then sent Sanbállát his seruant after this forte vnto me the fift time, with an open letter in his hand.
Wherein in was writen, It is reported amo{n}g the heathen, and Gashmú hathe said it, that thou and the Iewes thinke to rebell, for the which cause thou buy Idest the wal and thou wilt be their King according to these wordes.
Thou hast also ordeined the Prophetes to preache of thee at Ierusalém, saying, (There is) a King in Iudáh: and now according to these wordes it shal come to the Kings eares come now therefore, and let vs take counsel together.
Then I sent vnto him, saying, It is not done according to these wordes that thou sayest: for thou fainest them of thine owne heart.
For all thei afraied vs, saying, Their hands shal be weakened fro{m} the worke, & it shal not be done now therefore incourage thou me.
¶ And I came to the house of Shemaiàh the sonne of Delaiáh the sonne of Mehetabél, and he was shut vp, a{n}d he said, Let vs come together into the house of God in the middes of the Temple, and shut the dores of the Temple: for they wil come to slay thee: yea, in the night wil they come to kil thee.
Then I said, Shulde suche a man as I, flee? Who is he, being as I am, that wolde go into the Temple to liue? I wil not go in.
And lo, I perceiued, that God had not sent him, but that he pronounced this prophecie against me: for Tobiáh and Sanballát had hyred him.
Therefore was he hyred, that I might be afrayed, and do thus, and sinne, and that they might haue an euil reporte that they might reproche me.
My God, remember thou Tobiáh, and Sanballát according vnto these their workes, & No adiák the Prophetesse also, and the rest of the Prophetes that wolde haue put me in feare.
¶ Not withstanding the wall was finished on the fiue and twentieth (day) of Elūl, in two and fiftic dayes.
And when all our enemies heard thereof, (euen) all the heathen that were about vs, thei were 〈◊〉, and their courage failed them: for they knewe, that this worke was wroght by our God.
And in these dayes (were) there manie of the princes of Iudáh, whose letters 〈◊〉 vnto Tobiáh, and those of Tobiáh came vnto them.
For there (were) manie in Iudáh. that were sworne vnto him: for he was the sonne in law of Shechaniah, the sonne of Aráh: and his so{n}ne Iehonathán had the daughter of Meshullám, the sonne of Berechiáh.
Yea, they spake in his praise before me, and tolde him my wordes, (and) Tobiah sent letters to put me in feare.
NOw whe{n} the wall was buylded, & I had set vp the dores, and the porters, and the singers and the Leuites were appointed.
Then I commanded my brother Hanáni and Hananiáh the prince of the palace in Ierusalém [for he was doutles a faithful man, and feared God aboue manie]
And I said vnto them, Let not the gates of Ierusalém be opened, vntil the heat of the sunne: and while they stand by, let them shut the dores, and make them fast: & I appointed wardes of the inhabitants of Ierusalém, euerie one in his warde, and euerie one ouer against his house.
Now the citie (was) large and great, but the people (were) fewe therein, and the houses were not buylded.
And my God put into mine heart, & I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to counte their genealogies: & I founde a boke of the genealogie of them, whiche came vp at the first, and founde writen therein,
These are the sonnes of the prouince that came vp from the captiuitie that was caryed away [whome Nebuchadnezzár King of Babél had caried away] and they returned to Ierusalém and to Iudáh, euerie one vnto his citie.
They which came with Zerubbabél, Ieshūa, Nehemiáh, Azariáh, Raamiáh, Nahamáni, Mordecái, Bilshán, Mispéreth, Biguái, Nehū Baanáh. (This is) the nomber of the men of the people of Israél.
The sonnes of Parôsh, two thousand an hundreth seuentie and two.
The sonnes of Shephatiáh, thre hundreth seuentie and two.
The sonnes of Aráh, six hundreth fiftie and two.
The sonnes of Paháth Moáb of the sonnes of Ieshúa, & Ioáb, two thousand, eight hundreth and eightene.
The sonnes of Elám, a thousand, two hundreth fiftie and foure.
The sonnes of Zattu, eight hundreth & fiue and fourtie.
The sonnes of Zacchái, seuen hundreth and thre score.
The sonnes of Binnui, six hundreth & eight and fourtie.
The sonnes of Bebái, six hundreth and eight and twentie.
The sonnes of Azgád, two thousand, thre hu{n}dreth and two and twentie.
The sonnes of Adonikám, six hundreth thre score and seuen.
The sonnes of Biguái, two thousand thre score and seuen.
The sonnes of Adin, six hundreth, and fyue and fiftie.
The sonnes of Atér of Hizkiah, ninetie and eight.
The sonnes of Hashûm, thre hundreth and eight and twentie.
The sonnes of Bezai, thre hundreth & foure and twentie.
The sonnes of Hariph, an hundreth and twelue.
The sonnes of Gibeōn, ninetie and fiue.
The men of Beth-léhem and Netophah, an hundreth foure score and eight.
The men of Anathôth, an hundreth & eight and twentie.
The men of Beth-azmaueth, two and fourtie.
The men of Kiriath-iearim, Chephirah and Beerôth, seuen hundreth, and thre & fourtie.
The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundreth and one and twentie.
The men of Michmas, an hundreth and two an twentie.
The men of Beth-él and Ai, an hundreth and thre and twentie.
The men of the other Nebó, two & fiftie.
The sonnes of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundreth and foure and fiftie.
The sonnes of Harim, thre hundreth and twentie.
The sonnes of Ierichô, thre hundreth and fyue and fourtie.
The sonnes of Lod-hadid and Onó, seuen hundreth, and one and 〈◊〉.
The sonnes of Senaâh, thre thousand, nine hundreth and thirtie.
The Priests: the sonnes of Iedaiáh of the house of Ieshúa, nine hu{n}dreth seue{n}tie & thre
The sonnes of Immér, a thousand and two and fiftie.
The sonnes of 〈◊〉, a thousand, two hundreth and seuen and fourtie.
The sonnes of Harim, a thousand and seuentene.
¶ The Leuites: the sonnes of Ieshûa of Kadmiél, and of the sonnes of Hodiuáh, seuentie and foure.
¶ The singers: the children of Asaph, an hu{n}dreth, and eight and fourtie.
The porters: the sonnes of Shallúm, the sonnes of Atér, the sonnes of Talmon, the sonnes of Akkúb, the sonnes of Hatitā, the sonnes of Shobái, an hundreth and eight and thirtie.
¶ The Nethinims: the sonnes of Zihá, the sonnes of Hashuphá, the sonnes of 〈◊〉,
The sonnes of Kerós, the sonnes of Siá, the sonnes of Padon,
The sonnes of Lebaná, the sonnes of Hagabá, the sonnes of Shalmái,
The sonnes of Hanán, the sonnes of 〈◊〉 the sonnes of Gáhar,
The sonnes of Reaiáh, the sonnes of Rezin, the sonnes of Nekodá,
The sonnes of Gazzám, the sonnes of Vzzá, the sonnes of Paséah,
The sonnes of Besái, the sonnes of Meunîm, the sonnes of Nephishesim.
The sonnes of Bak búk, the sonnes of Hakuphá, the sonnes of Harhúr,
The sonnes of Bazlith, the so{n}nes of Mehidá the sonnes of Harshá.
The sonnes of Barkós, the sonnes of Sisserá, the sonnes of Támah,
The sonnes of Neziah, the sonnes of Hatiphá,
The sonnes of Salomons serua{n}ts, the sonnes of Sotái, the sonnes of Sophéreth, the sónes of Peridá,
The sonnes of Iaalá, the sonnes of Darkōn, the sonnes of 〈◊〉,
The sonnes of Shephatiáh, the sonnes of Hattil, the sonnes of Pochéreth of Zebaim, the sonnes of Amón.
All the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants (were) thre hundreth, ninetie and two.
¶ And these came vp from Tel-meláh, Telhareshá, Cherúb, Addón, and Immér: but thei colde not slew their fathers house, nor their sede, (or) if they were of Israél.
The sonnes of Delaiáh: the so{n}nes of Tobiáh the sonnes of Nekodá, six hundreth and two and fourtie.
And of the Priests: the sonnes of Habaiâh, the sonnes of Hakkōz, the sonnes of Barzillâi, which toke one of the daughters of Barzillái the Giliadite to wife, & was named after their name.
These soght their writing of the genealogies, but it was not founde: therefore they were put from the Priesthode.
And the Tirshátha said vnto the{m}, that they shulde not eat of the most holy, til there rose vp a Priest with Vrim and Thummim.
All the Congregacion together (was) two and fourtie thousand, thre hundreth & threscore,
Besides their seruants and their maids, which were seuen thousand, thre hundreth and seuen and thirtie: and they had two hundreth and fiue and fourtie singing men and singing women.
Their horses (were) seuen hundreth and six and thirtie, (&) their mules two hundreth & fiue and fourtie.
The camels foure hundreth and fiue and thirtie, (&) six thousand, seuen hundreth and twentie asses.
And certeine of the chief fathers gaue vnto the worke. The 〈◊〉 gaue to the treasure, a thousand drammes of golde, fiftie 〈◊〉, fiue hundreth and thirtie Priests garments.
And (some) of the chief fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke, twentie thousand drammes of golde & two thousand and two hundreth pieces of siluer.
And the rest of the people gaue twe{n}tie thou 〈◊〉 drammes of golde, and two thousand pieces of siluer, and threscore & seue{n} Priests garments.
And the Priests and Leuites, and the porters and the singers and the rest of the people & the 〈◊〉, and all Israél dwelt in their cities: and when the seuent moneth came, the children of Israél were in their cities.
ANd all the people assembled them selues together, in the streat that was before the watergate, and they spake vnto Ezrá the scribe, that he wold bring the boke of the Law of Mosés, which the Lord had commanded to Israél.
And Azrá the Priest broght the Law before the Congregacion bothe of men and women, and of all that colde heare and vnderstand it, in the first day of the seuent moneth,
And he red therein in the streat that was before the watergate [from the morning vntil the midday] before men and women, and of them that vnderstode it, and the eares of all the people (hearkened) vnto the boke of the Law.
And Ezrá the scribe stode vpon a pulpit of wood, which he had made for the preaching, and beside him stode Mattithiáh, & Shêma, and Ananiáh, and Vriiáh, and Hilkiáh, and Maaseiáh on his right hand, and on his left hand Pedaiáh, and Mishaél, and Malchiáh, and Hashum, and Hashbadāna, Zecháriáh, (and) Meshullám.
And Ezrá opened the boke before all the people: for he was aboue all the people: & whe{n} he opened it, al the people stode vp.
And Ezrá praised the Lord the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, Ame{n}, with lifting vp their hands: & thei bowed them selues, and worshiped the Lord with 〈◊〉 faces toward the grounde.
Also Ieshúa, and Bani, and Sherebiáh, Iamin, Akkúb, Shabbethái, Hodiiáh, Maaseiáh, Kelitá, Azariáh, Iozabád, Hanán, Pelaiáh, and the Leuites caused the people to vnderstand the Law, and the people (stode) in their place.
And they red in the boke of the Lawe of God distinctly and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading.
Then Nehemiáh [which is Tirshátha] and Ezrá the Priest and scribe, and the Leuites that instructed the people, said vnto all the people, Thys daye is holy vnto the Lord your God: mourne not, nether wepe: for all the people wept, whe{n} they heard the wordes of the Law.
He said also vnto them, Go, (and) eate of the fat, and drinke the swete, & send parte vnto the{m}, for whome none (is) prepared: for this daye is holye vnto our Lord: be ye not sory therfore: for the ioye of the Lord is your strength.
And the Leuites made sile{n}ce throughout all the people, saying, Holde your peace: for the day is holy, be not sad therefore.
Then all the people went to eate and to drinke, and to send away parte, & to make great ioye, because they had vnderstande the wordes that they had taught them.
And on the seconde day the chief fathers of all the people, the Priests and the Leuites were gathered vnto Ezrá the scribe, that he also myghte instructe them in the wordes of the Law.
And they founde writen in the Law, [that the Lord had commanded by Mosés] that the children of Israél shulde dwel in boothes in the feast of the seuent moneth,
And that thei shulde cause it to be declared and proclaimed in all their Cities, and in Ierusalém, saying, Go for the vnto the mount, and bringe oliuebranches, and pine branches, and branches of myrtus, and palmebranches, and branches of thicke trees, to make boothès, as it is writen.
So the people went forth & broght (the{m}) and made them boothes, euerie one vpon the rofe of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the strete by the watergate, and in the strete of the gate of Ephráim.
And all the Congregacion of them that were come againe out of the captiuitie, made boothes, & sate vnder the boothes: for since the time of Ieshúa the sonne of Nun vnto this day, had not the childre{n} of Israél done so, & there was very great ioye.
And he red in the boke of the Law of God euerie day, from the first day vnto the last daye. And thei kept the feast seuen dayes, and on the eight day a solemne 〈◊〉, according vnto the maner.
IN the foure and twentieth daye of thys moneth the children of Israél were assembled with fasting, & with sackecloth and earth vpon them.
[And they that were of the sede of Israél were separated from all the strangers] & they stode and confessed their sinnes and the iniquities of their fathers.
And they stode vp in theyr place and red in the boke of the Law of the LORD their God foure times on the day, and thei co{n}fessed and worshiped the Lord their GOD foure times.
Then stode vp vpon the staires of the Leuites Ieshûa, and Bani, Kadmiél, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani (and) 〈◊〉, & cryed with a lowde voyce vnto the Lord their God.
And the Leuites said, (euen) Ieshûa & Kadmiél, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodiiah Shebaniah (and) Pethahiah, Stand vp, (and) praise the Lord your God for euer, & euer, & let the{m} praise thy glorious name, ô God, which excelleth aboue all thankesgiuing and praise.
Thou art Lord alone thou hast made heauen, and the heauen of all heauens, wyth all their hoste, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, & all that are in the{m}, and thou preseruest them all, & the hoste of the heauen worshipeth thee.
Thou art, ó Lord, the God, that hast chosé Abram, and broghtest him out of Vrin Caldea and madest his Name Abraham,
And foundest hys hearte faithfull before thee, and madest a couenant with him, to giue vnto his sede the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, and Perizzites, & Iebusites, and Girgashites, and hast performed thy wordes, because thou art iust.
Thou hast also co{n}sidered the affliction of our fathers in Egypte, and heard their crye by the red Sea,
And shewed tokens and wonders vppon Pharaoh, and on all his seruants, and on all the people of his lande: for thou knewest that thei dealt proudely against the{m} therfore thou madest thee a Name, as (appeareth) this day.
For thou didest breake vp the Sea before them, and they went through the middes of the Sea on drye land: and those that pursued the{m}, hast thou cast into the bottoms as a stone, in the mightie waters:
And leddest them in the daye with a piller of a cloude, and in the night with a piller of fyre to giue them light in the waye that they went.
Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinái, and spakest vnto them from heaue{n}, and gauest them right iudgements, and true lawes, ordinances & good co{m}mandements,
And declaredst vnto them thine holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, & ordinances, and Lawes, by the ha{n}d of Mosés thy seruant:
And gauest them bread from heauen for their hungre, & broghtest forth water for them out of the rocke for their thirst: and promisedst the{m} that thei shulde go in, and take possesion of the land: for the which thou haddest lift vp thine hand for to giue them.
But thei and our fathers behaued the{m} selues proudely and hardened their neckes, so that they hearkened not vnto thy commandements,
But refused to obey, and wolde not reme{m}ber thy maruelous workes that thou hadst done for them, but hardened their neckes and had in their heades to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: but thou, ô God of mercies, gracious and full of compassion, of long suffring and of great mercie, yet forsokest them not.
Moreouer when they made them a molte{n} calfe [& said, This is thy God that broght thee vp out of the land of Egypt] & committed great blasphemies,
Ye thou for thy greate mercies forsokest them not in the wildernes: the piller of the cloude departed not from them by day to lead them the way, nether the piller of fyre by night, to shewe them light, and the way whereby they shulde go.
Thus gauest also thy good Spirite to instruct them, & with heldest not thy MAN from their mouth, and gauest them water for their thirst.
Thou didest also fede them fourtye yeres in the wildernes: they lacked nothing: their clothes waxed not old, and their fete swelled not.
And thou gauest them kingdomes & people, and scatteredst them into corners: so they possessed the lande of Sihōn and the lande of the Kyng of Heshbōn, and the land of Og King of Bashān.
And thou didest multiplie their children, like the starres of the heauen, and broghtest them into the land, whereof thou hadst spoken vnto their fathers, that thei shuld go, and possesse it.
So the children went in, and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before the{m} the inhabitants of the land, (euen) the Canaanites, & gauest the{m} into their ha{n}ds, with their Kings & the people of the land, that they might do with them what they wolde.
And they toke their strong cities and the fat lande, and possessed houses, full of all goods, cisternes digged out, vineyardes, and oliues, and trees for fode in abunda{n}ce, and they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and liued in pleasure through thy great goodnes.
Yet they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy Law behind their backes and slewe thy Prophetes [whiche protested among the{m} to turne them vnto thee] and committed great blasphemies.
Therefore thou deliueredst them into the hand of their enemies that vexed the{m}: yet in the tyme of theyr affliction, when they cryed vnto thee, thou heardest them from the heauen, and through thy greate mercies thou gauest them sauiours, who saued them out of the hand of their aduersaries.
But when they had rest, they returned to do euill before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion ouer them, yet whe{n} they conuerted and cryed vnto thee, thou heardest them from heauen, & deliueredst them according to thy great mercies many times,
And protestedst amonge them that thou mightest bring, the{n} againe vnto thy Lawe: but they behaued themselues proudely, & hearkened not vnto thy commandeme{n}ts, but sinned against thy iudgeme{n}ts which a man shuld do and liue in them] and pulled away the shuldre, and were stifnecked, and wolde not heare.
Yet thou didest forbeare them many yeres, and protestedst amonge them by thy Spirit, (eue{n}) by the hand of thy Prophetes, but they wolde not heare: therfore gauest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Yet for thy great mercyes, thou hast not consumed them, nether forsaken them: for thou art a gracious and mercifull God.
Now therefore our GOD, thou greate God, mightie and terrible, that kepest couenant and mercie, let not all the affliction that hathe come vnto vs, seme a litle before thee, (that is,) to our Kings, to our princes, and to our Priests, and to our Prophetes and to our fathers, and to all thy people since the time of the Kings of Asshūr vnto this day.
Surelye thou arte iust in all that is come vpon vs: for thou hast delt truely, but we haue done wickedly.
And our Kings & our princes, our Priests and our fathers haue not done thy Lawe, nor regarded thy comma{n}dements nor thy protestations, wherewith thou hast protested among them.
And they haue not serued thee in theyr kingdome, and in thy great goodnes that thou shewedst vnto them, and in the large and fat lande whiche thou settest before them, and haue not conuerted from theyr euill workes.
Beholde, we are seruants this day, and the land that thou gauest vnto our fathers, to eate the frute thereof, and the goodnes thereof, beholde, we are seruants therein.
And it yeldeth much frute vnto the kings whome thou haste set ouer vs, because of our sinnes: and they haue dominion ouer our bodies and ouer our cattell at theyr pleasure, and we are in great affliction.
Now because of all thys we make a sure couenant, and write it, & our princes, our Leuites (and) our Priests seale vnto it.
NOw thei that sealed (were) Nehemiáh the Tirshátha the sonne of Hachaliáh, and Zidkiiáh,
Seraiáh, Azariáh, Ieremiáh,
Pashúr, Amariāh, Malchiáh,
Hattúsh, Shebaniāh, Mallúch,
Harîm, Merimóth, Obadiáh,
Daniēl, Ginnethōn, Barúch,
Meshullám, Abiiah, Miamîn,
Maaziáh, Bilgái, Shemaiáh: these are the Priests.
¶ And the Leuites: Ieshúa the sonne of Azaniáh, Binnúi, of the sonnes of Henadád Kadmiél.
And their brethren, Shebaniáh, Hodiiáh, Kelitá, Pelaiáh, Hanán,
Michá, Rehôb, Hashabiáh,
Zaccūr, Sherebiáh, Shebaniáh,
Hodiáh, Bani, Beninu.
¶ The chief of the people (were) Parósh, Paháth Moáb, Elám, Zattū, Bani,
Bunni, Azgád, Bebái,
Adoniāh, Biguái, Adin,
Atér, Hizkiiáh, Azzûr,
Hodiah, Hashúm, Bezai,
Hariph, Anathóth, Nebai,
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
Meshezabeél, Zadōk, Iaddúa,
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
Hoshéa, Hananiah, Hashúb,
Hallohésh, Pileha, Shobék,
Rehúm, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
And Ahiiah, Hanan, Anan,
Mallúch, Harim, Baanah.
And the rest of the people, the Priests, the Leuites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all that were separated from the people of the landes vnto the Lawe of God, their wiues, their sonnes, and theyr daughters, all that colde vnderstand.
the chief of them receyued it for theyr brethren, and thei came to the curse and to the othe to walke in Gods Lawe, which was giuen by Mosés the seruant of God, to obserue and do all the commandements of the Lord our God and his iudgements and his statutes:
And that we wolde not giue our daughters to the people of the la{n}d, nether take their daughters for our sonnes.
And (if) the people of the la{n}d broght ware on the Sabbath or anie vitailes to sel, that we wolde not take it of them on the Sabbath and on the holy dayes: and that we wold let the seuen tyerebe fre, & the debtes of euerie persone.
And we made statutes for our selues to giue by the yere the third parte of a shekel for the seruice of the house of our God,
For the shewebread, and for the daielye offring, and for the daiely burnt offrynge, the Sabbaths, the new moones, for the solemne feastes, & for the things that were sanctified, & for the sinne offrings to make an atonement for Israél, and for all the worke of the house of our God.
We cast also lottes for the offring of the wood, (euen) the Priests, the Leuites & the people to brynge it into the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, yerelye at the times appointed, to burne it vppon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is write{n} in the Law,
And to bring the first frutes of our lande, and the firste of all the frutes of all trees, yere by yere, into the house of the Lord,
And the first borne of our sonnes, & of our cattel, as it is writen in the Law, and the firstborne of our bullockes & of our shepe, to bring it into the house of our God, vnto the Priests that minister in the house of our God,
And that we shulde bring the first frute of our dough, and our offrings, and the frute of euerie tre, of wine and of oyle, vnto the Priests, to the cha{m}bers of the house of our God: and the tithes of our lande vnto the Leuites, that the Leuites mighte haue the tithes in all the cities of our trauail.
And the Priest, the sonne of Aarón shal be with the Leuites, when the Leuites take tithes, and the Leuites shall bringe vp the tenth parte of the tithes vnto the house of our God, vnto the chambers of the treasure house.
For the children of Israél, and the childre{n} of Leui shall brynge vp the offrings of the corne, of the wine, and of the oyle, vnto the chambers: & there (shalbe) the vessels of the Sanctuarie, and the Priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers, and we wil not forsake the house of our God.
ANd the rulers of the people dwelt in Ierusalém: the other people also cast lottes, a to bring one out of ten to dwel in Ierusalém the holy citie, and nyne partes (to be) in the cities.
And the people thanked all the men that were willing to dwel in Ierusalém.
These now are the chief of the prouince, that dwelt in Ierusalém, but in the Cities of Iudáh, euerie one dwelt in his owne possession in their cities of Israêl, the Priests and the Leuites, and the Nethinims, & the sonnes of Salomons seruants.
And in Ierusalém dwelt (certeine) of the children of Iudáh, and of the children of Beniamin. Of the sonnes of Iudáh, Athaiah, the sonne of Vziiáh, the sonne of Zechariáh, the sonne of Amariāh, the sonne of Shephatiáh, the sonne of Mahaleél, of the sonnes of Pérez,
And Maaseiáh the sonne of Barūch, the sonne of Col Hozéh, the sône of Hazaiáh, the sonne of Adaiáh, the sonne of Ioiarib, the so{n}ne of Zechariáh, the so{n}ne of Shiloni.
All the sonnes of Pérez that dwelt at Ierusalém, (were) foure hundreth, thre score and eight valiant men.
These also are the sonnes of Beniamin, Sallú, the sonne of Meshullâm, the sonne of Ioéd, the sonne of Pedaiáh, the sonne of Kolaiáh, the sonne of Maaseiáh, the sonne of Ithiél, the sonne of Ieshaiáh.
And after him Gabái, Sallái, nine hu{n}dreth and twentie and eight.
And Ioél the sonne of Zichri (was) gouernour ouer them: and Iudáh, the sonne of Senuáh (was) the seconde ouer the citie:
Of the Priests, Iedaiáh, the sonne of Ioiarib, Iachîn.
Seraiáh, the sonne of Hilkiáh, the sonne of Meshullám, the sonne of Zadók, the sonne of Meraióth, the sonne of Ahitúb (was) chief of the house of God.
And their brethren that did the worke in the Temple, (were) eight hundreth, twe{n}tie and two: and Adaiáh, the sonne of Ierohám, the sonne of Pelaliáh, the sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Zechariáh, the sonne of Pashúr, the sonne of Malchiáh:
And his brethre{n}, chief of the fathers, two hu{n}dreth and two and fourtie: and Amashsai the sonne of Azareél, the sonne of Ahazái, the sonne of Meshilemóth, the sonne of Immér:
And their brethre{n} valia{n}t men, an hu{n}dreth and eight and twentie: and theyr ouerseer (was) Zabdiél the sonne of Hagedolim.
And of the Leuites Shemaiáh, the sonne of Hashúb, the sonne of Azrika{m}, the sonne of Hashabiáh, the sonne of Bunni.
And Shabbethái, & Iozabád of the chief of the Leuites (were) ouer the workes of the house of God without.
And Mattaniáh, the sonne of Michā, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Asáph (was) the chief to begin the tha{n}kesgiuing (and) prayer: & Bakkukiáh the seco{n}de of his brethren, & Abdá, the sonne of Shammúa, the sonne of Galál, the sonne of Ieduthún.
All the Leuites in the holy citie (were) two hundreth foure score and foure.
And the porters Akkúb, Talmón & their brethren that kept the gates (were) an hundreth twentie and two.
And the residue of Israél, of the Priests, (and) of the Leuites (dwelt) in all the Cities of Iudáh, euerie one in his inheritance.
And the Nethinims dwelt in the fortres, & Zihá, & Gispa (was) ouer the Nethinims.
And the ouerseer of the Leuites in Ierusale{m} (was) Vzzi the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Ashabiah, the sonne of Mattaniah, the sonne of Micha: of the sonnes of Asaph singers (were) ouer the worke of the house of God.
For it (was) the Kings commandeme{n}t co{n}cerning them, that faithful (prouisio{n} shuld be) for the singers euerie day.
And Pethahiah the sonne of Meshezabeél, of the sonnes of Zérah, the sonne of Iudah (was) at the Kyngs hānde in all matters concerning the people.
And in the villages in their lands, (some) of the children of Iudah dwelt in Kiriatharba, and in the villages therof, and in Dibón, and the villages therof, and in Iekabzeél, and in the villages thereof,
And in Ieshûa, and in Moladah, & in Bethpalet,
And in Hazér-shual, and in Beer-shéba, & in the villages thereof,
And in Ziklag, and in Mechonah, and in the villages thereof,
And in En-rimmōn, and in Zareah, and in Iarmûth,
Zanóah, Adullam, and in their villages, in Lachish, & in the fields thereof, at Azekah, & in the villages therof: & thei dwelt from Beer-shéba vnto the valley of Hinnôm.
And the sonnes of Beniamin from Géba, in Michmash, and Aiia, and Beth-él, and in the villages thereof,
Anathōth, Nob, Ananiah,
Hazôr, Ramah, Gittaim,
Hadid, Zeboim, Nebalat,
Lod and Onô, in the carpenters valley.
And of the Leuites (were) diuisions in Iudah, and in Beniamin.
THese also are the Priests and the Leuites that went vp with Zerubbabél, the sonne of Shealtiél, and Ieshúa. (to wit, Seraiah, Ieremiah, Ezra,
Amariah, Mallúch, Hattúsh,
Shecaniah, Rehúm, Merimóth,
Iddó, Ginnethô, Abiiáh,
Miamin, Maadiáh, Bilgáh,
Shemaiáh, and Ioiarib, Iedaiáh,
Sallû, Amōk, Hilkiiáh, Iedaiáh: these were the chief of the Priests, and of their brethren in the daies of Ieshúa.
And the Leuites, Ieshúa, Binnúi, Kadmiél, Sherebiáh, Iudáh, Mattaniáh (were) ouer the thankes giuings, he, and his brethren.
And Bakkubiáh and Vnni, (&) theyr brethren (were) about them in the watches.
And Ieshúa begate Ioiakim: Ioiakim also begate Eliashib, & Eliashib begate Ioiadá.
And Ioiadá begate Ionathán, and Ionathán begate Iaddúa.
And in the daies of Ioiakim were (these,) the chief fathers of the Priests: vnder Seraiáh (was) Meraiáh, vnder Ieremiáh, Hananiáh,
Vnder Ezrá, Meshullám, vnder Amariáh, Iehohanán,
Vnder Melicú, Ionathan, vnder Shebaniah, Ioséph,
Vnder Harim, Adna, vnder Meraiōth, Helkai,
Vnder Iddō, Zechariah, vnder Ginnithō, Meshullam,
Vnder 〈◊〉, Zichri, vnder Miniamin, (and) vnder Moadiah, Piltai,
Vnder Bilgah, Shammúa, vnder Shemaiah, Iehonathan,
Vnder Ioiarib, Mattenai, vnder Iedaiah, Vzzi,
Vnder Sallai, Kallai, vnder Amók, Eber,
Vnder Hilkiah, Hashabiah, vnder Iedaiah, Nethaneél.
In the daies of Eliashib, Ioiada, and Iohanan and Iaddúa (were) the chief fathers of the Leuites writen, and the Priests in the reigne of Darius the Persian.
The so{n}nes of Leui, the chief fathers (were) writen in the boke of the Chronicles euen vnto the daies of Iohanan the sonne of Eliashib.
And the chief of the Leuites (were) Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Ieshúa the sonne of Kadmiél, and their brethren aboute them to giue praise and thankes, accordyng to the ordinance of Dauid the man of GOD, warde ouer against warde.
Mattaniah & Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmōn (and) Akkúb (were) porters keping the warde at the thresholdes of the gates.
These were in the daies of Ioiakîm the sonne of Ieshúa, the sonne of Iozadak, and in the daies of Nehemiah the captaine, and of Ezra the Priest and scribe.
And in the dedicacion of the wall at Ierusale{m} they soght the Leuites out of all their places to bring them to Ierusalém to kepe the dedicacion and gladnes, bothe with thankes giuings and with songs, cymbales, violes and with harpes.
Then the" singers gathered them selues together bothe from the plaine countrey about Ierusalém, and from the villages of Netophathi,
And from the house of Gilgal, and out of the countreis of Géba, and Azmaueth for the singers had buylt them villages round about Ierusalém.
And the Priests and Leuites were purified, and clensed the people, and the gates, and the wall:
And I broght vp the princes of Iudah vpon the wall, and appointed two greate companies to giue thankes, and the (one) went on the right hand of the wall toward the dung gate.
And after them went Hoshaiah, and halfe of the princes of Iudah,
And Azariah, Ezra and Meshullam,
Iudah, Beniamin, and Shemaiah, and Ieremiah,
And of the Priests sonnes with trumpets, Zechariah the sonne of Ionatha{n}, the sonne of Shemaiah, the sonne of Mattaniah, the 〈◊〉 of Michaiah, the sonne of Zaccúr, the sonne of Asaph.
And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azareél, Milalai, Gilalai, Maái, Nethaneél, and Iudah, Hanani, with the musical instrume{n}ts of Dauid the man of God: & Ezra the scribe (went) before them.
And to the gate of the fountaine, 〈◊〉 ouer against them went they vp by the staires of the citie of Dauid, at the going vp of the wall beyonde the house of Dauid, eue{n} vnto the water gate Eastwarde.
And the seconde companie of them that gaue thankes, went on the other side, and I after them, & the halfe of the people (was) vpon the wall, (and) vpon the towre of the 〈◊〉 euen vnto the broade wall.
And vpon the gate of Ephriam, and vpon the olde gate, and vpon the fishgate, and the towre of Hananeél, and the towre of Meah, euen vnto the shepegate: and they stode in the gate of the warde.
So stode the two co{m}panies [of them that gaue thankes] in the house of God, and I and the halfe of the rulers with me.
The Priests also, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets,
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, & Eleazar, and Vzzi, and Iehohanan, and Malchiiah, and Elam, and Ezer: and the singers sang loude, hauing Izrahiah whiche (was) the ouerseer.
And the same day they offred great sacrifices and reioyced for God had giuen the{m} great ioye, so that bothe the women, and the children were ioyfull: and the ioye of Ierusalém was heard farre of.
Also at the same time were men appointed ouer the cha{m}bers of the store for the offrynges [for the first frutes, and for the tithes] to gather into the{m} out of the fields of the cities, the porcions of the Lawe for the Priests & the Leuites: for Iudáh reioyced for the Priests & for the Leuites, that serued.
And bothe the singers and the Leuites kept the warde of their God, and the ward of the purification according to the commandement of Dauid, (and) Salomōn hys sonne.
For in the dayes of Dauid and Asáph, of olde (were) chief singers, & songs of praise and thankesgiuing vnto God.
And in the dayes of Zerubbabél, and in the dayes of Nehemiáh did all Israél gyue porcions vnto the singers & porters, euerie daye hys porcion, and they gaue the holy things vnto the Leuites, and the Leuites gaue the holy things vnto the sonnes of Aarōn.
ANd on that daye did they read in the boke of Mosés, in the audience of the people, and it was founde writen therein, that the Ammonite, & the Moabite shuld not enter into the Congregacion of God,
Because they met not the childre{n} of Israél with bread and with water, but hired Balaám against the{m}, that he shuld curse the{m} & our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Now when they had heard the Lawe, they separated from Israél all those that were mixed.
¶ And before this had the Priest Eliashib the ouersight of the chamber of the house of our GOD, beynge kynseman to Tobiah:
And he had made him a great chamber and there had thei a fore time laid the 〈◊〉, the incense, and the vessels, and the tithes of corne, of wine, and of oyle [appointed for the Leuites, and the singers, & the porters] and the offrings of the Priests.
But in all this (time) was not I in Ierusale{m}: for in the two and thirtieth yere of Artahsháshte King of Babél, came I vnto the King, and after certeine dayes I obteined of the King.
And when I was come to Ierusalém, I vnderstode the euill that Eliashib had done for Tobiáh, in that he had made him a cha{m}ber in the court of the house of God,
And it grieued me sore: therefore I caste forth all the vessels of the house of Tobiáh out of the chamber.
And I commanded them to cleanse the chambers: and thether broght I agayne the vessels of the house of GOD with the meat offring and the incense.
And I perceiued that the porcions of the Leuites had not bene giuen, and that euerie one was fled to his land, (euen) the Leuites and singers that executed the worke.
Then reproued I the rulers and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I assembled them, and set them in their place.
Then broght all Iudáh the tithes of corne and of wine, & of oyle vnto the treasures.
And I made treasurers ouer the treasures Shelemiáh the Priest, and Zadók the scribe and of the Leuites, Pedaiáh, & vnder theyr hand Hanán the sonne of Zaccúr the sonne of Mattaniáh: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute vnto their brethren.
Remember me, ô my God, herein, & wipe not out my kindenes that I haue shewed on the house of my God, and on the offices thereof.
In those daies saw I in Iudáh the{m}, that trode wine presses on the Sabbath, & that broght in sheaues, and which laded asses also with wine, grapes, and figges and all burdens, and broght them into Ierusalém vpon the Sabbath daye: and I protested to them in the day that they solde vitailes.
There dwelt men of Tyrus also therein, which broght fish and all wares, and solde on the Sabbath vnto the children of Iudáh euen in Ierusalēm.
Then reproueth I the rulers of Iudáh, and said vnto the{m}, What euil thing is this that ye do, and breake the Sabbath daye?
Did not your fathers thus, and our God broght all this plague vpon vs, and vpon this citie? yet ye increase the wrath vpon Israél, in breaking the Sabbath?
And when the gates of Ierusalém began to be darke before the Sabbath, I co{m}manded to shut the gates, and charged, that they shuld not be opened til after the Sabbath, and (some) of my seruants set I at the gates, that there shuld no burde{n} be broght in on the Sabbath daye.
So the chapmen and marcha{n}ts of all marchandise remained once or twise all night 〈◊〉 Ierusalém.
And I protested among them, & said vnto them. Why tary ye all night about the wal? If ye do it once againe, I will laye handes vpon you. From that time came they no more on the Sabbath.
¶ And I said vnto the Leuites that they shulde clense themselues, and that they shulde come and kepe the gates, to sanctifie the Sabbath day. Remember me, ô my God, concerning this, and pardone me according to thy great mercie.
In those dayes also I sawe Iewes that maried wiues of Ashdôd, of Ammōn, and of Moáb.
And their children spake halfe in the speache of Ashdód, and colde not speake in the Iewes language, and accordyng to the la{n}guage of the (one) people, and of the (other) people.
Then I reproued them, and cursed the{m}, and smote certeine of them, and pulled of led of their heere, and othe of the{m} by God, Ye shal not giue your daughters vnto their sonnes, nether shal ye take of their daughters vnto your sonnes, nor for your selues.
Did not Salomón the King of Israél sinne by these things? yet among manie nacions was there no King like him: for he was belowed of his God, & God had made him King ouer Israél: yet strange women caused him to sinne.
Shal we the{n} obey vnto you, to do all this great euil, and to transgresse against our God (euen) to mary strange wiues?
And (one) of the sonnes of Ioiadá the sonne of Eliashib the hye Priests was the sonne in law of Sanballât the Horonite: but I chased him from me.
Remember them, ô my God, that defile the Priesthode, and the couenant of the Priesthode, and of the Leuites.
Then clensed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wardes of the Priests & of the Leuites, euerie one in his office.
And for the offring of the wood at times appointed, and for the first frutes, Remember me, ô my God, in goodnes.
IN the dayes of Ahashuerōsh [this is 〈◊〉 that reigned, fro{m} India eue{n} vnto ethiophia, ouer an hu{n}dreth, and seuen and twentie prouinces]
In those dayes whe{n} the King ahashuerôsh sate on his throne which was in the palace of Shushán.
In the thirde yere of his reigne, he made a feast vnto all his princes and his seruants (euen) the power of Persia and media, and to the captaines and gouernours of the prouinces (which were) before him,
That he might shewe the riches (and) glorie of his kingdome, and the honour of his great maiestie manie dayes (euen) an hundreth and foure score dayes.
And when these dayes were expired, the King made a feast to all the people that were fou{n}d in the palace of Shushán, bothe vnto great and small, seuen dayes, in the courte of the garden of the KINGS palace.
(Vnder) an hanging of white, grene, and blewe (clothes) fastened with cordes of fine linen and purple, in siluer rings, and pillers of marble: the beddes (were) of golde and siluer vpon a pauement of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and blewe coulour.
And they gaue them drinke in vessels of golde, and changed vessel after vessel, and royal wine in abundance according to the power of the King,
And the drinking (was) by an ordre, none might compel for so the King had appointed vnto all the officers of his house that they shulde do according to euerie mans pleasure.
¶ The Quene Vashti made a feast also for the women in the royal house of King Aha 〈◊〉.
Vpon the seuent day whe{n} the King was mery with wine, he commanded Mehumán Bizthá, Harboná, Bigthá, and Abaghthá, Zethár, and Carcás, the seuen eunuches [that serued in the presence of King Ahashuerósh]
To bring Quene Vashti before the King with the crowne royal, that he might shewe the people and the princes her beautie: for she was faire to loke vpon.
But the Quene Vashti refused to come at the Kings worde, which he had giuen in charge to the eunuches: therefore the King was very angrie: and his wrath kindled in him.
Then the King said to the wise men, that knewe the times [for so was the Kings maner towardes all that knewe the lawe and the iudgement:
And the next vnto him (was) Carshená, Shethár, Admátha: Tarshish, Méres, Marsená (and) Memucán the seuen princes of Persia and Media, which sawe the Kings face and sate the first in the kingdome]
What shal we do vnto the Quene Vashti according to the lawe, because she did not according to the worde of the King Ahashuerōsh by the co{m}mission of the eunuches
Then Memucán answered before the King and the princes, The Quene Vashti hathe not onely done euil against the King, but against all the princes, & against all the people that are in all the prouinces of King Ahashuerosh.
For the acte of the Quene shal come abrode vnto all women, so that they shal despise their housbands in their owne eies, & shal say, The King Ahashuerósh commanded Vashti the Quen eto be broght in before him, but she came not.
So shal the princesses of Persia and Media this day say vnto all the Kings Princes when thei heare of the acte of the Quene: thus (shal there be) muche despitefulnes and wrath.
If it please the King, let a royal decree procede from him, and let it be writen among the statutes of Persia, and Menia [and let it not be transgressed] that Vashti come no more before King Ahashuerôsh: and let the King giue her royal estate vnto her companion that is better then she.
And when the decree of the King which shalbe made 〈◊〉 be published throghout all his kingdome [thogh it be great] all the women shal giue their housbands honour, bothe great and small.
And this saying pleased the King and the princes: and the King did according to the worde of Memucán.
For he sent letters into all the prouinces of the King, into euerie prouince according to the writing thereof, and to euerie people after their language, that euerie man shulde beare rule in his owne house, and that he shulde publish it in the language of that same people.
AFter these things, when the wrath of King Ahashuerosh was appeased, he remembred Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
And the Kings seruants that ministred vnto him, said, Let them 〈◊〉 for the King beautiful yong virgins,
And let the King appoint officers through all the prouinces of his kingdome, and let the{m} gather all the beautiful yong virgins vnto the palace of Shushán, into the house of the women, vnder the hand of Hegé the Kings eunuche, keper of the women, to giue them their things for purification.
And the maid that shal please the King, let her reigne in the stead of Vashti, And this pleased the King, and he did so.
¶ In the citie of Shushán, there was a certeine Iewe, whose name (was) Mordecái the sonne of Iair, the sonne of Shimei, the sonne of Kish a man of Iemini.
Which had bene caryed away from Ierusalém with the captiuitie that was caryed away with Iekoniáh King of Iudáh [whome Nebuchadnezzár King of Babél had caryed away]
And he nourished Hadassáh, that is Estér, his vncles daughter for she had nether father nor mother, and the maid was faire, & beautiful to loke on: and after the death of her father: and her mother, Mordecái toke her for his owne daughter.
And when the Kings commandement, & his decree was published, and manie maides were broght together to the palace of Shushán, vnder the hand of Hegé, Estér was broght also vnto the Kings house vnder the hand of Hegé the keper of the women.
And the maid pleased him, and she founde fauour in his sight therefore he caused her things for purification to be giuen her spedely, and her state, and seuen comely maides to be giuen her out of the Kings house and he gaue change to her and to her maides of the best in the house of the women.
(But) Estérshewed nother people and her 〈◊〉: for Mordécái had charged her that she shulde not tel it.
And Mordecái walked euerie day before the courte of the wome{n}s house, to knowe if Estér did wel, and what shulde be done with her.
And when the course of euerie maid came, to go into King Ahashuerosh, 〈◊〉 that she had bene twelue moneths according to the maner of the women [for so were the dayes of their purifications accomplished, six moneths with oyle of myrrhe, and six moneth with swete odours and in the purifying of the women.
And thus went the maids vnto the King] whatsoeuer she required, was giuen her to go with her out of the womens house vnto the Kings house,
In the euening she went, and on the morow she returned into the seconde house of the women vnder the hand of Shaashgaz the Kings eunuche, which kept the co{n}cubines she came into the King no more, except she pleased the King, and that she were called by name.
Now when the course of Estér the daughter of Abihail the vncle of Mordecái [which had taked her as his owne daughter] came that she shulde go into the King, she desired nothing, but what Hegé the Kings eunuche the keper of the women said & Estér founde fauour in the sight of all them that loked vpon her.
¶ So Estér was taken vnto King Ahashuerosh into his house royal in the tenth moneth, which is the moneth Tebéth, in the seuent yere of his reigne.
And the King loued Estér aboue all the women, and she fonnde grace and fauour in his sight more then all the virgins: so that he set the crowne of the kingdome vpon her head, and made her Quene in steade of Vashti.
The{n} the King made a great feast vnto all his princes and his seruants (which was) the feast of Ester and gaue rest vnto the prouinces, and gaue giftes, according to 〈◊〉 power of a King.
And when the virgins were gathered the seconde time, then Mordecái sate in the Kings gate.
Estér had not yet shewed her kinred nor her people, as Mordecai had charged her: for Estér did after the worde of Mordecái as when she was nourished with him.
¶ Those daies when Mordecái sate in the Kings gate, two of the Kings eunuches, Bigthán, and Téresh, which kept the dore were wroth, and soght to lay ha{n}d on the King Ahashuerósh.
And the thing was knowen to Mordecái, and he tolde it vntō Quene Estér, and Estér certified the King thereof in Mordecais name and when inquisicion was made it was fou{n}de so: therefore thei were bothe hanged on a tre? and it was writen in the boke of the Chronicles before the King
AFter these things did King Ahashuerósh promote Hamán the sonne of Ha{m} medátha the Agagite, and exalted him, & set his seat aboue all the princes that were with him.
And all the Kings seruants that were at the Kings gate, bowed their knees, & reuerenced Hamán: for the King had so commanded concerning him: but Mordecái bowed not the knee 〈◊〉 did reuere{n}ce.
Then the Kings seruants which were at the Kings gare said vnto Mordecái, Why transgressest thou the Kings commandement?
And albeit they spake daiely vnto him, yet he wolde not heare them: therefore they tolde Hamán, that they might se how mordecáis matters wolde sta{n}d: for he had tolde them that he was a Iewe.
And when Haman sawe that Mordecái bowed not the knee vnto him, not did reuerence vnto him then Hamán was ful of wrath.
Now he" thoght it to litle to lay hands onely on Mordecái and because they had shewed him the people of Mordecái, Hamán soght to destroye all the Iewes, that were throughout the whole Kingdome of Ahashuerósh (eue{n}) the people of Mordecái
In the first moneth [that is the moneth Nisán] in the twelft yere of King Ahashuerósh, they cast Pur [that is a lot] before Hamán, from day to day, and from moneth to moneth (vnto) the twelft moneth, that is the moneth Adár.
Then Hamân said vnto King Ahashuerósh There is a people scatred, and dispersed among the people in all the prouinces of thy kingdome, and their lawes (are) diuers from all people, and they do not obserue the Kings lawes therefore it is not the Kings profite to suffre them.
If it please the King, let it be writen that they may be destroyed, and I wil paye ten thousand talents of siluer by the hands of them that haue the charge of this busines to bring it into the Kings treasurie,
Then the King toke his ring from his ha{n}d and gaue it vnto Hamán the sonne of Ham medátha the Agagite the Iewes aduersarie
And the King said vnto Hamán, Let the siluer be thine, and the people to do with them as it pleaseth thee.
Then were the Kings scribes called on the thirtent day of the first moneth, and there was writen [according to all that Haman commanded] vnto the Kings officers, and to the captaines that were ouer euerie prouince, and to the rulers of euerie people, (and) to euerie prouince, according to the writing thereof, and to euerie people according to their language: in the name of King Ahashuerōsh was it writen, & sealed with the Kings ring.
And the letters were sent by postes into all the Kings prouinces, to rote out to kill and to destroye all the Iewes, bothe yong and olde, children and women, in one day vpon the thirte{n}t day of the twelft moneth [which is the moneth Adar] and to spoile them as a pray.
The contents of the writing (was) that there shulde be giuen a commandement in all prouinces (and) published vnto all people, that thei shulde be ready against the same day.
And the postes compelled by the Kings co{m}mandement went for the, and the comma{n}dement was giuen in the place at Shushan and the King and Haman sate drinking, but the citie of Shushan was in perplexitie.
NOw when Mordecai perceiued all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, & put on lackecloth, and ashes, and went out into the middes of the citie, and cryed with a great crye, and a bitter.
And he came euen before 〈◊〉 Kings gate but he might not entre within the Kings gate, being clothed with sackecloth.
And in euerie prouince (&) place whether the Kings charge and his commission came, there (was) great sorowe among the Iewes, and fasting, and weping & mourning and many laye in sacke cloth and in ashes
¶ Then Esters maides and her eunuches came and tolde it her: therefore the Quene was very heauy, and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecái, and to take away his sackecloth from him, but he receiued it not.
The{n} called Estér Harách (one) of the King eunuches, whome he had appointed to serue her, and gaue him a commandement vnto Mordecái, to knowe what it was, and why it was.
So Hatách went forthe to Mordecái vnto the streat of the citie, which was before the Kings gate.
And Mordecái tolde him of all that which had come vnto him, and of the summe of the siluer that Hamán had promised to paye vnto the Kings treasures, because of the Iewes, for to destroye them.
Also he gaue him the copie of the writing (&) co{m}mission that was giuen at Shushán, to destroye the{m} that he might shewe it vnto Estér and declare it vnto her, & to charge her, that she shulde go into the King, and make peticio{n} and supplication before him for her people,
¶ So when Hatách came, he tolde Estér the wordes of Mordecái.
Then Estér said vnto Hatáth and commanded him (to say) vnto Mordecái.
All the Kings seruants and the people of the Kings prouinces do knowe, that whosoeuer, man or woman, that commeth to the king into the inner court, which is not called, there (is) a lawe of his, that he shaldye, except him to whome the King holdeth out the golden rod, that he may liue. Now I haue now bene called to come vnto the King these thirtie dayes.
And they certified, Mordecái of Esters wordes.
And Mordecái said, that thei shulde answer Estér (thus) Thinke not with thy self thou shalt escape in the Kings house more then all the Iewes.
For if thou holdest thy peace at this time, comfort and deliuerance shal appeare to the Iewes out of another place, but thou and thy fathers house shal perish: & who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdome for such a time?
Then Estér commanded to answer Mordecái.
Go (and) assemblie all the Iewes that are found in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and eat not, nor drinke in thre dayes, day nor night, I also & my maides wil fast like wise & so wil I go into the King, which is not according to the Law: and if I perish, I perish.
So mordecāi: went his way, and did accucording to all that Estér had commanded him.
ANd on the third day Estér put on her royal apparel, and stode in the court of the Kings place within, ouer against the Kings house: and the King sate vpon his royal throne in the Kings palace ouer against the gate of the house.
And when the king sawe Estér the Quene standing in the court, she found fauour in his sight: and the king helde out the golden sceptre that was in ha{n}d, so Estēr drewe nere: and touched the toppe of the sceptre
Then said the king vnto her, What wilt thou, Quene Estér? and what is thy request it shalbe euen giuen thee to the halfe of the kingdome.
The{n} said Estér, If it please the king let the king and Hamán come this day vnto the banket, that I haue prepared for him,
And the king said, Cause Hamán to make hast that he maie do as Estér hathe said So the king and Haman came to the banket that Estér had prepared.
And the king said vnto Estér at the banket of wine, What is thy peticion, that it may be giuen thee? & what is thy request? it shal euen be performed vnto the halfe of the kingdome.
Then answered Estēr, and said, My peticio{n} and my request (is.)
If I haue founde fauour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to giue me my peticion, and to performe my request, let the king and Hamán come to the banket that I shal prepare for Shem, and I wil do tomorowe according to the kings saying.
¶ Then we{n}t Hamán for the the same day ioyful and with a glad heart. But when Hama{n} sawe Mordecái in the kings gate, that he stode not vp, nor moued for him, then was Hama{n} ful of indignacio{n} at Mordecái.
Neuertheles Haman refrained him self: & when he came home, he sent, and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
And Hamán tolde them of the glorie of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the King had promoted him, and how that he had set him aboue the princes and seruants of the King.
Hamán said moreouer, Yea, Estér the Quene did let no man come in with the King to the banket that she had prepared, saue me, and tomorowe am I bidden vnto her also with the King.
But all this doeth nothing auaile me, as lo{n}g as I se Mordecái the Iewe sitting at the Kings gate.
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his frie{n}ds vnto him, Let them make a tre of fiftie cubites hie, and tomorowe speake thou vnto the King, that Mordecái may be hanged thereon, then shalt thou go ioyfully with the King vnto the banket. And the thing pleased Hamán, and he caused to make the tre.
THe same night the King slept not, & he comma{n}ded to bring the boke of the records (and) the chronicles: and thei were red before the King.
Then it was founde writen that Mordecái had tolde of Bigtána, and Téresh two of the Kings eunuches, kepers of the 〈◊〉 dore, who soght to lay hands on the King Ahashuerósh.
The{n} the King said, What honour and dignitie hathe bene giuen to Mordecái for this? And the King seruants that ministred vnto him, said, There is nothing done for him.
And the King said, Who is in the court? [Now Hamán was come into the inner court of the Kings house, that he might speake vnto the King to hang Mordecái on the tre that he had prepared for him.]
And the Kings seruants said vnto him, Beholde, Hamán standeth in the court, And the King said Let him come in.
And when Hamán came in the King said vnto him, What shalbe done vnto the man whome the King wil honour? Then Hamán thoght in his heart, To whome wolde the King do honour more then to me?
And Hamán answered the King, The man whome the King wolde honour.
Let the{m} bring (for him) royal apparel which the King (vseth) towe are, and the horse that the King rydeth vpon, and that the crowne royal may be set vpon his head.
And let the rayment and the horse be deliuered by the hand of one of the Kings moste noble princes, and let them apparél the man [whome the King wil honour] and cause him to ride vpon the horse through the strete of the citie, and proclaime before him, Thus shal it be done vnto the man whome the King wil honour,
Then the King said to Haman, Make haste take the raiment & the horse as thou hast said & do so vnto Mordecái the Iewe, that sitteth at the Kings gate: let nothing faile of all that thou hast spoken.
So Hamán toke the rayment & the horse, and arayed Mordecái, and broght him on horsebacke through the strete of the citie and proclaimed before him, Thus shal it be done to the man whome the King wil honour.
And Mordecái came againe to the kings gate, but Hamán hasted home mourning and his head couered.
And Haman tolde Zéresh his wife, and all his friends all that had be fallen him, Then said his wise men, and Zeresh his wife vnto him, If Mordecái (be) of the sede of the Iewes, before whome thou hast begonne to fall, thou shalt not preuaile against him but shalt surely fall before him.
And while they were yet talking with him, came to the Kings eunuches & hasted to bring Hamán vnto the banket that Estér had appeared.
SO the King and Hamán came to ba{n}ket with the Quene Estér,
And the King said againe vnto Estér on the seconde day at the banket of wine, What is thy peticion, Quene Estér, that it may be giuen thee? and what is thy request? It shal be euen performed vnto the halfe of the kingdome.
And Estér the Quene answered, and said, If I haue founde fauour in thy sight, ô King and if it please the King, let my life be giuen me at my peticion, and my people at my request.
For we are solde, I, and my people, to be destroyed, to be slayne and to perish: but if we were solde for seruants, and for hand maides, I wolde haue helde my tongue: althogh the aduersarie colde not recompense the Kings losse.
Then King Ahashuerosh answered, & said vnto the Quene Ester, Who is he? & where is he that presumeth to do thus?
And Estér said, The aduersarie and enemie is this wicked Hamán. Then Haman was afraied before the King and the Quene,
And the King arose from the banket of wine in his wrath (and went) into the palace garden: but Haman stode vp, to make request for his life to the Quene Estér for he sawe that there was a mischief prepared for him of the king.
And when the king came againe out of the place garde{n}, into the house where they dranke wine. Haman was fallen vpon the bed whereon Estér (sate) therefore the King said, Wil he force the Quene also beforeme in the house? As the worde went out of the Kings mouthe, they couered Hamans face.
And Harbonah one of the eunuches, said in the presence of the King, Beholde, there standeth yet the tre in Hamans house fiftie cubites hie, which Haman had prepared for Mordecai, that spake good for the KING. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
So they hanged Haman on the tre, that he had prepared for Mordecái then was the Kings wrath pacified.
THe same day did King Ahashuerôsh giue the house of Hamán the aduersarie of the Iewes vnto the Quene Estér. And Mordecái came before the king for Estér tolde what he was vnto her.
And the King toke of his ring, which he had taken from Hamán, and gaue it vnto Mordecái: and Estér set Mordecái ouer the house of Hamán.
And Estér spake yet more before the King and fell downe at his fete weping, and besoght him that he wolde put away the wickednes of Hamán the Agagite, and his deuise that he had imagined against the Iewes.
And the King helde out the golde{n} sceptre toward Estér, Then arose Ester, and stode before the King.
And said, If it please the King, and if I haue founde fauour in his sight, and the thing be acceptable before the King, and I please him, let it be writen, that the letters of the deuise of Hamán the sonne of Ammedatha the Agagite may be called againe, which he wrote to destroy the Iewes, that are in all the Kings prouinces.
For how can I suffer and se the euil, that shal come vnto my people? Or how can I suffer and se the destruction of my kinred?
And the King Ahashuerôsh said vnto the Quene Estér, and to Mordecái the Iewe Beholde, I haue giuen Estér the house of Hamán, whome they haue hanged vpon the tre, because he layed hand vpon the Iewes.
Write ye also for the Iewes, as it liketh you in the Kings name, and seale it with the Kings ring, [for the writings writen in the Kings name, and sealed with the Kings ring, may no man reuoke.]
The{n} were the Kings scribes called at the same time, euen in the third moneth, that is the moneth Siuán, on the thre & twentieth (day) thereof: & it was writen, according to all as Mordecái commanded vnto the Iewes & to the prouinces, and captaines, and rulers of the princes, which were fro{m} India euen vnto Ethiopia, an hundreth & seuen & twentie prouinces, vnto euerie prouince according to the writing thereof, and to euerie people after their speache, and to the Iewes, according to their writing, and according to their language.
And he wrote in the King Ahashuerósh name, and sealed it with the Kings ring: & he sent letters by postes on horsebake (&) that rode on (beastes) of price (as) dromedaries (and) coltes of mares.
Wherein the King granted the Iewes [in what cities soeuer they were] to gather them selues together, & to sta{n}d for their life (and) to roote out, to slay & to destroy all the power of the people and of the prouince that vexed them (bothe) children & women, and to spoyle their goods:
Vpon one day in all the prouinces of King Ahashuerósh (euen) in the thirtent (day) of the twelf moneth, which is the moneth Adár.
The copie of the writing (was) how there shulde be a commaundement giuen in all and euerie prouince, published among all the people, and that the Iewes shulde be readie against that day to auenge them selues on their enemies.
(So) the postes rode vpon (beastes) of price (and) dromedaries (and) went forthe with spede, to execute the Kings commandement, and the decree was giue{n} at Shushán the palace.
And Mordecai went out from the King in royal apparel of blewe, and white, & with a great crowne of golde, and with a garment of fine linen and purple, and the citie of Shushan reioyced and was glad.
(And) vnto the Iewes was come light and ioye and gladnes, and honour.
Also in all and euerie prouince, and in all and euerie citie & place, where the Kings commandeme{n}t and his decree came (there was) ioye and gladnes to the Iewes, a feast and good day, and many of the people of the land became Iewes: for the feare of the Iewes fell vpon them.
SO in the twelft moneth, which is the moneth Adár, vpon the thirtent day of the same, when the King commandement and his decree drew nere to be put in executio{n} in the day that the enemies of the Iewes hoped to haue power ouer them [but it turned contrary: for the Iewes had rule ouer them that hated them.]
The Iewes gathered them selues together into their cities throughout all the prouinces of the King Ahashuerósh, to laye hand on suche as soght their hurt, and no man colde withstande them: for the feare of them fell vpon all people.
And all the rulers of the prouinces, and the princes and the captaines, and the officers of the King exalted the Iewes: for the feare of Mordecái fell vpon them.
For mordecái was great in the Kings house, and the reporte of him went through all the prouinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with strokes of the sworde and slaughter and destruction, and did what they wolde vnto those that hated them.
And at Shushan the palace slewe the Iewes and destroyed fiue hundreth men.
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha.
And Paratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha.
And Parmashta, and Arisái, and Aridái, and Vaiezatha.
The ten sonnes of Haman, the sonne of Ammedatha, the aduersarie of the Iewes slewe they: but they layed not their hands on the spoyle.
On the same day came the nomber of those that were slayno, vnto the palace of Shusshan before the King.
And the Kyng sayd vnto the Quene Ester, The Iewes haue slayne in Shushan the palace and destroyed fiue hundreth men, and the ten sonnes of Hamán: what haue they done in the rest of the Kings prouinces? and what is thy peticion, that it may be giuen thee? or what is thy request moreouer, that it may be performed?
Then said Ester, If it please the King, let it be granted also tomorowe to the Iewes that are in Shushan, to do accordyng vnto this dayes decree, that they may hang vpon the tre Hamans ten sonnes.
And the King charged to do so, and the decree was giuen at Shusshan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.
¶ So the Iewes that were in Shushan, assembled them selues vpon the fourtent day of the moneth Adar, and slewe thre hundreth men in Shushan, but on the spoyle they layed not their hand.
And the rest of the Iewes that were in the Kings prouinces assembled them selues, and stode for their lyues, a{n}d had rest from their enemies, and slewe of them that hated them, seuentie and fyue thousand: but they layed not their hand on the spoile.
(This they did) on the thirtente daye of the moneth Adar, and rested the fourtente day thereof, and kept it a daye of feasting and ioye.
But the Iewes that were in Shushan, assembled them selues on the thirtente (day,) and on the fourtente thereof, and they rested on the fiftente of the same, and kept it a day of feasting and ioye.
Therefore the Iewes of the villages that dwelt in the vnwalled townes, kepte the fourtente day of the moneth Adar with ioye and feastyng, (euen) a ioyfull day, and euerie one sent presents vnto his neighbour.
¶ And Mordecai wrote these wordes, and sent letters vnto all the Iewes that were through all the prouince of the Kyng Ahashuerosh, (bothe) nere and farre.
Inioyning them that they shulde kepe the fourtente daye of the moneth Adar, and the fiftente day of the same, euerie yere.
According to the dayes wherein the Iewes rested from their enemies, and the moneth which was turned vnto them from sorow to ioye, and from mournyng into a ioyfull day, to kepe them the dayes of feasting, and ioye, and to send presentes euerie man to hys neighbour, and giftes to the poore.
And the Iewes promised to do as they had begonne, and as Mordecai had writen vnto them.
Because Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite all the Iewes aduersarie, had imagined against the Iewes, to destroy them, and had cast Pur [that is a lot] to consume and destroye them.
And when she came before the Kyng, he commanded by letters, Let his wicked deuise [whiche he imagined against the Iewes] turne vpon his owne head, and let them hang him and his sonnes on the tre.
Therefore they called these dayes Purim, by the name of Pur, (and) because of all the wordes of this lettre, and of that whiche they had sene besides this, and of that which had come vnto them.
The Iewes (also) ordeined, and promised for them and for their sede, and for all that ioyned vnto them, that they wolde not faile to obserue those two dayes euerie yere, accordyng to their writing and accordyng to their season.
And that these dayes shulde be remembred, and kept throughout euerie generation a{n}d euerie familie, and euerie prouince, and euerie citie: euen these dayes of Purim shulde not faile among the Iewes, and the memorial of them shuld not perish from their sede.
And the Quene Estér the daughter of Abihail and Mordecai the Iewe wrote with all autoritie [to confirme this letter of Purim the seconde time]
And he sent letters vnto all the Iewes to the hundreth and seuen and twentie prouinces of the kyngdome of Ahashuerosh, with wordes of peace and trueth.
To confirme these dayes of Purim accordyng to their seasons, as Mordecai the Iewe and Estér the Quene had appointed them, and as they had promised for them selues and for their sede with fasting and prayer.
And the decree of Estér confirmed these wordes of Purim, & was writen in the boke.
ANd the Kyng Ahashuerôsh layed a tribute vpon the lande, and vpon the yles of the sea.
And all the actes of hys power, and of hys might, a{n}d the declaration of the dignitie of Mordecai, wherewith the King magnified him, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kyng of Media & Persia?
For Mordecai the Iewe was the seconde vnto Kyng Ahashuerósh, and greate amonge the Iewes, and accepted among the multitude of hys brethren, who procured the welth of his people, and spake peaceably to all hys sede.
THere was a man in the land of Vz called Iob, and thys man was an vpryght and iuste man, one that feared God, and eschewed euil.
And he had seuen sonnes, and thre daughters.
Hys substance also was seuen thousande shepe, and thre thousande camels, and fiue hundreth yoke of oxen, and fyue hundreth she asses, and hys familie was verie great, so that thys man was the greatest of all the men of the East.
And his sonnes went and banketted in their houses, euerie one his day, and sent, and called their thre sisters to eat a{n}d to drinke with them.
And when the dayes of their bankettyng were gone aboute, Iob sent, and sanctified them, and rose vp early in the morning, a{n}d offred burnt offrings (according) to the no{m}ber of them all. For Iob thoght, It may be that my sonnes haue sinned, and blasphemed God in their hearts: thus did Iob euerie day.
¶ Now on a day when the children of God came and stode before the Lorde, Satán came also among them.
Then the Lorde said vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan aunswered the Lorde, saying, From compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.
And the Lord said vnto Satan, Hast thou not co{n}sidered my seruant Iob, how none (is) like him in the earth? an vpright a{n}d iust man, one that feareth God, and esche weth euil?
Then Sata{n} answered the Lord, a{n}d said, doeth Iob feare God for noght?
Hast thou not made an hedge about hym and about hys house, and about all that he hathe on euerie side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, and his substance is encreased in the land.
But stretche out now thine hand and touche all that he hathe, (to se) if he wil not blaspheme thee to thy face.
Then the Lorde sayd vnto Satan, Lo, all that he hathe (is) in thine hand: onely vpon hym selfe shalt thou not stretche out thyne hand. So Satan departed from the presence of the Lorde.
¶ And on a daye, when hys sonnes and hys daughters were eatyng and drinkyng wine in their eldest brothers house.
There came a messenger vnto Iob, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feding in their places.
And the Shabeans came violently, and toke them: yea, they haue slaine the seruants with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tel thee.
And whiles he was yet speakyng, another came, and said, The fyre of GOD is fallen from the heauen, a{n}d hath burnt vp the shepe and the seruants, and deuoured them: but I onely am escaped alone, to tel thee.
And whiles he was yet speakyng, another came, and said, The Caldeans set out thre bandes, and fel vpon the camels, and haue taken them, and haue slaine the seruants with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tel thee.
And whiles he was yet speakyng, came another, and said, Thy sonnes, and thy daughters were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,
And beholde, there came a great winde fro{m} beyond the wildernes, and smote the foure corners of the house, which fel vpo{n} the children, and they are dead, and lonely am escaped alone to tel thee.
Then Iob arose, and rent his garment, and shaued his head, and fel downe vpo{n} the gru{n}d and worshiped,
And said, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, & naked shal I returne thether: the Lord hathe giuen, and the Lord hathe taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.
In all this did not Iob sinne, nor charge God foolishly.
ANd on a day the children of God came and stode before the Lord, and Satán came also among them, and stode before the Lord.
Then the Lord said vnto Satán, Whence commest thou? And Satán answered the Lord, & said, From compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.
And the Lord said vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my serua{n}t Iob, how none (is) like him in the earth? an vpright and iuste man, one that feareth God, and eschueth equil? for yet he co{n}tinueth in his vprightnes, althogh thou mouedst me against him, to destroye him without cause.
And Satan answered the Lord, & said, Skin for skin, and all that euer a man hathe, wil he giue for his life.
But stretche now out thine hand, and touche his bones and his flesh, (to se) if he wil not blaspheme thee to thy face.
Then the Lord said vnto Satan, Lo, he is in thine hand, but saue his life.
¶ So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord, and smote Iob with sore boyles, from the sole of his fote vnto his crowne.
And he toke a potsharde to scrape him, and he sate downe among the ashes.
Then said his wife vnto him, Doest thou co{n}tinueyet in thine vprightnes? Blaspheme God, and dye.
But he said vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: what? shal we receiue good at the hand of God, and not receiue euil? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.
Now when Iobs thre friends heard of all this euil that was come vpon him, thei came euerie one from his owne place, (to wit.) Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they were agreed to gether to come to lament with him and to comfort him.
So whe{n} they lift vp their eyes a farre of, they knewe him not: therefore they lift vp their voyces and wept, and euerie one of them re{n}t his garment, and sprinkled dust vpon their heades toward the heauen.
So they sate by him vpon the grounde seue{n} dayes, & seuen nights, & none spake a word vnto him: for they sawe, that the grief (was) very great.
AFterward Iob opened his mouthe, and cursed his day.
And Iob cryed out, and said,
Let the daye perish, wherein I was borne, & the night when it was said, There is a man childe conceiued.
Let that day be darkenes, let not God regarde it fro{m} aboue, nether let the light shine vpon it,
(But) let darkenes, & the shadowe of death staine it: let the clouder remaine vpon it, & let them make it feareful as a bitter day.
Let darkenes possesse that night, let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yere, nor let it come into the count of the moneths.
Yea, desolate be that night, & let no ioye be in it.
Let them that curse the day, [being ready to renue their mourning] curse it.
Let the starres of that twilight be dim through darkenes of it: let it loke for light, but haue none: nether let it se the dawning of the daye,
Because it shut not vp the dores of my (mothers,) wo{m}be: not hid sorowe fro{m} mine 〈◊〉 eyes.
Why dyed I not in the birth? or why dyed I not, when I came out of the wombe?
Why did the knees preuent me? and why did I sucke the breastes?
For (so) shulde I now haue lyen and bene quiet, I shulde haue slept then, (and) bene at rest,
With the Kings and cou{n}sellers of the earth which haue buylded them selues desolate places:
Or with the princes that had golde, (&) haue filled their houses with siluer.
Or (why) was I not hid, as an vntimely birth, (ether) as infants, (which) haue not sene the light?
The wicked haue there ceased from (their) tyrannie, and there they that laboured valiantly, are at rest.
The prisoners rest together, (and) heare not the voyce of the oppressour.
There are small & great, and the seruant (is) fre from his master.
Wherefore is the light giuen to him that is in miserie? and life vnto them that haue heauy hearts?
Whiche long for death, and if it come not, they wolde eue{n} search it more the{n} treasures.
Which ioye for gladnes (and) reioyce, whe{n} they can finde the graue.
(Why is the light giue{n}) to the ma{n} whose way is hid, and whome God hathe helged in?
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my rorings are powred out like the water.
For the thing I feared, is come vpon me, & the thing that I was afrayed of, is come vnto me.
I had no peace, nether had I quietnes, nether hast I red, yet trouble is come.
THen Elipház the Temanite answered, & said,
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde him self from speaking?
Beholde, thou hast taught manie, and hast strengthened the wearie hands.
Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, & thou hast strengthened the weake knees.
But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy pacience, and the oprightnes of thy wayes?
Remember, I pray thee: who (euer) perished being an innocent? or where were the vpright destroyed?
As I haue sene, they that plowe iniquitie, & sowe wickednes, reape the same.
With the blast of God they perish, & with the breath of his nostrilles are they consumed.
The roring of the lion, and the voyce of the lionesse, and the teeth of the lions whelpes are broken.
The lion perisheth for lacke of praye, & the lions whelpes are scatred abrode.
But a thing was broght to me secretly, and mine eare hathe receiued a litle thereof.
In the thoghts of the visions of the night, when slepe falleth on men,
Feare came vpon me, and dread which made all my bones to tremble.
And the winde passed before me, and made the heeres of my flesh to stand vp.
(Then) stode (one,) & I knewe not his face: an image (was) before mine eyes, (&) in silence heard I a voyce, (saying,)
Shal man be more iust then God? or shal a man be more 〈◊〉 then his maker?
Beholde, he founde no stedfastnes in his Seruants, and layed folie vpon his Angels.
How muche more in them that dwel in houses of clay, whose fundacion is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?
They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.
Doeth not their dignitie go away with the{m}? do they not dye, and that without wisdome
CAll now, if anie 〈◊〉 wil answer thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?
Douteles angre killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote,
I haue sene the foolish wel rooted, & sodenly cursed his habitacion, (saying,)
His children shalbe farre from saluatio{n}, and they shalbe destroyed in the gate, and none shal deliuer them.
The hungrie shal eat vp his haruest: yea, thei shall take it from among the thornes, & the thirstie shal drinke vp their substance.
For miserie commeth not forthe of the dust nether doeth affliction spring out of the earth.
But man is borne vnto trauail, as the sparkes flye vpward.
But I wolde iniquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
Which doeth great things & vnsearcheable (and) maruelous things without nomber.
He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the stretes,
And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowful may be exalted to saluacio{n}
He scatereth the deuises of the craftie: so that their hands can not accomplish that which they do enterprise.
He taketh the wise in their craftines: & the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
They mete with darkenes in the day time and grope at noone day, as in the night.
But he saueth the poore from the sworde, from their mouth, and from the hand of the violent man.
So that the poore hathe (his) hope, but iniquitie shal stop her mouth.
Beholde, blessed (is) the man whome God correcteth: therfore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.
For he maketh the wounde, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his hands make whole.
He shal deliuer thee in six troubles, and in in the seuent the euil shal not touche thee.
In 〈◊〉 he shal deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be affraied of destruction when it cometh.
(But) thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afrayed of the beast of the earth.
For the stones of the field shalbe in league with thee, and the beastes of the field 〈◊〉 be at peace with thee.
And thou shalt knowe, that peace (shalbe) in thy tabernacle, and thou shalt visite thine habitacion, and shalt not sinne.
Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy sede (shal be) great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.
Thou shalt go to thy graue in a ful age, as a riche (of corne) cometh in due season (into the barne.)
Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, (and) so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy self.
BVt Iob answered, and said.
Oh that my grief were well weighed, and miseries were layed together in the balance.
For it wolde be nowe heauyer then the sand of the sea: therefore my wordes are swallowed vp.
For the arrowes of the Almyghtie (are) in me, the venime whereof doeth drinke vp my spirit, (and) the terrours of God fight against me.
Doeth the wilde asse braye when he hathe grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hathe foddre?
That whiche is vnsauery, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any tast in the white of an egge?
Suche things as my soule refused to touche, as (were) sorowes, are my meate.
Oh that I myght haue my desire, and that GOD wolde graunt me the thynge that I long for!
That is, that GOD wolde destroye me: that he wolde let his hand go, and cut me of.
Then shulde I yet haue comfort, [thogh I burne with sorowe, let hym not pare] because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holie one.
What power haue I that I shulde endure? or what is mine end, if I shulde prolonge my lyfe?
Is my strength the strength of stones? (or) is my flesh of brasse?
Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? a{n}d that strength is taken from me?
He that is in miserie, ought to be comforted of hys neighbour: but men haue forsaken the feare of the Almightie.
My brethren haue deceyued me as a brooke, (and) as the rising of the riuers they passe away.
Which are blackish with yce, (and) wherein the snowe is hid.
But in time they are dryed vp with heat (a{n}d) are consumed: and when it is hote they faile out of their places.
(Or) they departe from their way and course, (yea,) they vanish and perish.
They that go to Tema, considered them, (and) they that go to Shebá, wayted for them.
(But) they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thether and were ashamed.
Surely nowe are ye (lyke) vnto it: ye haue sene (my) feareful plague, and are afrayed.
Was it because I said, Bring vnto me? or giue a rewarde to me of your substance?
And deliuer me from the enemies hand, or ransom me out of the hand of tyrants?
Teache me, and I will holde my tongue: and cause me to vnderstand, wherein I haue erred.
Howe stedfaste are the wordes of ryghteousnes? and what can any of you iustely reproue?
Do ye imagine to reproue wordes, that the talke of the afflicted shulde be as the winde?
Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherles, and digge a pit for your friend.
Now therefore be content to loke vpon 〈◊〉: for I wil not lye before your face.
Turne, I praye you, let there be none iniquitie: returne, I say, (and ye shall se) yet my ryghteousnes in that behalfe, Is there iniquitie in my tongue? doeth not my mouthe fele sorowes?
IS there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and (are not) hys dayes as the dayes of an hyreling.
As a seruaunt longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyrelyng loketh for (the end) of hys worke.
So haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and peinefull nyghts haue bene appointed vnto me.
If I laied me downe, I sayd, When shall I arise? and measuring the euening I am euen full with tossing to and fro vnto the dawnyng of the day.
My flesh is clothed with wormes and filthines of the dust: my skin is rent, and become horrible.
My dayes are swister them a weauers shittle, and they are spent without hope.
Remember that my life is but a winde, (and that) myne eye shall not returne to se pleasure.
The eye that hathe sene me, shall se me no more: thine eyes (are) vpon me, and I shalbe no longer.
(As) the cloude vanisheth and goeth away. so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.
He shal returne no more to his house, nether shal his place knowe him any more.
Therefore I wil not spare my mouth, (but) wil speake in the troubles of my spirit, (and) muse in the bitternes of my minde.
Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou kepest me inwarde?
When I saye, My couche shall relieue me, (and) my bed shall bring (comfort) in my meditation.
Then fearest thou me with dreames, and astonishest me with visions.
Therefore my soule choseth rather to be stangled (and) to dye, then (to be in) my bones,
I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes (are) but vanitie.
What is man, that thou doest magnifie hym, and that thou settest thyne heart vpon hym?
And 〈◊〉 visite him euerie mornyng, and tryest him euerie moment?
How long wil it be (yet) thou departe from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spetle.
I haue sinned, what shall I do vnto thee? ô thou preseruer of men, why hast thou set me (as a marke) against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my self?
And why doest thou not pardone my trespas? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shal I slepe in the dust, and if thou sekest me in the morning, I shal not be (founde.)
THe{n} answered Bildád the Shuhite, & said,
How lo{n}g wilt thou talke of these things? & how long shal the wordes of thy mouth (be as) a mightie winde?
Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the almighty subuert iustice?
If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hathe sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
(Yet) if thou wilt early seke vnto God, and pray to the Almighty,
If thou be pure and vpright, then surely he wil awake vp vnto thee, & he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnes prosperous.
And thogh thy beginning be smale, yet thy later end shal greatly increase.
Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the formerage, and prepare thy selfe to searche of their fathers.
[For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth (are) but a shadow]
Shal not thei teache thee (and) tel thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
Cana rush growe without myre? or can the grasse growe without water?
Thogh it were in grene (a{n}d) not cut down, yet shal it wither before anie other herbe.
So (are) the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shal perish.
His confidence also shall be cut of, and his trust (shalbe, as) the house of a spy der.
He shal leane vpon his house, but it shal not stand: he shall holde hym fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
The (tre) is grene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
The rotes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, (and) are folden (about) the house of stones.
If (anie) plucke it frome hys place, and it denie, (saying,) I haue not sene thee.
Beholde, it wil reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
Beholde, God wil not cast away an vpright ma{n}, nether wil he take the wicked by the ha{n}d
Til he haue filled thy mouthe with laughter, and thy lippes with ioye.
They that hate thee, shalbe clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not (remaine.)
THen Iob answered, and said.
I know verely that it is so: for how shuld man (compared) vnto God, be iustified?
If he wolde dispute with hym, he colde not answer him one thing of a thousand.
He is wise in heart, and myghtie in strength: who hathe bene fearce against him and hathe prospered?
He remoueth the mou{n}taines & they fele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.
He remoueth the earth out of her place, that the pillers thereof do shake.
He commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not he closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.
He him self alone spreadeth out the heaue{n}s, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.
He maketh (the starres) Arctúrus, Orion, & pleiades, and the climats of the South.
He doeth great things, and vnsearcheable: yea, meruelous things without nomber.
Lo, when he goeth by me, I se him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.
Beholde, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shal say vnto him What doest thou?
God wil not writh drawe his angre (&) the moste mightie helpes do stoupe vnder him
How muche lesse shal I answer him? or how shulde I finde out my wordes with him?
For thogh I were iuste, yet colde I not answer, (but) I wolde make supplication to my Iudge.
If I crye, and he answer me, (yet) wolde I not beleue, that he heard my voyce.
For he destroyeth me with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.
He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternes.
If (we spake) of stre{n}gth, beholde, he is stro{n}g if (we speake) of iudgement, who shal bring me into plaide?
If I wolde iustifie my self, mine owne mouth shal condemne me: if I wolde be perfite, he shal iudge me wicked.
(Thogh) I were perfite, (yet) I knowe not my soule: (therefore) abhorte I my lyfe.
This is one point: therefore I said, He destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
If the scourge shulde sodenly slaye, shulde (God) laugh at the punishment of the in no cent?
The earth is giuen into the ha{n}d of the wicked: he couereth the faces of the iudges thereof: if not, where is he? or who is he?
My dayes haue bene more swift then a poste they haue fled, & haue sene no good thing.
They are passed (as) with the moste swift shippes, & as the egle thar flieth to the praye
If I say, I wil forget my complaint, I wil cease from my wrath, and comfort me,
(Then) I am afrayed of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.
(If) I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine
If I wash my self with snowe water, & purge mine hands moste cleane,
Yet shalt thou plonge me in the pit, & mine owne clothes shal make me fifthy.
For he is not a man as I am, that I shulde answer him, (if) we come together to iudgeme{n}t
Nether is there any vmpire that might laie his hand vpon vs bothe.
Let him take his rod away from me, and let nor his feare astonish me:
(Then) wil I speake, & feare him not: (but) because I am not so, I holde me stil.
MY soule is cut of thogh I liue: I wil leaue my complaint vpon my self, (and) wil speake in the bitternes of my soule.
I wil say vnto God, Condēne me not: shewe me, wherefore thou contendest with me.
Thinkest thou it good to oppresse me, (&) to cast of the labour of thine hands, and to fauour the counsel of the wicked?
Hast thou carnal eyes? or doest thou seas man seeth?
Are thy dayes as mans dayes? or thy yeres, as the time of man?
That thou inquirest of mine iniquitie, and searchest out my sinne.
Thou knowest that I can not do wickedly: for none can deliuer me out of thine hand.
Thine hands haue made me, and facioned me wholy rounde about, and wilt thou destroye me?
Remember, I pray thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into dust againe?
Hast thou not powred me out as mylke? and turned me to cruds like chese?
Thou hast clothed me with skinne and flesh and ioyned me together with bones and sinewes.
Thou hast giuen me life, and grace: & thy visitacion hathe preserued my spirit.
Thogh thou hast hid these things in thine heart, (yet) I knowe that it is so with thee.
If I haue sinned, then thou wilt streightly loke vnto me, and wilt not holde me giltles of mine iniquitie.
If I haue done wickedly, wo vnto me: if I haue done righteously, I wil not lift vp mine head, being ful of co{n}fusio{n}, because I se mine affliction.
But let it increase: hunt thou me as a lyon: returne & shewe thy self maruelous vpóme
Thou renuest thy plagues againste me, and thou increasest thy wrath against me: changes and armies (of sorowes) are against me.
Wherefore the{n} hast thou broght me out of the wombe? Oh that I had perished, and that none eye had sene mel
(And) that I were as I had not bene, (but) broght from the wombe to the graue.
Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, (and) leaue of from me, that I may take a litle comfort,
Before I go and shal not returne, (euen) to the land of darkenes and shadowe of death:
Into a land, (I say,) dark as darkenes it self (&) into the shadow of death, where is none order, but the light (is there) as darkenes.
THen answered Zophár the Naamathite, and said,
Shulde not the multitude of wordes be answered? or shulde a great talker be iustified?
Shulde men holde their peace at thy lyes? & when thou mockest (others,) shal none make thee ashamed?
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
But oh, that God wolde speake and open his lippes against thee!
That he might shewe thee the secrets of wisdome, how thou hast (deserued) double, accordi{n}g to right: know therefore that God hathe forgoten thee for thee iniquitie.
Canst thou by searching finde out God canst thou finde out the Almightie to (his) perfection?
The heauens are hie, what canst thou do? it is deper the{n} the hel, how canst thou know it?
The measure thereof is longer the{n} the earth and, it is broder then the sea.
If he cut of & shut vp, or gather together who can turne him backe?
For he knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
Yet vaine man wolde be 〈◊〉, thogh man (newe) borne is like a wilde asse 〈◊〉.
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretche 〈◊〉 thin 〈◊〉 hands towarde him:
If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, & let no wickednes dwel in thy tabernacle.
Then truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
But thou shalt forget (thy) miserie, and reme{m}ber it as waters that are past.
Thine age also shal appeare more (cleare) then the noone day: thou shalt shine (and) be as the morning.
And thou shalt be bolde, because there is hope, and thou shalt dig pittes, (&) shalt lye downe safely,
For when thou takest thy rest, none shal make thee afraied: yea, manie shal make sure vnto thee.
But the eyes of the wicked shal faile, and their refuge shal perish, and their hope (shal be) sorowe of minde.
THen Iob answered, and said,
In dede because that ye are the people (onely,) wisdome must dye with you.
But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not suche things?
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him the iuste (&) the vpright is laughed to scorne
He that is ready to fal, (is as) a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.
The tabernacles of robbers do prosper, and they are in sauetie, that prouoke God, whome God hathe enriched with his hand.
Aske now the beastes, & they shal teache thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shal tel thee:
Or speake to the earth, & it shal shewe thee: or the sishes of the sea, and they shal declare vnto thee.
Who is ignora{n}t of all these, but that the hand of the Lord hathe made these?
In whose hand is the soule of euerie liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
Doeth not the cares discerne the wordes? and the mouth taste meat for it self?
Among the ancient (is) wisdome, and in the length of dayes (is) vnderstanding.
With him (is) wisdome, and strength: he hathe counsel and vnderstanding.
Beholde, he wil breake downe, and it can not be buylt: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be losed.
Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, & thei drye vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroye the earth.
With him (is) strength and wisdome: he that is 〈◊〉, and that deceiueth, are his.
He causeth the counselers to go (as) spoiled, and maketh the iudges fooles.
He loseth the colar of Kings, and girdeth their loines with a girdle.
He leadeth away the princes (as) a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.
He taketh away the speache from the faithful (counselers,) and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.
He powreth contempt vpon princes & maketh the strength of the mightie weake.
He discouereth the depe places from (their) darkenes, and bringeth forthe the shadowe of death to light.
He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nacions, and bringeth them in againe.
He taketh away the hearts of them that are the chief ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.
They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh them to stagger like a dronken man.
LO, mine eye hathe sene all (this:) mine eare hathe heard, and vnderstand it.
I knowe also asmuche as you knowe: I am not inferior vnto you.
But I wil speake to the Almightie, and I desire to dispute with God.
For in dede ye forge lyes, and all you are phisicions of no value.
Oh, that you wolde holde your tongue, that it might be imputed to you for wisdome!
Now heare my disputation, and giue eate to the arguments of my lippes.
Wil ye speake wickedly for Gods (defence,) and talke deceitfully for his cause?
Wil ye accept persone? or wil ye contend for God?
Is it wel that he shulde seke of you? wil you make alye for him, as one lyeth for a man?
He wil surely reproue you, if ye do secretly accept anie persone.
Shal not his excellencie make you afrayd? and his feare fall vpon you?
Your memories may be compared vnto ashes, (and) your bodies to bodies of claye.
Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what wil.
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my tethe and put my soule in mine hand?
Lo, thogh he slay me (yet) wil I trust in him, and I wil reproue my wayes in his sight.
He shal be my saluation also for the hypocrite shal not come before him.
Heare diligently my wordes, and marke my talke.
Beholde now: (if) I prepare me to iudgeme{n}t I knowe that I shal be iustified.
Who is he, that wil pleade with me? for (if) I now holde my tongue, I dye.
But do not these two things vnto me: then wil I not hide my self from thee.
Withdrawe thine hand from me, and let not thy feare make me afraied.
Then call thou, and I wil answer: or let me speake, and answer thou me.
How manie are mine iniquities and sinnes? shewe me my rebellion, and my sinne.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and takest me for thine enemie?
Wilt thou breake a leafe driuen to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the drye stubble?
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possesse the iniquities of my youth.
Thou puttest my fete also in the stockes, and lokest narowly vnto all my paths, and makest the printe (thereof) in the heeles of my fete.
Suche one consumeth like a roten thing, (and) as a garment that is moth eaten.
MAn that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and ful of trouble.
He shooteth forthe as a floure, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
(And) yet thou openest thine eyes vpon suche one, and causest me to entre into iudgement with thee.
Who can bring a cleane thing out of 〈◊〉 there is not one.
Are not his dayes determined? the nomber of his moneths (are) with thee: thou hast appointed his bou{n}des, which he can not passe.
Turne from him that he may cease vntil his desired day, as an hyreling.
For there is hope of a tre, if it be cut downe that it wil yet sproute, & the branches thereof wil not cease.
Thogh the rote of it waxe olde in the earth & the stocke thereof be dead in the grou{n}de.
(Yet) by the sent of water it wil bud, & bring forthe bowes like a plant.
But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
(As) the waters passe from the sea, and as the 〈◊〉 decayeth and dryeth vp.
So man slepeth and riseth not: (for) he shall not wake againe, nor be raised fro{m} his slepe til the heauen be no more.
Oh that thou woldest hide me in the graue, and kepe me secret, vntil thy wrath were past, (and) woldest giue me terme, and remember me.
If a man dye, shal he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time wil I waite, til my changing shal come.
Thou shalt call (me,) and I shal answer thee: thou louest the worke of thine owne hands.
But now thou nombrest my steps, (and) doest not delay my sinnes.
Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, (as) in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednes,
And surely (as) the mountaine that falleth, cometh to noght, and the rocke that is remoued from his place:
(As) the water breaketh the stones, (when) thou ouerflowest the things which growe in the dust of the earth: so thou destroyest the hope of man.
Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.
And he knoweth not if his sonnes shalbe honorable, nether shal he vndersta{n}d concerning the{m}, whether they shalbe of lowe degre,
But (while) his flesh (is) vpon him, he shalbe sorowful, and (while) his soule (is) in him, it shal mourne.
THen answered Elipház the Temanite, and said,
Shal a wise ma{n} speake wordes of the winde, and fil his belly with the East winde?
Shal he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
Surely thou hast cast of feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seing thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
Thine one mouth condemneth thee, & not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
Art thou the first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God, and doest thou restraine wisdome to thee?
What knowest thou that we knowe not? (and) vnderstanded that is not in vs?
With vs are bothe ancient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
(Seme) the consolations of God smale vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
Why doeth thine heart take thee away, & what do thine eyes meane,
That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest (suche) wordes out of thy mouth?
What is man, that he shulde be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shulde be iust?
Beholde, he founde no stedfastnes in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
How muche more (is) man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
I wil tel thee: heare me, & I wil declare that which I haue sene:
Which wise men haue tolde, (as they haue heard) of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
The wicked man is continually as one that trauelleth of childe, and the nomber of yeres is hid from the tyrant.
A sou{n}d of feare (is) in his eares, (&) in his prosperitie the destroyer shal come vpon him.
He beleueth not to returne out of darkenes: for he seeth the sworde before him.
He wandreth to and fro for bread where (he may:) he knoweth that the day of darkenes is prepared at hand.
Affliction and anguish shall make him afraid: they shal preuaile against him as a King ready to the battel.
For he hathe stretched out his hand against God, and made him self strong against the Almightie.
(Therefore God) shal runne vpo{n} him, (euen) vpo{n} his necke, and against the moste thicke part of his shield.
Because he hathe couered his face with his fatnes, and hathe collopes in (his) flācke.
Thogh he dwel in desolate cities, (and) in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
He shal not be riche, nether shal his substance continue, nether shal he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
He shal neuer departe out of darkenes the flame shal drye vp his branches, and he shal 〈◊〉 away with the breath of his mouth.
He beleueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
His branche shal not be grene, but shalbe cut of before his day.
(God) shal destroy him as the vine her sower grape, & shal cast him of, as the oliue (doeth) her floure.
For the co{n}gregacion of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fyre shal deuoure the houses of bribes.
(For) thei co{n}ceiue mischief & bring forthe 〈◊〉, & their beilie hathe prepared deceite
BVt Iob answered, and said,
I haue oft times heard suche things: miserable comforters are ye all.
Shal there be none end of wordes of winde? or what maketh thee bolde so to answer.
I colde also speake as ye do: [but wolde God your soule were in my soules stead] I colde kepe you companie in speaking, and colde shake mine head at you,
But I wolde strengthen you with my mouth the comfort of my lips shulde aswage (your sorowe.)
Thogh I speake, my sorowe can not be aswaged: thogh I cease, what release haue I?
But now he maketh me weary: (ô God) thou hast made all my congregacion desolate,
And hast made me ful of wrinkles which is a witnes thereof, and my leannes riseth vp in me testifying (the same) in my face.
His wrath hathe torne (me,) and he 〈◊〉 me, (and) gnasheth vpon me with his teeth: mine enemie hathe sharpened his eies against me.
They haue opened their mouthes vpon me and smitten me on the cheke in reproche: thei gather the{m} selues together against me.
God hathe deliuered me to the vniust, and hathe made me to turne out of the way by the hands of the wicked.
I was in welth, but he hathe broght me to noght: he hathe taken me by the necke, and beaten me, and set in me as a marke for him self.
His archers compasse me round about: he cutteth my reines, and doeth not spare, and powreth my gall vpon the grounde.
He hathe broken me with one breaking vpon another, and runneth vpon me like a gyant.
I haue sowed a sackecloth vpo{n} my skin, and haue abased mine horne vnto the dust.
My face is withered with weping, and the shadow of death (is) vpon mine eyes,
Thogh (there be) no wickednes in 〈◊〉 hands, and my prayer (be) pure.
O earth, couer not thou my blood, and let my crying finde no place.
For lo, now my witnes (is) in the 〈◊〉, and my record (is) on hie.
My friends speake eloquently againste me: (but) mine eye powreth out (teares) vnto God.
Oh that a man might pleade with God, as man with his neighbour!
For the yeres accounted come, and I shal go the way, whence I shal not returne.
MY breath is corrupt: my dayes are cut of and the graue (is ready) for me.
There are none but mockers with me, and mine eye continueth in their bitternes.
Laye downe now (and) put me in suretie for thee: who is he, that wil touche mine hand
For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not set (them) vpon hie.
For the eyes of his children shal faile, that speaketh flaterie to (his) friends.
He hathe also made me a by worde of the people, and I am as a tabret before them.
Mine eye therefore is dim for grief, and all my strength (is) like a shadowe.
The righteoushal be astonied at this, & the innoce{n}t shalbe moued against the hypocrite
But the righteous wil holde his waye, and he whose hands are pure, shal increase (his) strength.
All you therefore turne you, & come now and I shal not finde one wise among you.
My dayes are past, mine enterprises are broken, (and) the thoghts of mine heart.
Haue changed the night for the day, and the light that approched, for darkenes.
Thogh I hope, (yet) the graue shalbe mine house, (and) I shal make my bed in the darke.
I shal say to corruption, Thou 〈◊〉 my father, (and) to the worme, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Where is then now mine hope? or who shal consider the thing, that I hoped for?
They shal go downe into the bottome of the pit: surely it shal lye together in the dust.
THe{n} answered Bildád the Shuhite, & said.
When wil ye make an end of (your) wordes? cause vs to vnderstand, and the{n} we will speake.
Wherefore are we counted as beastes, (and) are 〈◊〉 in your sight?
(Thou art as one) that teareth his soule in his anger, Shal the earth be forsake{n} for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?
Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched & the sparke of his fyre shal not shine.
The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candel shalbe put out with him.
The steppes of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsel shal cast him downe.
For he is taken in the net by his fete, and he walketh vpon the snares.
The grenne shal take him by the heele, and the these shal come vpon him.
A snare is laid for him in the grounde, and a trappe for him in the way?
Fearfulnes shal make him afraid on euery side, and shal driue him to his fete.
His strength shalbe famine: and destructio{n} shalbe readie at his side.
It shal deuoure the partes of his skinne, (&) the first borne of death shal deuoure his strength.
His hope shalbe roted out of his dwelling, and shal cause him to go to the King of feare.
(Feare) shal dwel in his house [because it is not his] (and) brimstone shalbe 〈◊〉 vpon his habitacion.
His rotes shalbe dryed vp beneth, and aboue shal his branche be cut downe.
His remembra{n}ce shal perish from the earth and he shal haue no name in the strete.
They shal driue him out of the light vnto darkenes, and chase him out of the worlde.
He shal nether haue sonne nor nephewe among his people, nor any posteritie in his dwellings.
The posteritie shalbe astonied at his day, and feare shal come vpon the ancient.
Surely suche are the habitacions of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
BVt Iob answered, and said,
How long wil ye vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?
Ye haue now ten times reproched me, and are not ashamed: ye are impudent toward me.
And thogh I had in dede erred, mine errour remaineth with me.
But in dede if ye wil aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,
Knowe now, that God hathe ouerthrowen me, and hathe compassed me with his net.
Beholde, I crye out of violence, but I haue none answer: I crye but there (is) no iudgement.
He hathe hedged vp my waye that I can not passe, and he hathe set darkenes in my paths.
He hathe spoiled me of mine honour, & taken the crowne away from mine head.
He hathe destroyed me on euerie side and I am gone: & he hath remoued mine hope like a tre.
And he hathe kindled his wrath against me and counteth me as one of his enemies.
His armies came together, and made their way vpon me, and camped about my tabernacle.
He hathe remoued my brethren farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.
My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.
They that dwel in mine house, & my maides toke me for a stranger: for I was a stranger in their sight.
I called my serua{n}t, but he wolde not answer, (thogh) I prayed him with my mouth.
My breath was strange vnto my wife, thogh I prayed her for the childrens sake of mine owne body.
The wicked also despised me, (and) when I rose, they spake against me.
All my secret friends abhorred me, and thei whome I loued, are turned against me.
My bone cleaueth to my skin and to my flesh, and I hane escaped with the skinne of my tethe.
Haue pitie vpon me: haue pitie vpon me, [ô ye my friends] for the hand of God hathe touched me.
Why do ye persecute me, as God? and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Oh that my wordes were now writen! oh that thei were writen euen in a boke!
(And) grauen with an yron penne in lead, or in stone for euer.
For I am sure, that my Redemer liueth, and he shal stand the last on the earth.
And thogh after my skin (wormes) destroy this (bodie,) yet shal I se God in my flesh.
Whome I my self shal se, and mine eies shall beholde, and nonother (for me, thogh) my reines are consumed within me.
But ye said, Why is he persecuted? And there was a depe matter in me.
Be ye afraid of the sworde: for the sworde wil be auenged of wickednes, that ye may know that there is a iudgement.
THen answered Zophár the Naamathite and said,
Douteles my thoghts cause me to answer, & therefore I make haste.
I haue heard the correction of my reproche: therefore the spirit of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answer.
Knowest thou not this of olde? (and) since (God) placed man vpon the 〈◊〉
That the reioycing of the wicked (is) shorte, and that the ioye of hypocrites is but a moment?
Thogh his excellencie mounte vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
(Yet) shal he perish for euer, like his dung, (and) they which haue sene him, shal say, Where is he.
He shal flee away as a dreame, and thei shall not finde him, and shal passe away as a vision of the night.
So that the eye which had sene him, shal do so no more, and his place shal se him no more.
His children shal fkatter tge poore, and his hands 〈◊〉 restore his substance.
His bones are ful (of the sinne) of his youth, and shall ye downe with him in the dust.
Whe{n} wickednes was swete in his mouthe, (and) he did it vnder his tongue,
(And) fauoured it, and wolde not forsake it but kept it close in his mouth,
(The{n}) his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of aspes (was) in the middes of him.
He hathe deuoured substance, and he shall vomit it: (for) God shal drawe it out of his belly.
He shal sucke the gall of aspes, (and) the vipers tongue shal slaye him.
He shal not se the riuers, (nor) the floods (and) streames of hony and butter.
He shal restore the labour, and shal deuoure no more: (euen) according to the substance (shalbe) his exchange, and he shal enioye it no more.
For he hathe vndone (manie): he hathe forsaken the poore, (and) hathe spoiled houses which he buylded not.
Surely he shal fele no quietnes in his body, (nether) shal he reserue of that which he desired.
There shal none of his meat be left: therefore none shal hope for his goods.
When he shalbe filled with his abunda{n}ce, he shalbe in peine, (and) the ha{n}d of all the wicked shal assaile him.
He shalbe about to fil his belly, (but God) shal send vpon him his fearce wrath, and I shal cause to raine vpon him, (euen) vpon his meat.
He shall flee from the yron weapons, (&) the bowe of stele shal strike him through.
(The arowe) is drawen out, and cometh forthe of the body, and shineth of his gal, (so) feare cometh vpon him.
All darkenes shalbe hid in hys secret places: the fyre that is not blowen, shall deuoure him, (and) that which remaineth in his tabernacle, shalbe destroied.
The heauen shall declare his wickednes, and the earth shal rise vp against him.
The increase of his house shal go awaye: it shal flowe away in the daye of his wrath,
Thys is the porcion of the wycked man from God, and the heritage (that he shall haue) of God for his wordes.
BVt Iob answered, and said,
Heare diligently my wordes, and thys shalbe in stead of your consolations.
Suffre me, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
Do I (direct) my talke to man? If it were so, how shulde not my spirit be troubled?
Marke me, and be abashed, and laye your hand vpon (your) mouth.
Euen when I remember, I am afraied, and feare taketh holde on my flesh.
Wherefore do the wicked liue, (&) waxe olde, and growe in welth?
Their sede is established in their sight with the{m}, and their generacio{n} before their eies.
Their houses are peaceable without feare and the rod of God is not vpon them.
Their bullocke ge{n}dreth, and faileth not: their cowe calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
They send forth their childre{n} like shepe, and their sonnes dance.
They take the tabret and harpe, & reioyce in the sounde of the organs.
They spend their daies in welth, and sodenly they go downe to the graue.
Thei say also vnto God, Departe from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy waies.
Who is the Almightie, that we shuld serue him? and what profite shulde we haue, if we shulde pray vnto him?
Lo, their welth is not in their hand: (therfore) let the cou{n}sel of the wicked be farre from me.
How oft shall the candell of the wycked be put out? and their destruction come vpo{n} them? he wyll deuyde (their) liues in hys wrath.
They shal be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme caryeth away.
God wil laye vp the sorow (of the father) for his children: when he rewardeth hym, he shal knowe it.
His eies shal se his destruction, & he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
For what pleasure hathe he in hys house after him, when the no{m}ber of his moneths is cut of?
Shal any teache GOD knowledge, who iudgeth the hiest things?
One dyeth in his ful strength, 〈◊〉 in all ease and prosperitie.
His breasts are full of milke, & hys bones runne ful of marowe.
And another dyeth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
They shal slepe bothe in the dust, & the wormes shal couer them.
Behold, I know your thoghts, and the enterprises, (wherewith) ye dome wrong.
For ye say, Where is the princes house? & where is the Tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling?
May ye not askethe{m} that go by the way? and ye can not denie their signes.
But the wicked is kept vnto the daye of destruction, (&) they shal be broght forth to the day of wrath.
Who shal declare his waye to his face 〈◊〉 who shall rewarde hym for that he hathe done?
Yet shall he be broght to the graue, & remaine in the heape.
The slimie valley shalbe swete vnto him, and euerie man shal drawe after him, as before him there were innumerable.
How the{n} comfort ye me in vayne, seyng in your answers there remaine but lyes?
THen Elipház the Temanite answered, and said,
May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to hym self?
Is it any thing vnto the Almightye, that thou arte righteous? or is it profitable (to him,) that thou makest thy wayes vpright?
Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? (or) go with thee into iudgement?
Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquitie innumerable?
For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for noght, and spoiled the clothes of the naked.
To suche as were weary, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
But the mightie man had the earthe, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.
Thou hast cast out widowes emptye, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
Therefore snares (are) round about thee, and feare shal sodenly trouble thee:
Or darkenes that thou shuldest not se, & abundance of waters shal couer thee.
Is not God on hie in the heauen? and beholde the height of the starres how hye they are.
But thou saiest, How shulde God knowe? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
The cloudes hide him that he can not se, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
Which were cut downe before the tyme, whose fundacio{n} (was as) a riuer that ouerflowed:
Which said vnto God, Departe frome vs, and (asked) what the Almyghtye colde do for them.
Yet he filled theyr houses wyth good thinges but let the counsell of the wycked (be) farre from me.
The righteous shall se them, and shall reioyce, and the innoce{n}t shall laugh them to scorne.
Surelye our substance is hid: but the fyre hathe deuoured the remnant of them.
Therefore acquaint thy self, I praye thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and laie vp his wordes in thine heart.
If thou returne to the Almightye, thou shalt be buylt vp, (and) thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.
Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the golde of Ophir, as the flints of the riuers.
Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, & thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
Thou shalt make thy prayer vnto him, & he shall heare thee, and thou shalt rendre thy vowes.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, & he shall establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy waies.
When (others) are cast downe, the{n} shalt thou say, I am lifted vp. and (God) shall saue the humble persone.
The innocent shal deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
BVt Iob answered and said,
Thogh my talke be this daye in bitternes, (and) my plague greater then my groning,
Wold God (yet) I knewe how to find him, I wolde entre vnto his place.
I wolde pleade the cause before hym, and fil my mouth with arguments.
I wolde knowe the wordes, (that) he wold answer me, and wolde vnderstand what he wolde say vnto me.
Wolde he plead agaynste me wyth (hys) great power? No, but he wold put (stre{n}gth) in me.
There the righteous might reason wyth him, so I shulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
Beholde, (if) I go to the Easte, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:
(If) to the North where he worketh, yet I can not se him: he wil hide him selfe in the South, and I can not beholde him.
But he knoweth my way, (&) tryeth me, (and) I shal come forthe like the golde.
My fote hath followed his steppes: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
Nether haue I departed from the co{m}mandeme{n}t of his lippes, (and) I haue estemed the wordes of his mouthe more then myne appointed fode.
Yet he is in one (minde,) & who ca{n} turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.
For he will performe that, whiche is decreed of me, and many suche things (are) with him.
Therefore I am troubled at his presence, & in considering it, I am afrayed of him.
For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hathe troubled me.
For I am not cut of in darkenes, but he hathe hid the darkenes from my face.
HOw shulde not the times be hid from the Almightie, seing that thei whiche knowe him, se not his daies?
(Some) remoue the la{n}d markes, that robbe the flockes and fede (thereof.)
They lead away the asse of the fatherles: (and) take the widowes oxe to pledge.
Thei make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide the{m} selues together.
Beholde, (others as) wilde asses in the wildernes, go forthe to their busines, & ryse earely for a pray: the wildernes (gyueth) him (and) his children fode.
Theyreape his prouision in the field, but they gather the late vintage of the wicked.
They cause the naked to lodge without garment, & without couering in the cold.
Thei are wet with the showres of the mou{n}taines, and they imbrace the rocke for want of a couering.
They plucke the fatherles fro{m} the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.
Thei cause him to go naked without clothing, and take the gleining from the hu{n}grie.
Thei that make oile betwene their walles, and treade their winepresses, suffer thirst.
Me{n} crye out of the citie, and the soules of the slayne crye out: yet God doeth not charge them with follie.
These are thei, that abhorre the light: thei knowe not the waies thereof, nor co{n}tinue in the paths thereof.
The murtherer riseth earely (and) killeth the poore and the nedie: and in the nyght he is as a thefe.
The eye also of the adulterer wayteth for the twylight, and saith, None eye shall se me, and disguiseth his face.
Thei digge through houses in the darke, (whiche) they marked for the{m} selues in the day: they knowe not the light.
But the morning (is) euen to them as the shadowe of death: if one knowe the{m}, (they are) in the terrours of the shadow of death
He is swift vpon the waters theyr porcion shalbe cursed in the earth: he wil not beholde the way of the vineyardes.
(As) the drye grounde & heat côsume the snowe waters, (so shal) the graue the sinners.
The pitifull man shall forget hym: the worme (shal fele) his swetnes: he shalbe no more remembred, and the wicked shalbe broken like a tre.
He doeth euyll intreate the baren, that doeth not beare, nether doeth he good to the widowe.
He draweth also the mighty by his powre (and) when he riseth vp, none is sure of lif.
Thogh men gyue hym assurance to be in sauetie, yet his eyes (are) vpo{n} their wayes.
They are exalted for a 〈◊〉, but they are gone, and are broght lowe as all (others) thei are destroyed, and cut of as the top of an eare of corne.
But if it be not so, where is he? (or) 〈◊〉 wil proue me a lyer, and make my 〈◊〉 of no value?
THen answered Bildád the Shuhite, and said,
Power & feare (is) with him, that maketh peace in his hie places.
Is there any nomber in his armies? & vpon whome shal not his light arise?
And how may a ma{n} be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?
Behold, he wil giue no light to the moone, and the starres are vncleane in hys sight.
How muche more man, a worme, euen the sonne of man, (which is but) a worme?
BVt Iob answered, and said,
Whome helpest thou? him that hath no power? sauest thou the arme that hathe no strength?
Whome counselest thou? him that hathe no wisdome? thou shewest right wel as the thing is.
To whome doest thou declare (these) wordes? or whose spirit cometh out of thee?
The dead thinges are formed vnder the waters and nere vnto them.
The graue is naked before him, & there is no couering for destruction.
He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing.
He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.
He holdeth backe the face of his throne: and spreadeth his cloude vpon it.
He hathe set bondes aboute the waters, vntil the day and night come to an end.
The pillers of heauen tremble & quake at his 〈◊〉.
The sea is calme by his power, and by hys vndersta{n}ding he smiteth the pride (therof.)
His Spirit hath garnished the heaue{n}s, (&) his ha{n}d hath formed the crooked serpe{n}t.
Lo, these are part of his wayes but how litle a portion heare we of him? and who can vnderstand his feareful power?
MOreouer Iob proceded and co{n}tinued his parable, saying,
The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hathe put my soule in bitternes.
〈◊〉 so long as my breath is in me, and the 〈◊〉 of God in my nostrels.
〈◊〉 lips surely shal speake no wickednes, and my tongue shal vtter no deceit.
God forbid, that I shulde iustifie you: vntil I dye, I wil neuer take away mined innocencie from my self.
I will kepe my righteousnes, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shal not reprone me of my dayes.
Mine enemie shalbe as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.
For what hope hathe the hypocrite whe{n} he hathe heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
Wil God heare his crye, when trouble cometh vpon him?
Wil he set his delite on the Almightie? wil he call vpon God at all times?
I wil teache you (what is) in the hande of God, (and) I wil not 〈◊〉 that whiche is with the Almightie.
Beholde, all ye your selues haue sene it: why then do you thus vanish in vanitie?
This is the porcion of a wicked ma{n} with God, and the heritage of tyrants, (which) they shal receiue of the Almightie.
If his children be in greate nomber, the sworde (shal destroy) them, and his posteritie shal not be satisfied with bread.
His remnant shal be buryed in death, and his widowes shal not wepe.
Thogh he shulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay,
He may prepare it, but the iuste shall put it on, and the innocent shal deuide the siluer.
He buyldeth his house as the mothe, & as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
When the riche man slepeth, he shal not be gathered (to his fathers:) they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
Terrours shal take him as waters, (and) a tempest shal carie him away by night.
The East wind shal take him away, and he shall departe: and it shall hurlle him out of his place.
And (God) shal cast vpon him & not spare, (thogh) he wold faine flee out of hys hand.
(Euerie man) shal clap their hands at him, and hisse at him out of their place.
THe siluer surely hath his vaine, & the golde his place, (where) thei take it.
Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
(God) putteth an end to darknes, and he tryeth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bonde of darkenes, and of the shadow of death.
The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, (& the waters) forgotte{n} of the fote, being higher the{n} ma{n}, are gone away.
Out of the same earth cometh bread, and vnder it, as it were fyre is turned vp.
The stones therof (are) a place of saphirs, and the dust of it (is) golde.
There is a path whiche no foule hathe knowe{n}, nether hath the kites eye sene it.
The lions whelps haue not walked it, nor the lion passed thereby:
He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, & ouerthroweth the mou{n}taines by the rootes
He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euerie precious thing.
He bindeth the floods, that they do not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
But where is wisdome founde? & where is the place of vnderstanding?
Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing.
The depth saith, It is not in me: the sea also saith, It is not with me.
Golde shall not be gyuen for it, nether shal siluer be weighed for the price therof.
It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, (nor) with the precious onix, nor the saphir.
The golde nor the christal shall be equall vnto it, not the excha{n}ge (shalbe) for plate of fine golde.
No mencion shalbe made of corall, nor of the gabish: for wisdome is more precious then perles.
The Topaz of Ethiopia shal not be equall vnto it, nether shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde.
Whence then cometh wisdome? & where is the place of vnderstanding,
Seing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid frome the foules of the heauen?
Destruction and death say, We haue heard the same thereof with our eares.
(But) God vndersta{n}deth the way therof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
For he beholdeth the ends of the world, (and) seeth all that is vnder heauen.
To make the weight of the windes, & to weigh the waters by measure.
When he made a decree for the raine, and away for the lightening of the thunders,
Then did he se it, and counted it. he prepared it and also considered it.
And vnto ma{n} he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisdome, & to departe from euil (is) vnderstanding.
SO Iob proceded and continued his 〈◊〉, saying,
Oh that I were as in times past, whe{n} God preserued me:
When his light shined vpon myne head: (and when) by his light I walked through the darkenes,
As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence (was) vpo{n} my tabernacle
VVhe{n} the Almightie was yet with me, (&) my children rounde about me:
VVhen I washed my paths with butter, and when the rocke powred me out riuers of oyle:
VVhen I went out to the gate, (eue{n}) to the iudgement seat, (and when) I caused them to prepare my seat in the strete.
The yong men sawe me, and hid the{m} selues, and the aged arose, (and) stode vp.
The princes stayed talke, and laied theyr hand on their mouth.
The voice of princes was hid, & their tongue cleaued to the 〈◊〉 of their mouth.
And when the eare heard me, it blessed me and when the eye sawe (me,) it gaue witnes to me.
For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherles, & him that had none to helpe him.
The blessing of him that was readye to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement (was) as a robe, and a crowne.
I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the fete to the lame.
I was a father vnto the poore, and (when) I knewe not the cause, I soght it out diligently.
I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous ma{n}, and plucke the praye out of his tethe.
Then I said, I shall dye in my nest, and I shal multiplie (my) dayes as the sande.
(For) my roote is spred out by the water, & the dewe shal lye vpon my branche.
My glorie shal renue towarde me, and my bowe shal be restored in mine hand.
Vnto me men gaue eare, and waited, and helde their tongue at my counsel.
After my wordes thei replied not, & my talke dropped vpon them.
And they waited for me, as for the rayne, and they opened their mouth as for the latter raine.
(If) I laughed on the{m}, they beleued it not: nether did thei cause the light of my countenance to fall.
I appointed out their way, and did sit as chief, and dwelt as a King in the armie, (&) like him that comforteth the mourners.
BVt now they that are yonger then I, mocke me: (yea,) thei whose fathers I haue refused to set wyth the dogges of my flockes.
For where to shulde the strength of theyr hands haue serued me, (seing) age perished in them?
For pouertie and famine (they were) solitarie, fleing into the wildernes, (which is) darke, desolate and waste.
They cut vp nettels by the bushes, & the iuniper rootes (was) their meat.
Thei were chased forthe from amonge (men:) thei showted at them, as at a 〈◊〉.
Therefore they dwelt in the clefts of riuers, in the holes of the earth and rockes.
They roared among the bushes, and vnder the thistels they gathered them selues.
(They were) the children of fooles and the childre{n} of villaines, which were more vile then the earth,
And now am I their song, and I am theyr talke.
They abhorre me, (and) flee farre from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
Because that (God) hathe losed my corde and humble me, they haue losed the bridel before me.
The youth rise vp at my right hand: they haue pusht my 〈◊〉, and haue trode on me (as on) the paths of their destruction.
They haue destroyed my paths they toke pleasure at my calamitie, they had none helpe.
They came as a great breache (of waters, and) vnder this calamitie they come on heapes.
Feare is turned vpon me: (and) thei pursue my soule as the winde, & mine health passeth away as a cloude.
Therefore my soule is now powred out vpon me, and the dayes of affliction haue taken holde on me.
It perceth my bones in the night, and my sinewes take no rest.
For the greate vchemencie is my garment changed, (which) compasseth me about as the colar of my coate.
He hathe cast me into the myre, and I am become like ashes and dust.
Whe{n} I crye vnto thee, thou doest not heare me, nether regardest me, (whe{n}) I stand vp.
Thou turnest thy self cruelly against me, and art enemie vnto me with the strength of thine hand.
Thou takest me vp (and) causest me to ride vpon the winde, and makest my stre{n}gth to faile.
Surely I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all the liuing.
Doutles none can stretche his ha{n}d vnto the graue, thogh they crye in hys destruction.
Did not I wepe with him that was in trouble? was not my soule in heauines for the poore?
Yet when I loked for good, euyll came vnto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkenes.
My bowels did boyle without rest: (for) the dayes of affliction are come vpon me.
I went mourning without sunne: I stode vp in the congregacion (and) cryed.
I am a brother to the dragons, and a co{m}panion to the ostriches.
My skinne is blacke vpo{n} me, and my bones are burnt with heat.
Therefore mine harpe is turned to mourning, and myne organs into the voyce of them that wepe.
I Made a couenant with mine eyes: why then shulde I thinke on a maid?
For what porcion (shulde I haue) of God from aboue? and (what) inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
Is not destruction to the wicked & stra{n}ge (punishment) to the workes of iniquitie?
Doeth not beholde my wayes and tel all my steppes?
If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my fote hath made haste to deceit,
Let God weigh me in the iuste balance, & he shal knowe mine vprightnes.
If my step hathe turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if anie blot hathe cleaued to mine hands,
Let me sowe, and let another eat: yea, let my plants be rooted out.
If mine hearte hathe bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layed waite at the dore of my neighbour,
Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bowe downe vpon her,
For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to be condemned.
Yea, this is a fyre that shall deuoure to destruction, and whiche shall roote out all mine increase,
If I did co{n}temne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my maid, when they did contend with me.
What then shal I do when God sta{n}deth vp? and when he shal visite (me,) what shall I answer?
He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?
If I restrained the poore of (their) desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hathe not eaten thereof,
[For from my youth hè hathe growe vp with me as (with) a father, and frome my mothers wombe I haue bene a guide vnto her.]
If I haue sene anie perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering.
If his loines haue not blessed me, because he was warmed wyth the fleece of my shepe.
If I haue lift vp mine hand agaynste the fatherles, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate.
Let mine arme fall from my shulder, and mine arme be broken from the bone.
For Gods punishement was feareful vnto me, and I colde not (be deliuered) frome his highnes.
If I made golde mine hope, or haue said to the wedge of golde, (Thou) art my confidence,
If I reioyced because my substance was greate, or because mine hande had gotten muche,
If I did beholde the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in (her) brightnes,
If mine heart did flatter me in secret, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,
[This also had bene an iniquitie to be co{n}demned: for I had denyed the GOD 〈◊〉.]
If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was moued (to 〈◊〉) when euil came vpon him,
Nether haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a cursse vnto his soule.
Did not the men of my tabernacle say, Who shal giue vs of his flesh? we can not be satisfied.
The stranger did not lodge in the strete, (but) I opened my dores vnto hym, that went by the way.
If I haue hid my sinne, as Adam, co{n}ceiling mine iniquitie in my bosom,
Thogh I colde haue made afraied a great multitude, yet the moste contemptible of the families did feare me: so I kept sile{n}ce, and went not out of the dore.
Oh that I had some to heare me, beholde my signe that the Almightie will wytnes for me: thoghmine aduersarie shuld write a boke (against me.)
Wold not I take it vpon my shulder, (and) binde it as a crowne vnto me?
I will tell him the nomber of my goings, and go vnto him as to a prince.
If my lande crye againste me, or the forrowes thereof complaine together.
If I haue eaten the frutes thereof without siluer: or if I haue grieued the soules of the masters thereof,
Let thistles growe in stead of wheat, and cokle in the stead of barly.
SO these thre men ceased to answer Iob, because he estemed him selfe iust.
Then the wrath of Elihú the sonne of Barachél the Buzite, of the familie of Ra{m}, was kindled: his wrath, (I say,) was kindled agaynste Iob, because he iustified him selfe more then God.
Also his anger was kindled agaynste hys thre friends, because they colde not finde an answer, (and) yet condemned Iob.
[Now Elihú had waited til Iob had spoke{n}: for they were more ancient in yeres then he.]
So when Elihú sawe, that there was, none answer in the mouthe of the thre men hys wrath was kindled.
Therefore Elihú the sonne of Barachél, the Buzite answered, and said, I am yong in yeres, and ye are ancient: therefore I douted, and was afrayed to shewe you mine opinion.
(For) I said: The dayes shal speake: and the multitude of yeres shal teache wisdome
Surely there is a spirit in man, but the in spiracion of the Almightie giueth vnderstanding.
Great men are not (alway) wise, nether do the aged (all way) vnderstand iudgement.
Therefore I say. Heare me (and) I wil shewe also mine opinion.
Beholde, I did waite vpon your wordes (&) hearkened vnto your knowledge, whiles you soght out reasons.
Yea, when I had considered you, lo, there was none of you that reproued Iob, nor answered his wordes:
Lest ye shulde say, We haue founde wisdome (for) God hathe cast him downe, (and) no man.
Yet hathe he not directed (his) wordes to me, nether wil I answer him by your wordes.
(The{n}) they fearing, answered no more (but) left of their talke.
When I had waited [for they spake not, but stode stil (and) answered no more.]
(Then) answered I in my turne, & I shewed mine opinion.
For I am ful of matter, (and) the spirit within me compelleth me.
Beholde my bellie (is) as the wine, which hathe not vēt (and) like the newe bottels that brast.
(Therefore) wil I speake, that I may take breath: I wil open my lippes, and wil answer.
I wil not now accept the persone of man, nether wil I giue titles to man.
For I may not giue titles (lest) my Maker shulde take me away sodenly.
WHerefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my talke & hearke{n} vnto all my wordes.
Beholde now I haue opened my mouth my tongue hathe spoken in my mouth.
My wordes (are) in the vprightenes of mine heart, and my lippes shal speake pure knowledge.
The Spirit of God hathe made me: and the breath of the almightie hathe giuen me life.
If thou canst giue me answer, prepare thy selfe (and) stand before me.
Beholde, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead: I am also reformed of the clay
Beholde, my terrour shal not feare thee, nether shal mine hand be heauy vpo{n} thee
Douteles thou hast spoken in mine eares and I haue heard the voyce of (thy) wordes
I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent and there is none iniquitie in me,
Lo, he hathe founde occasions against me, and counted me for his enemie.
He hathe put my fete in the stockes: and loketh narowly vnto all my paths.
Beholde, in this hast thou not done right: I wil answer thee, that God is greater then man.
Why doest thou striue aginst him: for he doeth not giue account of all his matters
For God speaketh once or twise, and one seeth it not,
In 〈◊〉 (and) visions of the night, whe{n} slepe falleth vpon men, and they slepe vpon (their) beddes.
Then he openeth the eares of men, euen by their corrections (which) he had sealed
That he might cause man to turne away from (his) enterprise, & that he might hide the pride of man.
And kepe backe his soule from the pit, and that his shulde not passe by the sworde.
He is also striken with sorow vpon his bed and the grief of his bones (is) sore.
So that his life causeth him to abhorre bread, and his soule daintie meat.
His flesh faileth that it can not be sene, & his bones (which) were not sene, clatter.
So his soule draweth to the graue, and his life to the buriers.
If there be a messenger with him (or) an interpreter, one of a thousand to declare vnto man his righteousnes,
Then wil he haue mercie vpon him, and wil saie, Deliuer him that he go not downe into the pit: for I haue receiued a reco{n}ciliation.
(Then) shal his flesh be as fresh as a childs (&) 〈◊〉 returne as in the daies of his youth
He shal pray vnto God, and he wil be fauourable vnto him, and he shal se his face with ioy for he wil rendre vnto man his righteousnes.
He loketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnes, & it did not profit me,
He wil deliuer his soule from going into the pit, and his life shal se the light.
Lo, all these things wil God worke twise or thrise with a man.
That he may turne backe his soule from the pit, to be illuminate in the light of the liuing.
〈◊〉 wel, ô Iob (and) heare me: kepe 〈◊〉, and I wil speake.
If there be matter, answer me (&) speake for I desire to iustifie thee,
If thou hast not, heare me: holde thy tongue, and I wil teache thee wisdome.
MOreouer Elihú answered, and said,
Heare my wordes, ye wise men: and hearke{n} vnto me, ye that haue knouledge
For the eare tryeth the wordes, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Let vs seke iudgement among vs, and let vs knowe among our selues what is good
For Iob hathe said, I am righteous, and God hathe taken away my iudgement.
Shulde I lye in my right? my (wounde) of the arowe is grieuous without (my) sinne
What man is like Iob, that drinketh scor nefulnes like water.
Which goeth in the companie of them that worke iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men?
For he hathe said, h It profiteth a man nothing that he shulde walke with God.
Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of wisdome, GOD forbid that wickednes (shulde be) in God, and iniquitie in the Almightie.
For he wil rendre vnto man (according) to his worke, and cause euerie one to finde according to his way.
And certeinly God wil not do wickedly, nether wil the Almightie peruert iudgement.
Whome hathe he appointed ouer the beside him 〈◊〉 or who hathe placed the whole worlde?
If he set his heart vppon (man) and gather vnto himself his spirit & his breath.
All flesh shal perish together, and man shal returne vnto dust.
And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this (and) hearken to the voyce of my wordes.
Shal he that hateth indgement, gouerne? and wilt thou iudge him wicked that is moste iust?
Wilt thou say vnto a King (thou art) wicked? or to princes (Ye are) vngodlie?
(How muche lesse) to him that accepteth not the persones of princes, and regardeth not the riche, more the{n} the poore? for thei be all the worke of his hands.
They shaldye sodenly, and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, & they shal passe forthe and take away the mightie without hand.
For his eyes (are) vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goings.
There is no darkenes nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.
For he wil not lay on man so muche, that he shulde entre into 〈◊〉 with God.
He shal break the mightie without seki{n}g and shal set vp other in their steade.
Therefore shal he declare their sworkes: he shal turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed.
He striketh them as wicked men in the places of the seers.
Because they haue turned backe from him and wolde not consider all his waies:
So that they haue caused the voyce of the poore come vnto him: & he hathe heard the crye of the afflicted.
And when he giueth quietnes, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether (it be) vpon nacions, or? vpon a man onely?
Because the hypocrite doeth reigne, (&) because the people are snared.
Surely (it apperteineth) vnto God z to say I haue pardoned, I wil not destroye.
But if I se not, teache thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I wil do no more.
Wil he performe the thing through thee for thou haste reproued it, because that thou hast chose{n}, & not I now speake what thou knowest.
Let men of vnderstanding tel me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.
Iob hathe not spoke{n} of knowledge: nether were his wordes according to wisdome.
I desire that Iob may be tryed, vnto the end touching the answers for wicked me{n}.
For he addeth rebellion vnto his sinne, he clappeth his hands among vs, and multiplieth his wordes against God.
ELihú spake moreouer, and said,
Thi{n}kest thou this right, that thou hast said, I am more righteous then God?
For thou hast said, What profiteth it the & and what auaileth it me (to purge me) from my sinne?
(Therefore) wil I answer thee, and thy co{m}panions with thee.
Loke vnto the heauen, and se and beholde the cloudes (which) are hier then thou.
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him, yea, when thy sinnes be many, what doest thou vnto him?
If thou be righteous, what giuest thou vnto him? or what receiueth heat thine hand?
Thy wickednes (may hurt) a man as thou art: thy rigteousnes (may profite) the sonne of man.
They cause many that are oppressed, to crye (which) crye out for the viole{n}ce of the mightie?
But none saith, Where is God that made me, which giueth songsin the night.
Which teacheth vs more then the beastes of the earth, and giueth vs more wisdome then the foules of the heaúen.
Then they crye because of the violence of the wicked, but he answereth not,
Surely God wil not heare vanitie, nether wil the Almightie regarde it.
Althogh thou sayest (to God) Thou wilt not regarde it, yet iudgement (is) before him trust thou in him.
But now because his angre hathe not visited, not called to cou{n}t (the euil) with great extremitie.
Therefore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.
ELihu also proceked and said,
Suffre me litle, and I wil instruct thee for (I haue) yet to speake on Gods behalfe
I wil fetche my knowledge a farre of, and wil attribute righteousnes vnto my Maker.
For cruely my wordes shal not be false (&) he that is perfite in knowledge (speaketh) with thee.
Beholde, the mightie God casteth away none that is mightie (and) valiant of courage.
He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.
He withdraweth not his eies from the righteous, but (thei are) with Kings in the throne, where he placeth them for euer thus they are exalted.
And if they be bound in fetters (and) tyed with the cordes of affliction.
Then wil he shewe them their worke and their sinnes, because they haue bene proude.
He openeth also their eare to discipline, & commandeth them that they returne fro{m} iniquitie.
If they obey and serue him, they shal end their dayes in prosperitie: and their yeres in pleasures.
But if they wil not obey, they shal passe by the sworde, and perish without knowledge.
But the hypocrites of heart increase the wrath (for) their call not when he bindeth them.
Their soule dyeth in youth, and their life among the whoremongers.
He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eare in trouble.
Euen so wolde he haue taken thee out of the streight place (into) abroad place (&) not shut vp beneth? and that which resteth vpon thy table, had beneful of fat.
But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked (thogh) iudgement and equitie mainteine (all things.)
For (Gods) wrath is, lest he shulde take thee away in (thine) abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.
Wil he regarde thy riches? (he regardeth) not golde, not all the{m} that excell in stre{n}gth
Be not careful in the night, how he destroieth the people out of their place.
Take thou hede: loke not to iniquitie: for thou hast chosen it rather then affliction.
Beholde God exalteth by his power what teacher is like him?
Who hathe appointed to him his way? or who can say, Thou hast done wickedly?
Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men beholde.
All men se it, and men beholde it a farre of.
Beholde, God (is) excellent, and we knowe him not nether can the nomber of his yeres be searched out.
When he restraineth the droppes of water, the raine powreth downe by the vapour thereof.
Which (raine) the cloudes do droppe (and) let fall abundantly vpon man.
Who can knowe the diuisions of the cloudes (and) the thunders of his tabernacle?
Beholde he spreadeth his light vpon it, & couereth the bottome of the sea.
For thereby he iudge the people, & giueth meat abundantly.
He couereth the light with the cloudes, & commandeth them to go, against it.
His companion sheweth him thereof, & there is angrean rising vp.
AT this also mine heart is astonied, & is moued out of his place.
Heare the sounde of his voyce, and the noyse that goeth out of his mouth.
He 〈◊〉 it vnder the whole heauen, & his light vnto the ends of the worlde.
After it a noyse soundeth: he thundreth with the voyce of his maiestie, and he wil not stay them when his voyce is heard.
God thundreth maruelously with his voyce he worketh great thi{n}gs, which we knowe not.
For he saith to snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: like wise to the smale raine and to the great raine of his power.
With the force (thereof) be shutteth vp euerie man, that all men may knowe his worke.
Then the beasts go into the denne, and remaine in their places.
The whirle winde cometh out of the South and the colde from, the North winde.
At the breath of God the frost is giuen and the breadth of the waters (is) made narrowe.
He maketh also the cloudes to h labour, to water (the earth, &) scatereth the cloude of his light.
And it is turned about by his gouerneme{n}t that thei may do whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde.
VVhether it be for punishment, or for his land, or of mercie, he causeth it to come.
Hearken vnto this, ô Iob: stand and consider the wonderous workes of God.
Didest thou knowe when God disposed them? and caused the light of his cloude to shine?
Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloude (and) the wonderous workes of him that is perfite in knowledge?
(Or) how thy clothes are warme, when he maketh the earth quiet through the South winde.
Hast thou stretched out the heaue{n}s, which are strong (and) as a molten glasse?
Tel vs what we shal say vnto him (for) we can not dispose (our matter) because of darkenes,
Shal it be a tolde him when I speake? or shal man speake whe{n} he shalbe destroied?
And now men se not the light, which shineth in the cloudes, but the winde passeth and clenseth them.
The brightnes cometh out of the North the praise (thereof is) to God, which is terrible.
(It is) the Almightie: we can not finde him out (he is) excellent in power & iudgeme{n}t, & abundant in iustice he afflicteth not.
Let men therefore feare him (for) he wil not regarde any are wise in their owne conceit.
THen answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and said.
VVho is this that darkeneth the counsel by wordes without knowledge?
Gird vp now thy loynes like a man, I wil demande of thee and declare thou vnto me.
VVhere wast thou when I layed the fundacions of the earth declare, if thou hast vnderstanding.
VVho hathe layed the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hathe stretched the line ouer it.
VVhere vpon are the fundacions thereof, set, or who layed the corner stone thereof:
When the starres of the morning praised (me) together, and all the children of God reioyced:
Or (who) hathe shut vp the sea with dores when it yssued and came for the (as) out of the wombe:
VVhen I made the cloudes (as) a couering thereof, and darkenes (as) the swadeling bandes thereof:
VVhen I stablished my commandement vpon, and set barres and dores,
And said, Het her to shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shal it staye thy proude waues,
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place.
That it might take holde of the cornes of the earth, and that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
It is turned as clay to facion, and all stand vp as a garment.
And from the wicked their light shalbe taken away, and the armie shalbe broken.
Hast thou entred into the bottomes of the sea? or hast thou walked to seke out the depth?
Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou sene the gates of the shadow of death.
Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth: tel if thou knowest all this.
VVhere is the way (where) light dwelleth, and where is the palace of darkenes,
That thou shuldest receiue it in the 〈◊〉 thereof, and that thou shuldest knowe the paths to the house thereof.
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then borne, and (because) the no{m}ber of thy daies (is) great.
Hast thou entred into the treasures of the 〈◊〉: or hast thou sene the treasures of the hayle.
Which I haue hid against the time of trouble, against the day of warre and battel.
By what way is the light parted, (which) scatereth the East winde vpon the earth,
VVho hathe deuided the spowtes for the raine: or the way for the lightening of the thunders.
To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is (and) in the wildernes where there is no man,
To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spri{n}g for the
VVho is the father of the raine or who hathe begotten the droppes of the dewe:
Out of whose wombe came the 〈◊〉: who hathe ingendred the frost of the heauen:
The waters are hid as (with) a stone: & the face of the depth is frosen.
Ca{n}st thou restraine the swete (influe{n}ces) of the Pleiades: or loose the ba{n}ds of Oriōn:
Canst thou bring for the Mazzarōth in their time? canst thou also guide Arcturus with his sonnes.
Knowest thou the course of heauen or ca{n}st thou set the rule thereof in the earth:
Canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes that the abundance of water may couer thee?
Ca{n}st thou sende the lightenings that thei may walke, and say vnto thee. Lo, here we are?
Who hathe put wisdome in the reines? or who hathe giuen the heart vndersta{n}ding.
Who can nomber cloudes by wisdome? or who can cause to cease the bottels of heauen.
When the earth groweth into hardenes, and the clotes are fast together?
WIlt thou hunt the praye for the lyo{n} or fil the appetite of the lyons whelpes,
When they couche in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?
Who prepareth for the rauen his meat, when his byrdes crye vnto God, wandering for lacke of meat?
Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring forthe yong? (or) doest thou marke when the hindes do calue?
Ca{n}st thou nomber the moneths that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time whe{n} they bring forthe?
They bowe the{m} selues: they bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes.
(Yet) their yong waxe fat, and growe vp with corne: they go forthe & returne not vnto them.
Who hathe set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hathe loosed the bondes of the wilde asse?
(It is I) which haue made the wildernes his house, and the salt places his dwellings.
He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crye of the driuer.
He seketh out the mountaine for his pasture, & searcheth after euerie grene thing
Wil the vnicorne serue thee? or wil he tary by thy cribbe?
Canst thou binde the vnicorne with his band (to labour) in the sorrowe? or wil he plowe the valleis after thee?
Wilt thou trust in him because his stre{n}gth is great, and cast of thy labour vnto him?
VVhilt thou beleue him, that he wil bring home thy sede, & gather it vnto thy barne
(Hast thou giuen) the pleasant wings vnto the pecockes? or wings and fethers vnto the ostricke?
VVhich leaueth his egges in the earth and maketh them hote in the dust.
And forgetteth that the fote might seater the{m}, or that the wilde beast might breake them.
He sheweth him selfe cruel vnto his yong ones (as) they were not his (&) his without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.
For God hathe depriued him of wisdome and hathe giuen him no parte of vndersta{n}ding.
VVhen time (is) he mounteth on hye: he mocketh the horse and his rider.
Hast thou giuen the horse strength (or) couered his necke with neying?
Hast thou made him afraied as the grashoper? his strong neying is feareful.
He diggeth in the valley, and reioyceth in (his) strength: he goeth forthe to mete the haruest (man.)
He mocketh at feare, and is not afraied, & turneth not backe from the sworde.
(Thogh) the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.
He swalloweth the grounde for fearcenes and rage, and he beleueth not that it is the noyse of the trumpet.
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: he smelleth the battel a farre of, and the noyse of the captaines, and the shuting.
Shal the hauke flie by thy wisdome (stretching out) his wyngs toward the South?
Doeth the egle mount vp at thy commandement, or make his nest on hye?
She abideth and remaineth in the rocke, (euen) vpon the top of the rocke, and the tower.
From thence she spieth for meat (and) her eyes beholde a farre of.
His yong ones also suche vp blood: and where the slaine (are) there is she.
Moreouer the Lord spake vnto Iob, and said,
Is this to learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reproueth God, let him answer to it.
¶ Then Iob answered the Lord, saying,
Beholde, I am vile: what shal I answer thee? I wil lay mine hand vpon my mouth.
Once haue I spoken, but I wil answer no more, yea twise, but I wil procede no farther.
AGaine the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
Gird vp now thy loynes like a man: I wil dema{n}de of the, and declare thou vnto me.
VVilt thou disanul my iugdeme{n}t (or) wilt thou condemne me, that thou maiest be iustified.
Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him.
Decke thy selfe now with maiestie and excellencie, and araye thy self with beautie and glorie.
Cast abroad the indignacion of thy wrath and beholde euerie one that is proude, & abase him.
Loke on euerie one that is arrogant (and) bring him low: and destroy the wicked in their palace.
Hide them in the dust together (and) binde their faces in a secret palace.
Then wil I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.
¶ Beholde now Behemóth, [whome I made with thee] which eateth grasse as an oxe.
Beholde now, his strength (is) in his loines, and his force (is) in then auil of his belly.
(Whe{n}) he taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedre: the sinewes of his stones are wrapt together.
His bones are (like) staues of brasse (&) his small bones like staues of yron.
He is the chief of the wayes of God. he that made him, wil make his sworde to approche vnto him.
Surely the mountaines bring him forthe grasse, where all the beasts of the field playe.
Lyeth he vnder the trees in the couert of the rede and fennes?
Can the trees couer him with their shadowe? or can the willowes of the riuer co{m}passe him about?
Beholde, he spoileth the riuer, & hasteth not: he trusteth that he can drawe vp Iordén into his mouth.
He taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth (his) nose through whatsoeuer meteth hi{m}.
¶ Canst thou draw out Liuiathán with an hooke, and with a line which thou shalt cast downe vnto his tongue.
Canst thou cast an hooke into his nose? canst thou perce his iawes with an angle?
Wil he make manie prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?
Wil he make a couenant with thee? (and) wilt thou take him as a seruant for euer?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou binde him for thy maides?
Shal the companions banket with him? shal they deuide him among the marcha{n}ts?
Canst thou fill the basket with his skinne or the fishpanyer with his head.
Laye thine hand vpo{n} him: remember the battel (and) do no more so.
Beholde, his hope is in vaine (for) shal not one perish euen at the sight of him?
NOne (is) so feare that dare stirre him vp Who is he then that can stand before me?
Who hathe preuented me that I shulde make an end? All vnder heauen is mine.
I wil not kepe silence (concerning) his partes, nor (his) power, nor his comely proportion.
Who can discouer the face of his garme{n}t (or) who shal come to him with a double bridel?
Who shal open the dores of his face? his teeth are feareful round about.
The maiestie (of his scales is like) strong shields (and) are sure sealed.
One is set to another, that no winde can come betwene them.
One is ioyned to another: they sticke together, that they can not be sondred.
His niesings make the light to shine, & his eyes (are) like the eye lids of the morning.
Out of his mouth go lampes (and) sparkes of fyre leape out.
Out of his nostrelles cometh out smoke, as out of a boyling pot or caldron.
His breath maketh the coles burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.
In his necke remaineth strength, and labour is reiected before his face.
The members of his bodlie are ioyned: they are stro{n}g in them selues (and) can not be moued.
His heart is as stro{n}g as a stone, and as hard as the nether milstone.
The mightie are afraied of his maiestie (&) for feare they faint in them selues.
When the sworde doeth touche him, he wil not rise vp (nor for) the speare, dart nor habergeon.
He estemeth yron as strawe, and brasse as rotten wood.
The archer can not make him flee: the stones of the sling are turned into stuble vnto him.
The dartes are counted as straw: and he laugheth at the shaking of the speare.
Sharpe stones are vnder him, and he spreadeth sharpe things vpon the myre.
He maketh the depth to boyle like a pot, & maketh the sea like (a pot) of oyntment.
He maketh a path to shine after him: one wolde thinke the depth as an hore head.
In the earth there is none like him: he is made without feare.
He beholdeth all hie things: he is a King ouer all the children of pride.
THen Iob answered the LORD, and said,
I knowe that thou canst do all things, and that there is no thoght hid from thee.
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstode not (euen) things to wonderful for me, and (which) I knewe not.
Heare, I beseche thee, and I wil speake: I wil demande of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee.
Therefore I abhorre (my self) and repent dust and ashes.
¶ Now after that the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, the Lord also said vnto Elipház the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and againste thy two friends: for ye haue not spoken of me the thing that is right, like my seruant Iob.
Therefore take vnto you now seuen bullockes, and seuen rams, and go to my serua{n}t Iob & offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, & my seruant Iob shal pray for you: for I wil accept him, lest I shulde put you to shame, because ye haue not spoken of me the thing, which is right, like my seruant Iob.
So Elipház the Temanite, and Bildád the Shuhite, (and) Zophár the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord had said vnto the{m}, and the Lord accepted Iob.
¶ Then the Lord turned the captiuitie of Iob, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gaue Iob twise so muche as he had before.
Then came vnto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, & all they that had bene of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house, and had compassion of him and comforted him for all the euil, that the Lord had broght vpon him, and euerie man gaue him a piece of money, and euerie one an earing of golde.
So the Lord blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first: for he had fourtene thousand shepe, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of 〈◊〉, and a thousand she asses.
He had also seuen sonnes, and thre daughters.
And he called the name of one Iemimáh, and the name of the seco{n}d Keziáh, and the name of the thirde Kerenhappúch.
In all the land were no women founde so faire as the daughters of Iob, & their father gaue them inheritance among their brethre{n}.
And after this liued Iob an hundreth and fourtie yeres, and sawe his sonnes, and his so{n}nes sonnes, (euen) foure generacions.
So Iob dyed, being olde, and ful of dayes.
BLessed (is) the ma{n} that doeth not walke in the cou{n}sel of the wicked nor sta{n}d in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scorneful:
But his delite (is) in the Lawe of the Lord, & in his Law doeth he meditate day and night.
For he shal be like a tre planted by the riuers of waters, that wil bring forthe her frute in due season: whose leafe shal not fade: so whatsoeuer he shal do, shal prosper.
The wicked (are) not so, but as the chaffe, which the winde driueth away.
Therefore the wicked shal not stand in the Iudgement, nor sinners in the assemblie of the righteous.
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked shal perish
WHy do the heathen rage, and the people murmurin vaine?
The Kings of the earth band them selues, & the princes are assembled together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Let vs breake their bands, and cast their cords from vs.
(But) he that dwelleth in the heauen shall laugh: the Lord shal haue the{m} in derision.
Then shal he speake vnto them in his wrath, and vexe them in his sore displeasure, (saying,)
(Euen) I haue set my King vpon Ziōn mine holic mountaine.
I wil declare the decree: (that is,) the Lord hathe said vnto me, Thou art my Sonne: this day haue I begotten thee.
Aske of me, and I shal giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the endes of the earth for thy possession.
Thou shalt krush them with a sceptre of yron, (and) breake them in pieces like a potters vessel.
Be wise now therefore, ye Kings: be learned ye Iudges of the earth.
Serue the Lord in feare, and reioyce in 〈◊〉 bling.
Kisse the Sonne, lest he be angrie, and ye perish in the waie, when his wrath shal suddenly burne blessed (are) all that trust in him.
LOrd, how are mine aduersaries increased? how manie rise against me?
Manie saye to my soule, (There is) no helpe for him in God, Sélah.
But thou Lord art a buckler for me: my glorie, and the lifter vp of mine head.
I did call vnto the Lord with my voyce, and he heard me out of his holie mountaine. Sélah.
I laied me downe and slept, (and) rose vp againe: for the Lord susteined me.
I wil not be afrayed for ten thousand of the people, that shulde be set me round about.
O Lord, arise: helpe me, my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies vpon the cheke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Saluacion (belongeth) vnto the Lord, (&) thy 〈◊〉 (is) vpon thy people. Sélah.
HEare me when I call, ô God of my righteousnes: thou hast set me at libertie, (when I was) in distres: haue mercie vpon me and hearken vnto my prayer.
〈◊〉 sonnes of men, how long (wil my turne) my glorie into shame, louing vanitie (&) seking lyes? Sélah.
For be ye sure that the Lord hathe chosen to him self a godlie man: the Lord wil heare when I cal vnto him.
Tremble, and sinne not: examine your owne heart vpo{n} your bed, and be stil Séláh
Offer the sacrifices of righteousnes, & trust in the Lord.
Manie saye, Who wil shew vs (anie) good? (but) Lord, lift vp the light of thy countena{n}ce vpon vs.
Thou hast giuen me more ioye of heart, the{n} (they haue had,) when their wheat and their wine did abunde.
I wil laye me downe, & also slepe in peace: for thou Lord, onely makest me dwel in sauetie.
HEare my wordes, ô Lord: vnderstand my meditacion.
Hearken vnto the voice of my crye, my King and my God: for vnto thee do I praye.
Heare 〈◊〉 voyce in the morning, ò Lord: (for) in the morning will I direct (me) vnto thee, and I wil wait.
For thou art not a God that loueth wickednes: nether shal euil dwel with thee.
The foolish shal not stand in thy sight: (for) thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie.
Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lord wil abhorre the bloodlie man and deceitful.
But I wil come into thine house in the multitude of thy mercie: (and) in thy feare wil I worship towarde thine holie Temple.
Lead me, ô Lord, in thy righteousnes, because of (mine) enemies: make thy 〈◊〉 plaine before my face.
For no co{n}stancie (is) in their mouth: within they are very corruption their throte (is) all open sepulchre, (&) they 〈◊〉 with their tongue.
Destroye them, ô God: let them fall from their counsels: cast them out for the multitude of their iniquities, because they haue rebelled against thee.
And let all them that trust in thee, reioyce (and) triumphe for euer, and couer thou them: and let them, that loue thy Name, reioyce in thee.
For thou Lorde wilt blesse the righteous, (and) with fauour wilt compas him, as with a shield.
O Lorde, rebuke me not in thine angre, nether chastise me in thy wrath.
Haue mercie vpon me, ô Lorde, for I am weake: ô Lorde heale me, for my bones are vexed.
My soule is also sore troubled: but Lorde how long wilt thou delay?
Returne, ô Lorde: deliuer my soule: saue me for thy mercies sake.
For in death (there is) no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall praise thee?
I fainted in my mournyng: I cause my bed euery night to swimme, (and) water my couche with my teares.
Mine eye is dimmed for despite, and sunke in because of all mine enemies.
Awaie frome me all ye workers of iniquitie: for the Lorde hathe heard the voyce of my weping.
The LORD hathe heard my peticion: the Lord wil receiue my prayer.
All mine enemies shalbe confounded and sore vexed: they shal be turned backe, (and) put to shame suddenly.
O Lorde my God, in thee I put my trust: saue me from all that persecute me, and deliuer me.
Lest he deuoure my soule lyke a lyon, and teare it in pieces, while there is none to helpe.
O Lord my God, if I haue done this thing: if there be (anie) wickednes in myne hands.
If I haue rewarded euill vnto hym that had peace with me, [yea I haue deliuered hym that vexed me without cause.]
(Then) let the enemie 〈◊〉 my soule and take it: yea, let hym treade my life downe vpon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Sélah.
Arise, ô Lorde, in thy wrath, and lift vp thy selfe against the rage of myne enemies, and awake for me (accordyng) to the iudgement (that) thou hast appointed.
So shal the Co{n}gregacion of the people compasse thee about: for their sakes therefore returne on hie.
The Lord shal iudge the people: iudge thou me, ô Lord, according to my righteousnes, and according to mine innocencie, (that is) in me.
Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an end: but guide thou the iust: for the ryghteous God tryeth the hearts and reines.
My defence (is) in GOD, who preserueth the vpright in heart.
God iudgeth the righteous, and hym that contemneth God, euerie day.
Except he turne, he hathe whet his sword: he hathe bent his bowe and made it readie.
He hathe also prepared hym deadly weapons: he wil ordeine his arrowes for them that 〈◊〉 (me.)
Beholde, he shal 〈◊〉 with wickednes: for he hathe conceiued mischief, but he shal bring forthe alye.
He 〈◊〉 made a pit and digged it, and is fallen into the pit (that) he made.
His mischief shal returne vpon hys owne head, and his crueltie shal fall vpon his owne pate.
I will praise the Lorde accordyng to hys righteousnes, and wil sing praise to the Name of the Lord moste high.
O Lord our Lorde, howe excellent is thy Name in all the worlde! whiche hast set thy glorie aboue the heauens.
Out of the mouthe of babes and suckelings hast thou ordeined strength, because of thine enemies, that thou myghtest still the enemie and the auenger.
When I beholde thine heauens, (euen) the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined.
What is man, (say I) that thou art mindfull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou 〈◊〉 him?
For thou hast made hym a litle lower then GOD, and crowned him with glorie and worship.
Thou hast made hym to haue dominion in the wordes of thine hands: thou hast put all things vnder his fete:
All shepe and oxen: yea, and the beastes of the field:
The foules of the aire, and the fishe of the sea, (and) that whiche passeth through the paths of the seas.
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the worlde!
I Wil praise the LORDE with my whole hearte: I will speake of all thy meruelous workes.
I wil be glad, and reioyce in thee: I wil sing praise to thy Name, ô moste high.
For that myne enemies are turned backe: they shal fall, and perish at thy presence.
For thou hast mainteined my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne, (and) iudgest right.
Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou haste destroied the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.
O enemie, destructions are come to a perpetual end, a{n}d thou hast destroied the cities: their memorial is perished with them.
But the Lord shall sit for euer: he hathe prepared his throne for iudgement.
For he shal iudge the world in rightcousnes, (and) shal iudge the people with equitie.
The Lord also will be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in (due) time, (euen) in affliction.
And they that knowe thy Name, wil trust in thee: for thou, Lorde, hast not failed them that seke thee.
Sing praises to the Lorde, which dwelleth in Zion, shewe the people his workes.
For whe{n} he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembreth it, (and) forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
Haue mercie vpon me, ô Lorde: consider my trouble, (whiche I 〈◊〉) of them that hate me, thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death.
That I maye shewe all thy prayses within the gates of the daughter of Zion, (and) reioyce in thy saluacion.
The heathen are sunke{n} downe in the pit, (that) they made: in the net that they hid, is their 〈◊〉 taken.
The Lorde is knowe{n} by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne hands. Higgaión. Sélah.
The wicked shal turne into hel, (and) all nations that forget God.
For the poore shal not be alwaie forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shal not perish for euer.
Vp Lord: let not man preuaile: let the heathen be iudged in thy sight.
Put them in feare, ô Lord, that the heathen maie know that they are but men. Sélah.
WHy standest thou farre of, ô LORD, (and) hidest thee in (due) time, (eue{n}) in affliction?
The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
For the wicked hathe made boast of hys owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth (him selfe:) he contemneth the Lord.
The 〈◊〉 is so proude that he seketh not (for God:) he thinketh alwaies, There is no God.
His wayes alwaye prosper: thy Iudgements are 〈◊〉 aboue hys sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.
He saieth in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.
Hys 〈◊〉 is full of cursing and disceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischief and iniquitie.
He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth he murther the innocent his eies are bent against the poore.
He lieth in wait secretly, (euen) as a lyon in hys denne: he lieth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.
He crowcheth (and) boweth: therfore heapes of the poore do fall by his might.
He hathe said in his heart, GOD hathe forgotten, he hideth awaye his face, (and) will neuer se.
Arise, o Lord God: lift vp thine hand: forget not the poore.
Wherefore doeth the wycked contemne God? he saieth in hys hearte, Thou wilt not regarde.
(Yet) thou hast sene it: for thou beholdest mischief and wrong, that thou maiest take it into thine hands: the poore committeth him selfe vnto thee: (for) thou art the helper of the fatherles.
Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, (and) thou shalt finde none.
The Lord (is) King for euer and euer: the heathen are destroyed forthe of his land.
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare (to them,)
To iuge the fatherles and poore, that earthlie man cause to feare no more.
IN the Lord put I my trust: how say ye then to my soule, Flee to your mountaine (as) a birde?
For lo, the wicked bend their bowe, (and) make readie their arrowes vpo{n} the strig, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.
For the 〈◊〉 are cast downe: what hathe the righreous done?
The Lord (is) in his 〈◊〉 palace: the Lords throne (is) in the 〈◊〉: his eyes wil consider: his 〈◊〉 lids wil trye the children of men
The Lord wil trye the righteous: but the wicked and him that loueth iniquitie, doeth his soule hate.
Vpon the wicked he shal raine snares, fyer and brimstone, and stormie tempest: (this is) the porcion of their cup.
For the righteous Lord loueth righteousnes his contenan ce doeth beholde the iust.
HElpe Lord, for there is not a godlie ma{n} left: for the faithful are failed 〈◊〉 amo{n}g the children of men.
They speake deceitfully euerie one with his neighbour, flattering with their lippes, (&) speake with a double heart.
The Lord cut of all flattering lippes, (&) the tongue that speaketh proude 〈◊〉:
Which haue said, With our tongue wil we preuaile: our lippes are our own: who is lord ouer vs?
Now for the oppression of the nedie, (and) for the sighes of the poore, I wil vp sayeth the Lord, (&) wil set at libertie him, (whom the wicked) hathe snared.
The wordes of the Lord (are) pure wordes, (as) the siluer, tryed in a fornace of earth, fined seuen folde.
Thou wilt kepe them, ô Lord: thou wilt preserue him from this generacion for euer.
The wicked walke on euerie side: whe{n} they are exalted, (it is) a shame for the sonnes of men.
HOw long wilt thou forget me, ô Lord, for euer? how long wilt thou hyde thy face from me?
How long shal I take cou{n}sel within my self (hauing) wearines daiely in mine heart? how lo{n}g shal mine enemie be exalted aboue me?
Beholde, (&) heare me, ò Lord my God: lighte{n} mine eyes, that I slepe not in death:
Lest mine enemie saye, I haue preuailed against him: (and) they that afflict me, reioyce when I slide.
But I trust in thy mercie: mine heart shal reioyce in thy saluacion: I 〈◊〉 sing to the Lord because he hathe 〈◊〉 with me.
THe foole hathe said in his heart, (There is) no God: they haue corrupted, & done an abominable worke: (there is) none that doeth good.
The Lord loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men, to se if there were anie that wolde vnderstand, and seke God.
All are gone out of the way: they are all corrupt: there is none that doeth good: no not one.
Do not all the workers of iniquitie knowe that they eat vp my people, (as) they eat bread? they call not vpon the Lord.
There they shal be take{n} with feare, because God (〈◊〉) in the generacion of the iust.
You haue made a mocke at the counsel of the poore, because the Lord (is) his trust.
Oh giue saluacion vnto Israél out of Zión: when the Lord turneth the 〈◊〉 of his people, (then) Iaakób 〈◊〉, & Israél shal be glad.
LOrd, who shal dwel in thy Tabernacle? who shal rest in thine holie Mountayne.
He that walketh vprightly and worketh righteousnes, and speaketh the trueth in his heart.
He that sclandreth not with his tongue, nor doeth euil to his neighbour, nor receiueth a false reporte against his neighbour.
In whose eyes a vile persone is contemned, but he (honoreth) them that feare the Lord: he that sweareth to his (owne) hinderance and changeth not.
He that giueth not his money vnto vsurie, not taketh rewarde againste the innocent: he that doeth these things, shal neuer be moued.
PReserue me, ô God: for in thee do I trust
(O my soule,) thou hast said vnto the Lord Thou art my Lord: my wel doing (exte{n}deth) not to thee,
(But) to the Saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent: all my delite is in them.
The sorowes of them, that offer to another (God,) shal be multiplied: their offrings of blood wil I not offer, nether make mencion of their names with my lippes.
The Lord (is) the porcion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.
The lines are fallen vnto me in pleasant places: yea, I haue a faire heritage.
I wil praise the Lord, who hathe giuen me counsel: my reines also teache me in the nights.
I haue set the Lord alwayes before me: for he is at my right hand: (therefore) I shal not slide.
Wherefore mine heart is glad & my to{n}gue reioyceth: my flesh also doeth rest in hope.
For thou wilt not leaue my soule in the graue: nether wilt thou suffer thine holie one to se corruption.
Thou wilt shewe me the path of life: in thy presence (is) the fulnes of ioye: (and) at thy right hand there (are) pleasures for euermore
HEare the right, ô Lord, co{n}sider my crye hearke{n} vnto my prayer of lips 〈◊〉.
Let my sentence come forthe from thy presence, (and) let thine eyes beholde equitie.
Thou hast proued (and) visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tryed me, (and) foundest nothing: (for) I was purposed that my mouth shulde not offend.
Concerning the workes of men, by the wordes of thy lippes I kept me fro{m} the paths of the cruel man.
Stay my steps in thy paths, that my fete do not slide.
I haue called vpon thee: surely thou wilt heare me, ô God: incline thine eare to me, (and) hearken vnto my wordes.
Shewe thy maruelous mercies, (thou) that art the Sauiour of them that trust (in thee,) from suche as resist thy right hand.
Kepe me as the apple of the eye: hide me vnder the shadow of thy wings,
From the wicked that oppresse me, (from mine) enemies, whiche compasse me rounde about for (my) soule.
They are inclosed in their owne fatt, (and) they haue spoken proudly with their mouth
They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the grounde:
Like as a lyon that is gredie of praye, & as it were a lyons whelpe lurking in secret places
Vp Lord, disapoint him: cast him downe: deliuer my soule from the wicked with thy sworde.
Fro{m} men by thine hand, ô Lord, from men of the worlde, who haue their porcion in this life, whose belies thou fillest with thine hid treasure: their children haue ynough, and leaue the rest of their substa{n}ce for their children.
(But) I wil beholde thy face in righteousnes, (and) when I awake, I shalbe satisfied with thine image.
I Wil loue thee derely, ô Lord my strength.
The Lord (is) my rocke, and my forteresse and he that deliuereth me, my God (and) my strength: in him wil I trust, my shield, the horne also of my saluacion, (and) my refuge.
I wil call vpon the Lord, which is worthie to be praised: so shal I be safe from mine enemies.
The sorowes of death compassed me, and the floods of wickednes made me afrayed.
The sorowes of the graue haue compassed about: the snares of death ouertoke me.
(But) in my trouble did I call vpon the Lord, and cryed vnto my God: he heard my voyce out of his Temple, and my crye did come before him, (euen) into his eares.
Then the earth trembled, and quaked: the fundacions also of the mountaines moued & shoke, because he was angrie.
Smoke went out at his nostrels, and a cōsu ming fyre out of his mouth: coles were kindled thereat.
He bowed the heauens also and came downe, and darkenes (was) vnder his fete.
And he rode vpon Cherúb and did slie, and he came flying vpon the wings of the winde.
He made darkenes his secret place (and) his pauilion rounde about him, (euen) darkenes of waters, (and) cloudes of the aire.
At the brightnes of his presence his cloudes passed, hailestones and coles of fyre.
The Lord also thundred in the heauen, and the Highest gaue his voyce, hailestones and coles of fyre.
Then he sent out his arrowes and scatered them, and he increased lightnings and destroyed them.
And the chanels of waters were sene, & the fundacions of the worlde were discouered at thyrebuking, ô Lord, at the blasting of the breath of thy nostrels.
He hathe sent downe from aboue (and) taken me: he hathe drawen me out of manie waters.
He hathe deliuered me from my strong enemie, and from them which hate me: for they were to strong for me.
They preuented me in the daye of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.
He broght me forthe also into a large place: he deliuered me because he fauoured me.
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnes: according to the purenes of mine hands he recompensed me:
Because I kept the wayes of the Lord, and did not wickedly against my God.
For all his Lawes (where) before me, and I did not cast away his commandeme{n}ts from me.
I was vpright also with him, and haue kept me from my wickednes.
Therefore the Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnes, (and) according to the purenes of mine hands in his sight.
With the godlie thou wilt shewe thy self godlie: with the vpright man thou wilt shewe thy self vpright.
With the pure thou wilt shewe thy self pure and with the frowarde thou wilt shewe thy self froward.
Thus thou wilt saue the poore people, and wilt cast downe the proude lokes.
Surely thou wilt light my candel: the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes.
For by thee I haue broken through an hoste, and by my God I haue leaped ouer a wall.
The waye of God is vncorrupt: the worde of the Lord is tryed (in the fyre:) he is a shield to all at that trust in him.
For who is God besides the Lord? and who is mightie saue our God?
God girdeth me with strength, and maketh my waye vpright.
He maketh my fete like hindes (fete,) and setteth me vpon mine high places.
He teacheth mine hands to fight: so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes.
Thou hast also giuen me the shield of thy saluacion, and thy right hand hathe stayed me, and thy louing kindenes hathe caused me to increase.
Thou hast enlarged my steppes vnder me, and mine heles haue not slid.
I haue pursued mine enemies, and taken them, and haue not turned againe til I had consumed them.
I haue wounded the{m} that they were not able to rise: they are fallen vnder my fete.
For thou hast girded me with stre{n}gth to battel: them, that rose against me, thou hast subdued vnder me.
And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroye them that hate me.
They cryed, but there was none to saue (them, euen) vnto the Lord, but he answered them not.
Then I did beate them smale as the dust before the winde: I did tread them flat as the claye in the stretes.
Thou hast deliuered me fro{m} the contentio{n}s of the people: thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people, (whome) I haue not knowen, shal serue me.
Assone as thei heare, thei shal obey me: the strangers shal be in subiection to me.
Strangers shal shrinke away, and feare in their priuie chambers.
Let the Lord liue, and blessed be my stre{n}gth, and the God of my saluacion be exalted.
(It is) God that giueth me (power) to auenge me, and subdueth the people vnder me.
O my deliuerer from mine enemies, euen thou hast set me vp from them, that rose against me: thou hast deliuered me from the cruel man.
Therefore I wil praise thee, ô Lord amo{n}g the nations, and wil sing vnto thy Name.
Great deliuerances giueth he vnto his King and sheweth mercie to his anointed, (euen) to Dauid, and to his sede for euer.
THe heauens declare the glorie of God, and the firmament sheweth the worke of his hands.
Daie vnto daie vttereth the same, and night vnto night teacheth knowledge.
(There is) no speache no language, (where) their voyce is not heard.
Their line is gone forthe through all the earth, and their wordes into the ends of the worlde: in them hathe he set a tabernacle for the sunne.
Which commeth forthe as bridegrome out of his chambre, (and) reioyceth like a mightie man to runne (his) race.
His going out (is) from the end of the heauen, & his co{m}pas (is) vnto the ends of the same, & none is hid from the heate thereof.
The Law of the Lord is perfite, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of the Lord is sure, and giueth wisdome vnto the simple.
The 〈◊〉 of the Lord (are) right & reioyce the heart: the co{m}mandement of the Lord (is) pure, and giueth light vnto the eyes.
The feare of the Lord (is) cleane, a{n}d indureth for euer: the iudgement of the Lord (are) trueth: they are righteous all together,
And more to be desired then golde, yea, then muche fine golde: sweter also the{n} honie and the honie combe.
Moreouer by them (is) thy seruant made circumspect, (and) in keping of them there (is) great rewarde.
Who can vnderstand (his) faute? clense me from secret (〈◊〉.)
Kepe thy seruant also from presumpteous sinnes: let the{m} not reigne ouer me: so shal I be vpright, and made cleane fro{m} muche wickednes.
Let the wordes of my mouth, and the meditation of 〈◊〉 heart be acceptable in thy sight, ô, Lord, my strength, and my redemer.
THe Lord heare thee in the daye of trouble: the Name of the God of Iaakōb defende thee:
Send thee helpe from the Sanctuarie, and strengthen thee out of Zion.
Let him remember all thine offrings, and turne thy burnt offrings into ashes. Sélah:
(And) grante thee according to thine heart, and fulfil all thy purpose:
(That) we may reioyce in thy saluacion, and set vp the banner in the Name of our God, (when) the Lord shal performe all thy petitions.
Now know I that the Lord wil helpe his 〈◊〉, (and) wil heare him from his Sanctuarie, by the mightie helpe of his right hand.
Some (trust) in chariots, and some in horses: but we wil remember the Name of the Lord our God.
They are broght downe and fallen, but we are risen, and stande vpright.
Saue Lord: let the King heare vs in the day that we call.
THe King shal reioyce in thy strength, ô Lord: yea, how greatly shal he reioyce in thy saluation!
Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire, and hast not denied (him) the request of his lippes. Sélah.
For thou didest preuent him with liberal blessings, (and) didest set a crowne of pure golde vpon his head.
He asked life of thee, (&) thou gauest him a long life for euer and euer.
His glorie (is) great in thy saluacion: dignitie and honour hast thou layed vpon him.
For thou hast set him (as) blessings for euer thou hast made him glad with the ioye of thy countenance.
Because the King trusteth in the Lord, and in the mercie of the most High, he shal not slide.
Thine hand shal finde out all thine enemies (and) thy right hand shal finde out them that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them like a fyrie ouen in time of thine angre: the Lord shall destroy them in his wrath, and the fyer shal deuoure them.
Their frute shalt thou destroy fro{m} the earth and their sede from the children of men.
For they intended, euil against thee, (and) imagined mischief, (but) they shal not preuaile.
Therefore shalt thou put them a parte, (&) the strings of thy bowe shalt thou make ready against their faces.
Be thou exalted, ô Lord, in thy stre{n}gth: (so) wil we sing and praise thy power.
MY God my God, why hast thou forsake{n} me, (&) art so farre from mine health (and from) the wordes of my roaring?
O my God, I crye by daie, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience.
But thou art holie, and doest inhabite the praises of Israél.
Our fathers trusted in thee they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.
They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not co{n}fou{n}ded.
But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame me of men, and the contempt of the people.
All they that se me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe (and) nod the head, (saying,)
He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him let him saue him, seing he loueth him.
But thou didest drawe me out of the wombe: thou gauest me hoope, (euen) at my mothers breasts.
I was cast vpon thee, (euen) from the wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.
Be not farre fro{m} me, because trouble is nere: for (there is) none to helpe (me.)
Manie yong bulles haue co{m}passed me: mightie bulles of Bashán haue closed me about.
They gape vpo{n} me with their mouthes, (as) a ramping and roaring lion.
I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.
My stre{n}gth is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleueth to my iawes, and thou hast broght me into 〈◊〉 dust of death.
For dogges haue compassed me, (and) the 〈◊〉 of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my fete,
I maye tel all my bones: (yet) they beholde, (and) loke vpon me.
They parte my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.
But be not thou farre of, ô Lord, my strength hasten to helpe me.
Deliuer my soule from the sworde: my desolate (soule) from the power of the dog.
Saue me from the lions mouth, & answer me (in sauing me) from the hornes of the vnicornes.
I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregacion wil I praise thee, (saying,)
Praise the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the sede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the sede of Israél.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poore: nether hathe he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard.
My praise (shalbe) of thee in the great Congregatio{n}: my vowes will performe before them that feare him.
The poore shal eat and be satisfied: they that seke after the Lord, shal praise him: your heart shal liue for euer.
All the ends of the worlde shal remembre (them selues,) and turne to the Lord: and all the 〈◊〉 of the nations shal worship before thee.
For the kingdome (is) the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.
All 〈◊〉 that be fat in the earth, shal eat and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shal bowe before him, euen he that can not quicken his owne soule.
(Their) sede shal serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation.
They shal come, and shal declare his righteousnes vnto a people that shal be borne, because he hathe done it.
THe Lord (is) my shepherd, I shal not want.
He maketh me to rest in grene pasture, (and) leadeth me by the stil waters.
He restoreth my soule, (and) leadeth me in the paths of righteousnes for his Names
Yea, thogh I shulde walke through the valley of the shadow of death, I wil feare no euil: for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staffe, they comfort me.
Thou doest prepare a table before me in the sight of mine aduersaries: thou doest anoint mine head with oyle, (and) my cup ru{n}neth ouer.
Douteles kindenes, and mercie shal follow me all the dayes of my life, and I shal remaine a long season in the house of the Lord.
THe earth (is) the Lords, and all that therein is: the worlde and they that dwel therein.
For he hathe founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.
Who shal ascende into the mountaine of the Lord? and who shal stand in his holie place?
(Euen he that hathe) innocent hands, & a pure heart: which hathe not lift vp his minde vnto vanitie, nor sworne deceitfully.
He shal receiue a blessing from the Lord, & righteousnes fro{m} the God of his saluacion.
This is the generation of them that seke him, of them that seke thy face, (this is) Iaakób. Sélah.
Lift vp your heades ye gates, and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting dores, and the King of glorie shal come in.
Who is this King of glorie? the Lord, strong & mightie, (eue{n}) the Lord mightie in battel.
Lift vp your heades, ye gates, & lift vp (yourselues,) ye euerlasting dores, and the King of glorie shal come in.
Who is this King of glorie? the Lord of hostes, he is the King of glorie. 〈◊〉.
VNto thee, ô Lord, lift I vp my soule.
My God, I trust in thee: let me not be consounded: let not mine enemies reioyce ouer me.
So all that hope in thee, shal not be ashamed: (but) let them be confounded, that tra{n}sgresse without cause.
Shew me thy wayes, ô Lord, (&) teache me thy paths.
Lead me forthe in thy trueth, and teache me for thou art the God of my saluacion: in thee do I trust all the daye.
Remember, ô Lord, thy rendre mercies, and thy louing kindenes: for they haue bene for euer.
〈◊〉 not the sinnes of my youth, nor my rebellions, (but) according to thy kindenes remember thou me, (euen) for thy good 〈◊〉 sake, ô Lord.
Gracious and righteous (is) the Lord: therefore wil he teache sinners in the waye.
Them that be meke, wil he guide in iudgement, and teache the humble his waye.
All the paths of the Lord (are) mercie and trueth vnto such as kepe his couenant & his 〈◊〉.
For thy Names sake, ô Lord, be merciful vnto mine iniquitie, for it is great.
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shal he teache the waye (that) he shal chuse
His soule shal dwel at ease, and his 〈◊〉 shal 〈◊〉 the land.
The secret of the Lord (is reueiled) to the{m}, that feare him: and his couenant to giue the{m} vnderstanding.
〈◊〉 eies (are) euer toward the Lord: for he wil bring my fete out of the net.
Turne thy face vnto me, and haue mercie vpon me: for I am desolate and poore.
The sorowes of mine heart are enlarged: drawe me out of my troubles.
Loke vpon mine affliction and my trauel, & 〈◊〉 all my sinnes.
Beholde mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate with cruel hatred.
Kepe my soule, and deliuer me: let me be co{n}founded, for 〈◊〉 trust in thee.
Let (mine) vprightenes and equitie preserue me: for mine hope is in thee.
Deliuer Israél, ô God, out of all his troubles
IVdge me ô Lord, for I haue walked in mine innocencie: my trust hathe bene also in the Lord: (therefore) shal I not slide.
Proue me, ô Lord, and trye me: examine my reines, and mine heart.
For thy louing kindenes (is) before mine eyes: therefore haue I walked in thy trueth.
I haue not hanted with vaine persones, nether kept companie with the dissemblers.
I haue hated the assemblie of the euil, and 〈◊〉 not companied with the wicked.
I wil wash mine hands in innocencie, ô Lord, and compasse thine altar,
That 〈◊〉 maie declare with the voice of thankesgiuing, and set forthe all wonderous workes.
O Lord, I haue loued the habitation of thine house, and the place where thine honour 〈◊〉.
Gather not my soule with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodie men:
In whose hands (is) wickednes, and their right hands is ful of bribes.
But I wil 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 innocencie: redeme me (therefore,) and be merciful vnto me.
My fote standeth in vprightnes: I wil praise thee, ô Lord, in the Congregations.
THe Lord (is) my light and my saluation whome shal I feare? the Lord (is) the stre{n}gth of my life, of whome shal I be afraid?
When the wicked, (euen) mine enemies and my foes came vpo{n} me to eat vp my flesh they stumbled and fel.
Thogh an hoste pitched against me, mine heart shulde not be afraid: thogh warre be raised against me, I wil trust in this.
One thing haue I desired of the Lord, that I wil require, (〈◊〉) that I may dwel in the house of the Lord all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautie of the Lord, & to visite his Temple.
For in the time of trouble he shal hide me in his Tabernacle: in the secret (place) of his pa 〈◊〉 shal he hide me, (and) set me vp vpon a rocke.
And now shal he lift vp mine head aboue mine enemies round about me: therfore wil I offer in his Tabernacle sacrifices of ioye: I wil sing and praise the Lord.
Hearken vnto my voice, ô Lord, (when) I crye: haue mercie also vpon me & heare me.
(When thou saidest,) 〈◊〉 ye my face, mine heart answered vnto thee, O Lord, I wil seke thy face.
Hide not (therefore) thy face from me, nor cast thy serua{n}t awaie in displeasure: thou hast bene my succour: leaue me not, nether forsake me, ô God of my saluation.
Thogh my father and my mother shulde forsake 〈◊〉, yet the Lord wil gather me vp.
Teache me thy waie, ô Lord, and leade me in a right path, because of mine enemies.
Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and suche as speake cruelly.
(I shulde haue fainted,) except I had beleued to see the goodnes of the Lord in the land of the 〈◊〉.
Hope in the Lord: be strong, and he shall comfortthine heart, and trust in the Lord.
VNto thee, ô Lord, do I crye, ô my stre{n}gth be not deafe toward me, 〈◊〉 if thou answer me not, I be like them that go downe into the pit,
Heare the voice of my peticions, whe{n} I crye vnto thee, whe{n} I 〈◊〉 vp mine 〈◊〉 toward thine holy Oracle.
Drawe 〈◊〉 not awaie with the 〈◊〉, and with the workers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice (is) in their hearts.
Re Ward them according to their dedes, and according to the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 inuentions: recompense them after worke of their hands: render them their rewarde.
For thei regard not the workes of the Lord nor the operation of his hands: (therefore) breake the{m} downe, and buylde the{m} not vp.
Praise (be) the Lord, for he he hathe heard the voice of my petitions.
The Lord (is) my strength and my 〈◊〉: mine heart trusted in him, and I was helped: therefore mine heart shal reioyce, and with my song wil I praise him.
The Lord (is) their strength, and he is the strength of the deliuera{n}ces of his anointed.
Saue thy people, and blesse thine inheritan ce: fede them also, and exalt them for euer,
GIue vnto the Lord, ye sonnes of the mightie: giue vnto the Lord glorie and strength.
Giue vnto the Lord glorie (〈◊〉) vnto his Name: worship the Lord in the glorious Sanctuarie.
The voice of the Lord (is) vpon the waters the God of glorie maketh it to thunder the Lord (is) vpon the great waters.
The voice of the Lord (is) mightie; the voice of the Lord (is) glorious.
The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedres yea, the Lord breaketh the cedres of Lebanón.
He maketh them also to leape like a calfe: Lebanon (also) and Shirión like a yong vnicorne.
The voice of the Lord deuideth the flames of fyre.
The voice of the Lord maketh the wildernes to tremble: the Lord maketh the wildernes of Kadésh to tremble.
The voice of the Lord maketh the hindes to calue, and discouereth the forests: (therefore) in his Temple doeth 〈◊〉 man speake of (his) glorie.
The Lord sitteth vpon the flood, and the Lord doeth remaine King for euer.
The Lord shal giue stre{n}gth vnto his people the Lord shal 〈◊〉 his people with peace.
I Wil magnifie 〈◊〉, ô Lord: for thou hast 〈◊〉 me, and hast not made my foes to 〈◊〉 ouer me.
O Lord my God, I cryed vnto thee, and thou hast restored me.
O Lord, thou hast broght vp my soule out of the graue: thou hast reuiued me fro{m} them that go downe into the pit.
Sing praises vnto the Lord, ye his Saints, and giue thankes before the remembrance of his Holmes.
For (he 〈◊〉 but) a while in his angre: (but) in his fauour (is) life: weping maie abide at euening, but ioye (cometh) in the morning.
And in my prosperitie I said, I shal neuer be moued.
(For) thou Lord of thy goodnes hadest made my mountaine to stand strong: (but) thou didest hide thy face, (and) I was troubled.
(Then) cryed I vnto thee, ô Lord, and prayed to my Lord.
What profit (is there) in my blood, whe{n} I go downe to the pit? 〈◊〉 the dust giue tha{n}kes vnto thee? or shal it declare thy trueth?
Heare, ô Lord and haue mercie vpon me: Lord, be thou 〈◊〉 helper.
Thou hast turned my mourning into ioye: thou hast losed my sacke & girded me with gladnes.
Therefore shal (my) tongue praise thee and not cease: ô Lord my God, I wil giue thankes vnto thee for euer.
IN rhee, ô Lord, haue I put my trust: let me neuer be confounded: deliuer me in thy righteousnes.
Bowe downe thine eare 〈◊〉 me: make haste to deliuer me: be vnto me a strong rocke, (&) an house of defence to saue me.
〈◊〉 thou art my rocke and my fortres: therefore for thy Names sake direct me and guide me.
Drawe me out of the net, that they haue laied priuely for me: for thou 〈◊〉 my stre{n}gth.
Into thine hand I commende my spirit (for) thou hast redemed me, ô Lord God of trueth
I haue hated them that giue them selues to deceitful vanities: for I trust in the Lord,
I wil be glad and reioyce in thy mercie: for thou hast sene my trouble: thou hast knowen my soule in aduersities.
And thou hast not shut me vp in the ha{n}d of the enemie, (but) hast set my fete at large,
Haue mercie vpon me, ô Lord: for I am in trouble: mine eye, my soule and my bellie are consumed with grief.
For my life is wasted with heauines, and my yeres with mourning: my strength faileth for my peine, and my bones are consumed.
I was a reproche among all mine enemies, but specially among my neighbours: and a feare to mine acquaintance, who seing me in the strete, fled from me.
I am forgotten, as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessel.
For I haue heard the railing of great men: feare (was) on euerie side, while they conspired together against me, (and) consulted to take my life.
But I trusted in thee, ô Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
My times are in thine ha{n}d: deliuer me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant, (and) saue me through thy mercie.
Let me not be confounded, ô Lord: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked be put to confusion, (and) to silence in the graue.
Let the lying lippes be made dumme, which cruelly, proudely and spitefully speake against the righteous.
How great is thy goodnes which thou hast laied vp for them, that feare thee! (and) done to them, that trust in thee, (euen) before the sonnes of men!
Thou doest hide them priuely in thy presence from the pride of men: thou kepest them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife of tongues.
Blessed (be) the Lord: for he hathe shewed his maruelous kindenes towarde me in a strong citie.
Thogh I said in mine haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet thou heardest the voyce of my praier, when I cryed vnto thee.
Loue ye the Lord all his Saints: (for) the Lord preserueth the faithful, and rewardeth abundantly the proude doer,
All ye that trust in the Lord, he strong, and and he shal establish your heart.
BLessed (is he) whose wickednes is forgiuen, (and) whose sinne is couered.
Blessed (is) the man, vnto whome the Lorde imputeth not iniquitie, and in whose spirit (there is) no guile.
When I helde my tongue, my bones consumed, (or) when I roared all the day.
[For thine hand is heauie vpon me, day and night: (and) my moisture is turned into the drought of simmer. 〈◊〉]
(The{n}) I acknowledged my sinne vnto thee, nether hid I myne iniquitie: (for) I thoght, I wil confesse against my selfe my wickednes vnto the Lorde, and thou forgauest the punishment of my sinne. Sélah.
Therefore shall euerie one, that is godlie, make his prayer vnto thee in a time, when thou maiest be founde: surely in the flood of great waters they shall not come nere him.
Thou art my secret place: thou preseruest me from trouble: thou compassest me about with ioyfull deliuerance. Sélah.
I wil instruct thee, and teache thee in the way, that thou shalt go, (and) I wil guide thee with mine eye.
Be ye not lyke an horse, (or) lyke a mule, (whiche) vnderstande not: whose mouthes thou doest binde with bit a{n}d bridel, lest they come nere thee.
Many sorowes (shall come) to the wicked: but he, that trusteth in the Lord, mercie shal compasse him.
Be glad ye ryghteous, and reioyce in the Lorde, and be ioyfull all ye, that are vpryght in heart.
REioyce in the Lòrde, ô ye ryghteous: (for) it becometh vprightmen to be thankeful.
Praise the Lord with harpe: sing vnto hym with viole (and) instrument often strings.
Sing vnto him a new song: sing cherefully with a loude voyce.
For the worde of the Lord (is) righteous, and all his workes (are) faithful.
He loueth righteousnes and iudgement: the earth is ful of the goodnes of the Lord.
By the worde of the Lord were the heaue{n}s ma 〈◊〉, and all the hoste of the{m} by the breath of his mouth.
He gathered the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and laieth vp the depths in (his) treasures.
Let all the earth feare the Lord: let all the{m} that dwel in the worlde, feare him.
For he spake, and it was done he co{m}manded, and it stode.
The Lord breaketh the counsell of the heathen, (and) bringeth to noght the deuises of the people.
The counsel of the Lord shal sta{n}d for euer, (and) the thoghtes of hys hearte through out all ages.
Blessed (is) that nacion, whose GOD is the Lord: (euen) the people, (that) he hath chosen for his inheritance.
The Lord loketh downe frome heauen, (and) beholdeth all the children of men.
From the habitacion of hys dwelling he beholdeth all the{m}, that dwel in the earth.
He facioneth their heartes euerye one, (and) vnderstandeth all their workes.
The King is not saued by the multitude of an hoste, (nether) is the mightie ma{n} deliuered by great strength.
A horse is a vaine helpe, and shal not deliuer (anie) by his great strength.
Beholde, the eye of the Lord (is) vpon them that feare him, (and) vpon them, that trust in his mercie,
To de'iuer their soules from death, and to preserue them in famine.
Our soule waiteth for the Lord: (for) he is our helpe and our shield.
Surely our heart shall reioyce in hym, because we trusted in his holie Name.
Let thy mercie, ô Lord, be vpon vs, as we trust in thee.
I Wil alwaie giue tha{n}kes vnto the Lord: his praise (shalbe) in my mouthe con tinually.
My soule shal glorie in the Lord: the 〈◊〉 shal heare it, and be glad.
Praise ye the Lord with me, and let vs magnifie his Name together.
I soght the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he deliuered me out of all feare.
They shall loke vnto him, and runne (to him) and their saces shal not be ashamed, (saying,)
This poore man cryed, and the Lord heard (him,) & saued him out of all his troubles.
The Angell of the Lord pitched rounde about them, that feare him, and deliuereth them.
Taste ye and se, how gracious the Lord is: blessed (is) the man that trusteth in him.
Feare the Lord, ye his Saints: for nothing wanteth to them that feare him.
The lyo{n}s do lacke and suffer hungre, but they, which soke the Lord, shal want nothing that is good.
Come children, hearken vnto me: I wyll teache you the feare of the Lord.
What man is he, that desireth life, and loueth (long) daies for to se good?
Kepe thy tongue from euil, & thy lippes, that they speake no guile.
Eschew euil and do good seke peace, and followe after it.
The eyes of the Lord (are) vpon the ryghteous, & his eares (are ope{n}) vnto their crye
(But) the face of the Lord (is) against the{m} that do euill, to cut of their remembrance from the earth.
(The righteous) crye, & the Lord 〈◊〉 (them,) & deliuereth them out of all theyr troubles.
The Lord is nere vnto them that are of a contrite heart, and wil saue suche as be afflicted in spirit.
Great (are) the troubles of the ryghteous: but the Lord deliuereth hym out of them all.
He kepeth all his bones: not one of the{m} is broken.
(But) malice shal slay the wicked & they that hate the righteous, shal perish.
The Lord redemeth the soules of his seruants & none that trust in him, shal perish.
PLeade thou my cause, ô Lord, with the{m} that 〈◊〉 with me? fight thou agaynst them, that fight against me.
Laie hand vpon the 〈◊〉 and buckler, and stand vp for 〈◊〉 helpe.
Bring out also the 〈◊〉 and stoppe (the waie) against them, that persecute me: saie vnto my soule, I am thy saluacion.
Let them be confounded & put to shame, that seke after my soule let the{m} be turned backe, and broght to confusion, that imagine mine hurt.
Let them be as chaffe before the winde, & let the Angel of the Lord scater (the{m}.)
Let their waie be 〈◊〉 and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them.
For without cause they haue hid the pit (and) their net for me without cause haue they digged (a pit) for my soule.
〈◊〉 destruction come vppon hym at 〈◊〉, and let his net, that he hathe laied 〈◊〉, take him 〈◊〉 him fall into the 〈◊〉 destruction.
〈◊〉 my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: 〈◊〉 reioyce in his saluacion.
All my bones shal saie, Lord, who is like 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is to stro{n}g for himlyea, the poore and him that is in miserie, frome hym that spoileth him!
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 did rise vp thei asked of methings that I knewe not.
They rewarded me euill for good, to haue spoiled my soule.
Yet I, when thei were sicke, I was clothed with a sacke: I humbled my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉: and my praier was 〈◊〉 vpon 〈◊〉 bosome.
I behaued my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to my brother 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, and I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉,
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bakets, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 against me.
〈◊〉, 〈◊〉 long wilt thou beholde (this?) 〈◊〉 my 〈◊〉 from their tumulte, (eue{n}) my 〈◊〉 (soule) from the lions.
(So) wil I giue thee tha{n}kes in a 〈◊〉 Co{n}gregacion: I wil praise thee among muche people.
Let not them that are mine enemies, 〈◊〉 reioyce ouer me, nether let them? winke with the eye, that hate me without a cause.
For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine 〈◊〉 words against the 〈◊〉 of the land.
And they gaped on me with their mouthes, saying, Aha, aha, our eye hath sene.
Thou hast sene it, ô Lord: kepe not sile{n}ce: be not farre from me, ô Lord.
Arise and wake to my iudgement, (euen) to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
Iudge me, ô Lord my God, accordynge to thy righteousnes, and let them not reioyce ouer me.
Let them not saye in their heartes, O our soule reioyce: nether let them saye, We haue deuoured him.
Let them be confounded, & put to shame, together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them be clothed with confusio{n} & shame, that lift vp them selues against me.
(But) let them be ioyfull and glad, that loue my ryghteousnes: yea, let them saye alwaie, Let the Lord be magnified, whiche loueth the prosperitie of his seruant.
And my tongue shal vtter thy righteousnes, (and) thy praise euerie day.
WIckednes saieth to the wicked man, cuē in mine heart, (that there is) no feare of God before his eyes.
For he flattereth hym selfe in hys owne eyes, while his iniquitie is found (worthie) to be hated.
The wordes of his mouthe (are) iniquitie and deceite: he hathe left of to vnderstand (and) to do good.
He imagineth mischief vpon his bed: he setteth him selfe vpon awaie, (that is) not good (and) doeth not abhorre euil.
Thy mercie, ô Lord, (reacheth) vnto the heauens, (and) thy faithfulnes vnto the cloudes.
Thy righteousnes (is) like the mightye mountaines: thy iudgements (are like) a great deepe, thou, Lord, doest saue man & beast.
How excellent is thy mercie, ô God! therfore the children of men truste vnder the shadowe of thy wings.
They shalbe satisfied with the fatnes of thine house, and thou shalt giue the{m} drinke out of the riuer of thy pleasures.
For with thee (is) the well of life, (&) in thy light shal we se light.
Extend thy louing kindenes vnto them that knowe thee, and thy ryghteousnes 〈◊〉 them that are vpright in heart.
Let not the fote of pride come agaynste me, and let not the hand of the wicked me{n} moue me.
There they are fallen that worke iniquitie: they are cast downe, and shal not be able to rise.
FReate not thy self because of the wicked men, nether be enuious for the euil doers.
For they shall soone be cut downe like grasse, and shal wither as the grene herbe.
Trust thou in the Lord and do good dwel in the land, & thou shalt be fed assuredly.
And delite thy self in the Lord, and he shal giue thee thine hearts desire.
Commit thy waye vnto the Lord, & trust in him, and he shal bring it to passe.
And he shal bring forthe thy righteousnes as the light, and thy iudgement as the noone daye.
Waite paciently vpon the Lord and hope in him: freat not thy self for him whiche prospereth in his way: (nor) for the ma{n} that bringeth (his) entreprises to passe.
Cease from angre, & leaue of wrath: freat not thy selfe also to do euil.
For euil doers shalbe cut of, and thei that waite vpon the Lord, they shal inherit the land.
Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shal not (appeare,) & thou shalt loke after his place, and he shal not (be found.)
But meeke men shall possesse the earth, and shal haue their delite in the multitude of peace.
The wicked practiseth against the iust, & gnasheth his teeth against him.
(But) the Lord shall laugh hym to scorne: for he seeth, that his daye is coming.
The wicked haue drawne (their) sword, & haue bent their bowe, to caste downe the poore and nedie, (and) to slaye suche as be of vpright conuersation.
(But) their sworde shall entre into theyr owne hearte, and theyr bowes shall be broken.
A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then greate riches to the wycked (and) mightie.
For the armes of the wicked shalbe broke{n}: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.
The Lord knoweth the dayes of vprightmen, and their inheritance shalbe perpetual.
They shal not be confounded in the perilous time, and in the daye of famine they shal haue ynough.
But the wicked shal perish, and the ennemies of the Lorde shalbe consumed as the sat of lambes: (euen) with the smoke shal they consume awaye.
The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe: but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.
For suche as be blessed (of God,) shal inherit the land, and thei that be cursed of him, shalbe cut of.
The paths of ma{n} are directed by the Lord: for he loueth his waye.
Thogh he fall, he shal not be cast of: for the Lord putteth vnder his hand.
I haue bene yong and am olde: yet I sawe neuer the righteous forsake{n}, nor his sede begging bread.
(But) he is euer merciful and lendeth, and his sede (enioyeth) the blessing.
Flee from euill and do good, and dwell for euer.
For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saints: they shalbe preserued for euermore: but the sede of the wicked shalbe cut of.
The righteous men shal inherit the land, and dwel therein for euer.
The mouth of the righteous wil speake of wisdome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.
(For) the Law of his God (is) in his hearte, (and) his steppes shal not slide,
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seketh to slay him.
(But) the Lorde will not leaue hym in hys hand, nor condemne him, when he is iudged.
Waite thou on the Lord, & kepe his waye, and he shall exalte thee, that thou shalt inherite the land: when the wicked men shal perish, thou shalt se.
I haue sene the wicked strong, and spreading him self like a grene bayetre.
Yet he passed awaye, and lo, he was gone, and I soght him, but he colde not be founde.
Marke the vpright man, and behold the iust for the end of (that) man (is) peace.
But the transgressours shalbe destroyed together, (and) the end of the wicked shal be cut of.
But the saluation of the ryghteous men (shalbe) of the LORDE: he (shalbe) their strenght in the time of trouble.
For the Lord shall helpe them, and delyuer them: he shall deliuer them frome the wicked, and shall saue them, because they trust in him.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine angre, nether chastise me in thy wrath.
For thine arrowes haue light vpon me, and thine hand lyeth vpon me.
There (is) nothing sounde in my fleshe, because of thine angre: nether (is) there rest in my bones because of my sinne.
For mine iniquities are gone ouer myne head, (and) as a weightye burden they are to heauie for me.
My woundes are putrified, and corrupte because of my foolishnes.
I am bowed, (and) croked very sore: I go mourning all the daye.
For my reines are full of burning, & there (is) nothing sounde in my fiesh.
I am weakened and sore broken: I roare for the verie grief of mine heart.
Lord, (I powre) my whole desire before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.
Mine heart panteth: my strength faileth me, and the light of mine eyes, euen they are not mine owne.
My louers and my frie{n}ds standaside from my plague, and my kinsmen stand a farre of.
They also, that seke after my life, lay snares, and they that go about to dome euill, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.
But I as a deafe man heard not, and (am) as a dumme man, (which) openeth not hys mouth.
Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth (are) no reprofes.
For on thee, ô Lord, do I waite: thou wilt heare (me,) my Lord, my God.
For I said, (Heare me,) lest they reioyce ouer me, (for) when my fote slippeth, they extoll them selues against me.
Surely I am ready to halte, & my sorow (is) euer before me.
When I declare my peine, (and) am sorie for my sinne,
Then mine ennemies are aliue (and) are mightie, and they that hate me wrongfully are manie.
They also, that rewarde euil for good, are mine aduersaries, because I follow goodnes.
Forsake me not, ô Lord: be not thou farre from me, my God.
Haste thee to helpe me, ô my Lord, my saluation.
I Thoght, I will take hede to my waies, that I sinne not with my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouthe brideled, while the wicked is in my sight.
I was dumme and spake nothing: I kept silence (euen) from good, and my sorowe was more stirred.
Mine heart was hote within me, (&) while I was musing, the fyre kindled, (&) I spake with my tongue, (saying,)
Lord, let me knowe mine end, & the measure of my dayes, what it is: let me knowe how long I haue to liue.
Beholde, thou haste made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery ma{n} (in his best) state is altogether vanitie. Sélah.
Douteles man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth him selfe in vaine: he heapeth vp (riches,) and can not tell who shall gather them.
And now Lord, what waite I for? mine hope is euen in thee.
Deliuer me from all my transgressions, and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolish.
I shulde haue bene dumme, and not haue opened my mouthe, because thou didest it.
Take thy plague away from me: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.
When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a moth makest his beautie to consume: surely euerie man (is) vanitie. Sélah.
Heare my praier, ô Lord, and hearken vnto my crye: kepe not silence at my teares, for I am a stranger with thee, (and) a soiourner as all my fathers.
Stay (thine angre) from me, that I maye recouer my strength, before I go hence & be not.
I Waited paciently for the Lord, and he inclined vnto me, and heard my crye.
He broght me also out of the horrible pit, out of the myrie claie, and set my fete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings.
And he hath put in my mouth a new song of praise vnto our God: manie shal se it and feare, and shal trust in the Lord.
Blessed (is) the ma{n}, that maketh the Lord his trust, and regardeth not the proude, nor suche as turne aside to lies.
O Lord my God, thou hast made thy wonderfull workes (so) manie, that none can counte in ordre to thee thy thoghts toward vs: I wolde declare, and speake (of the{m}, but) thei are mo then I am able to expresse.
Sacrifice and offring thou didest not desire: [(for) mine eares hast thou prepared] burnt offring and sin offring hast thou not required.
Then said, I, Lo, I come (for) in the rolle of the boke it (is) writen of me,
I desired to do thy good wil, ô my GOD: yea, thy Law is within mine heart.
I haue declared (thy) righteousnes in the great Congregation: lo, I wil not refreine my lippes: ô Lord, thou knowest.
I haue not hid thy ryghteousnes within mine heart, (but) I haue declared thy trueth and thy saluation: I haue not co{n}ceiled thy mercie and thy trueth from the great Co{n}gregation,
Withdrawe not thou thy tendre mercye frome me, ô Lord: let thy mercie and thy trueth alway preserue me.
For innumerable troubles haue compassed me: my sinnes haue taken suche holde vpo{n} me, that I am not able to loke vp: (yea,) thei are mo in nomber then thee heeres of mine head therefore mine heart hath failed me.
Let it please thee, ô Lord, to deliuer me: make haste, ô Lord, to helpe me.
Let them be confounded & put to shame together, that seke my soule to destroye it: let them be driuen backewarde and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.
Let them be destroyed for a rewarde of theyr shame, whiche saye vnto me, Aha, aha.
Let all them, that seke thee, reioyce and be glad in thee: and let them, that loue thy saluation, saye alwaye, The Lord be praised.
Thogh I be poore and nedie, the LORD thinketh on me: thou art mine helper and my deliuerer my God, make no tarying.
BLessed (is) he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in the time of trouble.
The Lord wil kepe him, and preserue him aliue: he shal be blessed vpon the earth, and thou wilt not deliuer him vnto the wyll of his enemies.
The Lord will strengthen him vpon the bed of sorowe: thou haste turned all hys bed in his sickenes.
(Therefore) I said, Lord haue mercie vpon me: healemy soule, for I haue sinned against thee.
Mine enemies speak euil of me, (saying,) When shal he dye, and his name perish?
And if he come to se me, he speaketh lies, (but) his hearte heapeth iniquitie within him, (and when) he cometh sorthe, he telleth it.
All they that hate me, whisper together against me: (euen) against me do they imagine mine hurt.
A mischief is light vpon him, and he that lieth, shal no more rise.
Yea, my familiar friend, whome I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hathe lifted vp the hele against me.
Therefore, O Lord, haue mercie vpon me, and raise me vp: so I shal rewarde them.
By this I knowe that thou fauorest me, because mine enemie doeth not triumphe against me.
And as for me, thou vp holdest me in mine integritie, and doest set me before thy face for euer.
Blessed (be) the Lord God of Israél worlde without end. So be it, euen so be it.
AS the hart braieth for the riuers of water, so panteth my soule after thee, O God.
My soule thirsteth for God, (euen) for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare (before) the presence of God?
My teares haue bene my meate daye and night, while they daily say vnto me, Where is thy God?
When I remembred these things, I powred out my verie heart, because I had gone with the multitude, (&) led them into the House of God with the voice of singi{n}g, (&) praise (as) a multitude the kepeth a feast.
Why art thou cast downe, my soule, & vnquiet within me? waite on God: for I will yet giue him thankes for the helpe of his presence.
My God, my soule is cast downe within me because I remember thee, from the lande of Iordén, and Hermonim, (and) frome the mount Mizár.
(One) depe calleth (another) depe by the noise of thy water spoutes. all thy waues & thy floods are gone ouer me.
The Lord wil grante his louing kindnes in the daye, and in the nyghte shall I sing of him, (euen) a praier vnto the God of my life.
I will saie vnto God, (whiche is) my rocke, Why haste thou forgotten me? why go I mourni{n}g, whe{n} the enemie oppresseth (me?)
My bones are cut a sunder, while myne enemies reproche me, saying daielye vnto me, Where is thy God?
Why art thou cast downe, my soule? and why art thou disquieted within me? waite on God: for I wil yet giue him thankes: (he is) my present helpe, and my God.
IVdge me, ô God, and defende my cause against the vnmerciful people: delyuer me from the deceitful and wicked man.
For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou put me awaie? why go I so mourning, when the enemie oppresseth (me.)
Send thy light and thy trueth: let them lead me: let the{m} bring me vnto thyne holye Mountaine and to thy Tabernacles.
Then will I go vnto the altar of GOD, (euen) vnto the God of my ioy (&) gladnes: and vpon the harpe wil I giue tha{n}kes vnto thee, ô God, my God.
Why art thou cast downe, my soule? & why art thou disquieted within me? waite on God: for I wil yet giue him thankes, (he is) my present helpe, and my God.
WE haue heard with our eares, ô God: our fathers haue tolde vs the works (that) thon hast done in their daies, in the olde time:
(How) thou hast driuen out the heathen with thine hand, and pla{n}ted them: (how) thou hast destroyed the people, and caused them to growe.
For they inherited not the lande by theyr owne sworde, nether did their owne arme saue them but thy right ha{n}d, and thyne arme and the light of thy countenance, because thou didest sauour them.
Thou art my King, ô God: send helpe vnto Iaakób.
Through thee haue we thrust backe our aduersaries: by the Name haue we troaden downe them that rose vp against vs.
For I do not trust in my bowe, nether can my sworde saue me.
But thou hast saued vs fro{m} our aduersaries, and hast put the{m} to confusion that hate vs.
(Therfore) wil we praise God co{n}tinually, and wil confesse thy Name for euer. 〈◊〉.
But (now) thou art farre of, and puttest vs to confusion, and goest not forthe with our armies.
Thou makest vs to turne backe from the aduersarie, and thei, which hate vs, spoyle for them selues.
Thou giuest vs as shepe to be eaten, & doest scater vs among the nations.
Thou sellest thy people without gaine, & doest not increase their price.
Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighboure, a ieste and a laughing stocke to the{m} that are round about vs.
Thou makest vs a prouerbe amòg the nations, and anodding of the head among the people.
My confusion (is) daiely before me, and the shame of my face hathe couered me,
For the voice of the sclanderer and rebuker, for the enemie and auenger.
All this is come vpon vs, yet do we not forget thee, nether deale we falsely concerning thy couenant.
Our heart is not turned backe: nether our steppes gone out of thy paths,
Albeit thou hast smite{n} vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadowe of death.
If we haue forgotte{n} the Name of our God and holden vp our handes to a straunge God,
Shal not GOD searche this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Surely for thy sake are we slaine continuallye, and are counted as shepe for the slaughter.
Vp, why slepest thou, ô Lord? awake, be not farre of for euer.
Wherfore hidest thou thy face: (and) forgettest our miserie and our affliction?
For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleueth vnto the grounde.
Rise vp for our succour, and redeme vs for thy mercies sake.
MIne heart wil vtter forthe a good matter: I wil intreat in my workes of the King: my tongue (is as) the penne of a swift writer.
Thou art fairer them the children of men: grace is powred in thy lippes, because God hathe blessed thee for euer.
Girde thy sworde vpo{n} (thy) thigh, ô moste mightie (to wit) thy worship & thy glorie.
And prosper with thy glorie: ride vpon the worde of trueth and of mekenes (&) of righteousnes: so thy right hand shal teache thee terrible things.
Thine arrowes (are) sharpe (to perce) the heart of the Kings enemies (therefore) the people shal fall vnder thee,
Thy throne, ô God (is) for euer and euer: the scepter of thy kingdome (is) a scepter of righteousnes.
Thou louest righteousues, and hatest wickednes, because God (eue{n}) thy God hathe anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes.
All thy garments (smell) of myrre and aloes (and) cassia (when thou comest) out of the yuorie palaces: where thei haue made the glad.
Kings daughters (were) amòg thine honorable (wiues) vpon thy right hand did sta{n}d the Quene in a vesture of golde of Ophir
Hearken, ô daughter, and consider, and incline thine eare: forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house.
So shal the King haue pleasure in thy beautie: for he is thy LORD, and reuerence thou him.
And the daughter of Tyrus (with) the riche of the people shal do homage before thy face with presents.
The Kings daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of broydered golde.
She shal be broght vnto the King in raiment of nedle worke: the virgins (that follow) after her, and her companions shal be broght vnto thee.
With ioye and gladnes shal thei be broght (and) shal enter into the Kings palace.
In steade of thy fathers shal thy children be thou shalt make then princes through all the earth.
I wil make thy Name to be remembred through all generations: therefore shal the people giue thankes vnto thee worlde without end.
GOd (is) our hope and strength (&) helpe in troubles, readie to be found.
Therefore wil not we feare, thogh the earth be moued, and thogh the mountaines fall into the middes of the sea.
(Thogh) the waters thereof rage (and) be troubled (&) the mountaines shake at the surges of the same. Sélah,
Yet there (is) a Riuer, whose streames shal make glad the Gitie of God (euen) the Sanctuarie of the Tabernacles of the moste High.
God (is) in the middes of it (therefore (shal it not be moued: God shal helpe it verie early.
(When the nations raged (&) the kingdomes were moued (God thundred (&) the earth melted.
The Lord of hostes (is) with vs: the God of Iaakób (is our refuge. Sélah.
Come (&) beholde the workes of the Lord k what desolations he hathe made in the earth.
He maketh warres to cease vnto the ends of the worlde: he breaketh the bowe and cutteth the speare and burneth the chariots with fyre.
Be stil and knowe that I am God: I wil be exalted among the heathen (&) I wil be exalted in the earth.
The Lord of hostes (is) with vs the God of (〈◊〉 our refuge. Sélah.
ALl people clap your hands: sing loude vnto God with a ioyful voice.
For the Lord (is) high (&) terrible: a great King ouer all the earth.
He hathe subdued the people vnder vs, and the nations vnder our fete.
He hathe chosen our inheritance for vs: (euen) the glorie of Iaakób whome he loued. Sélah.
God is gone vp with triumph, euen the Lord, with the sounde of the trumpet.
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises vnto our King, sing praises.
For God is the King of all the earth: sing praises (euerie one) that hathe e vndersta{n}ding.
God reigneth ouer the heathe{n}. God sitteth vpon his holie throne.
The princes of the people are gathered vnto the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the worldes (belong) to God: he f is greatly to be exalted.
GReat (is) the Lord, & greatly to be praised, in the b Citie of our God (euen) vpon his holie Mountaine.
Mount Zion (lying) Northward (is) faire in situation: (it is) the c ioye of the whole 〈◊〉 (and) the citie of the great King.
In the palaces theere of God is knowen for ad refuge.
For lo, the Kings were e gathered, & went together.
When thei sawe fit, thei marueiled: thei were astonied (&) suddenly driuen backe.
Feare came there vpon them (and) sorowe, as vpon a woman in trauaile.
(As) with an East winde thou breakest the shippes g of Tarshish (so were they destroyed.
As we haue h heard, so haue we sene in the Citie of the Lord of hostes, in the Citie of our God God wil stablish it for euer. Selah.
We waite for thy louing kindenes, o{n} God in the middes of thy Temple.
O God, according vnto thy Name, so is thy praise vnto thei worldes end: thy right ha{n}d is ful of righteousnes.
Let mount Zion reioyce (&) the daughters of Iudáh be glad, because of thy iudgements.
Compasse about Zión, and go rounde about it (&) tel the towres thereof.
Marke wel the wall thereof: beholde her towres, that ye maie tel your posteritie.
For this God (is our) God for euer & euer: he shal be our guide vnto the death.
HEare this all (ye) people: gine eare: all ye that dwel in the worlde.
Aswel lowe as hie, bothe riche and poore
My mouth shal speake of wisdome, and the meditacion of mine heart (is) of knowledge.
I wil incline mine eare to a parable (and) vtter my graue matter vpon 〈◊〉 harpe,
Wherefore shulde I feare in the euil daies (when) iniquitie shal compasse me about, (as at) mine heles:
They trust in their goods, and boast the{m} selues in the multitude of their riches.
Yet a man can by no meanes redeme (his) brother, he can not giue his ransome to God.
[So precious is the redemption of their soules, and the continuance for euer]
That he may liue stil for euer (&) not se the the graue.
For he seeth that wise men dye (&) also that the ignorant and foolish perish, and leaue their riches for others.
(Yet they thinke, their houses (&) their habitacions (shal) (continue) for euer (euen) from generacion to generacion, and call their lands by thir names.
But man shal not continue in honour: he is like the beasts that dýe.
This their waie (vttereth their foolishnes (yet their posteritie delite in their talke. Selah.
Like shepe thei lie in graue: death deuoureth them, & the righteous shal haue dominacion ouer them in the morning: fōr their beautie shal consume (when they (shal) (go from their house to graue.
But God shal deliuer my soule from the power of the graue: for he wil receiue me Sélah.
Be not thou afraied when one is made riche (&) when the glorie of his house is increased.
For he shal take nothing awaie when he dyeth, nteher shal his pompe descend after him.
For while he liued, he reioyced himself: and men wil praise thee, when thou makest muche of thy self.
He shal enter into the generacion of his fathers (&) they shal not liue for euer.
"Man (is) in honour, and vnderstandeth not: he is like to beasts that petish.
THe God of gods (euen) the Lord hathe spoken and called the earth fro{m} the rising vp of the sunne vnto the going downe thereof.
Out of Zion (which is) the perfection of beautie hathe God shined.
Our God shal come and shal not kepe silence: a fyre shal deuoure before him, and a mightie tempest shal be moued rounde about him.
He shal call the heauen aboue, and the earth to iudge his people.
Gather my Saints together vnto me, those that make a couenant with me with sacrifice.
And the heauens shal declare his righteousnes: for God is Iudge him self. Sélah.
Heare, ô my people, & I wil speake (heare) ó Israél, and I wil testifie vnto thee (for) I am God (euen) thy God.
I wil not reproue thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offrings (that haue not bene) continually before me.
I wil take no bullocke out of thine house, (nor) goates out of thy foldes.
For all the beasts of the forest are mine, (and) the beasts on a thousand mou{n}taines
I knowe all the foules on the mountaines and the wilde beasts of the field are mine.
If I be hungrie, I wil not tel the for the worlde is mine, and all that therein is.
Wil I eat the flesh of bulles? or drinke the the blood of goates?
Offre vnto God praise, & paie thy vowes vnto the moste High.
And call vpon me in the daie of trouble (so) wil I deliuer thee, and thou shalt glorifie me.
But vnto the wicked said god, What hast thou to do to declare mine ordinances, that thou shuldest take my couena{n}t in thy mouth,
Seing thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee?
For when thou seest a thefe, thou runnest with him and thou art partaker with the adulters.
Thou giuest thy mouth to 〈◊〉, and with thy tongue forgest deceite.
Thou sittest (and) spakest against thy brother (and) sclanderest thy mothers sonne.
These things hast thou done, and I helde my to{n}gue (therefore) thou thoghtest that I was like thee (but) I wil reproue thee, and set (them) in order before thee.
Oh consider this, ye that forget God, lest I teare you in pieces, and there be none that can deliuer (you.)
He that offred praise shal glorifie me: and to him that disposeth his waie (aright) wil I shewe the saluacion of God.
HAue mercie vpon me, ô God, h according to thy louing kindenes, according to the multitude of thy compassions put awaye mine iniquities,
Wash me throughly from mine iniquitie and clense me from my sinne.
For I knowe mine iniquities, and my sinne (is) euer before me.
Against thee, against thee onely haue I sinned, and done euil in thy sight, that thou maiest be iuste when thon spakest (and) pure when thou iudgest.
Beholde, I was borne iniquitie, and in sinne hathe my mother conceiued me.
Beholde, thou louest trueth in the inwarde affections: therefore hast thou thaught me wisdome in the secret (of mine heart.)
Purge me with hyssope, and I shal be cleane: wash me, and I shalbe whiter then snowe,
Make me to heare ioye & gladnes (that) the bones (which) thou hast broke{n}, 〈◊〉 reioyce.
Hide thy face from my sinnes, and put awaie all mine iniquities.
Create in me a cleane heart, ô God, and renue a right spirit within me,
Cast me not awaie from thy presence, and take not thine holie Spirit from me.
Restore to me the ioy 〈◊〉 of thy saluacion, and stablish me with (thy) fre Spirit.
(Then) shal I teache thy waies vnto the wicked, and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee.
Deliuer me from blood, ô God, which art the God of my saluacion, and my tongue shal sing ioyfully of thy righteousnes.
n Open thou my lippes, ô Lord, and my mouth shal shewe forthe thy praise.
For thou desirest no sacrifice: thogh I wolde giue it: thou delitest not in burnt offring.
The sacrifices of God (are) a contrite spirit: a contrite and a broken heart, ô God, thou wilt not despise.
Be fauourable vnto Ziōn for thy good pleasure: buylde the walles of Ierusalem.
Then shalt thou accept the sacrifices of righteousnes (euen) the burnt offring and oblation: then shal they offer calues vpon thine altar.
WHy boastest thou thy self in (thy) wickednes, ô man of power? the louing kindnes of God (indureth) daily.
Thy tongue imagineth mischief (and is) like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully,
Thou doest loue euil more then good (and) lies, more the{n} to spake the trueth Sélah.
Thou louest all wordes that maye destroye ô deceitful tongue!
So shal God destroye thee for euer: he shal take thee and plucke thee out of (thy) tabernacle, & rote thee out of the land of the liuing. Sélah.
The righteous also shal se it, and feare, and shall aught at him (saying)
Beholde the man that toke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches (and) put his strength in his malice.
But I shalbe like a grene oliue tre in the house of God (for) I trusted in the mercie of God for euer and euer.
I wil alway praise thee: for that thou hast done (this) and I wil hope in thy Name, because it is good before thy Saints.
THe soole hathe said in his heart, (There is) no God, they haue corrupted and done abominable wickednes (there is) none that doeth good.
God loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men, to se if there were anie that wolde vnderstand, and c seke God.
Euerie one is gone backe: they are altogether corrupt: there is none that doeth good, no not one.
Do not the d workers of iniquitie know that they eat vp my people (as) they eat bread? they call not vpon God.
There they were afraied for feare (where) no feare was: for God hathe scatered the bones of him that besieged thee, thou hast put them to confusion, because God hathe cast them of,
Oh giue saluacion vnto Israél out of Zion when God turneth the captiuitie of his people (then) Ia aôkb shal reioyce, and Israél shal be glad.
SAue me ô God, by thy Name, and by thy power iudge me.
O God, heare my prayer hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth,
For strangers are risen vp against me, & tyrants seke my soule: they haue not set God before them Sélah.
Beholde, God (is) mine helper: the Lord (is) with them that vpholde my soule.
He shal reward euil vnto mine enemies: oh cut them of in thy trueth!
(Then) I wil sacrifice frely vnto thee: I wil praise thy Name, ô lord, because it is good
For he hathe deliuered me out of all trouble, and mine eye hathe sene (my desire) vpon mine enemies,
HEare my prayer, ô God, and hide not thy self from my supplication.
Hearken vnto me, & answer me: I mourne in my prayer, and make a noise.
For the voyce of the enemie (and) for the vexation of the wicked, because they haue broght iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.
Mine heart trembleth within in me, & the terrors of death are fallen vpon me.
Feare and trembling are come vpon me, & an horrible feare hathe couered me,
And I said Oh that I had wings like a dooue then wold I flie away and rest,
Beholde, I wold take my flight farre of (&) lodge in the wildernes. Selah.
He wolde make for my deliuerance from the stormie winde and tempest.
Destroye, o Lord (and) deuide their tongues: for I haue sene crueltie and strife in the citie.
Daye and night they go about it vpon the walles thereof: bothe iniquitie and mischief (are) in the middes of it.
Wickednes (is) in the middes thereof: deceit & guile departe not from her stretes.
Surely mine enemie did not diffame me: for I colde haue borne it: nether did mine aduersarie exalt him self against me: for I wold haue 〈◊〉 me from him.
But (it was) thou, ô man, euen my companion, my guide and my familiar:
Which delited in consulting together (&) went into the House of God as co{m}panions
Let death sease vpon them: let them go downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes (is) in their dwelling (euen) in the middes of them.
(But) I wil call vnto God, and the Lord wil saue me.
Euening and morning, and at noone wil I praye, and make a noise, and he wil heare my voyce.
He hathe deliuered my soule in peace fro{m} the battel (that was) against me? for manie were with me.
God shal heare and afflict them, euen he that reigneth of olde, 〈◊〉 because they haue no cha{n}ges, therefore they feare not God.
He layed his hand vpon suche, as be at peace with him (and) he brake his couenant.
(The worde) of his mouth were softer the{n} butter, yet warre (was) in his heart his wordes were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.
Cast thy burden vpon the Lord, and he will nourishe thee: he will not suffer the righteous to fall for euer.
And thou, o God, 〈◊〉 bring them downe into the pit of 〈◊〉: the blooddie, & deceitful me{n} shal not liue halfe their dayes but I wil trust in thee.
BE merciful vnto me, 〈◊〉 God, for man wolde swallow me vp? he fighteth continnally (and) vexeth me.
Mine enemies wolde daiely swallow me vp for manie fight against me, ô thou moste High.
When I was afraied, I trusted in thee.
I wil reioyce in God (because) of his wordes, I trust in GOD, (and) wil not feare what flesh can do vnto me.
Mine owne wordes grieue (me) daily: all their thoghts (are) against me to dome hurt
They gather together, and kepe them selues close: thei marke my steppes, because they waite for my soule.
They (thinke) they shal escape by iniquitie: ô God, cast (these) people downe in (thine) angre.
Thou hast counted my wandrings put my teares into thy bottel: are they not in thy registre.
When I crye, then mine enemies shal turne backe: this I know, for God (is) with me.
I wil reioyce in God (because of his) worde in the Lord, wil I reioyce (because of his) worde.
In God do I trust: I wil not be afraied what man can do vnto me.
Thy vowes (are) vpon me, ô God: I wil rendre praises vnto thee.
For thou hast deliuered my soule from death, and also my fete from falling, that I maye walke before God in the light of the liuing.
HAue mercie vpon me, ô God haue mercie vpon me: for my soule trusteth in thee, and in the shadow of thy wings wil I trust, til (these) afflictions ouerpasse.
I wil call vnto the moste high God (euen) to the God, that performeth (his promes) toward me.
He wil send from heauen, and saue me fro{m} the reprofe of him that wolde swallow me Selah. GOD wil send his mercie, and his trueth.
My soule (is) among lions: I lie (among) the children of mé, that are set on fyre: whose teeth (are) speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sworde.
Exalte thy self, ô God, aboue the heauen, (and) let thy glorie (be) vpon all the earth
They haue leyed a net for my steppes? my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me (and) are fallen into the middes of it Seláh.
Mine heart is prepared, ô God, mine heart is prepared: I wil sing and giue praise
A wake my tongue, awake viole and harpe, I wil awake early.
I wil praise thee, ô Lord, among the people, (and) I wil sing vnto thee among the nations.
For thy mercie is great vnto the heauens, (and) thy trueth vnto the cloudes,
Exalt thy self, ô God, aboue the heauens, (and) let thy glorie (be) vpon al the earth.
IS it true ô Congregacion, speake ye iustly? o sonnes of men iudge ye vp rightly.
Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefin (your) heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.
The wicked are strangers from the wombe: (euen) from the belly haue they erred, and speake lies.
Their poison is euen like the poison of a serpent like the deafe adder (that) stoppeth his eare.
VVhich heareth not the voyce of the in cha{n} ter thogh he be moste expert in charming
Breake their teeth, ó God, in their mouther: breake the iawes of the yong lions ô Lord.
Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when he shooteth his arrowes (let them be) as broken.
Let him consume like a snaile that melteth (and like) the vntiemelic frute of a woma{n} (that) hathe not sene the sunne.
As rawe flesh before your pottes fele (the fyre) of thornes (so) let him carie the{m} away a whirle winde in (his) wrath.
The righteous shal reioyce when he seeth the vengeance he shal wash his fete in the blood of the wicked.
And men shal say, Verely there is frute for the righteous doutles there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.
O My God, deliuer me from mine enemies? defend me from them that rise vp against me.
Deliuer me from the wicked doers, and saue me from the blooddie men.
For lo, they haue layed waite for my soule the mightie men are gathered against me, not for mine offense, not for my sinne, ô Lord.
They runne & prepare the{m} selnes without a faute (on my parte) arise (therefore) to assist me, and beholde,
Euen thou, ô Lord God of hostes, ô God of Israél awake to visite all the heathe{n} (&) be not merciful vnto all that transgresse maliciously, Sélah.
They go to and fro in the euening: they barke like dogs, and go about the citie.
Beholde they brag in their talke (and) swordes (are) in their lippes: for VVho say they doeth heare?
But thou, ô Lord, shalt haue them in derision (and) thou shalt laugh at all the heathen.
He is strong (but) I wil waite vpon thee: for God (is) my defence.
My merciful God wil preuent me: God wil let me se (my desire) vpon mine enemies.
Slay them not, lest my people forget it: (but) scater them abroad by thy power, & put them downe, ô Lord our shield.
(For) the sinne of their mouth (&) the wordes of their lippes: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies (that) thei spake.
Consume (them) in (thy) wrath? consume (them) that thei be no more: and let them know that God ruleth in Iaakób (eue{n}) vnto the ends of the worlde Seláh.
And in the euening they shal go to and fro (and) barcke like dogs, and go about the citie.
Thei shal runne here and therefor meat: (&) surely they shal not be satisfied, thogh thei tarie all night.
But I wil sing of thy power, and wil praise thy mercie in the morning for thou hast bene my defence and resuge in the day of my trouble.
Vnto thee, ô my Strength wil I sing: for God is my defence (and) my merciful, God.
O God, thou hast cast vs out, thou hast scatered vs, thou hast bene angrie, turne againe vnto vs.
Thus hast made the land to tremble, and hast made it to gape: heale the breaches thereof, for it is shaken.
Thou hast shewed thy people heauie things? thou hast made vs to drinke the wine of gidines.
(But now) thou hast giuen a banner to the{m} that feare thee, that it maie be displaied because of (thy) trueth Sélah.
That thy beloued maye be deliuered, helpe with thy right hand and heate me.
God hathe spoken in his holines: (therefore) I wil reioyce: I shall deuide Shechém, and measure the valley of Succóth.
Gilead (shalbe) mine, and Manasseh (shalbe) myne: Ephraim also (shalbe) the strength of mine head: Iudah (is) my law giuer.
Moáb (shalbe) my washe pot: ouer Edom wil I cast out my 〈◊〉: Palestina shewe thy selfioyful for me.
Who will lead me into the stronge citie? who wil bring me vnto Edóm.
Wilt not thou, o God, (whiche) hadest cast vs of, and didest not go forthe, o God, with our armies?
Giue vs helpe againste trouble: for vain cis the helpe of man.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he shal treade downe our enemies.
HEare my crye, ô God: giue eare vnto my prayer.
From the ends of the earth wil I crye vnto thee: when mine heart is opprest, bring me vpon the rocke that is highter then I.
For thou hast bene mine hope, (and) a strong tower against the enemie.
I will dwel in thy Tabernacle for euer, (and) my trust shall be vnder the 〈◊〉 of thy wings. Sélah.
For thou, o God, hast heard my desires: thou hast giuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy Name.
Thou shalt giue the Kyng a longlyfe: his yeres (shalbe) as manie ages.
He shal dwell before God for euer: prepare mercie and faithfulnes (that) they may preserue him.
So wil I alway sing praise vnto thy Name in performing daiely my vowes.
YEt my soule kepeth silence vnto God: of him (cometh) my saluacion.
Yet he is my strength and my saluacio{n}, (a{n}d) my defence: (therefore) I shall not muche be moued.
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shalbe all slaine: (ye shalbe) as a bowed wall, (or) as a wall shaken.
Yet they consulte to cast hym downe from his dignitie: their delite is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Sélah.
Yet my soule kepe thou silence vnto God: for mine hope (is) in him.
Yet is he my strength, and my saluation, (a{n}d) my defence: (therfore) I shall not be moued
In God (is) my saluacion and my glorie, the rocke of my strength: in God (is) my trust.
Trust in hym alwaye, ye people: powre out your hearts before hym, (for) GOD (is) our hope. Sélah.
Yet the children of men (are) vanitie, the chief men (are) lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.
Trust not in oppression nor in roberie, be not vayne: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.
God spake once or twise, I haue heard it, that power (belongeth) vnto God.
And to thee, ó Lorde, mercie: for thou rewardest euerie one according to his worke.
O God, thou art my God, early will I seke thee: my soule thirsteth for thee: my fleshe longeth greatly aster thee in a baren and drye land without water.
Thus I beholde thee (as) in the Sanctuarie, when I beholde thy power and thy glorie.
For thy louing kindenes (is) better then life: (therefore) my lippes shal praise thee.
Thus will I magnifie thee (all) my life, (and) lift vp mine hands in thy Name.
My soule shal be satisfied, as with marowe and fatnes, and my mouth shal praise (thee) with ioyful lippes.
When I remember thee on my bed, (and when) I thinke vpon thee in the (night) watches.
Because thou hast bene mine helper, therefore vnder the shadow of thy wings wil I reioyce.
My soule cleaneth vnto thee: (for) thy right hand vpholdeth me.
Therfore they that seke my soule to destroy it, they shall go into the lowest partes of the earth.
They shall cast hym downe with the edge of the sworde, (and) they shall be a portion for foxes.
But the Kyng shall reioyce in God, (and) al that sweare by him shal reioyce (in him:) for the mouth of them that speake lies, shall be stopped.
HEare my voice, o God, in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie:
Hide me from the conspiracie of the wicked, (and) from the rage of the workers of iniquitie.
Whyche haue whet theyr tongue lyke a sworde, and shot (for) their arrowes bitter wordes:
To 〈◊〉 at the vpright in secret: they shote at him suddenly, and feare not.
They encourage them selues (in) a wicked purpose: they commune together to 〈◊〉 snares priuely, (and) saie, Who shal se them?
They haue 〈◊〉 out iniquities, (and) haue accomplished that whiche they soght out, euen euerie one (his) secret (thoghts,) and the depth of (his) heart.
But God will shote an arrowe at them suddenly: their strokes shal be (at once.)
They shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: (and) whosoeuer shall se them, shal flee awaie.
And all men shal se it, and declare the worke of God, and they shal vnderstand, what he hathe wroght.
(But) the ryghteous shall be glad in the Lorde, and trust in hym: and all that are vpright of heart, shal reioyce.
O God, prayse waiteth for thee in Zión, and vnto thee shall the vowe be performed.
(Because thou) hearest the prayer, vnto thee shall all flesh come.
Wycked dedes haue preuailed agaynste me (but) thou wilt be mercifull vnto our tra{n}sgressions.
〈◊〉 (is he, whome) thou chusest and causest to come (to thee:) he shall dwell in thy courts, (and) we shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thine House, (euen) of thine holie Temple.
O God of our saluacio{n}, thou wilt answer vs with feareful (signes) in (thy) righteousnes, o (thou) the hope of al the ends of the earth, and of them that are farre of in the sea.
He stablisheth the mou{n}taines by his power: (and) is girded about with strength.
He appeaseth the noise of the seas (and) the 〈◊〉 of the waues thereof, and the tumultes of the people.
They also, that dwell in the vttermost partes (of the earth,) shalbe afrayed of thy signes: thou shalte make the East and the West to reioyce.
〈◊〉 visitest the earth, a{n}d waterest it: thou makest it very riche: the Riuer of God is ful of water: thou preparest them corne: for so thou appointest it.
Thou waterest abundantly the forrowes thereof: thou causest (the raine) to descende into the valleis thereof: thou makest it softe with showres, (a{n}d) blessed the bud thereof.
Thou crownest the yere with thy goodnes, and thy steps drop fatnes.
They drop (vpo{n}) the pastures of the wildernes: & the hils shal be co{m}passed with gladnes
The pastures are clad with shepe: the valleis also shal be couered with corne: (therefore) they showte for ioye, and sing.
REioyce in God, all ye (inhabitantes) of the earth.
Sing for the the glorie of his Name: make his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.
Say vnto God, how terrible art thou (in) thy workes! through the greatnes of thy power shal thine enemies be in subiectio{n} vnto thee
All the worlde shal worship thee, & sing vnto thee, (euen) sing of thy Name. Sélah.
Come and beholde the workes of God: he is terrible in (his) doing toward the sonnes of men.
He hathe turned the Sea into drie land: they passe through the riuer on fote: there did we reioyce in him.
He ruleth the world with his power: his eies beholde the nations: the rebeilious shal not exalt them selues. Sélah.
Praise our God, ye people, and make the voyce of his praise to be heard.
Whiche holdeth our soules in life, and suffereth not our fete to slippe.
For thou, ô God, hast proued vs, thou haste tryed vs as siluer is tryed.
Thou hast broght vs into the snare, (and) laied a strait (chaine) vpon our loines.
Thou hast caused men to ride ouer our heades: we went into fyre and into water, but thou broghtest vs out into a wealthie (place)
I will go into thine House with burnt offrings, (and) wil paie thee my vowes.
Whiche my lippes haue promised, and my mouth hathe spoken in mine affliction.
I will offer vnto thee the burnt offrings of fat rams within cense: I will prepare bullockes and goates. Sélah.
Come (and) hearken, alye that feare God, and I wil tel you what he hathe done to my soule.
I called vnto him with my mouth, and he was exalted with my tongue.
If I regarde wickednes in mine heart, the Lord wil not heare me.
But God hathe heard (me, and) considered the voice of my prayer.
Praised (be) God, which hath not put backe my prayer, nor his mercie from me.
GOd be merciful vnto vs, & blesse vs, (&) cause his face to shine among vs. Sélah
That they maie know thy waie vpon earth (and) thy sauing health among all nations.
Let the people praise thee, ô God: let all the people praise thee.
Let the people be glad & reioyce: for thou shalt iudge the people righteously, & gouerne the nations vpon the earth. Sélah.
Let the people praise thee, ô God: let all the people praise thee.
(The{n}) shal the earth bring for the her increase, (and) God, (euen) our God shal blesse vs.
God shal blesse vs, and all the ends of the earth shal feare him.
GOd wil arise, (and) his enemies shalbe scattered: they also that hate him, shal flee before him.
As the smoke vanisheth, (so) 〈◊〉 thou driue (them) awaye: (and) as waxe melteth before the fyre, (so) shal the wicked perish at the presence of God.
But the righteous shalbe glad, (&) reioyce before God: yea, they shal leape for ioye.
Sing vnto God, (and) sing praises vnto his Name: exalt him, that rideth vpon the heaue{n}s in his Name Iah, and reioyce before him.
(He is) a Father of the 〈◊〉, and a Iudge of the widowes, (euen) God in his holie habitation.
God maketh the solitarie to dwell in families, (and). deliuereth them that were prisoners in stockes: but the rebellious shal dwel in a drye land.
O God, when thow wentest forthe before thy people: when thou wentest through the wildernes, [Sélah]
The earth 〈◊〉; and the heauens dropped at the presence of his God: (euen) Sinái (was moued) at the presence of God, (euen) the God of Israél.
Thou, ô God, sendest a gracious raine (vpon) thine inheritance, and thou didest refresh it when it was wearie.
Thy Congregacion dwelled therein: (for) thou, ö God, hast of thy goodnes prepared it for the poore.
The Lord gaue matter to the women to tel of the great armie.
Kings of the armies did flee: thei did flee and she that remained in the house, deuided the spoile.
Thogh ye haue lien among pots, (yet shal ye be as) the wings of a dooue that is couered with siluer, & whose fethers (are like) yelowe golde.
When the Almightie scatered Kings in it, it was white as the snow in Zalmōn.
The mountaine of God (is like) the mountaine of Bashán: (it is) an high Mountaine, (as) mount Basháu.
Why leape ye, ye high mountaines? as for this Mountaine, God deliteth to dwell in it: yea, the Lord wildwell in it for euer.
The charets of God (are) twentie thousand thousands Angels, (and) the Lord is among them, (as) in the Sanctuarie of Sinái.
Thou art gone vp on high: thou hast led captiuitie captiue, (and) receiued giftes for men: yea, euen the rebellious (hast thou led,) thtthe Lord God might dwell (there.)
Praised (be) the Lord, (euen) the God of our saluacion, (which) ladeth vs daiely (with benefites.) Sélah.
This (is) our God, (euen) the God that saueth (vs): and to the Lord God (belong) the issues of death.
Surely God wil wound the head of his enemies, (and) the heerie pate of him that walketh in his sinnes.
The Lord hathe said, I wil bring (my people) againe from Bashán: I wil bring them againe from the depths of the Sea:
That thy foote maye be dipped in blood, (&) the tongue of thy dogges (in the blood) of the enemies, (euen) in it.
They haue sene, ô God, thy goings, the goings of my God, (&) my King, (which art) in the Sanctuarie.
The singers went before, the plaiers of instruments after: in the middes (were) the maides playing with timbrels.
Praise ye God in the assemblies, (and) the Lord, (ye that are) of the fou{n}taine of Israél.
There (was) litle Beniamin (with) their ruler, (and) the princes of Iudáh (with) their assemblie, the princes of Zebulūn, (and) the princes of Nephtali.
Thy God hathe appointed thy strength: stablish, ô GOD, that, (whiche) thou hast wroght in vs.
Out of thy Temple vpon Ierusalém: (&) Kings shal bring presents vnto thee.
Destroye the companie of the spearemen, (and) multitude of the mightie bulles with the calues of the people, that tread vnder fete pieces of siluer: scater the people that delite in warre.
(Then) shal the princes come out of Egypt Ethiopia shal haste to stretch her hands vnto God.
Sing vnto God, ô ye kingdomes of the earth sing praise vnto the Lord, [Séláh]
To him that rideth vpon the moste high heauens, (which were from) the beginning: beholde he wil send out by his voyce a mightie sounde.
Ascribe the power to God: (for) his maiestie (is) vpon Israél, and his strength (is) in the cloudes.
O God, thou art terrible out of thine holie places: the God of Israēl is he that giueth strength and power vnto the people: praised (be) God.
SAue me, ô God: for the waters are entred euen to (my) soule.
I sticke fast in the depe myre, where no staie (is:) I am come into depe waters, & the streames runne ouer me.
I am wearie of crying: my throte is drye mine eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.
They that hate me without a cause, are mo the{n} the heeres of mine head: they that wolde destroye me, (and) are mine enemies falsely are mightie, so that I restored that whiche I toke not.
O God, thou knowest my foolishnes, & my fautes are not hid from thee,
Let not them that trust in thee, ô Lord God of hostes, be ashamed for me: let not those that seke thee, be confounded through me, o God of Israél.
For thy sake haue I suffred reprofe: shame hathe couered my face.
I am become a stranger vnto my brethren, euen an aliant vnto my mothers sonnes.
For the zeale of thine house hathe eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me.
I wept and my soule fasted, but that was to my reprofe.
I put on a sacke also: and I because a prouerbe vnto them.
They that sate in the gate, spake of me, and the drunkards sang (of me.)
But Lord, (I make) my prayer vnto thee in an acceptable time, (eue{n}) in the multitude of thy 〈◊〉: o God, heare me in the trueth of thy saluacion.
Deliuer me out of the myre, that I sinke not let me be deliuered from them that hate me, and out of the depe waters.
Let not the waterflood drowne me, nether let the depe swallowe me vp: and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me.
Heare me, o Lord, for thy louing kindenes is good: turne vnto me according to the multitude of thy tendre mercies.
And hide not thy face from thy serua{n}t, for I am in trouble make hast (and) heare me.
Drawe nere vnto my soule (and) redeme it: deliuer me because of mine enemies.
Thou hast knowen my reprofe & my shame & my 〈◊〉: all mine aduersaries (are) before thee.
Rebuke hathe broken mine heart, and I am ful of heauines, and I loked (for some) to haue pitie (on me,) but there was none: and for comforters, but I founde none.
For they gaue me gall in my meat, and in my thirst they gaue me vinegre to drinke.
Let their table be a snare before them, and their prosperitie (their) ruine.
Let their eyes be blinded that they se not: & make their loynes alwaye to tremble.
Powre out thine angre vpon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take them.
Let their habitacion be voide, (&) let none dwell in their tentes.
For they persecute him, whome thou hast smiten: and they adde vnto the sorowe of the{m} whome thou hast wounded.
Lay iniquitie vpon their iniquitie, and let them not come into thy righteousnes.
Let them be put out of the boke of life, nether let them be writen with the righteous.
When I am poore and in heauines, thine helpe, o God, shal exalt me.
I wil praise the Name of God with a song, and magnifie him with thankesgiuing.
(This) also shal please the Lord better then a yong bullocke, that hathe hornes and houses.
The humble shal se (this, &) they that seke God, shalbe glad, and your heart shal liue.
For the Lord heareth the poore, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Let heauen & earth praise him: the seas and all that moueth in them.
For God wil saue Ziōn, and buylde the cities of Iudáh, that men maye dwell there and haue it in possession.
The sede also of his seruants shal inherit it: and they that loue his Name, shal dwel therein.
O God, (hast thee) to deliuer me: make haste to helpe me, ô Lord.
Let them be confounded a{n}d put to shame, that seke my soule: let them be turned back ward a{n}d put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt
Let them be turned backe for a rewarde of their shame, whiche said, Aha, aha.
(But) let all those that seke thee, be ioyful a{n}d glad in thee, and let all that loue thy saluacion, saie alwayes, God be praised.
Nowe I am poore and nedie: ô God, make haste to me: thou art mine helper, and my delinerer: ô Lord, make no tarying.
IN thee, ô Lorde, I trust: let me neuer be ashamed.
Rescue me and deliuer me in thy righteousnes: incline thine eare vnto me and 〈◊〉 me.
Be thou my strong rocke, whereunto I may alwaye resorte: thou haste giuen commandement to saue me: for thou art my rocke, and my fortresse.
Deliuer me, ô my GOD, out of the hande of the wicked: out of the hand of the euill and cruel man.
For thou art mine hope, o Lord God, (euen) my trust from my youth.
Vppon thee haue I bene stayed frome the wombe: thou art he that toke me out of my mothers bowels: my prayse shal be alwayes of thee.
I am become as it were a monstre vnto manie: but thou art my sure trust.
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise, (a{n}d) with thy glorie euerie day.
Cast me not of in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.
For mine enemies speake of me, and they that laie waite for my 〈◊〉, take their counsel together.
Saying, God hath forsaken him: pursue a{n}d take him, for their is none to deliuer (him.)
Go not farre from me, ô God: my God, hast thee to helpe me.
Let the{m} be confou{n}ded (and) consumed that are against my soule: let the{m} be couered with reprofe and confusion, that seke mine hurt.
But I wil waite continually, and wil prayse thee more and more.
My mouthe shall daily rehearse thy righteousnes, (and) thy saluacion: for I knowe not the nomber.
I will go forwarde in the strength of the Lorde God, (and) will make mention of thy righteousnes, (euen) of thine onely.
O GOD, thou hast taught me frome my youth euen vntil nowe: (therefore) wil I tell of thy wonderous workes.
Yea, euen vnto (mine) olde age and graye head, ô God: forsake me not, vntill I haue declared thine arme vnto (this) generatio{n}, (a{n}d) thy power to all them, that shal come.
And thy ryghteousnes, ô God, (I will exalt) on high: for thou hast done great things: ô God, who is like vnto thee!
Whiche hast shewed me great troubles and aduersities, (but) thou wilt returne (and) reuiue me, and wilt come againe, (and) take me vp 〈◊〉 the depth of the earth.
Thou wilt increase mine honour, and returne (and) comfort me.
Therefore wil I praise thee (for) thy faithfulnes, o God, vpon instrument (and) viole: vnto thee will sing vpon the harpe, o holie one of Israél.
My lips wil reioyce when I sing vnto thee: and my soule, which thou hast deliuered.
My tongue also shal talke of thy righteousnes daily: for they are confounded and broght vnto shame, that seke mine hurt.
GIue thy iudgementes to the Kynge, o God, and thy righteousnes to the Kings, sonne.
(Then) shal he iudge thy people in righteousnes, and thy poore with equitie.
The mountaines and the hyls shall brynge peace to the people by iustice.
He shall iudge the poore of the people: he shal saue the children of the nedie, and shall subdue the oppressor.
They shall feare thee as longe as the sonne and moone endureth, from generation to generation.
He shall come downe lyke the raine vpon the mowen grasse, (and) as the showres that water the earth.
In his daies shal the righteousnes florish, and abundance of peace (shalbe) so long as the moone endureth.
His dominion shalbe also from sea to sea, and from the Riuer vnto the ends of he land.
They that dwell in the wildernes, shall knele before him, & his enemies shallicke the dust
The Kings of Tarshishand of the yles shal bring presentes: the Kings of Sheba and Seba shal bring giftes.
Yea, all Kings shal worship him: all nations shall serue him.
For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth: the nedye also, and hym that hathe no helper.
He shalbe mercifull to the poore and nedie, and shal preserue the soules of the poore.
He shall redeme their soules frome deceit and violence, and deare shal their blood be in his sight.
Yea, he shal liue, and vnto him shall they giue of the golde of Shebá: they shall also praye for hym continually, (and) dayly blesse hym.
An handfull of corne shalbe (sowen) in the earth, (euen) in the top of the mountaines, (and) the frute thereof shall shake like (the trees) of Lebano{n}: a{n}d the (childre{n}) shal florish out of the citie like the grasse of the earth.
His name shalbe for euer: hys name shal indure as long as the sunne: al nations shal blesse him, and be blessed in him.
Blessed (be) the Lord God, (eue{n}) the God of Israél, which onely doeth wo{n}derous things
And blessed (be) his glorious Name for euer and let all the earth be filled with his glorie. So be it, euen so be it.
YEt God is good to Israél: (euen,) to the pure in heart.
As for me, my fete were almoste gone: my steps had wel nere slipe.
For I freated at the foolish, (whe{n}) I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked.
For there are no bands in their death, but they are lustie (and) strong.
They are not in trouble (as other) men, nether are they plagued with (other) men.
Therefore pride (is) as a chaine vnto them, (and) crueltie couereth them (as) a garment.
Their eyes stand out for fatnes: they haue more then heart can wish.
They are licencious, and speake wickedly of (their) oppressio{n}: they take presu{m}pteously.
They set their mouthe against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a ful (cup) are wrung out to them.
And they say, Howe doeth God knowe it? or is there knowledge in the moste High?
Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, (and) increase in riches.
Certeinly I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.
For daily haue I bene punished, and chastened (euerie) morning.
If I say, I wil iudge thus, beholde the generacion of thy children: I haue trespaced.
Then thoght I to know this, (but) it was to peineful for me.
Vntill I went into the Sanctuarie of God: (then) vnderstode I their end.
Surely thou hast set the{m} in slipperie places, (and) castest them downe into desolation.
How suddenly are they destroyed, perished (and) horribly consumed.
As a dreame when one awaketh! ó Lorde, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.
Certeinly mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reines:
So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
Yet I was alway with thee: thou hast holden (me) by my right hand.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and afterwarde receiue me to glorie.
Whome haue I in heauen (but thee?) and I haue desired none in the earth with thee.
My fleshe faileth and mine heart (also: but) God (is) the strength of mine heart, and my porcion for euer.
For lo, they that withdrawe them selues from thee, shall perishe: thou destroyest all them that go a whoring from thee.
As forme, it is good for me to draw nere to God: (therefore) I haue put my truste in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy workes.
O God, why haste thou put vs awaye for euer? (why) is thy wrath kindled agaynst the shepe of thy pasture?
Thinke vpon thy Congregacion (whiche) thou hast possessed of old, (and) on the rod of thine inheritance, (which) thou hast redemed, (and) on this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
Lift vp thy strokes, that thou maiest for euer destroye euerie enemie that doeth euil to the Sanctuarie.
Thine aduersaries roare in the middes of thy Congregacion, (and) set vp their banners for signes:
(He that lifted) the axes vpon the thicke trees, was renoumed, as one, that broght a thing to perfection:
But now they breake downe the carued worke thereof with axes and hammers.
They haue cast thy Sanctuarie into the fyre, (and raised it) to the ground, (and) haue defiled the dwelling place of thy Name.
They said in their hearts, Let vs destroye them altogether: they haue burnt all the Synagogues of God in the land.
We se not our signes: there is not one Prophet more, nor anie with vs that knoweth how long.
O God, how long shal the aduersarie reproche (thee)? shal the enemie blaspheme thy Name for euer?
Why withdrawest thou thine hand, euen thy right hand (drawe it) out of thy bosome, (and) consume them.
Euen God (is) my King of olde, working saluacion in the middes of the earth.
Thou didest diuide the Sea by thy power: thou brakest the heades of the dragons in the waters.
Thou brakest the head of Liuiathán in pieces, (and) gauest him to be meat for the people in wildernes.
Thou brakest vp the fountaine and riuer: thou dryedst vp mightie riuers.
The daye is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made somer and winter.
Remember this, (that) the enemie hathe reproched the Lord, and the foolish people hathe blasphemed thy Name.
Giue not the soule of thy turtle dooue vnto the beast, (&) forget not the Congregacio{n} of thy poore for euer.
Consider (thy) couenant: for the darke places of the earth are ful of the habitacions of the cruel.
Oh let not the oppressed returne ashamed, (but) let the poore & nedie praise thy Name
Arise, ô God: mainteine thine owne cause: remember thy dailie reproche by the foolish man.
Forget not the voyce of thine enemies: (for) the tumulte of the{m}, that rise against thee, ascendeth continually.
WE wil praise thee, ô God, we wil praise (thee,) for thy Name (is) nere: (therefore) they wil declare thy wonderous workes
When I shal take a conuenient time, I wil iudge righteously.
The earth and all the inhabitans thereof are dissolued: (but) I wil establish the pillers of it, Selah.
I said vnto the foolish, Be not so foolish, and to the wicked, Lift not vp the horne.
Lift not vp your horne on high, nether speake with a stiffe necke.
For to come to preferment (is) nether from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South,
But God (is) the iudge: he maketh low and he maketh hie.
For in the hand of the Lord (is) a cup, and the wine is red: it is ful mixt, and he powreth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out (and) drinke the dregs thereof.
But I wil declare for euer, and sing praises vnto the God of Iaakób.
All the hornes of the wicked also wil I breake: (but) the hornes of the righteous shalbe exalted.
GOd is knowen in Iudáh: his Name (is) great in Israél.
For in Shalém is his Tabernacle, and his dwelling in Zión.
There brake he the arrowes of the bowe the shield and the sworde & the battel, Sélah.
Thou art more bright and puissant, then the mountaines of pray.
The stoute harted are spoiled: they haue slept their slepe, and all the men of strength haue not founde their hands.
At thy rebuke, ô God of Iaakób, bothe the chariot and horse are cast a slepe.
Thou, (eue{n}) thou art to be feared: & who shal stand in thy sight, when thou art angrie!
Thou didest cause (thy) iudgement to be heard from heaue{n}: (therefore) the earth feared and was stil,
When thou, ô God, arose to iudgement, to helpe all the meke of the earth. Sélah.
Surely the rage of man shal, turne to thy praise: the remnant of the rage shalt thou restraine.
Vowe and performe vnto the Lord your God, all (ye) that be rounde about him: let them bring presents vnto him that ought to be feared.
He shal cut of the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the Kings of the earth.
MY voyce (came) to God, when I cryed my voyce (came) to God, and he heard me.
In the day of my trouble I soght the Lord: my sore ranne and ceased not in the night: my soule refused comfort.
I did thinke vpon God, and was troubled: I prayed, and my spirit was ful of anguish. Sélah.
Thou kepest mine eyes waking: I was as to nied and colde not speake.
(Then) I considered the dayes of olde, (and) the yeres of ancient time.
I called to remembrance my song in the night: I communed with mine owne heart, & my spirit searched diligently.
Wil the Lord absent him self for euer? & wil he shewe no more fauour?
Is his mercie cleane gone for euer? doeth his promes faile for euermore?
Hathe God forgotten to be merciful? hathe he shut vp his tender mercies in displeasure? Sélah.
And I said, This is my death: (yet I remembred) the yeres of the right hand of the must High.
I remembred the workes of the Lord: certeinly I remembred thy wonders of olde.
I did also meditate all thy workes, & did deuise of thine Actes, (saying,)
Thy waye, ö God, (is) in the Sanctuarie: who is so great a God as (our) God!
Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy power among the people.
Thou hast redemed thy people with (thine) arme, (euen) the sonnes of Iaakób and Ioséph. Sélah.
The waters sawe thee, ô God: the waters sawe thee, (&) were afrayed: yea, the depths trembled.
The cloudes powred out water: the heaue{n}s gaue a sounde: yea, thine arrowes went abroad.
The voice of thy thundre was round about: the lightenings lightened the worlde: the earth trembled and shoke.
Thy waye (is) in the Sea, and thy paths in the great waters, and thy fotesteps are not knowen.
Thou didest leade thy people like shepe by the hand of Mosés and Aarón.
HEare my doctrine, ô my people: incline your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.
I wil open my mouth in a parable: I wil declare high sentences of olde.
Which we haue heard and knowen, and our fathers haue tolde vs.
We wil not hide them from their children, (but) to the generacio{n} to come we wil shewe the praises of the Lord, his power also, and his wonderful workes that he hathe done:
How he established a testimonie in Iaakób and ordeined a Law in Israél, which he commanded our fathers, that they shulde teache their children:
That the posteritie might knowe it, (and) the children. which shulde be borne, shulde stand vp, and declare it to their children:
That they might set their hope on God, & not forget the workes of God but kepe his commandements:
And not to be as their fathers, a disobedie{n}t and rebellious generation: a generation that set not their heart a right, and whose spirit was not faithful vnto God.
The children of Ephráim being armed & shooting with the bowe, turned backe in the day of battel.
They kept not the couenant of God, but refused to walke in his Law,
And forgate his Actes, and his wonderful workes that he had shewed 〈◊〉.
He did maruelous things in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt: (euen) in the field of Zōan.
He deuided the Sea, and led them through he made also the waters to stand as an heape.
In the daie time also he led them with a cloude, and all the night with a light of fyer.
He claue the rockes in the wildernes, and gaue them drinke as of the great depths.
He broght floods also out of the stonie rocke, so that he made the waters to desce{n}d like the riuers.
Yet they sinned stil against him, and prouoked the Highest in the wildernes.
And tempted God in their heartes in requiring meat for their lust.
They spake against God also, saying, Can God prepare a table in the wildernes?
Beholde, he smote the rocke, that the water gushed out, and the streames ouerflowed can he giue bread also? or prepare flesh for his people?
Therefore the Lord heard and was angrie, and the fyer was kindled in Iaakób, and also wrath came vpon Israél,
Because they beleued not in God, and trusted not in his helpe.
Yet he had co{m}manded the cloudes aboue and had opened the dores of heauen,
And had rained downe MAN vpon them for to eat, and had giuen them of the wheat of heauen.
Man did eat the bread of Angels: he sent them meat ynough.
He caused the East winde to passe in the heauen, and through his power he broght in the South winde.
He rained flesh also vpon them as dust, and feathered foule as the sand of the sea.
And he made it fall in the middes of their ca{m}pe, (euen) round about their habitations.
So thei did eat and were wel filled: for he gaue them their desire.
They were not turned fro{m} their lust, (but) the meat (was) yet in their mouthes,
When the wrath of God came euen vpon them, and slew the strongest of them, & smote downe the chosen men in Israél.
For all this, thei sinned stil, and beleued not his wonderous workes.
Therefore their daies did he consume in vanitie, and their yeres hastely.
And when he slewe them, thei soght him and they returned, and soght God early.
And thei remembred that God (was) their strength, and the moste high God their redemer.
But thei 〈◊〉 him with their mouth & dissembled with him with their tongue.
For their heart was not vpright with him: nether were they faithful in his couenant.
Yet he being merciful forgaue (their) iniquitie, and destroyed (them) not, but of times called backe his angre, and did not stirre vp all his wrath.
For he reme{m}bred that thei were flesh: (yea,) a winde that passeth & co{m}meth not againe.
How oft did they 〈◊〉 him in the wildernes? (and) grieue him in the desert?
Yea, they returned, and tempted God, and limited the Holie one of Israél.
Thei reme{m}bred not his hand, (nor) the daie when he deliuered them from the enemie.
(Nor) him that set his signes in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zóan,
And turned their riuers into blood, & their floods, that thei colde not drinke.
He sent a swarme of flies among them, which deuoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.
He gaue also their frutes vnto the caterpiller, and their labour vnto the grashopper.
He destroied their vines with haile, & their wilde figgetrees with the hailestone.
He gaue their cattel also to the haile, and their flockes to the thunderboltes.
He cast vpon them the fiercenes of his angre, indignation and wrath, and vexation by the sending out of euil Angels.
He made awaie to his angre: he spared not their soule from death, (but) gaue their life to the pestilence,
And smote all the firstborne in Egypt, (eue{n}) the beginning of (their) strength in the tabernacles of Ham.
But he made his people to go out like shepe and led them in the wildernes like a flocke.
Yea, he caried them out safely, and they feared not, and the Sea 〈◊〉 their enemies.
And he broght them vnto the borders of his Sanctuarie: (euen) to this Mountaine, (which) his right hand purchased.
He cast out the heathen also before the{m} & caused them to fall to the lot of (his) inheritance, and made the tribes of Israél to dwell in their tabernacles.
Yet they tempted, and prouoked the moste high God, and kept not his testimonies,
But turned backe and delt falsely like their fathers: thei turned like a deceitful bowe.
And thei prouoked him to angre with their high places, and moued him to wrath with their grauen image.
God heard (this) and was wroth, and greatly 〈◊〉 Israél.
So that he forsoke the habitation of Shiló (euen) the Tabernacle where he dwelt among men,
And deliuered his power into captiuitie, and his beautie into the ennemies hand.
And he gaue vp his people to the sworde and was angrie with his inheritance.
The fyer deuoured their chosen men, and their maides were not praised.
Their Priests fell by the sworde, and their widowes lamented not.
But the Lord awaked as one out of slepe, (and) as a strong man that after (his) wine cryeth 〈◊〉,
And smote his enemies in the hinder (partes, and) put them to a perpetual shame.
Yet he refused the tabernacle of Ioséph, and chose not the tribe of Ephráim:
But chose the tribe of Iudáh, (and) mount Zión which he loued.
And he buylt his Sanctuarie as an high (palace,) like the earth, which he stablished for euer.
He chose Dauid also his seruant, and toke him from the shepefoldes.
Euen from behinde the ewes with yong broght he him to fede his people in Iaakób, and his inheritance in Israél.
So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart, and guided the{m} by the discretion of his hands.
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance: thine holie Temple haue they 〈◊〉, (and) made Ierusalém heapes (of stones.)
The dead bodies of thy seruants haue thei giuen to be meat vnto foules of the heauen: (and) the flesh of thy Sainctes vnto the beastes of the earth.
Their blood haue thei shed like waters round about Ierusalém, and there was none 〈◊〉 burye them.
We are a reproche to our neighbours, (euen) a scorne and derision vnto them that are round about vs.
Lord, how long wilt thou be angrie for euer shal thy gelousie burne like fyer?
Powre out thy wrath vpon the heathe{n} that haue not knowen thee, and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy Name.
For thei haue deuoured Iaakób and made his dwelling place desolate.
Reméber not against vs the former iniquities, (but) make haste (&) let thy te{n}der mercies preuent vs: for we are in great miserie.
Helpe vs, ô God of our saluacion, for the glorie of thy Name, and deliuer vs, and be merciful vnto our sinnes for thy name sake.
Wherefore shulde the heathen saie, Where is their God? let him be knowen among the heathen in our sight by the vengeance of the blood of thy seruants that is shed.
Let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee: according to thy mightie arme preserue, the children of death,
And render to our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome their reproche where with they haue reproched thee, ô Lord.
So we thy people, and shepe of thy pasture shal praise thee for euer: and fro{m} generation to generation we wil set forthe thy praise.
HEare, ô thou Shepherd of Israél, thou that leadest Ioséph like shepe: shew (thy) brightenes, thou that sittest betwene the Cherubims.
Before Ephráim and Beniamin & Manasséh stirre vp thy streugth, and come to helpe vs.
Turne vs againe, ô God, and cause thy face to shine that we maie be saued.
O Lord God of hostes, how long wilt thou be angrie against the praier of thy people?
Thou hast fed the{m} with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with greate measure.
Thou hast made vs a strife vnto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh (at vs) among them selues.
Turne vs againe, ô God of hostes: cause thy face to shine, and we shalbe saued.
Thou hast broght a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Thou madest roume for it, and didest cause it to take roote, and it filled the land.
The mou{n}taines were couered with the shadow of it, & the boughs thereof (were like) the goodlie cedres.
She stretched out her bra{n}ches vnto: the Sea, and her boughes vnto the Riuer.
Why hast thou (then) broken downe her hedges, so that all thei, which passe by the waie, haue plucked her?
The wilde bore out of the wood hathe destroied it, and the wilde beastes of the field haue eaten it vp.
Returne we beseche thee, ô God of hostes: loke downe from heauen and beholde and visit this vine,
And the vineyarde, that thy right hand hathe planted, and the yong vine, (which) thou madest strong for thy self,
It is burnt with fyer (and) cut downe (and) they 〈◊〉 at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Let thine hand be vpon the man of thy right ha{n}d, (&) vpo{n} the sonne of ma{n}, (whome) thou madest strong for thine owne self.
So wil not we go backe from thee: reuiue thou vs, and we shal call vpon thy Name.
Turne vs againe, ô Lord God of hostes: cause thy face to shine and we shalbe saued.
SIng ioyfully vnto God our strength: sing loude vnto the God of Iaakób.
Take the song and bring forthe the timbrel the pleasant harpe with the viole.
Blowe the tru{m}pet in the c new moone, (euen) in the time appointed, at our feast daie.
For this is a statute for Israél, (and) a Law of the God of Iaakób.
He set this in Ioséph for a testimonie, whe{n} he came out of the land of Egypt, (where) I heard a language, that I vnderstode not.
I haue withdrawe{n} his shulder from the burden, (and) his hands haue left the pottes.
Thou calldest in affliction and I deliuered thee, (&) answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I proued thee at the waters of Meribáh. Sélah.
Heare, ô my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: o Israél, if thou wilt hearken vnto me.
Let there be no strange god in thee, nether worship thou anie strange God.
(For) I am the Lord thy God, which broght thee out of the land of Egypt: open, thy mouth wide and I wil fil it,
But my people wolde not heare my voyce, and Israél wolde none of me.
So I gaue the{m} vp into the hardenes of their heart, (and) they haue walked in their owne counsels.
Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, (and) Israél had walked in my wayes.
I wolde sone haue humbled their enemies, & turned mine ha{n}d against their aduersaries
The haters of the Lord shuld haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time shuld haue endured for euer.
And (God) wolde haue fed them with the fat of wneat, & with honie out of the rocke wold I haue sufficed thee.
GOd standeth in the assemblie of gods: he iudgeth among gods.
How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persones of the wicked? Sélah.
Do right to the poore and fatherles: do iustice to the poore and nedie.
Deliuer the poore and nedie: saue (them) from the hand of the wicked.
They knowe not and vnderstand nothing: they walke in darknes, (albeit) all the fundacions of the earth be moued.
I haue said, Ye are gods, and ye all are childre{n} of the most High.
But ye shaldye as a man, & ye princes, shal fall like others.
O GOD, arise, (therefore) iudge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherite all nations.
KEpe not thou silence, ô God: be not stil and cease not, ô God.
For lo, thine enemies make a tumulte: and they that hate thee, haue lifted vp the head.
Thei haue taken craftie counsel against thy people, and haue consulted against thy secret ones.
Thei haue said, Come and let vs cut them of from being a nation: and let the name of Israél be no more in remembrance.
For thei haue consulted together in heart (and) haue made a league against thee:
The tabernacles of Edom, and the 〈◊〉, Moab and the Agarims:
Gebál and Ammōn, and Amaléch, the Philistims with the inhabitants of Tyrus:
Asshur also is ioyned with the{m}: thei haue bene an arme to the children of Lot.
Do thou to them as vnto the Midianites: as to Siserá (and) as to Iabin at the riuer of Kishón.
Thei perished at Endór, (and) were dongue forthe earth.
Make the{m}, (euen) their princes like Oréb and like Zeéb: yea, all their princes like Zebah and like Zalmuná.
Which haue said, Let vs take for our possession the habitacions of God.
O my God, make them like vnto a whele, (and) as the stubble before the winde.
As the fyer burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fyre:
So persecute them with thy tempest, & make them afraied with thy storme.
Fil their faces with shame, that thei maie seke thy Name, ö Lord.
Let them be confounded and troubled for euer: yea, let them be put to shame & perish.
That they maie knowe that thou, which art called Iehouáh, art alone, (euen) the most High ouer all the earth.
O Lord of hostes, how amiable (are) thy Tabernacles!
My soule longeth, yea, and fainteth for the courtes of the Lord: (for) mine heart and my 〈◊〉 reioyce in the liuing God.
Yea, the sparowe hathe founde (her) an house, & the swallowe a nest for her, where she maie lay her yong: (euen) by thine altars, ô Lord of hostes, my King (and) my God.
Blessed (are) they that dwel in thine house: they wil euer praise thee. Sélah.
Blessed (is) the man, whose strength (is) in thee, (&) in whose heart (are thy) waies.
They going through the vale of Bacá, make welles therein: the raine also couereth the pooles.
They go from strength to strength, (til euerie one) appeare before God in Zión.
O Lord God of hostes, heare my prayer: hearken, ô God of Iaakob. 〈◊〉.
Beholde, ô God, our shield, & loke vpon the face of thine Anointed.
For a daye in thy courtes is better then a thousand (other where:) I had rather be a dore keper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the tabernacles of wickednes.
For the Lord God is the sunne and shield (vnto vs:) the Lord wil giue grace and glorie, & no good thing wil he withholde from them that walke vprightly.
O Lord of hostes, blessed (is) the man that trusteth in thee.
LOrd, thou hast bene fauourable vnto thy land: thou hast broght againe the captiuitie of 〈◊〉 Iaakób.
Thou hast forgiuen the iniquitie of thy people, (and) couered and their sinnes. Sélah.
〈◊〉 hast withdrawe{n} all thine angre, & hast turned backe fro{m} the fiercenes of thy wrath
Turne vs, ô God of our saluacion, & release 〈◊〉 angre towards vs.
〈◊〉 thou be angrie with vs for euer? (and) wilt thou prolong thy wrath from one generacion to another?
Wilt thou not turne againe (and) quicken vs that thy people maye reioyce in thee?
Shewe vs thy mercie, ô Lord, and grante vs thy saluacion.
I wil hearke{n} what the Lord God wil saie: for he wil speake peace vnto his people, & to his Saints, that they turne not againe to folie
Surely his saluacion is nere to the{m} that feare him, that glorie maye dwell in 〈◊〉 land.
Mercie and trueth shal mete: righteousnes and peace shal kisse (one another.)
Trueth shal bud out of the earth, and righteousnes shalloke downe from heauen.
Yea, the Lord shal giue good things, and our land shal giue her increase.
Righteousnes shal go before him and shal let her steps in the waye.
INcline thine eare, ô Lord, (and) heare me: for I am poore and nedie.
Preserue thou my soule, for I am merciful: my God, saue thou thy seruant, that trusteth in thee.
Be merciful vnto me, ô Lord: for I crye vpo{n} thee continually.
Reioyce the soule of thy seruant: for vnto thee, ô Lord, do I lift vp my soule.
For thou, Lord, art good and merciful, and of great kindenes vnto all them, that call vpon thee.
Giue eare, Lord, vnto my prayer, and hearken to the voyce of my supplication.
In the daye of my trouble I wil call vpon thee: for thou hearest me.
Among the gods there is none like thee, ô Lord, and there is none (that can do) like thy workes.
All nations, whome thou hast made, shall come and worship before thee, ô Lord and shal glorifie thy Name.
For thou art great and doest wonderous things: thou art God alone.
Teache me thy waie, ô Lord, (and) I wil walke in thy trueth: knit mine heart vnto thee, that I 〈◊〉 feare thy Name.
I wil praise thee, ô Lord my God, with all mine heart: yea, I wil glorifie thy Name for euer.
For great is thy mercie towarde me, and thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest graue.
O God, the proude are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men haue soght my soule, and haue not set thee before them,
But thou, ö Lord, art a pitiful God and merciful, slowe to angre and great in kindenes and trueth.
Turne vnto me, and haue mercie vpon me: giue thy strength vnto thy seruant, and saue the sonne of thine hand maid.
Shewe a token of (thy) goodnes towarde me, that they which hate me, maie se it and be ashamed, because thou, ô Lord, hast holpen me and comforted me.
GOd laied his fundacions amonge the holie mountaines.
The Lord loueth the gates of Zión aboue all the habitacions of Iaakób.
Glorious things are spoken of thee, ô citie of God. 〈◊〉.
I wil make mention of Raháb and Babél among them that knowe me: beholde Palestina and Tyrus with Ethiopia, There is he borne.
And of Zio{n} it shalbe said, Manie are borne in her: and he, (euen) the moste High shall stablish her.
The Lord shall count, when he writeth the people, He was borne there. Sélah.
Aswel the singers as the plaiers on instruments (shal praise thee:) all my spryngs (are) in thee.
O Lord God of my saluacion, I crye day (and) night before thee.
Let my prayer enter into thy presence: incline thine eare vnto my crye.
For my soule is filled with euils, and my life draweth nere to the graue.
I am counted among them that go downe vnto the pit, (and) am as a man without strength:
Fre among the dead, like the slainelying in the graue, whome thou remembrest no more, and they 〈◊〉 cut of frome thyne hand.
Thou hast 〈◊〉 me in the lowest pit, in darkenes, (and) in the depe.
Thine indignation lieth vpon me, & thou hast vexed me with all thy waues. Sélah.
Thou hast put awaye mine 〈◊〉 acquaintance farre from me, (and) made me to be abhorred of them: I am shut vp, and can not get forthe.
Mine eye is sorowful through mine affliction Lord, I call daiely vpo{n} thee: I stretch out mine hands vnto thee.
Wilt thou shewe a miracle to the dead? or shal the dead rise (&) praise thee? Sélah.
Shall thy louyng kyndenes be declared in the 〈◊〉? (or) thy faithfulnes in destruction?
Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the land of obliuion?
But vnto thee haue I cryed, O Lord, & early shal my praier come before thee.
Lord, why doest thou reiect my soule, (&) hidest thy face from me?
I am afflicted and at the pointe of death: from (my) youth I suffer thy terrours, douting (of my life.)
Thine in dignations go ouer me, and thy feare hathe cut me of.
They came rounde aboute me daiely like water, (and) compassed me together.
My louers and friends hast thou put away from me, (and) myne 〈◊〉 hyd them selues.
I Wil sing the mercies of the LORD for euer: with my mouthe will I declare thy trueth from generacion to generacion.
For I said, Mercie shalbe set vp for euer: thy trueth shalt thou stablishin the verye heauens.
I haue made a couenant with my chosen: I haue sworne to Dauid my seruant,
Thy sede wil I stablish for euer, and set vp thy throne from generacion to generacio{n}. Sélah.
O Lord, euen the heauens shal praise thy wonderous worke: yea, thy trueth in the Congregacion of the Saints.
For who is equal to the Lord in the heaue{n}! (and who) is like the LORD amonge the sonnes of the gods!
God is verie terrible in the asse{m}blie of the Saints, and to be reuerenced aboue all, (that are) about him.
O Lord GOD of hostes, who is like vnto thee, (whiche art) a mightie Lord, and thy trueth (is) about thee!
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waues thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Thou hast beaten downe Raháb as a man slaine: thou hast scattered thine ennemies with thy mightie arme.
The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast laied the fundacion of the worlde, and all that therein is.
Thou hast created the North & the South: Tabór and Hermôn shall reioyce in thy Name.
Thou hast a mightie arme: strong is thine hand, (and) high is thy right hand.
Righteousnes and equitie (are) the stablishment of thy throne: mercie and trueth go before thy face.
Blessed (is) the people, that can reioyce (in thee:) they shall walke in the light of thy countenance, ô Lord.
They shal reioyce co{n}tinually in thy name, and in thy righteousnes shalt they exalte themselues.
For thou art the glorie of their stre{n}gth, and by thy fauour our hornes shal be exalted.
For our shield (apperteineth) to the lord, and our King to the Holie one of Israél.
Thou spakest then in a visio{n} vnto thine Holie one, and saidest, I haue laied helpe vpon one that is mightie: I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.
I haue founde Dauid my seruante: with mine holie oyle haue I anointed him.
Therefore myne hande shalbe established with him, and myne arme shall strengthen him.
The enemie shal not oppresse him, nether shal the wicked hurt him.
But I will destroy his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
My trueth also & my mercie (shalbe) with him, and in my Name shall his horne be exalted.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and hys right hand in the floods.
He shal crye vnto me, Thou art my Father, my GOD and the rocke of my saluacion.
Also I wil make him my first borne, higher then the Kings of the earth.
My mercie will I kepe for hym for euermore, and my couenant shal stand fast with him.
His sede also will I make to endure for euer, and his throne as the dayes of heaue{n}.
(But) if his children forsake my Lawe, and walke not in my iudgements:
If they breake my statutes, & kepe not my commandements:
Then will I visite their transgression with the rod, and their iniquitie with strokes.
Yet my louing kindenes will I not take from him, nether wil I falsifie my trueth.
My couenant will I not breake, nor alter the thynge that is gone out of my lippes.
I haue sworne once by mine holines, that I wil not faile Dauid, (saying,)
His sede shal endure for euer, & his throne (shalbe) as the sunne before me.
He shalbe established for euermore as the moone, and (as) a faithfull witnes in the heauen. Sélah.
But thou hast reiected and abhorred, thou hast bene angrie with thine Anointed.
Thou hast broken the couenant of thy 〈◊〉, (&) 〈◊〉 his e crowne, (casting it) on the grounde.
Thou hast broken downe all his walles: thou hast layed his forteresses in ruine.
All that go by the waye, spoile him: he is a rebuke vnto his neighbours.
Thou haste set vp the right hande of hys enemies, (and) made all his aduersaries to reioyce.
Thou hast also turned the edge of hys sworde, and hast not made him to stande in the battel.
Thou hast caused his dignitie to decay, & cast his throne to the grounde.
The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened, (and) couered him with shame. 〈◊〉.
Lord, how long wilt thou hide thy selfe, for euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre?
Remember of what time I am: wherfore shuldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?
What man liueth, and shall not se death? shal he deliuer his soule from the hand of the graue? Sélah.
Lord, where are thy former mercies, (whiche) thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?
Remember, ô Lord, the rebuke of thy seruants, which I beare in my bosome of all the mightie people.
For thine enemies haue reproched (thee,) ô Lord, because they haue reproched the fotesteppes of thine Anointed.
Praised (be) the Lord for euermore. So be it, euen so be it.
LOrd, thou haste bene our habitacion from generacion to generacion.
Before the mountaines were made, and (before) thou hadest formed the earth, and the worlde, euen from euerlasting to euerlasting thou art (our) God.
Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou saiest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adám.
For a thousand yeres in thy sight (are) as yesterdaie when it is past, and (as) a watche in the night.
Thou hast ouerflowed them: they are (as) a slepe: in the morning he groweth like the grasse:
In the morning it florisheth and groweth, (but) in the euening it is cut downe and withereth.
For we are consumed by thine angre, & by thy wrath are we troubled.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, (and) our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance.
For all our dayes are past in thine angre: we haue spent our yeres as a thoght.
The time of our life (is) threscore yeres & ten, and if they be of strength, foure score yeres: yet their strength (is) but labour and sorowe: for it is cut of quickly, and we flee away.
Who knoweth the power of thy wrath? for according to thy feare (is) thine angre.
Teache vs so to nomber our dayes, that we maie applie (our) hearts vnto wisdome.
Returne [ô Lord, how long?] & be pacified toward thy seruants.
Fill vs with thy mercye in the mornyng: so shall we reioyce and be glad all our dayes.
Comfort vs according to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs, (and accordynge) to the yeres that we haue sene euil.
Let thy worke be sene towarde thy seruants, and thy glorie vpon their childre{n}.
And let the beautie of the Lord our God be vpon vs, and direct thou the worke of our hands vpon vs, euen direct the worke of our hande.
WHo sodwelleth in the secret of the moste High, shal abide in the shadow of the Almightie.
I will say vnto the Lorde, O myne hope, and my fortres: (he is) my God, in him wil I trust.
Surely he wil deliuer thee from the snare of the hunter, (and) from the noisome pestilence.
He wil couer thee vnder his wings, & thou shalt be sure vnder his feathers: his trueth shal be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraide of the feare of the night, (nor) of the arrow that flieth by daye:
(Nor) of the pestile{n}ce that walketh in the darknes: (nor) of the plague that destroyeth at noone daye.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and tene thousand at thy right ha{n}d, (but) it shal not come nere thee.
Douteles with thine eyes shalt thou beholde and se therewarde of the wicked.
For thou (hast said,) The LORD (is) myne hope: thou hast set the moste high for thy refuge.
There shall none euil come vnto thee, nether shal anie plague come nere thy tabernacle.
For he shall giue his Angels charge ouer thee to kepe thee in all thy waies.
They shal beare thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy fote against a stone.
Thou shalt walke vpon the lion and aspe: the yong lion and the dragon shalt thou tread vnder fete.
Because he hathe loued me, therfore will I deliuer him: I will exalte him because he hathe knowen my Name.
He shall call vpon me, and I wil heare him: I will be with him in trouble: I will deliuer him, and glorifie him.
With long life wil I satisfie him, & shewe him my saluacion.
IT is a good thing to praise the LORD, and to sing vnto thy Name, ô moste High,
To declare thy louing kindenes in the morning, and thy trueth in the night.
Vpon an instrument often strings, & vpo{n} the viole with the song vpon the harpe.
For thou, Lord, hast made me glad by thy workes, (and) I 〈◊〉 reioyce in the workes of thine hands.
O Lord, how glorious are thy workes! (&) thy thoghts are verie depe.
An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,
[When the wicked growe as the grasse, & all the workers of wickednes do florishe] that thei shal be destroied for euer.
But thou, ô Lord, art moste high for euermore.
For lo, thine enemies, ô Lord: for lo, thine enemies shal perish: all the workers of iniquitie shalbe destroied.
But thou shalt exalt mine horne, like the vnicornes, (and) I shalbe anoynted with freshoile.
Mine eie also shall se (my desire) agaynste mine ennemies: and mine eares shal 〈◊〉 (my wish) against the wicked, that rise vp against me.
The righteous shal florish like a palme tre, (and) shall growe like a cedre in Lebanón.
Suche as be planted in the House of the Lord, shal florish in the courts of our God.
Thei shal stil bring forthe frute in (their) age: thei shalbe fat and florishing,
To declare that the LORDE my rocke is righteous, and that none iniquitie (is) in him.
THe Lord reigneth, (&) is clothed with maiestie: the Lord is clothed, (and) girded with power: the world also shalbe established, that it can not be moued.
Thy throne is established of olde: thou art from euerlasting.
The floods haue lifted vp, ô Lord: the floods haue lifted vp theyr voyce: the floods lift vp their waues.
The waues of the sea (are) maruelous through the noise of manie waters, (yet) the Lord on high is more mightie.
Thy testimonies are verie sure: holines becommeth thine House, ô Lord, for euer.
O Lord God the aduenger, ô GOD the aduenger, shewe thy self clearely.
Exalt thy self, ô Iudge of the worlde, (and) render a rewarde to the proude.
Lord, how long shal the wicked, how long shal the wicked triumph?
They prate (and) speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vante them selues.
They smite downe thy people, ô Lord, & trouble thine heritage.
They slaie the widow and the strangers, & murther the fatherles.
Yet they saie, The Lord shal not se: nether wil the God of Iaakób regarde it.
Vnderstand ye vnwise among the people, and ye fooles, when wil ye be wise?
He that planted the eare, shall he not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not se?
Or he that chasticeth the nations, shall he not correct? he that teacheth ma{n} knowledge, (shal he not knowe.)
The Lord knoweth the thoghts of man, that they are vanitie.
Blessed (is) the man, whome thou chasticest, ô Lord, and teachest him in thy Law,
That thou maiest giue him rest frome the dayes of euill, whiles the pit is digged for the wicked.
Surely the Lord will not faile his people, nether will he forsake his inheritance.
For iudgement shal returne to iustice, and all the vpright in hearte (shall followe) after it.
Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? (or) who wil take my parte against the workers of iniquitie?
If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almoste dwelt in silence.
When I said, My fote slideth, thy mercie, ô Lord, staied me.
In the multitude of my thoghts in mine hearte, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.
Hathe the throne of iniquitie feloship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a law?
They gather them together agaynst the soule of the righteous, and condomne the innocent blood.
But the Lord is my refuge, and my God (is) the rocke of mine hope.
And he wil recompense the{m} their wickednes, and destroie them in their owne malice: (yea,) the Lord our God shall destroye them.
COme, let vs reioice vnto the Lord let vs sing aloude vnto the rocke of our saluacion.
Let vs come before his face with prayse: let vs sing loude vnto him with psalmes.
For the Lord (is) a great God, and a greate King 〈◊〉 all gods.
In whose hand (are) the depe places of the earth, and the heights of the mountaines (are) his:
To whome the sea (belongeth:) for he made it, and hys handes formed the drye land.
Come, let vs worship and fall downe, and 〈◊〉 before the Lord our maker.
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the shepe of his hand: to daie, if ye wil heare his voice,
Harden not your heart, as in 〈◊〉, (and) as in the daye of Massáh in the wildernes.
Where your fathers tempted me, proued me, thogh thei had sene my worke.
Fortie yeres haue I contended with (this) generacion, and said, Thei are a people that erre in heart, for thei haue not knowe{n} my wayes.
Wherefore I sware in my wrath, (saying,) Surely they shal not enter into my rest.
SIng vnto the Lord anewe song: sing vnto the Lord, all the earth.
〈◊〉 vnto the Lord, (and) praise his Name: declare his saluacion from daie to daie.
Declare his glorie among all nations, (&) his wonders among all people.
For the Lord (is) great and muche to be praised: he is to be feared aboue all gods.
For all the gods of the people (are) idols: but the Lord made the heauen.
Strength and glorye (are) before hym: power and beautie (are) in his Sanctuarie.
Giue vnto the Lord, ye families of the people: giue vnto the Lord glorie and power.
Giue vnto the Lord the glorie of his name bring an offring, and entre into his courtes.
Worship the Lord in the glorious Sa{n}ctuarie tremble before him all the earth.
Saie among the nations, The Lord reigneth: surely the worlde shalbe stable, (and) not moue, (and) he shal iudge the people in righteousnes.
Let the heauens reioyce, and let the earth be glad let the sea roare, and all that therein is.
Let the field be ioyful, and all that is in it: let all the trees of the wood then reioyce.
Before the Lorde: for he commeth, for he commeth to iudge the earth: he wil iudge the worlde with rightcousnes, & the people in his trueth.
THe Lord reigneth: let the earth reioyce: let the multitude of theyles be glad.
Cloudes and darkenes (are) round about him righteousnes and iudgeme{n}t (are) the fundation of his throne.
There shall go a fyer before him, & burne vp his enemies round about.
His lightnings gaue light vnto the world the earth sawe it and was afraid.
The mountaines melted like waxe at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
The heauens declare his righteousnes, & all the people se his glorie.
Confounded be all thei that serue graue{n} images, (and) that glorie in idoles: worship him all ye gods.
Zión heard of it, and was glad: and the daughters of Iudáh reioyced, because of thy iudgements, ô Lord.
For thou, Lord, arte moste high aboue all the earth: thou art muche exalted aboue all gods.
Ye that loue the Lord, hate euil: he preserueth the soules of his Saints: he will deliuer them from the hand of the wicked.
Light is sowen for the righteous, & ioye for the vpright in heart.
Reioyce ye righteous in the Lord, & giue thankes for his holie remembrance:
SIng vnto the Lord a new song: for he hath done maruelous things: his right hand, and his holie arme haue gotte{n} him the victorie.
The Lord declared his saluatio{n}: his righteousnes hathe he reueiled in the sight of the nations.
He hathe remembred his mercie and hys trueth towarde the house of Israél: all the ends of the earth haue sene the saluation of our God.
All the earth sing ye loude vnto the Lord: crye out and reioyce, and sing praises,
Sing praise to the Lord vpon the harpe, (euen) vpo{n} the harpe with a singing voice.
With shalmes and sounde of trumpets sing loude before the Lord the King.
Let the sea roare, & all that therein is, the worlde, and thei that dwell therein.
Let the floods clap their hands, (&) let the mountaines reioyce together.
Before the Lord: for he is come to iudge the earth with righteousnes shal he iudge the worlde, and the people with equitie.
THe Lord reigneth, let the people tre{m}ble he sitteth (betwene) the Cherubims, let the earth be moued.
The Lord (is) greate in Zión, and he is high aboue all the people.
Thei shal praise thy greate and fearefull Name [(for) it is holie.]
And the Kings power, that loueth iudgeme{n}t (for) thou hast prepared equitie: thou hast execute diudgement and iustice in Iaakōb.
Exalt the Lord our God, and fall downe before his fotestole: (for) he is holie.
Mosés and Aarón (were) among his Priests, and Samuél among suche as call vpon his Name: these called vpon the Lord, and he heard them.
He spake vnto them in the cloudie piller: thei kept his testimonies, (and) the Lawe (that) he gaue them.
Thou heardest them, ô Lord our God: thou wast a fauourable God vnto them, thogh thou didest take vengeance for theyr inuentions.
Exalt the Lord our GOD, and fall downe before his holie Mountaine: for the Lord our God is holie.
SIng ye loude vnto the Lord, all the earth.
Serue the Lord with gladnes. come before him with ioyfulnes.
Knowe ye that euen the Lord is GOD: he hathe made vs, and not we our selues: (we are) his people, and the shepe of hys pasture.
Enter into his gates with praise, (&) into his courtes with reioycing. praise hym (&) blesse his Name.
For the Lord is good: his mercie (is) euerlasting, and his trueth (is) from generacion to generacion.
I Will sing mercie and iudgement: vnto thee, ô Lord, wil I sing.
I wil do wisely in the persite waie til thou comest to me: I will walke in the vprightnes of mine hearte in the middes of myne house.
I wil set no wicked thing before mine eies I hate the worke of them that fall awaie: it shal not cleaue vnto me.
A froward hearte shall depart from me: I wil knowe none euil.
Him, that priuely sclan dereth his neighbour, wil I destroie. him that hath a proude loke and high heart, I can not (suffer.)
Mine eies (shalbe) vnto the faithful of the land, that they maie dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfit waie, he shal serue me.
There shall no deceitfull persone dwell within mine house: he that telleth lies, shal not remaine in my sight.
Betimes will I destroye all the wicked of the land, that I maie cut of all the workers of iniquitie from the Citie of the Lord.
O Lord, heare my praier, & let my crye come vnto thee.
Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine eares vnto me: when I call, make haste to heare me,
For my daies are consumed like smoke, & my bones are burnt like an herth.
Mine heart is smitten and withereth like grasse, because I forgate to eat my bread
For the voice of my groning my bones do cleaue to my skin.
I am like a pelicane of the wildernes: I am like an owle of the deserts.
I watche and am as a sparowe alone vpon the house toppe.
Mine enemies reuile me daiely, (and) thei that rage against me, haue sworne against me.
Surely I haue eaten ashes as breade, and mingled my drinke with weping,
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast heaued me vp, and cast me downe.
My daies (are) like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.
But thou, ô Lord, doest remaine for euer, and thy remembrance from generacion to generacion.
Thou wilt arise (&) haue mercie vpo{n} Zión: for the time to haue mercie thereo{n}, for the appointed time is come.
For thy serua{n}ts delite in the stones the-reof, and haue pitie on the dust thereof.
Then the heathen shal feare the Name of the Lord, and all the Kings of the earth thy glorie,
When the Lord shal buylde vp Zión, (and) shal appeare in his glorie,
(And) shal turne vnto the praier of the desolate, and not despise their praier.
This shal be writen for the generacion to come: and the people, which shal be created, shal praise the Lord.
For he hath loked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: out of the heaue{n} did the Lord beholde the earth,
That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the childre{n} of death
That they maye declare the Name of the LORD in Zión, and hys prayse in Ierusalém,
When the people shalbe gathered together, and the kyngdomes to serue the Lord.
He abated my strength in the waye, (&) shortened my daies.
(And) I said, O my God, take me not away in the middes of my daies: thy yeres (endure) from generacion to generacion.
Thou hast a fore time laied the fundation of the earth, and the heaue{n}s (are) the worke of thine hands.
Thei shall perishe, but thou shalt endure: euen thei all shal waxe olde as doeth a garment: as vesture shalt thouchange them, and thei shal be changed.
But thou art the same, and 'thy yeres shal not faile.
The children of thy seruants shal continue, and their sede shal stand fast in thy sight.
MY soule, praise thou the Lord, and all that is within me (praise) his holie Name.
My soule, praise thou the Lord, and forget not all his benefites.
Which forgiueth all thine iniquitie, and healeth all thine infirmities.
Which redemeth thy life from the graue and crowneth thee with mercie and compassions.
Which satisfieth thy mouth with good things: and thy youth is renued like the egles.
The Lord executeth righteousnes and iudgement to all that are oppressed,
He made his waies knowen vnto Mosés (&) his workes vnto the children of Israél.
The Lord is ful of compassion and mercie slowe to angre and of great kindenes.
He wil not alwaie chide, nether kepe (his angre) for euer.
He hathe not dealt with vs after our sinnes, nor rewarded vs according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heauen is aboue the earth, so great is his mercie toward them that feare him.
As farre as the East is from the West: so farre hathe he remoued our sinnes from vs.
As a father hathe compassion on his children, so hathe the Lord compassion on the{m} that feare him.
For he knoweth whereof we be made: he remembreth that we are but dust.
The daies of man are as grasse: as a flower of the field, so florisheth he.
For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone and the place thereof shal knowe it no more.
But the louing kindenes of the Lord (endureth) for euer vpon them that feare him, and his righteousnes vpon childre{n}s children,
Vnto them that kepe his couenant, and thinke vpon his commandements to do them.
The Lord hathe prepared his throne in heauen, and his kingdome ruleth ouer all.
Praise the Lord ye his Angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandement in obeying the voice of his worde.
Praise the Lord, all ye his hostes, ye his seruants that do his pleasure.
Praise the Lord all ye his workes, in all places of his dominion: my soule, praise thou the lord.
MY soule praise thou the Lord: ô Lord my God, thou are exceding great thou art clothed with glorie and honour
Which couereth him self with light as with a garment, (and) spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.
Which laieth the beames of his cha{m}bers in the waters, and maketh the cloudes his chariot, and walketh vpon the wings of the winde.
Which maketh the spirits his messengers (and) a flaming fyre his ministers.
He set the earth vpon her fundations, so that it shal neuer moue.
Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters wolde stand aboue the mountaines.
(But) at thy rebuke thei flee: at the voice of thy thunder thei haste awaie.
And the mountaines ascend (and) the valleis descend to the place which thou hast established for them.
But thou hast set the{m} a bonde, which thei shal not passe thei shal not returne to couer the earth.
He sendeth the springs into the valleis, which runne betwene the mountaines.
Thei shal giue drinke to all the beastes of the field, and the wilde asses shal quenche their thirst.
By these springs shal the foules of the heauen dwell, and sing among the branches.
He watereth the mountaines from his chambers (and) the earth is filled with the frute of thy workes.
He causeth grasse to growe for the cattel and herbe for the vse of ma{n}, that he maie bring forthe bread out of the earth.
And wine (that) maketh glad the heart of man (and) oyle to make the face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth mans heart
The high trees are satisfied (eue{n}) the cedres of Lebanón, which he hathe planted,
That the bordes maie make their nestes there: the 〈◊〉 dwelleth in the firre trees
The high mountaines (are) for the goates the rockes (are) are fuge for the conies
He 〈◊〉 the moone for certeine sea soo the sunne knoweth his going downe.
Thou makest darkenes, and it is night, wherein all the beastes of the forest crepe forthe.
The lions roare after their praie, and seke their meate at God.
(When) the sunne riseth, they retire, and couche in their dennes.
(Then) goeth man forthe to his worke, & to his labour vntil the euening.
O Lord, how manifolde are thy workes! in wisdome hast thou made them all: the earth is ful of thy riches.
(So is) this sea great and wide (for) therein (are) things creping innumerable, bothe smale beastes and great.
There go the shippes (yea) that Liuiathan whome thou hast made to plaie therein.
All these waite vpon thee, that thou maiest giue them fode in due season.
Thou giuest it to them (and) thei gather it: thou openest thine ha{n}d (and) thei are filled with good things.
(But if) thou hide thy face, thei are troubled (if) thou take awaie their breath, they dye and returne to their dust.
(Againe if) thou send forthe thy spirit, thei are created, and thou renuest the face of the earth.
Glorie be to the Lord for euer: let the Lord reioyce in his workes.
He loketh on the earth and it trembleth: he toucheth the mountaines, & thei smoke.
I wil sing vnto the Lord (all) my life: I wil praise my God. while I liue,
Let my wordes be acceptable vnto him I wil reioyce in the Lord.
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth and the wicked til there be no more ô my soule, praise thou the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
PRaise the Lord (and) call vpon his Name declare his workes among the people
Sing vnto him sing praise vnto him (and) talke of all his wonderous workes.
Reioyce in his holie Name: let the heart of them that seke the Lord reioyce.
Seke the Lord and his strength: seke his face continually.
Remembre his maruelous workes that, he hathe done, his wonders and the iudgements of his mouth.
Ye sede of Abrahám his seruant, ye children of Iaakōb, which are his elect.
He is the Lord our God: his iudgeme{n}ts (are) through all the earth.
He hathe alwaie remembred his couenant (and) promes, that he made to a thousand generacions.
(Euen) that which he made with Abraha{m} and his othe vnto Izhák:
And (since) hathe confirmed it to Iaakōb for a law (and) to Israél for an euerlasting couenant.
Saying, Vnto thee wil I giue the land of Canáan, the lot of your inheritance.
Albeit thei were fewe in nomber (yea) verie fewe and strangers in the land.
And walked about from nacion to nacion from (one) kingdome to another people.
(Yet) suffred he no man to do them wrong but reproued Kings for their sakes (saying.)
Touche not mine anointed, and do my Prophetes no harme.
Moreouer he called a famine vpon the la{n}d (and) vtterly brake the staf of bread.
(But) he sent a man before them: Ioséph was solde for a slaue.
Theihelde his fete in the stockes (and) he was laied in yrons.
Vntil his appointed time came (and) the counsel of the Lord had tryed him.
The King sent and losed him (euen) the Ruler of the people deliuered him.
He made him Lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance.
That he shulde binde his princes vnto his wil, and teache his Ancients wisdome.
Then Israél came to Egypt, and Iaakob was a stranger in the land of Ham,
And he increased his people excedingly, & made them stronger then their oppressers.
He turned their heart to hate his people and to deale craftely with his seruants.
(Then) sent he Mosés his seruant (and) Aarón whome he had chosen.
Thei shewed among them the message of his signes, and wonders in the land of Ham
He sent darkenes, and made it darke: and thei were not disobedient vnto his commission.
He turned their waters into blood, and slewe their fish.
Their land broght forthe frogs (euen) in their Kings chambers.
He spake, and there came swarmes of flies (and) lice in all their quarters.
He gaue them haile for raine and flames of fyer in their land,
He smote their vines also and their figtrees, and brake downe the trees in their coastes.
He spake, and the grashoppers came, and caterpillers innumerable.
And did eat vp al the first borne in their la{n}d, deuoured the frute of their grounde.
He smote also all the grasse in their land, (euen) the beginning of all their strength.
He broght them for the also with siluer and golde, and there was none feble among their tribes.
Egypt was glad at their departing: for the feare of them had fallen vpon them.
He spred a cloude to be a couering, and fyre to giue light in the night.
They asked, and he broght quailes, and he filled them with the bread of heaue{n}
He opened the rocke, and the waters flowed out (&) ran in the drye places (like) a riuer.
For he remembred his holie promes to Abrahám his seruant.
And he broght forthe his people with ioye (and) his chosen with gladnes.
And gaue them the lands of the heathen, and they toke the labours of the people in possession.
That they might kepe his statutes, and obserue his Lawes. Praise ye the Lord.
PRaise ye the Lord because he is good, for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lord (or) shewe forthe all his praise?
Blessed (are) they that kepe iudgement, and do righteousnes at all times.
Remember me, ô Lord, with the fauour of thy people: visit me with thy saluacion,
That I may se the felicitie of thy chosen, and reioyce in the ioye of thy people, and glorie with thine inheritance.
We haue sinned with our fathers: we haue committed iniquitie (and) done wickedly.
Our fathers vnderstode not thy wonders in Egypt, nether remembred they the multitude of thy mercies, but rebelled at the Sea (euen) at the red Sea.
Neuertheles he saued them for this Names sake, that he might make his power to be knowen,
And he rebuked the red Sea, and it was dryed vp, and he led them in the depe as in the wildernes.
And he saued him from the aduersaries hand, and deliuered them from the hand of the enemie.
And the waters couered their oppressers not one of them was left.
Then beleued they his wordes (and) sang praise vnto him.
But incontinently they forgate his workes they waited not for his counsel.
But lusted with concupiscence in the wildernes, and tempted God in the desert.
Then he gaue them their desire: but he sét leannes into their soule.
They enuied Mosés also in the tentes, (&) Aarón the holie one of the Lord.
(Therefore) the earth opened & swallowed vp Dathán, and couered the companie of Abiram.
And the fyre was kindled in their assemblie the flame burnt vp the wicked.
They made a calfe in Horéb, and worshiped the molten image.
Thus they turned their glorie into the similitude of a bullocke, that eateth grasse.
They forgate God their Sauiour, which had done great things in Egypt.
Wonderous workes in the land of Ham, & fearful things by the read Sea.
Therefore he minded to destroye the{m}, had not Mosés his chosen sta{n}d in the breache before him to turne away his wrath, lest he shulde destroye (them.)
Also they contemned that pleasant land (and) beleued not his word.
But murmured in their tentes (and) hearkened not vnto the voyce of the Lord.
Therefore he lifted vp his hand against them to destroye them in the wildernes.
And to destroye their sede among the nacions: and to scater them throughout the countreis.
They ioyned them selues also vnto Baal-peōr, and did eat the offrings of the dead.
Thus they prouoked (him) vnto angre with their owne inuentio{n}s, and the plague brake in vpon them.
But Phinehás stode vp, and executed iudgement, and the plague was staied.
And it was imputed vnto him for righteousnes from generacion to generacion for euer.
Thei angred him also at the waters of Meribáh, so that Mosés was punished for their sakes.
Because they vexed his spirit, so that he spake vnaduisedly with his lippes.
Nether destroyed they the people, as the Lord had commanded them.
But were mingled among the heathen, & learned their workes,
And serued their idoles, which were their ruine.
Yea they offred their sonnes, and their daughters vnto diuels.
And shed innocent blood (euen) the blood of their sonnes, and of their daughters, whome they offred vnto the idoles of Canáan, and the land was defilled with blood
Thus were they steined with their owne workes, and went a whoring with their owne inuentions.
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, and he abhorred his owne inheritance.
And he gaue them into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them, were lords ouer them.
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were humbled vnder their hand.
Manie a time did he deliuer the{m}, but they prouoked him by their counsels: therefore they were broght downe by their iniquitie.
Yet he sawe when they were in affliction, and he heard their crye.
And he remembred his couenant toward them, and repe{n}ted according to the multitude of his mercies,
And gaue them fauour in the sight of all them, that led them captiues.
Saue vs, o{n} Lord our God, and gather vs from among the heathen: that we maie praise thine holie Name, and glorie in thy praise.
Blessed (be) the Lord God of Israél for euer and euer, and let all the people say, So be it Praise ye the Lord.
PRaise the Lord, because he is good for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
Let them, which haue bene redemed of the Lord, shewe how he hathe deliuered them from the hand of the oppresser.
And gathered them of the lands, from the East and from the West, from the North and from the South.
(When) they wandered in the desert (and) wildernes out of the way (and) founde no citie to dwell in.
Bothe hungrie (and) thirstie, their soule fainted in them.
Then they cryed vnto the Lord in their trouble (and) hede liuered them from their distres,
And led the{m} forthe by the right way, that they might go to a citie ofhabitacion.
Let them (therefore) confesse before the Lord his louing kindenes, and his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men.
For he satisfied the thirstie soule, and filled the hungrie soule with goodnes.
They, that dwel in darkenes and in the shadowe of death, being bounde in miserie and yron,
Because they rebelled against the wordes of the Lord, and despised the cou{n}sel of the moste High,
When he humbled their heart with heauines, (then) they fell downe and there was no helper.
Then they cryed vnto the Lord in their trouble (and) he deliuered them from their distres.
He broght them out of darkenes, and (out of) the shadowe of death, and brake their bands a sunder.
Let them (therefore) co{n}fesse before the lord his louing kindenes, and his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men.
For he hathe broken the gates of brasse, and brast the barres of yron a sundre.
Fooles by reason of their transgression and because of their iniquities are afflicted
Their soule abhorreth all meat: and they are broght to deaths dore.
Then they crye vnto the LORD in their trouble (and) he deliuereth them fro{m} their distres.
He sendeth his worde and healeth them, and deliuereth them from their graues.
Let them (therefore) confesse before the Lord his louing kindenes, and his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men.
And let them offer sacrifices of praise, & declare his workes with reioycing.
They that go downe to the sea in shippes (and) occupie by the great waters,
They se the workes of the Lord, and his wonders in the depe.
For he commandeth and raiseth the stormie winde, & it lifteth vp the waues thereof.
They mounte vp to the heaue{n} (&) descend to the depe, so that their soule melteth for trouble.
They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.
Then they crye vnto the Lord in their trouble (and) he bringeth them out of their distres.
He turneth the storme to calme, so that the waues thereof are stil.
When they are quieted, they are glad, & he bringeth them vnto the hauen, where they wolde be.
Let them (therefore) confesse before the Lord his louing kindenes, and his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men.
And let them exalt him in the Congregation of the people, and praise him in the assemblie of the Elders.
He turneth the floods into a wildernes, and the springs of waters into drienes,
(And) a fruteful land into barrennes for the wickednes of them that dwell therin.
(Againe) he turneth the wildernes into pooles of water, and the drye land into water springs.
And there he placeth the hungrie, and they buyld a citie to dwell in.
And sowe the fields, and plant vineyardes, which bring forthe fruteful increase.
For he blesseth them, and they multiplie excedingly, and he diminished, not their cattel.
Againe (men) are diminished, and broght lowe by oppression, euil and sorowe,
He powreth contempt vpon princes, and causeth them to erre in desert places out of the way.
Yet he raiseth vp the poore out of miserie, and maketh him families like a flocke of shepe.
The righteous shal se it, & reioyce, and all iniquitie shal stop her mouth.
Who is wise that he maie obserue these things: for they shal vndersta{n}d the louing kindenes of the Lord.
O God, mine heart (is) prepared, so (is) my tongue: I wil sing and giue praise.
Awake viole and harpe: I wil awake early
I wil praise thee, ô Lord, among the people, and I wil sing vnto thee among the nations.
For thy mercie is great aboue the heaues and thy trueth vnto the cloudes.
Exalt thy self, ô God, aboue the heauens and (let) thy glorie (be) vpon all the earth,
That thy beloued maie be deliuered. helpe with thy right hand and heare me.
God hathe spoken in his holines (therefore) I wil reioyce, I shal diuide Shechém & measure the valley of Succōth.
Gileád (shal be) mine (&) Manasséh (shalbe) mine: Ephráim also (shalbe) the strength of mine head: Iuda is my Lawe giuer.
Mōab (shalbe) my washpot: ouer Edōm wil I cast out my shoe: vpon Palestina wil I triumph.
Who wil leade me into the stro{n}g citie who wil bring me vnto Edom?
Wilt not thou, ô God (which) haddest forsaken vs, and 〈◊〉 not go forthe, ô God with our armies?
Giue vs helpe against trouble: for vaine is the helpe of man.
Through God we shal do valiantly: for he shal tread downe our enemies.
HOlde not thy tongue, ô God of my praise.
For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth (〈◊〉) of deceit are opened 〈◊〉 me: thei haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.
Thei compassed me about also with wordes of hatred, and foght against me without a cause.
For my friendship thei were mine aduersaries, but I gaue my self to praier.
And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
Set thou the wicked ouer him & let the aduersarie stand at his right hand.
When he shalbe iudged, let him be condemned, and let his praier be turned into sinne.
Let his daies be fewe, and let another take his charge.
Let his childre{n} be 〈◊〉, and his wife a widowe.
Let his children be vagabunds and begge and seke (bread, co{m}ming out) of their places destroied.
Let the extorcioner 〈◊〉 all that the hathe, & let the stra{n}gers spoile his labour
Let there be none to extend mercie vnto him nether let there be anie to shewe mercie vpon his fatherles children.
Let his posteritie be destroyed (and) in the generacion following let their name be put out.
Let the iniquitie of his fathers be had in remembrance with the Lord and let not the sinne of his mother be done 〈◊〉.
(But) let them alway be before the Lord, that maie cut of their memorial from the earth.
Because he remembred not to shewe mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowful hearted to slaye him
As he loued cursing, so shal it come vnto him (and) as he loued not blessing, so shal it be farre from him.
As he clothed him self with cursing like a raiment, so shal it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.
Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle wherewith he shalbe alwaie girded.
Let this be the rewarde of mine aduersarie from the Lord, and of them, that speake euil against my soule,
But thou, ó Lord my God, deale with me according vnto thy Name: deliuer me, (for thy mercie is good)
Because I am poore and nedie, and mine heart is wounded within me.
I departe like the shadowe that 〈◊〉, & am shaken of as the grashoper.
My knees are weake through fasting, & my flesh hathe lost (all) fatnes.
I became also a rebuke vnto them: they that loked vpon me, shaked their heads.
Helpe me, ô Lord my God: saue me according to thy mercie.
And they shal knowe, that this is thine hand (and that) thou, Lord, hast done it.
(Thogh) they curse, yet thou wilt blesse they shal arise and be confounded, but thy seruant shal reioyce.
Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let the{m} couer the{m} selues with their confusion, as with a cloke.
I wil giue thankes vnto the Lord greatly with my mouthe, and praise him among the multitude.
For he wil stand at the right & of the poore to saue him from them that wolde conde{m}ne his soule.
THe Lord said vnto my Lord, Sit thou at my right ha{n}d, vntil I make thine enemies thy fotestole.
The Lord shal send the rod of thy power out of Zion: be thou ruler in the middes of thine enemies.
The people (shal come) willingly at the time (of assembling) thine armie in holie beautie: the youth of thy wombe (shalbe) as the morning dewe.
The Lord sware and wil not repent, Thou art a Priests for euer after the ordre of Melchi-zédek.
The Lord (that is) at thy right hand, shal wounde Kings in the daie of his wrath.
He shalbe Iudge among the heathen: he shal fil (〈◊〉) with death bodies (&) smite the head ouer great countreis.
He shal drinke of the brooke in the waie therefore shal be lift vp (his) head.
I Wil praise the LORD with my whole heard in the assemblie and Congregacio{n} of the iust.
The workes of the Lord (are) great, and ought to besoght out of all the{m} that loue them.
His worke (is) beautiful and glorious, and his rightcousnes endureth sor euer,
He hathe made his wonderful workes to be had in remembrance: the Lord (is) merciful and ful of compassion.
He hathe giuen a portion vnto the{m} that feare him: he wil euer be mindeful of his couenant.
He hathe shewed to his peoples the power of is workes in giuing vnto them the heritage of the heathen.
The workes of his hands are trueth and iudgement: all statutes are true.
Thei are stablished for euer & euer, and are done in trueth and equitie.
He sent redemption vnto his people: he hathe 〈◊〉 his couenant for euer: holie and feareful (is) his Name.
The beginning of wisdome (is) the feare of the Lord: all they that obserue them, haue good vnderstanding: his praise endureth for euer.
BLessed (is) the man, that feareth the Lord (&) deliteth greatly in his commandements.
His sede shalbe mightie vpon earth: the generacio{n} of the righteous shalbe blessed
Riches and treasures (shalbe) is his house, and his righteousnes endureth for euer.
Vnto the righteous ariseth light in darknes: (he is) merciful and ful of compassio{n} and righteous.
A good man is merciful and lendeth, and wil measure his affaires by iudgeme{n}t.
Surely he shal neuer be moued (but) the righteous shalbe had in euerlasting reme{m}brance.
He wil not be afraid of euil tidings (for) his heart is fixed (and) beleueth in-the Lord
His heart isstablished (therefore) he wil not feare, vntil he se (his desire) vpon his enemies.
He hathe distributed (and) giuen to the poore: his righteousnes remaineth for euer his horne shalbe exalted with glorie.
The wicked shal se it and be angrie? he shal gnash with his teeth, and consume awaie: the desire of the wicked shal perish.
PRaise, ô ye seruants of the Lord praise the Name of the Lord.
Blessed be the Name of the Lord from hence forthe and for euer.
The Lords Name is praised from the rising of the sunne vnto the going downe of the same.
The Lord is high aboue all nacions (and) his glorie aboue the heauens.
Who is like vnto the Lord our God: that hathe his dwelling on high?
Who abaseth him self to beholde (things) in the heauen, and in the earth.
He raiseth the nedie out of the dust (&) lifteth vp the poore out of the dung.
That he maie set him with the princes (euen) with the princes of his people.
He maketh the baren woma{n} to dwell with a familie (and) a ioyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord,
WHen Israél went out of Egypt, (&) the house of Iaakób from the barbarous people.
Iudáh was his sanctificatio{n}, (and) Israél his dominion.
The Seasawe it and fled: Iordén was turned backe.
The mou{n}taines leaped like ramps, (&) the hilles as lambs.
What ailed thee, ô Sea, that thou fleddest? ô Iordén, (why) wast thou turned backe?
Ye mountaines, (why) leaped ye like rams, (and ye) hilles as lambs
The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Iaak 〈◊〉.
Which turneth the rocke into waterpooles, (and) the flint into a fountaine of water.
NOt vnto vs, ô Lord, not vnto vs, but vnto thy Name giue the glorie, for thy louing mercie (and) for thy trueths sake.
Wherefore shal the heathen saye, Where is now their God?
But our God (is) in heauen: he doeth whatsoeuer he wil.
Their idoles (are) siluer and golde, (euen) the worke of mens hands.
They haue a mouth and speake not: thei haue eyes and se not.
Thei haue eares and heare not: thei haue noses and smell not.
Thei haue hands and touche not: they haue fete and walke not: nether make they a sounde with their throte.
They that make them are like vnto them: (so are) all that trust in them.
O Israél, trust thou in the Lord: (for) he is their helpe and their shield.
O house of Aaro{n}, trust ye in the Lord: (for) he is their helper and their shield.
Ye that feare the Lord, trust in the Lord: (for) he is their helper and their shield.
The Lord hathe bene mindeful of vs: he wil blesse, he wil blesse the house of Israél, he wil blesse the house of Aarón.
He wil blesse them that feare the Lord, both small and great.
The Lord wil encrease (his graces) toward you, (euen) toward you and toward your children.
Ye are blessed of the Lord, which made the heauen and the earth.
The heauens, (euen) the heauens (are) the Lords: but he hathe giuen the earth to the so{n}nes of men.
The dead praise not the Lord, nether anie that go downe into the (place of) silence.
But we wil praise the Lord fro{m} henceforthe and for eue. Praise ye the Lord.
I Loue the Lord, because he hathe heard my voice (and my prayers.
For he hathe inclined his eare vnto me, whe{n} I did call (vpon him) in my dayes.
(When) the 〈◊〉 of death compassed me, & the griefs of the graue caught me: (when) I founde trouble and sorowe,
Then I called vpon the Name of the Lord, (saying,) I beseche thee, 〈◊〉 Lord, deliuer my soule.
The Lord (is) merciful and righteous, and our God (is) ful of compassion.
The Lord preserueth the simple: I was in miserie and he saued me.
Returne vnto thy rest, ô my soule for the Lord hathe bene beneficial vnto thee.
Because thou hast deliuered my soule from death, mine eyes from teares, (and) my fete from falling.
I shal walke before the Lord in the land of the liuing.
I beleued, therefore did I speake: (for) I was sore troubled.
I said in my feare, All men are lyers.
What shal I rendre vnto the Lord for all his benefites toward me?
I wil take the cup of saluacion, and call vpon the Name of the Lord.
I wil paye my vowes vnto the Lord, (euen) now in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the Lord (is) the death of his Saints.
Beholde, Lord: for I am thy seruant, I am thy seruant, (and) the sonne of thine hand maied thou hast broken my bonds.
I wil offer to thee a sacrifice of praise, & wil call vpon the Name of the Lord.
I wil paie my vowes vnto the Lord, (euen) now in the presence of all his people,
In the courtes of the Lords house, (euen) in the middes of thee, ô 〈◊〉. Praise ye the Lord.
ALl nacio{n}s, praise ye the Lord: all ye people, praise him.
For his louing kindenes is great toward vs, and the trueth of the Lord (endureth) for euer, Praise ye the Lord.
PRaise ye the Lord, because he is good: for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
Let Israél now saye, That his mercie (endureth) for euer.
Let the house of Aarón now saye, That his mercie (endureth) for euer.
Let them, that feare the Lord, now saye, That his mercie (endureth) for euer.
I called vpon the Lord in trouble, (and) the Lord heard me, (and set me) at large.
The Lord (is) with me: (therefore) I wil not feare what man can do vnto me.
The Lord (is) with me among the{m} that helpe me: therefore shal I se (my desire) vpon mine enemies.
It is better to trust in the Lord, then to haue confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord, then to haue confidence in princes.
All nations haue compassed me: but in the Name of the Lord shal I destroye them.
Thei haue compassed me, yea, they haue co{m}passed me: but in the Name of the Lord I shal destroye them.
They came about me like bees, (but) they were que{n}ched as a fyre of thornes: for in the Name of the Lord I shal destroye them.
Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord hathe holpen me.
The Lord (is) my strength and song: for he hathe bene my deliuerance.
The voice of ioye and deliuerance (shalbe) in the tabernacles of the righteous, (saying,) The right hand of the Lord hathe done valiantly.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord hathe done valiantly
I shal not dye, but liue, and declare the workes of the Lord.
The Lord hathe chastened me sore, but he hathe not deliuered me to death.
Open ye vnto me the gates of righteousnes (that) I maye go into them, (and) praise the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shal entre into it.
I wil praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and hast bene my deliuerance.
The stone, (which) the buylders refused, is the head of the corner.
This was the Lords doing, (and) it is maruelous in our eyes.
This is the daye, (whiche) the Lord hathe made: let vs reioyce and be glad in it.
O Lord, I praye thee, saue now: ô Lord, I praye thee now giue prosperitie.
Blessed (be he,) that cometh in the Name of the Lord: we haue blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
The Lord (is) mightie, and hathe giuen vs light: binde the sacrifice with cordes vnto the hornes of the altar.
Thou art my God, & I wil praise thee, (eue{n}) my God: therefore I wil exalt thee.
Praise ye the Lord, because he is good: for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
BLessed (are) those that are vpright in (their) waye, (and) walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
Blessed (are) they that kepe his testimonies, (and) seke him with their whole heart.
Surely they worke none iniquitie, (that) walke in his wayes.
Thou hast commanded to kepe thy precepts diligently.
Oh that my wayes were directed to kepe thy statutes.
Then shulde I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
I wil praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shal learne the iudgements of thy righteousnes.
I wil kepe thy statutes: forsake me not ouer long.
Where with shal a yong man redresse his waye? in taking hede (thereto) according to thy worde.
With my whole heart haue I soght thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
I haue hid thy promes in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
Blessed art thou, ô Lord: teache me thy statutes.
With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
I haue had as great delite in the waie of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
I wil meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy wayes.
I wil delite in thy statutes, (and) I wil not forget thy worde.
Be benificial vnto thy seruant, (that) I maye liue and kepe thy worde.
Open mine eyes, that I may se the wonders of thy Law.
I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
Mine heart breaketh for thy desire to thy iudgements alwaie.
Thou hast destroied the proude: cursed are they that do erre from thy commandement.
Remoue from me shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
Princes also did sit, (a{n}d) speake against me: (but) thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
Also thy testimonies (are) my delite, (a{n}d) my counselers.
My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
Make me to vnderstand the waie of thy precepts, and I wil meditate in the wonderous workes.
My soule melteth for heauines: raise me vp according vnto thy worde.
Take from me the 〈◊〉 waie of lying, and grant me graciously thy Law.
I haue chosen the waie of trueth, (and) thy iudgements haue I laied (before me.)
I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, ô Lord: confounde me not.
I wil runne the waie of thy co{m}mandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
Teache me, ô Lorde, the waie of thy statutes, and I wil kepe it vnto the end.
Giue me vnderstanding, and I wil kepe thy Law: yea, I wil kepe it with (my) whole heart
Direct me in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
Incline myne heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnes.
Turne awaie mine eyes from regarding vanitie, (and) quicken me in thy waie.
Stablish thy promes to thy seruant, because he feareth thee.
Take awaie my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements (are) good.
Beholde, I desire thy commaundements: quicken me in thy righteousnes.
And let thy louyng kindenes come vnto me, o Lord, (and) thy saluacion according to thy promes.
So shal I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy worde.
And take not the word of truth vtterly out of my mouth: for I wait for thy iudgements.
So shall I alwaie kepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
And I wil walke at libertie: for I seke thy precepts.
I will speake also of thy testimonie before Kings, and wil not be ashamed.
And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
Mine hands also wil I lift vp vnto thy commandements, whiche I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Remembre the promes (made) to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promes hathe quickened me.
The proud haue had me excedingly in derision: (yet) haue I not declined from thy Law
I remembred thy iudgementes of olde o Lord, and haue bene comforted.
Feare is come vpo{n} me for the wicked that forsake thy Law.
Thy statutes haue bene my songs in thy house of my pilgrimage.
I haue remembred thy Name, o Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Law.
This I had because I kept thy precepts.
O Lord, (that art) my porcion, I haue determined to kepe thy wordes.
I made my supplicatio{n} in thy presence with (my) whole heart: be merciful vnto me according to thy promes.
I haue considered my waies, a{n}d turned my fete into thy testimonies.
I made haste and delayed not to kepe thy commandements.
The bands of the wicked haue robbed me (but) I haue not forgotten thy Law.
At midnight wil I rise to giue thankes vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
I am companio{n} of all them that 〈◊〉 thee, and kepe thy precepts.
The earth, o Lord, is full of thy mercie teache me thy statutes.
O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy worde.
Teache me good iudgeme{n}t and knowledge: for I haue beleued thy commandements.
Before I was afflicted, I went astraye but now I kepe thy worde.
Thou art good and gracious: teache me thy statutes.
The proude haue imagined a lie against me: (but) I wil kepe thy precepts with (my) whole heart.
Their heart is fat as grease: (but) my delite is in thy Law.
It is good for me that I haue afflicted, that I maie learne thy statutes.
The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
Thine hands haue made me and facioned me: giue me vnderstanding (therefore,) that I maie learne thy commandements.
So they that feare thee, seing me shal reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
I knowe, o Lord, that thy iudgements (are) right, a{n}d that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
I praie thee that thy mercie maye comfort me according to thy promes vnto thy serua{n}t
Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I maie liue: for thy Law (is) my delite.
Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly (and) falsely with me: (but) I meditate in thy precepts.
Let suche as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
Let mine heart he vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
My soule fainteth for thy saluacion: (yet) I waite for thy worde.
Mine eyes faile for thy promes, sayinge, When wilt thou comfort me?
For I am like a bottel in the smoke: (yet) do I not forget thy statutes.
How manie are the daies of thy seruaunt? when wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
The proude haue digged pits for me, whiche is not after thy Law.
Althy commandements (are) true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsoke not thy precepts.
Quicken me accordyng to thy 〈◊〉 kindenes: so shall kepe the testimonie of thy mouth.
O Lorde, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
Thy trueth (is) from generacion to genera racion: thou hast laied the fundacion of the earth, and it abideth.
They continue (euen) to this daie by thine ordinances: for all (are) thy seruants.
Except thy Law had bene my delite, I shuld now haue perished in mine affliction.
I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
I am thine, saue me: for I haue soght thy precepts.
The wicked haue waited for me to destroye me: (but) I wil consider thy testimonies.
I haue sene an end of all perfection: (but) thy commandement (is) exceding large.
Oh how loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditacion continually.
By thy commaundements thou hast made me wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with me.
I haue had more vnderstandyng then all my teachers: for thy testimonies (are) my meditacion.
I vnderstode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
I haue refrained my fete from euerie euill way, that I might kepe thy worde.
I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teache me.
Howe swete are thy promises vnto my mouthe! (yea,) more then honie vnto my mouth.
By thy preceptes I haue gotten vnderstandyng: therefore I hate all the wayes of falsehode.
Thy worde (is) a lanterne vnto my fete, and a light vnto my path.
I haue sworne and wil performe it, that I wil kepe thy righteous iudgements.
I am verie sore afflicted: o Lorde, quicken me according to thy worde.
O Lorde, I beseche thee accept the fre offrings of my mouthe, and teache me thy iudgements.
My soule is continually in mine hand: yet do I not forget thy Law.
The wicked haue layed a snare for me: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
Thy testimonies haue I taken (as) an heritage for euer: for they are the ioye of mine heart.
I haue applied mine heart to fulfil thy statutes alwaye, (euen) vnto the end.
I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe do I loue.
Thou art my refuge and shield, (and) I trust in thy worde.
Awaie from me, ye wicked: for I wil kepe the commandements of my God.
Stablishe me accordynge to thy promes, that 〈◊〉 maye liue, and disapoint me not of mine hope.
Stay thou me, and I shalbe safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
Thou hast troden downe all them that departe frome thy statutes: for their deceit (is) vaine.
Thou hast taken awaye all the wicked of the earth (like) drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraied of thy iudgements.
I haue executed iudgeme{n}t and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
Answer for thy seruant in that, whiche is good, (a{n}d) let not the proude oppresse me.
Mine eyes haue failed (in waiting) for thy saluacion, and for thy iuste promes.
Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
I am thy seruaunt: grante me (therfore) vnderstandynge, that I maye knowe thy testimonies.
It is time for the Lord to worke: (for) they haue destroyed thy Law.
Therefore loue I thy co{m}mandeme{n}ts aboue golde, 〈◊〉, aboue moste fine golde.
Therefore I esteme all thy precepts moste iuste, and hate all false waies.
Thy testimonies (〈◊〉) wo{n}derful: therefore doeth my soule kepe them.
The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, (and) giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
Loke vpon me and be merciful vnto me, as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy Name.
Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
Deliuer me from the oppression of men, & I wil kepe thy precepts.
Shewe the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they kepe not thy Law.
Righteous art thou, ô Lord, and iuste (are) thy iudgements.
Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
My zeale hathe euen co{n}sumed me, because mine enemies haue forgoten thy wordes.
Thy worde is proued moste pure, a{n}d thy seruant loueth it.
I am smale and despised. (yet) do I not forget thy precepts.
Thy righteousnes (is) an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Law (is) trueth.
Trouble and anguishe are come vpon me: (yet are) thy commandements my delite.
The righteousnes of thy testimonies (is) euerlasting: grante me vnderstanding, and I shal liue.
I haue cryed with (my) whole heart: heare me, ô Lord, (and) I wil kepe thy statutes.
I called vpon thee: saue me, and I wil kepe thy testimonies.
I preuented the morning light, and cryed: (for) I waited on thy worde.
Mine eyes preuent the (night) watches to meditate in thy worde.
Heare my voice according to thy louing kindenes: ô Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
They drawe nere, that followe after malice, (and) are farre from thy Law.
Thou art nere, ô Lord for all thy commandements (are) true.
I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
Beholde mine afflictio{n}, and deliuer me: for I haue not forgotten thy Law.
Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy worde.
Saluacion (is) farre from the wicked, because they seke not thy statutes.
Great are thy tender mercies, ô Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
My persecutours and mine oppressours (are) manie: (yet) do I not 〈◊〉 from thy testimonies.
I sawe the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
Consider, ô Lord, how I loue thy precepts quicken me according to thy louing kindenes.
The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnes (endure) for euer.
Princes haue persecuted me without cause, but mine heart stode in awe of thy wordes
I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoile.
I hate falsehode and abhorre it, (but) thy Lawe do I loue.
Seuen times a daie do I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
They, that loue thy Law, shal haue great prosperitie, and they shal haue none hurt.
Lord, haue trusted in thy saluacion, and haue done thy commandements.
My soule hathe kept thy testimonies: for I loue them excedingly.
I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my waies (are) before thee.
Let my co{m}plaint come before thee, ô Lord, (and) giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
Let my supplicatio{n} come before thee, (&) deliuer me according to thy promes.
My lippes shal speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
My tongue shal intreate of thy worde: for all thy commandements (are) righteous.
Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
I haue longed for thy saluacion, ô Lord, & thy Law (is) my delite.
Let my soule liue, and it shal praise thee, and thy iudgements shal helpe me.
I haue gone astraye like a lost shepe seke thy seruant, for I do not forget thy commandements.
I Called vnto the Lord in my trouble, and he heard me.
Deliuer my soule, ô Lord, from lying lippes, (and) from a deceitful tongue.
What doeth (thy) deceitful tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?
(It is as) the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and (as) the coles of iuniper.
Wo is to me that I remaine in Méshech, (&) dwell in the tentes of Kedár.
My 〈◊〉 hathe to long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
I (seke) peace, and whe{n} I speake (thereof,) they are (bent) to warre.
I Wil lift mine eyes vnto the mountaines, from whence mine helpe shal come.
Mine helpe (commeth) fro{m} the Lord, which hathe made the heauen and the earth.
He wil not suffer thy fore to slippe: (for) he that kepeth thee, wil not slumber,
Beholde, he that kepeth Israél, wil nether slumber nor slepe.
The Lord (is) thy keper: the Lord (is) thy shadowe at thy right hand.
The sunne shal not smite thee by daie, nor the moone by night.
The Lord shal preserue thee from all euil: he shal kepe thy soule.
The Lord shal preserue thy going out, and thy 〈◊〉 in from henceforthe and for euer.
I Reioyced, when they said to me, We wil go into the house of the Lord.
Our fete shal stand in thy gates, ô Ierusalém.
Ierusalém (is) buylded as a citie, that is compact together in it self:
Whereunto the tribes, (euen) the tribes of the Lord go vp (according) to the testimonie to Israél, to praise the Name of the Lord.
For there are thrones set for iudgement, (euen) the thrones of the house of Dauid.
Praise for the peace of Ierusalém: let the{m} prosper that loue thee.
Peace be within thy walles, (and) prosperitie within thy palaces.
For my brethren and neighbours sakes I wil wish thee now prosperitie.
Because of the House of the Lord our God, I wil procure thy welth.
I Lift vp mine eyes to thee, that dwellest in the heauens.
Beholde, as the eyes of seruants (loke) vnto the hand of their masters, (and) as the eyes of a maiden vnto the ha{n}d of her mastres: so our eyes (waite) vpon the Lord our God vntil he haue mercie vpon vs.
Haue mercie vpon vs, ô Lord, haue mercie vpon vs: for we haue suffred to muche contempt.
Our soule is filled to ful of the mocking of the welthie, (and) of the despitefulnes of the proude.
IF the Lord had not bene on our side, [maie Israél now say]
If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,
They had then swallowed vs vp quicke, when their wrath was kindled against vs.
Then the waters had drowned vs, (and) the streame had gone ouer our soule:
Then had the swelling waters gone ouer our soule.
Praised (be) the Lord, which hathe not giue{n} vs (as) a praye vnto their teeth.
Our soule is escaped, euen as a birde out of the snare of the foulers: the snare is broken and we are deliuered.
Our helpe (is) in the Name of the Lord, which hathe made heauen and earth.
THei that trust in the Lord, (shalbe) as mount Ziôn, (which) can not be remoued, (but) remaineth for euer.
(As) the mountaines (are) about Ierusalém: so (〈◊〉) the Lord about his people from hence for the and for euer.
For the rod of the wicked shal not rest on the lot of the righteous, lest the righteous put forthe their hand vnto wickednes.
Do wel, ô Lord, vnto those that be good & true in their hearts.
c But these that turne aside by their croked (waies,) them shal the Lord leade with the workers of iniquitie: (but) peace (shalbe) vpon Israél.
WHen the Lord broght againe the captiuitie of Zión, we were like them that dreame.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with ioye: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hathe done great things for them.
The Lord hathe done great things for vs, (whereof) we reioyce.
O Lord, bring againe our captiuitie, as the riuers in the South.
They that sowe in teares, shal reape inioye.
They went weping and caried precious sede: (but) they shal returne with ioye and bring their sheaues.
EXcept the Lord buylde the house, they labour in vaine that buylde it: except the Lord kepe the citie, the keper watcheth in vaine.
It is in vaine for you to rise early, (&) to lye downe late, (and) eat the bread of sorow: (but) he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.
Beholde, children are the inheritance of the Lord, (and) the frute of the wombe (his) rewarde.
As (are) the arrowes in the hand of the stro{n}g man: so (are) the children of youth.
Blessed (is) the man, that hathe his quiuerful of them: (for) they shal not be ashamed, when they spake with (their) enemies in the gate.
BLessed (is) euerie one that feareth the Lord and walketh in his wayes.
When thou eatest the labours of thine ha{n}ds thou shalt be blessed, and it shalbe wel with thee.
Thy wife (shalbe) as the fruteful vine on the sides of thine house, (and) thy children the oliue plants round about thy table.
Lo, surely thus shal the man be blessed, that feareth the Lord.
The Lord out of Zión shal blesse thee and thou shalt se the welth of Ierusalém all the dayes of thy life.
Yea, thou shalt se thy childrens childre{n}, (&) peace vpon Israél.
THey haue often times afflicted me from my youth [may Israél now say]
They haue often times afflicted me from my youth: but they colde not preuaile against me.
The plowers plowed vpon my backe, (and) made long forowes.
(But) the righteous Lord hathe cut the cordes of the wicked.
They that hate Zion, shalbe all ashamed and turned backwarde.
They (shalbe) as the grasse on the house toppes, which withereth afore it co{m}meth forthe
Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, nether the glainer his lap:
Nether they, whiche go by, say, The blessing of the Lord (be) vpon you, (or,) We blesse you in the Name of the Lord.
OVt of the depe places haue I called vnto thee, ô Lord.
Lord, heare my voyce: let thine eares attend to the voice of my prayers.
If thou, ô Lord, straitly markest iniquities, o Lord, who shal stand?
But mercie (is) with thee, that thou maiest be feared.
I haue waited on the Lord: my soule hathe waited, and I haue trusted in his worde.
My soule (waiteth) on the Lord more the{n} the morning watche watcheth for the morning
Let Israél waite on the Lord: for with the Lord (is) mercie, and with him (is) great redemption.
And he shal redeme Israél from all his iniquities.
LOrd, mine heart is not hawtie, nether are mine eyes 〈◊〉, nether haue I walked in great matters and hid from me.
Surely I haue behaued my self, like one wained from his mother, and kept silence: I am in my self as one that is wained.
Let Israél waite on the Lord from henceforthe and for euer.
LOrd, reme{m}ber Dauid with all his afflictio{n}
Who sware vnto the Lord, (&) vowed vnto the mightie (God) of Iaakób, (saying,)
I wil not enter into the tabernacle of mine house, not come vpon my palet (or) bed,
Nor suffer mine eyes to slepe, nor mine eye lids to slumber,
Vntil I fiade out a place for the Lord, an habitacion for the mightie (God) of Iaakób.
Lo, we heard of it in Ephráthah, (&) found it in the fields of the forest.
We wil entre into his Tabernacles, (and) worship before his fotestole.
Arise, ô Lord, (to come) into thy rest, thou, and the Arke of thy strength.
Let thy Priests be clothed with righteousnes, and let thy Saintes reioyce.
For thy seruant Dauids sake refuse not the face of thine Anointed.
The Lord hathe sworne in trueth vnto Dauid, and he wil not shrinke from it, (saying,) Of the frute of thy bodie wil I set vpon thy throne.
If thy sonnes kepe my couenant, and my testimonies, that I shal teache them, their sonnes also shal sit vpon thy throne for euer.
For the Lord hathe chosen Zion, (&) loued to dwell in it, (saying,)
This is my rest for euer: here wil I dwell, for I haue a delite therein.
I wil surely blesse her vitailes, (&) wil satisfie her poore with bread,
And wil clothe her Priests with saluacion, and her Saintes shal showte for ioye.
There wil I make the horne of Dauid to bud: (for) I haue ordeined a light for mine Anointed.
His enemies wil I clothe with shame, but on him his crowne shal florish.
BEholde, how good & how comelie a thi{n}g it is, brethren to dwell euen together.
(It is) like to the precious ointment vpon the head, that runneth downe vpo{n} the beard (eue{n}) vnto Aarons beard, which we{n}t downe on the border of his garments:
(And) as the dewe of Hermōn, which falleth vpon the mou{n}taines of Ziōn: for there the Lord appointed the blessing (&) life for euer.
BEholde, praise ye the Lord, all ye serua{n}ts of the Lord, ye that by night stand in the House of the Lord.
Lift vp your hands to the Sanctuarie, and praise the Lord.
The Lord, that hathe made heauen & earth, blesse thee out of Zión.
PRaise the Name of the Lord: ye seruants of the Lord, prayse (him.)
Ye that stand in the House of the Lord, (&) in the courtes of the House of our God,
Praise ye the Lord: for the Lord is good: sing praises vnto his Name: for it is a comelie thing.
For the Lord hathe chosen Iaakōb to him selfe, (and) Israél for his chief treasure.
For I know that the Lord (is) great, and that our Lord (is) aboue all gods.
Whatsoeuer pleased the Lord, that did he in heaue{n} and in earth, in the sea, and in all the depths.
He bringeth vp the cloudes from the ends of the earth, and maketh the lightnings with the raine: he draweth forthe the winde out of his treasures.
He smote the first borne of Egypt bothe of man and beast.
He hathe sent tokens and wonders into the middes of thee, ô Egypt, vpon Pharaōh, and vpon all his seruants.
He smote manie nacions, and slewe mightie Kings:
(As) 〈◊〉 King of the Amorites, and Og King of Bashán, and all the kingdomes of Canáan:
And gaue their land for an inheritance, (euen) an inheritance vnto Israél his people.
Thy Name, ô Lord, (endureth) for euer: ô Lord, thy remembrance (is) from generation to generation.
For the Lord wil iudge his people, and be pacified towards his seruants.
The idoles of the heathen (are) siluer and golde, (euen) the worke of mens 〈◊〉.
Thei haue a mouth, and speake not: they haue eyes and se not:
They haue eares and heare not, nether is there anie breath in their mouth.
Thei that make them, are like vnto them: (so are) all that trust in them.
Praise the Lord, ye house of Israél: praise the Lord, ye house of Aarōn.
Praise the Lord, ye house of Leui: ye that feare the Lord, praise the Lord.
Praised (be) the Lord out of Ziōn, whiche dwelleth in Ierusalém. Praise ye the Lord.
PRaise ye the Lord, because he is good: for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
〈◊〉 ye the GOD of gods: for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
Praise ye the Lord of lords: for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
Which onelie doeth great wonders: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
Which by (his) wisdome made the heauens: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
Which hathe stretched out the earth vpon the waters: for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
Which made great lights: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
(As) the sunne to rule the daie: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
The moone and the starres to gouerne the night: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
Which smote Egypt with their first borne [for his mercie (endureth) for euer]
And broght out Israél from among them [for his mercie (endureth) for euer]
With a mightie hand and stretched out arme: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
Which diuided the red Sea in two partes: for his mercie (endureth) for euer
And made Israél to passe through the middes of it: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
And ouerthrowe Pharaōh & his hoste in the red Sea: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
Which led his people through the wildernes: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
Which smote great Kings: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
And slewe mightie Kings: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
(As) 〈◊〉 King of the Amorites: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
And Og the King of Bashán: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
And gaue their land for an heritage: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
(Euen) an heritage vnto Israél his seruant: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
Which remembred vs in our base estate: for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
And hathe rescued vs from our oppressours for his mercie (endureth) for euer:
Which giueth foode to all 〈◊〉: for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
Praise ye the God of heauen: for his mercie (endureth) for euer.
BY the riuers of Babél we sate, and there we wept, when we remembred Ziōn.
We hanged our harpes vpon the willowes in the middes thereof.
Then thei that led vs captiues, required of vs songs and mirth, when we had hanged vp (our harpes, saying,) Sing vs (one) of the songs of Zión.
How shal we sing, (said we,) a song of the Lord in a strange land?
If I forget thee, ô Ierusalém, let my right hand forget (to play.)
If I do not remembre thee, let my to{n}gue cleaue to the rofe of my mouth: (yea,) if I preferre not Ierusalém to my chiefioye.
Remember the children of Edom, ô Lord, in the daye of Ierusalém, which said, Rase it, rase it to the fundacion thereof.
O daughter of Babél, worthie to be destroied blessed (shal he be) that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.
Blessed (shal he be) that taketh and dasheth thy children against the stones.
I Wil praise thee with my whole heart: (eue{n}) before the gods wil I praise thee.
I wil worship toward thine holie Temple and praise thy Name, because of thy louing kindenes and for thy trueth: for thou hast magnified thy Name aboue all things by thy worde.
When I called, then thou heardest me, (and) hast increased strength in my soule.
All the Kings of the earth shal praise thee, ô Lord: for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth.
And thei shal sing of the wayes of the Lord, because the glorie of the Lord (is) great.
For the Lord is high: yet he beholdeth the lowely, but the proud he knoweth a farre of
Thogh I walke in the middes of trouble, (yet) wilt thou reuiue me: thou wilt stretch forthe thine hand vpon the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shal saue me.
The Lord wil performe (his worke) toward me: ô Lord, thy mercie (endureth) for euer: forsake not the workes of thine hands.
O Lord, thou hast tryed me & knowe{n} (me.)
Thou knowest my sitting & my rising: thou vnderstandest my thoght a farre of.
Thou compassest my paths, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my waies.
For there is not a worde in my to{n}gue (but) lo, thou knowest it wholly, ô Lord.
Thou holdest me strait behinde and before, and laiest thine hand vpon me.
(Thy) knowledge is to wonderful for me: it is so high that I can not (atteine) vnto it.
Whether shal I go from thy Spirit? or whether shal I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend into heaue{n}, thou art there: if I lie downe in hel, thou art there.
Let me take the wings of the morning, (&) dwell in the vttermost partes of the sea:
Yet thether shal thine hand lead me, and thy right hand holde me.
If I saie, Yet the darkenes shal hide me eue{n} the night (shalbe) light about me.
Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the daie: the darknes & light are bothe a like.
For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
I wil praise thee, for I am fearfully & wonderously made: maruelous (are) thy workes, an my soule knoweth it wel.
My bones are not hid from thee, 〈◊〉 I was made in a secret (place, and) facioned beneth in the earth.
Thine eyes did se me, when I was without forme: for in thy boke were all things writen, (which) in continuance were facioned, when there was none of them (before.)
How dere therefore are thy thoghts vnto me, ô God! how great is the summe of the{m}!
If I shulde counte them, they are me then the sand: when I wake, I am stil with thee.
Oh that thou woldest slay, ô God, the wicked and bloodie men, (to whome I saie,) Departe ye from me:
Which speake wickedly of thee, (and) being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
Do not I hate them, ô Lord, that hate thee? and do not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?
I hate the{m} with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine (vtter) enemies.
Trye me, ô God, and knowe mine heart: proue me and knowe my thoghts,
And consider if there be anie waie of wickednes in me, and lead me in the waie for euer.
DEliuer me, ô Lord, from the euil man: preserue me from the cruel man:
Which imagine euil things in (their) heart (and) make warre continually.
They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson (is) vnder their lippes. Sélah.
Kepe me, ô Lord, from the hands of the wicked: preserue me from the cruel man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.
The proude haue laid a snare for me & spred a net with cordes in my path waye, & set grennes for me. Sélah.
(Therefore) I said vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare, ô Lord, the voyce of my prayers.
O Lord God the strength of my saluacion, thou hast couered mine head in the daie of battel.
Let not the wicked haue his desire, ô Lord: performe not his wicked thoght, (lest) they be proude. Sélah.
(As for) the chief of them, that compasse me about, let the mischief of their owne lippes come vpon them.
Let coles fall vpon them: let him cast them into the fyre, (and) into the depe pittes, that they rise not.
(For) the backebiters shal not be established vpon the earth: euil shal hunt the cruel man to destruction.
I knowe that the Lord wil auenge the afflicted, (and) iudge the poore.
Surely the righteous shal praise thy Name, (and) the iust shal dwell in thy presence.
O Lord, I call vpo{n} thee: haste thee vnto me heare my voyce, when I crye vnto thee.
Let my prayer be directed in thy sight (as) incense, (and) the lifting vp of mine hand (as) an euening sacrifice.
Set a watche, ô Lord, before my mouth, (&) kepe the dore of my lippes.
Incline not mine heart to euil, that I shulde co{m}mit wicked workes with men that worke iniquitie: and let me not eat of their delicates.
Let the righteous smite me: (for that is) a benefite: & let him reproue me, (& it shalbe) a precious oyle, that shal not breake mine head: for within a while I shal euen praie in their miseries.
When their iudges shalbe cast downe in stonie places, they shal heare my wordes, for they are swete.
Our bones lie scattered at the graues mouth, as he that heweth (wood) or diggeth in the earth.
But mine eyes (loke) vnto thee, ô Lord God: in thee is my trust: leaue not my soule destitute.
Kepe me from the snare, (which) they haue laied for me, and from the gre{n}nes of the workers of iniquitie.
Let the wicked fall into his nettes together, whiles I escape.
I Cryed vnto the Lord with my voyce: with my voyce I praied vnto the Lord.
I powred out my meditacion before him, & declared mine affliction in his presence.
Thogh my spirit was in perplexitie in me, yet thou knewest my path: in the waie, wherein I walked, haue thei priuely laied a snare for me.
I loked vpon my right hand, & behelde, but there was none that wolde knowe me: all refuge failed me, (&) none cared for my soule.
(Then) cryed I vnto thee, ô Lord, (and) said, Thou art mine hope, (&) my porcion in the land of the liuing.
Hearken vnto my crye, for I am broght verie lowe: deliuer me from my persecuters, for thei are to strong for me.
Bring my soule out of prison, that I maie praise thy Name: (then) shal the righteous come about me, when thou art beneficial vnto me.
HEare my praier, ô Lord, (and) hearken vnto my supplication: answer me in thy trueth (and) in thy righteousnes.
[And entre not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shal none that liueth be iustified]
For the enemie hathe persecuted my soule: he hathe smiten my life downe to the earth: he hathe laied me in the darkenes, as thei that haue bene dead long ago:
And my spirit was in perplexitie in me, (and) mine heart within me was amased.
(Yet) do I remember the time past: I 〈◊〉 te in all thy workes, (yea,) I do meditate in the workes of thine hands.
I stretche forthe mine hands vnto thee: my soule desireth after thee, as the thirstie land. Sélah.
Heare me spedely, ô Lord, (for) my spirit fealeth: hide not thy face from me, els I shalbe like vnto them that go downe into the pit.
Let me heare thy louing kingdenes in the morning, for in thee is my trust: shewe me the waie, that I shulde walke in, for I lift vp my soule vnto thee.
Deliuer me, ô Lord, from mine enemies: (for) I hid me with thee.
Teache me to do thy wil, for thou art my God: let thy good Spirit lead me vnto the land of righteousnes.
Quicken me, ô Lord, for thy Names sake, (and) for thy righteousnes bring my soule out of trouble.
And for thy mercie slay mine enemies, & destroie all them that oppresse my soule: for I am thy seruant,
BLessed (be) the Lord my strength, which teacheth mine hands to fight, (and) my fingers to battel.
(He is) my goodnes & my fortres, my tower & my deliuerer, my shield, & in him I trust, which subdueth my people vnder me.
Lord, what is man that thou regardest him! (or) the sonne of man that thou thinkest vpon him!
Man is like to vanitie: his daies (are) like a shadowe, that vanisheth.
Bowe thine heauens, ô Lord, & come downe: touche the mou{n}taines & thei shal smoke.
Cast forthe the lightening and scatter them: shote out thine arrowes, and consume them.
Send thine hand from aboue: deliuer me, & take me out of the great waters, (and) from the hand of strangers,
Whose mouth talketh vanitie, & their right hand (is) a right hand of falsehode.
I wil sing anewe song vnto thee, ô God, (and) sing vnto thee vpon a viole, (and) an instrument of ten strings.
(It is he) that giueth deliuera{n}ce vnto Kings, (and) rescueth Dauid his seruant from the hurtful sworde,
Rescue me, and deliuer me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth talketh vanitie, and their right hand (is) a right ha{n}d of falsehode:
That our sonnes (maye be) as the 〈◊〉 plantes growing vp in their youth, (and) our daughters as the corner (stones,) grauen after the similitude of a palace:
That our corners (may be) ful, and abunding with diuers sortes, (and) that our shepe may bring forthe thousands & ten thousand in our stretes.
That our oxen may be strong to labour: that their be none inuasion, nor going out, nor no crying in our stretes:
Blessed (are) the people, that be so, (yea,) blessed (are) the people, whose God is the Lord.
O My God (and) King, I wil extoll thee and wil blesse thy Name for euer and euer.
I wil blesse thee daily, and praise thy Name for euer and euer.
Great (is) the Lord, and moste worthie to be praised, and his greatnes (is) incomprehensible.
Generation shal praise thy workes vnto generation, and declare thy power.
I wil meditate of the beautie of thy glorious maiestie, and thy wonderful workes,
and they shal speake of the power of thy feareful Actes, and I wil declare thy greatnes.
They shal breake out into the mention of thy great goodnes, and shal sing aloude of thy righteousnes.
The Lord is gratious and merciful, slowe to angre, and of great mercie.
The Lord is good to all, and his mercies are ouer all his workes.
All thy workes praise thee, ô Lord, and thy Saints blesse thee.
They shewe the glorie of thy kingdome and speake of thy power,
To cause his power to be knowen to the sonnes of men, and the glourious renome of his kingdome.
Thy kindome (is) an euerlasting kingdome, and thy dominion (endureth) throughout all ages.
The Lord vpholdeth all that fall, and lifteth vp all that are readie to fall.
The eyes of all waite vpon thee, and thou giuest them their meat in due season.
Thou openest thine hand fillest all things liuing of (thy) good pleasure.
The Lord (is) righteous in all his waies, and holie in all his workes.
The Lord (is) nere vnto all that call vpon him: (yea) to al that call vpon him in trueth.
He wil fulfil the desire of them that feare him: he also wil heare their crye, and wil saue them.
The Lord preserueth all them that loue him but he wil destroye all the wicked.
My mouth shal speake the praise of the Lord and all flesh shal blesse his holie Name for euer and euer.
PRaise thou the Lord, ô my soule.
I wil praise the Lord during my life: as long as I haue anie being, I wil sing vnto my God.
Put not your trust in princes, (nor) in the sonne of ma{n}, for there is none helpe in him.
His breath departeth, (and) he returneth to his earth: then his thoghts perish.
Blessed (is) he, that hathe the God of Iaakób for his helpe, whose hope (is) in the Lord his God.
Which made heauen and earth, the sea, and al that therein is: which kepeth (his) fidelitie for euer.
Which executeth iustice for the oppressed which giueth bread to the hungrie: the Lord looseth the prisoners.
The Lord giueth sight to the blinde: the Lord raiseth vp the croked: the Lord loueth the righteous.
The Lord kepeth the strangers: he relieueth the fatherles and widowe: but he ouer throweth the way of the wicked.
The Lord shal reigne for euer: ô Zión, thy God (endureth) from generacion to generacion. Pray se ye the Lord.
PRaise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing vnto our God for it is a pleasa{n}t thing, (and) praise is comelie.
The Lord doeth buyld vp Ierusalém, (&) gather together the dispersed of Israél.
He healeth those that are broke{n} in heart and bindeth vp their sores.
He counteth the nomber of the starres, (and) calleth them all by their names.
Great (is) our Lord, & great (is his) power: his wisdome is infinite.
The 〈◊〉 releueth the meke, (&) abaseth the wicked to the grounde.
Sing vnto the Lord with praise: sing vpo{n} the harpe vnto our God,
Which couereth the heaue{n} with cloudes and prepareth raine for the earthe, & maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines:
Which giueth to beastes their fode, (and) to the yong rauens that crye.
He hathe not pleasure in the stre{n}gth of an horse, nether deliteth he in the legges of man.
(But) the Lord deliteth in them that feare him, and attend vpon his mercie.
〈◊〉 the Lord, ô Ierusalém: praise thy God, ô Zión.
For he hathe made the barres of thy gates strong, (&) hathe blessed thy childre{n} within thee.
He setteth peace in thy borders, (&) satisfieth thee with the" floure of wheat.
He sendeth forthe his commandement vpon earth, (and) his worde runneth verie swiftly.
He giueth snow like wool, (&) scattereth the hoare frost like ashes.
He casteth forthe his 〈◊〉 like morsels who can abide the colde thereof?
He sendeth his worde and melteth them: he causeth his 〈◊〉 to blowe, (and) the waters flowe.
He sheweth his worde vnto Iaakób, his statutes and his iudgements vnto Israél.
He hathe nor dealt so with euerie nacion, nether haue they knowen (his) iudgements. Praise ye the Lord.
PRaise ye the Lord from the heaue{n}: praise ye him in the high places.
Praise ye him, all ye his Angels: praise him, all his armie.
Praise ye him, sunne and moone: praise ye him all bright starres.
Praise ye hym, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.
Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
And he hathe established them for euer & euer: he hathe made an ordinance, whiche shal not passe.
Praise ye the Lord fro{m} the earth, (ye) dragons and all depths:
Fyre and haile, snowe and vapors, stormie winde, which execute his worde:
Mountaines and all hilles, frutefull trees and all cedres:
〈◊〉 and all cattel, creaping things & feathered foules:
Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all iudges of the worlde:
Yong men and maidens, also olde men & 〈◊〉:
Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for his Name onely is to be exalted, (and) hys praise aboue the earth and the heauens.
For he hathe exalted the horne of hys people, (which is) a praise for al his Saintes (euen) for the children of Israél, a people (that is) nere vnto him. Praise ye the Lord.
SIng ye vnto the Lord a new song: let his praise (be heard) in the 〈◊〉 of Saints.
Let Israél reioyce in him that made him, and let the childre{n} of Zión reioyce in 〈◊〉 King.
Let them praise his Name with the flute: let them sing praises vnto hym with the timbrel and harpe.
For the Lord hath pleasure, in his people he wil make the meke glorious by deliuerance.
Let the Saints be ioyful with glorie: let the{m} sing loude vpon their beddes.
Let the high Actes of God be in 〈◊〉 mouth and a two edged sworde in their hands,
To execute vengeance vpon the heathe{n}, (and) corrections among the people:
To binde their Kings in chaines, & their nobles with fetters of yron,
That they maye execute vpon them the iudgement that is writen: thys honour shalbe to all his Saints. Praise ye the Lord.
PRaise ye God in his a Sanctuarie: praise ye him in the b firmament of his power.
Praise ye him in his mightie Actes: prayse ye him according to his excelle{n}t greatnes
Praise ye him in the sounde of the tru{m}pet: praise ye him vpon the viole & the harpe.
Praise ye him with timbrel & flute: praise ye him with virginales and organs.
Praise ye him with sounding cymbals: praise ye him with high sounding cymbals.
Let euerie thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
THe Parables of Salomón the sonne of Dauid King of Israél
To knowe wisdome a and instruction, to vndersta{n}d the words b of knowledge,
To receiue c instruction to do wiselye, (by) d iustice & iudgement and equitie,
To gyue vnto thee simple sharpenes of wit, (and) to the childe knowledge & discretion.
A wise man shal heare and increase in learning, and a man of f vnderstanding, shall atteine vnto wise counsels,
To vndersta{n}d a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of the wise, and their darke sayings.
The feare of the Lord (is) the beginning of knowledge (but) fooles despise wisdome and instruction.
My sonne, heare thy g fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
For thei shalbe a comelie orname{n}t vnto thine head, and (as) chaines for thy necke.
¶ My sonne, if sinners do intise thee, co{n}sent thou not.
If they say, Come with vs, we will lay wait for blood, (and) lie priuelie for the innocent without a cause:
We wil swallowe the{m} vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that go downe into the pit:
We shal finde all precious riches, (and) fil our houses with spoile:
Cast in thy lot among vs: we will all haue one purse:
My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy fote from their path.
For their fete runne to euill, and make hast to shed blood.
Certeinlye (as) without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:
So they laye wait for blood (and) he priuelie for their liues.
Suche (are) the wayes of euerie one that is gredie of gaine he wolde take away 〈◊〉 life of the owners thereof.
¶ Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the stretes.
She calleth in the hye (strete among) the prease in the entrings of the gates, (&) vttereth her wordes in the citie, (saying,)
O ye foolish, how lôg wil ye loue foolishnes? & the skornefull take their pleasure in skorning, & the fooles hate knowledge
[Turne you at my correction: lo, I will powre out my minde vnto you, (&) make you vnderstand my wordes.]
Because I haue called, and ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hande, and none wolde regarde.
But ye haue despised all my counsell, and wolde none of my correction.
I wil also laugh at your destruction, (&) mocke, when your feare cometh.
When your feare cometh like (sudden) desolation, and your destruction shal come like a whirle winde: when affliction & anguish shal come vpon you,
Then shal they call vpon me, but I wil not answer they shal seke me earlye, but they shal not finde me,
Because thei hated knowledge, & did not chuse the feare of the Lord.
Thei wold none of my cou{n}sel, (but) despised all my correction.
Therefore shall they eate of the frute of their owne waye, and be filled with theyr owne deuises.
For ease slayeth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.
But he that obeieth me, shall dwell safely, and be quiet from feare of euill.
MY sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,
And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, (and) encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
[For if thou callest after knowledge, (&) cryest for vnderstanding:
If thou sekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures,
Then shalt thou vnderstande the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of hys mouth (commeth) knowledge and vnderstanding.
He preserueth the state of the righteous: (he is) a shield to them that walke vprightly,
That they may kepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the waye of hys Saincts.]
Then shalt thou vnderstande 〈◊〉, and iudgement, and equitie, (and) euerie good path.
¶ When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,
(Then) shal counsel preserue thee, (&) vnderstanding shal kepe thee,
And deliuer thee from the euill way, (and) frome the man that speaketh frowarde things,
(And from) them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the waies of darkenes:
Which reioyce in doing euil, (and) delite in the frowardnes of the wicked,
Whose waies are croked & thei are lewde in their paths.
And it shal deliuer thee from the strange woman, (euen) from the stranger, whiche flattereth with her wordes:
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.
All thei that go vnto her, returne not againe, nether take they holde of the waies of life.
Therfore walke thou in the waie of good men, and kepe the waies of the righteous.
For the iust shall dwell in the land, & the vprightmen shal remaine in it.
But the wicked shalbe cut of fro{m} the earth & the transgressers shalbe rooted out of it.
MY sonne, forget not thou my law, but let thine heart kepe my co{m}ma{n}deme{n}ts
For thei shal increase the length of thy daies & the yers of life, & (thy) prosperitie.
Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, (&) write them vpon the table of thine heart.
So shalt thou finde fauour & good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
¶ Trust in the Lord with all thine hearte, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.
In all thy waies acknowledge him, and he shal direct thy waies.
¶ Be not wise in thine owne eyes: (but) feare the Lord, and departe from euil.
(So) health shal be vnto thy nauel, and marow vnto thy bones.
Honour the Lord with thy riches, & with the first (frutes) of all thine increase.
So shal thy barnes be filled with abunda{n}ce, & thy presses shal burst with new wine.
¶ My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, nether be grieued with his correction.
For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father (doeth) the child in (whome) he deliteth:
Blessed (is) the man that findeth wisdome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
For the marchandise thereof is better the{n} the marchandise of siluer, and the gayne thereof (is better) then golde.
It is more precious then pearls: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
Le{n}gth of daies (is) in her right hand, (&) in her left hand riches and glorie.
Her waies (are) waies of pleasure, and all her paths prosperitie.
She is a tre of life to them that laie holde on her, & blessed (is) he that reteineth her.
The Lord by wisdome hath laied the fu{n}dacion of the earthe, and hathe stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
By his knowledge the deapths are broke{n} vp. & the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.
My sonne, let not (the 〈◊〉 thinges depart from thine eies, (but) obserue wisdome, & counsel.
So thei shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
Then shalt thou walke safely by thy waie: and thy fote shal not stumble.
If thou sleapest, thou shalt not be afraied, & whe{n} thou slepest, thy slepe shalbe swete.
Thou shalt not feare for (anie) sudde{n} feare, nether for the destructio{n} of the wicked when it cometh.
For the Lord shal be for thine assurance, & shal preserue thy fote from taking.
¶ Withholde not the good frome the owners thereof, thogh there be power in thine hand to do it.
Saie not vnto thy neighbour, Go & come againe, and tomorowe will I giue (thee,) if thou (now) haue it.
¶ Inde{n}de none hurt against thy neigbour, sei{n}g he doeth dwel without feare by thee
¶ Striue not with a man causeles, whe{n} he hathe done thee no harme.
¶ Be not enuious for the wicked ma{n}, nether chuse anie of his waies.
For the froward (is) abominacio{n} vnto the Lord: but his secret (is) with the righteous
The curse of the Lord (is) in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
With the skorneful he skorneth, but he giueth grace vnto the humble.
The wise shal inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, (thogh) they be exalted.
HEare, ô ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
For I do giue you a good doctrine: (therefore) forsake ye not my law.
For I was my fathers sonne, tender and dere in the sight of my mother,
When he taught me, and said vnto me, Let thine heart holde fastmy wordes: kepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
Get wisdome: get vndersta{n}ding, forget not nether decline fro{m} the wordes of my mouth
Forsake her not, and she shall kepe thee: loue her and she shal preserue thee.
Wisdome (is) the beginning: get wisdome (therfore:) and aboue all thy possessio{n} get vnderstanding.
Exalt her, and she shalt exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.
She shall gyue a comelie ornament vnto thine head, (yea,) she shall giue thee a crowne of glorie.
¶ Heare my sonne, and receiue my wordes and the yeres of thy life shal be manie.
I haue taught thee in the waie of wisdome, (and) led thee in the paths of righteousnes.
Whe{n} thou goest, thy gate shal not be strait and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fal.
Take holde of instruction, (and) leaue not: kepe her, for she is thy life.
¶ Entre not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the waie of euil men.
Auoide it (and) go not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
For thei can not slepe, excepte thei haue done euil, & their slepe departeth, except thei cause (some) to fall.
For they eat the bread of wickednes, & drinke the wine of violence.
But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite daie.
The waie of the wicked (is) as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein thei shal fal.
¶ My sonne, hearke{n} vnto my wordes, encline thine eare vnto my sayings,
Let the{m} not departe from thine eies, (but) kepe them in the middes of thine heart.
For thei are life vnto those that finde the{m}, and helthe vnto all their flesh.
Kepe thine heart with all deligence: for thereout cometh life.
Put awaie from thee a frowarde mouth, & put wicked lippes farre from thee.
Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyeliddes direct thy way before thee
Pondre the path of thy fete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright.
Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, (but) remoue thy fote from euil.
MY sonne, hearken vnto my wisdome, (and) encline thine eare vnto my knowledge,
That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
For the lippes of a strange woman drop (as) an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.
But the end of her is bitter as worme wood (and) sharpe as a two edged sworde.
Her fete go downe to death: and her steppes take holde on hel.
She weigheth not the way of lif: her paths are moueable: thou canst not know (the{m}.)
Heare ye me now therfore, ô childre{n}, & departe not from the wordes of my mouth.
Kepe thy waie farre from her, & come not nere the dore of her house,
Left thou giue thine honour vnto others and thy yeres to the cruel:
Lest the stranger shulde be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of a stranger,
And thou mourne at thine end, [whe{n} thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie.]
And saie, How haue I hated instruction, & mine heart despised correction!
And haue not obeied the voice of the{m} that taught me, nor inclined mine eare to them that instructed me!
I was almost (broght) into all euill in the middes of the Co{n}gregacion & assemblie.
¶ Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuets out of the middes of thyne owne well.
Let thy fountaines flowe forthe, and the riuers of waters in the stretes.
But let them be thine, (euen) thine onely, and not the strangers with thee.
Let thy fountaine be blessed, & reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
(Let herbe as) the louing hinde and pleasantroe: let her breastes satisfie 〈◊〉 at all times, (and) delite in her loue continually.
For why shuldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woma{n}, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?
For the waies of ma{n} (are) before the eyes of the Lord, & he pondereth all his paths.
His owne iniquities shal take the wicked hym selfe, and he shalbe holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.
He shaldye for faute of instruction, and shal go astray through his great folie.
MY sonne, if thou be suertie for thy neighbour, (and) hast striken handes, with the stranger,
Thou art snared with the wordes of thy mouth: thou art (euen) take{n} with the wordes of thine owne mouth.
Do this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy self: seing thou art come into the hande of thy neighbour, go, and humble thy self, & solicit thy friends.
Giue no slepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyeliddes.
Deliuer thy self as a doe from the hand (of the hunter,) and as a birde from the hand of the fouler.
¶ Go to the pismire, ô sluggard: beholde her waies, and be wise.
For she hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler,
Prepareth her meat in the sommer, (&) gathereth her fode in haruest.
How long wilt thou slepe, ô sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy slepe?
(Yet) a litle slepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to slepe.
Therfore thy pouertie cometh as one that trauaileth by the waie, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
The vnthriftie man (a{n}d) the wicked man walketh with a frowarde mouth.
He maketh a signe with his eyes: he" signifieth with his fete: he instructeth with his fingers.
Lewde things (are) in his heart: he imagineth euil at all times, (and) raiseth vp contentions.
Therefore shall his 〈◊〉 come spedely: he shal be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.
¶ These six thinges doeth the Lord hate: yea his soule abhorreth seuen:
The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shede innocent blood,
An hearte that imagineth wicked enterprises, fete that be swift in running to mischief,
A false witnes that speaketh lyes, & hym that raiseth vp co{n}tentions amo{n}g brethré
¶ My sonne, kepe thy fathers comma{n}dement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.
Binde them alway vpon thine i heart, (&) tye them about thy necke.
It shall leade thee, when thou walkest: it shal watch for thee, when thou slepest, (&) when thou wakest, it shal talke with thee.
For the commandement (is) a lanterne, and instruction a light: and correctio{n}s for instruction (are) the waie of life.
To kepe thee frome the wicked woman, (and) from the flatterie of the tongue of a strange woman.
Desire not her beautie in thine hearte, nether let her take thee with her eyeliddes
For because of the whoorish woma{n} (a man is broght) to a morsel of bread, & a woman wil hunte for the precious life of a man.
Cana man take fyre in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?
Or can a man go vpon coles, and his fete not be burnt?
So he that goeth into his neigbours wife shal not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.
Men do not despise a thief, whe{n} he stealeth, to satisfie his soule, because he is hu{n}grie.
But if he founde, he shall restore seuen folde, (or) he shal giue all the substâce of his house.
But he that committeth adulterie with a woma{n}, he" is destitute of vndersta{n}ding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule:
He shall finde a wounde and dishonour, and his reproche shal neuer be put away.
For ielousie (is) the rage of a man therfore he wil not spare in the day of vengeance.
He can not beare the sight of anye raunsome: nether will he consent, thogh thou augment the giftes.
MY sonne, kepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.
Kepe my commandements, & thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes.
Binde them vpon thy fingers: (and) write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Saie vnto wisdome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding (thy) kinswoman,
That they maie kepe thee from the stra{n}ge woman, (euen) frome the stranger that is smothe in her wordes:
¶ As (I was) 〈◊〉 the windowe of myne house, I loked through my windowe,
And I sawe among the fooles, (and) considered among the children a yong ma{n} destitute of vnderstandings,
Who passed through the strete by her corner, and went toward her house,
In the twilight in the euening, when the night began to be blacke and darke.
And behold, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtil in heart.
[She is babling and lowde: whose fete ca{n} not abide in her house.
Now (she is) without, now in the stretes, & lieth in waite at euerie corner.]
So she caught him and kissed him & with an impudent face said vnto him,
I haue peace offrings: this daye haue I paied my vowes.
Therefore came I forth to mete thee, that I might seke thy face: & I haue fou{n}de thee.
I haue deckt my bed with orname{n}ts, carpets and laces of Egypt.
I haue perfumed my bed with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom,
Come, let vs take our fil of loue vntil the mornig let vs take our pleasure in 〈◊〉
For (mine) housband is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre of.
〈◊〉 hathe taken with him a bagge of siluer, (and) will come home at the daye appointed.
Thus with her great craft she caused him to yelde, and with her slattering lippes she entised him.
And he followed her straight waies, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, & as a foole to the stockes for correction,
Till a darte strike through his liuer, as a birde hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.
¶ Heare me now therefore, o{n} children, & hearken to the wordes of my mouth.
Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.
For she hathe caused manie to fall downe wounded, (and) the stronge men (are) all slayne by her.
Her house is the waie vnto the graue, which goeth downe to the cha{m}bers of death
DOeth not wisdome crye? and vnderstanding vtter her voyce?
She standeth in the top of the high places by the way in the place of the paths.
She cryeth besides the gates before the citie at the entrie of the dores,
O me{n}, I call vnto you, and (vtter) my voice to the children of men.
O (ye) foolishe men, vnderstand wisdome, and (ye,) Ô fooles, be wise in heart.
Giue 〈◊〉, for I will speake of excellent things, and the opening of my lippes (shal teache) things that be right.
For my mouth shal speake the trueth, and my lippes abhorre wickednes.
All the wordes of my mouthe (are) righteous: there is no lewdenes, nor fro wardenes in them.
Thei are all plaine to him that wil vnderstand, and straight to them that wold finde knowledge,
Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.
For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.
I wisdome dwel with prude{n}ce, and I finde forthe knowledge (and) counsels.
The feare of the Lord (is) to hate euil (as) pride, and arrogancie, and the euill waye: and a mouth (that speaketh) lewde things, I do hate.
I haue counsel and wisdome: I am vnderstanding, (and) I haue strength.
By me, Kings reigne, and princes decree iustice.
By me princes rule and the nobles, (and) all the iudges of the earth.
I loue them that loue me: & thei that seke me early, shal finde me.
Riches and honour (are) with me: (euen) durable riches and righteousnes.
My frute is better then golde, (euen) then fine golde, and my reuenues (better) then fine siluer.
I cause to walke in the waie of righteousnes, (and) in the middes of the pathes of iudgement,
That I maie cause the{m} that loue me, to inherite substance, & I wil fil their treasures.
The Lord hath possessed me in the beginning of his waie: (I was) before his workes of olde.
I was set vp from euerlasting, frome the beginning (and) before the earth.
When there were no depths, was I begotten, when there were no fountaines abunding with water.
Before the mountaines were setled: (and) before the hilles, was I begotten.
He had not yet made the earthe, nor the open places, nor the height of the dust in the worlde.
Whe{n} he prepared the heaue{n}s, I was there when he set the compas vpon the depe.
When he established the cloudes aboue, whe{n} he co{n}firmed the fou{n}taines of the depe
When he gaue his decree to the sea, that the waters shulde not passe his comma{n}dement: when he appointed the fundacions of the earth,
Then was I with him (as) a nourisher, and I was daily (his) delite reioycing alwaie before him,
And toke my solace in the compasse of his earth: and my delite (is) with the children of men.
Therefore now hearken, ô children vnto me for blessed (are thei that) kepe my waie
Heare instruction. and be ye wise, & refuse it not blessed (is) the man that heareth me watching daily at my gates (and) giuing attendance at the postes of my dores.
For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shal obteine fauour of the Lord.
But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule (and) all that hate me loue death.
WIsdome hathe buylt her house (&) hewen out her seuen pillers.
She hathe killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table.
She hathe sent forthe her maidens (and) cryeth vpon the higgest places of the citie (〈◊〉.
Who so is simple, let him come hether (& (to him that is destitute of wisdom, she saith
Come (and) eat of my meat, and drinke of the wine (that) I haue drawen.
Forsake (your way) ye foolish, and ye shal liue & walke in the waie of vnderstanding.
He that reproueth a scorner, purchasseth to him self shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked (getteth) him self a blot.
Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee: (but) rebuke a wise ma{n}, & he wil loue thee.
Giue (admonicion) to the wise, and he wil be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he wil increase in learning.
The beginning of wisdome (is) the feare of the Lord, and the knowledge of holy things (is) vnderstanding.
For thy dayes shalbe multiplied by me, and the yeres of thy life shalbe augmented.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy self (and if) thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffre.
¶ A foolish woman (is) troublesome: she (is) ignorant, and knoweth nothing.
But she sitteth at the dore of her house on a seat in the hye places of the citie.
To call them that passe by the way, that go right on their way (saying.)
Who so is simple, let him come hether, and to him that is destitute of wisdome, she saith also.
Stollen waters are swete: and hid bread is pleasant.
But he knoweth not, that the dead (are) there (& that) her ghestes (are) in the depth of hel.
A Wise so{n}ne maketh a glad father but a foolish so{n}ne (is) an heauines to his mother.
The treasures of wickednes profite nothi{n}g but righteousnes deliuereth fro{m} death
The Lord wil not famish the soule of the the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
A slouthful hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.
He that gathereth in sommer (is) the sonne of wisdome (but) he that slepeth in haruest (is) the sonne of confusion.
Blessings (are) vpon the head of the righteous: but iniquitie shal couer the mouth of the wicked.
The memorial of the iuste (shalbe) blessed: but the name of the wicked shal 〈◊〉.
The wise in heart wil receiue commandeme{n}ts but the foolish in talke shalbe beate{n}
He that walketh vprightly, walketh boldely but he that peruerteth his waies, shal be knowen.
He that winketh with the eye, worketh sorowe, and he that is foolish in talke, shal be beaten.
The mouth of a righteous ma{n} is a well spri{n}g of life: but iniquitie couereth the mouth of the wicked.
Hatred stirreth vp contentions: but loue couereth all trespasses.
In the lippes of him that hathe vnderstanding wisdome is founde, & a rod shalbe for the backe of hi{m} that is destitute of wisdome
Wise me{n} laye vp knowlesge: but the mouth of the foole (is) a present destruction.
The riche ma{n}s goods are his strong citie: (but) the feare of then edie (is) their pouertie
The labour of the righteous (te{n}deth) to life (but) the reuenues of the wicked to sinne
He that regardeth instruction (is in) the way of life: but he that refuseth correction goeth out of the way:
He that dissembleth hatred with lying lippes, & he that inuenteth scla{n}dre, is a foole.
In manie wordes there can not wa{n}t iniquitie but he that refraineth his lippes is wise
The tongue of the iuste man (is as) fined siluer (but) the heart of the wicked (is) litle worthe.
The lippes of the righteous do fede manie: but fooles shaldye for want of wisdome.
The blessings of the Lord, it maketh riche and he doeth adde no sorowes with it.
(It is) as a passe time to a foole to do wickedly: but wisdome (is) vndersta{n}ding to a ma{n}
That which the wicked feareth shal come vpon him but (God) wil grante the desire of the righteous.
As the whirle winde passeth, so (is) the{n} wicked no more: but the righteous (is as) an euerlasting fundacion.
As 〈◊〉 (is) to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so (is) the slouthful to the{m} that send him.
The feare of the lord increaseth the dayes but the yeres of the wicked shalbe diminished.
The pacient abiding of the righteous (shalbe) gladnes: but the hope of the wicked shal perish.
The way of the Lord (is) strength to the vpright man: but feare shalbe for the workers of iniquitie.
The righteous shal neuer be remoued but the wicked shal not dwell in the land.
The mouth of the iuste shalbe fruteful in wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shal be cut out.
The lippes of the righteous knowe what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked (speaketh) frowarde things.
FAlse balances (are) an abominacion vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.
〈◊〉 pride cometh, then cometh shame but with the lowlie (is) wisdome.
The vprightnes of the iuste shal guide the{m} but the frowardnes of the transgressers shal destroye them.
Riches 〈◊〉 not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.
The righteousnes of the vpright shal directe his waye: but the wicked shal fall in his owne 〈◊〉.
The righteonsnes of the iuste shal deliuer them: but the transgressers shalbe taken in (their) owne wickednes.
When a wicked man dyeth (his) hope perisheth, & the hope of the vniust shal perish
The righteous escapeth out of trouble, & the wicked shal come in his stead.
An hypocrite with (his) mouth hurteth his neighbour: but the righteous shalbe deliuered by knowledge.
In the prosperitie of the righteous the citie reioyceth, and when the wicked perish (there is) ioye.
By the blessing of the righteous, the citie is 〈◊〉: but it is subuerted by the mouth of the wicked.
He that despiseth his neighbour, is destitute of wisdome but a man of vnderstanding wil kepe silence.
He that goeth about (as) a sclander, discouereth a secret: but he that is of a faithful heart, conceileth a matter.
Where no cou{n}sel is, the people fall: butwhe re manie counselers are (there is) health.
He shal be sore vexed: that is suretie for a stranger, and he that hateth suretieship is sure.
A gracious woman atteineth honour, & the strong men atteine riches.
He that is merciful, rewardeth his owne soule: but he that troubleth his owne flesh (is) cruel.
The wicked worketh a disceitful worke: but he that soweth righteousnes (shal receiue) a sure rewarde.
As righteousnes (leadeth) to life: so he that followeth euil (seketh) his owne death,
They that are of a froward heart (are) abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in (their) way are his delite.
(Thogh) hand (ioyne) in hand, the wicked shal not be vnpunished: but the sede of the righteous shal escape.
(As) a iewel of golde in a swines snoute (so is) a faire woma{n}, which lacketh discretio{n}.
The desire of the righteous (is) onely good (but) the hope of the wicked (is) indignacion.
There is that scatereth, and is more increased: but he that spareth more then is right, surely (cometh) to pouertie.
The liberal persone shal haue plentie: & he that waterenh, shal also haue raine.
He that withdraweth the corne, the people wil curse him but blessing (shal be) vpo{n} the head of him that selleth corne.
He that seketh good things, getteth fauour but he that seketh euil, it shal come to him.
He that trusteth in his riches, shal fall: but the righteous shal florish as a leafe.
He that troubleth his owne house, shal inherite the winde, and the foole (shalbe) seruant to the wife in heart.
The frute of the rightous (is as) a tre of life. and he that winneth soules (is) wise.
Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompe{n}sed in the earth: how muche more the wicked and the sinner?
HE that loueth instructio{n}, loueth knowledge. but he that hateth correctio{n} (is) a foole.
A good man gatteth fauoure of the Lord: but the man of wicked imaginacions wil he condemne.
A man can not be established by wickednes: but the roote of the reighteous shal not be moued.
A verteous woman (is) the crowne of her housband: but she that maketh (him) ashamed (is) as corruption in his bones.
The thoghts of the iuste (are) right: but the counsels of the wicked are disceitful.
The talking of the wicked (is) to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the righteous wil 〈◊〉 them.
(God) ouerthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shal stand.
A ma{n} shalbe commended for his wisdome but the froward of heart shalbe despised.
He that is despised, and (is) his owne seruant is better the{n} he that boasteth himself and laketh bread.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the mercies of the wicked (are) cruel.
He that tilleth his land, shal be satisfied with bread but he that followeth the idle (is) destitute of vnderstanding.
The wicked desireth the net of euils: but the roote of the righteous giueth (frute)
The euil man is 〈◊〉 by the wickednes of (his) lippes, but the iust shal come out of aduersitie.
A man shalbe saciate with good things by the frute of (his) mouth, and the reco{m}pense of a mans hands shal (God) giue vnto him.
The way of a foole (is) right in his owne eyes but he that heareth counsel (is) wise.
A foole in a day shal be knowen by his angre: but he that couereth shame (is) wise.
He that speaketh trueth, wil shewe righteousnes: but a false witnes (vseth) disceit.
There is that speaketh (wordes) like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men (is) health.
The lippe of trueth shalbe stable for euer but a lying tongue (varieth) incontinently
Disceit (is) in the heart of them that imagine euil: but to the counsellers of peace (shalbe) ioye.
There shal none iniquitie come to the iuste but the wicked are ful of euil.
The lying lippes (are) an abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely (are) his delite.
A wise man conceileth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.
The hand of the diligent shal beare rule but the idle (shalbe) vnder tribute.
Heauines in the heart of ma{n} doeth bring it downe but a good worde reioyceth it,
The righteous (is) more excellent then his neighbour but the way of the wicked wil disceiue them.
The disceitful man rosteth not, that he toke in hunting: but the riches of the diligent man (are) precious.
Life (is) in the way of righteousnes, and (in that) pathway (there is) no death.
A Wise sonne (wil obey) the instruction of his father: but a skorner wil heare no rebuke.
A man shal eat good things by the frute of (his) mouth: but the soule of the trespassers (shal suffer) violence.
He that kepeth his mouthe, kepeth his life (but) he that 〈◊〉 his lippes, destruction (shalbe) to him.
The sluggarde lusteth, but his soule hathe noght: but the soule of the diligent shal haue plentie.
A righteous man hateth lying workes: but the wicked causeth sclander and shame.
Righteousnes preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.
There is that maketh himself riche, and hathe nothing (and) that maketh himself poore hauing great riches.
A man (wil giue) his riches for the rau{n}some of (his) life but the poore ca{n} not heare the reproche.
The light of the righteous reioyceth: but the candle of the wicked shalbe put out.
Onely by pride doeth (man) make contē tion: but with the wel aduised (is) wisdome
The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand shal increase (them.)
The hope that is differred (is) the fainting of the heart but whe{n} the desire commeth (it is as) a tre of life.
He that despiseth the worde, he shalbe destroyed. but he that feareth the commandement, he shalbe rewarded.
The instruction of a wise man (is as) the well spring of life, to turne away from the snares of death.
Good vnderstanding maketh acceptable: but the way of the disobedient (is) hated.
Euerie wise man wil worke by knowledge but a foole wil spread abroad follie.
A wicked messe{n}ger falleth into euil but a faithfull ambassadour (is) preseruation.
Pouertie & shame (is) to him that refuseth instruction but he that regardeth correctio{n} shal be honored.
A desire accomplished deliteth the soule: but (it is) an abomination to fooles to departe from euil,
He that walketh with the wise, shalbe wise but a companio{n} of fooles shalbe afflicted.
Affliction followeth sinners: but vnto the righteous (God) wil recompense good.
The good ma{n} shal giue inheritance vnto (his) childrens children: and the riches of the sinner is laied vp for the iuste.
Muche foode (is) in the field of the poore but (the field) is destroyed without discretio{n}
He that spareth his, rod, hateth his so{n}ne but he that loueth hi{m}, chasteneth hībetime
The righteous eateth to the contentatio{n} of his minde: but the bellie of the wicked shal want.
A Wise woman buyldeth her house but the foolish destroieth it with her owne hands.
He that walketh in his righteousnes, feareth the Lord: but he that is lewde in his waies, despiseth him.
In the mouth of the foolish (is) the rod of pride but the lippes of the wise preserue them.
Where none oxen (are) there the crib (is) emptie but muche increase (co{m}meth) by the strength of the oxe.
A faithful witnes wil not lye: but a false recorde wil speake lyes.
A scorne seketh wisdome, and (findeth) it not but knowledge (is) easie to hi{m} that wil vnderstand.
Departe fro{m} the foolish ma{n}, whé thou perceiuest not (in him) the lippes of knowledge.
The wisdome of the prudent (is) to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles (is) desceit.
The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous (there is) fauour.
The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, and the stranger shal not medle with his ioye.
The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shal florish.
There is away which semeth right to a man: but the yssues thereof (are) the wayes of death.
Euen in laughing the heart is sorowful, and the end of that mirth (is) heauines.
The heart that declineth, shalbe saciate with his owne wayes: but a good man (shal departe) from him.
The foolish wil beleue euerie thing: but the prudent wil consider his steppes.
A wise man eareth, and departeth from euil: but a foole rageth, and is careles.
He that is hastie to angre, committeth folie, and a" busie bodie is hated.
The foolish do inheritie folie: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The euil shal bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous
The poore is 〈◊〉 eue{n} of his owne neighbour: but the frie{n}ds of the riche (are) manie
The sinner despiseth his neighbour but he that hathe mercie on the poore (is) blessed
Do not they erre that imagine euil 〈◊〉 but to them that thinke on good things (shalbe) mercie, and trueth.
In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes (bringeth) onely want
The 〈◊〉 of the wise (is) their riches, (and) the folie of fooles (is) foolishnes.
A faithful witnes deliuereth soules: but a disceiuer speaketh lies.
In the feare of the Lord (is) an assured strength, and his children shal haue hope.
The feare of the Lord (is as) a well spring of life, to auoide the snares of death.
In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people (cometh) the destruction of the prince.
He that is slowe to wrath (is) of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth folie.
A sound heart (is) the life of the flesh: but enuie (is) the rotting of the bones.
He that oppresseth the poore, reproueth him that made him but he honoreth him that hathe mercie on the poore.
The wicked shalbe cast away for his malice: but the righteous hathe hope in his death.
Wisdome resteth in the heart of him that hathe vnderstanding, and is knowe{n} in the mindes of fooles.
Iustice exalteth a nation, but sinne is a shame to the people.
The pleasure of a King (is) in a wise serua{n}t: but his wrath shalbe toward him that is lewde.
A Soft answer putteth away wrath but grieuous wordes stirre vp angre.
The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright but the mouth of fooles bableth out foolishnes.
The eyes of the Lord in euerie place beholde the euil and the good.
A wholsome tongue (is as) a tre of life: but the frowardnes thereof (is) the breaking of the minde.
A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correctio{n}, is prude{n}t.
The house of the righteous (hathe) muche treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.
The lippes of the wise do spread abroad knowledge: but the heart of the foolish (doeth) not so.
The sacrifice of the wicked (is) abomination to the Lord but the praier of the righteous is acceptable vnto him,
The way of the wicked is an abominacion vnto the Lord but he loueth him that followeth righteousnes.
Instructio{n} is euil to him that forsaketh the way (and) he that hateth correction, shaldye.
Hel & destructio{n} (are) before the lord how much more the hearts of the sonnes of me{n}?
A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, nether wil he go vnto the wise.
A ioyful heart maketh a chereful countenance but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie.
The heart of him that hathe vnderstanding: seketh knowledge: but the mouthe of the foole is fed with foolishnes,
All the daies of the afflicted (are) euil: but a good conscience (is) a continual feast.
Better (is) a litle with the feare of the lord the{n} great treasure and trouble therewith.
Better is a dinner of grene herbes were loue (is) then a stalled oxe & hatred therewith.
An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but he that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.
The way of a slouthful man (is) as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the righteous is plaine.
A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Foolishnes (is) ioye to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.
Without cou{n}sel toghtes come to nought but fin the multitude of counsellers there is stedfastnes.
A ioye (cometh) to a ma{n} by the answer of his mouth: and how good (is) a worde in due season?
The waie of life (is) on high to the prude{n}t, to auoide from hel beneth.
The Lord wil destroy the house of the proude men: but he wil stablish the borders of the widowe.
The thoghts of the wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure (haue) pleasant wordes.
He that is gredie of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth giftes, shal liue.
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the wicked mans mouth bableth euil things.
The Lord is farre of from the wicked: but he heareth the praier of the righteous.
The light of the eies reioyceth the heart, and a good name maketh the bones fat.
The eare that hearkeneth to the correction of life, shal lodge among the wise.
He that refuseth instruction, despiseth his owne soule: but he that obeieth correctio{n}, getteth vnderstanding.
The feare of the Lord (is) the instruction of wisdome: and before honour (goeth) humilitie.
THe preparations of the heart (are) in man: but the answer of the to{n}gue (is) of the Lord.
All the waies of a man (are) cleane in his owne eies: but the lord po{n}dereth the spirits
Co{m}mit thy workes vnto the Lord, & thy thoghts shalbe directed.
The Lord hathe made all things for his owne sake: yea, euen the wicked for the day of euil.
All that are proude in earth (are) an abomination to the Lord (thogh) hand (ioyne, in hand, he shal not be vnpunished.
By mercie and trueth iniquitie shalbe forgiue{n}, and by the feare of the Lord they departe from euil.
When the waies of a man please the Lord, he wil make also his enemies at peace with him.
Betteri litle with righteousnes, then great reuenues without equitie.
The heart of ma{n} purposeth his way but the Lord doeth direct his steppes.
A diuine sentence (shalbe) in the lippes of the King his mouth shal not transgresse in iudgement.
A true weight and balance are of the Lord all the weights of the bagge (are) his worke.
It is an abominacion to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne isstablished by iustice.
Righteous lippes are the delite of Kings and the King loueth him that speaketh right things.
The wrath of a King (is as) messengers of death: but a wise man wil pacifie it.
In the light of the Kings countenance (is) life: and his fauour (is) as a cloude of the latter raine.
How muche better is it to get wisdome then golde, and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.
The path of the righteous is to decline from euil (and) he kepeth his soule, that kepeth his way.
Pride (goeth) before destruction, and an high minde before the fall.
Better it is to be of humble minde with the lowlie, then to deuide the spoiles with the proude.
He that is wise in (his) busines, shal finde good and he that trusteth in the Lord, he is blessed.
The wise in heart shalbe called prudent: & the swetenes of the lippes shal increase doctrine.
Vndersta{n}ding (is) a well spring of life vnto the{m} that haue it: & the instructio{n} of fooles (is) folie.
The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.
Faire wordes (are as) an honie combe, swetenes to the soule, & health to the bones.
There is away that semeth right vnto man: but the yssue thereof (are) the waies of death.
The persone that 〈◊〉 trauaileth for him self for his mouth craueth it of him.
A wicked man diggeth vp euil, and in his lippes (is) like burning fyre.
A froward persone soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.
A wicked ma{n} desceiueth his neighbour, & leadeth him into the way that is not good
He 〈◊〉 his eyes to deuise wickednes he moueth his lippes (and) bringeth euil to passe.
Age is a crowne of glorie (when) it is founde in the way of righteousnes.
He that is slowe vnto angre, is better then the mightie ma{n} & he that ruleth his owne minde (is better) the{n} he that winneth a citie
The lot is cast into the lappe: but the whole disposition thereof (is) of the Lord,
BEtter is a drye morsel, if peace be with it, then an house ful of sacrifices (with) strife.
A discrete seruant shal haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and he shal deuide the heritage among the brethren.
As is the fining pot for siluer, & the fornace for golde, so the Lord tryeth the hearts
The wicked giueth hede to the false lippes (&) a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie to{n}gue
He that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth at destruction shal not be vnpunished.
Childrens children are the crowne of the elders: and the glorie of the children (are) their fathers.
Hie talke becometh not a foole, muche lesse a lying talke a prince.
Are warde (is as) a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that haue it: it prospereth, whethersoeuer it turneth.
He that couereth a transgression, seketh loue: but he that repeateth a matter, separateth the prince.
A reprofe entreth more into him that hathe vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.
A sedecious persone seketh onely euil, & a cruel messenger shalbe sent against him.
(It is better) for a man to mete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his folie.
He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shal not departe from his house.
The beginning of strife (is as) one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue of.
He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen thei bothe are abominacion to the Lord.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and (he hathe) none heart?
A friend loueth at all times and a brother is borne for aduersitie.
A ma{n} destitute of vndersta{n}ding toucheth the hand, and becometh suretie for his neighbour.
He loueth transgression, that loueth strife (and) he that exalteth his gate, seketh destruction.
The frowarde heart findeth no good and he that hathe a naughtie tongue, shal fall into euil.
He that begetteth a foole (getteth) him self sorowe, and the father of a foole can haue no ioye.
A ioyful heart causeth good health: but a sorowful minde dryeth the bones.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the waies of iudgement.
Wisdome (is) in the face of him that hathe vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole (are) in the corners of the worlde.
A foolish sonne is a grief vnto his father, & a heauines to her that bare him.
Surely it is not good to condemne the iuste, nor that the pri{n}ces shulde 〈◊〉 (suche) 〈◊〉 equitie.
He that hathe knowledge, spareth his wordes, and a man of vnderstanding (is) of an excellent spirit.
Euen a foole [when he holdeth his peace] is counted wise, and he that stoppeth his lippes, prudent.
FOr the desire (thereof) he wil separate him self to seke it (and) occupie him self in all wisdome.
A foole hathe no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.
When the wicked commeth, then co{m}meth conte{m}pt, and with the vile man reproche
The wordes of a mans mouth (are like) depe waters (and) the well spring of wisdome (is like) a flowing riuer.
It is not good to accept the persone of the wicked, to cause the righteous to fall in iudgement.
A fooles lippes come with strife, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
A fooles mouth (is) his owne destruction, & his lippes (are) a snare for his soule.
The wordes of a tale (are) as flatterings, & thei go downe into the bowels of the bellie.
He also that is flouthful in his worke, is eue{n} the brother of him that is a great waster.
The Name of the Lord (is) a strong towre: the righteous runneth vnto it, & is exalted
The riche mans riches (are) his strong citie and as an hie wall in his imagination.
Before destruction the heart of a man is hautie, and before glorie (goeth) lowlines.
He that answereth a matter before he heare it, is folie and shame vnto him.
The spirit of a man wil susteine his infirmitie but a wounded spirite, who can beare it?
A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seketh learning.
A mans gift enlargeth him, and leadeth him before great men.
(He that is) sirst in his owne cause (is) iust: then cometh his neighbour, and maketh iniquitie of him.
The lot causeth contentions to ceale, & maketh a particion among the mightie,
A brother offended (is harder to winne) then a strong citie, and (their) contentions (are) like the barre of a place.
With the frute of mans mouthe shal his bely be satisfied (and) with the increase of his lippes shal he be filled.
Death and life (are) in the power of the tongue, and they that loue it, shal eat the frute thereof.
He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauor of the Lord.
The poore speaketh (with) prayers: but the riche answereth roughly.
A man (that hathe) frie{n}ds (ought) to shewe him self fryendly: for a friend is nerer then a brother.
BEtter 〈◊〉 the poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that a buseth his lippes, and is a foole.
For without knowledge the minde is not good, and he that hasteth with his fete, sinneth.
The foolishnes of a man peruerteth his way, & his hart freateth against the Lord.
Riches gather manie friends: but the poore is separated from his neighbour.
Asalse witnes shal not be vnpunished: & he that speaketh lies, shal not escape.
Manie reuerence the face of the prince, & euerie man (is) friende to hym that gyueth giftes.
All the brethren of the poore do hate him: how muche more will his friendes departe farre frome hym? thogh he be instant with wordes, (yet) they wil not.
He that possesseth vnderstandyng, loueth his wne soule, and kepeth wisdome to finde goodnes.
A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shal perish.
Pleasure is not comelie for a foole, muche lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.
The discretio{n} of a man differreth his angre: and his glorie (is) to passe by an offence.
The Kings wrath (is) like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour (is) like the dewe 〈◊〉 the grasse.
A foolish sonne (is) the calamitie of his father, and the conte{n}tions of a wife (are like) a continual dropping.
House and riches (〈◊〉) the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife (cometh) of the Lord.
Slouthfulnes causeth to fall a slepe, and a disceitfull persone shal be 〈◊〉.
He that kepeth the commaundement, kepeth hys owne soule: (but) he that despiseth his 〈◊〉, shaldye.
He that hathe mercie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and the Lord wil recompense him that which he hathe giuen.
Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and 〈◊〉 not thy soule spare for his murmuring.
(A man) of muche angre shal suffer punishment: and thogh thou deliuer (him,) yet wil (his angre) come againe.
Heare counsel, and receiue instruction, that thou maiest be wise in thy latter end.
Manie deuices (〈◊〉) 〈◊〉 a ma{n}s heart: but the counsel of the Lord shall stand.
That that is to be desired of a man, (is) his goodnes, and a poore man is better then a lyer.
The feare of the Lorde (leadeth) to life: and he that is filled (therewith,) shall continue, (and) shal not be with euil.
The slouthfull hydeth his hand in (hys) bosome, and will not put it to his mouth againe.
Smite a scorner, and the foolishe will beware: and reproue the prudent, and he will vnderstand knowlēdge.
He that destroyeth (his) father, (or) chaseth away (his) mother, (is) a lewde and shamefull childe.
My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre frome the wordes of knowledge.
A wicked witnes 〈◊〉 at iudgement, and the mouth of the wicked swalloeth vp iniquitie.
(But) iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.
WIne (is) a mocker (and) strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceyued thereby, is not wise.
The feare of the King (is) like the roaryng of a lion: he that prouoketh him vnto angre: sinneth against his owne soule.
(It is) a mans honour to cease from strife: but euerie foole wil be medling.
The slouthful will not plowe, because of winter: (therefore) shal he begge in sommer but haue nothing.
The counsell in the hearte of man (is like) depe waters: but a man that hathe vnderstanding, wil drawe it out.
Manie me{n} will boast, euerie one of his owne goodnes: but who can finde a faithful man?
He that walketh in his integritie, (is) iust (&) blessed (shal) his children (be) after him.
A King that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euil with his eyes.
Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from sinne?
Diuers weightes, & diuers measures, both these are euen abominacion vnto the Lord
A childe also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right.
The Lord hathe made bothe these, euen the eare to heare, and the eye to se.
Loue not slepe, lest thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, (and) thou shalte be satisned with bread.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the byer: but when he is gone a parte, he boasteth.
There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lipps of knowledge (are) a precious iewel.
Take hys garment, that is suretie for a straunger, and a pledge of hym for the stranger.
The bread of deceit (is) swete to a man: but afterwarde hys mouth shalbe filled with grauel.
Establish the thoghts by counsel: and by counsel make warre.
He that goeth about (as) a sclanderer, discouereth 〈◊〉: therefore medle not with him that flattereth with his lippes.
He that curseth hys father or hys mother, hys lyght shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.
An heritage (is) hastely gotten at the begynnyng, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Say not thou, I wil recompense euil: (but) waite vpon the Lord, and he shall saue thee.
Diuers weyghtes (are) an abominacion vnto the Lord, and disceitfull balances (are) not good.
The steppes of man (are ruled) by the Lorde: howe can a man the{n} vnderstande hys owne way?
It is a destruction for a man to deuoure that which is sanctified, and after the vowes to inquire.
A wise King scattereth the wicked, and causeth the whele to turne ouer them.
The light of the Lord (is) the breth of ma{n}, and sercheth all the bowels of the bellie.
Mercie and trueth preserue the King: for his throne shalbe established with mercy.
The beautie of yong men (is) their strength and the glorie of the aged (is) the graye head.
The blewenes of the wounde serueth to purge the euill, and the strippes within the bowels of the bellie.
THe Kīngs heart (is) in the ha{n}d of the Lord, (as) the riuers of waters: he turned it whethersoeuer it pleaseth him.
Euerie way of a man (is) right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
To do iustice and iudgement is more, acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.
A hautie loke, and a proude heart, (whiche is) the light of the wicked, (is) sinne.
The thoghts of the dilige{n}t (do) surely (bring) abundance: but whosoeuer is hastie, (cometh) surely to pouertie.
The gathering of treasures by a disceitfull tongue (is) vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seke death.
The robberie of the wicked shall destroye them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.
The way of some (is) peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke (is) right.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the house toppe, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
The soule of the wicked wisheth euil: (and) his neighbour hathe no fauour in his eyes.
When the scorner is punished, the foolish is wise: and when one instructeth the wise, he wil receiue knowledge.
The ryghteous teacheth the house of the wicked (but God) ouerthroweth the wicked for (their) euil.
He that stoppeth hys eare at the crying of the poore, he shal also crie and not be heard.
A gift in secret pacifieth angre, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
It is ioye to the iuste to do iudgement: but destruction (shalbe) to the workers of iniquitie.
A man that wandereth out of the waye of wisdome, shal remaine in the congregacion of the dead.
He that loueth pastime, (shalbe) a poore man: (a{n}d) he that loueth wine and oyle, shall not be riche.
The wicked (shalbe) a ra{n}some for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.
It is better to dwel in the wildernes, then with a cotentious and angrie woman.
In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle; but a foolishe man deuoureth it.
He that followeth after righteousnes and mercie, shal finde life, righteousnes, & glorie
A wise man goeth vp into the citie of the mightie, and casteth downe the strength of the confidence thereof.
He that kepeth his mouth and his tongue, kepeth his soule from afflictions.
Proude, hautie (and) scorneful (is) his name that worketh in (his) arrogancie wrath.
The desire of the slouthfull slaieth him: for his hands refuse to worke.
He 〈◊〉 gredely, but the righteous giueth, and spareth not.
The sacrifice of the wicked (is) an abominacion: how muche more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?
A false witnes shal perish: but he that heareth, speaketh continually.
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iuste, he wil direct his way.
There is no wisdome, nether vndersta{n}ding, nor counsel against the Lord.
The horse is prepared againste the daye of battel: but 〈◊〉 (is) of the Lord.
A Good name is to be chose{n} aboue good riches, and 〈◊〉 fauour is aboue siluer and aboue golde.
The riche and poore mete together: the Lord (is) the maker of them all.
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth him selfe: but the foolish go on still, and are punished.
The rewarde of humilitie (and) the feare of God (is) riches, and glorie, and life.
Thornes (and) snares (are) in the way of the frowarde: (but) he that regardeth his soule, will 〈◊〉 farre from them.
Teache a childe in the trade of hys waye, and when he is olde, he shall not departe from it.
The riche ruleth the poore, and the borower (is) seruant to the man that lendeth.
He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his angre shal faile.
He that hathe a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the pore
Cast out the scorner, and strife shall go out: so contention and reproche shal cease.
He that loueth purenes of heart (for) the grace of lips, the King (shalbe) his friend.
The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: but he ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressour.
The slouthfull man saith, Alyon (is) without, I shal be slaine in the strete.
The mouth of strange women (is as) a depe pit: he with whom the Lord is angrie, shal fall therein.
Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of a child: but the rodde of correction shal driue it away 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.
He that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the poore to increase himself, (〈◊〉 giueth vnto the riche, (shall) surely (come) to pouertie.
¶ Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and applie thine heart vnto my knowledge.
For (it shalbe) pleasant if thou kepe them in thy bellie, (& if) they be directed together in thy lippes.
That thy confidence may be in the Lord, I haue shewed thee this day: thou therefore (take hede.)
Haue not I written vnto thee thre times in counsele and knowledge,
That I might shewe thee the assurance of the wordes of trueth to answer the wordes of trueth to them that send to thee?
Robbe not the poore, because he is poore nether oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.
For the Lord wil defende their cause, and spoile the soule of those that spoile them.
Make no friendship with an angrie man, nether go with the furious man,
Lest thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.
Be not thou of them that touche the hand (nor) among them that are suretie for debts
If thou hast nothi{n}g to paie, why causest thou that he shuld take thy bed from vnder thee?
Thou shalt not remoue the ancient boundes which thy fathers haue made.
Thou seest that a dilige{n}t man in his busines standeth before Kings, (and) standeth not before the base sorte.
WHen thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider dilige{n}tly what is before thee,
And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite.
Be not desirous of his deintie meats: for it is a desceiuable meat.
Trauail not to muche to be riche: (but) cease from thy wisdome.
Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? for (riches) taketh her to her winges, as an egle, and flieth into the heauen.
Eat thou not the bread of him that hathe an euil eye, nether desire his deintie meats.
For as thogh he thoght it in his heart, so wil he say vnto thee, Eat & drinke: but his heart is not with thee.
Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy swete wordes.
Speake not in the eares of a foole: for he wil despise the wisdome of thy wordes.
Remoue not the ancient boundes, and entre not into the fields of the fatherles.
For he that redemeth the{m}, is mightie: he wil defende their cause against thee.
Applie thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.
Withholde not correction fro{m} the childe: if thou smite him with the rod, he shal not dye.
Thou shalt-smite him with the rodde, and shalt deliuer his soule from hel.
My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shal reioyce and I also.
And my reines shal reioyce, when thy lippes speake righteous things.
Let not thine heart be enuious against sinners: but (let it be) in the feare of the Lord continually.
For surely there is an end, and thy hope shal not be cut of.
O thou my sonne, heare, and be wise, & guide thine heart in the way.
Kepe not compagnie with dronkards, (nor) with gluttons.
For the dro{n}kard & the glutto{n} shalbe poore and the sleper shalbe clothed with ragges.
Obey thy father that hathe begoten thee, & despise not thy mother when she is olde.
Bye the trueth, but sel it not: (like wise) wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.
The father of the righteous shal greatly reioyce, and he that begetteth a wise childe, shal haue ioye of him.
Thy father and thy mother shalbe glad, and she that bare thee, shal reioyce.
My sonne, giue me thine heart, & let thine eyes delite in my wayes.
For a whore (is as) a depe ditche, and a stra{n}ge woman (is as) a narow pit.
Also she lieth in waite as for a pray, and she increaseth the transgressers among men
To whome is wo? to whome is sorowe? to whome is strife? to whome is murmuring? to whome are wondes without cause? (and) to whome is the rednes of the eyes?
(Euen) to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that go, and seke mixt wine.
Loke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red (and) when it sheweth his colour in the cuppe, (or) goeth downe pleasantly.
In the end thereof it wil bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.
Thine eyes shalloke vpon strange women and thine heart shal speake lewde things.
And thou shalt be as one that slepeth in the middes of the sea, and as he that slepeth in the top of the mast.
They haue striken me, (shalt thou say, but) I was not sicke: they haue beaten me, (but) I knewe not, when I awoke: (therefore) wil I seke it yet stil.
BE not thou enuious against euil men, nether desire to be with them.
For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischief.
Through wisdome is an house buylded, and with vnderstanding it is established.
And by knowledge shal the chambers be filled with all precious, and pleasant riches.
A wise man (is) strong: for a man of vndersta{n}ding encreaseth (his) strength.
For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsel, (is) health.
Wisdome is hie to a foole: (therefore) he ca{n} not open his mouth in the gate.
He that imagineth to do euil, men shal call him an autor of wickednes.
The wicked thoght of a foole (is) sinne, and the scorner (is) an abominacion vnto men.
(If) thou be faint in the day of aduersitie, thy strength (is) small.
Deliuer them that are drawen to death: & wilt thou not preserue them that are led to be slaine?
If thou say, Beholde, we knewe not of it: he that pondereth the hearts, doeth not he vnderstand it? and he that kepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? wil not he also reco{m}pense euerie man according to his workes?
My sonne, eat honie, for it is good, and the honie combe, (for it is) swete vnto thy mouth.
So shal the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shal be an end, and thine hope shal not be cut of.
Lay no waite, ô wicked ma{n}, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
For a iuste man falleth seue{n} times, & riseth againe: but the wicked fal into mischief.
Be thou not glad when thine enemie falleth and let not thine heart reioyce when he stum bleth,
Lest the Lord se it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.
Freat not thy self because of the malicious, nether be enuious at the wicked.
For there shal be none end (of plagues) to the euil man: the light of the wicked shalbe put out.
My sonne, feare the Lord, and the King, (&) meddle not with them that are sedicious.
For their destruction shal rise suddenly, & who knoweth the ruine of them bothe?
ALSO THESE THINGS PERTEINE TO THE WISE, It is not good to haue respect of anie persone in iudgement.
He that saith to the wicked, Thou artrigh teous, him shal the people curse, and the multitude shal abhorre him.
But to them that rebucke (him) shal be pleasure, and vpon them shal come the blessing of goodnes.
They shal kisse the lippes of him that answereth vpright wordes.
Prepare thy worke without, and make ready thy things in the field, and after, buylde thine house.
Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?
Say not, I wil do to him as he hathe done to me, I wil recompense euerie man according to his worke.
I passed by the field of the slouthful, & by the vineyarde of the man destiture of vnderstanding.
And lo, it was all growen ouer with thornes (and) nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.
Then I behelde, (and) I considered it wel: I loked vpon it, (and) receiued instruction,
(Yet) a litle slepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to slepe.
So thy pouertie cometh (as) one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
THESE ARE ALSO PARABLES of Salomon, which the men of Hezekiáh Iudáh copied out.
THe glorie of God (is) to conceile a thing secret: but the Kings honour (is) to searche out a thing.
The heauens in height, and the earth in depenes, and the Kings heart can no man searche our.
Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shal procede a vessel for the finer.
Take away the wicked from the King, and his throne shalbe stablished in righteousnes.
Boast not thy self before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.
For it is better, that it be said vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presence of the prince whome thine eyes haue sene.
Go not forthe hastely to strife, lest thou knowe not what to do in the end thereof, whe{n} thy neighbour hathe put thee to shame
Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discouer not the secret to another,
Lest he that heareth it, put thee to shame, and thine infamie do not cease.
A worde spoken in his place, (is like) appels of golde with pictures of siluer.
He that reproueth the wise, (and) the obedient eare, (is as) a golden earing and an ornament of sine golde.
As the colde of the snow in the time of haruest, (so is) a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soule of his masters.
A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, (is like) cloudes and winde without raine.
A prince is pacified by staying of angre, & a softe tongue breaketh the bones.
(If) thou haue founde honie, eat that is sufficient for thee, lest thou be ouerful, and vomit it.
With drawe thy fote from thy neighbours house, lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee
A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, (is like) an hammer and a sworde and a sharpe arrowe.
Confidence in an vnfaithful man in time of trouble (is like) a broken to the 〈◊〉 a sliding fote.
He that taketh away thee garment in the colde seaso{n}, (is like) vineger (powred) vpo{n} nitre, or (like) hym that singeth songs to an heauie heart.
If he that hateth thee be hungrie, giue him bread to eat, and if he be thirstie, giue hym water to drinke.
For thou shalt lay coles vpon his head, and and the Lord shal recompense thee.
(As) the North wind driueth away the raine, so doeth an angrie countenance the scla{n}dering tongue.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the house toppe, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
(As are) the colde waters to a wearie soule, so (is) good newes from a farre countrey.
A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, (is like) a troubled well, and a corrupt spring.
It is not good to eat muche honie: so to search their owne glorie (is not) glorie.
A man that refraineth not his appetite, (is like) a citie whiche is broken downe, (and) without walles.
AS the snow in the sommer, and as the raine in the haruest (are not 〈◊〉,) so is honour vnsemely for a foole.
As the sparowe by fleing, and the swalowe by flying (escape,) so the curse (that is) causeles, shal not come.
Vnto the horse (belo{n}geth) a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rodde to the fooles backe.
Answer not a foole accordyng to hys foolishnes, lest thou also be like him.
Answer a foole according to his foolishnes, lest he be wise in his owne conceite.
He that sendeth a message by the hande of a foole, (is as) he that cutteth of the fete, and drinketh iniquitie.
(As) they that lift vp the legges of the lame, so (is) a parable in a fooles mouth.
As the closing vp of a (precious) stone in an heape of stones, so (is) he that giueth glorie to a foole.
(As) a thorne standyng vp in the hand of a drunkard, so (is) a parable in the mouth of fooles.
The excellent that formed all things, both rewardeth the foole a{n}d rewardeth the transgressers.
As a dogge turneth againe to his owne vomite, (so) a foole turneth to his foolishnes.
Seest thou a man wise in his owne co{n}ceite? more hope (is) of a foole then of him.
The slouthful man saith, Alyon (is) in the waye: a lyon (is) in the stretes.
(As) the dore turneth vpon hys henges, so (doeth) the slouthfull man vpon his bed.
The slouthfull hideth his hand in (his) bosome, (and) it grieueth him to put it againe to his mouth.
The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceit, then seuen (men) that can rendre a reason.
He that passeth by and medleth wyth the strife (that belongeth) not vnto hym, (is as) one that taketh a dogge by the eares.
As he that faineth him self mad, casteth fyre brandes, arrowes and mortal things.
So (dealeth) the deceitfull man with hys friend and saith, Am not I in sporte?
Without wood the fyre is quenched, and without a tale bearer strife ceaseth.
(As) the cole (maketh) burning coles, and wood a fyre, so the contentious man (is apt) to kindle strife.
The wordes of a tale bearer (are) as flatterings, and they go downe into the bowels of the bellie.
(As) siluer drosse ouerlayed vpon a potshard, (so are) burnyng lippes, and an euil heart.
He that hateth, will counterfait with hys lippes, but in his heart he layeth vp deceit.
Thogh he speake fauorably, beleue hym not: for (there are) seuen abominacions in his heart.
Hatred may be couered by deceit: (but) the malice thereof shalbe discouered in the Congregacion.
He that diggeth a pit, shall fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone, it shall returne vnto him.
A false to{n}gue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.
BOast not thy selfe of tomorowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bryng for the.
Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lippes.
A stone (is) heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath (is) heauier then them bothe.
Angrie (is) cruel, and wrath (is) ragyng: but who can stand before enuie?
Open rebuke (is) better then secret loue.
The wordes of a louer (are) faithful, and the kisses of an enemie (are) pleasant.
The persone that is full, despiseth an honie combe: but vnto the hungrie soule euerie bitter thing is swete.
As a birde that wandereth fro{m} her nest so (is) a man that wandereth from his owne place.
(As) oyntement and perfume reioyce the heart, so (doeth) the swetenes of a mans friende by heartie counsel.
Thine owne friend and thy fathers friende forsake thou not: nether entre into thy brothers house in the daye of thy calamitie: (for) better is a neyghbour (that is) nere, the{n} a brother farre of.
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answer him that reprocheth me.
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth him selfe: (but) the foolishe go on still, (and) are punished.
Take his garment that is suretie for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
He that praiseth hys friend with a lowde voyce, rising early in the morning, it shalbe counted to him as a curse.
A continual dropping in the day of rayne, and contentious woman are a like.
He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and (she is as) the oile in his right hand, that vttereth it self.
Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
He that kepeth the figge tre, shall eat the frute thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shal come to honour.
As in water face (answereth) to face, so the heart of man to man.
The graue and destructio{n} can neuer be ful, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.
(As is) the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so (is) euerie man according to his dignitie.
Thogh thou shuldest braye a foole in a morter among wheat brayed with a pestel, (yet) wil not his foolishnes departe from him.
Be diligent to know the state of thy flocke, and take hede to the heards.
For riches (remaine) not alwaye, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
The heye discouereth it self, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
The lambes (are) for thy clothing, and the goates (are) the price of the sield.
And let the milke of the goats (be) sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustinance of thy maides.
THe wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
For the transgression of the land (there are) manie princes thereof: but by a man of vnderstanding and knowledge (a realme) like wise endureth long.
A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that (leaueth) no foode.
They that forsake the Law, prayse the wicked: but they that kepe the Law, set them sel 〈◊〉 against them.
Wicked men vnderstand not iudgement: but they that seke the Lord, vndersta{n}d al things.
Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that peruerteth (his) waies, thogh he be riche.
He that kepeth the lawe, (is) a childe of vnderstanding: but he that fedeth the gluttons shameth his father.
He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that wil be merciful vnto the poore.
He that turneth awaye his eare frome hearyng the Law, euen hys prayer shalbe abominable.
He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euil way, shal fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shal inherit good things.
The riche man is wise in his owne conceit: but the poore that hathe vnderstandyng, can trye him.
When righteous men reioyce, (there is) great glorie: but when the wicked come vp, the man is tryed.
He that hideth his sinnes, shal not prosper: but he that confesseth, a{n}d forsaketh (them,) shal haue mercie.
Blessed (is) the man that feareth alwaye: but he that hardeneth his heart, shal fall into euill.
(As) a roaryng lyon, and an hungrie beare, (so is) a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.
A prince destitute of vnderstanding, is also a great oppressour: but he that hateth couetousnes, shall prolong (his) daies.
A man that doeth violence againste the blood of a persone, shall flee vnto the graue, (and) they shal not stay him.
He that walketh vpryghtly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in (his) waies, shal once fall.
He that tilleth his lande, shal be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth theylde, shal be filled with pouertie.
A faithfull man shall abounde in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shal not be innocent.
To haue respect of personnes is not good: for (that) man will transgresse for a piece of bread.
A ma{n} with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.
He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at the length, then he that flattereth with (his) tongue.
He that robbeth his father and mother, and saith, it is no transgression, is the companion of a man that destroieth.
He that is of a proude hearte, stirreth vp strife: but he that trusteth in the Lorde, shall be fat.
He that trusteth in hys owne heart, is a foole: but he that walketh in wisdome, shalbe deliuered.
He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, (shal haue) many curses.
When the wicked rise vp, men hide them selues: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
AMan that hardeneth his necke, when he is rebuked, shall suddenly be destroyed and can not be cured.
When the ryghteous are in autoritie, the people reioyce: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people sigh.
A ma{n} that loueth wisdome, reioyceth his father: but he that fedeth harlots, wasteth (his) substance.
A Kyng by iudgement mainteyneth the countrey: but a man (receiuing) giftes, destroieth it.
A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steppes.
In the transgression of an euil man (is) his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.
The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: (but) the wicked regardeth not knowledge.
Scornful men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
(If) a wise man contend with a foolish man whether he be angrie or laugh, there (is) no rest.
Bloodie men hate him that is vpright: but the iuste haue care of his soule.
A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man kepeth it in til afterwarde.
Of a prince that hearkeneth to lyes, all his seruants (are) wicked.
The poore and the vsurer mete together, (and) the Lord lighteneth bothe their eyes.
A King that iudgeth the poore in trueth, his throne shalbe established for euer.
The rodde & correction giue wisdome: but a childe set at libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.
When the wicked are increased, transgessio{n} increaseth: but the righteous shal se their fall.
Correct thy sonne and he wil giue thee rest and wil giue pleasures to thy soule.
Where there (is) no vision, the people decay: but he that kepeth the Law, (is) 〈◊〉
A seruant wil not be chastised with wordes thogh he vnderstand, yet he wil not answere.
Seest thou a ma{n} hastie in his matters? (there is) more hope of a foole, then of him.
He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from yough, at length he wil be euen (as) his sonne.
An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man abundeth in 〈◊〉.
The pride of a man shal bring him lowe: but the humble in spirit shal enioye glorie.
He that is partener with a thief, hateth his owne soule: he heareth cursing, & declareth it not.
The feare of man bringeth a snare: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shalbe exalted.
Manie do seke the face of the ruler: but euerie mans iudgement (commeth) from the Lord.
A wicked man (is) abominacion to the iust, and he that is vpright in (his) way, (is) abominacion to the wicked.
THe prophecie (which) the ma{n} spake vnto Ithiél, (euen) to Ithiél, and Vcál.
Surely I am more foolish then anie man, & haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.
For I haue not learned wisdome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holie things.
Who hathe ascended vp to heauen, and descended? Who hathe gathered the winde in his first? Who hathe bounde the waters in a garment? Who hathe established all the ends of the 〈◊〉? What is his name, and what is his sonnes name, if thou canst tel?
Euerie worde of God is pure: he is a shield to those, that trust in him.
Put nothing vnto his wordes, let he reproue thee, and thou be founde a lyer.
Two things haue I required of thee: deny me them not before I dye.
Remoue farre fro{m} me vanitie and lies: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: fede me with foode conuenient for me,
Lest I be ful, and denie (thee,) and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God (in vaine.)
Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.
(There is) a generacion that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.
(There is) a generacio{n} that are pure in there owne conceit, and (yet) are not washed from their filthines.
(There is) a generacion, whose eyes are hautie, and their eyeliddes are lifted vp.
(There is) a generacion, whose teeth (are as) swordes, and their chawes (as) kniues to eat vp the afflicted out of the earth, and the poore from among men.
The horse leache hathe two daughters (which crie,) Giue, giue. There be thre thi{n}gs that wil not be satisfied: (yea,) foure that say not, It is ynough.
The graue, and the baren wombe, the earth that can not be satisfied with water, and the fyre that saith not, It is ynough.
The eye that mocketh (his) father and despiseth the instruction of (his) mother, let the rauens of the valley picke it out, and the yong egles eat it.
There be thre things hid from me: yea, foure that I knowe not.
The way of an egle in the aire, the waie of a serpent vpon a stone, the waie of a shippe in the middes of the sea, and the way of a man with a maide.
Suche is the way also of an aduouterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I haue not committed iniquitie.
For thre things the earth is moued: yea, for foure it can not susteine itself:
For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when he is filled with meat,
For the hateful woman, when she is maried, and for a hand maid that is heire to her mastres.
These be foure smal things in the earth, yet thei are wise and ful of wisdome:
The pismites a people not strong, yet prepare they their meat in sommer:
The conies a people not mightie, yet make they their houses in the rocke:
The greshopper hathe no King, yet go they forthe all by bandes:
The spider taketh holde with (her) hands and is in Kings palaces.
There be thre things that order wel (their) going: yea, foure are comelie in going,
Alyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of anie:
A lustie gray hound, and a goat, and a King against whome there is no rising vp.
If thou hast bene foolish in lifting thy self vp, and if thou hast thoght wickedly, (lay) thine hand vpon (thy) mouth.
When one churneth milke, he bringeth for the butter: and he that wringeth his nose, causeth blood to come out: so he that forceth wrath, bringeth forthe strife.
WHat my sonne! and what the sonne of my wombe! and what, ô sonne of my desires!
Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes, (which is) to destroy Kings.
It is not for a King, ô Lemuél, it is not for Kings to drunke wine, nor for princes stróg drinke,
Lest he drinke, and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.
Giue ye strong drinke vnto him, that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue grief of heart.
Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.
Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.
Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.
¶ Who shal finde a vertnous woma{n}? for her price (is) farre aboue the pearles.
The heart of her housbád trusteth in her, & he shal haue no nede of spoile.
She wil do him good, & not euil all the daies of her life.
She seketh wooll and flaxe, and laboreth cherefully with her hands.
She is like the shippes of marchants: she bringeth her fode from a farre.
And she riseth, whiles it is yet night: and giueth the porcion to her housholde, and the ordinarie to her maids.
She considereth a field, and getteth it: (and) with the frute of her hands she planteth a vineyarde.
She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
She feleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.
She 〈◊〉 her ha{n}ds to the wherue, and her hands handle the spindle.
She stretcheth out her ha{n}d to the poore, & putteth forthe her hands to the nedie.
She feareth not the snowe for her familie: for all her familie is clothed with 〈◊〉.
She maketh her self carpets: fine linen and purple (is) her garment.
Her housband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth with the Elders of the land.
She maketh shetes, and selleth them, and giueth girdels vnto the marchant.
Strength and honour (is) her clothing, & in the latter day she shal reioyce.
She openeth her mouth with wisdome, and the law of grace (is) in her tongue.
She ouerseeth the waies of her housholde and eateth not the bread of yldenes.
Her children rise vp, and call her blessed: her housband also shal praise her, (saying,)
Manie daughters haue done vertuously: but thou surmountest them all.
Fauour (is) desceitful, and beautie (is) vanitie: (but) a woman that feareth the Lord, she shalbe praised.
Giue her of the frute of her hands, and let her owne workes praise her in the gates.
THe wordes of the Preacher, the sonne of Dauid King in Ierusalém.
Vanitie of vanities, saith the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all (is) vanitie.
What remaineth vnto man in all his trauail, which he suffreth vnder the sunne?
(One) generacion passeth, and (another) generacion succedeth: but the earth remaineth for euer.
The sunne riseth, and the sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.
The winde goeth toward the South, & co{m}passeth toward the North: the winde goeth round about, and returneth by his circuites.
All the riuers go into the sea, yet the sea is not ful: (for) the riuers go vnto the place, whence thei returne, and go.
All things are full of labour: man can not vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seing, 〈◊〉 the eare filled with hearing.
What is that hathe bene? that that shalbe: and what is it that hathe bene done? that which shalbe done: & there (is) no new thing vnder the sunne.
Is there anie thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? it hathe bene alreadie in the olde time that was before vs.
There is no memorie of the former, nether shal there be a remembra{n}ce of the later that shalbe, with them that shal come after.
¶ I the Preacher haue bene King ouer Israél in Ierusalém:
And I haue giuen mine heart to search and finde out wisdome by al things that are done vnder the heauen: [this sore trauail hathe God giuen to the sonnes of men, to humble them thereby]
I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all (is) vanitie, and vexacion of the spirit.
That which is croked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, can not be nombred.
I thoght in mine heart, and said, Beholde, I am become great, and excel in wisdome all them that haue bene before me in Ierusalém and mine heart hathe sene muche wisdome and knowledge.
And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and folishnes: I knewe also that this is a vexacion of the spirit.
For in the multitude of wisdome (is) muche grief: and he that encreaseth knowledge, encreaseth sorowe.
I Said in mine heart, Go to now, I wil proue thee with ioye: therefore take thou pleasure in pleasant things: and beholde, this also is vanitie.
I said of laughter, Thou art mad: and of ioye, What is this that thou doest?
I soght in mine heart to giue my self to wine, and to lead mine heart in wisdome, and to take holde of folie, til I might se where is that goodnes of the children of men, which they enioye vnder the sunne: the (whole) nomber of the daies of their life.
I haue made my great workes: I haue buylt me houses: I haue planted me vineyards.
I haue made me gardens and" orchardes, & planted in them trees of all frute.
I haue made me cisternes of water, to watter there with the woods that growe with trees.
I haue gotten seruants and maids, and had childre{n} (borne) in the house: also I had great possession of beues and shepe aboue all that were before me in Ierusalém.
I haue gathered vnto me also siluer and golde, and the chief treasures of Kings and prouinces: I haue prouided me men singers and women singers, and the delites of the sonnes of men, (as) a woman taken captiue, a{n}d women taken captiues.
And I was great, & encreased aboue all that were before me in Ierusale{m}: also my wisdome remained with me.
And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withhelde it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart fro{m} anie ioye: for mine heart reioyced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my trauail.
Then I loked on all my workes that mine hands had wroght, and on the trauail that I had labored to do: and beholde, all (is) vanitie and vexacion of the spirit: and there (is) no profite vnder the sunne.
¶ And I turned to beholde wisdome, and madnes and folie: [for who is the man that wil come after the King in things, which me now haue 〈◊〉?]
The{n} I sawe that there is profite in wisdome, more then infolie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.
For the wise mans eyes (are) in his head, but the foole walketh in darkenes: yet I knowe also that the same condition falleth to them all.
Then I thogh in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to the foole. Why therefore do I then labour to be more wise? And I said in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.
For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the daies to come shal all be forgotten. And how dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?
Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wroght vnder the sunne is 〈◊〉 vnto me for all (is) vanitie, & vexacion of the spirit.
I hated also all my labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne, which I shal leaue to the man that shalbe after me.
And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shal he haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfwise vnder the sunne This is also vanitie.
Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.
For there is a man whose trauail is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hathe not trauailed herein, shal he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great grief.
For what hathe man of all his trauail and grief of his heart, wherein he hathe trauailed vnder the sunne?
For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauail grief: his heart also taketh not rest in the night, which also is vanitie.
There (is) no profite to man: but that he eat and 〈◊〉, and delite his soule with the profite of his labour: I sawe also this, that it was of the hand of God.
For who colde eat, and who colde haste to outward things more then. I?
Surely to a man that is good in his sight, (God) giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioye: but to the sinner he giueth peine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God this is also vanitie, and vexacion of the spirit.
TO all things (there is) an appointed time and a time to euerie purpose vnder the heauen.
A time to be borne, and a time to dye: a time to plant, and a time to 〈◊〉 vp that which is planted.
A time to 〈◊〉, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, and a time to buylde.
A time to wepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, and a time to dance.
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones: a time to embrace, and a time to be farre from embracing.
A time to seke, and a time to lose: a time to kepe, and a time to cast away.
A time to rent, and a time to sowe: a time to kepe silence, and a time to speake.
A time to loue, and a time to hate: a time of warre, and a time of peace.
What profite (hathe) he that worketh, of the thin̄g wherein he trauaileth?
I haue sene the trauail that God hathe giuen to the sonnes of men to humble them thereby.
He hathe made euerie thing beautiful in his time: also he hathe set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hathe wroght from the beginning euen to the end.
I knowe that there is nothing good in the{m}, but to reioyce, and to do good in his life.
And also that euerie ma{n} eateth and drinketh and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of God.
I knowe that whatsoeuer God shal do, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and fro{m} it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they shulde feare before him.
What is that that hathe bene? that is now: & that that shalbe, hathe now bene: for God requireth that which is past.
And moreouer I haue sene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where (was) wickednes, and the place of iustice where (was) iniquitie.
I thoght in mine heart, God wil iudge the iuste and the wicked: for time is therefor euerie purpose and for euerie worke.
I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them yet to se to they are in the{m} selues (as) beasts.
For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beastes (are) euen (as) one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellencie of man aboue the beast: for all (is) vanitie.
All go to one place, and all was of the dust, and all shal returne to the dust.
Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascende vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downe ward to the earth?
Therefore I se that there is nothing better then that a man shulde reioyce in, his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to se what shalbe after him?
SO I turned, and considered all the oppressions that are wroght vnder the sunne, & beholde, the teares of the oppressed, & none comforteth them: and (lo,) the strength (is) of the hand of them that oppresse them, and none comforteth them.
Wherefore I praised the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, whiche are yet aliue.
And (I counte) him better then them bothe which hathe not yet bene: for he hathe not sene the euil workes which are wroght vnder the sunne.
Also I behelde all trauail, and all perfection of workes that this is the en 〈◊〉 of a man against his neighbour: this also (is) vanitie and vexacion of spirit.
The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.
Better is an handful with quietnes, then two handfuls with labour and vexacion of spirit.
Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.
There is one (alone,) and there (is) not a seco{n}de, which hathe nether sonne nor brother yet (is) there none end of all his trauail, nether can his eye be satisfied with riches: nether (doeth he thinke,) For whome do I trauail & defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, & this is an euil trauail.
Two (are) better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.
For if they fall, the one wil lift vp his fellowe: but wo vnto him (that it) alone: for he falleth, and there (is) not a seconde to lift him vp.
Also if two slepe (together,) then shal they haue heat: but to one how shulde there be heat?
And if one ouercome him, two 〈◊〉 stande against him: and a threfolde coard is not easely broken.
Better is a poore & wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which wil no more be admonished.
For out of the prison he cometh forthe to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.
I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the seconde childe, which shal stande vp in his place.
There is none end of all the people, (nor) of all that were before them, and they that come after, shal not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.
Take hede to thy foote when thou entrest into he House, of God, and be more nere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles for they knowe not that they do euil.
BE not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God (is) in the heaue{n}s, & thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.
For (as) a dreame cometh by the multitude of busines: so the voyce of a foole (is) in the multitude of wordes.
When thou hast vowed a vowe to God, deferre not to pay it: for he deliteth not in fooles: paye (therefore) that thou hast vowed.
It is better that thou shuldest not vowe, then that thou shuldest vowe and not paye it.
Suffer not thy mouth to make thy flesh to sinne: nether say before the Angel, that this ignora{n}ce: wherefore shal God be angrie by thy voyce, and destroye the worke of thine hands?
For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities (are) also manie wordes: but feare thou God.
If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for he that is higher then the highest, regardeth and (there be) higher then they.
And the abundance of the earth is ouer all: the King (also consisteth) by the field that is tilled.
He that loueth siluer, shal not be satisfied with siluer, & he that loueth riches, (shalbe) without the frute (therof): this also is vanitie
When goods encrease, they are encreased that eat them: and what good cometh to the owners thereof, but the beholding (thereof) with their eyes?
The slepe of him that trauaileth, (is) swete, whether he eat litle or muche: but the sacie tie of the riche wil not suffer him to slepe.
There is an euil sickenes (that) I haue sene vnder the sunne: (to wit), riches reserued to the owners thereof 〈◊〉 their euil.
And these riches perish by euil trauail, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his haud (is) nothing.
As he came forthe of his mothers belly, he shal returne naked to go as he came, & shal beare away nothing of his labour, which he hathe caused to passe by his hand.
And this also is an euil sickenes (that) in all pointes as he came, so shal he go, and what profite hathe he that he hathe trauailed for the winde?
Also all his dayes he eateth in darkenes with muche grief, and (in) his sorow & angre
Beholde then, what I haue 〈◊〉 good, that it is comelie to eat, and to drinke, & to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he trauaileth vnder the sunne, the (whole) nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him for this is his portion.
Also to euerie man to whome God hathe giuen riches & treasures, & giueth him power to eat thereof, and to take his parte, and to enioye his labour: this is the gift of God.
Surely he wil not muche reme{m}ber the dayes of his life, because God answereth to the ioye of his heart.
THere is an euil, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is muche among men:
A man to whome God hathe giuen riches and treasures and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth: but God giueth him not power to eat thereof, but a strange man shal eat it vp: this is vanitie and this is an euil sickenes.
If a man beget an hundreth (children) and liue manie yeres, & the dayes of his yeres be multiplied, & his soule be not satisfied with good things, & he be not buryed, I say that an vntimelie frute is better then he.
For he cometh into vanitie and goeth into darkenes: & his name shalbe couered with darkenes.
Also he hathe not sene the sunne, nor knowe{n} it: (therefore) this hathe more rest then the other.
And if he had liued a thousand yeres twise tolde, and had sene no good, shal not all go to one place?
All the labour of man (is) for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled,
For what hathe the wise man more then the foole? what hathe the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?
The sight of the eye is better then to walke in the lustes: this also is vanitie and vexacion of spirit.
What is that that hathe bene? the name thereof is now named: and it is knowe{n} that it is man: and he can not striue with him that is stronger then he.
SVrely there be manie things that increase vanitie: (and) what auaileth it man?
For who knoweth what is good for man in the life (and) in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seing he maketh the{m} as a shadow? For who can shewe vnto ma{n} what shalbe after him vnder the sunne?
A good name (is better) then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.
It is better to go to the house of mourning then to go to the house of feasting, because this is the end of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.
Angre is better then laughter: for by a sad loke the heart is made better.
The heart of the wise (is) in the house of mourning but the heart of fooles (is) in the house of mirth.
Better it is to heare there buke of a wise ma{n} then that a man shulde heare the song of fooles.
For like the noise of the thornes vnder the por, so (is) the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad and there warde destroyeth the heart.
The end of a thing is better then the beginning thereof, (and) the pacient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit.
Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angrie: for angre resteth in the bosome of fooles.
Say not thou, Why is it that the former daies were better then these? for thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.
Wisdome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that se the sunne.
For (man shal rest) in the shadowe of wisdome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisdome giueth life to the possessers thereof.
Beholde the worke of God: for who ca{n} make straight that which he hathe made croked?
In the day of wealth be of good comfort, & in the day of affliction consider God also hathe made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shulde finde nothing after him.
I haue sene all thinges in the daies of my vanitie there is a 〈◊〉 man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.
Be not thou iuste ouer muche, nether make thy self ouer wise: wherfore shuldest thou be desolate?
Be not thou wicked ouer much, nether be thou foolish: wherefore shuldest thou perish not in thy time?
It is good that thou laie holde on thys: but yet withdrawe not thine hande frome that: for he that feareth God, shall come for the of them all.
Wisdome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in the citie.
Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
Giue not thine heart also to all the wordes that me{n} speake, lest thou do heare thy seruant cursing thee.
For ofte{n} times also thine heart knoweth that thou like wise hast cursed others.
All this haue I proued by wisdome: I thoght I will be wise, but it we{n}t farre from me.
It is farre of, what manie it be? and it is a profound depenes, who can finde it?
I haue compassed about, (bothe) I and mine hearte to knowe and to enquire and to searche wisdome and reason, and to knowe the wickednes of folie, and the foolishnes of madnes,
And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is (as) nettes and snares, (and) her hands, (as) bands he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but that sinner shalbe taken by her.
Behold, saith the Preacher, this haue I fou{n}d (seking) one by one to finde the counte:
And yet my soule seketh, but I finde it not: I haue founde one man of a thousand: but a womon amonge them all haue I not founde.
Onelye lo, this haue I founde, that GOD hathe made man righteous: but they haue soght manie inuentions.
WHo is as the wise man? & who knoweth the interpretacion of a thynge? the wisdome of a man doeth make his face to shine: and the strength of his face shalbe changed.
I (aduertise thee) to take hede to the mouthe of the King, and to the worde of the othe of God.
Haste not to go for the of his sight: stand not in an euil thing: for he wil do whatsoeeuer pleaseth him.
Where the worde of the King is, (there is) power, and who shall say vnto hym, What doest thou?
He that kepeth the commandement, shal knowe none euill thing, and the hearte of the wise shal knowe the time and iudgement.
For to euerie purpose there is a time and iudgement because the miserie of man is great, vpon him.
For he knoweth not that whiche shalbe: for who can tel him when it shalbe?
Man is not Lord ouer the Spirit to reteine the Spirit: nether hathe he power in the day of death, nor deliuerance in the battel, nether shall wickednes deliuer the 〈◊〉 thereof.
All this haue I sene, and haue giuen myne heart to euerie worke, whiche is wroght vnder the sunne, (and I sawe) a tyme that man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt.
And like wise I sawe the wicked buryed, and they returned, and they that came from the holie place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.
Because sentence againste an euil worke is not executed spedely, therfore the heart of the children of men is fully set in the{m} to do euil.
Thogh a sinner do euil an hu{n}dreth times, & (God) prolo{n}geth (his dayes,) yet I knowe that it shalbe wel with them that feare the Lord, and do reuerence before him.
But it shall not be well to the wicked, nether shall he prolong (his) dayes: (he shalbe) like a shadowe, because he feareth not before God.
There is a vanitie, whiche is done vppon the earth, that there be righteous men to whome it cometh according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked me{n} to whome it commeth accordynge to the worke of the iuste. I thoght also that thys is vanitie.
And I praise ioye: for there is no goodnes to man vnder the sunne, saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the dayes of his life that God hathe giuen him vnder the sunne.
When I applied mine heart to know wisdome, and to beholde the busines that is done on earth, that nether daye nor nyght the eyes of man take slepe,
Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man can not finde out the worke that is wroght vnder the sunne: for the whiche man laboreth to seke it, and can not finde it yea, and thogh the wise man thynke to knowe it, he can not finde it.
I Haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iuste, and the wise, and their workes (are) in the hand of God: and no man knoweth ether loue or hatred of all (that is) before them.
All things (come) alike to all: and the same condition (is) to the iuste and to the wicked, to the good and to the pure, & to the polluted, and to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as (is) the good so (is) the sunner, he that sweareth, as he that feareth an othe.
This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the hearte of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes (is) in their hearts whiles they liue, & after that, (they go) to the dead.
Surelye whosoeuer is ioyned to all the liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.
For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: nether haue thei anie more are warde: for their remembrance is forgotten.
Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is now perished, and they haue no more portion for euer, in all that is done vnder the sunne.
Go, eate thy bread with ioye, and drynke thy wine with a cherefull heart: for GOD now accepteth thy workes.
At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oyle be lacking vppon thyne head.
Reioyce wyth the wife whome thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, whiche (God) hathe giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for this is thy portion in the life, & in thy trauail wherein thou laborest vnder the sunne.
All that thine hand shal finde to do, do it with (all) thy power: for there is nether worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisdome in the graue whether thou goest.
I returned, and I sawe vnder the sunne that the race is not to the swift, nor the 〈◊〉 to the strong, nor yet breade to the wise, nor also riches to men of vnderstanding, nether yet fauour to men of knowledge: but tyme and chaunce cometh to them all.
For nether doeth man knowe hys tyme, (but) as the fishes, whiche are taken in an euil net, and as the birdes that are caught in the snare: so are the children of man snared in the euil time when it falleth vppon them suddenly.
I haue also sene thys wisdome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.
A litle citie and fewe me{n} in it, and a great King came agaynste it, and compassed it about, and buylded fortes against it.
And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the Citie by his wisdome: but none remembred this poore man.
Then said I, Better is wisdome the{n} stre{n}gth: yet the wisdome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.
The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.
Better is wisdome then weapons of warre but one sinner destroyeth muche good.
DEad flies cause to stinke, and putrifie the ointment of the apoticarie: (so doeth) a litle folie him that is in estimation for wisdome, (and) for glorie.
The hearte of a wise man (is) at his ryghte hand: but the heart of a foole (is) at his left hand.
And also whe{n} the foole goeth by the way, his hearte faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.
If the spirit of him that ruleth, rise vp against thee, leaue not thy place: for ge{n}tlenes pacifieth great sinnes.
There is an euil (that) I haue sene vnder the sunne, as an error that procedeth frome the face of him that ruleth.
Folie is set in great excelle{n}cie, and the riche set in the lowe place.
I haue sene seruants on horses & princes walking as seruants on the grounde.
He that diggeth a pit, shal fall into it, and he that breaketh the hedge, a serpent shal bite him.
He that remoueth stones, shall hurt hym self therby, (&) he that cutteth wood, shalbe in danger thereby.
If they rō be blunt, and one hath not whet the edge, he must the{m} put to more stre{n}gth but the excellencie to directe a thynge (is) wisdome.
If the serpent bite, whe{n} he is not charmed: no better is a babler,
The wordes of the mouthe of a wise man (haue) grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure him self.
The beginning of the wordes of his mouthe (is) foolishnes, and the latter end of his mouth (is) wicked madnes.
For the foole multiplieth wordes, (saying) Man knoweth not what shal be: & who can fel him what shalbe after him?
The labour of the foolish doeth weary him for he knoweth not to go into the citie.
Wo to thee, ô lande, when thy Kynge (is) a chylde, and thy princes eat in the morning.
Blessed art thou, ô land, when thy King (is) the sonne of nobles, and thy princes eate in tyme, for strength and not for dronkennes.
By slouthfulnes the roofe of the house goeth to decay, and by the ydlenes of the hands the house droppeth through.
Thei prepare bread for laughter, & wine co{m}forteth the liuing, but siluer answereth to all.
Curse not the King, no not in thy thoght, nether curse the riche in thy bed chamber for the foule of the heauen shal carye the voice, and that whiche hathe wings, shall declare the matter.
CAst thy bread vpon the waters: for after manie daies thou shalt finde it.
Giue a portion to seuen, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what euil shal be vpon the earth.
If the cloudes be ful, they wil powre forth raine vppon the earthe: and if the tre do fall towarde the South, or towarde the North, in the place that the tre falleth, there it shalbe.
He that obserueth the winde, shall not sowe, he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.
As thou knowest not which is the way of the spirit, (nor) how the bones (do growe) in the wombe of her that is with childe: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all.
In the morning sowe thy sede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe alike good.
Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to se the sunne.
Thogh a man liue manie yeres, (and) in them all he reioyce, yet he shall remember the daies of darkenes, because they are manie, all that cometh (is) vanitie.
Reioyce, ô yong man, in thy youth, and let thine hearte chere thee in the daies of thy youth: and walke in the waies of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but knowe that for all these thinges, God wyll bring thee to iudgement.
Therefore take awaye grief out of thine hearte, and cause euill to departe frome thy fleshe. for 〈◊〉 holde and youth (are) vanitie.
REmember now thy Creator in the daies of thy youth, whiles the euill daies come not, nor the yeres approche, wherein thou shalt say: I haue no pleasure in them:
Whiles the sunne is not darke, nor the light, nor the moone, nor the starres, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:
When the kepers of the house shal tremble, and the strong men shall bowe them selues, & the grinders shal cease, because thei are fewe, and they waxe darke that loke out by the windowes:
And the dores shall be shut without by the base sounde of the grinding, and he shall ryse vp at the voyce of the birde: and all the daughters of singing shalbe abased.
Also thei shalbe afraied of the hie thing, and feare (shalbe) in the waye, and the almonde tre shal florish and the grashopper shalbe a burden, and concupiscence shalbe driuen awaye: for man goeth to the house of his age, & the mourners go about in the strete.
Whiles the siluer corde is not lengthened, nor the golden ewer broken, nor the pitcher broke{n} at the wel, nor the whele broken at the cisterne:
And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to GOD that gaue it.
Vanitie of vanities, saith the Preacher, all (is) vanitie.
And the more wise the Preacher was, the more he taught the people knowledge, & caused them to heare, and searched forthe, and prepared manie parables.
The Preacher soght to finde out pleasant wordes, and an vpright writing, (euen) the wordes of trueth.
The wordes of the wise are like goades, and like nailes fastened by the masters of the assemblies, (whiche) are gyuen by one pastour.
And of other things besides these, my sonne, take thou hede: for there is none ende in making manie bokes and muche reading is a wearines of the flesh.
Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and kepe his commandements: for this is the whole (duetie) of man.
For God wil bring euerie worke vnto iudgement, with euerie secret thing, whether it be good or euil.
LEt hi{m} kisse me with the kisses of his mouthe: for thy loue is better then wine.
Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name (is as) an oyntment powred out: therfore the virgines loue thee.
Drawe me: we will runne after thee: the King hath broght me into his chambers: we wil reioyce and be glad in thee: we will remember thy loue more then wyne: the righteous do loue thee.
I am blacke, ô daughters of Ierusale{m}, but comelie, as the frutes of Kedár, (&) as the curtines of Salomón.
Regarde ye me not because I am blacke: for the sunne hathe loked vpon me. The sonnes of my mother were angrie against me they made me the keper of the vines: but I kept not mine owne wine.
Shewe me, (ô thou,) whome my soule loueth, where thou fedest, where thou liest at noone: for why shuld I be as she that turneth aside to the flockes of thy co{m}panio{n}s?
If thou knowe not, ô thou the falrest among, women get thee forthe by the steppes of the flocke, and fede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepherdes.
I haue co{m}pared thee, ô my loue, to the troupe of horses in the charets of Pharaóh.
Thy chekes are comelie with rowes of stones, and thy necke with chaines.
We wil make thee borders of golde with studdes of siluer.
Whiles the King was at his repast, my spikenarde gaue the smel thereof.
My welbeloued (is as) a bundle of myrrhe vnto me he shal lye betwene my breastes.
My welbeloued (is as) a clustre of camphire vnto me in the vines of Engédi.
My loue, behold, thou art faire behold, thou art faire thine eyes (are like) dooues
My welbeloued, beholde, thou art faire and pleasant: also our bed is grene: the beames of our house (are) cedres.
I Am the rose of the field, (and) the lilie of the valleis.
Like a lilie among the thornes, so (is) my loue among the daughters.
Like the apple tre amo{n}g the trees of the forest: so (is) my welbeloued amo{n}g the sonnes (of me{n}:) vnder his shadowe had I delite, and sate downe: and hys frute (was) swete vnto my mouth.
He broght me into the wine celler, & loue (was) his banner ouer me.
Stay me with flagons, and co{m}fort me with apples: for I am sicke of loue.
His left hand (is) vnder mine head, & hys right hand doeth imbrace me.
I charge you, ô daughters of Ierusalēm, by the roes and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor waken (my) loue vntil she please.
(It is) the voice of my welbeloued behold, he cometh leaping by the mountaines, & skipping by the hilles.
My welbeloued is like a roe, or a yong heart: lo, he standeth behinde our wall, loking forthe of the windowes, shewing him selfe through the grates.
My welbeloued spake & said vnto me, Arise, my loue, my faire one, & come thy way
For beholde, winteris past: the rayne is changed, and is gone away.
The flowers appeare in the earth: the time of the singing of birdes is come, & the voice of the turtleis heard in our land.
The figtre hathe broght forthe her yong figges: and the vines with (their) smal grapeshaue cast a sauour: arise my loue, my faire one, and come away.
My dooue, that art in the holes of the rocke, in the secret places of the staires, shewe me thy sight, let me heare thy voice: for thy voyce is swete: and thy sight comelie.
Take vs the foxes, the litle foxes, whiche destroy the vines: for our vines (haue) smale grapes.
My welbeloued (is) mine, and I am his: he fedeth among the lilies,
Vntil the daye breake, and the shadowes flee away: returne, my welbeloued, (and) be like a roe, or a yong hart vpon the mountaines of Béther.
IN my bed by night I soght him that my soule loued: I soght hi{m}, but I fou{n}d him not
I wil rise (therefore) now, and go aboute in the citie, by the stretes and by the ope{n} places, (&) wil seke him that my soule loueth I soght him, but I founde him not.
The watchemen that went about the citie, found me: (to whome I said,) Haue you sene him whome my soule loueth?
When I had past a litle from them, then I founde him whome my soule loued: I toke holde on him and left him not, till I had broght him vnto my mothers house into the chamber of her that conceiued me.
I charge you, ô daughters of Ierusalém, by the roes and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor waken (my) loue vntil she please.
Who is she that commeth vp out of the wildernes like pillers of smoke perfumed with myrrhe and ince{n}se, (and) with all the spices of the marchant?
Beholde his bed, which is Salomo{n}s: threscore stro{n}g men (are) round about it, of the valiant men of Israél,
Thei all handle the sworde, (and are) expert in warre, euerie one (hath) his sworde vpon his thigh for the feare by night.
King Salomón made him selfe a palace of the trees of Lebanón.
He made the pillers thereof of siluer, (&) the pauement thereof of golde, the hangings thereof of purple, whose myddes (was) paued with the loue of the daughters of Ierusalém.
Come forthe, ye daughters of Ziōn, and beholde the King Salomo{n} with the crowne, where with his mother crowned him in the day of his mariage, and in the daye of the gladnes of his heart.
BEhold, thou art faire, my loue: behold, thou arte faire: thine eies (are like) the dooues: among thy lockes thine heere is like the flocke of goates, whiche loke downe from the mountaine of Gileád.
Thy tethe (are) like a flocke of (shepe) in good ordre, which go vp from the washing which euerie one bring out 〈◊〉, and none is baren among them.
Thy lippes are like a threde of skarlet and thy talke is comelie: thy te{m}ples (are) within thy lockes as a piece of a pomegranate.
Thy necke is as the towre of Dauid buylt for defense: a thousande shields hang therein, (and) all the targates of the stronge men.
Thy two breastes (are) as two yong roes that are twinnes, feding among the lilies.
Vntill the daye breake, and the shadowes flee awaye, I wil go into the mountaine of myrrhe and to the mountaine of incense.
Thou art all faire, my loue, and there is no spotin thee.
Come with me from Lebano{n}, (my) spouse (euen) with me from Lebanōn, (and) loke from the top of Amanáh, from the top of Shenir and Hermo{n}, from the dennes of the lyo{n}s (and) from the mountaines of the leopardes.
My sister, (my) spouse, thou hast wounded mine hearte: thou hast wounded myne heart with one of thine eyes, (and) with a chaine of thy necke.
My sister, (my) spouse, how faire is thy loue? how muche better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thyne ointments then all spices?
Thy lippes, (my) spouse, droppe (as) honie combes: honie and milke are vnder thy tongue, and the sauour of thy garme{n}ts (is) as the sauour of Lebanón.
My sister my spouse (is as) a garden inclosed, as a spring shut vp, (and) a fountaine sealed vp.
Thy pla{n}tes (are as) an orcharde of pomegranates with swete frutes, (as) camphire, spikenarde,
(Euen) spikenarde, and safran, calamus, and synamom with all the trees of ince{n}se, myrrhe and aloes, with all the chief spices.
O fountaine of the gardens, ô well of liuing waters, and the sprynges of Lebanón.
Arise, ô North, and come ô South, (and) blowe on my garden that the spices thereof maye flowe out: let my welbeloued come to hys garden, and eate hys pleasant frute.
I Am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I gathered my myrrhe with my spice: I ate mine honye combe with myne honie, I 〈◊〉 my wyne with my milke: eat, ô friends, drinke, and make you mery, ô welbeloued.
I slepe, but mine heart waketh, (it is) the voyce of my welbeloued that knocketh, (saying,) Open vnto me; my sister, my loue, my dooue, my vndefiled: for mine head is ful of dewe, and my lockes with the droppes of the night.
I haue put of my coate, how shall I put it on? I haue washed my fete, how shal I defile them?
My welbeloued put in hys hande by the hole (of the dore,) and mine hearte was affectioned toward him.
I rose vp to open to my welbeloued, and mine hands did droppe downe myrrhe, and my fingers pure myrrhe vpon the handels of the barres.
I opened to my welbeloued: but my welbeloued was gone, and paste: myne hearte was gone when he did speake: I soght him, but I colde not finde him I called him, but he answered me not.
The watchemen that went about the Citie, founde me they smote me (and) wounded me: the watchemen of the walles toke away my vaile from me.
I charge you, daughters of Ierusalém, if you finde my welbeloued, that you tel him that I am sicke of loue.
O the fairest among women, what is thy welbeloued more the{n} (other) welbeloued? what is thy welbeloued more then (another) louer, that thou doest so charge vs.
My welbeloued is white and ruddye, the chiefest often thousand.
His head (is as) fine golde, his lockes curled, (and) blacke as a rauen.
His eyes (are) like dooues vpon the riuers of waters, which are washt with milke, (&) remaine by the ful (vessels.)
His chekes (are) as a bed of spices, (and as) swete flowres, (and) his lippes (like) lilies dropping downe pure myrrhe.
His hands (as) rings of golde set with the chrysolite his bellie like white yuorie couered with saphirs.
His leggs (are as) pillers of marble, set vpon sockets of fine golde: his countena{n}ce as Lebanòn, excellent as the cedres.
His mouth (is as) swete thinges, and he is wholy delectable: this is my welbeloued, & this is my louer, Ô daughters of Ierusalém.
O the fairest among women, whether is thy welbeloued gone? whether is thy welbeloued turned aside, that we may seke him with thee?
MY welbeloued is gone downe into his garden to the beds of spices, to fede in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
I am my welbeloueds, and my welbeloued is mine, who fedeth among the lilies.
Thou art beautiful, my loue, as Tirzáh comelie as Ierusale{m}, terrible as an armie with banners.
Turne away thine eyes from me for they ouercome me: thine heere is like a flock of goats, which loke downe from Gileád.
Thy tethe (are) like a flock of shepe, which go vp from the washing, which euerie one bring out twins, & none is bare{n} amo{n}g the{m}.
Thy temples (are) within thy lockes as a piece of a pomegranate.
There are threscore Quenes & forescore concubines, and of the damesels without nomber.
(But) my dooue is alone, (and) my vndefiled she is the onelie (daughter) of her mother, and she is deare to her that bare her: the daughters haue sene her and counted her blessed: (euen) the Quenes and the concubines, and thei haue praised her.
Who is she that loketh forth as the morning, faire as the moone, pure as the sunne, terrible as an armie with banners!
I went downe to the garden of nuttes, to se the frutes of the valley, to se if the vine budded, (and if) the pomegranates florished.
I knewe nothing, my soule set me as the charets of my noble people.
Returne, returne, ô Shulamite, returne: returne that we may beholde thee. What shal you se in the Shulamite (but) as the co{m}panie of an armie?
HOw beautiful are thy goings with shoes, ô princes daughter: the iointes of thy thighs (are) like iewels: the worke of the hand of a cunning workeman.
Thy nauel (is as) a rounde cuppe that wanteth not lick our: thy belly (is as) an heape of wheat compassed about with lilies.
Thy two breastes (are) as two yong roes that are twinnes.
Thy necke (is) like a towre of yuorie: thine eyes (are like) the fish pooles in Heshbo{n} by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose (is) as the towre of Lebanón, that loketh toward Damascus.
Thine head vpon thee (is) as skarlet, and the bushe of thine head like purple: the King (is) tyed in the rafters.
How faire art thou, and how pleasantart thou, O (my) loue, in pleasures!
This thy statute is like a palme tree, and thy breastes like clusters.
I said, I wil go vp into the palme tre, I wil take holde of her boughes: thy breastes shal now be like the clusters of the vine, & the sauour of thy nose like apples.
And the roufe of thy mouth like good wine, which goeth straight to my wel beloued, and causeth the lippes of the ancient to speake.
I am my welbeloueds, and his desire is toward me.
Come, my welbeloued, let vs go forthe into the field let vs remaine in the villages.
Let vs get vp early to the vines, let vs se if the vine florish (whether) it hathe budded the smalegrape (or whether) the pomegranates florish: there wil I giue thee my loue.
The mandrakes haue giuen a smel, and in our gates are all swete things, newe and olde my welbeloued, I haue kept (the{m}) for thee.
OH that thou werest as my brother that sucked the breastes of my mother: I wolde finde thee without, I wolde kisse thee their thei shulde not despise thee,
I wil lead thee (and) bring thee into my mothers house (there) thou shalt teache me: (&) I wil cause thee to drinke spiced wine (and) newe wine of the pomegranate.
His left hand (shalbe) vnder mine head, & his right hand shal embrace me.
I charge you, ô daughters of Ierusalém, that you 〈◊〉 not vp, nor waken (my) loue, vntil she please:
[Who is this that commeth vp out of the wildernes, leaning vpon her welbeloued [I raised thee vp vnder an apple tre: there thy mother conceiued thee there she conceiued that bare thee.
Set me as a seale on thine heart, (&) as a signet vpon thine arme: for loue (is) strong as death: ielousie is cruel as the graue: the coles thereof (are) fyrie coles, (&) a vehement flame,
Muche water can not quenche loue, nether can the floods drowne it: if a man shulde giue all the substance of his house for loue, they wolde greatly contemne it.
We haue a litle sister, and she hathe no breastes what shal we do for our sister whe{n} she shalbe spoken for?
If she be a walle, we wil buylde vpon her a siluer palace: and if she be a dore, we wil kepe her in with bordes of cedre.
I am a walle & my breastes (are) as towres: then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.
Salomon had a vine in Baal-hamōn: he gaue the vineyard vnto kepers: euerie one bringeth for the frute thereof a thousand (pieces) of siluer.
(But) my vineyarde which is mine, is before me: to thee, ô Salomo{n}, (apperteineth) a thonsand (pieces of siluer,) & two thousand to them that kepe the frute therof,
O thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken vnto thy voyce: cause me to heare it.
O my welbeloued, flee away, and be like vnto the roc, or to the yong heart vpon the mountaines of spices.
A Vision of Isaiáh, the sonne of Amóz, which he sawe concerning Iudáh and Ierusalém: in the daies of Vzziáh, Iothám, Ahaz & Hezekiàh Kings of Iudah.
Heare, ô heauens, and hearken, ô earth: for the Lord hathe said, I haue nourished and broght vp children, but they haue rebelled against me.
The oxe knoweth his owner, and the asse his masters cryb, (but) Israel hathe not knowe: my people hathe not vnderstand.
Ah, sinful nacion, a people laden with iniquitie: a sede of the wicked, corrupt childre{n}: thei haue forsaken the Lord: thei haue prouoked the holy one of Israél to anger. they are gone back warde.
Wherefore shulde ye be smitten anie more: for ye fall away more and more, the whole head is sicke, & the whole heart is heauie,
From the sole of the foote vnto the head there (is) nothing whole therein (but) wou{n}des, and swelling, and sores ful of corruption: thei haue not bene wrapped, nor bounde vp nor mollified with oyle.
Your land is waste: your cities (are) burnt with fyre. strangers deuoure your land in your presence, and (it is) desolate like the ouerthrowe of strangers.
And the daughter of Ziōn, shal remaine like a cotage in a vineyarde, like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers (and) like a besieged citie.
Except the Lord of hostes had reserued vnto vs, euen a smale remnant: we shulde haue bene as Sodôm (and) shulde haue bene like vnto Gomoráh.
Heare the worde of the Lord, ô princes of Sodóm: hearken vnto the Law of our God ô people of Gomorah.
What haue I to do with the multitude of your sacrifices, saith the Lord I am ful of the burnt offrings of rams, & of the fat of fed beastes: and I desire not the blood of bullockes, nor of lambes, nor of goates.
Whe{n} ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courtes.
Bring no mo oblations, in vaine incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer (your) newe moones, nor sabbats (nor) solemne daies [(it is) iniquitie] nor solemne assemblies.
My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feasts: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare (them.)
And when you shal stretch out your hands I wil hide mine eyes from you: and thogh ye make manie prayers, I wil not heare (for) your hands are ful of blood.
Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euil of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to do euil.
Learne to do wel: seke iudgement: relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherles (and) defend the widowe.
Come now, and let vs reason together, the Lord: thogh your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made white as snowe: thoght they were red like skarlet, they shalbe as woll.
If ye consent and obey, ey shal eat the good (things) of the land.
But if ye refuse and be rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sworde: for the mouth of the Lord hathe spoken it.
How is the faithful citie become an harlot? it was ful of iudgement and iustice lodged therin, but now (they are) murtherers.
They siluer is become drosse: thy wine is mixt with water.
Thy princes (are) rebellions and companions of theues: euerie one loueth gifts: and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherles, nether doeth the widowes cause come before them.
Therefore saith the Lord God of hostes, the mightie one of Israél, Ah, I wil ease me of mine aduersities, and auenge me of mine enemies.
Then I wil turne mine hand vpon thee, and burne out thy drosse, til it be pure, and take away all thy tynne.
And I wil restore thy iudges as at the first and thy counsellers at the beginning: afterwarde shalt thou be called a citie of righteousnes (and) a faithful citie.
Zión shalbe redemed in iudgement, and they that returne in her, in iustice.
And the destruction of the transgressours and of the sinners shalbe together: and thei that forsake the lord. shalbe co{n}sumed
For thei shal be co{n}founded for the okes which ye haue desired, and ye shalbe ashamed of the gardens, that ye haue chosen.
For ye shalbe as an oke, whose leafe fadeth: & as a garden that hathe no water.
And the strong shalbe as towe, and the maker thereof, as a sparke: and they shal bothe burne together, and none shal quenche (them.)
THe worde that I saiāh the sonne of Amōz sawe vpon Iudáh and Ierusalem.
It shalbe in the last daies, that the mountaine of the house of the Lord shalbe prepared in the top of the mountaines, and shal be exalted aboue the hilles, and all nacions shal flowe vnto it.
And manie people shal go, and say. Come and let vs go vp to the Lord, to the house of the God of Jaakob. and he wil teache vs his waies, and we wil walke in his paths for the Law shal go for the of Zión, and the worde of the Lord fro{m} Ierusalém.
And he shal iudge among the nacions, & rebuke manie people: thei shal breake their swordes also into mattockes, & their spares into sithes: nacion shal not lift vp a sworde against nacion, nether shal they learne to fight anie more,
O house of Iaakob, come ye, and let vs walke in the light of the Lord.
Surely thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Iaakób, because thei are ful of the East (maners) & (are) socerers as the Philistims, and a 〈◊〉 with strange children.
Their land also was ful of siluer and golde, and there (was) none end of their treasures: and land was ful of horses, and their charets (were) infinite.
Their land also was ful of idoles: they worshipped the worke of their owne hands, which their owne fingers haue made,
And a man bowed him self, and a man hu{m}bled him self therefore spare them not
Enter into the rocke, & hide thee in the dust from before the feare of the Lord, and from the glorie of his maiestie.
The hie loke of man shalbe humbled, and the loftines of men shalbe abased, and the LORD onely shalbe exalted in that day.
For the day of the LORD of hostes (is) vpon all proude and hautie, and vpon all that is exalted and it shalbe made lowe.
Euen vpon all the cedres of Lebanon, that are hie and exalted, and vpon all the okes of Bashan.
And vpon all the high mountaines, and vpon all the hilles that are lifted vp.
And vpon euerie hie towre, and vpon euerie strong wall.
And vpo{n} all the shippes of 〈◊〉, and vpon all pleasant pictures,
And the hautines of men shalbe broght lowe, and the loftines of men shalbe abased and the Lord shal onely be exalted in that day.
And the idoles wil he vtterly destroye.
Then they shal go into the holes of the rockes, and into the caues of the earth, from before the feare of the Lord, and fro{m} the glorie of his maiestie, when he shal arise to destroye the earth.
At that day shal man cast away his siluer idoles, and his golden idoles [which they had made them selues to worship them] to the mowles and to the backes.
To go into the hole of the rockes, and into the toppes of ragged rockes from the glorie of his maiestie when he shal rise to destroy the earth.
Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nostrelles: for wherein is he to be estemed.
FOr lo, the Lord God of hostes wil take away from Ierusalém and from Iudáh the stay and the strength: (euen) all the stay of bread, and all the stay of water,
The strong man, and the man of warre, the iudge and the Prophet, the prudent and the aged,
The captaine of fiftie, and the honorable, and the counseler, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent man.
And I wil appoint children (to be) their princes, and babes shal rule ouer them.
The people shalbe oppressed one of another, & euerie one by his neighbour: the children shal presume against the ancient and the vile against the honorable.
When euerie one shal take holde of his brother of the house of his father, (& say,) Thou hast clothing thou shalbe our prince, and let this fall be vnder thine hand.
In that day he shal sweare, saying, I can not be an helper: for there is no bread in mine house, nor clothing, (therefore) make me no prince of the people.
Douteles Ierusalém is fallen, and Iudáh is fallen downe, because their tongue and workes (are) against the Lord, to prouoke the eyes of his glorie.
The tryal of their countenance testifieth against them, yea, thei declare their sinnes, as Sodom, they hide them not. Wo be vnto their soules for they haue rewarded euil vnto them selues.
Say ye, Surely it shalbe wel with the iuste: for they shal eat the frute of their workes.
Wo be to the wicked; it shalbe euil (with him) for the rewarde of his ha{n}ds shalbe giuen him.
Children (are) extorcioners of my people, and wome{n} haue rule ouer them: o my people, they that lead thee, cause thee to erre, and destroye the way of thy paths.
The Lord standeth vp to pleade, yea: he standeth to iudge the people.
The Lord shal entre into iudgement with the Ancients of his people & the princes thereof: for ye haue eaten vp the vineyarde: the spoyle of the poore (is) in your houses.
What haue ye to do, that ye beat my people to pieces, a{n}d grinde the faces of the poore: saith the Lord (euen) the Lord of hostes?
The Lord also saith, Because the daughters of Zión are hautie: and walke with stretched out neckes, and with wandring eyes, walking and minsing as they go, & making a thin keling with their fete,
Therefore shal the Lord make the heads of the daughters of Zion balde, and the Lord shal discouer their secret partes.
In that day shal the Lord take away the ornaments of the slippes, and the calles, and the rounde tyres.
The swete balles, and the brasselets, and the bonnets.
The tyres of the head, and the sloppes, & the head bands, and the tableth, and the earings.
And rings and muffles.
The coste lie apparel and the vailes, and the wimpels, and the crisping pinnes.
And the glasses and the fyne linen: and the hoodes, and the launes.
And in stead of swete fauour, there shalbe stinke, and in stead of a girdle, a rent, and in stead of dressing of the heere, baldnes, & in stead of a stomacher, a girding of sacke cloth (and) burning in stead of beautie.
Thy men shal fall by the sworde, and thy strength in the battel.
Then shal her gates mourne and lament, & she, being desolate, shal sit vpon the grounde.
ANd in that day shal seuen women take holde of one man, saying, We wil eat not owne garments onely let vs be called by thy name (and) take away our reproche.
In that day shal the budde of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the frute of the earth shal be excelle{n}t, and pleasant for them that are escaped of Israél.
Then he that shalbe left in Ziōn, and he that shal remaine in Ierusalém, shalbe called holie (and) euerie one shalbe writen among the liuing in Ierusalém.
When the Lord shal wash the filthines of the daughters of Ziōn, & purge the blood of Ierusalem out of the middes thereof by the spirit of burning.
And the Lord shal creat vpon euerie place of mount Zión, and vpon the assemblies thereof, a cloude and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fyre by night: for vpon all the glorie (shalbe) a defense.
And a couering shalbe for a shadowe in the day for the heat, and a place of refuge and a couert for the storme and fot the raine.
NOw wil I sing to my beloued a song of my beloued to his vineyard, My beloued had a vineyard in a verie fruteful hil,
And he hedged it, and gathered out the stones of it, and he planted it with the best plants, and he buylt a towre in the middes thereof, and made a wine presse therein the{n} he loked that it shulde bring for the grapes: but it broght forthe wilde grapes.
Now therefore, ô inhabitants of Ierusalem and men of Iudah, iudge, I pray you, betwene me, and my vineyarde.
What colde I haue done anie more to my vineyarde that I haue not done vnto it? why haue I loked that it shulde bring forthe grapes, and it bringeth for the wilde grapes?
And now I wil tel you what I wil do to my vineyard I wil take away the hedge thereof, & it shal be eaten vp: I wil breake the wall thereof, and it shal be troden downe:
And I wil lay it waste: it shal not be cut not digged, but briers, and thornes shal growe vp. I wil also commande the cloudes that they raine no raine vpon it.
¶ Surely the vineyarde of the Lord of hostes (is) the house of Israél, and the men of Iudáh (are) his pleasant plant, and he loked for iudgement: but beholde oppression for righteousnes, but beholde a crying.
〈◊〉 vnto the{m} that ioyne house to house (and) lay field to held, til there be no place that ye may be placed by your selues in the middes of the earth.
(This is) in mine eares (saith) the Lord of hostes. Surely manie houses shalbe desolate (euen) great, and fayre without inhabitant.
For ten acres of vines shal yeldeone bath and the sede of an hómer shal yelde an epháh.
¶ Wo vnto them, that rise vp early to followe drunkennes, and to them that continue vntil night (til) the wine do inflame them.
And the harpe and viole, timbrel, and pipe, and wine (are) in their 〈◊〉: but they regarde not the worke of the Lord, nether consider the worke of his hands.
Therefore my people is gone into captiuitie, because they had no knowledge, & the glorie thereof (are) men famished, and the multititude thereof is dryed vp with thirst.
Therefore hel hathe inlarged it self, and hathe opened his mouth, without measure and their glorie, and their multitude, and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pompe, and he that reioyceth among them shal descende (into it.)
And man shal be broght downe, and man shal be humbled, euen the eyes of the proude shal be humbled.
And the Lord of hostes shalbe exalted in iudgement, and the holie God shal be sanctified in iustice.
Then shal the lambes fede after their maner, and the strangers shal eat the desolate places of the fat.
¶ Wo vnto the{m}, that drawe iniquitie with cordes of vanitie, and sinne, as with cart ropes.
Which say: Let him make spede: let him hasten his worke: that we may se it: and let the cou{n}sel of the holie one of Israél drawe nere and come, that we may knowe it.
Wo vnto them that speake good of euil, and euil of good: which put darkenes for light, and light for darkenes, that put bit terfor swete, and swete for sowre.
Wo vnto the{m} that are wise in their owne eyes, and prudent in their owne sight.
Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:
Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, & take away the righteousnes of the righteous from him.
Therefore as the flame of fyre deuoureth the stubble, and (as) the chaffe is consumed of the flame (so) their roote shalbe as rottennes, and their budde shal rise vp like dust, because they haue cast of the Law of the Lord of hostes, and contemned the worde of the holie one of Israél.
Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hathe stretched out his hand vpon them and hathe smitten them that the mountaines did tre{m}ble. and thier karcases were torne in the middes of the stretes (and) for all this his wrath was not turned away, but his hand was stretched out stil.
And he wil lift vp a signe vnto the nations a farre, and wil hisse vnto them from the end of the earth: and he holde, they shal come hastely with spede.
None shal faint nor fall among them none shal slumber nor slepe, nether shal the girdle of his loynes be losed, nor the latchet of his shoes be broken.
Whose arrowes shalbe sharpe, and all his bowes be{n}t: his horse hoofes shalbe thoght like flint, & his 〈◊〉 like a whirle winde
His roaring (shalbe) like a lyon, and he shal roare like lyo{n}s whelpes: they shal roare and lay holde of the pray: thei shal take it away, and none shal deliuer it.
And in that day they shal roare vpon the{m} as the roaring of the sea, and if they loke vnto the eart beholde darkenes, (and) sorow, & the ligh shalbe darkenes in thei 〈◊〉.
IN the yere of the death of King Vzziáh, I sawe also the Lord sitting vpon an high throne, and lifted vp, and the lower partes thereof filled the temple.
The Seraphims stode vpon it: eueri one had six wings: with twaine he couered his face, and with twaine he couered his fe. te, and with twaine he did flie.
And one cryed to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy (is) the Lord of hostes: the whole wholde is ful of his glorie.
And the lintels of the dore chekes moued at the voyce of him that cryed, and the house was filled with smoke.
Then I said, Wo is me: for I am vndone, because I am a man of polluted lippes, and I dwell in the middes of a people of polluted lippes: for mine eyes haue sene the King (and) Lord of hostes.
Then flewe one of the Seraphims vnto me with an hote cole in his hand (which he had take{n} from the altar with the tongs
And he touched my mouth, & said, Lo, this hathe touched thy lippes, and thine iniquitie shalbe taken away, and thy sinne shalbe purged.
Also I heard the voyce of the Lord, saying Whome shal I send, and who shal go for vs? Then I sayd, Here am I, send me.
And he said, Go, and say vnto this people, Ye shal heare in dede, but ye shal not vnderstrand: ye shal plainly se, & not perceiue.
Make the heart of his people fat, make their eares heauie, and shut their eyes, lest they se with their eyes, & heare with their eares, and vnderstrand with their hears, and conuert, and he heale them.
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered. Vntil the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man and the land be vtterly desolate,
And the Lord haue remoued men farre away and (there be) a great desolation in the middes of the land.
But yet in it (shalbe) a tenth, and shal returne shalbe eaten vp as an elme or as an oke, which haue a substance in them, when they cast (their lawes: so) the holie sede shal be the substance thereof.
ANd in the dayes of Ahàz, the sonne of Iothàm, the sonne of Vzziàh King of Iudàh, Rezin the King of Aram came vp, and Pekàh the sonne of Remaliàh King of Israél to Ierusale{m} to fight against it, but he colde not ouercome it.
And it was tolde the house of Dauid, saying, Aràm is ioyned with Ephràim: therefore his heart was moued, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moued by the winde.
¶ Then said the Lord 〈◊〉 Isaiah, Go forthe now to mete Ahàz (thou and Sheatiashub thy sonne) at the end of the conduit of the vpper poole, in the path of the fullers field.
And say vnto him, Take hede, and be stil: feare not, nether be faint hearted for the two tailes of these smoking fyrebrandes, for the furious wrath of Rezin and of Aràm, and of Remaliahs sonne:
Because Aràm hathe taken wicked cou{n}sel against thee (and) Ephràim, a{n}d Romaliahs sonne, saying,
Let vs go vp againg Iudàh, & let vs wake{n} them vp, and make a brecher therein for vs, and set a King in the middes thereof, (euen) the sonne of Tabeàl.
Thus saith the Lord God, It shal not stand nether shal it be.
For the head of Arám (is) Damascus, and the heard of Damascus (is) Rezin: and with in fiue & threscore yere, Ephráim shalbe destroied from being a people.
And the head of Ephraim (is) Samaria, and 〈◊〉 head of Samaria (is) Remaliahs sonne. If ye beleue not, surely ye shal not be established.
¶ And the Lord spake againe vnto Aház saying.
Aske a signe for thee of the lord thy God aske it (ether) in the depth or in the height aboue.
But Ahàz said, I wil not aske, nether wil I tempt the Lord.
The{n} he said, Heare you now, ô house of Dauid, Is it a smale thing for you to grieue met, that ye wil also grieue my God.
Therefore the lord him self wil giue you a signe. Beholde, the virgineshal conceiue and beare a sonne, and she shal call his name Immanu-él.
Butter and honie shal he eat, til he haue knowledge to refuse the euil and to chuse the good.
For afore the childe shal haue knowledge to eschewe the euil, and to chuse the good, the land that thou abhorrest, shalbe forsaken of bothe her King.
The Lord shal bring vpon thee, and vpon thy people, and vpo{n} thy fathers house [the daies that haue not come from the daie that Ephrāim departed fro{m} Iudáh] (euen) the King of Asshúr.
And in that day shal the Lordhisse for the flie that is at the vttermoste parte of the floods of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Asshúr.
And thei shal come and shal light all in the rockes, and vpon all throne places, and vpon all busshe places.
In that day shal the Lord shaue with raser that is hired (euen) by them beyonde the Riuer, by the King of Asshúr, the head and the heere of the sete, and it shal consume the breàd.
And in the same day shal a man nourish a yong kowe, and two shepe.
And for the abunda{n}ce of milke, that they shal giue, he shal eat butter: for butter and honie shal euerie one eat, which is left witin the land.
And at the same day euerie place, wherein shal be a thousand vines, shalbe at a thousand (pieces) of siluer (so) it shalbe for the briers and for the thornes.
With arowes and withy bowe shal one come thether: because all the land shalbe briers and thornes.
But on all the mountaines, which shalbe digged with the mattocke, there shal not come thether the feare of briers and thornes: but they shalbe for the sending out of bullockes and for the treading of shepe.
MOreouer the Lord said vnto me. Take thee a great role, and write in it with a ma{n}s penne, Make 〈◊〉 to the spoile: haste to the pray.
Then I toke vnto me faithfull witnesses to recorde, Vriáh the Priest, and Zechariáh the sonne of Ieberechiáh.
After, I came vnto the d Prophetesse, whiche conceiued, and bare a sonne. Then said the Lord to me, 〈◊〉 hys Name, Mahérshal al hash-baz.
For before the childe shal haue knowledge to crye, My father, and my mother, he shal take away the riches of Damascus and the spoile of Samaria, before the King of Asshúr.
¶ And the Lord spake yet againe vnto me, saying,
Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloáh that runne softely, and reioyce with Rezin, and the sonne of Remaliáh.
Now therefore beholde, the Lord bringeth vp vpon them the waters of the Riuer 〈◊〉 tie and great, (euen) the King of Asshúr with all his glorie, and he shal come vp vpon all their riuers, and go ouer all their bankes.
And shal breake into Iudáh, (and) shal ouerflowe and passe through, (and) shal come vp to the necke, and the stretching out of his wings shal fil the breadth of thy land, o Immánu-él.
Gather together on heapes, ô ye people, & ye shalbe broken in pieces, and hearken all ye of farre countreis: girde your selues, and you shalbe broken in pieces: girde your selues, and you shalbe broken in pieces.
Take counsel together, yet it shalbe broght to naught: pronounce a decre, yet shal it not stand: for God is with vs.
For the Lord spake thus to me in taking of (mine) hand, & taught me, that I shulde not walke in the way of this people, saying.
Say ye not, A confederacie to all them, to whome this people saith a confederacie, nether feare you their feare, nor be afraied of them.
Sanctifie the Lord of hostes, and 〈◊〉 him be your feare, and let him be your dread,
And he shalbe as a Sanctuarie: (but) as a stombling stone & as a rocke to fall vpon, to bothe the houses of Israél, (&) as a snare and as a net to the inhabitants of Ierusalém.
And manie among them shal stomble, and shal fall and shal be broken and shalbe snared and shalbe taken.
Binde vp the testimonie: seale vp the Law among my disciples.
Therefore I wil wait vpon the Lord that hathe hid his face from the house of Iaakób and I wil loke for him.
Beholde I, & the children whome the Lord hathe giuen me, (are) as signes and as wonders in Israél, by the Lord of hostes, which dwelleth in mount Zión.
And when they shal say vnto you, Enquire at them that haue a spirit of diuination, and at the south sayers, which whisper and murmur, Shulde not a people enquire at their God? from the liuing to the dead?
To the Lawe, and to the testimonie, if they speake not according to this worde: (it is) because there (is) no light in them.
Then he that is afflicted and famished, shal go to and fro in it: & when he shalbe hu{n}grie he shal euen freat him self, and curse his King and his gods, and shalloke vpwarde.
And when he shalloke to the earth, behold trouble, and darkenes, vexacio{n} (&) anguish and he (is) driuen to darkenes.
YEt the darkenes shal not (be) according to the affliction, that it had when at the first he touched lightly the land of Zebulún and the land of Naphtali, nor afterward (when) he was more grieuous by the way of the sea beyonde Iordén in Galile of the Ge{n}tiles.
The people that walked in darkenes, haue sene a great light: they that dwelled in the land of the shadow of death, vpon the{m} hathe the light shined.
Thou 〈◊〉 multiplied the nation, (and) not increased (their) ioye: thei haue reioyced before thee according to the ioye in haruest, (&) as men reioyce whe{n} they diuide a spoile,
For the yoke of their burden, & the staffe of their shulder (&) the rodde of their oppres 〈◊〉 hast thou broken as in the day of Midia{n}
Surely euerie battel of the warriour (is) with noise, and with tu{m}bling of garments in blood but (this) shalbe with burning (and) deuouring of fyre.
For vnto vs a Childe is borne, (and) vnto vs a sonne is giuen: & the gouernement is vpon his shulder, & he shal call his name Wonder ful, Counseller, The mightie God, The euerlasting Father, The prince of peace,
The increase of (his) gouernement and peace shal haue none end: he shal sit vpon the throne of Dauid, & vpon his kingdome, to order it, and to stablish it with iudgement and with iustice, from henceforthe, (euen) for euer: the zeale of the Lord of hostes wil perfome this.
¶ The Lord hathe sent a worde into Iaakób and it hathe lighted vpon Israél.
And all the people shal knowe, (eue{n}) Ephráim, and the inhabitant of Samaria, that saye in the pride and presumption of the heart,
The brickes are fallen, but we wil buylde it with hewen stones: the wilde figtrees are cut downe, but we wil change them into cedres.
Neuertheles the Lord wil raise vp the aduersaries of Rezin against him, & ioyne his enemies together.
Arám before and the Philistims behind, and they shal deuoure Israél with open mouth: (yet) for all this his wrath is not turned awaie but his hand (is) stretched out stil.
For the people turneth not vnto him that smitteth them, nether do they seke the Lord of hostes.
Therefore wil the Lord cut of from Israél head and taile, branch and rush in one daye.
The ancient and the honorable man, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies he is the taile.
For the leaders of the people cause the{m} to erre, and they that are led by them, are deuoured.
Therefore shal the Lord haue no pleasure in their yong men, nether wil he haue compassion of their fatherles & of their 〈◊〉 for euerie one is an hypocrite and wicked, and euerie mouth speaketh folie, (yet) for all this his wrath is not turned awaye, but his hand (is) stretched out stil.
For wickednes burneth as a fyre: it deuoureth the briers & the thornes & wil kindle in the thicke places of the forest: and they shal mounte vp (like) the liftning vp of smoke.
By the wrath of the Lord of hostes shal the land be darkened, and the people shalbe as the meat of the fyre: no man shal spare his brother.
And he shal snatche at the right hand, and be hungrie: and he shal eat on the left hand, and shal not be satisfied: euerie one shal eat the flesh of his owne arme.
Manasséh, Ephráim: & Ephráim Manasseh, (and) they bothe shalbe against Iudāh: (yet) for all this his wrath is not turned awaie, but his hand (is) stretched out stil.
WO vnto them that decre wicked decrees, and write grieuous things,
To kepe backe the poore from iudgement, to take awaie the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes maye be 〈◊〉 praie and that they maye spoile the fatherles.
What wil ye do now in the daye of visitation and of destruction, which shal come from farre? to whome wil ye flee for helpe? and where wil ye leaue your glorie?
Without me (euerie one) shal fall among that are bounde, and they shal fall downe among the slaine: (yet) for all this his wrath is not turned awaye, but his hand (is) stretched out stil.
¶ O Asshúr, the rodde of my wrath: and the staffe in their hands is mine indignation.
I wil send him to a dissembling nation, and I wil giue him a charge against the people of my wrath to take the spoile and to take the praye, and to treade them vnder fere like the myre in the strete.
But he thinketh not so, nether doeth his heart esteme it so: but he imagineth to destroye and to cut of not a fewe nacions.
For he saith, Are not my princes all together Kings?
Is 〈◊〉 Calnō as Carchemish? Is not Hamáth like Arpád? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
Like as mine hand hathe founde the kingdomes of the idoles, seing their idoles (were) aboue Ierusalém, and aboue Samaria:
Shal not I, as I haue done to Samaria, and to the idoles thereof, so do to Ierusalém and to the idoles thereof?
¶ But when the Lord hathe accomplished all his worke vpon mount Zión and Ierusalém, I wil visit the frute of the proude heart of the King of Asshúr, and his glorious and proude lokes,
Because he said, By the power of mine owne hand haue I done it, and by my wisdome, because I am wise: therefore I haue remoued the borders of the people, and haue spoiled their treasures, and haue pulled downe the inhabitants like a valiant man.
And mine hand hathe founde as a nest the riches of the people, and as one gathereth egges that are left, (so) haue I gathered all the earth: and there was none to moue the wing or to open the mouth, or to whisper.
Shal the axe boast it felf against him that heweth there with? or shal the sawe exalt it self against him that moueth it? as if the rod shulde lift vp it self against him that taketh it vp, (or) the staffe shulde exalt it self, (as it were) no wood.
Therefore shal the Lord God of hostes send among his fat men, leanenes, and vnder his glorie he shal kindle a burning, like the burning of fyre.
And the light of Israél shalbe as a fyre, and the Holy one thereof as a flame, and it shal burne, and deuoure his thornes and his briers in one day:
And shal consume the glorie of his forest, and of his fruteful fields bothe soule and flesh: and he shalbe as the fainting of a standerd bearer.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shalbe fewe, that a childe may tel them.
¶ And at that day shal the remnant of Israél and such as are escaped of the house of Iaakób, staye no more vpon him that smote the{m} but shal stay vpon the Lord, the holy one of Israél in trueth.
The remnant shal returne, (euen) the remnant of Iaakób vnto the mightie God.
For thogh thy people, ô Israél, be as the sa{n}d of the sea, (yet) shal the remnant of the{m} returne. The consumption decreed shall ouerflowe with righteousnes.
For the Lord God of hostes shal make the consumption, euen determined, in the middes of all the land.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hostes, O my people, that dwellest in Zión, be not afraied of Ashur: he shal smite thee with a rod, and shal lift vp hys staffe against thee after the maner of Egypt.
But yet a very litle tyme, and the wrath shalbe consumed, and mine angre in their destruction.
And the Lord of hostes shal raise vp a scourge for him, accordyng to the plague of Midian in the 〈◊〉 Oréb: and (as) hys staffe (was) vpon the Sea; so he wil lift it vp after the maner of Egypt.
And at that day shal his burden be taken away from of thy shulder, and his yoke from of thy necke: and the yoke shalbe destroyed because of the 〈◊〉.
He is come to 〈◊〉: he is passed into Migrón: at Michmash shall he lay vp hys armour.
They haue gone ouer the foorde: they lodged in the lodging at 〈◊〉: 〈◊〉 is afrayed: Gibeáh of Saul is fled away.
Lift vp thy voice, o daughter Gallim, cause Laish to heare, o poore Anathoth.
Madmenāh is remoued: the inhabitants of Gebim haue garhered them selues together.
Yet there is a tyme that he wil stay at Nob: he shal lift vp his hand toward the mount of the daughter Zión, the hil of 〈◊〉.
〈◊〉, the LORDE God of hostes shal cut of the bough wyth feare, 〈◊〉 they of high stature shalbe cut of, and the hie shalbe humbled.
And he shall cut away the 〈◊〉 places of the forest with yron, and Lebanon shal haue a mightie fall.
BVt there shall come a rod forthe of the stocke of Ishai, and a graft shall growe out of his rootes.
And the Spirit of the Lorde shall rest vpon him: the Spirit of wisdome and vndersta{n}ding the Spirit of counsel & strength, the Spirit of knowledge, and of the feare of the Lord.
And shall make hym prudent in the feare of the Lord: for he shal not iudge after the sight of hys eyes, nether reproue by the hearing of his eares.
But with righteousnes shal he iudge the poore, and with equitie shal he reproue for the meke of the earth: and he shal smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, & with the breath of his lippes shal he slay the wicked.
And iustice shalbe the girdle of his loynes, and faithfulnes the girdle of his raines.
The wolfe also shal dwell with the lambe, and the leoparde shal lye with the kid, a{n}d the cal 〈◊〉, a{n}d the lyon, and the fat beast together, and a litle childe shal lead them.
And the kowe and the beare shal fede: their yong ones shal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉: and the lyon shal 〈◊〉 strawe like the bullocke.
And the suckyng childe shal playe vpon the hole of the aspe, and the wained chylde shall put his hand vpon the cockatrice hole.
Then shall none hurt nor destroye in all the mountaine of myne holynes: for the earth shalbe ful of 〈◊〉 knowledge of the Lord, as the waters that couer the sea.
And in that day the roote of Ishai, whiche shall stande vp for a signe vnto the people the nacions shall seke vnto it, and hys rest shal be glorious.
And in the same day shal the Lord (stretche out) his hand agayne the seconde tyme, to possesse the remnant of hys people [whiche shalbe 〈◊〉] of Asshur, and of Egypte, and of Pathros, and of Ethiopia, and of Elām, and of 〈◊〉, and of Hamáth, and of the yles of the sea.
And he shall set vp a signe to the nacions, and assemble the dispersed of Israél, and gather the scattered of Iudah from the foure corners of the worlde.
The hatred also of Ephraim shall departe, and the aduersaries of Iudàh shalbe cut of: Ephráim shall not 〈◊〉 Iudah, nether shal Iudah vexe Ephraim:
But they shal flee vpon the shoulders of the Philistims towarde the West: they shal spoile them of the East together: Edom and Moab shalbe the stretching out of their hands, and the children of Ammon (in) their obedience
The Lord also shal vtterly destroye the tongue of the Egyptians sea, and with his mightie wind shal lift vp his hand ouer the riuer, and shal smite him in (his) seuen streames, a{n}d cause men to walke (therein) with shoes.
And there shalbe a path to the remnant of his people, whiche are left of Asshur, like as it was vnto Israél in the day that he came vp out of the land of Egypt.
ANd thou shalt say in that day, O Lord, I wil prayse thee: thogh thou wast angrie with me, thy wrath is turned away, and thou comfortest me.
Beholde, God (is) my saluacion: I wil trust, and wil not feare: for the Lord God (is) my strength and song: he also is become my saluacion.
Therfore with ioy shal ye drawe waters out of the welles of saluacion.
And ye shal say in that day, Praise the Lord: call vpon hys Name: 〈◊〉 hys workes among the people: make mention of them, for his Name ix exalted.
Sing vnto the Lord, for he hathe done excellent things: this is knowen in all the worlde.
Crye out, and shoute, ô inhabitant of Zion: for greate (is) the holy one of Israél in the middes of thee.
THe burden of Babél, whiche Isaiah the sonne of Amóz did se.
Lift vp a standard vpon the hie mountaine: lifte vp the voyce vnto them: wagge the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
I haue commanded them, that I haue sanctified: and I haue called the myghtie to my wrath, (a{n}d) the{m} that reioyce in my glorie.
The noyse of a multitude (is) in the mountaines, like a great people: a tumultuous voyce of the kyngdomes of the nacions gathered together: the Lorde of hostes nombreth the hoste of the battel.
They come frome a farre countrey, frome the end of the heauen: (euen) the Lord with the weapons of hys wrath to destroye the whole land.
Howle you, for the daye of the Lord is at hande: it shall come as a destroyer from the Almightie.
Therefore shal all hands be weakened, and all mans hearts shal melt.
And they shalbe afrayed: anguish and sorow shal take (them,) and they shal haue peine, as a woman that trauaileth: euerie one shalbe amased at his neighbour, and their faces (shalbe like) flames of fyre.
Beholde, the daye of the Lorde cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce angre to lay the land waste: and he shall destroy the sinners out of it.
For the starres of heauen and the planets thereof shal not giue their lyght: the sunne shalbe darkened in his going for the, and the moone shal not cause her light to shine.
And I will visite the wickednes vpon the worlde, and their iniquitie vpon the wicked, and I wil cause the arroga{n}cie of the proude to cease, and 〈◊〉 caste downe the pryde of tyrants.
I will make a man more precious then fine golde, euen a man aboue the wedge of gold of Ophir.
Therfore I wil shake the heauen, and the earth shall remoue out of her place in the wrath of the Lorde of hostes, and in the day of his fierce angre.
And it shalbe as a chased doe, and as a shepe that no man taketh vp, euerie man shal turne to his owne people, and flee eche one to his owne land:
Euerie one that is founde, shalbe striken through: and whosoeuer ioyneth hym selfe, shal fall by the sworde.
Their children also shalbe broken in pieces before their eyes: their houses shal be spoiled, and their wiues rauished.
Beholde, I will stirre vp the Medes against them, whiche shall not regarde siluer, nor be desirous of golde.
With bowes also shal they destroye the children, and shal haue no compassion vpon the frute of the wombe, and their eyes shal not spare the children.
And Babél the glorie of kingdome, the beautie and pride of the Chaldea{n}s, shalbe as the destructio{n} of God in Sodome & Gomorah.
It shall not be inhabited for euer, nether shal it be dwelled in from generacion to generacion: nether shall the Arabian pitche his tents there, nether shal the shepherdes make their foldes there.
But Ziim shal lodge there, and their houses shalbe ful of Ohim: Ostriches shall dwell there, and the Satyrs shall dance there.
And 〈◊〉 shall crye in their palaces, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and the time thereof is readie to come, and the dayes therof shal not be prolonged.
FOr the Lord wil haue compassion of Iaakob, and wil yet chuse Israél, and cause them to rest in their owne land: and the stranger shal ioyne him self vnto them, and they shal cleaue to the house of 〈◊〉.
And the people shall receiue the{m} and bryng them to their owne place, and the house of Israél shall possesse them in the lande of the Lord, for seruants and handmaids: and they shal take the{m} prisoners, whose captiues they were, and haue rule ouer their oppressors.
¶ And in that day when the Lord shall giue thee rest from thy sorowe, and 〈◊〉 thy feare, and from the sore bondage, wherein thou didest serue.
Then shalt thou take vp thys prouerbe against the King of Babél, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased? and the golde thirstie (Babél) rested?
The Lord hathe broken the rod of the wicked, (and) the sceptre of the rulers:
Which smote the people in angrie with a co{n}tinual plague, (a{n}d) ruled the natio{n}s in wrath: if anie were persecuted, he did not let.
The whole worlde is at rest (and) is quiet: they sing for ioye.
Also the fyrre trees reioyced of thee, (and) the cedres of Lebano{n}, (saying,) since thou art laide downe, no hewer came vp against vs.
Hell beneth is moued for thee to mete thee at thy commyng, raysing vp the dead for thee, (euen) all the princes of the earth, and hathe raysed frome their thrones all the Kings of the nacions.
All they shall crye, and say vnto thee, Art thou become weake also as we? art thou become like vnto vs?
Thy pompe is broght downe to the graue, (and) the sounde of thy violes: the worme is spread vnder thee, and the wormes couer thee.
How art thou fallen from heauen, ô Lucifer, sonne of the morning? (&) cut downe to the grounde, which didest cast lottes vpon the nations?
Yet thou saidest in thine heart, I wil ascend into heauen, and exalt my throne aboue beside the starres of God: I wil sit also vpon the mount of the Congregation in the sides of the North.
I wil ascend aboue the height of the cloudes, (and) I wil be like the moste high.
But thou shalt be broght downe to the graue, to the sides of the pit.
They that se thee, shalloke vpon thee (&) consider thee, (saying,) Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, (and) that did shake the kingdomes?
He made the worlde as a wildernes, and destroyed the cities thereof, (and) opened 〈◊〉 the house of his prisoners.
All the Kings of the nacions, (euen) they all slepe in glorie, euerie one in his owne house
But thou art cast out of thy graue like an abominable branche: (like) the raiment of those that are slaine, (&) thrust thorowe with a sworde, which go downe to the stones of the pit, as a carkeise troden vnder fete.
Thou shalt not be ioyned with them in the graue, because thou hast destroied thine own land, (and) slaine thy people: the sede of the wicked shal not be renoumed for euer.
Prepare a slaughter for his childre{n}, for the iniquitie of their fathers: let them not rise vp nor possesse the land, nor fil the face of the worlde with enemies.
¶ For I wil rise vp against the{m} [saith the Lord of hostes] and wil cut of from Babél the name and the remnant and the sonne, and the nephewe, saith the Lord:
And I wil make it a possession to the hedgehog, and pooles of water, and I wil swepe it with the be some of destruction, saith the Lord of hostes.
The Lord of hostes hathe sworne, saying, Surely like as I haue purposed, so shal it come to passe, and as I haue consulted, it shal stand
That I wil breake to pieces Asshúr in my land, and vpon my mountaines wil I treade him vnder fote: so that his yoke shal departe from them, and his burden shal be taken from of their shuldre.
This is the counsel that is consulted vpon the whole worlde, and this is the hand stretched out ouer all the nacions,
Because the Lord of hostes hathe determined it, and who shal disanulit? and his hand is stretched out, and who shal turne it away?
¶ In the yere that King Aház dyed, was this burden.
Reioyce not, [thou whole Palestina] because the rod of him that did beat thee, is broke{n} for out of the serpents roote shal come forthe a cockatrise, and the frute thereof (shal be) a fyrie flying serpent.
For the first borne of the poore shalbe fed, and the nedie shallye downe in safety: and I wil kil thy roote with famine, & it shal slay thy remnant.
Howle, ô gate, crye ô citie: thou whole land of Palestina art dissolued, for there shal come from the North a smoke, and none (shalbe) alone, at his time appointed.
What shal then one answer the messengers of the Gentiles? That the Lord hathe stablished Zión, and the poore of his people shal trust in it.
THe burde{n} of Moáb. Surely Are of Moáb was destroyed (&) broght to silence in a night: surely Kir of Moáb was destroyed, (&) broght to silence in a night.
He shal go vp to the temple, and to Dibon to the hie places to wepe: for Nebó and for Medebá shal Moáb howle: vpo{n} all their heads (shalbe) baldenes, and euerie beardsha uen.
In their stretes shal they be girded with sackecloth: on the toppes of their houses, and in their stretes euerie one shal howle, (and) come downe with weping.
And Heshbón shal crye, and Elealéh: their voyce shalbe heard vnto Iáhaz: therefore the warriers of Moáb shal showte: the soule of euerie one shal lament in him self.
Mine heart shal crye for Moáb: his 〈◊〉 (shal flee) vnto Zóar, an heiffer of thre yere olde: for they shal go vp with weping by the mounting vp of Luhith: and by the way of Horonnáim they shal raise vp a crye of destruction.
For the waters of Nimrim shal be dryed vp: therefore the grasse is withered, the herbes consumed, (&) there was no grene herbe.
Therefore what (euerie man) hathe left, and their substance shal they beare to the broke of the wilowes.
For the crye went rounde aboute the borders of Moáb: (and) the howling thereof vnto Eglaim, & the skriking thereof vnto Beer Elim,
Because the waters of Dimón shalbe ful of blood: for I wil bring more vpon Dimōn, euen lyons vpon him that escapeth of Moáb and to the remnant of the land.
SEnd yea lambe to the ruler of the worlde from the rocke of the wildernes, vnto the mountaine of the daughter Zión.
For it shalbe as a birde that flyeth, & a nest forsaken: the daughters of Moáb shalbe at the foordes of Arnōn.
Gather a counsel, execute iudgeme{n}t: make thy shadowe as the night in the mid ay: hide them that are chased out: be wraye not him that is fled.
Let my banished dwel with thee: Moáb be thou their couert from the face of the destroyer shalbe consumed, (&) the oppressour shal cease out of the land.
And in mercie shal the throne be prepared, and he shal sit vpon it in stedfastnes, in the tabernacle of Dauid, iudging, and taking iudgement, and hasting iustice.
We haue heard of the pride of Moáb [he is verie proud] (euen) his pride, and his arroga{n}cie, and his indignacion, (but) his lies (shal) not (be) so.
Therefore shal Moáb howle vnto Moáb: euerie one shal howle: for the fundacions of Kir-haréseth shal ye mourne, yet they shal be striken.
For the vineyardes of Heshbón are cut downe, (and) the vine of Sibmáh: the lords of the heathe{n} haue broken the principal vines thereof: they are come vnto Iaazér: they wa{n} dred in the wildernes: her goodlie branches stretched out them selues, (and) went ouer the sea.
Therefore wil I wepe with the weping of Iaazér, & of the vine of Sibmáh, ô Heshbón: and Elealéh, I wil make thee drunke with my teares, because vpon thy sommer frutes, and vpon thy haruest a showting is fallen.
And gladnes is taken away, & ioye out of the plentiful field: and in the vineyardes shal be no singing nor shouting for ioye: the treader shal not tread wine in the wine presses: I haue caused the reioycing to cease.
Wherefore, my bowels shal sounde like an harpe for Moáb, and mine inwarde partes for Ker-hāresh.
And when it shal appeare that Moáb shalbe wearie of his hie places, then shal he come to his temple to pray, but he shal not preuaile.
This is the worde that the Lord hathe spoken against Moáb since that time.
And now the Lord hathe 〈◊〉, saying, In thre yeres, as the yeres of a hyreling, and the glorie of Moáb shalbe contemned in all the great multitude, and the remnant shalbe very smale (&) feble.
THe burden of Damascus. Beholde, Damascus is taken away from being a citie, for it shalbe a ruinous heape.
The cities of Aroér (shalbe) forsaken: they shalbe for the flockes: for thei shal lye (there,) and none shal make them afraide.
The munitio{n} also shal cease from Ephráim & the kingdome from Damascus, & the remnant of Arám shalbe as the glorie of the children of Israél, saith the Lord of hostes.
And in that day the glorie of Iaakōb shalbe impouerished, and the fatnes of his flesh shal be made leane.
And it shalbe as when the haruest man gathereth the corne, and reapeth the eares with his 〈◊〉, and he shalbe as he that gathereth the eares in the valley of Repháim.
Yet a gathering of grapes shal be left in it, as the 〈◊〉 of an oliue tre, two (or) thre beries (are) in the top of the vp moste boughs, (and) foure (or) fiue in the hye branches of the frute thereof, saith the Lord God of Israél.
At that day shal a man loke to his maker, and his eyes shalloke to the holie one of Israél.
And he shal not loke to the altars, the workes of his owne hands, nether shal he loke to those things, which his owne fingers haue made, as groues and images.
In that day shal the cities of their strength be as the forsaking of boughs and branches which they did forsake, because of the children of Israél, and there shalbe desolation.
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy saluacion, and hast not remembred the God of thy strength, therefore shalt thou set pleasant plants, and shalt graffe strange vine branches:
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to growe, and in the morning shalt thou make thy sede to florish: (but) the haruest shalbe gone in the day of possession, and (there shalbe) desperate sorow.
An the multitude of manie people, they shal make a sounde like the noyse of the sea for the noyse of the people shal make a sou{n}d like the noyse of mightie waters.
The people shal make a sounde like the noyse of manie waters: (but God) shal rebuke them, and they shal flee farre of, and shalbe chased as the chaffe of the mou{n}taines before the winde, and as a rolling thing before the whirle winde.
〈◊〉 lo, in the euening there (is) trouble: (but) afore the morning it is gone. This is the porcion of them that spoile vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.
OH, the land shadowing with wings, which is beyo{n}de the riuers of Ethiopia,
Sending ambassadours by the sea, euen in vessels of redes vpon the waters, (saying,) Go, ye swift messengers, to a nacion that is scatred abroad, and spoiled, vnto a terrible people from their beginning euen hitherto a nacion by litle and litle, euen troden vnder fote, whose land the floods haue spoiled.
All ye the inhabitants of the worlde & dwellers in the earth, shal se when he setteth vp a signe in the mountaines, and when he bloweth the trumpe, ye shal heare.
For so the Lord said vnto me, I wil rest and beholde in my tabernacle, as the heat drying vp the raine, (and) as a cloude of dewe in the heat of haruest.
For afore the haruest when the floure is finished, and the frute is riping in the floure, the{n} he shal cut downe the bra{n}ches with hookes & shal take away, (and) cut of the boughs:
They shal be left together vnto the foules of the mountaines, and to the beastes of the earth: for the foule shal sommer vpon it, and euerie beast of the earth shal winter vpon it.
At that time shal a present be broght vnto the Lord of hostes, [a people that is scatred abroad, and spoiled, and of a terrible people from their beginning hitherto, a nacion, by litle and litle euen troden vnder fote, whose land the riuers haue spoiled] to the place of the Name of the Lord of hostes, (euen) the mount Zión.
THe burden of Egypt. Beholde, the Lord rideth vpon a swift cloude, and 〈◊〉 come into Egypt, and the idoles of Egypt shal be moued at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shal melt in the middes of her.
And I wil set Egyptians against the Egyptiptians: so euerie one shal fight against his brother, & euerie one against his neighbour citie against citie, (and) kingdome against kingdome.
And the spirit of Egypt shal faile in the middes of her, and I wil destroye their counsel, and they shal seke at the idoles, and at the sorcerers, and at them that haue spirits of diuination, and at the south sayers.
And I wil deliuer the Egyptia{n}s into the ha{n}d of cruel lords; and a mightie King shal rule ouer them, saith the Lord God of hostes.
Then the waters of the sea shal faile, and the riuer shal be dryed vp, and wasted.
And the riuers shal go farre away: the riuers of defense shalbe emptyed and dryed vp: the redes & flagges shalbe cut downe.
The grasse in the riuer, (and) at the head of the riuers, and all that groweth by the riuer, shal wither, (and) be driuen away, and be no more.
The fisshers also shal mourne, and all they that cast angle into the riuer, shal lame{n}t, and they that spread their net vpon the waters, shalbe weakened.
Moreouer, they that worke in flax of diuers sortes, shalbe confounded, and they that weaue nettes.
For their nettes shalbe broken, and all they that make ponds, (shalbe) heauie in heart.
Surely the princes of Zoán (are) fooles: the counsel of the wise counselers of Pharaōh is become foolish: how say ye vnto Pharaōh, I am the sonne of the wise? I am the sonne of the ancient Kings?
Where are now thy wise men, that they may tel thee, or may know what the Lord of hostes hathe determined against Egypt?
The princes of Zoàn are become fooles: the princes of Noph are deceiued, they haue deceiued Egypt, (euen) the corners of the tribes thereof.
The Lord hathe mingled among them the spirit of errous: and thei haue caused Egypt to erre in euerie worke thereof, as a dronken man erreth in his vomite.
Nether shal there be anie worke in Egypt, which the head maie do, nor the taile, the branche nor the rush.
In that daie shal Egypt be like vnto wome{n} for it shalbe afraide and feare because of the mouing of the hand of the Lord of hostes, which he shaketh ouer it.
And the land of Iudáh shalbe a feare vnto Egypt: euerie one that maketh mencion of it, shalbe afraid thereat, because of the counsel of the Lord of hostes, which he hathe determined vpon it.
In that daie shal fiue cittes in the land of Egypt speake the language of Canáan, and shal sweare by the Lord of hostes: one shalbe called the citie of destruction.
In that daie shal the altar of the Lord be in the middes of the land of Egypt, and a piller by the border thereof vnto the Lord.
And it shalbe for a signe and for a witnes vnto the Lord of hostes in the land of Egypt: for thei shal crye vnto the Lord, because of the oppressers, and he shal send them a Sauiour and a great man, and shal deliuer them.
And the Lord shalbe knowen of the Egyptians, and the Egyptians shal knowe the Lord in that daie, and do sacrifice and oblacion, and shal vowe vowes vnto the Lord, & performe (them.)
So the Lord shal smite Egypt, he shal smite and heale it: for he shal returne vnto the Lord 〈◊〉 he shalbe intreated of the{m} & shal heale them.
In that daie shal there be a path from Egypt to Asshúr, and Asshúrshal come into Egypt, and Egypt into Asshúr: so the Egyptians shal worship with Asshúr.
In that daie shal Israél be the third with Egypt and Asshúr, (euen) a blessing in the middes of the land.
For the Lord of hostes shal blesse it, saying, Blessed (be) my people Egypt and Asshúr, the worke of mine hands, and Israél mine inheritance.
IN the yere that Tartán came to Ashdōd [when Sargôn King of 〈◊〉 sent him] and had foght against Ashdód, and taken it.
At the same time spake the Lord by the ha{n}d of Isaiáh the sonne of Amóz, saying, Go, and lose the sackeclothe from thy loynes, and put of thy shoe from thy fote. And he did so, walking naked and barefote.
And the Lord said, Like as my seruant Isaiáh hathe walked naked, and barefote thre yeres, (as) a signe and wondre vpon Egypt, and Ethiopia,
So shal the King of Asshúr take awaye the captiuitie of Egypt, and the captiuitie of Ethiopia, (bothe) yong men and olde men, naked and barefote, with their but tookes vncouered, to the shame of Egypt.
And they shal feare, and be ashamed of Ethiopia their expectatio{n}, and of Egypt their glorie.
Then shal the inhabitant of this yle saye in that day, Beholde, suche is our expectation, whether we fled for helpe to be deliuered from the King of Asshúr, and how shal we be deliuered?
THe burde{n} of the desert sea, As the whirl windes in the South vse to passe fro{m} the wildernes, (so) shal it come from the horrible land.
A grieuous visions was shewed vnto me, The transgressour (against) a transgressour, & the destroyer (against) a destroyer Go vp Elám besige Media. I haue caused all the mourning thereof to cease.
Therefore are my loynes filled with sorow sorowes haue taken me as the sorowes of a woman that trauaileth: I was bowed downe when I hearde it, (and) I was amased when I sawe it.
Mine heart failed: fearfulnes troubled me: the night of my pleasures hathe he turned into feare vnto me.
Prepare thou the table: watche in the watche towre: eat, drinke: arise, ye princes, anoynt the shield.
For thus hathe the Lord said vnto me, Go, set a watchman, to tel what he seeth.
And he sawe a charet with tw̄o horsemen: a charet of an asse, (and) a'charet of a camel: and he hearkened (and) toke diligent hede.
And he cryed, Alyon my lord, I stand continually vpon the watch towre in the day time, and I am set in my watch euerie night:
And beholde, this mans charet cometh with two horsemen. And he answered and said, Babél is fallen: it is fallen, and all the images of her gods hathe he broken vnto the grounde.
O my threshing, and the corne of my floore. That which I haue heard of the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, haue I shewed vnto you.
¶ The burden of Dumáh. He calleth vnto me out of Seir, Watchman, what was in the night? Watchman, what was in the night?
The watchman said, The morning cometh and also the night. If ye wil aske, enquire: returne (and) come.
¶ The burden against Arabia. In the forest of Arabia shal ye tary all night, (euen) in the waies of Dedanim.
O inhabitants of the land of Temá, bring forthe water to mete the thirstie, (and) preuent him that fleeth with his bread.
For they flee fro{m} the drawe{n} swordes, (euen) from the drawen sworde, and from the bent bowe, and from the grieuousnes of warre.
For thus hathe the Lord said vnto me, Yet a yere according to the yeres of an hyreling, and all the glorie of Kedár shal fayle.
And the residue of the nomber of the stro{n}g archers of the sonnes of Kedár shalbe fewe for the Lord God of Israél hathe spoken it.
THe burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now that thou art wholy gone vp vnto the house toppes?
Thou that art ful of noise, a citie ful of brute, a ioyous citie: thy slaine men shal not (be) slaine with sworde, nor dye in battel.
All thy princes shal flee together from the bowe: they shal be bound: all that shalbe founde in thee, shalbe bounds together, which haue fled from farre.
Therefore said I, Turne away from me: I wil wepe bitterly: labour not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
For (it is) a day of trouble, and of ruine, & of perplexitie by the Lord God of hostes in the valley of vision, breaking downe the citie: & a crying vnto the mountaines.
¶ And Elám bare the quiuer in a mans charet with horsemen, and Kir vncouered the shield.
And thy chief valleis were ful of charets, & the horsemen set them selues in aray against the gate.
And he discouered the couering of Iudáh & thou didest loke in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
And ye haue sene the breaches of the citie of Dauid: for they were manie, and ye gathered the waters of the lower poole.
And ye nombred the houses of Ierusale{m}, and the houses haue ye broken downe to fortifie the wall,
And haue also made a ditch betwene the two walles, for the waters of the olde poole, and haue not loked vnto the maker thereof, nether had respect vnto him that formed it of olde.
And in that day did the Lord God of hostes call vnto weping & mourning, & to baldnes and girding with sacke cloth.
And beholde, ioye and gladnes, slaying oxen and killing shepe, eating flesh, and drinking wine, eating and drinking: for to morowe we shaldye.
And it was declared in the eares of the Lord of hostes. Surely this iniquitie shal not be purged from you, til ye dye, saith the LORD God of hostes.
Thus saith the Lord God of hostes, Go, get thee to that treasurer, to Shebná, the steward of the house, (& say,)
What hast thou to do here? and whome hast thou here? that thou shuldest here hew thee out a sepulchre, as he that heweth out hisse pulchre in an hie place, or that graueth an habitacion for him self in a rocke?
Beholde, the Lord wil carye thee awaye with a great captiuitie, and wil surely couer thee.
He wil surely rolle (&) turne thee like a ball in a large countrey: there shalt thou dye, and there the charets of thy glorie (shalbe) the shame of thy lords house.
And I wil dryue thee from thy station, and out of thy dwelling wil he destroy thee.
And in that day wil I call my seruant Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiáh,
And with thy garments wil I clothe him, & with thy girdle wil I strengthen him: thy power also wil I commit into his hand, & he shalbe a father of the inhabitants of Ierusalém, and of the house of Iudáh.
And the keye of the house of Dauid wil I laye vpon his shoulder: so he shal open & no man shal shut: and he shal shut, and no man shal open.
And I'wil fasten him as a naile in a sure place, and he shalbe for the throne of glorie to his fathers house.
And thei shal hang vpon him all the glorie of his fathers house, (euen) of the nephewes and posteritie all smale vessels, from the vessels of the cuppes, euen to all the instrume{n}ts of musike.
In that daie, saith the Lord of hostes, shal the naile, that is fastened in the sure place, departe and shal be broken, and fall: and the burde{n}, that was vpon it, shalbe cut of: for the Lord hathe spoken it.
THe burden of Tyrus. Howle, ye shippes of 〈◊〉: for it is destroied, so that there is none house: none shal come from the land of Chittim: it is reueiled vnto them.
Be stil, ye that dwell in the 〈◊〉: the marcha{n}ts of Zidon, (and) such as passe ouer the sea, haue replenished thee.
The sede of Nilus (growing) by the abundance of waters, (and) the haruest of the riuer (was) herreuenues, and she was a marte of the nations.
Be ashamed, thou Zidôn: for the sea hathe spoken, (euen) the strength of the sea, saying I haue not trauailed, nor broght for the children, nether nourished yo{n}g men (nor) broght vp virgins.
When the fame commeth to the Egyptians, they shalbe sorie, concerning the rumor of Tyrus.
Go you ouer to Tarshish: howle, ye that dwell in the yles.
Is not this that your glorious (citie?) her antiquitie (is) of 〈◊〉 daies: her owne fete shal lead her a farre of to be a soiourner.
Who hathe decreed this against Tyrus [that crowneth (men)] whose marchants (are) princes? whose chapmen (are) the nobles of the worlde?
The Lord of hostes hathe decreed this, to staine the pride of all glorie, and to bring to contempt all them that be glorious in the earth.
Passe through thy land like a flood (to) the daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
He stretched out his hand vpon the sea: he shoke the kingdomes: the Lord hathe giuen a commandement concerning the place of marchandise, to destroye the power thereof.
And he said, Thou shalt no more reioyce when thou art oppressed: ô virgin daughter of Zidón: rise vp go ouer vnto Chittim: yet there thou shalt haue no rest.
Beholde the land of the Chaldeans: this was no people: Asshúr founded it by the in hahabitants of the wildernes: they set vp the towres thereof: they raised the palaces thereof (&) he broght it to ruine.
Howle ye shippes of Tarshish, for your strength is destroyed.
And in that daye shal Tyrus be forgotten seuentie yeres, [according to the yeres of one King] at the end of seuétie yeres shal Tyrus sing as an harlot.
Take an harpe, (&) go about the citie: [thou harlot that hast bene forgotten] make swete melodie, sing mo songs that thou maiest be remembred.
And at the end of seuentie yeres shal the Lord visite Tyrus, and she shal returne to her wages, and shal commit fornication with all the kingdomes 〈◊〉 the earth, (that are) in the worlde.
Yet her occupying and her wages shalbe holie vnto the Lord: it shal not be layed vp nor kept in store, but her marcha{n}dise shal be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and to haue durable clothing.
BEholde, the Lord maketh the earth emptie, and he maketh it waste: he turneth it vpside downe, & scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
And there shalbe like people, like Priest, & like seruant, like master, like maide, like mai straisse, like byer, like seller, like lender, 〈◊〉 borrower, like giuer, like taker to 〈◊〉.
The earth shalbe cleane emptied, and vtterly spoyled: for the Lord hathe spoken 〈◊〉 worde.
The earth lamenteth and fadeth away: 〈◊〉 worlde is febled & decayed: the proude people of earth are weakened.
The earth also deceiueth, because 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 inhabitants thereof: for 〈◊〉 transgressed the lawes: they changed the ordinances, (and) brake the euerlasting couenant.
Therefore hathe the curse 〈◊〉 the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are desolate. Wherefore the inhabitants of the la{n}d are burned vp, and fewe men are left.
The wine faileth, the vine hathe no might: all that were of mery heart, do mourne.
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth: the noise of them that reioyce, endeth: the ioye of the harpe ceaseth.
They shal not drinke wine with mirth: strong drinke shalbe bitter to them that drinke it.
The citie of vanitie is broke{n} downe: euerie house is shut vp, that no man may come in.
There is a 〈◊〉 for wine in the stretes: all ioye is darkened: the mirth of the worlde is gone away.
In the citie is left desolacion, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
¶ Surely thus shal it be in the middes of the earth, among the people, as the shaking of an oliue tre, (and) as the grapes when the vintage is ended.
They shal lift vp their voyce thei shal shoute for the magnificence of the Lord: they shal reioyce from the sea.
Wherefore praise ye the Lord in the valleis, (euen) the Name of the Lord God of Israél, in the yles of the sea.
From the vttermost parte of the earth we haue heard praises, (euen) glorie to the Iuste, and I said, My leanenes, my leanenes, wo is me: the 〈◊〉 haue offended: yea the transgressors haue grieuously offended.
Feare, and the pit, and the snare (are) vpon thee, ô inhabitant of the earth.
And he that fleeth from the noise of the feare, shal fall into the pit: and he that commeth vp out of the pit, shalbe taken in the snare: for the windowes from on high are open, and the fundacions of the earth do shake.
The earth is 〈◊〉 broke{n} downe: the earth is 〈◊〉 dissolued: the earth is moued excedingly.
The earth shal rele to and fro like a dronken man, and shalbe remoued like a tent, & the iniquitie thereof shalbe heauie vpon it: so that it shal fall, and rise no more.
¶ And in that day shal the Lord visite the hoste aboue that is on hie, euen the Kings of the worlde that are vpon the earth.
And 〈◊〉 shalbe gathered together, as the prisoners in the pit: and thei shalbe shut vp in the prison, and after manie daies shal thei be visited.
Then the moone shalbe abasshed, and the sunne 〈◊〉, whe{n} the Lord of hostes shal reigne in mount Zión and in Ierusalém: and glorie shalbe before his ancient men.
O Lord, thou art my God: I wil exalte thee, I wil praise thy Name: for thou hast done wonderful things, (according to) the counsels of olde, with a stable trueth.
For thou hast made of a citie an heap, of a stro{n}g citie, a ruine: (eue{n}) the palace of strangers of a citie, it shal neuer be buylt.
Therefore shal the mightie people giue glorie vnto thee: the citie of the strong nacions shal feare thee.
For thou hast bene a stre{n}gth vnto the poore (euen) a strength to the nedie in his trouble a refuge against the tempest, a shadowe against the heate: for the blast of the mightie is like a storme (against) the wall.
Thou shalt bring downe the noise of the strangers, as the heat in a drye place: he wil bring downe the song of the mightie, (as) the heat in the shadowe of a cloude.
And in this mountaine shal the Lord of hostes make vnto all people a feast of fat things (euen) a feast of fined (wines, &) of fat things ful of marowe, of (wines) fined (and) purified.
And he wil destroye in this mountaine the couering that couereth all people, and the vaile that is spred vpon all nacions.
He wil destroye death for euer: and the Lord God wil wipe away the teares from all faces, and the rebuke of his people wil he take away out of all the earth: for the Lord hathe spoken it.
And in that day shal men say, Lo, this is our God: we haue waited for him, and he wil saue vs. This is the Lord, we haue waited for him: we wil reioyce and be ioyful in his saluacion.
For in this mountaine shal the hand of the Lord rest, and Moàb shalbe threshed vnder him, euen as strawe is threshed in Madmenáh.
And he shal stretch out his hand in the middes of them [as he that swimmeth, stretcheth (them) out to swimme] and with the stre{n}gth of his hands shal he bring downe their pride.
The defense also of the height of thy walles shal he bring downe and lay lowe, (and) cast them to the grounde, (euen) vnto the dust.
IN that day shal this song be sung in the land of Iudàh, We haue a strong citie: saluacion shal (God) set for walles and bulwarkes.
Open ye the gates that the righteous nacio{n} which kepeth the trueth, may entre in.
By an assured purpose wilt thou preserue perfite peace, because thei trusted in thee.
Trust in the Lord for euer: for in the Lord God (is) strength for euermore.
For he wil bring downe them that dwell on hie: the hie citie he wil abase: (euen) vnto the grounde wil he cast it downe and bring it vnto dust.
The fote shal treade it downe, (eue{n}) the fete of the poore, (and) the steps of the nedie.
The way of the iuste (is) righteousnes: thou wilt make equal the righteous path of the iust.
Also we, ô Lord, haue waited for thee in the way of thy iudgements: the desire of (our) soule (is) to thy Name, and to the reme{m}brance of thee.
With my soule haue I desired thee in the night, and with my spirit within me wil I seke thee in the morning: for seing thy iudgements (are) in the earth, the inhabita{n}ts of the worlde shal learne righteousnes.
Let mercie be shewed to the wicked, (yet) he wil not learne righteousnes: in the land of vprightnes wil he do wickedly, and wil not beholde the maiestie of the Lord.
O Lord, they wil not beholde thine hie hand (but) thei shal se it, and be confounded with the zeale of the people, and the fyre of thine enemies shal deuoure them.
Lord, vnto vs thou wilt ordeine peace: for thou also hast wroght all our workes for vs.
O Lord our God, (other) lords beside thee haue ruled vs, (but) we wil remember thee onely, (and) thy Name.
The dead shal not liue, (nether) shal the dead arise, because thou hast visited and scattered them, and destroyed all their memorie.
Thou hast encreased the nacion, ô Lord: thou hast encreased the nacion: thou art made glorious: thou hast enlarged all the coastes of the earth.
Lord, in trouble haue thei visited thee: they powred out a prayer when thy chastening (was) vpon them.
Like as a woman with childe, that draweth nere to the trauail, is in sorow, (and) cryeth in her peines, so haue we bene in thy sight, ô Lord.
We haue conceiued, we haue 〈◊〉 in peine as thogh we shulde haue broght forthe winde: there was no helpe in the earth, nether did the inhabitants of the worlde fall.
¶ Thy dead men shal liue: (euen) with my bodie shal thei rise. A wake, and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dewe (is as) the dewe of herbes, & the earth shal cast out the dead.
Come, my people: entre thou into thy cha{m}bers, a{n}d shutte thy dores after thee: hide thy self for a very litle while, vntil the indignacion passe ouer.
For lo, the Lord cometh out of his place, to visite the iniquitie of the inhabitants of the earth vpon them: and the earth shal disclose her blood, & shal no more hide her slayne.
IN that day the Lord with his sore and great and mightie sworde shal visite Liuiathán, that percing serpent, euen Liuiatha{n}, that croked serpent, and he shal slay the dragon that is in the sea.
In that day sing of the vineyarde of red wine.
I the Lord do kepe it: I wil watter it euery moment: lest anie assaile it, I wil kepe it night and day.
Angre is not in me: who wolde set the briers and the thornes (against) me in battel? I wolde go through them, I wolde burne them together.
Or wil he fele my strength, that he may make peace with me, (and) be at one with me?
Hereafter, Iaakôb shal take rote: Israél shal florish and growe, and the worlde shalbe filled with frute.
Hathe he smitte{n} him as he smote these that smote him? or is he flayne according to the slaughter of them that were slayne by him?
In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou co{n}te{n}d with it, (whe{n}) he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.
By this therefore shal the iniquitie of Iaakôb be purged, and this is all the frute, the taking away of his sinne: when he shal make all the stones of the altars, as chalke stones, broken in pieces, (that) the groues and images may not stand vp.
Yet the defensed citie (shalbe) desolate, (and) the habitacion (shalbe) forsaken, & left like a wildernes. Therē shal the calfe fede, and there shal he lie, and consume the branches thereof.
When the boughs of it are drye, they shalbe broken: the women come, and set them on fyre: for it is a people of none vnderstanding: therefore he that made them, shal not haue compassion of them, & he that formed them, shal haue no mercie on them.
And in that day shal the Lord thresh from the chanel of the Riuer vnto the riuer of Egypt, and ye shalbe gathered, one by one, ô children of Israél.
In that day also shal the great trumpe be blowen, and they shal come, which perished in the land of Asshúr: and they that were chased into the land of Egypt, and they shal worship the Lord in the holy mount at Ierusalém.
WO to the crowne of pride, the dronkards of Ephrim: for his glorious beautie (shalbe) a fading floure, which is vpo{n} the head of the valley of them that be fat, (and) are ouercome with wine.
Beholde, the Lord hathe a mightie & stro{n}g (hoste) like a tempest of haile, (and) a whirlwinde that ouerthroweth, like a tempest of mightie waters that ouerflowe, which throwe to the grounde mightely.
They shalbe troden vnder fote, (euen) the crowne (and) the pride of the dronkards of Ephráim.
For his glorious beautie shalbe a fading floure, which is vpon the head of the vallei of them that be fat, (and) as the hastie frute afore sommer, which whe{n} he that loketh vpo{n} it, seeth it, while it is in his hand, he eateth it.
In that day shal the Lord of hostes be for a crowne of glorie, and for a diademe of beautie vnto the residue of his people:
And for a spirit of iudgement to him that sitteth in iudgeme{n}t, and for strength vnto the{m} that turne away the battel to the gate.
But thei haue erred because of wine, and are out of the way by stro{n}g drinke: the Priest and the Prophet haue erred by strong drinke they are swallowed vp with wine: they haue gone astray through strong drinke: thei faile in vision: thei stomble in iudgement.
For all (their) tables are ful of filthy vomiting no place (is cleane.)
Whome shal be teache knowledge? and whome shal be make to vndersta{n}d the things that he heareth? them that are weined from the milke (and) drawen from the breasts.
For precept (must be) vpon precept, precept vpon precept, line vnto line, line vnto line, there a litle (and) there a litle.
For with a stammering tongue and with a strange language shal he speake vnto this people.
Vnto whome he said, This is the rest: giue rest to him that is wearie: and this is the refreshing, but thei wolde not heare.
Therefore shal the worde of the Lord be vnto them precept vpon precept, precept vpon precept, line vnto line, line vnto line, there a litle (and) there a litle, that they may go, and fall backewarde, and be broken and be snared and be taken.
Wherefore, heare the worde of the Lord, ye scorneful men that rule this people, which is at Ierusalém.
Because ye haue said, we haue made a couenant with death, and with hell are we at agrement: thogh a scourge runne ouer, and passe through, it shal not come at vs: for we haue made falshode our refuge, and vnder vanitie are we hid,
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Beholde I wil lay in Ziôn a stone, a tryed stone, a precious corner stone, a sure fundacion. He that beleueth, shal not make haste.
Iudgement also wil I laye to the rule, & righteousnes to the balance, and the haile shal swepe away the vaine confidence, and the waters shal ouerflowe the secret place.
And your couenant with death shalbe disanulled, and your agrement with hel shal not stand: when a scourge shal runne ouer & passe through, then shall ye be trodde downe by it.
When it passeth ouer, it shall take you away: for it shal passe through euerie morning in the day, and in the night, & there shalbe onelye feare to make (you) to vnderstand the hearing.
For the bed is 〈◊〉 that it can not suffise, and the couering narowe that one ca{n} not wrap him self.
For the Lord shall stand as in mount Perazim he shalbe wrath as in the valley of Gibeôn, that he may do his worke, his stra{n}ge worke, and bring to passe his acte, hys strange acte.
Now therefore be no mockers, lest your bondes increase: for I haue heard of the Lord of hostes a consumption, euen determined vpon the whole earth.
Hearken ye, and heare my voyce: hearke{n} ye, and heare my speache.
Doeth the plow man plowe all the daye, to so we? doeth he open, & breake the clottes of his grounde?
When he hathe made it plaine, wil he not then sowe the fitches, and sowe cummin, and cast in wheat by measure, and the appointed barly and rye in their place?
For his GOD doeth instruct him to haue discrecion, (and) doeth teache him.
For fitches shall not be 〈◊〉 with a 〈◊〉 instrument, nether shall a cart whele be turned about vpon the cummin: but the fitches are beaten out with a staffe, and cummin with a rod.
Bread (corne) whe{n} it is thresshed, he doeth not alway thresh it, nether doeth the whele of his cart (stil) make a noyse, nether will he breake it with the tethe thereof.
This also cometh from the Lord of hostes, which is wonderful in counsel, (and) excellent in workes.
AH altar, altar of the citie that Dauid dwelt in: adde yere vnto yere: let the{m} kil lambes.
But I wil bring the altar into distres, and there shal be heauines and sorow, & it shalbe vnto me like an altar.
And I wil besege thee as a circle, and fight against thee on a mount, and will caste vp ramparts against thee.
So shalt thou be humbled, (&) shalt speake out of the grounde, and thy speache shal be (as) out of the dust: thy voyce also shalbe out of the grounde like him that hath a spirit of diuination, and thy talking shal whisper out of the dust.
Moreouer, the multitude of thy stranger shal be like smale dust, and the multitude of stronge men shalbe as chaffe that passeth awaye, and it shalbe in a moment, (euen) suddenly.
Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hostes with thundre, and shaking, & a greate noyse, a whirlwinde, and a tempeste, and a flame of a deuouring fyre.
And the multitude of all the nacio{n}s that fight againste the altar, shalbe as a dreame (or) visio{n} by night: euen all they that make the warre against it, and strong holdes against it, and laye sege vnto it.
And it shalbe like as an hungrie man dreameth, and beholde, he eateth and whe{n} he awaketh, his soule is emptie: or like as a thirstie man dreameth, & lo, he is drinking, and when he awaketh, behold, he is fainte, and his soule longeth: so shall the multitude of all nacio{n}s be that fight against mou{n}t Ziôn.
Stay your selues, and wonder: they are blinde, and make (you) blinde: thei are dro{n}ken, but not with wine: they stagger, but not by strong drinke.
For the Lord hath couered you with a spirit of slomber, and hathe shut vp your eies. the Prophetes, and your chief Seers hathe he couered.
And the vision of them all is become vnto you, as the wordes of a boke that is sealed vp, which they deliuer to one that cāread, saying, Read this, I pray thee. Then shal he say, I can not for it is sealed.
And the boke is giuen vnto him that can not read, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he shal say, I can not read.
Therfore the Lord said, Because this people come nere vnto me with their mouth, and honour me with their lippes, but haue remoued their heart far from me, and their feare toward me was taught by the precept of men,
Therefore beholde, I wil againe do a maruelous worke in this people, (euen) a maruelous worke, and a wonder: for the wisdome of their wise men shal perish, & the vnderstanding of their prudent men shalbe hid.
Wo vnto them that seke depe to hide (their) counsel from the Lord: for their workes are in darknes, and thei say, Who seeth vs? and who knoweth vs?
Your turning (of deuises) shall it not be estemed as the potters claye? for shall the worke say of him that made it, He made me not? or the thing formed, say of him that facioned it, He had none vnderstanding?
It is not yet but a litle while, and Lebano{n} shalbe turned into Carmél? and Carmél shalbe counted as a forest?
And in that daye shall the deafe heare the wordes of the boke, & the eyes of the blind shal se out of obscuritie, and out of darkenes.
The meke in the Lord shal receiue ioye againe, and the poore men shal reioyce in the holie one of Israél.
For the cruell man shall cease, and the scornefull shalbe consumed: and all that hasted to iniquitie, shalbe cut of:
Which made a man to sinne in the word, and toke him in a snare: whiche reproued (them) in the gate, and made the iuste to fall without cause.
Therefore thus saith the Lord vnto the house of Iaakób, (euen) he that redemed Abrahám, Iaakób shal not now be co{n}founded, nether now shal his face be pale.
But when he seeth his childre{n}, the worke of mine handes, in the middes of him, thei shall sanctifie my Name, and sanctifie the holie one of Iaakôb, and shall feare the God of Israél.
Then they that erted in spirit, shall haue vnderstanding, and they that murmured, shall earne doctrine.
WO to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me, and not couer with a couering, but not by my spirit, that they maye laye sinne vpon sinne:
Whiche walke forthe to go downe into Egypt [and haue not asked at my mouthe] to strengthen themselues with the stre{n}gth of Pharaôh, and trust in the shadowe of Egypt.
But the strength of Pharaôh shalbe your shame, & the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
For his princes were at Zôan, and his ambassadours came vnto Hanés.
Thei shalbe all ashamed of the people that ca{n} not profite them, nor helpe nor do the{m} good, but (shalbe) a shame and also a reproche.
¶ The burde{n} of the beastes of the South, in a land of trouble and anguishe, frome whence shal come the yong and olde lyo{n}, the viper and fyrie flying serpent (against them) that shal beare their riches vpon the shoulders of the coltes, and their treasures vpon the bounches of the camels, to a people that can not profite.
For the Egyptians are vanitie, and they shall helpe in vaine. Therefore haue I cryed vnto her, Their strength (is) to sit still.
Now go, (and) write it before them in a table, and note it in a boke that it maye be for the last day for euer and euer:
That it is a rebellious people, lying children, (and) children that wolde not heare the Law of the Lord.
Which say vnto the Seers, Se not: and to the Prophetes, Prophecie not vnto vs right things: (but) speake flattering things vnto vs: prophecie errours.
Departe out of the waye: go aside out of the path: cause the holye one of Israél to cease from vs.
Therefore thus saith the holie one of Israél, Because you haue cast of this worde, and trust in violence, and wickednes, and stay thereupon.
Therefore this iniquitie shalbe vnto you as a breache that falleth, (or) a swelling in an hie wall, whose breaking cometh sudde{n}ly in a moment.
And the breaking thereof is like the breaking of a potters pot, which is broke{n} without pitie, and in the breaking thereof is not founde a sheard to take fyre out of the herth, or to take water out of the pit.
For thus saith the Lord God, the holie one of Israél, 〈◊〉 rest and quietnes shal ye be saued: in quietnes and in confidence shalbe your strength, but ye wolde not.
For ye haue said, No, but we will flee away vpon horses. Therefore shallye flee. We wilride vpon the swistest. Therefore shall your persecuters be swister.
A thousa{n}d (as) one (shal flec) at the rebuke of one: as the rebuke of fiue shall ye flee, till ye be left as a shippe mast vppon the top of a mountaine, and as a beaken vpo{n} an hill.
Yet therefore will the Lord waite, that he may haue mercie vpon you, and therfore wil he be exalted, that he may haue co{m}passion vpon you for the Lord (is) the God of iudgement. Blessed (are) all they that 〈◊〉 for him.
Surely a people shal dwel in Ziôn, (and) in Ierusalém thou shalt wepe no more: he wil certeinly haue mercie vpo{n} thee at the voice of thy crye. when he heareth thee, he wil answer thee.
And when the Lord hathe gyuen you the bread of aduersitie, and the water of asflictiō, thy raine shalbe no more kept backe, but thine eyes shal se thy "raine.
And thine eares shal heare a worde behind thee, saying, This is the waye, walke ye in it, when thou turnest to the right hand, & when thou turnest to the left.
And ye shall pollute the couering of the images of siluer, and the riche ornament of thine images of golde, (and) cast the{m} away as a monstruous clothe, and thou shalt say vnto it, Get thee hence.
Then shall he gyue rayne vnto thy sede, when thou shalt sowe the grounde, and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shalbe fat and as oyle: in that daye shal thy cattel be fed in large pastures.
The oxen also and the yong asses, that til the grounde, shall eate cleane prouendre, which is winowed with the shoouel & with the fanne.
And vpon euerie hie mountaine, & vpon euerye hye hyll shall there be riuers (and) streames of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers shall fall.
Moreouer, the light of the moone shalbe as the light of the sunne, and the light of the sunne shal be seuen folde, and like the light of seuen dayes in the daye that the Lord shal binde vp the breache of his people, and heale the stroke of their wounde.
Beholde, the Name of the Lord cometh from farre, his face is burning, and the burden thereof (is) heauie: his lippes are full of indignacion, and his tongue (is) as a deuouring fyre.
And his Spirit (is) as a riuer that ouerfloweth vp to the necke: it diuideth a sondre, to fanne the nations with the fanne of vanitie, and there (shalbe) a bridle to cause them to erre in the chawes of the people.
(But) there shalbe a song vnto you as in the night, when a solemne feast is kept: and gladnes of heart, as he that commeth with a pipe to go vnto the mount of the Lord, to the mightie one of Israél.
And the Lord shal cause his glorious voyce to be heard, and shall declare the lighting downe of his arme with the angre of (his) countenance, and flame of a deuouring fyre, with scattering and tempest, and haile stones.
For with the voyce of the Lord shall Asshúr be destroyed, whiche smote with the rodde.
And in euerye place that the staffe shall passe, it shal cleaue fast, whiche the Lord shal laye vpon him with tabrets and harpes: & with battels, (&) lifting vp (of ha{n}ds) shal he fight against it.
For Tôphet is prepared of olde: it is eue{n} prepared for the King: he hathe made it depe and large: the burning thereof (is) 〈◊〉 and muche wood: the breth of the 〈◊〉, like a ryuer of brimstone, doeth kindle it.
WO vnto them that go downe into Egypt for helpe, and stay vpon horses, and trust in charettes, because they are manie, & in horseme{n}, because they be very strong: but thei loke not vnto the holy one of Israél, nor seke vnto the Lord.
But he yet is c wisest: therfore he wil bring euill, and not turne backe his worde, but he will arise against the house of the wicked and agaynste the helpe of them that worke 〈◊〉.
Now the Egyptia{n}s (are) men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirit: and when the Lord shal stretche out hys hand, the helper shall fall, and he that is holpen shal fall, and thei shal altogether faile.
For thus hathe the Lord spoken vnto me, As the lion or lions whelpe roareth vpon his praie, againste whome (if) a multitude of shepherds be called, he will not be afraide at their voice, nether wil hu{m}ble him self at their noise: so shal the Lord of hostes come downe to fight for mount Zión, and for the hill thereof.
As birdes that flie, so shal the Lord of hostes defend Ierusalem by defending and deliuering, by passing through and preseruing it.
O ye children of Israél, turne againe, in asmuche as ye are sunken depe in rebellion.
For in that day euerie man shal cast out his idoles of siluer, and his idoles of golde which your hand haue made you (euen) a sinne.
Then shal Asshûr fall by the sworde, not of man, nether shal the sworde of man deuoure him, and he shal fle from the sworde and his yong men shal faint.
And he shal go for feare to his towre, and his princes shalbe afraide of the standart, saith the Lord, whose fyre is in Ziôn, and his fornace in Ierusalém.
BEholde, a King shal reigne in iustice, and the princes shal rule in iudgement
And (that) man shalbe as an hiding place from the winde, and as a refuge for the te{m}pest: as riuers of water in a drye place (and) as the shadowe of a great rocke in a wearie land.
The eyes of the seing shal not be shut, and the eares of them that heare, shal hearken.
And the heart of the foolish shal vnderstand knowledge, and the tongue of the stutters shalbe ready to speake distinctly.
A nigarde shal no more be called liberal, nor the churle riche.
But the nigarde wil spake of nigardnes and his heart wil worke iniquitie, and do wickedly, and speake falsely against the Lord, to make emptie the hungrie soule, & to cause the drinke of the thirstie to faile.
For the weapons of the churle (are) wicked: he deuiseth wicked counsels, to vndo the poore with lying wordes: and to speake against the poore in iudgement,
But the liberal man wil deuise of liberal things, and he wil continue (his) liberalitie
¶ Rise vp, ye wome{n} that are at ease: heare my voyce, ye careles daughters: hearken to my wordes.
Ye women, that are careles: shalbe in feare aboue a yere in dayes: for the vintage shal faile (and) the gathering shal come no more.
Ye women, that are at ease, be astonied feare, ô ye careles women: put of the clothes: make bare, and girde (sacke clothe) vpon the loynes.
Men shall lament for the teates, (euen) for the pleasant fields, (and) for the fruteful vine.
Vpon the lande of my people shall growe thornes (&) briers yea, vpon all the houses of ioye in the citie of reioycing,
Because the palace shalbe forsaken, (and) the noyse of the citie shalbe left the towre & fortresse shal be dennes for euer, (&) the delite of wilde asses, (and) a pasture for 〈◊〉,
Vntil the Spirit be powred vpon vs from aboue, and the wildernes become a 〈◊〉 field, and the plenteous field be counted as a forest.
And iudgement shal dwell in the desert, & iustice shal remaine in the fruteful field.
And the worke of iustice shalbe peace, 〈◊〉 the worke of iustice and quietnes, and assurance for euer.
And my people shal dwell in the tabernacle of peace and in sure dwellings, & in safe resting places.
When it haileth, it shall fall on the forest, & the citie shalbe set in the lowe place.
Blessed are ye that sowe 〈◊〉 waters, and driue (thether) the fete of the oxe and the asse.
WO to thee that spoilest, and wast not spoiled and doest wickedly, and thei did not wickedly against thee when thou shalt cease to spoile, thou shalt be spoyled: when thou shalt make an end of doing wickedly, they shall do wickedly against thee.
O Lord, haue mercie vpon vs, we haue waited for thee: be thou, (which was) their 〈◊〉 in: the morning, our helpe also in time of trouble.
At the noise of the tumult, the people fled: at thine exalting the nations were scatered.
And your spoile shal be gathered (like) the gathering of caterpillers: and he shal go agaynste him like the leaping of grashoppers.
The Lord is exalted: for he dwelleth on hie: he 〈◊〉 filled Ziôn with iudgement & iustice.
And there shalbe stabilitie of thy times, strength, saluacion, wisdome and knowledge: (for) the feare of the Lord shalbe his treasure.
Beholde, their messengers shal crye without, and the ambassadours of peace shall wepe bitterly.
The paths are waste, the waifaring man ceaseth: he hathe broken the couena{n}t: he hath co{n}te{m}ned the cities he regarded no ma{n}
The earth mourneth and fainteth: Lebanon is ashamed, and hewen downe: Sharôn is like a wildernes, and Bashán is shaken and Carmél.
Now wil I arise, saith the Lord: now wil I be exalted, now wil I lift vp my self.
Ye shal co{n}ceiue chaffe (and) bring for the stubble: the fyre of your breth shal deuoure you.
And the people shalbe (as) the burning of lime (and as) the thornes cut vp, shal they be burnt in the fyre.
Heare, ye that are farre of, what I haue done, & ye that are nere, knowe my power.
The sinners in Ziôn: are afraied: a feare is come vpon the hypocrites: who among vs shal dwell with the deuoring fyre? who amo{n}g vs shal dwel with the euerlasting bur nings,
He that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppres 〈◊〉, shaking his handes from taking of giftes stopping his eares from hearing of blood, & shutting his eyes from seing euil.
He shal dwell on hye: his defence (shalbe) the munitions of rockes: bread shalbe giuen him (and) his waters shal be sure.
Thine eyes shal se the Kings in his glorie they shal beholde the land farre of.
Thine heart shal meditate feare, Where is the scribe? where is the receauer? where is he that counted the towres?
Thou shalt not sea fierce people, a people of a darke speache, that thou canst not perceiue (and) of a stammering to{n}gue that thou canst not vnderstand.
Loke vpon Ziôn the citie of our 〈◊〉 feastes thine eyes shal se Ierusalem a quiet habitacion, a Tabernacle that can not be remoued: and the stakes thereof can neuer be taken away, nether shal any of the cordes thereof be broken.
For surely there the mightie Lord (wil be) vnto vs (as) a place of floods (and) brode riuers, whereby shal passe no shippe with ores, nether shal great ships passe therby.
For the Lord (is) our iudge, the Lord (is) our law giuer: the Lord (is) our King, he wil saue vs.
Thy cordes are loosed: they colde not wel strengthen their mast, nether colde thei spread the saile: then shal the pray be deuided for a great spoyle (yea) the lame shal take awaie the pray.
And none inhabitant shal say, I am sicke: the people that dwel therein, shal haue their iniquitie forgiuen.
COme nere, ye nations and heare, and hearken, ye people: let the earth heare and all that is therein, the worlde and all that procedeth thereof.
For the indignation of the Lord (is) vpon all nations, and (his) wrath vpon all theyr armies: he hathe destroied the{m} (and) deliuered them to the slaughter.
And their slaine shalbe cast out, and their stincke shall come vp out of their bodyes, and the mountaines shalbe melted with their blood.
And all the hoste of heauen shal be dissolued, and the heauens shal be folden like a boke and all their hostes shall fall as the leafe falleth from the vine, and as it falleth from the figtre.
For my sworde shalbe dronke{n} in the heauen: beholde, it shall come downe vppon Edôm, euen vpon the people of my curse to iudgement.
The sword of the Lord is filled with blood it is made fat with the fat (and) with the blood of the lambes and the goates, with the fat of the kidneis of the rams: for the Lord hathe a sacrifice in Bozráh, and a great 〈◊〉 in the land of Edóm.
And the vnicornes shal come downe with them and the heiffers with the bulles, and their land shal be dro{n}ken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatnes.
For (it is) the day of the Lords vengeance, (and) the yere of recompence for the iudgement of Zion.
〈◊〉 the riuers thereof shalbe turned into pitch, & the dust thereof into brimstone, & the land thereof shalbe burning pitch.
It shal not be quenched night nor daye: the smoke thereof shal go vp 〈◊〉: it shal be desolate from generation to 〈◊〉: none shal passe through it for euer.
But the pellicane and the hedge hog shal possesse it, and the great owle, and the rauen shal dwell in it, and he shal stretch out vpon it the line of vanitie, and the stones of emptines.
The nobles thereof shall call to the kingdome, and there shalbe none, and all the princes thereof shalbe (as) nothing.
And it shall bring for the thornes in the palaces thereof, nettles and thistles in the strong holdes thereof, and it shalbe an habitacion for dragons and a court for ostriches.
There shal mete also Ziim and Iim, and the Satyre shal crye to his fellowe, and the 〈◊〉 owle shal rest there, and shall finde for her self a quiet dwelling.
There shal the owle make her nest, & lay, and hatche, and gather the{m} vnder her shadowe there shall the 〈◊〉 also be gathered, euerie one with her make.
Seke in the boke of the Lord and read: none of these shall faile, none shall wante her make: for his mouth hath co{m}manded, and his verie Spirit hathe gathered them.
And he hathe cast the lot for them, & hys hand hathe deuided it vnto them by line: thei shal possesse it for euer: from generacion to generacion shall thei dwell in it.
THe desert and the wildernes shall reioyce: and the waste grounde shalbe glad and florish as the rose.
It shal florish abundantly and shal greatly reioyce also and ioy: the glorie of Lebanôn shalbe giuen vnto it: the beautie of Carmél, and of Sharôn, they shall se the glorie of the Lord, (and) the excellencie of our God.
Strengthen the weake hands, and comfort the feble knees.
Say vnto them that are fearefull, Be you strong, feare not: beholde, your God commeth with vengeance: (euen) God with a recompence, he wil come and saue you.
Then shal the eyes of the blinde be lightened, and the eares of the deafe be opened.
Then shal the lame man leape as an hart, & the domme mans tongue shall sing: for in the wildernes shal waters breake out, and riuers in the desert.
And the drye grounde shall be as a poole, and the thirstie [as springs of water in the habitation of dragons: where they laye] (shalbe) a place for redes and rushes.
And there shalbe a path and away, and the way shalbe called holy the polluted shal not passe by it: for he shalbe with them, and walke in the waye, and the fooles shall not erre.
There shalbe no lyon, nor 〈◊〉 beastes shall ascend by it, nether shall 〈◊〉 be founde there, that the redemed 〈◊〉 walke.
Therefore the redemed of the Lord shall returne and come to Ziôn with praise and euerlasting ioy shal be vpon their 〈◊〉: thei shal obtaine ioye and gladnes, and sorowe and mourning shal flee away.
NOw in the fourte{n}th yere of King Hezekiáh, Saneherib King of Asshûr came vp against all the stro{n}g cities of Iudâh, and toke them.
And the King of Asshûr sent Rabshakéh fro{m} Lachish toward Ierusale{m} vnto King Hezekiâh, with a greate hoste, and he stode by the co{n}duite of the vpper poole in the path of the fullers field.
Then came forthe vnto him Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiáh the steward of the house, and Shebná the chanceller, and Ioáh the sonne of Asàph the recorder.
And Rabshakéh said vnto them, Tell you Hezekiáh, I pray you. Thus saith the great King, the King of Asshúr, What confide{n}ce is this, wherein thou trustest?
I saie, Surely (I haue) eloque{n}ce, (but) cou{n}sel and strength (are) for the warre on whome then doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Lo, thou trustest in this broken staffe ofrede on Egypt, whereupon if a man leane, it will go into his hand, and perce it: so (is) Pharaōh King of Egypt, vnto all that trust in him.
But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God. Is not that he, whose hie places and whose altars Hezekiáh toke downe, and said to Iudah and to Ierusalém, Ye shall worship before this altar?
Now therefore giue hostages to my Lord the King of 〈◊〉, and I wil giue thee two thousa{n}d horses, if thou be able on thy parte to set riders vpon them,
For how canst thou despise anie captaine of the least of my lords seruantes? and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and for horsemen?
And am I now come vp without the Lord to this land to destroye it? The Lord said vnto me, Go vp agaynste this land and destroy it.
¶ Then said Eliakim, and Shebná & Ioáh vnto Rabshakéh, Speake, I pray thee, to thy seruants in the Aramites la{n}guage, [for we vnderstand it] and talke not with vs in the Iewes tongue, in the audience of the people that are on the wall.
Then said 〈◊〉, Hathe my master sent me to thy master, & to thee to speake these wordes, and not to the men that sit on the wall? that they maye eat their owne doung, and drinke their owne pisse with you?
So Rabshakéh stode, & cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes language, and said, Heare the wordes of the great King, of the King of Asshúr.
Thus saith the King, Let not Hezekiáh deceiue you: for he shal not be able to deliuer you.
Nether let Hezekiáh make you to trust in the LORD, saying, The LORDE wyll surely deliuer vs: this Citie shall not be giuen ouer into the hande of the King of Asshur.
Hearken not to Hezekiáh: for thus saith the King of Asshúr, Make appointement with me, and come out to me, that euerye man maye eat of his owne vine, and euerye man of hys owne figtre, and drinke euerie man the water of his owne well,
Till I come and bring you to a lande like your owne land, (euen) a land of wheat & wine, a land of bread and vineyardes.
Lest Hezekiáh disceiue you, saying, The Lord wil deliuer vs. Hathe anie of the gods of the nacio{n}s deliuered his land out of the hand of the King of 〈◊〉?
Where is the god of Hamáth, and of Arpád, Where is the god of Sephareáim, or how haue they deliuered Samaria out of mine hands,
Who is he among all the gods of these lands, that hathe deliuered their cou{n}trey out of mine hand that the Lord shulde deliuer Ierusalem out of mine hand?
Then they kept silence, and answered him not a worde for the Kings commandement was, saying. Answer him not.
Then came Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah the steward of the house, and Shebna the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder, vnto Hezekiah with re{n}t clothers, and tolde him the wordes of Rabshakéh.
ANd when the King Hezekiáh heard it he rent his clothes) and put on sackeclóth & came into the House of the lord
And he sent Eliakim the steward of the house, and Shebná the chanceller with the Elders of the Priests, clothed in sackeclothe vnto Isaiáh the Prophet, the 〈◊〉 of Amoz.
And they said vnto him, Thus saith Hezekiáh, This day is a day of tribulacion and of rebuke and blasphemie for the children are come to the birth, & there is no stre{n}gth to bring forthe.
If so be the Lord thy God hathe heard the wordes of Rabshakéh, whome the King of Asshúr his master hade sent to raile on the liuing God, and to reproche him with wordes which the Lord thy God hathe heard, then lift thou vp (thy) praier for the remnant that are left.
So the seruants of the King Hezekiah came to Isaiáh.
And Isaiáh said vnto them, Thus say vnto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraied of the wordes that thou hast heard wherewith the seruants of the King of Asshur haue blasphemed me.
Beholde, I wil send a blast vpon him, and he shal heare a noise, & turne to his owne land, & I wil cause him to fall by the sword in his owne land.
¶ So Rabshakéb returned, and founde the King of Asshúr fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed fro{m} Lachish.
He heard also men say of Tirhakáh, King of Ethiopia (Beholde) he is, come out to fight against thee: and whe{n} he heard it, he sent (other) messe{n}gers to Hezekiáh, saying
Thus shal ye speake to Hezekiáh King of Iudáh, saying, Let not thy God deceiue thee, in whome thou trustest, saying, Ierusalém shal not be giuen into the hand of the King of Asshúr.
Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshúr haue done to all lands in destroying them, & shalt thou be deliuered?
〈◊〉 the gods of the nacions deliuered them, which my fathers haue destroyed? (as) Gozain, and Harán, & Rézeph, and the children of Eden, which were at Telassár?
Where is the King of Hamath, and the King of Arpad, & the King of the citie of Sepharuáim, Hena and Iuah?
¶ So Hezekiáh receiued the letter of the hand of the messengers and red it, and he went vp into the House of the Lord, and Hezekiah spred it before the Lord.
And Hezekiah praied vnto the Lord, saying,
O Lord of hostes, God of Iraél, whiche dwellest betwene the Cherubims, thou art very God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth. thou hast made the heauen & the earth.
Encline thine eare, ô Lord, and heare: ope{n} thine eyes, ô Lord, and se, and heare all the wordes of Sancherib, who hathe sent to blaspheme the liuing God.
Trueth it is, ô Lord, that the Kings of Asshúr haue destroyed all lands, & their countrey,
And haue cast their gods in the fyre: for they were no gods, but the worke of ma{n}s ha{n}ds, (euen) wood or stone: therefore they destroyed them.
Now therefore, ô Lord our God, saue thou vs out of his hand, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe, that thou onely art the Lord.
¶ Then Isaiah the sonne of Amóz sent vnto Hezekiáh, saying, Thus said the Lord God of Israél, Because thou hast prayed vnto me, concerning Saneherib King of Asshur.
This is the worde that the Lord hathe spoken against him, O virgine, daughter of Zion, he hathe despised the, (&) laughed thee to scorne ô daughter of Ierusalém, he hathe shaken his head at thee.
Whome hast thou railed on and blasphemed? and against whome hast thou exalted (thy) voyce, and lifted vp thine eyes on hie (euen) against the holy one of Israél.
By thy seruants hast thou railed on the Lord, and said, By the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the top of the mountaines to the sides of Lebanon, and wil cut downe the hie cedres thereof, (and) the faire fyrre tres thereof, and I wil go vp to the heights of his toppe (and) to the forest of his fruteful places.
I haue digged & dronke the waters, & with the plant of my fete haue I dryed all the riuers closed in.
Hast thou not heard how I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and shulde I now bring it, that it shulde be destroyed, (and layed) on ruinous heapes, (as) cities defensed?
Whose inhabitants haue smale power, (and) are afraied & confounded thei are like the grasse of the field and grene herbe, (or) grasse on the house toppes, or corne blasted afore it be growen.
But I knowe thy dwelling, & thy going out, and thy comming in, and thy furie against me.
Because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come vp vnto mine eares, therefore wil I put mine ho kein thy 〈◊〉 & my bridle in thy lippes, & wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest
And this shal be a signe vnto thee, (O Hezekiah) Thou shalt eat this yere suche as groweth of it self and the second yere, suche things as grow without sowing. and in the third yere, sowye and reape, & pla{n}t vineyardes, and eat the frute thereof.
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Iudáh, shal againe take roote dow neward and beare frute vpward.
For out of Ierusal 〈◊〉 go a remnant, & thei that escape out of mount Zion: the 〈◊〉 of the Lord of hostes shal do this.
Therefore thus saith the lord, concerning the King of 〈◊〉, He shal not enter into this citie, nor shoote an arowe there, nor come before it with shield, not cast a mou{n}t against it.
By the same way that he came, he shal returne, and not come into this citie, saith the Lord.
For I wil defend this citie to saue it, for mine owne sake, and for my seruant Dauids sake.
¶ Then the Angel of the Lord went, out and smote in the campe of Asshúr an hundreth, foure score, & fiue thousand? so when they arose early in the morning, beholde, thei were all dead corpses.
So Saneherib King of 〈◊〉 departed, and and went away and returned and dwelt at Neneuéh.
And as he was in the temple worshiping of Nisroch his god. 〈◊〉 and Sharé zér his sonnes slewe him with the sworde aud thay escaped into the land of Ararát and Esarhád don his sonne reigned in his stead.
ABout that time was Hezekiáh sicke vnto the death, and the Prophet Isaiáh sonne of Amóz came vnto him, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord Put thine house in an ordre, for thou shalt dye, & not liue.
Then Hezekiáh turned his face to the wall, and praied to the Lord.
And said, I beseche thee, Lord, remember now how I haue walked before thee in trueth, and with a perfite heart, and haue done that which is good in thy sight, & Hezekiáh wept sore.
¶ Then came the worde of the Lord to Isaiáh, saying.
Go: and say vnto Hezekiáh, Thus saith the lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy praier (and) 〈◊〉 thy teares: beholde, I wil adde vnto thy daies 〈◊〉 yeres,
And I wil deliuer thee out of the hand of the King of Asshúr, and this citie for I wil defend this citie.
And this signe shalt thou haue of the Lord, that the Lord wil do this thing, that he hathe spoken,
Beholde, I wil bring againe the shadowe the degrees [whereby it is gone downe in the dial of Aház by the sunne] te{n} degrees backeward so the sunne turned by ten degrees, by the which degrees it was gone downe:
The writing of Hezechiák King of Iudáh when he had bene sicke, and was recouered of his sickenes,
I said in the cutting of my daies, I shal go to the gates of the graue? I am depriued of the residue of my yeres,
I said, I shal not se the Lord (euen) the Lord in the land of the liuing: I shal se man no more among the inhabitants of the worlde.
Mine habit a cion is departed, and is remoued from me, like a shepherds tent. I haue cut of like a weauer my life: he wil cut me of from the height: from day to night thou wilt make and end of me.
Irekened to the morning: but he brake all my bones, like a lion from daie to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Like a crane (or) a swallow, so did I chat ter: I did mourne as a doue? mine eie were lift vpon hie, ô Lord, it hathe oppressed me comfort me.
What shal I saie? for he hathe said it to me and he hathe done it I shal walke weake ly all my yeres in the bitternes of my soule
O Lord, (to them) that ouerliue them, and to all (that are) in them, the life of my spirit (shalbe knowen) that thou causedst me to slepe and hast giuen life to me.
Beholde for felicitie I had bitter grief but it was thy pleasure (to deliuer) my soule from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe.
For the graue can not co{n}fesse thee: death can not praise thee thei that go downe into the pit, can not hope for thy trueth.
(But) the liuing, the liuing: he shal confesse thee, as I (do) this day the father to the children shal declare thy trueth.
The Lord (was ready) to saue me: thereso re we wil sing my song, all the dayes of our life in the 〈◊〉 of the Lord.
Them said Isaiáh, Take a lumpe of drye figges and laie it vpon the boile, and he shal recouer.
Also Hezekiāh had said, What is the signe that I shal go vp into the House of the Lord?
AT the same time, Merodách Baladán the sonne of baladán, King of Babél sent letters, and a present to Hezekiáh: for he had heard that he had bene sicke, & was recouered.
And Hezekiáh was glad of them, and shewed them the house of the treasures, the siluer, and the golde, and the spices, & the precious ointement, and all the house of his armour, and all that was fou{n}d in his treasures there was nothing in his house, nor in all his kingdome that Hezekiáh shewed them not.
Then came Isaiáh the Prophet vnto King Hezekiáh, & said vnto him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee And Hezekiáh said, They are come from a farre countrey vnto me, from Babél.
Then said he, What haue they sene in thine house? And Hezekiáh answered. All that is in mine house haue they sene there is nothing among my treasures that, I haue not sheweth them.
And Isaiáh said to Hezekiáh, Heare the wordes of the Lord of hostes.
Beholde, the dayes come that all that is in thine house, and which thy fathers haue laid vp in store vntil this day, shalbe caryed to Babél nothing shalbe left, saith the Lord,
And of thy sonnes, that shal procede out of thee (and) which thou shalt beget, shal they take away, & they shalbe eunuches in the palace of the King of Babél.
Then said Hezekiáh to Isaiah, The worde of the Lord is good, which thou hast spoken and he said, Yet let there be peace, & trueth in my dayes.
COmfort ye, co{m}fort ye my people, wil your Gods say.
Speake comfortably to Ierusalém, & cry vnto her, that her warrefare is accomplished, that her iniquitie is pardoned: for she hathe receiued of the Lords hand double for all her sinnes,
A voyce cryeth in the wildernes, Prepare ye the way of the Lord make streight in the desert a path for our God.
Euerie valleie shalbe exalted. and euerie mountaine and hill shalbe made lowe: & the croked shalbe streight, and the rough places plaine.
And the glorie of the Lord shalbe reueiled and all flesh shal se it together: for the mouth of the Lord hathe spoken it.
A voyce said, Crye. And he said, What shal I crye? All flesh (is) grasse, and all the grace thereof (is) as the floure of the field
The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth vpo{n} it surely the people (is) grasse
The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth: but them worde of our God shal stand for euer
¶ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee vp into the hie mountaine: ô Ierusalém, that bringest good tidings, lift vp thy voyce with strength: lift it vp, be not afraide: say vnto the cities of Iudàh, Beholde your God.
Beholde, the Lord God wil come with power, and his arme shal rule for him: beholde, his wages (is) with him, and his worke before him.
He sha! fede his flocke like a shepherd: he shal gather the lambes with his arme, and carie them in his bosome, (and) shal guide them with yong.
Who hathe measured the waters in his fist? and counted heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure? and weighed the mountaines in a weight, and the hilles in a balance?
Who hathe instructed the Spirite of the Lord? or (was) his cou{n}selour (or) taught him?
Of whome toke he counsel, and (who) instructed him and 'taught him in the way of iudgement? or taught him knowledge, & shewed vnto him the way of vndersta{n}ding
Beholde, the nations (are) as a droppe of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the bala{n}ce: beholde, he taketh away the yles as a litle dust.
And Lebanōn (is) not sufficient for fyre, nor the beastes thereof sufficient for a burne offring.
All nations before him (are) as nothing, and they are counted to him, lesse then nothing, and vanitie.
To whome then wil'ye liken God? or what similitude wil ye set vp vnto him?
The workeman melteth an image, or the goldesmith beateth it out in golde, or the goldesmith (maketh) siluer plates.
Doeth not the poore chuse out a tre that wil not rote, for an oblatio{n}? he seketh also vnto him a cunning workeman, to prepare an image, that shal not be moued
Knowe ye nothing? haue ye not heard it? hathe it not bene tolde you from the beginning? haue ye not vnderstand it by the 2 fundacion of the earth?
He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, & the inhabita{n}ts therof (are) as grashoppers he stretcheth out the heaue{n}s, as a curtaine & spreadeth the{m} out, as a tent to dwell in.
He bringeth the princes to nothing, (&) maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie
As thogh they were not pla{n}ted, as thogh they were not sowe{n}, as thogh their stocke toke no roote in the earth for he did euen blow vpon them, and they withered, and the whirle winde wil take them away as stubble.
To whome now wil ye like{n} me, that I shulde be like (him,) saith the holie one?
Lift vp your eyes on hie, & beholde, who hathe created these things, and bringeth out their armies by nomber & calleth the{m} all by names? by the greatnes of (his) power and mightie strength nothing faileth,
Why saiest thou, ô Iaakob, and speakest ô Israél, My waye is hid from the Lord, and my iudgement is passed ouer of my God.
Knowest thou not? (or) hast thou not heard, that the euerlasting God, the Lord hathe created the ends of the earth? he nether fainteth, nor is weary: there (is) no searching of his vnderstanding.
(But) he giueth strength vnto him that fainteth, & vnto him that hathe no stre{n}gth, he encreaseth power.
Euen the yong men shal faint: and be wearie, and the yong men shal stumble and fall.
But they that waite vpon the Lord, shal renue (their) strength they shal lift vp the wings as the egles they shal runne, & not be wearie, & they shal walke and not faint
KEpe silence before me: ōylands: and let the people renue (their strength: let them come nere, and let them speake let vs come together into iudgement.
Who raised vp iustice from the East, (&) called him to his fote? (and) gaue the nacions before him, and subdued the Kings? he gaue them as dust to his sworde, (and) as scatred stubble vnto his bowe.
He pursued them, and passed safely by the way that he had not gone with his fete,
Who hathe wroght and done it? he that calleth the generations from the beginning. I the Lord (am) the first, & with the last I am the same.
Theyles sawe it, & did feare (and) the ends of the earth were abashed, drewe nere, & came.
Euerie man helped his neighbour and said to his brother, Be strong.
So the workeman comforted the founder (and) he that smote with the hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, & he fastened it with nailes that it shulde not be moued.
¶ But thou, Israél, art my seruant, (and) thou Iaakób, whome I haue chosen, these de of Abrahám my friend.
For I haue taken thee from the ends of the earth, and called thee before the chief thereof, and said vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not afraid, for I am thy God: I wil strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and wil susteine thee with the right hand of my iustice.
Beholde, all they that prouoke thee, shal be ashamed, and confounded: they shalbe as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shal perish.
Thou shalt seke them and shalt not finde them: to (wit,) the men of thy strife, (for) they shalbe as nothing, and the men that warre against thee, as a thing of naught,
For I the Lord thy God wil holde thy right hand, saying vnto thee, Feare not, I wil helpe thee.
Feare not, thou worme, Iaakób, (and) ye men of Israél: I wil helpe thee, saith the Lord & thy redemer the holy one of Israél
Beholde, I wil make thee a roller, and anewe treshing instrument hauing tethe: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and bring them to poudre, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe.
Thou shalt fanne them, & the winde shal carye them away, and the whirlwinde shal scater them: and thou shalt reioyce in the Lord, (and) shalt glorie in the holy one of Israél.
(When) the poore and the nedie seke water, and there (is) none [their tongue faileth for thust: I the Lord wil heare them: I the God of Israél wil not forsake them]
I wil open riuers in the toppes of the hilles, and fountaines in the middes of the valleis: I wil make the wildernes as a poole of water, and the waste land as springs of water.
I wil set in the wildernes the cedre, the shit tah tre, and the myrre tre and the pine tre, (&) I wil set in the wildernes the fyrre tre, the elme and the boxe tree together.
Therefore let them se and knowe, and let the{m} consider and vnderstand together that the ha{n}d of the Lord hathe done this, & the holie one of Israél hathe created it.
Stand to your cause, saith the Lord: bring forthe your strong reasons, saith the King of Iaakôb.
Let them bring them forthe, & let themtel vs what shal come: let them shewe the former things what thei be, that we maie consider them, and knowe the later end of the{m} ether declare vs things for to come,
Shewe the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods yea, do good or do euil, that we may declare it, and beholde it together.
Beholde, ye are of no value, and your making is of naught: (man) hathe chose{n} an abomination by them.
¶ I haue raised vp from the North, and he shal come from the East sunne shal he call vpon my Name, and shal come vpon princes as vpon claye, and as the potter treadeth myre vnder the fote.
Who hathe declared from the beginning that we may knowe? or before time, that we may say, He is righteous? Surely there is none that sheweth: surely there is none that declareth: surely there is none that heareth your wordes.
I (am) the first, (that saith) to Ziôn, Beholde, beholde them: and I wil giue to Ierusalém one that shal bring good tidings
But when I behelde, there was none, & when I enquired of them, there (was) no counsel our, and when I demanded of them thei answered not a worde.
Beholde, they are all vanitie: their worke is of nothing, their images are winde and confusion.
BEholde, my seruant: I wil stay vpon him: mine elect, (in whome) my soule deliteth: I haue put my Spirit vpon him: he shal bring forthe iudgement to the Gentiles.
He shal not crye, nor lift vp, nor cause his voyce to be heard in the strete.
A bruised rede shal he not breake, and the smokings flax shal he not quenche: he shal bring forthe iudgement in trueth.
He shal not faile nor be discouraged til he haue set iudgement in the earth: and the yles shal wait for his law.
Thus saith God the Lord [he that created the heauens and spred them abrode: he that stretched forthe the earth, and the buddes thereof: he that giueth breth vnto the people vpon it, and spirit to them that walke therein.]
I the Lord haue called thee in righteousnes, and wil holde thine hand, and I wil kepe thee, and giue thee for a couenant of the people (and) for a light of the Gentiles.
That thou maiest open the eies of the blinde (and) bring out prisonners from the prison and them that sit in darkenes, out of the prison house.
I am the Lord, this in my Name, and my glorie wil I not giue to another, nether my praise to grauen images.
Beholde, the former things are come to passe, and newe things do I declare before they come forthe, I tel you of them.
Sing vnto the Lord anewe song (and) his praise from the end of the earth: ye that go downe to the sea, and all that is therein the yles and the inhabitants thereof,
Let the wildernes and the cities thereof lift vp (their voice) the townes that Kedár doeth inhabite let inhabitants of the roches sing: let them shoute from the top of the mountaines.
Let them giue glorie vnto the Lord: and declare his praise in the ylands.
The Lord shal go forthe as a gyant he shal stirre vp (his) courage like a man of warre. he shal shoute and crye, (and) shal preuaile against his enemies,
I haue a long time holden my peace: I haue bene stil (and) refrained my self (now) wil I crye like a trauailing woman, I wil destroye and deuoure at once.
I wil make waste mountaines, and hilles, & drye vp all their herbes, and I wil make the floods ylandes, and I wil drye vp the pooles.
¶ And I wil bring the blinde by away, that they knew not (and) leade by paths that they haue knowen: I wil make darkenes light before them, and croked things streight. These things wil I do vnto them, and not forsake them.
They shalbe turned backe: they shalbe greatly ashamed, that trust in graue images, and say to the molten images. Ye are our gods,
¶ Heare, ye deafe and ye blinde, regarde that ye may se:
Who is blinde but my seruant? or deafe as my messenger, that I sent? who is blinde as the perfite, and blinde as the Lords seruant?
Seing manie things, but thou kepest them not? opening the eares, but he heareth not.
The Lord is willing for his righteousnes sake (that) he may magnifie the Law, and exalt it.
But this people is robbed and spoiled, & shalbe all snared in dongeons, and they shalbe hid in prison houses thei shalbe for a pray, and none shal deliuer: a spoile, and none shal say, Restore.
Who among you shal hearken to to 〈◊〉 this (&) take hede, and heare for afterwardes?
Who gaue Iaakôb for a spoile, and Israél to the robbers? Did not the Lord: because we haue sinned against him? for they wolde not walke in his wayes, nether be obedie{n}t vnto his Law.
Therefore he hathe powred vpon him his fierce wrath, and the strength of battel & it set him on fyre round about, & he knewe not, and it burned him vp, yet he considered not,
BVt now thus saith the Lord, that created thee, ô Iaakób: and he that formed thee, ô Israél, Feare not for I haue redemed thee: I haue called thee by thy name, thou art mine.
When thou passest through the waters I wil be with thee, and through the floods, that thei do not ouer flowe thee. Whe{n} thou walkest through the verie fyre, thou shalt not be burnt, nether shal the flame kindle vpon thee.
For I am the Lord thy God, the holy one of Israél, thy Sauiour. I gaue Egypt for thy ransome, Ethiopia, and Seba for thee
Because thou wast precious in my sight (&) thou wast honorable, and I loued thee, therefore wil I giue man for thee, and people for thy sake.
Feare not, for I am with thee: I wil bring thy sede from the East, and gather thee from the West.
I wil saie to the North, Giue: and to the South, Kepe not backe: bring my sonnes from farre, and my daughters from the cndes of the earth.
Euerie one shalbe called by my Name: for I created him for my glorie formed him and made him.
I wil bring forthe the blinde people, and thei shal haue eyes, and the deafe, & they shal haue eares.
Let all the nacions be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this and shewe vs former things? let them bring forthe their witnesses, that thei maie be iustified: but let them heare, and saie, It (is) trueth.
You are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my seruant, whome I haue chosen: therefore ye shal knowe and beleue me & ye shal vnderstand that I am: before me there was no God formed, nether shal there be after me.
I (euen) I, am the Lord, & beside me there is no Sauiour.
I haue declared, and I haue saued, and I haue shewed, when there was no strange: (god) among you: therefore you are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
Yea, before the day (was) I am, and there is none that can deliuer out of mine hand: I wil do it, and who shal let it?
Thus saith the Lord your redemer, the holy one of Israél, For your sawe I haue se{n}t to Babél, and broght it downe: they are all fugitiues and the Chaldeans crye in the shippes.
I am the Lord your holy one, the creator of Israél, your King.
Thus saith the Lord which maketh away in the Sea, and a path in the mightie waters.
When he bringeth out the charet, and horse, the armie & the power lie together (and) shal not rise: thei are extinct, and que{n}ched as towe.
Reme{m}ber ye not the former thing, nether regarde the things of olde.
Beholde, I do anewe thing nowe shal it come forthe: shal you not knowe it? I wil euen make awaie in the desert (and) floods in the wildernes.
The wilde beasts shal honour me, the dragons and the ostriches, because I gaue water in the desert (and) floods in the wildernes to giue drinke to my people, euen to mine elect.
This people haue I formed for my self: thei shal shewe forthe my praise.
And thou hast not called vpon me, ô Iaakób, but thou hast wearied me, ô Israél.
Thou hast not broght me the shepe of thy burnt offrings, nether hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I haue not caused thee to serue with an offring, nor wearied thee with incense.
Thou boghtest me no swete sauour with monie, nether hast thou made me drunke with the fatte of thy sacrifices, but thou hast made me to serue with thy sinnes (&) wearied me with thine iniquities.
I, (euen) I, am he that putteth awaie thine iniquities for mine owne sake, & wil not remember thy sinnes.
Put me in remembrance, let vs be iudged together: count thou that thou maiest be iustified.
Thy first father hathe sinned, and thy teachers haue transgressed against me.
Therefore I haue prophaned the rulers of the Sanctuarie, and haue made Iaakôb a curse, and Israél a reproche.
YEt now heart, ô Iaakôb my seruant, & Israél, whome I haue chosen.
Thus saith the Lord, that made thee, and formed thee from the wombe: he wil help 〈◊〉, Feare not, ô Iaakob, my seruant, and thou righteous, whome I haue chosen.
For I wil powre water vpon the thirstie, and floods v̄po{n} the drie ground: I wil powre my Spirit vpon thy sede, and my blessing vpon thy buddes.
And thei shal growe as among the grasse (&) as the willowes by the riuer of waters
One shal say, I am the Lords: another shal he called by the name of Iaakob, and another shal subscribe with his hand vnto the Lord, and name him self by the name of Israél.
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israél and & his redemer, the Lord of hostes, I am the first, and I am the last, and without me (is) there no God.
And who is like me, that shal call, & shal declare it, and set it in order before me, since I appointed the ancient people? and what is at hand, and what things are to come? let them shewe vnto them.
Feare ye not, nether be afraied? haue not I tolde thee of olde, & haue declared it? you are euen my witnesses, whether there be a God beside me, and that there is no GOD that I knowe not.
All thei that make an image, are vanitie, and their delectable things shal nothing profite: and thei are their owne witnesses that thei se not nor knowe, therefore thei shalbe confounded.
Who hathe made a 〈◊〉. or molten an image, that is profitable for nothing?
Beholde, all that are of the felowship there of, shalbe confunded: for the workeme{n} them selues are men: let them all be gathe redtogether, and stand vp (yet) they shal feare, and be confounded together.
The smith (taketh) an instrument, and worketh in the coles, and facioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the stre{n}gth of his armes: yea is an hungred, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
The carpenter stretcheth out a line: he facioneth it with a red thread, he planeth, it and he putreieth it with the compasse, and and maketh it after the figure of a man, (and) according to the beautie of a ma{n} that it maie remaine in an house.
He wil hewe hym downe cedres, and take the pine tre and the oke, and taketh courage among the trees of the forest: he pla{n}teth a fyrre tre, and the raine doeth nourish it.
And man burneth thereof: for he wil take thereof and warme him selfe: he also kindleth it and baketh bread, yet he maketh a God, and worshipeth it: he maketh it an idole and boweth vnto it.
He burneth the halfe thereof euen in the fyre, (and) vpon the halfe thereof he eateth flesh: he rosteth the roste and is satisfied: also he warmeth hym selfe and saith, Aha, I am warme, I haue bene at the fyre.
And the residue thereof he maketh a God, (euen) his idole: he boweth vnto it and worshipeth and praieth vnto it, and saith. Deliuer me: for thou art my god.
They haue not knowe{n}, nor vnderstand: for (God) hath shut their eyes that thei ca{n} not se, (and) their hearts, that they ca{n} not vnderstad
And none considereth in his heart, 〈◊〉 (is) there knowledge nor vnderstanding to say, I haue burnt halfe of it, euen in the fyre, and haue baked bread also vpon the coles thereof: I haue rosted flesh, and eaten it, and shal I make the residue 〈◊〉 of an abominacion? shal I bowe to the 〈◊〉 of a tre.
He fedeth of ashes: a seduced heart hathe deceyued hym, that he can not deliuer hys soule, nor say, Is their not alye in my ryght hand?
Remembre these [ô Iaakōb and Israél] for thou art my seruat: I haue 〈◊〉 thee: thou art my seruant: ô Israél forget me not.
I haue put awaye thy transgressions lyke a cloude, 〈◊〉 thy sinnes, as a mist: turne vnto me, for I haue redemed thee.
Reioyce, ye heauens: for the Lorde hathe done it, shoute, ye lower partes of the earth: brast forthe into prayses, ye mountaines, ô forest and euerie tre therein: for the Lorde hathe redemed Iaakōb and wil be glorified in Israél.
Thus sayth the Lorde thy redemer and he that formed thee from the wombe, I am the Lord, that made all things, that spred out the heauens alone, and stretched out the earth by my selfe.
I destroye the tokens of the soeth sayers and make them that coniecture, fooles, and turne the wise men back warde, and make their knowledge foolishnes.
¶ He confirmeth the worde of his seruant and performeth the counsell of his messengers, saying to Ierusalém, Thou shalt be inhabited: and to the cities of Iudáh, ye shal be buylt vp, and I will repaire the decayed places thereof.
He saith to the depe, Be drye a{n}d I wil drye vp thy floods.
He saith to Cyrus, (Thou art) my shepherd: and he shal reforme all my desire, saying also to Ierusalém, Thou shalt be buylt: and to the Temple, Thy fundacion shalbe surely layed.
THus sayth the Lorde vnto Cyrus hys anointed, whose ryght hand I haue holden to subdue nations before him: therefore will I weaken the loynes of Kings and open the dores before hym, and the gates shal not be shut.
I wil go before thee and make the croked streight: I will breake the brasen dores, and burst the yron barres.
And I will giue thee the treasures of darkenes, and the things hid in secret places, that thou maist knowe that I am the LORDE which call thee by thy name, euen the God of Israél.
For Iaakob my serua{n}ts sake, and Israél mine elect, I wil euen call (thee) by thy name (and) name thee, thogh thou hast not knowe{n} me.
I am the Lord and there is none other there is no God besides me: I girded thee thogh thou 〈◊〉 not knowen me.
That they maye knowe from the rysing of the sunne and frome the West, that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none other.
I forme the lyght and creat darkenes: I make peace and creat euill: I the Lord do all these things.
Ye heauens, send the dewe from aboue, and let the cloudes drop downe ryghteousnes: let the earth open, and let saluacion and iustice growe forthe: let it bring them forthe together: I the Lord haue created him.
Wo be vnto hym that striueth with his maker, the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth: shall the claie saie to hym that facioneth it, What makest thou? or thy worke, it hathe none hands?
Wo vnto hym that sayth to (hys) father, What hast thou begotte{n}? or to (his) mother, What hast thou broght forthe?
Thus saith the Lorde, the holy one of Israél, and his maker, Aske me of thyngs to come concernyng my sonnes, and concernyng the workes of mine hands: commande you me.
I haue made the earth, and created man vppon it: I, whose handes haue spred out the heauens, I haue euen commanded all their armie.
I haue raised him vp in righteousnes, and I wil direct all his waies: he shal buylde my citie, and he shall let go my captiues, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hostes.
Thus saith the Lord, The 〈◊〉 of Egypt, and the march and ise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, me{n} of stature shal come vnto thee, and they shalbe thine: they shall followe thee, (and) shal go in chaines: they shall fall downe before thee, and make supplication vnto thee, (saying,) Surely God is in thee, and there (is) none other God besides.
Verely thou, ô God, hidest thy self, ô God, the Sauiour of Israél.
All they shalbe ashamed and also confounded: they shal go to confusion together, that are the makers of images.
(But) Israél shalbe saued in the Lord, wyth an euerlastyng saluacio{n}: shal not be ashamed nor confounded worlde without end.
For thus sayth the Lorde [that created heauen, God him selfe, that formeth the earth, and made it: he that prepared it, he created it not in vaine: he formed it to be inhabited] I am the Lord, and there (is) none other.
I haue not spoken in secrete, (nether) in a place of darkenes in the earth: I said not in vaine vnto the sede of Iaakôb, Seke you me: I the Lord do speake ryghteousnes, and declare righteous things.
Assemble your selues, and come: drawe nere together, ye abiect of the Gentiles: they haue no knowledge, that set vp the wood of their idole, and praye vnto a God, that can not saue them.
Tel ye and bring them, and let them take counsel together, who hathe declared this frome the beginnyng? (or) hathe tolde it of olde? Haue not I the Lord? a{n}d there (is) none other God beside me, a iust God, and a Sauiour: there (is) none beside me.
Loke vnto me, and ye shal be saued: al the ends of the earth shalbe saued: for I am God, and there (is) none other.
I haue sworne by my selfe: the worde is gone out of my mouthe in ryghteousnes, and shal not returne, That euerie knee shal bowe vnto me, (and) euerie tongue shal sweare (by me.)
Surely he shall saye, In the Lorde haue I ryghteousnes and strength: he shall come vnto hym, and all that prouoke him, shal be ashamed.
The whole sede of Israél shalbe iustified, and glorie in the Lord.
BElis bowed downe: Nebo is fallen: their idoles were vpon the beastes, and vpon the cattel: they which did beare you, (were) laden with a wearie burden.
They are bowed downe, (and) fallen together: for they colde not rid them of the burden, and they soule is gone into captiuitie.
Heare ye me, ô house of Iaakôb, and all that remaine of the house of Israél, whiche are borne of me (from) the wombe, and broght vp of me (from) the birth.
Therefore vnto olde age, I the same, euen I wil beare you vntil the hore heeres: I haue made (you:) I wil also beare (you,) and I wil carye you and I wil deliuer (you.)
¶ To whome wil ye make me lyke, or make me equall, or compare me, that I shulde be lyke him?
They drawe gold out of the bagge a{n}d weigh siluer in the balance, (and) hyre a goldsmith to make a God of it, (a{n}d) they bowe downe, and worship it:
They beare it vpon the shoulders: they cary him and set hym in his place: so doeth he stande, (and) can not remoue from hys place. Thogh one crye vnto him, yet can he not answer, nor deliuer him out of his tribulacion.
Remember this, and be ashamed: bring it againe to minde, ô you transgressers.
Remember the former things of olde: for I am God, and there (is) none other God, and there (is) nothing like me.
Which declare the laste thing from the begynning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsel shal sta{n}d, and I wil do whatsoeuer I wil.
I call a birde frome the East, (and) the man of my counsel from far: as I haue spoken so will I bring it to passe: I haue purposed it, a{n}d I wil do it.
Heare me, ye stubburne hearted, that are far from iustice.
I bryng nere my iustice: it shall not be farre of, and my saluacion shal not tary: for I wil giue saluacio{n} in Zion, (&) my glorie vnto Israél.
COme downe and sit in the dust: ô virgine, daughter Babél, sit on the grounde: there is no throne, ô daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called. Ten dre and delicate.
Take the mille stones, and grinde meale: loose thy lockes: make bare the fete: vncouer the legge, (a{n}d) passe through the floods.
Thy filthines shalbe discouered, and thy shame shalbe sene: I will take vengeance, and I wil not mete (thee as) a man.
Our redemer, the Lord of hostes (is) his Name, the holy one of Israél.
Sit stil, and get thee into darkenes, ô daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The ladie of kingdomes.
I was wrath with my people: I haue polluted mine inheritance, and giuen them into thine hand: thou didst shewe them no mercie, but thou didest lay thy very heauie yoke vpon the ancient.
And thou saidest, I shalbe aladie for euer, so that thou didest not set thy minde to these things, nether didest thou remember the latter end thereof.
Therefore now heare, thou that 〈◊〉 giuen to pleasures, and dwellest careles, She saith in her heart, I am and none els: I shal not sit (as) widdow, nether shal knowe the losse of children.
But these two things shal come to thee subdenly on one day, the losse of children and widdowe head: they shal come vpon thee in their perfection, for the multitude of thy diuinacions, and for the great abundance of thine inchànters.
For thou hast trusted in thy wickednes: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdome and thou knowledge, they haue caused thee to rebell, and thou hast said in thine heart, I am and none els.
Therefore shal euil come vpon thee, & thou shalt not know the morning thereof: destruction shal fall vpo{n} thee, which thou shalt not be able to put away: destruction shal come vpon thee suddenly, or thou beware.
Stand now among thine inchanters, and in the multitude of thy so the sayers [with whome thou hast wearied thy self fro thy youth] if so be thou maiest haue profite, (or) if so be thou maiest haue strength.
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the starre hasers, and pronosticatours sta{n}d vp, and saue thee from these things, that shal come vpon thee.
Beholde, they shalbe as stubble: the fyre shal burne them: they shal not deliuer their owne liues fro{m} the power of the flame: there (shal be) no coles to warme at, (nor) light to sit by.
Thus shal they serue thee, with whom thou hast wearied thee, (euen) thy marchants 〈◊〉 thy youth: euery one shal wa{n}der to his owne quarter: none shal saue thee.
HEare ye this, ô house of Iaakôb, whiche are called by thy the name of Israél, and are come out of the waters of Iudáh: which sweare by the Name of the Lord, and make mencion of the GOD of Israél, (but) not in trueth, nor in righteousnes.
For they are called of the holy citie, & staye them selues vpon the God of Israél, whose Name (is) the Lord of hostes.
I haue declared the former things of olde, and they went out of my mouth, & I shewed them: I did them suddenly, and they came to passe.
Because I knewe, that thou art obstinate, and thy necke (is) an yro{n} sinew, & thy browe brasse,
Therefore I haue declared it to thee of olde before it came to passe, I shewed it thee, lest thou shuldest say, Mine idole hathe done them, and my carued image, and my molten image hathe commanded them.
Thou hast heard, beholde all this, and wil not ye declare it? I haue shewed thee new thi{n}gs euen 〈◊〉, and hid things, which 〈◊〉 knewest not.
They are created now, and not of olde, and euen before this thou heardest them not, lest thou shuldest say, Beholde, I knewe them.
Yet thou heardest them not, nether didest knowe them, nether yet was thine eare opened of olde: for I knewe that thou woldest grieuously transgresse: therefore haue I called thee a transgressour from the wombe.
For my Names sake wil I 〈◊〉 my wrath, & for my praise 〈◊〉 refraine it fro{m} thee, that I cut thee not of.
Beholde, I haue 〈◊〉 thee, but not as siluer I haue chosen thee in the fornace of affliction.
For mine owne sake, for mine owne sake wil I do it: for how shulde (my Name) be polluted: surely I wil not giue my glorie vnto another.
Heare me, ô Iaakôb & Israél, my called, I am, I am the first, and I am the last.
Surely mine hand hathe layed the fundacio{n} of the earth, and my right hand hathe spanned the heauen: when I call them, they sta{n}d vp together.
All you, assemble your selues, and heare: whiche among them hathe declared these things? The Lord hath loued him: he wil do his wil in Babél, and his arme (shalbe) against the Chaldeans.
I, (euen) I haue spoken it, and I haue called him: I haue broght him, and his waye shal prosper.
Come nere vnto me: heare ye this: I haue not spoken it in secret from the beginning: from the time that the thing was, I was there and now the Lord God and his spirit hathe sent me.
Thus saith the Lord thy redemer, the Holie one of Israél, I am the Lord thy God, whiche teache thee to profite, and lead thee by the waye, that thou shuldest go.
Oh that thou hadest hearkened to my commandements, then had thy prosperitie bene as the flood, and thy righteousnes as the waues of the sea.
Thy sede also had bene as the sande, and the frute of thy bodie like the grauel thereof: his name shulde not haue bene cut of nor destroyed before me.
Go ye out of Babél: flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voyce of ioye: tel and declare this shewe it forthe to the end of the earth: saye ye, The Lord hathe redemed his seruant Iaakôb.
And they were not thirstie: he led them through the wildernes: he caused the waters to flowe out of the rocke for the{m}: for he claue the rocke, and the water gushed out.
There is no peace, saith the Lord, vnto the wicked.
HEare ye me, ô yles, and hearken, people from farre. The Lord hathe called me from the wombe, and made mencion of my name from my mothers bellie.
And he hathe made my mouth like a sharpe sworde: vnder the shadowe of his hand hathe he hid me, and made me a chosen shafte (and) hid me in his quiuer,
And said vnto me, Thou art my 〈◊〉, Israél, for I wil be glorious in thee.
And I said, I haue labored in vaine: I haue spent my strength in vaine and for nothing: but my iudgement (is) with the Lord, and my worke with my God.
And now saith the Lord, that formed me fro{m} the wombe to be his seruant, that I maye bring Iaakób againe to him [thogh Israél be not gathered, yet shal I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord: and my GOD shalbe my strength.]
And he said, It is a smale thing that thou shuldest be my seruant, to raise vp the tribes of Iaakób, and to restore the desolations of Israél: I wil also giue thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou maiest be my saluacion vnto the end of the worlde.
Thus saith the Lord the redemer of Israél, (and) his Holie one, to him that is despised in soule, to a nation that is abhorred, to a seruant of rulers, Kings shal se, and arise, and princes shal worship, because of the Lord, that is faithful: and the Holie one of Israél, which hathe chosen thee.
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time haue I heard thee, and in a day of saluacion haue I helped thee: and I wil preserue thee, and wil giue thee for a couenant of the people, that thou maiest raise vp the earth and obteine the inheritance of the desolate heritages:
That thou maiest say to the prisoners, Go forthe: and to them that are in darkenes, Shewe your selues: they shal fede in the wayes, and their pastures shalbe in all the toppes of the hilles.
They shal not be hungrie, nether shal they by thirstie, nether shal the heat smite the{m} nor the sunne: for he that hath compassion on them, shal lead them: euen to the springs of waters shal be driue them.
And I wil make all my mountaines, as away and my paths shalbe exalted.
Beholde, these shal come from farre: and lo, these from the North and from the West, & these from the land of Sinim.
Reioyce, ô heauens: and be ioyful, ô earth: brast forthe into prayse, ô mountaines: for God hathe comforted his people, and wil haue mercie vpon his afflicted.
But Zión said, The Lord hathe forsaken me and my Lord hathe forgotten me.
Cana woman forget her childe, and not haue compassion on the sonne of her wombe? thogh they shulde forget, yet wil I not forget thee.
Beholde, I haue grauen thee vpon the palme of (mine) hands: thy walles (are) euer in my sight.
Thy buylders make haste: thy destroyers and they that made thee waste, are departed from thee.
Lift vp thine eyes rounde about & beholde all these gather them selues together (and) come to thee: as I liue, saith the LORDE, thou shalt surely put the{m} all vpon thee as a garment, and gird thy self with them like a bride.
For thy desolation, and thy waste places, & thy la{n}d destroyed, shal surely be now narrow for them that shal dwell in it, & they that did deuoure thee, shalbe farre away.
The children of thy barennes shal say againe in thine eares, The place is straict for me: giue place to me that I may dwell.
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seing I am baren and desolate, a captiue and a wanderer to and fro? & who hathe nourished them? beholde, I was left alone: whence are these?
Thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I wil lift vp mine hand to the Gentiles and set vp my sta{n}dart to the people, and they shal bring thy sonnes in (their) armes: and thy daughters shalbe caryed vpon (their) shoulders.
And Kings shalbe thy nourcing fathers, & Quenes shalbe thy nources: they shal worship thee with (their) faces toward the earth and licke vp the dust of thy fete: and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord: for they shal not be ashamed that waite for me.
Shal the praye be taken from the mightie or the iust captiuitie deliuered?
But thus saith the Lord, Euen the captiuitie of the mightie shalbe taken awaye: & the praie of the tyrant shalbe deliuered for I wil conte{n}d with him that contendeth with thee and I wil saue thy children.
And wil fede them that spoile thee, with their owne flesh, and they shalbe drunken with their owne blood, as with swete wine: & all flesh shal knowe that I the Lord am thy Sauiour and thy redemer, the mightie one of Iaakōb.
THus saith the Lord, Where is that bil of your mothers diuorcement, whome I haue caste of? or who is the creditour to whome I solde you? Beholde, for your iniquities are ye solde, and because of your transgressions is your mother forsaken.
Wherefore came I, and there was no man? I called, and none answered: is myne hand so shortened, that it can not helpe? or haue I no power to deliuer? beholde, at my rebuke I drye vp the Sea: I make the floods desert: their fish rotteth for want of water, and dyeth for thirst.
I clothe the heaue{n}s with darknes, and make a sacke their couering.
The Lord God hathe giuen me a tongue of the learned, that I shulde knowe (to minister) a worde in time to hym that is weary: he will raise me vp in the mournyng: in the mornyng he wil waken mine eare to heare, as the learned.
The Lord God hathe opened mine eare and I was not rebellious, nether turned I backe.
I gaue my backe vnto the 〈◊〉, and my chek esto the nippers: I hid not my face fro{m} shame and spitting.
For the Lord God will helpe me, therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore haue I set my face like a flint, and I knowe that I shal not be ashamed.
He is nere that iustifieth me: who will contend with me? 〈◊〉 vs stand together: who is mine aduersarie? let him come nere to me.
Beholde, the Lorde God will helpe me: who is he that condemne me? lo, they shall waxe olde as a garment: the mothe shall eat them vp.
Who is among you that feareth the Lord? let hym heare the voyce of his seruaunt: he that walketh in darkenes, a{n}d hathe no light, let him trust in the Name of the Lorde, and stay vpon his God.
〈◊〉, all you kindle a fyre, and are compassed about with sparkes: walke in the light of your fyre, and in the sparkes that ye haue kindled. This shal ye haue of mine hand: ye shal lie downe in sorowe.
HEare me, ye that followe after righteousnes, (and) ye that seke the Lord: loke vnto the 〈◊〉, (whence) ye are hewen and to the hole of the pit, (whence) ye are digged.
Consider Abrahám your father, and Saráh that bare you: for I called him alone, a{n}d blessed him, and increased him.
Surely the Lorde shal comfort Zión: he shall comforte all her desolations, and he shall make her desert like Eden, and her wildernes like the garden of the Lorde: ioye and gladnes shalbe founde therein: prayse, and the voyce of singing.
Hearken ye vnto me, my people, and giue care vnto me, ô my people: for a Lawe shall procede frome me, and I will bring forthe my iudgement for the light of the people.
My righteousnes is nere: my saluacio{n} goeth forthe, and mine armes shal iudge the people: the yles shal waite for me, and shal trust vnto mine arme.
Lift vp your eyes to the heauens, and loke vpon the earth beneth: for the heauens shal vanish away like smoke, and the earth shal waxe olde lyke a garment, and they that dwell therein, shall perish in like maner: but my saluacion shalbe for euer, and my righteousnes shal not be abolished.
Hearken vnto me, ye that knowe righteousnes, the people in whose heart (is) my Law. Feare ye not the reproche of men, nether be ye afrayed of their rebukes.
For the mothe shall eat them vp lyke a garment, a{n}d the worme shal eat them like woll: but my righteousnes shalbe for euer, a{n}d my saluacion from generacion to generacion.
Rise vp, rise vp, and put on strength, ô arme of the Lorde: rise vp, as in the olde time in the generacions of the worlde. Art not thou the same, that hast cut Raháb, and wounded the dragon?
Art not thoù the same, whiche hathe dryed the Sea, (euen) the waters of the great depe, making the depth of the Sea away for there demed to passe ouer?
Therefore the 〈◊〉 of the Lorde shall returne, and come with ioye vnto Zión, and euerlasting ioye shalbe vpon their head: they shal obteine ioye, and gladnes: (and) sorowe and mourning shal flee away.
I, (euen) I, am he, that comforte you. Who art thou, that thou shuldest feare a mortall man, and the sonne of man, whiche shalbe made as grasse?
And forgetest the Lord thy maker, that hathe spred out the heauens, and laide the fundacions of the earth? and hast feared continually all the day, because of the rage of the oppressour, which is ready to destroye? Where is now the rage of the oppressour?
The captiue hasteneth to be loosed, and that he shulde not dye in the pit, nor that his bread shulde faile.
And I am the Lorde that God that diuided the Sea, when his waues roared: the Lord of hostes (is) his Name.
And I haue put my wordes in thy mouth, and haue defended thee in the shadowe of mine hand, that I may plant the heauens, and laye the fundacion of the earth, and say vnto Zión, Thou art my people.
Awake, awake, and stand vp, ô Ierusale{m}, whiche hast drunke at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath: thou hast drunken the dregges of the cup of tremblyng, and wrung them out.
There is none to guide her among all the sonnes, whom she hath broght forthe there (is) none that taketh her by the hande of all the sonnes that she hathe broght vp.
These two thynges are come vnto thee: who wil lament thee? desolation and destruction, and famine, and the sworde: by whom shal I comforte thee?
Thy sonnes haue fainted, and lie at the head of al the stretes as a wilde bulle in a net, and are full of the wrath of the Lord, (and) rebuke of thy God.
Therefore heare nowe this, thou miserable and drunken, but not with wine.
Thus sayth thy Lorde God, euen God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Beholde, I haue taken out of thine hand the cuppe of trembling, (euen) the dregges of the cuppe of my wrath: thou shalt drinke it no more.
But I will put it into their hand that spoile thee: whiche haue said to thy soule, Bowe downe, that we may go ouer, and thou hast laid thy bodie as the grou{n}d, and as the strete to them that went ouer.
ARise, arise: put on thy strength, ô Zión: put on the garments of thy beautie, ô Ierusalém, the holy citie: for henceforthe there shall no more come into thee the vncircumcised and the vncleane.
Shake thy self from the dust: arise, and sit downe, ô Ierusalém: loose the bandes of thy necke, ô thou captiuitie daughter, Zion.
For thus saith the Lorde, Ye were solde for naught: therefore shal ye be redemed without money.
For thus saith the Lorde God, My people went downe afore tyme into Egypt to soiourne there, and Asshur oppressed them without cause.
Now therefore what haue I here, sayth the Lorde, that my people is taken away for naught, and they that rule ouer them, make them to howle, saith the Lord? and my Name all the day continually is blasphemed?
Therfore my people shal knowe my Name: therefore (they shal knowe) in that day, that I am he that do speake: beholde, it is I.
How beautiful vpon the montaines are the fete of him, that declareth (and) publisheth peace? that declareth good tidings, (and) publisheth saluacion, saying vnto Zión, Thy God reigneth?
The voice of thy watcheme{n} (shalbe heard:) they shal lift vp their voyce, and shout together: for they shall se eye to eye, when the Lord shal bring againe Zion.
O ye desolate places of Ierusalém, be glad and reioyce together: for the Lorde hathe comforted hys people: he hathe redemed Ierusalém.
The Lorde hathe made bare hys holy arme in the sight of all the Gentiles, and all the ends of the earth shal se the saluacion of our God.
Departe, departe ye: go out from thence and touche no vncleane thing: go out of the middes of her: be ye cleane, that beare the vessels of the Lord.
For ye shall not go out with hast, nor departe by fleing away: but the Lord wil go before you, and the God of Israél wil gather you together.
Beholde, my seruant shal prosper: he shalbe exalted and extolled, and be very hie.
As manie were astonied at thee [his visage was so deformed of men, and his forme of the sonnes of men] so shall he sprincle manie nations: the Kings shal shut their mouthes at hym: for that whiche had not bene tolde them, 〈◊〉 they se, and that which they had not heard, shal they vnderstand.
WHo will beleue our reporte? and to whome is the arme of the Lorde reueiled?
But he shal growe vp before him as a bra{n}che, and as a roote out of a drye grounde: he hathe nether forme nor beautie: when we shall se hym, there shalbe no forme that we shulde desire him.
He is despised and reiected of men: he is a man ful of sorows and hathe experience of infirmities: we hid as it were our faces from him: he was dispised a{n}d we estemed him not.
Surely he hathe borne our infirmities, a{n}d caried our sorowes: yet we did iudge him, as plagued, and smitten of God, and humbled.
But he was wonded for our transgressions, he was broken for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace (was) vpon hym, and with his stripes we are healed.
All we like shepe haue gone astraie: we haue turned cuerie one to hys owne way, and the Lorde hathe layed vpon hym the iniquitie of vs all.
He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet did he not open his mouth: he is broght as a shepe to the slaughter, and as a shepe before her shearer is dumme, so he openeth not his mouth.
He was taken out from prison, and frome iudgement: and who shall declare hys age? for he was cut out of the land of the liuyng: for the transgression of my people was he plagued.
And he made his graue with the wicked, & with the riche in his death, thogh he had done no wickednes, nether (was) anie deceite in his mouth.
Yet the Lord wolde breake him, and make him subiect to infirmites: when he shal make his soule an offring for sinne, he shal se (his) sede (and) shal prolong (his) daies, & the wil of the Lord shal prosper in his hand.
He shal se of the trauaile of his soule, (and) shalbe satisfied: by his knowledge shal my righteous seruant iustifie manie: for he shal beare their iniquities,
Therefore wil I giue him a portion with the great, and he shal deuide the spoyle with the strong, because he hathe powred out his soule vnto death: and he was counted with the transgressers, and he bare the sinne of many, and prayed for the trespassers.
REioyce, ô baren that didest not beare: breake forthe into ioye & reioyce, thou that didest not trauaile with childe: for the desolate hathe mo children then the maried wife, saith the Lord.
Enlarge the place of thy 〈◊〉, and let the{m} spread out the curtaines of thine habitacio{n}s spare not, stretch out thy cordes, and make faste thy stakes.
For thou shalt increase on the right hand & on the left, and thy sede shal possesse the Ge{n}tiles and dwell in the desolate cities.
Feare not: for thou shalt not be ashamed, nether shalt thou be co{n}founded: for thou shalt not be put to shame: yea thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, & shalt not remember the reproche of thy wid dowhead aniemore
For he that made thec (is) thi 〈◊〉 and [whose Name (is) the Lord of hostes] and thy redemer the holie one of Israél, 〈◊〉 called the God of the whole worlde.
For the Lord hathe called thee, being as a woman forsaken, and afflicted in 〈◊〉, and (as) a yong wife when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
For allitle while haue I forsaken thee, but with great compassion wil I gather thee.
For a mome{n}t, in (mine) angre, I hid my face from thee for a litle season, but with euerlasting mercie haue I had compassio{n} on thee, saith the Lord thy redemer.
For this is vnto me (as) the waters of Noáh for as I haue sworne that the waters of Noáh shulde no more go ouer the earth, so haue I sworne that I wolde not be angrie with thee, nor rebuke thee.
For the mountaines shal remoue and the 〈◊〉 shal sall downe: but my mercie shal not depart from thee, nether shal the couenant of my peace fall away, saith the Lord, that hathe compassion on thee.
O thou afflicted and tossed with tempest, that hast no comfort, beholde, I wil lay thy stones with the carbuncle, and lay thy fundacion with saphirs,
And I wil make thy windowes of emeraudes, and thy gates shining stones, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
And all thy children (shalbe) taught of the Lord, and muche peace shalbe to thy children.
In righteousnes shalt thou be established, (and) be farre from oppression: for thou shalt not feare it: and from feare, for it shal not come 〈◊〉 thee.
Beholde, (the enemie) shal gather him self, but without me: whosoeuer shal gather him self in thee, against thee, shall fall.
Beholde, I haue created the smith that bloweth the colesin the fyre, and him that bringeth for the an instrument for his worke, & I haue created the destroyer to destroye.
But all the weapons that are made against the, shal not prosper: and euerie tongue that shal rise against thee in iudgeme{n}t, thou shalt condemne. This is the heritage of the Lords seruants, and their righteousnes (is) of me, saith the Lord.
HO, euerie one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and ye that haue no siluer, come, bie and eat: come, I saie, bie wine and milke without siluer and without monei.
Wherefore do ye laie out siluer (and) not for bread? and your labour without being satisfied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eat that which is good, and let your soule delite in 〈◊〉.
Encline your eares, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shal liue, and I wil make an euerlasting conuenant with you, (euen) the 〈◊〉 mercies of Dauid.
Beholde, I gaue him for a witnes to the people, for a prince & a master vnto the people.
Beholde, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and a nation that knewe not thee, shal ru{n}ne vnto thee, because of the Lord thy God, and the holie one of Israél: for he hathe glorified thee.
Seke ye the Lord while he maie be founde call ye vpon him while he is nere.
Let the wicked forsake his waies, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations; and returne vnto the Lord, and he wil haue mercie vpon him: and to our God, for he is verie readie to forgiue.
For my thoghts (are) not your thoghts, nether (are) your wayes my wayes, saith the Lord.
For as the heauens are hier the{n} the earth, so are my wayes hier then your wayes, and my thoghts aboue your thoghts.
Surely as the raine cometh downe and the snowe from heauen, and returneth not thether, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forthe and budde, that it maye giue sede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,
So shal my worde be, that goeth out of my mouth: it shal not returne vnto me voyde, but it shal accomplish that which I wil, & it shal prosper in the thing where to I sent it,
Therefore ye shal go out with ioye, and be led forthe with peace: the mountaines and the hils shal breake forthe before you into ioye, and all the trees of the field shal clappe (their) hands.
For thornes there shal growe firre trees: for nettles shal growe the myrrhe tree, & it shalbe to the Lord for a name (and) for an euerlasting signe that shal not be taken awaye.
THus saith the Lord, Kepe iudgeme{n}t & do iustice: for my saluatio is at hand to come & my righteousnes to be reueiled.
Blessed (is) the man that doeth this, and the sonne of man which laieth holde on it: he that kepeth the Sabbath and polluteth it not, and kepeth his hand from doing anie euil.
And let not the sonne of the stranger, which is ioyned to the Lord, speake and say, The Lord hathe surely separat me from his people: nether let the Eunuch say, Beholde, I am a drye tre.
For thus saith the Lord vnto the Eunuches that kepe my Sabbaths, and chuse the thing that pleaseth me, and take holde of my couenant,
Euen vnto them wil I giue in mine House and within my walles, a place and a name better then of the sonnes and of the daughters. I wil giue them an euerlasting name, that shal not be put out.
Also the strangers that cleaue vnto the Lord to serue him, & to loue the name of the Lord and to be his serua{n}ts: euerie one that kepeth the Sabbath, and polluteth it not and imbraceth my couenant,
Then wil I bring also to mine holy mountaine, and make them ioyful in mine House of prayer: their burnt offrings and their sacrifices (shalbe) accepted vpon mine altar: for mine House shalbe called an house of praier for all people..
The Lord God saith, which gathereth the scatered of Israél, Yet wil I gather to them those that are to be gathered to them.
All ye beastes of the field, come to deuoure, (euen) all ye beasts of the forest.
Their watchemen are all blinde: they haue no knowledge: thei are all domme doggs thei can not barke: thei lie & slepe and delite in sleping.
And these gredie doggs can neuer haue ynough: and these shepherds can not vnderstand: (for) they all loke to their owne way, 〈◊〉 one for his aduantage, (and) for his owne purpose.
Come, I wil bring wine, and we wil fil our selues with strong drinke, and tomorowe shalbe as this daie, (and) muche more abundant.
THe righteous perisheth, and no man co{n}sidereth it in heart: and merciful men are taken awaie, and no man vnderstandeth that the righteous is taken awaie from the euil (to come).
Peace shal come. thei shal rest in their beddes (euerie one) that walketh before him.
But you witches children, come hither, the sede of the adulterer and of the whore.
On whome haue ye iested? vpon whome haue ye gaped and thrust out your tongue? are not ye rebellious children (and) a false sede?
Inflamed with idoles vnder euerie grene tree? and sacrificing the children in the valleis vnder the toppes of the rockes?
Thy porcion (is) in the smooth stones of the riuer: thei, thei are thy lotte: euen to the{m} hast thou powred a drinke offring: thou hast offred a sacrifice. Shulde I delite in these?
Thou hast made thy bed vpon a verie hie mountaines: thou wentest vp thether, euen thether wentest thou to offre sacrifice.
Behinde the dores also and postes hast thou set vp thy remembrance: for thou hast discouered thy self (to another) then me, and wentest vp (and) didest enlarge thy bed, & make a couenant betwene thee and them, and louedst their bed in (euerie) place where thou sawest it.
Thou wentest to the Kings with oyle, and didest increase thine oyntmentes (and) send thy messengers farre of, and didest humble thy selfe vnto hel.
Thou we ariedst thy selfe in thy manifold iourneis, (yet) saidest thou not, There is no hope: thou hast founde life by thine hand, therefore thou wast not grieued.
And whome didest thou reuerence or feare, seing thou hast lied vnto me, and hast not remembred me, nether set thy minde thereon? is it not (because) I holde my peace, and that of long time? therefore thou fearest not me.
I wil declare thy righteousnes and thy workes, and thei shal not profite thee.
When thou cryest, let them that thou hast gathered together deliuer thee: but the winde shal take them all away: vanitie shal pul them awaie: but he that trusteth in me, shal inherit the land, and shal possesse mine holie Mountaine.
And he shal saie, Cast vp, cast vp: prepare the waie: take vp the stombling blockes out of the waie of my people.
For thus saith he, that is hie and excelle{n}t, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holie one, I dwell in the hie and holie place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to reuiue the spirit of the humble, and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.
For I wil not contende: for euer, nether wil I be alwaies wrath, for the spirit shulde faile before me: and I haue made the breathe.
For his wicked couetousnes I am angrie with him, and haue smiten him: I hid me and was angrie, yet he went awaie, and turned after the waie of his owne heart.
I haue sene his waies, and wil heale him: I wil leade him also, and restore comfort vnto him, and to those that lament him.
I creat the frute of the lippes (to be) peace peace vnto them that are farre of, and to them that are nere, saith the Lord: for I wil heale him.
But the wicked (are) like the raging seathat can not rest, whose waters cast vp myre and dirt.
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
CRye a loud, spare not: lift vp thy voyce like a trumpet, and shewe my people their transgression, and to the house of Iaakób, their sinnes.
Yet thei seke me daily, and wil knowe my waies, euen as a nacion that did righteously, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God thei aske of me the ordina{n}ces of iustice they wil drawe nere vnto God, (saying,)
Wherefore haue we fasted, and thou feest it not? we haue punished our selues, and thou regardest it not. Beholde, in the day of your fast you wil seke (your) wil, and require all your dettes.
Beholde, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickednes: ye shal not fast as (ye do) to day, to make your voce be heard aboue.
Is it suche a fast, that I haue chosen that a man shulde afflict his soule for a day, and to bowe downe his head, as a bulle rush, and to lie downe in sacke cloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fasting, or an acceptable day to the Lord?
Is not this the fasting, that I haue chosen, to loose the bands of wickednes, to take of the heauy burdens, and to let the oppressed go fre, and that ye breake euery yoke?
Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked that thou couer him, and hide not thy self fro{m} thine owne flesh?
Then shal thy light breake forthe as the morning, and thine health shal growe spedely: thy righteousnes shal go before thee, (&) the glorie of the Lord shal embrace thee.
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shal answer: thou shalt crye and he shal say, Here I am: if thou take away fro{m} the middes of thee the yoke, the putting forthe of the finger, and wicked speaking:
If thou powre out thy soule to the hungry, and refresh the troubled soule: then shal thy light spring out in the darkenes, and thy darkenes (shalbe) as the none day.
And the Lord shal guide thee continually, and satisfie thy soule in drought and make fat thy bones: & 〈◊〉 shalt be like a watred garden, and like a 〈◊〉 of water, whose waters faile not.
And they shalbe of thee, that shal buylde the olde waste places: thou shalt raise vp the fundacions for manie generacions, and thou shalt be called the repairer of the breache (&) the restorer of the paths to dwel in.
If thou turne away thy fote from the Sabbath, from doing thy wil on mine holy day, & call the Sabbath a delite, to consecrat it, (as) glorious to the Lord, & shalt honour him not doing thine owne waies, nor seking, thine owne wil, nor speaking a vaine worde,
Then shalt thou delite in the Lord, and I wil cause thee to mounte vpon the hie places of the earth, and fede thee with the heritage of Iaakob the father: for the mouth of the Lord hathe spoken it.
BEholde, the Lords hand is not shortened, that it can not saue: nether is his eare heauy, that it can not heare.
But your iniquities haue separated betwene you & your God, & your sinnes haue hid (his) face from you, that he wil not heare.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquitie: your lippes haue spoken lies (and) your tongue hathe murmured iniquitie.
No man calleth for iustice: no man contendeth for trueth: they trust in vanitie, and speake vaine things: thei conceiue mischief, and bring forthe iniquitie.
They hatche cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders webbe: he that eateth of their egger, dyeth, and that which is trod vpon, breaketh out into a serpent.
Their webbes shalbe no garme{n}t, nether shal they couer them selues with their labours: (for) their workes (are) workes of iniquitie, & the worke of crueltie (is) in their hands.
Their fete runne to euil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoghts are wicked thoghts: desolation an destruction (is) in their paths.
The way of peace they knowe not, & there (is) none equitie in their goings: thei haue made them croked paths: whosoeuer goeth therein, shal not knowe peace.
Therefore is iudgement farre from vs, nether doeth iustice come nere vnto vs: we waite for light, but lo, it (is) darkenes, for brightnes: (but) we walke in darkenes.
We grope for the wall like the blinde, and we grope as one without eyes: we stomble at the none day as in the twilight: (we are) in solitarie places, as dead men.
We roare all like beares, and mourne like doues: we loke for equitie, but there (is) none for health, (but) it is farre from vs.
For our trespaces are manie before thee, & our sinnes testifie against vs: for our trespaces (are) with vs, & we knowe our iniquities.
In trespacing and lying against the Lord, and we haue departed away from our God, (&) haue spoken of crucltie and rebellion, conceiuing and vttering out of the heart false matters.
Therefore iudgement is turned backeward, and iustice standeth fatre of: for trueth is fallen in the strete, and equitie can not enter.
Yea, trueth faileth, and he that refreineth from euil, maketh him self a pray: and when the Lord sawe it, it displeased him, that there (was) no iudgement.
And when he saw that there (was) no man, he wondred that none wolde offer him self Therefore his arme did saue it, a{n}d his righteousnes it self did susteine it.
For he put on righteousnes, as an habergeon, and an helmet of saluation vpon his head, and he put on the garments of vegeance for clothing, and was clad with zeale as a cloke.
As (to make) recompence, as to require the furie of the aduersaries (with) a recompence to his enemies: he wil fully 〈◊〉 the ylands.
So shal they feare the Name of the Lord fro{m} the West, and his glorie from the rising of the sunne: for the enemie shal come like a flood (but) the Spirit of the Lord shal chase him away.
And the Redemer shal come vnto Zión, and vnto them that turne from iniquitie in Iaakób, saith the Lord.
And I wil (make) this my couenant with the{m} saith the Lord, My Spirit that is vpon thee, & my wordes, which I haue put in thy mouth shal not departe out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy sede, nor out of the mouth of the sede of thy sede, saith the Lord from henceforthe euen for euer.
ARise, (o{n} Ierusalém:) be bright, for thy light is come, and the glorie of the Lord is risen vpon thee.
For beholde, darkenes shal couer the earth and grosse darkenes the people: but the Lord shal arise vpon thee, and his glorie shalbe sene vpon thee.
And the Gentiles shal walke in thy light, and Kings at the brightnes of thy rising vp.
Lift vp thine eyes rounde about, and beholde: al these are gathered, (and) come to thee thy sonnes shal come fro{m} farre, & thy daughters shal be nourished at (thy) side.
Then thou shalt se and shine: thine heart shalbe astonied and enlarged, because the multitude of the sea shalbe conuerted vnto thee, and the riches of the Gentiles shal come vnto thee.
The multitude of camels shal couer thee: and the dromedaries of Midián & of Epháh all they of Shebá shal come: they shal bring golde and incense, and shewe forthe the praises of the Lord.
All the shepe of Kedár shalbe gathered vnto thee: the rams of Nebaióth shal serue thee thei shal come vp to be accepted vpon mine altar: and I wil beautifie the house of my glorie.
Who are these that flee like a cloude, and as the doues to their windowes?
Surely they les shal waite for me, and the shippes of 〈◊〉 as at the beginning that thei may bring thy sonnes from farre, (and) their siluer, & their golde with the{m}, vnto the Name of the Lord thy God, & to the holy one of Israél, because he hathe glorified thee.
And the sonnes of strangers shal buylde vp thy walles, and their Kings shal minister vnto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my mercie I had compassion on thee.
Therefore thy gates shal be open continually: nether day nor night shal they be shut that men may bring vnto thee the riches of the Gentiles, and that their Kings may be broght.
For the nacion and the kingdome, that wil not serue thee, shal perish: and those nacions shalbe vtterly destroyed.
The glorie of Lebanōn shal come vnto thee the fyrre tre, the elme and the boxe tre together, to beautifie the place of my Sanctuarie for I wil glorifie the place of my fete.
The sonnes also of them that afflicted thee shal come and bowe vnto thee: and all they that disposed thee, shal fall downe at the soles of thy fete: and they shal call thee, The citie of the Lord, Zión of the holy one of Israēl.
Where as thou hast bene forsaken & hated: so that no man we{n}t (by thee,) I wil make thee an eternal glorie, and a ioye from generacio{n} to generacion.
Thou shalt also sucke the milke of the Gentiles, and shalt sucke the breasts of Kings: and thou shalt knowe, that I the Lord am thy Sauiour, and thy Redemer, the mightie one of Iaakób.
For brasse wil I bring golde, & for yron wil I bring siluer, and for wood brasse, & for stones yron. I wil also make thy gouernement peace, and thine exactours righteousnes.
Violence shal no more be heard of in thy la{n}d nether desolation, nor destruction within thy borders: but thou shalt call saluacion, thy walles, and praise, thy gates.
Thou shalt haue no more sunne to shine by day, nether shal the brightnes of the moone shine vnto thee: for the Lord shalbe thine euerlasting light, and thy God, thy glorie.
Thy sunne shal neuer go downe, nether shal thy moone be hid: for the Lord shal be thine euerlasting light, and the dayes of thy sorow shalbe ended.
Thy people also shalbe all righteous: they shal possesse the land for euer, the graffe of my planting shalbe the worke of mine ha{n}ds that I may be glorified.
A litle one shal become as a thousand and a smale one as a strong nation: I the Lord wil hasten it in due time.
THe Spirit of the Lord God (is) vpon me, therefore hathe the Lord anointed me: he hath sent me to preache good tidings vnto the poore, to binde vp the broken hearted, to preache libertie to the captiues and to them that are bounde, the opening of the prison.
To preache the acceptable yere of the Lord, and the daye of vengea{n}ce of our God to comfort all that mourne.
To appoint vnto then that mourne in Zion, (and) to giue vnto the{m} beautie for ashes, the oyle of ioye for mourning, the garment of gladnes for the spirit of heauines, that thei might be called trees of righteousnes, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorisied.
And thei shal buylde the olde waste places, (and) raise vp the former desolatio{n}s, and thei shal repaire the cities that were desolate and waste through manie generations.
And the strangers shal stande and fede your shepe, and the sonnes of the strangers shalbe your plowe men and dressers of your vines.
But ye shalbe named the Priests of the Lord and men shal saie vnto you, The ministers of our God, Ye shal eat the riches of the Gentiles, and shalbe exalted with their glorie.
For your shame (you shal receiue) double and for confusion they shal reioyce in their porcion: for in their land they shal possesse the double: euerlasting ioye shalbe vnto them.
For I the Lord loue iudgement (and) hate robberie for burnt offring, and I wil direct their worke in trueth, and wil make an euerlasting couenant with them.
And their sede shal be knowen among the Ge{n}tiles, and their buddes among the people. All that se the{m}, shal knowe the{m}, that thei are the sede which the Lord hathe blessed.
I wil greatly reioyce in the Lord, (and) my soule shalbe ioyful in my God: for he hathe clothed me with the garments of saluacion, and couered me with the robe of righteousnes: he hathe decked me like a bridegrome, and as a bride tireth herself with her iewels.
For as the earth bringeth forthe her budde & as the garden causeth to growe that which is sowen in it: so the Lord God wil cause righteousnes to growe and praise before all the heathen.
FOr Zions sake I wil not holde my tongue and for Ierusalems sake I wil not rest, vntil the righteousnes thereof breake forthe as the light, and saluacion thereof a burning lampe.
And the Gentiles shal se thy righteousnes, and all Kings thy glorie: and thou shalt be called by anewe name, which the mouth of the Lord shal Name.
Thou shalt also be a crowne of glorie in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diademe in the hand of thy God.
It shal no more he said vnto thee, Forsaken nether shal it be said any more to thy la{n}d, De solate, but thou shalt be called Hephzi-báh & thy land Beuláh: for the Lord deliteth in thee, and thy land shal haue an housband.
For (as) a yong man marieth a virgine, (so) shal thy sonnes mary thee: and (as) a bridegrome is glad of the bride, (so) shal thy God reioyce ouer thee.
I haue set watchemen vpon thy walles, ô Ierusalém, which all the daie and all the night continually shal not cease: ye that are minde 〈◊〉 of the Lord, kepe not silence,
And giue him no rest, til he repaire and vntil he set vp Ierusale{m} the praise of the worlde.
The Lord hathe sworne by his right hand and by his strong arme, Surely I wil no more giue thy corne to be meat for thine enemies and surely the sonnes of the stra{n}gers shal not drinke thy wine, for the which thou hast labored.
But they that haue gathered it, shal eat it, and praise the Lord, & the gatherers thereof shal drinke it in the courts of my Sanctuarie.
Go through, go through the gates: prepare you the waye for the people: cast vp, cast vp the waye, and gather out the stones (and) set vp a standart for the people.
Beholde, the Lord hathe proclaimed vnto the ends of the worlde: tel the daughter Ziōn, Beholde, thy Sauiour co{m}meth: beholde his wages (is) with him, 〈◊〉 his worke (is) before him.
And they shal call the{m}, The holie people, the redemed of the Lord, and thou shalt be named, A citie soght out (and) not forsaken.
WHo is this that commeth from Edōm with red garments from Bozráh? he is glorious in his apparel and walketh in his great strength: I speake in righteousnes, (&) am mightie to saue.
Wherefore is thine apparel red, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine presse?
I haue troden the wine presse alone, and of all people there (was) none with me: for I wil tread them in mine angre, and tread them vnder fote in my wrath, and their blood shalbe sprincled vpon my garmentes, and I wil staine all my raiment.
For the daye of vengeance (is) in mine heart and the yere of my redemedis come.
And I loked, and there was none to helpe, & I wondered that there was none to vpholde: therefore mine owne arme helped me, and my wrath it self susteined me.
Therefore I wil treade downe the people in my wrath, and make them drunken, in mine indignation, and wil bring downe their strength to the earth.
I wil remembre the mercies of the Lord (and) the praises of the Lord according vnto all that the Lord hathe giuen vs, and for the great goodnes towarde the house of Israél, which he hathe giuen them according to his tendre loue, and according to his great mercies.
For he said, Surely thei are my people, children that wil not lie: so he was their sauiour.
In all their troubles he was troubled, and the Angel of his presence saued them: in his loue and in his mercie he redemed them, and he bare them and caried them all waies continually.
But thei rebelled and vexed his holie Spirit: therefore was he turned to be their enemie (and) he foght against them.
Then he remembred the olde time of Mosés and his people, saying, Where is he that broght them vp out of the Sea with the shepherd of his shepe? where is he that put his holie Spirit within him?
He led (them) by the right hand of Mosés with his owne glorious arme, deuiding the water before them, to make him self an euerlasting Name.
He led the{n} trough the depe, as an horse in the wildernes, that thei shulde not stomble,
As the beast goeth downe into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord gaue them rest: so didest thou lead thy people, to make thy self a glorious Name.
Loke downe fro{m} heauen, & beholde from the dwelling place of thine holines, & of thy glorie. Where is thy zeale and thy strength the multitude of thy mercies, and of thy compassions? they are restrained from me.
Doutles thou art our Father: thogh Abraham be ignorant of vs, and Israél knowe vs not, (yet) thou, ô Lord, art our Father, (and) our redemer: thy Name (is) for euer.
O Lord, why hast thou made vs to erre fro{m} thy wayes? (and) hardened out heart fro{m} thy feare? Returne for thy seruants sake, (and) for the tribes of thine inheritance.
The people of thine holines haue possessed it, but a litle while: for our aduersaries haue troden downe thy Sanctuarie.
We haue bene (as they,) ouer whome thou neuer barest rule, and vpon whome thy Name was not called.
OH, that thou woldest breake the heauens, (and) come downe, (&) that the mountaines might melt at thy presence!
As the melting fire burned, (as) the fire caused the waters to boile, [that thou mightest declare thy Name to thy aduersaries] the people did tremble at thy presence.
When thou didest terrible things, whiche we looked not for, thou camest downe, (&) the mountaines melted at thy presence.
For since the beginning of the world they haue not heard nor vnderstand with the eare, nether hathe the eye sene (another) God beside thee, whiche doeth (so) to hym that waiteth for him.
Thou didest mete him, that reioyced (in thee,) and did iustely: thei remembred thee in thy wayes: behold, thou art angrie, for we haue sinned: (yet) in them (is) co{n}tinua{n}ce, and we shal be saued.
But we haue all bene as an vncleane thing and all our righteousnes (is) as filthy cloutes, and we all do fade like a leafe, and our iniquities like the wind haue take{n} vs away
And there (is) none that calleth vpon thy Name, nether that stirreth vp him selfe to take holde of thee: for thou haste hid thy face from vs, and hast co{n}sumed vs because of our iniquities.
But now, ô Lord, thou arte our Father: we are the claye, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hands.
Be not angrie, ô Lord, aboue measure, nether reme{m}beriniquitie for euer, 〈◊〉, we beseche thee beholde, we are all thy people.
Thine holie cities lye waste: Ziōn is a wildernes, (and) Ierusalém a desert.
The House of our Sanctuarie & of our glorie, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt vp with fyre, and all our pleasant things are wasted.
Wilt thou holde thy self stil at these thinges, ô Lord? wilt thou holde thy peace and afflict vs aboue measure?
I Haue bene soght of them that asked not: I was founde of them that soght me not I said, Beholde me, Beholde me, vnto a nation that called not vppon my Name.
I haue spred out mine hands all the day vnto a rebellious people, which walked in away that was not good, (euen) after their owne ima gin a cions:
A people that prouoked me euer vnto my face: that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense vpon brickes.
Which remaine among the graues, and lodge in the deserts, whiche eate swines flesh, & the broth of things polluted (are) in their vessels.
Which say, Stand a parte, come not nere to me: for I am holier then thou: these are a smoke in my wrath (and) a fyre that burneth all the day.
Beholde, it is writen before me: I wil not kepe silence, but wil rendre it and recompense it into their bosome.
Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers (shalbe) together [saith the Lord] which haue burnt incense vpon the mountaines, and blasphemed me vpon the hilles: therefore will I measure their olde worke into their bosome.
Thus saith the Lord, As the wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing (is) in it, so wil I do for my seruants sakes, that I maye not destroy the{m} whole.
But I wil bring a sede out of Iaakób, and out of Iudáh, that shall enherit my mountaine: and mine elect shal inherit it, and my seruants shal dwell there.
And Sharón shalbe a shepe folde, & the valley of Achór shalbe a resting place for the cattell of my people, that haue soght me.
But ye are thei that haue forsake{n} the Lord and forgotten mine holie Mountaine, and haue prepared a table for the multitude, and furnishe the drinke offrings vnto the nomber.
Therefore wil I no{m}ber you to the sworde and all you shal bowe downe to the slaughter, because I called, and ye did not answer I spake, and ye heard not, but did euill in my sight and did chuse that thinge whiche I wolde not.
Therfore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my seruants shall eat and ye shall be hungrie: beholde, my seruants shal drinke, and ye shall be thirstie: beholde, my seruantes shal reioyce, and ye shalbe ashamed.
Beholde, my seruants shal sing for ioye of heart and ye shal crye for sorowe of heart, and shal howle for vexation of minde.
And ye shall leaue your Name as a cursse vnto 〈◊〉 chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slaye 〈◊〉 and call his seruants by another name,
He that shall blesse in the earthe, shall blesse him selfe in the true God, and he that sweareth in the earthe, shall sweare by the true GOD: for the former troubles are forgotten, and shall surely hide the{m} selues from mine eyes.
For lo, I wil creat newe heauens and anewe earth: and the former shal not be reme{m}bred nor come into minde.
But be you glad & reioyce for euer in the things that I shal creat: for beholde, I will creat Ierusalém (as) a reioycing & her people (as) a ioye,
And I wil reioyce in Ierusalém, and ioye in my people, and the voice of weping shalbe no more heard in her, nor the voyce of crying.
There shalbe no more there a chylde of yeres, nor an olde man that hathe not filled his daies, for he that shalbe an hu{n}dreth yeres olde, shaldye (as) a yong man: but the sinner being an hundreth yeres olde shalbe accursed.
And thei shal buylde houses and inhabit them, and thei shal plant vineyardes, and eat the frute of them.
Thei shall not buylde, and another inhabit: thei shall not plant, and another eate: for as the daies of the tre are the daies of my people, & mine elect shal inioye in olde age the worke of their hande.
Thei shall not labour in vaine, nor bryng forth in feare: for they are the sede of the blessed of the Lord, & their buddes with the{m}
Yea, before thei call, I wil answer, & whiles thei speake, I wil heare.
The wolfe and the lambe shal fede together, and the lion shall eat strawe like the bullocke & to the serpent dust (shalbe) his meat. Thei shal no more hurt nor destroye in all mine holie Mountaine, saith the Lord
THus saith the Lord, The heauen (is) my throne, and the earth (is) my footestole: where is that house that ye wil buyld vnto me? & where is that place of my rest?
For all these things hathe mine ha{n}d made, and all these things haue bene, saith the Lord: and to him wil I loke, euen to hym, that is poore, and of a contrite spirit and trembleth at my wordes.
He that killeth a bullocke, (is as) if he slew a ma{n} he that sacrificeth a shepe, (as) if he cutte of a dogges necke: he that offreth an oblation, (as) if he offred swines blood: he that remembreth incense, (as) if he blessed an idole: yea, they haue chosen their owne waies, and their soule deliteth in their abominacions.
Therefore wil I chuse out their delusio{n}s, and I wil bring their feare vpon the{m}, because I called, and none wolde answer. I spake and they wolde not heare: but thei did euill in my sight, and chose the things whiche I wolde not.
Heare the word of the Lord, all ye that tre{m}ble at his worde, Your brethre{n} that hated you, & cast you out for my names sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shal appeare to your ioye, and thei shal be ashamed.
A voyce soundeth from the citie, (euen) a voyce from the Temple, the voyce of the Lord, that recompe{n}ceth his enemies fully.
Before she trauailed, she broght forthe: and before her peine came, she was deliuered of a man childe.
Who hathe heard such a thing? who hathe sene suche things? shal the earth be broght forthe in one day? or shal a natio{n} be borne at once? for assone as Zion tráuailed, she broght for the her children.
Shal I cause to trauaile, and not bring forthe? shal I cause to bring forthe & shalbe baren, saith thy God?
Reioyce ye with Ierusalém, and be glad with her, all ye that loue her: reioyce for ioye with her, all ye that mourne for her,
That ye may sucke and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolatio{n}: that ye may milke out and be delited with the brightnes of her glorie.
For thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I will extend peace ouer her like a flood & the glorie of the Gentiles like a flowing streame: then shall ye sucke, ye shall be borne vpo{n} (her) sides, & be ioyful vpo{n} (her) knees.
As one whome his mother comforteth, so wil I comforte you, and ye shalbe comforted in Ierusalém.
And when ye se this, your hearte shall reioyce, and your bones shall florishe like a herbe: and the hande of the Lord shall be knowen among his seruants, and (his) indignacion against his enemies.
For beholde, the Lord wil come with fyre, and his charets like a whirle winde, that he may recompence his angre with wrath, & his indignacion with the flame of fyre.
For the Lord will iudge with fyre, & with his sworde all fleshe, and the slaine of the Lord shalbe manie.
They that sanctifie them selues, and purifie them selues in the gardens behinde one (tre) in the middes eating swines fleshe, & suche abominacion, euen the mouse, shalbe consumed together, saith the Lord.
For I (wil visit) their workes, and their imaginations: (for) it shall come that I will gather all nations, and tongues, & they shal come, and se my glorie.
And I wil set a signe among them, & will send those that escape of them, vnto the nacions of Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, (&) to them that drawe the bowe, to Tubál and Iauán, yles a farre of, that haue not heard my fame, nether haue sene my glorie, and thei shal declare my glorie amo{n}g the Gentiles.
And they shal bring all your brethre{n} for an offring vnto the Lord out of all natio{n}s, vpon horses, and in charets, and in horse litters, and vpon mules, and swift beastes, to Ierusalém mine holie Mountaine, saith the Lord, as the children of Israél, offer in a cleane vessel in the House of the Lord.
And I will take of them for Priests, (and) for Leuites, saith the Lord.
For as the newe heauens, and the newe earth which I wil make, shal remaine before me, saith the Lord, so shal your sede and your name continue.
And from moneth to moneth, and frome Sabbath to Sabbath shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
And they shall go forthe, and loke vppon the carkeises of the men that haue tra{n}sgressed againste me: for their worme shall not dye, nether shal their fyre be que{n}ched, and they shalbe an abhorring vnto all flesh.
THe wordes of Ieremiáh 〈◊〉 of Hilkiáh (one) of the Priests that were at Anathoth in the land of Beniamin.
To whome the worde of the Lord came in the daies of Iosiah the sonne of Amōn King of Iudáh in the thirtenth yere of his reigne:
And also in the daies of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah vnto the end of the eleuenth yere of Zedekiáh the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudáh (euen) vnto the carying awaie of Ierusalém captiuitie in the fift moneth.
Then the worde of the Lord come vntō me saying.
Before I formed thee in the wombe, I knewe thee, and before thou camest out of the wombe, I sa{n}ctified thee (&) ordeined thee to be a Prophet vnto the nations.
Then said I, Oh, Lord God, beholde, I can not speake for I am a childe.
But the lord said vnto me, Saie not, I am a childe: for thou shalt go to all that I shal sent thee, and whatsoeuer I comma{n}de thee shalt thou speake.
Be not afraied of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee saith the Lord,
Then the Lord stretched out his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said vnto me, Beholde, I haue put my wordes in thy mouth.
Beholde, this daie haue I set thee ouer the nations & ouer the kingdomes to plucke vp, and to roote out, and to destroy and throwe downe, to buylde, and to plant.
After this the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying Ieremiáh, what seest thou? And I said, I sea rod of an almonde tre.
The{n} said the Lord vnto me, Thou hast sene aright: for I wil haste{n} my word to performe it
Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me the seconde time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I sea seething pot loking out of the North.
Then said the Lord vnto me, Out of the North shall a plague be spred vpo{n} all the inhabitants of the land.
For lo, I will call all the families of the kingdomes of the North, saith the Lord, and they shall come, and euerye one shall set hys throne in the entring of the gates of Ierusalém, and on all the walles thereof round about, & in all the cities of Iudáh.
And I will declare vnto them my iudgements touching all the wickednes of them that haue forsaken me, and haue burnt incense vnto other Gods, and worshiped the workes of their owne hands.
Thou therefore trusse vp thy loynes, and arise and speake vnto them all that I commande thee: be not afrayed of their faces, lest I destroye thee before them.
For I, beholde, I this day haue made thee a defenced Citie, and an yron piller and walles of brasse agaynste the whole land, agaynste the Kings of Iudáh, (and) against the princes thereof, agaynste the Priestes therof and against the people of the land.
For they shall fight against thee, but they shal nor preuaile against thee: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lord.
MOreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Go, & cry in the eares of Ierusale{m}, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I reme{m}ber thee, with the kindenes of thy youth (&) the loue of thy mariage, whe{n} thou we{n}test after me in the wildernes in a land that was not sowen.
Israél (was as) a thynge halowed vnto the Lord, (and) his first frutes: all they that eat it, shal offend: euill shall come vpon them, saith the Lord.
Heare ye the worde of the Lord, ô house of Iaakōb, and all the families of the house of Israél.
Thus saith the Lord, What iniquitie haue your fathers founde in me, that they are gone farre from me, and haue walked after vanitie, and are become vaine?
For they said not, Where is the Lord that broght vs vp out of the lande of Egypte? that led vs through the wildernes, through a desert, and waste land, through a drye land, and by the shadowe of death, by a land that no man passed through, & where no man dwelt?
And I broght you into a plentifull countrey, to eat the frute thereof, and the commodities of the same: but when ye entred, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abominacion.
The Priests said not Where is the Lord? & they that shulde minister the Law, knewe me not, & the pastours also offe{n}ded agai{n}st me, & the prophetes prophecied in Báal & we{n}t after (things) that did not profite.
Wherefore I wil yet plead with you, saith the Lord: and I wil plead with your childrens children.
For go ye to the yles of Chittim, and beholde, and sent vnto Kedar, and take diligent hede, and se whether there be suche things.
Hathe (anie) nation changed their Gods, which yet are no gods? but my people haue changed their glorie, for that which doeth not profite.
O ye heaue{n}s, be astonied at this: be afraied and vtterly confounded, saith the Lord.
For my people haue committed two euils: they haue forsaken me the fountaine of liuing waters, to digge them pittes (euen) broken pittes: that can holde no water.
Is Israél a seruant, or is he borne in the house? why (then) is he spoiled?
The lions roared vpon him (and) yelled, & they haue made his land waste: his cities are burnt without an inhabitant.
Also the childre{n} of z Noph and Tahapanés haue broken thine head.
Hast not thou procured this vnto thy self, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
And what hast thou now to do in the way of Egypt? to drinke the water of Nilus? or what makest thou in the way of Asshūr? to drinke the water of the Riuer?
Thine owne wickednes shal correct thee: and thy turnings backe shal reproue thee knowe therefore and beholde, that it is an euil thing, and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God: and that my feare (is) not in thee: saith the lord God of hostes
For of olde time I haue broken thy yoke, (and) burst thy bonds, and thou saidest, I wil no more transgresse, but (like) an harlot thou runnest about vpon all hie hilles, and vnder all grene trees.
Yet I had planted thee, a noble vine, whose plants were all natural how then art thou turned vnto me i{n}to the pla{n}ts of a stra{n}ge vine
Thogh thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee muche sope (yet) thine iniquitie is marked before me, saithe the Lord God.
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, nether haue I followed Baalim? beholde, thy wayes in the valley, and knowe, what thou hast done: (thou art like) a swift dromedarie, that runneth by his waies.
(And as) a wilde asse, vsed to the wildernes, that snoffeth vp the winde by occasio{n} at her pleasure: who can turne her backe? all thei that seke her, will not weary them selues, (but) wil finde her in her moneth.
Kepe thou thy fete frome barenes, and thy throte from thirst: but thou saidst desperatly. No, for I haue loued strangers, & them 〈◊〉 followe.
As the thefe is ashamed, whe{n} he is found, so is the house of Israél ashamed, thei, their Kings, their princes and their Priests, and their Prophetes,
Saying to a tre, Thou art my father, and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me: for they haue turned their backe vnto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they wil say, Arise, and helpe vs.
But where are thy Gods, that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if thei can helpe thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the nomber of thy cities, are thy Gods, ô Iudáh.
Wherefore will ye pleade with me? ye all haue rebelled agaynste me, saieth the Lord.
I haue smitten your childre{n} in vaine, they receiued no correction: your owne sword hathe deuoured your Prophetes like a destroying lyon.
O generacion, take hede to the worde of the Lord: haue I bene (as) a wildernes vnto Israél? or a land of darkenes? Wherefore saith my people (then,) We are Lords, we wil come no more vnto thee?
Cana maide forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me, daies without nomber.
Why doest thou prepare thy way, to seke amitie? euen therfore wil I teach (thee,) that thy waies (are) wickednes.
Also in thy winges is founde the blood of the soules of the poore innoce{n}ts: I haue not founde it in holes, but vppon all these (places.)
Yet thou saist, Because I am giltles, surely his wrath shal turne from me: behold, I wil entre with thee into iudgement, because thou saiest, I haue not sinned.
Why runnest thou aboute so muche to change thy waies? for thou shalt be confounded of Egypt, as thou art confounded of Asshúr.
For thou shalt go forthe from thence, and thine ha{n}ds vpon thine head, because the Lord hathe reiected thy confidence, and thou shalt not prosper thereby.
THey say, If a man put away his wife, & she go from him, and become another mans, shal he returne againe vnto her? shal not this land be polluted? but thou hast plaied the harlot with manie louers: yet turne againe to me, saith the Lord.
Lift vp thine eies vnto the high places, & beholde, where thou hast not plaied the harlot: thou hast sit (waiting) for the{m} in the waies, as the Arabian in the wildernes: & thou hast polluted the la{n}d with thy whoredomes, and with thy malice.
Therefore the showres haue bene restrained, and the latter raine came not, and thou haddest a whores forheade: thou woldest not be ashamed.
Didest thou not stil crye vnto me, Thou art my father, (and) the guide of my youth?
Wil he kepe (his angre) for euer? wil he reserue it to the end? thus hast thou spoken, but thou doest euil, euen more and more.
The Lord said also vnto me, in the daies of Iosiáh the King, Hast thou sene what thys rebell Israél hathe done? (for) she hathe gone vp vpon euerye high mountaine, and vnder euery grene tre, and there plaied the harlot.
And I said, when she had done all this, Turne thou vnto me: but she returned not, as her rebellious sister Iudáh sawe.
When I sawe, how that by all occasions rebellious Israél had plaied the harlot, I cast her away, and gaue her a byll of deuorcement: yet her rebellious sister Iudáh was not afrayed, but she went also, and plaied the harlot.
So that for the lightnes of her whoredome she hathe euen defiled the land: for she hathe committed fornicacion with stones and stockes.
Neuertheles for all this, her rebellious sister Iudáh hathe not returned vnto me with her whole heart, but fainedly, saith the Lord.
And the Lord said vnto me, The rebellious Israél hathe iustified her selfe more then the rebellious Iudáh.
Go and crye these wordes towarde the North and saie, Thou disobedient Israél, returne, saith the Lord, (and) I will not let my wrath fall vpon you: for I am mercifull, saith the Lord, and I will not alwaye kepe (mine angre.)
But know thine iniquitie: for thou hast rebelled against the Lord thy God and hast scattered thy waies to the strange (gods) vnder euerie grene tre, but ye wolde not obeye my voyce, saith the Lord.
O ye disobedient children, turne againe, saith the Lord, for I am your Lord, and I wil take you one of a citie, and two of a tribe and wil bring you to Ziōn,
And I wil giue you pastours according to mine heart, which shal fede you with knowledge and vnderstanding.
Moreouer, when ye be increased and multiplied in the land, in those daies, saith the Lord, thei shal say no more, The Arke of the couenant of the Lord for it shal come no more to minde, nether 〈◊〉 thei remember it, nether shal they visit it, for that shalbe no more done.
At that time they shall call Ierusale{m}, The throne of the 〈◊〉, and all the nacions shalbe gathered vnto it, (eue{n}) to the Name of the Lord in Ierusalém and thence forth they shal follow no more the hardenes of their wicked heart.
In those daies the house of Iudáh shall walke with the house of Israél, & they shal come together out of the la{n}d of the North into the land, that I haue giuen for an inheritance vnto your fathers.
But I said, How did I take thee for childre{n} and giue thee a pleasant lande, (euen) the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and said, Thou shalt call me, (saying,) My father, and shalt not turne from me?
But (as) a woman rebelleth agaynste her housba{n}d so haue ye rebelled against me, ô house of Israél, saith the Lord.
A voyce was heard vpo{n} the high places, weping and supplicacions of the children of Israél for thei haue peruerted their way (and) forgotten the Lord their God.
O ye disobedient children, returne (and) I will heale your rebellions. Beholde, we come vnto thee, for thou art the Lord our God.
Truely (the hope) of the hilles (is) but vaine, (no:) the multitude of mountaines: but in the Lord our God is the health of Israél.
For confusion hathe deuoured our Fathers labour, from our youth theyr shepe and their bullockes, their sonnes & theyr daughters.
We lie downe in our confusion, and our shame couereth vs: for we haue sinned against the Lord our God, we & our fathers from our youth: euen vnto this day, and haue not obeied the voyce of the Lord our God.
O Israél, if thou returne, returne vnto me, saith the Lord: & if thou put away thine abominacions out of my sight, then shalt thou not remoue.
And thou shalt sweare, The Lord liueth in trueth, in iudgement, and in righteousnes, and the nacions shalbe blessed in hym, and shal glorie in him.
For thus saith the Lord to the men of Iudáh and to Ierusalém.
Breake vp your fallow grounde, & sowe not among the thornes? be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskinnes of your hearts, ye men of Iudáh, and inhabitants of Ierusalém lest my wrath come forthe like fyre, and burne, that none can que{n}ch it, because of the wickednes of your inuentions.
Declare in Iudáh, and shewe forthe in Ierusalém, and say, Blowe the trumpet in the land: crye, and gather together, and say, Assemble your selues, and let vs go into stro{n}g cities.
Set vp the standart in Zion, prepare to flee (and) stay not: for I wil bring a plague from the North, and a great destruction.
The lions is come vp from his denne, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is departed, (and) gone forthe of his place to lay thy land waste (&) thy cities shalbe destroyed without an inhabitant.
Wherefore girde you with sacke cloth: lament, and howle, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is not turned backe from vs.
And in that day, saith the Lord, the heart of the King shal perish, and the heart of the princes and the Priests shalbe astonished, and the Prophetes shal wonder.
Then said I, Ah, Lord God, surely thou hast deceiued this people & Ierusalém, saying Ye shal haue peace, & the sworde perceth vnto the heart.
At that time shal it be said to his people and to Ierusalém, A drye winde in the hic places of the wildernes (cometh) toward the daughter of my people (but) nether to fan, nor to clense.
A mightie winde shal come vnto me from those (places, and) now wil I also giue sentence vpon them.
Beholde, he shal come vp as the cloudes, and his charets (shalbe) as a te{m}pest his horses are lighter the{n} egles, Wo vnto vs, for we are destroyed.
O Ierusalém, wash thine heart from wickednes, that thou maiest be saued: how lo{n}g shal thy wicked thoghts remaine within thee.
For a voyce declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephráim.
Make ye mention of the heathen (and) publish in Ierusalém, Beholde, the skoutes come from a farre countrey, and crye out against the cities of Iudáh.
They haue compassed her about as the watchemen of the field, because it hathe prouoked me to wrath, saith the Lord.
Thy waies and thine inuentions haue procured thee these things, suche is thy wickednes: therefore it shalbe bitter, therefore it shal perce vnto thine heart.
My bely, my bely, I am peined, euen at the very heart: mine heart is troubled within me: I can not be 〈◊〉: for my soule hathe heard the sounde of the trumpet, (&) the alarme of the battel.
Destruction vpo{n} destruction is cryed, for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tentes destroyed, (and) my curteines in a moment.
How long shal I se the standart, (and) heare the sounde of the trumpet?
For my people is foolish, thei haue not knowen me: thei are 〈◊〉 children, and haue none vnderstanding: thei are wise to do euil, but to 〈◊〉 thei haue no knowledge.
I haue loked vpon the earth, and lo, it was without forme and voide: and to the heauens, and thei had no light.
I beheld the mountaines & lo, they trembled, and all the hilles shooke.
I beheld, and lo, there was no man, and all the birdes of the heauen were departed.
I beheld, and lo, the fruteful place (was) a wildernes, and all their cities thereof were broken downe at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce wrath.
For thus hathe the Lord said, The whole land shalbe desolate: yet wil I not make a ful end.
Therefore shal the earth mourne, and the heauens aboue shalbe darkened, because I haue pronounced it: I haue thoght it, and wil not repent, nether wil I turne backe from it.
The whole citie shal flee, for the noise of the horsmen and bowemen: thei shal go into thickets, and clime vp vpon the rockes euerie citie shalbe forsaken, and not a ma{n} dwell therein.
And when thou shalt be destroyed, what wilt thou do? Thogh thou clothest thy self with skarlet, thogh thou deckest thee with ornaments of golde, thogh thou pain test thy face with colours, yet shalt thou trimme thy self in vaine: (for) thy louers wil abhorre thee (and) seke thy life.
For I haue heard a noise as of a woman trauailing, or as one laboring of her first childe, (euen) the voice of the daughter Zion that sigheth and stretcheth out her hands: wo is me now for my soule fainteth because of the murtherers.
RVnne to and fro by the stretes of Ierusalém, and beholde now, and knowe, & iniquire in the open places thereof, if ye can finde a man, (or) if there be any that executeth iudgement, and seketh the trueth and I wil 〈◊〉 it.
For thogh thei say, The Lord liueth, yet do thei sweare falsely.
O Lord, are not thine eies vpo{n} the trueth thou hast striken them, but thei haue not sorowed: thou hast consumed them, (but) thei haue refused to receiue correctio{n}: thei haue made their faces harder then a stone, (and) haue refused to returne.
Therefore I said, Surely thei are poore, they are foolish, for thei knowe not the way of the Lord, (nor) the iudgement of their God.
I wil get me vnto the great men, and wil speake vnto the{m} for thei haue knowe{n} the way of the Lord, (and) the 〈◊〉 of their God but these haue altogether broken the yoke, (and) burst the bondes.
Wherefore a lio{n} out of the forest shal slay the{m}, & a wolfe of the wildernes shal destroye the{m}: a leoparde shal watche ouer their cities euerie one that goeth out thence, shal be torne in pieces because their trespaces are many, (&) their rebellio{n}s are encreased
How shulde I spare thee for this? thy children haue forsake{n} me, and sworne by the{m} that are no gods: thogh 〈◊〉 them to the ful yet thei committed adulterie, and asse{m}bled them selues by co{m}pagnies in the harlottes houses.
They rose vp in the morning (like) fed horses: (for) euerie ma{n} neyed after his neighbours wife.
Shal I not visit for these things, saith the Lord Shal not my soule be auenged on suche a nation, as this?
Clime vp vpon their walles, and destroy them, but make not a ful end: take away their batilme{n}ts, for thei are not the Lords
For the house of Israél, and the house of Iudáh haue grieuously trespaced against me, saith the Lord.
Thei haue denied the Lord, and said, It is not he, nether shal the plague come vpo{n} vs, nether shal we sesworde nor famine.
And the Prophetes shalbe (as) winde, & the worde is not in them: thus shal it come vnto them.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hostes, Because ye speake suche wordes, beholde, I wil put my wordes into thy mouth, like a fyre, and this people shal be (as) wodde, and it shal deuoure them.
Lo, I wil bring a nation vpon you from far, ô house of Israél, saith the Lord, which is a mightie nacion, & an ancient nacion a nacion whose language thou knowest not, nether vnderstandest what thei say.
Whose quiuer is as an open sepulchre: thei are all very strong.
And thei shal eat thine haruest and thy bread: thei 〈◊〉 deuoure thy 〈◊〉 & thy daughters: thei shal eat vp thy 〈◊〉 & thy bullocks: thei shal eat thy vines & thy figtres: thei shal destroie with the sworde thy fensed cities, wherein thou didest trust.
Neuertheles at those daies, saith the Lord, I wil not make a ful end of you.
And when ye shal saie, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God do these things vnto vs? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye haue forsaken me and serued strange gods in your land, so shal ye serue strangers in a land that is not yours.
Declare this in the house of Iaakōb and publish it in Iudah, saying,
Heare now this, ô foolish people, & without vnderstanding, which haue eyes and se not, which haue eares and heare not.
〈◊〉 are ye not me, saith the Lord? or wil ye not be afraid at my presence, which haue placed the sande for the bondes of the sea by the perpetual decre that it can not passe it, & thogh the waues thereof rage, yet can thei not preuaile, thogh thei roare, (yet) can thei not passe ouer it.
But this people hathe an vnfaithful and rebellious heart: thei are departed and gone.
For they say not in their heart, Let vs now feare the Lord our God, that giueth raine bothe early and late in due season: he reserueth vnto vs the appointed wekes of the haruest.
(Yet) your iniquities haue turned awaie these things, & your sinnes haue hindred good things from you.
For among my people are founde wicked persones, that laie waite as he that setteth snares: thei haue made a pit to catche men.
As a cage is ful of birdes, so are their houses ful of deceit: thereby thei are become great and waxen riche.
Thei are waxen fat (and) shining: thei do ouerpasse the dedes of the wicked: thei execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement, of the 〈◊〉: yet thei prosper, thogh thei execute no iudgement for the poore.
Shal I not visite for these things, saith the Lord? or shal not my soule be auenged on suche a nation as this?
An horrible and filthie thing is committed in the land.
The Prophetes Prophecie lies, and the Priests receiue (giftes) in their handes, and my people delite therein, What wil ye the{n} do in the end thereof?
OYe children of Beniamin prepare to flee out of the middes of Ierusalém & blow the trumpet in Tekoá: set vp a standart vpon Beth-haccérem, for a plague appeareth out of the North and great destruction.
I haue compared the daughter of Zión to a beautiful and deintie woman.
The pastors with their flockes shal'come vnto her thei shal pitch (their) tents round about By her (and) euerie one shal fede in his place.
Prepare warre against her: arise, a{n}d let vs go vp toward the South wo vnto vs: for the day declineth, and the shadowesof the euening are stretched out.
〈◊〉, and let vs go vp by night, and destroy her palaces.
For thus he hathe the Lord of hostes said Hewe downe wood, & cast a mount against Ierusalém: this citie must be visited: all oppression is in the middes of it.
As the fountaine casteth out her waters, so 〈◊〉 casteth out her malice: 〈◊〉 tie and spoile is continually heare in her before me (with) sorow and strokes.
Be thou instructed, ô Ierusalém, lest me soule departe from the lest I make thee deso late (as) a land that none inhabiteth.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Thei shal gather as a vine, the residue of Israél: turne backe thine hand as the grape gatherer into the baskets.
Vnto whome shal I speake, and admonish that thei may heare? beholde, their eares (are) vncircumcised, and thei can not hearken beholde, the worde of the Lord is vnto them as a reproche, thei haue no delite in it.
Therefore I am ful of the wrath of the lord I am wearie with holding it: I wil powre it out vpon the children in the strete, & like wise vpon the assemblie of the yong men for the housband shal euen be taken with the wise (and) the aged with him that is ful of daies.
And their houses (with) their lands, and wiues also shalbe turned vnto strangers: for I wil stretch out mine hand vpon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.
For from the least of them, euen vnto the greatest of them euerie one is giuen vnto couetousnes, and from the Prophet euen vnto the Priest, thei all deale falsely.
Thei haue healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people with swete wordes, saying, Peace, peace, whe{n} there is no peace
〈◊〉 thei ashamed when they had committed abominacion? nay, thei were not ashamed, no nether colde they haue anie shame: therefore thei shal fall among the slaine: when I shal visite them they shalbe cast downe: saith the Lord.
Thus saith the 〈◊〉, Stand in the waies and beholde, and aske for the olde waie, which is the good waye and walke therein and ye shal finde rest for your soules: but thei said, We wil not walke (therein.)
Also I set watchemen ouer you, (which said) Take hede to the sound of the trumpet: but thei said, We wil not take hede.
Heare therefore, ye Gentiles, & thou Co{n}gregacion knowe, what is among them.
Heare, o{n} earth, beholde, I wil cause a plague to come vpon this people (euen) the frute of their owne imaginations: because thei haue not taken hede vnto my wordes nor to my Law, but cast it of.
To what purpose bringest thou me ince{n}se from Shebá, and swete calamus from a farre countrey? Your burnt offrings are not pleasant, nor your sacrifices swete vnto me.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I wil lay stumbling blockes before this people, and the fathers and the sonnes together shal fall vpo{n} them. the neighbour and his friend shal perish.
Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, a people cometh from the North countrey, and a great nation shal arise from the sides of the earth.
With bowe and shield shal they be weaponed thei are cruel and wil haue no compassion: their voyce roareth like the sea, and they ride vpon horses, wel appointed like men of warre against thee, ô daughter Ziōn.
We haue heard their fame, (&) our hands waxe feble: sorowe is come vpo{n} vs, as the sorowe of a woman in trauail.
Go not forthe into the field, nor walke by the way: for the sworde of the enemie (&) feare (is) on euerie side.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackecloth, and wallowe thy self in the ashes: make lamentation, and bitter mourning (as) for thine onely sonne: for the destroier shal suddenly come vpon vs.
I haue set thee for a defence (and) fortresse among my people, that thou maiest knowe and trye their waies.
Thei are all rebellious traitors, walking craftely: (they are) brasse, and yron, thei all are destroyers.
The belowes are burnt: the leade is consumed in the fyre the founder melteth in vaine: for the wicked are not taken away.
Thei shal call them reprobate siluer, because the Lord hathe reiected them.
THe wordes that came to Ieremiáh from the Lord saying,
Stand in the gate of the Lords House and cry this worde there, and saie, Heare the worde of the Lord, all ye of Iudah that 〈◊〉 in at these gates to worship the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, 〈◊〉 God of Israél, Amend your 〈◊〉 and your workes, and I wil let you 〈◊〉 in this place.
Trust not in lying wordes, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Te{m}ple of the Lord this is the Temple of the Lord.
For if you amend (and) redresse your waies and your workes: if you execute iudgeme{n}t betwen ea man and his neighbour,
(And) oppresse not the stra{n}ger, the fatherles and the widowe and shed no innocent blood in this place, nether walke after other gods to your destruction,
Then wil I let you dwell in this place in the land that I gaue vnto your fathers, for euer and euer.
Beholde, you truste in lying wordes, that can not profite.
Wil you steale, murder, and commit adulterie and sweare falsely and burne incense vnto Báal, & walke after other gods whome ye knowe not?
And come & stand before me in this 〈◊〉 se, whereupon my Name is called, and saie, We are deliuered, thogh we haue done all these abominations?
Is this House become a denne of theues whereupo{n} my Name is called before your eies? beholde, euen I see it, saith the Lord.
But go ye now vnto my place which was in Shilō, where I set my Name at the beginning, and beholde, what I did to it for the wickednes of my people Israél,
Therefore now because ye haue done all these workes, saith the Lord, [and I rose vp earely and spake vnto you: but when I spake, ye wolde not heare me, nether when I called, wolde ye answer]
Therefore wil I do vnto this House, whereupon my Name is called, wherein also ye trust, euen vnto the place that I gaue to you and to your fathers, as I haue done vnto Shilō.
And I wil caste you out of my sight, as I haue cast out all your brethren, (eue{n}) the whole sede of Ephráim.
Therefore thou shalt not praie for this people, 〈◊〉 lift vp crie or praier for the{m} nether: intreat me, for I wil not heare thee
Seest thou not what thei do in the cities of Iudáh and in the stretes of lerusalém?
The children gather wood, and the fathers kinde the fyre, & the women knede the dough to make cakes to the Queene of heauen & to powre out drinke offrings vnto ether gods, that thei maie prouoke me vnto angre.
Do thei prouoke me to angre, saith the Lord, and not them selues to the confusion of their owne faces?
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, mine angre & my wrath shalbe powred vpon this place, vpon man and vpon beast, and vpon the tre of the field & vpon the frute of the grounde, and it shal burne and not be quenched.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Put your burnt offrings vnto your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.
For I spake not vnto your fathers, nor co{m}manded them, when I broght them out of the land of Egypt, co{n}cerning burnt offrings and sacrifices.
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, & I wil be your God, and ye shal be my people: and walke ye in all the waies which I haue co{m}manded you, that it maie be wel vnto you.
But thei wolde not obey, nor incline their eare, but went after the counsels (and) the stubbernes of their wicked heart, & went backewarde and not forwarde.
Since the daie that your fathers came vp out of the Land of Egypt, vnto this day, I haue euen sent vnto you all my seruants the Prophetes, rising vp early eueriedaie and sending them.
Yet wolde thei not heare me nor incline their eare, but hardened their necke (and) did worse then their fathers.
Therefore shalt thou speake all these wordes vnto them, but thei wil not heare thee: thou shalt also crye vnto them, but thei wil not answer thee.
But thou shalt saie vnto them, This is a nation that heareth not the voice of the Lord their God not receiueth discipline: trueth is perished, and is cleane gone out of their mouth.
Cut of thine heere, ô Ierusalém, and cast it awaie, and take vp a co{m}plaint on the hie places: for the Lord hathe reiected & forsaken the generation of his wrath.
For the children of Iudàh haue done euil in my sight, saith the Lord: thei haue set their abominations in the House, wherevpon my Name is called, to 〈◊〉 it.
And thei haue buylt the hie place of Topheth, which is in the vallei of Ben-Hinnom to burne their sonnes & their daughters in the fyre, which I commanded them not, nether came it in mine heart.
Therefore beholde, the daies come, saith the Lord, that it shal no more be called Tōpheth, nor the vallei of Ben-Hinnóm, but the valley of slaughter: for thei shal burye in Topheth til there be no place.
And the carkeises of this people shalbe meat for the foules of the heauen and for the beastes of the earth, and none shal fray them awaie.
Then I wil cause to cease from the cities of Iudàh and from the stretes of Ierusalém the voyce of mirth and the voice of gladnes, the voyce of the bridegrome and the voyce of the bride: for the land shalbe desolate.
AT that time, saith the Lord, thei shal bring out the bones of the Kings of Iudáh, and the bones of their princes, and the bones of the Priestes and the bones 〈◊〉 the Prophetes, and the bones of the inhabitans of Ierusalém out of their graues.
And thei shal spread them before the sunne and the moone, and all the hoste of heauen, whome they haue loued, and whome thei haue serued, and whome thei haue followed, and whome thei haue soght, & whome thei haue worshiped: thei shal not be gathered nor be buryed, (but) shal be as dung vpon the earth.
And death shalbe desired rather then life of all the residue that remaineth of this wicked familie, which remaine in all the places where I haue scatred them, saith the Lord of hostes.
Thou shalt saie vnto the{m} also, Thus saith the Lord, Shal thei fall & not arise? shal he turne awaie and not turne againe?
Wherefore is this people of Ierusalém turned backe by a perpetual rebellion? thei gaue the{m} selues to deceit, (and) wolde not returne.
I hearkened and heard, (but) none speake aright: no man repented him of his wickednes, saying, What haue I done? euerie one turned to their race, as the horse rusheth into the battel.
Euen the storcke in the aire knoweth her appointed times, & the turtle and the crane and the swallowe obserue the time of their coming, but my people knoweth not the iudgement of the Lord.
How do ye saie, We are wise, and the Lawe of the Lord (is) with vs Lo, certeinly in vaine made he it, the pen of the scribes is in vaine.
The wise men are ashamed: thei are afraid and taken lo, thei haue reiected the worde of the Lord, and what wisdome is in them?
Therefore wil I giue their wiues vnto others, (&) their fields to the{m} that shal possesse the{m}: 〈◊〉 for euerie one fro{m} the least euen vnto the greatest is giuen to couetousnes (and) from the Prophet eue{n} vnto the Priest euerie one dealeth falsely.
For thei haue heale the hurt of the daughter of my people with swete wordes, saying, Peace, peace, whe{n} there is no peace.
Where thei ashamed whe{n} they had co{m}mit led abomination? nay, thei were not ashamed, nether colde they haue anie shame: therefore shal they fall among the slaine: when I shal visit them, they shalbe cast downe, saith the Lord.
I wil surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shalbe no grapes on the vinenor figs in the figtre, and the leaf shal fade, 〈◊〉 the things that I haue giuen them, shal departe from them.
Why do westay? asse{m}ble your selues, & let vs 〈◊〉 i{n}to the stro{n}g cities, & let vs be quiet there: for the 〈◊〉 our God hathe put vs to sile{n}ce & giue{n} vs water with gall to drinke because we haue sinned against the Lord.
We loked for peace, but no 〈◊〉 (came) & for a time of health, & beholde troubles.
The neying, of his horses was heard from Dan, the whole land tre{m}bled at the noise of the neying of his stro{n}ge (horses) for thei are come and haue deuoured the land with all that is in it, the citie, & those that dwell therein.
For beholde I wil send serpents (and) coc katrices among you, which wil not be charmed, & they shal sting you saith the Lord.
I wolde haue comforted my self against sorowe (but) mine heart is heauie in me.
Beholde, the voyce of the crye of the daughter of my people (for feare of them) of a farre countrey, Is not the Lord in Zión? is not her King in her? Why haue they prouoked me to angre with their grauen images and with the vanities of a strange (god.)
The haruest is past, the somer is ended and we are not holpen.
I am sore vexed for the hurt of the daughter of my people: I am heauy, and astonishment hathe taken me.
Is there not balme at Gilead? is there no Phisiciō there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recouered?
OH, that mine head were (ful) of water and mine eyes a fountaine of teares: that I might wepe day and night for the slaine of the daughter of my people.
Oh, that I had in the wildernes a cottage of way faring men, that I might leaue my people, and go from them for thei be all adulterers and an assemblie of rebels.
And they bend their tongues (like) their bowes for lies but they haue no courage for the trueth vpon the earth for thei procede from euil to worse: and they haue not knowen me, saith the Lord.
Let euerie one take hede of his neighbour and trust you not in anie brother? for euerie brother wil vse deceit, and euerie frie{n}d wil deale deceitfully.
And euerie one wil deceiue his friend, and wil not speake the trueth (for) they haue 〈◊〉 heir tongues to speake lies, and take great paines to do wickedly.
Thine habitation is in the middes of deceiuers: because of (their) deceit they refuse to knowe, saith the Lord,
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes, Beholde, I wil melt them, and trye them: for what shuld I (els) do for the daughter of my people?
Their tongue (is) as an arrowe shot out, (and) speaketh deceit: one speaketh peacably to his neighbour with his mouth but in his heart he layeth waite for him.
Shal I not visit them for these thing, saith the Lord? or shal not my soule be aduenged on suche a nation as this?
Vpon the mountaines wil I take vp a weping and a lamentacion, and vpon the faire places of the wildernes a mourning, because they are burnt vp so that none can passe through them nether can men heare the voyce of the flocke: bothe the foule of the aire, and the beast are fled away (and) gone.
And I wil make Ierusalém an heape (and) a den of dragons, and I wil make the cities of Iudah waste, without an inhabitant.
Who is wise to vnderstand this, and to whome the mouth of the Lord hathe spoken euen he shal declare it. Why doeth the land perish (and) is burnt vp like a wildernes that none passeth through?
And the Lord saith, Because they haue forsaken my Law, which I set before them, & haue not obeied my voice, nether walked there after.
But haue walked after the stubbernes of their owne heart, and after Baalims, which their fathers taught them.
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Beholde, I wil fede this people with worme wodde, and giue them waters of gall to drinke:
I wil scatre them also among the heathen whome nether they nor their fathers haue knowen, and I wil send a sworde after the{m}, til I haue consumed them.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Take hede, and call for the mourning women, that thei may come, and send for skilful women that thei may come,
And let the{m} make haste, & let the{m} take vp a lame{n}tatio{n} for vs, that our eyes may cast out teares & our eyeliddes gush out of water.
For a lamentable noyse is heard out of Zión, How are we destroyed (and) vtterly confounded, for we haue forsaken the la{n}d and our dwellings haue cast vs out.
Therefore heare the worde of the Lord, ô ye women, and let your eares regarde the wordes of his mouth, and teache your daughters to mourne, and euerie one her neighhour to lament.
For death is come vp into our windowes (&) is entred into our palaces, to destroye the children without, and the yong men in the stretes.
Speake, thus saith the Lord, The carkeises of men shal lie, euen as the dung' vpon the field, and as the handful after the mower, and none shal gather (them.)
Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glorie in his wisdome, nor the strong man glorie in his strength, nether the riche man glorie in his riches.
But let him that glorieth, glorie in this, that he vnderstandeth: and knoweth me: for I am the Lord, which shewe mercie, iudgement? and righteousnes in the earth for in these things I delite, saith the Lord.
Beholde, the dayes come saith the LORD, that I wil visit all them, which are circumcised with the vncircumcised?
Egypt and Iudáh, and Edóm, and the children of Ammón, and Moáb, and all the vtmost corners of them that dwell in the wildernes for all (these) nations (are) vncircumcised, and all the house of Israél (are) vncircumcised in the heart.
HEare ye the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you, ô house of Israél.
Thus saith the Lord, Learne not the way of the heathen, and be not afraide for the signes of heauen, thogh the heathen be afraide of suche.
For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tre out of the forest [which is the worke of the hands of the carpenter] with the axe.
And (another) decketh it with siluer, and with golde: they fasten it with nailes, and hammers, that it fall not.
The (idoles) stand vp as the palme tre, but speake not: they are borne because they can not go: feare the{m} not, for they can not do euil, nether can they do good.
There is none like vnto thee, ô Lord: thou art great, and thy Name is great in power.
Who wolde not feare thee, ô King of nations: for to thee apperteineth (the dominion) for amo{n}g all the wise men of the Gétiles, and in all their kingdomes there is none like thee.
But altogether thei 〈◊〉, and are foolish: (for) the stocke is a doctrine of vanitie.
Siluer plates are broght from Tarshish, & golde from Vpház (for) the worke of the workeman, and the hands of the founder: the blewe silke, and the purple (is) their clothing: all these things are made by cunning men.
But the Lord (is) the God of trueth: he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King at his angre the earth shal tremble, and the nations can not abide his wrath.
[Thus shal you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shal perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens.]
He hathe made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisdome, and hathe stretched out the heauen by his discretion.
He giueth by (his) voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend fro{m} the ends of the earth he turneth lightnings to raine, and bringeth forthe the winde out of his treasures
Euerie man is a beast by (his owne) knowledge: euerie founder is confou{n}ded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehode, and there is no breth therein.
They are vanitie (&) the worke of errours in the time of their visitation they shal perish.
The portion of Iaakōb (is) not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israél (is) the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hostes (is) his Name.
¶ Gather vp thy wares out of the land, o{n} thou that dwellest in the strong place.
For thus saith the Lord, Beholde, at this time I wil throwe as with a sling the inhabitants of the land, and wil trouble them, and they shal finde it (so.)
Wo is me for my destruction (and) my grieuous plague: but I thoght, Yet it is my 〈◊〉 rowe, and I wil beare it.
My tabernacle is destroyed, and all my coards are broken: my children are gone from hie, & are not: there is none to spread out my tentany more, and to set vp my courtaines.
For the pastors are become beastes, and haue not soght the Lord: therfore haue thei none vnderstanding: and all the (flockes) of their pastures are scatered.
Beholde, the noise of the brute is come, & a greate commotion out of the North countrey to make the cities of Iudáh desolate, (and) a denne of dragons.
O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in him self, nether (is it) in ma{n} to walke and to direct his steps.
O Lord, correct me, but with iudgement, not in thine angre, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Power out thy wrath vpon the heathen, that knowe thee not, and vpon the families that call not on thy Name: for they haue eaten vp Iaakōb and deuoured hym and consumed him, and haue made his habitacion desolate.
THe worde that came to Ieremiáh from the Lord, saying,
Heare ye the wordes of this couenant, and speake vnto the men of Iudáh, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalém.
And say thou vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israél, Cursed be the man that obeieth not the wordes of this couena{n}t
Whiche I commanded vnto your fathers, whe{n} I broght the{m} out of the land of Egypt, from the yron fornace, saying, Obey my voyce, & do according to all these things, which I commande you: so shal ye be my people, & I wil be your God,
That I may confirme the othe, that I haue sworne vnto your fathers, to giue them a la{n}d which floweth with milke and hony, as (appeareth) this day. Then answered I and said So be it, ô Lord.
Then the Lord said vnto me, Crye all these wordes in the cities of Iudāh, and in the stretes of Ierusalém, saying, Heare ye the wordes of this couenant, and do them.
For I haue protested vnto your fathers, whe{n} I broght them vp out of the land of Egypt vnto this day, rising earely and protesting, saying, Obey my voyce.
Neuertheles they wolde not obey, nor encline their eare: but 〈◊〉 one walked in the stubbernes of his wicked heart: therefore I wil bring vpo{n} them all the wordes of this couenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did it not.
And the Lord said vnto me, A conspiracie is founde amo{n}g the men of Iudāh, and amo{n}g the inhabitants of Ierusalēm.
They are turned backe to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to heare my wordes: and they went after other gods to serue them: (thus) the house of Israél, and the house of Iudāh haue broken my couenant, which I made with their fathers.
Therefore thus saith the Lorde, Beholde, I wil bring a plague vpon the{m}, which they shal not be able to escape, and thogh they crye vnto me, I wil not heare them.
Then shal the cities of Iudáh, and the inhabitants of Ierusalém go, and crye vnto the gods vnto whome they offer incense, but they shal not be able to helpe them in time of their trouble.
For according to the nomber of thy cities were thy gods, o Iudáh, & (according) to the nomber of the stretes of Ierusalém haue ye set vp altars of 〈◊〉, (euen) altars to burne incense vnto Báal.
Therefore thou shalt not pray for this people, nether lift vp a crye, or prayer for them: for when they crye vnto me in their trouble, I wil not heare them.
What shulde my beloued (tary) in mine house, seing they haue committed abominacion with many? and the holy flesh goeth away from thee: yet when thou doest euil, thou reioycest.
The Lord called thy name, A grene oliue tre faire, (and) of godlie frute: (but) with noise and great 〈◊〉 hathe set fyre vpon it, & the branches of it are broken.
For the Lord of hostes that planted thee, hathe pronounced a plague against thee, [for the wickednes of the house of Israél, and of the house of Iudáh] whiche they haue done against them selues to prouoke me to angre in 〈◊〉 incense vnto Báal.
And the Lord hathe taught me, and I know it, (euen) then thou shewedst me their practises.
But I was like a lambe, (or) a bullocke, that is broght to the slaughter, and I knewe not that thei had deuised thus againste me, (saying,) Let vs destroye the tre with the frute thereof, & cut him out of the la{n}d of the liuing that his name may be no more in memorie.
But ô Lord of hostes, that iudgest righteously, and tryest the reines and the heart, let me se thy vengeance on them: for vnto thee haue I opened my cause.
The Lord therefore speaketh thus of the me{n} of Anathōth, [that seke thy life, and say, Prophecie not in the Name of the Lord, that thou dye not by our hands]
Thus therefore saith the Lord of hostes, Beholde, I wil visit them: the yong men shaldye by the sworde: their sonnes and their daughters shaldye by famine,
And none of them shal remaine: for I wil bring a plague vpon the men of Anathōth, (euen) the yere of their visitacion.
O Lord, if I dispute with thee, thou art righteous: yet let me talke with thee of (thy) iudgeme{n}ts: wherefore doeth the waye of the wicked prosper (why) are all they in welth that rebelliously 〈◊〉?
Thou hast planted them, and they haue take{n} roote: they growe, and bring forthe fruthe: thou art nere in their mouth, and farre from their reines.
But thou, Lord, knowest me: thou hast sene me, and tryed mine heart toward thee: pul them out like shepe for the slaughter, & prepare them for the day of slaughter.
How long shal the lādmourne, and the herbes of euery field wither, for the wickednes of them that dwell therein? the beasts are co{n}sumed and the byrdes, because they said, He wil not se our last end.
If thou hast runne with the fotemen, and they haue 〈◊〉 thee, then how ca{n}st thou 〈◊〉 thy self with horses? & if thou thoghtest thy self safe in a peacable land, what wilt thou do in the swelling of Iordén?
For euen thy brethren, and the house of thy father, euen they haue delt vnfaithfully with thee, & they haue cryed out altogether vpo{n} thee: (but) beleue them not, thogh they speake faire to thee.
I haue forsake{n} mine house: I haue left mine heritage: I haue giuen the derelie beloued of my soule into the hands of her enemies.
Mine heritage is vnto me, as a lyon in the forest: it cryeth out against me, therefore haue I hated it.
Shal mine heritage be vnto me, as a birde of diuerse colours? are not the birdes about her (saying,) Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to eather?
Many pastors haue destroyed my 〈◊〉 arde, and troden my porcion vnder fote: of my pleasant porcion they haue made ad eso late wildernes.
They haue laid it waste, and it, being waste mourneth vnto me: (and) the whole land lyeth waste, because no man setteth (his) minde on it.
The destroyers are come vpon all the high places in the wildernes: of the sworde of the Lord shal deuoure from the one end of the land, euen to the (other) end of the land: no flesh shal haue peace.
They haue sowen wheat, and reaped thornes: they were sicke, (and) had no profite: and they were ashamed of your frutes, because of the fierce wrath of the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord against all mine euil neighbours, that touche the inheritance, which I haue caused my people Israél to inherite, Beholde, I wil plucke them out of their land, & plucke out the house of Iudáh from among them.
And after that I haue plucked them out, I wil returne, and haue compassion on them, & wil bring againe euery man to his heritage, and euery man to his land.
And if they wil learne the wayes of my people, to sweeare by my Name, The Lord liueth, as they taught my people, to sweare by Báal] then shal they be buy It in the middes of my people.
But if they wil not obey, then wil I vtterly plucke vp, & destroye that nacion, saith the Lord.
THus saith the Lord vnto me, Go, and bye thee a linen girdle, and put it vpon thy loynes, and put it not in water.
So I boght the girdle according to the co{m}mandement of the Lord, and put it vpon my loynes.
And the worde of the Lord came vnto me the seconde time, saying.
Take the girdle that thou hast boght, whiche is vpon thy loynes, and arise, go toward Peráth, and hide it therein the cleft of the rocke.
So I went, and hid it by Peráth, as the Lord had commanded me.
And after many daies, the Lord said vnto me Arise, go toward Peráth, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
The a went I to Peráth, and digged, and toke the girdle from the place where I had hid it, and beholde, the girdle was corrupt, (and) was profitable for nothing.
Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying,
Thus saith the Lord, After this maner wil I destroye the pride of Iudáh, and the great pride of Ierusalem.
This wicked people haue refused to heare my worde, and walke after the stubbernes of their owne heart, and walke after other gods to serue them, and to worship them: therefore they shalbe as this girdle, which is profitable to nothing.
For as the girdle cleaueth to the loines of a man, so haue I tyed to me the whole house of Israél, & the whole house of Iudáh, saith the LORD, that they might be people: that they might haue a name and praise, and glorie, but they wolde not heare!
Therefore thou shalt saye vnto them this worde, Thus saith the Lord GOD of Israél, Euerie bottel shalbe filled with wine, and they shal saye vnto thee, Do we not knowe that euerie bottle shalbe filled with wine?
Then shalt thou saye vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I wil fil all the inhabitants of this land, euen the Kings that fit vpon the throne of Dauid, and the Priests and the Prophetes and all the inhabitans of Ierusalém with drunkennes.
And I wil shal them one 〈◊〉 nother, euen the fathers and the sonnes together, 〈◊〉 the Lord: I wil not spare, I wil not pitie nor haue compassion, but destroie them.
Heare and giue eare, be not proude: for the Lord hathe spoken it.
Giue glorie to the Lord your God before he bring darkenes, and or euer your fete stu{m} ble in the darke mountaines, and whiles you loke for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death (and) make it as 〈◊〉.
But if ye wil not heare this, my soule shal wepe in secret for (your) pride, and mine eye shal wepe and drop downe teares, because the Lords flocke is caried awaie captiue.
Saie vnto the King and to the Queene, Humble your selues, sit downe, for the crowne of your glorie shal come downe from your heads.
The cities of the South shalbe shut vp, and no man shal open them: all Iudáh shal be caried awaie captiue: it shalbe wholy caried awaie captiue.
Lift vp your eyes and he holde them that come from the North, where is the flocke that was giue{n} thee, (eue{n}) thy beautiful flock
What wilt thou saie, when he shal visit thee [for thou hast taught them to be captaines (and) as chief ouer thee] shal not sorow take thee as a woman in trauail?
And if thou saie in thine heart, Wherefore come these things vpon me? For the multitude of thine iniquities are thy skirts discouered (and) thy heles made bare.
Can the blacke More change his skin? or the leopard his spottes? (then) maieye also do good, that are accustomed to do euil.
Therefore wil I scatre them, as the stubble that is taken away with the South winde.
That is thy portion, (and) the parte of thy measures from me, saith the Lorde, because thou hast forgotten me and trusted in lies.
Therfore I haue also discouered thy skirts vpo{n} thy face, that thy shame may appeare.
I haue sene thine adulteries, and thy neyings, the filthines of thy whoredome on the hilles in the fields, (and) thine abominations. Wo vnto thee, o 〈◊〉: wilt thou not be made cleane? when shal it once be.
THe worde of the Lord that came vnto Ieremiáh, 〈◊〉 the dearth.
Iudáh hathe mourned, and the gates thereof are desolate, they haue bene broght to heauines vnto the grounde, and the crye of Ierusalém goeth vp.
And their nobles haue sent their inferiours to the water, who came to the welles, (and) founde no water: they returned with their vessels emptie: they were ashamed and confounded, and couered their heads.
For the grounde was destroyed, because there was no raine in the earth: the plowme{n} were ashamed, (and) couered their heades.
Yea, the hinde also calued in the 〈◊〉, and forsoke it, because there was no grasse.
And the wilde asses, did stand in the high places, and drewe in their winde like dragons: their eyes dyd faile, because there was no grasse.
O Lord, thogh our iniquities testifie against vs, deale (with vs) accordyng to thy Name: for our rebellions are manie, we sinned against thee.
O the hope of Israél, the sauiour thereof in the tyme of trouble, why art thou as a 〈◊〉 ger in the land, as one that passeth by to tarie for a 〈◊〉
Why art thou as a man astonyed, and as a strong man that can not helpe? yet 〈◊〉, ô Lord, art in the middes of vs, and thy Name is called vpon vs: forsake vs not.
Thus sayth the Lorde vnto this people Thus haue they delited to wandre: they haue not refrained their fete, therefore the Lord hathe no delite in them: (but) he wil now remember their iniquitie, and visit their sinnes.
Then said the Lorde vnto me, Thou shalt not praye to do this people good.
When they fast, I will not heare their crye, and when they offer burnt 〈◊〉, and an 〈◊〉, I will not accept them: but I wil consume them by the sworde, and by the famine and by the pestilence.
Then aunswered I, Ah Lord God, beholde, the Prophetes say vnto them, Ye shal not se the sword, nether shall famine come vpon you, but I will giue you assured peace, in this place.
Then the Lorde sayd vnto me, The Prophetes prophecie lies in my Nawe, I haue not sent them, nether did I commande them, nether spake I vnto them, (but) they prophecie vnto you a false vision, and diuination, and 〈◊〉, and deceitfulnes of their owne heart.
Therefore thus sayth the Lorde, Concernyng the Prophetes that prophecie in my Name, whome I haue not sent, yet they say, Sworde and famine shal not be in this land, by sworde and famine shal those Prophetes be consumed.
And the people to whome these Prophetes do prophecie, shalbe caste out in the stretes of Ierusalém, because of the famine, and the sword, and there shalbe none to burie them, (bothe) they, and their wiues, and their sonnes, and I their daughters: for I will power their wickednes vpon them.
Therefore thou shalt say thys worde vnto them, Let myne eyes drop downe teares night and day without ceasing: for the virgine daughter of my people is destroyed with a great destruction, (and) with a sore grieuous plague.
For if I go into the field, beholde the slayne with the sworde: and if I entre into the citie, beholde them that are sicke for hunger also: moreouer the Prophete also and the Priest go a wandring into a land that they know not.
Hast thou vtterly reiected Iudah, or hathe thy soule abhorred Zion? Why haste thou smitten vs, that we can not be healed? We loked for peace, and there is no good, and for the time of health, and beholde trouble.
We acknowledge, ô Lord, our wickednes (and) the iniquitie of our fathers: for we haue sinned against thee.
Do not abhorre (vs:) for thy Names sake caste not downe the throne of the glorie: remember (and) breake not thy couenant with vs.
Are there anie among the vanities of the Gentiles, that can giue raine? or can the heauens giue showers? is it not thou, ô Lord our God! therefore we wil waite vpon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
THen said the Lord vnto me, Thogh Mosēs and Samuél stode before me, (yet) 〈◊〉 ne affection colde not be towarde hys people: cast (them) out of my sight, and let them departe.
And if they say vnto thee, Whether shal we departe? then tel them, Thus sayth the Lord, Suche as are (appointed) to death, vnto death: and suche as are for the sworde, to the sworde, and such as are for the famine to the famine, and suche as are for the captiuitie, to the captiuitie.
And I wil appointe ouer them foure kindes, saith the Lord, the sworde to slay, and the dogges to teare in pieces, and the foules of the heauen, and the beastes of the earth to deuoure, and to destroye.
I wil 〈◊〉 them also in all kyngdomes of the earth, 〈◊〉 because of 〈◊〉 the sonne of Hezekiah King of Iudáh, for that which he did in Ierusalém.
Who shal then haue pitie vpon thee, ô Ierusalém? or who shal be sorie for thee? or who shal go to pray for thy peace?
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, (a{n}d) gone backwarde: therefore wil I stretch out mine hand against thee, and destroye thee: (for) I am wearie with repenting.
And I will scatre the{m} with the fanne in the gates of the earth: I haue wasted, (and) destroyed my people, (yet) they wolde not returne from their wayes.
Their widdowes are increased by my aboue the sand of the sea: I haue broght vpon them, (and) against the assemblie of the yong men a destroyer at none day, I haue caused (hym) to fall vpon them, (and) the citie suddenly, and spedely.
She that hath borne seuen, hath bene made weake: her heart hathe failed: the sunne hathe failed her, whiles it was day: she hathe bene confounded, and ashamed, and the residue of them will I deliuer vnto the sworde before their enemies, saith the Lord.
¶ Wo is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me, a conte{n}tious man, and a man that striueth with the whole earth: I haue nether lent on vsurie, normen haue lent vnto me on vsurie: (yet) euerie one doeth cursse me.
The Lord laid, Surely thy remnant shal haue welth: surely I wil cause thine enemie to intreat thee in the time of trouble, and in the time of affliction.
Shal the yron breake the yron, a{n}d the brasse (that commeth) from the North?
Thy substance and thy treasures will I giue to be spoiled without gaine, and that for all thy sinnes euen in all thy borders.
And I wil make thee to go with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not: for a 〈◊〉 is kindled in mine angre, (which) 〈◊〉 burne you.
O Lord, thou knowest, remembre me, and visit me, and reuenge me of my persecuters: take me not awaye in the continuance of thine angre: knowe that for thy sake I haue suffred rebuke.
Thy wordes were founde (by me,) and I did eat them, and thy worde was vnto me the ioye and reioy 〈◊〉 of mine heart: for thy Name is called vpon me, ô Lord, God of hostes.
I sate not in the assemblie of the mockers, nether did I reioyce, but sate alone because of thy plague: for thou last filled me with indignation.
Why is myne heauines continual? and my plague desperate (and) can not be healed? (why) art thou vnto me as a lyer, (and as) waters that faile.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou returne, then wil I bring thee againe, (〈◊〉) thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take away the precious from the vile, thou shalt be accordyng to my worde: let them returne vnto thee, but returne not thou vnto them.
And I will make thee vnto thys people a strong brasen wal, and they shal fight against thee, but they shall not preuaile againste thee: for I am with thee to saue thee and to deliuer thee, saith the Lord.
And I will deliuer thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeme thee out of the hand of the tyrants.
THe worde of the Lorde came also vnto me, saying.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.
For thus saith the Lord concerning the sonnes, and concerning the daughters that are borne in this place, a{n}d concerning their mothers that beare them, and concerning their fathers, that beget them in this land.
They shaldye of deaths (and) diseases: they shal not be lamented, nether shall they be buryed, (but) they shalbe as dongue vpon the earth, and they shalbe consumed by the sworde, and by famine, and their carkeises shalbe meat for the foules of the heauen, a{n}d for the beastes of the earth.
For thus saith the Lord, Entre not into the house of mourning, nether go to lament, nor be moued for them: for I haue taken my peace from this people, sayth the Lord, (euen) mercie and compassion.
Bothe the great, a{n}d the smale shaldye in this land: they shal not be buryed, nether shal me{n} lament for them nor cut them selues, nor make them selues bald for them.
They shall not stretche out (the handes) for the{m} in the mournyng to co{m}fort them for the dead, nether shal they giue them the cup of consolation to drinke for their father or for their mother.
Thou shaltnotalso go into the house of feasting to sit with them to eat and to drinke.
For thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Beholde, I wil cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, euen in your dayes the voyce of mirth, and the voyce of gladnes the voyce of the bridegrome and the voyce of the bride.
And when thou shalt shewe this people all these wordes, and they shal saye vnto thee, Wherefore hathe the Lord pronounced all this great plague against vs? or what is our iniquitie? and what is our sinne that we haue committed against the Lord our God?
Then shalt thou saye vnto them, Because your fathers haue forsake{n} me, saith the Lord and haue walked after other gods, and haue serued them, and worshiped them, and haue forsaken me, and haue not kept my Law,
And ye haue done worse then your fathers for beholde, you walke euerie one after the stubbernes of his wicked heart, and wil not heare me]
Therefore wil I driue you out of this land into a land that ye knowe not, (nether) you, nor your fathers, & there shal ye serue other gods daye and night: for I wil shewe you 〈◊〉 grace.
Beholde, therefore, saith the LORD, the dayes come that it shal no more be said, The Lord liueth, which broght vp the childre{n} of Israél out of the land of Egypt,
But the Lord liueth, that broght vp the children of Israél from the land of the North, and from all the lands where he had scatered them, and I wil bring them againe into their land that I gaue vnto their fathers.
Beholde, saith the Lord, I wil send out many fishers, and they shal fish them, and after, wil I send out many hu{n}ters, & they shal bunt them from euerie muntaine and from euerie hill, and out of the caues of the rockes.
For mine eyes (are) vpon all their wayes: thei are not hid from my face, nether is their iniquitie hid from mine eyes.
And first I wil recompense their iniquitie and their sinne double, because they haue defiled my land, (and) haue filled mine inheritance with their filthie carions and their abominations.
O Lord, (thou art) my force, and my stre{n}gth & my refuge in the day of affliction: the Gentiles shal come vnto thee from the ends of the worlde, and shal say, Surely our fathers haue inherited lies, (and) vanitie, wherein there was no profite.
Shal a man make gods vnto him self, & they are no gods?
Beholde, therefore I wil this once teache the{m}: I wil shew the{m} mine hand & my power, & thei shal know that my Name is the Lord.
THe sinne of Iudáh is writen with a penne of yron, (and) with the point of a dia mōde, (and) grauen vpon the table of their heart, and vpon the hornes of your altars.
They reme{m}ber their altars as their childre{n}, with their groues by the grene trees vpon the hie hilles.
O my mountaine in the field, I wil giue thy substance, (&) all thy treasures to be spoiled, for the sinne of thy high places through out all thy borders.
And thou shalt rest, & in thee (shalbe arest) from thine heritage that I gaue thee, and I wil cause thee to serue thine enemies in the la{n}d, which thou knowest not: for ye haue kindeled a fyre in mine angre, (which) shal burne for euer.
¶ Thus saith the Lord, Cursed (be) the man that trusteth in man, & maketh flesh his arme and withdraweth his heart from the Lord.
For he shalbe like the heath in the wildernes, and shal not se when (anie) good cometh, but shal inhabit the partched places in the wildernes, in a salt land, and not inhabited.
Blessed (be) the ma{n}, that trusteth in the Lord and whose hope the Lord is.
For he shalbe as a tre that is planted by the water, whiche spreadeth out her rootes by the riuer, and shal not fele when the heat cometh, but her leaf shalbe grene, and shal not care for the ye are of drought, nether shal cease from yelding frute.
The heart is deceitful and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe it?
I the Lord searche the heart, (and) trye the reines, euen to giue euerie man according to his wayes, (and) according to the frute of his workes.
(As) the partryche gathered (the yong,) which she hathe not broght forthe: (so) he that getteth riches, and not by right, shal leaue them in the middes of his dayes, and at his end shalbe a foole.
(As) a glorious throne exalted from the beginning, (so is) the place of our Sanctuarie.
O Lord, the hope of Israél, all that forsake thee, shalbe confounded: they that departe from thee, shalbe written in the earth, because they haue forsaken the Lord, the fountaine of liuing waters.
Heale me, ô Lord, and I shalbe whole: saue me, and I shal be saued: for thou art my praise.
Beholde, they say vnto me, Where is the worde of the Lord? let it come now.
But I haue not trust in my self for a pastor after thee, nether haue I desired the daye of miserie, thou knowest: that which came out of my lippes, was (right) before thee.
Be not terrible vnto me: thou art mine hope in the day of aduersitie.
Let them be confounded, that persecute me but let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, but let not me be afraid: bring vpon the{m} the day of aduersitie, & destroy them with double destruction.
Thus hathe the Lord said vnto me, Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the Kings of Iudáh come in, & by the whiche they go out, & in all the gates of Ierusalém,
And say vnto them, Heare the worde of the Lord, ye Kings of Iudáh, and all 〈◊〉 udáh, and all the inhabitants of Ierusalém, that entre in by these gates.
Thus 〈◊〉 the Lord, Take hede to your soules, and beare no burden in the Sabbath day nor bring it in by the gates of Ierusalém.
Nether carye forthe burdens out of your houses in the Sabbath day: nether do ye anie worke, but sanctifie the Sabbath, as I commanded your fathers.
But they obeyed not, nether inclined their eares, but made their neckes stiffe and wolde not heare, nor receiue correction.
Neuertheles if ye wil heare me, saith the Lord, and beare no burden through the gates of the citie in the Sabbath day, but 〈◊〉 fie the Sabbath day, so that ye do no worke therein.
Then shal the Kings and the princes entre in at the gates of this citie, and shal sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and shal ride vpon charets, and vpon horses, (bothe) they and their princes, the men of Iudáh, and the inhabitants of Ierusalém: and this citie shal remaine for euer.
And they shal come from the cities of Iudáh and from about Ierusalém, and from the la{n}d of Beniamin, and from the plaine, and from the mountaines, and from the South, 〈◊〉 shal bring burnt offrings, and sacrifices, and meat offrings, and incense, (&) shal bring sacrifice of praise into the House of the Lord.
But if ye wil not heare me to sanctifie the Sabbath daye, and not to beare, a burde{n} nor to go through the gates of Ierusalém in the Sabbath daye, then wil I kindle a fyre in the gates thereof, and it shal deuoure the palaces of Ierusalém, and it shal not be quenched.
THe worde whiche came to Ieremiáh fro{m} the Lord, saying,
Arise, & go downe into the potters house, & there shal I shewe thee my wordes.
Then I went downe to the potters house, & beholde, he wroght a worke on the wheles.
And the vessel that he made of claye, was broken in the hand of the potter, so he returned, & made it another vessel, as semed good to the potter to make it.
Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying.
O house of Israél, can not I do with you as this potter, saith the LORD? beholde, as the claie (is) in the potters ha{n}d, so are you in mine hand, o house of Israél.
I wil speake suddenly against a nation or a againste a kingdome to plucke it vp, and to roote it out and to destroye it.
But if this nation against whome I haue pronounced, turne from their wickednes, I wil repent of the plague that I thoght to bring vpon them.
And I wil speake suddenly concerning a nacion, and concerning a kingdome to buylde it and to plant it.
But if it do euil in my sight and heare not my voyce, I wil repent of the good that I thoght to do for them.
Speake thou now therefore vnto the men of Iudáh, and to the inhabita{n}ts of Ierusalém, saying. Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I prepare a plague for you, & purpose a thing against you: returne you therefore euerie one from his euil waye, and make your wayes & your workes good.
But they said desperatly, Surely we wil walke after our owne imaginacions and do euerie man (after) the stubbernes of his wicked heart.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Aske now among the heathen, who hathe heard suche things? the virgine of Israél hathe done verie filthily.
Wil a man forsake the snowe of Lebanōn, (which cometh) from the rocke of the field? or shal the 〈◊〉 slowing waters, that come from another place, be forsaken?
Because my people hathe forgotten me, (&) haue burnt incense to vanitie, and (their Prophetes) haue cause them to stumble in their wayes (from) the ancient wayes to walke in the paths (and) waye that is not troden,
To make their land desolate (&) a perpetual derisio{n}, (so that) euerie one that passeth ther by, shalbe astonished and wagge his head,
I wil scattre them with an East winde before the enemie: I wil shewe them the backe and not the face in the day of their destruction.
Then said they, Come, and let vs imagine some deuise againste Ieremiáh: for the Law shal not perish from the Priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the worde from the Prophet: come, and let vs smite him with the to{n}gue, and let vs not giue hede to any of his wordes.
Hearken vnto me, ô Lord, and heare the voyce of them that contend with me.
Shal euil be recompe{n}ced for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: remembre that I stode before thee, to speake good for them, (and) to turne away thy wrath from them.
Therefore, deliuer vp their children to famine, and let them drop away by the force of the sworde, and let their wiues be robbed of their children, and be widdowes: and let their housbands be put to death, (and) let their yong men be slayne by the sworde in the battel.
Let the crye be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring an hoste sudde{n}ly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my fete.
Yet Lord thou knowest all their counsel against me (te{n}deth) to death: forgiue not their iniquitie, nether put out their sinne from thy sight, but let them be ouerthrowen before thee: deale (thus) with them in the time of thine angre.
THus said the Lord, Go, and bye an earthe{n} bottel of a potter, & (take) of the ancie{n}ts of the people, and of the ancients of the Priests,
And go forthe vnto the vallei of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrie of the East gate & thou shalt preache there the wordes, that I shal tel thee,
And shalt say, Heare ye the worde of the Lord, 〈◊〉 Kings of 〈◊〉, and inhabitants of Ierusalém, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Beholde, I wil bring a 〈◊〉 vpon this place, the which whosoeuer heareth, his eares shal tingle.
Because they haue forsaken me, and prophaned this place, and haue burnt incense in it vnto other gods, whome (nether) they, nor their fathers haue knowen, nor the Kings of Iudáh [they haue filled this place also with the blood of innocents,
And they haue buylt the hie places of Báal, to burne their sonnes with fyre for burnt offrings vnto Báal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, nether came it into my minde]
Therefore beholde, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that this place shal no more be called 〈◊〉, nor the vallei of Benhinnóm, but the vallei of slaughter.
And I wil bring the counsel of Iudáh and Ierusalém to noght in this place, and I wil cause the{m} to fall by the sworde before their enemies, and by the ha{n}d of them that seke their liues: and their carkeises wil I giue to be meat for the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the field.
And I wil make this citie desolate and an hissing, (so that) euerie one that passeth there by, shalbe astonished and hisse because of all the plagues thereof.
And 〈◊〉 wil fede the{m} with the flesh of their sonnes and with the flesh of their daughters and euerie one shal eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and streitnes, where with their enemies that seke their liues, shal holde them streit.
Then shalt thou breake the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
And shalt saie vnto them, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Euen so wil I breake this people and this citie, as one breaketh a potters vessel, that can not be made whole againe, & thei shal burye (them) in Tōpheth til there be no place to burye.
Thus will do vnto this place, saith the Lord and to the inhabitans thereof, and I wil make this citie like Tōpheth.
For the houses of Ierusalém, and the houses of the Kings of Iudáh shalbe desiled as the place of Tōpheth, because of all the houses vpon whose rofes thei haue burnt incense vnto all the hoste of heauen, & haue powred out drinke offrings vnto other goods.
Then came Ieremiah from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophecie, and he stode in the court of the Lords house, & said to all the people.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Beholde, I wil bring vpon this citie, & vpon all her townes, all the plagues that I haue pronounced against it, because they haue hardened their neckes, and wolde not heare my wordes.
WHen Pashúr, the sonne of Immér, the Priest, which was appointed gouernour in the House of the Lord, heard that Ieremiáh prophecied these things,
Then Pashúr smote Ieremiáh the Prophet, and put him in the stockes that were in the hie gate of Beniamin which was by the House of the Lord.
And on the morning, Pashúr broght Ieremiáh out of the stockes. Then said Ieremiáh vnto him, The Lord hathe not called thy name Pashúr, but Magór-missabib.
For thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I wil make thee to be a terrour to thy self, and to all thy friends, and thei shal fall by the sworde of their enemies, and thine eyes shal beholde it, and I wil giue all Iudáh into the hand of 〈◊〉 King of Babél, and he shal carie them captiue into Babél, and shal slaie them with the sworde.
Moreouer I wil deliuer all the substance of this citie, and all the labours thereof and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the Kings of Iudáh wil I giue into the hand of their enemies, which shal spoyle them, and take them awaie and carie them to Babél.
And thou Pashūr, and all that dwell in thine house, shal go into captiuitie, and thou shalt come to Babél, and there thou shalt dye, and shalt be buryed there, thou & all thy friends to whome thou hast prophecied lies.
O Lord thou hast deceiued me, and I am deceiued: thou art stronger then I, and hast preuailed: I am in derision daiely: euerie one mocketh me.
For since I spake, I cryed out of wrong, and proclaimed desolation: therefore the word of the Lord was made a reproche vnto me, and in derision daiely.
Then I said, I wil not make mencion of him, nor speake any more in his Name. But (his worde) was in mine heart as a burning fyre shut vp in my bones, and I was wearie with for bearing, and I colde not (stay.)
For I had heard the railing of many, (and) feare on euerie side. Declare, (said thei) and we wil declare it: all my familiars watched for mine halting, (saying,) It may be that he is deceiued: so we shal preuaile against him, & we shal execute our vengeance vpon him.
But the Lord is with me like a mightie gya{n}t therefore my persecuters shalbe ouerthrowen, and shal not preuaile, (and) shalbe greatly confounded: for they haue done vn wisely, (and their) euerlasting shame shal neuer be forgotten.
But, ô Lord of hostes, that tryest the righteous, and seest the reignes and the heart, let me se thy vengeance on them: for vnto thee haue I opened my cause.
Sing vnto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hathe deliuered the soule of the poore from the hand of the wicked.
¶ Cursed (be) the day wherein I was borne: and let not the day wherein my mother bare me, be blessed.
Cursed (be) the man, that shewed my father saying, A man childe is borne vnto thee, and comforted him.
And let that man be as the cities, which the Lord hathe ouerturned and repented not: & let him heare the crye in the morning, and the showting at noone tide,
Because he hathe not slayne me, (eue{n}) from the wombe, or that my mother might haue bene my graue, or her wombe a perpetual conception.
How is it, (that) I came for the of the wombe to se labour and sorowe, that my daies shulde be consumed with shame?
THe worde which came vnto Ieremiáh from the Lord, when King Zedekiáh sent vnto him Pashúr, the sonne of Malchiáh, & Zephaniáh, the sonne of Maaseáh the Priest, saying,
Inquire, I pray thee of the Lord for vs [for Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél maketh warre against vs] if so be that the LORD wil deale with vs according to all his wonderous workes, that he may returne vp from vs.
Then said Ieremiáh, Thus shal you say to Zedekiáh,
Thus saith the Lord God of Israél, Beholde, I wil turne backe the weapons of warre that are in your hands, where with ye fight against the King of Babél, and against the Caldeans, which besiege you without the walles, and I wil assemble them into the middes of this citie.
And I my self wil fight against you with an outstretched hand, and with a mightie arme euen in angre and in wrath, and in great indignacion.
And I wil smite the inhabitants of this citie, bothe man, and beast: thei shaldye of a great pestilence.
And after this, saith the Lord, I wil deliuer Zedekiáh the King of Iudáh, and his serua{n}ts and the people, and suche as are left in this citie, from the pestilence, from the sworde and from the famine into the hand of Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél, and into the ha{n}d of those that seke their liues, and he shal smite them with the edge of the sworde: he shal not spare them, nether haue pitie nor compassion.
¶ And vnto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
He that abideth in this citie, shaldye by the sworde and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Caldeans, that besiege you, he shal liue, and his life shalbe vnto him for a pray.
For I haue set my face against this citie, for euil and not for good, saith the Lord: it shal be giuen into the hand of the King of Babél, and he shal burne it with fyre.
¶ And (say) vnto the house of the King of Iudah, Heare ye the worde of the Lord.
O house of Dauid, thus saith the Lord, Execute iudgement in the morning, and deliuer the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fyre and burne, that none can quenche it, because of the wickednes of your workes.
Beholde, (I come) against thee, ô inhabitant of the valley, (and) rocke of the plaine, saith the Lord, which say, Who shal come downe against vs? or who shal enter into our habitacions?
But I wil visite you according to the frute of your workes, saith the Lord, and I wil kindle a fyre in the forest thereof, and it shal deuoure rounde about it.
THus said the Lord, God owne to the house of the King of Iudáh, and speake there this thing,
And say, Heare the word of the Lord, ô King of Iudáh, that sittest vpon the throne of Dauid, thou and thy seruants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.
Thus saith the Lord, Execute ye iudgeme{n}t and righteousnes, & deliuer the oppressed from the ha{n}d of the oppressor, and vexe not the stranger, the fatherles, not the widdowe do no violence, nor shede innocent blood in this place.
For if ye do this thing, then shal the Kings sitting vpon the throne of Dauid enter in by the 〈◊〉 of this house, and ride vpon charets, and vpon horses, (bothe) he and his seruants and his people.
But if ye wil not heare these wordes, I sweare by my self, saith the Lord, that this house shalbe waste.
For thus hathe the Lord spoken vpon the Kings house of Iudáh, Thou art Gilád vnto me, (and) the head of Lebanōn, (yet) surely I wil make thee a wildernes (and as) cities not inhabited,
And I wil prepare destroyers against thee, euery one with his weapons, and they shal cut downe thy chief cedre trees, and cast them in the fyre.
And many nacions shal passe by this citie, and thei shal say euery man to his neighbour wherefore hathe the Lord done thus vnto this great citie?
Then shal they answer, Because they haue forsaken the couena{n}t of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and serued them.
¶ Wepe not for the dead, and be not moued for the{m}, (but) wepe for him that goeth out: for he shal returne no more, nor se his natiue countrey.
For thus saith the Lord, As touching Shallúm the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudáh, whiche reigned for Iosiáh his father, which we{n}t out of this place, he shal not returne thether,
But he shaldye in the place, whether they haue led him captiue, and shal se this land no more.
¶ Wo vnto him that buyldeth his house by vnrighteousnes, and his chambers without equitie: he vseth his neighbour without wages and giueth him not for his worke.
He saith, I wil buylde me a wide house, and large chambers: so he wil make him self large windowes, and fiding with cedre and painte them with vermelon.
Shalt thou reigne, because thou closest thy self in cedre? did not thy father eat and drinke and prosper, when he executed iudgeme{n}t and iustice?
When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the pōore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lord.
But thine eyes and thine heart are but onely for thy couetousnes, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, & for destruction, (euen) to do this.
Therefore thus saith the Lord against Ieho hoiakim, the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudáh, Thei shal not lament him, (saying,) Ah, my brother, or ah, sister: nether shal they mourne for him, (saying,) Ah, lord, or ah, his glorie.
He shalbe buryed as an asse is buryed, (euen) drawen and cast for the without the gates of Ierusalém.
¶ Go vp to Lebanón, and crye: shoute in Bashán and crye by the passages: for all thy louers are destroyed.
I spake vnto thee when thou wast in prosperitie: (but) thou saidst, I wil not heare: this hathe bene thy maner fro{m} thy youth that thou woldest not obey my voice.
The wi{n}de shal fede all thy pastors, and thy louers shal go into captiuitie: and then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded of all thy 〈◊〉.
Thou that dwellest in Lebanōn, (and) makest thy nest in the cedres, how beautiful shalt thou be when sorowes come vpon thee as the sorow of a woman in trauail?
As I liue, saith the Lord, thogh Coniáh the sonne of 〈◊〉 King of Iudáh, were the signet of my right hand, yet wolde I plucke thee thence.
And I wil giue thee into the hand of the{m} that seke thy 〈◊〉, and into the hand of the{m}, whose face thou fearest euen into the hand of Nebuchadnezzár King of Babél and into the hand of the Caldeans.
And I wil cause them to cary thee away, and thy mother that bare thee, into another countrey, where ye were not borne, and there shal ye dye.
But to the land, whereunto they desire to returne, they shal not returne thether.
Is not this man Coniáh (as) a despised (and) broken idole? or (as) a vessel, wherein is no pleasure? Wherefore are thei caryed away, he and his sede, and cast out into a land that they knowe not?
O earth, earth, earth, heare the worde of the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord, Write this man destitute of (children,) a man that shal not prosper in his dayes: for there shalbe no man of his sede that shal prosper and sit vpon the throne of Dauid or beare rule any more in Iudáh.
WO (be) vnto the Pastors that destroie and scatter the shepe of my pasture, saith the Lord.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israél vnto the Pastors that fede my people, Ye haue scattred my flocke and thrust them out, and haue not visited them: beholde, I wil visite you for the wickednes of your workes, saith the Lord.
Add I wil gather the rennant of my shepe out of all countreys, whether I had driuen them, and wil bring them againe to their foldes, and they shal growe and encrease.
And I wil set vp shepherdes ouer them, whiche shal fede them: and they shal dread no more nor be afraid, nether shal any of the{m} be lacking, saith the Lord.
Beholde, The daies come, saith the Lord, that I wil raise vnto Dauid a righteous branche, and a King shal reigne, and prosper, and shal execute iudgement, and iustice in the earth.
In his dais Iudáh shalbe saued', and Israél shal dwell safely, and this is the name whereby thei shal call him, The Lord our righteousnes.
Therefore beholde, the daies come, saith the Lord, that thei shal no more say, The Lord liueth, which broght vp the children of Israél out of the land of Egypt,
But the Lord liueth, which broght vp and led the sede of the house of Israél out of the North countrey and from all contreys where I had scattered them, and thei shal dwell in their owne land.
Mine heart breaketh within me, because of the Prophetes, all my bones shake: I am like a drunken man [and like a man whome wine hathe ouercome] for the presence of the Lord and for his 〈◊〉 wordes.
For the land is ful of adulterets, (and because of othes the land mourneth, the pleasant places of the wildernes are dryed vp, and their course is euil, & their force is not right
For bothe the Prophet and the Priest do wickedly: and their wickednes haue I fou{n}de in mine House, saith the Lord.
Wherefore their waye shalbe vnto them as sliperie (awaye) in the darkenes: they shal be driuen forthe and fall therein: for I wil bring a plague vpon them, (euen) the yere of their visitacion, saith the Lord.
And I haue sene foolishnes in the Prophetes of Samaria, that prophecied in Báal and caused my people Israél to erre.
I haue sene also in the Prophetes of Ierusalém filthines: they commit adulterie & walke in lies: they strengthen also the hands of the wicked that none can returne from his wickednes: they are all vnto me as Sodōm, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomoráh.
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes concerning the Prophetes, Beholde, I wil fede them with worme wood, and make them drinke the water of gall: for from the Prophetes of Ierusalém is wickednes gone forthe into all the land.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Heare not the wordes of the Prophetes that prophecie vnto you, and teache you vanitie: they speake the vision of their owne heart (and) not out of the mouth of the Lord,
Thei saie stil vnto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shal haue peace: and thei saie vnto euerie one that walketh after the stubbernes of his owne heart, No euil shal come vpon you.
For who hathe stand in the counsel of the Lord that he hathe perceiued and heard his worde? Who hathe marked his worde and heard it?
Beholde, the tempest of the Lord goeth forthe in (his) wrath, and a violent whirlwinde shal fall downe vpo{n} the head of the wicked.
The angre of the Lord shal not returne vntil he haue executed, and til he haue performed the thoghts of his heart: in the latter daies ye shal vnderstand it plainely.
I haue not sent these Prophetes, saith the Lord, yet thei ranne: I haue not spoken to them, and yet thei prophecied.
But if thei had stand in my counsel, and had declared my wordes to my people, then they shulde haue turned them from their euil waie, and from the wickednes of their inuentions.
Am I a God (at hand,) saith the Lord, & not a God farre of?
Can anie hide him self in secre places, that I shal not se him, saith the Lord? Do not I fil heauen and earth, saith the Lord?
I haue heard what the Prophetes said, that prophecie lies in my Name, saying, I haue dreamed, I haue dreamed.
How long? "Do the Prophetes delite to prophecie lies, euen prophecying the deceit of their owne heart?
Thinke thei to cause my people to forget my Name by their dreames, which thei tel euerie man to his neighbour, as their forefathers haue forgotten my Name for Báal?
The Prophet that hathe a dreame, let him tel a dreame, and he that hathe my worde, let him speake my worde faithfully: what is the chaffe to the wheat, saith the Lord.
Is not my worde euen like a fyre, saith the Lord? and like an hammer, that breaketh the 〈◊〉?
Therefore beholde, I (wil come) against the Prophetes, saith the Lord, that steale my 〈◊〉 euerie one from his neighbour.
Beholde, I (wil come) against the Prophetes saith the Lord, which haue swete tongues, & saye, He saith.
Beholde, I (wil come) against them that prophecie false dreames, saith the Lord, and do tel them, and cause my people to erreby their lies, and by their slatteries, and I send them not, nor commanded them: therefore thei bring no profite vnto this people, saith the Lord.
And when this people, or the Prophet, or a Priest shal aske thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say vnto the{m}, What burden? I wil euen forsake you, saith the Lord.
And the Prophet, or the Priest, or the people that shal say, The burden of the Lord, I wil euen visit euerie suche one, and his house.
Thus shal ye say euerie one to his neighbour and euerie one to his brother, What hathe the Lord answered? and what hathe the Lord spoken?
And the burden of the Lord shal ye mencion no more: for euerie mans worde shalbe his burde{n}: for ye haue peruerted the wordes of the liuing God, the Lord of hostes our God.
Thus shalt thou say to the Prohpet, What hathe the Lord answered thee? and what hathe the Lord spoken?
And if you say, The burden of the Lord, Then thus saith the Lord, Because ye say this worde, The burden of the Lord, and I haue sent vnto you, saying, Ye shal not say, The burden of the Lord,
Therefore beholde I, euen I wil vtterlly forget you, and I wil forsake you, and the citie that I gaue you & your fathers, (and cast you) out of my presence,
And wil bring en euerlasting reproche vpon you, and a perpetual shame which shal neuer be forgotten.
THe Lord shewed me, and beholde, two baskets of figges were set before the Te{m}ple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadnezzár King of Babél had caried away captiue Ieconiah the sonne of Ichoiakim King of 〈◊〉, & the princes of Iudáh with the workemen, and cunning men of Ierusalém, & had broght them to Babél.
One basked (had) verie good figgs, (〈◊〉) like the figges that are first ripe: & the other basket (had) verie noghtie figges which colde not be eaten, thei were so euil.
The{n} said the Lord vnto me, What seest thou, Ieremiáh? And I said, 〈◊〉: the good figgs verie good, and the noghtie verie noghtie, which can not be eaten, thei are so euil.
Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israél, Like these good figges, so wil I knowe them that are caried away captiue of Iudáh to be good whome I haue sent out of this place, into the land of the Caldeans.
For I wil set mine eyes vpon them for good, and I wil bring them againe to this land, and I wil buylde them, and not destroy them, and I wil plant them, and not roote them out,
And I wil giue them 〈◊〉 heart to knowe me that I am the Lord, and they shalbe my people, and I wil be their GOD: for they shall returne vnto me with their whole heart.
And as the noghtie figges which can not be eate{n}, they are so euil [surely thus saith the Lord] so wil I giue Zedekiáh the King of Iudáh, and his princes, and the residue of Ierusalém, that remaine in this land, and the{m} that dwell in the land of Egypt:
I wil euen giue them for a terrible plague to all the kingdomes of the earth, (and) for are proche and for a prouerbe, for a commune talke, and for a cursse, in all places, where I shal cast them.
And I wil send the sworde, the famine, and the pestilence among them, til they be consumed out of the land, that I gaue vnto them and to their fathers.
THe worde that came to Ieremiáh, concerning all the people of Iudáh in the fourth yere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudáh that was in the first yere of Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél:
The which Ieremiáh the Prophet spake vnto all the people of 〈◊〉, and to all the inhabitants of Ierusalém, saying,
From the thirtenth yere of Iosiáh the sonne of Ammón King of Iudáh, euen vnto this daie [that is the thre and twentieth yere] the worde of the Lord hathe come vnto me, and I haue spoke{n} vnto you rising early and speaking, but ye wolde not heare.
And the Lord hathe sent vnto you all his seruants the Prophetes, rising early and sending (them,) but ye wolde not heare, nor encline your eares to obeie.
Thei said, Turne againe now euerie one from his euil waie, and from the wickednes of your inuencions, and ye shal dwell in the land that the Lord hathe giuen vnto you, and to your fathers for euer and euer.
And go not after other gods to serue them and to worship the{m}, and prouoke me not to angre with the workes of your hands, and I wil not punish you.
Neuertheles ye wolde not heare me, saith the Lord, but haue prouoked me to angre with the workes of your ha{n}ds to your owne hurt.
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes Because ye haue not heard my wordes,
Beholde, I wil send and take (to me) all the families of the North, saith the Lord, and Nebuchad-nezzár the King of Babél my serua{n}t and wil bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations rounde about, and wil destroye them, and make them an astonishment and an hissing, and a continual desolation.
Moreouer I wil take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladnes, the voice of the bridegrome and the voice of the bride, the noise of the millestones, and the light of the candle.
And this whole land shal be desolate, and an astomishment, and these nations shal serue the King of Babél seuenty yeres.
And when the seuentie yeres are accomplished, I wil visite the King of Babél and that nacion, saith the Lord, for their iniquities, euen the land of the Caldeans, and wil make it a perpetual desolation,
And I wil bring vpon that land all my wordes which I haue pronou{n}ced against it (eue{n}) all that is write{n} in this boke, which leremiáh hathe prophecied against all nations.
For many nacions, and great Kings shal euen serue them selues of them: thus wil I recompence them according to their dedes, and according to the workes of their owne hands.
For thus hathe the Lord God of Israél spoken vnto me, Take the cup of wine of this (mine) indignacion at mine hand, and cause all the nacions, to whome I send thee, to drinke it.
And they shal drinke, and be moued and be madde, because of the sworde, that I wil send among them,
Then tokel the cuppe at the Lords hand, and made all people to drinke, vnto whome the Lord had sent me:
(Euen) Ierusalém, and the cities of Iudáh, & the Kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them desolate, an astonishment, an hising, and a cursse, as (appeareth) this day:
Pharaóh (also) Kings of Egypt, and his seruantes, and his princes, and all his people:
And all sortes of people, and all the Kings of the land of Vz: and all the Kings of the land of the Philistims, and Ashkelón, and Azzáh, and Ekrōn, and the remnant of Ashdod:
Edóm, and Moáb, and the Ammonites,
And all the Kings of Tyrus, & all the Kings of Zidón, and the Kinge of the Yles, that are beyonde the sea,
And Dedán, and Temá, and Buz, and all that dwell in the vtter must corners,
And all the Kings of Arabia, and all the Kings of Arabia, that dwel in the desert,
And all the Kings of Zimri, & all the Kings of' Elám, and all the Kings of the Medes.
And all the Kings of the North farre, and nere one to another, and all the kingdomes of the worlde, which are vpon the earth, & the King of Sheshách shal drinke after the{m}
Therefore say thou vnto them, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Drinke and be drunken, and spewe and fall, and rise no more, because of the sworde, which I wil send among you,
¶ But if thei refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drinke, then tel them, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, ye shal certeinly drinke.
For lo, I beginne to plague the citie, where my Name is called vpon, and shulde you go fre? Ye shal not go quite for I wil call for a sworde vpon all the inhabita{n}s of the earth saith the Lord of hostes.
Therefore prophecie thou against them all these wordes, and saie vnto them The Lord shal roare from aboue, and thrust out his voice from his holie habitacion: he shal roare vpon his habitacion, and crye aloude as thei that presse the grapes against all the inhabitans of the earth,
The sounde shal come to the ends of the earth: for the Lord hathe a co{n}trouersie 〈◊〉 the nations, and wil entre into iudgement with all flesh, (and) he wil giue them that are wicked, to the sworde, saith the Lord.
¶ Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Beholde, a plague shal go forthe from nation to nation and a great whitle winde shalbe raised vp from the coastes of the earth,
And the slaine of the Lord shalbe at that daie, from (one) end of the earth, euen vnto the (other) end of the earth: thei shal not be mourned, nether gathered nor buryed, (but) shalbe as the dongue vpon the grounde.
Houle, ye shepherds, and crye, and wallowe your selues in the ashes, ye principal of the flocke: for your daies of slaughter are accomplished, and of your dispersion, and ye shal fall like precious vessels.
And the flight shal faile from the shepherds, and the escaping from the principal of the flocke.
A voice of the crye of the shepherds, and an knowling of the principal of the flocke (shalbe heard:) for the Lord hathe destroyed their pasture.
And the best pastures are destroyed because of the wrath and indignation of the Lord.
He hathe forsaken his couert, as the lion: for their land is waste, because of the wrath of the oppressor, and because of the wrath of his indignation.
IN the beginning of the reigne of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudah, came this worde from the Lord, saying,
Thus saith the Lord, Stand in the court of the Lords House, and speake vnto all the cities of Iudáh, which come to worship in the Lords House, all the wordes that I command thee to speake kepe not a voide backe,
If so be they wil hearken, and turne euerie man from his euil way, that I may repent me of the plague, which I haue determined to bring vpon them, because of the wickednes of their workes.
And thou shalt say vnto the{m}, Thus saith the Lord, If ye wil not heare me to walke in my Lawes, which I haue set before you,
And to heare the wordes of my seruants the Prophetes, whome I sent vnto you, bothe rising vp early, and sending (them,) and wil not obeie (them,)
Then wil I make this House like Shilóh, and wil make this Citie a cursse to all the nacions of the earth.
So the Priestes, and the Prophetes, and all the people heard Ieremiáh speaking these wordes in the Houses of the Lord.
Now when Ieremiáh had made an ende of speaking all that the Lord had commanded (him) to speake vnto all the people, then the Priestes, and the Prophetes, & all the people toke him, and said, Thou shalt dye the death.
Why hast thou prophecied in the Name of the Lord, saying, This House shal be like Shilóh, and this citie shal be desolate without an inhabitant? and all the people were gathered against Ieremiáh in the House of the Lord.
And when the princes of Iudáh heard of these things, thei came vp from the Kings house into the House of the Lord, and sate downe in the entrie of the newe gate of the Lords (House.)
Then spake the Priestes, and the Prophetes vnto the princes, and to all the people, saying, This man is worthie to dye: for he hathe prophecied against this citie, as ye haue heard with your eares.
Then spake Ieremiáh vnto all the princes & to all the people, saying, The Lord hathe sent me to prophecie against this House and against this citie all the things that ye haue heard.
Therefore now amend your waies & your workes, & heare the voice of the Lord your God, that the Lord may repent him of the plague, that he hath pronou{n}ced against you
As for me, beholde, I am in your hands: do with me as ye thinke good and right.
But knowe ye for certeine, that if ye put me: to death, ye shal surely bring innocent blood vpon your selues, and vpon this Citie, and vpon the inhabitants thereof: for of a trueth the Lord hath sét me vnto you, to speake all these wordes in your eares.
Then said the princes and all the people vnto the Priests & to the Prophetes, This man is not worthye to dye: for he hathe spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lord our God.
¶ Then rose 〈◊〉 certeine of the Elders of the land, and 〈◊〉 to all the assemblie of the people, saying,
Micháh the Morashite prophecied in the dayes of Hezekiáh King of Iudáh, and spake to all the people of Iudáh, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Ziōn shal be plowed (like) a field, and Ierusalém shalbe an heape, & the mountaine of the House (shalbe) as the high places of the forest.
Did Hezekiáh King of Iudáh, and all Iudáh put him to death? did he not feare the LORD, and prayed before the Lord, and the Lord repented hym of the plague, that he had pronounced against them? thus might we procure greate euill against our soules.
And there was also a ma{n} that prophecied in the Name of the Lord, (one) 〈◊〉 the sonne of Shemaiáh, of Kiriáth iarem, who prophecied against this citie, and agaynste this land, according' to all the wordes of Ieremiáh.
Now when Iehoiakim the King with all his men of power, and all the princes heard his wordes, the King soght to slaie hym. But when Vriiáh heard it, he was afraied & fled, and went into Egypt.
Then Iehoiakim the King sent men into Egypt, (euen) Elnathán the sonne of Achbór, and certeine with him into Egypt,
And thei fet Vriiáh out of Egypt, & broght him vnto Iehoiakim the King, who slewe him with the sworde, and cast hys dead bodie into the graues of the childre{n} of the people.
But the hand of Ahikám the sonne of Shaphán was with Ieremiáh that thei shuld not giue him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
IN the beginning of the reigne of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudah came this worde vnto Ieremiáh from the Lord, saying,
Thus saith the LORD to me, Make thee bondes, and yokes, and put them vppon thy necke,
And send them to the King of Edóm, and to the King of Moáb, & to the King of the Ammonites, and to the King of Tyrus, and to the King of Zidón, by the hande of the messengers which come to Ierusalém vnto Zedekiáh the King of Iudáh,
And comma{n}de them to say vnto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, Thus shall ye say vnto your masters,
I haue made the earth, the man, and the beast that are vpo{n} the ground, by my great power, & by my outstretched arme, & haue giuen it vnto whome it pleased me.
But now I haue giuen all these lands into the hand of Nebuchad-nezzár the King of Babél my seruant, and the beastes of the field haue I also giuen him to serue him.
And all nations shall serue hym, and hys sonne, and his sonnes sonne vntill the verie time of his land come also: then manye nations and great Kings shall serue them selues of him.
And the nation and kingdome which will not serue the same Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél, and that will not put their necke vnder the yoke of the King of Babél, the same nation wil I visite, saith the Lord, with the sworde, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, vntill I haue wholy (giuen) them into his hands.
Therefore heare not your Prophetes nor your south saiers, nor your dreamers, nor your incha{n}ters, nor your sorcerers, which saie vnto you thus, Ye shall not serue the King of Babél.
For thei prophecie a lie vnto you to cause you to go farre from your lande, and that I shulde cast you out, and you shulde perish.
But the nation that put their neckes vnder the yoke of the King of Babél, and serue him, those wil I let remaine still in theyr owne land, saith the Lord, and thei shal occupie it and dwell therein.
¶ I spake also to Zedekiáh King of Iudáh according to all these wordes, saying, Put your neckes vnder the yoke of the King of Babél, and serue him and his people, that ye may liue.
Why wil ye dye, thou, and thy people by the sworde, by the famine, & by the pestile{n}ce, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation, that wil not serue the King of Babél?
Therefore heare not the wordes of the Prophetes, that speake vnto you, saying, Ye shal not serue the King of Babél: for thei prophecie a lie vnto you.
For I haue not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophecie a lie in my Name, that I might cast you out, & that ye might perish, (bothe) you, and the Prophetes that prophecie vnto you.
¶ Also I spake to the Priestes, & to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Heare not the wordes of your Prophetes that prophecie vnto you, saying, Beholde, the vessels of the House of the Lord shall now shortely be broght agayne from Babél, for they prophecie a lie vnto you.
Heare them not, (but) serue the King of Babél, that ye maye liue: wherefore shulde this citie be desolate?
But if they be Prophetes, and if the word of the Lord be with the{m}, let them intreat the Lord of hostes, that the vessels, whiche are left in the House of the Lord, and in the house of the King of Iudáh, and at Ierusalém, go not to Babél.
For thus saith the Lord of hostes, concerning the pillers, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and co{n}cerning the residue of the vessels that remayne in this citie,
Which Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél toke not, when he caryed away captiue Ieconiáh the sonne of Iehoiakim King of Iudáh from Ierusalém to Bábél, with all the nobles of Iudáh and Ierusalém.
For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, co{n}cerning the vessels that remaine in the House of the Lord, & in the house of the King of Iudáh, and at Ierusalém,
They shalbe broght to Babél, and there thei shalbe vntil the day that I visite the{m}, saith the Lord: then wil I bring them vp, & restore them vnto this place.
ANd that same yere in the beginning of the reigne of Zedekiáh King of Iudáh in the fourth yere, (and) in the fift moneth Hananiáh the sonne of Azúr the Prophet, whiche was of Gibeón, spake to me in the House of the Lord in the presence of the Priests, and of all the people, and said,
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, saying, I haue broken the yoke of the King of Babél.
Within two yeres space I will bring into this place all the vessels of the Lords house that Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél toke awaye from this place, and caried the minto Babél.
And I will bring againe to this place Ieconiáh the sonne of Iehoiakim King of Iudáh, with all them that were caryed awaye captiue of Iudáh, and went into Babél, saith the Lord: for I will breake the yoke of the King of Babél.
Then the Prophet Ieremiáh said vnto the Prophet Hananiáh in the presence of the Priests and in the presence of all the people that stode in the House of the Lord.
Euen the Prophet Ieremiáh said, So be it: the Lord so do, the Lord confirme thy wordes which thou hast prophecied to restore the vessels of the Lords House, and all that is caryed captiue from Babél into this place.
But heare thou now this worde that I will speake in thine eares and in the 〈◊〉 of all the people.
The Prophetes that haue bene before me, and before thee in time past, prophecied against manie countreis, and against great kingdomes, of warre, and of 〈◊〉, and of pestilence.
(And) the Prophet which prophecieth of peace, when the worde of the Prophet shal come to passe, (then) shall the Prophet be knowe{n} that the Lord 〈◊〉 truely sent him.
The{n} Hananiáh the Prophet toke the yoke from the Prophet Ieremiahs necke, and brake it.
And Hananiah spake in the prese{n}ce of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Euen so will I breake the yoke of Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél, fro{m} the necke of all nations within the space of two yeres: & the Prophet Ieremiáh went his way.
¶ Then the worde of the Lord came vnto Ieremiáh the Prophet, [after that Hananiáh the Prophet had broke{n} the yoke from the necke of the Prophet Ieremiáh] saying
Go, and tel Hananiáh, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Thou hast broken the yokes of wood: but thou shalt make for them yokes of yron.
For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, I haue put a yoke of yron vpon the necke of all these natio{n}s, that thei may serue Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél: for thei shall serue him, and I haue giuen hym the beasts of the field also.
Then said the Prophet Ieremiáh vnto the Prophet Hananiáh, Heare now Hananiáh, the Lord hathe not sent thee, but thou makest this people to trust in alye.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I will cast thee from of the earth: this yere thou shalt dye, because thou hast spoken rebelliously against the Lord.
So Hananiáh the Prophet dyed the same yere in the seuenth moneth.
NOw these are the wordes of the boke that Ieremiáh the Prophet sent from Ierusalém vnto the residue of the Elders which were caryed away captiues, & to the Priests, and to the Prophetes, and to all the people whome Nebuchad-nezzár had caryed away captiue from Ierusalém to Babél
[After that Ieconiáh the King, and the b Quene, and the eunuches, the princes of Iudáh, and of Ierusalém, and the workemen, and cunning men were departed from Ierusalém.]
By the hand of Elasáh the sonne of Shaphā and Gemariáh the sonne of Hilkiáh [whome Zedekiáh King of Iudáh sent vnto Babél to Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél] saying,
Thus hathe the Lord of hostes the GOD of Israél spoken vnto all that are caryed awaye captiues, whome I haue caused to be caryed awaye captiues from Ierusalém vnto Babél.
Buylde you houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eat the frutes of them.
Take you wiues, and beget sonnes, and daughters, & take wiues for your sonnes, & giue your daughters to housbands, that they may beare sonnes and daughters, that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
And seke the prosperitie of the citie, whether I haue caused you to be caryed awaye captiues, and praye vnto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall you haue peace.
¶ For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, Let not your prophetes, and your so the sayers that be amo{n}g you, deceiue you nether giue eare to your dreames, which you dreame.
For they prophecie you alye in my Name I haue not sent them, saith the Lord.
But thus saith the Lord, That after seuentie yeres be accomplished at Babél, I wil visit you, and performe my good promes toward you, and cause you to returne to this place.
For knowe the thoghts, that I haue thoght towardes you, saith the Lord, (eue{n}) the thoghts of peace, and not of trouble, to giue you an end, and (your) hope.
Then shal you crye vnto me, and ye shal go and pray vnto me, and I wil heare you,
And ye shal seke me and finde (me,) because ye shal seke me with all your heart.
And I wil be founde of you, saith the Lord and I wil turne away your captiuitie, and I wil gather you from all the nations and fro{m} all the places, whether I haue cast you, faith the Lord, and wil bring you againe vnto the place, whence I caused you to be caryed away captiue.
¶ Because ye haue said, The Lord hathe raised vs vp Prophetes in Babél.
Therefore thus saieth the Lord of the King that sitteth vpon the throne of Dauid, and of all the people, that dwell in this citie, your brethren that are not gone for the with you into captiuitie:
(Euen) thus saith the Lord of hostes, Beholde, I wil send vpon them the sworde, the famine, and the pestilence, & wil make them like vile figges, that can not be eate{n} they are so noghtie.
And I wil persecute them with the sworde with the famine, & with the pestilence: & I wil make them a terror to all kingdomes of the earth, (&) a cursse, and astonishme{n}t and an hissing, and a reproche among 〈◊〉 the nations whether I haue cast them,
Because they haue not heard my wordes saith the Lord, which I sent vnto them by my serua{n}ts the Prophetes, rising vp earely, & sending (them,) but ye wolde not heare, saith the Lord.
¶ Heare ye therefore the worde of the Lord all ye of the captiuitie, whome I haue sent from Ierusalém to Babél.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, of Aháb the sonne of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the sonne of Maaseiah, which prophecie lies vnto you in my Name, Beholde, I wil deliuer them into the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babél & he shal slaye them before your eyes.
And all they of the captiuitie of Iudah, that are in Babél, shal take vp this cursse againste them, & say, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whome the King of Babél burnt in the fyre,
Because they haue committed vilenie in Israél, and haue committed adulterie with their neighbours wiues, and haue spoken lying wordes in my Name, which I haue not commanded them, euen I knowe it, & testifie it, saith the Lord.
¶ Thou shalt also speake to Shemaiáh the Nehelamite, saying,
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name vnto all the people, that are at Ierusalém, & to Zephaniáh the sonne of Maaseiáh the Priest, & to all the Priests, saying,
The Lord hathe made thee Priest, for Iehoiadá the Priest, that ye shuld be officers in the House of the Lord, for euery ma{n} that raueth and maketh him self a Prophet, to put him in prison and in the stockes.
Now therefore why hast not thou reproued Ieremiáh of Anathóth, which prophecieth vnto you?
For, for this cause he sent vnto vs in Babél, saying, This (captiuitie) is long: buyld houses to dwell in, and plant gardens, and eat the frutes of them.
And Zephaniáh the Priest red this lettre in the eares of Ieremiáh the Prophet.
Then came the word of the Lord vnto Ieremiáh, saying,
Send to all them of the captiuitie, saying, Thus saith the Lord of Shemaiáh the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiáh hath prophecied vnto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in alye,
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I wil visite Shemaiáh the Nehelamite, & hys sede: he shal not haue a man to dwel amo{n}g this people, nether shall he beholde the good, that I wil do for my people, saith the Lord, because he hath spoken rebelliously against the Lord.
THe worde, that came to Ieremiáh from the Lord, saying,
Thus speaketh the Lord GOD of Israél, saying, Write thee all the wordes, that I haue spoken vnto thee in a boke.
For lo, the daies come, saith the Lord, that I wil bring againe the captiuitie of my people Israél and Iudáh, saith the Lord. for I wil restore them vnto the land, that I gaue to their fathers, and they shal possesse it.
Againe, these are the wordes that the Lord spake concerning Israél, and concerning Iudáh.
For thus saith the Lord, We haue heard a terrible voyce, of feare and not of peace.
Demande now and beholde, if man trauail with childe? wherefore do I beholde euery man with his hands on his loines as a woman in trauail, and all faces are turned into a palenes?
Alas, for this day is 〈◊〉: none (hath bene) like it: is euen the 〈◊〉 of Iaakobs trouble, yet shal he be deliuered from it.
For in that day, saith the Lord of hostes, I wil breake his yoke from of thy necke, and breake thy bondes, and strangers shal no more serue them selues of him.
But they shal serue the Lord their God, & Dauid their King, whome I wil rise vp vnto them.
Therefore feare not, ô my seruant Iaakób, saith the Lord, nether be afraied, ô Israél: for lo, I wil deliuer thee from a farre (countrey) and thy sede from the land of their captiuitie: and Iaakób shal turne againe, & shalbe in rest & prosperitie and none shal make him afraid.
For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to saue thee, thogh I vtterly destroy all the nacio{n}s where I haue scattered thee: yet wil I not vtterly destroy thee, but I wil correct thee by iudgement, and not vtterly cut thee of.
For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruising incurable (and) thy wounde is dolorous.
There is none to iudge thy cause (or to lay) a plaister: there are no medecines, nor helpe for thee.
All thy louers haue forgotten thee: thei seke thee not: for I haue striken thee with the wounde of an enemie (&) with a sharpe chastisement for the multitude of thine iniquitie (because) thy sinnes were increased.
Why cryest thou for thine affliction? thy sorowe is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquities (because) thy sinnes were increased, I haue done these thi{n}gs vnto thee
Therefore all they that deuoure thee, shal be deuoured, and all thine enemies euery one shal go into captiuitie: and they that spoyle thee, shalbe spoyled, and all thei that robbe thee, wil I giue to be robbed.
For I wil restore helth vnto thee, and I wil heale thee of thy woundes, saith the Lord, because they called thee. The cast away, (saying) This is Zión, whome no man seketh after.
Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I wil bring againe the captiuitie of Iaakóbs tentes, & haue compassion on his dwelling places: & the citie shalbe buylded vpon her owne heape, and the palace shal remaine after the maner thereof.
And out of them shal procede thankesgiuing, and the voyce of them that are ioyous, and I wil multiplie them, and thei shal not be fewe: I wil also glorifie them, & they shal not be diminished.
Their children also shalbe as afore time, & their congregacion shalbe established before me, and I wil visite all that vexe them.
And their noble (ruler) shalbe of them selues, and their gouernour shal procede from the middes of them, and I wil cause him to drawe nere, and approche vnto me: for who is this that directeth his heart to come vnto me, saith the Lord.
And ye shalbe my people, and I wil be your God.
Beholde, the tempest of the Lord goeth forthe with wrath: the whirle winde that hangeth ouer, shall light vpon the head of the wicked.
The fierce wrath of the Lord shal not returne, vntil he haue done, and vntil he haue performed the in tents of his heart: in the latter daies ye shal vnderstand it.
AT the same time, saith the Lord, wil I be the God of all the families of Israél, and they shalbe my people.
Thus saith the Lord, The people whiche escaped the sworde, founde grace in the wildernes: he walked (before) Israél to cause him to rest.
The Lord hath appeared vnto me of olde (say they:) Yea, I haue loued thee with an 〈◊〉 lasting loue, therefore with mercie I haue drawen thee.
Againe I will buylde thee, and thou shalt be buylded, ô virgine Israél: thou shalt stil be adorned with thy tymbrels, and shalt go forth in the dance of the{m} that be ioyful.
Thou shalt yet pla{n}t vines vpo{n} the mountaines of Samaria, and the planters that plant them, shal make them commune.
For the daies shal come that the watchemen vpo{n} the mount of Ephráim shal crye, Arise, and let vs go vp vnto Ziōn to the Lord our God.
For thus saith the Lord, Reioyce with gladnes for Iaakób, and shoute for ioye among the chief of the Gentiles: publishe praise, and say, O Lord, saue thy people, the remnant of Israél.
Beholde, I will bring them from the North countrey, and gather the{m} from the coastes of the worlde, (with) the blinde & the lame amo{n}g them, (with) the woman with child, and her that is deliuered also: a great companie shal returne hether.
Thei shal come weping, and with mercie will I bring them againe: I will leade them by the riuers of water in a straight waye, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a Father to Israél, and Ephráim is my firste borne.
¶ Heare the worde of the Lord, ô ye Gentiles, and declare in the yles a farre of, and say, He that scattered Israél, wil gather him and wil kepe him, as a shepherd (doeth) his flocke.
For the Lord hathe redemed Iaakób, and ransomed him from the hand of him, that was stronger then he.
Therefore they shall come, and reioyce in the light of Zion, and shall runne to the bountifulnes of the Lord, (euen) for the wheat and for the wine, and for the oyle, & for the increase of shepe, and bullockes: & their soule shalbe as a watered garde{n}, and thei shal haue no more sorow.
Then shal the virgine reioyce in the da{n}ce, and the yong men, and the olde men together: for I will turne their mourning into ioye, and wil comforte them, and giue the{m} ioye for their sorowes.
And I wil replenish the soule of the Priests with fatnes, and my people shalbe satisfied with my goodnes, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord, A voice was heard on hie, a mourning (and) bitter weping, Rahél weping for her children, refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Thus saith the Lord, Refraine thy voyce from weping, and thine eyes from teares: for thy worke shalbe rewarded, saith, the Lord, and they shall come againe from the land of the enemie:
And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that (thy) children shal come agayne to their owne borders.
I haue heard Ephráim lamenting (thus,) Thou hast corrected me, and I was chastised as an vn tamed calfe. conuert thou me, and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art the Lord my God.
Surely after that I conuerted, I repented: and after that I was instructed, I smote vpo{n} (my) thigh: I was ashamed, yea, euen confounded, because I did beare the reproche of my youth.
Is Ephráim my dere sonne or pleasant childe? yet since I spake vnto him, I stil remembred him: therefore my bowelles are troubled for him: I will surely haue compassion vpon him, saith the Lord.
Set thee vp signes: make thee heapes: set thine heart towarde the path & waie, that thou hast walked: turne againe, ô virgine of Israél: turne againe to these thy cities.
How long wilt thou go astraie, ô thou rebellious daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth: A WOMAN shal compasse a man.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Yet shall thei saie this thing in the land of Iudáh, and in the cities thereof, when I shal bring againe their captiuitie, The Lord blesse thee, ô habitation of iustice (and) holie mountaine.
And Iudáh shall dwell in it, and all the Cities thereof together, the housband men and thei that go for the with the flocke.
For I haue satiat the weary soule, and I haue replenished euerie soroful soule.
Therefore I awaked and behelde, and my slepe was swete vnto me.
Beholde, the daies come, saith the Lord, that I wil so we the house of Israél, and the house of Iudáh with the sede of man and with the sede of beast.
And like as I haue watched vpon them, to plucke vp and to roote out, and to throwe downe, & to destroye, and to plague (the{m},) so will I watche ouer them, to buylde and to plant (them,) saith the Lord.
In those dayes shal they say no more, The fathers haue eaten a sowre grape, and the childrens teeth are set on edge.
But euerie one shall dye for his owne iniquitie: euerie man that eateth the sowre grape, his teeth shalbe set on edge.
¶ Beholde, the daies come, saith the Lord, that I wil make a newe couenant with the house of Israél, and with the house of Iudáh,
Not according to the couena{n}t that I made with their fathers, when I toke the{m} by the hand to bring the{m} out of the land of Egypt, the whiche my couenant they brake, althogh I was an housband vnto the{m}, saith the Lord.
But this shalbe the couenant that I will make with the house of Israél, After those daies, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawe in their inwarde partes, and write it in theyr hearts, & will be their God, and thei shalbe my people.
And thei shal teache no more euerie man his neighbour and euerie man his brother, saying, Knowe the Lord: for they shall all knowe me from the least of them vnto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for'I will forgiue their iniquitie, and will remember their sinnes no more.
Thus saith the Lord, whiche giueth the sunne for a light to the day, (and) the courses of the moone and of the starres for a light to the night, which breaketh the sea, whe{n} the waues thereof roare: his Name (is) the Lord of hostes.
If these ordinances departe out of my sight, saith the Lord, then shall the sede of Israél cease from being a nation before me, for euer.
Thus saith the Lord, If the heauens can be measured, or the fundacions of the earth be searched out beneth, then will I cast of all the sede of Israél, for all that they haue done, saith the Lord.
Beholde, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that the citie shalbe buylt to the LORD from the tower of Hananeél, vnto the gate of the corner.
And the line of the measure shall go forth in his presence vpon the hil Garéb, & shall compasse about to Goáth.
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the asshes, and all the fields vnto the broke of Kidrón, (and) vnto the corner of the horsegate towarde the East, (shalbe) holie vnto the Lord; nether shall it be plucked vp nor destroyed anye more for euer.
THe worde that came vnto Ieremiáh fro{m} the Lord, in the tenth yere of Zedekiáh King of Iudáh, which was the eightenth yere of Nebuchadnezzár.
For then the King of Babels hoste besieged Ierusalém: and Ieremiáh the Prophet was shut vp in the court of the priso{n}, which was in the King of Iudahs house.
For Zedekiáh King of Iudáh had shut him vp, saying, Wherefore doest thou prophecie, & say, Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I will giue this Citie into the hands of the King of Babél, and he shal take it?
And Zedekiáh the King of Iudáh shal not escape out of the hand of the Caldeans, but shall surely be deliuered into the handes of the King of Babél, & shall speake with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shal beholde his face,
And he shal lead Zedekiáh to Babél, and there shall he be, vntill I visite him, saith the Lord: thogh ye fight with the Caldea{n}s, ye shal not prosper.
¶ And Ieremiáh said, The word of the Lord came vnto me saying,
Beholde, Hanameél, the sonne of Shallúm thine vncle, shal come vnto thee and saie, Bye vnto thee my field, that is in Anathóth for the title by kinred (apperteineth) vnto thee to bye it.
So Hanameél, mine vncles sonne, came to me in the court of the prison, according to the worde of the Lord, and said vnto me, Bye my field, I praie thee, that is in Anathōth, which is in the countrey of Beniamin for the right of the possession (is) thine, and the purchase (belongeth) vnto thee: bye it for thee. Then I knewe that this was the worde of the Lord.
And I boght the field of Hanameél, myne vncles sonne, that was in Anathóth & weighed him the siluer, (euen) seuen shekels, and ten (pieces) of siluer.
And I write it in the boke and signed it, & toke witnesses, and weighed him the siluer in the balances.
So I toke the boke of the possessio{n}, being sealed (according) to the Law, and custome, with the boke that was open,
And I gaue the boke of the possession vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriáh, the sonne of Maaseiáh, in the sight of Hanameél mine vncles (sonne,) & in the presence of the witnesses, writen in the boke of the possession, before all the Iewes that sate in the court of the prison.
And I charged Baruch before the{m}, saying,
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Take the writings (euen) this boke of the possession, bothe that is sealed, and this boke that is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that thei maie continue a long time.
For the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, saith thus, Houses and fields, and vineyardes shalbe possessed againe in this land.
¶ Now when I had deliuered the boke of the possession vnto Barúch, the sonne of Neriáh, I prayed vnto the Lord, saying.
Ah Lord God, beholde, thou hast made the heauen and the earth by thy great power, and by thy stretched out armie, and there is nothing hard vnto thee.
Then sheweth mercie vnto thousands, & recompèncest the iniquitie of the fathers into the bosome of their childre{n} after the{m} ô God the great and mightie, whose Name (is) the Lord of hostes.
Great in counsel, and mightie in worke, [for thine eyes are open vpo{n} all the waies of the sonnes of men, to giue to euerie one according to his waies, and according to the frute of his workes.]
Which hast set signes and wonders in the land of Egypt vnto this day, and in Israél and among (all) men, and hast made thee a Name, as (appeareth) this daie.
And hast broght thy people Israél, out of the land of Egypt with signes, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, with a stretched out arme, and with great terror.
And hast giuen them this land, which thou didest sweare to their fathers to giue the{m}, (euen) a land, that floweth with milke and honie.
And they came in, and possessed it, but they obeyed not thy voyce, nether walked in thy Law: all that thou commandedst them to do, they haue not done: therefore thou hast caused this whole plague to come vpo{n} them.
Beholde, the mounts, they are come into the citie to take it, and the citie is giuen into the hand of the Caldeans, that fight against it by meanes of the sworde, and of the famine, and of the pestilence, and what thou hast spoken, is come to passe, and beholde, thou seest it.
And thou hast said vnto me, ô Lord God Bye vnto thee the field for siluer, and take witnesses: for the citie shalbe giuen into the hand of the Caldeans.
¶ Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiáh, saying,
Beholde, I am the Lord God of all flesh: is there anie thing to hard for me?
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I wil giue this citie into the hand of the Caldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babél, and he shal take it.
And the Caldeans shal come and fight against this citie, and set fyre on this citie & burne it, with the houses, vpon whose rooses they haue offred incense vnto Baal, and powred drinke offrings vnto other gods to prouoke me vnto angre.
For the children of Israél, and the children of Iudáh haue surely done euil beforeme from their youth: for the children of Israél haue surely prouoked me to angre with the workes of their hands, saith the Lord.
Therefore this citie hathe bene vnto me (as a prouocation) of mine angre, and of my wrath, from the daye, that they buylt euen vnto this daye, that I shulde remoue it out of my sight.
Because of all the euil of the children of Israél, and of the children of Iudáh, which they haue done to prouoke me to angre, (euen) they, their Kings, their princes, their Priests, and their Prophetes, and the men of Iudáh, and the inhabitants of Ierusalém.
And they haue turned vnto me the backe and not the face: thogh I taught them, rising vp early, and instructing them yet they were not obedient to receiue doctrine.
But they set their abominatio{n}s in the house [whereupon my Name was called] to defile it.
And they buylt the hye places of Baal, which are in the valley of Ben-hinnóm, to cause their sonnes, and their daughters to passe through (the fyre) vnto Moléch, which I commanded them not, nether came it into my minde, that they shulde do suche abomination, to cause Iudah to sinne
And now therefore, thus hathe the Lord GOD of Israél spoken, concerning this citie, whereof ye say, It shalbe deliuered into the hand of the King of Babél by the sworde, and by the 〈◊〉, and by the pestilence.
Beholde, I wil gather them out of all cou{n}treis, wherein I haue scatred them in mine angre, and in my wrath, and in great indignation, and I wil bring them againe vnto this place, and I wil cause them to dwell safely.
And they shal be my people, and I wil be their God.
And I wil giue them one heart & one way that thei may feare me for euer for the welth of them, and of their children after them,
And I wil make an euerlasting couenant with them, that I wil neuer turne away fro{m} them to do the{m} good, but I wil put my feare in their hearts, that thei shal not departe from me.
Yea, I wil delite in them to do them good, and I wil plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart, & with all my soule,
For thus saith the LORD, Like as I haue broght all this great plague vpo{n} this people, so wil I bring vpon them all the good that I haue promised them.
And the fields shal be possessed in this la{n}d whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast, and shalbe giuen into the hand of the Caldeans.
Men shal bye fields for siluer, and make writings, and seale them, and take witnesses in the land of Beniamin, & round about Ierusalém, and in the cities of Iudah, and in the cities of the mountaines, and in the cities of the plaine, and in the cities of the South: for I wil cause their captiuitie to returne, saith the Lord.
MOreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto Ieremiah the seconde time [while was yet shut vp in the court of the prison] saying.
Thus saith the Lord, the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, and established is, the Lord is his Name.
Call vnto me, and I wil answer thee, and shewe thee great & mightie things, which thou knowest not.
For thus saith the Lord God of Israél concerning the houses of the Kings of Iudáh, which are destroyed by the mountes, and by the sworde.
Thei come to fight with the Caldeans, but it (is) to fil the{m} selues with the dead bodies of men, whome I haue slaine in mine angre and in my wrath: for I haue hid my face from this citie, because of all their wickednes.
¶ Beholde, I wil giue it helth and amendement: for I wil cure them, and wil reueile vnto them the abundance of peace, and trueth.
And I wil cause the captiuitie of Iudah, & the captiuitie of Israél to returne, and wil buylde them as at the first.
And I wil 〈◊〉 them from all their iniquitie, whereby they haue sinned against me yea, I wil pardone all their iniquities, whereby thei haue sinned against me, and whereby thei haue rebelled against me.
And it shalbe to me a name, a ioy, a praise and an honour before all the nacions of the earth, which shal heare all the good that I do vnto them: and their shal feare, and tremble for all the goodnes, & for all the welth, that I shewe vnto this (citie.)
Thus saith the Lord, Againe there shalbe heard in this place [which ye say shalbe, desolate, without man, and without, beast (euen) in the cities of Iudáh, and in the stretes of Ierusalém, that are desolate without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast.]
The voyce of ioye and the voyce of gladnes, the voice of the bridegrome, and the voyce of the bride, the voyce of them that shal say, Praise the Lord of hostes, because the Lord is good: for his mercie (endureth) for euer (and) of them that offre (the sacrifice) of praise in the House of the Lord: for I wil cause to returne the captiuitie of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the LORD of hostes, Againe in this place, which is desolate, without man, and without beast, and in all the cities thereof there shalbe dwelling for shepherdes to rest their flockes.
In the cities of the mountaines, in the cities in the plaine, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Beniamin, and about Ierusalém, and in the cities of Iudáh shal the shepe passe againe, vnder the hand of him that telleth them, saith the Lord.
Beholde, the dayes come, saith the LORD that I wil performe that good thing, which I haue promised vnto the house of Israél, and to the house of Iudáh.
In those daies and at that time, wil I cause the branche of righteousnes to growe vp vnto Dauid, and he shal execute iudgeme{n}t and righteousnes in the land.
In those dayes shal Iudah be saued, and Ierusalém shal dwell safely, and he that shal call her, is the Lord our righteousnes.
For thus saith the Lord, Dauid shal neuer want a man to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israél.
Nether shal the Priests and Leuites want a man before me to offer a burnt offrings, & to offer meat offrings, and to do sacrifice continually.
¶ And the worde of the Lord came vnto Ieremiáh, saying.
Thus saith the Lord, If you can break emy couenant of the day, and my couenant of the night, that there shulde not be day, and night in their season.
Then may my couenant be broken with Dauid my seruant, that he shulde not haue a sonne to reigne vpo{n} his throne, and with the Leuites (and) Priests my ministers.
As the armie of heaue{n} can not be nombred nether the sand of the sea measured: so wil I multiplie the sede of Dauid my seruant, and the Leuites, that minister vnto me.
¶ Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came to Ieremiáh, saying,
Considerest thou not what this people haue spoke{n}, saying, The two families, which the Lord hathe chosen he hathe euen cast them of? thus they haue despised my people, that they shulde be no more a nacion before them.
Thus saith the Lord, If my couenant be not with day and night, (and if) I haue not appointed the ordre of heauen and earth,
Then wil I cast away the sede of Iaakób and Dauid my seruant, and not take of his sede to be rulers ouer the sede of Abrahám Izhák, and Iaakób: for I wil cause their captiuitie to returne, and haue compassion on them.
THe worde which came vnto Ieremiáh from the Lord [when Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél, and all his hoste, and all the Kingdomes of the earth, (that were) vnder the power of his hand, and all people foght against Ierusalém, and against all the cities thereof] saying.
Thus saith the Lord God of Israél, Go and speake to Zedekiáh King of Iudáh, and tel him, Thus saith the Lord, Behold I wil giue this citie into the hand of the King of Babél, and he shal burne it with fyre,
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and deliuered into his ha{n}d, and thine eies shal beholde the face of the King of Babél, and he shal speake with thee mouthe to mouthe, and thou shalt go to Babél.
Yet heare the worde of the Lord, ô Zedekiáh, King of Iudáh: thus saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not dye by the sworde,
(But) thou shalt dye in peace: and according to the burning for thy fathers the former Kings which were before thee, so shal thei burne (odours) for thee, and thei shal 〈◊〉 thee, (saying,) Oh lord for I haue pronounced the worde, saith the Lord.
Then Ieremiáh the Prophet spake all these wordes vnto Zedekiáh King of Iudáh in Ierusalém,
[When the King of Babels hoste foght against Ierusalém, and against all the cities of Iudáh, that were left, (euen) against Lachish, and against Azekáh for these strong cities remained of the cities of Iudáh]
This (is) the worde that came vnto Ieremiáh from the Lord, after that the King Zedekiáh had made a couena{n}t with all the people, which were at Ierusalém, to proclaime liberte vnto them.
That euerie man shulde let his seruant go fre, & 〈◊〉 man his handmaide, which was an Ebrue or an Ebruesse & that none shulde serue him selfe of them, (to wit,) of a Iewe his brother.
Now when all the princes, & all the people whiche had agreed to the couenant, heard that euerie one shulde let his serua{n}t go fre, and euerien ne his handmaide, and that none shulde serue them selues of them any more, thei obeied and let them go.
But afterwarde thei" repented and caused the seruants and the handmaids, whome thei had let go fre to returne and helde them in subiection as seruants & handmaides.
Therefore the worde of the Lord came vnto Ieremiáh from the Lord, saying,
Thus saith the Lord God of Israél, I made a couena{n}t with your fathers, whe{n} I broght them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of seruants, saying,
At the terme of seuen yeres let ye go, euerie man his brother an Ebrewe whiche hathe bene solde vnto thee: & when he hathe serued thee six yeres, thou shalt let him go fre from thee: but your fathers obeied me not, nether inclined their eares.
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight in proclaiming libertie, euerie ma{n} to his neighbour, and ye had made a couenant before me in the House, whereupon my Name is called.
But ye repented, and polluted my Name: for ye haue caused euerie man his seruant and euerie man his handmaide, whome ye had set at libertie at their pleasure, to returne, and holde them in subiection to be vnto you as seruants and as handmaides.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Ye haue not obeied me, in proclaiming fredome euerie man to his brother, and euerie man to his neighbour: beholde, I proclaime a libertie for you, saith the Lord, to the sworde, to the pestilence, and to the famine, and I wil make you a terrour to all the kingdomes of the earth.
And I wil giue those men that haue broken my couenant, and haue not kept the wordes of the couenant, whiche thei had made before me, when thei cut the calfe in twaine, and passed betwene the partes thereof.
The princes of Iudáh, and the princes of Ierusalém, the Eunuches, and the Priestes, and all the people of the 〈◊〉, whiche passed betwene the partes of the calfe,
I wil euen giue them into the ha{n}d of their enemies, and into the hands of them that seke their life: and their dead bodies shalbe for meat vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the earth.
And Zedekiáh King of Iudáh, & his princes wil I giue into the land of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seke their life, and into the hand of the King of Babels hoste, which are gone vp from you
Beholde, I wil commande, saith the Lord and cause them to returne to this citie, & thei shal fight against it, and take it, and burne it with fyre and I wil make the cities of Iudáh desolate without an inhabitant.
THe worde whiche came vnto Ieremiáh from the Lord, in the dais of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudáh, saying.
Go vnto the house of the Rechabites, & speake vnto them, & bring them into the House of the Lord into one of the cha{m}bres and giue them wine to drinke.
Then toke I Iaazaniàh, the sonne of Ieremiáh the sonne of Habazziniáh, & his brethren, and all his sonnes, & the whole house of the Rechabites,
And I broght them into the House of the Lord; into the chamber of the sonnes of Hanán, the sonne of Igdaliáh a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was aboue the chamber of Maaseiáh the sonne of Shallúm, the keper of the treasure.
And I set before the sonnes of the house of the Rechabites, pottes ful of wine, and cuppes, and said vnto them, Drinke wine
But thei said, We wil drinke no wine: for Ionadàb the sonne of Rechàb our father commanded vs, saying, Ye shal drinke no wine, (nether) you nor your so{n}nes for euer.
Nether shal ye buylde house, nor sowe sede, nor plant vineyarde, nor haue any, but all your daies ye shal dwell in tentes, that ye may liue a long time in the land where ye be strangers.
Thus haue we obeied the voice of Ionadáb the sonne of Recháb our father, in all that he hathe charged vs, and we drinke no wine all our daies, (nether) we, our wiues our sonnes, nor our daughters.
Nether buylde we houses for vs to dwell in, nether haue we vineyarde, nor field, nor sede.
But we haue remained in te{n}tes, and haue obeied, & done according to all that Ionadáb our father commanded vs.
But when Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél came vp into the land, we said, Come, and let vs go to Ierusalém, fro{m} the hoste of the Caldeans, and from the hoste of Aràm: so we dwell at Ierusalém.
Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiàh, saying.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Go, and tel the men of Iudàh, and the inhabitans of Ierusalém, Wil ye not receiue doctrine to obey my wordes, saith the Lord?
The co{m}mandement of Ionadàb the sonne of Recháb that he co{m}manded his sonnes, that thei shulde drinke no wine, is surely kept: for vnto this day thei drinke none, but obey their fathers commandement: notwithstanding I haue spoken vnto you, rising early, and speaking, but ye wolde not obeie me.
I haue sent also vnto you all my seruantes the Prophetes, rising vp early, and sending (them,) saying, Returne now euerie man from his euil waie, and amende your workes, and go not after other gods to serue them, and ye shal dwell in the land which I haue giuen vnto you, and to your fathers, but ye wolde not incline your 〈◊〉 nor obeie me.
Surely the sonnes of Ionadáb the sonne of Recháb, haue kept the commandement of their father, which he gaue them, but this people hathe not obeied me.
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Beholde, I wil bring vpo{n} Iudáh, and vpon all the inhabitants of Ierusalém, all the euil that I haue pronunced against them, because I haue spoken vnto them, but thei wolde not heare, and I haue called vnto them, but thei wolde not answer.
And Ieremiáh said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, Because ye haue obeied the commandement of Ionadàb your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according vnto all that he hathe commanded you,
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Ionadab the sonne of Rechàb shal not want a man, to stand before me for euer.
ANd in the fourth yere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudáh, came this worde vnto Ieremiáh from the Lord, saying,
Take thee a roole (or) boke, and 〈◊〉 therein all the wordes that I haue spoken to thee against Israél, & against Iudáh, & against all the nacions, from the daie that I spake vnto thee, (euen) from the daies of Iosiáh vnto this daie.
It maie be that the house of Iudáh wil heare of all the euil, which I determined to do vnto them that thei may returne euerie man from his euil waie, that I maie forgiue their iniquitie and their sinnes.
Then Ieremiáh called Barúch the sonne of Neriáh, and Barúch wrote at the mouth of Ieremiáh all the wordes of the Lord, which he had spoken vnto him, vpo{n} a roole (or) boke.
And Ieremiáh commanded Barúch, saying I am shut vp, (and) can not go into the House of the Lord.
Therefore go thou, and read the roole wherein thou hast writen at my mouth the wordes of the Lord in the audience of the people in the Lords House vpon the fasting day: also thou shalt read them in the hearing of all Iudáh, that come out of their cities.
It may be that thei wil pray before the Lord, and euerie one returne from his euil way, for the angre and the wrath, that the Lord hathe declared against this people.
So Barúch the sonne of Neriáh did according vnto all, that Ieremiáh the Prophet commanded him, reading in the boke the wordes of the Lord in the Lords House.
¶ And in the fift yere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudáh, in the ninth moneth, they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Ierusalém, and to all the people that came from the cities of Iudáh vnto Ierusalém.
Then red 〈◊〉 in the boke the wordes of Ieremiáh in the House of the Lord, in the chámbre of Geremiáh the sonne of Shaphán the secretarie, in the hier court at the entrie of the newe gate of the Lords House in the hearing of all the people.
When Michaiáh the sonne of Gemariáh, the sonne of Shaphán had heard out of the boke all the wordes of the Lord.
Then he went downe to the Kings house into the Chancellours chamber, and lo, all the princes sate there (euen) Elishama the Chancellour, and Delaiáh the sonne of Shemaiáh, and Elnathan the sonne of Achbór, and Gemariah the sonne of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the sonne of Hananiah, and all the princes.
Then Michaiah declared vnto them all the wordes that he had heard when Barúch red in the boke in the audience of the people.
Therefore all the princes sent Iehudi the sonne of Nethaniàh, the sonne of Shelemiah, the sonne of Chushi, vnto Barúch, saying, Take in thine hand the roole, wherein thou hast red in the audie{n}ce of the people, and come, So Baruch the sonne of Neriah, toke the roole in his hand, and came vnto them.
And thei said vnto him, Sit downe now, & read it, that we may heare. So Barúch red it in their audience.
Now when thei had heard all the wordes, they where afraied bothe one and other, and said vnto Barúch, We wil certifie the King of all these wordes.
And thei examined Barúch, saying. Tel vs now, how didest thou write all these wordes at his mouth.
Then Barúch answered them. He pronounced all these wordes vnto me with his mouth, and I wrote (the{m}) with yncke in the boke.
Then said the princes vnto Barúch, Go, hide thee: thou and Ieremiah, and let no man knowe where ye be.
¶ And thei went into the King to the court but thei laied vp the roole in the cha{n} bre of Elishama the Chancellour and tolde the King all the wordes, that he might heare
So the King sent Iehudi to fet the roole, & he toke it out of Elishama the Cha{n}cellors chambre, and Iehudired in the audience of the King, and in the audie{n}ce of all the princes, which stode beside the King.
Now the King sate in the winter house, in the ninth moneth, and there was a fyre burning before him.
And when Iehudi had red thre, or foure sides, he cut it with the penknife and cast it into the fyre, that was on the herth vntil all the roole was co{n}sumed in the fyre, that was on the herth.
Yet thei were not afraid, nor rent their garments (nether) the King, nor any of his seruants, that heard all these wordes.
Neuertheles, 〈◊〉, and Delaiah, and Gemariah had besoght the King, that he wolde not burne the roole: but he wolde not heare them.
But the King commanded Ierahmeél the sonne of Hammélech, and Seraiah the so{n}ne of Azriél, & Shelemiah the sonne of Abdiél, to take Barúch the scribe, and Ieremiah the Prophet, but the Lord hid them
¶ Then the worde of the Lord came to Ieremiah [after that the King had burnt the roole and the wordes which Barúch wrote at the mouth of Ieremiah] saying.
Take thee againe another roole & write in it all the former wordes that were in the first roole which Iehoiakim the King of Iudah hathe burnt.
And thou shalt say to Iehoiakim King of Iudah, Thus saith the Lord, Thou hast burnt this roole, saying, Why hast thou writen therein, saying, that the King of Babél shal certeinly come and destroye this land, and shal take thence (bothe) man and beast?
Therefore thus saith the Lord of Iehoiakim King of Iudah, He shal haue none to sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and his dead bodie shalbe cast out in the day to the heate, and in the night to the frost.
And I wil visite him and his sede, and his seruantes for their iniquitie, and I wil bring vpon them, and vpon the inhabitans of Ierusalem, and vpon the men of Iudah all the euil that I haue pronounced against them: but they wolde not heare.
Then toke Ieremiah another roole, and gaue it Baruch the scribe the sonne of Neriah which wrote therein at the mouth of Ieremiah all the wordes of the boke which Iehoiakim King of Iudah had burnt in the fyre, and there were added besides them many like wordes.
ANd King Zedekiah the sonne of Iosiah reigned for Coniah the sonne of Iehoiakim, whome Nabuchad-nezzar King of Babél made King in the land of Iudáh.
But nether he, nor his seruants, nor the people of the land wolde obey the wordes of the Lord, which spake by the ministerie of the Prophet Ieremiáh.
And Zedekiáh the King sent Iehucál the the sonne of Shelemiáh, and Zephaniáh the sonne of Maasciáh the Priest to the Prophet Ieremiáh, saying, Pray now vnto the Lord our God for vs.
[Now Ieremiáh went in and out among the people: for they had not put him into the prison.
Then Pharaohs hoste was come out of Egypt: and when the Caldeans that besieged Ierusalém, heard tidings of them, thei departed from Ierusalém.]
Then came the worde of the lord vnto the Prophet Ieremiáh, saying,
Thus saith the Lord God of Israél, Thus shal ye say to the King of Iudáh, that se{n}t you vnto me to inquire of me, Beholde, Pharaohs hoste, which is come forthe to helpe you, shal returne to Egypt into their owne land.
And the Caldeans shal come againe, and fight against this citie, and take it and burne it with fyre.
Thus saith the Lord, Deceiue not your selues saying, The Caldeans shal surely departe from vs: for thei shal not departe.
For thogh ye had smiten the whole hoste of the Caldeans that fight against you, & there remained (but) wonded men among them (yet) shulde euery man rise vp in his tent, and burne this citie with fyre.
¶ When the hoste of the Caldeans was broken vp from Ierusalém, because of Pharaohs armie.
Then Ieremiáh went out of Ierusalém to go into the land of Beniamin, separating him self thence from among the people.
And when he was in the gate of Beniamin there was a chief officer, whose name was Iriiáh, the sonne of Shelemiàh, the sonne of Hananiáh, and he toke Ieremiáh the Prophet, saying, Thou fleest to the Caldeans,
Then said, Ieremiáh, That is false, I flee not to the Caldeans: but he wolde not heare him so Iriiáh toke Ieremiáh, and broght him to the princes,
Wherefore the princes were angry with 〈◊〉, and smote him, and laid him in prison in the house of Iehonathán the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
When Ieremiah was entred into the dongeon, and into the prisons, and had remained there a long time.
Then Zedekiáh the King send, and toke him out, and the King asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any worde from the Lord? And Ieremiáh said, Yea: for, said he, thou shalt be deliuered into the hand of the King of Babél.
Moreouer, Ieremiáh said vnto King Zedekiáh, What haue I offended against thee, or against thy seruants, or against this 〈◊〉 ple, that ye haue put me in prison?
Where are now your Prophetes, which prophecied vnto you, saying, The King of Babél shal not come agai{n}st you, nor against this land?
Therefore heare now, I pray thee, ô my lord the King: let my prayer be accepted before thee, that thou cause me not to returne to the house of Iehonathán the scribe, lest I dye there.
Then Zedekiáh the King commanded, that they shulde put Ieremiáh in the court of the prison, and that they shulde giue him daiely a piece of bread out of the bakers strete vntil all the bread in the citie were eaten vp. Thus Ieremiáh remained in the court of the prison.
THen Shephatiah the sonne of Mattán, and Gedaliah the sonne of Pashúr, and Iucal the sonne of Shelemiáh, and Pashhúr the sonne of Malchiáh, 〈◊〉 the wordes that Ieremiáh had spoken vnto all the people saying.
Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this citie, shaldye by the sworde, by the famine & by the pestilence: but he that goeth for the to the Caldeans, shal liue: for he shal haue his life for a pray, and shal liue.
Thus saith the Lord, This citie shal surely be giuen into the hand of the King of 〈◊〉 armie, which shal take it,
Therefore the princes said vnto the King We beseche you; let this man be put to death for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of warre that remaine in this citie, and the hands of all the people, in speaking suche wordes vnto them: for this man seketh not the wealth of this people, but the hurt,
Then Zedekiah the King said, Beholde he is in your hands, for the King can (denie) you nothing.
Then toke they Ieremiáh, and cast him into the dongeon of Malchiáh the sonne of Hammélech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let downe Ieremiah with coards: and in the dongeon there was no water but myre: so Ieremiah stacke fast in the myre.
Now when Ebed-mélech the blacke More one of the Eunuches, which was in the Kings house, heard that they had put Ieremiah in the dongeon [then the King sate in the gate of Beniamin.]
And 〈◊〉 went out of the Kings house, and spake to the King, saying.
My lord the King, these men haue done euil in all that they haue done to Ieremiáh the Prophet, whome they haue cast i{n}to the dangeon, and he dyeth for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the citie.
Then the King commanded Ebed-melech the blacke More, saying, Take from hence thirtie men with thee, and take Ieremiáh the Prophet out of the dongeon before he dye.
So Ebed-mélech toke the men with him a{n}d 〈◊〉 to the house of the King vnder the treasurie, and toke there olde rotten (ragges,) 〈◊〉 olde worne (cloutes,) and let them downe by coardes into the dongeon to Ieremiáh.
And Ebed-mélech the blacke More said vnto Ieremiáh, Put now these olde rotten (ragges) and worne vnder thine arme holes, betwene the coardes.
So they drewe vp Ieremiáh with coardes and toke him vp out of the dongeon, a{n}d Ieremiáh remained in the court of the prison.
¶ Then Zedekiáh the King sent, and toke Ieremiáh the Prophet vnto hym, into the third entrie that is in the house of the Lord, and the King said vnto Ieremiah, I will aske thee a thing: hide nothing from me.
Then Ieremiáh said to Zedekiáh, If I declare it vnto thee, wilt not thou slaye me? and if I giue thee counsel, thou 〈◊〉 not heare me.
So the King sware secretly vnto Ieremiáh, saying, As the LORDE liueth, that made vs these soules, I wil not slaye thee, nor giue thee into the hands of those men that seke thy life.
Then said Ieremiáh vnto Zedekiáh, Thus saith the Lord God of hostes, the God of Israél, If thou wilt go forthe vnto the King of Babels princes, then thy soule shal liue, and this citie shal not be burnt vp with fyre, and thou shalt liue, and thine house.
But if thou wilt not go forthe to the King of Babels princes, then shal this citie be giuen into the hand of the Caldeans, and they shal burne it with fyre, and thou shalt not escape out of their hands.
And Zedekiah the King said vnto Ieremiáh, I am carefull for the Iewes that are fled vnto the Caldeans, lest they deliuer me into their hands, and their mocke me.
But Ieremiáh said, They shall not deliuer (thee:) hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord, I beseche thee, whiche I speake vnto thee: so shall it be well vnto thee, and thy soule shall liue.
But if thou wilt refuse to go forthe, this is the worde that the Lord hathe 〈◊〉 me.
And beholde, all the women that are left in the King of 〈◊〉 house, shalbe broght forthe to the King of 〈◊〉 princes: and those (women) shal say, Thy friendes haue persuaded thee, and haue preuailed against thee: thy fete are fastened in the myre, (and) they are turned backe.
So they shal bring out all thy wiues, and thy children to the 〈◊〉, and thou shalt not escape out of their handes, but 〈◊〉 be taken by the hande of the Kyng of Babél: and thys citie shalte thou cause to be burnt with fyre.
Then said Zedekiah vnto Ieremiáh, Let no man knowen of these wordes, and thou shalt not dye.
But if the princes vnderstande that I haue talked with thee, and they come vnto thee, and say vnto thee, 〈◊〉 vnto vs nowe, what thou hast said vnto the King, hide it not from vs, and we wil not slay thee: also what the King said vnto thee.
Then shalt thou saye vnto them, I humbly besoght the King that he wolde not cause me to returne to Iehonathans house, to dye 〈◊〉.
Then came all the princes vnto Ieremiáh and asked hym. And he tolde them accordyng to all these wordes that the King had commaunded: so they left of speaking with him, for the matter was not perceiued.
So Ieremiáh abode still in the court of the prison, vntill the day that Ierusalém was taken: and he was (there,) when Ierusalém was taken.
IN the ninth yere of Zedekiáh King of Iudáh in the tenth moneth, came Nebuchadnezzár King of Babélād all his hoste against Ierusalém, and they besieged it.
(And) in the eleuenth yere of Zedekiáh in the fourth moneth, the ninth (day) of the moneth, the citie was broken vp.
And all the princes of the Kyng of Babél came in, and sate in the middle gate (euen) Neregál, Sharézer, Samgar-〈◊〉, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Neregál, Sharézer, Rabmag with all the residue of the princes of the King of Babél.
And when Zedekiáh the King of Iudáh saw them, and all the men of warre, then they fled, and went out of the citie by nyght, through the Kings garden, (and) by the gate betwene the two walles, and he went towarde the wildernes.
But the Caldeans hoste pursued after them, and ouertoke Zedekiáh in the desert of Ierichó: and when they had taken hym, they broght hym to Nebuchad-nezzár Kyng of Babél vnto Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gaue iudgement vpon him.
Then the King of Babél slewe the sonnes of Zedekiáh in Riblah before his eyes: also the Kynge of Babél slewe all the nobles of Iudáh.
Moreouer he put out Zedekiahs eyes, and bounde hym in chaynes, to carye hym to Babél.
And the Caldeans burnt the Kings house, and the houses of the people with fyre, and brake downe the walles of Ierusalém.
Then Nebuzar-adán the chief steward caryed away captiue into Babél the remnant of the people, that remained in the citie, and those that were fled and fallen vnto hym, with the rest of the people that remained.
But Nebuzar-adán the chief stewarde left the poore that had nothyng in the land of Iudáh, and giue them vineyardes and fields at the same time.
Now Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél gaue charge concerning Ieremiáh vnto Nebuzar-adan the 〈◊〉 steward, saying.
Take hym, and loke well to him, and do him no harme, but do vnto him euen as he shal 〈◊〉 vnto thee.
So Nebuzar-adán the chief stewarde sent and 〈◊〉, Rabsaris, and Neregál, Sharézer, Rab-mag, and all the King of Babels princes:
Euen they sent, and toke Ieremiáh out of the court of the prison, and commited him vnto Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikám the sonne of Shaphán, that he shulde carie hym home: so he dwelt among the people.
Now the worde of the Lord came vnto Ieremiáh, while he was shut vp in the court of the prison, saying.
Go and speake to Ebed-mélech the blacke More, saying, This saith the Lorde of hostes the God of 〈◊〉, Beholde, I will bring my wordes vpon this citie for euill, and not for good, a{n}d 〈◊〉 shalbe (accomplished) in that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thee.
But I 〈◊〉 deliuer thee in that daye, saith the Lorde, and thou 〈◊〉 not be giuen into the hand of the men whome thou fearest.
For I wil surely deliuer thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sworde, but thy 〈◊〉 shal be for a 〈◊〉 vnto thee, because thou hast put trust in me, saith the Lord.
THe worde which came to Ieremiah from the Lorde after that Nebuzar-adán the chief steward had let him go from Ramath, when he had taken hym beyng bounde in chaines among 〈◊〉 that were caryed awaye captiue of Ierusalém and Iudáh, which were caryed awaie captiue vnto Babél.
And the chief steward toke Ieremiah, and said vnto him, The Lord thy God hathe pronounced this plague vpon this plague.
Now the Lord hathe broght it, and done accordyng as he hathe sayd: because ye haue sinned against the Lorde, and haue not obeyed his voyce, therfore this thing is come vpon you.
And now beholde, I lose thee this daie from the chaynes whiche were on thine handes, if it please thee to come with me into Babél, come, and I will loke well vnto thee: but if it please thee not to come with me into Babel, tary still: beholde, all the land (is) before thee: whether it semeth good, and conuenient for thee to go, thether go.
For yet he was not returned: therefore (he said,) Returne to Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikam, the sonne of Shaphán, whom the King of Babél hathe made gouernour ouer all the cities of Iudáh, and dwell with him among the people, or go wheresoeuer it pleaseth thee to go. So the chief steward gaue him vitailes and a rewarde and let him go.
Then went Ieremiáh vnto Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelt there with hym among the people that were left in the land.
Nowe when all the captaines of the hoste, whiche were in the fieldes, (euen) they and their men heard, that the King of Babél had made Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikám gouernour in the land, and that he had committed vnto hym, men, and women, and children, and of the poore of the land, that were not caryed away captiue to Babél.
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpáh, (euen) Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniah, and Iohanán, and Ionathan the sonnes of Karéah, and Seraiah the sonne of Tanehuméth, and the sonnes of Ephai, the Netophathite, and lezaniah the sonne of Maachathi, they and their men.
And Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, the sonne of Shaphan sware vnto them, and to their men, saying, Feare not to serue the Caldeans: dwell in the land, and serue the King of Babél, and it shalbe wel with you.
As for me, beholde, I will dwell at Mizpah to serue the Caldeans, whiche will come vnto vs: but you, gather you wine, and sommer frutes, and oyle, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities, that ye haue taken.
Lykewise when all the Iewes that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edóm, and that were in all the countreis, heard that the King of Babél had left a remnant of 〈◊〉, and that he had set ouer them Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan.
Euen all the Iewes returned out of all places where they were driue{n}, and came to the lande of Iudah to Gedaliah vnto Mizpah, and gathered wine and sommer frutes, very muche.
Moreouer Iohanan the sonne of Karéah, and all the captaines of the hoste, that were in the fieldes, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah.
And said vnto him, Knowest thou not that Baalis the Kyng of the Ammonites hathe sent Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam beleued them not.
Then Iohanan the sonne of Karéah spake, to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretlye, saying, Let me go, I praye thee, and I will slaye Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniah, and no man shal knowe it. Wherfore shulde he kylthee, that all the Iewes, whiche are gathered vnto thee, shulde be scattered, and the remnant in Iudáh perish?
But Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikám said vnto Iohanán the sonne of Karéah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmaél.
BVt in the seuenth moneth came Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniáh, the sonne of Elishamá of sede royal, and the princes of the King, and ten me{n} with him, vnto Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikám to Mizpáh, and there they did eate bread together in Mizpáh.
Then arose Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniáh with these ten men that were with him, and 〈◊〉 Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikám the sonne of Shaphán with the sword, and slewe him, whome the King of Babél had made gouernour ouer the land.
Ishmaél also slewe all the Iewes that were with Gedaliáh at Mizpáh, and all the Caldeans that were founde there, (and) the men of warre.
Now the seconde daye that he had slaine Gedaliáh: and no man knewe it,
There came men from Shechém, from 〈◊〉, & from Samaria, (euen) foure 〈◊〉, hauing their beardes shauen, and their clothes 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉, with offrings and incense in their hands to 〈◊〉 in the House of the Lord.
And Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniāh went for the from Mizpáh to mete them, weping as he went: and when he met them, he 〈◊〉 vnto them, Come to Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikám.
And when they came into the middes of the citie; Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniáh slewe them, (and cast them) into the middes of the pit, he and the men that were with him.
But ten men were founde among them, that said vnto Ishmaél, Slay vs not: for we haue treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley and of oyle, and of honie: so he stayed, and slewe them not among their brethren.
Now the pit wherein Ishmaél had cast the dead bodies of the men [whome he had slaine because of Gedaliáh] is it, whiche Asá King had made because of Bashá King of Israél, (and) Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniáh filled it with them that were slaine.
Then Ishmaél caryed away captiue all the residue of the people that were in Mizpáh, (euen) the Kings daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpáh, whome Nebuzar-adán the chief steward had committed to Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikám, and Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniáh caryed them away captiue, & departed to go ouer to the Ammonites.
But when Iohanán the sonne of 〈◊〉, and all the captaines of the hoste that were with him, heard of all the euil that Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniáh had done,
Then they all toke (their) men, and went to fight with Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniáh, and founde him by the great waters that are in Gibeón.
Now when all the people whome Ishmaél caryed away captiue, sawe Iohanán the sonne of Karéah, & all the captaines of the hoste that were with him, they were glad.
So all the people, that Ishmaél had caryed away captiue fro{m} Mizpáh, returned & came againe, and went vnto Iohanán the sonne of Karéah.
But Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniáh, escaped from Iohanán with eight men, and we{n}t to the Ammonites.
Then toke Iohanán the sonne of Karéah, and all the captaines of the hoste, that were with him all the re{m}nant of the people, whom Ishmaél the sonne of Nethaniáh, had caryed away captiue fro{m} Mizpáh, [after that he had slaine Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikám.] (eue{n}) the strong men of warre, and the women, & the children, and the 〈◊〉, whome he had broght againe from Gibeón:
And they departed and dwelt in Gerûth Chimham, which is by Beth-léhem to go (&) to entre into Egypt,
Because of the Caldeans: for they feared them, because Ishmaél the sonne of Nerthaniáh had slaine Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikám, whome the King of Babél made gouernour in the land.
THen all the captaines of the hoste, and Iohanán the sonne of Karéah, and Iezaniáh the sonne of 〈◊〉, and all the people from the least vnto the moste came,
And said vnto Ieremiáh the Prophet, Heare our prayer, we beseche thee, and pray for vs vnto the Lord thy GOD, euen for all this remnant [for we are left, (but) a fewe of manie as thine eyes do beholde]
That the Lord thy GOD may shewe vs the way wherein we may walke, and the thing that we may do.
Then Ieremiáh the Prophet said vnto them I haue heard (you:) beholde, I wil pray vnto the Lord your God according to your wordes, and whatsoeuer thing the Lord shal ansswer you, I wil declare it vnto you: I wil kepe nothing backe from you.
Then they said to Ieremiáh, The Lord be a witnes of trueth, and faith betwene vs, if we do not, euen according to all things for the whiche the Lord thy God shal send thee to vs,
Whether it be good or euil, we wil obey the voyce of the Lord God, to whome we send thee that it may be wel with vs, when we obey the voyce of the Lord our God.
¶ And so after ten dayes came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiáh.
The{n} called he Iohanán the sonne of Karéah & all the captaines of the hoste, which were with him, and all the people from the least to the moste,
And said vnto the{m}; Thus saith the Lord God of Israél, vnto whome ye sent me to present your prayers before him,
If ye wildwell in this land, then I wil buylde you, and not destroye (you,) and I wil plant you, and not roote (you) out: for I repent me of the euil that I haue done vnto you.
Feare not for the King of Babél, of whome ye are afraid: be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you, to saue you, and to deliner you from his hand,
And I wil grant you mercie that he may haue compassion vpon you, and he shal cause you to dwell in your owne land.
But if ye say, We wil not dwell in this land, nether heare the voyce of the LORD your God,
Saying, Nay, but we wil go into the land of Egypt, where we shal se no warre, nor heare the sounde of the trumpet, nor haue hungre of bread, and there wil we dwell,
[And now therefore heare the worde of the LORD, ye remnant of Indáh: thus 〈◊〉 the Lord of hostes the GOD of Israél, If ye set your faces to entre into Egypt, & go to dwell there]
Then the sworde that ye feared, shal take you therein the land of Egypt, and the famine, for the which ye care, shal there 〈◊〉 pō you in Egypt, and there shal ye dye.
And all the men that set their faces to entre into Egypt to dwell there, shaldye by the sworde, by the famine & by the 〈◊〉, & none of them shal remaine nor escape from the plague, that I wil bring vpon them.
For thus saith the Lord of hostes the GOD of Israél, As mine angre and my wrath hathe bene powred forthe vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalém: so shal my wrath be powred for the vpon you, when ye shal entre into Egypt and ye shalbe a detestation, and an astonishment, and a cursse, and are proche, and ye shal se this place no more.
O ye remnant of 〈◊〉, the Lord hathe said concerning you, Go not into Egypt: knowe certeinly that I haue admonished you this day.
Surely ye dissembled in your hearts when ye sent me vnto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for vs vnto the LORD our GOD and declare vnto vs euen according vnto all that the LORD our GOD shal say, and we wil do it.
Therefore I haue this day declared it you, but you haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lord your God, nor anie thing for the which he hathe sent me vnto you.
Now therefore, knowe certeinely that ye shaldye by the sworde, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whether ye desire to go and dwell.
NOw when Ieremiáh had made an end of speaking vnto the whole people all the wordes of the Lord their God, for the which the Lord their GOD had sent him to them, (euen) all these wordes,
The{n} spake Azariáh the sonne of Hoshaiáh and Iohanán the sonne of Karéah and all the proude men, saying vnto Ieremiáh, Thou speakest falsly: the Lord our God hathe not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to dwell there,
But Barúch the sonne of Neriáh prouoketh thee against vs, for to deliuer vs into the hand of the Caldeans, that they might slaye vs, and carie vs away captiues into 〈◊〉.
So Iohanán the sonne of Karéah, and all the captaines of the hoste, and all the people obeyed not the voyce of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Iudáh.
But Iohanán the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste 〈◊〉 all the remnant of Iudáh, that were returned fro{m} all nacions whether they had bene driuen, to dwell in the land of Iudáh,
(Euen) men and women, and children, and the Kings daughters, & euerie persone, that Nebuzar-adāthe chief steward had left with Gedaliáh the sonne of 〈◊〉, the sonne of Shaphán, and Ieremiáh the Prophet, & Baruch the sonne of Neriáh.
So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voyce of the Lord thus came they to Tahpanhes.
¶ Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the bricke kil, whiche is at the entrie of Pharaohs house in Tahpanhes in the sight of the men of Iudáh,
And say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, Beholde, I wil send and bring Nebuchad-nezzár the King of Babél my seruant, and wil set his throne vpon these stones that I haue hid, and he shal spreade his pauillion ouer them.
And when he shal come, he shal smite the land of Egypt: suche as are (appointed) for death, to death, and such as are for captiuitie to captiuirie, and suche as are for the sworde to the sworde.
And I kindle a fyre in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he shal burne them and carye them awaye 〈◊〉, & he shal araye him self with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garme{n}t, and shal departe from thence in peace.
He shal brake also the images of Beth-shémesh, that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shal he burne with fyre.
THe worde that came to Ieremiah concerning all the Iewes, whiche dwell in the land of Egypt, and remained at Mig-dól and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the cou{n}trey of Pathros, saying.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, Ye haue sene all the euil that I haue broght vpon Ierusalém, and vpon all the cities of Iudah: and beholde, this day they are 〈◊〉, and no man dwelleth therem.
Because of their wickednes which they haue committed, to prouoke me to angre in that they went to burne incense, (and) to serue other gods, whome they knewe not, (nether) they (nor) you nor your fathers.
Howbeit I sent vnto you all my seruants the Prophetes rising early, and sending (them,) saying, Oh do not this 〈◊〉 able thyng that I hate.
But they wolde not heare nor incline theyr eare to turne from their wickednes, and to burne no more incense vnto other gods.
Wherefore my wrath, and mine angre was powred forthe and was kyndled in the cities of iudah, and in the stretes of Ierusalém, and they are desolate, (and) wasted, as (appeareth) this daye.
Therefore now thus sayth the Lorde of hostes the God of Israél, Wherefore commit ye (this) great euil against your soules, to cut of from you man and woman, childe and suckeling out of Iudáh, and leaue you none to remaine?
In that ye prouoke me vnto wrath with the workes of your hands, burning incense vnto other gods in the land of Egypt whether ye begone to dwell: that ye might bring destruction vnto your selues, and that ye might be a cursse and a reproche among al nations of the earth.
Haue ye forgotten the wyckednes of your fathers, and the wickednes of the Kyngs of Iudah and the wickednes of their wiues and your owne wickednes and the wickednes of your wiues, whiche they haue committed in the land of Iudah and in the stretes of Ierusalém?
They are not humbled vnto this daye, nether haue they feared nor walked in my Law not in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
Therfore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, Beholde, I will set my face against you to euil and to destroye all 〈◊〉.
And I will take the remnant of Iudah, that haue set their faces to go into the land of Egypt there to dwel, and they shal all be consumed (and) fall in the land of Egypte: they shal (euen) be consumed by the 〈◊〉 (a{n}d) by the famine: they shall dye from the least vnto the most, by the sworde, and by the famine, and they shalbe a detestation and an astonishment and a cursse and a reproche.
For I will visit them that dwell in the lande of Egypt, as I haue visited Ierusalém, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
So that none of the remnant of Iudah, whiche are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall escape or remaine, that they shulde returne into the land of Iudah to the whiche they haue a desire to returne to dwell there, for none shall returne, but suche as shal escape.
Then all the men whiche knewe that their 〈◊〉 had burnt incense vnto others Gods and all the women that stode by, a great multitude, euen all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Pathros, aunswered Ieremiah, saying.
The worde that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lord, we wil not heare it of thee.
But we will do whatsoeuer thing goeth out of our owne mouth, (as) to burne incense vnto the Quene of heauen, and to powre out drynke 〈◊〉 vnto her, as we haue done, (both) we and our fathers, our Kings a{n}d our princes in the citie of Iudáh, and in the stretes of Ierusalém: for (then) had we ple{n}tie of vitailes and were wel and felt none euil.
But since we left of to burne incense to the Quene of heauen, and to powre out drinke 〈◊〉 vnto her, we haue had scarcenes of all things, and haue bene 〈◊〉 by the sworde and by the famine.
And when we burnt incense to the Quene of heauen and powred out drinke offringes vnto her, did we make her cakes to make her glad, and powre out drinke offrings vnto her without our housbandes?
Then said leremiáh vnto all the people, to the men, and to the women, a{n}d to all the people which had giue{n} him that answer, saying.
Did not the Lord reme{m}ber the incense, that ye 〈◊〉 in the cities of Iudáh, & in the stretes of Ierusalém, (both) you, a{n}d your fathers, your Kings, a{n}d your princes, and the people of the land, and hathe he not co{n}sidered it?
So that the LORDE colde no longer forbeare, because of the wickednes of your inuencions, (and) because of the abominations, whiche ye haue committed: therefore is your land desolate a{n}d an astonishment, and a cursse (and) without inhabitant, as (appeareth) this daie.
Because ye haue burnt incense and because ye haue sinned against the Lorde, and haue not obeyed the voice of the Lorde, nor walked in his Lawe nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies, therefore this plague is come vpon you, as (appeareth) this day.
Moreouer Ieremiáh said vnto all the people and to all the women, Heare the worde of the Lord, all Iudáh that are in the land of Egypt.
¶ Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes; the God of Israél, saying, Ye and your wiues haue bothe spoken with your mouthes, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will performe our vowes that we haue vowed to burne incense to the Quene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offrings to her: ye will performe your vowes and do the things that ye haue vowed.
Therefore heare the worde of the Lord, all Iudáh that dwell in the land of Egypte. Beholde, I haue sworne by my great Name, saith the Lord, that my Name shal no more be called vpon by the mouth of any man of Iudáh, in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liueth.
Beholde, I will watche ouer them for euill and not for good, and all men of Iudáh that are in the land of Egypt, shal be consumed by the sworde, and by the famine, vntil they be vtterly destroyed.
Yet a smale no{m}bre that escape the sworde, shall returne out of the land of Egypt into the land of Iudáh: and all the remnant of Iudáh that are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there, shal knowe whose wordes shall stand, mine or theirs.
And this shalbe a signe vnto you, saith the Lord, when I visite you in this place, that ye maie know that my wordes shall surely stand against you for euil.
Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I will giue Pharaóh Hophrá Kyng of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seke hys life: as I gaue Zedekiáh King of Iudáh into the hand of Nebuchadnezzár King of Babél his enemie, who also soght his life.
THe worde that Ieremiáh the Prophet spake vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriáh, when he had writen these words in a boke at the mouth of Ieremiáh, in the fourth yere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiáh Kynge of Iudáh, saying.
Thus saith the Lord God of Israél vnto thee, ô Baruch.
Thou didest saye, Wo is me nowe: for the Lord hathe layed sorowe vnto my sorowe: I sainted in my mournyng, and I can finde no rest.
Thus shalt thou say vnto hym, The Lorde saith thus, Beholde, that which I haue buylt, will I destroye, and that which I haue planted, wil I plucke vp, euen this whole land.
And sekest thou great things for thy selfe? seke them not: for beholde, I wil bring a plague vpon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life wil I giue thee for a pray in all places, whether thou goest.
THe wordes of the Lord, which came to Ieremiáh the Prophet against the Ge{n}tiles.
(As) against Egypt, against the armie of Pharaóh Necho King of Egypt, whiche was by the riuer Peráth in Carchemish, whiche Nebuchad-nezzar Kyng of Babél smote in the fourth yere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudáh.
Make readie buckeler and shield, and go fourth to battel.
Make readie the horses, and let the horseme{n} get vp, and stand vp with (your) sallets, fourblish the speares, a{n}d put on the brigandines.
Wherefore haue I sene them afraide (and) driuen backe? for their mightie men are smitten, and are fled away, and loke not backe: (sor) feare (was) round about, saith the Lord.
The swift shal not flee away, nor the strong man escape: they shal stomble, and fall towarde the Nor the by the riuer Perath.
Who is this, that commeth vp, as a floode, whose waters are moued like the riuers.
Egypt riseth vp lyke the flood, and (hys) waters are moued lyke the riuers, and he sayth, I will go vp, (and) will couer the earth: I wil destroye the citie with them that dwell therein.
Come vp, ye horses, and rage yecharets, and let the valiant men come forthe, the black Mores, a{n}d the Lybians that beare the shield, and the Lydians that handle (and) bend the bowe.
For this is the day of the Lorde God of hostes, (and) a day of vengeance, that he maye aduenge him of hys ennemies: for the sword shal deuoure, and it shalbe satiat, and made drunke with their blood: for the Lord God of hostes hathe a sacrifice in the North countrey by the riuer Peráth.
Go vp vnto Gileád, and take balme, ô virgine, the daughter of Egypt: in vaine shalt thou vse many medicines: (for) thou shalt haue no health.
The nations haue heard of thy shame, and thy crye hathe filled the land: for the strong hathe stombled against the strong (and) thei are fallen bothe together.
¶ The worde that the Lorde spake to Ieremiáh the Prophet, howe Nebuchad-nezzár Kyng of Babél shulde come and smite the land of Egypt.
Publish in Egypt and declare in Migdol, a{n}d proclaime in Noph, and in Tahpanhés, (and) say, Sta{n}d stil, and prepare thee: for the sword shal deuoure rounde about thee.
Why are they valia{n}t me{n} put backe? they cold not stand, because the Lord did driue them.
He made many to fall, and one fell vpon another: and they said, Arise, let vs go againe to our owne people, and to the land of our natiuitie from the sworde of the violent.
They did crye there, Pharaôh King of Egypt (and) of a great multitude hathe passed the time appointed.
As I liue, saith the King, whose Name is the LORD of hostes, surely as Tabór (is) in the mountaines, and as Carmél (is) in the sea: (so) shal it come.
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, make thee geare to go into captiuitie: for Noph shalbe waste and desolate, without an inhabitant.
Egygt (is like) a faire calfe, (but) destructio{n} cometh: out of the North it cometh.
Also her hired men (are) in the middes of her like fat calues: they are also turned backe & fled away together: thei colde not sta{n}d because the day of the destruction was come vpon them, (&) the time of their visitacion.
The voyce thereof shal go forthe like a serpent: for they shal marche with an armie, & come againste her with axes, as hewers of wood.
They shal cut downe her forest, saith the Lord: for they can not be counted, because they are more then the greshoppers, and are innumerable.
The daughter of Egypt shalbe confounded: she shalbe deliuered into the hands of the people of the North.
¶ Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Beholde, I wil visite the co{m}mune people of No and Pharaōh, & Egypt, with their gods and their Kings, euen Pharaōh, and all them that trust in him,
And I wil deliuer them into the hands of those, that seke their liues, and into the hand of Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél, and into the hands of his seruantes, and afterward she shall dwell as in the olde time, saith the Lord.
¶ But feare not thou, ô my seruant Iaakób, & be not thou afraied, ô Israél: for beholde, I wil deliuer thee from a farre (countrey,) & thy sede from the land of their captiuitie, & Iaakôb shal returne and be in rest, and prosperitie, and none shal make him afraid.
Feare thou not, ô Iaakób my seruant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee, and I wil vtterly destroy all the nations, whether I haue driuen thee: but I wil not vtterly destroy thee, but correct thee by iudgement, and not vtterly cut thee of.
THe wordes of the Lord that came to Ieremiáh the Prophet, against the Philistims, before that Pharaóh smote Azzáh.
Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, waters rise vp out of the North, and shalbe as a swelling flood, and shal ouerflowe the land, & all that is therein, and the cities with the{m} that dwell therein: then the men shal crye, and all the inhabitants of the land shal howle,
At the noyce (&) stamping of the hoofes of his stro{n}g (horses,) at the noyce of his charets and at the ru{m}bling of his wheles: the fathers shal not loke backe to (their) children for feblenes of hands,
Because of the daye that cometh to destroye all the Philistims, and to destroye Tyrus, and Zidón, (and) all the rest, that take their parte: for the Lord wil destroye the Philistims, the remnant of the yle of Caphtór.
Baldenes is come vpon Azzáh: Ashkelon is cut vp (with) the rest of their valleis. How long wilt thou cut thy self?
O thou sworde of the Lord, how long wil it be or thou cease! turne againe into thy scaberde, rest and be stil.
How can it cease, seing the Lord hathe giuen it a charge against 'Ashkelón, and against the sea bancke? euen there hathe he appointed it.
COncerning Moáb, thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Wo vnto Nebó: for it is wasted: Kiriatháim is confounded (and) taken: Misgáb is confounded and afraied.
Moáb shal boast no more of Heshbón: (for) thei haue deuised euil against it. Come, and let vs destroye it, that it be no more a nacion also thou shalt be destroyed, ô Madmén, (and) the sworde shal pursue thee.
A voice of crying (shalbe) from Horonáim (with) desolation and great dectruction.
Moáb is destroyed: her litle ones haue caused their crye to be heard.
For at the going vp of Luhith, the mourner shal go vp with weping: for in the going downe of Horonáim, the enemies haue heard a crye of destruction,
Flee and saue your liues, and be like vnto the heath in the wildernes.
For because thou hast trusted in thy workes and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken, and Chemosh shal go for the into captiuitie with his Priests and his princes together.
And the destroier shal come vpon all cities, and no citie shal escape: the valley also shal perish and the plaine shalbe destroied as the Lord hathe spoken.
Giue wings vnto Moáb, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shalbe desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Cursed (be he) that doeth the worke of the Lord negligently, & cursed (be he) that kepeth backe his sworde from blood.
Moáb hathe bene at rest from his youth, & he hathe setled on his lees, and hathe not bene powred fro{m} vessel to vessel, nether hathe he gone into captiuitie: therefore histaste remained in him & his sent is not changed.
¶ Therefore beholde, the daies come, saith the Lord, that I wil send vnto him suche as shal cary him away, and shal emptie his vessels and breake their bottels.
And Moáb shal be ashamed of Chemósh as the house of Israél was ashamed of Bethél their confidence.
How thinke you (thus,) We are mightie & strong men of warre?
Moáb is destroyed, and his cities burnt vp and his chosen yong men are gone downe to slaughter, saith the King, whose name (is,) The Lord of hostes.
The destruction of Moáb is readie to come and his plague hasteth fast.
All ye that are about him, mourne for him, & all ye that knowe his name, say, How is the strong staffe broken, (&) the beautiful rod!
Thou daughter that doest inhabite 〈◊〉, come downe from (thy) glorie, & sit in thirst: for the destroyer of Moáb shal come vp vpon thee, (and) he shal destroy thy strong holdes.
Thou that dwellest in Aroér, stand by the way, and beholde: aske him that fleeth and that escapeth, (and) say, What is done?
Moáb is confounded: for it is destroyed: howle, & crye, tel ye it in Arnon, that Moáb is made waste,
And iudgement is come vpon the plaine countrey, vpon Holón and vpon Iahazáh, & vpon Mepháath.
And vpon Dibón, and vpon Nebó, and vpo{n} the house of 〈◊〉.
And vpon Kiriatháim, and vpo{n} Bethgamúl, and vpon Beth-meón,
And vpon Kerióth, and vpon Bozráh, and vpon all the cities of the land of Moáb farre or nere.
The horne of Moáb is cut of, and his arme is broken, saith the Lord.
Make ye him drunken: for he magnified him self against the Lord: Moáb shal wallow in his vomite, and he also shal be in derision.
For didest not thou deride Israél, as thogh he had bene founde among theues? for whe{n} thou speakest of him, thou art moued.
O ye that dwell in Moáb, leaue the cities, and dwell in the rockes, and be like the doue that maketh her neste in the sides of the holes mouth.
We haue heard the pride of Moáb [(he is) exceding proude] his stoutnes, and his arrogancie, and his pride, and the hautenes of his heart.
I knowe his wrath, saith the Lord, but it shal not (be) so: (&) his dissimulacions, (for) they do not right.
Therefore will howle for Moáb, and I wil crye out for all Moáb: (mine heart) shal mourne for the men of Kir-héres.
O vine of Sibmáh, I wil wepe for thee, as I wept for Iazér: thy plantes are gone ouer the sea, they are come to the sea of Iazér: the destroyer is fallen vpon thy sommer frutes, and vpon thy vintage,
And ioye, and gladnes is taken from the plē tiful field and from the land of Moáb: and I haue caused wine to faile from the wine presse: none shal tread with showting: (their) showting (shal be) no showting.
From the crye of Heshbon vnto Elaléh (&) vnto Iahaz haue 〈◊〉 made their noyse from Zóar vnto Horonáim, the heiffer of thre yere olde (shal go lowing:) for the waters also of 〈◊〉 shalbe wasted.
Moreouer, I wil cause to cease in Moáb, saith the Lord, him that offred in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
Therefore mine heart shal sound for Moáb like a shaume & mine heart shal sou{n}de like a shaume for the men of Kir-héres, because the riches that he hathe gotten, is perished.
For euery head shalbe balde, and euery bearde plucked: vpon all the handes shal be cuttings, and vpon the loynes sacke clothe.
(And) mourning shalbe vpon all the house toppes of Moáb and in all the stretes thereof: for I haue broken Moáb like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.
Thei shal houle, (saying,) How is he destroyed? how hathe Moáb turned the backe with shame? so shal Moáb be a derision, and a feare to all them about him.
For thus saith the Lord, Beholde, he shal flee as an egle, and shal spread his wings ouer Moáb.
The cities are taken and the strong holdes are wonne, and the mightie mens hearts in Moáb at that day shalbe as the heart of a woman in trauail.
And Moáb shalbe destroyed from being a people, because he hathe set vp him self against the Lord.
Feare, and pit and snare (shalbe) vpon thee ô inhabitant of Moáb, saith the Lord.
He that escapeth from the feare, shal fall in the pit, and he that getteth vp out of the pit, shalbe taken in the snare: for I wil bring vpo{n} it, (euen) vpon Moáb, the yere of their visitation, saith the Lord.
They that fled, stode vnder the shadowe of Heshbón, because of the force: for the fyre came out of Heshbón, and a flame from Sihón, and deuoured the corner of Moáb, and the top of the seditious children.
Wo (be) vnto thee, ô Moáb: the people of Chemósh perisheth: for thy sonnes are taken captiues, and thy daughters (led) into captiuitie.
Yet wil I bring againe the captiuitie of Moáb in the later daies, saith the Lord. Thus farre of the iudgement of Moáb.
VNto the children of Ammónthus saith the Lord, Hathe Israél no sonnes? or hathe he none heire? Why (then) hathe their King possessed Gad? and his people dwel in his cities?
Therefore beholde, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I wil cause a noyse of warre to be heard in Rabbáh of the Ammonites, and it shalbe a desolate heape, and her daughters shalbe burnt with fyre: then shall Israél possesse those that possessed him, saith the Lord.
Houle ô Heshbón, for Ai is wasted: crye ye daughters of Rabbáh: girde you with sake clothe: mourne and runne to and fro by the hedges? for their King shal go into captiuitie (and) his Priests, and his princes like wise.
Wherefore gloriest thou in the 〈◊〉? thy valley sloweth away, ô rebellious daughter: she trusted in her treasures, (saying,) Who shal come vnto me?
Beholde, I wil bring a feare vpon thee, saith the Lord God of hostes, of all those that be about thee, and ye shalbe scatred euerie man right forthe, and none shal gather him that fleeth.
And afterward I wil bring againe the captiuitie of the children of Ammón.
¶ To Edóm thus saith the Lord of hostes, Is wisdome no more in Temán? is counsel perished from (their) children? is their wisdomè vanished?
Flee, ye inhabitants of Ded 〈◊〉 they are returned backe, and haue consulted to dwel] for I haue broght the destruction of 〈◊〉 (and) the time of his visitation.
If the grape gatherers come to thee, wolde they not leaue (some) grapes? if theues come by night, they wil destroye til they haue ynough.
For I haue discouered Esáu: I haue vncouered his secrets, & he shal not be able to hide himself: his sede is wasted, and his brethren and his neighbours, and there shalbe none (to say;)
Leaue thy fatherles children, (and) I wil preserue them aliue, and let thy widowes 〈◊〉 in me.
For thus saith the Lord, Beholde, thei whose iudgement was not to drinke of the cuppe, haue assuredly drunken, and art thou he that shal escape fre? thou shalt not go fre, but thou shalt surely drinke of it.
For I haue sworne by my self, saith the Lord that Bozráh shalbe waste, and for a reproche, and a desolation, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shalbe perpetual desolations.
I haue heard a rumour from the Lord, and an embassadour is sent vnto the heathen, (saying,) Gather you together, and come against her, and rise vp to the battel.
For lo, I wil make thee but smale among the heathen, and despised among men.
Thy feare, (and) the pride of thine heart hathe deceiued thee, thou that dwellest in the cleftes of the rocke, & kepest the height of the hill: thogh thou shulde make thy nest as hie as the egle, I wil bring thee downe fro{m} thence, saith the Lord.
¶ Also Edo{m} shalbe desolate: euerie one that goeth by it, shalbe astonished, and shal hisse at all the plagues thereof,
As in the ouerthrowe of Sodóm, and of Gomoráh, and the places thereof nere about, saith the Lord: no ma{n} shald well there, nether shal the sonnes of men remaine in it.
Beholde, he shal come vp like a lyon from the swelling of Iordén vnto the strong dwelling place: for I wil make (Israél) to rest, (euen) I wil make him to haste away from her, and who is a chosen man that I may appoint against her? for who is like me? and who wil appoint me the time? and who is the shepherd that wil stand before me?
Therefore heare the counsel of the Lord that he hathe deuised against Edōm, and his purpose that he hathe conceiued against the inhabitans of Temán: surely the least of the flocke shal drawe them out: surely he shal make their habitations desolate with them.
The earth is moued at the noyce of their fall: the crye of their voyce is heard in the red Sea.
Beholde, he shal come vp, and fle as the egle and spread his wings ouer Bozráh, and at that day shal the heart of the strong men of Edóm be as the heart of a woman in trauail.
¶ Vnto Damascus (he saith,) Hamáth is confounded and Arpád, for thei haue heard euil 〈◊〉, & they are faint hearted (as one) on the feareful sea that can not rest.
Damascus is discouraged, (and) turneth her self to flight and feare hathe seased her: anguish & sorowes haue taken her as a woman in trauail.
How is the glorious citie not reserued, the citie.
Therefore her yong men shal fall in her stretes, and all her men of warre shalbe cut of in that day, saith the Lord of hostes.
And I wil kindle a fyre in the walle of Damascus, which shal cousume the palaces of Ben-hadád.
¶ Vnto Kedár, and to the kingdomes of Hazōr, which Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél shal smite, thus saith the Lord, Arise, (&) go vp vnto Kedár, and destroye the men of the East.
Their tentes and their flockes shal they take away yea, they shal take to them selues their curtaines, and all their vessels, & their camels and they shal crye vnto them, Feare is on euerie side.
Flee, get you farre of thei haue consulted to dwell] ô ye inhabitants of Hazór, saith the Lord: for Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél hathe taken counsel against you, and hathe 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 against you.
Arise, (and, get you vp vnto the welthie nation that 〈◊〉 without care, saith the Lord, which haue nether gates nor barres, (but) dwell 〈◊〉.
And their camels shalbe a boutie, and the multitude of their cattel a spoile, and I wil scatter the{m} into all windes, and to the vtmost corners, and I wil bring their destruction fro{m} all the sides thereof, saith the Lord.
And Hazōr shalbe a dwelling for dragons, (and) desolation for euer: there shal no man dwell there, nor the sonnes of men remaine in it.
¶ The wordes of the Lord that came to Ieremiáh the Prophet, concerning Elám, in the beginning of the reigne of Zedekiáh King of Iudáh, saying,
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Beholde, I wil breake the bowe of Elám, (euen) the chief of their strength.
And vpon Elám I wil bring the foure winds from the foure quarters of heauen, and wil scattre them towards all these windes, and there shalbe no nation, whether the fugitiues of Elám shal not come.
For I wil cause Elám to be afraied before their enemies, and before them that seke their liues, and wil bring vpon them a plague, (euen) the indignatio{n} of my wrath, saith the Lord, and I wil 〈◊〉 the sworde after the{m} til I haue consumed them.
And I wil set my throne in Elám, and I wil destroye (bothe) the King and the princes from thence, saith the Lord but in the latter dayes I wil bring againe the 〈◊〉 of Elám, saith the Lord.
THe worde that the 〈◊〉 spake, concerning 〈◊〉, (and) concerning the land of the Caldeans by 〈◊〉 ministerie of 〈◊〉 the Prophet.
Declare among the nations, and publish it, and set vp a standart, proclaime it (and) conceile it not: say, Babél is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodách is broken downe: her idoles are co{n}founded, (and) their images are burst in pieces.
For out of the North there cometh vp a nation against her, which shal make her land waste, and none shal dwell therein: they shal flee, (and) departe, bothe man and beast.
In those dayes, and at that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israél shal come, they and the children of Iudáh together, going, and weping shal they go, and seke the Lord their God.
They shal aske the waye to Zion, with their faces thether ward, (〈◊〉,) Come, and let vs cleaue to the Lord in a perpetual couenant that shal not be forgotten.
¶ My people hathe bene (as) lost shepe: their shepherdes haue caused 〈◊〉 to go 〈◊〉, and haue turned them away to the 〈◊〉 they haue gone from mountaine to hil (and) forgotten their 〈◊〉 place.
All that found them, haue deuoured the{m}, and their enemies said, We offended not because they haue sinned against the Lord, the habitation of iustice, eue{n} the Lord the hope of their fathers.
Flee from the middes of Babél, and departe out of the land of the Caldeans, and be ye as the he goates before the flocke.
For lo, I wil raise, & cause to come vp against Babél a multitude of mightie nations from the North countrey, and thei shal set them selues in aray against her, whereby she shalbe taken: their arrowes (shalbe) as of a stro{n}g man, which is expert (for) none shal returne in vaine.
And Caldea shalbe a spoile: all that spoile her, 〈◊〉 satisfied, saith the Lord.
Because ye were glad and reioyced in destroyng mine heritage, (and) because ye are growen fat, as the calues in the grasse, and neyed like strong (horses,)
(Therefore) your mothers shalbe sore confounded, and she that bare you, shalbe ashamed: beholde, the vttermost of the nations (shalbe) a desert, a 〈◊〉 land, & a wildernes.
Because of the wrath of the Lord it shal not be inhabited, but shalbe wholy desolate: euerie one that goeth by Babél, shal be astonished, and hisse at all her plagues.
Put your selues in araye against Babél round about: all ye that bend the bowe, shoote at her, spare no arrowes: for she hathe sinned against the Lord.
Crye against her round about: she hathe giuen her hand: her foundacions are fallen, (and) her walles are destroyed: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance vpon her: as she hathe done, do vnto her.
Destroye the sower from Babél, and him that handleth the sieth in the time of haruest because of the sworde of the oppressour they shal turne euerie one to his people, and they shal flee euerie one to his owne land.
Israél (is like) scattered shepe: the lyons haue dispersed them: first the King of Asshúr hathe deuoured him, and last this Nebuchadnezzár King of Babél hathe broke{n} his bones
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, Beholde, I wil visite the King of Babél, & his land, as I haue visited the King of Asshúr.
And I wil bring Israél againe to his habitation: he shal fede on Carmél and Bashán, and his soule shalbe satisfied vpon the mount Ephráim and Gileád.
In those dayes, and at that time, saith the Lord, the iniquitie of Israél shalbe soght for and there shalbe none: and the sinnes of Iudáh, and they shal not be found: for I wil be merciful vnto them, whome I reserue.
Go vp against the land of the rebelles, (eue{n}) against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekód: destroye, and lay it waste after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I haue commanded thee.
A crye of battel (is) in the land, and of great destruction.
How is the hammer of the whole worlde destroyed, and broken! how is Babél become desolate among the nations!
I haue suared thee, and thou art taken, ô Babél, and thou wast not aware: thou art founde, and also caught, because thou hast striuen against the Lord.
The Lord hathe opened his treasure, & hath broght forthe the weapons of his wrath: for this is the worke of the Lord God of hostes in the land of the Caldeans.
Come against her from the vtmost border ope{n} her store houses: tread on her as on sheaues, and destroye her vtterly: let nothing of herbe left.
Destroye all her bullockes: let them go downe to the slaughter. Wo vnto them, for their day is come, (and) the time of their visitation.
The voyce of them that flee, and escape out of the land of Babél to declare in Zión the vengeance of the Lord our God, (and) the vengeance of his Temple.
Call vp the archers against Babél: all ye that bend the bowe, besiege it rounde about: let none thereof escape: recompence her according to her worke, (and) according to all that she hath done, do vnto her: for she hath bene proude against the Lord, (eue{n}) againste the holy one of Israél.
Therefore shal her yong men fall in the stretes, and all her me{n} of warre shalbe destroyed in that day, saith the Lord.
Beholde, I (come) vnto thee, o proude (ma{n},) saith the Lord God of hostes: for thy day is come, (euen) the time that I wil visite thee.
And the proude shal stomble and fall, and none shal raise him vp: and I wil kindle a fyre in his cities, and it shal deuoure all rounde about him.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, The children of Israél, and the children of Iudáh were oppressed together: and all that toke them captiues, helde them, (and) wolde not let them go.
(But) their strong redemer, whose Name (is) the Lord of hostes, he shal mainteine their cause, that he may giue rest to the land, and 〈◊〉 the inhabitants of Babél.
A sworde (is) vpon the Caldeans, saith the Lord, and vpon the inhabitants of Babél, and vpon her princes, and vpon her wise men.
A sworde (is) vpon the so the sayers, & thei shal dote: a sworde (is) vpon her strong men, and they shal be afrayed.
A sworde (is) vpon their horses and vpon their charets, and vpon all the multitude that are in the middes of her, 〈◊〉 they shalbe like women: a sworde (is) vpon her treasures, and they shal be spoiled.
A drought (is) vpon her waters, and they shal be dryed vp: for it is the land of grauen images, and they dote vpon their idoles.
Therefore the Ziims with the Iims shal dwell (there,) & the ostriches 〈◊〉 well therein: for it shal be no more inhabited, nether shal it be inhabited from generacion vnto generacion.
As God destroyed Sodôm and Gomoráh with the places thereof nere about, saith the Lord: (so) shal no man dwell there, nether shal the sonne of man remaine therein.
¶ Beholde, a people shal come from the North, & a great nation, & manie Kings shal be raised vp from the coastes of the earth.
Thei shal holde the bowe and the buckeler they are cruel & 〈◊〉 their voyce shal roare like the sea, and they shal ride vpon horses, (and) be put in aray like men to the battel against thee, ô daughter of Babél.
The King of Babél hathe heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feble: sorowe came vpon him, (euen) sorowe as of a woma{n} in trauail.
Beholde, he shal come vp like a lyon from the swelling of Iordén vnto the strong habitation: for I wil make (Israél) to rest, and I wil make them to haste away from her: and who is a chosen man that I may appoint against her? for who is like me, and who wil appoint me the time? and who is the shepherd that wil stand before me?
Therefore heare the counsel of the Lord that he hathe deuised against Babél, and his purpose that he hathe co{n}ceiued against the land of the Caldeans: surely the least of the 〈◊〉 shal drawe them out: surely he shal make (their) habitation desolate with them.
At the noyse of the winning of Babél the earth is moued, and the crye is heard among the nations.
THus saith the Lord, Beholde, I wil raise vp against Babél, and against the inhabitants that lift vp (their) heart against me, a destroying winde,
And wil send vnto Babél fanners that shal 〈◊〉, and shal emptie her land for in the pay of trouble thei shalbe against her on euerie side.
Also to the bender that bendeth his bowe and to him that lifteth him self vp in his brigandine, (wil I say,) Spare not her yong men but destroye all her hoste.
Thus the slaine shal fall in the land of the Caldea{n}s, and they that are thrust through in her stretes.
For Israél hathe bene no widow, nor Iudáh from his God, from the Lord of hostes, thogh their land was filled with sinne against the holy one of Israél.
¶ Flee out of the middes of Babél, and deliuer 〈◊〉 man his soule: be not destroyed in her iniquitie: for thīs is the time of the Lords vengeance: he wil rendre vnto her are compence.
Babél (hathe bene as) a golden cuppe in the Lords hand, that made all the earth dru{n}ken the nacions haue drunken of her wine, therefore do the nacions rage.
Babél is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howle for her, bring balme for her sore, if she may be healed.
We wolde haue cured Babél, but she colde not be healed: forsake her, and let vs go euerie one into his owne countrie: for her iudgement is come vp vnto heauen, and is lifted vp to the cloudes.
The Lord hathe broght forthe our righteousnes: come and let vs declare in Zión the worke of the Lord our God.
Make bright the arrowes: gather the shildes: the Lord hathe raised vp the spirit of the King of the Medes: for his purpose is against Babél to destroie it, because it is the vengeance of the Lord, (and) the vengeance of his Temple.
Set vp the standart vpon the walles of Babél make the watche stro{n}g: set vp the watchmen prepare the skoutes: for the Lord hathe bothe deuised, and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babél.
O thou that dwellest vpon many waters, abunda{n}t in treasures, thine end is come, (eue{n}) the end of thy couetousnes.
The Lord of hostes hathe sworne by him selfe, (saying,) Surely I wil fil thee with men as with caterpillers, and thei shal crye and shoute against thee.
He hathe made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisdome, and hathe stretched out the heauen by his discretion.
He giueth by (his) voice the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the ends of the earth: he turneth lightnings to raine, and bringeth for the the winde out of his treasures.
Eucrie man is a beast by (his owne) knowledge: euerie founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but false hod and there is no breth therein.
Thei are vanitie, (and) the worke of errors: in the time of their visitacion they shal perish.
The porcion of Iaakób (is) not like them for he is the maker of all things, and (Israél is) the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hostes (is) his Name.
Thou art mine hammer, (and) weapons of warre: for with thee wil I breake the nations, and with thee wil I destroie kingdomes.
And by thee wil I breake horse and horsema{n} and by thee wil I breake the charet and him that rideth therein.
By thee also wil I breake man and woman, and by thee wil I breake olde and yong, and by thee wil I breake the yong man and the maid.
I wil also breake by thee the shepherd and his 〈◊〉, and by thee wil I breake the housband man and his yoke of oxen, and by thee wil I breake the dukes and princes.
And I wil rendre vnto Babél, and to all the inhabitants of the Caldeans all their euil that thei haue done in Zión, (euen) in your sight, saith the Lord.
Beholde, I (come) vnto thee, ô destroying mountaine, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I wil stretch out mine hand vpo{n} thee, and roll the down from thee rockes, and wil make thee a burnt mountaine.
They shal not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for fundacio{n}s, but thou shalt be destroyed for euer, saith the Lord.
Set vp a standart in the land: blowe the tru{m}pets among the nacions: prepare the nacio{n}s against her: call vp the kingdomes of Ararát, Minni, & A 〈◊〉 against her: appoint the prince against her: cause horses to come vp as the rough caterpillers.
Prepare againste her the nacions with the Kings of the Medes, the dukes thereof, and the princes thereof, & all the land of his dominion.
And the land shal tremble and sorowe: for the deuise of the Lord shal be performed against Babél, to make the land of Babél waste without an inhabitant.
The strong men of Babél haue ceased to fight: they haue remained in their holdes: their strength hathe failed, (and) they were like women: they haue burnt her dwelling places, (and) her barres are broken.
A post shal runne to mete the post, & a messé ger to mete the messe{n}ger, to shew the Ki{n}g of Babél, that his citie is take{n} on aside thereof
And that the passages are stopped, & there des burnt with fyre, & the me{n} of warre troubled.
For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, The daughter of Babél (is) like a thresshing floore: the time of her thresshing (is come:) yet a litle while, and the time of her haruest shal come.
Nebuchad-nezzár the King of Babél hath deuoured me, & destroyed me: he hath mad me an amptie vessel: he swalowed me vp like a dragon, and filled his belie with my delicates, (and) hathe cast me out.
The spoile of me, and that which was left of me, (is broght) vnto Babél, shal the inhabita{n}t of Zión say: and my blood vnto the inhabitants of Caldea, shal Ierusalém say.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I wil mainteine thy cause, and take vengeance for thee, and I wil drye vp the sea, & drye vp her springs.
And Babél shalbe (as) heapes, a dwelling place, for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
They shal roare together like lions, and yell as the lions whelpes.
In their heat I wil make them feastes, and I wil make them drunken, that they may reioyce, and slepe a perpetual slepe and not wake, saith the Lord.
I wil bring them downe like lambes to the slaughter, (and) like rams and goates.
How is Sheshách taken! & how is the glorie of the whole earth take{n}! how is Babél become an astonishment among the nacio{n}s!
The sea is come vp vpon Babél? she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
Her cities are desolate: the land is drye & a wildernes, a land wherein no man dwelleth, nether doeth the sonne of man passe thereby.
I wil also visite Bel in Babél, & I will bring out of his mouthe, that whiche he hathe swallowed vp, and the nacions shall runne no more vnto him, and the wall of Babél shal fall.
My people, go out of the middes of her, and deliuer ye euerie man his soule frome the fierce wrath of the Lord,
Lest your heart euen faint, and ye feare the rumour, that shal be heard in the land: the rumour shal come (this) yere, and after that in the (other) yere (shal come) a rumour, and crueltie in the land, and ruler against ruler.
Therefore beholde, the dayes come, that I wil visite the images of Babél, and the whole land shal be confou{n}ded, and all her slaine shal fall in the middes of her.
Then the heauen and the earth, and all that is therein, shal reioyce for Babél: for the destroyers shal come vnto her from the North, saith the Lord.
As Babél caused the slaine of Israél to fall, so by Babél the slaine of all the earth did fall.
Ye that haue escaped the sworde, go awaye, stande not still remembre the Lord a farre of, & let Ierusalém come into your minde,
We are confounded because we haue heard reproche: shame hathe couered our faces, for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lords House.
Wherefore beholde, the daies come, saith the Lord, that I wil visite her grauen images, and through all her land the wounded shal grone.
Thogh Babél shulde mounte vp to heaue{n}, and thogh she shulde defend her strength on hie, (yet) from me shal her destroiers come, saith the Lord.
A sounde of a crye (cometh) from Babél, and great destruction from the land of the Caldeans.
Because the Lord hathe laid Babél waste & destroied from her the great voyce, & her waues shal roare like great waters, (and) a sounde was made by their noice.
Because the destroier is come vppon her, (euen) vnto Babél, and her strong men are taken, their bowes are broken: for the Lord God that recompenceth, shall surely recompence.
And I wil made drunke her princes, and her wise men, her dukes, and her nobles, & her strong men: and thei shal slepe perpetual slepe, and not wake, saith the King, whose Name (is) the Lord of hostes.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, The thicke wall of Babél: shalbe broken, and her hye gates shalbe burnt with fyre, and the people shal labour in vaine, and the folke in the fyre, for thei shalbe weary:
The worde which Ieremiáh the 〈◊〉 commanded Sheraiáh the sonne of Neriiáh the sonne of Maasciáh, when he went with Zedekiáh the King of Iudáh into Babél, in the fourth yere of his reigne: and this Sheraiáh was a peaceable prince.
So Ieremiáh wrotē a boke all the euil that shulde come vpon Babél (euen) all these things, that are writen against Babél.
And Ieremiáh said to Sheraiáh, Whe{n} thou comest vnto Babél, and shalt se, and shalt read all these wordes.
Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place, to destroie it, that none shulde remaine in it, nether man nor beast, but that it shuld be desolate for euer.
And when thou hast made an end of reading this boke, thou shalt binde a stone to it, and cast it in the middes of Euphrates.
And shalt say, Thus shal Babél be drowned and shal not rise from the euil, that I wil bring vpon her: and thei shal be wearie. Thus farre (are) the wordes of Ieremiáh.
ZEdekiah (was) and twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeres in Ierusalem, and his mothers name (was) Hamutál, the daughter of Ieremiáh of Libnáh.
And he did euil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Iehoiakim had done.
Doutles because the wrath of the Lord, was against Ierusalém and Iudáh, til he had cast them out from his presence, therefore Zedekiáh rebelled against the King of Babél.
But in the ninth yere of his reigne, in the tenth moneth the tenth (day) of the moneth came Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babél he & all his hoste against Ierusalém, and pitched against it, and buy 〈◊〉 fortes against it rounde about.
So the citie was besieged vnto the eleue{n}th yere of the King Zedekiáh.
Now in the fourth moneth, the ninth (day) of the moneth, the famine was sore in the citie, so that there was no more bread for the people of the land.
Then the citie was broken vp and all the men of warre fled, and went out of the citie by night, by the way of the: gate betwene the two walles, which was by the Kings garden [now the Caldeans (were) by the citie rounde about] and thei went by the way of the wildernes.
But the armie of the Caldeans pursued after the King, and toke Zedekiáh in the desert of Ierichó, and all his hoste was scattered from him.
Then thei toke the King and caryed hym vp vnto the King of Babél to Ribláh in the land of Hamáth, where he gaue iudgeme{n}t vpon him.
And the King of Babél slewe the sonnes of Zedekiáh, before his eyes: he slewe also all the princes of Iudah in Ribláh.
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiáh, and the King of Babél bounde him in chaines, and caried him to Babél, and put him in prison til the day of his death.
Now in the fift moneth in the te{n}th (day) of the moneth [which was the ninte{n}th yere of the King Nebuchad-nezzák King of Babél] came Nebuzar-adán chief stewarde (whiche) stode before the King of Babél in Ierusalém,
And burnt the House of the Lord, and the Kings house, and all the houses of Ierusalém & all the great houses burnt he with fyre.
And all the armie of the Caldeans that were with the chief steward, brake downe all the walles of Ierusalém round about.
The{n} Nebuzar adán the chief steward caryed away captiue (certeine) of the poore of the people, & the residue of the people that remained in the Citie, and those that were fled, and fallen to the King of Babél, with the rest of the multitude.
But Nebuzar adán the chief stewarde left (certeine) of the poore of the la{n}d, to dresse the vines, and to til the land.
Also the pillers of brasse that were in the House of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen Sea, that was in the House of the Lord, the Caldeans brake, and caryed all the brasse of them to Babél.
The 〈◊〉 also and the besomes, and the instruments of musike, and the basins, and the incense dishes, and all the vessels of brasse where with they ministred, toke they away.
And the bowles, and the ashpannes, & the basins, & the pottes, and the candle sticks, and the incense dishes, and the cuppes, (& all) that was of golde, & that was of siluer, toke the chief steward away,
With the two pillers, one Sea, and twelue brasen bulles, that were vnder the bases, which King Salomo{n} had made in the house of the Lord: the brasse of all these vessels was without weight.
And concerning the pillers, the height of one piller (was) eightene cubites, and a threde of twelue cubites did compasse it, & the thickenes thereof (was) foure fingers: (it was) holow.
And a chapiter of brasse (was) vpon it, and the height of one chapiter was fiue cubites with networke, & pomegranates vpo{n} the chapiters rounde about, all of brasse the seconde piller also, and the pomegranates (were) like vnto these.
And there were ninetie and six pomegranates on side (and) all the pomegranates vpon the networke (were) an hundreth rounde about.
And the chief steward toke Sheraiah the chief Priest, and Zephaniah the seconde Priest, and the thre kepers of the dore.
He toke also out of the citie an Eunuche, which had the ouersight of the men of warre, and seuen men that were in the Kings presence, which were founde in the citie, & Sophér captaine of the hoste who mustred the people of the land, and thre score men of the people of the land, that were founde in the middes of the citie.
Nebuzar-adán the chief steward toke the{m} and broght them to the King of Babél to Ribláh.
And the King of Babél smote them, and slewe them in Ribláh, in the land of the Hamáth thus Iudáh was caryed away captiue out of his owne land.
¶ This is the people, whome Nebuchadnezzar caryed away captiue, in the seuenth yere (euen) thre thousand Iewes, and thre and twentie.
In the eightenth yere of Nebuchad-nezzár he caryed away captiue from Ierusalém eight hundreth thirtie and two persones.
In the thre and twentieth yere of Nebuchad-nezzar, Nebuzar-adàn the chief steward caryed away captiue of the Iewes seuen hundreth fourtie and fiue persones: all the persones (were) foure thousand and six hundreth.
And in the seuen and thirtieth yere of the captiuitie of Iahoiachin King of Iudah, in the twelft moneth, in the fiue and twentieth (day) of the moneth, Euil-merodách King of 〈◊〉, in the (first) yere of his reigne, lifted vp the head of Iehoiachin King of Iudáh, and broght him out of prison.
And spake kindely vnto him, and set his throne aboue the throne of the Kings, that were with him in Babél.
And changed his prison garments, and he did continually eat bread before him all the dayes of his life,
His porcion (was) a continual porcion giuen him of the King of Babél, euery day a certeine, all the dayes of his life vntil he dyed.
HOw doeth the citie remaine solitarie that was ful of people? she is as a widow she that was greate among the nacions (and) princesse amo{n}g the prouinces, is made tributarie.
She wepeth continually in the night, & her teares (runne downe) by her chekes among all her louers, 〈◊〉 hath none to co{m}fort her: all her friends haue delt vnfaithfully with her, (and) are her enemies.
Iudáh is caryed away captiue, because of affliction, and because of great seruitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, (and) findeth no rest: all her persecuters toke her in the streites.
The wayes of Ziōn lament, because no ma{n} cometh to the solemne feasts: all her 〈◊〉 are desolate: her Priests sigh: her virgines are discomfited, and she is in heauines.
Her aduersaries are the chief, (and) her enemies prosper: for the Lord hathe afflicted her, for the multitude of her tra{n}sgressions, (and) her children are gone into captiuitie before the enemie.
And from the daughter of Zio{n} all her beautie is departed: her princes are become like harts that finde no pasture, and thei are gone without stre{n}gth before the pursuer.
Ierusalém remembred the daies of her affliction, and of her rebellion, (and) all her pleasant things, that she 〈◊〉 in times past, when her people fell into the hand of the enemie, and none did helpe her: the aduersaries sawe her, (&) did mocke at her Sabbaths.
Ierusale{m} hathe grieuously sinned, therfore she is in derisio{n} all that honoured her, despise her, because thei haue sene her filthines: yea, she sigheth & turneth backward.
Her filthines (is) in her skirtes: she reme{m}bred not her last ende, therefore she came downe wonderfully: she had no cōforter: ô Lord, beholde mine afflictio{n}: for the enemie is proude.
The enemie hathe stretched out his hand vpon all her pleasant things for she hathe sene the heathen entre into her Sáctuarie, whome thou didest commande, that thei shulde not entre into thy Church.
All her people sigh and seke (their) bread they haue gyuen their pleasant things for meat to refresh the soule: se, ô Lord, & consider. for I am become vile.
Haue ye no regarde, all ye that passe by (this) way? beholde, and se, if there be anye sorowe like vnto my sorowe, whiche is do he vnto me, wherewith the Lord hathe afflicted (me) in the day of his fierce wrath.
From aboue hathe he sent fyre into my bones, which preuaile against the{m}: he hath spred a net for my fete, (and) turned me backe he hathe made me desolate, (&) daily in heauines.
The yoke of my transgressions is bound vpon his hand thei are wrapped, and come vp vpo{n} my necke: he hath made my stre{n}gth to fall: the Lord hathe deliuered me into (their) hands, nether am I able to rise vp.
The Lord hathe troden vnder fote all my valiant men in the middes of me he hathe called an assemblie agaynst me to destroye my yong men: the Lord hathe troden the wine presse vpon the virgine the daughter of Iudáh.
For these things I wepe mine eye, (cuē) mine eye casteth out water, because the cōforter that shulde refresh my soule, is farre from me: my children are desolate, because the enemie preuailed.
Zión stretcheth out her hands, and there (is) none to comfort her the Lord hath appointed the enemies of Iaakob rou{n}d about him Ierusalém is as a menstruous woman in the middes of them.
The Lord is righteous: for I haue rebelled against his commandement: heare I pray you, all people and beholde my sorow: my virgines and my yong men are gone into captiuitie.
I called for my louers, (but) thei deceiued me my Priests and mine Elders perished in the citie while they soght their meate to refresh their soules.
Beholde, ô Lord, how I am troubled: my bowels swell mine heart is turned within me, for I am full of heauines: the sworde spoyleth abroad, as death (doeth) at home.
Thei haue heard that I mourne, (but) there (is) none to comfort me: all mine ennemies haue heard of my trouble, (and) are glad, that thou hast done it thou wilt bring the day, that thou hast pronounced, and they shalbe like vnto me.
Let all their wickednes come before thee: do vnto them, as thou hast done vnto me, for all my transgressions for my sighs are many, and mine heart is heauie.
HOw hathe the Lord darkened the daughter of Ziōn in his wrath! (&) hath cast downe from heauen vnto the earthe the beautie of Israél, and remembred not his fotestole in the day of his wrath!
The Lord hathe destroyed all the habitacions of Iaakób, and not spared: he hath throwen downe in hys wrath the strong holdes of the daughter of Indáh: he hathe cast them downe to the grounde: he hathe polluted the kingdome and the princes thereof.
He hathe cut of in his fierce wrath all the horne of Israél: he hathe drawen backe his right hand from before the enemie, & there was kindled in Iaakob like a flame of fyre, which deuoured round about,
He hathe bent his bowe like an enemie: his right hand was stretched vp as an aduersarie, and slewe all that was pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Ziôn: he powred out his wrath like fyre.
The Lord was as an ennemie: he hathe deuoured Israél, (and) consumed all his palaces he hathe destroyed his strong holdes, and hathe increased in the daughter of Iudáh lamentacion and mourning.
For he hathe destroyed his tabernacle, as a garden, he hath destroyed his congregacion: the Lord hathe caused the feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Ziôn, & hath despised in the indignacio{n} of his wrath the King and the Priest.
The Lord hathe forsaken his altar: he hath abhorred his Sanctuarie: he hathe giue{n} into the hand of the ennemie the walles of her palaces: they haue made a noyse in the house of the Lord, as in the day of sole{m}nitie.
The Lord hath determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he stretched out a line: he hathe not withdrawen his ha{n}d from destroying: therefore he made the rāpart and the wall to lame{n}t they were destroyed together.
Her gates are sonke to the ground: he hath destroied and broken her barres her King and her princes (are) among the Gentiles: the Lawe (is) no more, nether can her Prophetes receiue (any) vision from the Lord
The Elders of the daughter of Zio{n} sit vpo{n} the grounde, and kepe silence: they haue cast vp dust vpon their heades: they haue girded them selues with sackecloth: the virgines of Ierusalém hang downe theyr heades to the ground.
Mine eyes do faile with teares: my bowels swell: my lieuer is powred vpon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and sucklings 〈◊〉 in the stretes of the 〈◊〉,
Thei haue said to their mothers, Where is bread and drinke? when thei swouned as the wounded in the stretes of the citie, (&) when thei gaue vp the gost in their mothers bosome.
What thing shal I take to witnes for thee what thing shal I compare to thee, ô daughter Ierusalém? what shal I liken to thee, that I may comfort thee, ô virgine daughter Zión? for thy breache (is) great like the sea: who can heale thee?
Thy Prophetes haue loked out vaine, and foolish things for thee, and they haue not discouered thine iniquitie, to turne away thy captiuitie, but haue loked out for thee false prophecies, and causes of banishement.
All that passe by the waye, clappe theyr handes at thee: they hisse and wagge their head vpon the daughter Ierusalém, (saying,) Is this the citie that men call, The perfection of beautie, (and) the ioye of the whole earth?
All thine enemies haue opened their mouthe against thee: thei hisse and gnash the teeth, saying, Let vs deuoure it: certeinly this is the day that we loked for: we haue founde (and) sene it.
The Lord hathe done that whiche he had purposed: he hathe fulfilled his word that he had determined of olde time: he hathe throwen done, and not spared: he hath caused thine enemie to reioyce ouer thee, and set vp the horne of thine aduersaries.
Their heart cryed vnto the Lord, O wall of the daughter Zio{n}, let teares runne downe like a riuer, day & night: take thee no rest, nether let the apple of thine eye cease.
Arise, crye in the night: in the beginning of the watches powere out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift vp thine hands toward him for the life of thy yong children, that 〈◊〉 for hungre in the corners of all the stretes.
Beholde, ô Lord, and considre to whome thou hast done thus? shall the women eate their frute, (and) childre{n} of a spanne long shal the Priest and the Prophet be slaine in the Sanctuarie of the Lord?
The yong and the olde lye on the ground in the stretes: my virgines and my yong me{n} are fallen by the sworde: thou haste slaine (them) in the day of thy wrath: thou haste killed and not spared.
Thou hast called as in a solemne daye my terrours rounde about, so that in the day of the Lords wrath none escaped nor remained: those that I haue nourished & broght vp, hathe mine enemie consumed.
I Am the man, that hathe sene affliction in the rod of his indignation.
He hathe led me, & broght me into darcknes, but not to light.
Surely he is turned against me: he turneth his hand (against me) all the day:
My flesh and my skinne hathe he caused to waxe olde, (&) he hath broke{n} my bones.
He hathe buylded against me, and compassed (me) with gall, and labour.
He hathe set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.
He hathe hedged about me, that I can not get out: he hathe made my chaines heauie.
Also when I crye and shoute, he shutteth out my prayer.
He hath stopped vp my waies with he we{n} stone, (and) turned away my paths.
He was vnto me (as) a beare lying in wait, (and as) a lion in secret places.
He hathe stopped my waies, and pulled me in pieces he hathe made me desolate.
He hath bent his bow & made me a marke for the arrowe.
He caused the arrowes of hys quiuer to entre into my reines.
I was a derision to all my people, (and) their song all the daye.
He hathe filled me with bitternes, (and) made me drunken with worme wood.
He hathe also broken my teeth with stones, (and) hathe couered me with asshes.
Thus my soule was 〈◊〉 of from peace: I forgat prosperitie,
And I said, My strength and mine hope is perished from the Lord.
Remembring mine affliction, & my mourning, the worme wood and the gall.
My soule hathe them in remembra{n}ce, and is humbled in me.
I consider this in mine heart: therefore haue I hope.
It is the Lords mercies that we are not co{n}sumed, because his compassions faile not.
(Thei are) renued euerie morning: great 〈◊〉 thy faithfulnes.
The Lord (is) my porcion, saith my soule: therefore will hope in him.
The Lord is good vnto them, that trust in him, (and) to the soule that seketh him.
It is good bothe to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord.
It is good for a ma{n} that he beare the yoke in his youth.
He sitteth alone, and kepeth silence, because he hathe borne it vpon him.
He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there maie be hope.
He giueth his cheke to him that smiteth him he is filled ful with reproches.
For the Lord wil not forsake for euer.
But thogh he send affliction, yet will he haue compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
For he doeth not punish willingly, nor afflict the children of men,
In stamping vnder his fete all the prisonners of the earth.
In ouerthrowing the right of a ma{n} before the face of the most high.
In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.
Who is he then that saith, and it cometh to passe, (and) the Lord commandeth it not?
Out of the mouth of the most high proceadeth not euil and good?
Wherefore then) is the liuing ma{n} sorowful? man (suffreth) for his sinne.
Let vs serche and trye our waies, & turne againe to the Lord.
Let vs lift vp our hearts with our handes vnto God in the heauens.
We haue sinned, and haue rebelled, (therfore) thou hast not spared.
Thou hast couered (vs) with wrath, and persecuted vs thou hast slaine (and) not spared
Thou hast couered thy self with a cloude, that (our) praier shulde not passe through
Thou hast made vs (as) the of scouring & refuse in the middes of the people.
All our enemies haue opened their mouthe against vs,
Feare, and a snare is come vpon vs (with) desolation and destruction.
Mine eye casteth out riuers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Mine eye droppeth without staie and ceaseth not.
Til the Lord loke downe, and beholde fro{m} heauen.
Mine eye breaketh mine heart because of all the daughters of my citie.
Mine enemies chased me sore like a birde without cause.
They haue shut vp my life in the dunge o{n} and cast a stone vpon me,
Water flowed ouer mine head (the{m}) thoght I, I am destroyed.
I called vpon thy Name, ô Lord, out of the lowe dungeon.
Thou hast heard my voice, stoppe not thine eare from my sigh (and) from my crye.
Thou drewest nere in the daye that I called vpon thee thou saidest, Feare not.
O Lord thou hast mainteined the cause of my soule (and) hast redemed my life.
O Lord, thou hast sene my wrong, iudge thou my cause.
Thou hast sene all their vengeance, (and) all their deuises against me.
Thou hast heard their reproche, ô Lord (&) all their imaginations against me.
The lippes (also) of those that rose against me, and their whispering against me continually.
Beholde, their sitting downe and their rising vp (how) I am their song,
Giue them a recompence, ô Lord, according to the worke of their hands.
Giue them "sorowe, of heart (euen) thy curs 〈◊〉 to them.
Persecute with wrath and destroie them from vnder the heauen, ô Lord.
HOw is the golde become so dimme? the moste fyne golde is changed (and) the stones of the Sanctuarie are scattered in the corner of euerie strete.
The noble men of Zión comparable to fyne golde, how are thei estemed as earthe{n} pitchers (eue{n}) the worke of the hands of the potter.
Euen the dragons drawe out the breasts, & giue sucke to their yong (but) the daughter of my people (is become) cruel like the ostriches in the wildernes.
The tongue of the sucking childe cleaueth to the roofe of his mouth for thirst: the yong children aske bread, (but) no ma{n} breaketh it vnto them.
Thei that did fede delicately, perish in the stretes: they that were broght vp in skarlet, embrase the dongue.
For the iniquitie of the daughter of my people is become greater then the sinne of Sodōm, that was destroied as in a mome{n}t and none pitched campes against her.
Her Nazarites were purer the{n} the snowe, (and) whiter the{n} the milke thei were more ruddie in body, then the red precious stones: thei were (like) polished saphir.
(Now) their visage is blacker the{n} a cole: they can not knowe the{m} in the stretes: their skinne cleaueth to their bones: it is withered, like a stocke.
Thei that be slaine with the sworde are better, then thei that are killed with hungre: for thei fade awaie (as) thei were strike{n} through for the frutes of the field.
The handes of the pitifull women haue sodden their owne children, (which) were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
The Lord hath accomplished his indignacion: he hath powred out his fierce wrath, he hathe kindled a fyre in Zión, which hath deuoured the fundacions thereof.
The Kings of the earth, and all the inhabitans of the worlde wolde not haue beleued that the aduersarie & the enemie shuld haue entred into the gates of Ierusalém:
For the sinnes of her Prophetes, (and) the iniquities of her Priestes, that haue shed the blood of the iust in the middes of her.
Thei haue wandered (as) blinde men in the stretes, and they were polluted with blood, so that thei wold not touche their garments:
(But) thei cryed vnto them, Departe, ye polluted, departe, departe, touche not: therefore they fled awaye, and wandered: thei haue said among the heathen. They shal no more dwell there:
The angre of the Lord hathe scattered them, he wil no more regarde them: they reuerenced not the face of the Priests, nor had compassion of the Elders.
Whiles we waited for our vaine helpe, our eyes failed: for in our waiting we loked for a nation that colde not saue vs.
They hunte our steppes that we can not go in our stretes, our end is nere, our dayes are fulfilled, for our end is come.
Our persecuters are swifter the{n} the egles of the heauen: thei pursued vs vppon the mountaines, and laied waite for vs in the wildernes.
The breth of our nostrels, the Anointed of the Lord was taken in their nets, of whome we said, Vnder hys shadowe we shal be preserued aliue among the heathen.
Reioyce and be glad, ô daughter Edōm, that dwellest in the land of Vz the cup also shal passe through vnto thee: thou shalt be drunken and vomite,
Thy punishment is accomplished, ô daughter Zión: he wil no more carie thee awaie into captiuitie (but) he wil visit thine iniquitie, ô daughter Edóm, he wil discouer thy sinnes.
REmembre, ô LORD, what is come vpon vs: consider, and beholde our reproche.
Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliants.
We are fatherles, euen without father (&) our mothers are as widowes,
We haue dronke our water for money, (and) our wood is solde (vnto vs.)
Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are weary, and haue no rest.
We haue giuen our hands to the Egyptians, (and) to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
Our fathers haue sinned, and are not, & we haue borne their iniquities.
Seruants haue ruled ouer vs, none wolde deliuer vs out of their hands.
We gate our bread with the (peril) of our liues, because of the sworde of the wildernes.
Our skin was blacke like as an ouen because of the terrible famine.
They defiled the women in Zión (and) the maides in the cities of Iudáh.
The princes are hanged vp by their ha{n}ds the faces of the Elders were not had in honour.
They toke the yong me{n} to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.
The Elders haue ceased from the gate (and) the yong men from their songs.
The ioye of our heart is gone our dance is turned into mourning.
The crowne of our head is fallen: wo now vnto vs, that we haue sinned.
Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,
Because of the mountaine of Zión which is desolate: the foxes runne vpon it.
(But) thou, ô Lord, remainest for euer thy throne is from generacion to generacion
Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, (and) forsake vs so long time?
Turne thou vs vnto thee, ô LORD, and we shalbe turned: renue our dayes as of olde,
But thou hast vtterly reiected vs: thou art excedingly angrie against vs.
IT came to passe in the thirtieth yere in the fourth (moneth, and) in the fift (day) of the moneth [as I was among the captiues by the riuer Chebár] that the heauens were opened and I sawe visions of God.
In the fift (daye) of the moneth [whiche was the fift yere of King Ioiachins 〈◊〉]
〈◊〉 worde of the Lord came vnto Ezekiél 〈◊〉 Priest, the sonne of Buzi, in the land of the Caldeans, by the riuer Chebár, where the hand of the Lord was vpon him.
And I loked, and beholde, a whirle winde came out of the North, a great cloude & a fyre wrapped about it, and a brightnes (was) about it, and in the middes thereof, (to wit,) in the middes of the fyre (came out) as the likenes of ambre.
Also out of the middes thereof (came) the likenes of foure beasts, and this was their forme: they had the appearance of a man,
And euerie one had foure faces, and euerie one had foure wings.
And their fete (were) streight fete, and the sole of their fete (was) like the sole of a calues fote, and they sparked like the appearance of bright brasse.
And the hands of a ma{n} (came out) fro{m} vnder their wings in the foure partes of the{m}, and thei foure had their faces, and their wings
They were ioyned by their wings one to another, (&) when thei went forthe, theire turned not, (but) euerie one went streight forwarde.
And the similitude of their faces (was as) the face of man: & they foure had the face of a lyon on the right side, and they foure had the face of a bullocke on the left side they foure also had the face of an egle.
Thus were their faces. but their wings (were) spred out aboue two (wings) of euerie one were ioyned one to another, and two couered their bodies.
And euerie one 〈◊〉 streight forwarde: they went whether their spirit led them, (and) thei returned not when thei 〈◊〉 forthe.
The similitude also of the beastes, (and) their appearance (was) like burning coles of fyre, (and) like the appearance of lampes (for the fyre) ran among the beastes, and the fyre gaue a glister, and out of the fyre there went lightening.
And the beastes ran, and returned like vnto lightening.
¶ Now as I behelde the beastes, beholde, a whele (appeared) vpon the earth by the beastes, hauing foure faces.
The facio{n} of the wheles and their worke (was) like vnto a chrysolite & they foure 〈◊〉 one forme, and their facion, and their worke (was) as one whele i{n} (another) whele
When thei went, thei went vpon their foure sides, (and) they returned not when thei went.
They had also rings, and height, & were (feareful) to beholde, and their rings were ful of eyes, round about them foure.
And when the beastes went, the wheles 〈◊〉 with them and when the beastes were lift vp fro{m} the earth, the wheles were lift vp
Whether their spirit led them, they we{n}t, (and) thether did the spirit of the wheles lead them, and the wheles were lifted vp besides them: for the Spirit of the beastes (〈◊〉) in the wheles.
When the (beastes) went, they went, and when they stode, they stode, & when they were lifted vp from the earth, the wheles were lifted vp 〈◊〉 them for the spirit of the beastes (was) in the wheles.
And the similitude of the firmament vpon the heads of the beastes (was) wo{n}derful like vnto chrystal, spred ouer their headsaboue
And vnder the firmament (were) their wings 〈◊〉, the one towarde the other euerie one had two, which couered the{m}, & 〈◊〉 one had two, whiche couered their bodies.
And whe{n} they went 〈◊〉, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, (&) as the voice of the 〈◊〉, (euen) the voyce of speache, as the noise of an hoste: (and) when they stode, they let downe their wings.
And there was a voyce from the firmament, that was ouer their heades, whe{n} they stode, (and) had let downe their wings.
And aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades, (was) the facion of a throne like vnto a saphir stone, and vpon the similitude of the throne (was) by appearance, as the similitude of a man aboue vpon it.
And I sawe as the appearance of ambre, (&) as the similitude of fyre rounde about within it to loke to, euen from his loynes vpwarde, and to loke to, eue{n} from his loynes downe warde I saw as a likenes of fyre and 〈◊〉 rounde about it.
As the likenes of the bowe, that is in the cloude in the day of raine, so (was) the appearance of the light rounde about.
This was the appearance of the similitude of the glorie of the Lord and when I sawe it, I fel vpon my face, and I heard a voyce of one that spake.
ANd he said vnto me, Sonne of man, stand vp 〈◊〉 thy fete, & I wil speake vnto thee.
And the Spirit entred into me, when he had spoken vnto me, and let me vpon my fete, so that I heard him that spake vnto me
And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, I send thee to the childre{n} of Israél, to a rebellious natio{n}, that hathe rebelled against me (for) they & their fathers haue rebelled against me, euen vnto this very day.
For (thei are) impudent children, & stiffe hearted I do send thee vnto them, & thou shalt say vnto the{m}, Thus saith the Lord God
But surely they wil not heare, nether in dede wil they cease: for they are a rebellious house: yet shal they knowe that there hathe bene a Prophet among them.
And thou sonne of man, feare them not, nether be afrayed of their wordes, althogh rebelles, and thornes (be) with thee, & thou remainest with scorpions: feare not their wordes, nor be afraide at their lokes, for they are a rebellious house.
Therefore thou shalt speake my wordes vnto them: (but) surely they wil not heare, nether wil they in dede cease: for thei are rebellious.
But thou sonne of man, heare what I say vnto thee be not thou rebellious, like this rebellious house: ope{n} thy mouth, and eat that I giue thee.
And when I loked vp, behold, an hand was sent vnto me, and lo, arolle of a boke was therein.
And he spred it before me, 〈◊〉 it was written within and whithout, and there was written therein, Lamentacions, and mourning, and wo.
MOreouer he said vnto me, Sonne of man, eat that thou findest, eat this rolle, and go (and) speake vnto the house of Israél.
So I opened my mouth, and he gaue me this roole to eat.
And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, cause thy belly to eat, and filthy bowels with this roole that I giue thee. Then did I eat it, & it was in my mouth as swete as honie.
And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, go (&) entre into the house of Israél, and declare them my wordes.
Fot thou art not sent to a people of an vnknowen tongue, or of an hard language (but) to the house of Israél.
Not to manie people of an vnknowen tongue, or of an hard language, whose wordes thou canst not vnderstand: yet if I shulde send thee to them, they wolde obey thee:
But the house of Israél wis not obey thee: for they 〈◊〉 not obey me: yea, all the house of Israél are impudent and stif hearted.
Beholde, I haue made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
I haue made thy forehead as the adamant, (and) harder then the flint: feare them not therefore, nether be afraid at their lokes: for they are a rebellious house.
He said moreouer vnto me, Sonne of man receiue in thine heart all my wordes that I speake vnto thee, and heare (them) with thine eares.
And go (&) entre to them that are led away captiues vnto the children of thy people, & speake vnto them, and tel them. Thus saith the Lord God (but) surely they wil not heare, nether wil thei in dede cease.
Then the spirit toke me vp, and I heard behinde me a noyse of a great russhing (sayyng) Blessed (be) the glorie of the LORD out of his place.
(I heard) also the noyse of the wings of the beasts, that touched one another, and the ratling of the wheles that were by them, euen a noyse of a great russhing.
So the Spirit lift me vp, and toke me away and I went in bitternes (and) indignation of my spirit, but the hand of the Lord was strong vpon me.
Then I came to them that were led away captiues to Tel-ábib, that dwelt by the riuer Chebár, and I sate where they sate, & remained there astonished among the seuen dayes.
And at the end of seuen dayes, the worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying.
Sonne of man, I haue made thee a watcheman vnto the house of Israél: therefore heare the worde at my mouth, and giue the{m} warning from me.
When I shal say vnto the wicked, Thou shalt surely dye, and thou giuest not him warning, nor speaketh to 〈◊〉 the wicked of his wicked way, that he may liue, the same wicked man shaldye in his iniquitie: but his blood wil I require at thine hand.
Yet if thou warne the wicked, and be turne not from his wickednes, nor from his wicked way, he shaldye in his iniquitie, but thou hast deliuered thy soule.
Like wise if a righteous man turne from his righteousnes, and commit iniquitie, I wil lay a stumbling blocke before him, & he shaldye, because thou hast not giuen him warning he shaldye in his sinne, and his righteous dedes, which he hathe done, shal not be remembred: but his blood wil I require at thine hand.
Neuertheles, if thou admonish that right teous man, that the righteous sinne not & that he doeth not sinne, he shal liue because he is admonished: also thou hast deliuered thy soule.
And the hand of the LORD was there vpon me, and he said vnto me, Arise (and) go into the field, & I wil there talke with thee.
So when I had risen vp, and gone forthe into the field, beholde, the glorie of the Lord stode thereas the glorie which I sawe by the riuer Chebár, and I fel downe vpon my face.
The{n} the Spirit entred into me, which set me vp vpon my fete, and spake vnto me, me, and said to me, Come (and) shut thy self within thine house.
But thou, ô sonne of man, beholde, they shal put bandes vpon thee, and shal blinde thee with them, & thou shalt not go out among them.
And I wil make thy tongue cleaue to the roofe of thy mouth, that thou shalt bedumme, and shalt not be to them as a man that rebuketh: for they are a rebellious house.
But when I shal haue spoken vnto thee, I wil open thy mouth, and thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, He that heareth, let him heare, and he that leaueth of, let him leaue: for they are a rebellious house.
THou also sonne of man, take thee a bricke, and lay it before thee, and pourtray vpon it the citie (euen) Ierusalém.
And lay siege against it, and buylde a fort against it, and cast a mount against it: set the campe also against it, and lay engins of warre against it rounde about.
Moreouer, take an yron panne, and set it for a wall of yron betwene thee and the citie, and direct thy face toward it, and it shal be besieged, & thou shalt lay siege against it: this shalbe a signe vnto the house of Israél,
Slepe thou also vpon thy left side, and lay the iniquitie of the house of Israél vpon it (according) to the nombre of the daies, that thou shalt slepe vpon it, thou shalt beare their iniquitie.
For I haue laied vpon thee the yeres of their iniquitie, according to the nomber of the daies (euen) thre hundreth and ninty daies so shalt thou beare the iniquitie of the house of Israél.
And when thou hast accomplished them, slepe againe vpon thy right side, and thou shalt beare the iniquitie of the house of Iudáh fourtie daies. I haue appointed thee a day for a yere (euen) a day for a yere.
Therefore thou shalt direct thy face toward the siege of Ierusalém, and thine arme (shalbe) vncouered, and thou shalt prophecie against it,
And beholde, I wil lay bands vpon thee, and thou shalt not turne thee from one side to another, til thou hast ended the daies of thy siege.
Thou shalt take also vnto thee wheat, and barly, and beanes, and lentiles, and milles and fitches, and put them in one vessel, & make thee bread thereof (according) to the no{m}ber of the daies, that thou shalt slepe vpon thy side (euen) thre hundreth and nintie daies shalt thou eat thereof,
And the meat, whereof thou shalt eat, (shalbe) by weight (euen) twentie shekels a day (and) fro{m} time to time shalt thou eat thereof.
Thou shalt drinke also water by measure, (euen) the sixt parte of an Him: from time to time shalt thou drinke.
And thou shalt eat it (as) barly cakes, and thou shalt bake it in the dongue that cometh out of man, in their sight.
And the Lord said, So shal the children of Israél eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whether I wil cast them.
Then said I, Ah, Lord God, beholde, my soule hathe not bene polluted: for from my youth vp euen vnto this house, I haue not eaten of a thing dead, or torne in pieces, nether came there any vncleane flesh in my mouth.
Then he said vnto me, Lo, I haue giue{n} thee bullockes dongue for mans dongue, & thou shalt prepare thy bread there with.
Moreouer he said vnto me, Sonne of man, beholde, I wil breake the staffe of bread in Ierusalém, and they shal eat bread by weight, and with care, and they shal drinke water by measure, and with astonishment.
Because that bread and water shal faile, they shalbe astonied one with another, and shal consume away for their iniquitie.
ANd thou sonne of man, take thee a sharpe knife (or) take thee a barbours rasor and cause it to passe vpo{n} thine head and vpon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and deuide thee (heere.)
Thou shalt burne with fyre the third part in the middes of the citie, when the daye of the siege are fulfilled, & thou shalt take the (other) third parte, and smite about it with a knife, and the (last) third parte thou shalt scatter in the winde, and I wil drawe out a sworde after them.
Thou shalt also take thereof a fewe in no{m}ber, and binde them in thy lappe.
Then take of them againe and cast them into the middes of the fyre, and burne the{m} in the fyre: (for) thereof shal a fyre come forthe into all the house of Israél.
Thus saith the Lord God, This is Ierusalém I haue set it in the middes of the nacions and countreys (that) are rounde about her.
And she hathe changed my iudgements into wickednes more then the nacions, & my statutes more then the countreys, that are rounde about her: for thei haue refused my iudgements and my statutes (and) they haue not walked in them.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Because your multitude greater then the nacio{n}s that are rounde about you, and ye haue not walked in my statutes, nether haue ye kept my iudgements: no, ye haue not done according to the iudgements of the nacions that are rounde about you.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I, euen I (come) against thee, and wil execute iudgement in the middes of thee, (euen) in the sight of the nacions.
And I wil do in thee, that I neuer did (before) nether wil do anie more the like, because of all thine abominacions.
For in the middes of thee, the fathers shal eat their sonnes, and the sonnes shal eat their fathers, and I wil execute iudgement in thee, & the whole remnant of thee wil I scatter into all the windes.
Wherefore, as I liue, saith the Lord God, Surely because thou hast defiled my Sa{n}ctuarie with all thy filthines and with all thine abominacions, therefore wil I also destroy thee, nether shal mine eye spare (thee) nether wil I haue anie pitie.
The third parte of thee shaldye with the pestilence, and with famine shal they be consumed in the middes of thee: and (another) third parte shal fall by the sworde rounde about thee & I wil scatter the (last) third parte into all windes, and I wil drawe out a sworde after them.
Thus shal mine angre be accomplished, & I wil cause my wrath to cease in them, & I wil be comforted: & thei shal knowe, that I the Lord haue spoken it in my zeale, whe{n} I haue accomplished my wrath in them.
Moreouer, I wil make thee waste, & abhorred amo{n}g the nacio{n}s, that are rounde about thee, (a{n}d) in the sight of all that passe by.
So thou shalt be a reproche and shame, a chastisement and an astonishme{n}t vnto the nacions, that are rounde about thee, whe{n} I shal execute iudgements in thee, in angre and in wrath, and in sharpe rebukes: I the Lord haue spoken it.
When I shal send vpon the{m} the euil arrowes of famine, which shalbe for (their) destruction, (&) which I wil se{n}d to destroye you: and I wil encrease the famine vpon you, and wil breake your staffe of bread.
So wil I send vpon you famine, and euil beasts, and they shal spoyle thee, and pestilence and blood shal passe through thee & I wil bring the sworde vpo{n} thee: I the Lord haue spoken it.
AGaine the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, Set thy face towards the mountaines of Israél, and prophecie against them,
And say, Ye mountaines of Israél, heare the worde of the Lord God: thus saith the Lord God to the mountaines and to the hilles, to the riuers and to the valleis, Beholde, I, (euen) I, wil bring a sworde vpon you, and I wil destroye your hie places:
And your altars shalbe desolate, and your images of the sunne shalbe broken: and I wil cast downe your slayne me{n} before your idoles.
And I wil lay the dead carkeises of the childre{n} of Israél before their idoles, and I wil scatter your bones rounde about your altars.
In all your dwelling places the cities shal be desolate, and the hie place shalbe laied waste, so that your altars shalbe made waste and desolate, & your idoles shalbe broken, and cease, and your images of the sunne shalbe cut in pieces, and your workes shal be abolished.
And the slayne shal fall in the middes of you, and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord
Yet wil I leaue a remnant, that you may haue (some) that shal escape the sworde among the nacions, when you shalbe scattred through the countreis.
And they that escape of you, shal remember me among the nacions, where they shalbe in captiuitie, because I am grieued for their whorish hearts, which haue departed from me, and for their eyes, which haue gone a whoring after their idoles, and they shalbe displeased in them selues for the euils, which they haue committed in all their abominacions.
And thei shal knowe that I am the Lord, (and) that I haue not said in vaine, that I wolde do this euil vnto them.
Thus saith the Lord God, Smite with thine hand, & stretche for the with thy fote, and say, Alas, for all the wicked abominacio{n}s of the house of Israél: for they shal fall by the sworde, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
He that is farre of, shaldye of the pestilence, and he that is nere, shal fall by the sworde, and he that remaineth and is besieged, shaldye by the famine: thus wil I accomplish my wrath vpon them.
Then ye shal knowe, that I am the Lord when their slayne men shalbe among their idoles rounde about their altars, vpon euery hie hill in all the toppes of the mountaines, and vnder euery grene tre, and vnder euery thicke oke, (which is) the place where they did offer swete sauour to all 〈◊〉 idoles.
So wil I stretch mine hand vpon them, and make the land waste, & desolate fro{m} the wildernes vnto Dibláth in all their habit a cions, and they shal knowe, that I am the Lord.
MOreouer the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Also thou sonne of ma{n}, thus saith the Lord God, An end (is) come vnto the la{n}d of Israél the end is come vpon the foure corners of the land.
Now (is) the end (come) vpon thee, and I wil send my wrath vpon thee, and wil iudge thee according to thy waies, and wil laye vpon thee all thine abominacions.
Nether shal mine eye spare thee, nether wil I haue pitie but I wil laie thy waies vpo{n} thee and thine abominacion shal be in the middes of thee, and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, one euil, (euen one) euil is come.
An end is come, the end is come, it watched for thee beholde, it is come.
The morning is come vnto thee, that dwellest in the land the time is come, the day of trouble is nere, and not the sounding againe of the mountaines.
Now I wil shortely powre out my wrath vpon thee, and fulfil mine angre vpo{n} thee: I wil iudge thee according to thy wayes, and wil lay vpon thee all thine abominacions.
Nether shal mine eye spare (thee,) nether wil I haue pitie, (but) I wil lay vpon thee according to thy wayes, and thine abominacio{n}s shal be in the middes of thee, & ye shal know that I am the Lord that smiteth.
Beholde, the day, beholde, it is come thee mourning is gone for the, the rod 〈◊〉: pride hathe budded.
Crueltie is risen vp into a rod of wickednes: none of them (shal remaine,) nor of their riches, nor of anie of theirs, nether shal there be lamentation for them.
The time is come, the day draweth nere: let not the byer reioyce, nor let him that selleth, mourne: for the wrath is vpon all the multitude thereof.
For he that selleth, shal not returne to that, which is solde, althogh they were yet aliue: for the visio{n} was vnto all the multitude thereof, (and) they returned not, nether doeth anie encourage him self in the punishment of his life.
They haue blowen the trumpet, and prepared all, but none goeth to the battel for my wrath is vpon all the multitude thereof,
The sworde (is) without, and the pestilence, and the famine within: he that is in the field, shaldye with the sworde, and he that is in the citie, famine and pestilence shal deuoure him.
But they that flee away from them, shal escape, and shalbe in the mountaines, like the doues of the valleis: all thei shal mourne, euerie one for his iniquitie.
All hands shal be weake, and all knees shal fall away (as) water.
They shal also gird them selues with sackecloth, and feare shal couer them, and sha, me (shalbe) vpon all faces, & baldenes vpon their heads.
They shal cast their siluer in the stretes, and their golde shalbe (cast) far of their siluer and their golde can not deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shal not satisfie soules, nether fil their bowels: for (this) ruine is for their iniquitie.
He had also set the beautie of his ornament in maiestie: but they made images of their abominations, (and) of their idoles therein: therefore haue I set it farre from them.
And I wil giue it into the hands of the strangers to be spoiled, & to the wicked of the earth to be robbed, & they shal pollute it.
My face wil I turne also from them, and they shal pollute my secret place: for the destroyers shal entre into it, and defile it.
¶ Make a chaine: for the land is ful of the iudgement of blood, and the citie is ful of crueltie.
Wherefore I wil bring the moste wicked of the heathen, and they shal possesse their houses. I wil also make the pompe of the mightie to cease, and their holie places shalbe defiled.
When destruction cometh, they shal seke peace, and shal not (haue) it,
Calamitie shal come vpon calamitie, and rumour shalbe vpo{n} rumour: 〈◊〉 shal they seke a vision of the Prophet but the Law shal perish from the Priest, and counsel fro{m} the Ancient.
The King shal mourne, & the prince shal be clothed with desolation, and the ha{n}ds of the people in the land shalbe troubled: I wil do vnto them according to their wayes, and according to their iudgements wil I iudge them, and they shal knowe that I am the Lord.
ANd in the sixt yere, in the sixt (moneth, and) in the fift (day) of the moneth, as I sate in mine house, & the Elders of Iudáh sate before me, the hand of the Lord God fel there vpon me.
Then I behelde, and lo, (there was) a likenes, as the appearance of fyre, to loke to from his loynes downewarde, and from his loynes vpwarde, as the appearance of brightnes, and like vnto ambre.
And he stretched out the likenes of an hand, and toke me by an heerie locke of mine head, and the Spirit lift me vp betwene the earth, and the heaue{n}, and brogt me by a Diuine vision to Ierusalém, into the entrie of the inner gate that lieth toward the North, where remained the idole of indignation, whiche prouoked indignation.
And beholde, the glorie of the God of Israél (was) there according to the vision that I saw in the field.
Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, lift vp thine eyes now towarde the North, So I lift vp mine eyes towarde the North, and beholde, Northwarde, at the gate of the altar, this idole of indignatio{n} (was) in the entrie.
He said furthermore vnto me, Sonne of man, seest thou not what thei do? (euen) the great abominations that the house of Israél committeth here to cause (me) to departe from my Sanctuarie? but yet turne thee (and) thou shalt se greater abominations.
And he caused me to entre at the gate of the court: and when I loked, beholde, an hole (was) in the wall.
Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, digge now in the wall. And whe{n} I had digged in the wall, beholde, (there was) a dore.
And he said vnto me, Go in, and beholde the wiched abominatio{n}s that they do here
So I went in, and sawe, and beholde, (there was) euerie similitude of creping things and abominable beastes and all the idoles of the house of Israél painted vpon the wall rounde about.
And there stode before them seuentie men of the Ancients of the house of Israél, and in the middes of them stode Iaazaniáh, the sonne of Shaphán, with euerie man his censour in his ha{n}d, and the vapour of the incense went vp (like) a cloud.
Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, hast thou sene what the Ancients of the house of 〈◊〉 do in the darke, euerie one in the chambre of his imagerie? for they saye, The Lord seeth vs not, the Lord hathe forsaken the earth.
Againe he said also vnto me, Turne thee againe, (and) thou shalt se greater abominacions that they do.
And he caused me to entre into the entrie of the gate of the Lords house, whiche was towarde the North: and beholde there sate women mourning for Tammūz.
Then said he vnto me, Hast thou sene (this,) ô sonne of man? Turne thee againe, (&) thou shalt se greater abominacions then these.
And he caused me to entre into the inner court of the Lords house, and beholde, at the dore of the Temple of the Lord, betwene the proche and the altar (were) about fiue & twentie men with their backes towarde the Temple of the Lord, and their faces towarde the East, and they 〈◊〉 the sunne, toward the East.
Then he said vnto me, Hast thou sene (this,) ô sonne of man? Is it a smale thing to the house of Iudáh to commit these abominacions which they do here? for they haue filled the land with crueltie, and haue returned to prouoke me: and lo, they haue cast out 〈◊〉 before their noses.
Therefore wil I also execute (my) wrath: mine eye shal not spare (them,) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I haue pitie, and thogh they crye in mine eares with a loude voyce, (yet) wil I not heare them.
HE cryed also with a loude voyce in mine eares, saying, The visitacions of the citie drawe nere, and deuerie man hathe a weapon in his hand to destroye it.
And beholde, six men came by the way of the hie gate, which heth toward the North and euerie man a weapon in his hand to destroye it: and one man among them was clothed with linnen, with a writters ynk horne by his side, and they went in and stode beside the brasen altar.
And the glorie of the God of Israél was gone vp from the Cherúb, whereupon he was (and stode) on the dore of the house & he called to the man clothed with linne{n}, which had the writers ynk horne by his side.
And the Lord said vnto him, Go through the middes of the citie, (euen) through the middes of Ierusalém, and set a marke vpon the foreheads of them that mourre, & crye for all the abominacions that be done in the middes thereof.
And to the other he said, that I might heare, Go ye after him through the citie, and smite let your eye spare none, nether haue pitie.
Destroye vtterly the olde, (&) the yong, & the maids, and the children, and the women, but touche no man, vpon whome (is) the marke, and begin at my Sanctuarie. Then they began at the Ancient me{n}, which were before the house.
And he said vnto them, Defile the House; & fil the courtes with the slaine, (then) go forthe: and they went out, and slewe (them) in the citie.
Now when they had slaine them, and I had escaped, I fel downe vpo{n} my face, and cryed, saying, Ah Lord God, wilt thou destroye all the residue of Israél, in powring out thy wrath vpon Ierusalém?
Then said he vnto me, The iniquitie of the house of Israél, and Iudáh (is) exceding great so that the la{n}ds is ful of blood, and the citie ful of corrupt iudgement: for they say, The Lord hathe forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth (vs) not.
As touching me also, mine eye shal not spare (them,) nether wil I haue pitie, (but) wil recompence their wayes vpon their heads.
And beholde, the man clothed with linen which had the ynkhorne by his side, made report, & said, (Lord) I haue done as thou hast commanded me.
ANd as I loked, beholde, in the firmame{n}t that was aboue the head of the Chetubims there appeared vpo{n} the{m} like vnto the similitude of a throne, as, (it were) a saphir stone.
And he spake vnto the man clothed with linen, & said, Go in betwene the wheles, (eue{n}) vnder the Cherub, and fil thine hands with coles of fyre from betwene the Cherubims, and scatter them ouer the citie. And he we{n}t in in my sight.
Now the Cherubims stode vpon the right side of the house when the man went in, and the cloude filled the inner court.
Then the glorie of the Lord went vp from the Cherúb, (and stode) ouer the dore of the house, & the house was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the brightnes of the Lords glorie.
And the sounde of the Cherubims wings was heard into the vtter court, as the voyce of the Almightie God, when he speaketh.
And when he had commanded the man clothed with linnen, saying, Take fyre from betwene the wheles, (&) fro{m} betwene the Cherubims, then he went in and stode beside the whele.
And one Cherúb stretched forthe his hand from betwene the Cherubims vnto the fyre, that was betwene the Cherubims, and toke (thereof,) and put into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who toke it and 〈◊〉 out.
And there appeared in the Cherubims, the likenes of a mans hand vnder their wings.
And when I loked vp, beholde foure wheles (were) beside the Cherubims, one whele by one Cherúb, and another whele by another Cherúb, and the appearance of the wheles (was) as the colour of a chrysolite stone.
And their appearance [(for) they were (all) foure of one facion] was as if one whele had bene in (another) whele.
When they went forthe, they went vpon their foure sides, & thei returned not as they went: but to the place whether the first went they went after it, (and) they turned not as they went.
And their whole body, and their rings, & their hands, and their wings, and the wheles were ful of eyes round about, (euen) in the same foure wheles.
And (the Cherub) cryed to these wheles in mine hearing, (saying,) O whele.
And euery (beast) had foure faces: the first face (was) the face of a cherúb, & the seconde face (was) the face of a ma{n}, & the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an egle.
And the Cherubims were lifted vp: this is the beast that I sawe at the riuer Chebār.
And whe{n} the Cherubims went, the wheles went by them: & when the Cherubims lift vp their wings to mount vp from the earth, the same wheles also turned not from beside the{m}
When the (Cherubims) stode, they stode: & when they were lifted vp, they lifted them selues vp (also:) for the spirit of the beast (was) in them.
Then the glorie of the Lord departed fro{m} aboue the dore of the House, and stode vpo{n} the Cherubims.
And the Cherubims lift vp their wings, and mounted vp fro{m} the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheles also (were) besides the{m}: & (euerie one) stode at the entrie of the gate of the Lords House at the East side, and the glorie of the God of Israél (was) vpon the{m} on hie.
This is the beast that I saw vnder the God of Israél by the riuer Chebār, and I knewe that they were the Cherubims.
〈◊〉 one had foure faces, and euerie one foure wings, and the likenes of mans hands (was) vnder their wings.
And the likenes of their faces (was) the selfe same faces, which I sawe by the riuer Chebár, (&) the appearance of the (Cherubims was) the selfe same, (and) they went euerie one straight forwarde.
MOreouer, the Spirit lift me vp, & broght me vnto the East gate of the Lords House, which lieth Eastward, and beholde, at the entrie of the gate (were) fiue, and twentie me{n} among whome I sawe Iaazaniáhthe sonne of Azúr, and Pelatiáh the sonne of Benaiáh, the princes of the people.
Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, these are the men that imagine mischief, and deuise wicked counselin this citie.
(For) they say, It is not nere, let vs buylde houses: this (citie) is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Therefore prophecie against them, sonne of man prophecie.
And the Spirit of the Lord fel vpon me, and said vnto me, Speake, Thus saith the Lord, O ye house of Israél, this haue ye said, and I know that which riseth vp of your mindes.
Manie haue ye murthered in this citie, and ye haue filled the stretes thereof with the slaine.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Thei that ye haue slaine, and haue layed in the middes of it, they are the flesh, and this (citie) is the caldron, but I wil bring you forthe of the middes of it.
Ye haue feared the sworde, and I wil bring a sworde vpon you, saith the Lord God.
And I wil bring you out of the middes thereof, and deliuer you into the hands of strangers, and wil execute iudgements among you.
Ye shal fall by the sworde, (&) I wil iudge you in the border of Israél, & ye shal know that I am the Lord.
This (citie) shal not be your caldron, nether shal ye be the flesh in the middes thereof, (but) I wil iudge you in the border of Israél,
And ye shal knowe that I am the Lord: for ye haue not walked in my statutes, nether executed my iudgements, but haue done after the maners of the heathen, that are round about you.
¶ And when I prophecied, Pelatiáh the sonne of Benaiáh dyed: then fel I downe vpon my face and cryed with a loude voyce, and said, Ah Lord God, wilt thou then vtterly, destroye all the remnant o Israél?
Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, thy brethren (euen) thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israél, wholly (are they) vnto whom the inhabitants of Ierusalém haue said, Departe ye farre from the Lord: (for) the land is giuen vs in possession.
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Althogh I haue cast them farre of among the heathen, and althogh I haue scattered them among the countreis, yet wil I be to them as a litle Sanctuarie in the countreis where they shal come.
Therefore saye, Thus saith the Lord GOD, I wil gather you againe from the people, and assemble you out of the countreis where ye haue bene scattered, and I will giue you the land of Israél.
And they shall come thether, and they shall take 〈◊〉 all the idoles thereof, and all the abominations thereof from thence.
And I wil giue them one heart, and I will put anewe spirit within their bowels: and I will take the stonie heart out of their bodies, and wil giue them an heart of flesh.
That they maie walke in my statutes, and kepe my iudgementes, and execute them: and they shal be my people, and I will be their God.
But vpon them, whose heart is toward their idoles, and whose affection goeth after their abominatio{n}s, I wil laie their waie vpon their owne heades, saith the Lord God.
¶ Then did the Cherubims lift vp their wings, and the wheles besides them, and the glorie of the God of Israél (was) vpon them on hie.
And the glorie of the Lorde went vp from the middes of the citie, and stode vpon the mountaine whiche is toward the East side of the citie.
Afterward the Spirit toke me vp a{n}d broght me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Caldea to them that were led awaie captiues: so the vision that I had sene, went vp from 〈◊〉.
Then I declared vnto them that were led awaie captiues, all the things that the Lord had 〈◊〉 me.
THe word of the Lord also came vnto me, saying.
Sonnes of man, thou dwellest in the middes of a rebellious house, which haue eyes to se, and se not: they haue eares to heare, a{n}d heare not: for they are bellious house.
Therefore thou sonne of man, prepare thy stuffe to go into captiuitie and go 〈◊〉 by day in their sight: and thou snalt passe from thy place to another place in their sight, if it be possible that they maie consider it: for they are a rebellious house.
Then shalt thou bryng forthe thy stuffe by daye in they 〈◊〉 as the stuffe of hym that goeth into captiuitie: and thou shalt go forthe at euen in their sight, as they that go forthe into 〈◊〉.
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carie out thereby.
In their sight 〈◊〉 thou beare it vpon (thy) 〈◊〉, (and) carie it forthe in the darke: thou shalt couer thy face that thou se not the earth: for I haue set thee (as) a 〈◊〉 vnto the house of Israél.
And as I was commanded, so I broght forthe my stuffe by daye, as the stuffe of one that goeth into captiuitie: and by night I digged through the wall with mine hand, a{n}d broght it forthe in the darke, (and) I bare it vpon (my) shulder in their sight.
And in the mornyng came the worde of the Lord vnto me; saying.
Sonne of man, hathe not the house of Israél, the rebellious house, said vnto thee, What doest thou?
(But) saie thou vnto them, Thus sayth the Lord God, This burden (concerneth) the chief in Ierusalém, and all the house of Israél that are among them.
Saie, I am your signe: like as I haue done, so shal it be done vnto them: they shal go into bondage (and) captiuitie.
And the chiefest that is among them, shall beare vpon his shulder in the darke and shall go forthe: they shal digge through the wall, to carie out thereby: he shall couer his face that he se not the grounde with (his) eyes.
My net also will spread vpon him, and he shalbe taken in my net, and I will bryng him to Babél to the land of the Caldeans, yet shal he not se it, thogh he shaldye there.
And I will scatter towarde euerie winde all that are about him to helpe him, and all hys garisons, and I wil drawe out the sworde after them.
And they shall knowe that I am the Lorde, when I shal scatter them among the nacions, and disperse them in the countreis.
But I wil leaue a litle nombre of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, that they may declare all these abominations among the heathen, where they come, a{n}d they shal know, that I am the Lord
¶ Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying.
Sonne of man, 〈◊〉 thy bread with tre{m}bling, and drinke thy water with trouble, a{n}d with carefulnes.
And say vnto the people of the land. Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Ierusalém, (and) of the lande of Israél, They shall eat their bread with carefulnes, and drinke their water with desolation: for the land shalbe desolate fro{m} her abu{n}dance because of the crueltie of them that dwel therein.
And the cities that are inhabited, shalbe left voide, and the land shalbe desolate, and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord.
¶ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying.
Some of man, what is that prouerbe that you haue in the land of Israél, saying, The dayes are prolonged and all visions faile?
Tell them therefore, Thus sayth the Lorde God, I will make this prouerbe to cease, and they shall no more vse it as a prouerbe in Israél: but say vnto them, The dayes are at ha{n}d and the effect of euerie vision.
For no vision shalbe any more in vaine, nether (shal there be) anie slatering diuinacion within the house of Israél.
For I am the Lorde: I will speake, (and) that thing that I shal speake, shall come to passe: it shalbe no more prolonged: for in your dayes, ô rebellious house, will I say the thing, and wil performe it, saith the Lord God.
Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying.
Sonne of man, beholde, they of the house of Israél say, The vision that he seeth, is for many dayes (to come,) a{n}d he prophecieth of the times that are far of.
Therefore say vnto them, Thus sayth the Lorde God, All my wordes shall no longer be delayed, but that thing which I haue spoken, shalbe done, saith the Lord God.
ANd the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying.
Sonne of man, prophecie against the Prophetes of Israél, that prophecie, and saye thou vnto them, that prophecie out of their owne hearts, Heare the worde of the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord God, Wo vnto the foolish prophetes that followe their owne spirit, and haue sene nothing.
O Israél, thy Prophetes are like the foxes in the waste places.
Ye haue not risen vp in the grapes, nether made vp the hedge for the house of Israél, to stand in the battel in the day of the Lord.
They haue sene vanitie, and lying diuination, saying, The Lord saith it, and the Lord hathe not sent them: and they haue made (others) to hope that they wolde confirme the worde (of their prophecie.)
Haue ye not sene a vaine vision? and haue ye not spoken a lying diuination? ye say, The Lord saith it, albeit I haue not spoken.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Because ye haue spoken vanitie and haue sene lyes, therefore beholde, I am against you, sayth the Lord God.
And mine hande shalbe vpon the Prophetes that se vanitie, and deuine lies: they shal not be in the assemblie of my people, nether shal they be written in the writing of the house of Israél, nether shal they entre into the land of Israél: and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord God.
And therefore, because they haue deceiued my people, saying, Peace, and there was no peace: & one build vp a wal, & behold, the others dawbed it with vnte{m}pered (morter.)
Say vnto them which dawbe it with vntempered (morter,) that it shall fall: (for) there shal 〈◊〉 a great showre, a{n}d I wil send haile stones, (whiche) shal cause it to fall, and stormie winde shal breake it.
Lo, whe{n} the wall is fallen, shal it not be said vnto you, Where is the dawbing where with ye haue dawbed it?
Therefore thus saith the Lorde God, I will cause a stormie winde to breake forthe in my wrath, and a great showre shalbe in mine angre, and haile stones in (mine) indignation to consume it.
So I wil destroy the wall that ye haue dawbed with vntempered (morter,) and bring it downe to the grounde, so that the fundació thereof shal be discouered, and it shal fall, a{n}d ye shal be consumed in the middes thereof, and ye shal knowe, that I am the Lord.
Thus will I accomplishe my wrath vpon the wall, and vpon them that haue dawbed it with vntempered (morter,) and wil say vnto you, The wall is no more, nether the dawbers thereof.
(To wit,) the Prophetes of Israél, whiche prophecie vpon Ierusalém, and se visions of peace for it, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.
Like wise thou sonne of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, whiche prophecie out of their owne heart: and prophecie thou against them, and say.
Thus saith the Lord God, Wo vnto the (women) that so we pillowes vnder all arme holes, and make vailes vpon the head of euerie one that standeth vp, to huntsoules: wil ye hunt the soules of my people, and wil ye giue life to the soules that come vnto you?
And will ye pollute me amonge my people for handfuls of barlie, and for pieces of bread to slay the soules of them that shulde not dye, and to giue life to the soules that shulde not liue in lying to my people, that heare (your) lies?
Wherefore thus sayth the Lorde God, Beholde, I wil (haue to do) with your pillowes, where with ye hunt the soules to make the{m} to 〈◊〉, a{n}d I wil teare them from your armes, and will let the soules go, (euen) the soules, that ye hunt to make them to flie.
Your vailes also will I teare, and deliuer my people out of your hand, and they shal be no more in your handes to be hunted, and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord.
Because with (your) lyes ye haue made the heart of the righteous sad, whome I haue not made sad, a{n}d strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he shulde not returne from his wicked way, by promising him life.
Therefore ye shal se no more vanitie, nor diuine diuinations: for I wil deliuer my people out of your hand, and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord.
THen came certeine of the Elders of Israél vnto me, and sate before me.
And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying.
Sonne of ma{n}, these men haue set vp their idoles in their heart, and put the stumblyng blocke of their iniquitie before their face: shulde I, being required, answer them?
Therefore speake vnto them, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Euerie man of the house of Israél that setteth vp his idoles in his heart, and putteth the stumbling blocke of his iniquitie before his face, and cometh to the Prophet, I the Lord wil answer him, that cometh according to the multitude of his idoles:
That I may take the house of Israel in their owne heart, because thei are all departed fro{m} me through their idoles.
Therefore say vnto the house of Israél, Thus saith the Lord God, Returne, and withdrawe your selues, and turne your faces from your idoles, & turne your faces from all your abominacions.
For euerie one of the house of Israél, or of the stranger that soiourneth in Israél, which departeth fro{m} me, and setteth vp his idoles in his heart, and putteth the stu{m}bling blocke of his iniquitie before his face, and cometh to a Prophete, for to inquire of him for me, I the Lord wil answer him for my selfe,
And I wil set my face against that man, and wil make him an example and prouerbe, and I wil cut him of from the middes of my people, and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord.
And if the Prophet be deceiued, when he hathe spoken a thing, I the Lord haue deceiued that Prophet, & I wil stretche out mine hand vpo{n} him, and wil destroy him from the middes of my people of Israél:
And they shal beare their punishement: the punishement of the Prophet shalbe euen as the punishement of him that asketh,
That the house of Israél may go no more astray from me, nether be polluted any more with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people, and I may be their GOD, saith the Lord God.
¶ The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
Sonne of ma{n}, when the land sinneth against me by committing a treipas, then wil I stretche qut mine hand vpon it, and wil breake the stasfe of the bread thereof, and wil send famine vpon it, and I wil destroy man & beast forthe of it.
Thogh these thre men Noáh, Daniél, and Iob were among them, they shulde deliuer (but) their owne soules by their righteousnes, saith the Lord God.
If I bring noisome beasts into the land and they spoile it, so that it be desolate, that no man may passe through, because of beastes,
(Thogh) these thre men were in the middes thereof, As 〈◊〉, saith the Lord GOD, they shal saue nether sonnes nor daughters: they onely shalbe deliuered, but the land shalbe waste.
Or (if) I bring a sworde vpon this land, & say, Sworde, go through the la{n}d, so that I destroy man and beast out of ir,
Thogh these thre men were in the middes thereof, As I line, saith the Lord God, they shal deliuer nether sonnes nor daughters, but they onely shalbe deliuered themselues.
Or (if) I send a pestilence into this land, and powre out my wrath vpon it in blood, to destroye out of it man and beast,
And (thogh) Noah, Daniél and Iob (were in) the middes of it, As I liue, saith the Lord God they shal deliuer nether sonne nor daughter: they shal (but) deliuer their owne soules by their righteousnes.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, How muche more when I send my foure sore iudgeme{n}ts vpon Ierusalém, (euen) the sworde, and famine, and the noisome beast and pestilence, to destroy man and beast out of it?
Yet beholde, therein shal be left a remnant of them that shal be caryed away (bothe) sonnes and daughters: beholde, they shal come forthe vnto you, and ye shal se their way, and their enterprises: and ye shal se their way, and their enterprises: and ye shalbe comforted, concerning the euil that I haue broght vpon Ierusalém, (euen) concerning all that I haue broght vpon it.
And they shal co{m}forte you, when ye se their way and their enterprises: and ye shal know that I haue not done without cause all that I haue done in it, saith the Lord God.
ANd the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying,
Sonne of man, what cometh of the vine tre aboue all (other) trees? and of the vine bra{n}che which is among the trees of the forest?
Shal wood be take{n} thereof to do any worke or wil men take a pyn of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Beholde, it is cast in the fyre to be consumed the fyre consumeth bothe the ends of it, and the middes of it is burnt. Is it mete for (any) worke?
Beholde, when it was whole, it was mete for no worke: how muche lesse shal it be mete for any worke, when the fyre hathe consumed it, and it is burnt?
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, As the vine tre, (that is) among the trees of the forest, which I haue giue{n} to the fyre to be co{n}sumed, so wil I giue the inhabitants of Ierusale{m}
And I wil set my face against them: they shal go out from (one) fyre, and (another) fyre shal consume the{m}: & ye shal knowe, that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them,
And (whe{n}) I make the la{n}d waste, because thei haue greatly offended, saith the Lord God.
AGaine, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, cause Ierusalém to knowe her abominacions,
And say, Thus saith the Lord God vnto Ierusalém, Thine habitacion and thy kinred is of the land of Canáan: thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
And in thy natiuitie whe{n} thou wast borne, thy nauel was not cut: thou wast not washed in water to soften (thee:) thou wast not salted with salt, nor swadeled in cloutes,
None eye pitied thee to do any of these vnto thee, for to haue compassion vpon thee, but thou wast cast out in the ope{n} field to the co{n}tempt of thy persone in the day that thou wast borne.
And when I passed by thee, I sawe the polluted in thine own blood, and I said vnto thee whe{n} thou wast in thy blood, Thou shalt liue euen when thou wast in thy blood, I said vnto thee, Thou shalt liue.
I haue caused thee to multiplie, as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased, and waxen great, and thou hast gotten excellent ornaments: (thy) brests are facioned, thine heere is growen, where as thou wast naked & bare
Now when I passed by thee, and loked vpo{n} thee, beholde, thy time (was as) the time of loue, & I spred my skirtes ouer thee, and couered thy filthines: yea, I sware vnto thee, & entred into a couenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.
Then washed I thee with water: yea, I washed away thy blood fro{m} thee, and I anointed thee with oyle.
I clothed thee also with broydred worke, and shod thee with badgers skinne, and I girded thee about with fine liuen, and I couered thee with silke.
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put brasselets vpon thine hands, and a chaine on thy necke.
And I put a frontelet vpon thy face, and earings in thine eares, and a beautiful crowne vpon thine head.
Thus wast thou dect with golde and siluer, and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silke, and broydered worke: thou didest eat fine floure, and hony and oyle, & thou wast very beautiful, and thou didest growe vp into a kingdome.
And thy name was spred among the heathe{n} for thy beautie: for it was perfite through my beautie which I had set vpon thee, saith the Lord God.
Now thou didest trust in thine owne beautie, and played the harlot, because of thy 〈◊〉, and hast powred out thy fornicatio{n}s on euery one that passed by, (thy desire) was to him.
And thou didest take thy garments, & deckt thine hie places with diuers colours, and played the harlot thereupon: the like things shal not come, nether hathe anie done so.
Thou hast also take{n} thy faire iewels (made) of my golde and of my siluer, which I had giuen thee, and madest to thy self images of men, and didest commit whoredome with them,
And toke thy broidered garments, and couered them: and thou hast set mine oyle and my perfume before them.
My meat also, whiche I gaue thee, (as) fine floure, oyle, & hony, (wherewith) I fed thee, thou hast euen set it before them for a swete sauour: thus it was, saith the Lord God.
Moreouer thou hast taken thy sonnes and thy daughters, whome thou hast borne vnto me, and these hast thou sacrificed vnto them to be deuoured: is (this) thy whoredome a smale matter?
That thou hast slayne my children, and deliuered them to cause them to passe (through fyre) for them?
And in all thine abominacions and whoredomes thou hast not reme{m}bred the dayes of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, (and) wast polluted in thy blood.
And beside all thy wickednes [wo, wo vnto thee, saith the Lord God]
Thou hast also buylt vnto thee an hie place, and hast made thee an hie place in euery strete.
Thou hast buylt thine hie place at euery corner of the way, and hast made thy beautie to be abhorred: thou hast opened thy fete to euery one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredome.
Thou hast also co{m}mitted fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, which haue great members, & hast encreased thy whoredome, to prouoke me.
Beholde, therefore I did stretch out mine hand ouer thee, and wil diminish thine ordinarie, and deliuer thee vnto the wil of them that hate thee, (euen) to the daughters of the Philistims, which are ashamed of thy wicked way.
Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable: yea, thou hast played the 〈◊〉 with them, & yet coldest not be satisfied.
Thou hast moreouer multiplied thy fornicacion from the land of Canáan vnto Caldea, and yet thou wast not satisfied here with.
How weake is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seing thou doest all these things, (euen) the worke of a presu{m}pteous worship woma{n}
In that thou buyldest thine hie place in the corner of euery way, and makest thine hie place in euery strete, and hast not bene as an harlot that despiseth are warde,
But (as) a wife that plaieth the harlot, (and) taketh others for her housband:
They giue giftes to all (other) whores, but thou giuest giftes vnto all thi louers, & rewardest them, that they may come vnto thee on euery side for thy fornicacion.
And the contrary is in thee fro{m} (other) women in thy fornications, nether (the like) fornication (shalbe) after thee: for in that thou giuest a reward, and no reward is giuen vnto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
Wherefore, ô harlot, heare the worde of the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord God, Because thy shame was powred out, and thy filthines discouered through thy fornicacions with thy louers, and with all the idoles of thine abominacions and by the blood of thy children, which thou didest offre vnto them,
Beholde, therefore I wil gather all thy louers, with whome thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loued, with all the{m} that thou hast hated: I wil euen gather them rounde about against thee, and wil discouer thy filthines vnto them that thei may se all thy filthines.
And I wil iudge thee (after) the maner of them that are harlots, and of the{m} that shead blood, and I wil giue thee the blood of wrath and ielousie.
I wil also giue thee into their hands, & they shal destroy thine hie place, and shal breake downe thine hie places they shal strippe thee also out of thy clothes, a{n}d shal take thy faire iewels, and leaue thee naked and bare.
They shal also bring vp a companie against thee, and they shal stone thee with stones, a{n}d thrust thee through with their swordes.
And thei shal burne vp thine houses with fyre, and execute iudgements vpon thee in the sight of many wome{n}: and I wil cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt giue no reward any more.
So wil I make my wrath toward thee to rest and my ielousie shal departe from thee, and I wil cease and be no more angrie.
Because thou hast not remembred the daies of thy youth, but hast prouoked me with all these things, beholde, therefore I also haue broght thy way vpon thine head, saith the Lord God: yet hast not thou had consideracion of all thine abominacions.
Beholde, all that vse prouerbes, shal vse (this) prouerbe against thee, saying, As (is) the mother, (so is) her daughter.
Thou art thy mothers daughter, that hathe cast of her housband and her children, and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which forsoke their housbands and their children: your mother is an Hittite, and your father an Amorite,
And thine elder sister is Samaria, and her daughters, that dwell at thy left hand, and thy yong sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, (is) Sodóm, and her daughters.
Yet hast thou not walked after their waies nor done after their abominations: but as it (had bene) a very litle (thing,) thou wast corrupted more then thei in all thy waies.
As I liue, saith the Lord God, Sodo{m} thy sister hathe not done, (nether) she nor her daughters, as thou hast done and thy daughters.
Beholde, this was the iniquitie of thy sister Sodóm, Pride, fulnes of bread, and abundance of idlenes was in her, and in her daughters nether did, she strengthen the hand of the poore and nedie.
But thei were hautie, and committed abominacion before me: therefore I toke them away, as pleased me.
Nether hathe Samaria committed halfe of thy sinnes, but thou hast exceded them in thine abominacions, and hast iustified thy sisters in all thine abominacio{n}s, which thou hast done.
Therefore thou which hast iustified thy sisters, beare thine owne shame 〈◊〉 thy sinnes, that thou hast committed more abominable then they (which) are more righteous then thou art: be thou therefore 〈◊〉 also and beare thy shame, seing that thou hast iustified thy sisters.
Therefore I wil bring againe their captiuitie with the captiuitie of Sodóm, and her daughters, and with the captiuitie of Samaria, and her daughters: euen the captiuitie of thy captiues in the middes of them,
That thou maist beare thine owne shame, and maist be confounded in al that thou hast done, in that thou hast comforted them.
And thy sister Sodóm and her daughter shal returne to their former state: Samaria also and her daughters shal returne to their former state, whe{n} thou and thy daughters shal returne to your former state.
For thy sister Sodom was not heard of by thy report in the day of thy pride.
Before thy wickednes was discouered, as in that same time of the reproche of the daughters of Arám, and of all the daughters of the Philistims round about her which despise thee on all sides.
Thou hast borne (therefore) thy wickednes and thine abominacion, saith the Lord.
For thus saith the Lord God, I might euen deale with thee, as thou hast done: whé thou didest despise the othe, in breaking the couenant.
Neuertheles, I wil remember my couena{n}t (made) with thee in the dayes of thy youth, and I wil confirme vnto thee an euerlasting couenant.
Then thou shalt remembre thy wayes, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receiue thy sisters, (bothe) thy elder and thy yonger, and I wil giue them vnto thee for daughters, but not by thy couenant.
And I wil establish my couenant with thee and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord,
That thou maist remembre, and be ashamed and neueropen thy mouthe any more: because of thy shame when I am pacified toward thee, for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
ANd the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, put forthe a parable & speake a prouerbe vnto the house of Israél,
And say, Thus saith the Lord God, The great egle with great wings, (and) long wings, (and) ful of fethers, which had diuers colours came vnto Lebanón, and toke the hiest branche of the 〈◊〉,
And brake of the toppe of his twigge, (and) caried it into the land of marchants, (and) set it in a citie of marchants.
He toke also of the sede of the land, & planted it in a fruteful grounde: he placed it by great waters, and set it (as) a willow 〈◊〉.
And it budded vp, and was like a spreading vine of lowe stature, whose branches turned toward it, and the rootes thereof were vnder it: so it became a vine, and it broght for the branches, and shot forthe buds.
There was also another great egle with great wings and many fethers, and beholde, this vine did turne her rootes toward it, and spred forthe her branches toward it that she might water it by the trenches of her plantacion.
It was planted in a good soile by great waters, that it shulde bring forthe branches, and beare frute, and be an excellent vine.
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, Shal it prosper? shal he not pul vp the rootes thereof, and destroy the frute thereof, and cause them to drye? al the leaues of her bud shal wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.
Beholde, it was planted: but shal it prospet? shal it not be dryed vp, and wither? when the East winde shal touche it, it shal wither in the trenches, where it grewe.
Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Say now to this rebellious house, Knowe ye not, what these things (meane?) tel them, Beholde, the King of 〈◊〉 come to Ierusalém, and hathe taken the King thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babél,
And hathe taken (one) of the Kings sede, & made a couenant with him, and hathe taken an othe of him: he hathe also taken the princes of the land,
That the kingdome might be in subiection and not lift it self vp, (but) kepe their couenant, and stand to it.
But he rebelled against him, and sent his ambassadours into Egypt, that thei might giue him horses, and muche people: shal he prosper? shal he escape, that doeth suche things? or shal he breake the 〈◊〉, and be deliuered?
As I liue, saith the Lord God, he shaldye in the middes of Babél, in the place of the King, that had made him King, whose othe he despised, and whose couenant (made) with him, he brake.
Nether shal Pharaóh with (his) mightie hoste, and great multitude of people, mainteine him in the warre, when thei haue cast vp mounts, and buylded ramparts to destroy many persones.
For he hathe despised the othe, and broken the couenant [yet lo, he had giuen his ha{n}d] because he hathe done all these things, he shal not escape.
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, As I liue, I wil surely bring mine othe that he hathe despised, and my couenant that he hathe broken, vpon his owne head.
And I wil spread my net vpon him, and he shalbe taken in my net, and I wil bring him to 〈◊〉, and wil entre into iudgeme{n}t with him therefor his trespas that he hathe committed against me.
And all that fle from him with all his hoste, shal fall by the sworde, and thei that remaine shal be scatered toward all the windes: and ye shall knowe that I the Lord haue spoken it.
Thus saith the Lord God, I wil also take of the toppe of this hie cedre, a{n}d wil set it, and cut of the toppe of the tendre plante thereof, and I wil plante it vpon an hie mountaine and great.
(Euen) in the hye mountaine of Israél wil I plant it: and it shal bring forthe boughs and beare frute, and be an excellent cedre, and vnder it shal remaine all birdes, and euerie foule shal dwell in the shadowe of the branches thereof.
And all the trees of the field shal knowe that I the Lord haue broght downe the hye tre, and exalted the lowe tre, that I haue dryed vp the grene tre, and made the drye tre to florish: I the Lord haue spoken it, and haue done it.
THe worde of the Lord came vnto me againe, saying,
What meane ye that ye speake this prouerbe, concerning the land of Israél, saying, The fathers haue eaten 〈◊〉 grappes, & the childrens teeth are set on edge?
As I liue, saith the Lord, God, ye shal vse this prouerbe no more in Israel.
Beholde, all soules are mine, bothe the soule of the father, and also the soule of the sonne are mine: the soule that sinneth, it shaldye.
But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawful, and right,
(And) hathe not eaten vpon the mountaines, nether hathe lift vp his eyes to the idoles of the house of Israél, nether hathe 〈◊〉 his neighbours wife, nether hathe 〈◊〉 with a 〈◊〉 woman,
Nether hathe oppressed any, (but) hathe restored the pledge to his dettour: he that hathe spoiled none by violence, (but) hathe giuen his bread to the hungrie, and hathe couered the naked with a garment,
And hathe not giuen forthe vpon vsurie, nether hathe taken any increase, (but) hathe withdrawen his hand from iniquitie, and hathe executed true iudgement betwene ma{n} and man,
And hathe walked in my statutes, and hathe kept my iudgements to deale truely, he is iuste, he shal surely liue, saith the Lord God.
¶ If he beget a sonne, that is a thief, (or) a sheader of blood, if he do any one of these things,
Thogh he do not all these things, but ether hathe eaten vpon the mountaines, or defiled his neighbours wife,
(Or) hathe oppressed the poore and nedy, (or) hathe spoiled by violence, (or) hath not restored the pledge, or hathe lift vp his eyes vnto the idoles, (or) hathe committed abomination,
(Or) hathe giuen for the vpon vsurie, or hath taken increase, shal he liue? he shal not liue: seing he hathe done all these abominacions, he shaldye the death, (and) his blood shalbe vpon him.
¶ But if he beget a sonne, that seeth all his fathers sinnes, which he hathe done, and feareth, nether doeth suche like,
That hathe not eaten vpon the mountaines nether hathe lift vp his eyes to the idoles of the house of 〈◊〉, nor hath defiled his neighbours wife,
Nether hath oppressed anie, nor hath withholden the pledge, nether hathe spoiled by violence, (but) hathe giuen his bread to the hungrie, and hathe couered the naked with a garment,
(Nether) hathe withdrawen his hand from the afflicted, nor receiued vsurie nor increase, (but) hathe executed my iudgements (&) hathe walked in my statutes, he shal not dye 〈◊〉 the iniquitie of his father, (but) he shal surely liue.
His father, because he cruelly oppressed & spoiled his brother by violence, and hathe not done good among his people, lo, euen he dyeth in his iniquitie.
Yet saye ye, Wherefore shal not the sonne beare the iniquitie of the father? because the sonne hathe executed iudgement & iustice, (and) hathe kept all my statutes, and done them, he shal surely liue.
〈◊〉 same soule that sinneth, shaldye: the sonne shal not beare the iniquitie of the father, nether shal the father beare the iniquitie of the so{n}ne, (but) the righteousnes of the righteous shalbe vpon him, and the wickednes of the wicked shalbe vpon him self.
But if the wicked wil returne from all his sinnes that he hath committed, and kepe all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shal surely liue, (and) shal not dye.
All his transgressions that he hathe committed, they shal not be mencioned vnto him, (but) in his righteousnes that he hathe done he shal liue.
Haue I anie desire that the wicked shulde dye, saith the Lord God? or shal he not liue if he returne from his waies?
But if the righteous turne awaie from his righteousnes, and commit iniquitie, (and) do according to all the abominacions, that the wicked man doeth, shal he liue? all his righteousnes that he hathe done, shal not be mencioned: (but) in his transgression that he hathe committed, and in his sinne that he hathe sinned, in them shal he dye.
Yet ye 〈◊〉, The waie of the Lord is not equal. heare now, ô house of Israél. Is not my waie equal? (or) are not your waies vne equal?
(For) when a righteous man turneth awaie from his righteousnes, & co{m}mitteth iniquitie he shal euen dye for the same, he shal (euen) dye for his iniquitie, that he hathe done.
Againe when the wicked turneth away fro{m} his wickednes that he hathe committed, & doeth that which is lawful and right, he shal saue his soule aliue.
Because he considereth, and turneth awaie from all his tra{n}sgressions that he hathe committed, he shal surely liue (and) shal not dye.
Yet saith the house of Israél, The waie of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israél, are not my waies equal? (or) are not your waies vnequal?
Therefore I wil iudge you, ô house of Israél 〈◊〉 one according to his waies, saith the Lord God: returne (therefore) and cause (others) to turne awaie fro{m} al your 〈◊〉 sions: so iniquitie shal not be your destructio{n}.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye haue transgressed and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why wil ye dye, ô house of Israél?
For I desire not the death of him that dyeth, saith the Lord God: cause therefore (one another) to returne, and liue ye.
THou also, take vp a lamentacion for the princes of Israél.
And saye, Wherefore laie thy mother (as) a lionesse among the lions? 〈◊〉 nourrished her yong ones among the lyons whelpes,
And she broght vp one of her whelpes (and) it became a lion, and it learned to catch the praie, (and) it deuoured men.
The nations also heard of him, (and) he was taken in their nettes, and thei broght him in chaines vnto the land of Egypt.
Now when she sawe, that she had waited and her hope wast lost, she toke another of her whelpes, and made him a lion.
Which went among the lions, (and) became a lion, and learnèd t̄o catche the praie, (and) he deuoured men.
And he knewe their widowes, and he destroied their cities, and the land was wasted, and all that was therein by the noise of his roaring.
Then the nations set against him on euerie side of the countreis and laid their 〈◊〉 for him: so he was taken in their pit.
And they put him in prison (&) in chaines & broght him to the King of Babél, (&) thei put him in holdes, that his voice shulde no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israél.
Thy mother (is) like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she broght forthe frute and branches by the abundant waters.
And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that beare rule, and her stature was exalted amo{n}g the branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
But she was plucked vp in wrath: she was cast downe to the grounde, and the East winde dryed vp her frute: (her branches) were broken, and withered: (as for) the rod of her strength, the fyre consumed it.
And now she is planted in the wildernes in a drye and thirstie grounde.
And fyre is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath deuoured her frute, so that she hathe no strong rod (to be) a scepter to rule: this is a lamentacion and shalbe for a lamentacion.
ANd in the seuenth yere in the fift (moneth,) the tenth (day) of the moneth, came certaine of the Elders of Israél to enquire of the Lord, and sate before me.
Then came the worde of the Lord vnto me, saying,
Some of man, speake vnto the Elders of Israél, and saye vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Are ye come to inquire of me? as aliue, saith the Lord God, when I am asked, I wil not answer you.
Wilt thou iudge them, sonne of man? wilt thou iudge (them?) cause them to vndersta{n}d the abominations of their fathers,
And saie vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God In the daye when I chose Israél, and lift vp mine hand vnto the sede of the house of Iaakób, and made my self knowen vnto them in the land of Egypt, when I lift vp mine hand vnto them, and said, I am the Lord your God
In the daye that I lift vp mine hand vnto the{m} to bring them forthe of the land of Egypt, into a land that I had prouided for the{m}, flowing with milke and honie whiche is pleasant among all lands,
Then said I vnto them, Let euerie man cast awaye the abominacions of his eyes, and defile not your selues with the idoles of Egypt: (for) I am the Lord your God.
But 〈◊〉 rebelled against me, and wolde not heare me: (for) none cast awaye the abominacions of their eyes, nether did they forsake the idoles of Egypt: then I thoght to powre out mine indignacion vpon them, (and) to accomplish my wrath against them in the middes of the land of Egypt.
But I had respect to my Name, that it shulde not be polluted before the heathen, among whome thei were, and in whose sight I made my self knowen vnto them in bringing them forthe of the land of Egypt.
Now I caried them out of the land of Egypt and broght them into the wildernes.
And I gaue them my statutes, and declared my iudgements vnto them, which if a man do, he shal liue in them.
Moreouer I gaue them also my Sabbaths to be a signe betwene me and them, that thei might knowe that I am the Lord, that sanctifie them.
But the house of Israél rebelled against me in the wildernes: thei walked not in my statutes, and thei cast awaie my iudgements, which if a man do, he shal liue in them, and my Sabbaths haue thei greatly polluted: then I thoght to powre out mine indignation vpon them in the wildernes to consume them.
But I had respect to my Name, that it shulde not be polluted before the heathen in whose sight I broght them out.
Yet neuertheles, I lift vp mine hand vnto the{m} in the wildernes that I wold not bring the{m} into the land, which I had giuen them, flowing with milke and hony, which was pleasant aboue all lands,
Because thei cast awaie my iudgements, and walked not in my statutes, but haue polluted my Sabbaths: for their heart we{n}t after their idoles.
Neuertheles, mine eye spared them, that I wolde not destroye them, nether wolde I consume them in the wildernes.
But I said vnto their children in the wildernes, Walke ye not in the ordinances of your fathers, nether obserue their maners nor defile your selues with their idoles.
I am the Lord your God: walke in my statutes, and kepe my iudgements and do them,
And sanctifie my Sabbaths, and thei shalbe a signe betwene me and you, that ye maie knowe that I am the Lord your God.
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: thei walked not in my statutes, nor kept my iudgeme{n}ts to do the{m}, which if a ma{n} do, he shal liue in the{m}, (but) thei polluted my Sabbaths: then I thoght to powre out mine indignation vpon them, (and) to accomplish my wrath against them in the wildernes.
Neuertheles I withdrewe mine hand and had respect to my Name that it shulde not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I broght them forthe.
Yet I lift vp mine hand vnto them in the wildernes, that I wolde scatter them among the heathen, and disperce them through the countreis.
Because thei had not executed my iudgeme{n}ts, but had cast awaie my statutes and had polluted my Sabbath, and their eyes were after their fathers idoles.
Wherefore I gaue them also statutes that were not good, & iudgements, wherein they shulde not liue.
And I polluted thé in their owne giftes in that they caused to passe (by the fyre) all that (first) 〈◊〉 the wombe, that I might destroye them, to the end that they might knowe that I am the Lord.
Therefore, sonne of man, speake vnto the house of Israél, and say vnto the{m}, Thus saith the Lord God, yet in this your fathers haue blasphemed me, thogh thei had (before) grieuously transgressed against me.
For when I had broght them into the land for the which I lifted vp mine hand to giue it, then they sawe euerie hie hil, & all the thicke trees, and they offred there their sacrifices, and there they presented their offring of prouocation: there also they made their swete sauour, and powred out there their drinke offrings.
Then I said vnto them, What is the hie place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof was called Bamáh vnto this day.
Wherefore, say vnto the house of Israél, Thus saith the Lord God, Are ye not polluted after the maner of your fathers? and commit ye not whoredome after their abominations?
For when you offer your giftes, and make your sonnes to passe through the fyre, you pollute your selues with all your idoles vnto this day: shal I answer you whe{n} I am asked, ô house of Israél? as I liue, saith the Lord God, I wil not answer you when I am asked.
Nether shal that be done that cometh into your minde: for ye say, We wil be as the heathen, and as the families of the countreis, and serue wood, and stone.
As I liue, saith the Lord God, I wil surely rule you with a mightie ha{n}d, and with a stretched out arme, and in (my) 〈◊〉 powred out,
And wil bring you from the people, and wil gather you out of the countreis, wherein ye are scatred, with a mightie hand, and with a stretched out arme and in (my) wrath powred out.
And I wil bring you into the wildernes of the people, and there wil I plead with you face to face.
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wildernes of the land of Egypt, so wil I pleade with you, saith the Lord God,
And I wil cause you to passe vnder the rod, and wil bring you into the bonde of the couenant.
And I wil chuse out from among you the rebelles, and them that trangresse against me: I wil bring them out of the land where thei dwell, and they shal not entre into the land of Israél, & you shal knowe that I am the Lord.
As for you, ô house of Israél, thus saith the Lord God, Go you, and serue euerie one his idole, seing that ye wil not obey me, and pollute mine holie Name no more with your giftes and with your idoles.
For in mine holie mountaine (euen) in the 〈◊〉 mountaine of Israél, saith the Lord God, there shal all the house of Israél, and all in the land, serue me: there wil I accept them, and there wil I require your offrings and the first frutes of your oblations, with all your holy things.
I wil accept your swete sauour, whe{n} I bring you from the people, and gather you out of the countreis, wherein ye haue bene scattered, that I may be sanctified in you before the heathen.
And ye shal knowe, that I am the Lord, whe{n} I shal bring you into the land of Israél, into the land, for the which I lifted vp mine hand to giue it to your fathers.
And there shal ye remember your wayes, and all your workes, wherein ye haue bene defiled, and ye shal iudge your selues worthy to be cut of, for al your euils, that ye haue committed.
And ye shal knowe, that I am the Lord, when I haue respect vnto you for my Names sake, (and) not after your wicked waies, nor according to your corrupt workes, ó ye house of Israél, saith the Lord God.
¶ Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, set thy face toward the way of Temán, and droppe (thy worde) towarde the South, and prophecie towarde the forest of the field of the South,
And say to the forest of the South, Heare the worde of the Lord: thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I wil kindle a fyre in thee, and it shal deuoure all the grene wood in thee, and all the dry wood: the continual flame shal not be quenched, and euerie face from the South to the North shalbe burnt therein.
And all flesh shal se, that I the Lord haue kindled it, (and) it shal not be quenched. Then said I, Ah Lord God, thei say of me, Doeth not he speake parables?
THe worde of the Lord came to me againe, saying,
Sonne of man, set thy face towarde Ierusalé, & droppe (thy worde) toward the holy places, & prophecie against the land of Israél
And say to the land of Israél, Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I (come) against thee, and wil drawe my sworde out of his sheath, and cut of from thee (bothe) the righteous and the wicked.
Seing the{n} that I wil cut of fro{m} thee (bothe) the righteous and wicked, therefore shal my sworde go out of his sheath against all flesh from the South to the North.
That all flesh may knowe that I the Lord haue drawen my sworde 〈◊〉 of his sheath, (&) it shal not returne anie more.
Mourne therefore, thou sonne of man, (as) in the paine of (thy) reines, and mourne bitterly before them.
And if they say vnto thee, Wherefore mour nest thou? then answer, Because of the brute: for it cometh, and euerie heart shal melt, and all hands shalbe weake, and all mindes shal faint, and all knees shal fall away (as) water: beholde, it cometh, and shal be done saith the Lord God.
¶ Againe, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, prophecie, and say, Thus saith the Lord God, say, A sworde, a sworde bothe sharpe, and fourbished.
It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter, (&) it is fourbished that it may glitter: how shal we reioyce? (for) it contemneth the rod of my sonne, (as) all (other) trees.
And he hathe giuen it to be fourbished, that he may handle it: this sworde is sharpe, and is fourb̄ished, that he may giue it into the hand of the slayer.
Crye, and houle, sonne of man: for this shal come to my people, (and) it shal come vnto all the princes of Israél: the terrours of the sworde shalbe vpon my people: smite therefore vpon thy thigh.
For (it is) a tryal, and what shal this be, if (the sworde) contemne euen the rod? It shal be (no more,) saith the Lord God.
Thou therefore, sonne of man, prophecie, and smite hand to hand, and 〈◊〉 the sworde be doubled: let the sworde that hathe killed, (returne) the thirde time: it is the sworde of the great slaughter entring into their 〈◊〉 chambers.
I haue broght the feare of the sworde into all their gates to make (their) heart to faint, and to multiplie (their) 〈◊〉. Ah it is made bright, (&) it is dressed for the slaughter.
Get the alone: go to the right hand, (or) get thy self to the left hand, whethersoeuer thy face turneth.
I wil also smite mine hands together, and wil cause my wrath to cease I the Lord haue said it.
¶ The worde of the Lord came vnto me againe, saying,
Also thou sonne of man, appoint thee two wayes, that the sworde of the King of Babél may come: bothe twaine shal come out of one land, and chuse a place, and chuse it in the corner of the way of the citie.
Apoint away, that the sworde may come to Rabbáth of the 〈◊〉, and to Iudáh in Ierusalém the strong (citie)
And the King of Babél stode at the parting of the way, at the head of the two wayes consulting by diuination, (and) made his arrowes bright: he consulted with idoles, (and) loked in the liuer.
At his right hand was the diuination for Ierusalém to appoint captaines, to ope{n} (their) mouthe in the slaughter, and to lift vp (their) voyce with shouting, to lay engines of warre against the gates, to cast a mount, (and) to buyld a fortres.
And it shalbe vnto them as a false diuination in their sight for the othes made vnto them: but he wil call to reme{m}brance (their) iniquitie, to the intent they shulde be take{n}.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Because ye haue made your iniquitie to be remembred, in discouering your rebellion, that in all your workes your sinnes might appeare: because, (I say,) that ye are come to remembrance, ye shal be taken with the hand.
And thou prince of Israél polluted, (and) wicked, whose day is come, when iniquitie (shal 〈◊〉) an end,
Thus saith the Lord God, I wil take away the diademe, and take of the crowne: this shalbe no more the same: I wil exalt the humble, and wil a base him that is hie.
I wil ouerturne, ouerturne, ouerturne it, and it shalbe no more vntil he come, whose right it is, and I wil giue it him.
¶ And thou, sonne of man, prophecie, and say, Thus saith the Lord God to the children of Ammón, and to their blasphemie: say thou I say, The sworde, the sworde is drawen forthe, (and) fourbished to the slaughter, to consume, because of the glittering.
Whiles they se vanitie vnto thee, and prophecied alye vnto thee to bring thee vpon the neckes of the wicked that are slaine whose day is come when their iniquitie (shal haue) an end.
Shal I cause it to returne into his sheath? I wil iudge thee in the place where thou wast created, (euen) in the land of thine habitation.
And I wil powre out mine indignacion vpo{n} thee, and wil blowe against thee in the fyre of my wrath, and deliuer thee into the hand of beastlie men, (and) skilful to destroy.
Thou shalt be in the fyre to be deuoured: thy blood shalbe in the middes of the land (and) thou shalt be no more remembred: for I the Lord haue spoken it.
MOreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Now thou sonne of man, wilt thou iudge, wilt thou iudge this bloody citie? wilt thou shewe her all her abominacions?
Then say, Thus saith the Lord God, The citie sheddeth blood in the middes of it, that her time maye come, and maketh idoles against her self to pollute her self.
Thou hast offended in thy blood, that thou hast shed, and hast polluted thy self in thine idoles, which thou hast made, and thou hast caused thy dayes to drawe nere, and art come vnto thy terme: therfore haue I made thee a reproche to the heathen, and a mocking to all countreys.
Those that be nere, & those that be farre fro{m} thee, shal mocke thee, (which art) vile in name (and) sore in affliction.
Beholde, the princes of Israél euerye one in thee was (ready) to his power, to shed blood.
In thee haue thei despised father and mother in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stra{n}ger in thee haue thei vexed the fatherles and the widowe.
Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast polluted my Sabbaths.
In thee are men that carye tales to shed blood in thee (are they) that eat vpon the mountaines in the middes of thee thei co{m}mit abominacion.
In thee haue they discouered theyr fathers shame: in thee haue they vexed her that was polluted in (her) floures.
And euerye one hathe committed abominacion with his neighbours wife, and euery one hath wickedly defiled his daughter in law, and in thee hathe euery man forced his owne sister, (eue{n}) his fathers daughter.
In thee haue they taken giftes to shed blood: thou hast taken vsurie and the encrease, and thou hast defrauded thy neighbours by extorcion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
Beholde, therefore I haue smitten myne hands vpo{n} thy couetousnes, that thou hast vsed, and vpon the blood, which hath bene in the middes of thee.
Can thine heart endure, or ca{n} thine ha{n}ds be strong, in the daies that I shall haue to do with thee? I the Lord haue spoken it, & wil do it.
And I wil scatter thee among the heathe{n}, and disperse thee in the countreis, and wil cause thy filthines to cease from thee.
And thou shalt take thine inherita{n}ce in thy self in the sight of the heathen, & thou shalt knowe, that I am the Lord.
¶ And the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, the house of Israél is vnto me as drosse all they are brasse, & tynne, and yron, and lead in the middes of the fournace: thei are (euen) the drosse of siluer.
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Because ye are all as drosse, beholde, therfore I will gather you in the middes of Ierusalém.
As they gather siluer and brasse, and yron, and lead, and tynne into the middes of the fornace, to blowe the fyre vpon it to melt it, so will I gather you in mine angre and in my wrath, and will put you (there) & melt you.
I wil gather you, I say, and blowe the fyre of my wrath vpon you, and you shal be melted in the middes thereof.
As siluer is melted in the middes of the fournace, so shal ye be melted in the middes thereof, and ye shall knowe, that I the Lord haue powred out my wrath vpo{n} you.
And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, say vnto her, Thou art the land, that is vncleane, (&) not rained vpo{n} in the day of wrath.
(There is) a conspiracie of her Prophetes in the middes thereof like a roaring lyon, ranening the pray thei haue deuoured soules: they haue taken the riches & precious things thei haue made her many widowes in the middes thereof.
Her Priests haue broken my Law, and haue defiled mine holy things: thei haue put no difference betwene the holy and prophane, nether discerned betwene the vncleane and the cleane, and haue hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am prophaned among them.
Her princes in the middes thereof (are) like wolues, rauening the praye to shed blood, (and) to destroye soules for their owne couetous lucre.
And her Prophetes haue dawbed them with vntempered (morter,) seing vanities, and diuining lies vnto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord had not spoken.
The people of the land haue violently oppressed by spoyling and robbing, and haue vexed the poore and the neady yea, they haue oppressed the stranger against right.
And I soght for a man among them, that shulde make vp the hedge, & stand in the gap before me for the land, that I shuld not destroy it, but I founde none.
Therfore haue I powred out mine indignacion vpon them, and consumed them with the fyre of my wrath: their owne waies haue I rendred vppon their heades, saith the Lord God.
THe worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
And they committed fornicacion in Egypt, they committed fornicacion in theyr youth: there 〈◊〉 their breasts pressed, and there thei bruised the teates of their virginitie.
And the names of them (were) Aholáh, the elder, and Aholibáh her sister: & they were mine, and thei bare sonnes and daughters: thus (were) their names. Samaria (is) Aholáh, and Ierusalém Aholibáh.
And Aholáh plaied the harlot whe{n} she was mine, and she was set on fyre with her louers, (to wit,) with the Assyrians (her) neighbours.
Whiche were clothed with blewe silke, (bothe) captaines and princes: thei were all pleasant yong men (and) horsemen riding vpon horses.
Thus she committed her whoredome with them, (euen) with all them that were the chosen me{n} of 〈◊〉, & with all on whome she doted, (&) defiled her self with all their idoles.
Nether left she her fornicacio{n}s, (learned) of the Egyptians: for in her youth thei lay with her, & they bruised the breasts of her virginitie, and powred their whoredome vpon her.
Wherefore I deliuered her into the hands of her louers, (euen) into the hands of the Assyrians, vpon whome she doted.
These discouered her shame: they toke away her sonnes and her daughters, and slewe her with the sworde, and she had an (euill) name among women: for they had executed iudgement vpon her.
And when her sister Aholibáh sawe this, she marred her selfe within ordinate loue, more then she, and with her fornicacions more then her sister with (her) fornicacio{n}s.
She doted vpon the Assyrians (her) neighbours, (bothe) captaines and princes clothed with diuers sutes, horsemen riding vpo{n} horses: thei were all pleasant yóg me{n}.
Then I sawe, that she was defiled, (&) that they were bothe after one sorte,
And that she encreased her fornicacio{n}s: for when she sawe men painted vpon the wall, the images of the Caldeans painted with vermelon,
And girded with girdles vpo{n} their loynes, and with dyed attyre vppon theyr heades [loking all like princes after the maner of the Babylonians in Caldea, the lande of their natiuitie.]
Assone, I say, as she sawe them, she doted vpo{n} them, and sent messengers vnto them into Caldea.
Now when the Babylonians came to her into the bed of loue, they defiled her with their fornicacion & she was polluted with them, and her lust departed from them.
So she discouered her fornicacion, & disclosed her shame: then mine heart forsoke her, like as mine heart had forsake{n} her sister
Yet she encreased her whoredome more, and called to remembra{n}ce the dayes of her youth, wherein she had plaied the harlot in the land of Egypt:
For she doted vpon their seruants whose membres are (as) the membres of asses, and whose yssue is (like) the yssue of horses.
Thou calledst to reme{m}brance the wickednes of thy youth, when they teates were bruised by the Egyptians: therfore the pappes of thy youth (are thus.)
Therefore, ô Aholibáh, thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I will raise vp thy louers against thee, from whome thinc heart is departed, and I will bring them against thee on euery side.
(To wit,) the Babylonians, and all the Caldeans, Peked, and Shoah, and Kóa, (&) all the Assyrians with them: thei were all pleasant yong me{n}, and captaines and princes: all thei were valiant and renoumed, riding vpon horses.
Euen these shall come againste thee with charettes, waggens, and wheles, and with a multitude of people, (whiche) shall set against thee, buckler and shield, and helmet rounde about: and I wil leaue the punishment vnto them, and they shall iudge thee according to their iudgements.
And I wil lay mine indignation vpo{n} thee, and thei shal deale cruelly with thee: they shal cut of thy nose and thine eares, and thy remnant shal fall by the sworde: they shal cary away thy sonnes and thy daughters, and thy residue shalbe deuoured by the fyre.
Thei shal also strippe thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy faire iewels.
Thus will I make thy wickednes to cease from 〈◊〉 and thy fornicacion out of the land of Egypt so that thou shalt not lift vp thine eyes vnto them, nor reme{m}ber Egypt any more.
For thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I wil deliuer thee into the hand of them, whome thou hatest (euen) into the hands of them from whome thine heart is departed.
And they shal handle thee dispitefully, & shall take awaye all thy labour, and shall leaue thee naked and bare, and the shame of thy fornicacio{n}s shal be discouered, both thy wickednes, and thy whoredome.
I wil do these things vnto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathe{n}, (and) because thou art polluted with theyr idoles.
Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister: therfore wil I giue her cup into thine ha{n}d
Thus saith the Lord God, Thou shalt drink of thy sisters cup, depe & large: thou shalt be laughed to scorne and had in derisio{n}, because it conteineth muche.
Thou shalt be filled with drunke{n}nes and sorowe, (euen) with the cup of destruction, and desolatio{n}, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
Thou shalt euen drinke it, and wring it out (to the dregges,) and thou shalt breake the sherdes thereof, and teare thine owne breastes: for I haue spoke{n} it, saith the Lord God.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy backe, therfore thou shalt also beare thy wickednes and thy whoredome.
¶ The Lord said moreouer vnto me. Sonne of man, wilt thou iudge Aholáh and Aholibáh? and wilt thou declare to them their abominacions?
For thei haue played the whores, & blood (is) in their hands, and with theyr idoles haue they committed adulterie, and haue also caused their sonnes, whome they bare vnto me, to passe (by the fyre) to be theyr meat.
Moreouer thus haue they done vnto me: thei haue defiled my sanctuarie in the same day, and haue prophaned my Sabbaths.
For when they had slaine their childre{n} to their idoles, they came the same daye into my Sanctuarie to defile it: and lo, thus haue thei done in the middes of mine house.
And how muche more (is it) that thei sent for men to come from farre vnto whome a messenger was sent, and lo, they came? for whome thou didest wash thy self, and painted thine eyes, and deckedst thee with ornaments,
And satest vpo{n} a costlie bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oyle.
And a voyce of a multitude being at ease, (was) with her: and with the men to make the companie greate were broght men of Sabá from the wildernes, which put bracelets vpon their hands, & beautiful crownes vpon their heads.
The{n} I said vnto her, that was olde in adulteries, Now shal she and her fornicacions come to an end.
And they went in vnto her as they go to a commune harlot: so went thei to Aholáh & Aholibáh the wicked women.
And the righteous men they shall iudge them, after the maner of harlotes, and after the maner of murtherers: for they are harlotes, and blood (is) in their hands.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD, I will bring a multitude vpon them, and will giue them vnto the tumulte, and to the spoyle,
And the multitude shall stone them with stones, and cut them with their swordes: they shal slay their sonnes, and their daughters, and burne vp their houses with fyre.
Thus will I cause wickednes to cease out of the land, that all wome{n} may be taught not to do after your wickednes.
And they shall lay your wickednes vpon you, and ye shall beare the sinnes of your idoles, & ye shal knowe that I am the Lord God.
AGaine in the ninth yere, in the tenth moneth, in the tenth (day) of the moneth came the worde of the Lord vnto me, saying.
Sonne of man: write thee the name of the day (euen) of this same day (for) the King of Babél set him self against Ierusalém this same day.
Therefore speake a parable vnto the rebellious house, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God prepare a pot, prepare it, & also power water into it.
Gather the pieces thereof into it (euen) euerie good piece, (as) the thigh and the shuldre (and) fil it with the chief bones.
Take one of the best shepe, and burne also the bones vnder it (and) make it boyle wel, and sethe the bones of it therein.
Because the Lord God saith thus, Wo to the bloodie citie (euen) to the pot, whose skome is therein, and whose skome is not gone out of it, bring it out piece by piece let no lot fall vpon it.
For her blood is in the middes of her: she set it vpon an high rocke) and powred it not vpo{n} the grounde to couer it with dust.
That it might cause wrath to arise, & take vengeance (euen) I haue set her blood vpo{n} an high rocke that it shuld not be couered
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Wo to the bloodie citie, for I wil make the burning great.
Heape on muche wood: kindle the fyre, consume the flesh, and cast in spice, and let the bones be burnt.
Then set it emptie vpon the coles thereof that the brasse of it may be hot, and may burne, and that the filthines of it may be molten in it (&) that the skome of it may be consumed.
She hathe wearied her self with lies, and her great skome went not out of her (therefore) her skome (shalbe consumed) with fyre.
(Thou remainest) in thy filthines (and) wickednes: because I wold haue purged thee and thou wast not purged thou shalt not be purged from thy filthines, til I haue caused my wrath to light vpon thee.
I the Lord haue spoken it shal come to passe, and I wil do it: I wil not go backe, nether wil 〈◊〉 spare, nether will repent according to thy wayes, and according to thy workes shal they iudge thee, saith the LORD God.
¶ Also the worlde of the Lord came vnto me saying.
Sonne of man, beholde, I take away from thee the pleasure of thine eyes with a plague yet shalt thou nether mourne nor wepe, nether shal thy teares runne downe.
Cease from sighing: make no mourning for the dead (and) binde the tyre of thine head vpon thee, & put on thy shoes vpo{n} thy fete (and) couer not thy lippes. and eat not the bread of men.
So I spake vnto the people in the morning and at euen my wife dyed: and I did in the morning, as I was commanded.
And the people said vnto me, Wilt thou not tel vs what these things meane toward vs, that thou doest so?
Then I answered them, The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Speake vnto the house of Israél, Thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I will pollute my Sanctuarie, (euen) the pride of your power, the pleasure of your eyes, and your heartes desire, and your sonnes, and your daughters whome ye haue left, shal fall by the sworde.
And ye shal do as I haue done: ye shal not couer your lippes, nether shall ye eate the bread of men.
And your tyre (shalbe) vpon your heads, and your shoes vpon your fete: ye shall not mourne nor wepe, but ye shall pine awaye for your iniquities, & mourne one toward another.
Thus Ezekiél is vnto you a signe: according to all that he hathe done, ye shal do & when this cometh, ye shal know that I am the Lord God.
Also, thou sonne of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from the{m} their power, the ioye of their honour, the pleasure of their eyes, & the desire of their heart, their sonnes and their daughters?
That he that escapeth in that daye, shall come vnto thee (to tel thee) that whiche he hathe heard with (his) eares?
In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, & thou shalt speake and be no more domme, and thou shalt be a signe vnto them, and 〈◊〉 shal know that I am the Lord.
THe word of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophecie against them.
And say vnto the Ammonites, Heare the worde of the Lord God, Thus saith the Lord God, Because thou say dest, Ha, ha, against my Sanctuarie, when it was polluted, and against the land of Israél, when it was desolate, & against the house of Iudáh, when they went into captiuitie
Beholde, therfore I wil deliuer thee to the men of the East for a possession, and they shal set their palaces in thee, & make their dwellings in thee they shall eat thy frute, and they shal drinke thy milke.
And I wil make Rabbáhad velling place for camels, and the Ammonites a 〈◊〉 cote and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord.
For thus saith the Lord God, Because thou hast clapped the han̄ds, and stamped with the fete, and reioyced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israél,
Beholde, therefore I wil stretche out mine hand vpon thee, and wil deliuer thee to be spoiled of the heathe{n}, and I wil roote thee out from the people, and I wil cause thee to be destroyed out of the countreis (and) I wil destroye thee, and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord GOD, because that Moáb and Seir do say, Beholde, the house of Iudáh is like vnto all the heathen.
Therefore, beholde, I wil open the side of Moáb (euen) of the cities of his cities (I say) in his frontiers with the pleasant countrey, Beth-ieshimóth, Baal-meon, and Karia thaim.
(I wil call) the men of the East against the Ammonites, and wil giue them in possession, so that the Ammonites shal no more be remembred among the nations.
And I wil execute iudgements vpon Moáb and thei shal knewe that I am the Lord.
¶ Thus saith the Lord God, Because that Edōm hathe done (euil) by taking vengea{n}ce vpon the house of Iudáh, and hathe committed great offence, and reuenged him self vpon them,
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, I wil also stretche out mine hand vpon Edóm, & destroye man, and beast out of it, and I wil make it desolate from Temán, and they of Dedán shal fall by the sworde.
And I wil execute my vengeance vpon Edóm by the hand of my people Israél, and they shal do in Edóm according to mine angre and according to mine indignatio{n} and they shal knowe my vengeance, saith the Lord God.
Thus saith the Lord God, Because the Phili 〈◊〉 haue executed vengeance, and reuenged them selues with a despiteful heart, to destroye it for the olde hatred.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I wil stretche out mine hand vpon the Philistims, and I wil cut of the Cherethims and destroye the remnant of the sea coast.
And I wil execute great vengeance vpon them with rebukes of mine indignation, & thei shal knowe that I am the Lord, when I shallaie my vengeance vpon them.
ANd in the eleuenth yere, in the first (daie) of the moneth, the worde of the Lord came vnto men saying.
Sonne of man, because that Tyrus hathe said against Ierusalém. Aha, the gate of the people is broken it is turned vnto me: (for) seing she is desolate, I shalbe replenished.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I come against thee, ô Tyrus, and I wil bring vp manie nations against thee, as the sea mounteth vp with his waues.
And thei shal destroie the walles of Tyrus and breake downe her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, & make her like the toppe of a rocke.
Thou shalt be for the spreading of nettes in the middes of the sea for I haue spoken it, saith the Lord God, and it shal be a spoyle to the nations.
And her daughters which are in the fielde, shalbe slaine by the sworde, and they shal knowe that I am the Lord.
For thus saith the Lord God, behold, I will bring vpon Tyrus Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél, a King of Kings from the North, with horses and with charets, and with horsemen, with a multitude and much people.
He shall slaie with the sworde thy daughters in the field, and he shal make a forte against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift vp the buckler against thee.
He shal set engines of warre before him against thy walles, and with his weapons breake downe thy towres.
The dust of his horses shal couer thee, for their multitude: thy walles shal shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheles, and of the charets, when he shal entre into thy gates as into the entrie of a citie that is broken downe.
With the houes of his horses shal he tread downe all thy stretes he shal slaie thy people by the sworde, and the pillers of thy strength shal fall downe to the grounde.
And thei shal robbe thy riches and spoyle thy marchandise, and they shall breake downe thy walles, & destroie thy pleasant houses, and thei shal cast thy stones & thy timbre and thy dust into the middes of the water.
Thus wil I cause the sounde of thy songs to cease, and the sounde of thine harpes shal be no more heard.
I will laie thee like the toppe of a rocke: thou shalt be for a spreading of nettes: thou shalt be buylt no more: for I the Lord haue spoken it, saith the Lord God.
Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus, Shall not theyles tremble at the sounde of thy fall? and at the crye of the wounded, when thei shalbe slaine & murthered in the middes of thee?
Then all the princes of the sea shal come downe from their thrones: they shallaie awaie their robes, and put of their broydred garments, and shal clothe them selues with astonishment: thei shal sit vpo{n} the ground, and be astonished at (euerie) moment, & be amased at thee.
And they shall take vp a lamentacion for thee, and saie to thee, How arte thou destroied, that wast inhabited of the sea (me{n}) the renoumed citie which was stro{n}g in the sea, (both) she & her inhabita{n}ts, which cause their feare to be on all that haunt therin!
Now shal the yles be astonished in the daie of thy fall: yea, the yles that are in the sea, shal be troubled at thy departure.
For thus saith the Lord God, When I shall make thee a desolate citie, like the Cities that are not inhabited, & when I shal bring the deape vpon thee, and great waters shal couer thee,
When I shal cast thee downe with the{m} that descende into the pit, with the people of olde time, & shal set thee in the lowe partes of the earthe, like the olde ruines, with them, (I say,) whiche go downe to the pit, so that thou shalt not be inhabited, & I shal shewe my glorie in the land of the liuing,
I wil bring thee to nothing, & thou shalt be no (more:) thogh thou be soght for, yet shalt thou neuer be founde againe, saith the Lord God.
THe worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, take vp a lamentation for Tyrus,
And say vnto Tyrus, that is situat at the entrie of the sea, whiche is the marte of the people for manie yles, Thus saith the Lord God, O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfite beautie.
Thy borders are in the middes of the sea, (and) thy buylders haue made thee of perfite beautie.
Thei haue made al thy (ship) bordes of fyrre trees of Shenir: they haue broght cedres from Lebanōn, to make masts for thee.
Of the okes of Basha{n} haue thei made thine ores: the companie of the Assyrians haue made thy bankes of yuorie, (broght) out of the yles of Chittim.
Fine linen with broydred worke, (broght) from Egypt, was spred ouer thee to be thy saile, blewe silke & purple, (broght) from the yles of Elisháh, was thy couering.
The inhabitants of Zidōn, and Aruád were thy mariners, ô Tyrus: thy wise men that were in thee, thei were thy pilotes.
The ancients of Gebál, and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers, all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupie thy marchandise.
Thei of Persia, and of Lud & of Phut were in thine armie: thy men of warre thei hanged the shielde and helmet in thee thei set forthe thy beautie.
The men of Aruád with thine armie (were) vppon thy walles rounde aboute, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: thei ha{n}ged their shields vppon thy walles rounde about: 〈◊〉 haue made thy beautie perfite.
They of 〈◊〉 (were) thy marchants for the multitude of all riches, for siluer, yron, tynne, and lead, (which) thei broght to thy faires.
Thei of Iauán, Tubál and Meshéch were thy marchants, concerning the liues of men, and thei broght vessels of brasse for thy marchandise.
Thei of the house of Togarmáh broght to thy faires horses, and horsme{n}, & mules.
The men of Dedán (were) thy marchants: and the marchandise of manie yles (were) in thine hands thei broght thee for a present hornes, bones, teeth, and peacockes.
Thei of Arám (were) thy marcha{n}ts for the multitude of thy wares: they occupied in thy faires with emeraudes, purple, and broydred worke, and fine linin, & coral, and perle.
They of Iudáh & of the land of Israél were thy marchants: thei broght for thy marcha{n}dise wheat of Minnith, and Pannág, and hony and oyle, and balme.
Thei of Damascus (were) thy marchants in the multitude of thy wares, for the multitude of all riches, (as) in the wine of Helbon and white wolle.
Thei of Dan also and of Iauán, going to and fro, occupied in thy faires: yro{n} worke, cassia and calamus were among thy marchandise.
Thei of Dedán (were) thy marchants in precious clothes for the charets.
Thei of Arabia, and all the princes of Kedár occupied with thee, in lambes, & rams & goats: in these were thei thy marchants.
The marchants of Shebá, and Raamáh were thy marchants they occupied in thy faires with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones and golde.
Thei of Harám and 〈◊〉 and Edén, the marchants of Shebá, 〈◊〉 (and) Chilmád were thy marchants.
These were thy marcha{n}ts in all sortes (of things,) in raime{n}t of blewe silke, & of broydred worke, and in coffers for the riche apparel, which were bound with cordes: 〈◊〉 also (were) among thy marchandise.
The shippes of Tarshish were thy chief in thy marchandise, & thou wast replenished & made very glorious in the middes of the sea.
Thy robbers haue broght thee into great waters the East winde hath broken thee in the middes of the sea.
Thy riches and thy faires, thy marchandise, thy mariners and pilotes, thy calkers, & the occupiers of thy marchandise and all thy men of warre that are in thee, and all thy multitude whiche is in the middes of thee, shal fall in the middes of the sea in the daie of thy ruine.
The suburbes shall shake at the sounde of the crye of the pilotes.
And all that handle the ore, the mariners (and) all the pilotes of the sea shall come downe from their shippes, (and) shall stand vpon the land,
And shall cause theyr voyce to be heard against thee, and shal crye bitterly, and shal cast dust vpon their heads, and wallowe the{m} selues in the asshes.
Thei shal plucke of their heere for thee & gyrde them with a sacke cloth, and they shal wepe for thee with sorowe of heart (&) bitter mourning.
And in their mourning thei shal take vp a lamentacion for thee, (saying,) What (citie) is like Tyrus, so destroied in the middes of the seal
When thy wares went for the of the seas, thou filledst many people (&) thou didst enriche the Kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches & of thy marchandise.
Whe{n} thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, thy marchandise & all thy multitude, which was in the middes of thee, shal fall.
All the inhabitants of they les shalbe astonished at thee, & all their Kings shal be sore afraied (&) troubled in their countenance.
The marchants among the people shall hisse at thee: thou shalt be a terrour, and neuer shalt be anie more.
THe worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
Sonne of ma{n}, say vnto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Because thine heart is exalted, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God in the middes of the sea, yet thou art but a ma{n} & not God, & thogh thou didst thinke in thine heart, that thou wast equal with God.
Beholde, thou art wiser the{n} Daniél: there is no secret, that thei can hide from thee.
With thy wisdome and thyne vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and siluer into thy treasures.
By thy great wisdome (and) by thine occupying hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted vp because of thy riches
Therfore thus saith the Lord God, Because thou didest thinke in thine heart, that thou wast equal with God.
Beholde, therefore I will bring strangers vpon thee, (euen) the terrible nacions: and thei shal drawe their swordes against the beautie of thy wisdome, and thei shal defile thy brightnes.
Thei shal cast thee downe to the pit, and thou shalt dye the death of them, that are slaine in the middes of the sea.
Wilt thou say (then) before him, that slaieth thee, I am a God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the ha{n}ds of him that slaieth thee.
Thou shalt dye the death of the vncircumcised by the hands of strangers: for I haue spoken it, saith the Lord God.
¶ Moreouer the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying.
Sonne of man, take vp a samentacion vpo{n} the King of Tyrus, and say vnto him, Thus saith the Lord God Thou sealest vp the su{m}me, (and) art ful of wisdome and perfite in beautie.
Thou hast bene in Edén the garde{n} of God euerie precious stone (was) in thy garment the rubie, the 〈◊〉 and the diamond, the chrysolite, the onix, and the iasper, the saphir, emeraud, and the carbuncle and golde: the workemanship of thy timbrels and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Thou art the anointed Cherub, that couereth, & I haue set thee (in honour) thou wast vpo{n} the holy mountaine of God: thou hast walked in the middes of the stones of fyre.
Thou wast perfite in thy waies from the day that thou wast created, til iniquitie was founde in thee.
By the multitude of thy marchandise, they haue filled the middes of thee with crueltie, and thou hast sinned, therefore I wil cast thee as prophane out of the mountaine of God: and I wil destroy thee, ô couering Cherub from the middes of the stones of fyre.
Thine heart was lifted vp because of thy beautie (and) thou hast corrupted thy wisdome by reason of thy brightnes: I wil cast thee to the grounde: I wil lay thee before Kings that thei may beholde thee.
Thou hast defiled thy sanctification by the multitude of thine iniquities (and) by the iniquitie of thy marchandise: therefore wil I bring for the a fyre from the middes of thee, which shal deuoure thee and I wil bring thee to asshes vpon the earth, in the sight of all them that beholde thee.
All thei that knowe thee among the people, shalbe astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terrour, and neuer shalt to be any more,
¶ Againe, the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying.
Sonne of men, set thy face against Zidón, & prophecie against it.
And say, Thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, (I come) against thee, ô Zidón, and I wil be I glorified in the middes of thee & thei shal knowe that I am the Lord, when I shal haue executed iudgements in her, and shalbe sanctified in her.
For I wil send into her pestile{n}ce and blood into her stretes: and the slaine shal fall in the middes of her (the enemie) shal come against her with the sworde on euerie side, and thei shal knowe that I am the Lord.
And thei shalbe no more a pricking throne vnto the house of Israél, nor (any) grieuous thorne of all that are rounde about them, and despised them, and thei shal knowe that I am the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord God, When I shal haue gathered the house of Israél from the people where thei are scattred, and shal be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathe{n} then shal thei dwell in the land, that I haue giuen to my seruant Iaakōb.
And thei shal dwell safely therein, and shal buyld houses, & plant vineyardes: yea thei shal dwell safely, when I haue executed iudgements vpon all rounde about them that despise the{m}, and thei shal knowe that I am the Lord their God.
IN the tenth yere (and) in the tenth moneth in the twelfth (day) of the moneth. the worde of the lord came vnto me, saying
So{n}ne of man, set thy face against Pharaóh the King of Egypt and prophecie against him, and against all Egypt,
Speake, and say, Thus saith the Lord God Beholde (I come) against thee, Pharaóh King of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the middes of his riuers, which hathe said, The riuer is mine, and I haue made it for my self.
But I wil put hokes in thy chawes, & I wil cause the fish of thy riuers to sticke vnto thy scales: and I wil drawe thee out of the middes of thy riuers, and all the fish of thy riuers shal sticke vnto thy scales.
And I wil leaue thee in the wildernes (bothe) thee and all the fish of thy riuers, thou shalt fall vpon the open field: thou shalt not be broght together nor gathered (for I) haue giuen thee for meat to the beastes of the field, and to the foules of the heaue{n}
And all the inhabita{n}ts of Egypt shal knowe that I am the Lord, because thei haue bene a staffe of reed to the house of Israél.
When thei toke holde of thee with their hand, thou didest breake and rent all their shulder: and when thei leaned vpon thee, thou brakest and madest all their loines to stand vpright.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God Beholde I wil bring a sworde vpon thee, and destroy man and beast out of thee.
And the land of Egypt shalbe desolate, & waste, and thei shal knowe that I am the Lord because he hathe said, The riuer is mine, and I haue made it.
Beholde, therefore (I come) vpon thee, and vpon thy riuers, and I wil make the land of Egypt vtterly waste and desolate from the towre of Seuenéh, euen vnto the borders of the blacke Mores.
No foote of ma{n} shal passe by it, nor foote of beast shal passe by it, nether shal it be inhabited fourtie yeres.
And I wil make the land of Egypt desolate in the middes of the countreis, that are desolate, and her cities, shalbe desolate among the cities that are desolate for fourtie yeres? and I wil scattre the Egyptians among the nacions, and wil disperse them through the countreis.
Yet thus saith the Lord God, At the end of fourtie yeres wil I gather the Egyptia{n}s from the people, where thei were scattred
And I wil bring againe the captiuitie of Egypt, and wil cause them to returne into the land of Pharaóh, into the land of their habitacion, and thei shal be there a small kingdome,
It shal be the 〈◊〉 of the kingdomes, nether shal it exalt it self any more aboue the nacions for I wil diminish them, that thei shal no more rule in the nacions.
And it shal be no more the confidence of the house of Israél, to bring (their) iniquitie to remembrance by loking after them, so shal thei knowe, that I am the Lord God
¶ In the seuen and twentieth yere also in the first (moneth and) in the first (day) of the moneth came the worde of the Lord vnto me saying.
Sonne of man, Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél caused his armie to serue a great seruice against Tyrus: euerie head was made blade, and euerie shulder was made bare yet had no wages, nor his armie for Tyrus, for the seruice that he serued against it.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I wil giue the land of Egypt vnto Nebuchad-nezzár the King of Babél, and he shal take her multitude, and spoile her spoile, and take her pray, & it shal be the wages for his armie.
I haue giuen him the land of Egypt for his labour, that he serued against it, because thei wroght for me.
In that day wil I cause the horne of the house of Israél to growe, and I wil giue thee an open mouth in the middes of them, & thei shal knowe that I am the Lord.
THe worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, prophecie, and say, Thus saith the Lord God, Houle, (and crye,) Wo (be) vnto this day.
For the day is nere, & the day of the Lord is at hand, a cloudie day, (and) it shalbe the time of the heathen
And the sworde shal come vpon Egypt, & feare shalbe in Ethiopia, when the slaine shal fall in Egypt, whe{n} thei shal take away her multitude, and (when) her fundacions shalbe broken downe.
Ethiopia, and Phut, and Lud, and all the commune people, and Cub, and the men of the land, that is in league: shal fall with the{m} by the sworde.
Thus saith the Lord, Thei also that mainteine Egypt, shal fall, and the pride of her power shal come downe from the towre of Seueneh shall thei fall by the sworde saith the Lord God.
And thei shalbe desolate in the middes of the countreis that are desolate, and her cities shalbe in the middes of the cities that are wasted.
And thei shal knowe that I am the Lord, when I haue set a fyre in Egypt (and when) all her helpes shalbe destroied.
In that day shal their messengers go forthe from me in shippes, to make the careles Mores afraied, and feare shal come vpon them, as in the day of Egypt: for lo, it cometh.
Thus saith the Lord God, I wil also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the ha{n}d of Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél.
For he and his people with him (euen) the terrible nacions shal be broght to destroy the land and thei shal drawe their swordes against Egypt, & fil the la{n}d with the slaine
And I wil make the riuers drye, and sel the land into the hands of the wicked, and I wil make the land waste, and all that therein is by the hands of strangers: I the Lord haue spoken it,
Thus saith the Lord God, I wil also destroy the idoles, and I wil cause their idoles to cease out of, Noph, and there shal be no more a prince of the land of Egypt, and I wil send a feare in the land of Egypt.
And I wil make Pathrōs desolate, and wil set fyre in Zōan, and I wil 〈◊〉 iudgement in No.
And I wil powre my wrath vpon Sin, (whiche is) the strength of Egypt: and I wil destroy the multitude of No.
And I wil set fyre in Egypt: Sin shal haue great sorow, and No shalbe destroyed, and Noph shal haue sorowes dayely.
The yong men of Auen, and of Phibéseth shal fall by the sworde: & these (cities) shal go into captiuitie,
At Tehaphnehes the day shal destroye (his light,) when I shal breake there the barres of Egypt: and when the po{m}pe of her power shal cease in her, the cloude shal couer her, & her daughters shal go into captiuitie.
Thus wil I execute iudgements in Egypt, and they shal knowe, that I am the Lord,
¶ And in the eleuenth yere, in the first (moneth, and) in the seuent (day) of the moneth the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying.
Sonne of man, I haue broken the arme of Pharaóh King of Egypt: and lo, it shal not be bounde vp to be healed, nether shal, they put a roole to binde it, and (so) make it strong, to holde the sworde.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Beholde, I (come) against Pharaóhs Kings of Egypt, and wil breake his arme, that was stronge, but is broken, and I will cause the sworde to fall out of his hand.
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nacions, and wil disperse the{m} through the countreis.
And I wil strengthen the arme of the King of 〈◊〉, and put my sworde in his hand, but I wil breake Pharaohs armes, & he shal cast out sighings as the sighings of him, that is wounded before him.
But I wil strengthen the armes of the King of Babél, & the armes of Pharaōh shal fall downe, and they shal knowe, that I am the Lord, when I shal put my sworde into the hand of the King of Babél, & he shal stretch it out vpon the land of Egypt.
And I wil scatter the Egyptians among the nacions, and disperse them among the countreys, and they shal knowe, that I am the Lord.
ANd in the eleuenth yere, in the third (moneth, and) in the first (day) of the moneth the worde of the Lord 〈◊〉 vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, speake vnto Pharaōh King of Egypt, and to his multitude, Whome art thou like in thy greatnes?
Beholde, Asshúr (was like) a cedre in Lebanon with faire branches, and with thicke shadowing boughes, and shot vp verie hie & histop was among the thicke boughes
The waters nourished him, and the depe exalted him on hie with ther riuers ru{n}ning rounde about his plants, and sent out her litle riuers vnto all the trees of the field
Therefore his height was exalted aboue all the trees of the field, & his boughes we remultiplied, 〈◊〉 his branches were long, because of the multitude of the waters, which (the depe) sent out.
All the foules of the heauen made their nests in his boughes, & vnder his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forthe their yong, and vnder his shadow dwelt all mightie nacions.
Thus was he faire in his greatnes, (and) in the length of his branches: for his roote was nere great waters.
The cedres in the garden of God colde not hide him: no firre tre was like his branches, and the chessenut trees were not like his boughes all the trees in the garden of God were not like vnto him in his beautie.
I made him faire by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, enuied him.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Because he is lift vp on high, and hathe shot vp his toppe among the thicke boughes, and his heart is lift vp in his height.
I haue therefore deliuered him into the beasts of the mightiest among the heathe{n} he shal handle him, (for) I haue cast him away for his wickednes.
And the stra{n}gers haue destroyed him, (eue{n}) the terrible nacions, and thei haue left him vpo{n} the mountaines, and in the valleis his branches are fallen, and his boughes are broken by all the riuers of the land: and all the people of the earth are departed fro{m} his shaddowe, and haue forsaken him.
Vpon his ruine shal all the foules of the heauen remaine, and all the beasts of the field shalbe vpon his branches.
So that none of all the trees by the waters shal be exalted by their height, nether shal shoote vp their toppe among the thicke boughes, nether shal their leauens sta{n}d vp in their heigh, which drinke so muche water for thei are all deliuered vnto death in the nether partes of the earth in the middes of the children of men, among them that go downe to the pit.
Thus saith the Lord God, In the daye whe{n} he went downe to hel, I caused them to mourne, (and) I couered the depe for him and I did restreine the floods thereof, and the great waters were staied: I caused Lebanon to mourne for him, and all the trees of the field fainted.
I make the nacions to shake at the sounde of his fall, when I cast him downe to 〈◊〉, with them that descend into the pit, and all the excellent trees of Eden, and the best of Lebanōn: (euen) all that are nourished with waters, shal be comforted in the nether partes of the earth.
They also went downe to hel with him vnto them that be slaine with the sworde, and his arme, (&) they that dwelt vnder his shaddowe in the middes of the heathen.
To whome art thou thus like in glorie and in 〈◊〉 among the trees of Eden? yet thou shalt be cast downe with the trees of Eden vnto the nether partes of the earth thou shalt slepe in the middes of the vncircumcised, with them that be slaine by the sworde this is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.
ANd in the twelfth yere in the twelfth moneth, (and) in the first (day) of the moneth, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, take vp a lamentacion for Pharaōh King of Egypt, and say vnto him Thou art like a lyon of the nations & art as a dragon in the 〈◊〉 thou castest out thy riuers and troublest the waters with thy fete, and stampest in their riuers.
Thus saith the Lord God, I wil therefore spread my net ouer thee with a great multitude of people, and thei shal make thee come vp into my net.
Then wil I leaue thee vpon the land, (and) I wil cast thee vpon the open field, and I wil cause all the foules of the heauen to remaine vpon thee, and I wil fil all the beasts of the field with thee.
And I wil laye thy flesh vpon the mountaines, and fil the valleis with thine height.
I wil also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, (eue{n}) to the mou{n}taines, and the riuers shalbe full of thee.
And when I shal put thee out, I wil couer the heauen, and make the starres thereof darke: I wil ouer the sunne with a cloude and the moone shal not giue her light.
All the lights of heauen wil I make darke for thee, and bring darkenes vpon thy land, saith the Lord God.
I wil also trouble the hearts of many people, whe{n} I shal bring thy destruction amo{n}g the nacions, (&) vpon the countreis which thou hast not knowen.
Yea, I wil make many people amased at thee, & their Kings shalbe astonished with feare for thee, when I shal make my sworde to glitter against their faces, & thei shal be afraied at euery moment euery man for his owne life in the day of thy fall.
For thus saith the Lord, God The sworde of the King of Babél shal come vpon thee.
By the swordes of the mightie wil I cause thy multitude to fall: they all shalbe terrible nacions, and they shal destroye the pompe of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shalbe consumed.
I wil destroye also all the beasts thereof from the great water sides, nether shal the fote of man trouble them any more, nor the houes of beast trouble them.
Then wil I make their waters depe, and cause their riuers to runne like oyle, saith the Lord God.
When I shal make the land of Egypt desolate, and the countrey with all that is therein, shalbe laied wast: when I shal smite all them, which dwell therein, then shal thei knowe, that I am the Lord.
This is the mourning where with they shal lament her: the daughters of the nacions shal lament her: thei shal lament for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.
¶ In the twelfth yere also in the fiftenth (day) of the moneth, came the worde of the Lord vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, lament for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them downe, (eue{n}) the{m} and the daughters of the mightie nations vnto the nether partes of the earth, with them that go downe into the pit.
Whome doest thou passe in beautie? go downe and slepe with the vncircumcised.
Thei shal fall in the middes of them that are slayne by the sworde. she is deliuered to the sworde: drawe her downe, & all her multitude.
The moste mighty (and) strong shal speake to her out of the middes of hel with the{m} that helpe her: they are gone downe (and) slepe with the vncircu{m}cised that be slaine by the sworde.
Asshúr is there and all his companie: their graues are about him: all they are slayne (and) fallen by the sworde.
Whose graues are made in the side of the pit, and his multitude are rounde about his graue: all they are slaine (and) fallen by the sworde, which caused feare to be in the la{n}d of the liuing.
There (is) Elám and all his multitude rounde about his graue: all they are slaine (and) fallen by the sworde which are gone downe with the vncircumcised into the nether partes of the earth, whiche caused them selues to be feared in the land of the liuing, yet haue they borne their shame with them that are gone downe to the pit.
Thei haue made his bed in the middes of the slaine with all his multitude their graues (are) rounde about him all these vncircu{m}cised are slaine by the sworde: thogh thei haue caused their feare in the land of the liuing, yet haue thei borne their shame with them that go downe to the pit: thei are laide in the middes of them, that be slaine.
There (is) Méshech, Tubál, and all their multitude: their graues (are) rounde about them: all these vncircumcised were slaine by the sworde, thogh thei caused their feare (to be) in the land of the liuing.
And thei shal not lye with the valiant of the vncircumcised, that are fallen, which are gone downe to the graue, with their weapons of warre, and haue layed their swordes vnder their heads, but their iniquitie shalbe vpon their bones because (thei were) the feare of the mightie in the land of the liuing.
Yea, thou shalt be broken in the middes of the vncircumcised, and lye with them that are slaine by the sworde.
There (is) Edom, his Kings, and all his princes, whiche with their strength are laied by them that were slaine by the sworde: they shal slepe with the vncircumcised, and with them that go downe to the pit.
There (be) all the princes of the North, with all the Zidonians, whiche are gone downe with the staine, with their feare: they are ashamed of their stre{n}gth, and the vncircumcised slepe with the{m} that be staine by the sworde, and beare their shame with them that go downe to the pit.
Pharaóh shal se them, and he shal be comforted ouer all his multitude Pharaóh, and all his armie (shalbe) staine by the sworde, saith the Lord God.
For I haue caused my feare (to be) in the land of the liuing: and he shalbe laid in the middes of the vncircumcised with them, that are slaine by the sworde (euen) Pharaōh and all his multitude, saith the Lord
AGaine, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, speake to the children of thy people, and say vnto them, When I bring the sworde vpon a land, if the people of the land take a man from among the{m} and make him their watcheman.
If when he seeth the sworde come vpon the land, he blowe the trumpet and warne the people.
Then he that heareth the sounde of the trumpet, and wil not be warned, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shalbe vpon his owne head.
For he heard the sounde of the trumpet, and wolde not be admonished (therefore) his blood shalbe vpon him: but he that receiueth warning, shal saue his life.
But if the watchman se the sworde come, and blowe not the trumpet, and the people be not warned: if the sworde come, and take any persone from among the{m} he is taken away for his iniquitie, but his blood wil I require at the watchmans hand.
Lo thou, ô sonne of man, I haue made thee a watcheman vnto the house of Israél therefore thou shalt heare the worde at my mouth, and admonishe them from me.
When I shal say vnto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt dye the death, if thou doest not speake, and admonish the wicked of his way, that wicked man shaldye for his iniquitie but his blood wil I require at thine hand.
Neuertheles, if thou warne the wicked of his way to turne from it, if he do not turne from his way, he shaldye for his iniquitie, but thou hast deliuered thy soule.
Therefore, ô thou sonne of man speake vnto the house of Israél, Thus ye speake and say, If our transgressions and our sinnes (be) vpon vs, and we are consumed because of them, how shulde we then liue?
Say vnto them as I liue, saith the lord God I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turne from his way and liue, turne you, turne you from your euil wayes, for why wil ye dye, ô ye house of Israél.
Therefore thou sonne of man, say vnto the children of thy people, The righteousnes of the righteous shal not deliuer him in the day of his transgression, nor the wickednes of the wicked (shal cause) him to fall therein, in the day that he returneth from his wickednes, nether shal the righteousnes liue for (his righteousnes) in the day that he sinneth.
When I shal say vnto the righteous, that he shal surely liue, if he trust to his owne righteousnes, and commit iniquitie, all his righteousnes shalbe no more remembred, but for his iniquitie that he hathe committed, he shaldye for the same.
Againe when I shal say vnto the wicked, Thou shalt dye the death, if he turne from his sinne, and do that which is lawful and right.
(To wit) if the wicked restore the pledge, (and) giue againe that he had robbed (and) walke in the statutes of life, without committing iniquitie, he shal surely liue (and) not dye;
None of his sinnes that he hathe committed, shal be mencioned vnto him (because) he hathe done that which is lawful, and right, he shal surely liue.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the LORD is not equal? but their owne way is vnequal.
When the righteous turneth from his righteousnes: & committeth iniquitie, he shal euen dye thereby.
But if the wicked returne from his wickednes, and do that which is lawful, and right he shal liue thereby.
Yet ye say, The way of the lord is not equal O ye house of Israél, I wil iudge you euerie one after his wayes.
Also in the twelfth yere of our captiuitie in the tenth (moneth, and) in the fift (day) of the moneth one that had escaped out of Ierusalém, came vnto me, and said, The citie is smitten.
Now the hand of the Lord had bene vpo{n} me in the euening afore he that had escaped, came, & had opened my mouth, vntil he came to me in the mourning: & when he had opened my mouth, I was no more domme.
Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me; and said,
Sonne of man these that dwell in the desolate places of the land of Israél, talke and say, Abraham was but one, and he possessed the land: but we are many (therefore) the land shalbe giuen vs in possession.
Wherefore say vnto them. Thus saith the Lord God, Ye eat with the blood, and lift vp your eyes towarde your idoles, and sheade blood: shulde ye then possesse the land?
Ye leane vpon your sworde: ye worke abominacion, and ye defile euerie one his neighbours wife: shulde ye the{n} possesse the land?
Say thus vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, As I liue, so surely thei that are in the desolate places, shal fall by the sworde: & him that is in the open field: wil I giue vnto the beastes to be deuoured: and thei that be in the fortes and in the caues, shaldye of the pestilence.
For I wil lay the 〈◊〉 desolate and waste, & the pompe of her strength shal cease: and the mountaines of 〈◊〉 shal be desolate, and none shal passe through.
Then shal thei knowe that I am the Lord, when I haue laide the land desolate and waste, because of all their abominacions, that thei haue committed.
Also thou sonne of ma{n}, the children of thy people that talke of thee by the walles and in the dores of houses, and speake one to another, euerie one to his brother saying, Come, I pray you, and heare what is the worde that commeth from the Lord.
For thei come vnto thee, as the people (vseth) to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes but thei wil not do them: for with their mouthes thei make iestes (&) their heart goeth after their couetousnes.
And 〈◊〉, thou art vnto them, as a iesting song of one that hathe a pleasant voyce, and can sing wel for thei heare thy wordes but thei do them not.
And when this commeth to passe [(for) lo, it wil come] then shal thei knowe, that a Prophet hathe bene among them.
ANd the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, prophecie against the shepherdes of Israél, prophecie and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God vnto the shepherdes, Wo (be) vnto the shepherdes of Israél, that fede them selues: shulde not the shepherdes fede the flockes?
Ye eat b fat, and ye clothe you with the woll ye kil them that are fed, but ye fede not the shepe.
The weake haue ye not strengthened: the sicke haue ye not healed, nether haue ye bounde vp the broken, nor broghtagai ne that which was d iuen away, nether haue ye soght that which was lost, but with crueltie, & with 〈◊〉 haue ye ruled them
And they were scattred, without a shepherde: and when thei were dispersed, thei were deuoured of all the beasts of the field.
My shepe wandred through all the mountaines, and vpon euerie hye hil yea, my flocke was scattred through all the earth, and none did seke or serche (after them.)
Therefore ye shepherdes, heare the worde of the Lord.
As I liue, saith the Lord God, surely because se my flocke was spoiled, and my shepe were deuoured of all the beastes of the field, hauing no shepherd, nether did my shepherdes seke my shepe, but the shepherdes fed them selues, and fed not my shepe.
Therefore, heare ye the worde of the Lord ô ye shepherdes.
Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I (come) against the shepherdes, and wil require my shepe at their hands, and cause them to cease from feding the shepe: nether shal the shepherds fede them selues any more: for I wil deliuer my shepe from their mouthes, and thei shal no more deuoure them.
For thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I wil serche my shepe, and seke them out.
As a shepherd sercheth out his flocke whe{n} he hathe bene among his shepe that are scattered, so wil I seke out my shepe and wil deliuer them out of all places, where thei haue bene scattered in the cloudie & darke daie,
And I wil bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countreis, and wil bring them to their owne la{n}d, and fede them vpon the mountaines of Israél, by the riuers, and in all the inhabited places of the countrey.
I wil fede them in a good pasture, and vpo{n} the hie mountaines of Israél shal their folde be there shal thei lie in a good folde & in fat pasture shal they fede vpo{n} the mountaines of Israél.
I wil fede my shepe, & bring them to their rest, saith the Lord God.
I wil seke that 〈◊〉 was lost, and bring againe that which was driuen awaie, and wil binde vp that which was broken, and wil strengthen the weake but I wil destroy the fat and the strong (and) I wil fede the{m} with iudgement.
Also you my shepe, thus saith the Lord God Beholde, I iudge betwene shepe, and shepe, (betwene) the rams and the goates.
Semeth it a smale thing vnto you to haue eaten vp the good pasture, but ye must tread downe with your fete the residue of your pasture? and to haue dronke of the depe waters, but ye must trouble the residue with your fete.
And my shepe eat that which ye haue troden with your fete, and drinke that which ye haue troubled with your fete.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God vnto them, Beholde, I (euen) 〈◊〉 wil iudge betwene the fat shepe and the leane shepe.
Because ye haue thrust with side and with shulder, and pusht all the weake with your hornes, til ye haue scattred them abroade
Therefore wil I helpe my shepe, and thei shal no more be spoiled, and I wil iudge betwene shepe and shepe.
And I wil set vp a shepherd ouer them, and he shal fede them, (euen) my seruant Dauid, he shall fede them, and he shalbe their shepherde.
And I the Lord will be their God, and my seruant Dauid (shalbe) the prince among them. I the Lord haue spoken it.
And I will make with them a couenant of peace, and wil cause the euil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shal dwell safely in the wildernes, and slepe in the woods.
And I will seke them, (as) a blessing, euen rounde about my mountaine: and I wil cause raine to come downe in due season, and there shalbe raine of blessing.
And the tre of the field shall yelde her frute, and the earth shal giue her frute, and they shalbe safe in their land, and shal know that I am the Lorde, when I haue broken the cordes of their yoke, and deliuered them out of the hands of those that serued them selues of them.
And they shall no more be spoyled of the heathen, nether shall the beasts of the land deuoure them, but they shal dwel safely and none shal make them afraied.
And I will raise vp for them a plant of renoume, and they shalbe no more consumed with hungrie in the land, nether beare the reproche of the heathen anie more.
Thus shal they vnderstand, that I the Lord their God am with them, a{n}d that they, (eue{n}) the house of Israél, are my people, saith the Lord God.
And ye my shepe, the shepe of my pasture are men, (and) I am your GOD, sayth the Lord God.
MOreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying.
Sonne of man, set thy face against mount 〈◊〉, and prophecie against it.
And saie vnto it, Thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, ô mount Seir, I (come) againste thee, and I will stretche out myne hand against thee, and I wil make thee desolate and waste.
I wil laie thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord.
Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred and hast put the childre{n} of Israél to flight by the force of the sworde in the time of their calamitie, when (their) iniquitie had an end.
Therefore as I liue, saith the Lord God, I wil prepare the vnto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: except thou hate blood, euen blood shal pursue thee.
Thus will I make mount Seir desolate and waste, and cut of from it hym that passeth out and him that returneth.
And I wil fill his mountaines with his slayne men: in thine hils, and in thy valleis and in all thy riuers shall they fall, that are slaine with the sworde.
I wil make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not returne, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord.
Because thou hast said, These two nacions, and these two countreis shalbe mine, and we will possesse them [seing the Lorde was there.]
Therefore as I liue, saith the Lord God, I wil euen do accordyng to thy wrath, and according to thine indignation which thou hast vsed in thine 〈◊〉 against them: and I will make my selfe 〈◊〉 among them when I haue iudged thee.
And thou shalt knowe, that I the Lord haue heard all thy blasphemies whiche thou haste spoken against the mountaines of Israel, saying they lye waste, they are giuen vs to be deuoured.
Thus with your mouthes ye haue boasted against me, and haue multiplied your wordes against me: I haue heard (them.)
Thus saith the LORD God, So shal all the worlde reioyce (when) I shal make thee desolate.
As thou didest reioyce at the inheritance of the house of Israél, because it was desolate, so wil I do vnto thee: thou shalt be desolate, ô mount Seir, and all Idumea wholly, a{n}d they shal knowe, that I am the Lord.
ALso thou sonne of man, prophecie vnto the mountaines of Israél, and saie, Ye mountaines of Israél, heare the worde of the Lord.
Thus sayth the LORDE God, Because the enemie hathe sayd agaynst you, Aha, euen the hie places of the worlde are ours in possession.
Therefore prophecie, and saie, Thus sayth the Lord God, Because that they haue made you desolate, and swallowed you vp on euerie syde, that ye myght be a 〈◊〉 vnto the residue of the heathen, and ye are come vnto the lippes and tongues (of men,) and vnto the reproche of the people.
Therefore ye mountaines of Israél, heare the worde of the Lord God, Thus saith the Lord God to the mountaines and to the hilles, to the riues, and to the valleis, and to the waste, (and) desolate places, and to the cities that are forsaken: whiche are spoiled and had in derision of the residue of 〈◊〉 heathen that are rounde about.
Therefore thus sayth the Lord God, Surely in the fyre of myne indignation haue I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which haue taken my land for their possession, with dispitefull mindes to call it out for a praie.
Prophecie therefore vpon the land of Israél, and saye vnto the mountaines, aud to the hilles, to the riuers, and to the valleis, Thus saith the LORDE God, Beholde, I haue spoke{n} in mine indignation, and in my wrath, because ye haue suffered the shame of the heathen.
Therefore thus sayth the LORD GOD, I haue lifted vp myne hand, surely the heathen that are aboute you, shall beare theyr shame.
But you, ô mountaines of Israél, ye shall shoote forthe your branches, and bryng forthe your frute to me people of Israél: for they are ready to come.
For beholde, I (come) vnto you, and I will turne vnto you, and ye shall be tilled and sowen.
And I will multiplie the men vpon you, (euen) all the house of Israél wholly, and the cities shalbe inhabited, and the desolate places shalbe buylded.
And I wil multiplie vpon you man a{n}d beast, and they shall encrease, and bring frute, and I will cause you to dwell after your olde estate, and I wil bestowe benefites vpon you more then at the 〈◊〉, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord.
Yea, I will cause men to walke vpon you, (euen) my people Israél, and they shal possesse you, and ye shalbe their inheritance, and ye shall no more henceforthe depriue them (of men.)
Thus sayth the LORDE GOD, Because they saye vnto you, Thou (land) deuourest vp men, and haste bene a waster of thy people.
Therefore thou shalt deuoure men no more, nether waste thy people henceforthe, saith the Lord God.
Nether will I cause men to heare in thee the shame of the heathen any more, nether shalte thou beare the reproche of the people any more, nether shalte cause thy folke to fall any more, sayth the LORDE God.
¶ Moreouer the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying.
Sonne of man, when the house of Israél dwelt in their owne land, they defiled it by their owne wayes, and by their dedes: their waye was before me as the filthines of the menstruous.
Wherefore I powred my wrath vppon them, for the blood that they had shed in the land, and for their idoles, (where with) they had polluted it.
And I scattred them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countreis: (for) according to their wayes, and according to their dedes, I iudged them.
And when they entred vnto the heathen, whether they went, they polluted mine holy Name, when they sayd of them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone out of his land.
But I fauoured 〈◊〉 holy Name whiche the house of Israél had polluted among the heathen, whether they went.
Therefore saye vnto the house of Israél, Thus sayth the LORDE GOD, I do not thys for your sakes, ó house of Israél, but for myne holye Names sake, whiche ye polluted among the heathen whether ye went.
And I wil sanctifie my great Name, whiche was polluted amonge the heathen, among whome you haue polluted it, and the heathen shall knowe that I am the Lord, sayth the 〈◊〉 God, when I shalbe sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I wil take you from among the heathe{n}, and gather you out of all countreis, and will bring you into your owne land.
Then wil powre cleane water vpon you, and ye shalbe cleane: (yea,) from all your filthynes, and from all your idoles will I clense you.
A newe heart also will I giue you, and a 〈◊〉 Spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stonie heart out of your bodye, and I wyll gyue you an hearte of fleshe.
And I wil put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walke in my 〈◊〉, and ye shall kepe my iudgements and do them.
And ye shal dwell in the land, that I gaue to your fathers, and ye shalbe my people and I wil be your God.
I will also deliuer you from all your filthines, and I wil call for corne, and wil increase it, and lay no famine vpon you.
For I will multiplie the frute of the trees, and the encrease of the field, that ye shal be are no more the reproche of famine among the heathen.
Then shal ye remember your owne wicked wayes, and your dedes that were not good, and shall iudge your selues worthie to haue bene destroyed for your iniquities, and for abominacions.
Be it knowen vnto you that I do not thys for your sakes, sayth the LORDE GOD: (therefore,) ô ye house of Israél, be ashamed, and confounded for your owne wayes.
Thus sayth the LORDE GOD, What tyme as I shall haue clensed you frome all your iniquities, I will cause (you) to dwell in the cities, and the desolate places shal be buylded.
And the desolate land shalbe tilled, where as it lay waste in the sight of all that passed by.
And they said, This waste land was like the garden of Eden, and these waste and desolate and ruinous cities were strong, (and) were inhabited.
Then the residue of the heathen that are left round about you, shal knowe that I the Lord buylde the ruinous places, (and) plant the desolate places: I the Lord haue spoken it, and wil do it.
Thus saith the Lord God, I wil yet for this besoght of the house of Israél, to performe it vnto them: I wil encrease them with men like a slocke.
As the holie flocke, as the flocke of 〈◊〉 in their solemne feastes, so shal the desolate cities be filled with 〈◊〉 of men, and they shal knowe, that I am the Lord.
THe hand of the Lord was vpon me, and caryed me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me downe in the middes of the field which was ful of bones.
And he led me round about by them, and beholde, there (were) very manie in the open field, and lo, (they were) verie drye.
And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, can these bones liue? And I answered, ó Lord God, thou knowest.
Againe he said vnto me, Prophecie vpon these bones and say vnto them, O ye drye bones heare the worde of the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord God vnto these bones, Beholde, I wil cause breath to entre into you and ye shal liue.
And I wil lay sinewes vpo{n} you, & make flesh growe vpon you, and couer you with skin, & put breath in you, that ye may liue, & ye shal knowe that I am the Lord.
So I prophecied, as I was commanded: and as I prophecied, there was a noise, and beholde, (there was) a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
And when I behelde, 〈◊〉, the sinewes, and the flesh grewe vpon them, and aboue, the skin couered the{m}, but there was no breath in the{m}
Then said he vnto me, Prophecie vnto the winde: prophecie, sonne of man, and say to the winde, Thus saith the Lord God, Come from the foure windes, ô breath, and breathe vpon these slaine, that they may 〈◊〉.
So I prophecied as he had commanded me: and the breath came into the{m}, and they liued, and stode vp vpon their fete, an exceding 〈◊〉 armie.
Then he said vnto me, Sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israél. 〈◊〉, they say, Our bones are dryed, and our hope is 〈◊〉, (&) we are cleane cut of.
Therefore prophecie, and say vnto them, thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, my people I wil open your graues, & cause you to come vp out of your sepulchres, and bring you into the land of Israēl,
And ye shal knowe that I am the LORD, when I haue opened your graues, ô my people, and broght you vp out of your sepulchres,
And shal put my Spirit in you, and ye shal liue, and I shal place you in your owne land: then ye shal knowe that I, the LORD haue spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.
¶ The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
Moreouer thou sonne of man, take thee a (piece) of wood, and write vpon it, Vnto Iudáh, and to the children of Israél his companions: then take another (piece) of wood and write vpon it, Vnto Iosēph the tre of Ephráim, and to all the house of Israél his companions.
And thou shalt ioyne them one to another into one tre, and they shalbe as one in thine hand.
And when the children of thy people shal speake vnto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew vs what thou meanest by these?
Thou shalt answer the{m}, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Beholde, I wil take thee of Ioseph, whiche is in the hand of Ephráim, and the tribes of Israél his felowes, and wil put them with him, (euen) with the tre of Iudāh, and make them one tre, and they shalbe one in mine hand.
And the (pieces) of wood, whereo{n} thou writest, shal be in thine hand, in their sight.
And say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God Beholde, I wil take the children of Israél fro{m} among the heathen, whether they begone, & wil gather them on euerie side, and bring them into their owne land.
And I wil make them one people in the la{n}d vpon the mountaines of Israél, & one King shalbe King to them all: and they shalbe no more two peoples, nether be deuided anie more henceforthe into two kingdomes.
Nether shal thei be polluted anie more with their idoles, nor with their abominacions, nor with anie of their transgressions: but I wil saue them out of all their dwelling places wherein they haue sinned, and wil clense the{m} so shal they be my people, and I wil be their God.
And Dauid my seruant (shalbe) King ouer them, & thei all shal haue one shepherd: thei shal also walke in my iudgements, and obserue my statutes, and do them.
And they shal dwell in the land, that I haue giuen vnto Iaakōb my seruant, where your fathers haued welt, and they shal dwell therein, (eue{n}) they, and their sonnes, and their sonnes sonnes for euer, and my seruant Dauid (shalbe) their prince for euer.
Moreouer, I wil make a couenant of peace with them: it shal be an euerlasting couena{n}t with them, and I wil place them, and multiplie them, and wil set my Sanctuarie among them for euermore.
My tabernacle also shalbe with them: yea, I wil be their God, and they shalbe my people.
Thus the heathen shal knowe, that I the Lord do sanctisie Israél, when my Sanctuarie shalbe among them for euermore.
ANd the worde of the LORD came vnto me, saying,
Sonne of man, set thy face against Gog (and against) the land of Magóg, the chief prince of Méshech and Tubál, & prophecie against him,
And say, Thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I (come) against 〈◊〉, ô Gog the chief prince of Méshech and Tubál.
And I wil destroye thee, 'and put bokes in thy chawes, and I wil bring; thee forthe, and all thine hoste (bothe) horses, and horsemen all clothed with all sortes of (armour, euen) a great multitude with buckelers, and shields, all handling swordes.
They of Parás, of Cush, and 〈◊〉 with them (euen) all they (that beare) shield and helmet.
Gomér and all his bandes, (and) the house of sogarmáh of the North quarters, and all his bandes, (and) muche people with thee.
Prepare thy selfe, and make thee ready, (bothe) thou, and all thy multitude, that are assembled vnto thee, and be thou their sauegarde.
After manie dayes thou shalt be visited: (for) in the latter yeres thou shalt come into the land, that hathe bene destroyed with the sworde, and is gathered out of manie people vpon the mountaines of Israél, which haue lo{n}g lien waste: yet they haue bene broght out of the people, and, they shald well all safe.
Thou shal ascend and come vp like a te{m}pest, (and) shalt be like a cloude to couer the land (bothe) thou, and all thy bandes, and manie people with thee.
Thus saith the Lord God, Euen at the same time shal (〈◊〉) things come into thy minde and thou shalt thinke euil thoghts.
And thou shalt say, I wil go vp to the la{n}d that hathe no walled towres: I wil go to them that are at rest, and dwell in safetie, whiche dwell all without walles, & haue nether barres nor gates,
(Thinking) to spoile the pray, and to take bootie, to turne thine hand vpon the desolate places that are (now) inhabited, and vpon the people, that are gathered out of the nations which haue gotten cattel, and goods & dwell in the 〈◊〉 of the land.
Shebá and Dedán, and the marchantes of Tarshish with all the lions thereof shal say vnto thee, Art thou come to spoile the pray hast thou gathered thy multitude to take a bootie? to cary away siluer & golde, to take away cattel and goods, (a{n}d) to spoile a great pray?
Therefore, sonne of ma{n}, prophecie, and say vnto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God, In that day when my people of Israél dwelleth safe shalt thou not knowe it?
And come from thy place ont of the North partes, thou & muche people with thee? all (shal) ride vpon horses, (euen) a great multitude and a mightie armie.
And thou shalt come vp against my people of Israél, as a cloude to couer the land: thou shalt be in the k latter dayes, and I wil bring thee vpon my land that the heathen may knowe me, when I shalbe sanctified in thee, ô Gog, before their eyes.
Thus saith the Lord God, Art not thou he, of whome I haue spoken in olde time by the hand of my seruants the Prophetes of Israél which prophecied in those dayes, (and) yeres, that I wolde bring thee vpon them?
At the same time also when Gog shal come against the land of Israél, saith the Lord God my wrath shal arise in mine angre.
For in mine indignation (and) in the fyre of my wrath haue I spoken it: surely at that time there shalbe a great shaking in the land of Israél.
So that the fishes of the sea, & the foules of the heauen, and the beastes of the field and all that moue & crepe vpon the earth, and all the men that are vpon the earth, shal tremble at my prese{n}ce, & the mou{n}taines shalbe ouerthrowen, and the staires shall fall, and euery wall 〈◊〉 fall to the grounde.
For I 〈◊〉 call for a sworde againste him through out all my mou{n}taines, saith the Lord God: euery mans sworde shal be against his brother.
And I wil pleade against him with pestilence, and with blood, and I wil 〈◊〉 to raine vpon him and vpon his bandes, and vpo{n} the great people, that are with him, a sore raine, and haue stones, syre, and brimstone.
Thus wil I be magnified, and sanctified, and knowen in the eyes of many nacions, & they shal knowe, that I am the Lord.
THerefore, thou sonne of man, prophccie against 〈◊〉, and say, Thus sayth the Lord 〈◊〉, Beholde, I (come) against thee, ô Gog, the chief prince of Méshech and Tubál.
And I will destroy: thee and leaue but the sixt part of thee, and wil cause thee to come vp from the North partes and wil bring thee vpon the mountaines of 〈◊〉.
And I will smite thy bowe out of thy left hand, and I will cause thine arrowes to fall out of thy right hand.
Thou shalt fall vpon the mountaines of Israél, and all thy bands and the people, that is with thee: (for) I will giue thee vnto the birdes (a{n}d) to euery feathered foule a{n}d beast of the field to be deuoured.
Thou shalt fal vpon the open field: for I haue spoken it, saith the Lord God.
And I wil send a fyre on Magóg, and among them that dwel safely in the yles, and they shall knowe, that I am the Lord.
So wyll I make myne holy Name knowen in the middes of my people Israél, and I wyll not 〈◊〉 them to pollute myne holy Name anye more, and the heathen shall knowe that I am the Lorde, the holie one of Israél.
Beholde, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lorde God: this is the daye whereof I haue spoken.
And they that dwell in the cities of Israél, shal go forthe, and shall burne and set fyre vpon the weapons, and on the shields, and bucklers, vpon the bowes, and vpon the arrowes, and vpon the staues (in their) hands, and vpon the speares, and they shall burne them with fyre seuen yere.
So that they shal bring no wood out of the field, nether cut downe (any) out of the forests: for they shal burne the weapons with fyre, and they shall robbe those, that robbed them, and spoyle those that spoyled them, saith thy Lord God.
And at the same tyme will I gyue vnto Gog a place therefor buryal in Israél, (euen) the valley whereby men go towarde the East parte of the Sea: and it shall cause them that passe by, to stoppe their 〈◊〉 noses, and there shal they burye Gog with all hys multitude: and they shall call it the valley of HamonGog.
And seuen moneths long shall the house of Israél be burying of them, that they may clense the land.
Yea, all the people of the lande shall bury them, and they shal haue a name when I shalbe glorified, saith the Lord God.
And they shall chuse out men to go continually through the land with them that trauail, to burye those that remaine vpon the grounde, and clense it: they shall searche to the end of seuen moneths.
And the trauailers that passe through the land, if (any) sea mans bone, then shal he set vp a signe by it, till the buryers haue buryed it, in the valley of Hamon-Gog.
And also the name of the citie (shal be) Hamonáh: thus shal they clense the land.
And thou sonne of man, thus saith the Lord God, Speake vnto euerie feathered foule, and to all the beastes of the field, Assemble your selues, and come: gather your selues on euerye side to my sacrifice: for I do sacrifice a great sacrifice for you vpon the mountaines of Israél, that ye may eat fleshe, and drinke blood.
Ye shall eat the fleshe of the valiant, and drinke the blood of the pri{n}ces of the earth, of the weathers, of the lambes, and of the goates, (and) of bullockes, (euen) of all fat beasts of Bashán.
And ye shal eat fat til you be ful, and drinke blood, till ye be drunken of my sacrifice, which I haue sacrificed for you.
Thus you shall be filled at my table wyth horses and chariots, with valiant men, and with all men of warre, sayth the LORDE God.
And I wil set my glorie among the heathen, and all the heathen shall se my iudgement, that I haue executed, and mine hand, whiche I haue layed vpon them.
So the house of Israél shal knowe, that I am the Lorde their GOD from that day and so forthe.
And the heathen shall knowe, that the house of Israél we{n}t into captiuitie for their iniquitie, because they trespaced agaynst me: therefore hid I my face from them, and gaue them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sworde.
According to their vnclennes, and according to their transgressions haue I done vnto them, and hid my face from them.
Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God, Now will I bring againe the captiuitie of Iaakob, and haue compassion vpon the whole house of Israél, and will be ielous for myne holy Name.
After that they haue borne their shame, and all their transgression, whereby they haue transgressed agaynst me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and without feare of any.
When I haue broght them againe from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of manie nacions.
Then shal they knowe, that I am the Lord their GOD, whiche caused them to be led into captiuitie amonge the heathen: but I haue gathered them vnto their owne land, and haue left none of them any more there.
Nether will I hide my face any more from them: for I haue powred out my Spirit vpon the house of Israél, saith the Lord God.
IN the fiue and twentieth yere of our being in captiuitie in the beginning of the yere in the tenth (day) of the moneth, in the fourtenth yere after that the citie was smitten, in the selfe same daye, the hande of the LORDE was vpon me, and broght me thether.
Into the land of Israél broght he me by a diuine vision, and set me vpon a verie hie mountaine, whereupon (was) as the buylding of a citie, towarde the South.
And he broght me thether, and beholde, there (was) a man, whose similitude was to loke to, like brasse, with a linen threde in his ha{n}d, and a rede to measure with: and he stode at the gate.
And the man said vnto me, Sonne of man, beholde with thine eyes, and heare with thine eares, and set thine heart vpon all that I shal shew thee: for to the intent, that they might be shewed thee, art thou broght hether: declare all that thou seest, vnto the house of Israél.
And beholde, (I sawe) a wall on the outside of the house rounde aboute: and in the mans hand (was) a rede to measure with, of six cubites long, by the cubite, and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building with one rede, and the height with one rede.
Then came he vnto the gate, whyche loketh toward the East, and went vp the staires thereof, and measured the poste of the gate, (whiche was) one rede broad, and the other poste of the gate, (whiche was) one rede broad.
And (euerye) chamber was one rede longe and one rede broad, and betwene the chambers (were) fiue cubites: and the poste of the gate by the porche of the gate within (was) one rede.
He measured also the porche of the gate within with one rede.
Then measured he the porche of the gate of eyght cubites, and the postes thereof, of two cubites, and the porche of the gate (was) inwarde.
〈◊〉 the chambers of the gate Eastwarde, (were) thre on this side, and thre on that side: they thre (were) of one measure, and the postes had one measure on this side and one on that side.
And he mea ured the breadth of the entrie THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGVRE which beginneth, vers. 5. Vers 5. The wall that co{m}passeth about the Te{m}ple & the courtes, as appeareth in the seco{n}d and in the great figure. A B The thickenes of the wall, was six cubies: for long the rede was. A C The height of the wall, whiche was also six cubites: this wall conteyned two thousand cubites, that is, on the Fast side 500. C H and on the Northside 500 H I as 〈◊〉 on the South side. C K & 500 on the West side I K This wal did separate the Temple from the citie. Chap. 4. 2. 20. Vers. 6. This gate in the great figure is marked with D. vnto the whiche apperteine seuen steppes E. Thence they go into the porch: where are six chambers F. VVhiche porche was closed with a wall G. Vers. 7. E F G. The length, The breadth EOG The space of 〈◊〉 cubites betwene the chambers, and so muche space was on this side, and beyonde the chambers G. From the thresholde inwarde to the porche was six cubites. A. B. B C. The porche. NORTH. of the gate ten cubites (and) the height of the gate thirtene cubites.
The space also before the chambers (was) one cubite (on this side,) and the space (was) one cubite on that side, and the chambers (were) six cubits on this side and six cubites on that side.
He measured then the gate from the roufe of a chamber to the top of the (gate:) the breadth (was) fyue and twentie cubites, dore against dore.
He made also postes of threscore cubites, and the postes of the court, (and) of the gate (had one measure) round about.
And vpon the forefront of the entrie of the gate vnto the forefront of the porche of the gate within (were) fiftie cubites.
And (there were) narrowe windowes in the chambers, and in their postes within the gate rounde aboute, and lykewise to the arches: and the windowes (went) rounde about within: and vpon the postes (were) palme trees.
¶ Then broght he me into the outwarde court, and lo, (there were) chambers, and a pauement made for the court rounde about (and) thirtie chambers (were) vpon the pauement.
And the pauement (was) by the side of the gates ouer agaynst the length of the gates, (and) the pauement (was) bene the.
Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate without, vnto the forefront of the court within, an hundreth cubites Eastward and Northward.
And the gate of the outwarde court, that loked toward the North, measured he after the length and breadth thereof.
And the chambers thereof (were,) thre on this side, and thre on that side, and the postes thereof & the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof (was) fyftie cubites, and the breadth fyue & twentie cubites.
And their windowes, and their arches with their palme trees, (were) after the measure of the gate that loketh toward the East, and the going vp vnto it (had) seuen steppes, and the arches thereof (were) before them.
And the gate of the inner court (stode) ouer against the gate toward the North, & toward the East, and he measured from gate to gate an hundreth cubites.
After that, he broght me toward the South and lo, (there was) a gate toward the South, and he measured the postes thereof, and the arches thereof according to those measures.
And (there were) windowes in it, and in the arches thereof round about, like those windowes: the height (was) fiftie cubites, and the breadth fyue and twentie cubites.
And there were seuen to go vp to it, & the arches thereof (were) before them: & it had palme trees, one on this side, and another on that side vpon the poste thereof.
¶ And (there was) a gate in the inner court toward the South, and he measured from gate to gate toward the South and hundreth cubites.
And he broght me into the inner court by the South gate, and he measured the South gate according to those measures.
And the chambers thereof, and the postes thereof, and the arches therof according to these measures, and (there were) windowes in it, and in the arches therof rounde about, (it was) fiftie cubits long and fiue and twentie cubits broad.
And the arches rou{n}d about (were) fiue and twentie cubites long, and fiue cubites broad
And the arches thereof (were) toward the vtter court, and palme trees (were) vpon the postes thereof, and the going vp to it (had) eight steppes.
¶ Againe he broght me into the inner court towarde the East, and he measured the gate according to those measures.
And the chambers thereof, and the postes thereof, and the arches thereof were according to these measures, and (there were) windowes therein, and in the arches thereof rou{n}d about, (it was) fiftie cubites long, and fyue and twentie cubites broad.
And the arches thereof (were) towarde the vtter court, and palme trees (were) vpon the postes thereof, on this side and on 〈◊〉 side, and the going vp to it (had) eight steps.
¶ After he broght me to the North gate, and measured it, according to these measures.
The chambers thereof, the postes thereof, and the arches thereof, and (there were) windowes therein rou{n}d about: the height (was) fiftie cubites, and the breadth 〈◊〉 and twentie cubites.
And the postes thereof (were) towarde the vtter courte, and palme trees (were) vpon the postes thereof on this side, and on that side, and the going vp to it (had) eight steps.
And (euerie) cha{m}ber, and the entrie thereof (was) vnder the postes of the gates: there they washed the burnt 〈◊〉.
And in the porche of the gate (stode) two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, vpon the which they slewe the burnt offring, and the sinne offring, and the trespas offring.
And at the side beyond the steps, at the entrie of the North gate (stode) two tables, and on the other side, which was at the porche of the gate (were) two tables.
Foure tables (were) on this side, and foure tables on that side by the side of the gate, (euen) eight tables wherupon thei slue (their sacrifice.)
And the foure tables (were) of hewen stone for the burnt offring, of a cubite and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broade, & one cubite hie: whereupon also they layed the iustruments where with they slewe the burnt offring and the sacrifice.
And within (were) borders an hand broade, fastened round about, and vpon the tables (laye) the flesh of the offring.
And without the inner gate (were) the cha{m}bers of the singers in the inwarde courte, which was at the side of the North gate: & their prospect (was) towarde the South, (and) one (was) at the side of the East gate, hauing the prospect towarde the North.
And he said vnto me, This chamber whose prospect is towarde the South, (is) for the Priests, that haue charge to kepe the house.
And the chamber whose prospect is towarde the North, (is) for the Priests that haue the charge to kepe the altar: these are the sonnes of Zadók among the sonnes of Leui which may come nere to the Lord to minister THE FIGVRE OF THE TEMPLE. SOVTH. NORTH. vnto him.
So he measured the court, an hundreth cu bires long, and an hundreth cubites broad (euen) four square: like wise the altar (that was) before the House.
And he broght me to the porche of the house, and measured the postes of the porche, fiue cubites on this side, and fiue cubites on that side: a{n}d the breadth of the gate (was) thre cubites on this side, and thre cubites on that side.
The length of the porche (was) twentie cubites, and the breadth eleuen cubites and (he broght me) by the steppes whereby thei went vp to it, and (there were) pillers by the postes, one on this side, and another on that side.
AFterwarde, he broght me to the Temple and measured the postes, six cubites broad on the one side and six cubites broad on the other side, (which was) the breadth of the tabernacle.
And the 〈◊〉 of the entrie (was) ten cubits, and the sides of the entrie (were) fiue cubits on the one side, and fiue cubits on the other side, and he measured the length thereof fortie cubites, and the breadth twentie cubites.
Then went he in, and measured the postes of the entrie two cubites, and the entrie six cubites, and the breadth of the entrie seuen cubites.
So he measured the length thereof twentie cubites and the breastth twentie cubites before the Temple. And he said vnto me, This is the moste holie place.
After, he measured the wall of the house, six cubites, and the breadth of (euerie) chambre foure cubites rou{n}de about the house, on euerie side.
And the chambres (were) chambre vpo{n} cha{n} bre, thre and thirtie forte (high,) and they entred into the wall made for the cha{m}bres whiche was rounde about the house that (the postes) might be fastened (therein,) and not be fastened in the wall of the house.
And it was large and went round mounting vpwarde to the chambres: for the staire of the house (was) mounting vpward, rounde about the house: therefore the house was lar ger vpwarde: so they went vp fro{m} the lowest (chambre) to the hiest by the middes.
I sawe also the house hie rounde about: the fundacio{n}s of the chambres (were) a ful rede of six great cubites.
The thickenes of the wall which was for the chamber without, (was) fiue cubites, & that which remained, (was) the place of the cha{m}bres that were within.
And betwene the chambres was the wyde nes of twe{n}tie cubites rounde about the House on euerie side.
And the dores of the cha{m}bres (were) toward the place that remained, one dore towarde the North, and another dore towarde the South, and the breadth of the place that remained, (was) fiue cubites rounde about.
Now the buylding that was before the separate place towarde the West corner, (was) seuentie cubites broad, and the wall of the buylding was fiue cubitesthicke, rounde about, and the length ninetie cubites.
So he measured the house an hundreth cubites long, & the separate place and the buylding with the walles thereof (were) an hundreth cubites long.
Also the breadth of the forefro{n}t of the house and of the separate place toward the East, (was) an hundreth cubites.
And he measured the length of the buylding ouer against the separate place, which was behinde it, and the cha{m}bers on the one side and on the other side an hundreth cubites with the Temple within, and the arches of the court.
The postes and the narowe windowes, and the cha{m}bers rou{n}de about, on thre sides ouer against the postes, siled with (ceder) wood rounde about and from the ground vp to the windowes, and the windowes were siled.
And from aboue the dore vnto the inner house and without, & by all the wall rounde about within and without it was (syled according) to the measure.
And it was made with Cherubims and palme trees, so that a palme tree (was) betwene a Cherúb and a Cherúb: a{n}d (euerie) Cherúb had two faces.
So that the face of a man (was) towarde the palme tree on the one side, and the face of a lion toward the palme tree on the other side (thus) was it made through all the house rounde about.
From the grounde vnto aboue the dore (were) Cherubims and palme trees made as in the wall of the Temple.
The postes of the Temple were squared, (and) thus to loke vnto (was) the similitude (and) forme of the Sanctuarie.
The altar of wood (was) thre cubites hic, and the length thereof two cubites, and the corners thereof and the length thereof and the sides thereof (were) of wood. And he said vnto me, This is the table that shalbe before the Lord.
And the Temple and the Sanctuarie had two dores.
And the dores had two wickets, (euen) two turning wickets, two wickets for one dore, and two wickets for another dore.
And vpon the dores of the Temple there were made Cherubims and palme trees, like as was made vpon the walles, a{n}d (there were) thicke plankes vpon the forefront of the porche without.
And (there were) narowe windowes & palme trees on the one side, & on the other side by the sides of the porche, and (vpon) the sides of the house, and thicke plankes.
THen broght he me into the vtter court by the waie towarde the North, and he broght me into the chamber that was ouer against the separate place, and which was before the buylding towarde the North.
Before the length of an hundreth cubites (was) the North dore, and (it was) fiftie cubites broad.
Ouer against the twentie (cubites) which were for the inner court, and ouer against the paueme{n}t, which was for the vtter court, was cha{m}bre against chambre in thre rowes.
And before the cha{m}bres (was) a galerie of te{n} cubites wide, (&) within (was) awaie of one cubite, and their dores towarde the North.
Now the chambres aboue were narower: fortho e chambres (semed) to eat vp these, (to wit,) the lower, a{n}d those that were in the middes of the buylding.
For thei were in thre rowes, but had not pillers as the pillers of the court: therefore there was a differe{n}ce fro{m} the{m} beneth & from the 〈◊〉, (euen) 〈◊〉 the ground.
And the wall that was without ouer against the chambres, towarde the vtter court on the forefront of the chambers, (was) fiftie cubites long.
For the length of the chambers that were in the vtter court, (was) fistie cubites: and lo, before the Temple (were) an hundreth cubites.
And vnder these chambres (was) the entrie, on the East side, as one goeth into the{m} from the outwarde court.
The chambres (were) in the thickenes of the wall of the court towarde the East, ouer against the separate place, and ouer against the buylding.
And the waye before them (was) after the maner of the chambres, which were toward the North as long as thei, (and) as broad as thei: and all their entries were like, bothe according to their facions, and according to their dores.
And according to the dores of the cha{m}bres that were towarde the South, (was) a dore in the corner of the waie, (euen) the waie directly before the wall towarde the East, as one entreth.
Then said he vnto me, The North chambres (and) the South chambres which are before the separate place, thei be holy chambers, wherein the Priests that approche vnto the Lord, shal eat the moste holie things: there shal thei laye the moste holy things, and the meat offring, and the sin offring and the trespasse offring: for the place (is) holy.
When the Priests entre therein, thei shal not go out of the holie place into the vtter court but there thei shallaie their garments wherein thei minister: for thei are holie, (and) shal put on other garments, and so shal approche to those things, which are for the people.
Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he broght me forthe towarde the gate whose prospect is towarde the East, and measured it rounde about.
He measured the East side with the measuring rod, fiue hundreth redes, (eue{n}) with the measuring rede rounde about.
He measured (also) the Northside, fiue hundreth redes, (euen) with the measuring rede rounde about.
And he measured the South side fiue hundreth redes with the measuring rede.
He turned about (also) to the West side, (&) measured fiue hundreth redes with the measuring rede.
He measured it by the foure sides: it had a wall rounde about, fiue hundreth (redes) lo{n}g and fiue hundreth broad to make a separation betwene the Sanctuarie, and the prophane place.
AFterward he broght me to the gate (eue{n}) the gate that turneth towarde the East.
And beholde, the glorie of the God of Israél came from out of the East, whose voice was like a noyse of great waters, & the earth was made light with his glorie.
And the vision which I sawe (was) like the vision, (eue{n}) as the vision that I sawe when I came to 〈◊〉 the citie: and the visions (were) like the vision that I sawe by the riuer Chebar: (and) I fel vpon my face.
And the glorie of the Lord came into the house by the waie of the gate, whose prospect is towarde the East.
So the Spirit toke me vp and broght me into the inner court, and beholde, the glorie of the Lord filled the house.
And I heard one speaking vnto me out of the house: and there stode a man by me;
Which said vnto me, Sonne of man, (this) place is my throne, and the place of the soules of my fete, where as I wildwell among the children of Israél for euer, and the house of Israél shal no more defile mine holie Name, nether thei, nor their Kings by their fornications, nor by the carkeises of their Kings (in) their high places.
Albeit they set their thresholdes by my thresholdes, and their postes by my postes [for there (was but) a wall betwene me and them] yet haue thei defiled mine holy Name with their abominacions, that they haue committed wherefore I haue consumed them in my wrath.
Now (therefore) let the{m} put away their fornicacion, and the carkeises of their Kings farre from me, and I wildwell among them for euer.
¶ Thou sonne of man, shewe this House to the house of Israél, that thei may be 〈◊〉 of their wickednes, and let them measure the paterne.
And if thei be ashamed of all that thei haue done, shewe the{m} the forme of the house, and the paterne thereof, and the going out thereof, and the co{m}ming in thereof, and the whole facion thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the figures thereof, & all the lawes thereof and write it in their sight, that thei may kepe the whole facion thereof & all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
This is the description of the house, (It shalbe) vpo{n} the top of the mount: all the limites thereof round about shalbe moste holy. Beholde, this, is the descriptio{n} of the house.
And these are the measures of the Altar, after the cubites, the cubite (is) a cubite, and an hand breadth, euen the bottome (shalbe) a cubite, & the breadth a cubite, and the bordre thereof by the edge thereof rou{n}d about (shalbe) a spanne: & this (shalbe) the height of the altar.
And from the bottome (which toucheth) the ground to the lower piece (shalbe) two cubites: and the breadth one cubite, & from the litle piece to the great piece (shalbe) foure cubites, and the breadth one cubite.
So the altar (shalbe) foure cubites, & from the altar vpwarde (shalbe) foure hornes.
And the altar (shalbe) twelue (cubites) long, and twelue broade, (and) foresequare in the foure corners thereof.
And the frame (shalbe) fourtene (cubites) lo{n}g and fourtene broade in the foure square corners thereof, & the border about it (shalbe) halfe a cubite, & the bottome thereof (shalbe) a cubite about, and the steppes thereof (shalbe) turned towarde the East.
And he said vnto me, So{n}ne of man, thus saith the Lord God, These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when thei shal make it to offer the burnt offring thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon,
And thou shalt giue to the Priests, (and) to the Leuites, that be of the sede of Zadok, which approche vnto me, to minister vnto me, saith the Lord God, a yong bullocke for a sinne offring.
And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the foure hornes of it, & on the foure corners of the frame, & vpon the bordre round about: thus shalt thou clense it, & reconcile it.
Thou shalt take the bullocke also the sinne offring, and burne it in the appointed place of the house without the Sanctuarie.
But the seconde day thou shalt offre an he goat without blemish for a sin offring, and they shal clense the altar, as they did clense it with the bullocke.
When thou hast made an end of clensing it, thou shalt offer a yong bullocke without blemish, and a ram out of the flocke without blemish.
And thou shalt offre the{m} before the Lord, & the Priests shal cast salt vpo{n} the{m}, and thei shal offre them for a burnt offring vnto the Lord
Seuen dayes shalt thou prepare euerie day an he goat for a sin offring: they shal also prepare a yong bullocke and a ram out of the flocke, without blemish.
Thus shal they seuen dayes purifie the altar, and clense it, and consecrate it.
And when these dayes are expired, vpo{n} the eight day and so forthe, the Priests shal make your burnt offrings vpon the altar, and your peace offrings, & I wil accept you, saith the Lord God.
THen he broght me toward the gate of the outwarde Sanctuarie, which turneth toward the East, and it was shut.
Then said the Lord vnto me, This gate shalbe shut, (and) shal not be opened, and no man shal entre by it, because the LORDE GOD of Israél hathe entred by it, and it shal be shut.
(It apperteineth) to the Prince: the Prince him self shal sit in it to eat bread before the Lord: he shal entre by the way of the porche of that gate, and shal go out by the way of the same.
¶ Then broght he me toward the North gate before the House: and when I loked, behold the glorie of the Lord filled the house of the Lord, and I fel vpon my face.
And the Lord said vnto me, Sonne of man, marke wel, and beholde with thine eyes, & heare with thine 〈◊〉, all that I say vnto thee concerning all the ordinances of the House of the LORD, and all the lawes thereof, and marke wel the entring in of the house with euerie going forthe of the Sanctuarie.
And thou shalt say to the rebellious, (euen) to the house of Israél, Thus saith the LORD God, O house of Israél, ye haue ynough of all your abominacions,
Seing, that ye haue broght into my Sanctuarie stra{n}gers, vncircu{m}cised in heart, and vncircu{m}cised in flesh, to be in my Sa{n}ctuarie, to pollute mine house, when ye offre my bread, (euen) fat, and blood: and they haue broken my couena{n}t, because of all your abominacio{n}s
For ye haue not kept the ordinances of mine holie things: but you your selues haue set (other) to take the charge of my Sanctuarie
Thus saith the Lord God, No stranger vncircumcised in heart, nor 〈◊〉 in flesh shal entre into my Sanctuarie, of any stra{n}ger that is among the children of Israél,
Nether yet the Leuites that are gone backe from me, when Israél went astray, which went astray from me after their idoles, but thei shal beare their iniquitie.
And thei shal serue in my Sanctuarie, and kepe the gates of the House, and minister in the House: thei shal slaye the burnt offring and the sacrifice for the people: and thei shal stande before them to serue them.
Because thei serued before their idoles, and caused the house of Israél to fall into iniquitie, therefore haue I lift vp mine ha{n}d against them, saith the Lord God, and thei shal beare their iniquitie,
And thei shal not come nere vnto me to do the office of the Priest vnto me, nether shal thei come nere vnto any of mine holy things in the moste holy place, but they shal beare their shame and their abominacions, which thei haue committed.
And I wil make them kepers of the watche of the House, for all the seruice thereof, and for all that shalbe done therein.
But the Priests of the Leuites, the sonnes of Zadók, that kept the charge of my Sanctuarie, when the children of Israél went astray from me, thei shal come nere to me to serue me, and thei shal stand before me to offre me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God.
Thei shal entre into my Sanctuarie, and shal come nere to my table, to serue me, and thei shal kepe my charge.
And when thei shal entre in at the gates of the inner court, thei shalbe clothed with linen garments, and no woll shal come vpon the{m} while thei serue in the gates of the inner court, and within.
Thei shal haue linen bonettes vpon their heades, and shal haue linen breches vpon their loynes: thei shal not gyrd them selues in the sweating (places.)
But when they go forthe into the vtter court, (euen) to the vtter court to the people, thei shal put of their garments, wherein thei ministred, & laye them in the holy chambers, and thei shal put on other garments: for thei shal not sanctifie the people with their garments.
Thei shal not also shaue their heades, nor suffre their lockes to growe long, (but) round their heades.
Nether shal any Priest drinke wine when thei enter into the inner.
Nether shal thei take for their wiues a widowe, or her that is diuorced but thei shal take maidens of the sede of the house of Israél, or a widow that hathe bene the widow of a Priest.
And thei shal teache my people (the difference) betwene the holy and prophane, and cause the{m} to discerne betwene the vncleane and the cleane.
And in controuersie thei shal stand to iudge, and thei shal iudge it according to my iudgeme{n}ts: and they shal kepe my lawes and my statutes in all mine assemblies, and they shal sanctifie my Sabbaths.
And they shal come at no dead persone to defile them selues, except at (their) father, or mother, or sonne, or daughter, brother or sister, that hathe had yet none housband: (in these) may they be defiled.
And whe{n} he is clensed, thei shal rekon vnto him seuen dayes.
And when he goeth into the Sanctuarie vnto the inner court to minister in the Sanctuarie, he shal offre his sin offring, 〈◊〉 the Lord God.
And the (Priesthode) shalbe their inherita{n}ce, (yea,) I am their inheritance: therefore shall ye giue the{m} no possession in Israél, (for) I am their possession.
They shal eat the meat offring, and the sin offring, and the trespace 〈◊〉, and 〈◊〉 dedicate thing 〈◊〉 Israél shalbe 〈◊〉.
And all the first os all the first borne, & euerie oblation, (euen) all of euerie 〈◊〉 of your oblations shalbe the Priests. Ye shal also 〈◊〉 vnto the Priest the first of your dough that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
The Priests shal not eat of any thing, that is dead, or torne, whether it be 〈◊〉 or beast
MOreouer when ye shal deuide the land for inheritance, ye shal offre an oblacio{n} vnto the Lord an 〈◊〉 holy porcion of the land, fiue & twentie thousand redes long, and ten thousa{n}d 〈◊〉: this shalbe holy in all the borders thereof rounde about.
Of this there shalbe forthe Sanctuarie fiue hundreth (in length) with fiue hundreth (〈◊〉 breadth,) all square rou{n}de about, & fiftie cubites rounde about for the suburbes there of
And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of fiue and 〈◊〉 thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand, and in it shal be the Sanctuarie, (and) the moste holy place.
The holy porcion of the land shalbe the Priests, which minister in the Sanctuarie, whiche came nere to serue the Lord: and it 〈◊〉 a place for their houses, and an holy place for the Sanctuarie.
And (in) the fiue and twentie thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth shal the Leuites that minister in the house, haue their 〈◊〉 for twentie chambers.
Also ye shal appoint the possession of the citie, fiue thousand broad, and fiue and twe{n}tie thousand long ouer against the oblacion of the holy porcio{n}: it shalbe for the whole house of Israél.
And (a porcio{n} shalbe) for the prince on the one side, & on that side of the oblacio{n} of the holy porcio{n}, and of the possession of the citie, (euen) before the oblacion of the holy porcion, and before the possession of the citie from the West corner Westwarde, and from the East corner Eastwarde, & the le{n}gth (shalbe) by one of the porcions from the West border vnto the East border.
In this land shalbe his possession in Israél: & my princes shal no more oppresse my people, & (the rest) of the la{n}d shal thei giue to the house of Israél, according to their 〈◊〉.
Thus 〈◊〉 the Lord God, Let it suffice you ô princes of Israél leaue of crueltie and oppression, and execute iudgement and iustice take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.
Ye shal haue 〈◊〉 balances, and a true Epháh, and a true 〈◊〉.
The Epháh & the Bath shalbe equal: a 〈◊〉 shal conteine the tenth parte of an Homér, & an Epháh the te{n}th parte of an Homér: the equalitie thereof shalbe after the Homêr.
And the shekel (shalbe) twe{n}tie gerahs, (&) twentie 〈◊〉, and fiue & twentie shekels and fiftene 〈◊〉 shalbe your Manéh.
¶ This is the oblacion that ye shal offre, the sixt 〈◊〉 of an Epháh of an Homér of 〈◊〉 and ye shal giue the sixt parte of an Epháh of an 〈◊〉 of barley.
Concerning the ordina{n}ce of the oyle, (eue{n}) of the Bath of oyle, (ye shal offer) the tenth parte of a Bath 〈◊〉 of the Cor [〈◊〉 Baths (are) an Homêt: for ten Baths (fill) an Homér]
And one lambe of two hundreth shepe out of the fat pastures of Israél for a meat offring and for a burnt offring & for peace offrings to make reconciliacion for them, saith the Lord Gord.
All the people of the land shal (giue) this oblacion for the prince in Israél.
And it shal be the princes parte to giue burnt offrings, and meat offrings, and drinke offrings in the solemne feasts and in the new moones, and in the Sabbaths, (and) in all the hie feastes of the house of Israél: he shal prepare the sinne offring, and the meat offring, and the burnt offring, a{n}d the peace offrings to make reco{n}ciliatio{n} for the house of Israél.
¶ Thus saith the Lord God, In the first (moneth,) in the first (day) of the moneth, thou shalt take a yong bullocke without blemish and clense the Sanctuarie.
And the Priest shal take of the blood of the sinne offring, and put it vpon the postes of the house, and vpon the foure corners of the frame of the altar, and vpon the postes of the gate of the inner court.
And so shalt thou do the seuent (day) of the moneth, for euery one that hathe erred and for him that is 〈◊〉: so shal you reconcile the house.
In the first (moneth) in the fourtenth day of the moneth, ye shal haue the Passeouer a feast of seue{n} daies, (and) ye shal eat vnleauened bread.
And vpon that day, shal the prince prepare for himselfe, & for all the people of the land, a bullocke for a sinne offring,
And in the seuen dayes of the feast he shal make a burnt offring to the Lord, (euen) of seuen bullockes, and seuen rams without blemish daiely for seu daies, & an he goat daiely for a sinne offring.
And he shal prepare a meat offring of an Epháh for a bullocke, an Epháh for a 〈◊〉, and an 〈◊〉 of oyle for an Epháh.
In the seuenth (moneth,) in the fifte{n}th day of the moneth, shal he do the like 〈◊〉 the feast for seuen daies, according to the sinne offring, according to the burnt offring, and according to the meat offring, and according to the oyle.
THus saith the Lord God, The gate of the inner court, that turneth towarde the East, shalbe shut the six workyng daies but on the Sabbáth it shalbe opened, and in the daye of the newe moone it shall be opened.
And the prince shal entre by the waye of the porche of that gate without, and shall stand by the poste of the gate, & the Priests shal make his burnt offring, and his peace offrings, & he shal worship at the thresholde of the gate: after, he shal go forthe, but the gate shal not be shut til the euening.
Like wise the people of the land shal worship at the entrie of this gate before the Lord on the Sabbats, & in the new moones.
And the burnt 〈◊〉 that the prince shal offre vnto the Lord on the Sabbáth daye, (shalbe) six lambs without blemish, & a ram without blemish.
And the meat offring (shalbe) an Epháh for a ram and the meat offring for the lambes a gift of his hand, and an Hin of oyle to an Ephâh.
And in the daye of the new moone (it shal be) a yong bullocke without blemish, and six lambes and a ram: they shalbe without blemish,
And he shal prepare a meat offring, (euen) an Epháh for a bullocke, and an Epháh for a ram, and for the lambes accordynge as his hand shal bring, and an Hin of oyle to an Epháh.
And when the prince shal entre, he shal go in by the way of the porche of that gate, & he shal go forthe by the way thereof.
But whe{n} the people of the land shal come before the Lord in the sole{m}ne feasts, he that entreth in by the way of the North gate to worship, shall go out by the waye of the South gate: and he that entreth by the waye of the South gate: shall go forthe by the way of the North gate, he shal not returne by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but they shal go forthe ouer against it,
And the prince shalbe in the middes of the{m} he shal go in when they go in, and when thei go forthe, thei shal go forthe together
And in the feasts, and in the solemnites the meat offring shalbe an Epháh to a bullocke, and an Ephah to a ram, & to the lambs the gift of his hand, and an Hin of oyle to an Ephah.
Now when the prince shal make a fre burnt offring or peace offring frely vnto the lord, one shal then open him the gate that turneth toward the East, and he shal make his burnt offring and his peace offrings, as he did on the Sabbath day after, he shal go forthe, and when he is gone forthe, one shal shut the gate.
Thou shalt daiely make a burnt offring vnto the LORD of a lambe of one yere without blemish: thou shalt do it euery morning.
And thou shalt prepare a meat offring for it euery mornig, the sixt parte of an Epháh and the third 〈◊〉 of an 〈◊〉 of oyle, to mingle with the fine sioure (this) 〈◊〉 offring shalbe continually by a perpetual ordinance vnto the Lord.
Thus shal they prepare the lambe, and the meat offring and the oyle euery morning, for a continual burnt offring.
¶ Thus saith the Lord God, If the prince giue a gift of his inheritance vnto any of his sonnes, it shalbe his sonnes (and) it shal be their possession by inheritance.
But if he giue a gift of his inheritance to one of his seruant, then it shalbe his to the yere of libertie: after, it shal returne to the prince, but his inheritance shal remaine to his sonnes for them.
Moreouer the prince shal not take of the peoples inheritance, nor thrust them out of their possession (but) he shal cause his so{n}nes to inherit of owne possession, that my people be not scattered euery man from his possession.
¶ After he broght me through the entrie which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the Priests, which stode toward the North: and beholde, there was a place at the West side of them.
Then said he vnto me, This is the place where the Priest shal seeth the trespasse offring and the sinne offring, where they shal bake the meat offring, that thei shulde not beare them into the vtter court, to sanctifie the people.
Then he broght me forthe into the vtter court, and caused me to go by the foure corners of the court: & beholde, in euery corner of the court, there (was) a court.
In the foure corners of the court there were courtes ioyned of fortie (cubites) lo{n}g & thirtie broad: these foure corners were of one measure.
And there (went) a wall about them, (eue{n}) about those foure, and kitchins were made vnder the walles rounde about.
Then said he vnto me, This is the kitchin where the ministers of the house shal seeth the sacrisice of the people.
AFterward he broght me vnto the dore of the house: and beholde, waters yssued out from vnder the thresholde of the house Eastwarde: for the fore fronte of the house (stode) towarde the East, and the waters ran downe from vnder the right side of the house, at the South side of the altar.
The{n} broght he me out toward the North gate, and led me about by the way without vnto the vtter gate, by the waye that turneth Eastwarde: and beholde, there came forthe waters on the right side.
And when the man that had the line in his hand, went for the Eastwarde, he measured a thousa{n}d cubites, & he broght me through the waters: the waters (were) to the ancles.
Agayne he measured a thousande, and broght me through the waters the waters (were) to the knees: againe he measured a thousand, and broght me through: the waters (〈◊〉) to the loines.
Afterward he measured a thousand, (and it was) a riuer, that I colde not passe ouer: for the waters were risen, (and) the waters did flowe, (as) a riuer that colde not be passed ouer.
And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, hast thou sene this? Then he broght me, & caused me to returne to the brinke of the riuer
Now when I returned, beholde, at the brinke of the riuer (were) very many trees on the one side, and on the other.
Then said he vnto me, These waters yssue out towarde the East countrey, and runne downe into the plaine, & shal go into (one) sea: thei shal runne into (another) sea, and the waters shalbe holsome.
And euerie thing that liueth, whiche moueth, wheresoeuer the riuers shal come, shal liue, and there shalbe a very great multitude of fishe, because these waters shall come thether: for thei shalbe holsome, and euery thing shal liue whether the riuer cometh.
And then the fishers shall stand vpon it, (and) from 〈◊〉 eue{n} vnto En-egláim, thei shal spreade out their netts: (for) their fish shalbe according to their kindes, as the fish of the manie sea, exceading many.
But the myrie places thereof, & the marises thereof shal not be holsome: thei shal be made salt pittes.
And by this riuer vpon the brinke thereof, on this side, and on that side shal growe all fruteful trees, whose leafe shal not fade, nether shal the frute thereof faile: it shal bring for the new frute according to his moneth, because their waters runne out of the Sa{n}ctuarie: and the frute thereof shalbe meat, and the leaf thereof shalbe for medicine.
¶ Thus saith the Lord God, This shalbe the border, whereby ye shal inherit the land according to the twelue tribes of Israél Ioséph shal haue (two) porcions.
And ye shal inherit it, one aswel as another concerning the which I lift vp mine ha{n}d to giue it vnto your fathers, and this land shal fall vnto you for inheritance.
And this shalbe the border of the land toward the Northside, from the maine sea toward Hethlôn as men go to Zedâdah,
Hamáth, Berotháh, Sibráim, which is betwene the border of Damascus, and the border of Hamáth (&) Hazár, Hatticón, which is by the coast of Haurán.
And the border from the sea shalbe Hazàr, Enán (and) the border of Damascus, & the residue of the North, Northwarde, and the border of Hamáth: so (shalbe) the North parte.
But the East-side shal ye measure from Haurán, and from Damascus: and from Gileád, and from the land of Israél by Iorden (and) from the border vnto the East sea: and so (shalbe) the East parte.
And the Southside (shalbe) toward Temàn from Tamár to the waters of Meribóth (in) Kadésh (and) the riuer to the maine sea so (shalbe) the South parte toward Teman.
The West parte also (shalbe) the great sea from the border, til a ma{n} come ouer against Hamáth, this shalbe the West parte.
So shal ye deuide this land vnto you, according to the tribes of Israél.
And you shal deuide it by lot for an inheritance vnto you, and to the strangers that dwell among you, which shal beget childre{n} among you, and thei shalbe vnto you as borne in the countrei among the children of Israél thei shal parte inheritance with you in the middes of the tribes of Israél.
And in what tribe the stranger dwelleth, there shal ye giue him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.
NOw these are the names of the tribes From the Northside, to the coaste toward Hethlón, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazár, Enán (and) the border of Damascus Northward the coast of Hamáth euen (fro{m}) the East side to the West shalbe a (porcion) for Dan.
And by the border of Dan from the Eastside vnto the West side, a (porcion) for Asshér.
And by the border of Asshér from the East parte euen vnto the West parte a (porcio{n}) for Naphtali.
And by the border of Naphtali from the East quarter vnto the West side, a (porcio{n}) for Manasséh.
And by the border of Manasséh from the East side vnto the West side a (porcion) for Ephráim.
And by the border of Ephráim, from the East parte euen vnto the West parte, a (porcion) for Reubén.
And by the border of Reubén, from the East quarter vnto the West quarter, (a porcion) for Iudáh.
And by the border of Iudáh from the East parte vnto the West parte shalbe the offring which thei shal offre of fiue & twentie thousand (redes) broade, and of length as one of the (other) partes, from the East side vnto the West side, and the Sanctuarie shal be in the middes of it.
The oblacion that ye shall offre vnto the Lord, (shalbe) of fiue and twentie thousand long, and of ten thousand the breadth.
And for them, (euen) for the Priests shal be this holy oblacion, toward the North fiue and twentie thousand (long,) and toward the West, ten thousand broade, & towarde the East ten thousand broade, and toward the South fiue and twentie thousand long, and the Sa{n}ctuarie of the Lord shal be in the middes thereof.
(It shalbe) for the Priests that are sa{n}ctified of the sonnes of Zodôk, which haue kept my charge, which went not astray whe{n} the children of Israél went astray, as the Leuites went astraye.
Therefore (this) oblacion of the land that is offred, shalbe theirs, (as) a thing moste 〈◊〉 by the border of the Leuites.
And ouer against the border of the Priests the Leuites (shal haue) fiue & twentie thousand long, and ten thousand broad: all the length (shalbe) fiue and twentie thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
And thei shal not fel of it, nether change it, nor ab alienate the first frutes of the la{n}d: for it is holy vnto the Lord.
And the fiue thousand that are left in the breadth ouer against the fiue and twentie thousand, shalbe a prophane place for the citie, for housing, and for suburbes, and the citie shalbe in the middes thereof.
And these shalbe the measures therof, the North parte fiue hu{n}dreth and foure thousand, and the South parte fiue hundreth and foure thousande, and of the East parte fiue hundreth & foure thousa{n}d, & the West parte fiue hundreth, and foure thousand.
And the suburbes of the citie shalbe towarde the North two hundreth and fiftie & towarde the South two hundreth & fiftie, and towarde the East two hundreth & fiftie, and towarde the West two hundreth & fiftie.
And the residue in length ouer against the oblacion of the holy porcion (shalbe) tene thousand Eastwarde, and ten thousa{n}d Westwarde: and it shalbe ouer against the oblacion of the holy porcion, and the encrease thereof shall be for fode vnto them that serue in the citie.
And thei that serue in the citie, (shalbe) of all the tribes of Israél that shal serue therin.
All the oblacion (shalbe) fiue and twenty thousand with fiue and twe{n}tie thousand: you shall offre this oblacion foure square for the Sanctuarie, and for the possessio{n} of the citie.
And the residue (shalbe) for the prince on the one side and on the other of the oblacion of the Sanctuarie, and of the possessio{n} of the citie, ouer against the fiue and twe{n}tie thousand of the oblacion towarde the East border, & Westward ouer against the fiue and twe{n}tie thousand toward the West border, ouer against (shalbe) for the porcio{n} of the prince this shalbe the holie oblacio{n} and the house of the Sanctuarie (shalbe) in the middes thereof.
Moreouer, from the possession of the Leuites, & from the possessio{n} of the citie, that which is in the middes shalbe the princes: betwene the border of Iudáh, & betwene the border of Beniamin shalbe the princes
And the rest of the tribes (shalbe thus: fro{m} the East parte vnto the West parte Beniamin (shalbe a porcion.)
And by the border of Beniamin, from the East side vnto the West side Simeôn (a porcion.)
And by the border of Simeôn from the East parte vnto the West parte Ishakár (a porcion.)
And by the border of Ishakár fro{m} the East side vnto the West, Zebulún (a porcion.)
And by the border of Zebulún from the East part vnto the West parte, Gad a (porcion.)
And by the border of Gad at the South side, toward Temáth, the border shalbe eue{n} fro{m} Tamár (vnto) the waters of; Meribáth (in) Kadésh, (and) to the riuer, (that runneth) into the mayne sea.
This is the land, whiche ye shall distribute vnto the tribes of Israél for inheritance, and these are their porcions, saith the Lord God.
And these are the boundes of the citie, on the Northside fiue hundreth, & foure thousand measures.
And the gates of the citie (shalbe) after the names of the tribes of Israél, the gates Northward, one gate of Reubén, one gate of Iudáh, (and) one gate of Leui.
And at the East side fiue hundreth & foure thousand, and thre gates, and one gate of Ioséph, one gate of Beniamin, (and) one gate of Dan.
And at the South side, fiue hundreth and foure thousa{n}d measures, and thre portes, one gate of Simeôn, one gate of Ishakár, (and) one gate of Zebulún.
At the West side, fiue hundreth and foure thousand, (with) their thre gates, one gate of Gad, one gate of Ashér, (and) one gate of Naphtali.
(It was) rounde about eightene thousand (measures,) and the name of the citie from that day (shalbe,) The Lord is there.
IN the thirde yere of reigne of Iehoiakim King of Iudáh, came Nebuchadnezzár, King of Babél vnto Ierusalém, and besieged it.
And the Lord gaue Iehoiakim King of Iudáh into his hand, with parte of the vessels of the house of God, which he caried into the la{n}d of Shinár, to the house of his God, and he broght the vessels into his gods treasurie.
And the King spake vnto Ashpenáz the master of his Eunuches, that he shulde bring (certeine) of the children of Israél, of the Kings sede, and of the princes:
Children in whome was no blemishe, but wel fauoured, and instruct in all wisdome, and wel sene in knowledge, and able to vtter knowledge, and suche as were able to stand in the Kings palace, and whome thei might teache the learning, and the to{n}gue of the Caldeans.
And the King appointed them prouision euerie day of a portio{n} of the Kings meat, and of the wine, which he dranke, so nourishing thēi thre yere, that at the end thereof, thei might stand before the King,
Now among these were (certeine) of the children of Iudáh, Daniél, Hananiáh, Mishaél and Azariáh.
Vnto whome the chief of the Eunuches gaue (other) names: for he called Daniél, Belteshazár, and Hananiáh, Shadrách, and Mishaél, Meshách, & Azariáh, Abednegó.
¶ But Daniél had determined in his heart, that he wolde not defile him self with the porcion of the Kings meate, nor with the wine which he dranke: therefore he required the chief of the Eunuches that he might not defile him self.
[Now God had broght Daniél into fauour and te{n}der loue with the chief of the Eunuches.]
And the chief of the Eunuches said vnto Daniél, I feare my Lord the King, who hathe appointed your meat & your drink: therefore if he se your faces worse lyking then the (other) children, which are of your sorte, then shall you make me lose myne head vnto the King.
Then said Daniél to Melzár, whome the chief of the Eunuches had set ouer Daniél, Hananiáh, Mishaêl, and Azariáh,
Proue thy seruants, I beseche thee, tene daies, and let them giue vs pulse to eate, and water to drinke.
Then let our countenances beloked vpo{n} before thee, and the countenances of the childre{n} that eat of the porcio{n} of the Kings meat: and as thou seest, deale with thy seruants.
So he consented to them in this matter, & proued them ten daies.
And at the end of ten daies, their countenances appeared fairer, and in better lyking then all the childrens, which did eat the porcion of the Kings meat.
Thus Melzár toke awaye the porcion of their meat, and the wine that they shulde drinke, and gaue them pulse.
As for these foure children, God gaue the knowledge, and vnderstanding in all learning and wisdome: also he gaue Daniél vnderstanding of all visions and dreames.
Now when the time was expired, that the King had appointed to bring them in, the chief of the Eunuches broght them before Nebuchad-nezzár.
And the King communed with them: and among them all was founde none like Daniél, Hananiáh, Mishaél, and Azariáh: therfore stode thei before the King.
And in all matters of wisdome, (&) vnderstanding that the King enquired of them, he founde them ten times better the{n} all the inchanters (and) astrologians, that were in all his realme.
And Daniêl was vnto the firste yere of King Cyrus.
ANd in the second yere of the reygne of Nebuchad-nezzár, Nebuchadnezzár dreamed dreames where with hys Spirit was troubled, and his slepe was vpon him.
Then the King commanded to call the inchanters, and the astrologia{n}s and the sorcerers, and the Caldeans for to shew the King his dreames: so thei came and stode before the King.
And the King said vnto them, I haue dreamed a dreame, and my spirit was troubled to knowe the dreame.
Then spake the Caldeans to the King in the Aramites language, O King, liue for euer shewe thy seruants thy dreame, & we shal shewe the interpretacion.
(And) the King aunswered and said to the Caldeans, The thing is gone from me. If ye will not make me vnderstand the dreame with the interpretacion therof, ye shal be drawen in pieces, and your houses shalbe made a iakes.
But if ye declare the dreame and the interpretacion thereof, ye shall receyue of me gifts and rewardes, & great honour: therfore shewe me the dreame & the interpretacion of it.
Thei answered againe, & said, Let the King shewe his seruants the dreame, & we will declare the interpretacion thereof.
(Then) the King answered, & said, I know certeinly that ye wold gaine the time, because ye se the thing is gone from me.
But if ye wil not declare me the dreame, there is but one iudgement for you: for ye haue prepared lying and corrupt wordes, to speake before me til the time changed therefore tel the dreame, that I maie know if ye can declare me the interpretation thereof.
(Then) the Caldeans answered before the King, and said, There is no man vpon earth that can declare the Kings matter: yea: there is nether King nor prince nor Lord that asked suche things at an inchanter or astrologian or Caldean.
For it is a rare things that the King requireth, and there is none other that can declare it before the King, except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh.
For this cause the King was angrie and in greatfurie, and commanded to destroie all the wise men of Babél.
¶ And when sentence was giuen the wise men were slaine: and thei soght Daniél & his felowes to be put to death.
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdome to Ariôch the Kings chief steward, which was gone for the to put to death the wise men of Babél.
(Yea) he answered and said vnto Ariôch the Kings captaine, Why is the sentence so hastie from the King? Then Arióch declared the thing to Daniél,
So Daniél went and desired the King that he wolde giue him leasure & that he wolde shewe the King the interpretacio{n} thereof
¶ Then Daniél went to his house and shewed the matter to Hananiah, Mishaél, and Azariáh his companions.
That thei shulde beseche the God of heaue{n} for grace in this secret, that Daniél and his felowes shulde not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babél.
Then was the secret reueiled vnto Daniel in a vision by night: therefore Daniél praised the God of heauen.
And Daniél answered and said, The Name of God be praised for euer and euer. for wisdome and strength are his.
And he changeth the times and seasons: he taketh awaie Kings he setteth vp Kings he giueth wisdome vnto the wise, and vnderstanding to those that vnderstand.
He discouereth the depe and secret things he knoweth what is in the darkenes, and the light dwelleth with him.
I thanke thee and praise thee, ô thou God of my fathers, that thou hast giuen me wisdome and strengthe, and hast shewed me now the thing that we desired of thee for thou hast declared vnto vs the Kings matter.
¶ Therefore Daniél went vnto Arióch whome the King had ordeined to destroie the wise men of Babél: he went and said thus vnto him. Destroye not the wise men of Babél, (but) bring me before the King, and I wil declare vnto the King the interpretacion.
Then Arióch broght Daniél before the King in all haste, and said thus vnto him, I haue founde a man of the childre{n} of Iudah that were broght captiues, that wil declare vnto the King the interpretacion.
Then aunswered the King, and said vnto Daniél, whose Name was Belteshazzár, Art thou able to shewe me the dreame, whiche I haue sene, and the interpretacion thereof?
Daniél aunswered in the presence of the King, and said, The secret which the King hathe demanded, can nether the wise, the astrologia{n}s, the incha{n}ters, (nor) the southsaiers declare vnto the King.
But there is a GOD in heauen that reueileth secrets, and sheweth the King Nebuchad-nezzár what shalbe in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and the things whiche thou hast sene in thine head vpon thy bed, is this.
O King, when thou waste in thy bed, thoghtes came into thy (mynde,) what shuld come to passe hereafter, and he that reueileth secrets, telleth thee, what shall come.
As for me, this secret is not shewed me for anie wisdome that I haue, more then anie other liuing, but onelye to shewe the King the interpretacion, and that thou mightest know the thoghts of thine heart.
O King, thou sawest, and beholde, there (was) a great image: this great image whose glorie was so excellent, stode before thee, and the forme thereof (was) terrible.
This images head was of fine golde, hys breast and his armes of siluer, his bellie and his thighs of brasse,
His legges of yron, (and) his fete (were) parte of yron, and parte of clay.
Thou beheldest it til a stone was cut without hands, which smote the image vppon his fete, that were of yron and claye, and brake them to pieces.
Then was the yron, the claye, the brasse, the siluer and the golde broken all together, & became like the chaffe of the sommer floores, and the winde caryed them awaye, that no place was founde for them: and the stone that smote the image, became a great mountaine, and filled the whole earth.
This is the dreame, and we will declare before the King the interpretacion thereof.
¶ O King, thou arte a King of Kings: for the GOD of heauen hathe gyuen thee a kyngdome, power, & strength, and glorie.
And in all (places) where the chyldren of men dwell, the beastes of the field, and the foules of the heauen hathe he gyuen into thine hand, and hathe made thee ruler ouer them all thou art this head of golde.
And after the shal rise another kīngdome in feriour to thee (of siluer) and another third kingdome) shalbe) of brasse, which shal beare rule ouer all the earth.
And the fourth kingdome shalbe strong as yron for as yron breaketh in pieces, & subdueth all things, and as yron bruseth all these things (so) shal it breake in pieces and bruse (all.)
Where as thou sawest the fete and toes, parte of potters clay, and parte of yron: the kingdome shalbe deuided, but there shalbe in it of the strength of the yron, as thou sawest the yron mixt with the claye, (and) earth.
And (as) the toes of the fete (were) parte of yro{n}, & parte of clay (so) shal the kingdome be partely strong, and partely broken.
And where as thou sawest yron mixt with clay (and) earth, they shal mingle themselues with the sede of me{n} but they shal not ioyne one with another as yron can not be mixed with clay,
And in the dayes of these Kings, shal the God of heauen set vp a kingdome, which shal neuer be destroyed: and this kingdo me shal not be giuen to another people, but it shal breake, and destroye all these kingdomes, and it shal stand for euer.
Where as thou sawest, that the stone was cut of the mountaine without hands, and that it brake in pieces the yron, the brasse, the clay, the siluer and the golde (so) the great God hathe shewed the King, what shal come to passe hereafter, & the dreame (is) true, & the i{n}terpretacio{n} thereof (is) sure
¶ Then the King Nebuchad-nezzár fel vpon his face, and bowed him self vnto Daniél, and commanded that thei shulde offermeat offrings, and swete odoures vnto him.
(Also) the King answered vnto Daniél, & said (I knowe) of a trueth that your God is a God of gods, and the Lord of Kings, & the reueiler of secrets, seing thou coldest open this secret.
So the King made Daniél a great man, & gaue him manie and great giftes, He made him gouernour ouer the whole prouince of Babél, and chief of the rulers (and) aboue all the wise men of Babél.
Then Daniél made request to the King and he Set Shadrách, Meshách, and Abednegó ouer the charge of the prouince of Babél: but Daniél (sate) in the gate of the King.
NEbuchad-nezzár the King made an image of golde, whose height (was) threscore cubites, (and) the breadth therof six cubites, he set it vp in the plaine of Durá, in the prouince of Babél.
Then Nebuchad-nezzár the King sent for the to gather together the nobles, the princes and the dukes, the iudges, the receiuers, the counsullers, the officers, and all the gouerners of the prouinces, that they shulde come to the dedicatio{n} of the image, which Nebuchad-nezzár the King had set vp.
So the nobles, princes, and dukes, the iudges, the receiuers, the counsellers, the officers, and all the gouerners of the prouinces were assembled vnto the dedicating of the image, that Nebuchad-nezzár the King had set vp and they stode before the image, which Nebuchad-nezzár had set vp
Then an herald cryed aloud, Be it knowen to you, ô people, nations, and langages,
That when ye heare the sou{n}de of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sacke but, psalteris, dulcimer, and all iustruments of musicke, ye fall downe and worship the golde{n} image, that Nebuchad-〈◊〉 the King hathe set vp.
And whosoeuer falleth not downe and worshippeth, shal the same houre be cast into the middes of an hote fyrie fornace.
Therefore assone as all the people heard the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sackebut, psalterie, and all instruments of musicke, all the people, nations, and langages fel downe, and worshiped the golden image, that Nebuchad-nezzár the King had set vp.
¶ By reason whereof at that same time come men of the Caldeans, and grieuously accused the Iewes.
(For) they spake and said to the King Nebuchad-nezzár, O King, liue for euer.
Thou, ô King, hast made a decre, that euerie man that shal heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpes, sacke but, psalterie, and dulcimer, and all instrume{n}ts of musicke, shal fall downe and worship the golden image.
And whosoeuer falleth not downe, and worshippeth, that he shulde be cast into the middes of an hote fyrie fornace.
There are certeine Iewes whome thou hast set ouer the charge of the prouince of Babél, Shadrách, Meshàch, and Abednego: these men, ô King, haue not regarded thy commandement, nether wil they serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image, that thou hast set vp.
¶ Then Nebuchad-nezzár in (his) angre and wrath commanded that they shulde bring Shadrách, Meshách, and Abednegó: so these men were broght before the King.
(And) Nebuchad-nezzár spake, and said vnto them, What disordre? wil not you, Shadrách, Meshách, a{n}d Abednegó serue my god nor worship the golden image, that I haue set vp?
Now therefore are ye ready when ye heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sackebut, psalterie, and dulcimer, and all instruments of musicke, to fall downe, and worship the image, which I haue made? for if ye worship it not, ye shalbe cast immediatly into the middes of an hote firie fornace: for who is that God that can deliuer you out of mine hands?
Shadrách, Meshách, and Abednegó answered and said to the King, O Nebuchadnezzár we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
Beholde, our God whome we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hote fyrie fornace, and he wil deliuer vs out of thine hand, ô King.
But if not, be it knowe{n} to thee, ô King, that we wil not serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image, which thou hast set vp.
¶ Then was Nebuchad-nezzár ful of rage, and the forme of his visage was changed against 〈◊〉 Meshách, and Abednegó: (therefore) he charged and commanded that they shulde heate the fornace at once seuen times more then it was wonte to be heat,
And he charged the moste valiant men of warre that were in his armie, to binde Shadrach, Meshách, and Abednegó, (&) to cast them into the hote fyrie fornace.
So these men were bounde in their coates, their hosen, & their clokes, with their (other) garments, and cast into the middes of the hote fyrie fornace.
Therefore, because the Kings commandement was straite, that the fornace shulde be exceading hote, the flame of the fyre slew those men that broght forthe Shadrach, Meshách, and Abednegó.
And these thre men Shadrách, Meshách and Abednegó fel downe bounde into 〈◊〉 middes of the hote fyrie fornace.
¶ Them Nebuchad-nezzár the King was astonied & rose vp in haste, (and) spake, & said vnto his counsellers, Did not we cast thre men bounde into the middes of the fyre? Who answered and said vnto the King, It is true, ô King.
(And) he answered, and said, Lo, I se foure men loose, walking in the middes of the fyre, and they haue no hurt, and the forme of the fourth is like the sonne of God.
Then the King Nebuchad-nezzár came nere to the mouth of the hote fyrie fornace, (&) spake and said, Shadrách, Meshách and Abednegó, the seruants of the hie God go forthe and come (hether:) so Shadrách, Meshách and Abednegó came forthe of the middes of the fyre.
Then the nobles, princes and dukes, and the Kings counsellers came together to se these men, because the fyre had no power ouer their bodies: for not an heere of their head was burnt, nether was their coats changed, nor any smel of fyre came vpon them.
(Wherefore) Nebuchad-nezzár spake & said, Blessed (be) the God of Shadrách Meshách and Abednegó, who hathe sent his Angel, and deliuered his seruants, that put their trust in him, and haue cha{n}ged the Kings commandement, and yelded their bodies rather the{n} thei wolde serue or worship anie god, saue their owne God.
Therefore I make a decre, that euery people, nacion, and langage, whiche speake any blasphemie against the God of Shadrách, Meshách and Abednegó, shal be drawen in pieces, and their houses shal be made a iakes, because there is no god that can deliuer after this sorte.
Then the King promoted Shadráche, Meshách and Abednegó in the prouince of Babél.
Nebuchad-nezzár King vnto all people, nacions and langages, that dwell in all the worlde, Peace be multiplied vnto you:
I thoght it good to declare the signes and wonders, that the hie God hathe wroght towarde me.
How great are his signes, and how mightie are his wonders his kingdome (is) an euerlasting kingdome, and his dominion (is) from generacion to generacion.
I Nebuchad-nezzár being at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace,
Sawe a dreame, which made me afraied, and the thoghtes vpon my bed, and the visions of mine head troubled me.
Therefore made I a decre, that thei shulde bring all the wise men of Babél before me that they might declare vnto me the interpretacion of the dreame.
So came the enchanters, the astrologians the Caldeans and the south sayers, to whome I tolde the dreame, but they colde not, shewe me the interpretacion thereof.
Til at the last Daniél came before me [whose name (was) Belteshazzár, according to the name of my god, which hathe the spirit of the holy gods in him] and before him I tolde the dreame, (saying)
O Belteshazzár, chief of the enchanters, because I knowe, that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, & no secret troubleth thee tel me the visions of my dreame, that I haue sene and the interpretacion thereof.
Thus (were) the visions of mine head in my bed, And beholde, Isa we a tre in the middes of the earth and the height thereof (was) great.
A great tre and strong, and the height the reofreached vnto heauen, and the sight thereof to the ends of all the earth.
The boughes thereof (were) faire and the frute thereof muche, and in it was meat for all: it made a shadowe vnder it for the beastes of the field, and the foules of the heauen dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh fed of it.
I sawe in the visions of mine head vpon my bed, and beholde, a watchemanand an holy one came downe from heauen,
And cryed aloude, and said thus, Hewe downe the tre, and breake of his bra{n}ches, shake of his leaues, and scattre his frute, that the beasts may flee: from vnder it, and the foules from his branches.
Neuertheles leaue the stumpe of his rootes in the earth, and with a band of yron and brasse (binde it) among the grasse of the field, and let it be wet with the dewe of heauen, and let his porcion (be) with the beastes among the grasse of the field.
Let his heart be changed from mans (nature,) and let a beastes heart be giuen vnto him, and let seuen times be passed ouer him.
The sentence (is) according to the decre of the watchemen, and according to the worde of the holy ones: the demande (was answered,) to the inte{n}t that liuing me{n} may knowe, that the moste high hathe power ouer the kingdome of men, & giueth it to whome soeuer he wil, and appointeth ouer it the moste abiect among men.
This is the dreame, (that) I King Nebuchad-nezzár haue sene: therefore thou, ô Belteshazzár, declare the interpretacion thereof. for all the wise men of my kingdome are not able to shewe me the interpretacion: but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods (is) in thee.
¶ Then Daniél [whose name (was) Belteshazzár] held his peace by the space of one houre, and his thoghts troubled him, (and) the King spake & said, Belteshazzár let nether the dreame, nor the interpretacion thereof trouble thee. Belteshazzár answered and said, My lord, the dreame (be) to them that hate thee, and the interpretacion thereof to thine enemies.
The tre that thou sawest, which was great and mightie, whose height teached vnto the heauen, and the sight thereof through all the worlde.
Whose leaues (were) faire and the frute thereof muche, and in it was meat for all, vnder the which the beasts of the field dwelt, and vpon whose bra{n}ches the foules of the heauen did sit.
It is thou, ô King, that art great and mightie: for thy greaues is growe{n}, and reacheth vnto heauen, & thy dominion to the ends of the earth.
Where as the King sawe a watcheman, & an holy one, that came downe from heauen, and said, Hewe downe the tre and destroy it, yet leaue the stumpe of the rootes thereof in the earth, and with a bande of yron and brasse (binde) it among the grasse of the field, and let it be wet with the dewe of heauen, and let his porcion be with the beasts of the field, til seue{n} times passe ouer him.
This (is) the interpretacion, ô King, and it is the decre of the moste high, which is come vpon my lord the King.
That they shal driue thee from men, and thy dwelling shalbe with the beasts of the field they shal make thee to eat grasse as the oxen, and thei shal wet thee with the dewe of heauen: and seuen times shal passe ouer thee, til thou knowe, that n the moste high beareth rule ouer the kingdome of me{n} & giueth it to whome soeuer he wil.
Where as they said, that one shulde leaue the stumpe of the tre rootes, thy kingdome shal remaine vnto thee: after that thou shalt knowe, that the heaue{n}s haue the rule.
Wherefore, ô King, let my counsel be acceptable vnto thee, and breake of thy sinnes by righteousnes, and thine iniquities by mercie toward the poore: lo, let there be an healing of thine errour.
All these things shal come vpon the King Nebuchad-nezzar.
¶ At the end of twelue moneth he walked in the royal palace of Babél.
(And) the King spake and said, Is not this great Babél, that I haue buylt for the house of the kingdome by the might of my power and for the honour of my maiestie?
While the worde (was) in the Kings mouth a voyce came downe from heauen (saying) O King Nebuchadnezzár, to thee be it spoken, Thy kingdome is departed from thee
And they shal driue thee from men, and thy dwelling (shalbe) with the beasts of the field: they shal make thee to eat grasse, as the oxen, and seuen times shal passe ouer thee, vntil thou knowest, that the most high beareth rule ouer the kingdome of men, and giueth it vnto whome soeuer he wil.
The very same houre was this thing fulfilled vpon Nebuchad-nezzar, and he was driuen from men, and did eat grasse as the oxen, and his bodie was wet with the dewe of heauen, til his heeres were growen as egles (feathers) and his nailes like birds (clawes.)
And at the end of (these) dayes I Nebuchad-nezzár lift vp mine eies vnto heauen and mine vnderstanding was restored vnto me, and I gaue thankes vnto the moste high, and I praised and honored him that liueth for euer, whose power (is) an euerlasting power, and his kingdome (is) from generacion to generacion.
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and according to his wil he worketh in the armie of heauen, and in the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, nor say vnto him, What doest thou?
At the same time was mine vnderstanding restored vnto me, and (I returned) to the honour of my kingdome: my glorie and my beautie was restored vnto me, and my counsellours and my princes soght vnto me, and I was established in my kingdome, and my 〈◊〉 was augmented toward me.
Now (therefore) I Nebuchad-nezzár praise, and extoll and magnifie the king of heauen, whose workes are all trueth, and his wayes iudgement, and those that walke in pride, he is able to abase:
KIng Belshazzár made a great feast to a thousand of his princes, and dranke wine before the thousand.
(And) Belshazzár" whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring him the golden and siluer vessels, which his father Nebuchad-nezzár had broght from the Temple in Ierusalém, that the King and his princes his wife, and his concubines might drinke therein.
Then were broght the golde{n} vessels, that were taken out of the Temple of the Lords house at Ierusalém, and the King and his princes, his wiues, and his concubines dranke in them.
They dronke wine and praised the gods of golde, and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, of wood and of stone.
At the same houre appeared fingers of a mans hand, which wrote ouer against the candlesticke vpon the plaister of the wall of the Kings palace, and the King sawe the palme of the hand that wrote.
Then the Kings countena{n}ce was changed and his thoghts troubled him, so that the ioyntes of his loines were loosed, and his knees smote one against the other.
(Wherefore) the King cryed loud, that they shulde bring the astrologians, the Caldeans and the soth saiers. And the King spake, and said to the wise men of Babél, Whosoeuer can read this writing, and declare me the interpretacion thereof, shalbe clothed with purple, and (shal haue) a chaine of golde about his necke, & shalbe the third ruler in the kingdome.
Then came all the Kings wise men, but they colde nether read the writing, nor shewe the King the interpretacion.
Then was King Belshazzár greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his princes were astonied.
(Now) the Queene by reason of the talke of the King, and his princes came into the banket house (and) the Queene spake, and said, O King, liue for euer: let not thy thoghts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.
There is a man in thy kingdome, in whome is the spirit of the holie gods, & in the dayes of thy father light vnderstanding & wisdome like the wīsdome of the gods, was found in him: whome the King Nebuchad-nezzar thy father, the King (I say,) thy father, made chief of the enchanters, astrologians, Caldeans (and) sothsaiers.
Because a more excellent spirit, and knowledge, and vnderstanding [(for) he did expounde dreames, and declare hard sentences, and dissolued doutes] were founde in him (euen) in Daniel, whome the King named Belteshazzár: now let Daniél be called: and he wil declare the interpretacion.
¶ Then was Daniél broght before the King (and) the King spake and said vnto Daniél, Art thou that Daniél, which art of the children of the captiuitie of Iudáh, whome my father the King broght out of Iewrie.
Now I haue heard of thee, that the spirit of the holie gods (is) in thee, and that light and vnderstanding and excellent wisdome is found in thee.
Now therefore wise men (and) astrologians haue bene broght before me, that they shulde read this writing, and shewe me the interpretacion thereof: but they colde not declare the interpretacion of the thing.
Then heard I of thee, that thou coldest shewe interpretacions, and dissolue doutes now if thou canst read the writing, and shewe me the interpretacio{n} thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and (shalt haue) a chaine of golde about thy necke, & shalt be the third ruler in the kingdome.
Then Daniél answered, and said before the King, Kepe thy rewardes to thy self, and giue thy giftes to another: yet I wil read the writing vnto the King and shewe him the interpretacion.
O King (heare) thou, The moste high God gaue vnto Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdome, and maiestie and honour and glorie.
And for the maiestie that he gaue him, all people, nations, and langages trembled, and feared before him: he put to death whome he wolde he set vp, and whome he wolde he set vp, and whome he wolde he put downe.
But when his heart was puft vp, and his minde hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kinglie throne, and they toke his honour from him.
And he was driuen from the sonnes of mé, and his heart was made like the beasts, & and his dwelling was with the wilde asses: they fed him with grasse like oxen, and his bodie was wet with the dewe of the heaue{n} til he knewe, that the moste high GOD bare rule ouer the kingdome of men, and that he appointeth ouer it, whome soeuer he pleaseth.
And thou his sonne, o{n} Belshazzar, hast 〈◊〉 humbled thine heart, thogh thou knewest all these things.
But hast lift thy self vp against the Lord of heauen, and they haue broght the vessel of his House before thee, and thou and thy princes, thy wiues and thy 〈◊〉 haue drunke wine in them', and thou hast praised the gods of siluer and golde, of brasse, yron, wood and stone, which nether se, nether heare, nor vnderstand: and the GOD in whose hand thy breath is and all thy wayes, him hast thou not glorified.
Then was the palme of the hand sent from him, and hathe writen this writing.
And this is the writing that he hathe writen, MENE, MENE, TEKEL VPHARSIN.
This is the interpretacion of the thing MENE God hathe no{m}bred thy kingdome, and hathe finished it:
TEKEL, thou art wayed in the balance, & art founde to light.
PERES, thy kingdome is deuided, and giuen to the Medes and persians.
Then at the commandement of Belshazzar they clothed Daniel with purple, & (put) a chaine of golde about his necke and made a proclamation concerning him that he shulde be the thirde ruler in the kingdome.
The same night was Belshazzár the King. of the Caldeans slaine.
And Darius of the Medes toke the kingdome, being threscore and two yere olde.
IT pleased Darius to set ouer the kingdome an hundreth and twentie gouernours, whiche shulde be ouer the whole kingdome.
And ouer these, thre rulers [of whome Daniél was one] that the gouernours might giue accompts vnto them, and the King shulde haue no domage.
Now this Daniél was preferred aboue the rulers and gouernours, because the spirit was excellent in him, and the King thoght to set him ouer the whole realme.
¶ Wherefore the rulers and gouernours soght an occasion against Daniél concerning the kingdome: but they colde finde none occasiónor faute: for he was so faithful that there was no blame nor faute founde in him.
Then said these men, We shal not finde an occasion against this Daniél, except we finde it against him concerning the Law of his God.
Therefore the rulers and these gouernours went together to the King, and said thus vnto him, King 〈◊〉, liue for euer.
All the rulers of thy kingdome the officers and gouernours, the counsellers, and dukes haue consulted together to make a decre for the King and to establish a statute, that whosoeuer 〈◊〉 aske a peticion of anie god or man for thirtie dayes saue of thee, ô King, he shal be cast into the denne of lyons.
Now, o King, confirme the decre, and seale the writing, that it be not changed according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Wherefore King Darius sealed the writing and the decre.
¶ Now when Daniél vnderstode that he had sealed the writing, he went into his house, and his windowe being ope{n} in his chamber toward Ierusalém, he 〈◊〉 vpon his knees thre times a day, & prayed and praised his God, as he did afore time.
Then these men assembled, and founde Daniél praying, and making supplication vnto his God.
So they came, and spake vnto the King concerning the Kings decre, Hast thou not sealed the decre, that euerie man that shal make request to anie god or ma{n} within thirtie dayes, saue to thee, ô King, shalbe cast into the denne of lyons? The King answered, and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Then answered they, and said vnto the King, This Daniél whiche is of the children of the captiuitie of Iudáh, regardeth not thee, ô King, nor the decre, that thou hast sealed, but maketh his peticion thre times a day.
When the King heard these wordes, he was sore displeased with him self, and set his hearton Daniél, to deliuer him: and he laboured til the sunne went downe, to deliuer him.
Then these men assembled vnto the King, and said vnto the King, Vnderstand, ô King that the law of the Medes and Persians (is) that no decre nor statute, which the King confirmeth, may be altered.
¶ Then the King commanded, and they broght Daniél, and cast him into the denne of lyons: (now) the King spake, and said vnto Daniél, Thy God, whome thou alway 〈◊〉, (euen) he wil deliuer thee.
And a stone was broght, and layed vpon the mouthe of the denne, and the King sealed it with his owne signet, and with the signet of his princes, that the purpose might not be changed, concerning Daniél.
Then the King went vnto his palace, and remained fasting, nether were the instruments of musicke broght before him, and his slepe went from him.
¶ Then the King arose early in the morning, and went in all haste vnto the denne of lyons.
And when he came to the denne, he cryed with a lamentable voyce vnto Daniél: and the King spake, and said to Daniél, O Daniél, the seruant of the liuing God, is not thy God [whome thou alwaie seruest] able to deliuer thee from the lions?
Then said Daniél vnto the King, O King, liue for euer.
My God hathe sent his Angel and hathe shut the lions mouthes, that thei haue not hurt me: for my iustice was found out before him: & vnto thee, ô King, I haue done no hurte.
Then was the King exceading glad for him, and comma{n}ded that thei shulde take Daniél out of the denne: so Daniél was broght out of the denne, and no maner of hurte was founde vpon him, because he beleued in his God.
And by the commandement of the King these men which had accused Daniél, were broght, and were cast into the denne of lions, (euen) thei, their children, and their wiues: and the lions had the mastrie of the{m}, and brake all their bones a pieces, or euer thei came at the grounde of the denne.
¶ Afterwarde King Darius wrote, Vnto all people, nations & langages, that dwell in all the worlde: Peace be multiplied vnto you.
I make a decre that in all the dominion of my kingdome, men tremble and feare before the God of Daniél: for he is the liuing God, and remaineth for euer: and his kingdome shal not perish, and his dominion (shalbe) euerlasting.
He rescueth and deliuereth, and he worketh signes and wonders in heauen and in earth: who hathe deliuered Daniél fro{m} the power of the lyons.
So this Daniél prospered in the reigne of Darius & in the reigne of Cyrus of Persia,
IN the first yere of 〈◊〉 King of Babél, Daniél sawe a dreame, and there (were) visions in his head, vpon his bed: then he wrote the dreame, (and) declared the summe of the matter.
Daniél spake 〈◊〉 said, I sawe in my vision by night, and beholde, the foure windes of the heauen stroue vpon the great sea:
And foure great beastes came vp from the sea one diuers from another.
The first (was) as a lion, and had egles wings: I behelde, til the wings thereof were plukte of, and it was lifted vp from the earth, and set vpon (his) fete as a man, and a mans heart was giuen him.
And beholde, another beast (which was) the seconde, was like a beare and stode vpon the one side and he had thre ribbes in his mouth betwene his teeth, and thei said thus vnto him, Arise (and) deuoure muche flesh.
After this I behelde, and lo, there (was) another like a leopard, which had vpon his backe foure wings of a foule: the beast had also foure heads, and dominion was giuen him.
After this I sawe in the visions by night, & beholde, the fourth beast (was) feareful and terrible and verie strong. It had great yro{n} teeth it deuoured & brake in pieces and stamped the residue vnder his fete: & it was vnlike to the beastes that were before it: for it had ten hornes.
As I considered the hornes, beholde, there came vp among the{m} another litle horne, before whome there were thre of the first hornes plukt awaie and beholde, in this horne (were) eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouthe speaking presumptious things.
I behelde, til the thrones were set vp, and the Ancient of daies did sit, whose garmét was white as snowe, and the heere of his head like the purewoll: his throne (was like) the fyre flame, (and) his wheles (as) burning fyre.
A fyrie streame yssued, and came forthe from before him: thousand thousands ministred vnto him, and ten thousand thousands stode before him the iudgement was set, and the bokes opened.
Then I behelde, because of the voyce of the presumptueous wordes, which the horne snake. I behelde, euen til the beast was 〈◊〉, and his bodies destroyed, and giuen to the burning fyre.
As concerning the other beastes, thei had taken awaie their dominion, yet their liues were prolonged for a certeine time and season.
¶ As I behelde in visions by night, beholde, one like the Sonne of man came in the cloudes of heauen, and approched vnto the Ancient of daies, and thei broght him before him.
And he gaue him dominion, & honour, and a kingdome, that all people, nations and langages shulde serue him: his dominion (is) an euerlasting dominion, whiche shal neuer be taken awaie: and his kingdome shal neuer be destroied.
¶ I Daniél was troubled in my spirit, in the middes of my bodie, and the visions of mine head made me afraied.
Therefore I came vnto one of them that stode by, and asked him the trueth of all this: so he tolde me, and shewed me the interpretacion of these things.
These great beastes whiche are foure, (are) foure kings, which shal arise out of the earth
And they shall take the kingdome of the Sainctes of the most high, and possesse the kingdome for euer, euen for euer and euer.
¶ After this, I wolde (knowe) the trueth of the fourth beast, which was so vnlike to all the others, very feareful, whose teeth were of yron, and his nailes of brasse: (whiche) deuoured, brake in pieces, and stamped thei residue vnder his fete.
Also (to knowe) of the ten hornes that were in his head, and of the other whiche came vp, before whome thre fel, and of the horne that had eyes, and of the mouthe that spake presumptuous things, whose loke was more stoute then his felowes.
I behelde, and the same horne made battel against the Sainctes, yea, and preuailed against them.
Vntil the Ancient of daies came, and iudgeme{n}t was giuen to the Sainctes of the most high: and the time approched, that the Sainctes possessed the kingdome.
Then he said, The fourthe beast shalbe the fourth kingdome in the earth, which shal be vnlike to all the kingdomes, and shal deuoure the whole earth, and shal treade it downe and breake it in pieces.
And the ten hornes out of this kingdome (are) ten Kings that shal rise: a{n}d another shal rise after them, and he shalbe vnlyke to the first, and he shal subdue thre Kings.
And shal speake wordes against the moste high, and shall consume the Sainctes of the most high, and thinke that he maie change times and lawes, and they shalbe giuen into his hand, vntil a time, and times and the deuiding of time.
But the iudgement shal sit, and they shall take awaie his dominion, to co{n}sume and destroie it vnto the end.
And the kingdome, and dominion, and the greatnes of the kingdome vnder the whole heauen shal be giuen to the holie people of the most high, whose kingdome (is) an euerlasting kingdome and all powers shal serue and obeie him.
Euen this is the end of the matter, I Daniél had manie cogitacions (whiche) troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in mine heart.
IN the thirde yere of the reigne of Kyng Belshazzár, a vision appeared vnto me, (euen) vnto me Daniél, after that (whiche) appeared vnto me at the first.
And I sawe in a vision, and when I sawe it, I was in the palace of Shushan, which is in the prouince of Elám, a{n}d in a vision me thoght I was by the riuer of Vlái.
Then I loked vp and sawe, a{n}d beholde, there stode before the riuer a ramme, which had two hornes: and these two hornes (were) hie but one was hier the another, and the hiest came vp last.
I sawe the ram pusshyng againste the West and against the North, a{n}d against the South, so that no beastes might stand before him, nor colde deliuer out of his hand, but he did what he listed, and became great.
And as I considered, beholde, a goat came fro{m} the West ouer the whole earth, and touched not the grounde: and this goat (had) an horne that appeared betwene his eyes.
And he came vnto the ram that had the two hornes, whome I had sene standing by the riuer, and ranne vnto him in his fierce rage.
And I sawe him come vnto the ramme, and being moued against him, he smot the ramme, and brake his two hornes: and there was no power in the ramme to sta{n}d against him, but he cast him downe to the grounde, and stamped vpon him, and there was none that colde deliuer the ramme out of his power.
Therfore the goat waxed exceadyng great, and when he was at the strongest, his great horne was broken: and for it came vp foure that appeared towarde the foure windes of the heauen.
And out of one of them came forthe a litle horne, which waxed very great towarde the South, and towarde the East, and toward the pleasant (land.)
Yea, it grewe vp vnto the hoste of heauen, and it caste downe (some) of the hoste, and of the starres to the grounde, and trode vpon them.
And extolled him selfe against the prince of the host from whom the dailie (sacrifice) was taken away, and the place of his Sanctuarie was cast downe.
And a time shal be giuen (him) ouer the daylie (sacrifice) for the iniquitie: and it shall cast downe the trueth to the grounde, and thus shal it do, and prosper.
The{n} I heard one of the Sainctes speaking, and one of the Sainctes spake vnto a certeine one, saying, How long (shal endure) the vision of the dayly (sacrifice,) and the iniquitie of the desolation to tread bothe the Sanctuarie and the armie vnder 〈◊〉?
And he answered me, Vnto the euening (and) the morning, two thousand and thre hu{n}dreth: then shal the Sanctuarie be clensed.
¶ Nowe when I Daniél had sene the vision, and soght for the meaning, beholde, there stode before me like the similitude of a ma{n}.
And I heard a mans voyce betwene (the bankes) of Vlái, whiche called and said, Gabriél, make thys man to vnderstande the vision.
So he came where I stode: a{n}d whe{n} he came, I was afraied, and fell vpon my face: but he said vnto me, Vnderstand, ô sonne of man: for in the last time (shalbe) the vision.
Now as he was speaking vnto me, I being a slepe (fel) on my face to the grounde: but he touched me, and set me vp in my place.
And he sayd, Beholde, I will shewe thee what shal be in the last wrath: for in the end of the time appointed (it shal come.)
The ramme whiche thou sawest hauyng two hornes, (are) the Kinges of the Medes and Persians.
And the goat (is) the King of Grecia, and the great horne that is betwene his eyes, is the first King.
And that that is broken, and foure stode vp for it, (are) foure kyngdomes, whiche shal stand vp of that nacion, but not in his strength.
And in the end of their kingdome, when the rebellious shalbe consumed, a King of fierce countena{n}ce, and vnderstanding darke sentences, shal stand vp.
And his power shalbe 〈◊〉, but not in his strength: and he shal destroie wonderfully, and shal prosper, and practise, and shal destroy the mightie, and the holy people.
And through his policie also, he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand, & he shall extoll him self in his heart, and by peace shal destroye many: he shal also stande vp against the prince of princes, but he shal be broken downe without hand.
And the vision of the 〈◊〉 and the morning, which is declared, is true: therfore seale thou vp the vision, for it (shalbe) after many daies.
And I Daniél was striken and sicke (certeine) daies: but when I rose vp, I did the Kings busines, and I was astonished at the vision, but none vnderstode it.
IN the first yere of Darius the sonne of Ahashuerósh, of the sede of the Medes, whiche was made King ouer the realme of the Caldeans.
(Euen) in the first yere of his reigne, I Daniél vnderstode by bokes the nombre of the yeres, whereof the Lord had spoken vnto Ieremiáh the Prophet, that he wolde accomplish seuentie yeres in the desolation of Ierusalém.
And I turned my face vnto the Lorde God, and soght by prayer and supplicacions with fasting and sacke cloth and ashes.
And I prayed vnto the Lorde my God, and made my confession, saying, Oh Lord God, (whiche art) great and fearefull, and kepest couenant and mercie towarde them whiche loue thee, and towarde them that there thy commandements.
We haue sinned, and haue committed iniquitie and haue done wickedly, yea, we haue rebelled, and haue departed from thy preceptes, and from thy iudgements.
For we wolde not obey thy seruants the Prophetes, whiche spake in thy Name to our Kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
O Lorde, ryghteousnes (belongeth) vnto thee, and vnto vs open shame, as (appeareath) this day vnto euerie man of Iudáh, a{n}d to the inhabitants of Ierusalém: yea, vnto all Israél, (bothe) nere and farre of, through all the countreis, whether thou haste driuen them, because of their offenses, that they haue committed against thec.
OLORDE, vnto vs (apperteineth) open shame, to our Kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we haue sinned agaynst thee.
(Yet) compassion and forgiuenes (is) in the Lorde our God, albeit we haue rebelled against him.
For we haue not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walke in his lawes, whiche he had laid before vs by the ministerie of his seruants the Prophetes.
Yea, all Israél haue transgressed thy Lawe, and are turned backe, and haue not heard thy voice: therefore the cursse is powred vpon vs, and the othe that is writen in the lawe of Mosés the seruant of God, because we haue sinned against him.
And he hath confirmed his wordes, which he spake against vs, and against our iudges that iudged vs, by bringing vpon vs a great plague: for vnder the whole heauen hathe not bene the like, as hathe bene broght vppon Ierusalém.
All thys plague is come vpon vs, as it is writen in the Lawe of Mosés: yet made we not our praier before the Lord our god, that we might turne from our iniquities and vnderstand thy trueth.
Therefore hath the Lord made readie the plague, and broght it vpon vs: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his workes whiche he doeth: for we wolde not heare his voyce.
And now, ô Lord our God, that hast broght thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mightie hand, and hast gotten thee renoume as (appeareth) this day, we haue sinned, we haue done wickedly.
O Lord, according to all thy righteousnes, I beseche thee, let thine angre & thy wrath be turned away from thy citie Ierusalém thine holy Mountaine: for because of our sinnes, & for the iniquities of our fathers, Ierusalém and thy people (are) a reproche to all (that are) about vs.
Now therefore, ô our GOD, heare the prayer of thy seruant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine vpon thy Sanctuarie, that lyeth waste for the Lords sake.
O my GOD, encline thine eare and heare: open thine eyes, and beholde our desolatio{n}s, and the citie wherupon thy Name is called: for we do not present our supplicacions before thee for our owne righteousnes, but for thy great tendre mercies.
O Lord, heare, ô Lord forgiue, ô Lord consider, and do it: differre not, for thine owne sake, ô my God: for thy Name is called vpon thy citie, and vpon thy people.
¶ And whiles I was speaking and praying, and confessing my sinne, and the sinne of my people Israél, and did present my supplicacion before the Lord my God, for the holy Mountaine of my God,
Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, euen the man Gabriél, whome I had sene before in the vision, came flying, & touched me about the time of the euening oblacion.
And he informed (me,) and talked with me and said, O Daniél, I am now come forthe to giue thee knowledge (and) vnderstanding.
At the beginning of thy supplicacions the commandement came forthe, and I am come to shewe (thee,) for thou art greatly beloued: therefore vnderstand the matter and co{n}sider the vision.
Seuentie wekes are determined vpon thy people and vpon thine holie citie, to finish the wickednes, and to seale vp the sinnes, and to reconcile the iniquitie, & to bring in euerlasting righteousnes, and to seale vp the vision and prophecie, and to anoint the moste Holie.
Knowe therefore and vnderstand, that from the going forthe of the commandement to bring againe (the people,) and to builde Ierusalém, vnto Messiah the prince, (shalbe) seue{n} wekes, and thre score and two wekes, (and) the strete shalbe built againe, & the wall euen in a troublous time.
And after thre score and two wekes, shal Messiah be slayne, and shal haue nothing, & the people of the prince that shal come, shal destroye the citie and the Sanctuarie, & the end thereof (shalbe) with a flood: and vnto the end of the battel it shalbe destroyed by desolacions.
And he shal confirme the couena{n}t with manie for one weke: and in the middes of the weke he shal cause the sacrifice and the oblacion to cease, and for the ouerspreading of the abominacions, he shal make it desolate, euen vntil the consummacion determined shalbe powred vpon the desolate.
IN the third yere of Cyrus King of Persia, a thing was reueiled vnto Daniél [whose name was called Belteshazzár] and the word (was) true, but the time appointed (was) lo{n}g and he vnderstode the thing, and had vnderstanding of the vision.
At the same time, I Daniél was in heauines for thre weekes of dayes.
I ate no pleasant bread, nether came flesh, nor wine in my mouth, nether did I anoint my self at all, til thre weekes of dayes were fulfilled.
And in the foure and twentieth day, of the first moneth, as I was by the side of that great riuer, euen Hiddékel,
And I lift vp mine eyes, and loked, and beholde, there (was) a man clothed in linen, whose loynes were girded with fine golde of Vphaz.
His bodie also (was) like the Chrysolite, and his face [to loke vpon] like the lightening, & his eyes as lampes of yre, and his armes and his fete (were) like in colour to polished brasse, and the voyce of his wordes (was) like the voyce of a multitude.
And I Daniél alone sawe the vision: for the men that were with me, sawe not the vision: but a great feare fell vpon them, so that they fled away and hid them selues.
Therefore I was left alone, and sawe this great vision, & there remained no strength in me: for my strength was turned in me into corruption, and I reteined no power.
Yet heard I the voyce of his wordes: and when I heard the voyce of his wordes, I slept on my face: and my face (was) towarde the grounde.
And beholde, an hand touched me, which set me vp vpon my knees and vpon the 〈◊〉 of mine hands.
And he said vnto me, O Daniél, a man greatly beloued, vnderstand the wordes that I speake vnto thee, and 〈◊〉 in thy place: 〈◊〉 for vnto thee am I now sent: And when he had said this worde vnto me, I stode trembling.
Then said he vnto me, Feare not, Daniél: for from the first daye that thou didest set thine heart to vnderstand, and to humble thy selfe before thy God, thy wordes were heard, and I am come for thy wordes.
But the prince of the kingdome of Persia with stode me one and twentie dayes: but lo, Michaél one of the chief princes, came to helpe me, and I remained there by the Kings of Perfia.
Now I am come to shewe thee what shal come to thy people in the latter dayes: for yet the vision (is) for (manie) dayes.
And when he spake these wordes vnto me, I set my face towarde the grounde, & helde my tongue.
And beholde, one like the similitude of the sonnes of man touched my lippes: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said vnto him that stode before me, O my Lord, by the vision my sorowes are returned vpon me, and I haue reteined no strength.
For how can the serua{n}t of this my Lord talke with my Lord (being) suche one? for as for me, straight way there remained no strength in me, nether is there breth left in me.
Then there came againe, and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
And said, O man, greatly beloued, feare not: peace (be) vnto thee: be strong and of good courage. And when he had spoken vnto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my Lord speake: for thou hast strengthened me.
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I am come vnto thee? but now wil I returne to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forthe, lo, the prince of Grecia shal come.
But I wil shewe thee that which is decreed in the Scripture of trueth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michaél your Prince.
ALso I, the first yere of Darius of the Medes, (euen) I stode to incourage and to strengthen him.
And now will I shewe thee the trueth. Beholde, there shal stand vp yet thre Kings in Persia, and the fourth shalbe farre richer then they all: and by his strength, (and) by his riches he shal stirre vp all against the realme of Grecia.
But a mightie King shal stand vp, that shal rule with great dominion, and do according to his pleasure:
And when he shal stand vp, his kingdome shalbe broken, and shalbe deuided towarde the foure windes of heauen: and not to his posteritic, nor according to his dominion whiche he ruled: for his Kingdome shalbe pluckt vp, euen (to be) for others besides those.
And the King of the South shalbe mightie, and (one) of his princes, and shal preuaile againste him, and beare rule: his dominion (shalbe) a great dominion:
And in the end of yeres they shalbe ioyned together: for the Kings daughter of the South shal come to the King of the North to make an agrement, but she shal not reteine the power of the arme, nether shal he continue, nor his arme: but she shalbe deliuered (to death,) and thei that broght her, & he that begate her, and he that comforted her in these times.
But out of the budde of her rootes shal one stand vp in his stead, which shal come with an armie, and shal entre into the fortesse of the King of the North, and do with them (as he list,) and shal preuaile,
And shal also carye captiues into Egypt their gods with their molten images, (and) with their precious vessels of siluer and of golde, and he shal co{n}tinue mo yeres then the King of the North.
So the King of the South shal come into (his) kingdome, & shal returne into his owne land.
Wherefore his sonnes shalbe stirred vp, & shal assemble a mightie great armie, and (one) shal come, and ouerflowe, & passe through: then shal he returne, and be stirred vp at his forteresse.
And the King of the South shalbe angrie, & shal come forthe, and fight with him, (euen) with the King of the North: for he shal set forthe a great multitude, and the multitude shalbe giuen into his hand.
Then the multitude shalbe proude, a{n}d their heart shalbe lifted vp: for he shal cast downe thousands: but he shal not (stil) preuaile.
For the Kyng of the North shall returne, and shal set forthe a great multitude then afore, and shal come forthe [after certeine yeres] with a mightie armie, and great riches.
And at the same tyme there shall manie stand vp against the King of the South: also the rebellious children of thy people shal exalte them selues to establish the visio{n}, but they shal fall.
So the Kyng of the North shal come, and cast vp a mounte, and take the strong citie: and the armes of the South shal not resiste, nether his chosen people, nether (shal) there (be) anie strength to withstand.
But he that shall come, shal do vnto him, as he list, a{n}d none shal stand against him: and he shal stand in the pleasant land, which by his hand shalbe consumed.
Againe he shall set hys face to entre with the power of his whole kingdome, and his confederates with him: thus shal he do, and he shal giue hym the daughter of women, to destroye her: but she shal not stande (on his side,) nether be for him.
After this shal he turne hys face vnto the yles, and shal take many, but a prince shal cause hys shame to lyght vpon him, beside that he shall cause his owne shame to turne vpon him self.
For he shall turne his face towarde the fortes of his owne land: but he shalbe ouerthrowen ánd fall, and be no more founde.
Then shall stand vp in his place in the glorie of the kingdome, one that shal raise taxes: but after fewe dayes he shalbe destroyed, nether in wrath, nor in battel.
And in his place shal stand vp a vile persone, to whome they shal not giue the honour of the kingdom: but he shal come in peaceably, and obteine the kingdome by flateries.
And the armes shalbe ouerthrowen with a 〈◊〉 before him, and shalbe broken: and also the prince of the couenant.
And after the league (made) with hym he shal worke disceitfully: for he shall come vp, and ouercome with a smale people.
He shal entre into the quiet and plentifull prouidence, and he shal do that which his fathers haue not done, nor his fathers fathers he shal deuide among them the pray and the spoile, and the substance, yea, and he shal forecast his deuises against the strong holdes, euen for a time.
Also he shal stirre vp his power and his courage againste the Kyng of the South with a great armie, and the King of the South shalbe stirred, vp to battel with a very great and myghtie armie: but he shall not stand: for they shal forecast and practise against him.
Yea, they that fede of the porcion of his meat, shal destroy him: and his armie shal ouerflowe: and many shal fall, and be slayne.
And bothe these Kings hearts (shalbe) to do mischief, and they shall talke of disceite at one table: but it shall not auaile: for yet the end (shalbe) at the time appointed.
Then shal he returne into hys lande with great substance: for his heart shalbe against the holie 〈◊〉: so shal he do and returne to his owne land.
At the time appointed he shal returne, and come toward the South: but the last shal not be as the first.
For the shippes of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shalbe sorie and returne, and freat against the holie couenant: so shall he do, he shall euen returne and haue intelligence with them that forsake the holie couenant.
And armes shall stand on his parte, a{n}d they shal pollute the Sanctuarie of strength, and shal take away the dailie (sacrifice,) and they shal set vp the abominable desolation.
And suche as wickedly breake the couena{n}t, shal he cause to sinne by flatterie: but the people that do knowe their God, shall preuaile and prosper.
And they that vnderstand among the people, shal instruct many: yet they shall fall by sworde, and by flame, by captiuitie and by spoile many dayes.
Now when they shal fall, they shal be holpen with a litle helpe: but many shal cleaue vnto them fainedly.
And some of them of vnderstandyng shall fall to trye them, and to purge, and to make them white, til the time be out: for there (is) a time appointed.
And the King shal do what him list: he shal exalte him self, and magnifie him self against all, (that is) God, and shal speake marueilous things against the God of gods, and shal prosper, til the wrath be accomplished for the determination is made.
Nether shal he regarde the God of his fathers, nor the desires of women, nor care for any God: for he shal magnifie him selfe aboue all.
But in hys place shal he honour the God Mauzzim, and the God whome hys fathers knewe not, shal he honour with golde a{n}d with siluer, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
Thus shal he do in the holdes of Mauzzim with a strange god whome he shal acknowledge: he shall increase (his) glorie and shal cause them to rule ouer many, and shall diuide the land for gaine.
And at the ende of tyme shall the Kyng of the South push at hym, and the Kyng of the North shall come agaynste hym lyke a whirle winde with charets, and with horsemen, and with many shippes, and he shal entre into the countreis, and shal ouerflow and passe through.
He shall entre also into the pleasant land, and many (countreis) shalbe ouerthrowen: but these shal escape out of his hand, (euen) Edom and Moáh, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
He shall stretch forthe his hand also vpon the cou{n}treis, and the land of Egypt shal not escape.
But he shall haue power ouer the treasures of golde and of siluer, and ouer all the precious thyngs of Egypt, and of the Lybians, and of the blacke Mores where he shall passe.
But the tydynges out of the East and the North shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forthe with great wrath to destroy and roote out many.
And he shall plant the tabernacles of hys place betwene the seas in the glorious (and) holie mou{n}taine, yet he shal come to his end, and none shal helpe him.
ANd at that time shall Michaél, stande vp, the great prince, whiche standeth for the chyldren of thy people, and there shalbe a time of trouble, suche as neuer was since there began to be a nation vnto that same time: and at that time thy people shalbe deliuered, euerie one that shalbe founde writen in the boke.
And many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to euerlastyng life, and some to shame and perpetuall contempt.
And they that be wise, shall shine, as the brightnes of the sirmament: and they that turne many to ryghteousnes, (shall shine) as the starres, for euer and euer.
But thou, ô Daniél, shut vp the wordes, and seale the boke til the end of the time: many shall runne to and fro, and knowledge shalbe increased.
¶ Then I Daniél loked, and beholde, there stode other two, the one on this side of the brinke of the riuer, and the other on that side of the brinke of the riuer.
And (one) sayd vnto the man clothed in linnen, whiche was vpon the waters of the riuer, When (shalbe) the ende of these wonders?
And I heard the man clothed in linnen whiche was vpon the waters of the riuer, when he held vp his right hand, and his left hand vnto heauen, and sware by him that liueth for euer, that (it shall tarie) for a time, two times and halfe: and when he shal haue accō plished to scatter the power of the holie people, all these things shalbe finished.
Then I heard it, but I vnderstode it not: then said I, O my Lorde, what shalbe the end of these things?
And he said, Go thy way, Daniél: for the wordes are closed vp, and sealed, till the end of the time.
Many shalbe purified, made white, and tried: but the wicked shal do wickedly, and none of the wicked shal haue vndersta{n}ding: but wise shal vnderstand.
And from the time that the dailie (sacrifice) shalbe taken away, and the abominable desolation set vp, there (shalbe) at thousande, two hundreth and ninetie dayes.
Blessed (is he) that waiteth and commeth to the thousand, thre hundreth and fiue and thirtie dayes.
But go thou thy waye till the end (be:) for thou shalt rest and stand vp in thy lot, at the end of the dayes.
THe worde of the Lord that came vnto Hoséa the so{n}ne of Beeri, in the dayes of Vzziáh, Iotham, Aház, (and) Hezekiáh Kings' of Iudáh, and in the dayes of Ieroboám the sonne of Ioásh King of Israél.
At the beginning the Lord spake by Hoséa, and the Lord said vnto Hoséa, Go, take vnto thee a wife of fornications, and children of fornicatio{n}s: for the land hathe committed great whoredome, (departing) fro{m} the Lord.
So he went, and toke Gómer, the daughter of Dibláim, which conceiued and bare him a sonne.
And the Lord said vnto him, Call his name Izreél: for yet a litle, & I wil visite the blood of Izreél vpon the house of Iehú, & wil cause to cease the kingdome of the house of Israél.
And at that day wil I also breake the bow of Israél in the valley of Izreél.
She 〈◊〉 yet againe, and bare a daughter, and (God) said vnto him, Call her name Lo-ruhámah: for I wil no more haue pitie vpon the house of Israél: but I wil vtterly take them away.
Yet I wil haue mercie vpon the house of Iudáh, and wil saue them by the Lord their God, and wil not saue them by bowe, nor by sworde nor by battel, by horses, nor by horsemen.
Now when she had wained Lo-ruhámah, she conceiued, and bare a sonne.
Then said (God,) Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people: therefore wil I not be yours.
Yet the nomber of the children of Israél shalbe as the sand of the sea, which can not be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was said vnto them, Ye are not my people, it shalbe said vnto them, (Ye are) the sonnes of the liuing God.
Then shal the children of Iudáh, and the childre{n} of Israél be gathered together, and appoint them selues one head, and they shal come vp out of the land: for great (is) the day of Izreél.
SAy vnto your brethren, Ammi, & to your sisters, Ruhámah,
Plead with your mother: plead (with her:) for she is not my wife, nether am I her housband: but let her take away her fornications out of her sight, & her adulteries from betwene her breastes.
Lest I strippe her naked, & set her as in the day that she was brone, and make her as a wildernes, and leaue her like a drye land, and slaye her for thirst.
And I wil haue no pitie vpon her children: for they be the children of fornications.
For their mother hathe played the harlot: she that conceiued them hathe done shamefully for she said, I wil go after my louers that giue me my bread and my water, my woll and my flaxe, mine oile and my drinke.
Therefore beholde, I wil stoppe thy way with thornes, & make an hedge, that she shal not finde her paths.
Thogh she followe after her louers, yet shal she not come at them: thogh she seke them, yet shal she not finde (the{m}:) then shal she say, I wil go and returne to my first housband: for at that time was I better then now.
Now she did not know that I gaue her corne, and wine, and oile, and multiplied her siluer and golde, (which) they bestowed vpo{n} Bāal.
Therefore wil I returne, and take away my corne in the time thereof, and my wine in the ceason thereof, and wil recouer my woll and my flaxe (lent,) to couer her shame.
And now wil I discouer her lewdnes in the sight of her louers, and no man shal deliuer her out of mine hand.
I wil also cause all her myrth to cease, her feast dayes, her newe moones, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemne feasts.
And I wil destroy her vines and her figtrees whereof she hathe said, These are my rewardes that my louers haue giuen me: and I wil make them as a forest, and the wilde beasts shal eat them.
And I wil visit vpon her the dayes of Baalim, wherein she burnt incense to them: and she decked her self with he earings & her iewels, and she followed her louers, and forgate me, saith the Lord.
Therefore beholde, I wil allure her, and bring her into the wildernes, & speake frie{n}d ly vnto her.
And I wil giue her her vineyardes from thence, and the valley of Achōr for the dore of hope, and she shal sing there as in the dayes of her youth, & as in the day when she came vp out of the land of Egypt.
And at that day, saith the Lord, thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more 〈◊〉.
For I wil take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shal be no more remembred by their names.
And in that day wil I make a couenant for them, with the wilde beasts, and with the foule of the heauen, and with that that crepeth vpon the earth: and I wil breake the bowe, and the sworde and the battel out of the earth, and wil make them to slepe safely.
And I wil marie thee vnto me for euer: yea I wil marie thee vnto me in righteousnes, and in iudgement, and in mercie and in compassion.
I wil euen marie thee vnto me in faithfulnes, and thou shalt know the Lord.
And in that day I wil heare, saith the Lord, I wil (euen) heare the heauens, and they shal heare the earth,
And the earth shal heare the corne, and the wine, and the oyle, & they shal heare Izreél.
And I wil so we her vnto me in the earth, and I wil haue mercie vpon her, that was not pitied, and I wil say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people. And they shal say, (Thou art) my God.
THen said the Lord to me, Go yet, (and) loue a woman [beloued of (her) housband, and was an harlot] according to the loue of the Lord toward the children of Israél: yet they loked to other gods, & loued the wine bottels.
So I boght her to me for fiftene (pieces) of siluer, a{n}d for an homer of barlie and an halfe (homer) of barlie.
And I said vnto her, Thou shalt abide with me manie dayes: thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt be to none (other) man, & I wil be so vnto thee.
For the children of Israél shal remaine manie dayes without a King and without a prince, and without an offring, and without an image, and without an Ephōd and without Teraphim.
Afterwarde shal the children of Israél 〈◊〉, and seke the Lord their God, and Dauid their King, and shal 〈◊〉 the Lord, & his goodnes in the latter dayes,
HEare the worde of the Lord, ye childre{n} of Israél: for the Lord hathe a controuersie with the inhabitants of the land because there (is) no trueth, nor mercie nor knowledge of God in the land.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and whoring they breake out, and blood toucheth blood.
Therefore shal the land mourne, and euerie one that dwelleth therein, shalbe cut of, with the beasts in the field, and with the foules of the heauen, and also the fishes of the sea shal be taken away,
Yet let none rebuke, nor reproue another for thy people (are) as they that rebuke the Priest.
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the Prophet shal fall with thee in the night, and I wil destroye thy mother.
My people are destroyed for lacke of knowledge: because thou hast refused knowledge, I wil also refuse thee, that thou shalt be no Priest to me: and seing thou hast forgotten the Law of thy God, I wil also forget thy children.
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: (therefore) wil I change 〈◊〉 their glorie into shame.
They eat vp the sinnes of my people, and lift vp their mindes in their iniquitie.
And there shalbe like people, like Priest: for I wil visit their wayes vpon them, and rewarde them their dedes.
For they shal eat, & not haue ynough: they shal commit adulterie, and shal not increase, because they haue left to take hede to the Lord.
Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away (their heart.)
My people aske 〈◊〉 at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirit of fornications hathe caused (them) to erre, and they haue gone a whoring from vnder their God.
They sacrifice vpon the toppes of the 〈◊〉, and burne incense vpon the hilles vnder the okes, and the poplartre, & the elme because the shadowe thereof is good: therefore your daughters shalbe harlottes, and your spouses shalbe whores.
I wil not visite your daughters when they are harlots, nor your spouses when they are whores: for thei them selues are separated with harlots, and sacrifice with whores: therefore the people that doeth not vnderstand, shal fall.
Thogh thou, Israél, playe the harlot, (yet) let not 〈◊〉 sinue: come not ye vnto Gilgal, 〈◊〉 go ye vp to Beth-áuen, nor sweare, The Lord liueth.
For Israél is rebellious as an 〈◊〉 heiffer. Now the Lord wil fede them as a lambe in a large place.
Ephráim (is) ioyned to idoles: let him alone.
Their drunkennes stinketh: they haue committed whoredome: their rulers loue (to say) with shame, Bring ye.
The winde hathe bounde them vp in her wings, and they shalbe ashamed of their sacrifices.
OYe Priests, heare this, and hearken ye, ô house of Israél, and giue ye eare, ô house of the King, for iudgement (is) toward you, because you haue bene a snare on Mizpáh and a net spred vpon Tabōr.
Yet they were profounde, to decline to slaughter, thogh I haue bene a rebuker of them all.
I knowe Ephráim, and Israél is not hid from me: for now, ô Ephráim thou art become an harlot (and) Israél is defiled.
Thei wil not giue their mindes to turne vnto their God: for the spirit of 〈◊〉 (is) in the middes of them, and they haue not knowen the Lord.
And the pride of Israél doeth testifie to his face: therefore shal Israél and Ephráim fall in their iniquitie, 〈◊〉 also shal fall with the{m}
They shal go with their shepe, & with their bullockes to seke the Lord, but they shal not finde him (for) he hathe with drawe{n} him self from them.
They haue transgressed against the Lord, for they haue begotten strange children, now shal a moneth 〈◊〉 the{m} with their porcions.
Blowe ye the trumpet in Gibeáh, (and) the shaume in Ramáh: crye out at Beth-áuen, after thee, ô Beniamin.
Ephráim shalbe desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israél haue I caused to knowe the trueth.
The princes of Iudáh were like them that remoue the bo{n}des, (therefore) wil I powre out my wrath vpon them like water.
Ephráim is oppressed (and) broken in iudgement, because he willingly walked after the commandement.
Therfore wil I be vnto Ephráim as a moth, and to the house of Iudáh as a rottennes.
When Ephraim sawe his sickenes, and Iudáh his wounde, then went Ephráim vnto Asshúr, and sent vnto King Iaréb, yet colde he not heale you, not cure you of your wounde.
For I wil be vnto Ephráim as a lion, and as a lions whelpe to the house of Iudáh: I (euen) I wil spoyle, and go away: I wil take away, & none shal rescue it.
I wil go (and) returne to my place, til they acknowledge their fault, and seke me: in their affliction they wil seke me diligently.
COme, and let vs returne to the Lord: for he hathe spoiled, and he wil heale vs he hathe wounded vs, and wil binde vs vp.
After two dayes wil he 〈◊〉 vs (and) in the thirde day he wil raise vs vp, and we shal liue in his sight.
Then shal we haue knowledge, & endeuour our selues to knowe the Lord his going for the is prepared as the mourning, and he shal come vnto vs as the raine (and) as the latter raine vnto the earth.
O Ephráim, what shal I do vnto thee! ô Iudáh, how shal I 〈◊〉 thee! for your goodnes (is) as a morning cloude, and as the morning dewe it goeth away.
Therefore haue I cut downe by the Prophetes: I haue slaine them by the wordes of my mouth, and thy iudgeme{n}ts (were as) the light that goeth for the.
For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.
But thei like men haue transgressed the couena{n}t: there haue they trespaced against me.
Gileád (is) a citie of them that worke iniquitie, (and is) polluted with blood.
And as theues waite for a man, (so) the companie of Priests murther in the way by consent: for they worke meschief.
I haue sene vilenie in the house of Israél: there (is) the whoredome of Ephráim: Israél is defiled.
Yea, Iudáh hathe set a plant for thee, whiles I wolde returne the captiuitie of my people.
WHen I wolde haue healed Israél, then the iniquitie of Ephráim was discouered, and the wickednes of Samaria: for they haue delt falsely: and the thefe cometh in, an the robber spoyleth without.
And they consider not in their hearts, (that) I remember all their wickednes: now their owne inuencions haue be set them about: they are in my sight.
They make the King glad with their wickednes, and the princes with their lies.
Thei are all adulterers, (and) as a verie oue{n} heated by the baker, which ceaseth from raising vp, (and) from kneding the do we vntil it be leauened.
(This is) the day of our King: the princes haue made him sicke with flagons of wine: he stretcheth out his hand to scorners.
For thei haue made readie their heart like an ouen whiles they lie in waite: their baker slepeth all the night: in the morning it burneth as a flame of fyre.
They are all hote as an ouen, and haue deuoured their Iudges: all their Kings are fallen there is none among them that calleth vnto me.
Ephráim hathe mixt him self among the people. Ephráim is as a cake on the herth not turned.
Strangers haue deuoured his strength, & he knoweth it not: yea, graye heeres are here and there vpon him, yet he knoweth not.
And the pride of Israél testifieth to his face, and they do not returne to the Lord their God, nor seke him for all this.
Ephráim also is like a doue deceiued, without heart: they call to Egypt: they go to Asshúr:
(But) when they shal go, I wil spred my net vpon them, (and) drawe them downe as the foules of the heauen: I wil chastise them as their congregation hathe heard.
Wo vnto them: for they haue fled away fro{m} me: destruction (shalbe) vnto them, because they haue transgressed against me: thogh I haue redemed them, yet they haue spoken lies against me.
And they haue not cryed vnto me with their hearts, when they 〈◊〉 vpon their beds: they assemble them selues for corne, and wine, (and) thei rebell against me.
Thogh I haue bounde, (and) strengthened their arme, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Thei returne, (but) not to the most high: thei are like a deceitful bowe: their princes shal fall by the sworde, for the rage of their tongues: this shalbe their derision in the la{n}d of Egypt.
SEt the trumpet to thy mouth. (he shal come) as an egle against the House of the Lord, because they haue transgressed my couenant, and trespaced against my Law.
Israél shal crye vnto me, My God, we knowe thee.
Israél hathe cast of the thing that is good: the enemie shal pursue him.
They haue set vp a King, but not by me: they haue made princes, and I knewe it not: of their siluer & their golde haue they made them idoles: therefore shal thei be destroyed.
Thy calfe, ô Samaria, hathe cast thee of: mine anger is kindeled against them: how long wil they be without innocencie!
For it came euen fro{m} Israél: the workeman made it, therefore it is not God: but the calfe of Samaria shalbe (broken) in pieces
For they haue sowe{n} the winde, & they shal reape the whirlwinde: it hathe no stalke: the budde shal bring for the no meale: if so be it bring for the, the strangers shal deuoure it.
Israél, is deuoured, now shal they be among the Ge{n}tiles as a vessel wherei{n} (is) no pleasure
For they are gone vp to Asshúr: (they are as) a wilde asse alone by him self: Ephraim hathe hired louers.
Yet thogh they haue hired among the nacions, now wil I gather them, and thei shal sorowe a litle, for the burden of the King (and) the princes.
Because Ephráim hathe made many altars to sinne, his altars (shalbe) to sinne,
I haue writen to them the great things of my Law: (but) they were counted as a strange thing.
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offrings, and eat it: (but) the Lord accepteth the{m} not: now wil he reme{m}ber their iniquitie, and visite their sinnes: they shal returne to Egypt.
For Israél hathe forgotten his maker, and buyldeth temples, and Iudáh hathe encreased strong cities: but I wil send a fyre vpon his cities, and it shal deuoure the palaces there of.
REioyce not, ô Israél for ioye as (other) people: for thou hast gone a whoring fro{m} thy God: thou hast loued a rewarde vpon euery corne floore.
The floore, & the wine presse shal not fede them, and the new wine shal faile in her.
They wil not dwell in the Lords land, but Ephráim wil returne to Egypt, & they wil eat vncleane things in Asshúr.
They shal not offer wine to the Lord, nether shal their sacrifices be pleasa{n}t vnto him: (but they shalbe) vnto them as the bread of mourners: all that eat thereof, shal be polluted: for their bread for their soules shal not come into the House of the Lord.
What wil ye do then in the solenne day, & in the day of the feast of the Lord?
For, lo, they are gone fro{m} destruction: (but) Egypt shal gather them vp, and Memphis shal burye them: the nettles shal possesse the pleasant (places) of their siluer, (and) the thorne (shalbe) in their tabernacles.
The dayes of visitacion are come: the dayes of recompense are come: Israél shal knowe it: the Prophet (is) a foole: the spiritual man (is) mad, for the multitude of thine iniquitie therefore the hatred is great.
The watchema{n} of Ephráim (shulde be) with my God, (but) the Prophet (is) the snare of a fouler in all his waies, (&) hatred in the House of his God.
They are depely set: they are corrupt as in the daies of Gibeáh: (therefore) he wil reme{m}ber their iniquitie, he wil visite their sinnes.
I founde Israél like grapes in the wildernes I sawe your fathers as the first ripe in the fig treat her first time: (but) they went to BaalPeór, and separated them selues vnto that shame, and (their) abominacions were according to their louers.
Ephráim their glorie shal flee away like a birde: from the birth and from the wombe and from the conception.
Thogh they bring vp their children, yet I wil depriue them from being men: yea, wo to them, when I departe from them.
Ephráim, as I sawe, (is as a tre) in Tyrus planted in a cottage: but Ephráim shal bring forthe his children to the murtherer.
O Lord, giue them: what wilt thou giue the{m}? giue them a baren wombe & drye breasts.
All their wickednes (is) in Gilgál: for there do I hate the{m}: for the wickednes of their inuencions, I wil cast them out of mine House: I wil loue them no more: all their princes are rebelles.
Ephráim is smitten, their roote is dryed vp they ca{n} bring no frute: yea, thogh thei bring for the, yet wil I 〈◊〉 eue{n} the dearest of their bodie.
My God wil cast the{m} away, because they did not obey him: and they shal wander among the nacions.
ISraél (is) a emptie vine, (yet) hathe it broght forthe frute vnto it self, (and) according to the multitude of the frute thereof he hathe increased the altars: according to the goodnes of their land they haue made faire images.
Their heart is deuided: now shal they be founde fautie: he shal breake downe their altars: he shal destroye their images.
For now they shal say, We haue no King because we feared not the Lord: and what shulde a King do to vs?
They haue spoken wordes, swearing falsely in making a couenant: thus iudgement groweth as worme wood in the furrowes of the field.
The inhabitants of Samaria shal feare because of the calfe of Beth-〈◊〉: for the people thereof shal mourne ouer it, & the Chemarims thereof, that reioyced on it for the glorie thereof, because it is departed fro{m} it.
It shalbe also broght to Asshúr, for a present vnto King Iaréb: Ephráim shal receiue shame, and Israél shalbe ashamed of his owne counsel.
Of Samaria, the King thereof is destroied, as the fome vpon the water.
The hie places also of Aue{n} shalbe destroyed (euen) the sinne of Israél the thorne and the thistle shal growe vpon their altars, and they shal say to the mountaines, Couer vs, and to the hilles, Fall vpon vs.
O Israél, 〈◊〉 hast sinned from the daies of Gibeáh: there they stode: the battel in Gibeáh against the children of iniquitie did not touche them.
It is my desire that I shulde chastise them, and the people shalbe gathered against the{m}, when they shal gather them selues in their two furrowes.
And Ephráim (is as) an heiffer vsed to delite in threshing: but I wil passe by her faire necke: I wil make Ephráim to ride: Iudáh shal plowe, (and) Iaakób shal breake his cloddes.
So we to yourselues in righteousnes: reape after the measure of mercie: breake vp your fallowe grounde: for (it is) time to seke the Lord, til he come and raine righteousnes vpon you.
(But) you haue plowed wickednes: ye haue reaped iniquitie: you haue eaten the frute of lies: because thou didest trust in thine owne wayes, (&) in the multitude of thy stro{n}g men
Therefore shal a tumult arise amo{n}g thy people and all thy munitions shalbe destroyed, as Shalmán destroyed Beth-arbél in the day of battel: the mother with the children was dashed in pieces.
So shal Beth-él do vnto you, because of your malicious wickednes: in a morning shal the King of Israél be destroyed.
WHen Israél (was) a childe, then I loued him, and called my sonne out of Egypt.
They called them, (but) they went thus fro{m} them: they sacrificed vnto Baalim, and burnt incense to images.
I led Ephráim also, (as one) shulde beare the{m} in his armes: but they knewe not that I healed them.
I led them with cordes of a ma{n}, (euen) with bandes of loue, and I was to them, as he that taketh of the yoke from their iawes, and I layed the meat vnto them.
He shal no more returne into the land of Egypt: but Asshúr shalbe his King, because they refused to conuert.
And the sworde shal fall on his cities, & shal consume his barres, and deuoure the{m}, because of their owne counsels.
And my people are bent to rebellion against me: thogh they called them to the most, hie (yet) none at all wolde exalt (him.)
How shal I giue thee vp, Ephráim? (how) shal I deliuer thee, 〈◊〉? how shal I make thee, as Admáh? (how) shal I set thee, as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me: myre pentings are rouled together.
I wil not execute the fiercenes of my wrath: I wil not returne to destroy Ephráim: for I am God, and not man, the holy one in the middes of thee, and I wil not entre into the citie.
They shal walke after the Lord: he shal roare like a lyon: when he shal roare, then the children of the West shal feare.
Thei shal feare as a sparowe out of Egypt, and as a doue out of the land of 〈◊〉, and I wil place them in their houses, saith the Lord.
Ephráim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israél with deceit: but Iudáh yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the Sainctes.
EPhráim is fed with the winde, and followeth after the East winde: he encreaseth 〈◊〉 and destruction, and they do make a couenant with 〈◊〉, and oyle is caryed into Egypt.
The Lord hathe also a controuersie with Iudáh, and wil visite Iaakób, according to his waies: according to his workes, wil here compense him.
He toke his brother by the hele in the wombe, and by his strength he had power with God.
And had power ouer the Angel, & preuailed: he wept & prayed vnto him: he founde him in Beth-él, and there he spake with vs.
Yea, the Lord God of hostes, the Lord (is) him self his memorial.
Therefore turne thou to thy God: kepe mercie and iudgement, and hope stil in thy God.
(He is) Canáan: the balances of deceit (are) in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.
And Ephráim said, Notwithstanding I am riche, I haue founde me out riches in all my labours: they shal finde none iniquitie in me that were wickednes.
Thogh I am the Lord thy God, from the la{n}d of Egypt, yet wil I make thee to dwell in the tabernacles, as in the dayes of the solemne feast.
I haue also spoken by the Prophetes, and I haue multiplied visions, and vsed similitudes by the ministerie of the Prophetes.
Is there iniquitie in Gileád? surely thei are vanitie: they sacrifice bullockes in Gilgál, & their altars (are) as heapes in the furrowes of the field.
And Iaakób fled into the countrey of Arā, and Israél serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept (shepe.)
And by a Prophet the Lord broght Israél out of Egypt, and by a Prophet was he reserued.
(But) Ephráim prouoked him with hie places: therefore shal his blood be powred vpo{n} him, and his reproche shal his Lord rewarde him.
WHen Ephráim spake, there (was) tre{m}bling: he exalted him self in Israél, but he hathe sinned in Báal, and is dead.
And now they sinne more and more, and haue made them molten images of their siluer, (and) idoles according to their owne vnderstanding: they were all the worke of the craftesmen they say one to another whiles, thei sacrifice a man, Let them kisse the calues.
Therefore they shalbe as the morning cloude, as the morning dewe that passeth away, as the 〈◊〉 that is driue{n} with a whirle winde out of the floore, and as the smoke that goeth out of the chimney.
Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me: for there (is) no Sauiour beside me.
I did knowe thee in the wildernes, in the land of drought.
As in their pastures, so were thei filled: they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore haue they forgotten me.
And I wil be vnto them as a verie lyon, (&) as a leopardie in the waye of Asshúr.
I wil mete the{m}, as a beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I wil breake the calfe of their heart, and there wil I deuoure them like a lion: the wilde beast shal teare them.
O Israél, one hathe destroyed thee, but in me (is) thine helpe.
I am: where is thy King, that shulde helpe thee in all thy cities? & thy iudges, of whom thou saidest, Giue me a King and princes?
I gaue thee a King in mine angre, and I toke him away in my wrath.
The iniquitie of Ephráim (is) bounde vp: his sinne (is) hid.
The sorowes of a trauailing woman shal come vpon him: he is an vnwise sonne, els wolde he not stand stil at the time, (euen) at the breaking forthe of the children.
I wil redeme them from the power of the graue: I wil deliuer them fro{m} death: ô death I wil be thy death: ô graue, I wil be thy destruction: repentance is hid fro{m} mine eyes.
Thogh he grewe vp among (his) brethren, an East winde shal come, (eue{n}) the winde of the Lord shal come vp from the wildernes, and drye vp his veine, and his fountaine shal be dryed vp: he shal spoyle the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
Samaria shal be desolate: for she hathe rebelled against her GOD: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shalbe dashed in pieces and their women with childe shalbe ript.
O Israél, returne vnto the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen by thine iniquitie.
Take vnto you wordes, & turne to the Lord and say vnto him, Take away all iniquitie, and receiue (vs) graciously: so wil we render the calues of our lippes.
Asshúrshal not saue vs, nether wil we ride vpon horses, nether wil we say anie more to the workes of our hands, (Ye are) our gods: for in thee the fatherles findeth mercie.
I wil heale their rebellion: I wil loue them frely: for mine anger is turned away fro{m} him
I wil be as the dewe vnto Israél: he shal grow as the lilie and fasten his rootes as (the trees) of Lebanōn.
His branches shal spreade, and his beautie shalbe as the oliue tre, and his smel as Lebanōn.
They that dwell vnder his shadowe, shal returne: they shal reuiue (as) the corne, and florish as the vine: the sent thereof (shalbe) as the wine of Lebanón.
Ephráim (shal say,) What haue I to do anie mo re with idoles? I haue heard him, and loked vpo{n} him: I am like a grene fyrre tre: vpon me is thy frute found.
Who is wise, and he shal vnderstand these things? (and) prudent, and he shal knowe the{m}? for the wayes of the Lord (are) righteous, & the iuste shal walke in them: but the wicked shal fall therein.
THe word of the Lord that came to Ioél the sonne of Pethuél.
Heare ye this, ô Elders, and hearken ye all inhabitants of the land, whether such a thing hathe bene in your dayes, or yet in the dayes of your fathers.
Tell you your children of it, and let your children (shewe) to their children, and their children to another generacion.
That which is left of the palmer worme, hathe the grashopper eaten, and the residue of the grashopper hathe the canker worme eaten, and the residue of the canker worme hathe the caterpiller eaten.
Awake ye drunkardes, and wepe, & houle all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine: for it shalbe pulled from your mouth.
Yea, a nation cometh vpon my land, mightie, and without nomber, whose teeth (are like) the teeth of a lyon, and he hathe the iawes of a great lyon.
He maketh my vine waste, and pilleth of the 〈◊〉 of my figtre he maketh it bare, and casteth it down the bra{n}ches thereof are made white.
Mourne like a virgine girded with sackecloth 〈◊〉 the housband of her youth.
The meat offring, and the drinke offring is cut of fro{m} the House of the Lord: the Priests the Lords ministers mourne.
The field is wasted: the land mourneth: for the corne is destroyed: the new wine is dryed vp, (and) the oyle is decayed.
Be ye ashamed, ô housbande men: houle ô ye vine dressers for the wheat, and for the barly, because the haruest of the field is perished.
The vine is dryed vp, & the figtre is decayed the pomegranate tre and the palme tre, and the apple tre, (euen) all the trees of the field are withered: surely the ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men.
Girde yourselues and lament, ye Priests: houle ye ministers of the altar: come, (and) lye all night in sacke cloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offring, and the drinke offring is taken away from the House of your God.
Sanctifie you a fast: call a solenne assemblie: gather the Elders, (and) all the inhabita{n}ts of the la{n}d into the House of the Lord your God and crye vnto the Lord,
Alas: for the day, for the day of the Lord is at hand, and it cometh as a destruction from the Almightie.
Is not the meat cut of before our eyes? (and) ioye, and gladnes fro{m} the House of our God?
The sede is rotten vnder their cloddes: the garners are destroyed: the barnes are broken downe, for the corne is withered.
How did the beastes 〈◊〉? the herdes of cattel pine away, because thei haue no pasture, and the flockes of shepe are destroyed.
O Lord, to thee wil I crye: for the fyre hathe deuoured the pastures of the wildernes, and the flame hathe burnt vp all the trees of the field.
The beastes of the field crye also vnto thee for the riuers of waters are dryed vp, and the fyre hathe deuoured the pastures of the wildernes.
BLowe the trumpet in Ziōn, and shout in mine holie Mountaine: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the daye of the Lord is come: for it (is) at hand.
A daye of darkenes, & of blackenes, a daye of cloudes, and obscuritie, as the morning spreade vpon the mountaines, (so is) there a great people, and a mightie: there was none like it from the beginning, nether shal be anie 〈◊〉 after it, vnto the yeres of manie generacions.
A fyre deuoureth before him, and behinde him a flame burneth vp: the la{n}d (is) as the garden of Eden before him, and behinde him a desolate wildernes, so that nothing shal escape him.
The beholding of him (is) like the sight of horses, and like the horsemen, so shal they runne.
Like the noyce of charets in the toppes of the mountaines shal thei leape, like the noyce of a flame of fyre that deuoureth the stubble, (&) as a mightie people prepared to the battel.
Before his face shal the people tremble: all faces shal gather blackenes.
They shal runne like strong men, and go vp to the wall like men of warre, and euerie man shal go forwarde in his wayes, and they shal not staye in their paths.
Nether shall one thrust another, (but) euerie one shal walke in his path: and when thei fall vpon the sworde, they shal not be wounded.
They shal runne to and fro in the citie: they shal runne vpon the wall: they shal clime vp vpon the houses, (and) enter in at the windowes like the thief,
The earth shal tremble before him, the heauens shal shake, the sunne and the moone shalbe darke, and the starres shal withdrawe their shining,
And the Lord shal vtter his voyce before his hoste: for his hoste is verie great: for (he is) strong that doeth his worde: for the daie of the LORD is great and very terrible, and who can abyde it!
Therefore also nowe the LORDE sayth, Turne you vnto me with all your heart, and with fastyng, and with wepyng, and with mourning.
And rent your heart, and not your clothes: and turne vnto the Lord your God, for he is gracious, and merciful, 〈◊〉 to angre, and of great kindenes, and repenteth hym of the euil.
Who knoweth, (if) he wil returne and repent and leaue a blessing behinde him, (eue{n}) a meat offring, and a drinke offring vnto the Lord your God?
Blowe the trumpet in Zión, sanctifie a fast, call a solemne assemblie.
Gather the people: sanctifie the congregacion, gather the Elders: assemble the children, and those that sucke the breasts: let the bridegrome go forthe of his chambre, and the bride out of her bride chambre.
Let the Priests, the ministers of the Lorde wepe betwene the porche and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, ô Lorde, and and giue not thine heritage into reproche that the heathen shulde rule ouer them, Wherefore shulde they say among the people, Where is their God?
Then wil the Lord be ielouse ouer his la{n}d and spare his people.
Yea, the Lorde wil answer and saie vnto the people, Beholde, I will send you corne, and wine, and oyle, and you shalbe 〈◊〉 there with: and I wil no more make you a reproche among the heathen.
But I will remoue farre of frome you the Northren (armie,) and I wil driue him into a land, baren and desolate with his face towarde the East sea, and his end to the vtmost sea, and his stinke shal come vp, and his corruption shal ascend, because he hathe exalted him self to do (this.)
Feare not, ô land, (but) be glad and reioyce: for the Lord wil do great things.
Be not afraied, ye beastes of the fielde: for the pastures of the wildernes are grene: for the tre beareth her frute: the fig tre and the vine do giue their force.
Be glad then, ye children of Ziōn, and reioyce in the Lord your God: for he hathe giuen you the rayne of righteousnes, and he wil cause to come downe for you the raine, (euen) the (first) raine, and the latter rayne in the first (moneth.)
And the barnes shalbe full of wheat, and the presses shal abounde with wine and oyle.
And I wyll render you the yeres that the 〈◊〉 hathe eaten, the canker worme and the caterpiller and the palmer worme, my great hoste whiche I sent among you.
So you shall eat and be satisfied and prayse the Name of the Lord your God, that hathe delt marueilously with you: and my people shal neuer be ashamed.
Ye shal also knowe, that I am in the middes of Israél, and that I am the Lord your God and none other, and my people shal neuer be ashamed.
And afterwarde will I power out my Spirit vpon all flesh: and your sonnes and your daughters shall prophecie: your olde men shal dreame dreames, (and) your yong men shal se visions.
And also vpon the seruaunts, and vpon the maydes in those dayes will I powre my Spirit.
And I will shewe wonders in the heauens and in the earth: blood and fyre, and pillers of smoke.
The sunne shalbe turned into darkenes: a{n}d the moone into blood, before the great and terrible daie of the Lord come.
But whosoeuer shall call on the Name of the Lord, shal be saued: for in mount Zión, and in Ierusalém shal be deliuerance, as the Lord hathe said, and in the remnant, whom the Lord shal call.
FOr beholde, in those dayes and in that time, when I shal bring againe the captiuitie of Iudáh and Ierusalém.
I will also gather all nations, and will bryng them downe into the valley of Iehoshaphát, and will plead with them therefor my people, and for mine heritage Israél, whome they haue scattered among the nations and parted my land.
And they haue cast lottes for my people, and haue giuen the childe for the harlot, and solde the girle for wyne, that they myght drinke.
Yea, and what haue you to do with me, Tyrus and Ziōn and all the coastes of Palestina? wil ye render me a recompense and if yere compe{n}se me, swiftely (and) spedely, wil 〈◊〉 render your recompense vpon your head:
For ye haue taken my siluer and my golde, and haue caried into your temples my goodlie (and) pleasant things.
The children also of Iudáh and the children of Ierusalém haue you solde vnto the Grecians, that ye myght send them farre from their border.
Beholde, I will raise them out of the place where ye haue solde them, and will render your rewarde vpon your owne head.
And I wil sell your sonnes and your daughters into the hand of the children of Iudah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people farre of: for the Lorde hym selfhath spoken it.
Publish this among the Gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men: let all the men of warre drawe nere (and) come vp.
Breake your plowe shares into swordes, and your sieths into speares: let the weake saie, I am strong.
Assemble yourselues, and come all ye heathen and gather yourselues together round about: there shall the Lord caste downe thy mightie men.
Let the heathen be weakened, and come vp to the valley of Iehoshaphat: for there will I sitto iudge all the heathen rounde about.
Put in your sieths, for the wine presse is ripe: come, get you downe, for the wine presse is full: yea, the winepresses runne ouer, for their wickednes is great.
Omultitude, ô multitude, (come) into the valley of threshing: for the daye of the Lord (is) nere in the valley of threshing.
The sunne and moone shalbe darkned, and the starres shal withdrawe their light.
The Lorde also shall roare out of Ziōn, and vtter his voice from Ierusalém, and the heauens, and the earth shalke, but the Lord wil be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israél.
So shall ye knowe that I am the Lord your God dwellyng in Zion, mine holie Mountaine: then shall Ierusalém be holy, and there shall no strangers go thorowe heranie more.
And in that day shal the mountaines drop downe newe wine, and the hilles shall flowe with milke, and all the riuers of Iudáh shall runne with waters, a{n}d a fountaine shal come forthe of the House of the Lord, and shall watter the valley of Shittim.
Egypt shalbe waste, and Edóm shalbe a desolate wildernes, for the iniuries of the children of Iudáh, because they haue shed innocent blood in their land.
But Iudáh shall dwell for euer, and Ierusalém from generacion to generacion.
For I will clense their blood, that I haue not clensed, and the LORDE will dwell in Zión.
THE wordes of Amos, who was amonge the herdme{n} at Tecoa, whiche he sawe vpo{n} Israél, in the dayes of Vzziáh King of Iudáh, and in the dayes of Ieroboa{m} the sonne of Ioáh King of Israél, two yere before the earth quake.
And he said, The Lord shal roare from Ziōn, and vtter his voyce from Ierusalém, and the dwelling places of the shepherds shal perish and the top of Carmél shal wither.
Thus saith the Lord, For thre transgressiós of Damascus, and for foure I wil not turne to it, because they haue threshed Gileád with treshing instruments of yron.
Therefore will I send a fyre into the house of Hazaél, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ben-hadád.
I wil breake also the barres of Damascus, a{n}d cut of the inhabitant of Bikeath-áuen: and him that holdeth the scepter out of Beth-éden, and the people of Arám shal go into ca 〈◊〉 vnto Kir, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord, For thre transgressions of Azzáh, and for foure, I wil not turne to it, because they caried awaye prisoners the whole captinitie to shut them vp in Edom.
Therefore wil I send a fyre vpon the walles of Azzáh, and it shall deuoure the places thereof.
And I wil cut of the inhabita{n}t from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the scepter from Ashkelon, and turne mine hand to Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistims shall perishe, saith the Lord God.
¶ Thus saith the Lorde, For the transgressions of Tyrus, and for foure, I wil not turne to it, because they shut the whole captiuitie in Edom, and haue not remembred the brotherlie couenant.
Therefore wil I send a fyre vpon the walles of Tyrus, and it shall deuoure the palaces thereof.
¶ Thus saith the Lord, For thre transgressions of Edom, and for foure I wil not turne to it, because he did pursue his brother with the sworde, and did cast of all pitie, and his angre spoiled him cuermore, and his wrath watched him alway.
Therfore will send a fyre vpon Temán, and it shal deuoure the palaces of Bozráh.
¶ Thus saith the Lord, For thre transgressions of the childre{n} of Ammon, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they haue ript vp the women with childe of Gileád, that they might enlarge their border.
Therefore wil I kindle a fyre in the wall of Rabbah, a{n}d it shal deuoure the palaces therof, with shouting in the daye of battel, (and) with a tempest in the day of the whirlwinde.
And their King shall go into captiuitie, he and is princes together, saith the Lord.
THus saith the Lord, For the transgressiós of Moáb, and for foure, I wil not turne to it, because it burnt the bones of the King of Edōm into lime.
Therefore wil I send a fyre vpon Moáb, and it shal deuoure the palaces of Kerióth, and Moáb shaldye withumult, with shouting, (and) with the sounde of a trumpet.
And I wil cut of the Iudge out of the middes thereof, and wil slaye all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
¶ Thus saith the Lord, For thre transgressio{n}s of Iudáh, and for foure, I wil not turne to it because they haue cast away the Law of the Lord, & haue not kept his commandements, and their lies caused the{m} to erre after the whiche their fathers haue walked,
Therefore wil I send a fyre vpon Iudáh, and it shal deuoure the palaces of Ierusalém.
¶ Thus saith the Lord, For thre transgressio{n}s of Israél, and for foure, I wil not turne to it, because they solde the righteous for siluer & the poore for shoes.
Theigape ouer the head of the poore, in the dust of the earth, and 〈◊〉 the wayes of the meke: and a man and his father wil go into a maid to dishonour mine holie Name.
And they lie downe vpo{n} clothes laid to pledge by euerie altar: and they drinke the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedres, and he was strong as the okes: not with standing I destroyed his frute from aboue, & his roote from beneth.
Also I broght you vp fro{m} the land of Egypt and led you fourtie yeres thorow the wildernes, to possesse the land of the Amorite.
And I raised vp of your sonnes for Prophetes, and of your yong men for Nazarites, Is it not euen thus, ô ye children of Israél, saith the Lord?
But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, & commanded the Prophetes, saying, Prophecie not.
Beholde, I am pressed vnder you as a cart is pressed that is ful of sheaues.
Therefore the flight shal perish from the swift, and the strong shal not strenghten his force, nether shal the mightie saue his life.
Nor he that handleth the bowe, shal staud, and he that is swift of fote, shal not escape, nether shal he that rideth the horse, saue his life.
And he that is of mightie courage amo{n}g the strong men, shall flee away naked in that day saith the Lord.
HEare this worde that the Lord pronounceth against you, ô children of Israél, (euen) against the whole familie which I broght vp from the land of Egypt, saying,
You onely haue I knowe{n} of all the families of the earth: therefore I wil visite you for all your iniquities.
Can two walke together except they be agreed?
Wil a lion roare in the forest, when he hathe no pray? or wil a lions whelpe crye out of his denne, if he haue taken nothing?
Cana birde fall in a snare vpon the earth, where no fouler is? or wil he take vp the snare from the earth, and haue taken nothing at al?
Or shal a trumpet be blowen in the citie, & the people be not afrayed? or shal there be euil in a citie, and the LORDE hathe not done it?
Surely the Lord God wil do nothing, but he reueileth his secret vnto his serua{n}ts the Prophetes.
The lio{n} hathe roared? who wil not be afrayed the Lord GOD hathe spoken: who can but prophecie?
Proclame in the palaces at Asshdōd, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble your selues vpon the mountaines of Samaria: so beholde the great tumultes in the middes thereof, and the oppressed in the middes thereof.
For they knowe not to do right, saith the Lord: they store vp violence, and robberie in their palaces.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, An aduersarie (shal come) euen rounde about the countrey, and shal bring downe thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shalbe spoiled.
Thus saith the Lord, As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legges, or a piece of an eare: so shal the children of Israél be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, & in Damascus (as in) a couche.
Heare, and testifie in the house of Iaakób, saith the Lord God, the God of hostes.
Surely in the day that I shal visite the transgressions of Israél vpon him, I wil also visit the altars of Beth-él, and the hornes of the altar shal be broken of, & 〈◊〉 to the grounde
And I wil smite the winter house with the sommer house, and the houses of yuorie shal perish, & the great houses shalbe consumed saith the Lord.
HEare this worde, ye kine of Bashán that are in the mountaine of Samaria: which oppresse the poore, (and) destroy the nedie, and thei say to their masters, Bring, and let vs drinke.
The Lord God hathe sworne by his holines that lo, the dayes shal come vpon you, that he wil take you away with thornes, & your posteritie with fish hokes.
And ye shal go out at the breaches euerie (kowe) forwarde: and ye shal cast your selues out of the palace, saith the Lord.
Come to Beth-él, & transgresse: to Gilgál, and multiplie transgression, & bring your sacrifices in the mourning, (and) your tithes after thre yeres.
And offer a thankesgiuing of leaué, publish (and) proclame the fre offrings: for this, liketh you, ô ye children of Israél, saith the Lord God.
Therefore haue I giuen you clennes of teeth in all your cities, & scarcenes of bread in all your places, ȳet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord.
And also I haue withholden the raine fro{m} you when there (were) yet thre moneths to the hatuest, and I caused it to raine vpon one citie and haue not caused it to raine vpon another citie: one piece was rained vpon, and the piece wherupon it rained not, withered.
So two (or) thre cities wandered vnto one citie to drinke water, but they were not satisfied: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord.
I haue smitten you with blasting, & mildewe your great gardens and your vineyardes, and your fig trees, and your oline trees did the palmer worme deuoure: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord.
Pestilence haue I sent among you, after the maner of Egypt: your yong men haue I slayne with the sworde haue taken away your horses: and I haue made the stinke of your tents to come vp euen into your nostrels: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord
I haue ouerthrowe{n} you, as God ouerthrewe Sodōm and Gomoráh: & ye were as a fyre brande pluct out of the burning: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord.
Therefore, thus wil I do vnto thee, ô Israél and because I wil do this vnto thee, prepare to mete thy God, ô Israél.
For lo, he that formeth the mountaines, and createth the winde, and declareth vnto man what is his thoght: which maketh the morning darkenes, and walketh vpon the hie places of the earth, the Lord God of hostes (is) his Name.
HEare ye this worde, which I lift vp vpon you, (euen) a lamentacion of the house of Israél.
The virgine Israél is failen, (and) shal no more rise: she is left vpon her land, (and) there (is) none to raise her vp.
For thus saith the Lord God, The citie which went out by a thousand, shal leaue an hundreth: and that whiche went forthe by an hundreth, shal leaue ten to the house of Israél.
For thus saith the Lord vnto the house of Israél, Seke ye me, and ye shal liue.
But seke not Beth-él, nor enter into Gilgál, and go not to Beer-shéba: for Gilgálshal go into captiuitie, and Beth-él shal come to nanght.
Seke the Lord, and ye shal liue, left he breake out like fyre in the house of Ioséph and deuoure it, and there (be) none to quenche it in Beth-él.
They turne iudgement to worme wood, & leaue of 〈◊〉 in the earth.
He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning and he maketh the day darcke as night: he 〈◊〉 the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lord (is) Name.
He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shal come against the forteresse.
They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorre him that speaketh vprightly.
For asmuch then as your treading (is) vpon the poore, and ye take from him burdens of wheat, ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone but ye shal not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasant vineyardes, but ye shal not drinke wine of them.
For I knowe your manifolde transgressions and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewardes, and they oppresse the poore in the gate.
Therefore the prudent shal kepe silence in that time, for it is an euil time.
Seke good and not euil, that ye may liue: & the Lord God of hostes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.
Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hostes wil be merciful vnto the remnant of Ioséph.
Therefore the Lord God of hostes, the Lord saith thus, Mourning (shalbe) in all stretes: and they shal say in all the hie wayes, Alas, alas: and they shal call the housband man to lamentacion, and suche as can mourne, to mourning.
And in all the vines (shalbe) lame{n}tacion: for I wil passe through thee, saith the Lord.
Wo vnto you, that desire the day of the Lord: what haue you to do with it? the day of the Lord (is) darkenes and not light.
As if a man did flee from a lyon, and a beare met him, or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall and a serpent bit him.
Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?
I hate (and) abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smel in your solemne assemblies.
Thogh ye offer me burnt offring and meat offrings, I wil not accept them: nether wil I regarde the peace offring of your fat beasts.
Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs [for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes]
And let indgeme{n}t runne downe a waters, and righteousnes as a mightie riuer.
Haue ye offred vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernes fortie yeres, ô house of Israél?
But you haue borne Siccúth your King and Chiun your images, (and) the starre of your gods, which ye made to your selues.
Therefore will cause you to go into captiuitie beyonde Damascus, saith the Lord, whose Name (is) the God of hostes.
WO to them that are at ease in Zión and trust in the mountaine of Samaria, which were famous at the beginning of the nacions: and the house of Israél came to them.
Go you vnto Calnéh, and se: and from théce go you to Hamath the great: then go downe to Gath of the Philistims: be thei better then these kingdomes? or the border of their land greater then your border,
Ye that put farre away the euil day, and approche to the seat of iniquitie?
The, lie vpon beddes of yuorie, and stretch them selues vpon their beddes, and eat the lambes of the flocke, and the calues out of the stall.
They sing to the sounde of the viole: thei inuent to them selues instruments of 〈◊〉 like Dauid
They drinke wine in bowls, and anoint them selues with the chief ointments, but no man is sory for the 〈◊〉 of Ioséph.
Therefore now shal thei go captiue with the first that go captiue, and the sorowe of them that stretched them selues, is at hand.
The Lord God hathe sworne by him self, saith the Lord God of hostes, 〈◊〉 horre the excellencie of Iaakób, and hate his palaces: therefore wil I deliuer vp the citie with all that is therein.
And if there remaine ten men in one house, thei shaldye.
And his vncle shal take him vp and burne him to cary out the bones out of the house, and shal say vnto him, that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? And he shal say, None. Then shal he say, Holde thy tongue: for we may not remembre the Name of the Lord.
〈◊〉 beholde, the Lord commandeth, and he wil smite the great house with breaches, and the litle houses with clefts.
Shal horses runne vpon the rocke? or wil one plowe (there) with oxen? for ye haue turned iudgement into gall, and the frute of righteousnes into worme wood.
Ye reioyce in a thing of noght: ye say, Haue: not we gotten vs hornes by our owne strength?
But beholde, I wil raise vp against you a nacion, ô house of Israél, saith the Lord God of hostes: and thei shal afflict you, from the entring in of Hamàth vnto the riuer of the wildernes.
THus hathe the Lord God shewed vnto me, and beholde, he formed greshoppers in the beginning of the shutting vp of the latter groeth: and lo, (it was) in the latter groeth after the Kings mowing.
And when they had made an end of eating the grasse of the land, the{n} I said, O Lord God spare, I beseche thee: who shal raise vp laakób? for he is smale.
(So) the Lord repented for this. It shal not be, saith the Lord.
¶ Thus (also) hathe the Lord God shewed vnto me, and beholde, the Lord God called to iudgement by fyre, and it deuoured the great depe, and did eat vp a parte.
Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseche thee: who shal raise vp Iaakōb? for he is smale.
(So) the Lord repented for this. This also shal not be, saith the Lord God.
¶ Thus (againe) he shewed me, and beholde the Lord stode vpon a wall made by line with a line in his hand.
And the Lord said vnto me, Amōs, what seest thou? And I said, A line. Then said the Lord, Beholde, I wil set a line in the middes of my people Israél, and wil passe by them no more.
And the hie places of Ishák shalbe desolate and the temples of Israél shalbe destroyed: and I wil rise against the house of Ieroboám with the sworde.
〈◊〉 Then Amaziáh the Priest of 〈◊〉 sent to Ieroboám King of Israél, saying, Amos hathe conspired against thee in the middes of the house of Israél: the la{n}d is not able to be a 〈◊〉 all his word 〈◊〉.
For thus Amōs saith, Ieroboám shaldye by the sworde, and Israél shalbe led away captiue out of their owne land.
Also Amaziáh said vnto Amós, O thou the Seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Iudāh, and there eat (thy) bread and prophecie there.
But prophecie no more at Beth-él: for it is the Kings chappel, and it is the Kings court.
Then answered Amós, and said to Amaziáh I was no Prophet, nether was I a Prophetes sonne, but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of wilde figges.
And the Lord toke me as I followed the flocke, and the Lord said vnto me, Go, prophecie vnto my people Israél.
Now therefore heare thou the worde of the Lord. Thou saist, Prophecie not against Israél, and speake nothing against the house of Ishák.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Thy wife shal be an harlot in the citie, and thy sonnes and thy daughters shal fall by the sworde, and thy land shal be deuided by line: and thou shalt dye in a polluted land, and Israél. shal surely go into captiuitie forthe of his land.
THus hathe the Lord God shewed vnto me, & beholde, a basket of somer frute.
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of somer frute. Then said the Lord vnto me, The end is come vpon my people of Israēl, I wil passe by them no more?
And the songs of the Temple shal be houlings in that day, saith the Lord God: many dead bodies (shalbe) in euerie place: thei shal cast them forthe with silence.
Heare this, ô ye that swallow vp the poore that ye may make the nedie of the land to faile,
Saying, When wil the new moneth begone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath that we may set forthewheat, and make the Epháh smale, and the shekel great, and false fie the weights by deceit?
That we may bye the poore for siluer, and the nedie for shoes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat.
The Lord hathe sworne by the excellencie Iaak 〈◊〉, Surely I wil neuer forget any of their workes.
Shal not the land tremble for this, and euerie one mourne, that dwelleth therein? and it shal rise vp wholy as a flood, and it shalbe cast out, and drowned as by the flood of Egypt.
And in that day, saith the Lord God, I wil euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone: and I wil darken the earth in the cleare day.
And I wil turne your feastes into mourning and all your songs into lamentacion: and I wil bring sackecloth vpon all loines, and bladnes vpon euerie head and I wil make it as the mourning of an onelie sonne, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Beholde, the daies come, saith the Lord God, that I wil send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the worde of the Lord.
And they shal wander from sea to sea, and from the North euen vnto the East shal thei runne to and fro to seke the worde of the Lord, and shal not finde it.
In that day shal the fayre virgines and the yong men perish for thirst.
They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria and that say, Thy God, ô Dan, liueth, & the maner of Beer-shéba liueth, euen thei shal fall, and neuer rise vp againe.
I Sawe the Lord standing vpon the altar, and he said, Smite the lintel of the dore, that the postes may shake and cut them in pieces, (euen) the heads of them all, & I wil slay the last of them with the sworde: he that 〈◊〉 of them, shal not flee away: & he that escapeth of them, shal not be deliuered.
Thogh thei digge into the hel, thence shal mine hand take the{m}: thogh thei clime vp to heauen, thence will bring them downe.
And thogh thei hide them selues in the toppe of Carmél, I wil searche and take them out thence: and thogh thei be 〈◊〉 from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence wil I commande the serpent, and he shal byte them.
And thogh thei go into captiuitie before their enemies, thence wil I commande the sworde, and it shal slaye them: and I wil set mine eies vpon them for euil, and not for good.
And the Lord God of hostes shal touche the land, and it shal melt away, and all that dwell therein, shal mourne, and it shal rise vp wholy like a flood, and shalbe drowned as by the flood of Egypt.
He buyldeth his spheres in the heaue{n}, and hathe laid the fundacion of his globe of elements in the earth: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth the{m} out vpon the open earth: the Lord (is) his Name.
Are ye not as the Ethiopians vnto me, ô children of Israél, saith the Lord? haue not I broght vp Israél out of the land of Egypt? & the Philistims from Caphtór, and Arám from Kir?
Beholde, the eyes of the Lord God (arre) vpon the sinful kingdome, and I wil destroy it cleaue out of the earth. Neuertheles I wil not vtterly destroy the house of Iaakób, saith, the Lord.
For lo, I wil commande and I wil sifte the house of Israél among all nacions, like as (corne) is sifted in a siue: yet shal not that least stone fall vpon the earth.
(But) all the sinners of my people shaldye by the sworde, which say, The euil shal not come, nor hasten for vs.
In that day wil I raise vp the tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallen downe, and close vp the breaches thereof, and I wil raise vp his ruines, & I wil buyld it, as in the dayes of olde
That they may possesse the remnant of Edóm, and of all the heathen, because my Name is called vpon them, saith the Lord, that doeth this.
Beholde, the daies come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shal touche the mower, & the treader of grapes him that soweth sede: and the mountaines shal droppe swete wine, & all the hilles shal melt.
And I wil bring againe, the 〈◊〉 of my people of Israél: and thei shal buylde the waste cities, and inhabite them, and thei shal plant vineyardes, and drinke the wine thereof: they shal also make gardens, and eat the frutes of them.
And I wil plant them vpon their land, and they shal no more be pulled vp againe out of their land, which I haue giuen them, saith the Lord thy God.
THe visio{n} of Obadiáh. Thus saith the Lord God against Edōm, We haue heard a rumor fro{m} the Lord, & an ambassadour is se{n}t amo{n}g the heathe{n}: arise, and let vs rise vp against her to battel.
Behold, I haue made thee smale among the heathen: thou art vtterly despised.
The pride of thine heart hathe deceiued thee thou that dwellest in the cleftes of the rockes, whose habitacio{n} (is) hie, that saith in his heart, Who shal bring me downe to the grounde?
Yea thogh thou exalt thy self as the egle, & make thy nest among the starres, thence wil I bring thee downe, saith the Lord.
Came theues to thee or robbers by night? how wast thou broght to sile{n}ce? wolde they not haue stollen, til they had ynough? if the grape gatherers came to thee, wolde thei not leaue (some) grapes?
How are the things of Esáu soght vp, (and) his treasures searched?
All the men of thy confederacie haue driuen thee to the borders: the men that were at peace with thee, haue deceiued thee, (&) preuailed against thee: (thei that eat) thy bread, haue laid a wounde vnder thee: there is none vnderstanding in him.
Shal not I in that day, said the Lord, euen destroy the wise men our of Edóm, and vnderstanding from the mount of Esáu.
And thy stróg men, ô Temán, shalbe afraied because euerie one of the mount of Esáu shalbe cut of by slaughter.
For thy crueltie against thy brother Iaakób, shame shal couer thee, and thou shalt be cut of for euer.
When thou stodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers caryed away his substance, and strangers entred into his gates, and cast lottes vpon Ierusalém, euen thou wast as one of them.
〈◊〉 thou shuldest not haue beholden the day of thy brother, in the day that he was made a stranger, nether shuldest thou haue reioyced ouer the children of Iudáh, in the daye of their destruction: thou shuldest not haue spoke{n} proudely in the day of afflictio{n}.
Thou shuldest not haue entred into the gate of my people in the day of their destruction nether shuldest thou haue once loked on their afflictio{n} in the day of their destruction, nor haue laid hands on their substa{n}ce in the day of their destruction.
Nether shuldest thou haue stand in the crosse waies to cut of them, that shulde escape, nether shuldest thou haue shut vp the remnant thereof in the daie of affliction.
For the daie of the Lord (is) nere, vpon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shal be done to thee: thy rewarde shal returne vpon 〈◊〉 head.
For as ye haue drunke vpo{n} mine holy Mountaine, (so) shal all the heathen drinke continually: yea, thei shal drinke and swalowe vp & thei shal be as thogh thei had not bene.
But vpon mount Zión shalbe deliuerance, and it shalbe holy, and the house of Iaakob shal possesse their possessions,
And the house of Iaakōb shalbe a fyre, & the house of Ioséph a flame, and the house of Esáu as stubble, and 〈◊〉 shal kindle in them and deuoure them: and there shal be no remnant of the house of Esáu for the Lord hath spoken it.
And thei shal possesse the South side of the mount of Esáu: and the plaine of the Philistims, and they shal possesse the fieldes of Ephráim, and the fields of Samaria, and Beniamin (shal haue) Gilead.
And the captiuitie of this hoste of the children of Israél, which were among the 〈◊〉 (shal possesse) vnto Zarepháth, and the captiuitie of Ierusalém, which is in Sepharád, shal possesse the cities of the South.
And thei that shal saue, shal come vp to Mount Zión to iudge the mount of Esau, & the kingdome shalbe the Lords.
THE worde of the Lord came also vnto Ionáh the sonne of Amittái, saying,
Arise, (and) go to Niniuéh, that great citie, a{n}d crye against it: for their wickednes is come vp before me.
But Ionáh rose vp to flee into Tarshish fro{m} the presence of the Lord, and went downe to Iaphó: and he founde a ship going to Tarshish: so he paied the fare thereof, and went downe into it, that he might go with them vnto Tarshish, from the presence of the Lord.
But the Lord sent out a great winde into the sea, and there was a mightie tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Then the mariners were afraied, and cryed euerie man vnto his god, and cast the wares that were in the ship, into the sea to lighten it of them: but Ionáh was gone downe into the sides of the ship, and he laie downe, and was fast a slepe.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said vnto him, What meanest thou, ô sleper! Arise, call vpo{n} thy God, if so be that God wil thinke vpon vs, that we perish not.
And thei said euerie one to his felowe, Come, and let vs cast lottes, that we maie knowe, for whose cause this euil (is) vpon vs. So thei cast lots, and the lot fel vpon Ionáh.
Then said thei vnto him, Tel vs for whose cause this euil (is) vpon vs? what is thine occupacion? and whence comest thou? which is thy countrei? and of what people art thou?
And he answered them, I am an Ebrew, and I feare the Lord God of heauen, which hath made the sea, and the drye land.
Then were the men excedingly afraid, and said vnto him, Why hast thou done this? [for the men knewe, that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had tolde them]
Then said thei vnto him, What shal we do vnto thee, that the sea maie be calme vnto vs [for the sea wroght and was troublous]
And he said vnto them, Take me, and cast me into the sea: so shal the sea be calme vnto you: for I knowe that for my sake this great tempest (is) vpon you.
Neuertheles, the men rowed to bring it to the land, but thei colde not: for the sea wroght, and was troublous against them.
Wherefore thei cryed vnto the Lord, and said, We beseche thee, ô Lord, we beseche thee, let vs not perish for this mans life, and laie not vpon vs innocent blood: for thou, ô Lord, hast done, as it pleased thee.
So thei toke vp Ionáh and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.
Then the men feared the Lord excedingly, and offred a sacrifice vnto the Lord, and made vowes.
Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swalowe vp Ionáh: and Ionáh was in the belly of the fish thre daies, & thre nights.
THen Ionáh praied vnto the Lord his God out of the fishes belly,
And said, I cryed in mine affliction vnto the Lord, & he hearde me: out of the belly of hel cryed I, (and) thou heardest my voice.
For thou haddest cast me into the bottome in the middes of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy surges, and all thy waues passed ouer me.
Then I said, I am cast awaie out of thy sight yet wil I 〈◊〉 againe towarde thine holy Temple.
The waters 〈◊〉 passed me about vnto the soule: the 〈◊〉 closed me rounde about, & the wedes were wrapt about mine head.
I went downe to the bottome of the mountaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer, yet hast thou broght vp my life from the pit, ô Lord my God.
When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lord: and my praier came vnto thee into thine holy Temple.
Thei that waite vpon lying vanities, forsake their owne mercie.
But I wil sacrifice vnto thee with the voice of thankesgiuing, and wil paie that that I haue vowed: saluacion (is) of the Lord.
And the Lord spake vnto the fish, and it cast out Ionáh vpon the drye land.
ANd the worde of the Lord came vnto Ionáh the seconde time, saying.
Arise, go vnto Nineuéh that great citie, and preache vnto it the preaching, which I bid thee.
So Ionáh arose and went to Nineuéh according to the worde of the Lord: now Nineuéh was a great & excellent citie of thre daies iourney.
And Ionáh began to entre into the citie a daies iourney, and he cryed, and said, Yet fortie daies, & Nineuéh shalbe ouerthrowe{n}.
So the people of Nineuéh beleued God and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackecloth from the greatest of them euen to the least of them.
For worde came vnto the King of Nineuéh, and he rose from his throne, a{n}d he laied his robe from him, and couered him with sacke cloth, and sate in asshes.
And he proclaimed and said through Nineuéh, [by the counsel of the King and his nobles] saying, Let nether man, nor beast, bullocke nor shepe tast any thing, nether fede nor drinke water.
But let man and beast put on sacke cloth, and crye mightely vnto God: yea, let euerie man turne from his euil waie, and from the wickednes that is in their hands.
Who can tel (if) God wil turne, and repent and turne awaie from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?
And God sawe their workes that thei turned from their euil wayes: and God repe{n}ted of the euil that he had said that he wolde do vnto them, and he did it not.
THerefore it displeased Ionáh excedingly, and he was angrie.
And he praid vnto the Lord, and said, I praie thee, ô Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my countrey? therefore I preuented it to flee vnto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slowe to angre and of great kindenes, and repe{n}test thee of the euil.
Therefore now ô Lord, take, I beseche thee my life fro{m} me: for it is better for me to dye then to liue.
Then said the Lord, Doest thou wel to be angrie?
So Ionáh went out of the citie and sate on the East side of the citie, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadowe til he might se what shulde be done in the citie.
And the Lord God prepared a gourde, and made it to come vp ouer Ionáh, that it might be a shadowe ouer his head and deliuer him from his grief. So Ionáh was exceding glad of the gourde.
But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next daie, & it smote the gourde, that it withered.
And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne bet vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to dye, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue.
And God said vnto Ionáh, Doest thou wel to be angrie for the gourde? And he said, I do wel to be angry vnto the death.
Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde for the which thou hast not laboured, nether madest it growe, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night,
And shulde not I spare Nineuéh that great citie, wherein are six score thousand persones, that can not discerne betwene their right hand, and their left hand, and (also) muche cattel?
THE worde of the Lord, that came vnto Micáh the Morashite in the dayes of Iothám, Aház, (&) Hezekiáh Kings of Iudah, which he sawe concerning Samaria and Ierusale{m}.
Heare, all ye people: hearken thou, ô earth, and all that therein is, an let the Lord God be witnes against you, (euen) the Lord from his 〈◊〉 Temple.
For beholde, the Lord cometh out of his place, and wil come downe, and tread vpo{n} the hie places of the earth.
And the mountaines shal melt vnder him [so shal the valleis cleaue] as waxe before the fyre, (&) as the waters that are powred downe ward.
For the wickednes of Iaakób (is) all this & for the sinnes of the house of Israél: what is the wickednes of Iaakob? Is not Samaria? and which are the hie places of Iudáh? Is not Ierusalém?
Therefore I wil make Samaria as an heape of the field, (and) for the planting of a vineyarde, and I wil cause the stones thereof to tumbe downe into the valley, and I wil discouer the fundacions thereof.
And all the grauen images thereof shalbe broken, & all the gifts thereof shalbe burnt with the fyre, and all the idoles thereof wil I destroye for she gathered it of the hyre of an harlot, and they shal returne to the wages of an harlot.
Therefore I wil mourne and houle: I wil go without clothes, and naked. I wil make lamentacion like the dragons, and mourning as the ostriches.
For her plagues are grieuous: for it is come into Iudáh: (the enemie) is come vnto the gate of my people, vnto 〈◊〉.
Declare ye it not at Gath, nether wepe ye for the house of Aphráh roule thy self in the dust.
Thou that dwellest at Shaphir, go together naked with shame: she that dwelleth at 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉 not come forthe in the mourning of 〈◊〉-〈◊〉 (the enemie) shal receiue of you for his standing.
For the inhabitant of 〈◊〉 waited for good, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 came from the Lord vnto the gate of 〈◊〉.
O 〈◊〉 inhabitant of Lachish, binde the charet to the (beastes) of price: she is the beginning of the sinne to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israél were founde in thee.
Therefore shalt thou giue presents to Morésheth Gath: the houses of Achzib (shalbe) as a lie to the Kings of Israél.
Yet wil I bring an heire vnto thee, ô inhabitant of Maresháh, he shal come vnto Adullám, the glorie of Israél.
Make thee balde: & shaue thee for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldenes as the egle, for they are gone into captinitie from thee.
WO vnto them, that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednes vpon their beddes: when the morning is light thei practise it because their hand hathe power.
And they couer fields, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, (euen) man and his heritage.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Beholde, against this familie haue I deuised a plague, whereout ye shal not plucke your neckes, and ye shal not go (so) proudly, for this time is euil.
In that day shal they take vp a parable against you, and lament with a dolful lamentacion, and say, We be vtterly wasted: he hathe changed the porcion of my people: how hathe he taken it away to restore it vnto me? he hathe diuided our fields.
Therefore thou shalt haue none that shal cast a coard by lot in the Congregacion of the Lord.
They that prophecied, Prophecie ye not Thei shal not prophecie to them, nether shal they take shame.
O thou that art named the house of Iaakób is the Spirit of the Lord shortened? are these his workes? are not my wordes good vnto him that walketh vprightly?
But he that was yester day my people, is risen vp on the other side, (as) against an enemie: they spoyle the beautiful garme{n}t from them that passe by peaceably, as thogh they returned from the warre.
The women of my people haue ye cast out from their pleasant houses, (and) from their children haue ye taken away my glorie co{n}tinually.
Arise and departe, for this is not (your) rest because it is polluted, it shal destroye (you,) euen with a sore destruction.
If a ma{n} walke in the Spirit, and wolde lie falsely, (saying,) I wil prophecie vnto thee of wine, and of strong drinke, he shal euen be the Prophet of this people.
I wil surely gather thee wholy, ô Iaakób: I wil surely gather the remnant of Israél: I wil put them together as the shepe of Bozráh, (eue{n}) as the flocke in the middes of their folde: (the cities) shalbe ful of brute of the men.
The breaker vp shal come vp before the{m}: they shal breake out, & passe by the gate, and go out by it, and their King shal go before them, and the Lord (shal be) vppon their heads.
ANd I said, Heare, I pray you, ô heads of Iaakób, and ye princes of the house of Israél: shulde not ye knowe iudgement.
(But) they hate the good, and loue the euil: thei plucke of their skinnes from them, & their flesh from their bones.
And they eate also the fleshe of my people, and flay of their skinne from them, & their breake their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as fleshe within the caldron.
Then shall they crye vnto the Lord, but he wil not heare them he wil euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes.
Thus saith the Lord, Concerning the Prophetes that disceiue my people, and bite them with their teeth, and crye peace, but if a man put not into their mouthes, they prepare warre against him.
Therfore night shal be vnto you for a vision, and darkenes (shalbe) vnto you for a diuination, and the sunne shall go downe ouer the Prophetes, and the daye shalbe darke ouer them.
Then shal the Seers be ashamed, and the sothesaiers confounded yea, they shall all couer their lippes, for they haue none answer of God.
Yet not withstanding I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of iudgeme{n}t and of strength to declare vnto Iaakób his transgression, and to Israél, his sinne.
Heare this, I praye you, ye heades of the house of Iaakób, and princes of the house of Israél: they abhorre iudgeme{n}t, and peruert all equitie.
They buyld vp Zión with blood, and Ierusalém with iniquitie.
The heads thereof iudge for rewardes, & the Priests therof teache for hyre, and the Prophetes thereof prophecie for money: yet will they leane vpon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among vs? no euill ca{n} come vpon vs.
Therefore shall Zión for your sake be plowed (as) a field, and Ierusalém shall be an heape, and the mountaine of the house, as the hie places of the forest,
BVt in the laste dayes it shall come to passe, that the mountaine of the House of the LORD shall be prepared in the top of the mountaines, and it shalbe exalted aboue the hilles, and people shall 〈◊〉 vnto it.
Yea, many nacions shal come & say, Come and let vs go vp to the Mountaine of the Lord, and to the House of the God of Iaakób, and he wil teach vs his waies, and we wil walke in his paths: for the Law shal go for the of Zión, and the worde of the Lord from Ierusalém.
And he shal iudge among many people, & rebuke mightie nacions a farre of, & they shal breake their swordes into mattockes, and their speares into sieths: nacion shal not lift vp a sworde against nacion, nether shal they learne to fight any more.
But thei shal sit euery man vnder his vine, and vnder his fig tre, and none shall make them afraied: for the mouth of the Lord of hostes hathe spoken it.
For all people wil walke euery one in the Name of his God, and we wil walke in the Name of the Lord our GOD, for euer and euer.
At the same day, saith the Lord, will I gather her that halted, and I will gather her that is cast out, and her that I haue afflicted
And I will make her that halted, a remnant, and her that was cast farre of, a mightie nacion: and the Lord shall reygne ouer them in Mount Zión, from henceforth eue{n} for euer.
And thou, ô towre of the flocke, the stro{n}g holde of the daughter Ziōn, vnto thee shal it come, euen the first dominion, (&) kingdome shall come to the daughter Ierusale{m}.
Now why doest thou crye out with lamentacion? (is) there no King in thee? is thy counseller perished? for sorow hathe taken thee, as a woman in trauail.
Sorow and mourne, ô daughter Zión, like a woman in trauail for now shalt thou go for the of the Citie, and dwell in the fielde, and shalt go into Babél, (but) there shalt thou be deliuered: there the Lord shal redeme thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Now also manye nacions are gathered against thee, saying, Zión shalbe conde{m}ned and our eye shalloke vpon Zión.
But they knowe not the thoghts of the Lord: they vnderstand not his counsell, for he shall gather them as the sheaues in the barne.
Arise, and thresh, ô daughter Zión: for I wil make thine horne yron, and I wil make thine hooues brasse, and thou shalt breake in pieces many people: and I will co{n}secrate their riches vnto the Lord, and theyr substance vnto the ruler of the whole worlde.
NOw assemble thy garisons, ô daughter of garisós he hath laied siege against vs: they shal smite the iudge of Israél with a rodde vpon the cheke.
And thou Beth-léem Ephráthah art litle to be among the thousands of Iudáh, (yet) out of thee shal he come for the vnto me, that shal be the ruler in Israél: whose goings for the (haue bene) from the beginning (and) from euerlasting.
Therefore wil he giue them vp, vntill the time that she which shal beare, shal trauail then the remnant of their brethren shal returne vnto the children of Israél.
And he shal stand, 〈◊〉 fede in the stre{n}gth of the Lord, (7) in the maiestie of the Name of the Lord his God, and they shal dwel stil for now shal he be magnified vnto the ends of the worlde.
And he shal be (our) peace whe{n} Asshūr shal come into our land: when he shall tread in our palaces, then shal we raise against him seuen shepherds, and eight 〈◊〉 men.
And they shall destroye Asshúr with the sworde, and the land of Nimród with their swordes: thus shall 〈◊〉 deliuer (vs) frome Asshúr, when he cometh into our land, and when he shal tread within our borders.
And the remnant of Iaakób shalbe amo{n}g many people, as a dewe from the Lord, (&) as the showres vpon the grasse, that waiteth not for ma{n}, nor hopeth in the sonnes of Adám.
And the remnant of Iaakób shal be amo{n}g the Ge{n}tiles in the middes of many people, as the lyon among the beasts of the forest, (and) as the lyons whelpe among the flockes of shepe, who whe{n} he goeth thorow, treadeth downe and teareth in 〈◊〉, and none can deliuer.
Thine hand shal be lift vp vpon thine aduersaries, & all thine enemies shalbe cut of
And it shal come to passe in that day, saith the Lord, that I wil cut of thine horses out of the middes of thee, and I wil destroy thy charets.
And I wil cut of the cities of thy land, and ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes.
And I will cut of thine inchanters out of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉: and thou shalt haue no more sothsayers.
Thine idoles also will I cut of, and thine images out of the middes of thee: and thou shalt no more worship the worke of thine hands.
And I wil pluck vp thy groues out of the middes of thee: so wil I destroy thine ennemies.
And I will execute a vengeance in (my) wrath and indignacion vpon the heathe{n}, whiche thei haue heard.
HEarken ye now what the Lord saith, Arise thou, (and) contend (before) the mou{n}taines, & let the hilles heare thy voice
Heare ye, ô mountaines, the Lords quarel, and ye mightie fundacio{n}s of the earth: for the Lord hath a quarel against his people, and he wil pleade with Israél.
O my people, what haue I done vnto thee? or wherein haue I grieued thee? testifie against me.
Surely I broght thee vp out of the lande of Egypt, & redemed thee out of the house of seruants, & I haue sent before thee, Mosés, Aarón, and Miriám.
O my people, remember now what Balák King of Moáb had diuised, and what Balaa{m} the sonne of Beor answered him, fro{m} Shittim vnto Gilgál, that ye maye knowe the righteousnes of the Lord.
Where with shal I come before the Lord, (&) bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shal I come before him with burnt offrings, (&) with calues of a yere olde?
Wil the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or which ten thousa{n}d riuers of oyle? shal I giue my first borne for my transgression, (euen) the frute of my bodie for the 〈◊〉 of my soule?
He hathe shewed thee, ô ma{n}, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to do iustely, and to loue mercie, & to humble thy self, to walke with thy God.
The Lords voyce cryeth vnto the citie, & the ma{n} of wisdome shal se thy name: Heare the rod, and who hathe appointed it.
Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?
Shal I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitful weights?
For the riche men thereof are ful of crueltie, and the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lies, and their tongue (is) deceitfull in their mouth.
Therefore also will I make thee sicke in smiting thee, (&) in making (thee) desolate because of thy sinnes.
Thou shalt eat and not be satisfied, and thy casting downe (shalbe) in the middes of thee, & thou shalt take holde, but shalt not deliuer: & that which thou deliuerest, wil I giue vp to the sworde.
Thou shalt sowe, but not reape: thou shalt treade the oliues, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oyle, and (make) swete wine, but shalt not drinke wine.
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the maner of the house of Aháb, and ye walke in their counsels, that I shuld make thee waste, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing therefore ye shalbe are the reproche of my people.
WO is me, for I am as the somer gatherings, (and) as the grapes of the vintage: there (is) no cluster to eat my soule desired the first ripe 〈◊〉.
The good ma{n} is 〈◊〉 out of the earth and there (is) none righteous among men: thei all lie in waite for blood: euerye man hunteth his brother with a net.
To make good for the euil of (their) ha{n}ds, the prince asked, & the iudge (iudgeth) for are warde: therefore the greate man he speaketh out the corruptio{n} of his soule: so they wrap it vp.
The best of them (is) as a 〈◊〉, and the most righteous of them (is sharper) then a thorne hedge the daye of thy watchmen (and) the visitacion cometh: then shalbe their confusion.
Trust ye not in a friend, nether put ye co{n}fide{n}ce in a 〈◊〉: kepe the dores of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosome.
For the sonne reuileth the father: the daughter riseth vp against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in law, (and) a mans enemies (are) the men of hys owne house.
Therefore I wil loke vnto the Lord: I wil waite for God my Sauiour: my GOD will heare me.
Reioyce not against me, ô mine enemie: thogh I fall, I shall arise: when I shall sit in darknes, the Lord (shal be) a light vnto me.
I wil beare the wrath of the Lord because I haue sinned against him, vntill he pleade my cause, and execute iudgement for me: (then) wil he bring me for the to the light, (and) I shal se his righteousnes.
Then she that is mine ennemie, shall loke vpon it, and shame shal couer her, whiche said vnto me, Where is the Lord thy God? Mine eies shal behold her now shal she be troden downe as the myre of the 〈◊〉.
(This is) the day, that thy walles shal be buylt: this day shal driue farre away the decre.
In this day also they shal come vnto thee from 〈◊〉, and (from) the strong cities and from the strong holdes euen vnto the riuer, and from the sea to sea, and (from) mountaine to mountaine.
Not withstanding, the land shalbe desolate because of them that dwel therein (and) for the frutes of their inuentions.
Fede thy people with thy rod, the flocke of thine heritage [which dwell 〈◊〉 in the wood] (as) in the middes of 〈◊〉: let them fede in Bashán and Gileád, as in olde time.
According to the dayes of thy comming out of the land of Egypt, will shewe vnto thee marueiious things.
The 〈◊〉 shal se, and be confounded for all their power: they shal laye their hand vpon their mouth: their eares shal be deafe.
They shal sicke the dust licke a serpent thei shal moue out of their holes like wormes they shalbe afraide of the Lord our, God, and shal feare because of thee.
Who is a God like vnto thee, that taketh away iniquitie, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage! He 〈◊〉 not his wrath for euer, because mercie pleaseth him.
He 〈◊〉 againe (and) haue compassio{n} vpon vs he wil 〈◊〉 our iniquities, and cast all their sinnes into the bottome of the sea.
Thou wilt performe (thy) trueth to Iaakôb, (and) mercie to Abrahám, as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.
THe burden of Nineuéh. The boke of the vision of Nahū the Elkeshite.
God (is) ielous, & the Lord reuengeth: the Lord reue{n}geth: euen the Lord of angre, the Lord wil take vengeance on his aduersaries, and he reserueth (wrath) for his enemies.
The Lord (is) slowe to angre, but (he is) greate in power, and will not surely cleare (the wicked:) the Lord (hathe) his waye in the whirle winde, and in the storme, and the cloudes (are) the dust of his fete.
He rebuketh the sea, and dryeth it, and he dryeth vp all the riuers: Bashán is wasted and Carmél, and the floure of Lebanón is wasted.
The mountaines tremble for him, and the hilles melt, & the earth is burnt at his sight, yea, the worlde, and all that dwell therein.
Who can stand before his wrath? who can abide in the fiercenes of his wrath? his wrath is powred out like fyre, and the rockes are broken by him,
The Lord is good (and) as a strong holde in the day of trouble, and he knoweth the{m} that trust in him.
But passing ouer (as) with a flood, he will vtterly destroye the place thereof, and darkenes shal pursue his enemies.
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he wil make an vtter destruction: affliction shal not rise vp the seconde time.
For (he shal come as) vnto thornes folden one in another, and as vnto drunkards in their drunkennes: thei shalbe deuoured as 〈◊〉 fully dryed.
Therê cometh one out of thee that imagineth euill againste the Lord, (euen) a wicked counsel our,
Thus saith the Lord, Thogh thei be quiet, and also manie, yet thus shal they be cut of whe{n} he shal passe by: thogh I haue afflicted thee, I wil afflict thee no more.
For now I 〈◊〉 breake his yoke from thee, and wil burst thy bondes in sondre.
And the Lord hathe giuen a commandement co{n}cerning thee, that no more of thy name be sowen: out of the house of thy Gods wil I cut of the grauen, and the molte{n} image: I wil make it thy graue for thee, for thou art vile.
Beholde vpon the mountaines the fete of him that declareth, & publisheth peace ô Iudáh, kepe thy sole{m}ne feastes, performe thy vowes: for the wicked shall no more passe through thee: he is vtterly cut of.
THe destroyer is come before thy face kepe thy munition, loke to the way: make (thy) loynes strong: increase (thy) strength mightely.
For the Lord hathe turned away the glorie of Iaakób, as the glorie of Israél: for the emptiers haue emptied them out, & marred their vine branches.
The shield of his mightie men is made red: the valiant men are in skarlet: the charrets (shalbe as) in the fyre (and) flames in the day of his preparation and the firre trees shal tremble.
The charets shal rage in the stretes: thei shal runne to & fro in the hie wayes, thei shal seme like lampes: they shal shote like the lightning.
He shal remember his strong men: they shal stumble as they go they shal make haste to the walles thereof and the defense shalbe prepared.
The gates of the riuers shalbe opened, & the palace shal melt.
And Huzzáh (the Quene) shalbe led away captiuitie, and her maides shal leade (her) as with the voyce of doues, smiting vpon their breasts,
But Nineuéh is of olde like a poole of water, yet they shal flee away. Stand, stand, (shal they crye) but none shalloke backe,
Spoile ye the siluer, spoyle the golde: for there is none end of the stone (and) glorie of all the pleasant vessels.
She is emptie and voyde and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and sorow is in all loines, and the faces of them all gather blackenes.
Where is the dwelling of the lyo{n}s, and the pasture of the lyons whelpes? where the lyon (and) the lyonesse walked (and) the lyons whelpe, and none made the{m} afraied.
The lyon did teare in pieces ynough for his whelpes, and woryed for his lyonesse, and filled his holes with praye, and his dennes with spoyle.
Beholde, I (come) vnto thee, saith the Lord of hostes, and I wil burne her charrets in the smoke, and the sworde shal deuoure thy yong lyons, and I wil cut of thy spoile from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shal no more be heard.
OBloodie citie, it is all ful of lies (and) robberie: the pray departeth not:
The noyce of a 〈◊〉, & the noyce of the mourning of the wheles, & the beating of the horses, and the leaping of the charrets
The horsema{n} lifteth vp bothe the bright sworde, and the glitering speare, and a multitude (is) slaine, and the dead bodies (are) manie: there (is) none end of their corpses: they stumble vpon their corpses.
Because of the multitude of the fornications of the harlot that is beautifull, and is a maistresse of witchcraft, and selleth the people thorowe her whoredome, and the nations thorowe her witchcraftes.
Behold, I (come) vpon thee, saith the Lord of hostes, and wil discouer thy skirtes vpo{n} thy face, and wil shewe the nations thy filthines, and the kingdomes thy shame.
And I wil cast filth vpo{n} thee, & make thee vile, and wil set thee as a gasing stocke.
And it shal come to passe that all thei that loke vpon thee, shal flee from thee, & say, Nineuéh is destroyed, who will haue pitie vpon her? where shal I seke comforters for thee?
Art thou better the{n} No, (which was) full of people? that laye in the riuers, and (had) the waters rounde about it? whose ditche was the sea, (&) her wal (was) from the sea?
Ethiopia and Egypt (were) her strength & there (was) none end. Put and Lubim were her helpers.
Yet was she caryed away, (and) went into captiuitie: her yong childré also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the stretes & thei cast lottes for her noble men, & all her mightie me{n} were bound in chaines.
Also thou shalt be drunken: thou shalt hide thy self, and shalt seke helpe because of the enemie.
All thy strong cities (shalbe like) figtrees with the first ripe figs: for if thei be shake{n}, thei fall into the mouth of the eater.
Beholde, thy people within thee (are) women: the gates of thy land shalbe opened vnto thine enemies, (and) the fyre shall deuoure thy barres.
Drawe thee waters for the 〈◊〉: fortifie thy strong holdes go into the claye, and temper the morter: make strong bricke.
There shal the fire deuoure thee: the sword shal cut thereof it shal eat thee vp like the locustes, (thogh) thou be multiplied like the locustes, (and) multiplied like the grashopper.
Thou hast multiplied thy marcha{n}ts aboue the starres of heauen: the locuste spoileth and flieth awaie.
Thy princes (are) as the grashoppers, and thy captaines as the greate grashoppers whiche remaine in the hedges in the colde day: (but) when the sunne ariseth, thei flee awaie and their place is not knowe{n} where thei are.
Thy shepherdes do slepe, ô King of Asshúr: thy strong men lie downe: thy people is scattered vpon the mountaines, and no man gathereth (them.)
There is no healing of thy wounde: thy plague is grieuous: all that heare the brute of thee, shal clappe the hands ouer thee: for vpon whome hathe not thy malice passed continually?
THe burden, whiche Habakkúk the Prophet did se.
O Lord, how long shal I crye, and thou wilt not heare! (eue{n}) crye out vnto thee for violence, and thou wilt not helpe!
Why doest thou shewe me iniquitie, and cause me to beholde sorowe for spoyling, and violence (are) before me: and there are that raise vp strife and contention.
Therefore the Law is dissolued, and iudgement doeth neuer go forthe: for the wicked doeth compasse about the righteous: therefore wrong iudgement procedeth.
Beholde among the heathen, and regarde, and wonder, (and) marueil: for I will worke a worke in your daies: ye will not beleue it, thoght it be tolde you.
For lo, I raise vp the Caldea{n}s, that bitter and 〈◊〉 nacion, which shall go vpo{n} the breadth of the lande to possesse the dwelling places, (that are) not theirs.
Thei are terrible and feareful: their iudgement and their dignitie shal procede of them selues.
Their horses also are swifter the{n} the Leopards, and are more fierce then the wolues in the euening: and their horsemen are many: & their horsemen shal come fro{m} farre thei shal flie as the egle hasting to meate.
They come all to spoyle: before their faces (shalbe) an East winde, and they shall gather the captiuitie, as the sand.
And thei shal mocke the Kings, and the princes (shalbe) a skorne vnto them: 〈◊〉 shal deride euery strong holde: for thei 〈◊〉 gather dust, and take it.
Then shall thei take a courage, & transgresse & do wickedly, (imputing) this their power vnto their God.
Art not thou of olde, ô Lord my God mine holy one? we shall not dye: O Lord, thou hast ordeined the{m} for iudgement, & ô God, thou hast established them for correction.
(Thou art) of pure eies, & canst not se euil: thou ca{n}st not behold wickednes: wherfore doest thou loke vpon the tra{n}sgressors, (&) holdest thy to{n}gue when the wicked deuoureth the ma{n}, that is more rig hteousthē he?
And makest men as the fishe of the sea, (and) as the creping things, that haue no ruler ouer them.
Thei take vp all with the angle: they catche it in their net, & gather it in their yarne, whereof they reioyce and are glad.
Therefore they sacrifice vnto theyr net and burne ince{n}se vnto their yarne, because by them their porcion (is) fat and theyr meat plenteous.
Shal theitherefore stretche out their net & not spare cōrinually to slay the nacio{n}s?
I Wil stand vpon my watche, and set me vpon the towre, and will loke & se what he wolde say vnto me, and what I shall answer to him that rebuketh me.
And the Lord answered me, & said, Write the vision, and make it plaine vpon tables, that he may runne that readeth it.
For the visio{n} (is) yet for an appointed time, but at the last it shal speake, & not lie: thogh it tary, waite: for it shal surely come, (and) shal not stay.
Beholde, he that lifteth vp him selfe, his minde is not vpright in him, but the iuste shal liue by his faith.
Yea, in dede the proude man (is as) he that tra{n}sgresseth by wine: therfore shal he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hel, and is as death, and ca{n} not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nacio{n}s and he a peth vnto him all people.
Shal not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe agaynst him, & say, Ho, he, that increaseth (that which is) not his? how long? and he that ladeth him self with thicke claye?
Shal they not rise vp suddenly, that shal bite thee? and awake, that shall stirre thee? and thou shalt be their pray?
Because thou hast spoiled manie nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoyle thee, because of mens blood, and for the wrong (done) in the land, in the citie, & vnto all that dwell therein.
Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnes to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil.
Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house, by destroying manie people, and hast sinned against thine owne soule.
For the stone shall crye out of the wall, & the beame out of the timber shal answer it.
Wo vnto him that buyldeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.
Beholde, is it not of the Lord of hostes that the people shal labour in the very fire the people shall euen wearye them selues for very vanitie.
For the earth shal be filled with the knowledge of the glorie of the Lord, as the waters couer the sea.
Wo vnto him that giueth hys neyghbour drinke: thou ioynest thine heate, & makest (him) drunken also, that thou maist se their priuities.
Thou arte filled with shame for glorye: drinke thou also, and be made naked: the cuppe of the Lords right ha{n}d shal be turned vnto thee, and shameful spuing (shalbe) for thy glorie.
For the crueltie of Lebanón shall couer thee: so shal the spoile of the beastes, which made them afraide, because of me{n}s blood, and for the wrong (done) in the land, in the citie, and vnto all that dwell therein.
What profiteth the image? for the maker thereof hathe made it an image, and a teacher of lies, thogh he that made it, truste therein, when he maketh dumme idoles.
Wo vnto him that saith to the wood, Awake (&) to the du{m}me stone, Rise vp, it shal teach thee: beholde, it is laide ouer with golde and siluer, and there (is) no breath in it.
But the Lord (is) in his holie Te{m}ple: let all the earth kepe silence before him.
A Praier of Habakkúk the Prophet for the ignorances.
O Lord, I haue heard thy voyce, (and) was afraide: ô LORD, reuiue thy worke in the middes of the people, in the middes of the yeres make it knowen: in wrath remember mercie.
God commeth from Temán, and the holie one from mounte Parán, Seláh. His glorie couereth the heauens, and the earthe is ful of his praise.
And (his) brightnes was as the light: he had hornes (coming) out of his hands, and there was the hiding of his power.
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coles went for the before his fete.
He stode and measured the earthe: he behelde and dissolued the nacions and the euerlasting mou{n}taines were broke{n}, (&) the ancient hilles did bowe: his wayes (are) euerlasting
For (his) iniquitie I sawe the tentes of Cu sháh (and) the curtaines of the land of Midiān did tremble.
Was the Lord angrie against the riuers? was thine angrie against the floods? or was thy wrath against the ssa, thou didest ride vpon thine horses? thy charettes broght saluacion.
Thy bowe was manifestely reueiled (and) the othes of the tribe (were) a sure worde, Séláh, thou didest cleaue the earth with riuers.
The mountaines sawe thee & they tre{m}bled the streame of the water passed by: the depe made a noise, and lift vp his hand on hie
The sunne (and) moonestood stil in (their) habitacion? at the light of thine arrowes thei wét (and) at the bright shining of thy speares.
Thou trodest downe the land in angre (&) didest thresh the heathen in displeasure.
Thou wentest for the for the saluacion of thy people (euen) for saluation with thine Anointed thou hast wounded the head of the house of the wicked, and discoueredst the fundations vnto the necke, Séláh.
Thou didest stricke thorowe with his one owne staues the heades of his villages: they came out as a whirle winde to scatter me: their reioycing (was) as to deuoure the poore secretly.
Thou didest walke in the sea with thine horses vpon the heape of great waters.
When I heard, my belie trembled: my lippes shoke at the voyce: rottennes entred into my bones, and I trembled in my selfe, that I might rest i{n} the day of trouble (for) when he cometh vp vnto the people, he shal destroy them.
For the figtre shal not florish, nether shal frute (be) in the vines: the labour of the oliue shal faile, and the fieldes shal yelde no meat: the shepe shalbe cut of fró the folde, and there shalbe no bullocke in the stalles.
But I wil reioyce in the Lord: I wil ioy in the God of my saluation.
The Lord God (is) my strength: he wil make my fete like hindes (fete) and he wil make me to walke vpon mine hie places, To the chief singer on Neginothái.
THe worde of the Lord. which came vnto Zephaniáh the sonne of Cushi, the sonne of Gedaliáh, the sonne of Amariáh, the sonne of Hizkiah, in the daies of Iosiáh, the sonne of Ammón King of Iudáh.
I wil surely destroy all things from of the I and, saith the Lord.
I wil destroy man and beast: I wil destroy the foules of the heauen, and the fish of the sea, and ruines (shalbe) to the wicked, & I wil cut of man from of the land saith the Lord.
I wil also stretche out mine hand vpo{n} Iudah, and vpon all the inhabitants of Ierusalém, and I wil cut of the remnant of Báal from this place, and the names of the Che marins with the Priestes.
And the{m} that worship the hoste of heauen vpon the house toppes, & the{m} that worship and sweare by the Lord, and by Malchám.
And them that are turned backe from the Lord, and those that haue not soght the Lord, not inquired for him,
Be stil at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand, for the Lord hathe prepared a sacrifice (and) hathe sanctified his ghestes.
And it shalbe in the day of the Lord sacrifice, that I wil visite the princes & the 〈◊〉 children, and all suche as are clothed with strange apparel.
In thee same day also wil, I visit all those that dance vpon the thresholde so proudly, which fil their masters houses by crueltie and deceit.
And in that day, saith the Lord, there (shalbe) a noyce (&) crye from the fish gate, & an howling from the seconde (gate) and a great destruction from the hilles.
Howle ye inhabitants of the lowe place for the companie of the marchants, is destroied: all thei that bare siluer, are cut of.
And at that thine wil I searche Ierusalém with lightes, and visite the men that are forsē in their dregges, & say in their hearts The Lord wil nether do good nor do euil.
Therefore their goods shalbe spoiled, and their houses waste: thei shal also buylde houses, but not inhabit (them,) and thei shal plant vineyardes, but not drinke the wine thereof.
The great day of the Lord (is) nere: it (is) nere, and hasteth greatly (euen) the voyce the day of the Lord, the strong man shal of crye there bitterly.
That day (is) a day of wrath a day of trouble and heauines, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of obscuritie and darkenes, a day of cloudes and blackenes.
A day of the trumpet and alarme against the strong cities, & against the hie towres.
And I wil bring distres vpon men, that thei shal walke like blinde men, because thei haue sinned against the Lord, & their blood shalbe powred out as dust, and their flesh as the dongue.
Nether their siluer nor their golde shal be able to deliuer them in the day of the Lords wrath, but the whole land shal be deuoured by the fyre of his ielousie: for he shal make euen a spedie riddance of all the{m} that dwell in the land.
GAther your selues, euen gather you, ô nacion not worthy to beloued,
Before the decre come forthe (and ye be) as chasse that passeth in a day (and) before the fierce wrath of the Lord come vpon you.
Seke ye the Lord all the meke of the earth which haue wroght his iudgement seke righteousnes, seke lowlines, if so be that ye may be hid in the day of the lords wrath
For Azzáh shalbe forsaken, and Ashkelón desolate: thei shal driue out Ashdód at the none day, & Ekróm, shal be rooted vp
Wo vnto the inhabitants of the sea coast the nacion of the Cherethims, the worde of the Lord (is) against you ô Canáan, the land of the Philistims, I wil eue{n} destroy thee without an inhabitant.
And the sea coast shalbe dwellings (&) cotages for shepherdes and shepefoldes.
And the sea coast shalbe for the remnant of the house of Iudáh, to fede there vpon: in the houses of Ashkelón shal thei lodge towarde night: for the Lord their God shal vi fite them, and turne away their captiuitie,
I haue heard the reproche of Moáb, and the 〈◊〉 of the childre{n} of Ammón, whereby they vpbraided my people, and magnified them selues against their borders.
Therefore, as I liue, saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél, surely moáb shal be as Sodóm; and the children of Ammón as Gomoráh (euen) the breeding of nettels and salt pittes, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my folke shal spoile them, & the remnant of my people shal possesse them.
This shal thei haue for their pride because thei haue reproched and magnified them selues against the Lord of hostes people.
The Lord (wil be) terrible vnto them: for he wil consume all the gods of the earth: and euerie man shal worship him from his place (euen) all the yles of the heathen.
Ye Morians also shalbe slaine by my sworde with them:
And he wil stretche out his ha{n}d against the North, and destroy Asshúr, and wil make Nineuéh desolate (and) waste like a wildernes.
And flockes shal let in the middes of her, and all the beastes of the nacions and the pellicane, and the owle shal abide in the vpper postes of it: the voyce (of birdes) shal sing in the windowes (&) desolations (shalbe) vpon the postes for the cedres are vncouered.
This is the reioycing citie that dwelt car relesse, that said in her heart. I am, and there (is) none besides me: how is she made waste, and the Iodging of the beastes! euerie one that passeth by her, shal hisse and wagge his hand.
WO to her that is filthy and polluted, to the robbing citie.
She heard not the voyce: she receiued not correction: she trusted not in the Lord: she drue not nere to her God,
Her pri{n}ces within her (are) as roaring lio{n}s her iudges (are) as wolues in the euening, which leaue not the bones til the morowe
Her prophetes are light (and) wicked persones: her priests haue polluted the Sa{n}ctuarie: they haue wrested the Law,
The iust Lord (is) in the middes thereof: he wil do none iniquitie: euery morning doeth he bring his iudgement to light, he faileth not but the wicked wil not learne to be ashamed.
I haue cut of the nations: their towres are desolate: I haue made their streates waste, that none shal passe by their cities are destroyed without man (and) without inhabitant.
I said, Surely thou wilt feare me: thou wilt receiue instruction: so their dwelling shulde not be destroied how soeuer I visited the{m} but they rose early (&) corrupted all their workes.
Therefore waite ye vpo{n} me, saith the Lord vntil the daye that I rise vp to the pray: for I am determined to gather the nacions, and that I wil assemble the kingdomes to powre vpon them mine indignacion (eue{n}) all my fierce wrath: for all the earth shalbe deuoured with the fyre of my ielousie.
Surely then wil I turne to the people a pure langage, that they may all call vpo{n} the Name of the Lord, to serue him with one consent.
From beyonde the riuers of Ethiopia, the daughter of my dispersed, praying vnto me, shal bring me an offring.
In that daye shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy workes, wherein thou hast tra{n}sgressed against me: for the{m} I wil take away out of the middes of thee them that reioyce of thy pride, and thou shalt no more be proude of mine holie Mountaine.
Then wil I leaue in the middes of thee an humble and poore people: and thei shal trust in the Name of the Lord.
The remnant of Israél shal do none iniquitie, nor speake lies: nether shal a deceitful tongue be founde in their mouth: for they shalbe fed, and lie downe, and none shal make them afraid.
Reioyce, ô daughter Zión: be ye ioyful, ô Israél: be glad and reioyce with all (thine) heart, ô daughter Ierusalém.
The Lord hathe taken away thy iudgements he hathe cast out thine enemie the King of Israél, (euen) the Lord (is) in the middes of thee: thou shalt se no more euil
In that day it shalbe said to Ierusalém, Feare thou not, ô Zión: let not thine hands be faint.
The Lord thy God in the middes of thee (is) mightie: he wil saue, he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioye: he wil quiet him self in his Ioue: he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioye.
After a certeine time wil I gather the afflicted that were of thee, (and) them that bare the reproche for it.
Beholde, at that time I wil bruise all that afflict thee, & I wil saue her that halteth, and gather her that was cast out, and I wil get them praise and fame in all the lands of their shame.
At that time wil I bring you againe, and then wil I gather you: for I wil giue you a name and a praise amo{n}g all people of the earth, when I turne backe your captiuitie before your eyes, saith the Lord.
IN the second yere of King Darius, in the sixt moneth, the first day of the moneth, came the worde of the Lord [by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggái] vnto Zerubbabél the sonne of Shealtiél, a prince of Iudáh, and to Iehoshúa the sonne of Iehozadák the hie Priest, saying,
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, that the Lords House shulde be buylded.
Then came the worde of the Lord by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggái, saying.
Is it time for your selues to dwell in your filled houses, and this House lie wast?
Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes, Consider your owne waies in your hearts.
Ye haue sowen muche, and bring in litle ye eat, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme and he that earneth wages putteth the wages into a broken bagge.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Consider your owne waies in your hearts..
Go vp to the mountaine, & bring wood, and buylde this House, and I wil be fauo-rable in it, and I wil be glorified, saith the Lord.
Ye loked for muche, and lo, it (came) to litle: and when ye broght it home, I did blowe vpon it. And, why, saith the Lord of hostes? Because of mine House that is waste, and ye returne euery man vnto his owne house.
Therefore the heauen ouer you staied it self from dewe, and the earth staied her frute.
And I called for a drought vpon the land, and vpon the mountaines, and vpon the corne, and vpon the wine, and vpon the oyle, vpon (all) that the grounde bringeth forthe: bothe vpon men and vpon cattel, and vpon all the labour of the hands.
When Zerubbabél the sonne of Shealtiél and Iehoshúa the sonne of Iehozadák the hie Priest with all the remna{n}t of the people heard the voyce of the Lord their God, and the wordes of the Prophet Haggái [as the Lord their God had sent him] then the people did feare before the Lord.
Then spake Haggái the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.
And the Lord stirred vp the spirit of Zerubbabél, the sonne of Shealtié a prince of Iudáh, and the spirit of Iehoshúa the so{n}ne of Iehozadák the hie Priest, & the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came, & did the worke in the House of the Lord of hostes their God.
IN the foure and twentieth daye of the sixt moneth, in the seco{n}de yere of King Darius,
In the seuenth (〈◊〉, in the one & twentieth (day) of the moneth, came the worde of the lord by the ministere of the prophet Haggái, saying.
Speake now to Zerubbabél the sonne of Shealtiél prince of Iudáh, and to Iehoshúa the sonne of Iehozadák the hie Priest, and to the residue of the people saying,
Who is left among hou, that sawe this House in her first glorie, and now do you se it now? Is it not in your eyes, in comparison of it as nothing?
Yet now be of good courage, ô 〈◊〉él, saith the Lord, & be of good comfort, ô Iehoshúa, sonne of Iehozadák the 〈◊〉 Priest: and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and do it: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hostes,
(According) to the worde that I couena{n}ted with you, whe{n} ye came out of Egypt: so my Spirit shal remaine amo{n}g you, feare ye not
For thus saith the Lord of hostes, Yet a litle while, and I wil shake the heauen and the earth, and the 〈◊〉, and the drye land:
And I wil moue all nacions, and the desire of all nacions shal come, and I wil fil this House with glorie, saith the Lord of hostes
The siluer (is) mine, and the golde (is) mine, saith the Lord of hostes.
The glorie of this last House shalbe greater then the first, saith the Lord of hostes: and in this place wil I giue peace, saith the Lord of hostes.
¶ In the foure and twentieth (day) of the ninth moneth, in the seconde yere of Darius, came the worde of the Lord vnto the Prophet Haggài, saying,
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Aske now the Priests (concerning) the Law, and say.
If one beare holy flesh in the 〈◊〉 of his garment, and with his skirt do touche the bread, or the potage, or the wine, or oyle, or any meat, shal it be holy? And the Priests answered and said, No.
Then said Haggai, If a polluted persone touche any of these, shal it be vncleane? And the Priests answered, and said, It shal be vncleane.
The{n} answered Haggái, and said, So is this people, and so is this nacion before me, saith the Lord: and so (are) all the workes of their hands, and that which they offre here, is vncleame.
And now, I pray you, consider in your mindes from this day, and afore, (euen) afore a stone was laid vpon a stone in the Temple of the Lord:
Before these things were, when one came to an heape of twentie (measures,) there were but ten when one came to the wine presse for to drawe out fiftie (vessels) out of the presse, there were but twentie.
I smote you with blasting, and with mildewe, and with haile, in all the labours of your ha{n}ds: yet you (turned) not to me, saith the Lord.
Consider, I pray you, in your mindes fro{m} this day, & afore from the foure & twentieth day of the ninth (moneth, euen) srom the day that the fundacion of the Lords Temple was laid co{n}sider it in your mindes.
Is the seed yet in the barne? as yet the vines, and the figtre, and the pomegranate, and the oliue tre hathe not broght forthe: from this day wil I blesse (you).
And againe the worde of the Lord came vnto Haggái in the foure & twe{n}tieth (day) of the moneth, saying,
Speak to Zerubbabél the prince of Iudáh, & say, I wil shake the heauens & the earth,
And I wil ouerthrowe the throne of kingdomes, & I wil destroy the stre{n}gth of the kingdomes of the heathen, & I wil ouerthrowe the charets, and those that ride in them, and the horse & the riders shal come downe euerie one by the sworde of his brother,
In that day, saith the Lord of hostes, wil I take thee, ô Zerubbabél my seruant, the sonne of Shealtiél, saith the Lord, and wil make thee as a signet: for I haue chosen thee, saith the Lord of hostes.
IN the eight moneth of the seconde yere of Darius, came the worde of the Lord vnto Zechariáh the sonne of Berechiáh, the sóne of Iddo the Prophet, saying.
The Lord hathe bene sore displeased with your fathers,
Therefore say thou vnto them, Thus saith the lord of hostes, Turne ye vnto me, saith the Lord of hostes, and I wil turne vnto you saith the Lord of hostes.
Be ye not as your fathers, vnto whome the former Prophets haue cryed, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Turne you now from your euil wayes, & from your wicked workes but they wold not heare, nor hearken vnto me saith the Lord.
Your father, where are they? and do the Prophetes liue for euer?
But did not my wordes and my statutes, which I commanded by my seruants the Prophetes, take holde of your father? & they returned, & said, As the Lord of hostes hathe determined to 〈◊〉 to vs, according to our owne wayes, and according to our workes, so hathe he delt with vs.
Vpon the foure and twentieth day of the eleuenth moneth, which is the moneth 〈◊〉, in the seconde yere of Darius came the worde of the Lord vnto Zechariáh the sonne of Berechiáh, the sonne of Iddo the Prophet, saying.
I sawe by night, and beholde a māriding vpon a red horse, and he stode among the mirre trees, that were in a bottome, and behinde him were thee red horses speckeled and white.
Vhen said I, O my Lord, what are these? And the Angel that talked with me, said vnto me I wil shewe thee what these be.
And the man that stode among the mirre trees, answered and said, These are they whome the Lord hathe se{n}t to go through the worlde.
And they answered the Angel of the Lord that stode among the mirre trees, and said We haue gone thorowe the worlde, and beholde, all the worlde sitteth stil, and is at rest.
Then the Angel of the Lord answered & said, O Lord of hostes, how long wilt thou be vnmerciful to Ierusalém, and to the cities of Iudáh, with whome thou hast bene displeased now these thre score & ten yeres
And the Lord answered the Angel that talked with me, with good wordes (and) comfortable wordes.
So the Angel that communed with me said vnto me, Crye thou, and speake, Thus saith the Lord of hostes. I am ielousie ouer Ierusalém and Zion with a great zeale.
And am greatly angrie against the careles heathen for I was angrie but a litle, and they helped forwarde the affliction.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, I wil returne vnto Ierusalém with tender mercie mine house shal be buyld in it, saith the Lord of hostes, and a line shal be stretched vpo{n} Ierusalém,
Crye yet, and speake, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, My cities shal yet be broken with plentie the Lord shal yet co{m}fort Zion and shal yet chuse Ierusalém.
Then lift I vp mine eyes and sawe, and beholde, foure hornes.
And I said vnto the Angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the hornes which haue scattered Iudáh, Israél, and Ierusalém.
And the Lord shewed me foure carpe{n}ters
Then said I, What come these to do? And he answered, and said, These are the hornes, which haue scattered Iudah, so that a man durst not 〈◊〉 vp his head but these are come to fraye them, and to cast out the hornes of the Gentiles, which lift vp their horne ouer the land of Iudáh, to scattre it.
I Lift vp mine eyes againe 〈◊〉 loked, and beholde, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Then said I, Whether goest thou? And he said vnto me, To measure Ierusalém, that I may se what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
And beholde, the Angel that talked with me went forthe: and another Angel went out to mete him.
And said vnto him, Runne, speake to this yong man, and say, Ierusalem shalbe inhabited without walles, for the multitude of men and cattel therein.
For I, saith the Lord, wil be vnto her a wall of fyre rounde about, and wil be the glorie in the middes of her.
Ho, ho (come forthe) and flee fro{m} the land of the North, saith the Lord: for I haue scattered you into the foure windes of the heauen, saith the Lord.
Saue thy self, ô Zion, that dwellest with the Daughter of Babél:
For thus saith the Lord of hostes. After (this) glorie hathe he sent me vnto the nacions, which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye
For beholde, I wil lift vp mine hand vpon them: and they shalbe a spoile to those that serued them, and ye shal knowe, that the Lord of hostes hathe sent me.
Reioyce, and be glad, ô daughter Zión: for lo, l come & wildwell in the middes of thee saith the Lord.
And many nacions shalbe ioyned to the Lord in that day, and shal be my people: & I wildwell in the middes of thee, and thou shalt knowe that the Lord of hostes hathe sent me vnto thee.
And the Lord shal inherit Iudah his portio{n} in the holy land, and shal chuse Ierusalém againe.
Let all flesh be stil before the Lord, for he is raised vp out of his holy place.
ANd he shewed me Iehoshua the hie Priest, standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satán stode at this right hand to resist him.
And the Lord said vnto Satan, The Lord reproue thee, ô Satán: euen the Lord reproue thee ô Satán: euen the Lord that hathe chosen Ierusalém, reproue thee, Is not this a brande taken out of the fyre?
Now Iehoshúa was clothed with filthy garments, and stode before the Angel.
And he answered and spake vnto those that stode before him, saying, Take away the sil thy garments from him. And vnto him he said. Beholde, I haue caused thine iniquitie to departe fro{m} thee, and I wil clothe thee with change of raiment.
And I said. Let them set a faire diademe vpon his head, and clothed him with garments, and the Angel of the Lord stode by
And the Angel of the Lord testified vnto Ichoshúa, saying.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, If thou wilt walke in my waies, and kepe my watche, thou shalt also iudge mine House, and shalt also kepe my courtes, and I wil giue thee place among k these that stand by.
Heare now, ô Iehoshúa the hie Priest, thou and thy fellowes that sit before thee: for they are monstruous persones: but beholde, I wil bring forthe the Branche my seruant.
For lothe stone that I haue laid before lehoshúa vpo{n} one stone shalbe seuen eyes beholde, I wil cut out the grauing thereof, saith the Lord of hostes, and I wil take away the iniquitie of this land in one day.
In that day, saith the Lord of hostes, shal ye call euerie man his neighbour vnder the vine, and vnder the fig tree.
ANd the Angel that talked with me, came againe & waked me as a man that is raiseth out of his slepe.
And said vnto me, What seest thou? And I said, I haue loked, and beholde, a candelsticke all of golde with a 〈◊〉 vpon the top of it, and his seuen lampes therein, and seuen pipes to the lampes, which were vpon the top thereof.
And two oliue trees ouer it, one vpon the right side of the howle, and the other vpon the left side thereof.
So I answered, & spake to the Angel that talked with me, saying, What are these my Lord.
The{n} the Angel that 〈◊〉 with me answered and said vnto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said No, my Lord.
Then he answered and spake vnto me, saying: This is the worde of the Lord vnto Zerubbabél, saying, Nether by an armie nor strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hostes.
Who art thou, ô great mountaine, before Zerubbabél? (thou shalt be) a plaine, and he shal bring forthe the head stone thereof, with showtings (crying) Grace grace vnto it.
Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying.
The ha{n}ds of Zerubbabél haue laid the fundacion of this house: his hands shal also finish it, and thou shalt knowe that the Lord of hostes hathe sent me vnto you,
For who hathe despised the day of the smale things? but they shal reioyce, and shal se the stone of tinne in the hand of Zerubbabél these seue{n} are the eies of the Lord, which go thorowe the whole worlde
Then answered I, and said vnto him, What are these two oliue trees vpon the ryght and vpon the left side thereof?
And I spake moreouer, and said vnto him What be these two oliue branches, which thorowe the two golden pipes emptie the{m} selues into the golde?
And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Lord.
Then said he, These are the two oliue bra{n}ches, that sta{n}d with the ruler of the whole earth.
THen I turned me, and lift vp mine eyes and loked, & beholde, a flying booke.
And he said vnto me, What 〈◊〉 thou? And I 〈◊〉, I sea flying booke the length thereof (is) twentie cubites, & the breadth thereof ten cubites.
Then said he vnto me, This is the curse that goeth forth ouer the whole earth: for euerie one that stealeth, shalbe cut of (aswel) on this side, as on that: & euerie one that sweareth, shall be cut of (as well) on this side, as on that.
I will bring it forthe, saith the Lord of hostes, and it shal enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that falsely sweareth by my Name and it shal remaine in the middes of his house, and shal consume it, with the timbre thereof, and stones thereof.
Then the Angel that talked with me, went for the, and said vnto me, Lift vp now thine eyes, and se what is this that goeth forthe.
And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an 〈◊〉 that goeth forthe, He said 〈◊〉, This is the sight of them, through all the earth.
And behold, there was lift vp a talent of lead and this is a woman that sitteth in the middes of the Epháh.
And he said, This is wickednes, & he cast it into the middes of the Epháh, & he cast the weight of lead vpon the mouth therof.
The{n} lift I vp mine eies, & loked & behold, there came out two women, & the winde (was) in their wings [for thei had wings like the wings of a storke] and they lift vp the Epháh betwene the earth and the heauen.
Then said I to the Angel that talked with me, Whither do these beare the Epháh?
And he said vnto me, To buyld it an house in the land of Shinár, and it shalbe established and set there vpo{n} her owne place.
A Caine, I turned and life mine eyes, and loked, and beholde, there came there foure charettes out from betwene two mountaines, & the mountaines were mou{n}taines of brasse.
In the first charet (were) red horses, and in the seconde charet blacke horses.
And in the thirde charet white horses, and in the fourte charet horses of diuers colours, and reddish.
Then I answered, and said vnto the Angel that talked with me, What are these my Lord?
And the Angel answered, and said vnto me These are the foure spirits of the heauen which go for the from standing with the Lord of all the earth.
That with the blacke horse went for the into the land of the North, and the white went out after them, and they of diuers colours went for the towarde the South countrey.
And the reddish went out, and required to go, and passe through the worlde, and he said. Go passe through the worlde, So they went thorow out the worlde.
Then cryed he vpon me, and spake vnto me, saying, Beholde, these that go toward the North countrey, haue pacified my spirit in the North countrey.
And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Take of them of the captiuitie, (euen) of Heldai, and of Tobiiah: and Iedaiah, which are come from Babél, and come thou the same day, & go vnto the house of Ioshiáh the sonne of Zephaniáh.
Take euen siluer, and golde, and make crownes, and set (them) vpon the head of Iehoshúa, the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest.
And speake vnto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, and saith, Beholde the man whose name is the Branche, and he shal growe vp out of his place, and he shal buylde the Temple of the Lord.
Euen he shal buylde the Te{m}ple of the Lord and he shal beare the glorie, and shal sit and rule vpon his throne, and he shalbe a Priest vpon his throne, and the counsel of peace shalbe betwene them bothe.
And the crownes shalbe to Helém, and to 〈◊〉 and to Iedaiah, and to Hen the sonne of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the Temple of the Lord.
And thei that are farre of, shal come and buylde in the Temple of the Lord, and ye shal knowe, that the Lord of hostes hathe sent me vnto you. And thys shall come to passe, if ye will obey the voyce of the Lord your God.
ANd in the fourth yere of King Darius, the worde of the Lord came vnto Zechariáh in the fourth (day) of the ninth moneth, euen in Chisleu.
For thei had sent vnto the house of God Sharézer, and Regem mélech and their men to praye before the Lord.
(And) to speake vnto the Priestes, whiche were in the House of the Lord of hostes, & to the Prophetes, saying, Shuld I wepe in the fifte moneth, and separate my self as I haue done these so manie yeres?
Then came the worde of the Lord of hostes vnto me, saying,
Speake vnto all the people of the land, & to the Priests, and say, When ye fasted, and mourned in the fifte and seuenth moneth, euen these seuentie yeres, did ye fast vnto me? do I (approue it?)
And when ye did eate, and when ye did drinke, did ye not eat for your selues, and drinke for your selues?
Shulde ye not (heare) the wordes, whiche the Lord hathe cryed by the ministerie of the former Prophetes when Ierusalém was inhabited, and in prosperitie, & the cities thereof rounde about her, when the South and the plaine was inhabited?
And the worde of the Lord came vnto Zechariáh, saying,
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, Execute 〈◊〉 iudgement, and shewe mercie and compassion, euerie man to his brother,
And oppresse not the widowe, nor the fatherles, the stranger nor the poore, and let none of you imagine euil against his brother in your heart.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shulder, and stopped their eares, that they shulde not heare.
Yea, thei made their hearts as an adama{n}t, stone, lest they shulde heare the Lawe and the wordes which the Lord of hostes sent in his Spirit by the ministerie of the former Prophetes: therefore came a greate wrath from the Lord of hostes.
Therefore it is come to passe, that as he cryed, and they wolde not heare, so they cryed, and I wold not heare saith the Lord of hostes.
But I scattered them among all nations: whome they knewe not thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passeth through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land waste.
AGaine the worde of the Lord of hostes came (to me) saying.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, I was ielous for Zión with greatielousie, and I was ielous for her with great wrath.
Thus saith the Lord, I wil returne vnto Zión, and wildwell in the middes of Ierusalém, and Ierusalém shal be called a citie of trueth, and the mountaine of the Lord of hostes, the holie Mountaine.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes. There shal yet olde men and olde women dwell in the stretes of Ierusalém, and euerie man with his staffe in his hand for very age.
And the stretes of the citie shalbe ful of boyes and girles, playing in the stretes thereof.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Thoght it be vnpossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these dayes: shulde it therefore be vnpossible in my sight, saith the Lord of hostes?
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Beholde I wil deliuer my people from the East countrey, and from the West countrey.
And I wil bring them, and they shal dwell in the middes of Ierusalém, and they shal be my people, and I wil be their God in trueth and in righteousnes.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Let your hands be strong, ye that heare in these dayes these wordes by the 〈◊〉 of the Prophetes, which were in the 〈◊〉, that the fundacion of the House of the Lord of hostes was laide, that the Temple might be 〈◊〉.
For before these dayes there was no hier for mān or anie hier for beast, nether was there anie peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men, euerie one against his neighbour.
But now, I wil not (intreate) the residue of this people as afore time, saith the Lord of hostes.
For the sede (shalbe) prosperous: the vine shal giue her frute, and the grounde shal giue her increase and the heauens shal giue their dewe, and I wil cause the remnant of this people to possesse all these things.
And it shal come to passe, that as ye were a curse among the heathe{n}, ô house of Iudáh and house of Israél, so wil I deliuer you, & ye shalbe a blessing: feare not (but) let your hands be strong.
For thus saith the Lord of hostes, As I thogh to punish you: when your fathers prouoked me vnto wrath, saith the Lord of hostes, and repented not.
So againe haue I determined in these dayes to do well vnto Ierusalém, and to the housé of Iudáh: feare ye not.
These are the thinges that ye shall do, Speake ye euerie man the trueth vnto his neighbour: execute iudgement truely and vprightly in your gates.
And let none of you imagine euil in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false 〈◊〉 for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lord.
And the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me, saying,
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, The fast of the fourthe (moneth,) and the fast of the fifte, and the fast of the seuenth, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Iudáh ioye and gladnes, and prosperous hie feastes: therefore loue the trueth and peace.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, That there shal yet come people, and the inhabita{n}ts of great cities.
And they that dwell in one (citie,) shal go to another, saying, Vp, let vs go and pray before the Lord, and seke the Lord of hostes: I wil go also.
Yea, greate people and mightie nations shal come to seke the Lord of hostes in Ierusalém, and to pray before the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, In those dayes shall ten men take holde out of all langages of the nacions, (euen) take holde of the skirt of him that is a Iewe, and say, We wil go with you for we haue heard, that God is with you.
THe burden of the worde of the Lord in the land of Hadrách: and Damascus (shal be) his rest when the eyes of man, (eue{n}) of all the tribes of Israél (shalbe) toward the Lord.
And Hamáth also shall border thereby: Tyrus (also) & Zidón, thogh (they be) verie wise.
For Tyrus did buyld her self a stro{n}g holde, and heaped vp siluer as the dust, and golde as the myre of the streates.
Behold, the Lord wil spoile her, and he wil smite her power in the sea, and she shal be 〈◊〉 with fyre.
Ashkelón shal se it, and feare, and Azzáh also shalbe verie sorowful, and Ekrón for her countenance shalbe ashamed, and the King shal perish from Azzáh, and Ashkelón shal not be inhabited.
And the stranger shal dwell in Ashdód, & I wil cut of the pride of the Philistims.
And I wil take away his blood out of hys mouth, and his abominacio{n}s from betwene his teeth: 〈◊〉 he that remaineth, euen he shalbe for our God, and he shalbe as a prince in Iudáh, but Ekrón (shalbe) as a Iebusite.
And I will campe aboute mine House against the armie, againste hym that passeth by, and against him that returneth, and no oppressour shal come vpo{n} them anie more: for now haue I sene with mine eyes.
Reioyce greatly, ô daughter Zión: shoute for ioye, ô daughter Ierusalém behold, thy King cometh vnto thee: he is iuste & saued, poore and riding vpon an asse, and vpon a colte the sole of an asse.
And I will cut of the charrets from Ephráim, and the horse from Ierusalém the bowe of the battel shalbe broken, and he shal speake peace vnto the heathen, & his dominion (shalbe) from sea vnto sea, and from the riuer to the end of the land.
Thou also (shall be saued) through the blood of thy couenant. I haue losed thy prisoners out of the pit wherein (is) no water.
Turne you to the strong holde, ye prisoners of hope: eue{n} to day do I declare, that I wil render the double vnto thee.
For Iudáh haue I bent as a bowe for me: Ephraims hand haue I filled, & I haue raysed vp thy sonnes, ô Zión, against thy sonnes, ô Grecia, & haue made thee as a gya{n}ts sworde.
And the Lord shalbe sene ouer them, and his arrowe shal go forthe as the lightning: and the Lord God shal blowe the trumpet and shall come forthe with the whirlewindes of the South.
The Lord of hostes shal defend them, and they shal 〈◊〉 them, and subdue the{m} with sling stones, and they shal drinke, (&) make 〈◊〉 as thorowe wine, and they shalbe filled like bowles, (and) as the hornes of the altar.
And the Lord their God shal 〈◊〉 them in that day as the flocke of his people: for (they shalbe as) the stones of the crowne lifted vp vpon his land.
For how great is his goodnes! and how greate is his beautie! corne shall make the yong men cherefull, and newe wyne the maides.
ASke you of the Lord raine in the time of the latter raine: (so) shall the Lord make 〈◊〉 cloudes, and gyue you showres of raine, (&) to euery one grasse in the field.
Surelye the idoles haue spoken vanitie, and the soth sayers haue sene a lie, and the dreamers haue tolde a vaine thing: they co{m}fort in vaine therefore thei we{n}t away as shepe thei were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
My wrath was kindled agaynste the shepherds, and I did visite the goates: but the Lord of hostes will visite hys flocke the house of Iudáh, and wil make them as his beautiful horse in the battell.
Out of him shal the corner come forthe: out of him the naile, out of hym the bowe of battel, (and) out of him euery appointer of tribute also.
And they shalbe as the mightie me{n}, which treade downe (their enemies) in thy myre of the stretes in the battel, and they shall fight, because the Lord (is) with them, & the riders on horses shal be confounded.
And I wil strengthen the house of Iudáh, and I wil preserue the house of Ioséph, & I wil bring them againe, for I pitie them: & they shalbe as thogh I had not caste them of: for I am the Lord their GOD, and will heare them.
And they of Ephráim shalbe as a gyant, & their heart shal reioyce as thorowe wine: yea, theyr chyldren shall se it, and be glad: (and) their heart shal reioyce in the Lord.
I wil hisse for them, and gather them: for I haue redemed them: and they shal encrease, as they haue encreased.
And I wil so we them among the people, and they shal remember me in farre countreis: and thei shall liue with their children and turne againe.
I wil bring them againe also out of the la{n}d of Egypt, and gather them out of Asshûr: and I will bring them into the lande of Gileád, and Lebanôn, and (place) shall not be founde for them.
And he shal go into the sea with afflictio{n}, and shall smite the waues in the sea, and all the depthes of the riuer shal drye vp: & the pride of Asshur shalbe cast downe, and the sceptre of Egypt shal departe away.
And I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walke in his Name, saith the Lord.
OPen 〈◊〉, ô Lebanôn, and the fire shal deuoure thy cedres.
Houle, fyrre trees: for the cedre is falle{n}, because all the mightie are destroied: houle ye, ô okes of Bashán, for the defensed forest is cut downe.
There (is) the voyce of the houling of the shepherds: for their glorie is destroied the voyce of the roaring of lyons whelpes: for the pride of Iordên is destroyed.
Thus saith the Lord my God, Fede the shepe of the slaughter.
They that possesse them, slaye them and sinne not: and thei that sell the{m} say, Blessed (be) the Lord: for I am riche, and their owne shepherds spare them not.
Surely I wil no more spare those that dwell in the land, saith the Lord: but lo, I wil deliuer the men euerie one into his neighbours hand, and into the hand of his King: and they shal smite the land, & out of their owne shepherds spare them not.
For I fed the shepe of slaughter, euen the poore of the flocke, and I toke vnto me two staues: the one I called, Beautie, & the other I called, Bandes, and I fed the shepe.
Thre shepherdes also I cut of in one moneth, and my soule lothed the{m}, and theyr soule abhorred me.
Then said I, I will not fede you: that that dyeth, let it dye: and that that perisheth, let it perish and let the remnant eat, euerye one the flesh of his neighbour.
And I toke my staffe, (euen) Beautie, and brake it, that I might disanul my couena{n}t, which I had made with all people.
And it was broken in that day: and so the poore of the shepe that waited vpon me, knewe that it was the worde of the Lord.
And I said vnto them, If ye thinke it good, giue (me) my wages: and if no, leaue of: so they weighed for my wages thirtie (pieces) of siluer.
And the Lord said vnto me, Cast it vnto the potter: a goodlie price, that I was valued at of them. And I toke the thirtie (pieces) of siluer, and cast them to the potter in the House of the Lord.
Then brake I mine other staffe, (euen) the Bandes, that I might dissolue the brotherhode betwene Iudáh and Israél.
And the Lord said vnto me, Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd
For lo, I wil raise vp a shepherd in the land, which shal not loke for the thing, that is lost, nor seke the tender lambes, nor heale that that is hurt, nor fede that that standeth vp but he shal eat the flesh of the fat, and teare their clawes in pieces.
O idole shepherd that leaueth the flocke: the sworde (〈◊〉) vpon his arme, & vpo{n} his right eye. His arme shalbe cleane dryed vp, and hys ryght eye shall be vtterly darkened.
THe burden of the worde of the LORD vpon Israél, saith the Lord, whiche spred the heauens, and layed the fundacio{n} of the earth, and formed the Spirit of man within him.
Behold, I wil make Ierusalém 〈◊〉 cuppe of poyson vnto all the people round about: and also with Iudáh wil he be, in the siege against Ierusalém.
And in that day will I make Ierusalém an heauie stone for all people all that 〈◊〉 it vp shalbe torne, thogh all the people of the earth be 〈◊〉 together against it.
In that day, saith the Lord, I wil smite euerye horse with stonishment, and his rider with 〈◊〉, and I wil open mine eyes vpon the house of Iudáh, and wil smite euery horse of the people with blindenes.
And the princes of Iudáh shal say in theyr hearts, The inhabitants of 〈◊〉 (shal be) my strength in the Lord of hostes their God.
In that day will I make the princes of Iudáh like coles of fyre among the wood, & like a fyre brande in the sheafe, and they shal deuoure all the people rounde about on the right hand, and on the left: and Ierusalém shalbe inhabited againe in her owne place, (euen) in Ierusalém.
The Lord also shall preserue the tentes of Iudâh, (as) afore time therfore the glorie of the house of Dauid shall not boaste, 〈◊〉 the glorie of the inhabitants of Ierusalém against Iudáh.
In that day shall the Lord defende the inhabitants of Ierusalém, and he that is feble among them, in that day shalbe as Dauid: and the house of Dauid (shalbe) as Goddes (house, and) as the Aungel of the Lord before them.
And in that daye will I seke to destroye all the 〈◊〉 that come agaynste Ierusalém.
And I will powre vppon the house of Dauid, and vpon the inhabita{n}ts of Ierusalém the Spirit of grace and of compassion, and they shalloke vpon me, whome they haue perced, and they shall ament for him, as one mourneth for (his) onelie (sonne,) & be sorie for him as one is sorie for (his) firste borne.
In that day shal there be a great mourning in Ierusale{m} as the mourning of Hadadrim môn in the valley of Megiddón.
And the land shal be waile euerie familie a parte, the familie of the house of Dauid a parte, and their wiues a parte, the familie of the house of Nathán a parte and their wiues a parte:
The familie of the house of Leui a parte, and their wiues a parte: the familie of She meia parte, and their wiues a parte.
All the families that remaine, euery familie a parte, and their wiues a parte.
IN that day there shal be a fou{n}taine opened to the house of Dauid, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalém, for sinne and for vnclennes.
And in that day, saith the Lord of hostes, I wil cut of the names of the idoles out of the land: and they shal no more be reme{m}bred: and I wil cause the prophetes, and the vncleane spirit to departe out of the land.
And when anie shal yet prophecie, his father and his mother that begate him, shal say vnto him, Thou shall not liue: for thou speakest lies in the Name of the Lord and his father and his mother that begate him shal thrust him through, when he prophecieth.
And in that daye shal the Prophetes be ashamed euerie one of his vision, when he hathe prophecied nether shal thei we are a rough garment to deceiue,
But he shal say, I am 〈◊〉 Prophet: I am an housband man for man taught me to be an herdman from my youth vp.
And one shal say vnto him, What are these woundes in thine hands? Then he shal answere. Thus was I wounded in the house of my friends.
¶ Arise, ô sworde, vpon my shepherd and vpon the man (that is) my fellow, saith the Lord of hostes: smite the shepherd, and the shepe shalbe scattred: and I wil turne mine hand vpon the litle ones.
And in all the land, saith the Lord, two partes therein shalbe cut of (and) dye but the third shalbe left therein.
And I wil bring that third parte thorow the fyre, and wil fine them as the siluer is fined, and wil trye the{m} as golde is tryed: they shal call on my Name, and I wil heare them, I wil say, It is my people, and they shal say, The Lord (is) my God.
BEholde, the daye of the Lord cometh, and thy spoyle shall be diuided in the middes of thee.
For I wil gather all nations against Ierusalém to battel, and the citie shalbe taken, & the houses spoyled, and the women defiled, and halfe of the citie shall go into captiuitie, and the residue of the people shall not be cut of from the citie.
Then shall the Lord go for the, and fight against those nacions, as when he foght in the day of battel.
And his fete shall stand in that day vppon the mount of oliues, whiche is before Ierusalém on the East side, and the mount of oliues shall cleaue in the middes thereof: toward the East and toward the West there (shalbe) a very greate valley, and halfe of the mountaine shall remoue towarde the North, and halfe of the mountaine toward the South.
And ye shall flee vnto the valley of the mountaines for the valley of the mountaines shal reache vnto Azál: yea, ye shall flee like as ye fled from the earthquake in the dayes of Vzziáh King of Iudáh: & the Lord my God shal come and all the Saintes with thee.
And in that daye shall there be no cleare light, but darke.
And there shalbe a daye [it is knowen to the Lord] h nether daye nor night, but about the euening time it shalbe light.
And in that day shall there waters of lyfe go out from Ierusalém, halfe of them towarde the East sea, and halfe of the{m} towarde the vttermost sea, (and) shalbe, both in somer and winter.
And the LORD shal be Kyng ouer all the earth: in that daye shal there be one Lord, and his Name shalbe one.
All the lande shalbe turned as a plaine fro{m} Géba to Rimmôn, towarde the South of Ierusalém, and it shalbe lifted vp, and inhabited in her place: from Beniamins gate vnto the place of the first gate, vnto the corner gate, and from the towre of Hananiél, vnto the Kings wine presses.
And men shal dwell in it, and there shal he no more destruction, but Ierusalém shalbe safely inhabited.
And this shalbe the plague, where with the Lord wil smite all people, that 〈◊〉 foght against Ierusalém: their flesh shal consume away, thogh thei stand vpon their fete, & their eyes shal consume in their holes, and their tongue shal consume in their mouth
But in that day a great tumult of the Lord shalbe among them, and euerie one shal take the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shal rise vp against the hand of his neighbour.
And Iudáh shal fight also against Ierusalém and the arme of all the heathen shalbe 〈◊〉 round about, with golde and siluer an great abundance of apparel.
Yet this shal be the plague of the horse of the mule, of the camel and of the asse and of all the beasts that be in these tentes at this plague.
But it shal come to passe that euerie one that is left of all the nations, which came against Ierusalém, shal go vp from yere to yere to worship the King the Lord of hostes, and to kepe the feast of Tabernacles.
And who so wil not come vp of (all) the families of the earth vnto Ierusalém to worship the King the Lord of hostes, euen vpo{n} them shal come no raine.
And if the familie of Egypt go not vp, & come not, it shal not (raine) vpon them, (This) shal be the plague where with the Lord wil smite all the heathen, that come not vp to kepe the feast of Tabernacles.
This shal be the punishement of Egypt, and the punishement of all the natio{n}s that come not vp to kepe the feast of Tabernacles.
In that day shal there be (writen) vpon the bridels of the horses, The holines vnto the Lord, and the pottes in the Lords House shalbe like the bowles before the altar.
Yea, euerie pot in Ierusalém and 〈◊〉 shal be holie vnto the Lord of hostes, and all they that sacrifice, shal come and take of them and seeth therein and in that day there shal be no more the Canaanite in the House of the Lord of hostes.
THE burde of the worde of the Lord to Israél by the ministery of Malachi.
I haue loued you, saith the Lord yet ye say, Wherein hast thouloued vs? Was not Esàu Iaakôbs brother, saith the Lord? yet I loued Iaakôb.
And I hated Esau, and made his mountaines waste, and his heritage a wildernes for dragons.
Thogh Edópm say, We are impouerished, but we wil returne and buyld the desolate places, yet saith the Lord of hostes, they shal buylde, but I wil destroye it, and they shal call them, The border of wickednes, and the people, with whome the Lord is angrie for euer.
And your eye shal se it, and ye shal say, The Lord wil be magnified vpon the border of Israél.
A sonne honoreth (his) father, and a seruant his master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my feare, saith the Lord of hostes vnto you, ô Priests, that despise my Name? and ye say, Wherein haue we despised thy Name?
Ye offer vncleane bread vpon mine altar and you say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that ye say the table of the Lord is not to be regarded.
And if ye offer the blinde for sacrifice, it is not euil and if ye offer the lame and sicke it is not euil offer it now vnto thy prince: wil he be content with thee, or accept thy persone, saith the Lord of hostes?
And now, I pray you, pray before God, that he may haue mercie vpo{n} vs: this hathe bene by your meanes: wil he regarde your persones, saith the Lord of hostes?
Who is there euen among you, that wolde shut the dores? and kindle not (fyre) on mine altar in vaine, I haue no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hostes, nether wil I accept an offring at your hand.
For from the rising of the sunne vnto the going downe of the same, my Name is great among the Gentiles, and in euerie place incense shalbe offred vnto my Name, and a pure offring: for my Name is great amo{n}g the heathe{n}, saith the Lord of hostes.
But ye haue polluted it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and the frute thereof, (euen) his meat is not to be regarded.
Ye said also, Beholde, (it is) awe arines, and ye haue snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hostes, and ye offred that which was torne & the lame and the sicke: thus ye offred an offring: shulde I accept this of your hand, saith the Lord?
But cursed be the deceiuer, which hathe in his flocke a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth vnto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hostes, & my Name is terrible among the heathe{n}.
ANd now, ô ye Priests, this commandement is for you.
If ye wil not heare it, nor co{n}sider it in your heart to giue glorie vnto my Name, saith the Lord of hostes, I wil euen send a curse vpon you, and wil curse your blessings yea I haue cursed them already because ye do not consider it in (your) heart.
Beholde, I wil corrupt your seed, and cast dongue vpo{n} your faces, (eue{n}) the do{n}gue of your sole{m}ne feasts, & you shalbe like vnto it
And ye shal knowe, that I haue sent this commandement vnto you, that my couenant, which I made with Leui, might stand, saith the Lord of hostes.
My couenant was with him of life and peace, and I gaue him feare and he feared me, and was afraide before my Name.
The law of trueth was in his mouth, and there was no iniquitie founde in his lippes he walked with me in peace and equitie, and did turne manie away from iniquitie.
For the Priests lippes shulde preserue knowledge, and they shulde seke the lawe at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hostes.
But ye are gone out of the way: ye haue caused manie to fall by the Law: ye haue broke{n} the couena{n}t of Leui, saith the Lord of hostes.
Therefore haue I also made you to be despised, & vile before all the people, because ye kept not my wayes, but haue bene parcial in the Law.
Haue we not all one father? hathe not one God made vs? why do we transgresse euerie one against his brother, and breake the couenant of our fathers?
Iudáh hathe transgressed, and an abominacion is committed in Israél and in Ierusalém: for Iudáh hathe defiled the holines of the Lord, which he loued, and hathe maried the daughter of a strange god.
The Lord wil cut of the man that doeth this: (bothe) the master and the seruant out of the tabernacle of Iaakób, and him that offereth an offring vnto the Lord of hostes.
And this haue ye done againe, and couered the altar of the Lord with teares, with weping and with mourning: because the offring is no more regarded, nether receiued acceptably at your hands.
Yet ye say, Wherein? Because the Lord hathe bene witnes betwene thee and thy wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast transgressed: yet is she thy companion, & the wife of thy couenant.
And did not he make one: yet had he abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he soght a godlie seed: therefore kepe your selues in your spirit, and let none trespasse against the wife of his youth.
If thou hatest (her,) put her away, saith the Lord God of Israél, yet he couereth the iniurie vnder his garment, saith the Lord of hostes therefore kepe your selues in your spirit, and transgresse 〈◊〉.
Ye haue wearied the Lord with your wordes: yet ye say, Wherein haue we wearied him? Whe{n} ye say Euerie one that doeth euil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and he deliteth in them, Or where is the God of iudgement?
BEholde; I wil send my messenger, and he shal prepare the way before me and the Lord whome ye seke, shal spedely come to his Temple: euen the messenger of the couena{n}t whome ye desire: beholde, he shal come, saith the Lord of hostes.
But who may abide the day of his comming? and who shal endure, whe{n} he appeareth? for he is like a purging fyre, and like fullers sope.
And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer he shal euen fine the sonnes of Leui, and purifie them as gold and siluer, that they may bring offrings vnto the Lord in righteousnes.
Then shal the offrings of Iudáh and Ierusalém be acceptable vnto the Lord, as in olde time and in the yeres afore.
And I wil come nere to you to iudgement, and I wil be a swifte witnes against the so the sayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully kepe backe the hirelings wages, (and vexe) the widdowe, and the fatherles, and oppresse the stranger, and feare not me, saith the Lord of hostes.
For I am the Lord I change not, & ye sonnes of Iaakób are not consumed.
From the daies of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and haue not kept (them:) returne vnto me, and I wil returne vnto you, saith the Lord of hostes: but ye said, Wherein shal we returne?
Wil a man spoyle (his) gods? yet haue ye spoyled me: but ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tythes and offrings.
Ye are cursed with a cursse: for ye haue spoyled me, euen this whole nacion.
Bring ye all the tythes into the store house that there may be meat in mine House, & proue me now here with, saith the Lord of hostes, if I wil not open the windowes of heauen vnto you, and powre you out a blessing without measure.
And I wil rebuke the deuourer for your sakes, and he shal not destroye the frute of your grounde, nether shal your vine be baren in the field, saith the Lord of hostes.
And all nacions shal call you blessed: sor ye shalbe a pleasant land, saith the Lord of hostes.
Your wordes haue bene stoute against me, saith the Lord yet ye say, What haue we spoken against thee?
Ye haue said, (It is) in vaine to serue God and what profite is it that we haue kept his commandeme{n}t, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hostes?
Therefore we counte the proude blessed: euen they that worke wickednes, are set vp, and they that tempte God, yea, thei are deliuered.
Then spake they that feared the Lord, euerie one to his neighbour, and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and a boke of reme{m}brance was writen before him for them that feared the Lord, & that thoght vpon his Name.
And they shalbe to 〈◊〉 Lord of hostes, in that day that 〈◊〉 (this) for a flocke, and I wil spare them, as a man spareth his owne sonne that serueth him.
Then shal you returne, and discerne betwene the righteous and wicked, betwene him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not.
FOr beholde, the day cometh that shal burne as an ouen, and all the proude, yea and all that do wickedly, shal be stubble, and the day that cometh, shal burne them vp, saith the Lord of hostes, and shal leaue them, nether roote nor branche.
But vnto you that feare my Name, shal the Sunne of righteousnes arise and health, (shalbe) vnder his wings, & ye shal go forthe, and growe vp as fat calues.
And ye shal treade downe the wicked: for they shalbe dust vnder the soles of your fete in the day that I shal do (this) saith the Lord of hostes.
Remember the Lawe of Mosés my serua{n}t which I commanded vnto him in Horéb for all Israél with the statutes and iudgements.
Beholde: I wil send you Eliáh the Prophet before the comming of the great and feareful day of the Lord.
And he shal turne the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with cursing.
ANd Iosias kept the Passeouer to his lord in Ierusalem, and offred the Passe ouerin the fourtenth day of the first moneth.
And appointed the Priests in order according to the dailie courses, being clothed with long garments in the Temple of the Lord.
And he spake to the Leuites the holy ministers of Israél, that they shulde sanctifie them selues to the Lord, to set the holy Arke of the Lord in the House, which Salomon the sonne of King Dauid had buylt.
And said, Ye shal no more beare the Arke vpon your shulders: now therefore serue the Lord your God, and take the charge of his people of Israél, and prepare according to your families and tribes.
After the writing of Dauid King of Israél, and according to the maiestie of Salomôn his sonne, and stand in the Temple [according to the ordre of the dignitie of your fathers the Leuites] which were (appointed) before your brethren the children of Israél.
Offer in ordre the Passeouer, and make readie the sacrifices for your brethren, and kepe the Passeouer after the Lords comma{n}dement giuen to moyses.
And Iosias gaue to the people that was present thirtie thousand lambes and kiddes with thre thousand calues,
These were giuen of the Kings possessions according to the promes, to the people, & to the Priests, and to the Leuites. Then gaue Helkias and Zacharias and Syelus the gouernours of the Te{m}ple, to the Priests for the Passeouer two thousand shepe, & thre hundreth calues.
Furthermore, Iechonias, and Samaias, and Nathanael his brother, and Sabias, and Chielus, and Ioram captaines gaue to the Leuites for the Passeouer fiue thousand shepe and seuen hundreth calues.
And when these things were done, the Priests and the Leuites stode in ordre, hauing vnleauened bread according to the tribes.
And after the ordre of the dignitie of their fathers, before the people to offre to the Lord, as it is writen in the bokes of Moyses and thus (they did) in the morning.
And they rosted the Passeouer with fyre as apperteined, and they sod their offrings with perfumes in 〈◊〉 and pottes.
And set it before 〈◊〉 them that were of the people, and afterward they prepared for them selues, and for the Priests their brethren the sonnes of Aaron.
For the Priests 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 vnto the euening, and the Leuites did make ready for them selues, & for the Priests their brethren the sonnes of Aarón.
And the holy singers 〈◊〉 sonnes of Asáph, were in their orders, according to the appointed ordinances of Dauid (to wit,) Asaph, and Azarias, and Eddimus, which was of the Kings appointement.
And the porters were at euerie gate (so that) it was not lawful, that anie shulde passe his ordinarie watche: for their brethren the Leuites made readie for them.
And in that day those things which apper teined to 〈◊〉 sacrifice of the Lord, were accomplished, that they might offre the Passeouer.
And offre sacrifices vpon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandement of King 〈◊〉.
So the children 〈◊〉 Israél, which were present at that time, kept the Passe 〈◊〉 and the 〈◊〉 of vnleauened bread seuen dayes.
And there was not suche a Passeouer kept in Israél since the time of Samuél the Prophet.
And al the Kings of Israél did not offre suche a Passeouer, as did Iosias, and the Priestes, and the Leuites, and the Iewes, and all Israél, which were founde to remaine in Ierusalem.
In the eghtenth yere of the reigne of Iosias was this Passeouer kept.
The workes of Iosias were vpright before his Lord with a heart ful of godlines.
And concerning the things which came to passe in his time, they are writen before (to wit) of those that sinned & did wickedly against the Lord aboue euerie nacion & kingdome, and grieued him with sensible things, so that the wordes of the Lord stode vp against Israel.
¶ Now after all these actes of Iosias it came to passe that when Pharaoh King of Egypt came to moue warre at Carchamis vpon Euphrates, Iosias went out against 〈◊〉.
But the King of Egypt sent to him, saying What haue I to do with thee, ô King of Iudea.
I am not sent of the Lord God against thee but my warre is vpon Euphrates, and now the Lord is with me, and the Lord hasteneth me forwarde departe from me, and be not against the Lord.
But Iosias wolde not turne backe his chariot fro{m} him, but prepared him self to fight with him, not regarding the wordes of Ieremias the Prophet by the mouth of the Lord.
But he set him self in battel aray against him in the field of Megeddo, and the princes came downe to King Iosias.
And the King said to his seruants, Co{n}uaye me out of the battel, for I am very weake. And by and by his serua{n}ts broght him out of the battel.
So he gate vpon his seconde chariot, and being come againe to Ierusalém he changed his life, and was buryed in his fathers graue.
And in all Iudea was Iosias bewailed, yea Ieremias the Prophet did lament for Iosias and the gouernours and their wiues did lament him vnto this day: and this was ordeined in all the kinred of Israél to be done continually.
But these things are written in the boke of the stories of the Kings of Iudea, and euerie one of the actes that Iosias did, & his glorie, and his knowledge in the lawe of the Lord, and the things which he did before, and the things now (rehersed) are registred in the boke of the King of Israél & Iudea.
Then they of the nacion toke Ioachaz the sonne of Iosias, and made him King in steade of his father Iosias, when he was thre and twentie yere olde.
And he reigned in Iudea and in Ierusalem thre moneths for the King of Egypt deposed him from reigning in Ierusalém.
He taxed also the people of an hundreth talents of siluer, and one talent of gold.
And the King of Egypt made Ioacim his brother King of Iudea and Ierusalém.
And he bounde Ioachaz & his gouernours but whe{n} he had taken Zaraces his brother he led him away into Egypt.
Twentie and fiue yere olde was Ioacim, when he reigned in Iudea and Ierusalém, & he did euil in the sight of the Lord.
Wherefore against him came vp Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon, who when he had bounde him with a chaine of brasse, led him away into Babylon.
Then Nabuchodonosor toke of the holie vessels of the Lord, and caryed them away, and set them in his temple at Babylon.
But all his actes and his prophanation, and his reproche are written in the Chronicles of the Kings.
And Ioacim his sonne reigned for him: and when he was made King, he was eightene yere olde.
And he reigned thre moneths and ten dayes in Ierusalem, and he did euil in the sight of the Lord.
¶ So a yere after Nabuchodonosor sent and broght him to Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord.
And he made 〈◊〉 King of Iudea and Ierusalem when he was one and twentie yere olde, and he reigned eleuen yeres.
And he did euil in the sight of the Lord, nether did he feare the wordes spoken by Ieremias the Prophet from the mouth of the Lord.
For after that he was sworne to King Nabuchodonosor, he forsware him self by the Name of the Lord and fel away, and hardened his necke 〈◊〉 his heart, and transgressed the Lawes of the Lord God of Israél.
Also the gouerners of the people, and the Priests committed many things against the lawes and passed all the pollucions of all nacions, and polluted the Temple of the Lord, which was sanctified in Ierusalém.
Neuertheles the God of their Fathers sent his messenger to call them backe, because he spared them and his owne Tabernacle.
But thei derided his messengers, and in the day, that the Lord spake (vnto them,) they mocked his Prophetes.
So that he, being moued to angre against his people for their great wickednes, commanded the Kings of the Chaldeans to inuade them.
These killed their yong men with the sworde rounde about their holie Temple, nether did they spare yong man, nor maiden, nether olde man, nor childe among them.
But he deliuered the{m} all into their hands, and all the holy vessels of the Lord, bothe great and smale with the vessels of the Arke of God: and they toke, & caryed away the Kings treasures into Babylon.
And thei set fyre in the House of the Lord and brake downe the walles of Ierusalém and burnt their towres with fyre.
They consumed also all the precious things thereof, and broght them to noght, and those that were left by the sworde, he caryed away into Babylon.
And they were seruants to him, and to his children til the Persians reigned, to fulfil the worde of the Lord by the mouth of Ieremias,
And that the land might enioye her Sabbaths all the time, that it was desolate, til seuentie yeres were accomplished.
IN the first yere of the reigne of Cyrus King of the Persians, to fulfil the worde of the Lord by the mouth of Ieremias,
The Lord raised vp the spirit of Cyrus King of the Persians, and he made proclamacion through out all his kingdome, 〈◊〉 by expresse lettres.
Saying, Thus saith Cyrus King of the Persians, The Lord of Israél, euen the moste high Lord, hathe made me King ouer the whole worlde.
And he hathe commanded me to buylde him an House in Ierusalém, which is in Iudea.
If there be anie therefore of you of his people, let the Lord, euen his Lord be with him, and let him go vp to Ierusalém, which is in Iudea & buylde the House of the Lord of 〈◊〉 he is the Lord which dwelleth in Ierusalém.
All they then that dwell in the places rounde about, those, (I say,) that are in his place, let them helpe him with golde and siluer.
With giftes, with horses and cattel, and other things, which shalbe broght, according to the vowes into the Temple of the Lord, which is in Ierusalém.
¶ Then arose the chief of the families of Iudea, and of the tribe of Beniamin, and the Priests and Leuites, & all whose minde the Lord had moued to go vp, and buylde an House to the Lord in Ierusalém.
And those that were about them, helped them in all things with siluer and golde, horses, and cattel, and with diuers vowes of many whose mindes were stirred vp.
Also King Cyrus broght out the holy vessels of the Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had caryed out of Ierusalém, and had 〈◊〉 them in the Temple of his 〈◊〉.
Now when Cyrus King of the Persians had broght them out, he deliuered the{m} to Mithridates his treasurer.
By whome they were giuen to Abassar the gouernour of Iudea.
Whereof this was the nomber: a thousand golden cuppes, and a thousand siluer cuppes, basens of siluer for the sacrifices, nine and twentie violes, of golde thirtie, and of siluer two thousand, foure hundreth and ten, and a thousand other vessels,
So all the vessels of golde and siluer, whiche they caried away, were fiue thousand, foure hundreth, thre score and nine.
They were broght by Sanabassar with them of the 〈◊〉 of Babylon to Ierusalém.
¶ But in the tyme of Artaxerxes Kyng of the Persians Belemus, and Mithridates, and Tabellius, and Rathumus, and Beeltethmus, & Semellius the secretarie, and others which were ioyned to these, dwelling in Samaria and in other places, wrote vnto him this epistle here following agai{n}st them, that dwelt in Iudea and Ierusalém, TO THE KING ARTAXERXES OVR LORD.
Thy seruants, Rathumus the writer of things that come to passe, and Semellius the secretarie, and the rest of their counsel, and the iudges which are in Coelosyria and Phenice.
Be it now therefore knowen to our lord the King, that the Iewes which came vp from you, are come to vs into Ierusalêm, that rebellious and wicked citie, and buylde the marked places, & make vp the walles thereof, and laye the fundacions of the Temple.
Therefore if this citie be buylt, and the walles be finished, they wil not onely not 〈◊〉 to paye tribute, but wil also resist Kings.
And because the things, perteining to the Temple, go forwarde, we thoght it not 〈◊〉 to passe ouer suche a thing.
But to declare it to our lord the King, that if it be thy pleasure, it may besoght out in the bokes of thy fathers.
And thou shalt finde in the Chronicles the writings concerning these things, & shalt knowe that this citie did alwaies rebel, & did trouble bothe Kings and cities.
And that the Iewes are rebellious, raising alwaies warres therein: for the which cause also this citie was made 〈◊〉.
Now therefore, ô lord the King, we declare it, that if this citie be buy it and the walles thereof repared, you shal haue no more passage into Coelosyria, nor Phenice.
¶ Then the King wrote againe to Rathumus, that wrote the things that came to passe, and to 〈◊〉, and to Samellius the secretarie, and to the rest of those that were ioyned with the{m}, and to the dwellers of Samaria, Syria and Phenice, these things that folowe.
I haue red the epistle, which ye sent to me therefore I commanded, that it shulde besoght out, and it was sounde, that this citie hathe alwaies practised against Kings,
And that the men thereof were giuen to rebellion and warres, and how that mightie Kings and fierce haue reigned in 〈◊〉 which toke tribute of Coelosyria and Phenice:
Now therefore I haue commanded to forbid these men to 〈◊〉 vp the citie, and that it be take{n} hede that no more be done.
And that those wicked things, which shulde molest the King, go not forwarde.
Then when Rathumus, and Semellius the secretarie and the 〈◊〉, which were ioyned with them, had red the things, which King 〈◊〉 had writen, they moued their tents with spede to Ierusalém with horses and men in araye,
And began to let them which buylt, so that the buylding of the Temple in Ierusalém ceased vnto the seconde yere of the reigne of Darius King of the Persians.
NOw when Darius reigned, he made a great feast to all his subiects and to all those of his owne house, and to all the princes of Media and Persia.
And to all the gouernours and captaines, and lieutenants that were with him, from India vnto Ethiopia of an hundreth and seuen and twentie prouinces.
And when they had eaten and drunke, and were 〈◊〉, they departed, and King Darius went into his chamber, and slept, til he 〈◊〉 againe.
¶ In the meane time thre yong men of the garde, kepers of the Kings bodie, said one to another.
Let euerie one of vs speake a sentence, (&) he that shal ouercome, and whose sentence 〈◊〉 appeare wiser then the others, Darius the King shal giue him great gifts, & great things in token of victorie,
As to we are purple and to drinke in golde and to slepe in golde, and a chariot with bridles of golde, an head tyre of fine linen and a chaine about his necke,
And he shal sit next to Darius for his wisdome, and shalbe called Darius cousin.
Then euerie man wrote his sentence and sealed it, and put it vnder the pillowe of King Darius,
And said, when the King rose, thei wolde giue him the writing, and whose sentence the King & the thre princes of Persia shulde iudge to be wisest, to him shulde the victorie be giuen, as it was appointed.
One wrote, The wine is strongest.
The other wrote, The King is strongest.
The other wrote, women are stro{n}gest, but trueth ouercometh all things.
¶ And when the King rose, they toke the writings and gaue the{m} to him, & he red the{m}.
And sent and called all the noble men of Persia and of Media, and the gouernours and the captaines, and lieutenants, and the consuls.
And sate him downe in the counsel, & the 〈◊〉 was red before them.
Then he said, Call the yong men that they may declare their owne sentences, So they called them, and they came in.
Then he said vnto them, Declare vnto vs the writings, So the first began, which had spoken of the strength of wine.
And said on this maner, O ye men, how strong is wine it deceiueth all men that drinke it.
It maketh the minde of the King and of the fatherles bothe one, of the bonde man and of the fre man, of the poore man and of the riche man.
It turneth also euerie thoght into ioye and gladnes, so that one remembreth no maner of sorow, nor det.
It maketh euerie heart riche, so that one remembreth nether King nor gouernour, and causeth to speake all things by talents.
When men haue drunke, they haue no minde to loue ether friends or brethren, and a litle after they drawe out swordes.
But when they are from the wine, they do not remember what they haue done.
O ye men, is not wine strongest, which compelleth to do suche things! and he helpe hys peace when he had thus spoken.
THen the seconde whiche had spoken of the strength of the King, began to say.
O ye men, are not men strongest, which beare rule by land and by sea, and ouer al things which are in them!
But the King is yet greater: for he ruleth all things, and is Lord of them, so that they do all things which he commandeth them.
If he bid them make warre one against another, they do it: if he send them out againste the enemies, they go and breake down mou{n}taines and walles and towres.
They kil and are killed, and do not passe the commandement of the King: if they ouercome, they bring all to the King, as well the 〈◊〉 as all other things.
And those also whiche go not to warre and battel, but til the earth: (for) when they haue sowen it againe, they reape it, and bryng it to the King, and compell one another to paye tribute to the King.
Yet he is (but) one man: if he bid, Kill, they kil: if he say, Spare, they spare.
(If) he bid, Smite, they smite: (if) he bid them, Make desolate, they make desolate: (if) he bid, Buyld, they buyld.
(If) he bid, Cut of, they cut of: (if) he bid, Plante, they plante.
So al his people and al his armies obey one man: in the meane while he sitteth down, he eateth, and drinketh and slepeth.
For these kepe him rounde about: nether can any one go and do his owne busines, nether are they disobedient vnto him.
O ye men, howe shulde not the Kyng be strongest, seing he is thus obeyed! So he helde his tongue.
¶ Then the thirde whiche had spoken of women and of the trueth [this was Zorobabel] began to speake.
O ye men, nether the mightie King, nor many men nor wine is strongest: who then ruleth them or hathe dominion ouer them! are they not women!
Women haue borne the King and al the people which beare rule by sea and by land.
Euen of them were they borne, and they nourished them, which planted the vines, of which the wine is made.
They also make mens garments and make men honorable, nether can men be without women.
And if they haue gathered together golde and siluer, or any goodlie thing, do they 〈◊〉 loue a faire and beautiful woman!
Do they not leaue all those things and giue them selues wholy vnto her, and gape, and gaze vpon her, and all men desire her more then gold, or siluer, or any precious thing!
A man leaueth his owne father whiche hathe nourished him, and his owne countrey, and is ioyned with his wife.
And for the woman he ieopardeth his life, and nether remembreth father nor mother nor countrey.
Therefore by this ye may knowe that the women beare rule ouer you: do ye not labour and trauail, and giue and bring all to the women?
Yea, a man taketh his sworde and goeth for the to kil and to steale, and to saile vpon the sea, and vpon riuers.
And he seeth a lion and goeth in darkenes, and when he hathe stollen, rauished a{n}d spoiled, he bringeth it to his loue.
Wherefore a man loueth his owne wife more then father or mother.
Yea, many haue runne mad for woman, and haue bene seruants for them.
Many also haue perished and haue erred a{n}d sinned for women.
Now therefore do you not beleue me? is not the King great in his power? do not all regions: feare to touche him?
(Yet) I sawe him and Apame, the Kings concubine, the daughter of the famous Barracus, sitting on the right hand of the King.
And she toke the crown of the Kings head, and put it vpon her owne, and stroke the King with her left hand.
Yet in the meane season the Kyng gaped and gazed on her: and if she laughed at him, he laughed: and if she were angrie with him, he did flatter her that he might he reconciled with her.
How then, ô ye men, are not women more strong, seing they do thus?
¶ The{n} the King and the princes loked one vpon another, and he began to speake of the trueth.
O ye men, are not women stronger? great is the earth, and the heauen is hie, and the sonne is swift in his course: for he turneth rou{n}de about heauen in one daye, and runneth againe into his owne place.
Is not he great that maketh these thyngs? therefore the trueth is greater and stronger then all.
All the earth calleth for trueth, and the heauen blesseth it: and all thyngs are shaken and tremble, nether is there any vniust thing with it.
The wine (is) wicked, the King (is) wicked, women (are) wicked, and all the children of men are wicked, and all their wicked workes are suche, and there is no trueth in the{m}, and they perish in their iniquitie.
But trueth doeth abide, & is strong for euer, and liueth and reigneth for euer and euer.
With her there is no receyuing of persons not differe{n}ce: but she doeth the thi{n}gs which are iust, and absteineth from vniust (a{n}d) wicked things, and all men fauour her workes.
Nether is there any vniust thing in her iudgement, and she is the strength and the kingdome and the power, a{n}d maiestie of all ages. Blessed be the God of trueth.
So he ceased to speake, and then al the people cryed and said then, Trueth is great and strongest.
Then the King said vnto hym, Aske what thou wilt besides that which is appointed, & we wil giue it thee, because thou art founde the wisest, and thou shalt haue libertie to sit by me, and shalt be called my cousin.
¶ Then he said to the King, Remembre the vowe that thou hast vowed to buylde Ierusale{m}, in the day that thou tokest the kingdome
And to send againe al the vessels that were taken out of Ierusalém, whiche Cyrus set a parte when he made a vowe to cut of Babylon, and vowed to send them thither.
Thou also hast vowed to buylde the Temple, which the Idumeans burnt when Iudea was destroyed by the Chaldeans.
And now, ô Lord the King, this is that whiche I desire a{n}d require of thee, and this is the magnificence, which (I require) of thee: I require therfore that thou woldest acco{m}plish the vowe which thou hast vowed with thine owne mouth to do the King of heauen.
Then King Darius rising vp, kissed him, and wrote hym letters to all the stewardes and lieurenants, and captaines, and gouernours, that they shulde bring on the waye (bothe) him, and all that were with him, which went vp to buylde Ierusalém.
And he wrote letters to all the lieutenants in Coelosyria and Phenice, and to them that were in Libanus, that they shulde bring cedre wood from Libanus to Ierusalém, and buylde the citie with him.
And he wrote for all the Iewes, whiche went vp out of his kingdome vnto Iudea, co{n} cernyng their libertie, that no prince, nor lieutena{n}t, nor gouernour, nor steward shuld enter into their dores.
And that all the region whiche they kept, shulde paye no tribute, and that the Idumeans shulde let go the villages of the Iewes which they helde.
And that euerie yere there shulde be giuen for the buyldyng of the Temple twentie talents vntil it were buylt.
And to mainteine the burnt offrings vpon the altar euerie day [as they had a commandement to offer seuentene] other ten talents euerie yere.
And that all they whiche went from Babylon to buylde the citie, shulde haue libertie, aswel they as theyr posteritie, and all the Priests that went away.
He wrote also touchyng the charges and the Priests garment, wherein they shulde minister.
And he wrote that they shulde giue the Leuites their charges vntil the House were finished, and Ierusalém buylt.
Also he wrote that they shulde giue pensions and wages to them that kept the citie.
And he sent away all the vessels which Cyrus had set a parte out of Babylon, and whatsoeuer Cyrus had commanded to do, he also commanded to do it, and to send to Ierusale{m}.
And when the yong man was gone forthe, he lyft vp his face to heauen towardes Ierusalém, and gaue thankes to the King of heauen.
Saying, Of thee is the victorie, and of thee is wisdome, and of thee is glorie, and I (am) thy seruant.
Blessed be thou whiche hast giuen me wisdome: for vnto thee I acknowledge it, ö Lord of (our) fathers.
¶ So he toke the letters and went out and came to Babylon and telled all his brethren.
And thei blessed the god of their sathers, because he had giue{n} the{m} fredome and libertie.
To go vp and to buylde Ierusalém, and the Temple, where his Name is renoumed, and they reioyced with instruments of musicke and ioye, seuen daies.
AFter these things, the chief of the houses of their fathers were chosen after their tribes, and their wiues, and their sonnes, and their daughters, and their seruants, and their maides, and their cattel.
And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, til they were restored to Ierusalém in safetie, and with musical (instruments,) with tabrets and 〈◊〉.
And all their brethren plaied: thus he caused them to go vp together with them.
¶ And these are the names of the men that went vp after their families, by their tribes, (and) after the order of their dignitie.
The Priests. The sonnes of Phinees, the sonne of Aaro{n}, Iesus (sonne) of Iosedec, (sonne) of Saraias, and Ioacim the (sonne) of Zorobabél, the (sonne) of Salathiél of the house of Dauid, of the kynred of Phares, of the tribe of Iuda.
Who spake wise words to Darius the King of the Persians in the seconde yere of hys reygne, in the moneth Nisan, whiche is the first moneth.
¶ And these are they of Iudea, which came out of the captiuitie, where thei dwelt, whome Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon had caryed away into Babylon,
And returned vnto Ierusalém and to the rest of Iudea, euerie one into his owne citie: whiche came with Zorobabel, and Iesus, Nehemias, Zacharias, Reesaias, Enenius, Mardocheus, Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reelius, Roimus (and) Baana their guides.
The nomber of them of the nacion & their gouernours: the sonnes of Phares two thousand an hundreth seuentie & two, the sonnes of Saphat foure hundreth, seuentie and two
The sonnes of Ares seuen hundreth, fistie and six.
The sonnes of Phaath Moab, two thousand eight hundreth and twelue.
The sonnes of Elam, a thousand, two hundreth, fiftie and foure: the sonnes of Zathui nine hundreth fortie and fiue: the sonnes of Corbe seuen hu{n}dreth and fiue: the sonnes of Bani six hundreth, fortie and eight.
The sonnes of Bibe six hundreth, twentie and thre: the sonnes of Sadas thre thousa{n}d, two hundreth, twentie and two.
The sonnes of Adonikan, six hundreth, sixtie & seuen: the sonnes of Bagoi, two thousand, sixtie & six: the sonnes of Adinu, foure hundreth, fiftie and foure.
The sonnes of Aterisias, ninetie and two: the sonnes of Ceilan and Azotus, sixtie and seuen: the sonnes of Azucan foure hundreth thirtie and two.
The sonnes of Ananias, an hundreth and one: the sonnes of Arom, and the sonnes of Bassa, thre hundreth, twentie and thre the so{n}nes of Arsiphurith, an hundreth and two.
The sonnes of Meterus, thre thousand and fiue: the sonnes of Bethlomon, an hundreth twentie and thre.
They of Netophas, fiftie and fiue: they of Anaboth, an hundreth, fiftie and eight: they of Bethsamos, fortie and two.
They of Cariathiarius, twentie and fiue: they of Caphiras & Beroth, seuen hundreth fortie & thre: they of Piras, seuen hundreth
They of Chadias and Ammidioi, fiue hundreth, twentie and two: they of Cirama and Gabdes, six hundreth, twentie and one.
They of Macalon, an hundreth twentie & two: they of Betolius, fiftie and two: the sonnes of Nephis, an hundreth, fiftie and six.
The sonnes of Calamolalus and Orius seue{n} hundreth, twentie and fiue: the sonnes of lerechus, thre hundreth, fortie and fiue.
The sonnes of Annaas, thre thousand, thre hundreth and thirtie.
The Priests, the sonnes of Ieddu, the sonne of Iesus, (which are counted) among the sonnes of Sanassib, nine hundreth, seuentie and two: the sonnes of Meruth, a thousand fiftie and two.
The sonnes of Phassaron, a thousand, fourtie and seuen: the sonnes of Carme, a thousand and seuentene.
¶ The Leuites. The so{n}nes of Iessue, Cadmiél Bannu and Suiu, seuentie and foure.
¶ The sonnes (which were) holie singers. The sonnes of Asaph, an hundreth, fortie & eight.
¶ The porters. The sonnes of Salum, the sonnes of Iatal, the sonnes of Tolman, the sonnes of Dacobi, the sonnes of Teta, the so{n}nes of Sami: all (were) an hundreth, thirtie and nine.
The ministers of the Temple. The sonnes of Esau, the sonnes of Asipha, the sonnes of Tabaoth, the sonnes of Ceras, the 〈◊〉 of Sud, the sonnes of Phaleu, the sonnes of Labana, the sonnes of Agraba,
The sonnes of 〈◊〉, the sonnes of 〈◊〉, the sonnes of Cetab, the sonnes of Agaba, the sonnes of Subai, the 〈◊〉 of Anan, the sonnes of Cathua, the sonnes of Geddur.
The sonnes of Airus, the sonnes of 〈◊〉, the sonnes of Noeba, the so{n}nes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the sonnes of Gazera, the sonnes of 〈◊〉, the sonnes of Phinees, the sonnes of Asara, the sonnes of Basthai, the sonnes of Asana, the sonnes of Meani, the sonnes of Naphisi the sonnes of Acub, the sonnes of 〈◊〉 the sonnes of Asur, the sonnes of 〈◊〉, the sonnes of Basaloth.
The sonnes of Meeda, the sonnes of Coutha, the sonnes of "Corea, the sonnes of Charcus, the sonnes of Aserar, the sonnes of Thomoi, the sonnes of Nasith, the sonnes of Atipha.
The sonnes of the seruants of Salomon. The sonnes of Asaphion, the sonnes of 〈◊〉 the sonnes of 〈◊〉, the sonnes of Lozo, the sonnes of Isdaél, the sonnes 〈◊〉 Sapheth.
The sonnes of Agia, the sonnes of Phachthreeth, the sonnes of Sabic, the sonnes of Sarothie, the sonnes of Masias, the sonnes of Gar, the sonnes of Addus, the sonnes of Subas, the sonnes of Apherra, the so{n}nes of Ba rod is, the sonnes of Sabat; the sonnes of 〈◊〉.
All the ministers of the Temple, and the sonnes of the seruants of Salomon (were) thre hundreth, seuentie and two.
These came vp from Thermeleth and Thelersas: Caraathalat and Aalar leading them.
Nether colde they shewe their families nor their stocke how they were of Israél, the sonnes of Ladan the sonne of Ban, the sonnes of Necodan, six hundreth 〈◊〉 and two.
And of the Priests those which exercised the office of Priests, and were not founde, the sonnes of Obdia, the sonnes of 〈◊〉, the so{n}nes of Addus, which had take{n} for wife Augia, (one) of the daughters of Berzelaius
And was called after his name, and when the description of the kinred of these men had bene soght in the registre, and 〈◊〉 not be founde, they were set a parte from the office of Priests.
For Neemias and Attharias said to the{m} that they shulde not be partakers of the holie things, til there arose an hie Priest clothed with doctrine and trueth.
So all they of Israél from them of twelue yere olde & litle children, were fortie thousand besides men seruants & women serua{n}ts, two thousand, thre hundreth and sixtie.
Their seruants and handmaides (were) seue{n} thousand, thre hundreth, fortie and seue{n}: the singing men and women, two hundreth, fortie and fiue:
Camelles, foure hundreth, thirtie and fiue: and horses, seuen hundreth, thirtie, and six: mules, two hundreth, fortie and fiue: beastes that bare the yocke, fiue thousand, fiue hundreth, twentie and fiue.
And (there were) of the gouernours after their families, (which) whe{n} they were come to the Temple in Ierusalem, vowed to buyld the House in his owne place according to their power,
And to giue to the treasure of the workes, a thousand pound in golde, and fiue thousand pound in siluer, and an hundreth priestlie garments.
And the Priests and the Leuites and the people dwelt in Ierusalem and in the countrei, & the holie singers and the porters & all Israel in their villages.
¶ But when the seuenth moneth was nere and when the children of Israel were euerie one at home, thei were all gathered together with one accorde into the open place of the first gate, which is towarde the East.
Then Iesus the sonne of Iosedec & his brethren the Priests with Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and his brethren, rising vp, made ready the altar of the God of Israel,
To offre burnt offrings vpon it according as it is writen in the boke of Moyses the man of God.
〈◊〉 also there were gathered against them of all nacions of the land: but they dressed the altar in his own place, althogh all the nacions of the land were their enemies and vexed them, and they offred sacrifices according to the season, and burnt offrings to the Lord, morning and euening.
They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is ordeined in the Law, and (offred) sacrifices euerie day, as was requisite,
And afterwarde, the continual oblations & offrings of the Sabbaths and of the new moneth and of all holy feasts.
¶ And all they which had made any vowe to God, began to offre sacrifice vnto God in the first day of the seuenth moneth, althogh the Temple of God was not yet buylt.
They gaue also money to the mansons & to the workemen, and meat and drinke with gladnes,
And charrets to the Sidonians and to those of 〈◊〉 to bring ceder wood out of Libanus, which 〈◊〉 be broght by flots to the hauen of Ioppe according to the commandement giuen vnto them by Cyrus King of Persia.
And in the second yere and second moneth came into the Temple of God in Ierusalem, Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel, and Iesus the sonne of Iosedec, and their brethren, and the Priests and Leuites, and all they that came out of captiuitie into Ierusalem,
And layed the fundacion of the House of God in the first day of the second moneth of the seco{n}d yere after their returne into Iudea and Ierusalem.
And they appointed the Leuites from twentie yere olde ouer the workes of the Lord, & Iesus and his sonne, & his brethre{n}, & his brother Cadmiel, and the sonnes of Madiabon with the sonnes of Ioda, the sonne of Heliadun, with their sonnes, and brethren, (euen) all the Leuites with one accorde did followe after the worke, calling vpon the workes in House of God: thus the workemen buylt the Temple of the Lord.
And the Priests stode clothed with their lo{n}g garments with musical (instruments) & trumpets, and the Leuites the sonnes of Asaph with cymbales,
Singing and blessing the Lord, according to the ordinance of Dauid King of Israél.
And they sung with loud voice songs to the praise of the Lord, because his mercie & glorie (is) for euer in all Israel.
Then all the people blewe trumpets, and cryed with loud voice, praising the Lord for the raising vp of the House of the Lord.
Also some of the Priests and Leuites, & chief men, (to wit,) the Ancients, which had sene the former House,
Came (to se) the buylding of this with weping and great crying, and manie with trumpets and ioye (cryed) with loude voice,
So that the people colde not heare the tru{m}pets, because of the weping of the people: yet there was a great multitude that blew tru{m}pets so that they were heard far of.
¶ Wherefore when the enemies of the tribes of Iuda & Beniamin heard it, they came to know what noise of trumpets it was,
And they knewe that they of the captiuitie buylt the Temple to the Lord God of Israel.
Wherefore they coming to Zorobabel, and Iesus, and the chief of the families, said vnto them, Let vs buyld also with you.
For we obey your Lord, as you do, and sacrifice vnto him since the dayes of Asbasareth King of the Assyrians, whiche broght vs hether.
Then Zorobabel, and Iesus, and the chief of the families of Israel said to them, It doeth not apperteine to vs, and to you to buyld an House to the Lord our God.
For we alone wil buylde it to the Lord God of Israél, as it becometh vs, (and) as Cyrus the King of the Persians bad vs.
How be it the people of the land made them sluggish that were in Iudea, and letted them to buyld the worke, and by their ambushments and seditions and conspiracies hindred the finishing of the buylding.
All the time of King Cyrus life: so that they were let from the buyldyng two yere, vntill the reigne of Darius.
BVt in the seconde yere of the reigne of Darius, Aggeus and Zacharias the sonne of Addo the Prophetes prophecied to the Iewes, euen vnto them that were in Iudea and Ierusalém, in the Name of the Lord God of Israél, which they (called) vpon.
Then Zorobabel sonne of Salathiel, and Iesus the sonne of Iosedec stode vp, and began to buylde the House of the Lord, which is in Ierusalém, the Prophetes of the Lord beyng with them, (and) helping them.
¶ In that time Sisinnes the gouernour of Syria, and Phenice, and Sathrabouzanes with his companions came vnto them.
And said vnto them, By whose commandement buylde you this House and this buyldyng, and enterprise all these other things? and who are the buylders that enterprise suche things?
But the Ancients of the Iewes had grace of the LORD after that he had visited the captiuitie.
That they were not letted to buyld, vntill it was signified vnto Darius of these matters, and an answer was receiued.
¶ The copie of the Epistle, whiche he did write and send to Darius, Sisinnes gouernour of Syria and of Phenice, and Sathrabouzanes, and their companions, presidents in Syria and Phenice, salute King Darius.
It may please the King our master plainely to vnderstande, that when we came to the countrey of Iudea, and entred into the citie of Ierusalém, we founde in the citie of Ierusalém the Ancients of the Iewes that were of the captiuitie.
Buylding an House to the Lorde, great and new, of hewen stones, and of great price, a{n}d the timber all ready laid vpon the walles.
And these workes are done with greate spede, yea, and the worke hathe good sucesse in their hands, so that it wil be finished with all glorie and diligence.
Then we asked their Ancients, saying, By whose co{m}mandement buyld you this House and lay the fundacion of these workes?
We asked them these things to the intent to mortifie them to thee, and to write to thee the men that gouerned it: therfore we dema{n}ded the names of the gouernours in writing
But they answered, saying, We are the seruants of the Lord, which hathe created the heauen and the earth.
And this House was buylt vp manie yeres ago by a Kyng of Israél great and strong, and was finished.
But when our fathers, prouoking (God) to wrath, sinned against the Lord of Israél (whiche is) in heauen, he deliuered them into the hands of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon of the Chaldeans.
(Who) brake downe the House (a{n}d) burnt it, and caryed the people captiue to Babylon.
But in the first yere of the reigne of Cyrus ouer the countrey of Babylon, King Cyrus wrote that this House shulde be buylt vp.
And the holie vessels of golde and of siluer, whiche Nabuchodonosor had caryed out of the House at Ierusalém, and had dedicated them in his owne Temple, Cyrus the King toke out of the Temple at Babylon, and they were giuen to Zorobabel, and to Sanabassarus ruler.
And a commandement was giue{n} vnto him, that he shulde carye away those vessels, and put them in the Temple at Ierusalem, a{n}d that this Temple of the Lord shulde be buylt in this place.
Then the same Sanabassarus, beyng come hether, laied the fundacions of the House of the Lord at Ierusalém, and since that time til now, it is in buylding, (and) is not finished.
Nowe therefore if it please the King, let it besoght vp in the Kings libraries concerning Cyrus.
And if it be found that the buylding of the House of the Lord at Ierusalém hathe bene done by the consent of King Cyrus, and if it seme good to the Lord our King, let him make vs answer concerning these things.
Then Kings Darius commanded to searche in the Kings libraries, that were in Babylon, and there was founde in Ecbatane, which is a towre in the regio{n} of Media, a place where suche things were layed vp for memorie.
In the first yere of the reigne of Cyrus king Cyrus commanded the House of the Lorde at Ierusalém to be buylded, where they did sacrifice with the continual fyre.
Of the which the height (shuld be) of threscore cubites, the breadth of threscore cubites with thre rowes of hewen stones, a{n}d one rowe of newe wood of that countrey, and that the costs shuld be payed out of the house of King Cyrus.
And that the holie vessels of the House of the Lord, 〈◊〉 those of golde as of siluer, whiche Nabuchodonosor had caryed out of the house in Ierusalém, and broght into Babylon, shulde be restored to the House, whiche is in Ierusalém, and set in the place where they were (afore.)
Also he commaunded that Sisinnes, gouernour of Syria a{n}d Phenice, and Sathrabouzanes, and their companions, and those which were constitute Captaines in Syria and Phenice, shulde take hede to refraine from that place, and to suffer Zorobabel the seruaunt of the Lorde, and gouernour of Iudea, and the Elders of the Iewes to buyld that House of the Lord in that place.
And I also haue commaunded to buylde it cleane vp againe, and that they be diligent to helpe them of the captiuitie of the Iewes, till the House of the Lord be finished.
And that some parte of the tribute of Coelosyria and Phenice shulde be diligently giuen to these me{n} for sacrifice vnto the Lord, and to Zorobabel the gouernour, for bulles, rams and lambes.
Also corne, and salte, and wine, and oyle continually euerie yere without faile, as the Priests, whiche are in Ierusalém shall testifie to be spent euerie day.
That offrings may be made to the hygh God for the King, and his children, and that they may pray for their liues.
Furthermore he commanded that whosoeuer shulde transgresse anie thing afore spoken or writen, or derogate anie thing thereof, that a tre shulde be taken out of his possession, and he be hanged thereon, and that his goods shulde be the Kings.
And therefore let the Lord whose Name is there called vpon, destroye euerie King and nation, whiche stretcheth out his hand to hinder to do euil to that House of the Lord which is in Ierusalém.
I Darius the King haue ordeined that is shulde be diligently executed accordyng to these things.
THen Sisinnes the gouernour of Coelosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabouzanes, a{n}d their companions, obeying Kyng Darius commandements.
Assisted diligently the holie workes, workieg with the Ancients and gouernours of the Sanctuarie.
And the holie workes prospered by Aggeus and Zacharias the Prophetes whiche prophecied.
So they finished all things by the commandement of the Lord God of Israél, and with the consent of Cyrus and Darius, and Artaxerxes Kings of the Persians.
Thus the holie House was finished in the thre and twentieth day of the moneth Adar in the sixt yere of Darius King of the Persians.
¶ And the children of Israel, and the Priests and the Leuites, and the rést, whiche were of the captiuitie, (and) had anie charge, and according to the things (writen) in the boke of Mosés.
And they offred for the dedication of the Te{m}ple of the Lord, an hundreth bulles, two hundreth rams, foure hundreth lambes.
(And) twelue goates for the sinne of all Israel, accordyng to the no{m}ber of the chief of the tribes of Israel.
And the Priests, and the Leuites stode according to their kinreds clothed with long robes in the workes of the Lord God of Israêl, accordyng to the boke of Moses, and also the porters in euerie gate.
And the children of Israél offred the Passeouer together with the{m} of the captiuitie, in the 〈◊〉 (day) of the first moneth, after that the Priests and Leuites were sanctified.
But all the children of the captiuitie were not sanctified together, but all the Leuites were sanctified together.
And they 〈◊〉 the Passeouer, for all the children of the captiuitie, and for their brethren the Priests, and for themselues.
Then all the chyldren of Israel which were of the captiuitie did eat, (euen) all they that had separated them selues from the abominations of the people of the land, and soght the Lord.
And thei kept the feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes, reioycing before the Lord.
Because he had turned the counsel of the King of the Assyrians towardes the{m} to strengthen their hands in the workes of the Lord God of Israél.
ANd after these things when Artaxerxes King of the Persians reigned, Esdras (the sonne) of Sarias, (the sonne) of Ezerias, (the sonne) of Helcias, (the sonne) of Salum.
(The sonne) of Sadoc, (the sonne) of Achitob (the sonne) of Amarias, (the sonne) of Ezias, (the sonne) of Memeroth, (the sonne) of Zaraias, (the sonne) of Sauias, (the sonne) of Boccas, (the sonne) of Abisū, (the sonne) of Phinees, (the sonne) of Eleazar, (the sonne) of Aaron was the hie Priest.
This Esdras went out of Babylon, and was a scribe wel taught in the Law of Moyses, giuen by the Lord God of Israél.
Also the King gaue him (great) honour, (a{n}d) he founde grace in hys sight in all hys requestes.
With hym also there departed some of the children of Israél, and of the Priests and Leuites, and of the holy singers, and of the porters, and of the ministers of the Temple vnto Ierusalém.
In the seuenth yere of the reigne of Artaxerxes, a{n}d in the fift moneth: this was the seue{n}th yere of the King [for they went out of Babylon in the first day of the first moneth.
And came to Ierusale{m} according as the Lord gaue them speed in their iournay.]
For Esdras had gotten great knowledge, so that he wolde let nothing passe that was in the Law of the Lord, and in the commandements, and he taught all 〈◊〉 all the ordinances and iudgements.
So the commission writen by Kyng Artaxerxes was giuen Esdras the Priest and reader of the Law of the Lord: the copie thereof followeth.
King Artaxerxes to Esdras the Priest, & reader of the Law of the Lord, Salutacion.
Forasmuche as consider things with pitie, I haue commanded that they that wil and desire of the nacion of the Iewes, and of the Priests, and Leuites, which are in our kingdome, shulde go with thee vnto Israēl.
Therefore as many as be willing, let them departe together, as it hathe semed good to me and my seuen friends the counsellers,
That they may visite the things that are in Iudea, and Ierusalem dilige{n}tly, as it is conteined in the Law of the Lord.
And cary the gifts to the Lord of Israel in Ierusalem, which I and my friends haue vowed also all the golde and siluer, whiche shal be founde in the countrey of Babylon (apperteining) to the Lord in Ierusalem,
With that which is giuen of the people to the Temple of the Lord their GOD, that it might be broght to Ierusalem, aswel siluer as golde, for bulles, and rams, and lambes, and things thereunto perteining,
That they may offer sacrifices to the Lord vpon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Ierusalem.
And whatsoeuer thou and thy brethren wil do with the golde or siluer, accomplish it according to the wil of thy God.
And the holy vessels of the Lord, which are giuen thee for the vse of the Temple of thy God, which is in Ierusalem, thou shalt set before thy God in Ierusalem.
And what other things soeuer thou shalt remember for the vse of the Temple of thy God, thou shalt giue it out of the Kings treasure.
And I also King Artaxerxes haue commanded the treasurers of Syria and Phenice, that whatsoeuer Esdras, the Priest and reader of the Law of the hiest God, shal send for they shulde giue it him with all speede, euen to (the some of) an hundreth talents of siluer,
And like wise vnto an hundreth cores of corne, and an hundreth pieces of wine & other things in abundance.
Let all things be done to the hiest God according to the Law of God with diligence, that wrath come not vpon the kingdome of the King and of his sonnes.
Also to you it is commanded, that of none of the Priests or Leuites, or holy singers, or porters or ministers of the Temple, or of the workemen of this Temple, no tribute nor taxe be take{n}, nor that any haue power to taxe them in any thing.
Thou also, Esdras, according to the wisdome of God, ordeine iudges & gouernours that they may iudge in all Syria and Phenice all those which are wel instructed in the Law of thy God, and teache those, which are not instructed.
And let all these which shal transgresse the Law of God and the King, be diligently punished, ether with death, or other punishment, ether with penaltie of money, or banishment.
¶ Then Esdras the scribe said, Blessed be the onelie Lord God of my fathers, which hath put this in the heart of the King to glorifie his House which is in 〈◊〉,
And hathe honoured me before the King, and the counsellers, and all his friends and gouernours.
¶ Therefore I was incouraged by the helpe of the Lord my God, and gathered men of Israel to go vp with me.
These are the guides 〈◊〉 their families & order of dignities, which came vp with me out of Babylon in the reigne of Artaxerxes the King.
Of the sonnes of Phinees, 〈◊〉, of the sonnes of Ithamar, Gamael, of the sonnes of Dauid Lettus.
Of the sonnes of Sechenias, of the sonnes of Phares, Zacharias, and with him were counted an hundreth and fiftie men.
Of the sonnes of Salomon, Abeliacnias (the sonne) of Zacharias, and with him two hundreth men.
Of the sonnes of Zathoe, Sechenias (the sonne) of Iezolus, and with him thre hundreth men: of the sonnes of Adin, Obeth (sonne) of Ionathas, and with him two hundreth and fiftie men.
Of the sonnes of Elam Iesias, (sonne) of Gotholias, and with him seuentie men.
Of the sonnes of Saphatias, Zarias (sonne) of Machaél, and with him seuentie men.
Of the sonnes of Ioab Badias (sonne) of Iezelus, and with him two hundreth and twelue men.
Of the sonnes of Banid, Assalimoth (sonne) of Iosaphias, and with him an hundreth and threscore men.
Of the sonnes of 〈◊〉, Zacharias (sonne) of 〈◊〉, and with him twentie and eight men.
Of the sonnes of Astath, Iohannes (sonne) of Acatan, & with him an hundreth and ten.
Of the sonnes of Adonicam the last: and these are the names of them, Eliphalat, Ieo uel and Maias, and with them seuentie men of the sonnes of 〈◊〉 (sonne) of Iscacourous, and with him seuentie men.
¶ And I gathered them together to the flood called Theras, and pitched our tents there thre daies, and nombred them.
But when I had founde there none of the Priests nor Leuites,
I sent to Eleazar, and beholde, there came 〈◊〉, and Alnathan, and Samaian, and Ioribon, and Nathan, Ennatan, Zacharian, and Mosollamon the chief, and best learned.
And I bad them to go to Daddeus the captaine, which was in the place of the treasurie.
With charge to bidde Daddeus and his brethren, and the treasurers that were there, to send to vs them, which shulde offer sacrifice in the House of our Lord.
And they broght vnto vs by the mightie ha{n}d of our Lord learned men of the sonnes of Moli, (the sonne) of Leui, (the sonne) of Israel, (to wit,) Cisebebran and his sonnes, & his brethren being eightene.
And Asebia, and Amon, & Osaian his brethren of the sonnes of Canaineus with their sonnes, twentie persones.
And of the ministers of the Temple, which Dauid gaue, and those which were rulers ouer the worke of the Leuites, (to wit,) ministers of the Temple, two hundreth & twe{n}tie, of whome all the names were registred.
¶ And there I proclaimed a fast for the yo{n}g men before the Lord to aske of him a good iourney bothe for vs, & for them that were with vs, for our children, & for our cattel.
For I was ashamed to aske the King fotemen, or horsemen, or conduict for sauegarde against our enemies,
Because we had said to the King, that the power of our Lord shulde be with the{m} that soght him to direct them in all things.
Wherefore we prayed our Lord againe, according to the se things, whome we founde fauorable.
Then I chose from among the chief of the tribes and of the Priests, twelue me{n}, (to wit,) Esebrias and Assanias, and with them ten of their brethren.
And I weighed them the siluer and the gold & the holy vessels of the House of our Lord which the King and his counsellers, & (his) princes, and all Israel had giuen.
And I weighed the{m}, six hundreth and fifty talents of siluer, and siluer vessels of an hu{n}dreth talents, and an hundreth talents of golde,
And twentie golden basens, and twelue vessels of brasse, of fine brasse shining like golde
And I said to them, You are also holy to the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the golde, and the siluer is a vowe to the Lord of our fathers.
Watch and kepe (them) til that you giue the{m} to the heads of the families of the Priests, & Leuites, and captaines of the families of Israel in Ierusalem in the chambers of the House of our God.
So the Priests & Leuites toke the siluer and the golde, and the vessels, and caryed them to Ierusalem to the Temple of the Lord.
And we departed from the flood Thera, in the twelueth (day) of the first moneth, and came to Ierusalem, according to the mightie power of our Lord with vs: and the Lord deliuered vs from the beginning of our iourney from all enemies. So we came to Ierusalém.
And thre daies being past there, in the fourth day the siluer that was weighed, and the golde was deliuered in the House of our Lord to Marmoth the Priest the sonne of Iouri,
And with him to Eleazar the (sonne) of Phines: and there were with them, Iosabad (the sonne) of Iesus, and Moeth (sonne) of Sabbanus, Leuites: all (was deliuered them) by nomber and weight.
And all the weight of them was writen that same houre.
Afterwards those that were come out of the captiuitie, offred sacrifices to the Lord God of Israel, (euen) twelue bulles for all Israel, rams foure score and sixtene,
Lābs thre score and twelue, twelue goates for saluacion, all in sacrifice to the Lord.
And they presented the commandements of the King to the Kings stewards and to the gouernours of Coelosyria and Phenice who honored the people, & the Temple of God.
¶ When these things were done, the gouernours came to me, saying, The people of Israél, the princes and the Priests, and the Leuites haue not separated (from them) the strange people of the land,
Not the pollutions of the Gentiles, (to wit) of the Cananites, and Chetites, and Pheresites, and Iebusites, and Moabites, and Egyptians, and Idumeans.
For they haue dwelt with their daughters, bothe they and their sonnes, and the holie sede is mixed with the strange people of the land, and the gouernours and rulers haue bene partakers of this wickednes from the beginning of the thing.
And assone as I had heard these things, I rent my clothes, and the holie garment, and I pulled the here of mine head, & of my beard and sate me downe sorowful, and verie sad.
Then also all they that were moued with the worde of the Lord God of Israél, came to me whiles I wepte for the iniquitie, but I sate verie sad til the euening sacrifice.
Then I rose from the fast with my clothes torne and the holie garme{n}t, and bowed my knees and stretched forthe (mine) hands to the Lord,
And said, O Lord, I am ashamed, and confounded before thy face.
For our sinnes are increased aboue our heades, & our ignora{n}ces are lifted vp to heaue{n}.
Yea, euen from the time of our fathers we are in great sinne vnto this day.
For our sinnes therefore, and our fathers we with our brethren, with our Kings & Priests haue bene giue{n} vp to the Kings of the earth to the sworde and to captiuitie, & for a pray with all shame vnto this day.
And now how great hathe thy mercie bene ò Lord, that (there) shulde be left vs a roote, and name in the place of thine holines!
And that thou shuldest reueale to vs a light in the House of the Lord our God, and giue vs meat in the time of our seruitude!
For whe{n} we were in bondage, we were not left of our God, but he gaue vs fauour before the Kings of the Persians, that thei shulde giue vs meat,
And that they shulde honour the Temple of our Lord, and raise vp Sion that is desolate, & giue vs assurance in Iudea & Ierusale{m}.
And now, ô Lord, what shal we say, hauing these things? for we haue transgressed thy commandements, which thou hast giuen by the hands of thy seruants the Prophetes, saying,
Because the land, which ye go to inherite is a land polluted by the polucions of the stra{n}gers of the land, which haue filled it with their filthines,
Therefore now ye shal not ioyne (their) daughters with your sonnes, nether giue your daughters to their sonnes,
Nether shal you desire to haue peace with them for euer, that ye may be made strong, and eat the good things of the land, and leaue' it for an inheritance to your children for euer.
Therefore all that is come to passe, was done for our wicked workes, and for our great sinnes: yet, Lord, thou hast forborne our sinnes,
And hast giuen vs suche a roote: (but) we againe haue turned backe to transgresse thy Law, (and) to mixe (vs) with the vnclennes of the people of the land.
Mightest thou not be angrie with vs to destroye vs, so that thou shuldest nether leaue vs roote nor sede nor name?
(But) ô Lord of Israél, thou art true: for there is a roote left, (euen) vnto this day.
Beholde, we are now before thee with our iniquities, nether can we indure before thee for these things.
¶ And as Esdras prayed and confessed and wept, and laye vpon the grounde before the Temple, a verie great multitude was gathered vnto him out of Ierusalem of men and women, & yong children: for there was great lamentation among the multitude.
Then Iechonias the sonne of Ieel of the sonnes of Israel, crying out said, O Esdras, we haue sinned against the Lord God? we haue taken in mariage strange women of the nacions of the land.
And now all Israel is douteful: therefore let vs make an othe concerning this to the Lord to put away all our wiues, which are strangers, with their children.
If it seme good to thee, and to all them that obey the Law of the Lord, rise vp (and) put it in execution.
For to thee doeth it apperteine, and we are with thee to make thee strong.
Then Esdras arose, (and) made all the chief of the families of the Priests and Leuites of all Israel to sweare, that they wolde do thus: and they sware.
THen Esdras rose from the court of the Temple, (and) went to the chamber of Ioannan (the sonne) of Eliasib,
And being lodged there, he did eat no bread nor dranke water, but mourned for the great iniquities of the multitude.
And there was a proclamation in all Iudea and Ierusalém to all them, that were of the captiuitie, that they shulde be gathered to Ierusalém,
And that all they which shulde not mete there within two or thre dayes, according to the ordinance of the Elders, which bare rule, shulde haue their cattel confiscate to the Temple, and he cast out from among them of the captiuitie.
Then all they which were of the tribe of Iuda and Beniamin, came together within thre dayes into Ierusalém: this was the ninth moneth and twentieth (day) of the moneth.
And all the multitude sate in the broad place of the Temple shaking, because of the extreme winter.
Then Esdras arose and said to them, Ye haue sinned: for ye haue maried strange wiues so that ye haue augmented the sinnes of Israél.
Now therefore confesse and glorifie the Lord God of our fathers,
And do his wil, and separate your selues from the people of the land, and from the strange wiues.
Then all the multitude cryed out and said with a loude voyce, We wil do so as thou hast said.
But because the multitude (is) great, and the time is winter, so that we can not stand without, and the worke is not of one day nor of two, seing that manie of vs haue sinned in this matter,
Let the chief men of the multitude and all they which haue strange wiues of our families, tarie:
And let the Priests and iudges come out of all places at the day appointed, til thei haue appeased the wrath of the Lord against vs for this matter.
Then Ionathas Asaels (sonne,) and Ezecias (sonne) of The can were appointed concerning these things, and Mosollam and Sabbateus did helpe them.
And they which were of the captiuitie, did after all these things.
Esdras the Priest also chose him certeine men, chief of their families, all by name: and thei sate together in the first day of the tenth moneth to examine this matter.
And they made and end of the things perteining to the{m} that had maried stra{n}ge wiues in the first day of the first moneth.
And there were founde of the Priests, which had maried strange wiues,
Of the sonnes of Iesus, the (sonne) of Iosedec, and of (his) brethren Mathelas, & Eleazar, and Ioribus, and Ionadan.
Who also gaue their hands to cast out their wiues, and offred a ram for (their) reconciliation in their purgation.
And of the sonnes of Emmer Ananias, and Zabdeus, and Canes, and Sameius, and Hiereel, and Azarias.
And of the sonnes of Phaisu, Ellionas. Mas sias, Esmaelus, and Nathanael, and Ocidelus, and Talsas.
And of the Leuites Iorabadus, and Semis, and Colius, who was called Calitas, and Patheus, and Ooudas, and Ionas.
Of the holie singers, Eliazurus, Bacchurus.
Of the porters, Sallumus, and Tolbants.
Of them of Israel, of the sonnes of Phorus, Hiermas, & Eddias, & Melchias, & Maelus and Eleazar, and Asibias, and Banaias.
Of the sonnes of Ela, Matthanias, Zacharias, and Hierielas, and Hieremoth, and Aedias.
And of the sonnes of Zamoth, Eliadas, Elisimus, Othonias, Iarimoth, and Sabatus, and Sardeus.
Of the sonnes of Bebai, Ioannes, and Ananias, and Iosabad, and Ematheas.
Of the sonnes of Mani, Olamus, Mamuchus, Iedaias, Iasubus, Iasael, and Ieremoth.
And of the sonnes of Addi, Naathus, Moo sias, Laccunus, and Naidus, and Mathanias, and Seschel, and Balnuus, and Manasseas.
And of the sonnes of Annas, Elionas, and Aseas, and Melchias, and Sabbeus, and Simo{n} a Chosamite.
And of the sonnes of Asom, Altaneus, and Matthias, and Bannaias, Eliphalat, and Manasses, and Semei.
And of the sonnes of Maani, Ieremias, Momdis, Omairus, Inel, Mamai, and Paclias, and Amos, Carabasion and Euasibus, and 〈◊〉 naius, Elisiasis, Vamus, Eliali, Sa mis, Selemias, Nathanias, and of the sonnes of Ozoras, Sesis, Esril, Azailus, Samatas Sambis, Iosiphus.
And of the sonnes of Ethna, Mazitias, Zabadias, Ethes, Inel, Banaias.
All these maryed strange wiues, and put the{m} away with their children.
And the Priests and the Leuites dwelt in Ierusalém, and in the countrey, the first day of the seuenth moneth, and the children of Israel in their owne houses.
¶ Then all the multitude assembled together with one consent into the broad place before the gate of the Temple toward the East,
And spake to Esdras the Priest, and reader, that he shulde bring the Law of Moyses, which had bene giuen by the Lord God of Israél.
Then broght Esdras the chief Priest the Law to all the multitude, bothe man and woman, and to all the Priests, that they might heare the Law the first day of the seuenth moneth.
And he red in the first broad place of the gate of the Temple, fro{m} morning to midday, before the men and the women, and all the multitude hearkened to the Law.
So Esdras the Priest and reader of the Law, stode vpon a pulpet of wood that was prepared.
And there stode by him Mathathias, Sam mus, Ananias, Azarias, Ourias, Ezecias, Balasamus at his right hand,
And at his left hand Phaldaius, and Sail, Melchias, Aothasaphus, Nabarias.
Then Esdras toke the boke of the Law before the multitude [for he sate honorably before them all]
And they all stode vpright when he expounded the Law, and Esdras blessed the Lord the moste hie God, the moste mightie God of hostes.
And the whole multitude cryed, Amen.
Then Iesus and Anus, and Sarabias, and Adimus, and Iacobus, Sabataias, Autanias, Maianias and Calitas, Azarias, & Ioazabdus, and Ananias, (and) Biat as the Leuites lift vp their hands, and fell downe on the grounde and worshiped the Lord.
And taught the Law of the Lord, and stode also earnestly vpon the reading.
Then said Aththarates to Esdras the chief Priest and reader, and to the Leuites, that taught the multitude in all things, This day is holie vnto the Lord, and all haue wept in hearing of the Law.
Go therefore and eat the fat meates, and drinke the swete drinkes, and send presents to them that haue not.
For this day is holie to the Lord, & be not sorie: for the Lord God wil glorifie you.
So the Leuites commanded all these things to the people, saying, This day is holie to the Lord: be not sad.
Then they departed all to eat, and drinke, and to reioyce, and to giue presents to them that had not, and to make good chere.
For they were yet filled with the wordes where with they were instructed, when they were assembled together.
THe seco{n}d boke of the Prophet Esdras the sonne of Saraias, the sonne of Azarias, the sonne of Helcias, the sonne of Sadanias, the sonne of Sadoc, the so{n}ne of Achitob,
The sonne of Achias the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Heli, the sonne of Amerias, the sonne of Asie, the sonne of Marimoth, the sonne of Arua, the sonne of Ozias, the sonne of Borith, the sonne of Abisei, the sonne of Phinees, the sonne of Eleazár,
The sonne of Aaron [of the tribe of Leui] which (Esdras) was prisoner in the land of Medes, in the reigne of Attaxerxes King of Persia.
And the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying,
Go, and shewe my people their sinnes, and their children their wickednes, which thei haue committed against me, that they may tel their childrens children.
For the sinnes of their fathers are increased in them, because they haue forgotten me, and haue offred vnto strange gods.
Haue not I broght them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage? but they haue prouoked me vnto wrath, and despised my counsels.
Pull thou of them the heere of thine head, & cast all euil vpon them: for they haue not bene obedient vnto my Law, but they are a rebellious people.
How long shal I forbeare the{m}, vnto whome I haue done so muche good?
Many Kings haue I destroyed for their sakes: Pharao with his serua{n}ts and all his armie haue I smitten downe.
All the nacions haue I destroied before the{m}: I haue destroyed the East, the people of the two countreis Tyrus and Sidon, and haue slaine all their enemies.
Speake thou therefore vnto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord,
I haue led you thorow the Sea, and haue giuen you a sure way, since the beginning: I gaue you Moses for a guide, and Aaron for a Priest,
I gaue you light in a piller of fyre, & great wonders haue I done amo{n}g you: yet haue ye forgotten me, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the Almightie Lord, The quailes were a token vnto you: I gaue you tentes for sauegarde, wherein ye murmured:
And ye triumphed not in my Name for the destruction of your enemies, but ye yet murmure stil.
Where are the benefites, that I haue done for you? when ye were hungrie in the wildernes, did ye not crye vnto me?
Saying, Why hast thou broght vs into this wildernes to kil vs? It had bene better for vs to haue serued the Egyptians, then to dye in this wildernes.
I had pitie vpon your mournings, and gaue you Manna to eat: so ye did eat Augels fode.
When ye were thirstie, did not I cleaue the stone, & waters did flowe out to satisfie you? from the heat I couered you with the leaues of the trees,
And I gaue you fat countreis: I cast out the Cananite, the Pheresites, & Philistims before you: what shal I do more for you, saith the Lord?
Thus saith the almightie Lord, When ye were in the wildernes at the bitter waters, being a thirst, and blaspheming my Name,
I gaue you not fyre for the blasphemies, but cast a tre into the water, and made the riuer swete.
What shal I do vnto thee, ô Iacob? thou Iuda woldest not obey: I wil turne me to other nations, and vnto those wil I giue my Name, that they may kepe my lawes.
Seing ye haue forsaken me, I wil also forsake you: when ye aske mercie of me, I wil not haue pitie vpon you.
Whe{n} ye call vpon me, I wil not heare you: for ye haue defiled your hands with blood, and your fete are swift to commit murther,
Althogh ye haue not forsaken me, but your owne selues, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the almightie Lord, Haue I not prayed you, as a Father his sonnes, and as a mother her daughters, & as a nurse her yo{n}g babes,
That ye wolde be my people, as I am your God, and that ye wolde be my children, as I am your father?
I gathered you together as an henne gathereth her chikens vnder her wings: but now what shal I do you? I wil cast you out from my sight.
When you bring gifts vnto me, I wil turne my face from you for your sole{m}ne feast dayes your new moones, & your circumcisions haue I forsaken.
I sent vnto you my seruants the Prophetes, whome ye haue taken and slaine, and torne their bodies in pieces, whose blood I wil reuenge, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the almightie Lord, Your house shalbe desolate: I wil cast you out as the winde doeth the stubble.
Your children shal not haue generacio{n}: for thei haue despised my commandement, and done the thing that I hate before me.
Your houses wil I giue vnto a people to come, who shal beleue me thogh they heare me not, and they, vnto whome I neuer shewed miracle, shal do the things that I command them.
Thogh they se no Prophetes, yet shal they hate their iniquities.
¶ I wil declare the grace that I wil do forthe people to come, whose children reioyce in gladnes, and thogh they haue not sene me with bodelie eyes, yet in heart they beleue the things that I say.
Now therefore brother, behold what great glorie, and se the people that come from the East.
Vnto whome I wil giue for leaders Abraha{m} Isahac, Iacob, Oseas, Amos, Micheas, Ioel, Abdias, Ionas,
Naum, Habacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharias, and Malachias [which is called also the messenger of the Lord]
THus saith the Lord, I broght this people out of bondage: I gaue them also my co{m}mandements by my seruants the Prophetes, whome they wolde not heare, but despised my counsels.
The mother that bare them, saith vnto the{m}: Go you away, ô childre{n}: for I am a widdowe and forsaken.
I broght you vp with gladnes, but with sorowe and heauines haue I lost you: for ye haue sinned against the Lord your God, & done the thing that displeaseth him.
But what shal I now do vnto you? I am a widdowe and forsaken: go ye, ô my children, and aske mercie of the Lord.
And thee, ô father, I call for a witnes for the mother of these children, which wolde not kepe my couenant,
That thou bring them to co{n}fusion, and their motherto a spoile, that their kinred be not continued.
Let their names be scatred amo{n}g the heathe{n} let them be put out of the earth, for they haue despised my couenant.
Wo vnto thee, Assur: for thou hidest the vnrighteous in thee: ô wicked people, remember what I did vnto Sodom and Gomorrha,
Whose land is mixt with cloudes of pitch & heapes of ashes: so wil I do vnto the{m}, that heare me not, saith the almightie Lord.
¶ Thus saith the Lord vnto Esdras, Tel my people, that I wil giue them the kingdome of Ierusalēm, which I wolde haue giuen vnto Israél.
And I wil get me glorie by the{m}, and giue the{m} the euerlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for those.
They shal haue at wil the tre of life, smelling of ointement: they shal nether labour nor be weary.
Go ye, & ye shal receaue it: pray that the time which is long, may be shortened: the kingdome is already prepared for you: watche.
Take heauen and earth to witnes: for I haue abolished the euil, and created the good: for I liue, saith the Lord.
Mother, embrace thy children, and bring them vp with gladnes: make their fete as fast as a piller: for I haue chosen thee, saith the Lord.
And those that be dead, wil I raise vp from their places, and bring them out of the graues: for I haue knowen my Name in Israél.
Feare not, thou mother of the children: for I haue chosen thee, saith the Lord.
I wil send thee my seruants Esaie and Ieremie to helpe thee, by whose counsel I haue sanctified a{n}d prepared for thee twelue trees laden with diuers frutes,
And as many fountaines, flowing with milke and hony, and seuen mightie mountaines whereupo{n} there growe roses & lilies, whereby I wilfilthy children with ioye.
Execute iustice for the widdowe: iudge the cause of the fatherles: giue to the poore: defende the fatherles: clothe the naked.
Heale the wounded, and sicke: laugh not a lame man to scorne: defend the crepel, and let the blinde come into the light of my clerenes.
Kepe the olde and the yong that are within thy walles.
Where soeuerth ou findest the dead, take them and burye them, and I wil giue thee the first place in my resurrection.
Abide stil, ô my people, and rest: for thy quietnes shal come.
Nourish thy children, ô thou good nurse: stablish their fete.
None of the seruants that I haue giuen thee shal perish: for I wil seke them from among thy nomber.
Be not weary: for when the day of trouble and 〈◊〉 commeth, other shal wepe and be soroweful, but thou shalt be mery and haue abundance.
The heathen shal enuie thee, and shal do nothing against thee, saith the Lord.
Mine hands shal couer thee, so that thy children shal not se hell.
Be ioyful, ò thou mother, with thy children for I wil deliuer thee, saith the Lorde.
Remember thy children that slepe: for I wil bring the{m} out of the sides of the earth, & wil shewe mercie vnto them: for I am merciful, saith the Lord almightie.
Embrace thy children, vntil I come and shewe mercie vnto the{m}: for my fountaines runne ouer, and my grace shal not faile.
I Esdras receiued a charge of the Lord vpo{n} the mount Horeb, that I shulde go vnto them of Israel, but when I came to them, thei cast me of, and despised the commandeme{n}t of the Lord.
And therefore I say vnto yon, ô ye heathen, that heare and vnderstand, Wait for your shepherd, who shal giue you enerlasting rest for he is nere at hand, that shal come in the end of the worlde.
Be ready to the rewarde of the kingdome: for the euerlasting light shal shine vpon you for euermore.
Fle the shadowe of this worlde: receiue the ioye of your glorie: I testifie my Sauiour openly.
Receiue the gift that is giuen you, and be glad, 〈◊〉 thankes vnto him, that hathe called you to the heauenlie kingdome.
Arise, and stand vp, and beholde the nomber of those that are sealed for the feast of the Lord,
Which are departed from the shadowe of the worlde, and haue receiued glorious garments of the Lord.
Take thy nomber, ô Sion, and shut vp the{m} that are clothed in white, which haue fulfilled the Law of the Lord.
The nomber of thy children whome thou longest for, is fulfilled: beseche the power of the Lord, that thy people which haue bene called from the beginning, may be sanctified
I Esdras sawe vpon mount Sio{n} a great people whome I colde not nomber, and they all praised the Lord with songs.
And in the middes of them there was a yo{n}g man hier in stature then them all, and vpon euerie one of their heads he set crownes, and was hier then the others, which I much marueiled at.
So I asked the Angel, and said, Who are these, my lord?
Who answered, and said vnto me, These be they, that haue put of the mortal clothing, & haue put on the immortal, and haue confessed the Name of GOD: now are they crowned, and receiue the palmes.
Then said I vnto the Angel, What yong ma{n} is it, that setteth crownes on them, & giueth them the palmes in their hands.
And he answered, and said vnto me, It is the sonne of God, whome they haue confessed in the worlde. Then began I greatly to commende the{m}, that had stand so strongly for the Name of the Lord.
Then the Angel said vnto me, Go thy way, and tel my people, what, and how great wonders of the Lord God thou hast sene.
IN the thirtieth yere after the fall of the citie, as I was at Babylon, I lay troubled vpo{n} my bed, and my thoghts came vp to mine heart,
Because I sawe the desolacion of Sion, and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon.
So my spirit was sore moued, so that I bega{n}ne to speake fearful wordes to the moste High, and said,
O Lord, Lord, thou spakest at the beginning when thou alone plantedst the earth, and gauest commandement vnto the people,
And a bodie vnto Ada{m}, without soule, who was also the workemanship of thine hands, and hast breathed in him the breth of life, so that he liued before thee,
And leddest him into Paradise, whiche thy right hand had planted, or euer the earth broght forthe.
Euen then thou gauest him commandeme{n}t to loue thy way: but he tra{n}sgressed it, and immediatly thou appointedst death to him and his generacion, of whome came nacions, tribes, people and kinreds out of nomber.
And euerie people walked after their own wil, and did wonderful things before thee, & despised thy commandements.
But at the time appointed thou broghtest the flood vpon those that dwelt in the world and destroiedst them,
So that by the flood, that came to euerie one of them, which came by death vnto Adam,
Yet thou leftest one, (euen) Noe, with his houshold, of whome came all righteous me{n}.
And when they that dwelt vpon the earth, began to multiplie, and the nomber of the children, people and many nacions were increased, they began to be more vngodlie the{n} the first.
Now when they liued wickedly before thee thou didest chose thee a man from among them, whose name was Abraham.
Whome thou louedst, and vnto whome onely thou shewedst thy wil,
And madest an euerlasting couena{n}t with him promising him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede.
And vnto him thou gauest Isahac, vnto Isahac also thou gauest: acob and Esau, and didest chose Iacob, and cast of Esau, and so Iacob became a great multitude.
And whe{n} thou leddest his sede out of Egypt thou broghtest them vp to mount Sina,
And enclinedst the heauens and bowedst downe the earth, & didest moue the grou{n}de and cause the depths to shake, & didest astonish the worlde.
And thy glorie went thorowe foure gates of fyre, with earth quakes, winde and colde, that thou mightest giue the Lawe vnto thee sede of Iacob, and that which the generacio{n} of Israél shulde diligently obserue.
Yet tokest thou not away fro{m} them the wicked heart, that thy Law might bring forthe frute in them.
For Adam first hauing a wicked heart, was ouercome and vain quished, and all they that are borne of him.
Thus remained weakenes ioyned with the lawe in the hearts of the people, with the wickednes of the roote: so that the good departed away, and the euil abode stil.
So the times passed away, and the yeres were broght to an end, til thou didest raise thee vp a seruant called Dauid.
Whome thou comma{n}dedst to buyld a citie vnto thy Name, to call vpô thee therein with incense and sacrifice.
When this was done many yeres, the inhabitants forsoke thee,
Followyng the wayes of Adam and all hys generacion: for they also had a wycked heart.
Therefore thou gauest thy citie ouer into the hands of thine enemies.
But do they that dwell at Babylon, any better, that they shulde haue the dominion of Sion?
For when I came thether, and sawe their wicked dedes without no{m}ber [for this is the thirtieth yere that I se many trespacing] I was discouraged.
For I sawe, how thou sufferedst them that sinne, and sparedst the wicked doers, where as thou hast destroyed thine owne people, & preserued thine enemies, and thou hast not shewed it.
I can not perceiue how this co{m}meth to passe. Are the dedes of Babylon better then thei of Sion?
Or is there any other people that knoweth thee besides Israél? or what generacion hath so beleued thy Testimonies, as Iacob?
And yet their rewarde appeareth not, and their labour hathe no frute: for I haue gone here and there thorow out the heathen, and I se them florish, and thinke not vpon thy co{m}mandements.
Weigh thou therefore our wickednes now in the balance, and theirs also that dwell in the worlde, and no mention of thee shal be founde but in Israel.
Or when is it that they that dwell on the earth, haue not sinned in thy sight? or what people hathe so kept thy commandements
Thou shalte surely finde that Israel by name hathe kept thy precepts, but not the heathen.
ANd the Angel that was sent vnto me, whose name was Vriel, answered,
And said, Thine heart hathe taken to much vpon it in this worlde, and thou thinkest to comprehende the wayes of the Hiest.
Then said I, Yea, my lord. And he answered me, and said, I am sent to shewe thee thre wayes, and to set forthe thre similitudes before thee,
Whereof if thou canst declare me one, I wil shewe thee also the way, that thou desirest to se, and I wil shewe thee from whence the wicked heart cometh.
And I said, Tell on, my lord. Then said he vnto me, Go thy way: weigh me the weight of the fyre, or measure me the blast of the wind or call me againe the daye that is past.
Then answered I, & said, What man is borne that can do that, which thou requirest me, co{n}cerning these things?
And he said vnto me, If I shulde aske thee how deepe dwellings are in the middes of the sea, or how great springs are in the beginning of the depth, or how great springs are in the stretchyng out of the heauen, or whiche are the borders of Paradise,
Peraduenture thou woldest saye vnto me, I neuer went downe to the depe 〈◊〉 nor yet to the hell, nether dyd I euer clime vp to heauen.
But now haue I asked thee but of fyre and winde, & of the day, whereby thou hast passed, and from the which things thou canst not be separated, and yet canst thou giue me none answer of them.
He said moreouer vnto me, Thine owne things, and suche as are growen vp with thee canst thou not knowe:
How 〈◊〉 thy vessel then be able to comprehend the wayes of the Hiest, and now out wardly in the corrupt worlde, to vnderstand the corruption, that is euident in my sight?
Then said I vnto him, It were better that we were not at all, then that we shulde liue in wickednes, and to suffer, and not to knowe wherefore.
And he answered me, and said, I came to a forest in the plaine where the trees helde a counsel,
And said, Come, let vs go fight against the sea, that it may giue place to vs, and that we may make vs more woods,
Like wise the floods of the sea toke counsel and said, Come, let vs go vp and fight against the trees of the wood, that we may get another countrey for vs.
But the purpose of the wood was vaine: for the fyre came and consumed it.
Like wise also the purpose of the floods of the sea: for the sand stode vp and stopped them.
If thou were iudge betwene these two, whome woldest thou iustifie, or whome woldest thou condemne?
I answered and said, Verely it is a foolish purpose, that they bothe haue deuised: for the grounde is appointed for the wood, and the sea hathe his place to beare his floods.
Then answered he me, and said, Thou hast giue{n} a right iudgeme{n}t: but why iudgest thou not thy self also?
For like as the grounde is appointed for the wood, and the sea for his floods, so they that dwell vpon earth, can vnderstand nothing, but that which is vpon earth: and they that are in the heauens, the things that are 〈◊〉 the height of the heauens.
Then answered I, and said, I beseche thee, ô Lord, let vnderstanding be giuen me.
For I did not purpose to inquire of thine hie things, but of suche as we dayely medle with all, (namely) wherefore Israel is made a reproche to the heathen, and for what cause the people, whome thou hast loued, is giuen ouer to wicked nacio{n}s, and why the Law of our fathers is abolished, and the writen ceremonies are come to none effect.
Why we are tossed to and fro through the worlde as the greshoppes, and our life is a very feare, and we are not thoght worthie to obteine mercie.
But what wil 〈◊〉 do to his Name, whiche is called vpon 〈◊〉 vs? Of these things haue I asked the question.
Then answered he me, and said, The more thou searchest, the more thou shalt maruelt for the worlde hasteth fast to passe away.
And can not comprehend the things, that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this worlde is full of vnrighteousnes and weakenes.
But to declare thee the things wherof thou a kest, the euil is sowen, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.
If the euil now that is sower, be not turned vpside downe, and if the place where the euil is sowen, passe not away, then can not the thing come, that is sowen with good.
For the corne of euyll sede hathe bene sowen in the heart of Adam from the beginnyng, and how muche vngodlines hathe he broght vp vnto this time? and how muche shal he bring forth vntil the haruest come?
Pondre with thy self, howe muche frute of wickednes the corne of euill sede bringeth forthe.
And when the stalkes shalbe cut downe, whiche are without nomber, how great an haruest must be prepared.
Then I answered, and said, How, and when shall these things come to passe? where sore are our yeres fewe and euil?
And he answered me, saying, Haste not to be aboue the moste High: for thou 〈◊〉 in vaine to be aboue him, thogh thou indeuer neuer so muche.
Did not the soules also of the righteous aske question of these things in their chambers, saying, How long shal I thus hope? and when cometh the frute of my barne a{n}d our wages?
And vpon this Ieremiel the Archangel answered, and said, Whe{n} the nomber of the sedes is 〈◊〉 in you: for he hathe weighed the worlde in the balance.
The measure of the times is measured: the ages are counted by nomber, and they shall not be moued or shaken, till the measure thereof be fulfilled.
Then answered I, and said, O Lord, Lord, we are all euen full of sinne.
And for our sake paraduenture the haruest of the righteous is not fulfilled, because of the sinne of them that dwel vpon earth.
So he answered me, and said, Go, and aske a woman with childe, when she hathe fulfilled her nine moneths, if her wombe may kepe the birth anie longer within her.
Then said I, No, Lord, she can not. And he said vnto me, In the graue the places of 〈◊〉 are like the wombe.
For as she that is with childe, 〈◊〉 to escape the necessitie of the 〈◊〉, so do these places hast to deliuer those thyngs that are committed vnto them.
That which thou desirest to se, shalbe shew 〈◊〉 thee from the beginning.
Then answered I, and said, If I haue founde grace in thy sight, and if 〈◊〉 be possible, and if I be mete therefore.
Shewe me whether there be more to come then is past, or more thyngs past, then are to come.
What is past, I knowe, but what is to come, I knowe not.
And he said vnto me, Sta{n}d on the right side, and I wil expounde thee this by example.
So I stode, and beholde, a whote burnyng ouen passed before me: and when the 〈◊〉 was gone by, I loked, and beholde, the smoke had the vpper hand.
After this there passed before me a waterie cloude, and sent downe muche 〈◊〉 with a storme: and when the stormie raine was past, the droppes came after.
Then said he vnto me, Consider with tly selfe, as the raine is more then the 〈◊〉 and as fyre 〈◊〉 the smoke, so the porcion that is past, hathe the vpper hand, and the droppes and the smoke were muche.
Then I praied, and said, Maie I liue, thinkest thou vntil that time? or what shall come to passe in those daies?
He aunswered me, and sayd, Of the tokens wherof thou askest me, I can tel thee a part: but I am not sent to shewe thee of thy life: for I do not knowe it.
NEuertheles concerning the tokens, beholde, the times shall come, that they which dwell vpon earth, shalbe taken in a great 〈◊〉, a{n}d the way of the trueth shalbe hid and the land shalbe baren fro{m} faith.
And iniquitie shalbe increased more then thou hast sene now, or hast heard i{n} time past
And it shal come to passe, that one shal set in fore, and thou shalt se the land desolate, which now reigneth.
Yea, if God grante thee to liue, thou shalt se after the third 〈◊〉, that the sunne shal suddenly shine againe in the night, and the moone thre times a day.
Blood shall drop out of the wood, and the stone shal giue his voyce, and the people shalbe moued.
And he shall rule, of whome they hope not that dwell vpon earth, and the foules shall change place.
And the sea of Sodom shal cast out fish, and make a noyse in the nyght, whiche many shal not knowe, but they shal all heare the voyce thereof.
There shalbe a confusion in many places, and the fyre shal oft breake forthe, and the wilde beasts shal change their places, and menstruous women shal beare monstres.
And salt waters shalbe founde in the swete, and all friends shall fight one agaynst another: then shal wit hide it self, and vnderstanding departe into his secret chamber.
It shalbe soght of many, and yet not be founde: then shal vnrighteousnes and voluptuousnes haue the vpper hand vpon earth.
One land also shal aske another, and say, Is righteous iustice gone thorowe thee? And it shal say, No.
At the same time shal men hope, but not obteine; they shal labour, but their enterprises shal not prosper.
To shewe thee suche tokens I haue leaue, and if thou wilt praye againe and wepe as now, and fast seuen daies, thou shalt heare yet greater things then these.
¶ Then I awaked, and a fearefulnes went thorow all my bodie, and my mynde was feble and fainted.
But the Angel that was come to talke with me, helde me, comforted me, and set me vp vpon my fete.
And in the seconde night, Salathiel the captaine of the people came vnto me, saying, Where hast thou bene? and why is thy countenance so heauie?
Knowest thou not that Israél is committed vnto thee in the land of their captiuitie?
Vp then and eat, and forsake vs not, as the shepherd that leaueth his flocke in the ha{n}ds of the cruel wolues.
Then said I vnto him, Go thy wayes from me, a{n}d come not nere me: and whe{n} he heard it, he went from me.
And I fasted seuen dayes, mornyng and wepyng, as Vriél the Angel had commanded me.
And after seuen dayes the thoghts of mine heart were very grieuous vnto me againe.
And I had a desire to reason agayne, and I beganne to talke with the moste High againe.
And said, O Lord, Lord: of euerie forest of the earth, and of all the trees thereof thou hast chosen thee one onely vineyarde.
And of al lands of the worlde thou hast chosen thee one pit, and of all the flours of the (grounde) thou hast chosen thee one lilie.
And of all the depthes of the sea thou hast filled thee one riuer, and of all buylded cities thou hast 〈◊〉 Sion vnto thy self.
And of all the foules that are created, thou hast named thee one doue, and of al the cattel that are made, thou haste appointed thee one shepe.
And among al the multitude of people thou hast gotten thee one people, and vnto this people whome thou louedst, thou gauest a Law, that is proued of all.
And now, ô Lord, why hast thou giuen this one (people) one vnto many? and vpon one roote thou hast set others, and hast scatred thine onelie (people) among many.
They treade them downe, whiche haue withstand thy promises, and beleue not thy testimonies.
And if thou didest so muche hate thy people, they shulde haue bene punished with thine owne hands.
¶ Nowe when I had speken these wordes, the Angel that came to me the night afore, was sent vnto me.
And said vnto me, Heare me, and I will teache thee, and hearken that I may instruct thee further.
And I said, Speake on, my Lord. Then said he vnto me, Thou art sore vexed and troubled for Israéls sake. Louest thou them better, then he doeth that made them?
And I said, No, Lord: but of very sorow haue I spoken: for my raines paine me euerie houre, while I labour to comprehend the way of the most High, and to seke out parte of his iudgement.
And he said vnto me, Thou canst not, And I said, Wherefore, LORDE, wherefore was I borne? or why was not my mothers wombe then my graue? so had 〈◊〉 not sene the trouble of Iacob, and the grief of the stocke of Israél.
And he said vnto me, Nomber vnto me the things that are not yet come, or gather me the droppes, that are scatred, or make me the withered floures grene againe.
Open me the places that are closed, and bring me forthe the windes, that are shut vp therein: shewe me the image of a voyce, and then wil I declare thee the thing, that thou askest and laborest to knowe.
And I said, O Lord, Lord, who can knowe these things, but he that hathe not his dwelling with men?
But I that am ignorant, howe can I speake these things, whereof thou askest me?
Then said he vnto me, Like as thou canst do none of these things, that I haue spoken of, so canst thou not finde out my iudgeme{n}t, nor the least benefite, that I haue promised vnto my people.
Then I said, Beholde, ô Lord, the last things are present vnto thee, and what shal they do that haue bene before me, or we that be now, or they that shal come after vs?
And he said vnto me, I wil compare my iudgeme{n}t vnto a ring: as there is no slacknes of the last, so is there no swiftnes of the first.
The{n} I answered, & said, Coldest thou not make at once those that haue bene, those that are now, and 〈◊〉 that shal come, that thou mightest shewe thy iudgement the soner?
Then answered he me, The creature, said he, can not preuent the Creator, nether can the worlde holde them at once, that shal be created therein.
And I said, As thou hast taught thy seruant that thou, which giuest strength (to all,) hast giuen life at once to all the worke created by thee, & hast susteined it, so might it now also conteine all men at once.
And he said vnto me, Aske the wombe of a woman, and say vnto her, Why must thou haue time before thou bringest forthe? require her to bring forthe ten at once.
And I said, Surely she can not, but by distan ce of time.
The{n} said he vnto me, So haue I deuided the nomber of the earth by times when sede is sowen vpon it.
For as a yong child begetteth not that that belo{n}geth to the aged, so haue I ordeined the time which I haue created.
¶ I asked againe, and said, Seing thou hast now shewed me the way, I wil procede to speake before thee: for our mother, whome thou hast tolde me is yong, draweth she nere vnto age?
He answered me, and said. Aske a woman that trauaileth, and she wil tell thee.
Say vnto her, Wherefore are not they [whome thou hast now broght for the] like those that were before thee, but lesse of stature?
And she shal answer thee, Some were borne in the floure of youth, others were borne in the time of age, when the wombe failed.
Consider now thy self, how that ye are lesse of stature, then those that were before you,
And so are they that come after you, lesse the{n} ye, as the creatures which now beginne to be olde, and haue passed ouer the strength of youth.
Then said I, Lord, I beseche thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, shewe thy serua{n}t by whome doest thou gouerne thy workemanship?
ANd he said vnto me, In the beginning when the rounde worlde was made, and before the borders of the worlde were set, and before the windes blewe one against another:
Before the noyce of thundres sounded, before the bright lightening did shine forthe, before the fundacions of Paradise were laide:
Before the floures did appeare, before the moueable powers were stablished, before the innumerable armie of Angels were gathered:
Before the heights of the aire were lifted vp before the measures of the heauens were named, before the chimneis in Sion were hote
Before the present yeres were soght out, and before the affectio{n}s of them that now sinne, were turned away, & they that haue laid vp the treasure of faith, were sealed.
Then did I purpose these things, and they were made by me alone, and by none other: by me also they shalbe ended, and by none other.
Then answered I, and said, What shalbe the diuision of times? or when shalbe the end of the first, and the beginning of it that followeth?
And he said vnto me, From Abraham vnto Isaac, when Iacob and 〈◊〉 were borne of him, lacobs hand helde first the hele of Esau.
For Esau is the end of this worlde, and Iacob is the beginning of it that followeth.
The hand of man is betwixt the hele and the hand. Other thing, Esdras, aske thou not.
¶ I answered them, and said, O Lord, Lord, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight,
I beseche thee, make an end to shewe thy seruant thy tokens, whereof thou shewest me parte the last night.
So he answered me, and said, Stand vp vppon thy fete, and heare a mightie sounding voyce.
There shal come as an earth quake, but the place where thou sta{n}dest, shal not be moued
And therefore when he speaketh, be not afrayed: for of the end shal be the worde, and of the fundacion of the earth shal it be vnderstand.
Therefore while one speaketh of them, it trembleth and is moued: for it knoweth, that it must be changed at the end.
And when I had heard it, I stode vp vpo{n} my fete, and hearkened, and beholde, there was a voyce that spake, and the sounde of it was like the sounde of many waters:
And it said, Beholde, the dayes come, that I wil come and inquire of them that dwel vpo{n} the earth,
And when I beginne to inquire of theē who by their vnrighteousnes haue hurt others, and when the affliction of Sion shal be fulfilled,
And the worlde, that shal vanish away, shalbe sealed, then wil I shewe these signes: the bokes shalbe opened before the heauen, & they shal se all it together.
And the children of a yere olde shal speake with their voices: the women with child shal bring forthe vntimelie childre{n} of thre or foure moneths olde, and they shal liue that are raised vp.
Then suddenly shal the sowen places appeare as the vnsowne, and the sul store houses shal suddenly be founde emptie.
And the trumpet shal sounde, and all they that heare it, shalbe suddenly afrayed.
At that time shal friends fight with friends, as with enemies, and the earth shal feare with them: the springs of the welles shal stand stil, and in thre houres they shal not renne.
Whosoeuer remaineth from all these things that I haue tolde thee, shal be saued and se my saluacion, & the end of your worlde.
And the men that are receiued, shal se it: thei that haue not tasted death from their birth, and the heart of the inhabitants shal be cha{n}ged, and turned to another meaning.
For euil shalbe put out, and disceate shal be quenched,
But faith shal flourish: corruption shalbe ouercome, and the trueth which hathe bene so long without frute, shal come forthe.
¶ And when he talked with me, beholde, I loked a litle vpo{n} him before whome I stode
And these wordes said he vnto me, I am come to shewe thee the time of the night to come.
If thou wilt pray againe, and fast seuen daies more, I wil tel thee more things, and greater then these, which I haue heard in the day.
For thy voyce is heard before the Highest: surely the mightie hathe sene thy righteous dealing: he hathe sene also thy chastitie, whiche thou hast kept since thy youth.
Therefore hathe he sent me to shewe thee all these things, and to say vnto thee, Be of good comfort, and feare not,
And haste not in the vaine consideration of the first times, nor make haste to the latter times.
And after this I wepte againe and fasted seuen dayes in like maner, that I might fulfil the thre wekes, which he had appointed me.
And in the eight night was mine heart vexed within me againe, and I began to speake before the moste High.
For my spirit was greatly set on fyer, & my soule was in distresse,
And I said, ô Lord, thou speakest expresly in the first creation [euen the first day] and co{m}mandedst that the heauen and the earth shulde be made, and the worke followed thy worde.
And the{n} was there the spirit, and the darknes was on euerie side with silence: there was no mans voyce as yet created of thee.
Then commandedst thou a bright light to come forthe out of thy treasures, that it might giue light to thy worke.
Vpo{n} the second day thou createdst the heauenlie ayre, and commandedst it, that, going betwene, it shulde make a diuision betwene the waters, that the one parte might remaine aboue, and the other beneth.
Vpon the third day thou co{m}mandedst, that the waters shulde be gathered together in the seuenth parte of the earth: six partes didest thou drye, and kept them to the intent that of these there shuld be that shulde serue thee, being sowen of God and tilled.
Assone as thy worde went forthe, the worke was incontinently made.
For immediatly great and innumerable faute did spring vp, and manie diuerse pleasures for the taste, and floures of vnchangeable colour, and odours of a moste wondersul smel and these things were created the third day
Vpon the fourth day thou createdst the light of the sunne, and of the moone, and the order of the startes,
And gauest them a charge, to do seruice euen vnto man that was for to be made.
And vpon the fift day thou saidest vnto the seuenth parte where the waters were gathered, that it shulde bring forthe beasts, (as) foules and fishes: and it was so.
For the domme waters, and without life broght forthe liuing things at the commandeme{n}t of God that the nations might praise thy wonderous workes.
The{n} didest thou prepare two liuing things the one thou calledst Behemoth, & the other thou calledst Leuiathan,
And didest separate the one from the other for the seuenth parte, where the water was gathered, colde not holde them.
Vnto Behemoth thou gauest one parte, whiche was dryed vp the third day, that he shuld dwell in the same parte, wherein are a thousand hilles.
But vnto Leuiathan thou gauest the seuenth parte, that is wett, and hast prepared him to deuoure what thou wilt, and when thou wilt
Vpon the sixt day thou gauest commandeme{n}t vnto the earth, that before thee it shulde bring forthe beasts, catel and creping things.
And besides this Adam, whome thou madest lord ouer all the workes which thou hast created, of him come we all, and the people also, whome thou hast chosen.
All this haue I spoken before thee, ô Lord, because thou hast created the world for our sakes.
As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast declared them that they are nothing before thee, but be like vnto spitle, and hast compared their riches vnto a drop that falleth from a vessel.
And now, ô Lord, beholde these heathen which haue bene reputed as nothing, haue begonne to be lords ouer vs, and to deuoure vs.
And we thy people [whome thou hast called the first borne, the onely begotten, and thy feruent louer] are giuen into their hands,
If the worlde then be created for our sakes why haue we not the inheritance thereof in possession? or how long shal we suffer these things?
ANd whe{n} I had made an end of these wordes, there was sent vnto me an Angel, which had bene sent down to me the nights afore.
And he said vnto me, Vp, Esdras, and heare the wordes that I am come to tell thee.
And I said, Speake on my God. Then said he vnto me, The sea is set in a wyde place, that it might be deepe and great,
But presuppose that the entrance thereof were narow, and like the riuers,
Who colde go into the sea to loke vpon it, and to rule it? If he went not thorowe the narowe, how colde he come into the broade?
There is also another thing: a citie is buylded and set vpon abroade field, and is ful of all good things:
The entrance thereof is narrowe and in a dangerous place to fall, that there is fyre at the right ha{n}d, & a deepe water at the lefte,
And there is but one path betwixt them, euen betwene the fyre a{n}d the water, so that there colde but one man go there.
If this citie were giuen vnto a man for an inheritance, if he neuer went thorowe the peril before it, how colde here ceaue his inheritance?
And I said, It is so, Lord. Then said he, So is the portion of Israel.
Surely for their sakes haue I made the worlde: and when Adam transgressed my statutes then came this thing to passe.
Then were the entrances of the worlde made norowe, full of sorowe & trauail: they are but fewe and euil, and full of perils, and very peineful.
For the entrances of the fore worlde were wyde and sure, and broght immortal frute.
If then they that are 〈◊〉, labour not to enter by these strait and brittel things, they can not atteine to those things that are hid.
Why then disquietest thou thy self, seing thou art corruptible? and why art thou moued, seing thou art mortal?
And why hast thou not considered in thy minde the things to come, rather then them that are present?
Then said I, O Lord, Lord, seing thou hast ordeined in thy Law, that the righteous shulde inherite these things, and that the vngodlie shulde perish,
Shulde the righteous suffer straitnes in hoping for large things? yet thei that haue liued vngodly and suffered straitnes, shal not se the large things.
Then he said vnto me, There is no iudge more iuste then God, and there is none more wise then the moste High.
For manie perish in this life, because they despise the Law of God that is apointed.
For God hathe diligently admonished suche as came, so oft as they came, what they shulde do to haue life, and what they shulde obserue, to auoid punishment.
Neuertheles, they were not obedient vnto him, but spake against him, and imagined 〈◊〉 things,
And deceiued them selues by their wicked dedes, and denied the power of the moste High, and regarded not his waies.
But they despised his Law, and resused his promises they haue vnfaithfully broken his ordinances, and haue not performed his workes.
And therefore, Esdras, vnto the emptie are emptie things, and to the ful ful things.
Beholde, the time shal come, that these 〈◊〉 which I haue tolde thee, shal come to passe, and the bride shal appeare, and she shal come forthe, and be sene that now is vnder the earth.
And whosoeuer shal escape these euils, he shal se my wonders.
For my sonne Iesus shal appeare with those that be with him, a{n}d they that remaine, shal reioyce within foure hundreth yeres.
After these same yeres shal my sonne Christ dye, and all men that haue life.
And the worlde shalbe turned into the olde silence for seuen dayes, as in the fore iudgements, so that no man shal remaine.
But after seuen dayes, the worlde that is yet a slepe, shalbe raised vp: a{n}d that shaldye, that is corrupt.
Then the earth shal restore those, that haue slept in her, and so shal the dust those that dwell therein in silence, and the secret places shal deliuer the soules that were committed vnto them.
And the most High shal appeare vpon the seate of iudgement, and miseries shalv anish away and long suffring shal haue an end.
Iustice onely shal continue: the trueth shal remaine, and faith shal be strong.
The worke shal followe, and the rewarde shalbe shewed: the good dedes shalbe of force, and vnrighteousnes shal beare no more rule.
Then said I, Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites, and Moyses for the fathers that sinned in the wildernes,
And they that came after him, for Israel in the time of Achaz, and Samuel.
And Dauid for the destruction, and Salomon for them that came into the Sanctuarie.
And Elias for those that receiued raine, and for the dead that he might liue,
And Ezechias for the people in the time of Sennacherib, and diuerse others for manie.
Euen so now, seing vice is increased, and wickednes abundeth, & the righteous haue prayed for the vngodlie, wherefore shal not the same effect followe also now?
Then he answered me, and said, This present life is not the end: oft times honour is reteined in it therefore haue they prayed for the weake.
But the day of iudgement shal be the end of this worlde, and the beginning of the immortalitie to come, wherein all corruption shal cease.
Intemperancie shal passe away: in sidelitie shalbe cut of righteousnes shal growe vp, & the varitie shal spring vp.
The{n} shal no man be able to saue him that is destroyed, nor oppresse him that hathe gotten the victorie.
I answered then, and said, This is my first & last saying, that it had bene better not to hane giuen the earth vnto Adam, or when it was giuen him, to haue kept him that he shulde not haue sinned.
For what profit is it for men in this present life to be in heauines, a{n}d after death to feare punishment?
O Adam, what hast thou done? for in that that thou hast sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but the fall also redundeth vnto vs that come of thee.
For what profit is it vnto vs, if there be promised an immortal life, when we do the workes that bring death?
And that an euerlasting hope shulde be promised vs, seing that we bitide our selues to deadlie vanitit?
And that there shulde be appointed vs dwellings of health and safetie, if we haue liued wickedly?
And that the glorie of the moste High shuld be kept to defende them which haue led a pacient life, if we haue walked in the wicked wayes?
And that an eternal Paradise shulde be shewed, whose frute remaineth incorruptible, wherein is safetie and healt, if we wil not enter into it?
[For we haue bene conuersant in vnpleasant places]
And that the faces of them, which haue absteined, shulde shine more then starres, if our faces be blacker then darckenes?
For while we liued, we did not remember when we did vnrighteously, that we shulde surfer after death.
Then answered he me, and said, This is the maner of the battel, which man, that is borne in the earth, shal fight,
That if he be ouercome, he shulde suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victorie, he shulde receaue the thing that I said.
For this is the life, whereof Moyses spake vnto the people, while he liued, saying, Chuse thee life that thou maist liue.
Neuertheles, they beleued him not, nether the Prophetes after him, nor me also which haue said vnto them,
That heauines shulde not so be to their destruction, as ioye shulde come vnto them, to whome saluacion is persuaded.
I answered then and said, I know, Lord, that the moste High is called merciful, in that he hathe mercie vpon them, which are not yet come to that worlde,
And that he hathe pitie on those that walke in his Law,
And that he is pacient: for he long suffreth those that haue sinned as his creatures,
And that he is liberall: for he wil giue asmuche as nedeth,
And that he is of great mercie: for he ouercometh in mercie those that are present, and that are past, and them which are to come.
For if he were not abundant in his mercies, the worlde colde not continue not thei that haue the possession thereof.
He pardoneth also for if he gaue not of his goodnes that they, which haue done euil, might be relieued from their wickednes, the ten thousand parte of men shulde not remaine aliue.
And if he, being iudge, forgaue not those that be healed with his worde, and toke away the multitude of sinnes.
There shulde peraduenture be verie fewe left in an vnnumerable multitude.
The nomber of the godlie is smale. 6 The workes of God are excellent. 〈◊〉 Esdras prayer for him and for his people. 39 The promes of 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉. 55 The destruction of the 〈◊〉.
ANd he answered me, saying, The most High made this worlde for manie, but the worlde to come for fewe.
I wil tel thee a similitude, o Esdras As when thou askest the earth, it shal say vnto thee, that it gineth muche earthlie matter to make pottes, but litle dust that golde cometh of, so is it with the worke of this worlde.
There be manie created, but fewe shalbe saued.
Then answered I and said, Then swalowe vp the wit, ö my soule, and deuoure vnderstanding.
For thou hast promised to heare, and thou wilt prophecie: for thou hast no longer space, but the life giuen thee.
O Lord, if 〈◊〉 suffer not thy seruant, that we may intreat thee, that thou maist giue sede vnto our heart, & prepare our vnderstanding, that there may come frute of it, whereby euerie one which is corrupt, may liue, who can set him self for man?
For thou art alone, & we all are one workeman 〈◊〉 of thine hands, as thou hast said.
For when the bodie is facioned now in the wombe, and thou 〈◊〉 giuen it members, thy creatures is preserued by fyre and 〈◊〉, and the worke created by thee, doeth suffer nine moneths the creature, which is facioned in it.
But the thing that co{n}teineth, & that which is conteined, shal bothe be preserued, & whe{n} time is come, the wombe, being preserued, deliuereth the things that grewe in it.
For thou hast comman 〈◊〉 the members, eue{n} 〈◊〉 breasts, to giue milke vnto the frute appointed to the 〈◊〉,
That the thing, which is created may be nourished for a time, 〈◊〉 thou dispolest it to thy mercie.
Thou bringest it vp with thy righteousnes, nurturest it in thy Law, and reformest it with thy iudgement.
Thou slayest it as thy creature, and giuest it life as thy worke.
Seing then that thou destroyest him, which with so great labours is facioned, it is an easie thing to appoint by thy commandement that the thing also which is made, might be preserued.
Now therefore, ô Lord, I wil speake [as touching men in general thou shalt rather prouide] but concerning thy people, for whose sake I am sorie,
And for thine inheritance for whose cause I mourne: for Israel, for whome I am woful, and for Iacob, for whose sake I am grieued.
For them wil I pray before thee, aswel for my self, as for them: for I se our fautes that dwelt in the land.
¶ But I haue heard the sudden comming of the iudge, which is to come.
Therefore heare my voyce, and vnderstand my wordes, which I wil speake before thee. The beginning of the wordes of Esdras, before he was taken vp.
O Lord, that liuest for euer, which beholdest from aboue that which is aboue, and in the ayre,
Whose throne is inestimable, and his glorie incomprehensible, before whome the hoste of the Angels stand with trembling,
Whose keping is turned in winde and fyre, whose worde is true, and sayings stedfast, whose commandement is strong, and gouernement terrible,
Whose loke dryeth vp the depths, & wrath maketh the mountaines to melt away as the thing beareth witnes.
Heare the prayer of thy seruant, and receiue into thine eares the peticion of thy creature.
For while I liue, I wil speake, and so long as I haue vnderstanding, I wil answer.
Loke not vpon the sinnes of thy people, rather then thy faithful seruants.
Haue not respect vnto the wicked dedes of men, rather then to them that haue thy testimonies in afflictions.
Thinke not vpon those that haue walked fainedly before thee, but remember the{m} that reuetence thy wil.
Let it not be thy wil to destroye the{m}, which haue liued like beasts, but loke vpon them that haue clearly taught thy Law.
Take not displeasure with them, which appeare worse then beasts, but loue them, that alway put their trust in thy righteousnes and glorie.
For we and our fathers haue all the same sicknes: but because of vs that are sinners, thou shalt be called merciful.
If therefore thou wilt haue mercie vpon vs, thou shalt be called merciful towardes vs which haue no workes of righteousnes.
For the righteous, which haue laid vp manie good workes, let them receiue the rewarde of their owne dedes.
But what is man, that thou shuldest take displeasure at him? or what is this mortal generacion, that thou shuldest be so grieued towards it?
For verely there is no man among the{m} that be borne, but he hathe done wickedly, nor anie that doeth confesse thee, which hathe not done amisse.
For in this, ô Lord, thy righteousnes & thy goodnes shalbe praised, if thou be merciful vnto them, which 〈◊〉 not the substance of good workes.
¶ The{n} answered he me, & said, Some things hast thou spoken a right, and according vntó thy wordes it shalbe.
For I wil not verely consider the workes of the{m}, before the death, before the iudgement before destruction:
But I wil reioyce in the wayes of the righteous, and I wil remember the pilgrimage, the saluation and the rewarde that they shal haue.
Like as I haue spoken now, so shal it come to passe.
For as the housband ma{n} soweth much syde vpon the grounde, & planteth many trees, & yet alway the thing that is sowen, cometh not vp in time, nether yet doeth all that is pla{n}ted, take roote: so nether shal thei all that are broght into the worlde, be saued.
I answered then & said, If I haue founde grace, let me speake.
Like as the housband mans sede perisheth, if it come not vp, and receiue not raine in due season, or if it be destroyed with to muche raine,
So perisheth man, which is created with thine hands, & thou art called his patern, because he is created to thine image, for whose sake thou hast, made all things, and lickened him vnto the housband mans sede.
Be not wroth with vs, ô Lord, but spare thy people & haue mercie vpo{n} thine inherita{n}cet for thou wilt be merciful vnto thy creature.
Then answered he me, and said, The things present are for the present, and the things to come for suche as be to come.
For thou art farre of that thou shuldest loue my creature aboue me: but I haue oft times drawen nere vnto thee and vnto it, but neuer to the vnrighteous.
In this also thou art maruelous before the Highest,
In that thou hast hu{m}bled thy self, as it becometh thee, and hast not iudged thy self worthie to boast thy self greatly among the righteous.
For many miseries and calamities remaine for them that shal liue in the latter time, because they shal walke in great pride-
But learne thou for 〈◊〉 self, & seke out the glorie for suche as be like thee.
For vnto you is paradise opened: the 〈◊〉 of life is planted: the time to come is prepared, pléte ousnes made ready: the citie is buylded and rest is prepared, perfite goodnes and absolute wisdome.
The roote of euil is sealed vp from you: the weakenes & moth is destroyed from you, & into hell sleeth corruption to be forgotten.
Sorowes are vanished away, and in the end is sheped the treasure of immortalitie.
Therefore aske thou no more questio{n}s concerning the multitude of them that perish.
For when thei had libertie, thei despised the most High: they contemned his Law and forsoke his wayes.
Moreouer, they haue trodēd downe his righteous,
Saying in their heart, that there was no God, thogh they knewe that they shuld dye
For as the thing that I haue spoken of, is made readie for you: so is thirst & peine prepared for them: for God wolde not that man shulde perish:
But they, after that they were created, haue defilled the Name of him that made them, & are vnthankeful vnto him, which prepared life for them.
Therefore my iudgement is now at hand.
These things haue I not shewed vnto all me{n} but vnto thee, and to a fewe like thee: then I answered, and said,
Beholde now, ô Lord: thou hast shewed me the many wonders, which thou art determined to do in the last time, but in what time, thou hast not shewed me.
HE answered me then, and said, Measure the time with it self, and when thou seest that one parte 〈◊〉 the tokens come to passe, which I haue tolde thee before,
Then shalt thou vndersta{n}d, that it is the time wherein the moste High wil begin to visite the worlde which he made.
Therefore when there shalbe sene an erthquake in the worlde, and an vproare of the people,
Then shalt thou vnderstand that the moste High spake of those things, from the dayes that were before thee, euen from the beginning.
For as all that is made in the worlde, hathe a 〈◊〉 and an end, and the end is manifest,
So the times also of the most High haue plaine beginnings in wonders and signes, & end in effect and miracles.
〈◊〉 euerie one that shal escape safe, and shal be deliuered by his workes, and by the faith wherein ye 〈◊〉 〈◊〉,
Shalbe preserued from the said perils & shal se my saluacion in my land, and within my borders for I haue kept me holy from the worlde.
Then shal they haue pitie of them selues, which now haue abused my waies: and thei that haue cast them out dispitefully, shal dwell in peines.
For suche as in their life haue receiued benefites, and haue not knowen me,
But haue abhorred my Law, while they were yet in libertie, and when they had yet leasure of amendement, and wolde not vnderstand but despised it,
They must be taught it after death by peine.
And therefore be thou no more careful, to knowe how the 〈◊〉 shalbe punished, but inquire how the righteous shalbe saued, and whose the worlde is, and for whome it is, and when.
Then answered I, and said,
I haue afore said that which I say now and wil speake it hereafter, that there be many mo of them which perish, then of them that shalbe saued,
As the flood is greater then a drop.
And he answered me, saying, As the field is, so is also the sede: as the floures be, so are the colours also suche as the workeman is, such is the worke: and as the housband man is, so is his housbandrie: for it was the time of the worlde.
Surely when I prepared the worlde, which was not yet made for them to dwell in that now liue, no man spake against me.
For then 〈◊〉 one obeyed, but now the maners of the{m} that are created in this world that is made, are corrupted by a perpetual sede, & by a Law, where out thei can not rid them selues.
So I considered the worlde, and beholde, there was peril, because of the deuises, that were sprung vp into it.
Yet when I sawe it, I spared it greatly, and haue kept me one grape of the cluster, and a plant out of a great people.
Let therefore the 〈◊〉 perish, which are borne in vaine: and let my grape 〈◊〉 kept and my pla{n}t, which I haue dressed with great labour.
¶ 〈◊〉, is thou wilt cease seuen daies mo [but thou 〈◊〉 not fast in them,
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 go into a faire field, where no house is buylded, and shalt eat onely of the sloures of the field, and 〈◊〉 no flesh, nor drinke wine, but the floures onely,
And pray vnto the moste High continually] then 〈◊〉 come, and take with thee.
So I went my 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉 had 〈◊〉 me, 〈◊〉 to the field, 〈◊〉 is called 〈◊〉, and there I sate among 〈◊〉 floures, and did 〈◊〉 of the herbes of the field, and the 〈◊〉 of the same 〈◊〉 me.
And after 〈◊〉 dayes, as I 〈◊〉 vpon the 〈◊〉, and mine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 me, as a 〈◊〉,
I opened my mouth, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 before the moste High, and to say,
O Lord, when thou woldest shewe thy self vnto vs, thou declaredst thy self vnto our fathers in the wildernes, in a place where no man dwelleth, in a baren place, when they came out of Egypt.
And expressely spakest vnto them, saying, Heare me, ô Israél, & marke my wordes, thou sede of Iacob.
For beholde, I sawe my Law in you, that it may bring for the frute in you, & that ye may be honored by it for euer.
But our fathers, which receiued the Law, kept it not, nether obserued thine ordinances, nether did the frute of the Law appeare, nether colde it, for it was thine,
For they that receiued it, perished because they kept not the thing that was sowen in them.
And lo, it is a custome when the grounde receiueth sede, or the sea a ship, or a vessel meat and drinke, if that perish wherein a thing is sowen, or wherein any thing is put,
Like wise the thing that is sowen, or is put therein, & the things that are receiued, must perish: so the things that are receiued, do not remaine with vs: but in vs it cometh not so to passe.
For we that haue receiued the Law, perish in sinne, and our heart also which receiued it.
But the Law perisheth not, but remaineth in his force.
¶ And when I spake these things in mine heart, I loked about me, and vpon the right side I sawe a woman, which mourned sore, and lamented with a loude voyce, and was grieued in heart, and re{n}t her clothes, and she had ashes vpon her head.
Then I left my thoghts, wherein I was occupied, and turned me vnto her,
And said vnto her, wherefore wepest thou why art thou so sory in minde?
And she said vnto me, Syr, let me alone, that I may be waile my self, and increase sorowe: for I am sore vexed in my minde, and broght verie lowe.
Then I said vnto her, What aileth thee? tel me.
And she said vnto me, I thy serua{n}t haue bene baren, and haue had no childe, hauing an housband thirtie yeres.
And euery houre, and euery day these thirtie yeres I pray to the moste High day and night,
And after thirtie yeres God heard me thine hand maid, and loked vpon my miserie, considered my trouble, and gaue me a sonne, and I was glad of him: so was mine housband also, and all they of my countrey, and we gaue great honour vnto the Almightie.
And I nourished him with great trauail.
So when he grewe vp, and came to take a wife, I made a feast.
BVt when my sonne went into his cha{m}ber, he fell downe, and dyed.
Then we all ouerthrewe the lights, and all my neighbours rose vp to comfort me: so I rested vntil the seconde day at night.
And when thei had all left of to comfort me that I shulde be quiet, the{n} I rose vp by night and fled, and am come into this field as thou seest,
And am not purposed to returne into the citie, but to remaine here, and nether to eat nor drinke, but continually to mourne and fast, vntil I dye.
Then left I my purpose wherein I was, and spake to her an gerly, and said,
Thou foolish woman aboue all other, seest thou not our heauines, and what cometh vnto vs?
For Sion our mother is all woful and is sore afflicted, and mourneth extremely.
Seing we be all now in heauines, and make our mone [for we be all sorowful] art thou sorie for one sonne?
Demande the earth, and she shal tell thee that it is she which ought to mourne for the fall of so manie that growe vpon her.
For from the beginning all men are borne 〈◊〉 her, and other shal come, & beholde, they walke almoste all into destruction, and the multitude of them shalbe destroyed.
Who shulde then rather mourne, she that hat he lost so great a multitude, or thou which art sorie but for one;
But if thou woldest say vnto me, My mourning is not like the mourning of the earth [for I haue lost the frute of my wo{m}be, which I broght for the with heauines, and bare with sorowes,
But the earth is according to the maner of the earth, & the present multitude returneth into her as it came]
Then say I vnto thee, As thou hast borne with trauail, so the earth also from the beginning giueth her frute vnto man, euen to him that labored her.
Now therefore with holde thy sorow in thy self, and beare constantly that which cometh vnto thee.
For if thou allowest Gods purpose, and receiuest his counselin time, thou shalt be co{m}mended therein.
Go thy way then into the citie to thine housband.
¶ Then she said vnto me, I wil not, I wil not go into the citie, but here wil I dye.
So I continued to speake more with her, and said,
Do not so, but be counseled: for how manie falles hathe Sion? Be of good comfort because of the sorowe of Ierusalem.
For thou seest that our Sa{n}ctuarie is layed waste our altar is broken downe our Temple is destroyed.
Our psalterion fainteth, and the song ceaseth, and our mirth is vanished away, and the light of our candelsticke is quenched, and the Arke of our couenant is taken away, and our holie things are defiled, and the Name that is called vpon ouer vs, is almoste dishonored, and our children are put to shame and our Priests are burnt, and our Leuites are caryed into captiuitie, and our virgines are defiled, and our wiues 〈◊〉, and our righteous men spoyled, and our children destroyed, and our yong men are broght in bondage, and our strong men are become weake.
And, which is the greatest of all, Sion the seale hathe lost her worship: for she is deliuered into the hands of them that hate vs.
And therefore shake of thy great heauines and put away the multitude of sorowes, that the Almightie may be merciful vnto thee and that the moste High may giue thee rest and ease from thy labour.
And when I was talking with her, her face and beautie shined suddenly, and her countenance was bright, so that I was afrayed of her and mused what it might be.
And beholde, immediatly she cast out a great voyce, very fearful, so that the earth shoke at the noyce of the woman.
And I loked, and beholde, the woman appeared vnto me no more but there was a citie buylded, and a place was shewed from the grounde and fundacion. Then was I afrayed and cryed with a loude voyce, and said,
Where is Vrielthe Angel which came to me at the first? for he hathe caused me to come into manie and depe consideracions, and mine end is turned into corruption, and my pray to rebuke.
And as I was speaking these wordes, beholde, he came vnto me, and loked vpon me.
And lo, I laye as one dead, and mine vnderstanding was altered, and he toke me by the right hand and comforted me, and set me vpon my feete, and said vnto me,
What aileth thee? and why is thine vnderstanding vexed? and the vnderstanding of of thine heart? and wherefore art thousorie.
And I said, Because thou hast forsaken me, and I haue done according vnto thy wordes: I went into the field, and there haue I sene things, and se that I am not able to expresse.
Then said he vnto me, Stand vp manly, and I wil giue thee exhortacion.
Then said I, Speake vnto me, my lord, and forsake me not, lest I dye through rashnes.
For I haue sene that I knewe not, and heare that I do not knowe.
Or is mine vndersta{n}ding disceiued, or doeth my minde, being hautie, erre?
Now therefore I beseche thee that thou wilt shewe thy seruant of this wondre.
Then he answered me, and said, Heare me, and I wil informe thee, and tel thee wherefore thou art afrayed: for the moste High hathe reueiled manie secret things vnto thee.
He hath sene thy good purpose, that thou art sorie continually for thy people, and makest great lamentacion for Sion.
This therefore is the vnderstanding of the vision, which appeared vnto thee a litle while ago.
Thou sawest a woman mourning, and thou begannest to comfort her:
But now seest thou the lickenes of the woman no more, but there appeared vnto thee a citie buylded.
And where as she tolde thee of the death of her sonne, this is the solution,
This woma{n}, which thou sawest, she is Sion where as she tolde thee [eue{n} she which thou seest now as a citie buylded]
And as touching that she said vnto thee, that she was baren thirtie yeres, this was co{n}cerning that, there was euen thirtie yeres wherein there was no offring offred in her.
But after thirtie yeres, Salomon buylt the citie, and offred offrings: the{n} bare the baren a sonne.
And where as she tolde thee, that she nourished him with labour, that was the inhabiting of Ierusalém.
But where as she tolde thee that her sonne, as his chance was, dyed when she came into her chamber, that is the fall that is come to Ierusalém.
And when thou sawest her like one that mourned for her sonne, thou begannest to co{m}fort her: of these things which haue chan ced these are to be opened vnto thee.
For now the moste High seeth, that thou art sorie in thy mind, and because thou suffrest with all thine heart for her, he shewed thee the clerenes of her glorie, and the faire nes of her beautie.
And therefore I bad thee remaine in the field where no house was buylt.
For I knewe that the moste High wolde shewe these things vnto thee.
Therefore I commanded thee to go into the field, where no fundacion nor buylding is.
For the worke of mans buylding can not stand in that place where the citie of the moste High shulde be shewed.
And therefore feare not, nether let thine heart be afrayed, but go in, and se the beautie and greatnes of the buylding as muche as thou art able to se with thine eyes.
Aud after this shalt thou heare, as muche as thine eares may comprehende.
For thou art blessed aboue manie, and art called with the moste High among the few.
But tomorow at night thou shalt remaine here,
And the moste High shal shewe thee visio{n}s of high things, which the moste High will do vnto them that dwell vpo{n} earth, in the last dayes. So I slept the same night and another as he had commanded me.
THen saw I a dreame, and beholde, there came vp from the sea an egle, whiche had twelue feathered wings & thre heads
And I sawe & beholde, she spred her wings ouer all the earth, and all the windes of the ayre blewe on her, and gathered them selues.
And I behelde, & out of her feathers grew out other contrarie feathers, and they became litle feathers and smale.
But her heads remayne still!, and the head in the middes was greater then the other heads, yet rested it with them.
Moreouer, I sawe that the egle flewe with his feathers and reigned vpo{n} earth & ouer them that dwelt therein.
And I sawe that all thinges vnder heauen were subiect vnto her, and no man spake against her, no not one creature vpo{n} earth.
I sawe also that the egle stode vp vpo{n} her clawes, and spake to her feathers, saying,
Watche not all together: slepe euerie one in his owne place, and watch by course.
But let the heads be preserued for the last.
Neuertheles, I sawe that the voyce went not out of her heads, but from, the myddes of her bodie.
Then I nombred her contrarie feathers, and beholde, there were eight of them.
And I loked, and behòlde vpon the ryght side there arose one feather, and reygne ouer all the earth.
And when it had reigned, the end of it came, & the place therof appeared no more. So the next stode vp, and reigned: it continued a long time.
And when it had reigned, the end of it came also, and as the firste, so it appeared no more.
Then there came a voyce vnto it, and said,
Heare thou that hast kept the earthe so long: this I say vnto thee, before thou beginnest to appeare no more,
There shal none after thee atteyne vnto thy time, nether to the halfe thereof.
Then arose the thirde and reygned as the other afore, and it appeared no more also.
So came it to all the others one after another, so that euerie one reigned, and then appeared no more.
Then I loked, and beholde in processe of time the feathers that followed, stode vp on the right side, that they might rule also, and some of them ruled, but within a while they appeared no more.
For some of the{m} were set vp, but ruled not
After this I loked and beholde, the twelue feathers appeared no more, nor the two wings.
And there was no more vppon the egles bodie, but two heades that rested and six wings.
Then sawe I also that thou winges deuided them selues from the six, and remained vnder the head, that was vpo{n} the right side: for the foure continued in their place.
So I loked, and beholde, the vnderwings thoght to set vp them selues, and to haue the rule.
Then was there one set vp, but shortely it appeared no more.
And the second were soner gone then the first.
Then I behelde, & lo, the two that remained, thoght also in them selues to reigne.
And when they so thoght, beholde, there awaked one of the heads that were at rest, which was in the middes: for that was greater then the two.
And then I sawe, that the two heads were ioyned therewith.
And behold, the head was turned with the{m} that were with it, and did eate vp the two vnderwings that wolde haue reigned.
But this head put the whole earth in feare & bare rule in it, ouer all those that dwelt vpon the earth with muche labour, and it had the gouernance of the world, more the{n} all the wings that had bene.
After this I loked, and beholde, the head that was in the middes, suddenly appeared no more, as did the wings.
But the two heads remained, whiche also ruled like wise vpon earth, and ouer those that dwelt therein.
And I behelde, and lothe head vppon the right side deuoured that was vpon the left side.
¶ Then I heard a voyce whiche said vnto me, Loke before thee, & consider the thing that thou seest.
So I sawe, and beholde as it were a lyon that roareth, rénning hastely out of the wood: and I sawe that he sent out a mans voyce vnto the egle, and spake, and said,
Heare thou, I wil talke with thee, and the moste High shal say vnto thee.
Art not thou that that of the foure beasts remainest, whome I made to reigne in my world, that by them the end of times might come,
And the fourth is come, and hathe ouercome all the beasts that were past, & hathe power ouer the worlde with great fearfulnes, and ouer the whole compasse of the earth with moste wicked oppressions, and that dwelleth so long time in all the world with disceite?
For thou hast not iudged the earth with trueth.
Seing thou hast troubled the meke, thou hast hurt the peaceable, & thou hast loued lyers, and destroied the dwellings of them that broght forth frute, and had cast downe the walles of suche as did thee no harme.
Therefore is thy wrongfull dealing come vp vnto the moste High, and thy pride vnto the Mightie.
The most High also hath loked vpon the proude times, and beholde, thei are ended, and their abominacions are fulfilled.
Therefore appeare no more, thou egle, nor thine horrible wings, nor thy wicked feathers, nor thy malicious heads, and thy wicked clawes, nor all thy vaine bodie,
That all the earth maye be refreshed, and come againe, as one deliuered from thy violence, and that she may hope for the iudgement and mercie of him that made her.
ANd when the lion spake these wordes to the egle, I sawe,
And beholde, the head that had the vpper hand, appeared no more, nether did the foure wings appeare any more, that came to it, and set vp them selues to reygne, whose kingdome was smale and ful of vproares.
And I sawe, and behold, they appeared no more, and the whole bodie of the egle was burnt, so that the earth was in great feare. Then I awaked out of the trouble & trance of my minde, and from the great feare, & said vnto my Spirit,
Lo, this hast thou done vnto me in that thou searchest out the wayes of the moste High,
Lo, yet am I wearie in my minde, and verye weake in my spirit, & litle strength is therein me, for the greate feare that I receyued this night.
Therefore now I will beseche the moste High that he will co{m}fort me vnto the end.
And I said, O Lord, Lord, if I haue founde grace before thy sight, and if I am iustified with thee before manye other, and if my praier in dede become vp before thy face.
Comfort me, and shewe me thy serua{n}t the interpretacion and difference of this horrible sight, that thou maist perfectly comforte my soule,
Seing thou hast iudged me worthy to shew me the last times.
¶ Then he said vnto me, This is the interpretacion of this vision,
The egle, whome thou sawest come vp from the sea, is the kingdome which was sene in the vision of thy brother Daniél.
But it was not expounded vnto him: therfore now I declare it vnto thee.
Beholde, the daies come, that there shall rise vp a kingdome vpon the earth, and it shalbe feared aboue all kingdomes that were before it.
In it shall twelue Kings reigne one after another,
Whereof the seconde shall begynne to reigne and shall haue more tyme then the twelue.
And thys do the twelue winges signifie, which thou sawest.
As for the voice that thou heardest speake, and that thou sawest not go out frome the heads, but from the middes of the bodie thereof, this is the interpretacion,
That after the time of that kingdome there shal arise great strife, and it shalbe in danger to fall, but it shal not then fall, but shal be restored againe to his beginning.
Concerning the eight vnderwings, which thou sawest hang vnto her wings, this is the interpretacion,
In him shall arise eight Kings, whose time shall be but smale, and their yeres swift, & two of them shal perish.
But when the midde time commeth, there shalbe foure kept a time, whiles hys tyme beginneth to come, that it may be ended, but two shalbe kept vnto the end.
And where as thou sawest thre heades resting, this is the interpretacion,
In his last dayes shal the moste High raise vp thre kingdomes, and shall call agayne manie things into the{m}, and they shall haue the dominion of the earth,
And of those that dwell therin, with much grief aboue all those that were before the{m}: therefore are they called the heads of the egle.
For they shall accomplish his wickednes, and shal finish his last end.
And where as thou sawest that the greate head appeared no more, it signifieth that one of them shaldye vpon his bed, and yet with peine.
For the two that remaine, the sworde shal deuoure them.
For the sworde of the one shal deuoure the other: but at the last shal he fal by the sword himself.
And where as thou sawest two vnderwings, that went of towarde the head, which was on the right side, this is the interpretacio{n},
These are thei whome the most High hath preserued for their end, whose kingdome is litle, and ful of trouble as thou sawest.
And the lyon whome thou sawest rising vp out of the wood and roaring, & speaking vnto the egle, and rebuking her for her vnrightousnes with all the wordes that thou hast heard,
This is the winde whiche the moste High hath kept for them, and for their wickednes vnto the end, and he shall reproue the{m}, and cast before them their spoiles.
For he shal set them aliue in the iudgeme{n}t, and shal rebuke them and correct them.
For he wil deliuer the residue of my people by affliction, which are preserued vpon my borders, and he shal make them ioyful, vntill the coming of the day of iudgement, whereof I haue spoken vnto thee from the beginning.
This is the dreame that thou sawest, and these are the interpretacions.
Thou onely hast bene mete to knowe this secret of the most High.
Therfore write all these things that thou hast sene, in a boke and hide them,
And teache them the wise of the people, whose hearts thou knowest may comprehende and kepe these secrets.
But waite thou here yet seue{n} daies mo, that it may be shewed thee whatsoeuer it pleaseth the moste High to declare vnto thee: and with that he went his way.
And when all the people perceiued, that the seuen daies were past, and I not come againe into the citie, they gathered them all together, from the least vnto the most, and came vnto me, and spake vnto me, saying,
What haue we offended thee? or what euil haue we done against thee, that thou forsakest vs, and sittest in this place?
For of all the people thou onelye art left vs as a grape of the vine, and as a candle in a darke place, & as an hauen or shippe preserued from the tempest.
Are not the euils which are come vnto vs, sufficient?
If thou then forsake vs, how muche better had it bene for vs, that we had bene burnt also as Sion was burnt?
For we are no better then they that dyed there: and they wept with a loude voyce, Then answered I them, and said,
Be of good comfort, ô Israél, and be not heauie, thou house of Iacob.
For the moste High hathe you in remembrance, and the Almightie hathe not forgotten you in temptacion.
As for me I haue not forsake{n} you, nether am I departed from you, but am come into this place to praye for the desolation of Sion, that I might seke mercie for the low estate of your Sanctuarie.
And now go your way home euerie man, and after the sedaies wil I come vnto you.
So the people went their way into the citie, as I commanded them:
But I remained stil in the field seuen dayes, as he had commanded me, and did eat onelye of the floures of the fielde, and had my meat of the herbes in those daies.
ANd after the seuen daies I dreamed a dreame by night.
And beholde, there arose a winde from the sea, and it moued all the waues thereof.
And I loked, & behold, there was a mightie man with the thousands of heauen: & when he turned his countenance to loke, all the things trembled that were sene vnder him.
And when the voice we{n}t out of his mouth, all they burned that heard his voice, as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fyre.
After these things I sawe, and beholde, there was gathered together a multitude of men out of nomber from the foure windes of the heauen, to fight against the ma{n} that came out from the sea.
And I loked, and beholde, he graued him self a great mountaine, and slewe vp vpon it,
But I wolde haue sene the countrei or place whereout the hil was graued, and I colde not.
I sawe after these things, and beholde, all they which came to fight against him were sore afraied, and yet they durst sight.
Neuertheles, when he sawe the 〈◊〉 of the multitude that came, he lifted not vp his hand: for he helde no sworde nor any instrument of warre.
But onely, as I sawe, he sent out of his mouth, as it had bene a blaste of fyre, and out of his lippes the winde of the flame, & out of his tongue he cast out sparkes and stormes.
And they were all mixt together (euen) this blast of fyre, the winde of the 〈◊〉, & the great storme, and fell with viole{n}ce vpo{n} the multitude, which was prepared to fight and burnt them vp all, so that of the innumerable multitude there was nothing sene, but onely dust, and smel of smoke. When I sawe this, I was afraied.
¶ Afterwarde sawe I the same man come downe from the mountaine, and calling vnto him another peaceable multitude.
And there came many vnto him, some with ioyful countena{n}ce, and some with sad: some of them were bounde, and some broght of them that were offred: and I was sicke thorow great feare, and waked, and said.
Thou hast shewed thy seruant these wonders from the beginning, and hast counted me worthie to receiue my praier.
Shewe me now therefore the interpretacion of this dreame.
For thus I consider in mine vnderstanding wo vnto them that shalbe lest in those daies and muche more wo vnto the{m} that are not left behinde.
For they that were not left, were in heauines.
Now vnderstand I the things that are laid vp in the latter daies, which shal come bothe vnto them, and to those that are left behinde.
Therefore are they come into great perils and many necessities, as these dreames declare.
Yet is it easier, that he that is in danger, shulde fall into these, and forese the things to come hereafter, then to passe away as a cloude out of the worlde.
¶ Then answered he me, and said, The interpretacion of the vision wil I shewe thee, & I wil ope{n} to thee the thing that thou hast required.
Where as thou hast spoken of them that are left behinde, this is the interpretacion,
He that shal beare the da{n}ger in that time, he shal kepe him self. They that be fallen into danger, are suche as haue workes and faith towarde the moste Mightie.
Knowe therefore, that thei which be left behinde, are more blessed then thei that be dead.
These are the meanings of the visio{n}, Where as thou sawest a man comming vp from the middes of the sea,
The same is he whome the moste High hath kept a great seaso{n}, who by his owne self shal deliuer his creature, and he shal order them that are left behinde.
¶ And where as thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came as a blast with fyre and storme,
And that he nether helde sword nor weapon, but that by his fiercenes he destroied the whole multitude, that came to fight against him, this is the interpretacion,
Beholde, the dayes come that the moste High wil beginne to deliuer them that are vpon the earth:
And he shal astonish the heartes of them that dwell vpon the earth:
And one shall prepare to fight against another, citie against citie, & place agaynst place, and nation against nation, & realme against realme.
When this commeth to passe, then shall the tokens come, that I shewed thee before, & then shal my Sonne be reueiled, whome thou sawest go vp as a man.
And when all the people heare his voyce, euerie man shall in their owne lande leaue the battell that they haue one against another.
And an innumerable multitude shalbe gathered as one, as they that be willing to come, and to fight against him.
But he shal stand vpo{n} the toppe of mount Sion.
And Sion shall come, and shalbe shewed to all, being prepared and builded, as thou sawest the hill grauen forthe without any hands.
And this my Sonne shall rebuke the wicked inuentions of those nacions, whiche for their wicked life are fallen into the te{m}pest,
And into torments like to flame, whereby they shalbe tormented: and without anye labour wil he destroy the{m}, euen by the Law, which is compared vnto the fyre.
And where as thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable people vnto him,
Those are the ten tribes which were caryed away captiues out of their owne la{n}d, in the time of Oseas the King, whome Salmanasar the King of the Assyrians toke captiue, and caryed them beyonde the riuer: so were they broght into another land.
But they toke this counsel to them selues that they wolde leaue the multitude of the heathen, and go for the into a further countrey, where neuer mankinde dwelt.
That they might there kepe their statutes, which they neuer kept in their owne land.
And they entred in at the narowe passages of the riuer Euphrates.
For the moste High then shewed the{m} signes, and stayed the springs of the flood til they were passed ouer.
For thorow the cou{n}trey there was a great iourney, euen of a yere and an halfe, and the same region is called Arsareth.
Then dwelt they there vntil the latter time, and when they come for the againe.
The moste High shal holde stil the springs of the riuer againe that they maye go thorow therefore sawest thou the multitude peaceable.
But thei that be left behinde of thy people, are those that be founde within my borders.
Now when he destroieth the multitude of the nacions that are gathered together, he shal defende the people that remaine.
And then shal he shewe great vonder vnto them.
Then said I, O Lord, Lord, shewe me this, wherefore haue I sene the man comming vp from the middes of the sea?
And he said vnto me. As thou canst nether seke out, nor knowe these things that are in the deepe of the sea, so can no man vpo{n} earth se my Sonne, or those that be with him, but in the time of that day.
This is the interpretation of the dreame which thou sawest, and whereby thou onely art lightened.
For thou hast forsaken thine owne Law, and applied thy diligence vnto mine, and soght it,
Thy life hast thou orderer in wisdome, and hast called vnderstanding thy mother.
Therefore haue I shewed thee the rewarde with the moste High and after thre other daies I wil speake other things vnto thee, and wil declare the great and wonderous things.
Then we{n}t I forthe vnto the field, glorifying and praising the most High for the wonders which he did in time.
Which he gouerneth, and suche things as come in their seasons: and there I sate thre dayes,
VPon the thirde day I sate vnder an oke and beholde there came forthe a voyce vnto me out of the bush, and said, Esdras Esdras,
And I said, Here am I, Lord, and stode vp vpon my fete.
Then said he vnto me, In the bush I reueiled my self, and spake vnto Moyses, when my people serued in Egypt:
And I sent him, and led my people out of Egypt, and broght him vpon the mount Sinái, & I helde him with me a long season,
And I tolde him many wonders, & shewed him the secrets of the times and the end, & commanded him, saying,
These wordes shalt thou declare, & these shalt thou hide.
And now I say vnto thee, that thou lay vp in thyne hearte the signes that I haue shewed, and the dreames that thou hast sene, and the interpretacions whiche thou hast heard.
For thou shalt be take{n} away from all, and thou shalt remayne henceforthe with my counsel, and with such as be like thee, vntil the times be ended.
For the worlde hathe lost his youth, & the times beginne to waxe olde.
For the world is deuided into twelue partes, and ten partes of it are gone alreadye and halfe of the tenth parte.
And there remayneth that whiche is after the halfe of the tenth parte.
Therefore set thine house in order, and reforme thy people, and comfort such of the{m} as be in trouble, and now renounce the corruption.
Let go fro{m} thee mortal thoghts: cast away from thee the burdens of men, and put of now the weake nature,
And set aside thy moste grieuous thoghts, and hast thee to departe from these times.
For greater euils then those, whiche thou hast sene now, shal thei commit.
For the weaker that the worlde is by reaso{n} of age, the more shal the euils be increased vpon them that dwell therein.
For the trueth is fled farre awaye, and lies are at hand: for now hasteth the vision to come, that thou hast sene.
¶ Then answered I, and said before thee,
Beholde, ô Lord, I wil go as thou hast commanded me, and reforme the people, which are prese{n}t but they that shal be borne afterwarde, who shal admonish them?
Thus the worlde is set in darkenes, and they that dwell therein, are without light.
For thy Lawe is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the workes that shalbe done.
But if I haue founde grace before thee, send the holie Gost into me, and I wil write all that hathe bene done in the world since the beginning, which was write{n} in thy law, that men may finde the path, and that thei which wil liue in the latter daies, may liue.
And he answered me, saying, Go, & gather the people, and say vnto them, that they seke thee not for fortie daies,
But prepare thee many boxe tables, and take with thee these fiue, Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ecanus, & Asiel, which are readye to write swiftly,
And come hether, and I wil light a candle of vnderstanding in thine heart, which shal not be put out til the things be performed which thou shalt beginne to write.
And then shalt thou declare some things openly vnto the perfite men, & some things shalt thou shewe secretly vnto the wise: tomorowe this houre shalt thou beginne to write.
Then went I for the, as he comma{n}ded me, and gathered all the people together, and said,
Heare these wordes, ô Israel,
Our fathers at the beginning were stra{n}gers in Egypt, from whence they were deliuered,
And receiued the Law of life, which they kept not, which ye also haue transgressed after them.
Then was the land, euen the lande of Sion parted among you by lot: but your fathers and ye also haue done vnrighteously, and haue not kept the wayes, which the moste High commanded you.
And for so muche as he is a righteous Iudge, he toke from you in time the thing that he had giuen you.
And now are ye here, and your brethren among you.
Therefore if so be that ye wil subdue your owne vnderstanding, and reforme your heart, ye shal be kept aliue, and after death shal ye obteine mercie.
For after death shal the iudgement come, when we shal liue againe: and then shal the names of the righteous be manifest, & the workes of the vngodlie shalbe declared.
Let no man therefore come now vnto me, nor seke me these fortie daies.
So I toke the fiue men, as he commanded me, and we went into the fielde, and remayned there.
The next daye beholde, a voice called me, saying, Esdras, ope{n} thy mouth, & drinke that I giue thee to drinke.
Then opened I my mouth, and behold, he reached me a full cuppe, which was full as it were with water: but the colour of it was like fyre.
And I toke it and dranke, and when I had dronke it, mine hearte had vnderstanding and wisdome grewe in my brest: for my spirit was strengthened in memorie.
And my mouth was opened, and shut no more.
The moste High gaue vnderstanding vnto the fiue men, that they wrote the hie things of the night, which they vnderstode not.
But in the night they did eat bread, but 〈◊〉 spake by day, and helde not my tongue by night.
In fortie daies, they wrote two hundreth and foure bokes.
And when the fortie dayes were fulfilled, the moste High spake, saying, The first that thou hast writen, publish openlye, that the worthie and vnworthie may read it.
But kepe the seuentie last, that thou maiest gyue them to the wise amonge thy people.
For in them is the veine of vnderstanding, and the fountaine of wisdome, and the riuer of knowledge and I did so.
BEholde, speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie, which I wil put in thy mouth, saith the Lord:
And cause them to be writen in a lettre for they are faithful and true.
Feare not the imaginacions against thee: let not the vnfaithfulnes of the speakers trouble thee, that spake against thee.
For euerye vnfaithfull shall dye in his vnfaithfulnes.
Behold, saith the Lord, I wil bring plagues vpon all the worlde, the sworde, famine, death and destruction:
Because that iniquitie hathe fully polluted all the earth, and their wicked workes are fulfilled.
Therefore, saith the Lord, I will holde my tongue no more for their wickednes, [they do vngodlie] nether wil I suffer them in the things, that they do wickedly.
Beholde, the innocent and righteous blood cryeth vnto me, & the soules of the iust crye continually.
I wil surelye auenge them, saith the Lord, and receiue vnto me all the innoce{n}t blood from among them.
Beholde, my people is led as a flocke to the slaughter: I will not suffer them now to dwell in the land of Egypt,
But I will bring them out with a mightie hand, and a stretched out arme, & smite it with plagues as afore, and will destroie all the land thereof.
Egypt shall mourne, and the fundacions thereof shalbe smitten with the plague and punishment, that GOD shall bring vpon it.
The plo wemen that till the grounde, shal mourne for their sedes shall faile thorowe the blasting and haile, and by an horrible starre.
Wo to the worlde, and to them that dwel therein.
For the sworde and their destructio{n} draweth nere, and one people shall stand vp to fight against another with swordes in their hands.
For there shalbe sedicion among men, and one shal inuade another: they shal not regarde their King, & the princes shal measure their doings by their power.
A ma{n} shal desire to go into a citie, and shal not be able.
Because of their pride the cities shalbe troubled, the houses shalbe afraied, & men shal feare.
A man shal haue no pitie vpon his neighbour, but shal destroye their houses with the sworde and their goods shalbe spoyled for lacke of bread, and because of great trouble.
Beholde, saith God, I call together all the Kings of the earth to reuerence me, which are from the East, and from the South, from the East, and from Libanus, to turne vpon them, and to repay the things, that they haue done to them.
As they do yet this day vnto my chosen, so wil I do also, and recompense them in their bosome: thus saith the Lord God.
My right hand shal not spare the sinners, nether shal the sworde cease from them, that shed innocent blood vpon earth.
The fyre is gone out from his wrath, and hathe consumed the fundacions of the earth, and the sinners like the strawe, that is kindled.
Wo to them that sinne, and kepe not my commandements, saith the Lord.
I wil not spare them departe, ô children, from the power: defile not my Sanctuarie.
For the Lord knoweth all them that sinne against him, and therefore deliuereth he them vnto death and destruction.
For now are the plagues come vpon the worlde, and ye shal remaine in the{m}: for God wil not deliuer you, because ye haue sinned against him.
Beholde, an horrible vision cometh from the East.
Where generacions of dragons of Arabia shal come out with manie charets, and the multitude of them shalbe caryed as the winde vpon the earth, that all they which heare them, may feare and tremble.
Euen the Carmanians raging in wrath shal go for the as the bores of the forest, and shal come with great power, and stand against them in battel, and shal destroye a porcion of the land of the Assyrians.
But after this shal the dragons haue the vpper hand, and remember their nature, & shal turne about, and conspire to consume them with a great power.
Then these shalbe troubled, and kepe silence by their power, and shal flee.
From the land of the Assyrians shal the enemie besiege them, and consume some of them, and in their hoste shalbe feare and dead, and strife among their Kings.
Beholde cloudes from the East, and from the North vnto the South, and they are verie horrible to loke vpon, ful of wrath and storme.
They shal smite one vpon another: & they shal smite downe a great multitude of starres vpon the earth, euen their owne starre, and the blood shalbe from the sworde vnto the bellie.
And the dongue of man vnto the Camels litter.
And there shalbe great fearefulnes, and trembling vpon earth and thei that se the wrath, shalbe afraied, and a trembling shal come vpon them.
And then there shal come great stormes from the South, and from the North, and parte from the West.
And from the East shal windes arise & shal ope{n} it with the cloude, which he raised vp in wrath, and the starre, raised to feare the East and West winde, shalbe destroyed.
And the great, and mightie cloudes shal be lift vp, ful of wrath, and the starre, that they may make all the earth afraied, and them that dwell therein, and that they may powre out ouer euerie hie place, & lifted vp, an horrible constellation.
As fyre and hayle, and flying swordes, & many waters, that all fields may be full, & all riuers with the abunda{n}ce of great waters.
And they shal breake downe the cities & walles, and mountaines, and hilles, and the trees of the wood, and the grasse of the medowes, and their corne.
And they shal go with a streight course vnto Babylon, and make it afraied.
They shal come to her, and besiege her, and shal powre forthe the constellation, & all the wrath against her then shal the dust and smoke go vp vnto the heauen, and all they that be about her, shal be waile her.
And thei that remaine vnder her, shal do seruice vnto the{m}, that haue put her in feare.
¶ And thou Asia, that art partaker of the hope of Babylon, and the glorie of her persone,
Wo vnto thee, ô wrecth, because thou hast made thy self like vnto her, and hast dect thy daughters in whoredome, that they might please and glorie in thy louers, whiche haue alway desired to co{m}mit whoredome with thee.
Thou hast followed her that is hated in all her workes, and in her inuencions: therefore saith God,
I wil send plagues vpon thee, wedowhed pouertie, and famine, & the sworde, and pestile{n}ce, to waste thine houses with destruction and death.
And the glorie of thy power shalbe dryed vp, as a floure when the heat riseth, that is sent vpon thee.
Thou shalt be sicke as a poore wise that is plagued and beaten of women, so that the mightie and the louers shal not be able to receiue thee.
Wolde I thus hate thee, saith the Lord,
If thou hadest not alway slaine my chosen, exalting the stroke of thine hands, and said ouer their death, when thou wast dro{n}ken,
Set forthe the beautie of thy countena{n}ce?
The rewarde of thy whoredome (shalbe) in thy bosome: therefore shalt thou receiue a rewarde.
As thou hast done vnto my chosen, saith the Lord, so wil God do vnto thee, and I wil deliuer thee vnto the plague.
And thy children shaldye of hunger, and thou shalt fall by the sworde, and thy cities shalbe broken downe, and all thy men shal fall by the sworde in the field.
And they that be in the mountaines shaldye of hunger, and eat their owne flesh, and drinke their owne blood for wa{n}t of bread and thirst of water.
And thou, as vnhappie, shalt come thorowe the sea, and receiue plagues againe,
In the passage they shal cast downe the slaine citie, and shal roote out one parte of thy land, and consume the porcion of thy glorie, and shal returne to her that was destroied.
When thou shalt be cast downe, thou shalt be to them as stubble, and they shalbe to thee as fyre.
And they shal destroy thee, and thy cities, thy land, & thy mountaines: all thy woods and all thy fruteful trees shal they burne with fyre.
Thy childre{n} shal they carye away captiue, and shal spoile thy substa{n}ce, and marre the beautie of thy face.
WO to thee, Babylon and Asia: wo to thee, Egypt and Syria.
Gird your selues with sacke and heere clothe, and mourne your children, and be sorie for your destruction is at hand.
A sworde is sent vnto you, and who wil turne it backe? a fyre is sent among you, & who wil quenche it?
Plagues are sent vnto you, and who can driue them away?
May any ma{n} driue away in hungrie lion in the wood? or quenche the fyre in stubble whe{n} it hathe once begonne to burne? may one turne againe the arowe, that is shot of a strong archer?
The mightie Lord sendeth the plagues, and who can driue them away? the fyre is gone for the in his wrath, and who can quenche it?
He shal cast lightenings, & who shal not feare? he shal thunder, and who shal not be afraied?
The Lord shal threaten, and who shal not vtterly be broken in pieces at his presence: the earth quaketh and the fundacions thereof the sea ariseth vp with waues fro{m} the depe, and the waues thereof are troubled & the fishes thereof, before the Lord and the glorie of his power.
For strong is his right hand, that bendeth the bowe: his arrowes that he shooteth, are sharpe, and shal not misse, when they beginne to be shot into the ends of the worlde,
Beholde, the plagues are sent, & shal not turne againe, til they come vpon earth.
The fyre is kindled, and shal not be put out til it consume the fundacions of the earth
As an arow which is shot of a mightie archer, returneth not backward so the plagues that shalbe sent vpon earth, shal not turne againe.
Wo is me, wo is me: who wil deliuer me in those daies?
The beginning of sorowes and great mourning: the beginning of famine, and great death the beginning of warres, and the powers shal feare: the beginning of euils, and all shal tremble, What shal I do in these things, when the plagues come?
Beholde, famine and plague, and trouble, and anguish are sent as scourges for amendement.
But for all these things they wil not turne from their wickednes, nor be alway mindeful of the scourges.
Beholde, vitailes shalbe so good cheape vpon earth: that they shal thinke them selues to be in good case: but then shal the euils bud forthe vpon, earth, euen the sworde, the famine and great confusion.
For many of them that dwell vpon earth, shal perish with famine, and the other that escape the famine, shal the sworde destroy.
And the dead shalbe cast out as dongue, & there shalbe no man to comforte them for the earth shalbe wasted, and the cities shal be cast downe.
There shalbe no man left to till the earth and to sowe it: the trees shal giue frute, but who shal gather them?
The grapes shal be ripe, but who shal treade them? for all places shalbe desolate, so that one man shal desire to se another, or to heare his voyce.
For of one citie there shalbe ten left, and two of the field, which shal hide them selues in the thicke woods, and in the cleftes of rockes.
As when there remaine thre or foure oliues in the place where oliues growe, or among other trees.
Or as when a vineyarde is gathered, there are left some grapes of them that dilige{n}tly soght thorowe the vineyarde:
So in those daies there shalbe thre or 〈◊〉 lest by them that searche their houses the sworde.
And the earth shalbe left waste, and the fields thereof shal waxe olde, & her waies and all her paths shal growe full of thornes, because no man shal trauail there through.
The virgines shal mourne, hauing no bride gromes the women shal make lamentacion, hauing no housbands: their daughters shal mourne hauing no helpers.
In the warres shal their bride gromes be destroied, and their housbands shal perish with famine.
But, ye seruants of the Lord, heare these things, and marke them.
Beholde the worde of the Lord, receaue it beleue not the gods of whome the Lord speaketh: beholde the plagues drawe nere, and are not slacke.
As a trauailing woman which in the ninthe moneth bringeth forthe her sonne when the houre of birth is come, two or thre houres afore the peines come vpon her bodie, and when the childe cometh to the birth, they tarie not a whit,
So shal not the plagues be slacke to come vpo{n} the earth, & the worlde shal mourne & sorowes shal come vpon it on euerie side.
O my people, heare my worde: make you ready to the battel, and in the troubles be euen as a strangers vpon earth.
He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth his way: and he that byeth, as one that wil lose.
Who so occupieth marchandise, as he that winneth not: and he that buyldeth, as he that shal not dwell therein.
He that soweth, as one that shal not reape: he that cutteth the vine, as he that shal not gather the grapes:
They that mary, as they that shal get no children: and they that mary not, so as the widdowes.
Therefore they that labour, labour in vaine.
For strangers shal reape their frutes, and spoile their goods, and ouerthrowe their houses, and take their children captiuefor in captiuitie and famine shal they get their children,
And they that occupie their marchandise with couetousnes, the more they decke their cities, their houses, their possession & their owne personnes.
So muche more wil I be angrie against the{m} for their sinnes, saith the Lord.
As a whore enuieth an honest and vertuous woman.
So shal righteousnes hate iniquitie, when she decketh herself, & shal accuse her ope{n} ly, when he shal come that shal bridle the autor of all sinne vpon earth.
And therefore be ye not like thereunto, nor to the workes thereof, for or euer it belong iniquitie shalbe taken away out of the earth, and righteousnes shal reigne among you.
Let not the sinner say, that he hathe not sinned: for coles of fyre shal burne vpon his head, which saith, I haue not sinned before the Lord God and his glorie.
Beholde, the Lord knoweth all the workes of men, their imaginaciós, their thoghtes and their hearts.
For assone as he said, Let the earth be made, it was made: let the heauen be made, and it was created.
By his worde were the starres established, and he knoweth the nomber of them.
He searcheth the depth, and the treasures thereof: he hathe measured the sea, & what it conteineth.
He hathe shut the sea in the middes of the waters, and with his worde hathe he ha{n}ged the earth vpon the waters.
He spreadeth out the heaue{n} like a vawte: vpon the waters hathe he founde it.
In the desert hathe he made springs of water, and poles vpon the toppe of the mountaines, to powre out floods from the hie rockes to water the earth.
He made man, and put his heart in the middes of the bodie, and gaue him breth, life and vnderstanding.
And the Spirit of the almightie God, whiche made all things, and hathe searched all the hid things in the secrets of the earth.
He knoweth your inue{n}cions, and what ye imagine in your heart when ye sinne and wolde hide your sinnes.
Therefore hathe the Lord searched and soght out all your workes, and wil put you all to shame.
And when your sinnes are broght forthe before men, ye shalbe confounded, and your owne sinnes shal stand as your accusers in that day.
What wil ye do, or how wil ye hide your sinnes before God and his Angels:
Beholde, God him selfe is the iudge: feare him cease from your sinnes, & forget your iniquities, and medle no more from henceforthe with them: so shal God lead you for the, and deliuer you from all trouble.
For beholde, the heate of a great multitude is kindled against you, and they shal take away certeine of you, and shal slaye you for meat to the idoles.
And they that consent vnto them, shalbe had in derision and in reproche, and troden vnder foote.
For in euerie place and cities that are nere, there shalbe great insurrection against those that feare the Lord.
They shalbe like mad men: they shal spare none: they shal spoyle, & waste suche as yet feare the Lord.
For they then shal waste and spoile their goods, and cast them out of their houses.
Then shal the tryal of my chosen appeare as the golde is tryed by the fyre.
Heare, ô ye my beloued, saith the Lord: beholde, the daies of trouble are at hand, but I wil deliuer you from them: be not ye afraied: doute not, for God is your captaine
Who so kepeth my commandements and precepts, saith the Lord God, let not your sinnes weigh you downe, and let not your iniquities lift them selues vp.
Wo vnto them that are bounde with their sinnes, and couered with their iniquities, as a field is hedged in with bushes, & the path thereof couered with thornes, whereby no ma{n} may trauail it is shut vp, and is appointed to be denoured with fyre.
THE boke of the wordes of Tobit so{n}ne of Tobiel, the sonne of Ananeel, the sonne of Aduel the sonne of Gabael, of the seed of Asael and of the tribe of Nephthalim.
Who in the time of Enemessar King of the Assyrians was ledde away captiue out of This be, whiche is at the right hand of that citie, which is called properly Nephthalim, in Galilee aboue Aser.
I Tobit haue walked all my liue long in the way of trueth and iustice, and I did manie things liberally to the brethren, whiche were of my nation, and came with me to Niniue into the land of the assyrians.
And when I was in mine owne countreiin the land of Israél, being but yong, all the tribe of Nephthalim my father fell from the house of Ierusalém, which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israél, that all the tribes shulde sacrifice there, where the Temple of the tabernacle of the moste High was consecrated, and buylt vp for all ages.
Now all the tribes, which fell from God, yea, and my father Nephthalims house offred to the heifar called Baal.
But I [as it was ordeined to all Israel by an euerlasting decre] went alone often to Ierusalem, bringing the first frutes, and the tenth of beasts, with that which was first shorne, and offred them at the altar to the Priests the children of Aaron.
The first tenth parte I gaue to the Priests the sonnes of Aaron, which ministred in Ierusalém: the other tenth parte I solde, & came & bestowed it euerie yere at Ierusalem.
The thirde (tenth parte) I gaue vnto them to whome it was mete, as Debora my fathers mother had commanded me: for my father left me as a pupil.
¶ Furthermore when I was come to the age of a man, I maried Anna of mine owne kinred, and of her I begate Tobias.
¶ But whe{n} I was ledde captiue to Nineue, all my brethren, & those which were of my kinred did eate of the bread of the Gentiles.
But I kept my self from eating.
Because I remembred God with all mine heart.
Therefore the most High gaue me grace and fauour before Enemessar, so that I was his puruoyer.
¶ And I went into Media, and I deliuered ten 〈◊〉 of siluer to Gabael the brother of Gabrias in the land of Media.
But when Enemessar was dead, Sennacherib his sonne reigned in his stead: whose state because it was troubled, I colde not go into Media.
¶ But in the time of Enemessar, I gaue many almes to my brethren, & gaue my bread to them which were hungrie,
And my clothes to the naked: & if I sawe any of my kinred dead, or cast about the walles of Nineue, I buryed him.
And if the King Sennacherib had slaine any, when he was come & fled from Iudea I buryed them 〈◊〉 [for in his wrath he killed many] but the bodies were not founde when they were soght for of the King.
Therefore when a certeine Nineuite had accused me to the King, because I did bury the{m}, I hid my self: and because I knewe that I was soght to be slaine, I withdrewe my self for feare.
Then all my goods were spoyled, nether was there any thing lest me besides my wife Anna and my sonne Tobias.
Neuertheles within fiue and fiftie daies two of his sonnes killed him, and they fled into the mountaines of Arrarath, (and) Sarchedonus his sonne reigned in his stead, who appointed ouer his fathers acco{m}ptes and ouer all his domestical affaires Achiacharus my brother Anaels sonne.
And whe{n} Achiacharus had made a request for me, I came againe to Nineue: now Achiacharus was cup bearer and keper of the signet, and steward, & ouersawe the accomptes: so Sarchedonus appointed him next vnto him, and he was my brothers sonne.
NOw when I was come home againe, and my wife Anna was restored vnto me with my sonne Tobias, in the feast of Pentecoste, which is the holy (feast) of the seuen wekes, there was a great dinner prepared me, in the which I sate downe to eat.
And when I sawe abunda{n}ce of meat, I said to my sonne, Go, and bring what poore man soeuer thou shalt finde of our brethre{n} which doth remember God, and lo I wil tary for thee.
But he came againe, and said, Father, one of our nation is strangled, and is cast out in the market place.
The{n} before I had tasted anie meat, I start vp, and broght him into mine house vntil the going downe of the 〈◊〉.
Then I returned and wasned, and ate my meat in heauines,
Remembring that prophecie of Amos, which had said, your solemne feasts shalbe 〈◊〉 into mourning, and your ioyes into wailing.
Therefore I wept, and after the going downe of the sunne I went and made a gra 〈◊〉 and buried him.
But my neighbours mocked me, and said, Doeth he not feare, to dye for this cause, who fled away, and yet, lo, he buryeth the dead againe.
The same night also when I returned from the buryal, & slept at the wall of mine house because I was polluted, and hauing my face vncouered.
And I knewe not that sparowes were in the wall, and as mine eyes were open, the sparowes cast downe warme dongue into mine eyes, and a whitenes came in mine eies, and I went to the phisiciās who helped me not, Moreouer Achiacharus did nourish me vntil I went into 〈◊〉.
And my wife Anna did take womens workes to do.
And whe{n} she had sent them home to the owners, thei paied the wages, & gaue a kid
Which when it was at mine house, and began to bleat, I said vnto her, From whence is this kid? is it not stollen? 〈◊〉 it to the owners: for it is not lawful to eat anie thing that is stollen.
But she said, It was giue{n} for a gifte more the{n} the wages but I did not beleue, & bade her to render it to the owners, and I did blush, because of her. Furthermore she said Where are thine almes, & thy righteousnes? beholde, they all now appeare in thee.
THe{n} I, being sorowful, did wepe, and in my sorowe prayed, saying.
O Lord, thou art iuste, & all thy workes, and all thy wayes are mercie and trueth, and thou iudgest truely and iustely for euer.
Remember me and loke on me, nether punish me according to my sine or mine ignorances of my fathers, which haue sinned before thee.
For thei haue not obeied thy commandements, wherefore thou hast deliuered vs for a spoile: & vnto captiuitie, and to death and for a prouerbe of a reproche to all the{m} among whome we are dispersed, and now thou hast manie and iuste causes.
To do with me according to my sinnes, & fathers, because we haue not kept thy co{m}mandeme{n}ts, nether haue walked in trueth before thee.
Now therefore deale with me as semeth best vnto thee, and commande my spirit to be taken from me I may be dissolued, and become earth: for it is better for me to dye then to liue, because I haue heard false reproches and am verie sorowful: commande therfore that I may be dissolued out of this distresse (and go) into the euerlasting place turne not thy face away from me.
¶ It came to passe the same day that in Ecbatane a citie of Media Sarra the daughter of Raguél was also reproched by her fathers maides.
Because she had bene maryed to seue{n} housba{n}ds, whome Asmodeus the euil spirit had killed, before that they had lien with her. Doest thou not knowe, said they, that thou hast strangled thine housbands? thou hast had now seuen housbands, nether wast thou named after anie of them.
Wherefore doest thou beat vs for them? if they be dead, go thy wayes hence to the{m}, that we may neuer se of thee ether sonne or daughter.
When she heard these things, she was verie sorowful, so that she thoght to haue strā gled her self. And she said, I am the onely daughter of my father, & if I do this I shal 〈◊〉 him, and shal bring his age to the graue with sorowe.
Then she prayed towarde the windowe & said, Blessed art thou, ô Lord my God, and thine holie, and glorious Name is blessed, and honorable for euer: let all thy workes praise thee for euer.
And now, ô Lord, I set mine eyes, and my face toward thee.
And say, Take me out of the earth, that I may heare no more anie reproche.
Thou knowest, ô Lord, that I am pure from all sinne with man.
And that I haue neuer polluted my name, nor the name of my father in the land of my captiuitie: I am the onely daughter of my father, nether hathe he anie man child to be his heire, nether anie nere kinsman or childe borne of him, to whome I may kepe my self for a wife? my seue{n} (housba{n}ds) are now dead, and why shulde I liue? But if it please not thee that I shulde dye, comma{n}de to loke on me, and to pitie me that I do no more heare reproche.
So the prayers of them bothe were heard before the maiestie of the great God.
And Raphaél was sent to heale them bothe (that is) to take away the whitenes of Tobits eyes, & to giue Sarra the daughter of Raguel for a wife to Tobias the sonne of Tobit, and to binde Asmodeus the euil spirit because she belo{n}ged to Tobias by right The self same time came Tobit home, and entred into his house, and Sarra the daughter of Raguel came downe fro{m} her cha{m}ber.
IN that day Tobit remembred the siluer which he had deliuered to Gabael in Rages (a citie) of Media,
And said with him self, I haue wished for death: wherefore do I not call for my sonne Tobias that I may admonish him before I dye?
And when he had called him, he said, My sonne, after that I am dead, bury me, and despise not thy mother, but honour her all the dayes of thy life, and do that which shal please her, and anger her not.
Remember, my sonne, how manie da{n}gers she susteined whe{n} thou wast in her wombe.
And whe{n} she dyeth, burye her by me in the same graue.
My sonne, set our Lord God alwayes before thine eyes: and let not thy wil be set to sinne or to transgresse the commandeme{n}ts of God. Do vprightly all thy life long, and followe not the wayes of vnrighteousnes for if thou deale truely, thy doings shal prosperously succede to thee & to all the{m} which liue iustely,
Giue almes of thy substance & whe{n} thou giuest almes, let not thine eye be enuious, nether turne thy face from anie poore, lest that God turne his face from thee.
Giue almes according to thy substance: if thou haue but a litle, be not afraide to giue a litle almes.
For thou 〈◊〉 vp a good store for thy self against the day of necessitie.
Because that almes doeth deliuer from death, & suffreth not to come into darknes
For almes is a good gift before the moste High to all them which vse it.
Bewarre of all whoredome, my sonne, and chiefly take a wife of the sede of thy fathers, and take not a strange woma{n} to wife which is not of thy fathers stocke: for we are the childre{n} of the Prophetes. Noe, Abraham, Isaac and Iacob are our fathers from the beginning. Remember my sonne that thei maryed wiues of their owne kinred, & were blessed in their children and their sede shal inherite the land.
Now therefore, my sonne, loue thy brethre{n}, & despise not in thine heart the so{n}nes & daughters of thy people in not taking a wife of the{m}: for in pride is destruction, and muche trouble, & in fiercenes is scarcetie. and great pouertie for fiercenes is the mother of famine.
Let not the "wages of anie man which hathe wroght for thee, tarie with thee, but giue him it out of ha{n}d for thou serue if God he wil also praye thee be circumspect my sonne, in all things that thou doest, and be wel instructed in all thy conuersion.
Do that to no man which thou hatest: drinke not wine to make thee dronken, nether let dronke{n}nes go with thee in thy iournay.
Giue of thy bread to the hungry, and of thy garments to them that are naked, & of all thine abunda{n}ce giue almes, & let not thine eye be enuious, whe{n} thou giuest almes
Powre out thy bread on the buryal of the iuste, but giue nothing to the wicked.
Aske counsel alway of the wise, and despise not anie counsel that is profitable.
Blesse thy Lord God alway, and desire of him that thy wayes may be made streight & that all thy purposes, and counsels may prosper. for euerie nation hathe not counsel 〈◊〉 but the Lord giueth all good things, & he humbleth whome he wil, as he wil: now therefore, my sonne, remember my co{m}mandements, nether let them at anie time be put out of thy minde.
Furthermore I signifie this to thee, that I deliuered ten talents to Gabaél the sonne of Gabrias at Rages in Media.
And feare not, my sonne, for as muche as we are made poore: for thou hast manie things, if thou feare God, & flee fro{m} sinne, & do that thing which is acceptable vnto him
TObias then answered & said, Father, I wil do all things which thou hast co{m}manded me.
But how cāl receiue the siluer, seing I know him not?
Then he gaue him the hand writing, and said vnto him. Seke thee a man which may go with thee, whiles I yet liue, and I wil giue him wages, & go & receiue the money.
Therefore when he was gone to seke a man, he founde 〈◊〉 the Angel.
But he knewe not, & said vnto him, May I go with thee into the land of Media? and knowest thou those places well?
To whome the Angel said, I wil go with thee: for I haue remained with our brother Gabael.
Then Tobias said to him, Tarie for me, til I tell my father.
Then he said vnto him, Go, and tary not: so he went in and said to his father, Beholde I haue founde one which wil go with me, Then he said, Call him vnto me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he be faithful to go with thee.
So he called him, and he came in, and they saluted one another.
Then Tobit said vnto him. Brother, shewe me of what tribe and familie thou art.
To whome he said, Doest thou seke a stocke or familie, or an hired man to go with thy sonne? The{n} Tobit said vnto him, I wolde knowe thy kinred and thy name.
Then he said, I am of the kinred of Azarias and Ananias the great, & of thy brethren.
Then Tobit said, Thou art welcome: be not now angrie with me, because I haue enquired to knowe thy kinred, and thy familie: for thou art my brother of an honest and good stocke for I knewe Ananias and Ionathas, sonnes of that great Samaias for we went together to Ierusalém to worship, & offred the first borne, and the tenths of the frutes, and they were not deceiued with the errour of our brethren: my brother, thou art of a great stocke.
But tel me, what wages shal I giue thee? (wilt thou) a grote a day and things necessarie, as to mine owne sonne?
Yea, more ouerifye returne safe, I wil adde some thing to the wages.
So thei agreed, Then said he to Tobias Prepare thy self for the iourney, and go you on Gods Name. And when his sonne had prepared all things for the iourney his father said, Go thou with this man, & God which dwelleth in heauen, prosper your iourney, and the Angel of God kepe you companie. So they went forthe bothe and departed, and the dogge of the yong man with them.
But Anna his mother wept, and said to Tobit, Why hast thou sent away our sonne is he not the staffe of our hand to minister vnto vs?
Wolde to God we had not laid money vpo{n} money, but that it had bene cast away in respect of our sonne.
For that which God hathe giuen vs to liue with, doeth suffice vs.
Then said Tobit, Be not careful my sister: he shal returne in safetie, and thine eyes shal se him.
For the good Angel doeth kepe him companie, and his iourney shal be prosperous and he shal returne safe.
Then she made an end of weping.
ANd as they went on their iourney, they came at night to the flood Tygris, & and there abode.
And when the yong man went to wash him self, a fish leaped out of the riuer, & wolde haue deuoured him.
Then the Angel said vnto him, Take the fish. And the yong man toke the fish, and drewe it to land.
To whome the Angel said, Cut the fishe, & take the heart, and the liuer, and the gall, and put them vp surely.
So the yong man did as the Angel comma{n}ded him: and when thei had rosted the fish, they ate it: then they bothe went on their way, til they came to Ecbatane.
¶ Then the yong man said to the Aungell. Brother Azarias, what auaileth the heart, and the liuer, and the gall of the fish?
And he said vnto him, Touching the heart and the liuer, if a deuil or an euil spirit trouble any, we must make a perfume of this before the man or the woman, and he shal be no more vexed.
As for the gall, anoint a man that hathe whitenes in his eies, and he shal be healed,
¶ And when they were come nere to Rages,
The Angel said to the yong man, Brother, to day we shall lodge with Raguel, who is thy cousin: he also hath one onelie daughter named Sarra: I will speake for her that she may be giuen thee for a wife.
For to thee doeth the right of her perteine, seing thou alone art remnant of hys kinred.
And the maid is faire and wise: now therfore heare me, and I will speake to her father, that we maye make the mariage whe{n} we are returned from Rages: for I knowe that Raguel can not marie her to another according to the Lawe of Moyses: els he shulde deserue death, because the ryghte doeth rather apperteine to thee then to anie other man.
Then the yong man answered the Angell, I haue heard, brother Azarias, that this maid hathe bene giuen to seuen men, who all dyed in the mariage chamber:
And I am the onely begotten sonne of my father, and I am afraied, lest I go into her, and dye as the other: for a wicked Spirite loueth her, whiche hurteth no bodye, but those whiche come into her: wherefore I also feare lest I dye, and bring my fathers & my mothers life because of me to the graue with sorrowe: for thei haue no other sonne to burye them.
Then the Angel said vnto him, Doest thou not remember the preceptes whiche thy Father gaue thee, that thou shuldest marie a wife of thine owne kinred? wherefore heare me, ô my brother: for she shalbe thy wife, nether be thou carefull of the euyll spirit: for this same night shal she be giuen thee in mariage.
And whe{n} thou shalt go into thy bed, thou shalt take of the hote coles for perfumes, and make a perfume of the heart, & of the liuer of the fish,
Whiche if the spirit do smell, he will flee awaye, and neuer come againe anie more: but when thou shalt come to her, 〈◊〉 vp bothe of you, and praye to God whiche is 〈◊〉, who wil haue pitie on you, & saue you: feare not, for she is appointed vnto thee from the beginning, and thou shalt kepe her, and she shall go with thee: moreouer I suppose that she shal beare thee children: now when Tobias had heard these things, he loued her, and his heart was effe ctually ioyned to her.
ANd when they were come to Ecbatane, they came to the house of Raguel: and Sarra met them, and after they had saluted one another, she broght them into the house.
Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, How like is this yong man to Tobit my cousin?
And Raguel asked, Whence are you, my brethren? To whome thei said, that thei were of the tribe of Nephthalim, and of the captiues that dwelt at Nineue.
Then he said to them, Do ye knowe Tobit our kinseman? And they said, We knowe him. Then said he, Is he in good health?
And they said, He is bothe aliue, and in good health: and Tobias said, He is my father.
Then Raguel leaped, and kissed him, and wept.
And blessed him, and said vnto him, Thou art the sonne of a good and honest ma{n} but when he had heard that Tobit was blinde, he was sorowful and wept.
And like wise Edna his wife, and Sarra hys daughter wept. Moreouer they receyued them with a readie minde, & after that they had killed a ram of the flocke, thei set much meat on the table. Then said Tobias to Raphael, Brother Azarias, put for the those things whereof thou spakest in the waye, that this busines may be dispatched.
So he communicated the matter with Raguel, and Raguel said to Tobias, Eate, and drinke and make merry.
For it is mete that thou shuldest marie my daughter: neuertheles, I will declare vnto thee the trueth.
I haue gyuen my daughter in mariage to seuen men, who dyed that nyght whiche they came in vnto her: neuertheles, be thou of a good courage and merry. But Tobias said, I will eat nothing here, vntill ye bring her hether, and betrothe her to me.
Raguel said then, Marie her then according to the custome? for thou arte her cousin, and she is thine. God which is merciful, make this prosperous to you in all good things.
Then he called his daughter Sarra, and she came to her father, and he toke her by the hand, and gaue her for wife to Tobias, saying, Beholde, take her after the Lawe of Moyses, and lead her awaye to thy father: and he blessed them,
And called his wife Edna, and he toke a boke and wrote a contract, and sealed it.
Then they began to eate.
After, Raguel called his wife Edna, and said vnto her, Sister, prepare another cha{m}ber, and bring her in thether.
Which when she had done, as he had bidde{n} her, she broght her thether: then (Sarra) wept & her mother wiped away her daughters teares,
And said vnto her, Be of good comfort, my daughter: the Lord of heauen and earthe giue thee ioye for thys thy sorrowe: be of good comfort, my daughter.
ANd when they had supped, thei broght Tobias in vnto her.
And as he went, he remembred the wordes of Raphael, and toke coles for perfumes, and put the heart & liuer of the fish thereupon, and made a perfume,
The which smel when the euill Spirit had smelled, he fled into the vtmost partes of Egypt, whome the Angel bounde.
And after that they were bothe shut in, Tobias rose out of the bed, and said, Sister, arise and let vs pray, that God wolde haue pitie on vs.
Then began Tobias to say, Blessed arte thou, ô God of our fathers, and blessed is thine holie and glorious Name for euer: let the heauens blesse thee, and all thy creatures.
Thou madest Adam, and gauest him Eua his wife for an helpe, and stay: of them came mankinde: thou hast said, It is not good, that a man shulde be alone: let vs make vnto him an aide like vnto himself.
And now, ô Lord, I take not this my sister for fornicacion, but vprightlye: therefore grante me mercie, that we may become aged together.
And she said with him, Amen.
So they slept bothe that night, & Raguel arose, and went and made a graue,
Saying, Is not he dead also?
But when Raguel was come into hys house.
He said to his wife Edna, Send one of the maydes, and let them se whether he be aliue: if not, that I maye burye him, and none knowe it.
So the maid opened the dore, and we{n}t in, and founde them bothe a slepe,
And came for the, and tolde them that he was aliue.
Then Raguel praised God, and said, ô God, thou art worthie to be praised with all pure, and holie praise: therefore let thy Saintes praise thee with all thy creatures, and let all thine Angels and thine elect praise thee for euer.
Thou art to be praised, ô Lord: for thou hast made me ioyfull, & that is not come to me which I suspected: but thou hast delt with vs according to great mercie.
Thou arte to be praysed because thou hast had mercie of two that were the onelye begotten children of their fathers: grante them mercie, ô Lord, (and) finish their life in health with ioye and mercie.
Then Raguel bade his seruants to fill the graue.
And he kept the wedding feast fourtene daies.
For Raguel had said vnto him by an othe, that he shulde not departe before that the fourtene daies of the mariage were expired,
And then he shulde take the halfe of hys goods and returne in safetie to his father, and (shulde haue) the rest, when he and hys wife were dead.
THen Tobias called Raphael, and said vnto him,
Brother Azarias, take with thee a seruant and two camels, & go to Rages of the Medes to Gabael, and bring me the money & bring him to the wedding,
For Raguel hathe sworne that I shall not departe.
But my father 〈◊〉 the daies: and if I tary long, he wil be verie sory.
So Raphael went out and came to Gabael, & gaue him the hand writing, who broght for the bagges whiche were sealed vp, and gaue them to him.
And in the mornyng they went forthe, bothe together, and came to the wedding, And Tobias begate his wife with childe.
NOw Tobit his father counted euerye day, and when the daies of the iournay were expired, and they came not,
Tobit said, Are they not mocked? or is not Gabael dead, and there is no man to gyue him the money?
Therefore he was verie sory.
The{n} his wife said to him, My sonne is dead, seing he tarieth: and she began to be waile him, and said,
Now I care for nothing, my sonne, since I haue lost thee the light of mine eyes.
To whome Tobit said, Holde thy peace: be not careful, for he is safe.
But she said, Holde thy peace, and deceiue me not my sonne is dead: and she went out euerie day by the waye, whiche they went, nether did she eate meate on the daye time, and did consume whole nights in bewailing her sonne Tobias vntill the fourtene dayes of the wedding were expired, which Raguel had sworne, that he shulde tarie there. Then Tobias said to Raguel, Let me go: for my father and my mother loke no more to se me.
But his father in Law said vnto him, Tarye with me, and I wil send to thy father, and they shal declare him thine affaires.
But Tobias said, No, but let me go to my father.
Then Raguel arose, and gaue him Sarra his wife, and halfe his goods, as seruants, and cattell, and money,
And he blessed them, and sent them away, saying, The God of heauen make you, my children, to prosper before I dye.
And he said to his daughter, Honour thy father, and thy mother in Law whiche are now thy parents, that I maye heare good reporte of thee: and he kissed them. Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heauen restore thee, my dere brother, and grante that I may se thy childre{n} of my daughter Sarra, that I may reioyce before the Lord. Behold now, I committe to thee my daughter as a pledge: do not intreat her euil.
AFter these things Tobias we{n}t his way, praising God that he had giuen him a prosperous iournay, and blessed Raguel & Edna his wife, and went on his way, till he drewe nere to Nineue.
The{n} Raphaél said to Tobias, Thou knowest, brother, how thou didest leaue thy Father:
Let vs hast before thy wife, and prepare the house,
And take in thine hand the gal of the fish. So they went their way, and the dogge followed them.
Now Anna sate in the way loking for her sonne,
Whome when she sawe coming, she said to his father, beholde, thy sonne cometh, and the man that went with him.
Then said Raphael, I knowe, Tobias, that thy father shal receiue his sight.
Therefore anoint his eyes with the gall, and being pricked therewith, he shal rub 〈◊〉 be and make the whitenes to fall away, and shal se thee,
¶ Then Anna ranne forthe, and fel on the necke of her sonne, & said vnto him, Seing I haue sene thee, my sonne, frome henceforthe I am content to dye, and they wept bothe.
Tobit also went forthe towarde the dore, and stombled, but his sonne ranne vnto him,
And toke holde of his father & sprinkled of the gall on his fathers eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father.
And when his eyes began to pricke, he rubbed them.
And the whitenes pilled away from the corners of his eyes, and when he sawe his sonne, he fel vpon his necke.
And he wept and said, Blessed art thou ô Lord, and blessed be thy Name for euer, and blessed be all thine holie Angels.
For thou hast scourged me, and hast had pitie on me (for) beholde, I se my sonne Tobias: and his sonne, being glad went in, and tolde his father the great things that had come to passe in Media;
Then Tobit went out to mete his daughter in lawe, reioycing and praising God to the gate of Nineue: and they which sawe him go, marueiled, because he had receiued his sight.
But Tobit testified before them all that God had had pitie on him. And when he ca came nere to Sarra his daughter in law, he blessed her, saying, Thou art welcome, daughter: God be blessed, which hathe broght thee vnto vs & (blessed be) thy father: and there was great ioye amo{n}g all his brethren which were at Nineue.
And Achiacharus and Nasbas his brother sonne came.
And Tobias mariage was kept seuen dayes with great ioye.
THen Tobit called his sonne Tobias, and said vnto him, Prouide, my sonne, wages forthe man, which went with thee, & thou must giue him more.
And he said vnto him, O father, it shal not grieue me to giue him halfe of those things which I haue broght.
For he hathe broght me againe to thee in safetie, and hathe made whole my wife, & hathe broght me the money, and hathe like wise healed thee.
Then the olde man said, It is due vnto him.
So he called the Angel, and said vnto him, Take halfe of all that ye haue broght, and go away in safetie.
But he toke them hothe a parte, and said vnto them, Praise God, and confesse him, & giue him the glorie, and praise him for the things which he hathe done vnto you before all them that liue. It is good to praise God, and to exalte his Name, and to shewe forthe his euident workes with honour: therefore be not wearie to confesse him.
It is good to kepe close the secrets of a King: but it is a honorable to reueile the workes of God: do that which is good, and no euil shal touche you.
Prayer is good with fasting, and almes, & righteousnes. A litle with righteousnes is better then muche with vnrighteousnes: it is better to giue almes then to laye vp golde.
For almes doeth deliuer from death, and doeth purge all sinne. Those whiche exercise almes and righteousnes, shalbe filled with life.
But they that sinne, are enemies to theyr owne life.
Surely I wil kepe close nothing from you: neuertheles, I said it was good to kepe close the secret of a King, but that it was honorable to reueile the workes of God.
Now therefore when thou didest pray, & Sarra thy daughter in lawe, I did bring to memorie your prayer before the holie one and when thou didest burye the dead, I was with thee like wise.
And when thou waste not grieued to rise vp, and leaue thy diner to burye the dead, thy good dede was not hid from me: but I was with thee.
And now God hath sent me to heale thee, and Sarra thy daughter in law.
I am Raphael one of the seuen holye Angels, which prese{n}t the prayers of the Saintes, and which go forthe before his holye maiestie.
Then they were bothe troubled, and fell vpon their face: for they feared.
But he said vnto the{m}, Feare not, for it shall go wel with you: praise God therefore.
For I came not of mine owne pleasure, but by the good wil of your God: wherefore praise him in all ages.
All these dayes I did appeare vnto you, but I did nether eat nor drinke, but you sawe it in vision.
Now therefore giue God thankes: for I go vp to him that sent me: but write all things which are done, in a boke.
And when they rose, they sawe him no more.
Then they confessed the greate and wonderful workes of God, and how the Angell of the Lord had appeared to them.
THen Tobit wrote a prayer of reioycing and said, Blessed be God that liueth for euer, and (blessed be) his kingdome.
For he doeth scourge, and hathe pitie: he leadeth to hel, and bringeth vp, nether is there anie that can auoide his hand.
Confesse him before the Gentiles, ye children of Israél: for he hathe scattred you among them.
There declare his greatnes, and extoll him before all the liuing: for he is our Lord and our God and our father for euer.
He hathe scourged vs for our iniquities, and wil haue mercie againe, & will gather vs out of all nacions, among whome we are scattred.
If you turne to hym with your whole heart, and with your whole minde, & deale vprightly before him, then wil he turne vnto you, and wil not hide his face from you but ye shal se what he wil do with you: therfore confesse him with your whole mouth, and praise the Lord of righteousnes, & extoll the euerlasting King. I wil confesse him in the land of my captiuitie, and wil declare his power, and greatnes to a sinful nacion O ye sinners, turne and do iustice before him, who can tel if he wil receiue you to mercie, and haue pitie on you?
I wil extoll my God. and my soule (shal praise) the King of heauen, and shal reioyce in his greatnes.
Let all men speake, and let all praise him for his righteousnes.
O Ierusalém the holie citie, he wil scourge thee for thy children workes, but he wil haue pitie againe on the sonnes of righteous men.
Giue praise to the Lord duely, & praise the euerlasting King, that his tabernacle may be buylded in thee againe with ioye, and let him make ioyful therein thee those that are captiues, and loue in thee for euer those that be miserable.
Manie nacions shal come from farre to the Name of the Lord God, with giftes in their hands (euen) giftes to the King of heauen: all generacions shal praise thee, and giue signes of ioye.
Cursed are all they, which hathe thee: but blessed are they for euer which loue thee.
Reioyce, and be glad for the children of the iuste for thei shalbe gathered, & shal blesse the Lord of the iuste.
Blessed are they which loue thee: for they shal reioyce in thy peace. Blessed are they which haue bene sorowful for all thy scourges: for they shal reioyce for thee, when they shal se all thy glorie, and shal reioyce for euer.
Let my soule blesse God the great King.
For Ierusalem shalbe buylt vp with sapphi res, and emerodes, and thy walles with pre tious stones, and thy towres, and thy bulwarkes with pure golde.
And the streetes of Ierusalém shal be paued with beral, and carbuncle, and stones of Ophir.
And all her streetes shal say, Halleluiah, & they shal praise (him) saying, Blessed be God which hathe extolled it for euer.
SO Tobit made an end of praising God.
And he was eight and fiftie yere olde whe{n} he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight yere, and he gaue almes, and he continued to feare the Lord God, and to praise him.
And when he was verie aged, he called his sonne, and six of his sonnes sonnes, and said to him, My sonne, take thy children [for beholde, I am aged, & am ready to departe out of this life.]
Go into Media, my sonne: for I beleue that those things whiche Ionas the Prophete spake of Nineue, that it shal be destroied, (and) for a time peace shal rather be in Media, and that our brethren shal be scattred in the earth from that good land, and Ierusale{m} shal be desolate, and the House of God in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time.
Yet againe God will haue pitie on them and bring them againe into the land where they shal buylde a Temple, but not like to the first, vntil the times of that age be fulfilled, which being finished, thei shal returne from euerie place out of captiuitie, and buylde vp Ierusalém gloriously, and the house of GOD shall be buylt in it for euer with a glorious buylding, as the Prophetes haue spoken thereof.
And all nations shall turne, and feare the Lord God truely, & shal burye their idoles.
So shal all nations praise the Lord, and his people shal co{n}fesse God, and the Lord shall exalte his people, and all those which loue the Lord in trueth & iustice, shall reioyce, and those also whiche shewe mercie to our brethren.
And now, my sonne, departe out of Nineue, because that those thynges which the Prophet Ionas spake, shall surelye come to passe.
But kepe thou the Law, and the commandements, and shewe thy selfe mercifull and iust that it may go wel with thee.
And burye me honestlye, and thy mother with me: but tarie no longer at Nineue. Remember, my sonne, how a man handled Achiacharus that broght him vp, how out of light he broght him into darkenes, and how he rewarded him agayne: yet Achiacharus was saued, but the other had his rewarde: for he we{n}t downe into darkenes. Manasses gaue almes, & escaped the snare of death, whiche they had set for him, but Aman fell into the snare and perished.
Wherefore now, my sonne, consider what almes doeth, and how righteousnes doeth deliuer. When he had said these things, he gaue vp the gost in the bed, being an hundreth and eight and fiftie yere olde, and he buryed him honorably.
And when Anna was dead, he buryed her with his father: but Tobias went with hys wife and children to Ecbatane to Raguel his father in lawe.
Where he became olde with honour, and he buryed hys father and mother in Lawe honorably, and he inherited their substa{n}ce and Tobits his father.
And he dyed at Ecbatane in Media, being an hundreth and seuen & twe{n}tie yere olde.
But before he dyed, he heard of the destruction of Nineue, whiche was taken by Nabuchodonosor and Assuerus, and before his death, he reioyced for Nineue.
IN the twelft yere of the reigne of Nabuchodonosor who reigned in Nineue the greate Citie [in the daies of Arphaxed, which reigned ouer the Medes in Ecbatane,
And buylt in Ecbatane the walles rounde aboute, of hewen stone, thre cubites broad, and six cubites long, and made the height of the wal seue{n}tie cubites, and the breadth thereof fiftie cubites.
And made the towres thereof in the gates of it of an hundreth cubites, & the breadth thereof in the fundacio{n} 〈◊〉 cubites,
And made the gates thereof, euen gates that were lifted vp on hie, seuentie cubites, and the breadth of them fortie cubites, for the going forth of his mightie armies, and forthe setting in aray of his 〈◊〉.]
Euen in those daies, King Nabuchodonosor made warre with King 〈◊〉 in the great field, which is the field in the coastes of Ragau.
Then came vnto him all they that dwelt in the mountaines, & all that dwelt by Euphrates, and Tigris and Hydaspes, and the countrey of Arioch the King of the Elymeans, and verie manie nations assembled them selues to the battell of the sonnes of Chelod.
And Nabuchodonosor King of the Assyrians sent vnto all that dwelt in Persia, and to all that dwelt in the West, and to those that dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Libanus and Antilibanus, & to all that dwelt vpon the sea coast,
And to the people, that are in Carmel, and Galaad, and the hier Galile, and the greate field of Esdrelam,
And to all that were in Samaria, and the cities therof, and beyonde Iordén vnto Ierusalém, and Betane, and Chellus, and Cades, and the riuer of Egypt, and Taphnes, and 〈◊〉 and all the land of Gesém.
Vnto one come to Tanis, and Memphis, & to all the inhabitants of Egypt, and to one come to the mountaines of Ethiopia.
But all the inhabitants of this countrey did not passe for the commandeme{n}t of Nabuchodonosor King of the Assyrians, nether wolde they come with him to the battel, for they did not feare him: yea, he was before the{m} as one man: therefore they sent away his ambassadours from them without effect, and with dishonour.
Therefore Nabuchodonosor was very angrie with all this countrey, and sware by his throne and kingdome that he wolde surely be auenged vpon all those coastes of Cilicia and Damascus, and Syria, & that he wolde slay with the sworde all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and all Iudea, and all, that were in Egypt, til one come to the borders of the two seas.
Then he marched in battell aray with hys power agaynste King Arphaxad in the seuententh yere, and he preuailed in his battel for he ouerthre we all the power of Arphaxad, and all his horsemen, 〈◊〉 all hys chariots.
And he wanne his cities, and came vnto Ecbatane, and toke the towres, and spoiled the stretes therof, and turned the beautie thereof into shame.
He toke also Arphaxad in the mountaines of Ragau, and smote hym through with his dartes and destroyed him vtterlye that daye,
So he returneth afterwarde to Nineue, bothe he and all his companie with a verie great multitude of 〈◊〉 of warre, and there he passed the time, and banketed, both he, and his armie an hundreth and twentye dayes.
ANd in the eightenth yere, the two and twentieth (daye) of the firste moneth, there was talke in the house of Nabuchodonosor King of the Assyrians, that he shulde aduenge him selfe on all the earth, as he had spoken.
So he called vnto him all his officers & all his nobles, and communicated with the{m} his secret counsell, & set before them with hys owne mouth all the malice of the earth.
The{n} they decreed to destroie all flesh, that had not obeied the commandement of his mouth.
And when he had ended his counsell, Nabuchodonosor King of the Assyrians called 〈◊〉 his chief captaine, and whiche was next vnto him, and said vnto him,
Thus saith the great King, the Lord of the whole earth, Beholde, thou shalt go forth from my presence, and take with thee men that trust in their owne strength, of fotemen, an hundreth and twentie thousand, & the no{m}ber of horses with their riders, twelue thousand.
And thou shalt go agaynste all the West countrey, because they desobeied my commandement.
And thou shalt declare vnto the{m}, that they prepared for me the lande and the water: for I wil go forthe in my wrath against the{m} and will couer the whole face of the earth with the fete of mine armie, and I wil giue them as a spoyle vnto them,
So that their wounded shal fil their valleis and their riuers, & the flood shal ouerflow, being filled with their dead.
And I will bring their captiuitie to the vtmost partes of all the earth.
Thou therefore shalt departe hence, and take vp for me all their countrey: & if thei yelde vnto thee, thou shalt reserue the{m} for me vntil the day that I rebuke them.
But concerning them that rebell, let not thine eye spare them, but put the{m} to death: and spoyle them wheresoeuer thou goest.
For as I liue, and the power of my kingdome, whatsoeuer I haue spoken, that wil I do by mine hand,
And take thou hede that thou transgresse not any of the co{m}mandements of thy Lord but accomplish them fully, as I haue commanded thee, and differre not to do them,
¶ Then Olofernes went for the frome the presence of his Lord, and called all the gouernours, and captaines, and officers of the armie of 〈◊〉,
And he mustred the chosen men for the battell, as hys Lord had commanded him, vnto an hundreth and twentie thousand, & twelue thousand archers on hors backe.
And he set them in aray accordyng to the maner of setting a great armie in aray.
And he toke camels & asses for theyr burdens, a very great nomber, and shepe, and oxen, and goates without nomber for their prouision,
And vitaile for euerie man of the armie, & verye muche golde and siluer out of the Kings house.
Then he went for the and all his power, to go before in the viage of King Nabuchodonosor, and to couer all the face of the earth Westwarde, with their charets, and horsemen, and chosen fotemen.
A greate multitude also of sundrie sortes, came with them like grashoppers, and like the grauel of the earth: for the multitude was without nomber.
And they went forth of Nineue thre daies iornay towarde the countrey of 〈◊〉, and pitched from Bectileth nere the mountaine whiche is at the left hand of the vpper Cilicia.
Then he toke all hys armie, hys 〈◊〉 and horsemen, and charets, and went from thence into the mountaines.
And he destroied Phud and Lud, and spoyled all the children of Rasses, and the children of Ismael, which were towarde the wildernes at the South of the Chelians.
The{n} he went ouer Euphrates: and went through Mesopotamia, & destroied all the hie cities that were vpon the riuer of Arbo nai, vntil one come to the sea.
And he toke the borders of Cilicia and destroied all that resisted him, and came to the borders of Iaphet, which were towarde the South and ouer against Arabia.
He compassed also all the children of Madian, and burnt vp their tabernacles, and spoyled their lodges.
Then he went downe into the countrey of Damascus, in the time of wheat haruest & burnt vp all their fields, and destroied their flockes, and the herds he robbed their cities, and spoyled their countrey, & smote all their yong men with the edge of the sworde.
Therefore feare and trembling fel vpon all the inhabitants of the sea coast, which were in Sidon and Tyrus, and them that dwelt in Sur and Ocina, and all that dwelt in Iemna an: and they that dwelt in Azotus and Ascalon feared him greatly.
SO they sent ambassadours to him with message of peace, saying.
Beholde, we are the seruantes of Nabuchodonosor the great King: we lie downe before thee vse vs as shalbe good in thy sight
Beholde, our houses and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and our flockes, & our herdes, and all our lodges and tabernacles lie before thy face: vse the{m} as it pleaseth thee,
Beholde, euen our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy seruants come: and take them, as semeth good to thee.
¶ So the men came to Olofernes, and declared vnto them after this maner.
Then came he downe toward the sea coast bothe he and his armie, and set garisons in the hie cities, and toke out of them chosen men of the warre.
So they and all the cou{n}trey rounde about receiued them, with crownes, with dances, and with timbrels,
Yet he brake downe all their borders, and cut downe their woods: for it was enioyned him to destroy all the gods of the land, that all nacions shulde worshippe Nabuchodonosor onely, and that all tongues and tribes shulde call vpon him as God.
Also he came against Esdraelon, nere vnto Iudea, ouer against the great strait of Iudea.
And he pitched betwene 〈◊〉, and a citie of the Scythians, and there he taried a moneth, that he might assembie all the baggage of his armie.
NOw the children of Israél that dwelt in Iudea, heard all that Olofernes the chief captaine of Nabuchodonosor King of the Assyrians had done to the nacions, & how he had spoiled all their temples, and broght them to noght.
Therefore they feared greatly his presence, and were troubled for Ierusalém, and for the Temple of the Lord their God.
For they were newly returned from the captiuitie and of late all the people was assembled in Iudea, and the vessels and the altar of the House had bene sanctified because of the pollution.
Therefore they sent into all the coastes of Samaria, and the villages, and to Bethoro, and Belmen, and Iericho, and to Choba, & Esora, and to the valley of Salém.
And toke all the toppes of the hie mountaines, and walled the villages that were in them, and put in vitailes for the prouision of warres: for their fields were of late reaped.
Also Ioacim the hie Priest which was in those 〈◊〉 in Ierusalém, wrote to them that dwelt in Bethulia and Betomestham, which is ouer against 〈◊〉 towarde the ope{n} countrey nere to Dothaim:
Exhorting them to kepe the passages of the mountaines: for by them there was an entrie into Iudea, and it was easie to let the{m} that wolde come vp, because the passage was streit for two men at the moste.
And the children of Israel did as Ioacim the hie Priest had commanded them with the Ancie{n}ts of all the people of Israél, which dwelt at Ierusalém.
Then cryed euerie man of Israél to God with great feruencie, and their soules with great affection.
Bothe they, and their wiues, and their children and their cattel, and euerie stranger & hireling, and their boght seruants put sackecloth vpon their loynes.
Thus euerie man and woman, and the children, and the inhabitants of Ierusalém fell before the Temple, and sprinkled 〈◊〉 vp on their heades, and spred out their sackecloth before the face of the Lord also they put sackecloth about the altar.
And cryed to the God of Israel, all with one consent moste earnestly, that he wolde not giue their children for a pray, and their wiues for a spoyle, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, & the Sanctuarie to 〈◊〉 and reproche, and vnto derision to the heathen.
So God heard their prayers, and loked vpon their affliction: for the people fasted many daies in all Iudea and Ierusalém before the Sanctuarie of the Lord almightie.
And Ioacim the Priest, and all the Priests that stode before the Lord, and ministred vnto the Lord, had their loynes girt with sackecloth, and offred the co{n}tinual burnt offring, with praiers and the fre giftes of the people,
And had ashes on their mytres, and cryed vnto the Lord with all their power for grace, and that he wolde loke vpo{n} all the house of Israél.
THen was it declared to Olofernes the chief captaine of the armie of Assur, that the children of Israel had prepared for warre, and had shut the passages of the mountaines, and had walled all the toppes of the hie hilles, and had laid impediments in the champion countrey.
Where with he was very angrie, and called all the princes of Moab, and the captaines of Ammon, and all the gouernours of the sea coast.
And he said vnto them, Shewe me, ô ye sonnes of Chanaan, who is this people that dwelleth in the mountaines? and what are the cities that they inhabite? and what is the multitude of their armie and wherein is their strength and their power? and what King or captaine is raised amo{n}g them ouer their armie?
And why haue they determined not to come to mete me, more then all the inhabitants of the West?
¶ Then said Achior the captaine of all the sonnes of Ammon, Let my lord heare the worde of the mouth of his seruants, & I wil declare vnto thee the trueth concerning this people, that dwell in these mou{n}taines, nere where thou remainest, and there shal no lic come out of the mouth of thy seruant.
This people come of the stocke of the Chaldeans.
And they dwelt before in Mesopotamia, because they wolde not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.
But they went out of the way of their ancestres and worshipped the God of heauen the God whome they knewe: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled in Mesopotamia, and soiourned there many daies.
Then their God commanded them to departe from the place where they soiourned and to go into the land of Chanaan where they dwelt, and were increased with golde and siluer, and with very muche cattel.
But when a famine couered all the land of Chanaan, they went downe into Egypt, & dwelt there til they returned, and became there a great multitude, so that one colde not nomber their linage.
Therefore the King of Egypt rose vp against them, and vsed deceit against them, and broght them lowe with laboring in bricke, and made them sclaues.
Then they cryed vnto their God, & he smote all the land of Egypt with incurable plagues: so the Egyptians cast them out of their sight.
And God dryed the red Sea in their presence,
And broght them into mount Sina and Cades barne, and cast forthe all that dwelt in the wildernes.
So they dwelt in the land of the Amorites, and they destroied by their strength all them of Esebon, and passing ouer Iordan, they inherited all the mountaines.
And they cast forthe before the{m} the Chana a nites and the Pheresites, and the Iebusites, and them of Sichem, and all the Gergesites, and they dwelt in that countrey many daies.
And whiles they sinned not before their God, they prospered, because the God that hated iniquitie, was with them.
But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroied in many battels after a wonderful sorte, and were led captiues into a land that was not theirs: & the Temple of their God was cast to the grounde and their cities were taken by the enemies.
But now they are turned to their God, & are come vp from the scattering wherein thei were scattered, and haue possessed Ierusalém, where their Temple is, and dwell in the mountaines which were desolate.
Now therefore, my lord and gouernour if there be anie faute in this people, so that they haue sinned against their God, let vs consider that this shalbe their ruine, & let vs go vp, and we shal ouercome them.
But if there be none iniquitie in this people let my lord passe by, lest their Lord defend them, and their God be for them, and we become a reproche before all the worlde.
¶ And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people, standing rounde about the tent, murmured: and the chief me{n} of Olofernes, and all that dwelt by the sea side and in Moab, speake that he shulde 〈◊〉 him.
For (say they) we feare not to mete the children of Israél: for lo, it is a people that haue no strength nor power against a mightie armie.
Let vs therefore go vp, ô lord Olofernes, & they shalbe meat for thy whole armie.
ANd when the tumulte of the men that were about the counsel, was ceased, Olofernes, the chief captaine of the armie of Assur, said vnto Achior before all the people of the strangers, and before all the children of Moab, and of them that were hired of Ephraim.
Because thou hast prophecied amo{n}g vs to day, and hast said that the people of Ierusalém is able to fight, because their God wil desend them: and who is god but Nabuchodonosor?
He wil send his power, and wil destroye them from the face of the earth, and their God shal not deliuer them: but we his seruants wil destroye them as one man: for they are not able to susteine the power of our horses.
For we wil tread them vnder fete with the{m} and their mountaines shalbe drunken with their blood, and their fields shalbe filled with their dead bodies, and their fotesteppes shal not be able to stand before vs: but they shal vtterly perish.
The King Nabuchodonosor, lord of all the earth, hathe said, euen he hathe said, None of my wordes shalbe in vaine.
And thou Achior an hireling of Ammon, because thou hast spoke{n} these wordes in the day of thine iniquitie, thou shalt se my face no more from this day vntil I take vengeance of that people that is come out of Egypt.
And then shal the yron of mine armie, and the multitude of them that serue me, passe through thy sides, and thou shalt fall amo{n}g their slayne, when I shal put them to flight.
And my seruants shal cary thee into the mountaines, and they shal leaue thee at one of the hie cities but thou shalt not perish, til thou be destroyed with them.
And if thou persuade thy self in thy minde, that they shal not be take{n}, let not thy countenance fall: I haue spoken it, and none of my wordes shalbe in vaine.
Then commanded Olofernes them co{n}cerning Achior, that they shulde bring him to Bethulia, and deliuer him into the hands of the children of Israél.
So his seruants toke him, and broght him out of the campe into the plaine: and thei went out from the middes of the plaine into the mountaines, & came vnto the fountaines that were vnder Bethulia.
And when the men of the citie sawe them from the toppe of the mountaine, they toke their armour, and went forthe of the citie vnto the toppe of the mountaine, euen all the throwers with slings, and kept them from co{m}ming vp, by casting stones against them.
But they went priuely vnder the hill, and bounde Achior, and left him lying at the fote of the hill, and returned to their lord,
The{n} the Israelites came downe from their citie, and stode about him, and losed him & broght him into Bethulia, and presented him to the gouernours of their citie.
Which were in those daies, Ozias the sonne of Micha, of the tribe of Simeon, & Chabris the sonne of Gothoniel, and Charmis the sonne of Melchiel.
And they called together all the Ancients of the citie, and all their youth ranne together, and their women to the assemblie: and they set Achior in the middes of all their people. Then Ozias asked him of that whiche was done.
And he answered & declared vnto them the wordes of the counsel of Olofernes, & all the wordes that he had spoken in the middes of the princes of Assur, and whatsoeuer Olofernes had spoken proudely against the house of Israél.
Then the people fel downe and worshipped God, and cryed vnto God, saying.
O Lord God of heauen, beholde their pride, and haue mercie on the basenes of our people, & beholde this day the face of those that are sanctified vnto thee.
Then they comforted Achior, and praised him greatly.
And Ozias toke out of the assemblie into his house, and made a feast to the Elders, & they called on the God of Israél all that night for helpe.
THe next day, Olofernes commanded all his armie and all his people, which were come to take his parte, that thei shulde remoue their campes against Bethulia, and that they shulde take all the streites of the hill, and to make warre against the 〈◊〉 of Israél.
Then their strong men remoued their camps in that daye, and the armie of the men of warre was an hundreth thousand and seuentie fotemen, and twelue thousa{n}d horsemen, beside the baggage and other men that were afore among them, a very great multitude.
And they camped in the plaine nere vnto Bethulia, by the fountaine, and thei spred abroad toward Dothaim vnto Belbaim, & and in length from Bethulia vnto Ciamon, which is ouer against Esdraelom.
Now the children of Israél, when they sawe the multitude, were greatly troubled, and said euerie one to gis neighbour, Now wil they shut vp all the whole earth: for nether the hie moutaines nor the 〈◊〉, nor the hilles are able to abide their burden.
Then euerie one toke his weapo{n}s of warre and burning fyres in their towres, they remained and watched all that night.
But in the seconde day, Olofernes broght forthe all his horsemen in the sight of the children of Israél, which were in Bethulia.
And vewed the passages vp to their citie, and came to the 〈◊〉 of their waters and toke them and set garisons of men of warre ouer then, and remoued toward his people.
Then came vntō him all the 〈◊〉 of the children of Esau, and all the gouernours of the people of Moab, and all the captaines of the sea coast, and said.
Let our captaine now heare a worde, lest an inconuenience come in thine armie.
For this people of the childre{n} of Israel do not trust in their speares, but in the height of the mountaines, wherein they dwell, because it is not easy to come vp to the toppes of their mountaines.
Now therefore, my lord, fight not against them in battel aray, and there shal not so muche as one man of thy people perish.
Remaine in thy campt, and kept all the & & Word & & of thine armie, and let thy men kepe stil the water of the countrey, that cometh forthe at the fote of the mountaine.
For alll the inhabitants of Bethulia haue their water thereof: so shal thirst kill them and they shal giue vp their citie: and we and our people wil go vp to the toppes of the mountaines that are nere, and wil campe vpon them, and watche that none go out of the citie.
So thei and their wiues, and their childre{n} shalbe consumed with famine, and before the sworde come against them, thei shalbe ouerthrowen in the stretes where thei dwel.
Thus shalt thou re{n}der them an euil reward because thei rebelled and obeied not thy persone peaceably.
And these wordes pleased Olofernes and all his soldiers, and he appointed to do as they had spoken.
So the campe of the children of Ammon departed, and with them fiue thousand of the Assyrians, and they pitched in the valley, and tok the waters, and the fountaines of the waters of the children of Israél,
Then the children of Esau went vp with the children of Ammon, and camped in the mountaines ouer against Dothaim, & thei sent some of the{m} selues towarde the South and towarde the East, ouer against Rebel, which is nere vnto Chusi, that is vpon the riuer Mochmur: and the rest of the armie of the Assyrians camped in the field, and couered the whole land: for their tents and their baggage were pitched in a wonderful great place.
Then the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord their God, because their heart failed: for all their enemies had co{m}passed the{m} about, and there was no way to escape out from among them.
Thus all the companie of Assur remained about them, bothe their fotemen, chariots and horsemen, foure and thirtie dayes: so that euen all the places of their waters failed all the inhabitants of Bethulia.
And the cisternes were emptie, & they had not water ynough to drinke for one day: for they gaue them to drinke by measure.
Therefore their children swoned, & their wiues and yong men failed for thirst, & fel downe in the stretes of the citie, and by the passages of the gates, and there was no strength in them.
Then all the people assembled to Ozias, & to the chief of the citie, bothe yong men & women, and children, and cryed with a loude voyce, and said before all the Elders,
The Lord iudge betwene vs and you: for you haue done vs great iniurie, in that ye haue not required peace of the children of Assur.
For now we haue no helper: but God hathe solde vs into their hands, that we shulde be throwen downe before them with thirst and great destruction.
Now therefore call them together, and deliuer the whole citie for a spoile to the people of Olofernes, and to all his armie.
For it is better for vs to be made a spoile vnto them, then to dye for thirst: for we wil be his seruants that we may liue, and not se the death of our infants before our eyes, nor our wiues, nor our children to dye.
We take to witnes against you the heaue{n} and the earth, and our God and Lord of our fathers, which punisheth vs, according to our sinnes & the sinnes of our fathers, that he lay not these things to our charge.
Then there was a great crye of all with one consent in the middes of the assemblie and thei cryed vnto the Lord God with a loude voyce.
Then said Ozias to the{m}, Brethren, be of good courage let vs waite yet fiue daies, in the which space the Lord our God may turne his mercie toward vs: for he wil not forsake vs in the end.
And if these daies passe, & there come not helpe vnto vs, I wil do according to your worde.
So he separated the people, euerie one vnto their charge, & thei we{n}t vnto the walles and towres of their citie, and sent their wiues and their children into their houses, & they were very lowe broght in the citie.
NOw at that time, Iudeth heard thereof which was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Ox, the sonne of Ioseph, the sonne of Oziel, the sonne of Elcia, the sonne of Ananias, the sonne of Gedeon the sonne of Raphaim, the sonne of Acito, the sonne of Eliu, the sonne of Eliab, the sonne of Nathanael, the sonne of Samuel, the so{n}ne of Salasadai, the sonne of Israel.
And Manasses was her housband, of her stocke and kinred, who dyed in the barely haruest.
For as he was diligent ouer the{m} that bounde sheaues in the field, the heat came vpon his head, and he fel vpon his bed, & dyed in in the citie of Bethulia, & thei buryed him with his fathers in the field betwene Dothaim and Balamo.
So Iudeth was in her house a widowe thre yeres and foure moneths.
And she made her a tente vpon her house, and put on sackecloth on her loynes, and ware her widowes apparel.
And she fasted all the daies of her widowhode, saue the day before the Sabbath and the Sabbaths, and the day before the newe moones, & in the feastes & solemne daies of the house of Israél.
She was also of a goodlie countenance & very beautiful to beholde, & her housband Manassés had left her golde and siluer, and men seruants, and maide seruants, and cattel, and possessions, where she remained.
And there was none that colde bring an euil reporte of her: for she feared God greatly,
Now when she heard the euil wordes of the people agai{n}st the gouernour, because thei fainted for lacke of waters [for Iudeth had heard all the wordes that Ozias had spoke{n} vnto them, and that he had sworne vnto them to deliuer the citie vnto the Assyrians within fiue daies]
Then she sent her maide that had the gouernement of all things that she had, to call Ozias & Chabris and Charmis the Ancients of the Citie.
And they came vnto her, and she said vnto them, Heare me, ô ye gouernours of the inhabita{n}ts of Bethulia: for your wordes that ye haue spoken before the people this day are not right, touching this othe which ye made and pronounced betwene God and you, and haue promised to deliuer the citie to the enemies, vnles within these daies the Lord turne to helpe you.
And now who are you that haue tempted God this day, & set your selues in the place of God among the children of men?
So now you seke the Lord almightie, but you shal neuer knowe any thing.
For you can not finde out the depth of the heart of man, nether can ye perceiue the things that he thinketh them how can you search out God, that hathe made all these things, and knowe his minde, or comprehend his purpose? Nay my brethren, prouoke not the Lord our God to anger.
For if he wil not helpe vs within these fiue daies, he hathe power to defend vs when he wil, euen euerie day, or to destroy vs before our enemies.
Do not you therefore binde the counsels of the Lord our God: for God is not as ma{n} that he may be threatned nether as the sonne of man to be broght to iudgement.
Therefore let vs waite for saluacion of him and call vpon him to helpe vs, and he wil heare our voyce if it please him.
For there appeareth none in our age, nether is there any now in these daies, nether tribe, nor familie, nor people, nor citie amo{n}g vs which worship the gods made with hande, as hathe bene afore time.
For the which cause our fathers were giuen to the sworde, and for a spoile, & had a great fall before our enemies.
But we knowe none other God: therefore we trust that he wil not despise vs, not any of our linage.
Nether when we shalbe taken, shal Iudea be so famous for our Sa{n}ctuarie shalbe spoiled and he wil require the prophanacion thereof at our mouth.
And the feare of our brethren, and the captiuitie of the countrey, and the desolatio{n} of our inheritance wil he turne vpon our heads among the Gentiles, wheresoeuer we shalbe in bondage, & we shalbe an offence & a reproche to all the{m} that possesse vs.
For our seruitude shal not be directed by fauour, but the Lord our God shal turne it to dishonour.
Now therefore, ô brethren, let vs shewe an example to our brethren, because their hearts depend vpon vs, and the Sanctuarie and the House, and the altar rest vpon vs.
Moreouer, let vs giue thankes to the Lord our God, which tryeth vs euen as he didour fathers.
Reme{m}ber what things he did to Abraha{m}, & how he tryed Isaac, & all that he did to Iacob in Mesopotamia of Syria whe{n} he kept the shepe of Laban his mothers brother.
For he hathe not tryed vs as he did them to the examination of their hearts, nether doeth he take vengeance on vs, but the Lord punisheth for instruction them that come nere to him.
¶ Then said Ozias to her, All that thou hast spoken, hast thou spoken with a good heart: and there is none that is able to resist thy wordes.
For it is not to day that thy wisdome is knowen: but from the beginning of thy life all the people haue knowen thy wisdome: for the deuice of thine is good.
But the people were very thirstie, and compelled vs to do vnto them, as we haue spoken, and haue broght vs to an othe which we may not transgresse.
Therefore now pray for vs, because thou art an holy woman that the Lord may send vs rayne to fill our cisternes, and that we may faint no more.
Then said Iudeth vnto them, Heare me, & I wil do a thing, which shalbe declared in all generations, to the children of our nacion.
You shal stand this night in the gate, and I wil go forthe with mine hand maid: and within the daies that ye haue promised to deliuer the citie to our enemies, the Lord wil visit Israél by mine hand.
But inquire not you of mine acte: for I wil not declare it vnto you, til the things be finished that I do.
Then said Ozias and the princes vnto her, Go in peace, and the Lord God be before thee, to take vengeance on our enemies.
So they returned from the tent, and went to their wardes.
THen Iudeth fel vpon her face, and put asshes vpon her head, and put of the sackecloth wherewith she was clothed, And about the time that the incense of that euening was offred in Ierusalem in the House of the Lord, Iudeth cryed with a loude voyce, and said.
O Lord God of my father Simeon to whome thou gauest a sworde to take vengeance of the strangers which opened the wombe of the maide, and defiled her, and discouered the thigh with shame, and polluted the wombe to reproche [for thou hadest commanded that it shulde not so be.
Yet thei did things for the which thou gauest their princes to the slaughter, for they were deceiued and washed their beds with blood] & hast striken the seruants with the gouernours, and the gouernours vpon their thrones.
And hast giuen their wiues for a pray and their daughters to be captiues, & all their spoiles for a botie to the childre{n} that thou louedst which were moued with thy zeale, and abhorred the pollution of their blood and called vpo{n} thee for aide, ô God, ô my God, heare me also a widdowe.
For thou hast wroght the things afore, & these, and the things that shalbe after, and thou considerest the things that are present, and the things that are to come.
For the things which thou doest purpose are present, and say, Beholde, we are here: for all thy waies are ready, and thy iudgements are foreknowen.
Beholde, the Assyrians are multiplied by their power they haue exalted the{m} selues with horses and horsemen: they glorie in the strength of their foremen they trust in shield, spare and bowe, and 〈◊〉, and do not knowe that thou art the Lord that breakest the battels the Lord is thy Name.
Breake thou their strength by thy power & breake their force by thy wrath: for they haue purposed to defile thy Sanctuarie, & to pollute the tabernacle where thy glorious Name resteth, and to cast downe with weapons the hornes of the altar.
Beholde their pride, and send thy wrath vpo{n} their heads giue into mine hand which am a widow, the strength that I haue conceiued.
Smite by the deceit of my lippes the seruant with the prince, and the prince with the seruant: abbate their height by the ha{n}d of a woman.
For thy power standeth not in the multitude, nor thy might in strong me{n}: but thou ô Lord, art the helpe of the humble and litle ones, the defender of the weake, and the protector of them that are forsaken, & the Sauiour of them that are without hope.
Surely, surely (thou) art the God of my father, and the God of the inheritance of Israél the Lord of heauen and earth, the creator of the waters, the King of all creatures heare thou my prayer.
And grant me wordes a craft: and a wounde and a stroke against them that enterprise cruel things against thy couenant, and against thine holy House, and against the toppe of Sion, and against the house of the possession of thy children.
Shewe euidently among all thy people, and all the tribes, that they may knowe that thou art the God of all power and strength and that there is none other that defendeth the people of Israél, but thou.
NOw after she had ceased to crye vnto the God of Israél, and had made an end of all these wordes
She rose where she had fallen downe, and called her maide, and went downe into the house, in the which she abode in the Sabbath daies and in the feast daies.
And putting away the sacke cloth where with she was clad, and putting of the garments of her widowhode, she washed her body with water, & anointed it with muche ointement, & dressed the heere of her head and put attire vpon it, and put on her garments of gladnes, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasses her housband.
And she put slippers on her fete, and put on bracelets, & sleues, and rings, and earings, and all her ornaments, and she decked her selfe brauely to allure the eyes of all men that shulde se her.
Then she gaue her maide a bottel of 〈◊〉 and a pot of oyle, and filled ascrippe with floure, and with drye figges, and with fine bread: so she lapped vp all these things together and laid them vpon her.
Thus they went for the to the gate of the citie of Bethulia, and found standing there Ozias, and the ancients of the citie, Chabris and Charmis.
And when they sawe her that her face was changed, and that her garment was changed, they marueiled greatlye at her wonderful beautie, and said vnto her,
The God, the God of our fathers giue thee fauour, and accomplish thine enterprises to the glorie of the children of Israél, and to the exaltation of Ierusalém. Then they worshipped God.
And she said vnto them, Co{m}mande the gates of the citie to be opened vnto me, that I may go forthe to accomplish the things which you haue spoken to me. So they co{m}manded the yong men to open vnto her, as she had spoken.
And when they had done so, Iudeth went out, she and her maide with her, and the me{n} of the Citie loked after her, vntill she was gone downe the mountaine, and till she had passed the valley, and colde se her no more.
Thus they went streight forthe in the valley, and the firste watche of the Assyrians met her,
And toke her, and asked her, Of what people art thou? and whence comest thou? and whether goest thou? And she said, I am a woman of the Hebrewes, and am fled frome them: for they shalbe giuen you to be consumed.
And I come before Olofernes, the chief captaine of your armie, to declare him true things, and I wil shewe before him the way whereby he shal go and winne all the mou{n}taines, without losing the bodie or life of anie of his men.
Now when the men heard her wordes, & behelde her countenance, they wondered greatly at her beautie, and said vnto her,
Thou hast saued thy life, in that thou hast hasted to come downe to the presence of our Lord: now therefore come to his tente, and some of vs shal conduct thee vntil thei haue deliured thee into his hands.
And whe{n} thou standest before him, be not afraid in thine heart, but shewe vnto hym according as thou hast to say, and he will intreat thee wel.
Then they chose out of the{m} an hundreth men, and prepared a charet for her and her maide, and broght her to the tent of Olofernes.
Then there was a running to and fro, throughout the campe: for her comming was bruted among the tentes: & thei came and stode rounde aboute her: for she stode without the tent of Olofernes vntill they had declared vnto him concerning her.
And they marueiled at her beautie, and wondered at the children of Israél because of her, and euerye one said vnto his neighbour, Who wolde despise this people, that haue among them suche women? surely it is not good that one ma{n} of them be left: for if thei shulde remaine, they might deceiue the whole earth.
Then Olofernes garde went out, and all his serua{n}tes, and they broght her into the tente.
Now Olofernes rested vpon his bed vnder a canopie, which was wouen with purple and golde and emeraudes, and precious stones.
So they shewed him of her, and he came for the vnto the entrie of his te{n}t, and they caried lampes of siluer before him.
And when Iudeth was come before him & and his seruants, they all marueiled at the beautie of her countenance, and she fel downe vpon her face, and did reuerence vnto him, and his seruants toke her vp.
THen said Olofernes vnto her, Woman, be of good comfort: feare not in thine heart: for I neuer hurt any that wolde serue Nabuchodonosor the King of all the earth.
Now therfore if thy people that dwelleth in the mountaines, had not despised me, I wolde not haue lifted vp my speare against them but they haue procured these things to themselues.
But now tel me wherefore thou art fled from them, and art come vnto vs: for thou art come for safegard: be of good comfort thou shalt liue fro{m} this night, & hereafter
For none shal hurt thee, but intreat thee wel, as they do the seruants of King Nabuchodonosor my lord.
Then Iudeth said vnto him, Receiue the wordes of thy seruant, & suffer thine handmaide to speake in thy presence, and I wil declare no lie to my lord this night.
And if thou wilt follow the wordes of thine hand maide, God wil bring the thing perfectly to passe by thee, and my lord shal not faile of his purpose.
As Nabuchodonosor King of all the earth liueth, & as his power is of force, who hathe sent thee to reforme all persones, not onely men shal be made subiect to him by thee, but also the beastes of the fields, and the cattel, and the foules of the heauen shal liue by thy power vnder Nabuchodonosor and all his house.
For we haue heard of thy wisdome and of thy prudent spirit, & it is declared through the whole earth, that thou onely art excellent in all the kingdome, and of a wonderful knowledge, and in feates of warre mar ueillous.
Now as concerning the matter which Achior did speake in thy counsel, we haue heard his wordes: for the men of Bethulia did take him, and he declared vnto them all that he had spoken vnto thee.
Therefore, ô Lord and gouernour, reiecte not his worde, but set it in thine heart, for it is true: for there is no punishme{n}t against our people, nether can the sworde preuaile against them, except they sinne against their God.
Now therfore left my Lord shulde be frustrate, & voide of his purpose, & that death may fall vpon them, and that they may be taken in their sinne whiles thei prouoke their God to angre, (which is) so oft times as they do that which is not beseming,
[For because their vittailes faile, and all their water is wasted, thei haue determined to take their cattel, and haue purposed to consume all things that God had forbidden them to eat by his Lawes:
Yea, they haue purposed to consume the first frutes of the wheat, and the tithes of the wine, and of the oyle whiche they had reserued and sanctified for the Priests that serue in Ierusalém before the face of our God: the which things it is not lawful for any of the people to touche with their ha{n}ds
Moreouer they haue sent to Ierusalém, because they also that dwell there, haue done the like, suche as shulde bryng them licence from the Senate.]
Now when they shall bring them worde, they wil do it and they shalbe giuen thee to be destroyed the same day.
Wherefore I thyne handmaid, knowing all this, am fled from their presence, and God hathe sent me to worke a thing with thee, whereof all the earth shal wonder, & whosoeuer shal heare it.
For thy seruant feareth God, and worshipeth the God of heauen day and night, & now let me 〈◊〉 with thee, my Lord, and let thy seruant go out in the night into the valley, and I will pray vnto GOD, that he may reueile vnto me when they shal commit their sinnes,
And I will come and shewe it vnto thee: then thou shalt go forthe with all thine armie, and there shalbe none of the{m} that shall resist thee.
And I wil lead thee through the middes of Iudea, vntil thou come before Ierusalém, & I will set thy throne in the middes thereof, and thou shalt driue them as shepe that haue no shepherd, and a dogge shall not barcke with his mouthe agaynste thee: for these things haue bene spoken vnto me, & declared vnto me accordyng to my foreknowledge, and I am sent to shewe thee.
¶ Then her wordes pleased Olofernes, and all his seruants, and they marueiled at her wisdome, and said,
There is not such a woma{n} in all the world, bothe for beautie of face, and wisdome of wordes.
Like wise Olofernes said vnto her, GOD hathe done this, to send thee before the people, that strength might be in our ha{n}ds and destructio{n} vpon them that despise my lord.
And now thou art bothe beautiful in thy countenance, and wittie in thy wordes surely if thou do as thou hast spoke{n} thy God shalbe my God, and thou shalt dwell in the house of Nabuchodonosor, and shalt be renomed through out the whole earth.
THen he commanded to bring her in where his treasures were, layed, and bade that they shulde prepare for her of his owne meates, and that she shuld drinke of his owne wine.
But Iudeth said, I may not eat of them, lest there shulde be an offence, but I can suffice my selfe with the things that I haue broght.
Then Olofernes said vnto her, If the things that thou hast, shulde faile, how shulde we giue thee the like for there is none with vs of thy nation.
Then said Iudeth vnto him, As thy soule liueth, my lord, thine hand maide shal not spend those things that I haue, before the Lord worke by mine hand the things that he hathe determined.
Then the serua{n}ts of Olofernes broght her into the tent, and she slept vntil midnight, and rose at the mourning watche.
And sent to Olofernes saying, Let my lord commande that thine hand maide may go forthe vnto prayer.
Then Olofernes co{m}manded his garde that thei 〈◊〉 not stay her: thus she abode in the campe thre dayes, and went out in the night into the valley of Bethulia, and washed her self in a fountaine, euen in the water by the campe.
And whe{n} she came out, she prayed vnto the Lord God of Israél, that he wolde direct her way to the exaltation of the childre{n} of her people.
So she returned, and remained pure in the tent, vntil she ate her meat at euening.
¶ And in the fourtie day, Olofernes made a feast to his owne seruants onely, and called none of the{m} to the banket, that had the 〈◊〉 in hand.
Then said he to Bagoas the eunuche who had charge ouer all that he had, Go and persuade this Hebrewe woman, which is with thee, that she come vnto vs and eat, and drinke with vs.
For it were a shame for vs, if we shulde let suche a woman alone, and not talke with her, and if we do not allure her, she wil mocke vs.
Then went Bagoas from the presence of 〈◊〉, and came to her, and said, Let not this faire maide make difficultie to go into my Lord, & to be honored in his presence, and to drinke wine with vs ioyfully, and to be intreated as one of the daughters of the 〈◊〉 of Assur, which remaine 〈◊〉 the house of Nabuchodonosor.
The{n} said Iudeth vnto him, Who am I now, that I shulde gayne say my Lord? Surelye whatsoeuer pleaseth him, I will do spedely, and it shalbe my ioye vnto the daye of my death.
So she arose and trimmed her with garments, & with all the ornaments of wome{n}, & her maide went, & 〈◊〉 for her skinnes on the grou{n}d ouer against Olofernes, whiche she had receiued of Bagoas for her daily vse, that she might sit and eat vpon the{m}.
Now when Iudeth came and sate downe, Olofernes heart was rauished with her, & his Spirit was moued, and he desired greatly her companie: for he had waited for the time to deceiue her from the day that he had sene her.
Then said Olofernes vnto her, Drinke now, and be mery with vs.
So Iudeth said, I drinke now, my Lord, because my state is exalted this day more the{n} euer it was since I was borne.
Then she toke, and ate and dranke before him the things, that her maide had prepared.
And Olofernes reioyced because of her and dranke much more wine then he had drunken at anie time in one daye since he was borne.
NOw whe{n} the euening was come, his serua{n}ts made haste to departe, & Bagoas shut hys tent without, and dimissed those that were prese{n}t, from the presence of his Lord, & thei we{n}t to their beddes: for they were all wearie, because the feast had bene long.
And Iudeth was left alone in the tent, and Olofernes was stretched 〈◊〉 vpo{n} his bed: for he was filled with wine.
¶ Now Iudeth had commanded her maide to stand without her chamber, and to wait for her comming forth as she did daily: for she said, she wolde go forth to her prayers, and she spake to Bagoas according to the same purpose.
So all went forth of her presence, & none was left in the chamber, nether litle nor great: the{n} Iudeth standing by his bed, said in her heart, O Lord God of all power, beholde at this present the workes of myne hands for the exaltation of Ierusalém.
For now is the time to helpe thine inheritance, and to execute mine enterprises, to the destruction of the enemies whiche are risen against vs.
The{n} she came to the post of the bed which was at Olofernes head, & toke downe hys fauchin from thence,
And approched to the bed & toke holde of the heere of his head, and said, Strengthen me, ô Lord God of Israél this day.
And she smote twise vpon his necke with all hermight, and she toke awaye his head from him,
And roled his bodie downe from the bed, and pulled downe the canopie frome the pillers, and anone after she went forth, and gaue Olofernes head to her maid,
And she put it in her scrippe of meate: so they twaine went together accordyng to their custome vnto prayer, and pressing through the tentes, went about by that valley, and went vp the mountaine of Bethulia, and came to the gates thereof.
¶ The{n} said Iudeth a farre of to the watchemen at the gates, Ope{n} now the gate God, euen our God is with vs to shewe his power yet in Ierusalém, and his force against hys enemies, as he hathe euen done this day.
Now when the men of her citie heard her voyce, thei made haste to go downe to the gate of their Citie, and they called the Elders of the citie.
And thei ranne all together bothe smale and greate: for it was aboue their expectation, that she shulde come. So they opened the gate & receiued her, & made a fyre for a light, and stode round about the{m} twaine.
Then she said to the{m} with a loude voyce, Praise God, praise God: for he hathe not taken awaye his mercie from the house of Israel, but hathe destroyed our enemies by mine hands this night.
So she toke the head out of the scrippe & shewed it, and said vnto them, Beholde the head of Olofernes, the chief captaine of the armie of Assur, and beholde the canopie, wherein he did lie in his drunkennes, & the Lord hath smitten him by the hand of a woman.
As the Lord liueth, who hathe kept me in my way that I went, my countenance hath deceiued him to his destruction, & he hath not committed sinne with me by anie pollution or vilenie.
Then all the people were wonderfully astonished, and bowed them selues, and worshiped God, and said with one accord, Blessed be thou, ô our God, which hast this daye broght to noght the ennemies of thy people,
The{n} said Ozias vnto her, O daughter, blessed arte thou of the moste hie God aboue all the women of the earth, and blessed be the Lord GOD, whiche hathe created the heauens and the earth, whiche hathe directed thee to the cutting of of the head of the chief of our enemies.
Surely this thine hope shal neuer departe out of the heartes of men: for thei shal remember the power of God for euer.
And God turne these things to thee for a perpetual praise, and visite thee with good things, because thou hast not spared thy life, because of the affliction of our nacio{n}, but thou hast holpen our ruine, walking a streight way before our God. And all the people said, So be it, so be it.
THen said Iudeth vnto them, Heare me also, my brethre{n}, and take this head, and hang it vppon the hiest place of your walles.
And so sone as the morning shall appeare and the sonne shall come for the vpon the earth, take you euerie one his weapons, & go forthe euerie valiant man out of them Citie, and set you a captaine ouer them, as thogh you wolde go downe into the field, towarde the watche of the Assyrians, but go not downe.
Then they shal take their armour, & shall go into their campe, & raise vp the captaines of the armie of Assur, & they shal runne to the tent of Olofernes, but shal not finde him: then feare shall fall vpon them, & they shal flee before your face,
So you and all that inhabite the coastes of Israel, shal pursue them, and ouerthrowe them as they go.
But before you do these things, call me Achior the Ammonite, that he may se, and knowe him that despised the house of Israel, and that sent him to vs as to death.
Then they called Achior out of the house of Ozias, and when he was come and sawe the head of Olofernes in a certeine mans hand in the assemblie of the people, he fell downe on his face, and his spirit failed.
But when they had taken him vp, he fel at Iudeths fete, and reuerenced her, and said, Blessed art thou in all the tabernacle of Iuda, and in all nacions, whiche, hearing thy name, shalbe astonished.
Now therefore tel me all the things, that thou hast done in these dayes. Then Iudeth declared vnto him in the middes of the people all that she had done from the daye that she went forthe, vntill that houre she spake vnto them.
And whe{n} she had left of speaking, the people reioyced with a great voyce, and made a noyce of gladnes through their citie.
And Achior, seing all things that God had done for Israel, beleued in God vnfainedly, and circumcised the foreskine of his flesh, and was ioyned vnto the house of Israel vnto this day.
¶ Assone as the morning arose, thei ha{n}ged the head of Olofernes out at the wall, and euerye man toke hys weapons, and they went forthe by bandes vnto the straites of the mountaine.
But when the Assyrians sawe the{m}, thei sent to their captaines, which went to the gouernours and chief captaines, and to all their rulers.
So they came to Olofernes tent and sayd to him that had the charge of all his things Waken our Lord: for the 〈◊〉 haue bene bolde to come downe against vs to battel, that they may be destroyed for euer.
Then went in Bagoas, & knocked at the dore of the tent: for he thoght that he had slepe with Iudeth.
But because none answered, he opened it, and went into the chamber, and found hīm cast vpon the floore, & his head was take{n} from him.
Therefore he cryed with a loude voyce, with weping and mourning, and a mightie crye, and rent his garments.
After, he we{n}t into the tent of Iudeth where she vsed to remaine, and founde her not: then he leaped out to the people & cryed,
These sclaues haue co{m}mitted wickednes: one woman of the Hebrewes hath broght shame vpon the house of King Nabuchodonosor: for beholde, Olofernes (lieth) vpo{n} the grounde without an head.
When the captaines of the Assyrians armie heard these wordes, they re{n}t their coates, and their heart was wonderfully troubled, & there was a crye and a verie greate noyce throughout the campe.
ANd when thei that were in the tents, heard, they were astonished at the thing that was done.
And feare and trembling fel vpon them, so that there was no man that durst abyde in the sight of his neighbour but altogether amased, thei fled by euerie way of the plaine and of the mountaines.
They also that had camped in the mountaines rounde about Bethulia, were put to flight the{n} the children of Israel, euerye one that was a warriour among, them russhed out vpon them.
Then sent Ozias to Bethomasthem, and to Bebai, and Chobai, and Chola & to all the coastes of Israel, suche as shulde declare vnto them the things that were done, and that all shulde rushe forthe vpon their enemies to destroy them.
Now when the children of Israel heard it, they all fell vpo{n} them together vnto Choba like wise also thei that came from Ierusalém and from all the mountaines: for me{n} had tolde them what things were done in the campe of their enemies, and they that were in Galaad and in Galile chased them with a greate slaughter vntil they came to Damascus and to the coasts thereof.
And the residue that dwelt at Bethulia, fel vpon the campe of Assur and spoiled them, and were greatly enriched.
And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter, had the rest: and the villages and the cities that were in the mountaines & in the plaine, had a great bootie: for the abundance was verie great.
Then Ioacim the hie Priest, & the Ancie{n}ts of the children of Israel that dwelt in Ierusalém, came to confirme the benefites that God had shewed to Israel, and to se Iudeth, and to salute her.
And when they came vnto her, thei blessed her with one accord, & said vnto her, Thou art the exaltation of Ierusalém: thou art the great glorie of Israel thou art the great reioycing of our nacion.
Thou hast done all these things by thine hand thou hast done much good to Israel, and GOD is pleased therewith: blessed be thou of the almightie Lord for euermore: & all the people said, So be it.
And the people spoyled the ca{m}pe the space of thirtie daies, and thei gaue vnto Iudeth Olofernes tent, and all his siluer & beddes, and basins, and all his stuffe, and she toke it and laied it on her mules, and made readye her charets, and laied them thereon.
Then all the women of Israel came together to se her, and blessed her, and made a dance among them for her, and she toke branches in her hand, and gaue also to the women that were with her.
They also crowned her with oliues, & her that was with her, and she went before the people in the dance, leading all the wome{n}: and all the men of Israel followed in their armour, with crownes and with songs in their mouthes.
THen Iudeth began this co{n}fession in all Israel, and all the people sang this song with a loude voyce.
And Iudeth said, Beginne vnto my GOD with tymbrels sing to my Lord with cymbales: tune vnto him a psalme: exalt hys praise, and call vpon his Name.
For God breaketh the battels, & (pitched) his campe in the middes of the people, & deliuered me out of the hand of the persecuters.
Assur came from the mountaines forth of the North he came with thousands in hys armie, whose multitude hath shut vp the riuers and their horseme{n} haue couered the valleis.
He said that he wolde burne vp my borders and kill my yong men with the sword, and dash the sucking children agaynst the ground, and make mine infants as a pray, and my virgines a spoile.
But the almightie Lord hathe broght the{m} to naught by the hand of a woman.
For the mightie did not fall by the yong man, nether did the sonnes of Titan smite him, nor the hie gyants inuade him, but Iudeth the daughter of Merari did discomfite him by the beautie of her countenance.
For she put of the garment of her widdow hode, for the exaltacion of those that were oppressed in Israél, and anointed her face with ointement, and bounde vp her heere in a coife, and toke a linen garment to deceiue him,
Her slippers rauished his eyes her beautie toke his minde prisoner: and the fauchin passed through his necke.
The Persians were astonished at her boldenes, and the Medes were troubled with her hardines.
But mine afflicted reioyced, and my feble ones shouted then they feared: they lifted vp their voyce and turned backe.
The children of maides perced them, and wounded them as they fled away like childre{n}: they perished by the battel of the Lord
I wil sing vnto the Lord a song and praise, O Lord thou art great and glorious, maruc lous and inuincible in power.
Let all thy creatures serue thee: for thou hast spoken and they were made: thou hast sent thy Spirit, and he made them vp: and there is none that can resist thy voyce.
For the mountaines leape vp from their fū dacions with the waters: the rockes melt at thy presence like waxe yet thou art merciful to them that feare thee.
For all 〈◊〉 is to litle for a swete sauour, and all the fat is to litle for thy burnt offring: but he that feareth the Lord, is great at all times.
Wo to the nacions that rise vp against my kinred: the Lord almightie wil take vengeance of them in the day of iudgement, in sending fyre and wormes vpon their flesh, and they shal fele them and wepe for euer.
¶ After when they went vnto Ierusalém, they worshipped the Lord, and assone as the people were purified, they offred their burnt offrings, and their fre offrings, and their giftes.
Iudeth also offred all the stuffe of Olofernes, which the people had giuen her, and gaue the canopie which she had taken of his bed: for an oblacion to the Lord.
So the people reioyced in Ierusale{m} by the Sanctuarie: for the space of thre moneths, and Iudeth remained with them.
After this time, euerie one returned to his owne inheritance, and Iudeth went to Bethulia, and remained in her owne possessio{n} and was for her time honorable in all the countrey.
And manie desired her but, none had her companie all the dayes of her life after that Manasses her housband was dead, and was gathered to his people.
But she increased more and more in honour, and waxed olde in her housbands house, being an hundreth and fiue yere old, and made her maid fre so she dyed in Bethulia, and they buryed her in the graue of her housband Manasses.
And the house of Israel lamented her seuen daies, and before she dyed, she did distribute her goods to all them that were nerest of kinred to Manasses her housband, and to them that were the nerest of her kinred.
And there was none that made the children of Israel any more afraied in the daies of Iudeth, nor a long time after her death.
THEN Mardocheus said, GOD hathe done these things.
For I remember a dreame, whiche I sawe concernyng these matters, and there was nothing thereof omitted.
A litle fountaine whiche became a flood, and was a light, & as the sunne, and as much water, this flood was Esther whome the King maried, and made Quene,
And the two dragons are I and Aman.
And the people are they that are asse{m}bled to destroye the name of the Iewes.
And my people is Israel, whiche cryed to God, and are saued for the Lord hath saued his people, and the Lord hathe deliuered vs from all these euils, and GOD hathe wroght signes, and great wonders, which haue not bene done among the Gentiles.
Therefore hathe he made two lottes, one for the people of God, and another for all the Gentiles.
And these two lottes came before GOD for all nations, at the houre and time appointed, and in the day of iudgement.
So God remembred his owne people, and iustified his inheritance.
Therefore those dayes shalbe vnto them in the moneth Adar the fortenth and fiftenth day of the same moneth, with an assemblie and ioye, and with gladnes before God, according to the generatio{n}s for euer among his people.
IN the fourth yere of the reigne of Ptolomeus & Cleopatra Dositheus, who said he was a Priest and Leuite, and Ptolomeus his sonne, that broght the former letters of Phrurai, whiche they said Lysimachus the sonne of Ptolomeus, which was at Ierusalem, interpreted,
In the second yere of the reigne of greate Artaxerxes in the firste daye of the moneth Nisan Mardocheus the sonne of Iarus, the sonne of Semei the sonne of Cis of the tribe of Beniamin had a dreame,
A Iewe dwelling in the citie of Susis, a noble ma{n}, that bare office in the Kings court.
He was also one of the captiuirie whiche Nabuchodonosor the King of Babylon broght from Ierusalém with Iechomas.
And this was his dreame, Beholde a noyce of a tempest with thunders, and earthquakes, and vproare in the land.
Beholde two great dragons came forthe ready to fight one against another,
Their crye was great, whereby all the heathen were ready to fight against the righteous people.
And the same daye was full of darkenes & obscuritie, & trouble, & anguish yea, aduersitie, & great afflictio{n} was vpon the earth.
For then the righteous fearing their afflictions, were amased, and being readye to dye, cryed vnto God,
And while they were crying, the litle wel grewe into a great riuer, and flowed ouer with great waters.
The light and the sunne rose vp, and the lowlie were exalted, and deuoured the glorious.
Now whe{n} 〈◊〉 had sene this dreame, he awoke and rose vp and thoght in his heart vntil the night, what God wolde do & so he desired to know all the matter.
AT the same time dwelt Mardocheus in the Kings court with Bagathas, and Thara, the Kings eunuches and kepers of the place.
But when he heard their purpose, and their imaginacio{n}s, he perceiued that they went about to lay their hands vpon the King Artaxerxes, and so he certified the King thereof.
Then caused the King to examine the two eunuches with torments, and when they had confessed it, they were put to death.
This the King caused to be put in the Chronicles. Mardocheus also wrote the same thing.
So the King comma{n}ded that Mardocheus shulde remaine in the court, and for the ad uertisement, he gaue him a rewarde.
But Aman the sonne of Amadathus the Agagite, which was in great honour and reputacion with the King, went about to hurt Mardocheus and his people, because of the two eunuches of the King that were put to death.
THe copie of the letters was this, The great King Artaxerxes writeth these things to the princes and gouernours that are vnder him from India vnto Ethiopia in an hundreth and seuen & twe{n}tie prouinces
When I was made lord ouer manie people, and had subdued the whole earth vnto my dominion, I wolde not exalte my self by the reaso{n} of my power, but purposed with equitie alway and gentelnes to gouerne my subiects, and wholy to set them in a peace a ble life, and there by to bring my kingdome vnto tranquilitie, that men might safely go thorow on euerie side, & to renew peace againe, which all men desire.
Now when I asked my counselers how these things might be broght to passe, one that was conuersant with vs, of excellent wisdome, and constant in good wil, and shewed him self to be of sure fidelitie, which had the seconde place in the kindome, euen Aman,
Declared vnto vs, that in all nacions there was scatered abroade a rebellious people, that had Lawes contrarie to all people, & haue alway dispised the commandements of Kings, and so that this general empire, that we haue begonne, can not be gouerned without 〈◊〉.
Seing now we perceiue, that this people alone are altogether contrarie vnto euerie man, vsing strange & other maner of lawes and hauing an euil opinion of our doings, and go about to stablishe wicked matters, that our kingdome shulde not come to good estate.
Therefore haue we commanded, that all they that are appointed in writing vnto you by Aman [which is ordeined ouer the affaires, & is as our seconde father] shal all with their wiues and childre{n} be destroyed and rooted out with the sworde of their enemies without all mercie, and that none be spared the fortenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar of this yere.
That they which of olde, and now also haue euer bene rebellious, many in one day with violence be thruste downe into the hell, to the intente that after this time our affaires may be without troubles, and wel gouerned in all pointes.
Then Mardocheus thoght vpon all the workes and of the Lord, and made his prayer vnto him,
Saying, O Lord, Lord, the King almightie [for all things are in thy power] & if thou hast appointed to saue Israél, there is no man that can withstande thee.
For thou hast made heauen and earth, and all the wonderous things vnder the heauen.
Thou art Lord of all things, and there is no man that can resist thee, which art the Lord.
Thou knowest all things, & thou knowest, Lord, that it was nether of malice, nor presumption, nor for anie desire of glorie, that I did this, & not bowe downe to proude Aman.
For I wolde haue bene co{n}tent with good wil for the saluation of Israél, to haue kist the sole of his fete.
But I did it, because I wolde not preferre the honour of a man aboue the glorie of God, and wolde not worship anie but onely thee, my Lord, and this haue I not done of pride.
And therefore, ô Lord God and King, haue mercie vpon thy people: for they imagine how thei may bring vs to naught, yea, they wolde destroye the inheritance, that hathe bene thine from the beginning.
Dispise not the porcion, which thou hast deliuered out of Egypt for thine owne self.
Heare my prayer, and be merciful vnto thy portion: turne our sorowe into ioye, that we may liue, ô Lord, and praise thy Name: shut not the mouthes of them that praise thee.
All Israel in like maner cryed moste earnestly vnto the Lord, because that death was before their eyes.
QVene Esther also, being in danger of death, resorted vnto the Lord,
And laid away her glorious apparel, and put on the garments of sighing, and mourning. In the stead of precious ointement, she scatered ashes, and dongue vpon her head: and she humbled her bodie greatly with fasting, and all the places of her ioye filled she with the heere that she plucte of.
And she prayed vnto the Lord God of Israél saying, O my Lord, thou onely art our King helpe me desolate woman, which haue no helper but thee.
For my 〈◊〉 is at hand.
From my youth vp I haue heard in the kinred of my father, that thou, ô Lord, tokest Israél fro{m} among all people, & our fathers from their predecessours for a 〈◊〉 inheritanee, and thou hast performed that which thou didest promise them.
Now Lord, we haue sinned before thee: therefore hast thou giuen vs into the hands of our enemies.
Because we worshipped their gods, ô Lord, thou art righteous.
Neuertheles, it satisfieth them not, that we are in bitter captiuitie, but they haue stroken hands with their idoles,
That thei wil abolish the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordeined, & destroye thine inheritance, to shut vp the mouthe of them that praise thee, and to quence the glorie of thy temple, and of thine altar.
And to open the mouthes of the heathen that they may praise the power of the idoles, & to magnifie a fleshlie King for euer.
O Lord, giue not thy scepter vnto the{m} that be nothing, lest thei laugh vs to scorne in our miserie: but turne their deuise vpon the{m} selues, and make him an example, that hathe begonne the same against vs.
Thinke vpon vs, ô Lord, and shewe thy self vnto vs in the time of our distresse, and strengthen me, ô King of gods, and Lord of all power.
Giue me an eloque{n}t speache in my mouth before the Lio{n}: turne his heart to hate our enemie, to destroye him, and all suche as co{n}sent vnto him.
But deliuer vs with thine hand, and helpe me that am solitarie, which haue no defence but onely thee.
Thou knowest all things, ô Lord: thou knowest, that I hate the glorie of the vnrighteous, & that I abhorre the bed of the vncircumcised, and of all the heathen.
Thou knowest my necessitie: for I hate this token of my preeminence, which I be a re vpon mine head, what time as I must shewe my self, and that I abhorre it as a menstruous cloth, and that I we are it not when I am alone by my self,
And that I thine hand maide haue not eaten at Amans table, and that I haue had no pleasure in the Kings feast, nor drunke the wine of the drinke offrings,
And that I thine hand maide haue no ioye sence the day that I was broght hether, vntil this day, but in thee, ô Lord God of Abraham.
O thou mightie God aboue all, heare the voyce of them, that haue none other hope, and deliuer vs out of the hand of the wicked, and deliuer me out of my feare.
MArdocheus also bade Esther to go in vnto the King, and pray for her people, and for her countrey.
Remember, saith he, the daies of thy lowe estate, how thou wast nourished vnder mine hand: for A ma{n} which is next vnto the King hathe giuen sentence of death against vs.
Call thou therefore vpon the Lord, and speake for vs vnto the King, and deliuer vs from death.
And vpon the thirde day when she had ended her prayer, she laid away the mourning garments, and put on her glorious apparel.
And decte her self goodly, after that she had called vpon God, which is the beholder and sauiour of all things, and toke two hand maides with her.
Vpon the one she leaned her self, as one that was tender.
And the other followed her, and bare the traine of her vesture.
The shine of her beautie made her face rose coloured: and her face was chearful & amiable, but her heart was sorowfull for great feare.
Then she went in thorow all the dores, and stode before the King, and the King sate vpon his royal throne, and was clothed in his goodlie araye, all glittering with golde and precious stones, and he was very terrible.
Then he lift vp his face, that shone with maiestie, and loked fiercely vpon her: therefore the Quene fel downe, and was pale & faint and leaned her self vpon the head of the maide, that went with her.
Neuertheles, God turned the Kings minde that he was gentle, who being careful, leaped out of his throne, and toke her in his armes, til she came to herself againe and co{m}forted her with louing wordes, and said.
Esther, what is the matter? I am thy brother be of good cheare.
Thou shalt not dye: for our commandement toucheth the co{m}mons, and not thee. Come nere.
And so he helde vp his golden sceptre, & laid it vpon her necke.
And kissed her, and said, Talke with me.
Then said she, I sawe thee, ô lord, as an Angel of God, & mine heart was troubled for feare of thy maiestie.
For wonderful art thou, ô lord, and thy face is ful of grace.
And as she was thus speaking vnto him, she fel downe againe for faintnes.
Then the King was troubled, and all his seruants comforted her.
THe great King Artaxerxes, whiche reigneth from India vnto Ethiopia, ouer an hundreth and seuen and twentie prouinces, sendeth vnto the princes and rulers that haue the charge of our affaires, Salutation.
There be many that through the goodnes of Princes and honour giuen vnto them, become very proude:
And indeuoure not onely to hurt our subiects, but not content to liue in wealth, do also imagine destructio{n} against those that do them good.
And take not onely all tha{n}kefulnes away from men, but in pride and presumption, as they that be vnmindeful of benefites, thei thinke to escape the vengeance of God, that seeth all things, & is contrarie to euil.
And oft times manie, which be set in office, and vnto whome their friends causes are committed, by vaine intisements do wrappe them in calamities, that can not be remedied: for thei make them partakers of innocent blood.
And disceitfully abuse the simplicitie, and gentlenes of princes with lying tales.
This may be proued not onely by olde histories, but also by those things that are before our eyes, and are wickedly committed of suche pestilences as are not worthie to beare rule.
Therefore we must take hede hereafter, that we may make the kingdome peaceable for all me{n}, what change soeuer shal come.
And discerne the things that are before our eyes, to withstand the{m} with gentlenes.
For Aman, a Macedonian, the sonne of Amadatus, being in dede a stranger from the Persians blood, & farre from our goodnes, was receiued of vs.
And hathe proued the friendship that we beare towarde all nations, so that he was called our father, and was honored of euerie man, as the next persone vnto the King
But he colde not vse him self soberly in this great dignitie, but went about to depriue vs of the kingdome, and of our life.
With manifolde disceite also hathe he desired to destroye Mardocheus our preseruer, which hathe done vs good in all things and innocent Esther the partaker of our kingdome, with all her nation.
For his minde was [when he had take{n} the{m} out of the way] to lày waite for vs, and by this meanes to translate the kindome of the Persians vnto them of Macedonia.
But we finde that the Iewes [which were accused of this moste wicked ma{n} that thei might be destroyed] are no euil doers, but vse moste iust Lawes,
And that they be the children of the moste high and almightie and euer liuing God, by whome the kingdome hathe bene preserued vnto vs, and our progenitours in verie good ordre.
Wherefore ye shal do wel, if ye do not put in execution those letters, that A man the sonne of Amadathus did write vnto you.
For he that inuented them, hangeth at Susis before the gates with all his familie, and God [which hathe all things in his power] hathe spedely rewarded him after his deseruing.
Therefore ye shal publishe the copie of this letter in all places: that the Iewes may frely liue after their owne Lawes.
And ye shal aide them, that vpon the thirtenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar thei may be auenged of them, which in the time of their trouble wolde haue oppressed them.
For almightie God hathe turned to ioye the day, wherein the chosen people shulde haue perished.
Moreouer, among other solemne 〈◊〉 shal kepe this day with all gladnes.
That bothe now and in time to come this day may be a remembrance of deliuerance for vs and all suche as loue the prosperitie of the Persians, but a remembrance of destructio{n} to those that be sedicious vnto vs.
Therefore all cities and countreis that do not this, shal horribly be destroyed with sworde and fyre, and shal not onely not be inhabited of men, but be abhorred also of the wilde beastes and foules for euer.
LOwe righteousnes ye that be Iudges of the earth: thinke re uere{n}tly of the Lord, and seke him in simplicitie of heart.
For he wil be founde of them that tempte him not, and appeareth vnto suche as be not vnfaithful vnto him, For wicked thoghts separate from God and (his) power when it is tryed reproueth the vnwise,
Because wisdome can not enter into a wicked heart, nor dwell in the body that is subiect vnto sinne.
For the holy Spirit of discipline fleeth from disceit, and withdraweth him self from the thoghts that are without vnderstanding, and is rebuketh when wickednes cometh.
For the Spirit of wisdome is louing, and wil not absolue him, the blaspemeth with his lippes for God is a witnes of his reines and a true beholder of his heart, and an hearer of the tongue.
For the Spirit of the Lord filleth all the worlde and the same that mainteineth all things, hathe knowledge of the voyee.
Therefore he that speaketh vnrighteous things, can not be 〈◊〉: 〈◊〉 shal the iudgement of reproche let him escape.
For inquisition shalbe made for the thoghtes of the vngodlie, and the sounde of his wordes shal come vnto God for the correction of his 〈◊〉.
For the eare of Ielousie heareth all things and the noyce of the grudgings shal not be hid.
Therefore beware of murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refraine your tongue from sclander: for there is no worde so secret, that shal go for noght, & the mouth that speaketh lies, slaieth the soule.
Seke not death in the errour of your life: destroye not your selues thorow the workes of your owne hands.
For God hathe not made death, nether hathe he pleasure in the destruction of the liuing.
For he created all things, that thei might haue their being: and the generacions of the worlde are preserued, and there is no poyson of destruction in them, and the kingdome of hell is not vpon earth.
For righteousnes is immortal, but vnrighteousnes bringeth death.
And the vngodlie call it vnto them bothe with hands and wordes: and while they thinke to haue a friend of it, they come to naught: for they are confederate with it: therfore are they worthie to be partakers thereof.
FOr (the vngodlie) say, as they safely imagine with the{m} selues, Our life is shorte and tedious: and in the death of a man there is no recouerie, nether was any knowe{n} that hathe returned from the graue.
For we are borne at all aduenture, and we shalbe hereafter as thogh we had neuer bene: for the breth is a smoke in our nostrels, and the wordes as a sparke raised out of our heart.
Which being extinguished, the body is turned into ashes, and the spirit vanisheth as the soft aire.
Out life shal passe away as the trace of a cloude, & come to 〈◊〉 as the mist that is driue{n} away with the beaumes of the sunne, and cast 〈◊〉 with the heat thereof. Our name also shalbe for 〈◊〉 in time, & no man shal haue our workes in remembrance,
For our time is as a shadowe that passeth away, and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh againe.
Come therefore, and let vs enioye the pleasures, that are present, and let vs cherefully vse the creatures, as in youth.
Let vs fill our selues with costlie wine and ointements, and let not the floure of life passe by vs.
Let vs crowne our selues with rose buddes afore they be withered.
Let vs all be partakers of our wantonnes: let vs leaue some token of our pleasure in euerie place: for that is our porcion, and this is our lotte.
Let vs oppresse the poore, that is righteous let vs not spare the widdowe, nor reuerence the white heeres of the aged, that haue liued many yeres.
Let our stre{n}gth be the lawe of vnrighteousnes: for the things that is feble, is reproued as vnprofitable.
Therfore let vs defraude the righteous: for he is not for our profite and he is contrarie to our doings: he checketh vs for offending against the Lawe, and blameth vs as transgressours of discipline.
He maketh his boaste to haue the knowledge of God: and he calleth him self the sonne of the Lord,
He is made to reproue our thoghts.
It grieueth vs also to loke vpon him: for his life is not like other mens: his waies are of another facion.
He counteth vs as bastardes, and he withdraweth him self from our waies as from filthines: he commendeth greatly the latter end of the iust, and boasteth that God is his father.
Let vs se (then) if his worde be true: let vs proue what end he shal haue.
For if the righteous man be the sonne of God, he wil helpe him, and deliuer him fro{m} the hands of his enemies.
Let vs examine him with rebukes and torments, that we may knowe his mekenes, & proue his pacience.
Let vs condemne him vnto a shameful death: for he shal be preserued as he him self saith.
Suche things do they image, & go astraye for their owne wickednes hathe blinded them.
And they do not vnderstand the misteries of God, nether hope for the rewarde of righteousnes, nor can discerne the honour of the soules that are fauteles.
For God created man without corruptio{n} & made him after the image of his owne likenes.
Neuertheles, thorow enuy of the deuii came death into the worlde: and they that holde of his side proue it.
BVt the soules of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment shal touche them.
In the sight of the vnwise thei appeared to dye, and their end was thoght grieuous
And their departing from vs, destruction, but they are in peace.
And thogh they suffer paine before men, yet is their hope ful of immortalitie.
They are punished, but in fewe things, yet in many things shal they be wel rewarded: for God proueth them, and findeth them mete for him self.
He tryeth them as the golde in the fornace and 〈◊〉 them as a perfect frute offring.
And in the time of their vision they shal shine, and runne through as the sparkes among the stubble.
They shal iudge the nacions, and haue dominion ouer the people, & their Lord shal reigne for euer.
They that 〈◊〉 in him, shal vnderstand the trueth, and the faithful shal remaine with him in loue: for grace and mercie is among his Saintes, and he regardeth his elect.
But the vngodlie shalbe punished according to their imaginacions: for they haue despised the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
Who so despiseth wisdome and discipline, is miserable, and their hope is vaine, and their labours are foolish, and their workes vnprofitable.
Their wiues are vndiscrete, and their children wicked: their offring is cursed.
Therefore the barren is blessed which is vndefiled, and knoweth not the sinful bed: she shal haue frute in the visitation of the soules.
And the eunuche, which with his hands hathe not wroght iniquitie, nor imagined wicked things against God for vnto him shal be giuen the special gift of faith, and an acceptable porcion in the Te{m}ple of the Lord
For glorious is the frute of good labours and the roote of wisdome shal neuer fade away.
But the children of a 〈◊〉 shal not be partakers of the holy things, and the seed of the wicked bed shalbe rooted out.
And thogh they liue lo{n}g, yet shal they be nothing regarded, and their last age shalbe without honour.
If they dye hastely, they haue no hope, nether comfort in the day of tryal.
For horrible is the end of the wicked generacion.
BEtter is barennes with vertue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: for it is knowen with God and with men.
When it is present, men take example thereat, and if it go away, yet they desire it: it is alway crowned and triumpheth, and winneth the battel and the vndefiled rewardes.
But the multitude of the vngodlie which abunde in childrê, is vnprofitable: and the bastard pla{n}tes shal take no depe roote, nor laye any fast fundacion.
For thogh they budde for the in the branches for a time, yet they shal be shaken with the winde: for they stand not fast, and thorowe the veheme{n}cie of the winde they shalbe rooted out.
For the vnperfect branches shalbe broke{n}, & their frute shalbe vnprofitable & sower to eat, and mete for nothing.
For all the children that are borne of the wicked bed, shalbe witnes of the wickednes against their parents when they be asked.
But thogh the righteous be preuented with death, yet shal he be in rest.
For the honorable age is not that which is of lo{n}g time, nether that which is measured by the nomber of yeres.
But wisdome is the graye heere, and an vndefiled life is the olde age.
He pleased God, & was beloued of him, so that where as he liued among sinners, he translated him.
He was take{n} away, lest wickednes shulde alter his vnderstanding, or deceit beguile his minde.
For wickednes by be witching obscureth the things that are good, & the vnstedfastnes of concupisce{n}ce peruerteth the simple minde.
Thogh he was sone dead, yet fulfilled he muche time.
For his soule pleased God: therefore hasted he to take him away from wickednes.
Yet the people se & vnderstand it not, & co{n}sider no suche things in their hearts, how that grace and 〈◊〉 is vpon his Saintes, and his prouidence ouer the elect.
Thus the righteous that is dead, condemneth the vngodlie which are liuing, & the youth that is sone broght to an end, the long life of the vnrighteous.
For they se the end of the wise, but they vndersta{n}d not what (God) hathe deuised for him, and wherefore the Lord hathe preserued him in safetie.
They 〈◊〉 him and despise him, but the Lord wil laugh them to scorne.
So that they shal fall hereafter without honour, and shal haue a shame among the dead for euermore: for without anie voyce shal he burste them and cast them downe, & shake them from the fundacions, so that they shalbe vtterly wasted, & they shalbe in sorowe, and their memorial shal perish.
So they being afraied, shal reme{m}ber their sinnes, and their owne wickednes shal come before them to conuince them.
THen shal the righteous stand in great boldenes before the face of suche as haue tormented him, and taken away his labours.
When thei se him, thei shalbe vexed with horrible feare, and shalbe amased for his wonderful deliuerance.
And shal change their 〈◊〉, and sigh for grief of minde, and say within them selues, This is he whome we sometime had in derision, and in a parable of reproche.
We fooles thoght his life madnes, and his end without honour.
How is he counted among the children of God, and his porcion is among the Saintes.
Therefore we haue erred from the waye of trueth, and the light of righteousnes hathe not shined vnto vs, and the sunne of vnderstanding rose not vpon vs.
We haue wearied our selues in the waye of wickednes and destruction, and we 〈◊〉 gone through dangerous waies: but we 〈◊〉 not knowen the way of the Lord.
What hathe pride profited vs? or what profite hathe the pompe of riches broght vs?
All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a poste that passeth by:
As a shippe that passeth ouer the waues of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof can not be founde, nether the path of it in the floods:
Or as a birde that fleeth thorowe in the aire, and no man can se anie token of her passage, but 〈◊〉 heare the noise of her wings, beating the light winde, parting the aire thorow the wehemencie of her going and fleeth on shaking her wings, where as afterwarde no token of her way can be founde:
Or as when an arrowe is shot at a marke, it parteth the aire, which immediatly cometh together againe, so that a man can not knowe where it went thorowe.
Euen so we, assone as we were borne, we beganne to drawe to our end, & haue shewed no token of 〈◊〉, but are co{n}sumed in our owne wickednes.
For the hope of the vngodlie is like the dust that is blowne away with the winde, and like a thinne fome that is scattered abroad with the storme, and as the smoke, which is dispersed with the winde, and as the remembrance of him passeth, that tarieth but for a day.
But the righteous shal liue for euer: their rewarde also is with the Lord, and the moste High hathe care of them.
Therefore shal they 〈◊〉 a glorious kingdome, and a beautiful crowne of the Lords hand: for with his right hand shal he couer them, and with his arme shal hede fende them.
He shal take his 〈◊〉 lousie for armour, and shal arme the créatures to be reuenged of the enemies.
He shal put on righteousnes for a brest plate, and take true iudgement in stead of an helmet.
He wil take holines for an inuincible shield.
He wil sharpen fierce wrath for a swor, de, and the worlde shal fight with him against the vnwise.
Then shal the thunder boltes go 〈◊〉 out of the lightnings, and shal 〈◊〉 to the marke as out of the be{n}t bowe of the clouds, and out of his angre that troweth stones, shal thicke haile be cast, and the water of the sea shalbe wrothe against them, and the floods shal mightely ouerflowe.
And a mightie winde shal stand vp against them, and like a storme shal scatter them abroad. Thus iniquitie shal bring all the earth to a wildernes, and wickednes shal ouerthrowe the thrones of the mightie.
HEare therefore, ô ye Kings, and vnderstand: learne, ye that be iudges of the ends of the earth.
Giue eare, ye that rule the multitudes and glorie in the multitude of people.
For the rule is giuen you of the Lord, and power by the moste High, which wil trye your workes, and searche out your imaginacions.
Because that ye being officers of his kingdome haue not iudged aright, nor kept the Law, nor walked after the wil of God.
Horribly and sodenly wil he appeare vnto you: for an hard iudgement shal they haue that beare rule.
For he that is moste lowe, is worthie mercie, but the mightie shalbe mightely tormented.
For he that is Lord ouer all, wil spare no persone, nether shal he feare anie greatnes: for he hathe made the small and great, and careth for all a like.
But for the mightie abideth the sorer tryal
Vnto you therefore, ô tyrants, do I speake that ye may learne wisdome, and not go armisse.
For they that kepe holines holily, shalbe holie, and they that are learned there, shal finde a defence.
Wherefore set your delite vpon my wordes & desire them, & ye shalbe instructed.
Wisdome shineth & neuerfadeth away, & is easely sene of them that loue her, & founde of suche as seke her,
She preuenteth them that desire her, that she may first shewe her self vnto them.
Who so awaketh vnto her betimes, shal haue no great trauail: for he shal finde her sitting at his dores.
To thinke vpon her then is perfite vndersta{n}ding & who so watcheth for her, shalbe sone without care.
For she goeth about, seking suche as are mete for her, and sheweth her self cherefully vnto them in the waies, and meteth them in euerie thoght.
For the moste true desire of discipline is her beginning: and the care of discipline is loue:
And loue is the keping of her lawes: & the keping of the lawes is the assurance of immortalitie:
And immortalitie maketh vs nere vnto God
Therefore the desire of wisdome leadeth to the Kingdome.
If your delite be then in thrones, & scepters ô Kings of the people, honour wisdome, that ye may reigne for euer.
Now I wil tell you what wisdome is, & whe{n}ce it cometh, and wil not hide the mysteries from you, but wil seke her out from the beginning of her natiuitie, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and wil not kepe backe the trueth.
Nether wil I haue to do with consuming enuie: for suche a man shal not be partaker of wisdome.
But the multitude of the wise is the preseruacion of the worlde, and a wise King is the staye of the people.
Be therefore instructed by my wordes, and ye shal haue profite.
I My self am also mortal and a man like all other, and am come of him that was first made of the earth.
And in my mothers wombe was I facioned to be flesh in ten moneths: I was broght together into blood of the sede of man, and by the pleasure that cometh with slepe.
And when I was borne, I receiued the co{m}mune aire, and fel vpon the earth, which is of like nature, crying & weping at the first as all other do.
I was nourished in swadling clothes, & with cares.
For there is no King that had 〈◊〉 other beginning of birth.
All menthen haue one entrance vnto life, and a like going out.
Wherefore I prayed, and vnderstanding was giuen me: I called and the Spirit of wisdome came vnto me.
I preferred her to scepters and thrones, and counted riches nothing in co{m}parison of her.
Nether did I compare precious stones vnto her: for all golde is but a litle grauel in respect of her, & siluer shalbe counted but clay before her.
I loued her aboue health and beautie, & purposed to take her for my light: for her light can not be quenched.
All good things therefore came to me together with her, and innumerable riches thorow her hands.
So I was glad in all: for wisdome was the autor thereof, and knewe not that she was the mother of these things.
And I learned vnfainedly, and communicated without enuie, and I do not hide 〈◊〉 ches.
For she is an infinite treasure vnto men, whiche who so vse, become partakers of the loue of God, & are accepted for the gifts of knowledge.
God hathe granted me to speake according to my minde, and to iudge worthely of the things, that are giuen me: for he is the leader vnto wisdome, and the 〈◊〉 of the wise.
For in his hand are bothe we and our wordes, and all wisdome, and the knowledge of the workes.
For he hathe giuen me the true knowledge of the things that are, so that I knowe how the worlde was made, and the powers of the elements,
The beginning and the end, and the middes of the times: how the times alter, and the chá ge of the seasons,
The course of the yere, the situacion of the starres,
The nature of liuing things, and the furious nes of beasts, the power of the windes, and the imaginacions of men, the diuersities of plants, and the vertues of rootes.
And all things bothe secret and knowen do I know: for wisdome the worker of all thi{n}gs hathe taught me it.
For in her ist he spirit of vnderstanding, whiche is holie, the onely begotten, manifolde, subtil, moueable, cleare, vndefiled, euident, not 〈◊〉, louing the good, sharpe, which can not be letted, doing good,
Courteous, stable, sure, without care, hauing all power, circumspect in all things, and 〈◊〉 through all, intellectual, pure and subtil spirits.
For wisdome is nimbler then all nimble things: she goeth thorow and atteineth to all things, because of her purenes.
For she is the breth of the power of God, and a pure influence that floweth from the glorie of the Almightie: therefore can no defiled thing come vnto her.
For she is the brightnes of the euerlasting 〈◊〉, the vndefiled mirroure of the maiestie of God, and the image of his goodnes.
And being one, she can do all things, and remaining in her 〈◊〉, renueth all, & according to the ages she entreth into the holie soules, and maketh them the friends of God & Prophetes.
For God loueth none, if he dwell not with wisdome.
For she is more beautiful then the sunne, & is aboue all the order of the starres, and the light is not to be compared vnto her.
For night cometh vpo{n} it, but wickednes ca{n} not ouercome wisdome.
SHe also reacheth from one end to another mightely, and comely doeth she order all things.
I haue loued her, and soght her fro{m} my youth I desired to marye her, suche loue had I vnto her beautie.
In that she is conuersant with God, it commendeth her nobilitie: yea, the Lord of all things loueth her.
For she is the scholemastres of the knowledge of God, and the choser out of his workes
If riches be a possessio{n} to be desired in this life, what is richer then wisdome, that worketh all things?
For if prudence worketh, what is it among all things, that worketh better then she?
If a man loue righteousnes, her labours are vertuous: for she teacheth sobernes and prudencie, righteousnes and strength, which are the moste profitable things that men can haue in this life.
If a man desire great experience, she can tell the things that are past, and discerne things to come: she knoweth the subtilties of wordes, and the solutions of darke sentences: she foreseeth the 〈◊〉 & wonders, or euer they come to passe, and the succes of seasons and times.
Therefore I purposed to take her vnto my companie, knowing that she wolde counsel me good things, and comfort me in cares & griefs.
For her sake shal I haue glorie among the multitude and honour among the Elders thogh I be yong.
I shal be founde of sharpe iudgement, so that I shal be marueilous in the sight of great men.
When I holde my tongue, they shal abide my leasure: when I speake, they shal heare diligently, and if I take muche, they shal laye their hands vpon their mouth.
(Moreouer,) by her I shal obteine immortalitie, and leaue an euerlasting memorial amo{n}g them that come 〈◊〉 me.
I shal gouerne the people, and the nacions shalbe subdued vnto me.
Horrible tyrants shalbe afrayed when they heare me: among the multitude I shalbe coū ted good, and mightie in battel.
When I come home, I shal rest with her: for her companie hathe no bitternes, and her felowshippe hathe no tediousnes, but mirthe and ioye.
(Now) when I considered these things by my self, and pondered them in mine heart, how that to be ioyned vnto wisdome is immortalitie,
And great pleasure is in her friendshippe, and that in the workes of her hands are infinite riches, and that in the exercise of talking with her is prudencie, and glorie by co{n} muning with 〈◊〉, I went about, seking how I might take her vnto me.
For I was a wittie childe, and was of a good spirit.
Yea, rather being good, I came to an vndefiled bodie.
Neuertheles, when I perceiued that I colde not enioye her, except God gaue her [& that was a pointe of wisdome also, to knowe whose gifte it was] I went vnto the LORD, and besoght him, and with my whole heart I said.
O God of fathers, and Lord of mercie, whiche hast made all things with thy worde,
And ordeined man thorow thy wisdome, that he shulde haue dominio{n} ouer the creatures which thou hast made,
And gouerne the worlde according to equitie and righteousnes, and execute iudgement with an vpright heart.
Giue me that wisdome, which sitteth, by thy throne, and put me not out from among thy children.
For I thy seruant, and sonne of thine handmaide am a feble persone, & of a shorte time and yet lesse in the vnderstanding of iudgement and the lawes.
And thogh a man be neuer so perfite among the children of men, yet if thy wisdome be not with him, he shalbe nothing regarded.
Thou hast chose{n} me to be a King of thy people, & the iudge of thy sonnes & daughters.
Thou hast commanded me to buyld a temple vpon thine holy Mount, & an altar in the citie, wherein thou dwellest, a likenes of thine holie Tabernacle, which thou hast prépared from the beginning.
And thy wisdome with thee, which knoweth thy workes, which also was when thou madest the worlde, and which knewe what was acceptable in thy sight, and right in thy commandements.
Send her out of thine holy heaue{n}s, and send her from the throne of thy maiestie that she may be with me, & labour, that I may know what is acceptable in thy sight.
For she knoweth & vnderstandeth all things and she shal lead me soberly in my workes, & preserue me by her glorie.
So shal my workes be acceptable, and then shal I gouerne thy people righteously, & be mete for my fathers throne.
For what man is he that can knowe the cou{n}sel of God? or who can thinke what the wil of God is?
For the thoghts of mortal men are feareful, and our forecastes are vncerteine,
Because a corruptible bodie is heauie vnto the soule, and the earthlie mansion kepeth downe the minde that is ful of cares.
And hardly can we discerne the things that are vpo{n} earth, a{n}d with great labour finde we out the things which are before vs: who ca{n} then seke out the things that are in heauen?
Who can knowe thy counsel, except thou giue him wisdome, and send thine holy Spirit from aboue?
For so the wayes of them whiche are vpon earth, are reformed, and men are taught the things that are pleasant vnto thee, and are preserued thorow wisdome.
SHe preserued the first father of the world, that was formed, and kept hym when he was created alone, and broght hym out of his offence.
And gaue him power to rule all things.
But the vnrighteous in his wrath departed from her, a{n}d perished by killing his brother in his furie.
For whose cause the earth was ouerflowe{n}, but wisdome preserued it againe, gouerning the iust man by a litle wood.
Moreouer, when the nacions were ioyned in their malicious confederacies, she knew the ryghteous, and preserued him fauteles vnto God, and kept him sure, because she loued him tenderly as a sonne.
She preserued the righteous, when the vngodlie perished, when he fled from the fyre that feldowne vpon the fiue cities.
Of whose wickednes the waste lande that smoketh, yet giueth testimonie, and the trees that beare frute that neuer cometh to ripenes: and for are membrance of the vnfaithful soule, there standeth a piller of salt.
For all suche as regarded not wisdome, had onely this hurt, that they knewe not the things which were good, but also left behinde them vnto men a memorial of their foolishnes, so that in the thyngs wherein they sinned, they can not lie hid.
But wisdome deliuered them, that serued her.
When the righteous fled because of hys brothers wrath, she led hym the ryght way, shewed him the kingdome of god, gaue him knowledge of holie things, made him riche in his labours, a{n}d made his peines profitable.
Against the couetousnes of suche as defrauded him, she stode by him, and made him riche.
She saued him from the enemies, and defended him from them, that lay in waite, and she gaue him the price in a myghtie battel, that he might knowe that the feare of GOD is stronger then all things.
When the righteous was sold, she forsoke him not, but deliuered him from sinne: she went downe with him into the dongeon.
And failed him not in the bandes, till she had broght him the scepter of the realme, a{n}d power against those that oppressed him, and them that had accused him, she declared to be liers, and gaue him perpetual glorie.
She deliuered the ryghteous people and fautles sede from the nacions that oppressed them.
She entred into the soule of the seruant of the Lord, and stode by him in wonders a{n}d signes against the terrible Kings.
She gaue the Saintes the rewarde of their labours, and led them forthe a marueilous way: on the day time she was a shadow vnto them, and a light of starres in the night.
She broght them thorow the red sea, and caryed them through the great water.
But she drowned their enemies, a{n}d broght them out of the botome of the depe.
So the righteous toke the spoiles of the 〈◊〉, and praised thine holy Name, ô Lorde, and magnified thy victorious hand with one accorde.
For wisdome opened the mouthe of the domme, and maketh the tongues of babes eloquent.
SHe prospered their workes in the hands of thine holy Prophet.
They went through the wildernes that was not inhabited, and pitched their tentes in places where there lay no way.
They stode against their enemies, a{n}d were aduenged of their aduersaries.
When they were thirsty, they called vpon thee, and water was giuen them out of the hie rocke, and their thirst was quenched out of the hard stone.
For by the thyngs whereby their enemies were punished, by the same were the (Israelites) helped in their nede.
For in steade of a fountaine of running water, the (enemies) were troubled at the corrupt blood, which was to rebuke the commandement of the kylling of the children, (but) thou gauest vnto thine owne abundance of water vnloked for.
Declaryng by the thirst that was at that tyme howe thou hadest punished thyne aduersaries.
For when they were tried and chastised with mercie they knewe how the vngodlie were iudged and punished in wrath.
For these hast thou exhorted as a father, and proued them: but thou hast condemned the other as a righteous King, when thou didest examine them.
Whether they were absent or present, their punishment was alike: for their grief was double with mourning, and the remembrance of things past.
For whe{n} they perceiued that through their torments good come vnto them, they felt the Lord.
And seing the things that came to passe, at the last they wondered at him, whome afore they had caste out, denied and derided: for they had another thirst then the iust.
Because of the foolish deuises of their wickednes where with they were deceiued, and worshiped serpents, that had not the vse of reason, and vile beastes, thou sendidst a multitude of vnreasonable beastes vpon the{m} for a vengeance, that they might knowe, that where with a man sinneth, by the same also shal he be punished.
For vnto thine almightie hand, that made the worlde of naught, it was not vnpossible to send among them a multitude of beares, or fierce lyons.
Or furious beastes newly created, and vnknowen, whiche shulde breathe out blastes of fyre, and cast out smoke as a tempest, or shoote horrible sparkes like lightnings out of their eyes.
Whyche myght not onely destroye them with hurting, but also to kil them with their horrible sight.
Yea, without these myght they haue bene cast downe with one winde, beyng persecuted by thy vengeance, and scattered abroade thorow the power of thy Spirit: but thou hast ordered all things in measured nomber and weight.
For thou hast euer had great strength and might, and who can withstand the power of thine arme!
For as the small thing that the balance weigheth, so is the worlde before thee, and as a droppe of the mourning dewe, that falleth downe vpon the earth.
But thou hast mercie vpon all: for thou hast power of all things; and makest as thogh thou sawest not the sinnes of men, because they shulde amende.
For thou louest all the thyngs that are, and hatest none of them whome thou hast made: for thou woldest haue created nothing that thou hadest hated.
And howe myght aniethyng endure, if it were not thy wil? or how colde anie thing be preserued, except it were called of thee?
But thou sparest all: for they are thyne, ô Lord, whiche art the louer of soules.
FOr thyne incorruptible Spirit is in all things.
Therefore thou chastnest them measurably that go wrong, and warnest the{m} by puttyng them in remembrance of the things wherein they haue offended, that leauing wickednes they may beleue in thee, ô Lord.
As for those olde inhabitantes of the holy land, thou didest hate them.
For they committed abominable workes, as sorceries and wicked sacrifices.
And staying of their owne children without mercie, and eatyng of the bowels of mans flesh in banketing, where the raging Priests (shed) abominable blood.
And the fathers were the chief murtherers of the soules, destitute of all helpe, whome thou woldest destroye by the handes of our fathers.
That the land whiche thou louest aboue all other, myght be a mete dwellyng for the children of God.
Neuertheles, thou sparedst them also, as men, and sendedst the forunners of thyne hoste, euen hornettes to destroye them by litle and litle.
Not that thou wast vnable to subdue the vngodlie vnto the righteous in battel, or with cruel beastes, or with one rough worde to destroie them together.
But in punishing them by litle and litle, thou gauest them space to repent, knowing wel, that it was an vnrighteous nacion and wicked of nature, and that their thoght colde neuer be altered.
For it was a cursed sede fro{m} the begynning: yet hast thou not spared them when they sinned, because thou feared any man.
For who dare say, What hast thou done? or who dare stand agaynst thy iudgement? or who dare accuse thee for the nacio{n}s that perish, whome thou haste made? or who dare stand against thee to reue{n}ge the wicked me{n}?
For there is none other God but thou, that carest for all things, that thou maist declare how that thy iudgement is not vnright.
There dare nether Kyng nor tyrant in thy sight require accountes of them whom thou hast punished.
For so muche then as thou artryghteous thy self, thou ordrest all things ryghteously, thynking it not agreable to thy power to condemne hym, that hathe not deserued to be punished.
For thy power is the begynning of ryghteousnes, and because thou art Lorde of all things, it causeth thee to spare all things.
When men thinke thee not to be of a perfite power, thou declarest thy power, and reprouest the boldenes of the wise.
But thou ruling the power, iudgest with equitie, a{n}d gouernest vs with great fauour: for thou maist shew thy power when thou wilt.
By suche workes now hast thou taught thy people, that a man shulde be iust and louing, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope: for thou giuest repentance to sinners.
For if thou haste punished the enemies of thy children that had deserued death wyth so great consideration, and requesting (vnto them,) giuing them time and place that they might change from their wickednes.
With how great circumspection wilt thou punish thine owne children, vnto whose fathers thou hast sworne and made couenant of good promises?
So when thou doest chasten vs, thou punished our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that when we iudge, we shuld diligently consider thy goodnes, and when we are iudged, we shulde hope for mercie.
Wherefore thou hast torme{n}ted the wicked that haue liued a dissolute life by their owne imaginations.
For they went astray verie farre in the wayes of errour, and estemed the beasts, whiche their enemies dispised, for gods, being abused after the maner of children, that haue none vnderstanding.
Therefore hast thou sent this punishment that they shulde be in derision as children without reason.
But they that wil not be reformed by these scorneful rebukes, shal fele the worthie punishment of God.
For in those things when they suffred, they disdeined: but in these whome they counted godlie when they sawe the{m} selues punished by the{m}, they all acknowledged the true God whome afore they had denied to know: therefore came extreme damnation vpon them
SVrely all men are vaine by nature, and are ignorant of God, and colde not knowe him that is, by the good things that are sene, nether consider by the workes the worke master.
But they thoght the fyre, or the winde or the swift aire, or the course of the starres, or the raging water, or the lights of heauen to be gouernours of the worlde, and gods.
Thogh they had such pleasure in their beautie that they thoght them gods, yet shulde they haue knowen, how muche more excellent he is that made them: for the first autor of beautie hathe created these things.
Or if they marueiled at the power, and operation of them, yet shulde they haue perceiued thereby, how muche he that made these things, is mightier.
For by the greatnes of their beautie, & of the creatures, the Creator being co{m}pared with them, may be considered.
But yet the blame is lesse in these, that seke God and wolde finde him, & yet peraduenture do erre.
For they go about by his workes to seke him, and are persuaded by the sight, because the things are beautiful that are 〈◊〉.
How be it they are not to be excused.
For if they can knowe so muche, that they can discerne the worlde, why do they not rather finde out the Lord thereof?
But miserable are they, and among the dead is their hope, that call them gods whiche are the workes of mens hands, golde, and siluer, and the thing that is inuented by arte, and the similitude of beasts, or anie vaine stone that hathe bene made by the hand of antiquitie.
Or as when a carpenter cutteth downe a 〈◊〉 mete for the worke, and pareth of all the barke thereof cunningly, & by arte maketh a vessel profitable for the vse of life.
And the things that are cut of from his worke, he bestoweth to dresse his meat to fil him self,
And that which is left of these things, which is profitable for nothing [(for) it is a croked piece of wood and ful of knobbes] he carueth it dilige{n}tly at his leasure, and according as he is expert in cunning, he giueth it a proporcion, and facioneth it after the similitude of a man,
Or maketh it like some vile beast, and straketh it ouer with red, and painteth it, and couereth euerie spotte that is in it.
And when he hathe made a conuenient tabernacle for it, he setteth it in a wall, and maketh it fast with yron,
Prouiding so for it, lest it fall: for he knoweth that it can not helpe it self, because it is an image, which hathe nede of helpe.
Then he prayeth for his goods, and for his mariage and for children: he is not ashamed to speake vnto it, that hath no life.
He calleth on him that is weake for health: he prayeth vnto him that is dead for life: he requireth him of helpe that hathe no experience at all.
And for his iourney, him that is not able to go, and for gaine, and worke, and successe of his affaires he requireth furtherance of him that hathe no maner of power.
AGaine, another man purposing to saile, & inte{n}ding to passe thorowe the raging waues, calleth vpon a stocke more rotten then the shippe that carieth him.
For as for it, couetousnes of money hathe founde it out, and the craftesman made it by cunning.
But thy prouidence, ô father, gouerneth it: for thou hast made away, euen in the sea, and a sure path among the waues,
Declaring thereby, that thou hast power to helpe in all things, yea, thogh a man went to the sea without meanes.
Neuertheles thou woldest not, that the workes of thy wisdome shulde be vaine, and the 〈◊〉 do men commit their liues to a smale piece of wood, and passe ouer the stormie sea in a shippe, and are saued.
For in the olde time also when the proude gyants perished, the hope of the worlde we{n}t into a shippe which was gouerned by thine hand, and so left sede of generacion vnto the worlde.
For blessed is the tre whereby righteousnes commeth.
But that is cursed that is made with hands, bothe it, and he that made it: he because he made it, and it being a corruptible thing, because it was called god.
For the vngodlie, and his vngodlines are both like hated of God: so truely the worke and he that made it, shalbe punished together.
Therefore shal there be a visitation for the idoles of the nations: for of the creatures of God they are become abominacion, and stumbling blockes vnto the soules of men, and a 〈◊〉 for the fete of the vnwise.
For the inuenting of idoles was the beginning of whoredome, and the finding of them is the corruption of life.
For they were not from the beginning, nether shal they continue for euer.
The vaine glorie of men broght them into the worlde: therefore shal they come shortly to an end.
Whe{n} a father mourned grieuously for his sonne that was taken away sudde{n}ly, he made an image for him that was once dead, whome now he worshipeth as a God, and ordeined to his seruants ceremonies and sacrifices.
Thus by proces of time this wicked custome preuailed, and was kept as a law, and idoles were worshiped by the commandement of tyrants.
As for those that were so farre of that men might not worship them presently, they did conterfet the visage that was farre 〈◊〉, and made a gorgeous image of a King, whome they wolde honour, that they might by all meanes flatter, him that was absent, as thogh he had bene present.
Againe the ambition of the craftesman thrust forwarde the ignorant to increase the superstition.
For he peraduenture willing to please a noblema{n}, labored with all his cunning to make the image of the best facion.
And so thorowe the beautie of the worke the multitude was allured, and so toke him now for a God, which a litle afore was but honored as a man.
And this was the deceiuing of mans life, when men, being in seruitude, through calamitie and tyrannie ascribed vnto stones and stockes the name, which ought not to be co{n} 〈◊〉 vnto anie.
Moreouer, this was not ynough for the{m} that they erred in the knowledge of GOD: but where as they liued in great warres of ignora{n}ce, those so great plagues called they peace.
For ether they 〈◊〉 their owne children in sacrifice, or vsed secret ceremonies, or raging dissolutenes by strange 〈◊〉,
And so kept nether life nor mariage cleane: but ether one slewe another by treason, or els vexed him by adulterie.
So were all mixt together, blood & slaughter, thefte and deceit, corruptio{n}, vnfaithfulnes, tumultes, 〈◊〉,
Disquieting of good men, vnthankefulnes, defiling of soules, cha{n}ging of birth, disordre in mariage, 〈◊〉 and vnclenes.
For the worshiping of idoles that ought not to be named, is the beginning and the cause and the end of all euil.
For either they be mad when they be merie, or prophecie lies, or liue vngodlie, or els lightly for sweare them selues.
For in so muche as their trust is in the idoles, which haue no life, thogh thei sweare falsely, yet they thinke to haue no hurt.
Therefore for two causes shal they iustely be punished, because they haue an euil opinion of God, addicting them selues vnto idoles, and because they sweare vniustly to deceiue, and despise holines.
For it is not the power of them by whome they sweare, but the vengeance of them that sinne, which punisheth alwayes the offence of the vngodlie.
BVt thou, ô our God, art gracious and true, long suffring, and gouernest all things by mercie.
Thogh we sinne, yet are we thine: for we knowe thy power but we sinne not, knowing that we are counted thine.
For to knowe thee, is perfite righteousnes, and to knowe thy power is the roote of immortalitie.
For nether hathe the wicked inuention of me{n} 〈◊〉 vs, nor the vnprofitable labour of the painters, nor an image spotted with diuers colours.
Whose sight stirreth vp the desire of the ignorant: so that he coueteth the forme that hath no life, of a dead image.
They that loue suche wicked things, are worthie to haue suche things to trust to, and they that make them, and they that desire them, and they that worship them.
The potter also tempereth soft earth, & 〈◊〉 euerie vessel with labour to our 〈◊〉: but of the same clay he maketh bothe the vessels, that serue to cleane vses, and the contrarie like wise: but where to euerie vessel serueth, the potter is the iudge.
So by his wicked labour he maketh a vaine God of the same claye: euen he, which a litle afore was made of earth him self, and within a litle while after goeth thither agayne whence he was taken, when he shall make accounte for the lone of his life.
Notwithstandyng he careth not for the labour he taketh, nor that his life is shorte, but he striueth with the golde smithes, and siluer smithes, and countrefaiteth the coper smithes, and taketh it for an honour to make deceiuable things.
His heart is ashes, and his hope is more vile then earth, and his life is lesse worthie of honour then claye.
For he knoweth not his owne maker, that gaue him his soule, that had power and breathed in him the breth of life.
But they count our life to be but a pastime, & our conuersacio{n} as a market, where there is gaine for they say we ought to be getting on euerie side, thogh it be by euil meanes.
Now he that of earth maketh fraile vessels and images, knoweth him self to offend aboue all other.
All the enemies of thy people, that holde them in subiection, are moste vnwise, & more miserable then the verie fooles.
For they iudge all the idoles of the nacions to be gods, which nether haue eye sight to se, nor noses to smel, nor eares to heare, nor fingers of hands to grope, and their fete are slowe to go.
For man made them, and he that hathe but a borowed spirit, facioned them: but no man can make a god like vnto him self.
For seing he is but mortal him self, it is but mortal that he maketh with vnrighteous hands: he him self is better then thei whome he worshippeth: for he liued, but they neuer liued.
Yea, they worshipped beasts also, which are ther moste enemies, & which are the worste if thei be co{m}pared vnto others, because they haue none vnderstanding.
Nether haue they anie beautie to be desired in respect of other beasts: for they are destitute of Gods praise, and of his blessing.
THerefore by suche things they are worthely punished and tormented by the multitude of beastes.
In steade of the which punishme{n}t thou hast bene fauorable to thy people, and to satisfie their appetite, hast prepared a meat of a stra{n}ge taste, euen quailes,
To the intent that thei that desired meat, by the things which were shewed & sent amo{n}g them, might turne awaye their necessarie desire, and that thei, which had suffred penurie for a space, shulde also fele anewe taste.
For it was requisite, that they which vsed tyrannie, shulde fall into extreme pouertie, and that to these onelie it shulde be shewed, how their enemies were tormented.
For when the cruel fiercenes of the beasts came vpon the{m}, and they were hurt with the stings of cruel serpents,
Thy wrath endured not perpetually, but they were troubled for a litle season, that they might be reformed, hauing a signe of saluacion, to remember the commandement of thy Law.
For he that turned toward it, was not healed by the thing that he sawe, but by thee, ô Sauiour of all.
So in this thou shewedst our enemies, that it is thou, which deliuerest from all euil.
For the biting of greshopers and flyes killed them, and there was no remedie founde for their life for they were worthie to be punished by suche.
But the teeth of the venemous dragons colde not ouercome thy children: for thy mercie came to helpe them, and healed them.
For they were 〈◊〉, because thei shulde remember thy wordes, and were spedely healed, lest they shulde fall into so depe forgetfulnes, that thei colde not be called 〈◊〉 by thy benefite.
For nether herbe nor plaster healed the{m}, but thy worde, ô Lord, which healeth all things.
For thou hast the power of life and death, and leadest downe vnto the gates of hel, and bringest vp againe.
A man in dede by his 〈◊〉 may slaie (another) but when the Spirit is gone forthe it turneth not againe, nether can he call againe the soule that is taken away.
But it is not possible to escape thine hand.
For the vngodlie that wolde not knowe thee, were punished by the strength of thine arme, with strange raine and with haile, & were pursued with tempest, that they colde not auoide, and were consumed with fyre.
For it was a wo{n}derous thing that fyre might do more then water, which quencheth all things: but the worlde is the aduenger of the righteous.
For some time was the fyre so tame, that the beasts, which were sent against the vngodlie burnt not: and that, because they shulde se & knowe, that they were persecuted with the punishment of God.
And some time burnt the fyre in the middes of the water aboue the power of fyre, that it might destroye the generacion of the vniust land.
In the stead whereof thou hast fed thine owne people with Angels fode, and sent the{m} bread readie from heauen without their labour, which had abundance of all pleasures in it and 〈◊〉 for all tastes.
For thy sustinance declared thy swen es vnto thy children, which serued to the appetite of him, that toke it, and was mete to that that euerie man wolde.
Moreouer the snowe and 〈◊〉 abode the fyre and melted not, that thei might knowe, that the fyre burning in the hayle, and sparkeling in the raine, destroyed the frute of the enemies.
Againe it forgate his owne strength, that the righteous might be nourished.
For the creature that serueth thee which art the maker, is 〈◊〉 in punishing the vnrighteous: but it is easie to do good vnto suche as put their trust in thee.
Therefore was it changed at the same time vnto all facions to serue thy grace, which 〈◊〉 all things, according to the desire of them that had nede thereof,
That thy children whome thou louest, ô Lord, might knowe, that it is not the increase of frutes that fedeth men, but that it is thy word, which preserueth the{m} that 〈◊〉 thee
For that which colde not be destroyed with the fyre, being onely warmed a litle with the sunne beames, melted,
That it might be knowen that we ought to preuente the sunne rising to giue thankes vnto thee, and to salute thee before the daye spring.
For the hope of the vnthankeful shal melt as the winter yce, and flowe away as vnprofitable waters.
FOr thy iudgements are great, and can not be expressed: therefore men do erre, that wil not be reformed.
For when the vnrighteous thoght to haue thine holie people in subiection, thei were bounde with the bands of darkenes, and long night, and being shut vp vnder the rofe did lie there to escape the euerlasting prouidence.
And while they thoght to be hid in their darke sinnes, thei were scattered abroad in the darke couering of forgetfulnes, fearing horribly and troubled with visions.
For the denne that hid them, kept them not from feare: but the soundes that were about them, troubled them, and terrible visions a{n}d sorowful sights did appeare.
No power of the fyre might giue light, nether might the clere flames of the starres lighten the horrible night.
For there appeared vnto them onely a sudden fyre, verie dredful: so that being afraied of this vision, which they colde not se, they thoght the things, which they sawe, to be worse.
And the illusions of the magical artes were broght downe, and it was a moste shameful reproche for the boasting of their knowledge.
For they that promised to driue away feare and trouble from the sicke persone, were sicke for feare, and worthie to be laughed at.
And thogh no feareful thing did feare them yet were they afraied at the beastes which passed by them, and at the hyssing of the serpents: so that thei dyed for feare, and said they sawe not the ayre, which by no meanes can be auoided.
For it is a feareful thing, whe{n} malice is condemned by her owne testimonie: and a conscience that is touched, doeth euer forecast cruel things.
For feare is nothing els, but a betraying of the succours, which reason offreth.
And the lesse that the hope is within, the more doeth he esteme the ignorance of the thing, that tormenteth him, great.
But they that did endure the night that was intollerable, and that came out of the dungeon of hell, which is insupportable, slept the same slepe,
And sometimes were troubled with monstruous visions, and some time they sowned, as thogh their owne soule shulde betray the{m}: for a sudden feare not loked for, came vpon them.
And thus, whosoeuer fel downe, he was kept and shut in prison, but without chaines.
For whether he was an housband man, or a shepherd, or one that was set to worke alone if he were taken, he must suffer this necessitie, that he colde not auoide:
[For with one chaine of darkenes were they all bounde] whether it were an hyssing winde, or a swete song of the birds among the thicke branches of the trees, or the vehemencie of hastie running water,
Or a great noyce of the falling downe of stones, or the running of skipping beastes, that colde not be sene, or the noyce of cruel beastes that roared, or the sounde that answereth againe in the holow mountaines: these feareful things made them to swone.
For all the worlde shined with clere light, and no man was hindred in his labour.
Onely vpon them there fel an heauie night, an image of that darkenes that was to come vpon them: yea, they were vnto them selues more grieuous then darkenes.
BVt thy Saints had a very great light, whose voyce because they heard, and sawe not the figure of them, they thoght them blessed, because thei also had not suffred the like.
And because they did not hurt them, which did hurt them afore, they thanked them, & asked pardon for their enimitie.
Therefore thou gauest them a burning piller of fyre to lead them in the vnknowen way, and madest the sunne that it hurted not them in their honorable iourney.
But they were worthie to be depriued of the light, and to be kept in darkenes, which had kept thy children shut vp, by whome the vncorrupt light of the Law shulde be giuen to the worlde.
Where as they thoght to slay the babes of the Saintes, by one childe that was cast out, and preserued to reproue them, thou hast taken awaye the multitude of their children and destroyed them all together in the mightie water.
Of that night were our fathers certified afore, that they knowing vnto what othes they had giuen credit, might be of good chere.
Thus thy people receiued the health of the righteous, but the enemies were destroyed.
For as thou hast punished the enemies, so hast thou glorified vs whome thou hast called
For the righteous children of the good men offred secretly, and made a law of righteousnes by one consent, that the Saints shulde receiue good & euil 〈◊〉 like maner, & that the fathers shulde first sing praises.
But a disagreing price was heard of the enemies, and there was a lamentable noise for the children that were bewailed.
For the master and the seruant were punished with like punishment, and the commune people suffred a like with the King.
So they altogether had innumerable that dyed with one kinde of death: nether were the liuing sufficient to burye them: for in the twinckling of an eye the noblest of spring of them was destroied.
So they that colde beleue nothing, because of the inchantments, confessed this people to be the children of God, in the destructio{n} of the first borne.
For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the middes of her swift course,
Thine almightie worde leapt downe from heauen out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of warre in the middes of the land that was destroyed.
And broght thine vnfained commandeme{n}t as a sharpe sworde, and stode vp, and filled al things with death, and being come downe to the earth, it reached vnto the heauens.
Then the sight of the feareful dreames vexed them suddenly, and fearefulnes came vpon them vnawares.
Then laye there one here, another there hal fedead, and shewed the cause of his death.
For the visions that vexed them, shewed the{m} these things afore: so that they were not ignorant, wherefore they perished.
Now 〈◊〉 of death touched the righteous also, and among the multitude in the wildernes there was a plague, but the wrath indured not long.
For the blameles man made haste, and defended them, and toke the weapons of his ministracion, euen prayer, and the reco{n}ciliation by the perfume, and set him self against the wrath, & so broght the miserie to an end, declaring that he was thy seruant.
For he ouercame not the multitude with bodelie power, nor with force of weapons but with the worde he subdued him that punished, alledging the othes & couenant made vnto the fathers.
For when the dead were fallen downe by heapes one vpo{n} another, he stode in the middes, and cut of the wrath, and parted it from comming to the liuing.
For in the long garment was all the orname{n}t, and in the foure rowes of the stones was the glorie of the fathers grauen with thy maiestie in the diademe of his head.
Vnto these the destroyer gaue place, and was afraid of them: for it was sufficient, that they had tasted the wrath.
AS for the vngodlie, the wrath came vpo{n} them without mercie vnto the end: for he knewe what shulde come vnto them,
That they [when they had consented to let them go, and had sent (them out with diligence] wolde repent, and pursue them.
For while yet sorow was before them, and they lame{n}ted by the graues of the dead, they deuised another foolishnes, so that they persecuted the{m} in their fleing, whome they had cast out afore with prayer.
For the destinie, whereof they were worthie, broght them to this end, and caused the{m} to forget the things that had come to passe, that they might accomplish the punishment which remaineth by torments,
Bothe that thy people might trye a marueilous passage, & that these might finde a stra{n}ge death.
For euerie creature in his kinde was facioned of newe, and serued in their owne offices inioyned the{m}, that thy children might be kept without hurt.
For the cloude ouershadowed their tentes, and the drye earth appeared, where afore was water: so that in the red Sea there was away without impediment, and the great depe became a great field.
Through the which all the people went that were defended with thine hand, seing thy wonderous marueiles.
For they neyed like horses, and leaped like lambes, praising thee, ô Lord, which hadest 〈◊〉 them.
For they were yet mindeful of those things which were done in the la{n}d where thei dwelt how the grounde forthe flies in steade of cattel, & how the riuer 〈◊〉 with the multitude of frogges in steade of fishes.
But at the last they sawe a new generation of birdes, when they were intised with lust, and desired delicare meates.
For the quailes came forthe of the sea vnto them for comfort, but punishments came vpo{n} the sinners not without signes that were giue{n} by great thundrings: for they suffred worthely according to their wickednes, because they shewed a cruel hatred towarde strangers.
For the one sorte wold not receiue the{m} whe{n} they were present, because they knewe the{m} not: the other sorte broght the strangers into bondage that had done them good.
Beside all these things some (wolde not suffer,) that anie regarde shulde be had of them for they handeled the strangers dispitefully.
Others that had receiued the{m} with great ba{n}keting, and admitted them to be partakers of the same lawes, did afflict them with great labours.
Therefore thei were striken with blindenes as in olde time certeine were at the dores of the righteousnes, so that euerie one being compassed with darknes, soght the entrance of his dore.
Thus the elements agreed among them selues in this change, as when one tune is changed vpon an instrument of musike, and the melodie stil remaineth, which may easely be perceiued by the sight of the things that are come to passe.
For the things of the earth were changed into things of the water, and the thing that did swimme, went vpon the grounde.
The fyre had power in the water contrarie vnto his owne vertue, & the water forgate his owne kinde to quench.
Againe, the flames did not hurte the flesh of the corruptible beasts that walked therein, nether melted they that which semed to be yee, and was of a nature that wolde melt, and yet was an immortal meat.
For in all things, ô Lord, thou hast magnified and glorified thy people, and hast not despised to assist them in euerie time and place.
ALL wisdome (cometh) of the Lord, [a{n}d hathe bene euer with him] and is with him for euer.
Who can nomber the sand of the sea, & the droppes of the raine, and the dayes of the world? [who ca{n} measure] the height of heaue{n}, the bredth of the earth, & the depth?
Who can finde the wisdome [of God which hathe bene afore all things?]
Wisdome hathe bene created before all things, and the vnderstanding of prudence from euerlasting.
[The worde of God moste high is the fountaine of wisdome, and the euerlasting commandements are the entrance vnto her]
Vnto whome hathe the roote of wisdome bene declared? or who hathe knowen her wise counsels?
[Vnto whome hath the doctrine of wisdom bene discouered and shewed? and who hathe vnderstand the manifolde entra{n}ce vnto her?
There is one wise [euen the moste high Creator of all things, the almightie, the King of power] and verie terrible, which sitteth vpo{n} his throne.
He is the Lord, that hathe created her [thorow the holie Gost:] he hate sene her, nombred her, [and measured her.]
He hathe powred her out vpon all his workes, and vpon all flesh, according to his gift, and giueth her abundantly vnto them that loue him.
The feare of the Lord is glorie, and gladnes and reioycing, and a ioyful crowne.
The feare of the Lord maketh a mery heart and giueth gladnes, and ioye and long life.
Who so feareth the Lord, it shal go wel with him at the last, and he shal finde fauour in the day of his death.
[The 〈◊〉 of God is honorable wisdome, and vnto whome it appeareth in a visio{n}, they loue it for the vision, and for the knowledge of the great workes thereof]
The feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisdome, and was made with the faithful in the wombe: [〈◊〉 goeth with the chosen women, and is knowen with the righteous and faithful.
The feare of the Lord is an holie knowledge.
Holines shal preserue, and iustifie the heart and giueth mirth and gladnes.
Who so feareth the Lord, shal prosper, and in the day of his end, he shalbe blessed]
She hathe buylt her euerlasting fundacions with men, and is giuen to be with their sede.
To feare God is the fulnes of wisdome, and filleth men with her frutes.
She filleth their whole houe with [all] things desireable, and the garners with the things, that she bringeth forthe, and bothe twaine are 〈◊〉 of God.
The feare of the Lord is the crowne of wisdome, a{n}d giueth peace and perfite health: he hathe sene her and nombred her.
She raineth downe knowledge, and vnderstanding of wisdome, and hathe broght vnto honour, them that possessed her.
The feare of the Lord is the roote of wisdome, and her branches are long life.
[In the treasures of wisdome is vnderstanding, and holie knowledge, but wisdome is abhorred of sinners.]
The feare of the Lord driueth out sinne: and when she is present, she driueth away anger.
¶ For wicked angre can not be iustified: for his rashnes in his angre shalbe his destruction.
Apacient ma{n} wil suffer for a time, and then shal he haue the rewarde of ioye.
He wil hide his wordes for a time, and manie mens lippes shal speake of his wisdome.
In the treasures of wisdome are the secrets of knowledge, but the sinner abhorreth the worship of God.
If thou desire wisdome, kepe the commandements, & the Lord shal giue her vnto thee [and wil fil her treasures.]
For the feare of the Lord is wisdome and discipline: he hathe pleasure in faith and mekenes.
Be not disobedient to the feare of the Lord, and come not vnto him with a double heart.
¶ Be not an hypocrite that men shulde speake of thee, but take hede what thou speakest.
Exalte not thy self, lest thou fall and bring thy soule to dishonour, and so God discouer thy secretes, and cast thee downe in the middes of the congregacion, because 〈◊〉 not receiue the true feare of God, and thine heart is ful of disceite.
MY sonne, if thou wilt come into the seruice of God, [stand fast in righteousnes & feare, and] prepare thy soule to tentacion.
Settle thine heart, & be pacient: [bow downe thine 〈◊〉, and receiue the wordes of vnderstanding] & shrinke not awaie, whe{n} thou 〈◊〉, [but waite vpon God paciently]
Ioyne thy self vnto him, & departe not away that thou maist be increased at thy last end.
Whatsoeuer cometh vnto thee, receiue it paciently, and be pacient in the change of thine affliction.
For as golde [and siluer are] tryed in the fyre, euen so are men acceptable in the fornace of aduersitie.
Beleue in God and he wil helpe thee: order thy waye aright, and trust in him: [holde fast his feare, and growe olde therein.]
Ye that feare the Lord, waite for his mercie shrinke not awaye fro{m} him that ye fall not.
Ye that feare the Lord, beleue him and your rewarde shal not faile.
O ye that feare the Lord, trust in good thi{n}gs and in the euerlasting ioy and mercie.
[Ye that feare the Lord, loue him, and your hearts shalbe lightened.]
Consider the olde generacions [of men, ye children,] and marke them wel: was there euer anie confounded, that put his trust in the Lord? or who hathe continued in his feare, and was forsaken? or whome did he euer despise, that called vpon him?
For God is gracious and merciful, and forgiueth sinnes and saueth in the time of trouble [and is a defender for all them that seke him in the trueth.]
Wo vnto them, that haue a feareful heart, [and to the wicked lippes] and to the faint hands, and to the sinner that goeth two maner of wayes.
Wo vnto him that is faint hearted, for he beleueth not: therefore shal he not be defended.
Wo vnto you that haue lost pacience, [and haue forsaken the right wayes, and are turned backe into frowarde wayes:] for what wil ye do when the Lord shal visit you?
They that feare the Lord, wil not disobey his worde: and they that loue him, wil kepe his wayes.
They that feare the Lord, wil seke out the things that are pleasant vnto him: and they that loue him, shalbe fulfilled with his Law.
They that feare the Lord, wil prepare their hearts, and humble their soules in his sight.
[Thei that feare the Lord, kepe his co{m}mandements, and wil be pacient til he se them,
Saying, If we do not repent] we shal fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.
Yet as his greatnes is, so is his mercie.
T[He children of wisdome are the Church of the righteous, and their of spring is obedience and loue.]
Heare your fathers iudgement, ô children, and do thereafter, that ye may be safe.
For the Lord wil haue the father honored of he children, and hathe confirmed the autoritie of the mother ouer the children.
Who so honoreth his father, his sinnes shalbe forgiuen him, [and he shal absteine from them, and shal haue his daily desires.
And he that honoreth his mother, is like one that gathereth treasure.
Who so honoreth his father, shal haue ioye of his owne children, and when he maketh his prayer, he shalbe heard.
He that honoreth his father, shal haue alo{n}g life, and he that is obedient vnto the Lord, shal comfort 〈◊〉 mother.
He that feareth the Lord, honoreth his parents, and doeth seruice vnto his parents, as vnto lords.
Honour thy father and mother in dede and in worde [and in all pacie{n}ce,] that thou maist haue Gods blessing, [and that his blessing may abide with thee in the end.]
For the blessing of the father stablisheth the houses of the children, and the mothers curse rotteth out the fundacions.
Reioyce not at the dishonour of thy father: for it is not honour vnto thee, but shame.
Seing that mans glorie cometh by his fathers honour, and the reproche of the mother is dishonour to the children.
My sonne, helpe thy father in his age, and greue him not as long as he liueth.
And if his vnderstanding faile, haue pacience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy ful strength.
For the good intreatie of thy father shal not be forgotte{n}, but it shalbe a forteres for thee against sinnes, [and for thy mothers offence thou shalt be recompensed with good, and it shalbe founded for thee in righteousnes.]
And in the day of trouble thou shalt be remembred: thy sinnes also shal melt away as the yce in the faire wether.
He that forsaketh his father, shal come to shame, and he that angreth his mother, is curs sed of God.
¶ My sonne, performe thy doings with mekenes, so shalt thou be beloued of them that are approued.
The greater thou art, the more humble thy self [in all things,] and thou shalt finde fauour before the Lord.
Many are excelle{n}t and of renoume: but the secrets are reueiled vnto the meke.
For the power of the Lord is great, and he is honored of the lowlie.
Seke not out the things that are to hard for thee, nether searche the things rashly which are to mightie for thee.
[But] what [God] hathe commanded thee, thinke vpon that with reuerence, [and be not curious in many of his workes:] for it is not nedeful for thee to se with thine eyes the things that are secret.
Be not curious in superfluous things: for many things are shewed vnto thee aboue the capacitie of men.
The medling with suche hathe beguiled many, and an euil opinion hathe deceiued their iudgement.
Thou ca{n}st not se without eyes: professe not the knowledge therefore that thou hast not.
A stubberne heart shal fare euil at the last: and he that loueth da{n}ger, shal perish therein.
An heart that goeth two waies, shal not prosper: a{n}d he that is frowarde of heart 〈◊〉 stumble therein.
An obstinate heart shalbe laden with sorowes: and the wicked man shal heape sinne vpon sinne.
The persuasion of the proude is without remedie, and his steppes shalbe plucked vp: for the plant of sinne hathe taken roote in him, [and he shal not be estemed.]
The heart of him that hathe vnderstanding shal perceiue secret things, and an attentiue eare is the desire of a wise man.
[An heart that is wise and vnderstanding, wil absteine from sinne, and shal prosper in the workes of righteousnes.]
Water quencheth burning fyre, and almes taketh away sinnes.
And he that rewardeth good dedes, wil remember it afterward, and in the time of the fall, he shal finde a staye.
MY sonne, defraude not the poore of his liuing, and make not the nedie eyes to waite long.
Make not an hungrie soule sorowfull, nether vexe a man in his necessitie.
Trouble not the heart that is grieued, and differre not the gift of the nedie.
Refuse not the prayer of one that is in trouble: turne not awaye thy face from the poore.
Turne not thine eyes aside [in angre] fro{m} the poore, and giue him none occasion to speake euil of thee.
For if he cursse thee in the bitternes of his soule, hys prayer shalbe heard of him that made him.
Be courteous vnto the co{m}panie of [poore, and humble thy soule vnto the Elder,] and bowe downe thine head to a ma{n} of worship
Let it not greue thee to bowe downe thine eare vnto the poore, [but pay thy dette,] and giue him a friendlie answer.
¶ Deliuer him that suffreth wrong, from the hand of the oppressour, & be not faint hearted when thou iudgest.
Be as a father vnto the fatherles, and as an housband vnto their mother: so shalt thou be as the sonne of the moste High: and he shall loue thee more then thy mother doeth.
Wisdome exalteth her children, and receiueth them that seke her, [and wil go before them in the way of righteousnes.]
He that loueth her, loueth life, and they that seke life in the morning, shall haue great ioye.
He that kepeth her, shall inherite glorie: for vnto whome she entreth, him the Lord wil blesse.
They that honour her, shalbe the serua{n}ts of the holie one, and them that loue her, the Lord doeth loue.
Who so gyueth eare vnto her, shal iudge the nacions, and he that goeth vnto her, shal dwel safely.
He that is faithful vnto her, shall haue her in possession, and his generacion shall possesse her.
For first she wil walke with him by croked waies, and bring him vnto feare, & drede, and torment him with her discipline vntill she haue tryed his soule, and haue proued him by her iudgements.
Then will she returne the straight waye vnto him, and comfort him, and shew him her secrets, [and heape vpon him the treasures of knowledge, and vnderstanding of righteousnes.]
But if he go wrong, she wil forsake him, & giue him ouer into the hands of his destruction.
[¶ My sonne,] Make muche of time, and eschewe the thing that is euil.
And be not ashamed [to say the trueth] for thy life: for there is a shame that 〈◊〉 sinne, and a shame that 〈◊〉 worship and fauour.
Accept no persone againste 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 conscience, that thou be not confounded to thine owne decaye, [and forbeare not thy neighbour in his faute.]
And kepe not backe counsell when it may do good, nether hide thy wisdome when it may be famous.
For by the talke is wisdome knowe{n}, and learning by the wordes of the tongue, [& counsel, wisdome and learning by the talking of the wise, & stedfastnes in the workes of righteousnes.]
In no wise speake against the worde of trueth, but be ashamed of the lies of thine owne ignorance.
Be not ashamed to confesse thy sinnes, & resist not the course of the riuer.
Submit not thy selfe vnto a foolishe man, nether accept the persone of the mightie.
Striue for the trueth vnto death, [and defend iustice for thy life,] and the Lord God shall fight for thee [agaynste thyne ennemies.]
Be not hastie in thy to{n}gue, nether slacke and negligent in thy workes.
Be not as a lion in thine owne house, nether beat thy seruants for thy fa{n}tasie, [nor oppresse them that are vnder thee.]
Let not thine hand be stretched out to receiue, and shut when thou shuldest giue.
TRust not vnto thy riches, and say not, I haue ynough for my life: [for it shall not helpe in the time of vengeance and indignation.]
Followe not thine owne mynde and thy strength to walke in the wayes of thine heart:
Nether say thou, [How haue I had stre{n}gth?] or who wil bring me vnder for my 〈◊〉? for GOD the aduenger will reuenge the wrong done by thee.
And say not, I haue sinned, and what euill hathe come vnto me? for the Almightie is a pacient rewarder, but he will not leaue thee vnpunished.
Because thy sinne is forgiuen, be not without feare, to heape sinne vpon sinne.
And say not, The mercie of God is greate: he wil forgiue my manifold sinnes: for mercie and wrath come from him, and his indignacion cometh downe vpon sinners.
Make no tarying to turne vnto the Lord, and put not of from day to day: for suddenly shal the wrath of the Lord breake forth & in thy securitie thou shalt be destroyed, and thou shalt perishe in tyme of vengeance.
Trust not in wicked riches: for they shall not helpe thee in the daye of punishement [〈◊〉 vengeance.]
Be not caryed aboute with euerye winde, & go not into euerie way for so doeth the sinner that hathe a double tongue.
Stand fast in thy sure vnderstanding [and in the way and knowledge of the Lord] & haue but one maner of worde, [and follow the worde of peace and righteousnes.
Be humble to heare the word of God, that thou maist vnderstand it, and make a true answere with wisdome.]
Be swift to heare good things, and let thy life be pure, and giue a pacient answer.
If thou hast vnderstanding, aunswerthy neighbour: if not, laye thine hand vpo{n} thy mouthe, [lest thou be trapped in an vndiscrete worde, and so be blamed.]
Honour and shame is in the talke, and the tongue of a man causeth him to fall.
Be not counted a tale bearer, and lie not in waite with thy tongue: for shame [and repe{n} tance] followe the thief, and an euil conde{m}nation is ouer him that is double tongued: [but he that is a back ebit or, shalbe hated, enuied and confounded.]
Do not rashly, nether in small things nor in great.
BE not of a friend [thy neighbours] enemie: for suche shall haue an euill Name, shame and reproche, and he shal be in infamie as the wicked that hathe a double to{n}gue.
Be not proude in the deuice of thine owne minde, lest thy soule rent thee as a bull,
And eate vp thy leaues, and destroie thy frute, and so thou be lefte as a drye tree [in the wildernes.]
For a wicked soule destroieth him that hathe it, and maketh him to be laughed to scorne of his ennemies, [and bringeth him to the porcion of the vngodlie.]
A swete talke multiplieth the friends [and pacifieth them that be at variance,] and a swete to{n}gue increaseth much good talke.
Holde friendship with manie, neuertheles haue but one counseler of a thousand.
If thou gettest a friend, proue him first, and be not hastie to credit him.
For some man is a friend for his owne occasion, and will not abide in the daye of thy trouble.
And there is some friende that turneth to enimitie, and taketh partes against thee, & in contention he wil declare thy shame.
Againe some friend is but a companion at the table, and in the daye of thine affliction he continueth not.
But in thy prosperitie he will be as thou thy self, and will vse libertie ouer thy seruants.
If thou be broght low, he will be againste thee, and wil hide him self from thy face.
Departe from thine enemies, and beware of thy friends.
A faithfull friend is a strong defence, and he that findeth such one, findeth a treasure.
A faithful friend ought not to be cha{n}ged for any thing, and the weight [of gold and siluer] is not to be compared to the goodnes [of his faith.]
A faithful friend is the medicine of life [& immortalitie,] & thei that feare the Lord, shal finde him.
Who so feareth the Lord, shal directe hys friendship aright, and as his owne selfe, so shal his friend be.
¶ My sonne, receiued octrine frome thy youth vp: so shalt thou finde wisdome [whiche shal indure] til thine olde age.
Go to her as one that ploweth, & soweth, and waite for her good frutes: for thou shalt haue but litle labour in her worke: but thou shalt eat of her frutes right sone.
How exceading sharpe is she to the vnlearned? he that is without iudgement, will not remaine with her.
Vnto suche one she is as a fine touchestone, and he casteth her from him without delay.
For they haue the Name of wisdome, but there be but fewe that haue the knowledge of her.
[For with the{m} that knowe her, she abideth vnto the appearing of God.]
Giue eare, my sonne: receiue my doctrine, and refuse not my counsel,
And put thy fete into her linkes, and thy necke into her chaine.
Bowe downe thy shulder vnto her, and beare her, and be not wearie of her bands.
Come vnto her with thy whole heart, and kepe her waies with all thy power.
Seke after her, and searche her, & she shal be shewed thee: and when thou hast gotten her, forsake her not.
For at the last thou shalt finde rest in her, and that shalbe turned to thy ioye.
Then shal her fetters be a strong defence for thee, [and a sure fundacion] & her chaines a glorious raiment.
For there is a golden ornament in her, and her bands are the laces of purple colour.
Thou shalt put her on as a robe of honour, and shalt put her vpon thee, as a crowne of ioye.
My so{n}ne, if thou wilt, thou shalt be taught, and if thou wilt applie thy minde, thou shalt be wittie.
If thou loue to heare, thou shalt receyue [doctrine,] and if thou delite in hearing, thou shalt be wise.
Stand with the multitude of the Elders, whiche are wise, and ioyne with him that is wise.
Desire to heare all godlie talke, and let not the graue sentences of knowledge escape thee.
And if thou seest a man of vnderstanding, get thee sone vnto him, and let thy 〈◊〉 we are the steppes of his dores.
Let thy minde be vpon the ordinances of the Lord, and be" continually occupied in his commandements: so shall he stablishe thine heart, and giue thee wisdome at thine owne desire.
DO no euil so shal no harme come vnto thee.
Departe from the thing that is wicked, & sinne shal turne away from thee.
My sonne, sowe not vpon the forowes of vnrighteousnes, lest that thou reape them seuen folde.
Aske not of the Lord preeminence, nether of the King the seate of honour.
Iustifie not thy self before the Lord: [for he knoweth thine heart,] & boast not thy wisdome in the presence of the King.
Seke not to be made a iudge, lest thou be not able to take away iniquitie, and lest thou, fearing the persone of the mightie, shuldest commit an offence against thine vprightenes.
Offend not against the multitude of a citie and cast not thy self among the people.
Binde not two sinnes together: for in one sinne shalt thou not be vnpunished.
Say not God wil loke vpon the multitude of mine oblacions, and when I offer to the moste high God, he wil accept it.
Be not faint hearted, when thou makest thy prayer, nether slacke in giuing of almes
Laugh no man to scorne in the heauines of his soule, for [God which seeth all thigs] is he that can bring downe: and set vp againe.
Sow not a lie against thy brother, nether do the same against thy friend.
Vse not to make anie maner of lie: for the custome thereof is not good.
Make not manie wordes when thou art among the Elders, nether repeate a thing in thy prayer.
Heare not laborious worke, nether the housbandrie, which the moste High hathe created.
Nomber not thy self in the multitude of the wicked, but remember that vengeance wil not slacke.
Humble thy minde greatly: for the vengea{n}ce of the wicked is fyre and wormes.
Giue not ouer thy friend for anie good, nor thy true brother for the gold of Ophir
Departe not from a wise and good woma{n}, [that is fallen vnto thee for thy porcion in the feare of the Lord:] for her grace is aboue golde.
¶ Where as thy seruant worketh truely intreate him not euil, not the hireling that bestoweth him self wholie for thee.
Let thy soule loue a good seruant, and defraude him not of libertie, [nether leaue him a poore man.]
If thou haue cattel, loke wel to them, & if thei be for thy profite, kepe them with thee.
If thou haue sonnes, instruct them, & holde their necke from their youth.
If thou haue daughters, kepe their bodie and shewe not thy face chereful towarde them.
Marie thy daughter, and so shalt thou performe a weightie matter: but giue her to a man of vnderstanding.
If thou haue a wife after thy minde, forsake her not, but commit not thy self to the hateful.
Honour thy father from thy whole heart & forget not the sorowes of thy mother.
Remember that thou wast borne of them, and how canst thou recompense them the things that they haue done for the.
¶ Feare the Lord with all thy soule, and honor his ministers.
Loue him that made thee, with all thy strength and forsake not his seruants.
Feare the Lord with all thy soule, and honor the Priests, And giue them their porcion, as it is commanded thee, the first frutes, [and purifications] and sacrifices for sinne, and the offrings of the shoulders, and the sacrifices of sanctification, and the first frutes of the holie things.
Stretche thine hand vnto the poore that thy blessing, [and reconciliacion] may be accomplished.
Liberalitie pleaseth all men liuing, and from the dead restraine it not.
Let not them that wepe, be without [co{m}fort:] but mourne with suche as mourne.
Be not slowe to visit the sicke. for that shal make thee to be beloued.
Whatsoeuer thou takest in ha{n}d remember the end, and thou shalt neuer do amisse.
STriue not with a mightie man, lest thou fall into his hands.
Make not variance with a riche man: lest on the other side weigh downe thy weight: for golde [and siluer] hathe destroyed manie & hathe subuerted the hearts of Kings
Striue not with a man that is ful of wordes, and laie no stickes vpon his fyre.
Playe not with a man that is vntaught, lest thy kinred be dishonored.
Despise not a man that turneth himself away from sinne, nor cast him not in the teeth with all, but remember that we are all worthie blame.
Dishonour not a man in his olde age for they 〈◊〉 as we which are not olde.
Be not glad of the death of thine enemie, but remember that we must dye all [and so enter into ioy.]
Despise not the exhortacion of the [Elders] that be wise but acquaint thy self with their wise sentences: for of the{m} thou shalt learne wisdome, [& the doctrine of vnderstanding,] and how to serue great me{n} [without complaint.]
Go not from the doctrine of the Elders: for they haue learned it of their fathers, & of them thou shalt learne vnderstanding, and to make answer in the time of nede.
Kindle not the coles of sinners, [when thou rebukest them,] lest thou be burnt in the fyrie flames [of their sinnes.]
Rise not vp against him that doeth wrong that he lay not wait as a spie for thy mouth
Lend not vnto him that is mightier then thy selfe: for if thou lendest him, counte it but lost.
Be not suretie aboue thy power for if thou be suretie, thinke to paie it.
Go not to law with the iudge for thei wil giue sente{n}ce accordig to his owne honour.
Trauaile not by the waye with hym that is rash, lest he do thee iniurie: for he followeth his owne wilfulnes, and so shalt thou perish thorowe his folie.
Striue not with him that is angrie, & go not with him into the wildernes: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no helpe, he wil ouerthrowe thee.
Take no counsel at a foole: for he can not kepe a thing close.
Do no secret thing before a stranger: for thou canst not tell what he goeth about.
Open not thine hearte vnto euerie man, lest he be vnthankeful to thee, [& put thee to reprofe.]
BE not ielous ouer thy wife of thy bosome, nether teache her by thy meanes an euil lesson.
Giue not thy life vnto a woman, lest she ouercome thy strength, [and so thou be confounded.]
Mete not an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.
Vse not the companie of a woman that is a singer, [and a dancer, nether heare her,] lest thou be taken by her craftines.
Gaze not on a maide, that thou fall not by that that is precious in her.
Cast not thy minde vpon harlots [in any maner of thing,] lest thou destroye (bothe thy self and) thine heritage.
Go not about gazing in the streates of the citie, nether wa{n}der thou in the secret places thereof.
Turne awaye thine eye from a beautifull woman, and loke not vpo{n} others beautie: for many haue perished by the beautie of wome{n}: for thorow it loue is kindled as a fire
[Euerie woman that is an harlot, shalbe trodden vnder fote as dongue, of euerie one that goeth by the waye.
Many wondering at the beautie of a stra{n}ge woman, haue bene cast out: for her wordes borne as a fyre.]
Sit not at all with another mans wife, [nether lie with her vpon the bed,] nor banket with her, lest thine heart incline vnto & so through thy desire fall into destructio{n}
¶ Forsake not an olde friend: for the new shal not be like him: anewe friend is as dewe wine when it is olde, thou shalt drinke it with pleasure.
Desire not the honour [& riches] of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shalbe his end.
Delite not in the thing that the vngodlie haue pleasure in, but remember that they shal not be founde iust into their graue.
Kepe thee from the man that hathe power to slaye: so shalt thou not doute the feare of death: and if thou come vnto him make no faute, lest he take away thy life: remember, that thou goest in the middes ofsnares and that thou walkest vpon the towres of the citie.
Trye thy neighbour as nere as thou canst and aske counsel of the wise.
Let thy talke be with the wise, and all thy communication in the Law of the moste High.
Let iust men eat and drinke with thee. and let thy reioycing be in the feare of the Lord.
In the hands of the craftesmen shal the workes be commended, and the wise prince of the people by his worde, [& the worde by the wisdome of the Elders.]
A man ful of wordes is dangerous in his citie, and he that is rash in his talking, shalbe hated.
A Wise iudge wil instruct his people with discretion the gouernance of a prude{n}t man is wel ordered.
As the iudge of the people is him self, so are his officers, and what maner of man the ruler of the citie is, suche are all they that dwell therein.
An vnwise King destroieth his people, but where they that be in autoritie, are men of vnderstanding, there the citie prospereth.
The gouernour of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, [and all iniquitie of the nacions is to be abhorred,] and when time is, he wil set vp a profitable ruler ouer it.
In the hand of God is the prosperitie of man, and vpon the scribes wil he laye his honour.
Be not angrie for any wrong, with thy neighbour, and do nothing by iniurious practises.
Pride is hateful before God and man, and by bothe doeth one 〈◊〉 iniquitie.
Because of vnrighteous dealing, and wrongs and riches gotten by deceite, the kingdome is translated from one people to another.
There is nothing worse then a 〈◊〉 man [why art thou proude, ô earth and ashes? there is not a more wicked thing, then to loue money] for suche one wolde euen sel his soule, and for his life euery one is compelled to pul out his owne bowels.
[All tyrannie is of smale indurance, and the disease that is hard to heale, is grieuous to the physicion.]
The physicion cutteth of the sore disease, and he that is to day a King, tomorowe is dead.
Why is the earth and ashes proude, seing that when a man dyeth, he is the heire of serpents, beastes and wormes?
The beginning of mans pride, is to fall away from God, & to turne away his heart from his maker.
For pride is the original of sinne, and he that hathe it, shal powre out abominacio{n}, til at last he be ouerthrowen: therfore the Lord bringeth the persuasions (of the wicked) to dishonour, and destroieth them in the end.
The Lord hathe cast downe the thrones of the (proude) princes, and set vp the meke in their steade.
The Lord plucketh vp the rootes of the (proude) nacions, and planteth the lowlie with glorie among them.
The Lord ouerthroweth the lands of the heathen, and destroyeth the{m} vnto the fundacions of the earth: he causeth the{m} to wither away, and destroieth the{m}, and maketh their memorial to cease out of the earth.
(GOD destroyeth the memorial of the proude, and leaueth the remembrance of the humble.)
Pride was not created in me{n}, nether wrath in the generacion of women.
There is a sede of man, which is an honorable sede: the honorable sede are thei that feare the Lord: there is a sede of ma{n}, which is without honour the sede without honor, are they that transgresse the 〈◊〉 of the Lord it is a sede that remaineth whiche feareth the Lord, & a faire plant, that loue him: but they are a sede without honour, that despise the Law, and adeceiueable sede that breake the commandeme{n}ts.
He that is the chief among brethre{n}, is honorable: so are they that feare the Lord in his sight.
The feare of the LORD causeth that the kingdome faileth not, but the kyngdome is lost by crueltie and pride.
The feare of the Lord is the glorie as well of the riche and the noble, as of the poore.
It is not mete to despise the poore man that hath vnderstanding, nether is it 〈◊〉 to magnifie the riche that is a wicked man.
The great man and the iudge and the man of autoritie, are honorable, yet is there none of them greater, then he that feareth the Lord.
Vnto the seruant that is wise, shall they that are free, do seruice: he that hathe knowledge, will not grudge when he is reformed, (and the ignora{n}t shall not 〈◊〉 to honour.)
Seke not excuses when thou 〈◊〉 do thy worke, nether be ashamed thereof through pride in the time of aduersitie.
Better is he that laboreth and hath ple{n}teousnes of all things, then he that is gorgeous, and wanteth bread.
My 〈◊〉, get thy self praise by mekenes, and esteme thy self as thou 〈◊〉.
Who will counte hym iust that sinneth against him selfe? or honour him, that dishonoreth his owne soule?
The poore is honored for his knowledge (and his feare,) but the riche is had in reputacion because of his goods.
He that is honorable in pouertie, how muche more shal he be when he is riche? & he that is vnhonest being riche, how much more (wil he be so) when he is in pouertie?
WIsdome 〈◊〉 vp the head of hym that is lowe, and maketh hym to sit among great men.
Commend not a ma{n} for his beautie, nether despise a man in his vtter appearance.
The bee is but 〈◊〉 among the foules, yet doeth her frute passe in swetenes.
Be not proude of clothing and raime{n}t, & exalte not thy selfe in the daye of honour: for the workes of the Lord are wonderful, (and glorious,) secret, (and vnknowen) are his workes among men.
Many tyra{n}ts haue sit downe vpo{n} the earth, & the vnlikelie hath worne the crowne.
Manye mightie men haue bene broght to dishonour, & the honorable haue bene deliuered into other mens hands.
¶ Blame (no man) before thou haue inquired the matter: vnderstand first, and the{n} reforme [righteously.]
Giue no sentence, before thou hast heard the cause, nether interrupt men in the middes of their tales.
Striue not for a matter that thou hast not to do with, and sit not in the iudgement of sinners.
My sonne, medle not with many matters: for if thou 〈◊〉 muche, thou shalt not be blameles, and if thou followe after it, yet shalt thou not atteine it, nether shalt thou escape, thogh thou flee from it.
There is some man that laboreth and taketh peine, and the more he hasteth, the more he wanteth.
Againe there is some that is slouthful, & hath nede of helpe: for he wa{n}teth stre{n}gth, and hath great pouertie, yet the eye of the Lord loketh vpon hym to good, and setteth him vp from his lowe estate,
And he lifteth vp his head so that manye men marueil at him, [and giue honour vnto God.]
Prosperitie and aduersitie, life and death, pouertie and riches come of the Lord.
Wisdome and knowledge, and vnderstanding of the Lawe are of the Lord: loue and good workes come of him.
Errour and darckenes are appointed for sinners, and they that exalte them selues in euil, waxe olde in euil.
The gifte of the Lord remayneth for the godlie, and his good wil giueth prosperitie for euer.
¶ Some man is riche by hys care and nigardship, and this is the porcion of his wages,
In that he saith, I haue gotten rest, and now wil I eat continually of my goods, yet he considereth not, that the time draweth nere, that he must leaue all these things vnto other men, and dye him self.
Stand thou in thy stare, and exercise thy self therein, and remaine in thy worke vnto thine age.
Marueil not at the workes of sinners, but truste in the Lord, and abide in thy labour: for it is an easie thing in the sight of the Lord suddenly to make a poore man riche.
The blessing of the Lord is in the wages of the godlie, and he maketh his prosperitie sone to florish.
¶ Say not, What profite and pleasure shal I haue? and what good thinges shall I haue hereafter?
Againe say not, I haue ynough, and possesse many things, & what euil can come to me hereafter?
In thy good state remember 〈◊〉, & in aduersitie forget not prosperitie.
For it is an easie thing vnto the LORD in the day of death to rewarde a man according to his waies.
The aduersitie of an houre maketh one to forget pleasure: and in a mans ende, hys workes are discouered.
Iudge none blessed before his death: for a man shalbe knowen by his children.
Bring not euerie man into thine house: for the disceitfull haue many traines, [and are like stomackes that belche stin kingly.]
As a partriche is take{n} vnder a basket, [& the hinde is taken in the snare,] so is the heart of the proude man, whiche like a spie watcheth for thy fall.
For he lieth in waite and turneth good vnto euil, and in things worthie praise he wil finde some faute.
Of one litle sparke is made a greate fyre, [and of one disceitful man is blood increased:] for a sinful man laieth waite for blood.
Beware of a wicked man: for he imagineth wicked things to bring thee into a perpetual shame.
Lodge a stranger, and he will destroy thee with vnquietnes, and driue thee from thine owne.
WHen thou wilt do good, knowe to whome thou doest it, so shalt thou be thanked for thy benefites.
Do good vnto the righteous, & thou shalt finde [great] rewarde, thogh not of him, yet of the moste High.
He can not haue good that continueth in euill, and gyueth no almes: [for the moste High hateth the sinners, and hathe mercie vpon them that repent.]
Giue vnto suche as feare God, and receiue not a sinner.
Do well vnto him that is lowlie, but gyue not to the vngodlie: holde backe thy bread and giue it not vnto him, lest he ouercome thee thereby els thou shalt receyue twise as muche euill for all the good that thou doest vnto him.
For the moste High hateth the wicked, & will repay vengeance vnto the vngodlye, and kepeth them against the daye of horrible vengeance.
Giue vnto the good, and receiue not the sinner.
A friende can not be knowen in prosperitie, nether can an enemie be vnknowen in aduersitie.
When a man is in wealth, it grieueth hys enemies, but in heauines & trouble a mans very friend wil departe from him.
Trust neuer thine ennemie: for like as an yron rusteth, so doeth his wickednes.
And thogh he make muche crouching & kneeling, yet aduise thy selfe, and beware of him, and thou shalt be to him, as he that wipeth a glasse, and thou shalt knowe that all his rust hath not bene wel wiped away.
Set him not by thee, lest he destroy thee, & stand in thy place.
Nether set him at thy right hand, lest he seke thy roume, & thou at the last reme{m}ber my wordes, & be pricked with my sayings.
Binde not two sinnes together, for there shal not one be vnpunished.
Who wil haue pitie of the charmer, that is stinged of the serpent? or of all suche as come nere the beasts? so is it with him that kepeth companie with a wicked man, & wrap peth him self in his sinnes.
For a season will he bide with thee: but if thou stomble, he taryeth not.
An ennemie is swete in his lippes: he can make manie good wordes, and speake manie good things: yea, he can weepe with his eyes, but in his heart he imagineth how to throwe thee into the pit and if he may finde opportunitie, he wil not be satisfied with blood.
If aduersitie come vpon thee, thou shalt finde him there first, and thogh he pretend to helpe thee, yet shal he vnder mine thee: he wil shake his head, and clappe his ha{n}ds and wil make manie wordes, and disguisse his countenance.
HE that toucheth pitch, shalbe defiled with it, and he that is familiar with the proude, shal be like vnto him.
〈◊〉 not thy self aboue thy power whiles thou liuest, and companie not with one that is mightier, and richer then thy self: for how agre the kettel and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shal be broken.
The riche dealeth vnrighteously, & threatneth with all but the poore being oppressed must intreat: if the riche haue done wrong, he must yet be intreated but if the poore haue done it, he shal straight waise be threatned.
If thou for his profite, he vseth thee but if thou haue nothing, he wil forsake thee.
If thou haue anie thing, he wil liue with thee, yea, he wil make thee a bare man, and wil not care for it.
If he haue nede of thee, he wil defraude thee, and wil laugh at thee, and put thee in hope, and giue thee, all good wordes, and say, What wantest thou?
Thus wil he shame thee in his meat, vntil he haue supt thee cleane vp twise or thrise, and at the last he wil laugh thee to scorne afterwarde, when he seeth thee he wil forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.
[Submit thy self vnto God, and 〈◊〉 vpo{n} his hand.]
Bewarre that thou be not disceiued in thine owne co{n}ceit & broght downe by thy sim plenes: [be not to hu{m}ble in thy wisdome,]
¶ If thou be called of a mightie man, absent thy self: so shal he call thee the more oft.
Prease not thou vnto him, that thou be not shut out, but go not thou farre of lest he forget thee.
With drawe not thy self from his speache but beleue not his manie wordes for with muche communication wil he temptthee, and laughingly wil he grope thee.
He is vnmerciful, and kepeth not promes: he wil not spare to do thee hurt, and to put thee in prison.
Beware, and take good hede: for thou walkest in peril of thine ouerthrowing: when thou hearest this awake in thy slepe.
Loue the Lord all thy life, and call vpon him for thy saluacion.
¶ Euerie beast loueth his like, and euerie man loueth his neighbour.
All flesh wil resorte to their like, and euerie man wil kepe companie with suche as he is him self.
How can the wolfe agre with the lambe? no more ca{n} the vngodliewith the righteous
What felowship hathe hyena with a dogge? and what peace is betwene the riche and the poore?
(As) the wilde asse is the lions praye in the wildernes, so are poore me{n} the meat of the riche.
As the proude hate humilitie, so do the riche abhorre the poore.
If a riche man fall, his friends set him vp againe: but when the poore falleth, his frie{n}ds driue him away.
If a riche man offend, he hathe many helpers: he speaketh proude wordes, and yet men iustifie him: but if a poore man faile, they rebuke him, and thogh he speake wisely, yet can it haue no place.
When the riche man speaketh, euerie ma{n} holdeth his tongue: and loke what he saith they praise it vnto the cloudes: but if the poore man speake, they say. What felow is this? & if he do amisse, they wil destroie him.
Riches are good vnto him that hathe no sinne [in his conscience,] and pouertie is euil in the mouth of the vngodlie.
The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be in good or euil.
A cheareful countenance is a token of a good heart: for it is an hard thi{n}g to knowe the secrets of the thoght.
BLessed is the man that hathe not fallen by [the worde of] his mouth, and is not tormented with the sorow of sinne.
Blessed is he that is not condemned in his conscience, and is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.
Riches are comelie for a nigarde, & what shulde an enuious man do with money.
He that gathereth together from his owne soule, heapeth together for others, that wil make good cheare with his goods.
He that is wicked vnto him self, to whome wil he be good? for suche one can haue no pleasure of his goods.
There is nothing worse, then whe{n} one 〈◊〉 him self: and this is a rewarde of his wickednes.
And if he do anie good: he doeth it not, knowing thereof, and against his wil, and at the last he declareth his wickednes.
The enuious man hathe a wicked loke: he turneth away his face, and despiseth men.
A couetous ma{n}s eye hathe neuer ynough of a porcion, and his wicked malice withereth his owne soule.
A wicked eye enuieth the bread, and there is scarcenes vpon his table.
My sonne, do good to thy self of that thou hast, and giue the Lord his due offrings.
Remember that death tarieth not, & that couenant of the graue is not shewed vnto thee.
Do good vnto thy friend before thou dye, & according to thine habilitie stretch out thine hand, and giue him.
Defraude not thy self of the good day, and let not the porcion of the good desires ouet passe thee.
Shalt thou not leaue thy trauails vnto another, and thy labours for the deuiding of the heritage?
Giue and take & sanctifie thy soule [worke thou righteousnes before thy death:] for in the hell there is no meat to finde.
¶ All flesh waxeth olde, as a garment, & this is the condition of all times, Thou shalt dye the death.
As the grene leaues on a thicke tree, some fall, and some growe, so is the generacion of flesh and blood: one cometh to an end, and another is borne.
All corruptible things shal faile, and the worker thereof shal go with al.
[Euerie excellent worke shalbe iustified, and he that worketh it, shal haue honour, thereby.]
Blessed is the man that doeth meditate honest things by wisdome, [and exerciseth him self in iustice,] and he that reasoneth of holie things by his vnderstanding.
Which considereth in his heart her wayes, and vnderstandeth her secrets.
Go thou after her as one that seketh her out, and lie in waite in her wayes.
He shalloke in at the windowes, and hearken at her dores.
He shal abide beside her house, and fasten a stake in her walles: he shal pitche his tent besides her.
And he shal remaine in the lodging of good men, & shal set his childre{n} vnder her couering, & shal dwell vnder her branches
By her he shalbe couered from the heat, & in her glorie shal he dwell.
HE that seareth the Lord, wil do good: and he that hathe the knowledge of the Law, wil kepe it sure.
As an [honorable] mother shal she mete him, and she, as his wife maried of a virgine wil receiue him.
With the bread [of life] and vnderstanding shal she fede him and giue him the water of [whome] wisdome to drinke.
He shal assure him self in her, and shal not be moued, and shal holde him self fast by her, and shal not be confounded.
She shal exalt him aboue his neighboures and in the middes of the congregacion shal she open his mouth: [with the spirit of wisdome, and vnderstanding shal she fil him, and clothe him with the garment of glorie.]
She shal cause him to inherit ioye, and the crowne of gladnes, & an euerlasting name.
But foolish men wil not take holde vpon her: (but suche as haue vnderstanding, wil mete her:) the sinners shal not se her.
For she is farre from pride (and disceite,) and men that lie, can not reme{m}ber her: (but men of trueth shal haunt her, and shal prosper euen vnto the beholding of God.)
Praise is not semelie in the mouth of the sinner: for that is not sent of the Lord.
But if praise come of wisdome, (and he plē teous in a faithful moneth) the{n} the lord wil prosper it,
Say not thou, It is through the Lord that I turne backe: for thou oughtest not to do the things that he hateth.
Say not thou, He hathe caused me to erre: for he hathe no nede of the sinful man.
The Lord hateth all abominacion (of errour:) and they that feare God, wil loue it.
He made man srom the beginning, and left him in the ha{n}d of his counsel, (& gaue him his commandements and precepts.)
If thou wilt, thou shalt obserue the comma{n}dements, and testifie thy good wil.
He hathe set water and fyre before thee stretche out thine hand vnto which thou wilt.
Before man is life and death, (good and euil.) what him liketh, shalbe giuen him.
For the wisdome of the Lord is great, and he is mightie in power, and beholdeth all things (continually.)
And the eyes (of the Lord) are vpon them that feare him, & he knoweth all the workes of man.
He hathe comma{n}ded no man to do vn godlie, nether hathe he giuen anie man licence to sinne: (for he desireth not a multitude of infidels, & vnprofitable children.)
DEsire not the multitude of vnprofitable children, nether delite in vngodlie children: thogh thei be manie, reioyce not in them, except the feare of the Lord be with them.
Thrust not thou to their life, nether rest vpo{n} their multitude.
For one that is iuste, is better then a thousand suche, and better it is to dye without children, then to leaue behinde him vn god 〈◊〉 children.
For by one that hathe vnderstanding, shal the citie be inhabited: but the stocke of the wicked shalbe wasted incontinently.
Manie suche things haue I sene with mine eyes, and mine eare hathe heard greater things then these.
In the congregatio{n} of the vngodlie shal a fyre be kindeled, and among vnfaithful people shal the wrath be set on fyre.
He spared not the olde gya{n}ts, which were rebellious, trusting to their owne strenght,
Nether spared he where as Lot dwelt, those whome he abhorred for their pride.
He had no pitie vpon the people that were destroyed, and puffed vp in their sins.
And so he preserued the six hundreth thousand fotemen, that were gathered in the hardnes of their heart, in afflicting the{m} & pitying them, in smiting them and healing the{m}, with mercie, & with chastisement.
Therefore if there be one stiffe necked among the people, it is marueil if he scape vnpunished: for mercie and wrath are with him: he is mightie to forgiue, & to powre out displeasure.
As his mercie is great, so is his punishment also: he iudgeth a man according to his workes.
The vngodlie shal not escape with his spoile, and the pacience of the godlie shal not be delayed.
He wil giue place to all good dedes, and euerie one shal finde according to his workes, [and after the vnderstanding of his pilgrimage.]
The Lord hardened Pharao, that he shulde not knowe him, and that his workes shulde be knowen vpon the earth vnder the heauen.
His mercie is knowen to all creatures: he hathe separate his light from the darknes with an adamant.
Say not thou, I wil hide my self from the Lord: for who wil thinke vpo{n} me fro{m} aboue I shal not be knowen in so great an heape of people: for what is my soule among suche an infinite nomber of creatures?
Beholde, the heauen, and the heauen of heauens, which are for God, the depth, and the earth, and all that therein is, shalbe moued when he shal visite.
All the worlde which is created and made by his wil, the mountaines also, and the fundacions of the earth shal shake for feare, when the Lord loketh vpon them.
These things doeth no heart vnderstand worthely, [but he vnderstandeth euerie heart.]
And who vnderstandeth his wayes? and the storme that no man can se? for the moste parte of his workes are hid.
Who can declare the workes of his righteousnes? or who can abide them? for his ordinance is farre of, and the trying out of all things faileth.
He that is humble of heart, wil consider I these things: but an vnwise and erronious ma{n} casteth his minde vpon foolish things.
My sonne, hearken vnto me, and learne knowledge, and marke my wordes with thine heart.
I wil declare thee weightie doctrine, & wil instruct thee exactly in knowledge.
The Lord hathe set his workes in good order fro{m} the beginning, & parte of them hathe he sundred from the other when he first made them.
He hathe garnished his workes for euer, and their beginnings so lo{n}g as they shal indure, they are not hungrie nor wearied in their labours, nor cease from their offices.
None of them hindreth another, nether was anie of them disobedient vnto his wordes.
After this the Lord loked vpon the earth and filled it with his goods things.
With all maner of liuing beasts hathe he couered the face thereof, and they returne into it againe.
THe Lord hathe created ma{n} of the earth and turneth him vnto it againe.
He gaue him the nomber of dayes and certeine times, and gaue him power of the things, that are vpon earth.
He clothed them with strength, as they had nede, and made them according to his image.
He made all flesh to feare him, so that he had the dominion ouer the beasts, and foules.
He created out of him an helper like vnto him self,] and gaue them discrecion and tongue, and eyes, eares, and an heart to vnderstand, and sixtly he gaue them a spirit, and seuently he gaue them speache to declare his workes.
And he filled them with knowledge of vnderstanding, and shewed them good and euil.
He set his eye vpon their hearts, declaring vnto them his noble workes,
And gaue the{m} occasion to reioyce perpetually in his miracles, that they shulde pru dently declare his workes, & that the elect shulde praise his holie Name together.
Beside this, he gaue them knowledge, and gaue them the Law of life for an heritage, that thei might now knowe that thei were mortal.
He made an euerlasting couenant with them, and shewed them his iudgements,
Their eyes sawe the maiestie of his glorie, and their eares heard his glorious voyce.
And he said vnto the{m}, Beware of all vnrighteous things. He gaue euerie man also a co{m}mandement concerning his neighbour.
Their wayes are euer before him, and are not hid from his eyes.
Euerie man from his youth is giue{n} to euil, & their stonie hearts can not become flesh
He appointed a ruler vpon euerie people when he deuided the nacions of the whole earth.
And he did chuse Israél, as a peculiar people to him self, whome he nourisheth with discipline as his first borne, & giueth him moste louing light, and doeth not forsake him.
All their workes are as the sunne before him, & his eyes are continually vpon their wayes.
None of their vnrighteousnes is hid from him, but all their sinnes are before the Lord
And as he is merciful, and knoweth his worke, he doeth not leaue them nor forsake them, but spareth them.
The almes of a man, is as a thing sealed vp before him, and he kepeth the good dedes of man as the apple of the eye, and giueth repentance to their sonnes, & daughters.
At the last shal he arise, & rewarde them and shal repay their rewarde vpon their heads.
But vnto them that wil repent, he giueth them grace to returne, & exhorteth suche as faile, with pacience, [and sendeth them the porcion of the veritie.]
Returne the{m} vnto the Lord, and forsake thy sinnes: make thy prayer before his face and take away the offence.
Turne againe vnto the most High: for he wil bring thee from darkenes to wholsome light: forsake thine vnrighteousnes, and 〈◊〉 greatly all abominacion.
[Knowe the righteousnes & iudgements of God: stand in the porcion that is set forthe for thee, and in the prayer of the most high God, and go in the partes of the holie worlde with suche as be liuing and confesse God.]
Who ca{n} praise the moste High in the hell as do all they that liue and confesse him?
[Abide not thou in the errour of the vngodlie, but praise the Lord before death.]
Thankefulnes perisheth from the dead, as thogh he were not but the liuing, and he that is sounde of heart, praiseth the Lord, [and reioyceth in his mercie]
How great is the louing kindenes of the Lord our God, and his compassion vnto suche as turne vnto him in holines,
For all things can not be in men, because the sonne of man is not immortal, [and they take pleasure in the vanitie of wickednes.]
What is more cleare then the sunne? yet shal it faile.
So flesh and blood that thinketh euil, [shalbe reproued.]
He seeth the power of the high heauen, & all men are but earth and ashes.
HE that liueth for euer, made all things together: the Lord who onelie is iust, and there is none other but he, [and he remaineth a victorious King for euer.]
He ordereth the worlde with the power of his hand, and all things obey his wil: for he gouerneth all things by his power, and deuideth the holie things from the prophane.
To whome hathe he giuen power to expresse his workes? who wil seke out the grounde of his noble actes?
Who shal declare the power of his greatnes? or who wil take vpo{n} him to tell out his mercie?
As for the wonderous workes of the Lord, there may nothing be taken from them, nether can anie thing be put vnto them, nether may the grounde of them be founde out.
But when a man hathe done his best, he must beginne againe, and when he thinketh to come to an end, he must go againe to his labour.
¶ What is man? where to serueth he? what good or euil can he do?
If the nomber of a mans daies be an hundreth yere, it is muche: and no man hathe certeine knowledge of his death.
As droppes of raine are vnto the sea, and as a grauel stone is in comparison of the sand, so are a thousand yeres to the dayes euerlasting.
Therefore is [God] pacient with them, and powreth out his mercie vpon them.
He sawe and perceiued, that [the arrogancie of their heart, and their ruine was euil: therefore heaped he vp his mercie vpon them, and shewed them the way of righteousnes.]
The mercie that a man hathe, reacheth to his neighbour: but the mercie of the Lord is vpon all flesh: he chasteneth, and nurtureth, and teacheth, and bringeth backe, as a shebherd his flocke.
He hathe mercie of them that receiue discipline, and that diligently seke after his iudgements.
¶ My sonne, when thou doest good, reproue not: and whatsoeuer thou giuest, vse no discomfortable wordes.
Shal not the dewe aswage the heat: so is a worde better then a gife.
Lo, is not a worde better then a good gift? but a gracious man giueth them bothe.
A foole wil reproche churlishly, and a gift of the enuious putteth out the eyes.
[Get thee righteousnes before thou come to iudgement:] learne before thou speake, and vse physike or euer thou be sicke.
Examine thy self, before thou be iudged, & in the day of the visitacion thou shalt finde mercie.
Humble thy self before thou be sicke, and whiles thou maiest yet sinne, shewe thy conuersion.
Let nothing let thee to pay thy vowe in time, and differre not vnto death to be reformed: [for the rewarde of God endureth for euer.]
Before thou praiest, prepare thy self, and be not as one that tempteth the Lord.
Thinke vpon the wrath, that shalbe at the end, and the houre of vengeance, whe{n} he shal turne away his face.
When thou hast ynough, remember the time of hunger: and when thou art riche, thinke vpon pouertie and nede.
From the morning vntil the euening the time is changed, and all suche things are sone done before the Lord.
A wise man feareth in all things, and in the daies of transgression he kepeth him self from sinne: but the foole doeth not obserue the time.
¶ Euerie wise man knoweth wisdome, and knowledge, and praiseth him that findeth her.
They that haue vnderstanding, deale wisely in wordes: [they vnderstand the trueth and righteousnes,] and powre out with modestie graue sentences for mans life.
The chief autoritie of speaking is of the Lord alone: for a mortal man hathe but a dead heart.
¶ Followe not thy lustes, but turne thee from thine owne appetites.
For if thou giuest thy soule her desires, it shal make thine enemies that enuie thee, to laugh thee to scorne.
Take not thy pleasure in great volupteous nes, and intangle not thy self with suche companie.
Become not a begger by making bankets of that that thou hast borowed, & so leaue nothing in thy purse, els thou shuldest scla{n}derously lie in waite for thine owne life.
A Laboring man that is giuen to drunkennes, shal not be riche: and he that contemneth smale things, shal fall by litle and litle.
Wine and women leade wise men out of the way, [and put men of vnderstanding to reprofe.]
And he that companieth adulterers, shal become impudent. rottennes and wormes shal haue him to heritage, and he that is to bolde, shalbe taken away, and be made a publicke example.
He that is hastie to giue credit, is light minded, and he that erreth sinneth against his owne soule.
Who so reioyceth in wickednes, shal be punished: [he that hateth to be reformed, his life shalbe shortened, and he that abhorreth babling of wordes, quencheth wickednes:] but he that resisteth pleasures, crowneth his owne soule.
He that refraineth his tongue, may liue with a troublesome man, and he that hateth babling, shal haue lesse euil.
Rehearse not to another, that which is tolde vnto thee: so thou shalt not be hindred.
Declare not other mens maners, nether to friend not foe: and if the sinne apperteine not vnto thee, reueile it not.
For he wil hearken vnto thee, and marke thee, and when he findeth opportunitie: he wil hate thee.
If thou hast heard a worde [against thy neighbour,] let it dye with thee, and be sure, it wil not burst thee.
A foole trauaileth when he hathe heard a thing, as a woman that is about to bring for the a childe.
As an arrowe that sticketh in ones thigh, so is a worde in a fooles heart.
Reproue a friend lest he do (euil,) and if he haue done it, that he do it no more.
Reproue a friend that he may kepe his to{n}gue: and if he haue spoken, that he say it no more.
Tell thy frie{n}d his faute: for oft times a scla{n}der is raised, and giue no credence to euerie worde.
A man falleth with his to{n}gue, but not with his wil: and who is he, that hathe not offe{n}ded in his tongue?
Reproue thy neighbour before thou threaten him, and being without anger, giue place vnto the Law of the moste High.
The feare of the Lord is the first degre to be receiued of him, and wisdom obteineth his. loue.
The knowledge of the commandements of the Lord is the doctrine of life, and they that obey him, shal receiue the frute of immortalitie.
The feare of the Lord is all wisdome, and the performing of the Law is perfite wisdome, and the knowledge of his almightie power.
If a serua{n}t say vnto his master, I wil not do as it pleaseth thee, thogh afterward he do it, he shal displease him that nourisheth him
The knowledge of wickednes is not wisdome, nether is there prudencie where as the counsel of sinners is: but it is euen execrable malice: and the foole is voide of wisdome.
He that hathe smale vnderstanding, and feareth (God) is better then one that hathe muche wisdome, and transgresseth the Law of the moste High.
There is a certeine subtiltie that is fine, but it is vnrighteous: and there is that wras teth the open and manifest Law: yet there is that is wise and iudgeth righteously.
There is some that being about wicked purposes, do bowe downe them selues, & are sad, whose inward partes burne altogether with deceit he loketh downe with his face, and faineth him self deafe: yet before thou perceiue, he wil be vpon thee to hurt thee.
And thogh he be so weake that he can do thee no arme, yet when he may finde opportunitie, he wil do euil.
¶ A man may be knowen by his loke, and one that hathe vnderstanding, may be perceiued by the marking of his countena{n}ce
A mans garment, and his excessiue laughter, and going declare what persone he is.
THere is some rebuke that is not comelie: againe, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.
It is muche better to reproue, then, to be are euil wil: and he that acknowledgeth his faute, shalbe preserued from hurt.
As when a geldedman thorowe lust wolde defile a maide, so is he that vseth violence in iudgement.
How good a thing is it, when thou art reproued, to shewe repentance: for so shalt thou escape wilful sinne.
Some man kepeth silence, and is founde wise, & some by muche babling becometh 〈◊〉,
Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hathe not to answere: and some kepeth silence, waiting a conuenient time.
A wise man wil holde his tongue til he se opportunitie: but a trifler and a foole wil regarde no time.
He that vseth manie wordes, shalbe abhorred, and he that taketh autoritie to him self, shalbe hated.
Some man hathe oft times prosperitie in wicked things, & (some time) a thing that is founde, bringeth losse.
There is some gift that is not profitable for thee: and there is some gift, whose rewarde is double.
Some man humbleth him self for glories sake and some by humblenes lifteth vp the head.
Some man byeth muche for a litle price for the which he payeth seuen times more.
A wise man with his wordes maketh him self to beloued, but the mery tales of fooles shal be powred out.
The gift receiued of a foole, shal do thee no good, nether yet of the énuious for his importunitie: for he loketh to receiue manie things for one: he giueth litle, and he vpbraideth muche: he openeth his mouthe like a towne crier: to day he lendeth, tomorowe asketh he againe, and suche one is to be hated of God and man.
The foole saith, I haue no friend: I haue no thanke for all my good dedes: and they that eat my bread: spake euil of me.
How oft, and of how manie shal he be laughed to scorne? for he comprehendeth not by right iudgement that which he hathe: and it is all one as thogh he had it not.
The fall on a pauement is verie sudden so shal the fall of the wicked come hastely.
A man without grace is as a foolish tale which is oft tolde by the mouthe of the ignorant.
A wise sentence loseth grace when it cometh out of a fooles mouthe: for he speaketh not in due season.
Some man sinneth not because of pouertie, & yet is not grieued when he is alone.
Some man there is that destroyeth his owne soule, because he is ashamed, and for the regarde of persones loseth it.
Some man promiseth vnto his friend for shame, and getteth an enemie of him for naught.
A lie is a wicked shame in a man: yet is it oft in the mouth of the vnwise.
A thief is better, then a man that is accustomed to lye: but they bothe shal haue destruction to heritage.
The conditions of liers are vnhonest, and their shame is euer with them.
A wise man shal bring him self to honor with his wordes, and he that hathe vnderstanding, shal please great men.
He that tilleth his land, shal increase his heape: [he that worketh righteousnes, shalbe exalted,] he that pleaseth great men shal haue pardon of his iniquitie.
Rewardes and giftes blinde the eyes of the wise, and make them domme that they can not reproue fautes.
Wisdome that is hid, and treasure that is horded vp, what profite is in them bothe?
Better is he that kepeth his ignorance secret, them a man that hideth his wisdome.
The necessarie pacience of him, that followeth the Lord, is better then he that gouerneth his life without the Lord.
MY sonne, hast thou sinned? do so no more, but pray for the fore sinnes [that they may be forgiuen thee.]
Flee from sinne, as from a serpent: for if thou comest to nere it, it wil bite thee: the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lyon, to slaye the soules of men.
All iniquitie is as a two edged sworde, the woundes whereof can not be healed.
Strife and iniuries waste riches: so the house of the proude shalbe desolate.
The prayer of the poore going out of the mouth, cometh vnto the eares (of the Lord,) and iustice is done him incontinently.
Who so hateth to be reformed, is in the way of sinners: but he that feareth the Lord, conuerteth in heart.
An eloquent talker is knowen a farre of: but he that is wyse, perceyueth when he falleth.
Who so buyldeth his house with other mens money, is like one that gathereth stones to make his graue.
The congregacion of the wycked is lyke towe wrapped together: their end is a flame of fyre to destroye them.
The waye of sinners is made plaine with stones, but at the end thereof is hel, [darkenes and paines.]
He that kepeth the Law of the Lord, ruleth his owne affections thereby: and the increase wisdome is the end of the feare of God.
He that is not wise, wil not suffer him self to be taught: but there is some wit that increaseth bitternes.
The knowledge of the wise shall abounde like water that runneth ouer, and his counsel is like a pure fountaines of life.
The inner partes of a foole are like a broken vessel: he can kepe no knowledge whiles he liueth.
When a man of vndersta{n}ding heareth a wise worde, he will commend it, and increase it: but if an ignorant man heare it, he will disalowe it, and cast it behinde his backe.
The talkyng of a foole is lyke a burden in the way, but there is comelines in the talke of a wise man.
They inquire at the mouthe of the wyse man in the congregacion, and they shal ponder his wordes in their 〈◊〉.
As is an house that is destroyed, so is wisdome vnto a foole, a{n}d the knowledge of the vnwise is as wordes without order.
Doctrine vnto idoles is as fetters on the fete, and like manicles vpo{n} their right ha{n}d.
A foole lifteth vp his voyce with laughter, but a wise man doeth scarse smile secretly.
Learning is vnto a wise ma{n} a iewel of golde, and like a bracelet vpon his right arme.
A foolish mans fote is sone in [hys neyghboures] house: but a man of experience is ashamed to loke in.
A foole wil pepe in at the dore into the house: but he that is wel nurtured, wil withstand without.
It is the point of a foolish man to hearken at the dore: for he that is wise, wil be grieued with suche dishonour.
The lippes of talkers will be tellyng suche things as perteine not vnto them, but the wordes of suche as haue vnderstandyng, are weighed in the balance.
The heart of fooles is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
When the vngodlie curseth Satan, he curseth his owne soule.
A backebiter defileth his owne soule, and is hated wheresoeuer he is: [but he that kepeth his tongue, and is discrete, shal come to honour.]
A Slothful ma{n} is like a filthie stone, which euerie man mocketh at for his shame.
A slothful man is to be compared to the dongue of oxen, and euerie one that taketh it vp, wil shake it out of his hand.
An euil nurtered sonne is the dishonour of the father: & the daughter is least to be estemed.
A wise daughter is an heritage vnto her housband: but she that liueth dishonestly, is her fathers heauines.
She that is bolde, dishonoreth bothe her father and her housband, [and is not inferior to the vngodlie,] but they bothe shal dispise her.
A tale out of time is as musicke in mourning but wisdome knoweth the seasons of correction and doctrine.
Who so teacheth a foole, is as one that glew eth a potcherde together, and as he that waketh one that slepeth, from a sounde slepe.
If children liue honestly, and haue wherewith, they shall put away the shame of their parents.
But if chyldren be proude, with hautines and foolishnes they defile the nobilitie of their kinred.
Who so telleth a foole of wisdome, is as amen, which speaketh to one that is a slepe: when he hathe tolde his tale, he saith, What is the matter?
Wepe for the dead, for he hathe lost the light: so wepe for the foole, for he wanteth vnderstandyng: make smale wepyng for the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the foole is worse then the death.
Seuen dayes do men mourne for hym that is dead: but the lamentacion for the foole, and vngodlie [shulde endure] all the dayes of their life.
Talke not muche with a foole, and go not to hym that hathe no vnderstandyng: beware of hym, lest it turne thee to paine, and lest thou be defiled when he shaketh hym self. Departe from him, and thou shalt finde rest, and shalt not receiue sorowe by his 〈◊〉 lishnes.
What is heauier then lead? and what other name shulde a foole haue?
Sand and salt, and a lumpe of yron is easier to beare, then an vnwise, [foolish and vngodlie man.]
As a frame of wood ioyned together in a buylding can not be losed with shaking, so the heart that isstablished by aduised counsel, shal feare at no time.
The heart that is confirmed by discrete wisdome, is as a faire plaistering on a plaine wal
As reedes that are set vp on hie, can not abide the winde, so the fearefull heart with foolish imaginacion can indure no feare.
He that hurteth the eye, bryngeth forthe teares, and he that hurteth the heart, bringeth forthe the affection.
Who so casteth a stone at the birdes, frayeth them away: and he that vpbraideth hys friend, breaketh friendship.
Thogh thou drewest a sworde at thy friend, yet dispaire not: for there may be a returning to fauour.
If thou haue opened thy mouth against thy friend, feare not: for there may be a reconciliation, so that vp braydyng or pride or disclosing of secrets or a traiterous wounde do not let: for by these things euerie friend wil departe.
Be faithful vnto thy friend in his pouertie, that thou maiste reioyce in hys prosperitie. Abide stedfast vnto hym in the tyme of hys trouble, that thou maist be heire with hym in his heritage: for pouertie is not alwayes to be contemned, nor the riche that is foolish, to be had in admiration.
As the vapour, and smoke of the chimnay goeth before the fyre, so euill wordes, [rebukes and threatenings] go before bloodsheding.
I wil not be ashamed to defende a friend: nether will I hide my self from hym, thogh he shulde dome harme: whosoeuer heareth it, shal beware of him.
Who shal set a watch before my mouth, and a seale of wisdome vpon my lippes, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroye me not?
O Lorde, father and gouernour of all my whole life, leaue me not to their counsel, and let me not fall by them.
Who wil correct my thoght, and put the doctrine of wisdome in myne heart, that they may not spare me in mine ignorance, nether let their fautes passe?
Lest mine ignorances increase, and my sinnes abounde to my destruction, and lest I fall before myne aduersarie, and myne enemies reioyce ouer me, whose hope is farre from thy mercie.
O Lord, father and God of my life, [leaue me not in their imaginacion] nether giue me a proude looke, but turne away from thy seruants a stoute minde.
Take from me vaine hope, and concupiscence, and reteine him in obedience, that de fireth continually to serue thee.
Let not the griedines of the bellie, nor lust of the flesh holde me, a{n}d giue not me thy seruant ouer into an impudent minde.
¶ Heare, ô ye children, the instruction of a mouth that shall speake trueth: who so kepeth it, shall not perish thorow hys lippes, [not be hurte by wicked workes.]
The sinner shalbe taken by his owne lippes: for the euil speaker and the proude do offende by them.
Accustome not thy mouthe to swearyng: [for in it there are many falles,] nether take vp for a custome the namyng of the Holy one: [for thou shalt not be vnpunished for suche things.]
For as a seruant whiche is oft punished, can not be without some skarre, so he that sweareth and nameth God continually, shall not be fauteles.
A man that vseth muche swearing, shall be filled with wickednes, and the plague shall neuer go fro{m} his house: when he shal offend, his faute shalbe vpon him, and if he knowledge not his sinne, he maketh a double offence: a{n}d if he sweare in vaine, he shal not be innoce{n}t, but 〈◊〉 house shalbe ful of plagues.
There is a worde whiche is clothed with death: God grant that it be not fou{n}de in the heritage of Iacob: but they that feare God, eschewe alsuch, a{n}d are not wrapped in sinne
Vse not thy mouth to ignorant rashnes: for therein is the occasion of sinne.
¶ Remember thy father and thy mother whe{n} thou art set among great men, lest thou be forgotten in their sight, and so through thy custome become a 〈◊〉, and wish that thou hadest not bene borne, and curse the day of thy natiuitie.
The man that is accustomed to opprobrious wordes, will neuer be reformed all the dayes of his lyfe.
There are two sortes [of men] that abounde in sinne, and the third bringeth wrath [and destruction:] a minde hote as fyre, that can not be quenched til it be consumed: an adulterous man that giueth his bodie no rest, till he haue kindled a fyre.
(All bread is swete to a whoremonger: he wil not leaue of til he perish.)
A man that breaketh wedlocke, and thinketh thus in his heart, Who seeth me? I am compassed about with darkenes: the walles couer me: no bodie seeth me: whome nede I to feare? the moste High will not remember my sinnes.
Suche a man onely feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand tymes brighter then the sunne, beholdyng all the waies of men, (and the ground of the deepe,) and considereth the moste secret partes.
He knewe all thyngs or euer they were made, and after they be broght to passe also he loketh vpon them all.
The same man shalbe punished in the streates of the citie, (and shalbe chased lyke a yong horsefoale,) and when he thinketh not vpon it, he shalbe taken: (thus shal he be put to shame of euerie man, because he wolde not vnderstand the feare of the Lord.)
And thus shal it go also with euerie wife, that leaueth her housband, and getteth in heritance by another.
For first she hathe disobeid the Law of the moste High, and secondly, she hathe trespaced against her owne housband, and thirdly she hathe plaide the whore in adulterie, and gotten her children by another man.
She shalbe broght out into the congregacion, and examinacion shalbe made of her children.
Her children shal not take roote, and her branches shal bring forthe no frute.
A shameful reporte shal she leaue, and her reproche shal not be put out.
And they that remaine, shal knowe that there is nothing better then the feare of the Lord, and that there is nothing sweter then to take hede vnto the commandements of the Lord.
It is great glorie to followe the Lord, and to be receiued of him is long life.
WIsdome shal praise herself, [and be honored in God,] and reioyce in the middes of her people.
In the congregacion of the moste High shal she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.
[In the middes of her people shal she be exalted, and wondred at in the holy assemblie.
In the multitude of the chosen she shalbe co{m}mended, and among suche as be blessed, she shalbe praised, and shal say,]
I am come out of the mouth of the moste High, [first borne before all creatures.
I caused the light that faileth not, to arise in the heauen,] and couered the earth as a cloude.
My dwelling is aboue in the height, and my throne is in the piller of the cloude.
I alone haue gone rounde about the compasse of heaue{n} and haue walked in the bottom of the depth.
I possessed the waues of the sea, and all the earth, and all people, and nacion, [and with my power haue I troden downe the hearts of all, bothe High and low.]
In all these things I soght rest, & a dwelling in some inheritance.
So the creator of all things gaue me a co{m}ma{n} dement, and he that made me, appointed me a tabernacle, and said, Let thy dwelling be in Iacob, and take thine inheritance in Israél, and roote thy selfe among my chosen.
He created me from the beginning, and before the world, and I shal neuer faile: In the holie habitacion haue I serued before him, & so was I stablished in Sion.
In the welbeloued citie gaue he me rest, & in Ierusalem was my power.
I toke roote in an honorable people, euen in the porcion of the Lords inheritance.
I am set vp on hielyke aceder in Libanus, and as a cipers tre vpon the mountainès of Hermon.
I am exalted like a palme tre about the ba{n}kes, and as arose plante in Iericho, as a faire oliue tre in a pleasant field, and am exalted as a plane tre by the water.
I smelled as the cinnamom, and as a bagge of spices: I gaue a swete odour as the best myrrhe, as galbanum, and onix, and swete sto rax, and perfume of incense in an house.
As the terebinth, haue I stretched out my branches, and my branches are the bra{n}ches of honour and grace.
As the vine haue I broght forthe [frute] of swete sauour, and my floures are the frute of honour and riches.
I am the mother of beautifull loue, and of feare, and of knowledge, and of holy hope: I giue eternall thyngs to all my chyldren to whome God hathe commanded.
[In me is al grace of life and trueth: in me is all hope of life and vertue.]
Come vnto me alye that be desirous of me, and fill your selues with my frutes.
For the remembrance of me is sweter the{n} honie, and mine enheritance [sweter,] then the honie combe: [the remembrance of me endureth for euermore.]
They that eat me, shal haue the more hunger, and they that drinke me, shal thirst the more.
Who so hearkeneth vnto me, shal not come to confusion, & they that worke by me, shal not offende: [they that make me to be knowen, shal haue euerlasting life.]
All these things are the boke [of life,] and the couenant of the moste high God, [& the knowledge of the trueth,] & the Law that Moyses [in the precepts of righteousnes] commanded for an heritage vnto the house of Iacob, [and the promises perteining vnto Israel.]
Be not weary to behaue your selues valiantly with the Lord, that he may also confirme you: cleaue vnto him: for the Lord almightie is but one God, & besides him there is none other Sauiour.
[Out of Dauid his seruant he ordeined to raise vp a moste mightie King that shulde sit in the throne of honour for euermore.]
He filleth all things with his wisdome, as Physon, & as Tygris, in the time of the newe frutes.
He maketh the vnderstanding to abounde like Euphrates, & as Iorden in the time of the haruest.
He maketh the doctrine of knowledge to appeare as the light, & ouerfloweth as Geon in the time of the vintage.
The first man hathe not knowen her 〈◊〉 ly: no more shal the last seke her out.
For her consideratious are more abundant then the sea, and her counsel is profounder then the great depe.
I wisdome (haue cast out floods:) I am as an arme of the riuer: I runne into Paradise as a watercondite.
I said, I wil watter my faire garden, and wil water my pleasant grounde: and lo, my ditche became a slood, and my flood became a sea.
For I make doctrine to shine as the light of the morning, and I lighten it for euer.
(I wil pearce thorow all the lower partes of the earth: I wil loke vpon all suche as be a slepe, and lighten all them that trust in the Lord.)
I wil yet powre out doctrine, as prophecie, and leane it vnto all ages for euer.
Beholde that I haue not labored for my self onely, but for all them that seke wisdome.
THre things reioyce me, and by them am I beautified before God & men: the vnitie of brethren, the loue of neighbours, a ma{n} and wife that agre together.
¶ Thre sortes of men my soule hateth, and I vtterly abhorre the life of them: a poore ma{n} that is proude: a riche man that is a lier, and an olde adulterer that doteth.
¶ If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth what canst thou finde in thine age?
¶ Oh, how pleasant a thing is it whe{n} graie headed men minister iudgement, and when the elders can giue good 〈◊〉
Oh, how comelie a thing is wisdome vnto aged men, vnderstanding and prudencie to men of honour!
The crowne of olde me{n} is to haue muche experience, and the feare of God is their glorie
¶ There be nine things, which I haue iudged in mine heart to be happie, and the te{n}th wil I pronounce with my tongue: a man that while he liueth, hathe ioye of his children, & seeth the fall of his enemies.
¶ Wel is him that dwelleth with a wife of vnderstanding, and that hathe not fallen with his tongue, and that hathe not serued suche as are vnworthie of him.
Wel is him that findeth prudencie, and he that 〈◊〉 speake in the eares of them that wil heare.
¶ Oh, how great is he that findeth wisdome yet is there none aboue him, that feareth the Lord.
The feare of the Lord passeth all things in 〈◊〉.
(Blessed is the man, vnto whome it is granted to haue the feare of God.) Vnto whome shal he be likened that hathe atteined it?
The feare of the Lord is the beginning of his loue, and faith is the beginning to be ioyned vnto him.
(¶ The greatest heauines is the heauines of the heart, and the greatest malice is the malice of a woman.)
Giue me any plague, saue onely the plague of the heart, and any malice, saue the malice of a woman:
Or any 〈◊〉, saue the assalt of them that hate or any vengeance, saue the vengeance of the enemie.
There is not a more wicked head then the head of the serpent, and there is no wrath aboue the wrath of an enemie.
I had rather dwell with a lion and dragon, then to kepe house with a wicked wife.
The wickednes of a woman changeth her face, and maketh her countenance blacke as a sacke.
Her housband is sitting among his neighbours: because of her he sigheth sore or he beware.
All wickednes is but litle to the wickednes of a woman: let the porcion of the sinner fall vpon her.
As the climing vp of a sandie way is to the fete of the aged, so is a wife ful of wordes to a quiet man.
Stumble not at the beautie of a woman, and desire her not for thy pleasure.
If a woman nourish housband, she is angrie and impudent and ful of reproche.
A wicked wife maketh a sorie heart, an heauie countenance, and a wounded minde, weake hands and feble knees, and can not comfort her husband in heauines.
Of the woman came the beginning of sinne, and thorow her we all dye.
Giue the water no passage, (no not a litle,) nether giue a wicked woman libertie to go out.
If she walke not in thine obedience, (she shal confound thee in the sight of thine enemies.) Cut her of then from thy flesh: Giue her, and forsake her.
BLessed is the man that hathe a verteous wife: for the nomber of his yeres shalbe double.
An honest woman reioyceth her housband, & she shal fill the yeres of his life with peace
A verteous woman is a good portion which shalbe giue{n} for a gift vnto suche as feare the Lord.
Whether a man be riche or poore, he hathe a good heart toward the Lord, & they shal at all times haue a chereful countenance.
¶ There be thre things that mine heart feareth, & my face is afraied of the fourth: treason in a citie: the assemblie of the people, & false accusation: all these are heauier then death.
¶ But the sorow and grief of the heart is a woman that is ielous ouer another: and she that communeth with all, is a scourage of the tongue.
An euil wife is as a yoke of oxen that drawe diuerse waies: he that hathe her, is as thogh he helde a scorpion.
A drunken woman and suche as can not be tamed, is a great plague for she can not couer her owne shame.
The whordome of a woman may be knowe{n} in the pride of her eyes, and eyeliddes.
¶ If thy daughter be not shamefast, holde her straitly, lest she abuse her self thorowe ouer muche libertie.
Take hede of her that hathe an vnshamefast eye, and marueile not if she trespace against thee.
As one that goeth by the way, and is thirstie so shal she open her mouth, and drinke of euerie next water: by euerie hedge shal she sitte downe, and open her quiuer against euerie arowe,
The grace of a wife reioyceth her housba{n}d and fedeth his bones with her vnderstanding.
A peaceable woman and of a good heart is a gift of the Lord, and there is nothing so mn che worthe as a woman wel instructed.
A shamefast and faithful woman is a double grace, & there is no weight to be compared vnto her continent minde.
As the sunne when it ariseth in the high places of the LORDE, so is the beautie of a good wife the ornament of her house.
As the clere lyght is vpon the holie candlesticke, so is the beautie of the face in a ripe age.
As the golden pillers are vpon the sockettes of siluer: so are faire fete with a constant minde.
(Perpetual are the fundacions that be laide vpo{n} a strong rocke: so are the co{m}mandeme{n}ts of God in the heart of an holie woman.)
My sonne, kepe the stre{n}gth of thine age stable, and giue not thy strength to strangers.
When thou hast gotte{n} a fruteful possession through al the fields, so we it with thine own sede, trusting in thy nobilitie.
So thy stocke that shal liue after thee, shall grow, trusting in the great liberalitie of their nobilitie.
An harlot is compared to a sowe: but the wife that is maried, is counted as a towreagainst death to her housband.
A wicked woman is giuen as a rewarde to a wicked man: but a godlie woman is giuen to him that feareth the Lord.
A shameles woman contemneth shame: but a shamefast woman wil reuerence her housband.
A shameles woma{n} is co{m}pared to a dog: but she that is shamefast, reuere{n}ceth the Lord.
A woman that honoreth her housband, shal be iudged wise of all: but she that despiseth him, shalbe blased for her pride.
Alowde crying woman and a babler let herbe soght out to driue away the enemies: the minde of euerie man that liueth with suche, shalbe conuersant among the troubles of warre.
There be two things that grieue mine heart, and the thirde maketh me angrie, a man of warre that suffreth pouertie: and men of vnderstanding that are not set by: and whe{n} one departeth from righteousnes vnto sinne: the Lord appointeth suche to the sworde.
[There be two things, which me thinke to be hard and perilous.] A marchant can not lightly kepe him from wrong, and a vitailer is not without sinne.
BEcause of pouertie haue manye sinned: and he that seketh to be ryche, turneth hys eyes aside.
As a nayle in the wall sticketh fast betwene the ioyntes of the stones, so doeth sinne sticke betwene the selling and the bying.
If he holde him not diligently in the feare of the Lord, his house shal sone be ouerthrowe{n}
As when one fifteth, the filthines remaineth in the siue, so the 〈◊〉 of man remaineth in his thoght.
The fornace proueth the potters vessel: so doeth [tentacion] trye mens thoghts.
The frute declareth if the tre haue bene trimmed: so the worde [declareth] what man hathe in his heart.
Praise no man except thou haue heard hys talke: for this is the tryal of man.
¶ If thous followest righteousnes, thou shalt gether, and put her on as a faire garment, [and shalt dwell with her, a{n}d she shal defend thee for euer: and in the daye of knowledge thou shalt finde stedfastnes.]
The birdes resorte vnto their like: so doeth the trueth turne vnto them, that are practised in her.
As the lyon waiteth for the beast, so doeth sinne vpon them that do euil.
The talking of him that feareth God, is all wisdome: as for a foole, he changeth as the moone.
If thou be among the vndiscrete, obserue the tyme, but haunte still the assemblie of them that are wise,
The talking of fooles is grieuous, and their sporte is in the plaiser of sinne.
The talke of hym that sweareth muche, maketh the heere to stand vp: and to striue with suche, stoppeth the eares.
The strife of the proude is blood sheddyng, and their skouldings are grieuous to heare.
Who so discouereth secrets, leseth hiscre dit, and findeth no friend after his wil.
Loue thy friend, and be faithfull vnto him; but if thou be wrayest his secrets, thou shalt not get him againe.
For as a man destroyeth hys enemie, so doest thou destroye the friendship of thy neighbour.
As one that letteth a birde go out of hys hand, so if thou giue ouer thy friend, thou canst not gette him againe.
Followe after him no more, for he is not farre of: he is as a roe escaped out of the snare: [for his soule is wounded.]
As for woundes, they may be bounde vp 〈◊〉, and an euil worde may be reconciled: but who so be wraieth the secrets of a friend: hathe lost all his credit.
He that winketh with the eyes, imagineth euil: and he that knoweth hym, wil let him alone.
When thou art present, he wil speake swetely, and praise thy wordes: but at the last he 〈◊〉 turne his tale, and 〈◊〉 thy saying.
Manie things haue I hated, but 〈◊〉 so euil as suche one: for the Lord also hateth hym.
Who so casteth a stone on hie, casteth it vppon his owne head: and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉 a great wounde.
Who so diggeth a pit, shall fall therein, [and he that layeth a stone in his neighbours waye, shall stomble thereon,] and he that layeth a snare for another, shalbe taken in it him self.
He that worketh euil, shalbe wrapped in euil, and shall not knowe from whence they come vnto him.
Mockerie a{n}d reproche follow the proude, and vengeance lurketh for them as a lyon.
They that reioyce at the fall of the righteous, shalbe taken in the snare, and anguish shal consume them before they dye.
Dispite and angre are abominable things, and the sinful man is subiect to them bothe.
HE that seketh vengeance, shall finde vengeance of the Lord, and he wil surely kepe his sinnes.
Forgiue thy neyghbour the hurt that he hathe done to thee, so shal thy sinnes be forgiuen thee also, when thou praiest.
Shulde a man beare hatred against man, and desire forgiuenes of the Lord?
He wil shewe no mercie to a man, whiche is like him self: and will he aske forgiuenes of his owne sinnes?
If he that is but flesh, nourishe hatred, [and aske pardone of God,] who wil intreate for his sinnes?
Remembre the end, and let enimitie passe: imagine not death and destruction to another through angre, but perseuere in the co{m}mandements.
Remember the commandements: so shalt thou not be rigorous against thy neighbour: [consider diligently] the couenant of thy most High, and forgiue his ignorance.
〈◊〉 of strife, and thou shalt make thy sinnes fewer: for an a{n}grie ma{n}kindleth strife.
And the sinfull man disquieteth friends, and bryngeth in false accusations among them that 〈◊〉 at peace.
As the matter of the fyre is, so it burneth and mans angre is accordyng to his power: and according to his riches his angre increaseth, and the more vehement the angre is, the more is he in 〈◊〉.
An hastie braulyng kindleth a fyre, and an hastie fighting 〈◊〉 blood: [a to{n}gue that beareth false witnes, bringeth 〈◊〉.]
If thou blowe the sparke, it shall burne: if thou spit vpon it, it shal be quenched, and bothe these come out of the mouth.
Abhorre the sclanderer and double tongued: for suche haue destroyed many that were at peace.
The double tongue hathe disquieted manie, and driuen them from nacion to nacion: strong cities hathe it broken downe, and ouerthrowen the houses of great men: [the strength of the people hathe it broght downe, and bene the decaye of mightie nacio{n}s.]
The double tongue hathe caste out manie vertuous women, and robbed them of their labours.
Who so hearkeneth vnto it, shal neuer finde rest, and neuer dwell quietly.
The stroke of the rodde maketh markes in the flesh, but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.
There be manie that haue perished by the edge of the sworde, but not so manie as haue 〈◊〉 by the tongue.
Wel is 〈◊〉 that is kept from an euil tongue, and cometh not in the angre thereof, which hath not drawen in that yoke, nether hathe bene bounde in the bandes thereof.
For the yoke thereof is a yoke of yron, and the bands of it are bands of brasse.
The death therof is an euil death: hell were better then suche one.
It shall not haue rule ouer them that feare God, nether shall they be burnt with the flame thereof.
Suche as forsake the Lord, shal fall therein: and it shall burne them, and no man shalbe able to quenche it: it shal fall vpon them as a lyon, and deuoure them as a leopard.
Hedge thy possession with thornes, and make dores and barres for thy mouth.
Binde vp thy siluer and golde, and weigh thy wordes in a balance, and make a dore a{n}d a barre, [and a sure bridle] for thy mouth.
Beware that thou slide not by it, and so fal before him that lieth in waite, [and thy fall be incurable, euen vnto death.]
HE that wil shewe mercie, le{n}deth to his neighbour: and he that hathe power ouer him self, kepeth the commandements.
Lend to thy neighbour in time of his nede, and pay thou thy neighbour againe in due season.
Kepe thy worde and deale faithfully with him, & thou shalt alwaye finde the thing that is necessarie for thee.
Manie when a thing was lent the{m}, rekened it to be founde, and grieued them that had helped them.
Til they receiue, they kisse his hands, and for their neighbours good they hu{m}ble their voyce: but when they shulde paye againe, they prolong the terme, and giue a careles answer, and make excuses by reason of the time.
And thogh he be able, yet giueth he scarse the halfe againe, and rekeneth the other as a thing fou{n}de: els he deceiueth him of his money, & maketh him an enemie without a cause: he 〈◊〉 him with cursing and rebuke, & giueth him euil wordes for his good dede.
I here be manie which refuse to lend because of this inconuenie{n}ce, fearing to be defrauded without cause.
Yet haue thou pacience with him that humbleth him self, and differre not mercie from him.
Helpe the poore for the commandements sake, and turne him not away, because of his pouertie.
Lese thy money for thy brothers & neighbours sake, and let it not rust vnder a stone to thy destruction.
Bestowe the treasure after the commandement of the moste High, & it shal bring thee more profite then golde.
Lay vp thine almes in thy secret chambers and it shal kepe thee from all affliction.
[A mans almes is as a purse with him, & shal kepe a mans fauour as the apple of the eye, and afterwarde shal it arise, and paye euerie man his rewarde vpon his head.]
It shal fight for thee against thine enemies, better the{n} the shield of a strong man, or speare of the mightie.
An honest man is suretie for his neighbour but he that is 〈◊〉, forsaketh him.
Forget not the friendship of thy suretie: for he hathe layed his life for thee.
The wicked despiseth the good dede of his suretie.
The wicked wil not become suretie: and he that is of an vnthankeful minde, forsaketh him that deliuered him.
[Some man promiseth for his neighbour: and when he hathe lost his honestie, he wil forsake him.]
Suretie shippe hath destroyed manie a riche man, and remoued them as the waues of the sea: mightie men hathe it driuen away from their houses, and caused them to wander among strange nacions.
A wicked man, trangressing the commandements of the Lord, shal fall into suretie shippe: and he that medleth muche with other mens busines, is intangled in controuersies.
¶ Helpe thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thy self fall not.
The chiefthing of life is water, and bread, and clothing, and lodging to couer thy shame.
() The poore mans life in his owne lodge is better then delicate fare in another mans.
Be it litle or muche, holde thee contented, that the house speake not euil of thee.
For it is a miserable life to go from house to house for where thou art a stranger, thou da rest not open thy mouth.
Thou shalt lodge and fede vnthankeful me{n} and after shalt haue bitter wordes for the same, (saying,)
Come, thou stranger, and prepare the table and fede me of that thou hast readie.
Giue place, thou stranger, to an honorable man: my brother cometh to be lodged, and I haue nede of mine house.
These things are heauie to a man that hathe vnderstanding, the vp braiding of the house, and the reproche of the lender.
HE that loueth his sonne, causeth him oft to fele the rodde, that he may haue ioye of him in the end.
He that chastiseth his sonne, shal haue ioy in him, and shal reioyce of him among his acquaintance.
He that teacheth his sonne, griueth the enemie, and before his friends he shal reioyce of him.
Thogh his father dye, yet is he as thogh he were not dead: for he hathe left one behinde him that is like him.
In his life he sawe him, and had ioye in him, and was not 〈◊〉 in his death, [nether was he ashamed before his enemies.]
He left behinde him an aduenger against his enemies, and one that shulde shewe fauour vnto his friends.
He that flattereth his sonne, bindeth vp his woundes, and his heart is grieued at euerie crye.
And 〈◊〉 horse wil be stubburne, and a wanton childe wil be wilful.
If thou bring vp thy sonne delicately, he shal make thee afraide: & if thou playe with him, he shal bring thee to heauines.
Laugh not with him, lest thou be sorie with him, and lest thou gnash thy teeth in the end.
Giue him no libertie in his youth, and winke not at his folie.
Bowe downe his necke while he is yong, & beat him on the sideswhile he is a childe, lest he waxe stubberne, and be disobedient vnto thee, and so bring sorow to thine heart.
Chastise thy childe, and be diligent therein, lest his shame grieue thee.
¶ Better is the poore, being whole and strong, then a riche man that is afflicted in his bodie.
Health and strength is aboue all golde, and a whole bodie aboue infinitie treasure.
There is no riches aboue a sounde bodie, and no ioye aboue the ioye of the heart.
Death is better then a bitter life, [〈◊〉 long rest,] then continual sickenes.
The good things that are powred on a mouth shut vp, are as messes of me at set vpo{n} a graue.
What good doeth the offring vnto an idole for he can nether eat, not smell so is he that is persecuted of the Lord, [and beareth the rewarde of iniquitie.]
He seeth with his eyes, and groneth like a geldedman, that lieth with a virgine and sigheth.
Giue not ouer thy minde to heauines, and vexe not thy self in thine owne counsel.
The ioye of the heart is the life of man, and a mans gladnes is the prolonging of his daies.
Loue thine owne soule, and comforte thine heart: driue sorow farte fro{m} thee: for sorow hathe slaine many, and there is no profite therein.
Enuie and wrath shorten the life, and carefulnes bringeth age before the time.
A noble and good heart wil haue consideration of his meat and diet.
WAking after riches pineth away the bodie, and the care thereof driueth away slepe.
This waking care breaketh the slepe, as a great sickenes breaketh the slepe,
The riche hathe great labour in gathering riches together, & in his rest he is filled with pleasures.
The pore laboreth in liuing poorely, and when he leaueth of, he is stil poore.
He that loueth golde, shal not be iustified, & he that followeth corruption, shal haue ynough thereof.
Many are destroied by the reason of golde, and haue founde their destruction before them.
I is as a stumbling blocke vnto the{m} that sacrifice vnto it, and euerie foole is taken there with.
Blessed is the riche which is founde without blemish, and hathe not gone after golde, (nor hoped in money and treasures.)
Who is he, and we wil commende him? for wonderful things hathe he downe among his people.
Who hathe bene tryed thereby, & founde perfite? let him be an example of glorie, who might 〈◊〉, and hathe not offended, or do 〈◊〉, and hathe not done it.
Therefore shal his goods be stablished, and the congregation shal declare his almes.
If thou sit at a costlie table, open not thy mouth wide vpo{n} it, & say not, Beholde much meat.
Remember that an euil eye is a shrewe: and what thing created is worse then a wicked eye? for it wepeth for euerie cause.
Stretch not thine hand wheresoeuer it loketh, and thrust it not with it into the dish.
Consider by thy self him that is by thee, & marke 〈◊〉 thing.
〈◊〉 molestly that which is set before thee, and 〈◊〉 not, lest thou be hated.
Leaue thou of first for nourtous sake, & be not 〈◊〉, 'est thou offend.
When thou sittest among many, teache not thine hand out first of all.
How litle is 〈◊〉 for amen wel taught and there by he belcheth not in his chamber [nor 〈◊〉 any paine]
A wholsome slepe cometh of a te{m}perat bellie: he riseth vp in the mourning, and is wel at ease in him self: but paine in watching and 〈◊〉 diseases, and pangs of the bellie are with an 〈◊〉 man.
If thou hast bene forced to eat, arise, go forthe, vomit, and then take thy rest: (so thou shalt bring no sickenes vnto thy bodie.)
My sonne, heare me, and dispise me not, and at the last thou 〈◊〉 finde as I haue tolde thee in all thy workes be quicke, so shal there no sicknes come vnto thee.
Who so is liberal in his meat, me{n} shal blesse him: & the testimonie of his honestie shal be beleued.
But against him that is a nigard of his meat, the whole citie shal murmure: the testimonies of his nigardnes shalbe sure.
Shewe not thy valiantnes in wine: for wine hathe destroyed manie.
The fornace proueth the edge in the te{m}pering: so doeth wine the hearts of the proude by drunkennes.
Wine soberly dronken, is profitable for the lift of man: what is his life that is ouercome with wine?
Wine was made (from the beginning) to make men glad, (and not for drunke{n}nes.) Wine mesurably dronken & in time, bringeth gladnes and cherefulnes of the minde.
But wine drounken with excesse, maketh bitternes of minde with braulings and skouldings.
Drunkennes increaseth the courage of a foole, til be offend: it diminisheth his stre{n}gth and maketh woundes.
Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, & dispise him not in his mirth: giue him no dispiteful wordes, and presse not vpon him with contrarie wordes.
IF thou be made the master (of the feast,) lift not thy self vp, but be among them, as one of the rest: take diligent care for the{m}, and so sit downe.
And when thou hast done all thy duetie, sit downe, that thou maist be merie with the{m}, & receiue a crowne for thy good behauiour.
Speake thou that art the elder: for it becometh thee, but with sounde iudgement, and hinder not musike.
Powre not out wordes, where there is no audience, and shewe not forthe wisdome out of time.
The consent of musicians at a banket is as a signer of carbuncle set in golde.
And as the signet of an emeraude wel trimmed with golde, so is the melodie of musicke in a pleasant banket,
(Giue eare, and be stil, and for thy good behauiour thou shalt beloued.)
Thou that art yong, speake if nede be, and yet scarsely when thou art twise asked.
Comprehende muche in fewe wordes: (in manie things be as one that is ignorant.) be as one that vnderstandeth, and yet holde thy tongue.
If thou be among great men, compare not thy self vnto them and when an elder speaketh, bable not muche.
Before the thonder goeth lightning, and before a shamefast man goeth fauour.
Stand vp betimes, and be not the last: but get thee home without delay,
And there take thy pastime, and do what thou wilt, so that thou do none euil, or vse proude wordes.
But aboue all things, giue tha{n}kes vnto him that hathe made thee, and replenished thee with his goods.
¶ Who so feareth the Lord, wil receiue his doctrine, and they that rise early, shal finde fauour.
He that seketh the Law shalbe filled there with but the hypocrite wil he offe{n}ded thereat.
They that feare the Lord shal finde that which is righteous, and shal kindle iustice as a light.
An vngodlie man wil not be reformed, but findeth out excuses according to his wil.
A man of vnderstanding dispiseth not counsel: but a lewde and proude man is not 〈◊〉 ched with feare, euen when he hathe done rashly.
(My sonne,) do nothing without aduiseme{n}t so shal it not repent thee after the dede.
Go not in the way where thou maist fall, not where thou maist stumble among the stones nether trust thou in the way that is plaine.
And beware of thine owne children, (and take hede of them that be thine owne housholde.)
In euerie good worke be of a faithful heart for this is the keping of the commandements.
Who so beleueth in the Lord, kepeth the commandements and he that trusteth in the Lord, shal take no hurt.
THere shal no euil come vnto him that feareth the Lord: but when he is in tentation, he wil deliuer him againe.
A wise man hateth not the Law: but he that is an hypocrite therein, is as a shippe in a storme.
A man of vnderstanding walketh faithfully in the Law, and the Law is faithful vnto him.
As the question is made, prepare the answer and so shalt thou be heard: be sure of the matter, and so answer.
The heart of the foolish is like a cartewhele: and his thoghts are like a rolling axeltre.
As a wilde horse neieth vnder euerie one that sitteth vpo{n} him, so is ascorneful friend.
Why doeth one day excell another, seing that the light of the daies of the yere come of the sunne?
The knowledge of the Lord hathe parted them a sondre, and he hathe by them disposed the times and solemne feastes.
Some of them hathe he chosen and sanctified and some of them hathe he put among the daies to nomber.
And all men are of the grounde, and Adam was created out of the earth: but the Lord hathe deuided them by great knowledge, and made their waies diuers.
Some of them hathe he blessed and exalted and some of them hathe he sanctified, and ap propriate to him self: but some of them hathe he cursed, and broght the{m} lowe, and put them out of their estate.
As the claye is in the 〈◊〉 hand, to order it at his pleasure, so are men also in the hand of their creator, so that he may rewarde them as liketh him best.
Against euil is good, and against death is life so is the godlie against the sinner, and the vngodlie against the faithful.
So in all the workes of the moste High thou maist se that there are euer two, one against another.
¶ I am awaked vp last of all, as one that gathereth after the{m} in the vintage. In the blessing of the Lord I am increased, a{n}d haue filled my wine presse, like a grape gatherer.
Beholde, how I haue not labored onely for my self, but for all them that seke knowledge.
Heare me, ô ye great men of the people, & hearken with your eares, ye rulers of the con 〈◊〉.
Giue not thy sonne and wife, thy brother and friend, power ouer thee while thou liuest, and giue not away thy substance to another, lest it repent thee, and thou intreat for the same againe.
As long as thou liuest, and hast breth, giue not thy self ouer to anie persone.
For better it is that thy children shulde pray vnto thee, then that thou shuldest loke vp to the hands of thy children.
In all thy workes be excellent, that thine honour be neuer stained.
As the time when thou shalt end thy dayes, and finish thy life, distribute thine inheritance.
¶ The fodder, the whippe and the burden belong vnto the asse: and meat, correction and worke vnto thy seruant.
If thou set thy seruant to labour, thou shalt finde rest: but if thou let him go idle, he shal seke libertie.
The yoke and the whippe bow downe the hard necke: so tame thine euil seruant with the whippes and correction.
Send him to labour, that he go not idle: for idlenes bringeth muche euil.
Set him to worke, for that belongeth vnto him: if he be not obedient, put on more heauie 〈◊〉.
But be not excessiue towarde anie, and without discrecion do nothing.
If thou haue (a faithful) seruant, let him be vnto thee as thine owne soule: for in blood hast thou goten him. If thou haue a seruant, intreat him as thy brother for thou hast nede of him, as of thy self. If thou intreat him euil, and he runne away, 〈◊〉 seke him?
THe hope of a foolish man is vaine and false, and dreames make fooles to haue wings.
Who so regardeth dreames, is like him that wil take holde of a shadowe, and followe after the winde.
Euen so is it with the appearings of dreames, as the likenes of a face is before another face.
Who ca{n} be clensed by the vncleane? or what trueth can be spoken of a lier?
Soth sayings, 〈◊〉, & dreaming is but vanitie, & a minde that is occupied with fantasies, is as a woman that trauaileth.
Where as suche visions come not of the moste High to trye thee, set not thine heart vpo{n} them.
For dreames haue disceiued many, and thei haue failed that put their trust therein.
The Law shalbe fulfilled without lies, & wisdome is sufficient to a faithful mouth: [what knowledge hathe he that is not tryed?]
A man that is instructed, vnderstandeth muche, and he that hathe good experience, can talke of wisdome.
He that hathe no experience, knoweth litle and he that erreth, is ful of crafte.
When I wandred to and fro, I sawe many things, and mine vnderstanding is greater then I can expresse.
I was oft times in danger of death, yet I was deliuered by these things.
¶ The spirit of those that feare the Lord, shal liue: for their hope is in him that can helpe them.
Who so feareth the Lord, feareth no ma{n}, nether is afraied: for he is his hope.
Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the Lord: in whome putteth he his trust? who is his strength?
For the eyes of the Lord haue respect vnto them, that loue him: he is their mightie protection, and strong grounde, a defense from the heat, and a shadowe for the noone day, a succour from stombling, and an helpe from falling.
He setteth vp the soule, and lightneth the eyes he giueth health, life and blessing.
¶ He that giueth an offring of vnrighteous goods, offreth a mocking sacrifice, and the giftes of the vnrighteous, please not him.
[But the Lord is theirs onely, that paciently abide him in the way of trueth and righteousnes.]
The moste High doeth not alowe the offrings of the wicked, nether is he pacified for sinne by the multitude of sacrifice.
Who so bringeth an offring of the goods of the poore, doeth as one that sacrifiseth the sonne before the fathers eyes.
The bread of the nedeful is the life of the poore: he that defraudeth him thereof, is a murtherer.
He that taketh away his neighbours liuing, slayeth him, and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hyre, is a blood shedder.
¶ When one buyldeth, and another breaketh downe, what profite haue they then but labour?
When one prayeth and another curseth, whose voyce wil the Lord heare?
He that washeth him self because of a dead bodie, and toucheth it againe, what auaileth his washing?
So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes, and committeth them againe: who wil heare his prayer? or what doeth his fasting helpe him.
WHO so kepeth the Law, bringeth offrings ynough: he that holdeth fast the commandements, offreth an offring of saluacion.
He that is thankeful to them that haue wel deserued, offreth fine floure: and he that giueth almes, sacrifiseth praise.
To departe from euil is a thankeful thing to the Lord, and to forsake vnrighteousnes, is a reconciling vnto him.
Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lord.
For all these things are done because of the commandement.
The offring of the righteous maketh the altar fat, and the smel thereof is swete before the most High.
The sacrifice of the righteous is acceptable, and the remembrance thereof shal neuer be forgotten.
Giue the Lord his honour with a good and liberal eye, and diminish not the first frutes of thine hands.
In all thy giftes shewe a ioyeful countenance, and dedicate thy tithes with gladnes.
Giue vnto the moste High according as he hathe enriched thee, and loke what thine hand is able, giue with a chareful eye.
For the Lord recompenseth, and wil giue thee seuen times as muche.
〈◊〉 nothing of thine offring: for he wil not receiue it, and absteine from wrong ful sacrifices for the Lord is the iudge, and regardeth no mans persone.
He accepteth not the persone of the poore, but he heareth the prayer of the oppressed.
He despiseth not the desire of the fatherles, nor the widdow, when she powreth out her prayer.
Doeth not the teares runne downe the widdowes chekes? and her crye is against him that caused them: for from her chekes do they go vp vnto heauen, and the Lord which heareth them, doeth accept them.)
He that serueth the Lord, shalbe accepted with fauour, and his prayer shal teache vnto the cloudes.
The prayer of him that humbleth him self, goeth thorowe the cloudes, and ceaseth not til it come nere & wil not departe til the most High haue respect thereunto to iudge righteously, and to execute iudgement.
And the Lord wil not be slacke, nor the Almightie wil tarie long from the{m}, til he hathe smitten in sunder the loynes of the vnmerciful, and aduenged him self of the heathen, til he haue take{n} away the multitude of the cruel and broken the scepter of the vnrighteous, til he 〈◊〉 euerie man after his workes, and rewarde them after their deuises, til he haue iudged the cause of his people, and co{m}forted them with his mercie.
Oh, how faire a thing is mercie in the time of anguish and trouble,! It is like a cloude of raine, that cometh in the time of a drought.
HAue mercie vpon vs, ô Lord God of all things, and beholde vs, a{n}d (shewe vs the light of thy mercies,)
And send thy feare among the nacio{n}s, whiche seke not after thee, (that they may know that there is no God but thou, and that they may shewe thy wonderous workes.)
Lift vp thine hand vpon the strange nacio{n}s that they may se thy power.
As thou art sanctified in vs before them, so be thou magnified among them before vs,
That they may know thee, as we know thee for there is none other God but onely thou, ô Lord.
Renue the signes, and change the wonders shewe the glorie of thine hand, and thy right arme, that they may shewe forthe thy wonderous actes.
Raise vp thine indignacion, and powre out wrath: take away the aduersarie, and smite the enemie.
Make the time shorte: reme{m}ber thine othe, that thy wonderous workes may be praised
Let the wrath of the fyre 〈◊〉 them that escape, and let them perish that oppresse the people.
Smite in sonder the heades of the princes that be our enemies, and say, There is none other but we.
〈◊〉 all the tribes of Iacob together, (that they may knowe that there is none other God but onely thou, and that they may shew thy wonderous workes,) and inherit thou them as from the beginning.
O LORD, haue mercie vpon the people, that is called by thy Name, and vpon Israel, whome thou hast likened to a first borne sonne.
Oh, be merciful vnto Ierusalem the citie of thy Sanctuarie, the citie of thy rest.
Fill 〈◊〉, that it may magnifie thine oracles and (fill) thy people with thy glorie.
Giue witnes vnto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise vp the prophecies that haue bene shewed in thy Name.
Rewarde them that waite for thee, that thy Prophetes may be founde faithful.
O Lord, heare the power of thy seruants according to the blessing of Aaron ouer thy people, (and guide thou vs in the way of righteousnes) that all they which dwell vpon the earth, may knowe that thou art the Lord the eternal God.
¶ The belie deuoureth all meates, yet is one meat better then another.
As the throte tasteth venisone, so doeth a wise minde (discerne) false wordes.
A frowarde heart bringeth grief, but a man of experience wil resist it.
A woman is apt to receiue euerie man: yet is one daughter better then another.
The beautie of a woman chereth the face, and a man loueth nothing better.
If there be in her tongue gentlenes, mekenes, and wholesome talke, the{n} is not her housband like other men.
He that hathe gotten a (vertuous) woman, hathe begone to get a possession: she is an helpe like vnto himself, and a piller to rest vpon.
Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hathe no wife, wa{n}dereth to and fro, mourning.
Who wil trust a thief that is alway readie & wandereth from towne to towne? and like wise him, that hathe no rest, and lodgeth, wheresoeuer the night taketh him?
EVerie frie{n}d saith, I am a friend vnto him also: but there is some friend, which is onely a friend in name.
Remaineth there not heauines vnto death, when a companion and friend is turned to an enemie?
O wicked presumption, fro{m} whence art thou sprong vp to couer the earth with disceite?
There is some companion which in prosperitie reioyceth with his friend, but in the time of trouble he is against him.
There is some companion that helpeth his friend for the bellie sake, and taketh vp the buckeler against the enemie.
Forget not thy friend in thy minde, & thinke vpon him in thy riches.
Seke no counsel at him of whome thou art suspected, and disclose not thy counsel vnto suche as hate thee.
Euerie counseler praiseth his owne counsel: but there is some that counseleth for him self.
Beware of the counseler, and be aduised afore where to thou wilt vse him: for he wil counsel for him self, lest he cast the lot vpon thee.
And say vnto thee, Thy way is good, and afterwarde he sta{n}d against thee, and loke what shal become of thee.
[Aske no counsel for religion of him, that is without religio{n}, nor of iustice, of him that hathe no iustice,] nor of a woman 〈◊〉 her of whome she is ielous, nor of a cowarde in matters warre, nor of a marchant concerning exchange, nor of a bier for the sale, nor of an enuious ma{n} touching 〈◊〉, nor of the vnmerciful touching kindenes, [nor of an vnhonest man of honestie,] nor of the slothful for anie labour, nor of an hireling for the finishing of a worke, nor of an idle seruant for muche busines: hearken not vnto these in anie matter of counsel.
But be continual with a godlie man whome thou knowest to kepe the commandements of the Lord, whose minde is according to thy minde, and is sorie for thee when thou stumblest.
Take counsel of thine owne heart: for there is no man more faithful vnto thee, then it.
For a mans minde is some time more accustomed to shewe more the{n} seuen watchmen that sit aboue in an high tower.
And aboue all this pray to the most High, that he wil direct thy waye in trueth.
Let reason go before euerie enterprise, and counsel before euerie action.
¶ These [changing] of the countenance is a signe of the cha{n}ging of the heart: foure thi{n}gs appeare good and euil, life & death, but the tongue hathe euermore the gouernement ouer them.
¶ Some ma{n} is wittie, & hathe instructed manie, and yet is vnprofitable vnto him self.
Some man wil be wise in wordes, and is hated, yea, he is destitute of all foode,
Because grace is not giuen him of the Lord for he is distitute of all wisdome.
Another is wise for him self, and the frutes of vnderstanding are faithful in his mouth.
A wise man instructeth his people, and the frutes of his wisdome faile not.
A wise man shalbe plenteously blessed, and all they that se him, shal thinke him blessed.
The life of man standeth in the nomber of dayes: but the dayes of Irael are innumerable.
A wise man shal obteine credit among his people, and his name shalbe perpetual.
My sonne, proue thy soule in thy life, and se what is euil for it, and permit it not to do it.
For all things are not profitable for all men, nether hathe euerie soule pleasure in euerie thing.
Be not griedie in all delites, and be not to hastie vpon all meates.
For 〈◊〉 of meates bringeth sickenes, & glotonie cometh into choliricke diseases
By surfet haue manie perished: but he that 〈◊〉 him self, prolongeth his life.
HOnour the physicion with that honor that is due vnto him, because of necessitie: for the Lord hathe created him.
For of the moste High cometh healing, and he shal receiue giftes of the King.
The knowledge of the physicion lifteth vp his head, and in the sight of great me{n} he shalbe in admiration.
The Lord hathe created medecines of the earth, and he that is wise, wil not abhorre it.
Was not the water made swete with wood, that men might know the vertue thereof?
So he hathe giuen men knowledge, that he might be glorified in his wo{n}derous workes.
With suche doeth he healemen, and taketh away their paines.
Of suche doeth the apothecarie make a con fection, and yet he can not finish his owne workes: for of the Lord cometh prosperitie and welth ouer all the earth.
My so{n}ne, faile not in thy sickenes, but parie vnto the Lord, and he wil make thee whole.
Leaue of from sinne, and order thine ha{n}ds a right, and clense thine heart from all wickednes.
Offer swete incense, and fine floure for a reme{m}brance: make the offring fat, for thou art not the first giuer.
Then giue place to the physicion: for the Lord hathe created him: let him not go fro{m} thee, for thou hast nede of him.
The houre may come, that their enterprises may haue good successe.
For they also shall praye vnto the Lord, that he wolde prosper that, which is giuen for ease, and their physicke for the prolo{n}ging of life.
He that sinneth before his maker, let hym fall into the hands of the physicion.
My sonne, powre for the teares ouer the dead, and begynne to mourne, as if thou hadest suffred great harme thy self, & then couer his bodie according to his appointement, and neglect not his buryal.
Make a grieuous lame{n}tacion, and be earnest in mourning, and vse lamentacion as he is worthie, and that, a daye or two, lest thou be euil spoken of, and then comforte thy self for thine heauines.
For of heauines cometh death, and the heauines of the heart breaketh the stre{n}gth
Of the affection of the hearte cometh sorow, and the life of him that is afflicted, is according to his heart.
Take no heauines to heart driue it awaye and remember the last end.
Forget it not: for there is no turning againe: thou shalt do him no good, but hurt thy self.
Remember his iudgement: thine also shalbe like wise, vnto me yester daye, and vnto thee to day.
Seing the dead is at rest, let hys remembrance rest, and comforte thy self agayne for him, when his Spirit is departed frome him.
¶ The wisdome of a learned ma{n} cometh by vsing wel his vacant time: and he that ceaseth from his owne matters & labour, may come by wisdome.
How ca{n} he get wisdome that holdeth the plough, and he that hathe pleasure in the gode, and in driuing oxen, and is occupied in their labours, & talketh but of the brede of bullockes?
He giueth his minde to make forowes, & is diligent to giue the kine fodder,
So is it of euerie carpe{n}ter, and workemaster that laboreth night and daye: and they that cut, and graue seales, and make sondrie diuersities, and giue the{m} selues to contrefait imagerie, and watche to performe the worke.
The smithe in like maner abideth by hys anuil, and doeth his diligence to labour the yron: the vapour of the fyre dryeth hys fleshe, and hemuste fight with the heat of the fornace: the noyce of the hammer is euer in his eares, and his eyes loke stil vpon the thing that he maketh: he setteth his minde to make vp his workes: therefore he watcheth to polish it perfitely.
So doeth the potter sit by his worke: he turneth the whele, about with his fete: he is careful alwaye at his worke, and maketh his worke by nomber.
He facioneth the claye with his arme, and with his feete he tempereth the hardnes thereof: his heart 〈◊〉 how to couer it with lead, and his diligence is to clense the ouen.
All these hope in their hands, and euerie one bestoweth his wisdome in his worke.
Without these can not the cities be mainteined, nor inhabited, nor occupied.
And yet they are not asked their iudgeme{n}t in the cou{n}sel of the people, nether are thei hie in the congregacion, nether sit they vpon the iudgement seates, nor vnderstand the order of iustice: they can not declare matters according to the forme of the Law, & they are not mete for hard matters.
But thei mainteine the state of the worlde and their desire is concerning their worke and occupacion.
HE onelie that applieth his minde to the Law of the moste High, and is occupied in the meditacion thereof, seketh out the wisdome of all the ancient, & exerciseth him self in the prophecies.
He kepeth the sayings of famous men & entreth in also to the secrets of darke sentences.
He seketh out the mysterie of graue sentences, and exerciseth him self in darke parables.
He shal serue amo{n}g great men and appeare before the pri{n}ce he shal traueil through strange countreis: for he hathe tryed the good and the euil among men.
He wil giue his heart to resorte early vnto the Lord that made him, and to praye before the moste High, and wil open his mouth in prayer, and praie for his sinnes.
When the great Lord wil, he shalbe filled with the Spirit of vnderstanding, that he may powre out wise sentences, and giue thankes vnto the Lord in his prayer.
He shal direct his cou{n}sel, and knowledge so shal he meditate in his secrets.
He shal shewe for the his science and learning, and reioyce in the Law and couenant of the Lord.
Manie shal commend his vnderstanding, and his memorie shal neuer be put out, nor departe away, but his name shal continue from generacion to generacion.
The congregacion shall declare his wisdome, and shewe it.
Thogh he be dead, he shal leaue a greater same then a thousand: and if he liue still, he shal get the same.
Yet wil I speake of mo things: for I am ful as the moone.
Hearken vnto me, ye holy children, and bring forthe frute, as the rose that is planted by the brokes of the field,
And giue yea swete smell as incense, and bring forth flowres as the lilie giue a smel and sing a song of praise: blesse the Lord in all his workes.
Giue honour vnto hys Name, and shewe forthe his praise with the songs of your lippes, and with harpes, and ye shal say after this maner,
All the workes of the Lord are exceading good, and all his commandeme{n}ts are done in due season.
And none may say, What is this? wherfore is that? for at time conuenient they shal all besoght out at his co{m}mandement the water stode as an heape, and at the worde of his mouth the waters gathered the{m} selues.
His whole fauour (appeared) by his commandement, and none can diminishe that which he wil saue.
The workes of all fleshe are before him, and nothing can be hid from his eyes.
He seeth from euerlasting to euerlasting, and there is nothing wonderful vnto him.
A man nede not to say, What is this? wherfore is that? for he hath made all things for their owne vse.
His blessing shal renne ouer as the streame, and moisture the earth like a flood.
As he hath turned the waters into saltnes, so shal the heathen fele his wrath.
As his waies are plaine and right vnto the iust, so are they stumbling blockes to the wicked.
¶ For the good, are good thinges created from the beginning, and euill thinges for the sinners.
The principal thinges for the whole vse of mans life is water, fyre, and yron, and salt, and meale, wheate and hony, & milke, the blood of the grape, and oyle, and clothing.
All these things are for good to the godlie: but to the sinners they are turned vnto euil.
There be spretes that are created for ve{n}geance, whiche in their rigour laye on sure strokes: in the time of destructio{n} thei shewe forthe their power, and accomplishe the wrath of him that made them.
Fyre, and haile, and famine, and death: all these are created for vengeance.
The teeth of wilde beastes, and the Scorpions, and the serpents, and the sword execute vengeance for the destruction of the wicked.
They shalbe glad to do his commandeme{n}ts and when nede is, they shalbe readie vpo{n} earth: and when their houre is come they shal not ouerpasse the commandement.
Therefore haue I taken a good courage vnto me from the beginning, and haue thoght on these things, and haue put the{m} in writing.
All the workes of the Lord are good, & he giueth euerie one in due season, & whe{n} nede is:
So that a man nede not to say, This is worse then that: for in due season they are all worthie praise.
And therefore praise the Lord with whole heart and mouth, and blesse the Name of the Lord.
GReat trauail is created for all men, & an heauie yoke vpon the sonnes of Adam from the day that they go out of their mothers wombe, til the day that theiretur ne to the mother of all things.
(Namely) their thoghts, and feare of the heart, and their imaginacion of the things they waite for, and the daye of death.
〈◊〉 him that sitteth vpon the glorious throne, vnto him that is benethī the earth and ashes,
From him that is clothed in blewe silke, and weareth a crowne, euen vnto him that is clothed in simple linen.
Wrath and enuie, trouble, and vnquietnes and feare of death, and rigour, and strife, & in the time of rest the slepe in the night vpon his bed, change his knowledge.
A litle or nothing is his rest, and afterwarde in sleping he is as in a watchetowre in the daye he is troubled with the visions of his heart, as none that renneth out of a battel.
And when all is safe, he awaketh, and marueileth that the feare was nothing.
Suche things come vnto all flesh, bothe man and beast, but seuen folde to the vngodlie:
Moreouer, death and blood and strife, & sworde, oppression, famine, destruction, & punishement.
These things are all created for the wicked and for their sakes came the flood.
All things that are of the earth, shal turne to earth againe: and they that are of the waters, shal returne into the sea.
¶ All bribes and vnrighteousnes shalbe put awaye: but faithfulnes shal endure for euer.
The substance of the vngodlie shalbe dryed vp like a riuer, and they shal make a sounde like a great thonder in the raine.
When he openeth his hand, he reioyceth but all the transgressours shal come to naught.
The children of the vngodlie shal not obteine manie branches: for the vncleane rootes are as vpon the high rockes.
Their tender stalke by what water soeuer it be or water ba{n}ke, it shalbe pulled vp before all other herbes.
¶ Friendlines is as a moste plentifull garden of pleasure, and mercie endureth for euer.
To labour and to be content with that a man hathe, is a swete life: but he that findeth a treasure, is aboue them bothe.
Children, and the buylding of the Citie maketh a perpetual name: but an honeste woman is counteth aboue them bothe.
Wine and musicke reioyce the hearte: but the loue of wisdome is aboue them bothe.
The pipe and the psalterion make a swete noyce but a pleasant tongue is aboue the{m} bothe.
Thine eye desireth fauor and beautie but a grene sede time, rather then them both.
A friend, and companion come together at opportunitie: but aboue them bothe is a wife with her housband.
Friends and helpe (are good) in the time of trouble, but 〈◊〉 shal deliuer more the{n} them bothe.
Golde and siluer fasten the fete: but counsel is estemed aboue them bothe.
Riches and stre{n}gth lift vp the minde: but the feare of the Lord is aboue them both: there is no want in the feare of the Lord, and it nedeth no hêlpe.
The feare of the Lord is a pleasant garde{n} of blessing, and there is nothing so beautiful as it is.
¶ My sonne, lead not a beggers life: for better it were to dye then to begge.
The life of him that depe{n}deth on another mans table, is not to be counted for a life: for he torme{n}teth him self after other mens meat: but a wise man and wel nourtred, wil beware thereof.
Begging is swete in the mouth of the vnshamefast, and in his bellie there burneth a fyre.
O Death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liueth at rest in his possessions, vnto the man that hath nothing to vexe him, and that hathe prosperitie in all things yea, vnto him that yet is able to receiue meat!
O death, how acceptable is thy iudgeme{n}t vnto the nedefull, and vnto hym whose strength faileth, and that is now in the last age, and is vexed with all things, & to him that dispaireth, and hathe lost pacience!
Feare not the iudgement of death: reme{m}ber them that haue bene before thee, and that come after: this is the ordina{n}ce of the Lord ouer all flesh.
And why woldest thou be against the pleasure of the moste High? whether it be tene or an hundreth, or a thousand yeres, there is no defense for life against the graue.
¶ The children of the vngodlie are abominable children, and so are they that kepe companie with the vngodlie.
The inheritance of vngodlie children shal perish, and their posteritie shal haue a perpetual shame.
The chyldren complaine of an vngodlye father, because they are reproched for his sake.
Wo be vnto you, ô ye vngodlie, whiche haue forsaken the Lawe of the moste high God: for thogh you increase, yet shall you perish.
If ye be borne, ye shalbe borne to cursing: if ye dye, the curse shalbe your porcion.
All that is of the earth, shal turne to earth againe: so the vngodlie (go) from the curse to destruction.
Thogh men mourne for their bodie, yet the wicked name of the vngodlie shalbe put out.
Haue regarde to thy name: for that shal co{n}tinue with thee aboue a thousand treasures of golde.
A good life hath the dayes nombred: but a good name endureth euer.
My children, kepe wisdome in peace: for wisdome that is hid, and a treasure that is not sene, what profite is in them bothe?
A man that hideth his foolishnes, is better then a man that hideth his wisdome.
Therefore beare reuerence vnto my wordes: for it is not good in all thinges to be ashamed: nether are all things alowed as faithful in all men.
Be ashamed of whoredome before father and mother be ashamed of lies before the princes and men of autoritie:
Of sinne before the iudge and ruler: of offence before the congregacio{n} and people: of vnrighteousnes before a companio{n} and friend,
And of theft before the place where thou dwellest, and before the trueth of God and his couenant, and to leane with thyne elbowes vpon the bread, or to be reproued forgiuing or taking.
And of silence vnto them that salute thee, and to loke vpon an harlot,
And to turne away thy face from thy kinsma{n}: or to take away a portio{n} or a gift, or to be euil minded toward another mans wife,
Or to sollicite any mans maide, or to stand by her bed, or to reproche thy frie{n}ds with wordes,
Or to vpbraide when thou gyuest anye thing, or to reporte a matter that thou hast heard, or to reueile secret wordes.
Thus maiest thou well be shamefast, and shalt finde fauour with all men.
OF these things be not thou ashamed, nether haue regarde to offend for any persone.
Of the Law of the moste High and his couenant, and of iudgement to iustifie the godlie:
Of the cause of thy companion, & of strangers, or of distributing the heritage among friends:
To be diligent to kepe true balance, and weight, whether thou haue much or litle:
To sel marchandise at an indifferent price, and to correct thy children diligently, & to beat an euil seruant to the blood:
To set a good locke where an euill wife is, and to locke where manie hands are:
If thou giue anie thing by nomber, and weight, to put all in writing, both that that is gyuen out, and that that is receyued againe:
To teache the vnlearned, and the vnwise, & the aged, that conte{n}d against the yong: thus shalt thou be well instructed, and approued of all men liuing.
¶ The daughter maketh the father to watch secretly, and the carefulnes that he hathe for her, taketh away his slepe in the youth, lest she shuld passe the floure of her age: and when she hathe an housband, lest she shulde be hated:
In her virginitie, lest she shulde be defiled, or gotten with childe in her fathers house, and, when she is with her housband, lest she misbehaue her self: and when she is maried lest she continue vnfruteful.
If thy daughter be vnshamefast, kepe her straitly, lest she cause thyne ennemyes to laugh thee to scorne, and make thee a co{m}mune talke in the citie, and diffame thee among the people, and bring thee to publicke shame.
Beholde not euerie bodies beautie, and companie not among women.
For as the moth cometh out of garments: so doeth wickednes of the woman.
The wickednes of a man is better then the good intreatie of a woman, to wit, of a woman that is in shame, and reproche.
¶ I wil remember the workes of the Lord, and declare the thing that I haue sene: by the worde of the Lord are his workes.
The sunne that shineth, loketh vppon all things, and all the worke thereof is full of the glorie of the Lord.
Hathe not the LORD appointed that his Saincts shulde declare all hys wonderous workes, whiche the almightie Lord hathe stablished to confirme all things by in his maiestie?
He seketh out the depth, and the hearte, & he knoweth their practises: for the Lord knoweth all science, and he beholdeth the signes of the worlde.
He declareth the things that are past, & for to come, and discloseth the paths of things that are secret.
No thogh may escape him, nether maye anie worde be hid from him.
He hathe garnished the excellent workes of his wisdome, and he is from euerlasting to euerlasting, and for euer: vnto him maye nothing be added, nether can he be minished: he hathe no nede of anie counseler.
Oh, how delectable are all his workes, and to be considered euen vnto the sparkes of fyre!
They liue all, and endure for euer: & when soeuer nede is, they are all obedient.
Thei are all double, one against another: he hathe made nothing that hathe anye faute.
The one commendeth the goodnes of the other, and who can be satisfied with beholding Gods glorie?
THis high ornament the cleare firmament, the beautie of the heauen so glorious to beholde,
The sunne also, a marueilous instrument when it appeareth, declareth, at his going out, the worke of the moste High.
At noone it burneth the countrey, & who may abide for the heat thereof?
The sunne burneth the mountaines thre times more then he that kepeth a fornace with co{n}tinual heat: it casteth out the fyrie vapours, & with the shining beames blindeth the eyes.
Greate is the Lord that made it, and by his commandement he causeth it to runne hastely.
The moone also hathe he made to appeare according to her season, that it shuld be a declaration of the time, & a signe for the worlde.
The feastes are appointed by the moone: the light therof diminisheth vnto the end.
The moneth is called after the name thereof, and groweth wonderously in her changing.
It is a campe pitched on high, shining in the firmament of heauen: the beautie of heauen are the glorious starres, and the ornament that shineth in the high places of the Lord.
By the commandement of the holye one they continue in their order, and fayle not in their watche.
¶ Loke vpon the raine bowe, and prayse him that made it: verie beautiful is it in the brightnes thereof.
It compasseth the heauen aboute with a glorious circle, and the hands of the moste High haue bended it.
¶ Thorowe his co{m}mandement he maketh the snowe to haste, and sendeth swiftly the lightning of his iudgement.
Therefore he openeth his treasures, and the cloudes flie for the as the foules.
In hys power hathe he strengthened the cloudes, and broken the haile stones.
The mou{n}taines leape at the sight of hym: the South winde bloweth according to his wil.
The sounde of his thonder beateth the earth: so doeth the storme of the North: the whirle winde also, as birdes that flie, scattereth the snowe, and the falling downe thereof is as the greshoppers that light downe.
The eye marueileth at the beautie of the whitenes thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raine of it.
He also powreth out the frost vppon the earth like salt, and when it is frosen, it sticketh on the toppes of pales.
When the colde North winde bloweth, an 〈◊〉 is frosen of the water, it abideth vpon all the gatherings together of water, and clotheth the waters as with a brest plate.
It deuoureth the mountaines, & burneth the wildernes, and destroyeth that that is grene, like fyre.
The remedie of all these is when a cloude cometh hastely, and when a dewe commeth vpon the heat, it refresheth it.
[By his worde he stilleth the winde:] by his counsel he appeaseth the depe, & plante thylands therein.
They that saile ouer the sea, tel of the perils thereof, and when we heare with our eares, we marueile there at.
For there be strange, and wonderous workes, diuers maner of beasts, and the creatio{n} of whales.
Thorowe him are all things directed to a good end, and are stablished by his worde.
And when we haue spoken muche, we can not atteine vnto the{m}: but this is the summe of all, that he is all.
What power haue we to praise him: for he is aboue all his workes?
The Lord is terrible, and verie great, and marueilous is his power.
Praise the Lord, and magnifie him as much as ye can, yet doeth he farre excede: exalte him with all your power, & be not wearie, yet can ye not atteine vnto it.
Who hathe sene him, that he might tel vs? and who can magnifie him as he is?
For there are hid yet greater things then these be, & we haue sene but a fewe of hys workes.
For the Lord hathe made all things, and giuen wisdome to suche as feare God.
LEt vs now commende the famous men, and our fathers, of whome we are begotten.
The Lord hathe gotten great glorie by them, and that through his great power from the beginning.
Thei haue borne rule in their kingdomes, and were renoumed for their power, and were wise in counsel, and declared prophecies.
They gouerned the people by counsel & by the knowledge of learning mete for the people, in whose doctrine were wise sē tences.
They inuented the melodie of musicke, & expounded the verses that were writen.
They were riche and mightie in power, & liued quietly at home.
All these were honorable men in their generacions, and were wel reported of their times,
There are of them that haue left a name behinde them, so that their praise shal be spoken of.
There are some also which haue no memorial, and are perished, as thogh they had neuer bene, and are become as thogh they had neuer bene, borne and their children after them.
But the former were merciful men, whose righteousnes hathe not bene forgotten.
For whose posteritie a good inheritance is reserued, and their sede is conteined in the couenant.
Their stocke is conteined in the couenant and their posteritie after them.
Their sede shal remaine for euer, & their praise shal neuer be taken away.
Their bodies are buryed in peace, but their name liueth for euermore.
The people speake of their wisdome, & the congregacion talke of their praise.
Enoch pleased the Lord God? therefore was he translated for an example of repentance to the generacions.
〈◊〉 was founde perfite, and in the time of wrath he had a rewarde: therefore was he left as a remnant vnto the earth, when the flood came.
An euerlasting couenant was made with him, that all flesh shulde perish no more by the flood.
Abraha{m} was a great father of maniepeo ple: in glorie was there none like vnto him
He kepeth the Law of the moste High, & was incouenant with him, and he set couenant in his flesh, and in tentation he was founde faithful.
Therefore he assured him an othe, that he wolde blesse the nacions in his sede, and that he wolde multiplie him as the dust of the earth, & exalte his sede as the starres, & cause them to inherita{n}ce from sea to sea, & & fro{m} the Riuer vnto the end of the worlde
With Isaac did he co{n}firme like wise for Abraham his fathers sake, the blessing of all men, and the couenant.
And caused it to rest vpon the head of Iacob, and made him selfe knowen by hys blessings, and gaue him an heritage and deuided his porcions, and parted them among the twelue tribes.
And he broght out of him a mercifull man, whiche founde fauour in the sight of all flesh.
ANd Moyses, the beloued of God & men, (broght forthe,) whose remembrance is blessed.
He made him like to the glorious Saints, and magnified him by the feare of his enemies.
By his wordes he caused the wonders to cease, and he made him glorious in the sight of Kings, and gaue him commandements for his people, and shewed him hys glorie.
He sanctified him with faithfulnes, and mekenes, and chose him out of all men.
He caused him to heare his voyce, and broght him into the darke cloude, and there he gaue him the commaundements before his face, euen the Lawe of life and knowledge, that he might teache Iacob the couenant, and Israel his iudgements.
He exalted Aaron an holie man like vnto him, eue{n} his brother of the tribe of Leui.
An euerlasting couenant made he with him, and gaue him the Priesthode amo{n}g the people, and made him blessed through his comelie ornament, & clothed him with the garment of honour.
He put perfite ioye vpon him, and gyrded him with ornaments of strength, as with breches, and a tunicle, and an ephod.
He compassed hym aboute with belles of golde, and with manie belles round about, that when he went in, the sound might be heard, and might make a 〈◊〉 in the Sanctuarie, for a remembrance to the children of Israel his people,
And with an holie garment, with golde also, and blewe silke, and purple, & diuers kindes of workes, and with a brestlappe of iudgeme{n}t, & with the signes of trueth,
And with worke of skarlet conningly wroght, and with precious stones grauen like seales, and set in golde by gold smithes worke for a memorial with a writing grauen after the no{m}ber of the tribes of Israel.
And with a crowne of golde vpon the mitre, hearing the forme and marke of holines, an orname{n}t of honour, a noble worke garnished, and pleasant to loke vpon.
Before him were there no suche faire ornaments: there might no stranger put the{m} on, but onely his children, and his childre{n}s children perpetually.
Their sacrifices were wholy consumed euerie day twise continually.
Moses filled his hands, and anointed him with holie oyle: this was appointed vnto him by an euerlasting couenant, and to his sede, so long as the heauens shulde remaine, that he shulde minister before him, and also to execute the office of the priesthode and blesse his people in his name.
Before all men liuing the Lord chose him that he shulde present offrings before him and a swete sauour for a remembrance to make reconciliation for his people.
He gaue him also his commandements & autoritie according to the Lawes appointed, that he shulde teache Iacob the testimonies, and giue light vnto Israél by his Law:
Strangers stode vp against him, and enuied him in the wildernes, euen the men 〈◊〉 toke 〈◊〉 and Abirams parte, and the companie of Core in furie and rage.
This the Lord sake, and it displeased him, and in his wrathful indignacio{n} were they consumed he did wonders vpon them, and consumed them with the syrie flame.
But he made Aaron more honorable, and gaue him an heritage, and parted the first frutes of the first 〈◊〉 vnto him vnto him specially he appointed bread in abundance.
For the (Priests) did eat of sacrifices of the Lord, which he gaue vnto him and to his sede.
Els had he none heritage in the land of his people, nether had he any porcion among the people: for (the Lord) is the porcion of his inheritance.
The third in glorie is Phinees the sonne of Eleazar, because he had zeale in the feare of the Lord, and stode vp with good courage of heart, when the people were turned backe, and made reconciliation for 〈◊〉.
Therefore was there a couenant of peace made with him, that he shulde be the chief of the Sanctuarie and of his people, and that he and his posteritie shulde haue the dignitie of the priesthode for euer.
And according to the couenant made with Dauid that the inheritance of the kingdo me shulde remaine to his sonne of the tribe of Iuda: so the heritage of Aaron shuld be to the onelie sonne of his sonne, and to his sede. God giue vs wisdome in our heart to iudge his people in righteousnes, that the good things that they haue be not abolished, and that their glorie may endure for their posteritie.
IEsus the sonne of Naue was valiant in the warres, & was the successour of Moyses in prophecies, who according vnto his name, was a great sauiour of the elect of God, to take vengea{n}ce of the enemies that rose vp against them, and to set Israél in their inheritance.
What glorie gate he, when he lift vp his hand, and drewe out his sworde against the cities?
Who was there before him, like to him? for he foght the battels of the Lord.
Stode not the sunne stil by his meanes, and one day was as long as two?
He called vnto the moste high Gouernour when the enemies preased vpo{n} him on euerie side, & the mightie Lord heard him with the haile stones, and with 〈◊〉 power.
He rushed in vpo{n} the nacions in battel, and in the going downe (of Bethoron) he destroied the aduersaries, that they might knowe his weapons, and that he foght in the sight of the Lord: for he followed the Almightie.
In the time of Moyses also he did a good worke: he and Caleb the sonne of Iephu ne stode against the enemie, and with helde the people from sinne, and appeased the wicked murmuring.
And of six hundreth thousand people of fote, they two were preserued to bring the{m} into the heritage, euen into the land that floweth with milke and honey.
The Lord gaue strength also vnto Caleb, which remained with him vnto his olde age, so that he went vp into the high places of the land and his sede obteined it for an heritage.
That all the children of Israél might se, that it is good to follow the Lord.
Concerning the Iudges, euerie one by name, whose heart we{n}t not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, their memorie be blessed.
Let their bones florish out of their place, and their name by succession remaine to them that are moste famous of their children.
¶ Samuel the Prophet of the Lord, beloued of his Lord, ordeined Kings, and anointed the princes ouer his people.
By the Lawe of the Lord he iudged the co{n}gregacion, and the Lord hast respect vnto Iacob.
This Prophete was approued for his faithfulnes, and he was knowen faithful in his wordes and visions.
He called vpo{n} the Lord almightie, when his enemies preased vpon him on euerie side, when he offred the sucking lambe.
And the Lord thondred from heauen, & made his voyce to be heard with a great noyce.
So he discomfited the princes of the Tyrians, and all the rulers of the Philistims.
And before his long 〈◊〉 he made protestacion in the sight of the Lord, and his anointed, that he toke no substance of any man, no, not so muche as a shooe, and no man colde accuse him.
After his slepe also he tolde of the Kings death, and from the earth lift he vp his voyce, and prophecied that the wickednes of the people shulde perish.
AFter him rose vp Nathan to prophecie in the time of Dauid.
For as the fat is taken away from the peace offring, so was Dauid chosen out of the children of Israél.
He plaied with the lions, as with kiddes, and with beares, as with lambes.
Slewe he not a gyante when he was yet but yong, and toke away the rebuke from the people: when he lift vp his hand with the stone in the sling, to beat downe the pride of Goliah?
For he called vpon the moste high Lord, which gaue him stre{n}gth in his right hand to slay that mightie warriour, & that he might set vp the horne of his people againe.
So he gaue him the praise of ten thousand and honored him with great praises and gaue him a crowne of glorie.
For he destroied the enemies on euerie side, and rooted out the Philistims his aduersaries, and brake their horne in sunder vnto this day.
In all his workes he praised the Holy one and the moste High with honorable wordes, & with his whole heart he sung songs and loued him that made him.
He set singers also before the altar, and according to their tune he made swete songs, that they might praise (God) daily with songs.
He ordeined to kepe the feast daies comely, and appointed the times perfitely, that they might praise the holy Name of God, and make the Te{m}ple to sounde in the morning.
The Lord toke away his sinnes, and exalted his horne for euer: he gaue him the couenant of the kingdome, and the throne of glorie in Israél.
After him rose vp a wise sonne, who by him dwelt in a large possession.
Salomon reigned in a peaceable time and was glorious: for God made all quiet rounde about, that he might buyld an house in his Name, and prepare the Sanctuarie for euer.
How wise wast thou in thy youth, & wast filled with vndersta{n}ding, as with a flood.
Thy minde couered the whole earth, and hathe filled it with graue and darke sentences.
Thy Name went abroade in the yles, and for thy peace thou wast beloued.
The countreie marueiled at thee for thy songs, and prouerbes, and similitudes, and interpretations.
By the Name of the Lord God, which is called the God of Israél, thou hast gathered golde as tinne, and hast had as muche siluer as lead.
Thou didest bowe thy loines to women and wast ouercome by thy bodie.
Thou didest staine thine honour, and hast defiled thy posteritie, & hast broght wrath vpon thy children, and hast felt sorowe for thy folie.
So the kingdome was deuided, and Ephraim bega{n} to be a rebellious kingdome
Neuertheles the Lord left not of his mercie, nether was he destroied for his workes nether did he abolish the posteritie of his elect, nor toke away the sede of him that loued him, but he left a remna{n}t vnto Iacob and a roote of him vnto Dauid.
Thus rested Salomon with his fathers, and of his sede he left behinde him Roboam, euen the foolishnes of the people, & one that had no vnderstanding, who turned away the people thorow his counsel, & Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, which caused Israél to sinne, & shewed Ephraim the way of sinne.
So that their sinnes were so muche increased, that they were driuen out of the land.
For they soght out all wickednes, til the vengeance came vpon them.
THen stode vp Elias the Prophete as a fyre, and his worde burnt like a lampe.
He broght a famine vpon the{m}, and by his zeale he diminished the{m}: [for they might not away with the commandements of the Lord.]
By the worde of the Lord he shut the heauen, and thre times broght he the fyre from heauen.
O Elias, how honorable art thou by thy wonderous dedes: who may make his boast to be like thee:
Which hast raised vp the dead fro{m} death, and by the worde of the moste High out of the graue.
Which hast broght Kings vnto destructio{n} and the honorable from their seate:
Which heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sina, and in Horeb the iudgement of the vengeance:
Which didest anoint Kings that they might recompense, and Prophetes to be thy successours:
Which wast taken vp in a whirle winde of fyre, and in a charet of fyrie horses:
Which wast appointed to reproue in due season, & to pacific the wrath of the Lords iudgeme{n}t before it kindled, & to turne the hearts of the fathers vnto the childre{n}, and to set vp the tribes of Iacob.
Blessed were they that sawe thee, & slept in loue: for we shal liue.
When Elias was couered with the storme Eliseus was filled with his spirit: while he liued, he was not moued for any prince, nether colde any bring him into subiection.
Nothing colde ouercome him, and after his death his bodie prophecied.
He did wonders in his life, and in death were his workes marueilous.
For all this the people repented not, nether departed they from their sinnes: til they were caryed away prisoners out of their land, and were scatered through all the earth, so that there remained but a very few people with the prince vnto the house of Dauid.
Howbeit some of them did right, and some heaped vp sinnes.
Ezekias made his citie strong, and conueied water into the middes thereof he digged thorow the rocke with yron, and made fountaines for waters.
In his time came Sennacherib vp, and sent Rabsaces, and list vp his hand against Sion, and boasted proudely.
Then trembled their hearts and hands, so that they sorowed like a woman in trauel.
But they called vpon the Lord, which is merciful, and lift vp their hands vnto him, and immediatly the holy one heard them out of heauen.
[He thoght no more vpon their sinnes, nor gaue them ouer to their enemies,] but deliuered them by the hand of Esai.
He smote the hoste of the Assyrians, and his Angel destroyed them.
For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and remained stedfastly in the wayes of Dauid his father, as () Esai the great Prophet, and faithful in his visio{n} had commanded him.
In his time the sonne went backwarde, and he lengthened the Kings life.
He sawe by an excellent Spirit what shulde come to passe at the last, and he comforted them that were sorowful in Sion.
He shewed what shulde come to passe for euer, and secret things, or euer thei came to passe.
THe remembra{n}ce of Iosias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the arte of the apothecarie it is swete as honie in all mouthes, and as musicke at a banket of wine.
He behaued him self vprightly in therefor macion of the people, and toke away all abominacions of iniquitie.
He directed his heart vnto the Lord, and in the time of the vngodlie he established religion.
All, except Dauid and Ezekias, and Iosias, committed wickednes: for euen the Kings of Iuda forsoke the Law of the moste High and failed.
Therefore he gaue their horne vnto other, and their honor to a strange nacion.
He burnt the elect citie of the Sanctuarie, and destroied the stretes thereof according to the prophecie of Ieremias.
For thei intreated him euil, which neuertheles was a Prophete, sanctified from his mothers wombe, that he might roote out, and afflict, and destroye, and that he might also buyld vp, and plant.
Ezechiel sawe the glorious visio{n} which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubims.
For he made me{n}cion of the enemines vnder (the figure) of the raine, & directed the{m} that went right.
¶ And let the bones of the twelue Prophetes florish out of their place, and let their memorie be blessed, for they comforted Iacob, and deliuered them by assured hope.
¶ How shal we praise Zorobabel, which was as a ring on the right hand!
So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their time buylded the house, and set vp the Sanctuarie of the Lord againe which was prepared for an euerlasting worship.
¶ And among the elect was Neemias whose renoume is great: which set vp for vs the walles that were fallen, and set vp the gates and the barres, and laied the fundacions of our houses.
¶ But vp on the earth was no man created like Enoch: for he was taken vp from the earth,
Nether was there a like man vnto Ioseph the gouernour of his brethren & the vp holder of his people, whose bones were kept.
Sem and Seth were in great honour among men: and so was Adam aboue euerie liuing thing in the creation.
SImon the sonne of Onias the hie Priest which in his life set vp the house againe and in his dayes established the Temple.
Vnder him was the fundacion of the double height laied, & the hie walles that compasseth the Temple.
In his dayes the places, to receiue water that were decaied, (were restored) and the brasse was about in measure as the sea.
He 〈◊〉 care for his people, that they shulde not fall, & fortified the citié against the siege.
How honorable was his conuersation among the people, and when he came out of the house couered with the vaile!
He was as the morning starre in the middes of a cloude, and as the moone when it is ful
And as the sunne shining vpon the Temple of the moste High, & as the raine bowe that is bright in the faire cloudes.
And as the floure of the roses in the spring of the yere, and as lilies by the springs of waters, and as the branches of the frankē censetre in the time of somer.
As a fyre and incense in the censer, and as 〈◊〉 a vessel of massie golde, set with all maner of precious stones.
And as a faire oliue tre that is fruteful, and as a cypressetre, which groweth vp to the cloudes.
When' he put on the garment of honour and was clothed with all beautie, he went vp to the holy altar, and made the garme{n}t of holines honorable.
When he toke the porcions out of the Priests hands, he him self stoode by the herth of the altar, compassed with his brethren rounde about, as the bra{n}ches do the cedre tre in Libanus, and thei compassed him as the branches of the palme trees.
So were all the sonnes of Aaron in their glorie, & the oblacions of the Lord in their ha{n}ds before all the congregacio{n} of Israél.
And that he might acco{m}plish his ministerie vpon the altar, and garnish the offring of the moste High, and almightie.
He stretched out his hand to the drinke offring, & powred of the blood of the grape, and he powred at the fote of the altar a perfume of good sauour vnto the moste high King of all.
Then showted the sonnes of Aaron, and blowed with brasen trumpets, and made a great noyce to be heard, for a reme{m}brance before the moste High.
Then all the people together hasted, and fell downe to the earth vpo{n} their faces to worship their Lord God almightie, and moste high.
The singers also sang with their voyces, so that the sounde was great, and the melodie swete.
And the people prayed vnto the Lord moste high with prayer before him that is merciful, til the honour of the Lord were performed, and they had accomplished his seruice.
Then went he downe, and stretched out his hands ouer the whole congregacion of the children of Israél, that they shulde giue praise with their lippes vnto the Lord, and reioyce in his Name.
He bega{n} againe to worship, that the might receiue the blessing of the moste High.
Now therefore giue praise all ye vnto God that worketh great things euerie where, which hathe increased our dayes from the wombe, and delte with vs according to his mercie.
That he wolde giue vs ioyfulnes of heart, & peace in our dayes in Israél, as in olde time
That he wolde confirme his mercie with vs, and deliuer vs at his time.
¶ There be two maner of people that mine heart abhorreth, and the third is no people
They that sit vpon the mountaine of Samaria, the Philistims, and the foolish people that dwell in Sicinus.
¶ Iesus the sonne of Sirach (the sonne) of Eleazarus, of Ierusalém, hathe writen the doctrine of vnderstanding and knowledge in this boke, & 〈◊〉 powred out the wisdome of his heart.
Blessed is he that exerciseth him self therein: & he that layeth vp these in his heart shalbe wise.
For if he do these things, he shalbe strong in all things: for he setteth his steppes in the light of the Lord, which giueth wisdome to the godlie. The Lord be praised for euermore: so be it, so be it.
I Wil confesse thee, ô Lord and King, and praise thee, ó God, my Sauiour: I giue thankes vnto thy Name.
For thou art my defender and helper, and hast preserued my bodie from destruction and from the snare of the sclanderouston gue, and from the lippes that are occupied with lies: thou hast holpen me against mine aduersaries.
And hast deliuered me according to the multitude of thy mercie, and for thy Names sake, from the roaring of them that were readie to deuoure me, and out of the hands of suche as soght after my life, and from the manifolde affliction, which I had.
And from the fyre that choked me rounde about, and from the middes of the fyre that I burned not.
And from the botome of the belie of hel, from an vncleane tongue, from lying wordes, from false accusation to the King, & fro{m} the sclander of an vnrighteous tongue.
[My soule shal praise the lord vnto death] for my soule drewe nere vnto death: my life was nere to the hel beneth.
They compassed me on euerie side, & there was no man to helpe me: I loked for the succour of men, but there was none.
Then thoght I vpon thy mercie, ô Lord, & vpon thine actes of olde, how thou deliuerest suche as waite for thee, and sauest the{m} out of the hands of the enemies.
Then lift I vp my prayer from the earth, and praied for deliuerance from death.
I called vpon the Lord the father of my Lord, that he wold not leauemein the daye of my trouble, and in the time of the proude without helpe.
I wil praise thy Name continually, and wil sing praise with thankesgiuing: and my prayer was heard.
Thou sauedst me from destruction, and deliueredst me from the euil time: therefore wil I giue thankes and praise thee: & blesse the Name of the Lord.
When I was yet yong, or euer I we{n}t abroad I desired wisdome openly in my prayer.
I praied for her before the Temple, and soght after her vnto farre countreis, and she was as a grape that waxeth ripe out of the floure.
Mine heart reioyced in her: my foote walked in the right way, and from my youth vp soght I after her.
I bowed some what downe mine eare, and receiued her, and gate me muche wisdome
And I profited by her: therefore wil I ascribe the glorie vnto him, that giueth me wisdome.
For I am aduised to do thereafter: I wil be ielous of that that is good: so shal I not be confounded.
My soule hathe wresteled with her, and I haue examined my workes: I lifted vp mine hands on hye, and considered the ignorances thereof.
I directed my soule vnto her an I founde her in purenes: I haue had mine heart ioyned with her from the beginning: therefore shal I not be forsaken.
My bowels are troubled in seking her: therefore haue I gotten a good possession.
The Lord hathe giuen me a tongue for my rewarde, where with I wil praise him.
Drawe nere vnto me, ye vn lerned, & dwell in the house of learning.
Wherefore are ye slowe, and what say you of these things, seing your soules are very thirstie:
I opened my mouth, & said Bye her for you without money.
Bowe downe your necke vnder the yoke, and your soule shal receiue instruction: she is ready that ye may finde her.
Beholde with your eyes, how that I haue had but litle labour, and haue gotten vnto me muche rest.
Get learning with a great some of money: for by her ye shal possesse muche golde.
Let your soule reioyce in the mercie (of the Lord) and be not ashamed of his praise.
Do your duetie be times, and he wil giue you a rewarde at his time.
ANd these are the wordes of the boke, whiche Baruch the sonne of Nerias, the sonne of Maasias, the sonne of 〈◊〉, the sonne of Asadias, the sonne of Helcias wrote in at Babylon.
In the fifty ere, and in the seuenth (day) of the moneth, what time as the Caldeans toke Ierusalém; and burnt it with fyre.
And Baruch did read the wordes of this boke, that Iechonias the sonne of Ioacim King of Iuda might heare, and all the people that were come to heare the boke,
And in the audience of the gouernour, & of the Kings sonnes, & before the Elders, & before the whole people, fro{m} the lowest vnto the hiest, before all them that dwelt at Babylon by the riuer Sud.
Which (when they heard it,) went, fasted and made praiers before the Lord.
They made a collection also of money, according to euerie mans power,
And sent it to Ierusalem vnto Ioacim the sonne of 〈◊〉 the so{n}ne of Salom Priest, and vnto the other Priests, & to all the people, which were with him at Ierusalem.
When he had receiued the vessels of the Temple of the Lord, that were taken away out of the Temple, to bring the{m} againe into the land of Iuda, the tenth day of (the moneth) Siuan, (to wit,) siluer vessels, whiche Sedecias the sonne of Iosias King of Iuda had made,
After that Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon had led away Iechonias from Ierusalém, and his princes, and his nobles, prisoners, and the people, and caryed them to Babylon.
And they said, Beholde, we haue sent you money, wherwith ye shal bye burnt offri{n}gs for sinne, and incense, and prepare a meat offring, & offre vpon the altar of the Lord our God.
And pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon, and for the life of Baltasar his sonne, that their daies may be vpon earth, as the daies of heauen.
And that God wolde giue vs strength and lighten our eyes, that we may liue vnder the shadowe of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon, and vnder the shadowe of Baltasar his sonne, that we may long do the{m} seruice, and finde fauour in their sight.
Pray for vs also vnto the Lord our God [for we haue sinned against the Lord our God, & vnto this day the furie of the Lord and his wrath is not turne from vs]
And rede this boke [which we haue sent to you to be rehearsed in the Te{m}ple of the Lord] vpon the feast daies, and at time conuenient.
Thus shal ye say, To the Lord our God (belongeth) righte 〈◊〉, but vnto vs the confusio{n} of our faces, as it is come to passe this day vnto them of Iuda, and to the inha bitants of Ierusalém.
And to our Kings, and to our princes, and to our Priests, and to our Prophetes, and to our fathers.
Because we haue sinned before the Lord our God.
And haue not obeied him, nether hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lord our God, to walke in the commandements that he gaue vs openly.
From the day that the Lord broght our fathers out of the land of Egypt, euen vnto this day, we haue bene disobedient vnto the Lord our God, and we haue bene negligent to heare his voyce.
Wherefore these plagues are come vpo{n} vs, & the curse which the Lord appointed by Moyses his seruant as the time that he broght our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to giue vs a land that floweth with milke and honie, as (appeareth) this day.
Neuertheles, we haue not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lord our God, according to all the wordes of the Prophetes, whome he sent vnto vs.
But euerie one of vs followed the wicked imaginacion of his owne heart, to serue strange gods, and to do euil in the sight of the Lord our God.
THerefore the Lord our God hathe performed his worde, which he pronounced against vs, and against our iudges that gouerned Israel, and against our Kings, & against our princes, and against the men of Israél and luda,
To bring vpon vs great plagues, suche as neuer came to passe vnder the whole heaue{n} as they that were done in Ierusale{m}, according to things, that were written in the Lawe of Moyses,
That some among vs shulde eat the flesh of his owne sonne, & some the flesh of his owne daughter.
Moreouer, he hathe deliuered them to be in subiection to all the kingdomes, that are rounde about vs, to be as a reproche & desolation amo{n}g all the people rounde about where the Lord hathe scattred them.
Thus they are broght beneth and not aboue, because we haue sinned against the Lord our God, and haue not heard his voyce.
To the Lord our God (apperteineth) righteousnes, but vnto vs & to our fathers open shame, as (appeareth) this day.
(For) all these plagues are come vpon vs, which the Lord hathe pronounced against vs.
Yet haue we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turne euerie one from the imaginacions of his owne wicked heart.
So the Lord hathe watched ouer the plagues, and the Lord hathe broght them vpo{n} vs: for the Lord is righteous in all his workes, which he hathe commanded vs.
Yet we haue not earkened vnto his voyce, to walke in the commandements of the Lord that he hathe giuen vnto vs.
And now, ô Lord God of Israél, that hast broght thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mightie hand, and an hie arme, and with signes, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a Name, as (appeareth) this day.
O Lord our God, we haue sinned we haue done wickedly: we haue offended in all thine ordinances.
Let thy wrath turne from vs 〈◊〉 for we are but a fewe left among the heathen, where thou hast scatred vs.
Heare our praiers, ô Lord, & our peticio{n}s, and deliuer vs for thine owne sake, and giue vs fauour in the sight of them, which haue led vs away.
That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy Name is called vpon Israél and vpon their posteritie.
Therefore loke downe from thine holy Temple, and thinke vpon vs encline thine eare, ô Lord, and heare vs.
Open thine eyes, and beholde: for the 〈◊〉 that are in the graues, and whose 〈◊〉 soules are out of their bodies, 〈◊〉 giue vnto the Lord, nether praise, nor righteousnes.
But the soule that is vexed for the greatnes (of sinne,) 〈◊〉 he that goeth crokedly, and weake, and the eyes that faile, and the hungrie soule wil giue thee praise and righteousnes, ô Lord.
For we do not require me 〈◊〉 in thy sight ô Lord our God, for the righteousnes of our fathers, or of our Kings,
But because thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignacion vpon vs, as thou hast spoken by thy seruants the Prophetes saying
Thus saith the Lord, Bowe downe your shulders, and serue the King of Babylon so shal ye remaine in the land, that I gaue vnto your fathers.
But if ye wil not heare the voyce of the Lord, to serue the King of Babylon,
I wil cause to cease in the cities of Iuda, and in Ierusalém, I wil cause to cease the voyce of mirthe, and the voyce of ioye, and the voyce of the bridegrome, and the voyce of the bride, and the land shalbe desolate of inhabitants.
But we wold not hearken vnto thy voyce to serue the King of Babylon: therefore hast thou performed the wordes that thou spakest by thy seruants the Prophetes: (namely,) that the bones of our Kings, and the bones of our fathers shulde be caryed out of their places.
And lo, they are cast out to the heat of the day, and to the colde of the night, and are dead in great miserie with famine, & with the sworde, and in banishment.
And the Temple wherein thy Name was called vpon, thou hast broght to the state, as (appeareth) this day, for the wickednes of the house of Israél, and the house of Iuda
O Lord our God, thou hast intreated vs according to equitie, and according to all thy great mercie.
As thou spakest by thy seruant Moyses, in the day when thou didest command him to write thy Lawe before the childre{n} of Israel, saying,
If ye wil not obey my voyce, then shal this great swarme and multitude be turned into a verie fewe among the nacions where I wil scater them.
For I knowe that they wil not beare me for it is a stifnecked people: but in the land of their captiuitie they shal remember them selues,
And knowe that I am the Lord their God: then wil I giue them an heart (to vndersta{n}d) and eares.
And they shal heare, and praise me in the land of their captiuitie, 〈◊〉 thinke vpon my Name.
Then shal they turne them from their harde backes, and from their euil workes: for they shal reme{m}ber the way of their fathers which sinned before the Lord.
And I wil bring them againe into the land which I promised with an othe vnto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, & they shal be lords of it and I wil increase them, and they shal not be diminished.
And I wil make an euerlasting couenant with them, that I wil be their God, & they shal be my people: and I wil no more driue my people of Israél out of the land that I haue giuen them.
O Lord almightie, ô God of Israel, the soule that is in trouble, and the spirit that is vexed, cryeth vnto thee.
Heare, o Lord, and haue mercie: for thou art merciful, and haue pitie vpon vs, because we haue sinned before thee.
For thou endurest for euer, and we vtterly perish.
O Lord almightie, the God of Israel, heare now the prayer of the dead Israelites, and of their children, which haue sinned before thee, and not hearkened vnto the voyce of thee their God, wherefore these plagues ha{n}g vpon vs.
Reme{m}ber not the wickednes of our fathers, but thinke vpon thy power, and thy Name at this time.
For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, ô Lord, wil we praise.
And for this cause hast thou put thy feare in our hearts, that̄ we shulde call vpon thy Name, and praise thee in our captiuitie: for we haue considered in our mindes all the wickednes of our fathers, that sinned before thee.
Beholde, we are yet this day in our captiuitie, where thou hast scatered vs, to be a reproche, and a curse, and subiect to payments according to all the iniquities of our fathers which are departed from the LORD their God.
O Israel, heare the commandements of life: hearken vnto them, that thou maiest learne wisdome.
What is the cause, ô Israél, that thou art in thine enemies land, and art waxen olde in a strange countrey?
And art defiled with the dead? and art counted with them, that go downe to the graues?
Thou hast forsaken the fountaine of wisdome.
(For) if thou hadest walked in the way of GOD, thou shuldest haue remained safe for euer.
Learne where is wisdome, where is stre{n}ght where is vndersta{n}ding, that thou maist know also from whence cometh long continuance, and life, and where the light of the eyes, and peace is.
Who hathe found out her place? or who hathe come into her treasures?
Where are the princes of the heathen, and suche as ruled the beasts vpon the earth?
They that had their pastime with the soules of the heauen, that hoorded vp siluer, and golde, wherein me{n} trust, and made none end of their gathering?
For they that coyned siluer, and were so careful of their worke, and whose inue{n}tion had none end,
Are come to naught, and gone downe to hel and other men are come vp in their steades.
When thei were yong, they sawe the light & dwelt vpon the earth: but they vnderstode not the way of knowledge.
Nether perceiued the paths thereof, nether haue their children receiued it: but they were farre of from that way.
It hathe not bene heard of in the land of Chanaan, nether hathe it bene sene in The man,
Nor the Agarines that soght after wisdome vpon the earth, nor the marchans of Nerran and of The man, nor the expou{n}ders of fables nor the searchers out of wisdom haue knowen the way of wisdome, nether do they thinke vpon the pathes thereof.
O Israel, how great is the House of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
It is great, and hathe none end: it is hie, and vnmeasurable.
There were the gyants, famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in warre.
Those did not the Lord chose, nether gaue he the way of knowledge vnto them.
But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdome, and perish through their owne foolishnes.
Wo hathe gone vp into heaue{n}, to take her, and broght her downe from the cloudes?
Who hathe gone ouer the sea, to finde her, and hathe broght her, rather then fine golde?
No man knoweth her wayes, nether considereth her paths.
But he that knoweth all things, knoweth her, and he hathe founde her out with his vnderstanding: this same is he which hathe prepared the earth for euermore, and hathe filled it with foure footed beastes.
When he sendeth out the light, it goeth: & when he calleth it againe, it obeieth him with feare.
And the starres shine in their watch, and reioyce. When he calleth them, they say, Here we be: and so with cherefulnes they shewe light vnto him that made them.
This is our God, and there shal none other be compared vnto him.
He hathe founde out all the way of knowledge, and hathe giuen it vnto Iacob his seruant, and to Israel his beloued.
Afterwarde he was sene vpon earth, and dwelt among men.
THis is the boke of the co{m}mandements of God, and the Law that 〈◊〉 for euer all they that kepe it, shal come to life: but suche as forsake it, shaldye.
Turne thee, ô Iacob, and take holde of it: walke by this brightnes before the light thereof.
Giue not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable vnto thee, to a stra{n}ge nacion.
O Israel, were blessed: for the things that are acceptable vnto God, are declared vnto vs.
Be of good comfort, ô my people, which art the memorial of Israel.
Ye are solde to the nacions, not for your destruction: but because ye prouoked God to wrath, ye were deliuered vnto the enemies.
For ye haue displeased him that made you, offring vnto deuils and not to God.
Ye haue forgotten him that created you, eue{n} the euerlasting God, and ye haue grieued Ierusalem, that nourished you.
When she sawe the wrath comming vp on you fro{m} God, she said, Hearke{n}, ye that dwell about Sion: for God hathe broght me into great heauines.
I se the captiuitie of my sonnes and daughters, which the Euerlasting wil bring vpon them.
With ioye did I nourish them, but I must leaue them with weping and mourning.
Let no man reioyce ouer me a widdowe, & forsakan of manie, which for the sinnes of my children am desolate, because they departed from the Law of God.
They wolde not knowe his righteousnes, nor walke in the wayes of his co{m}mandeme{n}ts nether did they enter into the paths of discipline, through his righteousnes.
Come, ye that dwell about Sion, and call to remembrance the captiuitie of my, sonnes & daughters, whiche the Euerlasting hathe broght vpon them.
For he hathe broght vpo{n} them a nation fro{m} farre, an impudent nacion, and of a strange langage,
Which nether reuerence the aged, nor pitie the yong: these haue caried away the dere beloued of the widdowes, leauing me alone and destitute of my daughters.
But what can I helpe you?
Surely he that hathe broght these plagues vpon you, can deliuer you from the hands of your enemies.
Go your way, ô children, go your way: for I am left desolate.
I haue put of the clothing of peace, & put vpon me the sacke cloth of prayer, and so lo{n}g as I liue, I wil call vpon the Euerlasting.
Be of good comfort, ô children: crye vnto God, and he wil deliuer you from the power and hand of the enemies.
For I haue hope of your saluation through the Euerlasting, and ioye is come vpon me fro{m} the Holy one, because of the mercie, whiche shal quickely come vnto you from euerlasting Sauiour.
For I sent you away with weping, and mourning: but with ioye and perpetual gladnes wil God bring you againe vnto me.
Like as now the neighbours of Sion saw your captiuitie, so shal they also se shortly your saluacion from God, which shal come vnto you with great glorie, & brightnes fro{m} the Euerlasting.
My children, suffer paciently the wrath that is come vpon you from GOD: for thine enemie hath persecuted thee, but shortely thou shalt schis destruction, and shalt treade vpo{n} his necke.
My darlings haue gone by rough wayes, & were led away as a flocke that is scatered by the enemies.
Be of good comfort, my children, and crye vnto God: for he that led you away, hath you in remembrance.
And as it came into your minde to go astray from your God, so endeuoure your selues〈◊〉 ten times more, to turne againe and to seke him.
For he that hathe broght these plagues vpo{n} you, wil bring you euerlasting ioye againe, with your saluation.
Take a good heart, ô Ierusale{m}: for he which gaue thee that name, wil comfort thee.
They are miserable that afflict thee, & such as reioyce at thy fall.
The cities are miserable whome thy childre{n} serue: miserable is she that hathe taken thy sonnes.
For as she reioyced at thy decay, & was glad of thy fall, so shal she be forie for her owne desolation.
For I wil take away the reioycing of her great multitude, and her ioye shalbe turned into mourning.
For a fyre shal come vpon her fro{m} the Euerlasting, long to endure, & she shalbe inhabited of deuils for a great season.
O Ierusalem, loke towarde the East, and beholde the 〈◊〉 that cometh vnto thee from thy God.
Lo, thy sonnes [whome thou hast let go] come gathered together from the East vnto the West, reioycing in the worde of the Holy one vnto the honour of God.
PVt of thy mourning clothes, ô Ierusalem and thine affliction, and decke thee with the worshippe and honour, that cometh vnto thee from God, for euermore.
Put on the garment of righteousnes, that cometh from God, and set a crowne vpon thine head of the glorie of the Euerlasting.
For God wil declare thy brightnes to euerie countrey vnder the heauen.
And GOD wil name thee by this name for euer. The Peace of righteousnes, and the glorie of the worship of God.
Arise, ô Ierusalem, & stand vpon hie, and loke about thee towarde the East, and beholde thy children gathered from the East vnto the West by the worde of the Holie one, reioycing in the remembrance of God.
For they departed from the on foote, and were led away of their enemies: but God wil bring them againe vnto thee, exalted in glorie, as children of the kingdome.
For God hathe determined to bring downe euerie high mountaine, and the long enduring rockes, and to fill the valleys, to make the grounde plaine, that Israél may walke safely vnto the honour of God.
The woods and all swete smelling tres shall ouershadowe Israél at the commandement of God.
For God shall bryng Israél with ioye in the light of hys maiestie, with the mercie and righteousnes that cometh of him.
BEcause of the sinnes, that ye haue committed against God, ye shalbe led away captiues 〈◊〉 Babylon, by Nabuchodonosor, King of the Babylonians.
So when ye become into Babylon, ye shalre maine there manie yeres, and a long season, euen seuen generacions, and after that wil I bring you away peaceably from thence.
Now 〈◊〉 ye se in Babylon gods of siluer, and of golde, and of wood, borne vpon mens shulders, to cause the people to feare.
Beware therefore that ye in no wise be like the strangers, nether be ye afraide of them, when ye se the multitude before the{m} and behinde them worshipping them.
But say ye in your hearts, O Lord, we must worshippe thee.
For mine Angel shalbe with you, and shal care for your soules.
As for their tongue, it is polished by the carpenter, and they them selues are gilted, and laied ouer with siluer: yet are they but lyes, and can not breake.
And as they take golde for a maide that loueth to be dect.
So make they crownes for the heades of their gods: some times also the Priests them selues conuey away the golde, and siluer fro{m} their gods, a{n}d bestowe it vpon them selues.
Yea, they giue of the same vnto the harlots, that are in their houses againe, they decke these gods of siluer, and gods of golde, and of wood with garments like men.
Yet can not they be preserued from rust a{n}d wormes.
Thogh they haue couered them with clothing of purple, and wipe their faces because of the dust of the Temple, whereof there is muche vpon them.
One holdeth a scepter, as thogh he were a certeine iudge of the countrey: yet can he not slay suche as offende him.
Another hathe a dagger or an axe in hys right hand: yet is he not able to defende him self from battell, nor from theues: so then it is euident, that they be no gods.
Therefore feare them not: for as a vessell that a man vseth, is nothing worthe when it is broken.
Suche are their gods: when they be set vp in their temples, their eyes be ful of dust by reason of the fete of those that come in.
And as the gates are shut in round about vpon him that hathe offended the King: or as one that shulde be led to be put to death, so the Priests kepe their temples with doores, and with lookes, and with barres, lest their (gods) shulde be spoyled by robbers.
They light vp candels before them: yea, more then for them selues whereof they ca{n} not se one: for they are but as one of the postes of the temple.
They confesse, that euen their hearts are gnawen vpon: but when the things, that crepe out of the earth, eat them and their clothes, they feele it not.
Their faces are blacke thorow the smoke that is in the temple.
The owles, swalowes and birdes flie vpon their bodies, and vpon their heads, yea, and the cattes also.
By this ye may be sure, that they are not gods: therefore feare them not.
Notwithstandyng the golde, that is about them to make them beautifull, except one wipe of the rust, they can not shine: nether when they were molten, did they fele it.
The things wherein is no breth, are boght for amost high price.
They are borne vpon mens shulders, because they haue no feete, whereby they declare vnto me{n}, that they be nothing worthe: yea, a{n}d they that worship the{m}, are ashamed.
For if they fall to the grounde at anie time, they ca{n} not rise vp agame of them selues, nether if one set them vpright, can they 〈◊〉 of them selues, nether if they be bowed downe, can they make them selues streight: but they set giftes before the{m}, as vnto dead men.
As for the things that are offred vnto the{m}, their Priests sell them, and abuse them: like wise also the women lay vp of the same but vnto the poore a{n}d sicke they giue nothing.
The menstruous women, and they that are in childebed touche their sacrifices: by these things ye may know that they are no gods: feare them not.
From whence cometh it then, that they are called gods? because the women bring giftes to the gods of siluer, and golde, and wood.
And the Priests sit in their temple, hauyng their clothes rent, whose heades beardes are shauen, and being bareheaded.
They roare, and crye before their gods, as men do at the feast of one that is dead.
The Priests also take away of their garme{n}ts, and clothe their wiues and children.
Whether it be euill that one doeth vnto them, or good, they are not able to recompense it: they can nether set vp a King nor put him downe.
In like maner they can nether giue riches, nor money: thogh a man make a vowe vnto them and kepe it not, they wil no require it.
They can saue no man from death, nether deliuer the weake from the mightie.
They can not restore a blinde man to hys sight, nor helpe anie man at his nede.
They can shewe no mercie to the widdowe, nor do good to the fatherles.
Their gods of wood, golde and siluer, are as stones, that be hewen out of the mountaine, and they that worship them, shalbe confounded.
How shulde a man then thinke or say that they are gods?
Moreouer the Chaldeans them selues dishonor them: for when they sea domme ma{n}, that can not speake, they present him to Bel.
And desire that he wolde make him to speake, as thogh he had anie feling: yet they that vndersta{n}d these things, can not leaue them: for they also haue no sense.
Furthermore the woman, girded with coardes, sit in the stretes, and burne strawe.
And if one of them be drawen away, and lye with anie suche as come by, she easteth her neighbour in the teeth, because she was not so worthely reputed, nor her coard broken.
Whatsoeuer is done among them, is lyes: how may it they be thoght or said, that they are gods?
Carpenters and goldesmithes make them: nether be they anie other thing, but euen what the workeman wil make them.
Yea, they that make them, are of no long continuance: howe shulde then the things that are made of them, be gods?
Therefore they leaue lies, and shame for their posteritie.
For when there cometh anie warre or plague vpon them, the Priests imagine with themselues, where they may hide them selues with them.
How then can men not perceiue, that they be no gods, whiche can nether defend them selues from warre, nor from plagues?
For seing they be but of wood, and of siluer, and of golde, men shal knowe hereafter that they are but lies, and it shalbe manifest to all nacions and Kings, that they be no gods, but the workes of mens hands, a{n}d that there is no worke of God in them.
Whereby it may be knowen, that they are no gods.
They can set vp no King in the land, nor giue raine vnto men.
They can giue no sentence of a matter, nether preserue from iniurie: they haue no power, but are as crowes betwene the heauen and the earth.
When there falleth a fyre vpon the house of those gods of wood, and of siluer, and of golde, the Priests will escape and saue them selues, but they burne as the balkes therein
They can not withstand anie Kyng or enemies: how can it then be thoght or said that they be gods?
Moreouer these gods of wood, of golde, and of siluer can nether defend them selues from theues nor robbers.
For they that are strongest, take away their golde and siluer, and apparell, where with they be clothed: and when they haue it, they get them away: yet can they not helpe them selues.
Therefore it is better to by a Kyng, and so to shewe his power, or els a profitable vessel in an house, wherby he that oweth it, might haue profite, then suche false gods: or to be a dore in an house, to kepe suche things safe as be therein, then suche false gods: or a piller of wood in a palace, the{n} suche false gods.
For the sunne, and the moone, and the starres that shine, when they are sent downe for necessarie vses, obey.
Like wise also the lightning whe{n} it shineth, it is euident: and the winde bloweth in euerie contrey.
And when God commandeth the cloudes to go about the whole worlde, they do as they are bidden.
When the fyre is sent downe from aboue to destroy hilles and woods, it doeth that whiche is comma{n}ded: but these are not like anie of these things, nether informe, nor power.
Wherefore men shuld not thinke, nor say that they be gods, seing they ca{n} nether giue sentence in iudgement, nor do men good.
For so muche now as ye are sure, that they be no gods, feare them not.
For they can nether curse, nor blesse Kings.
Nether ca{n} they shewe signes in the heaue{n} amo{n}g the heathe{n}, nether shine as the moone.
The beastes are better then they: for they can get them vnder a couert, and do them selues good.
So ye may be certified that by no maner of meanes, they are gods: therefore feare them not.
For as askarcrowe in a garden of cucumbers kepeth nothyng, so are their gods of wood, and of siluer, and of golde:
And like wise their gods of wood, and gold a{n}d siluer are like to a white thorne in an orcharde, that euerie birde sittest vpon, and as a dead bodie that is cast in the darke.
By the purple also and brightenes, whiche fadeth vpon them, ye may vnderstand that they be no gods: yea, they them selues shalbe consumed at the laste, and they shalbe a shame to the countrey.
Better therefore is the iust man, that hathe none idoles: for he shalbe farre fro{m} reprofe.
THERE dwelt a man in Babylon called Ioacim,
And he toke a wife, whose name was Susanna the daughter of Helcias, a verie faire woman, and one that feared God.
Her father & her mother also were godlie people, & taught their daughter according to the Law of Mosés.
Now Ioacim was a great riche man, and had a faire garden ioyning vnto his house, and to him resorted the Iewes, Because he was more honorable then all others.
The same yere were appointed two of the ancients of the people to be iudges, suche as the Lord speaketh of, that the iniquitie came from Babylon, and from the ancient iudges, which semed to rule the people.
These hanted Ioacims house, and all suche as had anie thing to do in the Law, came (thither) vnto them.
Now when the people departed away at noone, Susanna went into her housbands garden to walke.
And the two Elders sawe her that she went in daily and walked, so that their lust was inflamed towarde her.
Therefore thei turned away their minde & cast downe their eyes, that thei shulde not se heauen, nor remembre iuste iudgements.
And albeit they bothe were wounded with her loue, yet durst not one shewe another his grief.
For they were ashamed to declare their lust that they desired to haue to do with her.
Yet they watched diligently from day to day to se her.
And the one said to the other, Let vs go now home, for it is diner time.
So they went their way, and departed, one from another: yet they returned againe, and came into the same place, and after that they had asked one another the cause, thei acknowledged their lust: the{n} appointed they a time bothe together whe{n} they might finde her alone.
Now when they had spied out a conuenie{n}t time, that she went in, as her maner was, with two maides onely, & thoght to wash her self in the garden [for it was an hote season]
And there was no bodie there, saue the two Elders that had hid the{m} selues, and watched for her:
She said to her maides, Bring me oyle and sope, and shut the garden dores, that I may wash me.
And they did as she bade them, and shut the garden dores, and went out them selues at a backe dore, to fet the thing that she had co{m}manded them: but they sawe not the Elders, because they were hid.
Now when the maides were gone forthe, the two Elders rose vp and ranne vnto her, saying,
Beholde, the garden dores are shut, that no man can se vs, & we burne in loue with thee: therefore consent vnto vs, and lye with vs.
If thou wilt not, we wil beare witnes against thee, that a yong man was with thee, and therefore thou didest send away the maides from thee.
Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am in trouble on euerie side: for if I do this thing, it is death vnto me: and if I do it not, I ca{n} not 〈◊〉 pe your hands.
It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, then to sinne in the sight of the Lord.
With that Susanna cryed with a loude voyce, and the two Elders cryed out against her.
Then ranne the one, and opened the garden dore.
¶ So when the seruants of the house heard the crye in the garden, they rushed in at the backe dore, to se what was done vnto her.
But when the Elders had declared their matter the seruants were greatly ashamed: for there was neuer suche a reporte made of Susanna.
On the morow after, came the people to Ioacim her housba{n}d, and the two Elders came also, ful of 〈◊〉 imaginacion against Susanna, to put her to death,
And said before the people, Send for Susanna the daughter of Helcias Ioacims wife. And immediatly they sent.
So she came with her father & mother, her children and all her kinred.
Now Susanna was very tender, and faire of face.
And these wicked me{n} commanded to vnco uer her (face) [for she was couered] that they might so be satisfied with her beautie.
Therefore they that were about her, and all they that knewe her, wept.
Then the two Elders stode vp in the middes of the people, and layed their hands vpo{n} her head.
Which wept and loked vp towarde heauen for her heart trusted in the Lord.
And the Elders said, As we walked in the garden alone, she came in with two maides, whome she sent away from her, and shut the garden dores.
Then a yong man, which there was hid, came vnto her, and lay with her.
Then we which stode in a corner of the garden, seing this wickednes, ra{n}ne vnto them, and we sawe them as they were together,
But we colde not holde him: for he was stronger then we, and opened the dore, and leaped out.
Now when we had taken this woman, we asked her what yong man this was, but she wolde not tel vs: of these things are we witnesses.
Then the assemblie beleued them, as those that were the Elders and iudges of the peóple: so thei condemned her to death.
Then Susanna cryed out with a loude voyce, and said, O euerlasting God, that knowest the secrets, and knowest all things afore they come to passe,
Thou knowest, that they haue borne false witnes against me, and beholde, I must dye, where as I neuer did suche things as these men haue maliciously inuented against me.
An the Lord heard her voyce.
¶ Therefore when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised vp the holie spirit of a yong childe, whose name was Daniel.
Who cryed with a loude voyce, I am cleane from the blood of this woman.
Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, What meane these wordes, that thou hast spoken?
Then Daniel stode in the middes of them and said, Are ye suche fooles, ô Israelites, that without examination, or knowledge of the trueth, ye haue condemned a daughter, of Israel?
Returne againe to iudgement: for they haue borne false witnes against her.
Wherefore the people turned againe in all haste, and the Elders said vnto him, Come, sit downe among vs, and shew it vs, seing God hathe giuen thee the office of an Elder.
Then said Daniel vnto them, Put these two aside, one farre from another, and I wil examine them.
So when they were put a sonder, one from another, he called one of them and said vnto him, O thou that art olde in a wicked life, now thy sinnes which thou hast committed afore time, are come to light.
For thou hast pronounced false iudgeme{n}ts and hast condemned the innocent, and hast let the giltie go fre, albeit the Lord saith, The innocent and righteous shalt thou not slay.
Now then, if thou hast sene her, tel me, vnder what tre sawest thou them companying together? Who answered, Vnder a lentil ke tre.
Then said Daniel, Verely thou hast lyed against thine owne head: for lo, the Angel of God hathe receiued the sentence of God, to cut thee in two.
So put he him aside, and commanded to bring the other, and said vnto him, O thou sede of Chanaan, and not of Iuda, beautie hathe disceiued thee, and lust hathe subuerted thine heart.
Thus haue ye dealt with the daughters of Israel, and they for feare co{m}panied with you: but the daughter of Iuda wolde not abide your wickednes.
Now therefore tel me vnder what tre didest thou take them companying together? Who answered, Vnder a prime tree.
The{n} said Daniel vnto him, Verely thou hast alsolyed against thine head: for the Angel of God waiteth with the sworde to cut thee in two, and so to destroie you bothe.
¶ With that all the whole assemblie cryed with a loude voyce, and praised God, which saueth them that trust in him.
And they arose against the two Elders, [for Daniel had conuict them of false witnes by their owne mouth.]
And according to the Law of Moyses they delt with them, as they delt wickedly against their neighbour, and put them to death. Thus the innocent blood was saued the same day.
Therefore Helcias, and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna, with Ioacim her housband, and all the kinred, that there was no dishonestie founde in her.
Fro{m} that day forthe was Daniel had in great reputacion in the sight of the people.
And King Astyages was laide with his fathers, & Cyrus of Persia reigned in his steade
AFfter that Alexander the Macedonia{n}, the so{n}ne of Philippe, we{n}t forthe of the land of Chettiim, & slew Darius King of the Persia{n}s and Medes, & reigned for him, as he had before in Grecia
He toke great warres in hand, and wan stro{n}g holdes, and slewe the Kings of the earth.
So went he thorow to the ends of the world and toke spoiles of many nacio{n}s, in so much that the worlde stode in awe of him: therefore his heart was puffed vp and was hawtie.
Now when he had gathered a mightie stro{n}g hoste,
And had reigned ouer regio{n}s, nacio{n}s & kingdomes, they became tributaries vnto him.
After these things he fel sicke, and knewe that he shulde dye.
Then he called for the chief of his serua{n}tes, which had bene broght vp with him of children, and parted his kingdome among the{m}, while he was yet aliue.
So Alexander had reigned twelue yeres whe{n} he dyed.
And his seruants reigned euerie one in his roume.
And they all caused the{m} selues to be crowned after his death, and so did their childre{n} after the{m} many yeres, & muche wickednes increased in the worlde.
For out of these came the wicked roote, (euen) Antiochus Epiphanes the sonne of King Antiochus, which had bene an hostage at Rome, and he reigned in the hundreth and seue{n} and thirtieth yere of the kingdome of the Grekes.
In those dayes went there out of Israel wicked men, which entyced many, saying, Let vs go, & make a couenant with the heathe{n}, that are rounde about vs: sor since we departed fro{m} them, we haue had muche sorowe.
So this deuice pleased them wel.
And certeine of the people were readie, & went to the King which gaue the{m} licence to do after the ordinances of the heathen.
The{n} set they vp a place of exercise at Ierusale{m}, according to the facions of the heathen,
And made the{m} selues vncircumsed, & forsoke the holy couenant, & ioyned the{m} selues to the heathen, & were solde to do mischief.
So whe{n} Antiochus kingdome was set in order, he we{n}t about to reigne ouer Egypt, that he might haue the dominio{n} of two realmes.
Therefore he entred into Egypt with a mightie companie, with charets, and elephantes, and with horsement, and with a great nauie,
And moued warre against Ptolemeus King of Egypt: but Ptolemeus was afraid of him, & fled, and manie were wounded to death.
Thus (Antiochus) wanne many strong cities in the land of Egypt, and toke away the spoiles of the land of Egypt.
And after that Antiochus had smitte{n} Egypt he turned againe in the hundreth, fortie & thre yere,
And went vp towarde Israel and Ierusalém with a mightie people.
And entred proudly into the Sanctuarie, and toke away the golden altar, and the candlesticke for the light, and all the instruments thereof, and the table of the shewbread, and the powring vessels, and the bowles, and the golden basins, and the vaile, and the crownes and the golden apparel, which was before the Temple, and brake all in pieces.
He toke also the siluer and golde, and the precious iewels, and he toke the secret treasures that he founde, and whe{n} he had taken away all, he departed into his owne land,
After he had murthered many men, and spoken verie proudely.
Therefore there was a great lamentacion in euerie place of Israél.
For the princes and the Elders mourned: the yong women, and the yong men were made feble, and the beautie of the women was changed.
Euerie bridegrome toke him to mourning and she that sate in the mariage cha{m}ber, was in heauines.
The land also was moued for the inhabita{n}ts thereof for all the house of Iacob was couered with confusion.
After two yeres the King sent his chief taxe master into the cities of Iuda, which came to Ierusalém with a great multitude.
Who spake peaceable wordes vnto them in disceite, and they gaue credit vnto him.
Then he fell suddenly vpon the citie, and smote it with a great plague, and destroied muche people of Israél.
And when he had spoiled the citie, he set fyre on it, casting downe the houses thereof, & walles thereof on euerie side.
The women and their children toke they captiuitie, and led away the cattel.
Then fortified they the citie of Dauid with a great and thicke wall, and with mightie towres, and made it a strong holde for them.
Moreouer they set wicked people there, and vngodlie persones, and fortified them selues therein.
And they stored it with weapons & vitailes and gathered the spoile of Ierusalém, & laied it vp there.
Thus became they a sore snare and were in ambushment for the Sanctuarie, and were wicked enemies euermore vnto Israél.
For thei shed innocent blood on euerie side of the Sanctuarie and defiled the Sa{n}ctuarie,
In so muche that the citizens of Ierusalém fled away because of them, and it became an habitacion of strangers, being desolate of them whome she had borne: for her owne children did leaue her.
Her Sa{n}ctuarie was left waste as a wildernes: her holie daies were turned into mourning, her Sabbaths into reproche, and her honour broght to naught.
As her glorie had bene great, so was her dishonour, and her excellencie was turned into sorowe.
Also the King wrote vnto all his kingdome that all the people shulde be as one, and that euerie man shulde leaue his lawes.
And all the heathen agreed to the commandement of the King.
Yea, many of the 〈◊〉 consented to his religion, offring vnto idoles, and defiling the Sabbath.
So the King sent letters by the messengers vnto Ierusalém, and to the cities of Iuda, that they shulde followe the strange lawes of the countrey,
And that they shulde forbid the burnt offrings and sacrifices, and the offrings in the Sanctuarie,
And that they shulde defile the Sabbaths and the feasts,
And pollute the Sanctuarie and the holie men,
And 〈◊〉 set vp altars, and groues, and chappels of idoles, and offer vp swines flesh, and vncleane beasts,
And that they shulde leaue their children vncircumcised, and defile their soules with vnclennes, and pollute themselues, that they might forget the Law, and change all the ordinances,
And that whosoeuer wolde not do according to the commandement of the Kings, shulde suffer death.
In like maner wrote he thorow out all his kingdomes, & set ouerseers ouer all the people, (for to compell the{m} to do these things)
And he commanded the cities of Iuda to do sacrifice, citie by citie.
Then went many of the people vnto them by heapes, euery one that forsoke the Law, and so they committed euil in the land.
And they droue the Israelites into secret places, euen wheresoeuer they colde slee for succour.
The fiftenth day of Casleu, in the hundreth and fiue and fortieth yere, they set vp the abominacion of desolacion vpon the altar, and thei buylded altars thorow out the cities of Iuda on euerie side.
And before the dores of the houses, and in the stretes they burnt incense.
And the bokes of the Law, which they founde, they burnt in the fyre, and cutte in pieces.
Whosoeuer had a boke of the Testament founde by him, or whosoeuer consented vnto the Law, the Kings commandement was, that they shulde put him to death by their autoritie,
And they executed these things euerie moneth vpon the people of Israel that were founde in the cities.
And in the fiue & twentieth day of the moneth, they did sacrifice vpon the altar, which was in the stead of the altar of sacrifices.
And according to the comma{n}dement, they put certeine wome{n} to death, which had caused their children to be circumcised,
And they hanged vp the children at their neckes, & they spoiled their houses, & slewe the circumcisers of them.
Yet were there many in Israél, which were of courage, and determined in them selues, that they wolde not eat vncleane things,
But chose rather to suffer death, then to be defiled with those meats: so because thei wolde not breake the holie couenant, they were put to death.
And this tyrannie was verie sore vpon the people of 〈◊〉.
IN those dayes stode vp Mattathias the Priest, (the sonne) of Ioannes, (the sonne) of Simeon, of the sonnes of Ioarib of Ierusalem, and dwelt in Modin.
And he had fiue sonnes, Ioanan called Gaddis.
Simon called Thassi,
〈◊〉 which was called Maccabeus,
Eleazar called Abaron, and Ionatha{n}, whose name was Apphus.
Now he sawe the blasphemies, which were committed in Iuda and Ierusalém:
And he said, Wo is me: wherefore was I borne, to se this destruction of my people, and the destruction of the holy citie, and thus to sit 〈◊〉 is deliuered into the hands of the enemies,
And the Sanctuarie (is) in the hands of strangers: her Temple is, as a man that hathe no re 〈◊〉.
Her glorious vessels are caryed away into captiuitie: her infants are slayne in the stretes, and her yong men are fallen by the sworde of the enemies.
What people is it, that hathe not some possession in (her) kingdome, or hathe not 〈◊〉 of her spoyles?
All her glorie is taken away: of a fre woman she is become an handmaid.
Beholde, our Sanctuarie and our beautie, & honor is desolate, and the Gentiles haue defiled it.
What helpeth it vs then to liue anie longer?
And Mattathias rent his clothes, he, a{n}d his sonnes, and put sacke cloth vpon them, and mourned verie sore.
¶ Then came men from the King to the citie of Modin to compell them to forsake God, and to sacrifice.
So manie of the Israelites consented vnto them: but Mattathias and his sonnes assembled together.
Then spake the commissioners of the King and said vnto Mattathias, Thou art the chief and an honorable man, and great in this citie and hast many children and brethren.
Come thou therefore first, and fulfil the Kings commandement, as all the heathen haue done, and also the men of Iuda, and suche as remaine at Ierusalem: so shalt thou & thy familie be in the Kings fauour and thou and thy children shalbe enriched with siluer and golde, and with manie rewards.
Then Mattathias answered and said with a loude voyce, Thogh all nacions that are vnder the Kings dominion, obey him, and fall away cuerie man from the religion of their fathers, and consent to his commandeme{n}ts,
Yet wil I and my sonnes, and my brethren, walke in the couenant of our fathers.
God be merciful vnto vs, that we forsake not the Law and the ordinances.
We wil not hearken vnto the Kings wordes to transgresse our religion, nether on the right side, nor on the left.
And whe{n} he had left of speaking the sewor des, there came one of the Iewes, in the sight of all to sacrifice vpon the altar which was at Modin, according to the Kings commandement.
Now when Mattathias sawe it, he was so inflamed with zeale, that his raines shoke, and his wrath was kindled according to the ordinance (of the Law:) therefore he ran vnto him, and killed him by the altar:
And at the same time he slewe the Kings commissioner, that compelled him to do sacrifice, and destroied the altar.
Thus bare he a zeale to the Law of God, (doing,) as Phinees did vnto Zambrithe sonne of Salom.
¶ Then cryed Mattathias with a loude voyce in the citie, (saying,) Whosoeuer is zealous of the Law, and wil stand by the couena{n}t let him come forthe after me.
So he, and his sonnes fled into the mountaines, and left all that thei had in the citie.
Then manie that soght after iustice and iudgement,
Went downe into the wildernes to dwell there, bothe they, and their children, and their wiues, and their cattel: for the afflictio{n}: increased sore vpon them.
¶ Now when it was tolde vnto the Kings seruants, and to the garisons, which were in Ierusalem in the citie of Dauid, that me{n} had broken the Kings comma{n}dement, and were gone downe into the secret places in the wildernes,
Then many pursued after them: and hauing ouer taken them, thei camped against them, and set the battel in array against them on the Sabbath day,
And said vnto them, Let this now be sufficie{n}t come forthe and do according to the commandement of the King, and ye shal liue.
But they answered, We wil not go forthe, nether wil we do the Kings commandement to defile the Sabbath day.
Then they gaue them the battel.
But the other answered them nothing, nether cast anie one stone at them not stopped the priue places,
But said, We wil dye all in our innocencie: the heauen and earth shal testifie for vs, that ye destroy vs wrongfully.
Thus thei gaue the{m} the battel vpon the Sabbath, and slewe bothe men and cattel, their wiues and their children to the nomber of a thousand people.
¶ When Mattathias and his friends vnderstode this, thei mourned for them greatly,
And said one to another, If we all do as our brethre{n} haue done, and fight not against the heathen for our liues, and for our Lawes, the{n} shal thei incontinently destroy vs out of the earth.
Therefore they concluded at the same time saying, Whosoeuer shal come to make battel with vs vpon the Sabbath daye, we wil fight against him, that we dye not all, as our brethren that were murthered in the secret places.
Then came vnto them the assemblie of the Asideans, which were of the strongest men of Israél, all suche as were wel minded toward the Law.
And all they that were fled for persecucion ioyned them selues vnto them, and were an helpe vnto them.
So they gathered a power, and smote the wicked men in their wrath, and the vngodlie in their angre: but the rest fled vnto the heathen, and escaped.
Then Mattathias and his friends we{n}t about and destroyed the altars,
And circumcised the children by force that were vncircumcised, as manie as they fou{n}de within the coasts of Israél,
And they pursued after the proude men & this acte prospered in their hands.
So they recouered the Law of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of Kings, and gaue not place to the wicked.
Now when the time drewe nere, that Mattathias shulde dye, he said vnto his sonnes, Now is pride and persecucion increased, & the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignacion.
Now therefore, my sonnes, be ye zealous of the Law, and giue your liues for the couenant of our fathers.
Call to remembrance what actes our Fathers did in their time: so shall ye receyue great honour and an euerlasting name.
Was not Abraham founde faithful in te{n}tacion, and it was imputed vnto hym for righteousnes?
Ioseph in the time of his trouble kept the commandement, and was made the Lord of Egypt.
Phinees our father, because he was zealous and feruent, obteined the couena{n}t of the euerlasting priesthode.
Iesus for fulfilling the worde, was made the gouernour of Israel.
Caleb, because he bare witnes before the congregacion, receiued the heritage of the land.
Dauid, because of hys mercie obteyned the throne of the kingdome for euermore
Elias, because he was zealous and ferue{n}t in the Law, was taken vp euen vnto heaue{n}.
Ananias, Azarias, and Misael by theyr faith were deliuered out of the flame.
Daniel, because of his innocencie, was deliuered from the mouth of the lyons.
And thus ye maye consider thorowe out all ages, that whosoeuer put their truste in him, shal not want strength.
Feare not ye then the wordes of a sinfull ma{n}: for his glorie is but dongue & wormes.
To day is he set vp, and tomorow he shall not be found: for he is turned into his dust, and his purpose perisheth.
Wherefore, my sonnes, take good hearts, and shewe your selues men for the Law: for by it shal you obteine glorie.
And beholde, I knowe that your brother Simon is a man of counsell: gyue eare vnto him alway: he shalbe a father vnto you.
And Iudas Maccabeus hathe bene mightie and strong, euen from his youth vp: let him be your captaine and fight you the battel for the people.
Thus shal ye bring vnto you all those that obserue the Law, and shal aduenge the iniuries of your people.
Recompense fully the heathen, and giue your selues to the commandement of the Law.
So he blessed them, and was laied with his fathers.
And dyed in the hundreth, fortye and six yere, and his sonnes buryed him in his Fathers sepulchre at Modin, and all Israel made great lamentacion for him.
THen Iudas his sonne, called Maccabeus, rose vp in his place.
And all his brethren helped him, and all they that helde with his father, and foght with courage the battel of Israel.
So he gate his people great honour: he put on a brest plate as a gyant, and armed him self, and set the battel in array, and defended the campe with the sworde.
In his actes he was like a lyon, and as a lyons whelpe roaring after the pray.
For he pursued the wicked, and soght the{m} out, and burnt vp those that vexed his people,
So that the wicked fled for feare of him, & all the workers of iniquitie were put to trouble: & saluacion prospered in his hand.
And he grieued diuers Kings, but Iacob reioyced by his actes, and his memorial is blessed for euer.
He went also thorowe the cities of Iuda, and destroyed the wicked out of them, and turned away the wrath from Israel.
So was he renoumed vnto the ends of the earth, & he assembled together those that were readie to perish.
¶ But Apollonius gathered the Gentiles, and a great hoste out of Samaria, to fight against Israel.
Whiche when Iudas perceiued, he went forthe to mete him, and smote him, and slue him so that many fel downe slaine, and the rest fled.
So Iudas toke their spoiles, and toke also Apollonius sworde, and foght with it all his life long.
¶ Now whe{n} Seron a prince of the armie of Syria, 〈◊〉 that Iudas had gathered vnto him the congregacion, and Churche of the faithfull, and went forthe to the warre,
He said, I will get me a name, and will be glorious in the realme: for I will go sight with Iudas, & the{m} that are with him, which haue despised the Kings commandement.
So he made him readie to go vp, and there went with him a mightie hoste of the vngodlie to helpe him, and to be aduenged of the children of Israel.
And whe{n} he came nere to the going vp of Bethoron, Iudas went forthe to met him with a smale companie.
But when they sawe the armie coming against them, they said to Iudas, How are we able, being so fewe, to fight agai{n}st so great a multitude, and so strong, seyng we be so wearie, and haue fasted all this day?
Then said Iudas, It is an easie thing for many to be shut vp in the hands of fewe, & there is no difference before (the God) of heauen, to deliuer by a great multitude, or by a smale companie.
For the victorie of the battel sta{n}deth not in the multitude of the hoste, but the stre{n}gth cometh from heauen.
They come against vs with a cruel and proude multitude, to destroye vs, and our 〈◊〉, and our children, and to robbe vs.
But we do fight for our liues, and for our Lawes,
And God him self wil destroie the{m} before our face: therefore be not yet afraied of them.
And whe{n} he had left of speaking, he lept suddenly vpon them: so was Seron and his hoste destroied before him.
And they pursued them from the going downe of Bethhorō vnto the plaine: where there were 〈◊〉 eyght hundreth men of them, and the residue fled into the lande of the Philistims.
Then the feare and terrour of Iudas & his brethren fel vpon the nacios round about,
So that his fame came vnto the King: for all the Gentiles colde tell of the warres of Iudas.
¶ But when King Antiochus heard these tidings, he was angrie in his minde: wherefore he sent forthe, and gathered all the 〈◊〉 of his realme a very strong armie,
And opened his treasurie, and gaue hys hoste a yeres wages in hand, commanding the{m} to be readie for a yere for all occasions.
Neuertheles, when he sawe that the money of his treasures failed, & that the tributes in the countrey were smale, because of the dissencion, and plagues that he had broght vpon the land, in taking away the lawes which had bene of olde time,
He feared lest he shulde not haue now at the seco{n}de time, as at the first, for the charges and gifts that he had giuen with a liberal ha{n}d afore for in liberalitie he farre passed the other Kings that were before him.
Wherefore he was heauie in his minde, and thoght to go into Persia, for to take tributes of the countreis, and to gather muche money.
So he left Lysias a noble man and of the Kings blood to ouerse the Kings busines, from the riuer of Euphrates vnto the borders of Egypt,
And to bring vp his sonne Antiochus, till he came againe.
Moreouer, he gaue him halfe of his hoste and elepha{n}tes, and gaue him the charge of all things that he wolde haue done,
And concerning those which dwelt in Iuda and Ierusalem, that he shulde send an armie against them, to destroye and roote out the power of Israel and the remna{n}t of Ierusalem, and to put out their memorial from that place,
And to set straungers for to inhabite all their quarters, and parte their land among them.
And the King toke the halfe of the hoste that remained, and departed from Antiochia his royal citie, in the yere an hundreth fortie and seuen, and passed the riuer Euphrates, and went thorow the hie countreis.
Then Lysias chose Ptolomeus the sonne of Doriminus, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mightie men, and the Kings friends,
And sent with them fortie thousand fotemen, and seuen thousand horsemen, to go into the land of Iuda, and to destroie it, as the King commanded.
So they went forthe with all their power and came and pitched by Emmaus in the plaine countrey.
Now when the marcha{n}ts of the countrey heard the rumour of them, they toke verye muche siluer and golde, and seruants, and came into the campe to bye the childre{n} of Israel for sclaues, and the strength of Syria and of strange nacions ioyned with them.
¶ Now when Iudas and his brethren sawe that trouble increased, and that the hoste drewe nere vnto their borders, considering the Kings wordes, whereby he had commanded to destroy the people, and vtterly abolish them,
They said one to another, Let vs redresse the decay of our people, and let vs fight for our people, and for our Sanctuarie.
Then the congregacion were sone ready gathered to fight, and to praye, and to desire mercie and compassion.
As for Ierusalem, it was not inhabited but was as a wildernes. There went none that was borne in it, in or out at it, and the Sanctuarie was troden downe, and the straungers kept the forteresse, and it was the habitacion of the heathen: and the mirth of Iacob was taken away: the pipe and the harpe ceased.
So they gathered them selues together, and came to Maspha before Ierusalem: for in Maspha was the place where they praied afore time in Israel.
And they fasted that day, and put sackecloth vpon them, and cast ashes vpon their heads, and rent their clothes,
And opened the boke of the Law, wherein the heathen soght to paint the lickenes of their idoles,
And broght the Priests garments, and the first frutes, and the tithes, and set there the Nazarites, which accomplished their daies.
And thei cryed with a loude voyce, toward heaue{n}, saying, What shal we do with these? and whether shal we carye them away?
For thy Sanctuarie is troden downe & defiled, and thy Priests are in heauines, and broght downe.
And behold, the heathen are come against vs to destroie vs: thou knowest what things they imagine against vs.
How can we stand before them, excepte thou helpe vs?
Then they blewe the trumpets, and cryed with a loude voyce.
And after this Iudas ordeyned captaines ouer the people, eue{n} captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreths, and captaines ouer fifties, and captaines ouer ten.
And they commanded them that buylded houses, or maried wiues, or planted vineyardes, or were feareful, that thei shulde returne euerie one to his owne house, according to the Law.
So the hoste remoued, and pitched vppon the Southside of Emmaus.
And Iudas said, Arme your selues, and be valiant men, & be readie against the morning to fight with these nacio{n}s, which are gathered together against vs, to destroye vs and our Sanctuarie.
For it is better for vs to dye in battell, the{n} to se the calamities of our people and of our Sanctuarie.
Neuertheles as the wil (of God) is in heauen, so be it.
THen toke Gorgias fiue thousand (fote) men, and a thousand of the best horsemen, and departed out of the campe by night,
To inuade the campe of the Iewes, and to slaye them suddenly: and the men of the forteresse were his guides.
Now when Iudas heard it, he remoued, and they that were valiant men to smite the Kings armie which was at Emmaus,
Whiles yet the armie was dispersed frome the campe.
In the meane seaso{n} came Gorgias by night into Iudas campe: and when he founde no man there, he soght the{m} in the mountaines: for said he, They flee from vs.
But assone as it was day, Iudas shewed him selfe in the field with thre thousand men, whiche had nether harnes nor swordes to their mindes.
And thei sawe that the armies of the heathen were strong and wel armed, and their horsemen about them, and that these were experte men of warre.
Then said Iudas to the men that were with him, Feare ye not their multitude, nether be afraied of their assalt.
Remember, how our fathers were deliuered in the red Sea, when Pharao pursued them with an armie.
Therefore now let vs crye vnto heauen, and the Lord will haue mercie vpon vs, & remember the couenant of our fathers, & will destroie this hoste before our face this day:
So shal all the heathen knowe, that there is one, which deliuereth and saueth Israel.
Then the strangers lift vp their eyes, and sawe them coming against them.
And they went out of their tentes into the battel, and they that were with Iudas, blew the trumpets.
So they ioyned together, and the heathe{n} were discomfited and fled by the plaine.
But the hinmoste of them fel by the sworde, and they pursued them vnto Gazeron and into the plaines of Idumea, and of Azotus, and of Iamnia, so that there were slaine of them about thre thousand men.
So Iudas turned againe with his hoste fro{m} pursuing them.
And said vnto the people, Be not griedie of the spoiles: for there is a battel before vs.
And Gorgias and the armie is here by vs in the mountaine: but stand ye now fast against your enemies, and ouercome them: then may ye safely take the spoiles.
As Iudas was speaking these wordes there appeared one parte which loked from the mountaines,
But when (Gorgias) sawe that his were fled and that Iudas soldiers burnt the tentes: [for the smoke that was sene, declared what was done.]
When they sawe these things, they were sore afraied, and when they sawe also that Iudas and his hoste were in the field readie to set them selues in array,
They fled euerie one into the land of strangers.
So Iudas turned againe to spoile the tentes, where he gate muche golde and siluer, and precious stones, and purple of the sea, and great riches.
Thus they went home, and sang psalmes, & praised towarde the heauen: for he is gracious, and his mercie endureth for euer,
And so Israél had a great victorie in that day.
¶ Now all the strangers that escaped, came, and tolde Lysias all the things that were done.
Who when he heard these things, was sore afraied, and discouraged, because suche things came not vpon Israél as he wolde, nether suche things as the King had commanded him, came to passe.
Therefore the next yere following, gathered Lysias thre score thousande chosen (fote) men, and fiue thousande horsemen to fight against Ierusalém.
So they came into Idumea, and pitched their tentes at Beth-sura, where Iudas came against them with ten thousand men:
And when he sawe that mightie armie, he praied and said, Blessed be thou, ô Sauiour of Israel, which didest destroie the assalte of the mightie man by the hand of thy seruant Dauid, and gauest the hoste of the strangers into the hand of Ionathan, the sonne of Saul, and of his armour bearer.
Shut vp this armie in the hand of thy people of Israel, and let them be confounded with their power, and with their horseme{n}.
Make them afraied, and co{n}sume their boldenes and strength, that they may be astonished at their destruction.
Cast them downe by the sworde of them that loue thee: the{n} shal all thei that knowe thy Name, praise thee with songs.
So they ioyned together, and there were slaine of Lysias hoste, fiue thousand men, & they fell before them.
Then Lysias, seing hys armie put to flight and the manlines of Iudas soldiers, & that they were readie, either to liue or dye valiantly, he went into Antiochia, and gathered strangers, and when he had furnished his armie, he thoght againe [being prepared] to come against Iudea.
Then said Iudas and his brethren, Behold, our ennemyes are discomfited: let vs now go vp to clense, and to repaire the Sa{n}ctuarie.
So all the hoste gathered them together, and went vp into the mountaine of Sion.
Now when they sawe the Sanctuarie layed waste, and the altar defiled, and the dores burnt vp, and the shrubbes growing in the courtes, as in a forest, or as on one of the mountaines, and that the Priests chambers were broken downe,
They rent their clothes, and made greate lamentation, and cast ashes vppon theyr heads,
And fel downe to the ground on their faces, and blewe an alarme with the tru{m}pets, and cryed towarde heauen.
Then Iudas commaunded certeine of the me{n} to fight against those which were in the castel, til he had clensed the Sanctuarie.
So he chose 〈◊〉 that were vndefiled, suche as delited in the Law,
And they clensed the Sa{n}ctuarie, and bare out the defiled stones into an vncleane place,
And consulted what to do with the altar of burnt offrings, which was polluted.
So they thoght it was best to destroye it, lest it shulde be a reproche vnto them, because the heathen had defiled it: therefore they destroyed the altar,
And layed vp the stones vpon the mountaine of the Temple in a conuenient place, til there shulde come a Prophet, to shewe what shulde be done with them.
So they toke whole stones according to the Law, & buylded a new altar according to the former,
And made vp the Sanctuarie, & the things that were within the Temple, & the courts and all things.
Thei made also new holie vessels, & broght into the Temple the ca{n}del sticke, and the altar of burnt offrings, and of incense and the table.
And they burnt incense vpon the altar, & lighted the lampes which were vpon the candelsticke, that they might burnt in the Temple.
Thei set also the shewbread vpon the table, & changed vp the vailes, & finished all the workes that they had begon to make
And vpon the fiue and twentieth day of the ninth moneth, which is called the 〈◊〉 of Chaslu, in the hundreth and eight and fortieth yere they rose vp be times in the morning.
And offred sacrifice according to the Law vpon the new altar of burnt offrings, that they had made.
According to the time, and according to the day, that heathen had defiled it, in the same day was it made new with songs, and harpes, and lutes, and cymbales.
And all the people fel vpo{n} aheir faces, worshipping and praising towarde the heaue{n} him that had giuen them good successe.
So they kept the dedication of the altar eight daies, offring burnt offrings with gladnes, and offred sacrifices of deliuera{n}ce and praise.
And decte the fore fronte of the Temple with crownes of golde and shields, and dedicated the gates and chambers, & hanged dores vpon them.
Thus there was very great gladnes among the people, & the reproche of the heathen was put away.
So Iudas and his brethren with the whole congregacion of Israél ordeined that the daies of dedicacion of the altar shulde be kept in their season from yere to yere, by the space of eight daies, from the fiue and twentie day of the moneth Chasleu, with mirth and gladnes.
And as the same time buylded they vp mount Sion with hie walles and strong towers rounde about, lest the Gentiles shulde come, and treade it downe, as they had done afore.
Therefore they set a garison there to kepe it, and fortified Beth-sura to kepe it that the people might haue a defense against Idumea.
NOw when the nacions rounde about heard, that the altar was buylded, and the Sanctuarie renued, as afore, they were sore grieued.
Therefore they thoght to destroye thege neracion of Iacob that was among the{m}, & beganne to slaye and destroy the people.
Then Iudas foght against the children of Esau in Idumea at Arrabathene, because they besieged the Israelites, and he smote them with a great plague, and droue them to straites, and toke their spoiles.
He thoght also vpo{n} the malice of the children of Bean, which had bene a snare and an hinderance vnto the people, when they laye in waite for them in the hie way.
Wherefore he shut them vp in towers, and besieged them, and destroied them vtterly, and burnt their towers with fyre, with all that were in them.
Afterward, went he against the children of Ammo{n}, where he founde a mightie power, and a great multitude with Timotheus their captaine.
So he had 〈◊〉 battels with them, but they were destroyed before him, and so he discomfited them,
And toke Gazer with the townes thereof, and so turned againe into Iudea.
¶ Then the heathen that were in Galaad, gathered them together against the Israelites that were in their quarters, to slaye the{m}: but thei fled to the castel of Dathemā,
And sent letters to Iudas, and to his brethren, saying, The heathen that are aboute vs, are gathered against vs, to destroye vs,
And they make them readye for to come, and to take the forteresse, whereunto we are 〈◊〉, and Timotheus is captaine of their hoste.
Come now therefore, and deliuer vs out of their hands: for manie of vs are slaine:
And all our brethre{n} that were at Tubin, are slaine, and they haue taken away their wiues, and their children, and their goods, & destroyed there almoste a thousand men.
While these letters were yet a reading, beholde, there came other messengers frome Galile with their clothes rent, which tolde the same tidings,
And said, that they of Ptolemais, & of Tyrus, and of Sidon, and of all Galile of the Gentiles were gathered against them to destroye them.
When Iudas, and the people heard these wordes, a great Congregacio{n} came together, to consulte what they mighte do for their brethren, that were in trouble, and whome they besieged.
Then said Iudas to Simon his brother, Chuse thee out men, and go & deliuer thy brethre{n} in Galile, & I and my brother Ionathan, wil go into the countrey of Galaad.
¶ So he left Iosephus the sonne of Zacharias, & Azarias to be captaines of the people, and to kepe the remnant of the hoste in Iudea,
And commanded them saying, Take the ouersight of this people, & make no warre against the heathe{n}, vntil we come againe.
And vnto Simon were giuen thre thousa{n}d men to go into Galile, and to Iudas eyght thousand men for the countrey of Galaad.
Then went Simon into Galile, & gaue diuers battels to the heathen, and the heathe{n} were discomfited by him.
And he pursued them vnto the gates of Ptolemais: and there were slaine of the heathen almoste thre thousand me{n}: so he toke their spoiles.
Thus they rescued them that were in Galile and in Arbatis with their wiues, & their children, and all that they had, and broght them into Iudea with great ioye.
¶ Iudas Maccabeus also, and his brother Ionathan went ouer Iorden, and trauailed thre dayes iourney in the wildernes,
Where thei met with the Nabathites, who receiued them louingly, and tolde the{m} euerie thing that was done vnto their brethre{n} in the countrey of Galaad,
And how that manie of them were besieged in Bosorra, and Bosor, in Alemis, Chasbon, Maged and Carnaim [all these Cities are strong, and great.]
And that they were kept in other cities of Galaad, and tomorow they are appointed to bring their hoste vnto these fortes, and to take them, and to destroye them all in one day.
So Iudas and his hoste turned in all hast by the way of the wildernes towarde Bosorra, and wan the citie, and slewe all the males with the edge of the sworde, and toke all their spoyle, and set fyre vpon (the citie.)
And in the night he remoued from thence, and went towarde the forteresse.
And betimes in the morning when they loked vp, beholde, there was an innumerable people bearing ladders, & instruments of warre, to take the forte, and had assalted them.
When Iudas sawe that the battel was begon, and that the crye of the citie went vp to heauen with trumpets, & a great sound,
The{n} he said vnto the armie. Fight this day for your brethren.
So he went for the behinde the{m} with thre companies, and they biew the trumpets, & cryed with prayer.
Then the hoste of Timotheus knew, that it was Maccabeus, and 〈◊〉 fled from him, and he smote them with a great slaughter, so that there was killed of them the same day, almoste eight thousand men.
¶ Then departed Iudas vnto Maspha, and laid siege vnto it, and wanne it, and slew all the males thereof, and spoiled it, and 〈◊〉 fyre vpon it.
From thence went he and toke Chasbon, Maged, and Bosor, and the other Cities in Galaad.
After these things gathered Timotheus another hoste, and he camped before Raphon beyonde the flood.
Now Iudas had sent to espie the hoste, and they broght him worde againe, saying, All the heathen that be rounde about vs, are gathered vnto him, and the hoste is verye great,
And he hathe hyred the Arabians to helpe them, and they haue pitched their tentes beyonde the flood, and are readye to come and fight against thee. So Iudas we{n}t to met them.
Then Timotheus said vnto the captaine of his hoste, When Iudas and his hoste come nere the flood, if he passe ouer first vnto vs, we shal not be able to withstand him: for he wil be to strong for vs.
But if he be afraid, and campe beyond the flood, we will go ouer vnto him, and shall preuaile against him.
Now when Iudas came nere to the flood, he caused the gouernours of the people to remaine by the flood, and commanded the{m}, saying, Suffernone to pitche a tent, but let euerie man come to the battel.
So he went first ouer towarde them, & all people after him and all the heathen were discomfited before him, and cast away their weapons, and fled into the Temple that was at Carnaim.
Whiche citie Iudas wanne, and burnt the temple with all that were in it: so was Carnaim subdued, and myght not withstand Iudas.
¶ Then Iudas gathered all the Israelites that were in the countrey of Galaad, from the least vnto the moste, with their wiues & their children, and their baggage, a verye great hoste, to come into the land of Iuda.
So they came vnto Ephron, which was a great citie by the way, and strongly defensed 〈◊〉 thei colde not passe, nether at the right hand nor at the left, but must go thorowe it.
But they that were in the citie, shut them selues in, and stopped vp the gates with stones: and Iudas sent vnto them with peaceable wordes, saying,
Let vs passe thorowe your lande, that we may go into our owne countrey, and none shal hurt you: we wil but onely go thorow on fote: but they wolde not open vnto him.
Wherefore Iudas commanded a proclamacion to be made thorowe out the hoste, that euerie man shulde assalt it according to his standing.
So the valiant men set vpon it, and assalted the citie all that day, and all that night and the Citie was gyuen ouer into hys hands:
Who slewe all the males with the edge of the sworde, and destroyed it, and toke the spoile thereof, and went thorowe the citie ouer them that were slaine.
The{n} we{n}t they ouer Iorden into the great plaine before Bethsan.
And Iudas gathered together those that were behinde, and gaue the people good exhortation all the waye thorowe, till they were come into the land of Iuda.
Thus they went vp with ioye, and gladnes vnto mount Sion, where they offred burnt offrynges, because there were none of them slaine, but came home againe in 〈◊〉.
¶ Now whiles Iudas and Ionathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simo{n} their brother in Galile before Ptolemais,
Ioseph the sonne of Zacharias, and Azarias the captaines, hearing of the valiant actes, and battels which they had achiued, said,
Let vs get vs a name also, and go fight against the heathen that are rounde 〈◊〉 vs.
So they gaue their hoste a commandement and went towarde Iamnia.
But Gorgias and his men came out of the citie to fight against them.
And Ioseph and Azarias were put to flight and pursued vnto 〈◊〉 the borders of Iudea: and there were slaine that daye of the people of Israel aboute two thousand men: so that there was a great ouerthrowe among the people of Israel,
Because they were not obedient vnto Iudas, & his brethren, but thoght to do some valiant thing.
Also they came not of the stocke of these men, by whose hands, deliuerance was giue{n} to Israel.
But the man Iudas, and hys brethre{n} were greatly comme{n}ded in the sight of all Israel, and of all the heathen, wheresoeuer theyr name was heard of.
And the people came vnto them, bidding them welcome.
Afterwarde went Iudas forthe with hys brethren, and foght against the chyldren of Esau in the la{n}d toward the South, where he wanne Hebron, and the townes therof, and he destroyed the castel therof, & burnt the towres thereof round about.
Then remoued he to go into the lande of the strangers, and went thorow Samaria.
At the same time were the Priests of the cities slaine in the battell, whiche wold shewe their valiantnes, and went forth to battel without counsel: and when Iudas came to Azotus in the stra{n}gers la{n}d, he brake downe their altars, & burnt with fyre the images of their Gods, and toke away the spoiles of the cities, and came againe into the land of Iuda.
NOw when Kyng Antiochus trauailed thorow the high countreis, he heard that Elimais in the countrey of Persia was a citie greatly renoumed for riches!, siluer and golde.
And that there was in it a verie riche temple, where as were couerings of gold, coat armoures, and harnes, which Alexandre King of Macedonia the sonne of Philippe [that reigned first in Grecia] had left there
Wherefore he went about to take the citie and to spoile it, but he was not able:for the citizens were warned of the matter,
And rose vp against him in battel, and he fled and departed thence with great heauines, and came againe into Babylon.
Moreouer, there came one which broght him tidings in the countrey of Persia, that the armies that went against the land of Iuda, were driuen away.
And that Lysias, which went forthe first with a great power, was driuen away of the Iewes, and that they were made strong by the armour, and power, and diuers spoyles which thei had gotte{n} of the armies whome they had destroyed.
And that they had pulled downe the abominacion, which he had set vp vpon the altar at Ierusalém, and fensed the Sanctuarie with high walles, as it was afore, and Beth sura his citie,
So when the King had heard these wordes he was astonished, and sore moued: therefore he laid him downe vpon his bed, and fel sicke for verie sorowe, because it was not come to passe, as he had thoght,
And there continued he manie dayes: for his grief was euermore and more, so that he sawe he must nedes dye.
Therefore he sent for all his friends, and said vnto them, The slepe is gone from mine eyes, & mine heart faileth for verie care.
And I thinke with my self, Into what aduersitie am I come? and into what floods of miserie am I fallen now, where as afore time I was in prosperitie, and greatly set by, by reason of my power?
And now do I remember the euils that I haue done at Ierusalém for I toke all the vessels of golde and of siluer that were in it, & sent to destroye the inhabitants of Iuda without cause.
I knowe that these troubles are come vp on me for the same cause, and beholde, I must dye with great sorowe in a strange land.
Then called he for Philippe, one of his friends, whome he made ruler of all his realme.
And gaue him the crowne, and his robe, & the ring, that he shulde instruct his sonne Antiochus, and bring him vp, til he might reine him self.
So King Antiochus dyed therein the hundreth, and fortie and ninth yere.
¶ When Lysias knewe, that the King was dead, he ordeined Antiochus his sonne [whome he had broght vp] to reigne in his fathers stead, and called him Eupator.
Now they that were in the castle (at Ierusalém) kept in the Israelites rounde about the Sanctuarie, & soght alwaies their hurt, and the strengthening of the heathen.
Therefore Iudas thoght no destroy them and called all the people together to besiege them.
So they came together, and besieged the{m} in the hundreth and fiftie yere, and made instruments to shoote and other engins of warre.
But certeine of them that were besieged gate forthe, [vnto whome some vngodlie men of Israél ioyned them selues.]
And they went vnto the King, saying, How long wilt thou cease from executing iudgement, and aduenge our brethren?
We haue bene readie to serue thy father & to go forowarde in those things, that he appointed, & to obey his commandements
Therefore they of our nacions fel from vs for this cause, and wheresoeuer they foun deanie of vs, they slewe them, and spoyled our inheritance.
And thei haue not onely laied hand vpon vs, but vpon all about their borders.
And beholde, 〈◊〉 this day are they besieging the castle at Ierusalem to take it, and haue fortified the Sanctuarie, and Beth-sura.
And if thou doest not preuent them quickely, thei wil do greater things then these and thou shalt not be able to ouercome them.
When the King heard this, he was verie angrie, and called all his frie{n}ds, the captaines of his armie, and his horsemen,
And ba{n}des that were hired, came vnto him from the Kings, that were confederate, & from theyles of the sea.
So the nomber of his armie was and hundreth thousand fotemen, and twentie thousand horsemen, and two and thirtie elepha{n}tes exercised in battel.
These came through Idumea & drewe nere to Beth-sura, and besieged it a long season, and made engins of warre: but thei came out, and burnt them with fyre, and foght valiantly.
Then departed Iudas from the castle, and remoued the hoste towarde Beth-zacarias ouer against the Kings campe.
So the King arose verie earely, and broght the armie and his power towarde the way of Beth-zacarias, where the armies set them selues in array to the battel, and blewe the trumpets.
And to prouoke the elepha{n}tes for to fight thei shewed them the blood of grapes and mulberies.
And they set the beasts according to the ranges: so that by euerie elephant there stode a thousand men armed with coates of mailes and helmets of brasse vpon their heads, and vnto euerie beastwere ordeined fiue hundreth horsemen of the best,
Which were readie at all times wheresoeuer the beast was: and whethersoeuer the beast went, they went also, and departed not from him.
And vpon them were strong towres of wood that couered euerie beast, which were fastened thereon with instruments, and vpon euerie one was two and thirtie men, that foght in them, and the Indian that ruled him.
They set also the remnant of the horsemen vpon bothe the sides in two wings of the hoste to stirre them vp, and to kepe them in the valleis.
And when the sunne shone vpon the golden shields, the mountaines glistered there with, and gaue light as lampes of fyre,
Thus parte of the Kings armie was spred vpo{n} the hie mountaines, and parte beneth so they marched forowarde warely and in order.
And all they that heard the noyce of their multitude, and the marching of the companie, and the ratteling of the harneswere astonished: for the armie was verie great and mightie.
Then Iudas and his hoste entred into the battel, and thei slewe six hundreth men of the Kings armie.
¶ Now when Eleazar (the sonne) of Abaron, sawe one of the elepha{n}tes armed with royal harnes, and was more excellent then all the other beasts, he thoght that the King shulde be vpon him.
Wherefore he ieoparded him self to deliuer his people, and to get him a perpetual name.
And ranne boldely vnto him through the middes of the hoste, slaying on the right hand, and on the left, so that thei departed away on bothe sides.
So went he to the elephantes fete, and gate him vnder him, and slewe him: then fel the elephant downe vpon him, and there he dyed.
But (the other,) seing the power of the King and the fiercenes of his armie, departed from them,
¶ And the Kings armie went vp to mete them towarde Ierusalém, and the King pit 〈◊〉 his tents in Iudea towarde mou{n}t Sion
Moreouer, the King toke truce with the{m} that were in Beth-sura: but whe{n} they came out of the citie, because, they had no vitailes there, and were shut vp therein, and the land had rested.
The King toke Beth-sura, and set there a garison to kepe it.
And besieged the Sanctuarie many dayes, and made instruments to shoote, and other engins of warre, and instruments to cast fyre and stones, and pieces to cast dartes & slings.
〈◊〉 Thei also made engins against their engins, and foght a long season.
But in the garners there were no vitailes: for it was the seuenth yere, and then they that were in Iudea, and were deliuered fro{m} the Gentiles had eate{n} vp the residue of the store.
So that in the Sanctuarie were fewe men left: for the famine came so vpon the{m}, that they were scattered euerie man to his owne place.
¶ Now when Lysias heard that Philippe [whome Antiochus the King, whiles he liued, had ordeined to bring vp Antiochus his sonne, that he might be King.]
Was come againe out of Persia, and Media, and the Kings hoste with him, & thoght to take vnto him the rule of things.
He (and his) hasted, and were stirred forwarde by them in the castel to go and tell the King, and the captaines of the hoste, and to others (saying) We decrease dayly, and our vitailes are but smale: & the place that we laye siege vnto is strong, and the affaires of the realme depende vpon vs.
Now therefore let vs agre with these men, and take truce with them, and with all their nacion.
And grante them to liue after their Law, as they did afore, for they be grieued, and do all these things, because we haue broken their Lawes.
So the King and the princes were content and sent vnto them to make peace, & they receiued it.
Whe{n} the King & the princes had made an othe vnto them, they came vpon this out of the forteresse.
And the King went vp to mount Sion: but when he sawe that the place was wel defensed: he brake his othe that he had made, & commanded to breake downe the wall rounde about.
Then departed he in all haste, and returned vnto Antiochia where he founde Philippe hauing dominion of the citie: so he foght against him, and toke the citie by force.
IN the hundreth and one fiftieth yere, departed Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus from Rome, and came vp with a fewe men vnto a citie of the sea coast and reigned there.
And when he came into the possession of his fathers kingdome, his soldiers toke Antiochus and Lysias, and broght them vnto him.
But when it was tolde him, he said, Shewe me not their faces.
So thei put them to death. Now when Demetrius was set vpon the throne of his kingdome.
There came vnto him all the wicked and vngodlie men of Israél, whose captaine was Alcimus, that wolde haue bene the hie Priest.
These men accused the people vnto the King, saying, Iudas and his brethren haue slayne all thy friends, and driuen vs out of our owne land.
Wherefore send now some man, whome thou trustest, that he maye go and se all the destruction, which he hathe done vnto vs, and to the Kings land, and let him punish them with all their partakers.
Then the King chose Bacchides a friend of his, which was a great man in the realme and ruled beyonde the flood, and was faithful vnto the King, and sent him,
And that wicked Alcimus, whome he made hie Priest, and commanded him to be aduenged of the children of Israél.
So they departed, and came with a great hoste into the land of Iuda, and sent messengers to Iudas and his brethren, deceitfully with peaceable wordes.
But they deleued not their saying: for thei sawe that they were come with a great hoste.
Then a companie of the gouernours assembled vnto Alcimus & Bacchides to intreat of reasonable points.
And the Asideans were the first that required peace among the children of Israel
For said they, He that is a Priest of the sede of Aaron, is come with this armie: therefore he wil not hurt vs.
Then he spake vnto them peaceably, and swore vnto them, and said, We wil do you no harme, nether your friends:
And they beleued him: but he toke of the{m} thre score men, and slewe them in one day according to the wordes that were writen
Thei haue (cast) the bodies of thy Saintes and their blood rounde about Ierusalem, and there was no man that wolde burye them.
So there came a feare and trembling among all the people: for they said, There is nether trueth nor righteousnes in them: for they haue broken the appointment & othe that they made.
The{n} Bacchides remoued from Ierusalém and pitched his tente at Beth-zecha, where he sent sorthe and toke manie of the me{n} that forsaken him, and certeine of the people whome he slewe (and cast) into the great pit.
Then co{m}mitted he the countrey vnto Alcimus, & left men of warre with him to helpe him: so Bacchides went vnto the King.
Thus Alcimus stroue for the priesthode.
And all suche as troubled the people resorted vnto him in so muche, that they obteined the land of Iuda, & did muche hurt in Israél.
Now when Iudas sawe all the mischief, that Alcimus and his companie had done amo{n}g the Israelites more then the heathe{n}.
He went forthe rounde about all the borders of Iudea, and punished those, that were fallen away, so that they came no more abroade in the countrey.
But when Alcimus sawe that Iudas & his people had goten the vpper hand, and knewe that he was not able to abide them, he went againe to the King, and accused the{m} of wicked things.
Then the King sent Nicanor one of his chief princes, which hated Israel deadly, & commanded him, that he shulde destroye the people.
¶ So Nicanor came to Ierusalem with a great hoste, and sent vnto Iudas, and his brethren deceirfully with friendlie wordes, saying,
Let there be no warre betwene me, and you: I wil come with fewe men, to se how ye do, friendly.
So he came vnto Iudas, and they saluted one another peaceably: but the enemies were prepared to take away Iudas.
Neuertheles, it was tolde Iudas, that he came vnto him vnder disceit: therefore he feared him, and wolde not se his face no more.
When Nicanor perceiued that his counsel was bewrayed, he went out to fight against Iudas beside Carphasalama.
Where there were slaine of Nicanors hoste about fiue thousand men: so they 〈◊〉 vnto the citie of Dauid.
After this came Nicanor vp vnto mount Sion, and some of the Priests with the Elders of the people went forthe of the Sanctuarie to salute him peaceably, & to shew him the burnt offring that was offered for the King.
But he laughed at them, and mocked the{m} and counted them prophane, and spake proudly.
And swore in his wrath, saying, If Iudas & his hoste be not deliuered now into mine hands, if euer I come againe in safetie, I wil burnt vp this house. With that, went he out in great anger.
Then the Priests came in, and stode before the altar in the Temple, weping, and saying.
For so muche as thou, (o Lord,) hast chosen this House, that thy Name might be called vpon therein, and that it shulde be an house of prayer, and peticion for thy people.
Be aduenged of this man and his hoste, & let them be slaine by the sworde remember their blasphemies, and suffre them not to continue.
¶ When Nicanor was gone from Ierusalém, he pitched his tent at Beth-horon and there an hoste met him out of Syria.
And Iudas pitched in Adasa with thre thousand men where Iudas prayed, saying.
(O Lord,) because the messe{n}gers of King Sēn acherib blasphemed thee, thine Angel went for the, and slewe an hundreth, foure score, and fiue thousand of them.
So destroye thou this hoste before vs to day, that all other may knowe that he hathe spoke{n} wickedly against thy Sanctuarie & punish him according to his malice.
So the armies ioyned together in battel, the thirtenth day of the moneth Adar: but Nicanors hoste was disco{m}fited, and he him self was first slaine in the battel.
Now when his armie sawe that Nicanor was slaine, they cast away their weapons and 〈◊〉.
But they pursued after then a dayes iourney from Adasa vnto Gasera, blowing an alarme with the trumpets after them.
So they came for the of all the townes of Iudea rounde about, and rushed vpon the{m}, and threwe them from one to another, so that they all fel by the sworde, & there was not one of them lefte.
Then they toke the spoyles, and the pray and smote of Nicanors head, and his right hand, which he helde vp so proudly: and broght it with them, and hanged them vp afore Ierusalem.
So the people reioyced greatly, and kept that day as a day of great gladnes.
And they ordeined, to kepe yerely that day on the thirtenth day of the moneth Adar.
Thus the land of Iuda was in resta litle while.
IVdas heard also the fame of the Romains that thei were mightie, and valiant, and agreable to all things that were required of them, and made peace with all that came vnto them.
And that they were men of great power, and they tolde him of their battels, & their worthie actes, which they did among the Galatians whome they had conquered & made to paye tribute,
And what they had done in the countrey of Spaine: how that they had wonne there the mines of siluer and golde.
And that by their counsel, and gentle behauiour they were rulers in euerie place, thogh the place was farre from them, and that they had discomfited, and giuen great ouer throwes to the Kings that came against them, from the vttermost parte of the earth & that others gaue the{m} tribute euerie yere
How they had also discomfited by battel Philippe and Perses Kings of the Macedonians, and others, that rose against them, and how they ouer came them.
And how great Antiochus King of Asia that came against the{m} in battel, hauing an hundreth and twentie elepha{n}ts, with horsemen: and charrets, and a verie great armie, was discomfited by them.
And how they toke him aliue, and ordeined him, with suche as shulde reigne after him, to paye a great tribute, & to giue hostages, and a separate porcion.
Euen the countrey of India, and Media, and Lydia, and of his best cou{n}treys, which they toke of him and gaue them to King Eumenes.
Againe when it was tolde them that the Grecia{n}s were comming to destroye them,
They sent against the{m} a captaine, which gaue them battel, and slewe manie of the{m}, and toke manie prisoners with their wiues and children, and spoyled them, & conquered their land, and destroyed their strong holdes, and subdued the{m} to be their bondmen vnto this day:
Moreouer, how they destroyed, & broght into subiection other kingdomes and yles, whosoeuer had withstand them.
But that thei kept amitie with their owne friends, and those that stayed vpon them: finally, that conquered kingdomes, bothe farre and nere, in so muche that whosoeuer heard of their renoume, was afrayed of the{m}.
For whome they wolde helpe to their kingdomes, those reigned, & whome they wolde, they put downe: thus were thei in moste high autoritie.
Yet for all this that none of them ware a crowne, nether was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby.
But that thei had ordeined them selues a counsel, wherein thre hundreth and twe{n}tie men consulted daiely, and prouided for the commune affaires, to gouerne them wel.
And that they committed their gouernement to one man euerie yere, who did rule ouer all their countrey, to whome euerie man was obedient: and there was nether hatred nor enuie among them.
¶ Then Iudas chose Eupolemus the sonne of Iohn, (the sonne) of Accus, and Iason, the sonne of Eleazar, and sent them vnto Rome to make friendship, & mutual felowship with them,
That they might take from them the yoke [for they sawe that the kingdome of the Grecians wolde kepe Israel in bondage.]
So they went vnto Rome, which was a verie great iourney, & came into the Senat where they spake and said.
Iudas Maccabeus with his brethren, and the people of the Iewes hathe sent vs vnto you, to make a bonde of friendship, and peace with you, and ye to register vs as your partakers and friends.
And the matter pleased them.
And this is the copie of the epistle that they wrote in tables of brasse and sent to Ierusalém, that they might haue by them a memorial of the peace, and mutual felowship.
Good successe to the Romaines, and to the people of the Iewes, by sea, and by land for euer, and the sworde, and enemie be from them.
If there come first anie warre vpon the Romaines, or anie of their friends throughout all their dominion.
The people of the Iewes shal helpe them, as the time shalbe appointed, with all their heart.
Also they shal giue nothing to them that come to fight for the{m}, nor serue them with wheat nor weapons, nor monei, nor shippes as it pleaseth the Romaines, but they shal kepe their couena{n}tes without taking anie thing of them.
Like wise also ifwarre come first against the nacion of the Iewes, the Romains shal helpe them with a good wil, according as the time shalbe appointed them.
Nether shal wheat be giuen vnto the{m}, that take their parte, nor weapons, nor money nor shippes, as it pleaseth the Romains, who wil kepe these couenants without deceite.
According to these articles the Romains made the bonde with the people of the Iewes.
If after these pointes the one partie, or the other wil ade or diminish, they may do it, at their pleasures, and whatsoeuer they shal adde, or take away, shalbe ratified.
And as touching the euil that Demetrius hathe done vnto the Iewes, we haue written vnto him, saying, Wherefore laiest thou thine heauie yoke vpon our friends, and confederates the Iewes?
If therefore they complaine anie more against thee, we wil do them iustice, and fight with thee by sea and by land.
IN the meane season whe{n} Demetrius had heard how Nicanor, and his hoste had giuen the battel, he sent Bacchides, and Alcimus againe into Iudea, & his chief stre{n}gth with them.
So they went for the by the way that is towarde Galgala, and pitched their tentes before Mesaloth which is in Arbelis, and wanne it and shewe muche people.
And in the first moneth of the hundreth, fiftie and two yere, they layed their siege against Ierusalém.
But they raised their campe, and came to Berea, with twentie thousand (fote) men two thousand horsemen.
Now Iudas had pitched his tent at Eleasa and thre thousand chosen men with him.
And when they sawe, that the multitude of the armie was great, they were sore afraide, and manie conueied them selues out of the hoste, so that there abode no mo of the{m}, but eight hundreth men.
When Iudas sawe that his hoste failest him and that he must nedes fight, he was sore troubled in minde that he had no time to gather them together, and was discouraged.
Neuertheles, he said vnto them that remained, Let vs rise, and go vp against our enemies, if peraduenture we may be able to fight with them.
But they wolde haue staied him saying, We are not able: but let vs rather faue our liues turne backe now, seing our brethren are departed: for shal we fight against the{m}, that are so fewe?
The{n} Iudas said, God forbid, that we shulde do this thing, to He from them: if our time become, let vs dye manfully for our brethren, and let vs not staine our honour.
Then the hoste remoued out of the tentes, and stode against them, who had deuided their horsemen into two troupes, and they that threwe with slings, and the archers marched in the forewarde, and they that foght in the forewarde, were all valiant men.
And Bacchides was in the right wing So the armie drewe nere on bothe sides, and blewe the trumpets.
They of Iudas side blew the trumpets also, and the earth shoke at the noyce of the armies: and the battel continued from morning to night.
And when Iudas sawe that Bacchides and the strength of his armie was on the right side, he toke with him all the hardie men.
And brake the right wing, and followed vpon them vnto mount Azotus.
Now when they which were of the left wing, sawe that the right wing was discomfited, they followed Iudas behinde, and the{m} that were with him hard at the heles.
The{n} was there afore battel: for many were slaine of bothe the parties,
Iudas also himself was killed, and the remnant fled.
So Ionathan and Simon toke Iudas their brother, and buryed him in his father sepulchre in the citie of Modin.
And all the Israelites wept for him, & mourned greatly for him, and lamented many daies, saying.
How is the valiant man fallen which deliuered Israel!
Concerning the other things of Iudas bothe the battels and the valiant actes that he did, and of his worthines, they are not writen for they were very many.
¶ Now after the death of 〈◊〉, wicked 〈◊〉 came vp in all the coastes of Israel, & 〈◊〉 arose all suche as gaue them selues to iniquitie,
In those daies was there a very great famine in the land, and all the countrey gaue ouer them selues with them.
And Bacchides did chuse wicked men, and made them lords in the land.
These soght out, and made searche for Iudas friends, and broght them vnto Bacchides, which aduenged him self vpon them, and mocked them.
And there came so great trouble in Israél, as was not since the time that no Prophet was sene among them.
Then came all Iudas friends together, and said vnto Ionathan.
Seing thy brother Iudas is dead, and there is none like him to go forthe against our enemies, euen against Bacchides, and against them of our nacio{n} that are enemies vnto vs.
Therefore, this day we chuse thee that thou maist be our prince and captaine in his place to order our battel.
So Ionathan toke the gouernance vpon him at the same time, and druled in stead of his brother Iudas.
But when Bacchides knewe it: he soght for to slay him.
Then Ionathan and Simon his brother, 〈◊〉 that, fled into the wildernes of Thecua with all their companie, and pitched their tentes by the water poole of Asphar.
Which when Bacchides vnderstode, he came ouer Iorden with all his hoste vpon the Sabbath day.
[Now had Ionathan sent his brother (Iohn) a captaine of the people, to pray his frie{n}ds the Nabathites, that they wold kepe their baggage which was muche.
But the children of Ambri came out of Medaba, and toke Iohn, and all that he had, and when they had take{n} it, went their way
After this came worde vnto Ionathan, and to Simon his brother, that the children of Ambrimade a great mariage, and broght the bride from Medaba with great pompe: for she was daughter to one of the noblest princes of Canaan.
Therefore they remembred Iohn their brother, and went vp, and hid them selues vnder the couert of the mountaine.
So they lift vp their eyes, and loked, and beholde, there was a great noyce, and muche 〈◊〉: then the bridegrome came forthe, and his friends and his brethren met them with tymbrels, and instrume{n}ts of musike, and manie weapons.
Then Ionathans men that lay in ambushe rose vp against them, and slewe manie of them, and the remnant fled into the mountaines so that they toke all their spoiles
Thus the mariage was turned to mourning, and the noyce of their melodie into lamentacion.
And so when they had aduenged the blood of their brother, they are turned againe vnto Iorden.
When Bacchides heard this, he came vnto the border of Iorden with a great power vpon the Sabbath day.]
Then Ionathan said vnto his companie, Let vs rise now, and fight against our enemies, for it is not to day as in time past.
Beholde, the battel is before vs, and behinde vs, and the water of Iorden on this side and that side, and the marise, and forest, so that there is no place for vs to turne aside.
Wherefore crye now vnto heauen that ye may be deliuered from the power of your enemies: so they ioyned battel.
Then Ionathan stretched out his hand to smite Bacchides: but he turned aside from him and reculed.
Then Ionathan, and they that were with him, leapt into 〈◊〉, and swimmed ouer vnto the further ba{n}ke, but the otherwolde not passe through 〈◊〉 after them.
So in that day were slaine of Bacchides side about a thousand men.
Then he turned to againe to Ierusalém, and buylt vp the strong cities in Iuda, as the ca 〈◊〉 of Iericho, and Emmaus, and Bethoron and Bethel, and Thamnatha, Pharathoui, & Tepho, with high walles, with gates, and with barres.
And set garisons in them, that they might vse their malice vpon Israel.
He fortified also the citie Beth-sura, and Gazara, and the castel, and set a garison in them with prouision of vitailes.
He toke also the chiefest mens sonnes in the countrey for hostages, and put them in the castel at Ierusalém to be kept.
¶ Afterwarde in the hundreth, 〈◊〉 and thre yere, in the 〈◊〉 moneth, Alcimus commanded, that the walles of the inner court of the Sanctuarie shuld be destroied and he pulled downe the monume{n}ts of the Prophetes, and began to destroy them.
But at the same time Alcimus was plagued, and his enterprises 〈◊〉 hindred, and his mouth was stopped for he was smitten with a palsie, and colde no more speake, nor giue order concerning his house.
Thus dyed Alcimus with a great torment at the same time.
And when Bacchides sawe, that Alcimus was dead, he turned againe to the King, & so the land of Iuda was in rest two yeres.
Then all the vngodlie men helde a counsel saying, Beholde, Ionathan and his companie dwell at ease, and without care: wherefore let vs bring Bacchides hither, and he wil take them all in one night.
So they went and consulted with him.
Who arose and came with a great hoste: and sent letters priuely to his adherentes which were in Iudea, to take Ionathan, & those that were with him: but they colde not, for their counsel was knowen vnto the{m}.
And they toke fiftie men of the countrey, which were the chief workers of thys wickednes, and slewe them.
¶ The{n} Ionathan and Simon with their companie departed vnto Beth-basin whiche is in the wildernes, a{n}d repaired the decay therof, and made it strong.
When Bacchides knewe this, he gathered all his hoste, and sent worde to the{m} that were of Iudea.
The{n} came he and laid siege to Beth-basin, and foght against it a long season, and made instruments of warre.
But Ionathan had left his brother Simon in the citie, and went forthe into the countrey, and came with a certeine nomber.
And slewe Odomeras and his brethren a{n}d the children of Phasiron in their tentes: so he began to slay, and increased in power.
Simon also and hys companie went out of the citie, and burnt vp the instrumentes of warre.
And foght against Bacchides, and discomfited hym, and vexed hym sore, so that hys counsel and iorney was in vaine.
Wherefore he was very wroth at the wicked me{n}, that gaue him counsel to come into the countrey, and slewe many of the{m}, and purposed to returne into his owne countrey.
Whereof when Ionathan had knowledge, he sent ambassadours ours vnto him, to intreat of peace with him, and that the prisoners shuld be deliuered.
Whiche thing he accepted, and did accordyng to his desire, and made an othe, that he wolde neuer do hym harme all the dayes of his life.
So he restored vnto him the prisoners that he had taken afore time out of the land of Iuda, and so returned, and went into his owne lande, nether did he come any more into their borders.
Thus the sworde ceased from Israél, and Ionathan dwelt at Machmas, and began there to gouerne the people, and destroyed the vngodlie men out of Israél.
IN the hundreth and thre score yere came Alexander the sonne of Antiochus Epiphanes, and tōke Ptolemais, and they receiued him, and there he reigned.
Now when Demetrius the King heard it, he gathered an exceading great host, and went forthe against him to fight.
Also Demetrius sent letters vnto Ionathan, with louing wordes, as thogh he wolde preferre him.
For he said, We wil firste make peace with hym, before he ioyne wyth Alexander against vs.
Els he will remember all the euil that we haue done against him, and against his brethre{n} and his nacion.
And so he gaue Ionathan leaue to gather an host, and to prepare weapons, and to be confederate with him, and commanded the hostages that were in the castell, to be deliuered vnto him.
¶ Then came Ionathan to Ierusalém, and red the letters in the audience of all the people, 〈◊〉 of them that were in the castel.
Therefore they were sore afraied, because they heard that the King had giuen hym licence to gather an armie.
So they that were of the castel, deliuered the hostages vnto Ionathan, who restored them to their parents.
Ionathan also dwelt at Ierusalem, and bega{n} to buyld, and 〈◊〉 the citie.
And he commaunded the workemen to builde the walles, and the mount Sion rounde about with hewen stone, to sortifie it: and so they did.
Then the strangers that were in the castels which Bacchides had made fled.
So that euerie man left his place, and went into his owne countrey.
Onely at Beth-sura remained 〈◊〉 whiche had forsaken the Law and the commandements: for it was their refuge.
¶ Now when King Alexander had heard of the promises that Demetrius had made vnto Ionathan: and when it was tolde him of the battels and nobles actes, whiche he and his brethren had done, and of the paines that they had indured.
He said, Might we finde suche a man nowe therefore we will make hymour friend and confederate.
Vpon this he wrote a letter, and sent it vnto him, with these wordes, saying.
Kyng Alexander to his brother Ionathan, sendeth 〈◊〉.
We haue heard of thee, that thou art a very valiant man, and worthie to be our friend.
Wherefore this day we ordeine thee to be the hie Priest of thy nacion, and to be called the Kings friend: and he sent him a purple robe, and a crowne of golde, that thou maist consider what is for our profite, and kepe friendship towarde vs.
So in the seuenth moneth of the hundreth and thre score yere, vpon the seast daye of the tabernacles, Ionathan put on the holie garment, and gathered an hoste, and prepared many weapons.
¶ Which when Demetrius heard, he was marueilous sory, and said.
What haue we done, that Alexander hathe 〈◊〉 vs in getting the friendship of the 〈◊〉 for his strength?
Yet wil I write and exhorte them, and promes them dignities and rewardes, that they may helpe me.
Wherupon he wrote vnto them these wordes, Kyng 〈◊〉 vnto the nacions of the Iewes sendeth greting.
We haue heard that ye haue kept your couenant towarde vs, and continued in our friendship, and haue not ioyned with our enemies, whereof we are glad.
Now therefore remaine stil, and kepe fidelitie towarde vs, and we will recompense you for the good things that ye haue done for vs
And will release you of many charges, and giue you rewardes.
And now I discharge for your sake all the Iewes from tributes, and fre you from the customes of salte, and the crowne taxes, and from the thirde parte of the sede.
And from the halfe of the frute of the trees whiche is mine owne duetie, I so release the{m} that from this day forth, none shal take any thing of the land of Iuda, or of the thre gouernements which are added there unto as of Samaria and of Galile, from this day forthe for euermore.
Ierusalem also with all thyngs belongyng thereto, shalbe holie and fre from the tenthes and tributes.
Also I release the power of the castel which is at Ierusalém, a{n}d giue it vnto the hie Priest, that he may set in it suche men, as he shal chuse to kepe it.
Moreuer I frely deliuer euerie one of the Iewes that were taken away prisoners out of the land of Iuda through out all my realme, and euerie one of them shalbe free from tributes, yea, euen their catel.
And all the feasts, and Sabbaths, and new moones, and the dayes appointed and the thre daies before the feast, and the thre daies after the feast, shalbe daies of fredome and libertie for all the Iewes in my realme.
So that (in them) no man shal haue power to do any thing, or to vexe any of them in any maner of cause.
Also thirtie thousand of the Iewes shalbe writen vp in the Kings hoste, and haue their wages payeth them as apperteineth to all them that are of the Kings armie: and of the{m} shalbe ordeyne certeine to kepe the Kings strong holdes.
And some of them shalbe set ouer the Kings moste secret affaires, and their gouernours and their princes shalbe of them selues, and they shal liue after their owne lawes, as the King hathe commanded in the land of Iuda.
And the thre gouernements that are added vnto Iudea from the countrey of Samaria shalbe ioyned vnto Iudea, and they shalbe as vnder one, and obey none other power, but the hie Priest.
And I giue Ptolemais and the borders therof vnto the Sanctuarie at Ierusalém, for the necessarie expenses of the holie things.
Moreouer, I will giue euerie yere fiftene thousa{n}d sicles of siluer of the Kings reuenues out of the places apperteining vnto me.
And all the ouer plus whiche they haue not paied for thyngs due, as they did in the former yeres, from hence for the they shal giue it towarde the workes of the Temple.
And besides this, the fiue thousand sicles of siluer which they receiued yerely of the accounte appointed for the intertein emēt of the Sanctuarie, these yeres passed, eue{n} these things shalbe released because they apperteine to the Priests that minister.
Item, whosoeuer they be that flee vnto the Temple at Ierusalém, or within the liberties therof, and are indetted to the King for any maner of thing, they shalbe pardoned, and all that they haue in my realme.
For the buylding also and repayring of the workes of the Sanctuarie, expenses shal be giuen of the Kings reuenues.
And for the makyng of the walles of Ierusalém, and fortifying it rounde about that the holdes in Iudea may be buylt vp, shall also the costes be giuen out of the Kings reuenues.
¶ But whe{n} Ionathan and the people heard these wordes, they gaue no credit vnto the{m}, nether receiued them: for they remembred the great wickednes that he had done in Israél, and how sore he had vexed them.
Wherefore they agreed vnto Alexander: for he was the first that had intreated of true peace with them, and so were confederat with him alway.
Then gathered King Alexander a great hoste, and camped ouer against Demetrius.
So the two Kings ioyned battel, but Demetrius hoste fled, and Alexander pursued him, and preuailed against them.
So that sore battel continued till the sunne went downe, and Demetrius was slayne the same day.
¶ Then Alexander sent ambassadours vnto Ptolemeus the Kyng of Egypt with these wordes, saying.
For so muche as I am come agayne to my realme, a{n}d am set in the throne of my fathers and haue gotten the dominion, and haue destroied Demetrius, and enioye my countrey.
Seing that I haue euen giuen him the battel, and he and his armie is disco{m}fited by me, and I sit in the throne of his kingdome.
Let vs now make friendship together, and giue me now thy daughter to wife: so shal I be thy sonne in law, a{n}d giue thee rewardes, a{n}d vnto her things according to thy dignitie
Then Ptolemeus the King gaue answer, saying, happie be the day, wherein thou art come againe vnto the lande of thy fathers, and sittest in the throne of their kingdome.
Now therefore wil I fulfil thy writings but mete me at Ptolemais that we may se one another, and that I may make thee my sonne in law, according to thy desire.
So Ptolemeus went out of Egypt with hys daughter Cleopatra, and came vnto Ptolemais in the hu{n}dreth threscore and two yere.
Where King Alexa{n}der met him, a{n}d he gaue vnto him his daughter Cleopatrus, and maried them at Ptolemais with great glorie, as the maner of Kingsis.
¶ Then wrote King Alexander vnto Ionathan, that he shulde come and mete him.
So he went honorably vnto Ptolemais, and there he met the two Kings, and gaue them great presents of siluer and golde, & to their friends, and founde fauour in their sight.
And there assembled certeine pestilent felowes of Israel, & wicked men to accuse him but the King wolde not heare them,
And the King commanded that they shulde take of the garments of Ionathan, & clothe him in purple: and so they did: and the King appointed him to sit by him,
And said vnto his princes, Go with him into the middes of the citie, and make a proclamacion, that no man complaine against him of anie matter, and that no man trouble him for anie maner of cause.
So when his accusers sawe his honour according as it was proclaimed, & that he was clothed in purple, they fled all away.
And the King preferred him to honour, and wrote him among his chief friends, & made him a duke, and partaker of his dominion.
Thus Ionathan returned to Ierusalem with peace and gladnes.
¶ In the hundreth, thre score & fiue yere came Demetrius the sonne of Demetrius from Creta into his fathers land.
Whereof when King Alexander heard, he was verie sorie, and returned vnto Antiochia.
The Demetrius appointed Apollonius the gouernour of Celosyria, who gathered a great hoste, and camped in Iamnia, and sent vnto Ionathan the hie Priest, saying,
Darest thou, being but alone, lift vp thy self against vs? and I am laughed at, & reproched, because of thee: now therefore why doest thou vant thy self against vs in the mountaines?
Now then if thou trust in thine owne strength, come downe to vs into the plaine field & there let vs trye the matter together: for I haue the strength of cities.
Aske and learne who I am, and they shal take my parte: and they shal tell thee that your fote is not able to stand before our face: for thy fathers haue benet wise chased in their owne land.
And now how wilt thou be able to abide so great an hoste of horsemen and fotemen in the plaine, where is nether stone, norrocke, nor place to flee vnto?
When Ionathan heard the wordes of Apollonius, he was moued in his minde: wherefore he closeten thousand men, and went out of Ierusalem, and Simo{n} his brother met him for to helpe him.
And he pitched his tents at Ioppe: but they shut him out of the citie: for Apollonius garison was in Ioppe.
Then they foght against it, and they that were in the citie, for verie feare let him in so Ionathan wan Ioppe.
Apollonius hearing of this, toke thre thousand horsemen with a great hoste (of fote) men and went towarde Azotus, as thogh he wolde go forwarde, & came immediatly into the plaine field, because he had so manie horsemen, and put his trust in them.
So Ionathan followed vpon him to Azotus, and the armie skirmished with his arriere bande.
For Apollonius had left a thousand horsemen behinde them in ambush.
And Ionathan knewe that there was an ambushment behinde him, and thogh they had compassed in his hoste, and shot dartes at the people from the morning to the euening,
Yet the people stode stil, as Ionathan had co{m}manded them, til their horses were wearie.
Then broght Simon forthe his hoste, and set the{m} against the ba{n}de: but the horses were wearie, aud he 〈◊〉 them, and they fled: so the horsemen were scattered in the field,
And they fled to Azotus, and came into the temple of Dagon their Idole, that thei might there saue them 〈◊〉.
But Ionathan set fyre vpon Azotus and all the cities rounde about it, & toke their spoiles, and burnt with fyre the temple of Dagon with all them that were fled into it.
Thus were slayne & burnt about eight thousand men.
So Ionathan remoued the hoste from thence, and camped by Ascalon, where the men of the citie came forthe, and met him with great honour.
After this went Ionathan and his hoste againe to Ierusalem with great spoiles.
And whe{n} King Alexa{n}der heard these things he began to do Ionathan more honour,
And sent him a colar of golde, as the vse is to be giuen vnto suche as are of the Kings blood: he gaue him also Accaron, with the borders thereof in possession.
ANd the King of Egypt gathered a great hoste, like the 〈◊〉 that lyeth vpon the sea shote, and manie ships, and went about through deceit to obteine the kingdome of Alexander, and to ioyne it vnto his owne realme.
Vpon this he went into Syria with friendlie wordes, and was let into the cities, and men came forthe to mete him: for King Alexander had commanded them to mete him, because he was his father in Law.
Now when he entred into the citie of Ptolemais, he lefte bands and garisons in euerie citie.
And when he came nere to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt, and Azotus, and the suburbes thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies cast abroad, & them that he had burnt in the battel: for they had made heapes of them by the way where he shulde passe.
And thei tolde the King what Ionathan had done, to the intent they might get him euil wil: but the King helde his peace.
And Ionathan met the King with great honour at Ioppe, where they saluted one another, and laye there.
So when Ionathan had gone with the King vnto the water that was called Eleutherus, he turned againe to Ierusalem.
So King Ptolemeus gate the dominion of the cities by the sea vnto Seleucia vpon the sea coast, imagining wicked counsels against Alexander,
¶ And sent ambassadours vnto King Demetrius, saying, Come, let vs make a league betwene vs, and I wil giue thee my daughter, which Alexander hathe, and thou shalt reigne in thy fathers kingdome.
For I repe{n}t that I gaue Alexander my daughter: for he goeth about to slaye me.
Thus he sclandered Alexander, as one that shulde desire his realme.
And he toke his daughter from him, & gaue her vnto Demetrius, and forsoke Alexander, so that their hatred was openly knowen.
Then Ptolemeus came to Autiochia, where he set two crownes vpon his owne head, of Asia and of Egypt.
In the meane season was King Alexander in Cilicia for they that dwelt in those places had rebelled against him:
But when Alexa{n}der heard it, he came towar re against him, and Ptolemeus broght for the his hoste, and met him with a mightie power and put him to flight.
Then fled Alexander into Arabia, there to be defended: so Ptolemeus was exalted.
And Zabdiel the Arabian smote of Alexanders head, & sent it vnto Ptolemeus.
But the third dáy after King Ptolemeus dyed and thei that were in the holdes, were slayne one of another.
And Demetrius reigned in the hu{n}dreth, thre score and seuenth yere.
¶ At the same time gathered Ionathan them that were in Iudea, to laye siege vnto the castle, which was at Ierusalem, and they made manie instruments of warre against it.
The{n} went there certeine vngodlie persones [which hated their owne people] vnto King (Demetrius,) and tolde him that Ionathan besieged the castle.
So when he heard it, he was angrie, and immediatly came vnto Ptolemais, and wrote vnto Ionathan, that he shulde laye no more siege vnto it, but that he shulde mete him & speake with him at Ptolemais in all haste.
Neuertheles when Ionathan heard this, he commanded to besiege it: he chose also certeine of the Elders of Israel, and the Priest, & put him self in danger,
And toke with him siluer and golde, and apparel, and diuerse presents, and went to Ptolemais vnto the King, and founde fauour in his sight.
And thogh certeine vngodlie men of his owne nacion had made complaintes vpon him,
Yet the King intreated him as his predecessers had done, and promoted him in the sight of all his friends,
And confirmed him in the hie priesthode with all the honorable things, that he had afore, and made him his chief friend.
Ionatha{n} also desired the King, that he wold make Iudea fre with the thre gouernements and the countrey of Samaria, and (Ionathan) promised him thre hundreth talents.
Whereunto the King consented & gaue Ionathan writing of the same, conteining these wordes,
KING DEMETRIVS vnto his brother Ionathan, and to the nacio{n} of the Iewes sendeth greting.
We se{n}d you here a copie of the letter, which we did write vnto our cousin Lasthenes concerning you, that ye shulde se it.
King Demetrius vnto Lasthenes his father sendeth greting.
For the faithfulnes that our friends the nacion of the Iewes kepe vnto vs, and for their good wil towardes vs we are ditermined to do them good.
Wherefore we assigne to the{m} the coasts of Iudea with the thre gouernements Apherema, and Lydda, and Ramathe [which are added vnto Iudea from the countrey of Samaria] and all that apperteineth to all them that sacrifice in Ierusalem: bothe concerning the paiments which the King toke yerely afore time, bothe for the frutes of the earth, & for the frutes of the trees.
As for the other things apperteining vnto vs of the tenths & tributes, which were due vnto vs, and the customes of salte, & crowne taxes, which were payed vnto vs, we discharge them of all from hence for the.
And nothing hereof shalbe reuoked from this time for the and for euer.
Therefore se that ye make a copie of these things, and deliuer it vnto Ionathan, that it may be set vp vpon the holy mount in an ope{n} place.
After this when Demetrius the King sawe that his land was in rest, and that no resistan ce was made against him, he sent away all his hoste, euerie man to his owne place, except certeine bandes of strangers, whome he broght from the yles of the heathen: wherefore all his fathers hoste hated him.
Nowe was there one Tryphon, that had bene of Alexanders parte afore, which whe{n} he sawe that all the hoste murmured against Demetrius, he went to Simalcue the Arabian, that broght vp Antiochus the sonne of Alexander.
And lay sore vpon him, to deliuer him this yong Antiochus, that he might reigne in his fathers stead: he tolde hym also what great euill Demetrius had done, and how his men of warre hated hym, and he remained there a long season.
Also Ionathan sent vnto King Demetrius to driue them out whiche were in the castel at Ierusalém, and those that were in the forteresses: for they foght against Israél.
So Demetrius sent vnto Ionathan, saying, I will not onely do these thyngs for thee and thy nacion, but if opportunie serue, I wil honour thee and thy nacion.
Now therefore thou shalt dome a pleasure, if thou wilt send me men to helpe me: for all mine armie is gone from me.
So Ionathan sent him thre thousand strong men vnto Antiochia, and they came vnto the King: wherefore the King was verie glad at their comming.
¶ But they that were of the citie, euen an 〈◊〉 dreth, and twentie thousand men, gathered them together in the middes of the citie, a{n}d wolde haue slaine the King.
But the King sled into the palace, and the citizens kept the stretes of the citie, and beganne to fight.
Then the King called to the Iewes for helpe, which came to him altogether, and went abroade through the citie.
And slewe the same day an hundreth thousand, and set fyre vpon the citie, a{n}d toke many spoiles in that day, & deliuered the King.
So when the citizens sawe that the Iewes had gotten the vpper hand of the citie, and that they them selues were disappointed of their purpose, they made their supplication vnto the King, saying.
Grant vs 〈◊〉, and let the Iewes cease fro{m} vexing vs and the citie.
So they cast away their weapons, and made peace, and the Iewes were greatly honored before the King, and before all that were in his realme, and they came againe to Ierusalém with great pray.
Then King Demetrius sate in the throne of his kingdome, and had peace in his land.
Neuertheles he dissembled in all that euer he spake, and withdrewe hym self from Ionathan, nether did he rewarde hym accordyng to the benefites whiche he had done for him, but troubled him verie sore.
¶ After returned Tryphon with the yong childe Antiochus, whiche regned, and was crowned.
Then there gathered vnto hym all the men of warre, whome Demetrius had scattered, and they foght against him, who fled and turned his backe.
So Tryphon toke the beasts, and wan Antiochia.
And yong Antiochus wrote vnto Ionathan, saying, I appoint thee to the chief Priest, aud make thee ruler ouer the foure gouernements, that thou maist be a friend of the Kings.
Vpon this he sent him golden vessels to be serued in, and gaue hym leaue to drynke in golde, and to we are purple, and to haue a colar of golde.
He made hys brother Simon also captaine from the coastes of Tyrus vnto the borders of Egypt.
Then 〈◊〉 went forthe and passed through the cities beyonde the flood, and all the me{n} of warre of Syria gathered vnto him for to helpe hym: so he came vnto Ascalon, a{n}d they of the citie receiued him honorably
And from thence went he vnto Gaza: but they of Gaza shut hym out: wherefore be laid siege vnto it: and burned the suburbes thereof with fyre, and spoiled them.
Then they of Gaza made supplication vnto lonathan, and he made peace with them, and toke of the sonnes of the chief men for hostages, and sent them to 〈◊〉, and went through the countrey vnto Damascus.
And when 〈◊〉 heard that 〈◊〉 princes were come into Cades, whiche is in Galile, with a great host, purposing to driue him out of the countrey.
He came against them, and left Simon hys brother in the countrey.
And Simon besieged Beth-sura, and foght against it a long season, and shut it vp.
So they desired to haue peace with him, whiche he granted them, and afterwarde put them out from thence, and toke the citie, a{n}d set a garison in it.
Then Ionathan with his hoste came to the water of Genesar, and betimes in the morning came to the plaine of Azor.
And beholde the hostes of the strangers met him in the plaine, and had layed ambushments for him in the mountaines.
So that when they came against them, the ambushment rose out of their places and skirmished.
So that al that were of Ionathans side, fled: and there was not one of them left, except Mattathias the sonne of Absalomus, and Iudas the sonne of Calphi the captaines of the hoste.
Then Ionathan rent hys clothes, and caste earth vpon his head, and prayed.
And turned againe to them to 〈◊〉, and put them to flight, so that they flcd away.
Nowe when hys owne men that were fled, sawe this, they turned againe vnto him, and helped him to followe after all vnto their tentes at Cades, and there they camped.
So there were slaine of the strangers the same day about thre thousand men, and Ionathan turned againe to Ierusalém.
IOnataha{n} now seing that the time was mete for him, chose certeine men, and sent them vnto Rome, to establishe and renew the friendship with them.
He sent letters also vnto the Spartians and to other places, for the same purpose.
So they went vnto Rome, and entred into the Senate, and said, Ionathan the hie Priest a{n}d the nation of the Iewes sent vs vnto you, for to renewe friendship with you, and the bonde of loue, as in times past.
So the (Romaines) gaue them fre pasports, that men shulde lead them home, into the land of Iuda peaceably.
¶ AND THIS is the copie of the letters that Ionathan wrote vnto the Spartians.
Ionathan the hie Priest with the Elders of the nacion, a{n}d the Priests, and the rest of the people of the Iewes, send gretyng vnto the Spartians their brethren.
Heretofore were letters sent vnto Onias the hie Priest, from Arius, which then reigned among you, that ye wolde be our brethren, as the copie here vnder writen specifieth.
〈◊〉 Onias intreated the ambassadour honorably, a{n}d receiued the letters: wherein there was mencion made of the bonde of loue a{n}d friendship.
But as for vs, we nede no suche writings: for we haue the holy bokes in our handes for comfort.
Neuertheles we thoght it good to send vnto you, for the renewing of the brotherhod and friendship, lest we shulde be strange vnto you: for it is long since the time that ye sent vnto vs.
Wherefore we remember you at all seasons continually, and in the feastes and other dayes appointed when we offre sacrifices and prayers, as it is mete and conuenient to thinke vpon our brethren.
And we reioyce at your prosperous estate.
And thogh we haue bene enuironned with great troubles and warres, so that the kings rounde about vs haue foght against vs.
Yet wold we not be grieuous vnto you, nor to other of our confederates and friends in these warres.
For we haue had helpe from heauen, that hath soccoured vs, a{n}d we are deliuered from our enemies, and our enemies are subdued.
Yet haue we chosen Numenius (the sonne) of Antiochus, and Antipater (the sonne) of Iason, and sent them vnto the Romaines, for to renewe the former friendship with them, and league.
We commanded them also to go vnto you, and to salute you, and to deliuer you our letters, concernyng the renewing of our brotherhode.
And now ye shal do vs a pleasure to giue vs an answer of these things.
¶ And this was the copie of the letters whiche Arius the King of Sparta se{n}t vnto Onias.
THE KING of the Spartians vnto Onias the hie Priest sendeth greting.
It is founde in writing, that the Spartians and Iewes are brethren, and come out of the generacion of Abraham.
And nowe for so muche as this is come to our knowledge, ye shal do well, to write vnto vs of your prosperitie.
As for vs, we haue writen vnto you, that your cattel and goods are ours, and ours are yours: these things haue we commanded to be shewed vnto you.
¶ Now when Ionathan heard, that Demetrius princes were come to fight against him with a greater hoste then afore.
He went from Ierusalém, and met them in the land of Hamath: for he gaue them not space to come into his owne countrey.
And he sent spies vnto their tentes, which came againe, and tolde him, that they were appointed to come vpon him in the night.
Wherfore, when the sunne was gone down Ionathan co{m}manded his men to watche, and to be in armes ready to fight all the night, a{n}d sent watchmen rounde about the hoste.
But when the aduersaries heard that Ionathan was ready with hys men to the battel, they feared, and trembled in their heartes, and kyndled fyres in their tentes, and fled away.
Neuertheles Ionathan and hys companie knewe it not till the morning: or they sawe the fyres burning.
Then Ionathan followed vpon them, but he cold not ouertake them: for they were gone ouer the flood Eleutherus.
So Ionathan turned to the Arabians, whiche were called Zabedei, and slewe them, and toke their spoile.
He proceded further also, and came vnto Damascus, a{n}d were through al the cou{n}trey.
But Simon his brother went for the, a{n}d came to Ascalon and to the nexte holdes, departing vnto Ioppe, and wanne it.
For he heard that they wolde deliuer the holde to them that toke Demetrius parte: wherefore he set a garison there to kepe it.
¶ After this came Ionathan home, and called the Elders of the people together, and deuised with them for to buyld vp the stro{n}g holdes in 〈◊〉.
And to make the walles of Ierusalém hier, and to make a great mount betwixt the castel and the citie, for to separate it from the citie, that it might be alone, and that men shulde nether bye, nor sel in it.
So they came together to buylde vp the citie: for parte of the wall vpo{n} the breke of the East side was fallen downe, and they repaired it, and called it Caphenatha.
Simon also set vp Adida in Sephela, & made it strong with gates and barres.
¶ In the meane time Tryphon purposed to reigne in Asia, and to be crowned when he had slaine the King Antiochus.
But he was afraied that Ionathan wolde not suffer him, but fight against him: wherefore he went about to take Ionathan, and to kil him: so he departed, and came vnto Bethsan.
Then went Ionathan for the against him to the battel with fortie thousand chosen men and came vnto Bethsan.
But when Tryphon sawe that Ionathan came with so great an hoste, he durst not lay hand vpon him,
But receiued him honorably, and commended him vnto all his friends, and gaue him rewardes, and commanded his men of warre to be as obedient vnto him as to him self,
And said vnto Ionatha{n}, Why hast thou caused this people, to take suche trauail, seing there is no warre betwene vs?
Therefore send them now home againe, & 〈◊〉 certeine men to wait vpon thee, and come thou with me to Ptolemais: for I wil giue it thee, with the other strong holdes, and the other garisons, and all them that haue the charge of the commune affaires: so wil I returne, and departe: for this is the cause of my comming.
Ionathan beleued him, and did as he said, & sent away his hoste, which went into the 〈◊〉 of Iuda.
And reteined but thre thousand with him, whereof he sent two thousand into Galile, and one thousand went with him self.
Now assone as Ionathan entred into 〈◊〉, they of 〈◊〉 is shut the gates, and toke him, and slewe all them with the sworde that came in with him.
Then sent Tryphon an hoste of fotemen, & horseme{n} into Galile, & into the great plaine, to destroye all Ionathans companie.
But when they knewe that Ionathan was taken, and flaine, & those that were with him they incouraged one another, and came forthe against them readie to the battel.
But when thei which followed vpon them, sawe that it was a matter of life, they turned backe againe.
By this meanes all they came into the land of Iuda peaceably, and bewailed Ionathan and them that were with him, and feared greatly, and all Israel made great lamentacion.
For all the heathe{n} that were rounde about them soght to destroye them.
For they said, Nowe haue they no captaine, nor anie man to helpe them therefore let vs now fight against them, & roote out their memorie from amo{n}g men.
NOw when Simon heard that Trypho{n} gathered a great hoste to come into the 〈◊〉 of Iuda, and to destroye it,
And sawe that the people was in great trembling and feare, he came vp to Ierusalem, and gathered the people together.
And gaue them exhortacio{n}, saying, Ye know what great things I, and my brethren, and my fathers house haue done for the Law, & the Sanctuarie, and the battels, & troubles that we haue sene.
By reason whereof all my brethren are slaine for Israels sake, and I am left alone.
Now therefore God forbide, that I shulde spare mine owne life in anie time of trouble for I am not better then my brethren.
But I wil aduenge my nacion, and the Sanctuarie, and our wiues, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered together to destroy vs of very malice.
In hearing these wordes the hearts of the people were kindled,
So that they cryed with a loude voyce, saying, Thou shalt be our captaine in stead of lu das and Ionathan thy brethren.
Fight thou our battels, and whatsoeuer thou commandest vs, we wil do it.
¶ So he gathered all the men of warre, making haste to finish the walles of Ierusalem, and fortified it rounde about.
Then sent he Ionathan the sonne of Absalonius with a great hoste vnto Ioppe, which droue them out that were therein, & remained there him self.
Trypho{n} also remoued, from Ptolemais with a great armie, to come into the la{n}d of Iuda, & Ionathan was with him as 〈◊〉.
And Simon pitched his tentes at Addidis vpon the open plaine.
But when Tryphon knewe that Simo{n} stode vp in stead of his brother Ionathan, and that he wolde fight against him, he sent messe{n}gers vnto him, saying,
Where as we haue kept Ionathan thy brother, it is for money that he is owing in the Kings account concerning the busines that he had in hand.
Wherefore send now an hu{n}dreth talents of siluer, and his two sonnes for hostages, that when he is letten forthe, he wil not turne 〈◊〉 vs, and we wil send him againe.
Neuertheles Simon knewe that he dissembled in his wordes, yet commanded he the money & children to be deliuered vnto him lest he shulde be in greater hatred of the people of Israel.
Who might haue said, Because he sent him not the money and the children, therefore is Ionathan dead.
So he sent the children and an hundreth 〈◊〉 lents: but he dissembled, and wolde not let Ionathan go.
¶ Afterwarde came Tryphon into the land to destroye it, and went rounde about by the way, that leadeth vnto Adora: but wheresoeuer they went, thether went Simon and his hoste.
Now they that were in the castel, sent messengers vnto Tryphon, that he shulde make haste to come by the wildernes, and to send them vitailes.
So Tryphon made readie all his horsemen: but the same night fell a very great snowe, so that he came not, because of the snowe: but he remoued and went into the countrey of Galaad.
And when he came nere to Bascama, he slew Ionathan and he was buryed there.
So Tryphon returned, & we{n}t into his owne land.
¶ Then sent Simon to take the bones of Ionathan his brother, and they buryed him in Modin his fathers cities.
And all Israel bewailed him with great lame{n}tacion, and mourned for him verie long.
And Simon made vpon the sepulchre of his father and his brethren, a buylding high to loke vnto, of he wenstone behinde and before,
And set vp seuen pillers vpon it, one against another, for his father, his mother, and foure brethren,
And set great pillers round about them, and set armes vpon the pillers for a perpetuall memorie, and carued shippes beside the armes, that they might be sene of men sailing in the sea.
This sepulchre which he made at Modin, standeth yet vnto this day.
¶ Now as Tryphon went forthe with the yong King Antiochus, he slewe him traiterously,
And reigned in his stead, and crowned him self King of Asia, and broght a great plague vpon the land.
Simon also buylte vp the castels of Iudea, & compassed them about with high towers, & great walles, euen with towers, and gates and barres, and laid vp vitailes in the strong holdes.
Moreouer Simon chose certeine men and sent them to King Demetrius, that he wolde discharge the land: for all Tryphons doings were robberies.
Whereupon Demetrius the King answered him, and wrote vnto him after this maner,
DEMETRIVS the King vnto Simon the high Priest, and the friend of Kings, and to the Elders and to the nation of the 〈◊〉 sendeth greting.
The golde{n} crowne, and precious stone that ye sent vnto vs, haue we receiued, and are readie to make a stedfast peace with you, & to write vnto the officers, to release you of the things wherein we made you fre.
So the things that we haue granted you, shalbe stable: the strong holdes which ye haue buylded, shalbe your owne.
Also we forgiue the ouersights, and fautes committed vnto this day, and the crowne taxe that ye ought vs: and where as was anie other tribute in Ierusalem, it shalbe now no tribute.
And they that are mete amo{n}g you to be writen with our men, let them be writen vp, that there may be peace betwene vs.
Thus the yoke of the heathe{n} was take{n} fro{m} Israel in the hundreth, and seuentie yere,
And the people of Israel began to write in their letters, and publike instruments, IN THE FIRST yere of Simon, the high & chief Priest, gouernour, and prince of the Iewes.
In those dayes Simon camped against Gaza and besieged it rounde about, where he set vp an engine of warre, and approched nere the citie, and betatowre, and toke it.
So 〈◊〉 that were in the engine, leapt into the citie, and there was great trouble in the citie,
In so muche that the people of the citie rent their clothes, and climed vp vpon the walles with their wiues, and childre{n}, & cryed with a loude voyce, beseching Simon to gra{n}t them peace, saying,
Deale not with vs according to our wickednes, but according to thy mercie.
Then Simon pitied them, and wolde fight no more against them, but put them out of the citie, and clensed the houses wherein the idoles were, and so entred thereunto with psalmes and thankesgiuing.
So when he had cast all the filthines out, he set suche men in it as kept the Law, and fortified it, and buylded there a dwelling place for himself.
Now, when they in the castel at Ierusalém were kept, that they colde not come forthe nor go into the countrey, nether bye nor sel, they were very hungrie, and manie of them were famished to death,
In so muche that they besoght Simon to make peace with them: which he granted them, and put them out fro{m} thence, and clensed the castel from filthines.
And vpon the thre, and twentie day of the seconde moneth in the hundreth, seuentie & one yere, they entred into it with thanke esgiuing, and bra{n}ches of palme trees, and with violes, and with psalmes, and songs, because the great enemie of Israel was ouercome.
And he ordeined that the same day shulde be kept euerie yere with gladnes.
And he fortified the mount of the Temple that was beside the castel where he dwelt him self with his companie.
Simon also seing that Iohn his sonne was now a man, he made him captaine of all the hostes, and caused him to dwell in Gazaris.
IN the hundreth, seuentie and two yere gathered King Demetrius his hoste, and departed vnto Media, to get him helpe for to fight against Tryphon.
But when Arsaces the King of Persia & Media heard, that Demetrius was entred within his borders, he sent one of his princes to take him aliue,
So he went, and ouercame the armie of Demetrius, and toke him, and broght him to Arsaces, which kept him inwarde.
Thus all the la{n}d (of Iuda) was in rest, so long as Simon liued: for he soght the welth of his nacion: therefore were they glad to haue him for their ruler, and to do him worship alway.
Simon also wanne the citie of Ioppe to his great honour to be an hauen towne, & made it an entrance vnto the yles of the sea.
He enlarged also the borders of his people, and conquered the countreis.
He gathered vp manie of their people that were prisoners, and he had the dominion of Gazaris, and Beth-sura, and the castel, which he clensed from filthines, and there was no man that resisted him,
So that euerie man tilled his grounde in peace, and the land gaue her frutes, & the trees gaue their frute.
The Elders 〈◊〉 in the open places, and consulted altogether for the commune welth, & the yong men were honorably clothed and armed.
He prouided vitailes for the cities, and all kinde of munition, so that his glorious fame was renoumed vnto the end of the worlde.
He made peace thorow out the land, and Israel had perfite mirth and ioye.
For euerie man sate vnder his vine, and the 〈◊〉 trees, and there was no man to fray them.
There was none in the land to fight against them: for then the Kings were ouercome.
He helped all those that were in aduersitie among his people: he was diligent to se the Law kept, and he toke away the vngodlie, and wicked.
He beautified the Sanctuarie, and encreased the vessels of the Temple.
When the Romains heard, and the Spartians had knowledge, that Ionatha{n} was dead they were very sorie.
But when they heard, that Simon his brother was made high Priest in his steade, and how he had wonne the land againe with the cities in it,
They wrote vnto him in tables of brasse, to renewe the friendship, and bonde of loue, which they had made with Iudas and Ionathan his brethren.
Which writings were red before the congregacion at Ierusalém, and this is the 〈◊〉 of the letters that the Spartians sent.
THE SENATORS and citie of Sparta vnto Simon the great Priest, and to the Elders, and to the Priest, and to the residue of the people of the Iewes their brethren send greting.
When your ambassadours that were sent vnto our people, certified vs of your glorie & honour, we were glad of their comming.
And haue registred their ambassage in the publike recordes in this maner, Numenius (the sonne) of Antiochus, and Antipater (the sonne) of Iason the Iewes 〈◊〉 came vnto vs, to renewe amitie with vs.
And it pleased the people, that the men shulde be honorably intreated, and that the copie of their ambassage shulde be registred in the publike recordes, that it might be for a memorial vnto the people of Sparta: and a copie of the same was sent to Simo{n} the chief Priest.
After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome, with a great shield of golde of a thousand pounde weight, to confirme the friendship with them.
Which when the people vnderstode, thei said, What thankes shal we reco{m}pense againe vnto Simon and his children?
For he and his brethren, and the house of his father haue stablished Israel, & ouercome their enemies, and haue confirmed the libertie thereof: therefore they wrote this in tables of brasse, and set it vpon pillers in mount Sion:
The copie of the writing is this, In the eight and twentie day of the moneth Elul in the hu{n}dreth, seuentie and two yere, in the thirde yere of Simon the high Priest.
In Saramel in the great congregacion of the Priests, and of the people, and of the gouernours of the nacion, and of the Elders of the countrei, we wolde fignifie vnto you, that manie battels haue bene foghten in our countrey.
Wherein Simon the sonne of Mattathias come of the children of 〈◊〉] and his brethren put them selues in danger, and 〈◊〉 the enemies of their nacion, that their Sanctuarie, and Law might be mainteined, & did their nacion great honour.
For Ionathan gathered his nacion together and became their high Priest, and is laid with his people.
After that wolde their enemies haue inuaded their countrey, and 〈◊〉 their land, and lay their hands on their Sanctuarie.
Then Simo{n} resisted them, and foght for his nacio{n}, and spent muche of his owne substance, and armed the valiant men of his nacion, and gaue them wages.
He fortified also the cities of Iudea, and Beth sura that lyeth vpon the borders of Iudea [where the ordinance of their enemies lay some time] & set there a garison óf the Iewes
And he fortified Ioppe, which lyeth vpon the sea, and Gazara that bordreth vpon Azotus [where the enemies dwelt afore] and there he placed Iewes, & furnished the{m} with things necessarie for the reparation thereof.
Now when the people sawe the faithfulnes of Simon, and to what glorie he thoght to bring his nacion vnto, they made him their gouernour, and the chief Priest, because he had done all these things, and for the vprightnes, and fidelitie that he had kept to his nacion, and that soght by all meanes to exalte his people.
For in his time they prospered wel by him, so that the heathen were taken out of their countrey, and they also which were in the citie of Dauid at Ierusalem, where they had made them a castel, out of the which they we{n}t, & defiled all things that were about the Sanctuarie, and did great hurt vnto religion.
And he set Iewes in it, and fortified it, for the assurance of the land, and citie, and raised vp the walles of Ierusalém.
And King Demetrius confirmed him in his high priesthode for these causes,
And made him one of his friends, and gaue him great honour.
For it was reported that the Romains called the Iewes their friends, and confederates, and that they honorably receiued Simo{n}s ambassadours,
And that the Iewes, and Priests consented, that Simon shulde be their prince, and high Priest perpetually, til God raised vp the true Prophet,
And that he shulde be their captaine, and haue the charge of the Sanctuarie, and so set me{n} ouer the workes, and ouer the countrey and ouer the weapons, and ouer the forteresses, and that shulde make prouision for the 〈◊〉 things,
And that shulde be obeyed of euery man, and that all the writings in the countrey shulde be made in his name, & that he shulde be clothed in purple, and we are golde,
And that it shulde not be lawful for anie of the people or Priests to breake anie of these things, or to withstand his wordes, or to call anie congregacion in the countrey without him, or be clothed in purple, or we are a 〈◊〉 of gold:
And if anie did contrarie to these things or brake anie of them, he shulde be punished.
So it pleased all the people to agre that it shulde be done to Simon according vnto these wordes.
Simon also accepted it, and was content to be the high Priest, and the captaine, and the prince of the Iewes, and of the Priests, and to be the chief of all.
And they comma{n}ded to set vp this writing in tables of brasse, and to fasten it to the wall that compassed the Sanctuarie in an open place.
And that a copie of the same shulde be laied vp in the treasurie, that Simon and his sonnes might haue it.
MOreouer King Antiochus the sonne of Demetrius sent lettres from the yles of the sea vnto Simon the Priest, and prince of the Iewes, and to all the nacion,
Conteining these wordes, ANTIOCHVS the King vnto Simon the great Priest, and to the nacion of the Iewes sendeth greting.
For so muche as 〈◊〉 pestilent men haue vsurped the kingdome of our fathers, I am purposed to chalenge the realme againe, and to restore it to the olde estate: wherefore I haue gathered a great hoste, and prepared shippes of warre,
That I may go thorowe the countrey, and be 〈◊〉 of them, which haue destroied our countrey, and wasted manie cities in the realme.
Now therefore I do confirme vnto thee all the liberties, whereof all the Kings my progenitours haue discharged thee, and all the paiments, whereof they haue released thee.
And I giue thee leaue to coyne money of thine owne stampe within thy countrey,
And that Ierusalém, and the Sanctuarie be fre, and that all the weapons, that thou hast prepared, and the forteresses, which thou hast buylded, and kepest in thine hands, shal be thine.
And all that is due vnto the King, and all that shal be due vnto the King, I forgiue it thee, from this time for the for euermore.
And when we haue obteined our kingdome, we wil giue thee, and thy nacion and the Temple great honour, so that your honor shalbe knowen thorowe out the worlde.
¶ In the hundreth, seuentie and foure yere, went Antiochus into his fathers land, and all the bandes came together vnto him, so that fewe were left with Tryphon.
So the King Antiochus pursued him, but he fled and came to Dora, which lyeth by the seaside.
For he sawe that troubles were towarde him, and that the armie had forsaken him.
Then camped Antiochus against Dora with and hundreth and twentie thousand fighting men, and eight thousand horsemen.
So he compassed the citie about, and the shippes came by the sea. Thus they pressed the citie by land, and by sea, in so muche that thei suffered no man to go in nor out.
In the meane season came Numenius, & his companie from Rome, hauing lettres write{n} vnto the Kings and countreis, wherein were conteined these wordes,
LVCIVS THE Consul of Rome vnto King Ptolemeus sendeth greting.
The ambassadours of the Iewes are come vnto vs as our friends and confederates fro{m} Simon the hie Priest, and from the people of the Iewes to renue friendship, and the bonde of loue,
Who haue broght a shield of golde weying a thousand pounde.
Wherefore we thoght it good to write vnto the Kings and countreis, that they shulde not go about to hurt them, nor to fight against them, nor their cities, nor their countreie, nether to mainteine their enemies against them.
And we were content to receiue of the{m} the shield.
If therefore there be anie pestilent felowes fled from their countrey vnto you, deliuer them vnto Simon the hie Priest, that he maye punish them according to their owne Law.
The same things were writen to Demetrius the King, and to Attalus, and to Arathes and to Arsaces,
And to all countreis, as Sampsames, and to them of Sparta, and to Delus, and to Mindus and to Sicion, and to Caria, and to Samos, & to Pamphylia, and to Lycia, and to Ha licarnassus, and to Rhodus, and to Phaselis, and to Cos, and to Siden, and to Cortyna, and to Gnidon, and to Cyprus, and to Cyrene.
And they sent a copie of them to Simon the hie Priest.
¶ So Antiochus the King ca{m}ped against Dora the seconde time euer redie to take it, and made diuers engins of warre, and kepe Tryphon in, that he colde nether go in nor out.
The{n} Simon sent him two thousand chosen men to helpe him with siluer aud golde, and muche furniture.
Neuertheles, he wolde not receiue the{m}, but brake all the couenant, which he had made with him afore, and withdrewe him self fro{m} him,
And sent vnto him Athenobius one of his friends to co{m}mune with him, saying, Ye with holde Ioppe, and Gazara with the castle that is at Ierusalem, the citie of my realme,
Whose borders ye haue destroyed & done great hurt in the land, and haue the gouernement of anie places of my kingdome.
Wherefore now deliuer the cities, which ye haue taken, with the tributes of the places, that ye haue rule ouer without the borders of 〈◊〉,
Or els giue me for them fiue hundreth tale{n}ts of siluer, and for the harme that ye haue done and for the tributes of the places other fiue hundreth talents: if not, we wil come, & fight against you.
So Athenobius the Kings friend came to Ierusalem, and when he sawe the honour of Simon, and the cubbert of golde and siluer plate, and so great preparacion, he was astonished, and tolde him the Kings message.
Then answered Simon, and said vnto him, We haue nether taken other mens lands, nor with holden that which apperteineth to others: but our fathers heritage, which our enemies had vnrighteously in possession a certeine time.
But when we had occasion, we recouered the inheritance of our fathers.
And where as thou requirest Ioppe and Gazara, they did great harme to our people, and through our countrey, yet wil we giue an hundreth talens for the{m}. But Athenobius answered him not one worde.
But turned againe angrie vnto the King, & tolde him all these wordes, and the dignitie of Simon, with all that he had sene: and the King was verie angrie.
¶ in the meane time 〈◊〉 Tryphon by shippe vnto Orthosias.
Then the King made Cendebeus captaine of the sea coast, and gaue him bandes of fotemen and horsemen,
And commanded him to remoue the hoste towarde Iudea, and to buylde vp Cedron, & to fortifie the gates, and to warre against the people: but the King pursued Tryphon.
So Cendebeus came vnto Iamnia, and began to vexe the people, and to inuade Iudea and to take the people prisoners, and to slay them.
And he buylte vp Cedron, where he set horsemen and garisons, that they might make outrodes by the waies of Iudea, as the King had commanded him.
THen came Iohn vp from Gazara, & tolde Simon his father, what Cendebeus had done.
So Simon called two of his eldest sonnes, Iudas and Iohn, and said vnto them, I, & my brethren, and my fathers house, haue euer from our youth vnto this day foghte{n} against the enemies of Israel, and the matters haue had good successe vnder our hands, and we haue deliuered Israel often times.
But I am now olde, and ye by (Gods) mercie are of a sufficiét age be ye therefore in stead of me, and my brother, and go forthe & fight for our nacion, and the helpe of heauen be with you.
So he chose twentie thousand fighting men of the countrey with the horsemen, which went forthe against Cendebeus, and rested at Modin.
In the morning thei arose, and went into the plaine field: & beholde, a mightie great hoste came against them bothe of fotemen, & 〈◊〉 semen: but there was a riuer betwixt them.
And Iohn ra{n}ged his armie ouer against him and when he sawe that the people was afrayed to go ouer the riuer, he we{n}t ouer first him self, and the men seing him, passed through after him.
Then he deuided his men, and set the horsemen in the middes of the fotemen.
For their enemies horsemen were verie manie: but when they blewe the trumpets, Ce{n}debeus fled with his hoste, whereof manie were slayne, and the remnant gate them to the forteresse.
Then was Iudas Iohns brother wou{n}ded: but Iohn followed after them, til he came to Cedron, which (Cendeleus) had buylt.
Also thei fled vnto the towres, that were in the fields of Azotus, and those did (Iohn) burne with fyre: thus were there slaine two thousand men of them: so he returned peaceably into the land of Iuda.
¶ Now in the field of Iericho was Ptolemeus the sonne of Abubus made captaine, and he had abundance of siluer and golde.
[For he had maried the daughter of the hie Priest]
Therefore he waxed proude in his minde, and thoght to rule the land, & thoght to slay Simon and his sonnes by deceit.
Now as Simon went about thorowe the cities of the countrey, & studieth carefully for them, he came downe to Iericho with Mattathias, and Iudas his sonnes in the hundreth, seuentie and seuen yere, in the eleuenth moneth, which is the moneth Sabat.
Then (the sonne) of Abubus receiued them by treason into a litle holde, called Dochus, which he had buylte, where he made them a great banket, and had hid men there.
So when Simon and his sonnes had made good chere, Ptolemeus stode vp with his me{n}, and toke their weapons, and entred into Simon in the banket house, & slewe him with his two sonnes, and certeine of his seruants.
Whereby he committed a great vilenie, and recompensed euil for good.
Then wrote Ptolemeus these things & sent to the King, that he might send him an hoste to helpe him, and so wolde deliuer him the countrey with the cities.
He sent other men also vnto Gazara, to take Iohn, and sent letters vnto the captaines to come to him, and he wolde giue them siluer and golde and rewardes,
And to Ierusalém he sent other to take it, and the mountaine of the Temple.
But one 〈◊〉 before, and tolde Iohn an Gazara, that his father, and his brethren were slaine, and that (Ptolemeus) had sent to slay him.
When he heard this, he was sore astonished and laid ha{n}ds of them that were come to slay him, and slewe them: for he knewe that they went about to kill him.
Concerning other things of Iohn, bothe of his warres, and of his noble actes [wherein he behaued him self manfully] of the buylding of walles which he made, and other of his dedes,
Beholde, they are writen in the chronicles of his priesthode, from the time, that he was made high Priest after his father.
THE brethre{n} the Iewes, which be at Ierusalem, and they that are in the countrey of Iudea, vnto the brethren the Iewes that are thorow out Egypt, send salutation, & prosperitie.
God be gracious vnto you and remember his couenant made with Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob his faithful seruants,
And giue you all an heart, to worship him, and to do his wil with a whole heart & with a willing minde,
And open your hearts in his Law, and commandements, and send you peace,
And heare your prayers, and be reconciled with you, and neuer forsake you in time of trouble.
Thus now we praye here for you.
When Demetrius reigned, in the hundreth, threscore and nine yere, we Iewes wrote vnto you in the trouble, and viole{n}ce that came vnto vs in those yeres, after that Iason, and his companie departed out of the holie land and kingdome,
And burnt the porche, and shed innocent blood. Then we praid vnto the Lord, and were heard: we offred sacrifices and fine floure, and lighted the lampes, and set forthe the bread.
Now therefore kepe ye the dayes of the feast of the Tabernacles in the moneth Chasleu.
¶ In the hundreth, foure score & eight yere the people that was at Ierusalem, and in Iudea, and the counsel and Iudas, vnto Aristobulus King Ptolemeus master, which is of the stocke of the annointed Priests, and to the Iewes that are in Egypt, sendeth greting and helth.
In so muche as God hathe deliuered vs from great perils, we thanke him highly, as thogh we had ouercome the King.
For he broght them into Persia by heapes, that foght against the holie citie.
For albeit the captaine, and the armie, that was with him, semed inuincible, yet they were slaine in the temple of Nanea, by the 〈◊〉 of Naneas Priests.
For Antiochus, as thogh he wolde dwell with her, came thother, he, and his friends with him, to receiue money vnder the title of a dowrie.
But when the Priests of Nanea had laid it forthe, and he was entred with a smale co{m}panie within the Temple, they shut the Te{m}ple, when Antiochus was come in.
And by opening a priuie dore of the vaute, they cast stones, as it were thunder, vppon the captaine (and his,) and hauing bruised them in pieces, they cut of their heads and threwe them to those that were without.
God be blessed in all things, whiche hath deliuered vp the wicked.
Where as we are now purposed to kepe the purification of the Te{m}ple vpon the fiue and twe{n}tie day of the moneth Chasleu, we thoght it necessarie to certifie you therof, that ye also might kepe the feast of the Tabernacles, and of the fyre (which was giue{n} vs) when Neemias offred sacrifice, after that he had buylt the Temple, & the altar.
For whe{n} as our fathers were led away vnto Persia, the Priests, which soght the honor of God, toke the fyre of the altar priuely, and hid it in an hollow pit, whiche was drie 〈◊〉 bottom, & therein thei kept it, so that the place was vnknowen vnto euerie ma{n}.
Now after manie yeres whe{n} it pleased God that Neemias shuld be sent from the King of Persia, he sent of the posteritie of those Priests, which had hid it to fetche the fyre, and as they tolde vs, they founde no fyre, but thicke water.
Then commanded he them to drawe it vp and to bring it and when the thinges apperteining to the sacrifices were broght, Neemias co{m}manded the Priests to sprinkle the wood, and the thinges laid thereupon with water.
When this was done, and the time came that the sunne shone, which afore was hid in the cloude, there was a great fyre kindled, so that euerie man marueiled.
Now the Priests, and all prayed, while the sacrifice was consuming: Ionathan began, and the other answered thereunto.
And the prayer of Neemias was after this maner, O Lord, Lord GOD maker of all things, which art feareful, and strong, and righteous, and merciful, and the onelie and gracious King,
Onely liberal, onely iuste and almightie & euerlasting, thou that deliuerest Israel fro{m} all trouble, and hast chosen the fathers, & sanctified them,
Receiue the sacrifice for thy whole people of Israel, and preserue thine owne porcion, and sanctifie it.
Gather those together, that are scatered from vs: delyuer them that serue among the hearhen loke vppon them whiche are despised, and abhorred, that the heathen may knowe that thou art our God.
Punish them that oppresse vs, and with pride do vs wrong.
Plant thy people againe in thine holie place as Moyse hathe spoken.
And the Priests sang psalmes thereunto.
Now when the sacrifice was consumed Neemias commanded the great stones to be sprinkled with the residue of the water.
Which when it was done, there was kindled a flame, which was consumed by the light, that shined from the altar.
¶ So when this matter was knowen, it was tolde the King of Persia, that in the place where the Priests, which were led away, had hid fyre, there appeared water, wherewith Neemias, and his companie had purified the sacrifices.
The King tryed out the thing, and closed the place about, and made it holie.
And to them that the King fauoured, he gaue and bestowed manie giftes,
And Neemias called the same place Ephthat, which is to say, purification: but manie man call it Nephthar.
IT is founde also in the writings of Ieremias the Prophet, that he commanded them, which were caried away to take fyre as was declared, and as the Prophet commanded the{m} that were led into captiuitie.
Giuing them a Law that they shulde not forget the commandements of the Lord, and that they shulde not erre in their minde when they sawe images of golde and siluer, with their ornaments.
These and suche other things commanded he them, and exhorted them that they shuld not let the Law go out of their hearts.
It is writen also, how the Prophet, by an oracle that he had, charged them to take the tabernacle & the arke, and follow him and when he came vp into the mountaine where Moyses went vp, and sawe the heritage of God.
Ieremias went forthe and founde an hollowe caue, wherein he laid the Tabernacle and the Arke, and the altar of incense, and so stopped the dore.
And there came certeine of those that followed him, to marke the place: but they colde not finde it.
Which when Ieremias perceiued, he reproued them, saying, As for that place, it shalbe vnknowen, vntil the time that God gather his people together againe, and that mercie be shewed.
Then shal the Lord shewe the{m} these things and the maiestie of the Lord shal appeare and the cloude also, as it was shewed vnder Moyses: & as when Salomon desired, that the place might be honorably sanctified.
For it is manifest that he, being a wise man offred the sacrifice of dedication, and consecration of the Temple.
And as when Moyses prayed vnto the Lord, the fyre came downe from heauen, & consumed the sacrifice: so, when Salomon prayed, the fyre came downe from heaue{n}, and consumed the burnt offring.
And Moyses said, Because the sin offring was not eaten, therefore is it consumed.
So Salomon kept those eight dayes.
These things also are declared in the writings, and registers of Neemias, and how he made a librarie, and how he gathered the actes of the Kings, and of the Prophets, and the actes of Dauid, and the epistles of the Kings concerning the holie giftes.
Eue{n} so Iudas also gathered all things that came to passe by the warres that were amo{n}g vs, which things we haue.
Wherefore if ye haue nede thereof, send some to fetche them vnto you.
Where as we then are about to celebrate the purification, we haue writen vnto you, and ye shall do well, if ye kepe the same dayes.
We hope also that the God, which deliuered all his people, and gaue an heritage to them all and the kingdome, and the priesthode, and the Sanctuarie,
As he promised in the Law, will shortely haue mercy vpon vs, and gather vs together from vnder the heauen into his holye place: for he hathe saued vs from great perils, and hathe clensed the place.
As concerning Iudas Maccabeus, and his brethren, the purification of the great Te{m}ple, and the dedication of the altar,
And the warres against Antiochus Epiphanes, and Eupator his sonne,
And the manifest signes, that came from heauen vnto those, whiche manfully stode for the Iewes religio{n}: [for thogh thei were but fewe, yet they ranne through whole countries, and pursued the barbarous armies,
And repaired the Temple that was renoumed thorow out all the worlde, and deliuered the citie, & established the Lawes, that were like to be abolished, because the Lord was merciful vnto them with all lenitie.]
We will assaye to abridge in one volume those things, that Iason the Cyrenean hath declared in fiue bokes.
For considering the wonderful nomber, & the difficultie that thei haue that wolde be occupied in the rehearsal of stories, because of the diuersitie of the matters,
We haue indeuored, that they that wolde read, might haue pleasure, & that they whiche are studious, might easily kepe them in memorie, and that who soeuer read them, might haue profite.
Therefore to vs that haue taken in hand this greate labour, it was no easie thing to make this abbridgement, but required bothe sweat, and watching.
Like as he that maketh a feast, and seketh others mens commoditie, hathe no smale labour: so we also for manie mens sakes are verie wel content to vndertake this great labour.
Leauing to the autor the exact diligence of euerie particular, we wil labour to go forowarde according to the prescript order of an abbridgement.
For as he that wil buylde anewe house, must prouide for the whole buylding, but he that setteth out the plat or goeth about to painte it, seketh but onely what is comlie for the decking thereof:
Euen so I thinke for vs, that it apperteineth to the first writer of a storie to enter depely into it: and to make mencion of all thinge, and to be curious in euerie parte.
But it is permitted to him that wil shorten it to vse fewe wordes, and to auoyde those things that are curious therein.
Here then wil we beginne the storie, adding thus muche to our former wordes, that it is but a foolish thing to abonde in wordes before the storie, and to beshorte in the storie.
WHat time as the holy cītie was inhabited with all peace, and when the Lawes were very wel kept, because of the godlines of Onias the hie Priest, & hatred of wickednes.
It came to passe that euen the Kings did honour the place, and garnished the Temple with great giftes.
In so muche that Seleuchus King of Asia of his owne rentes, bare all the costes belonging to the seruice of the sacrifices.
But one Simon of the tribe of Beniamin being appointed ruler of the Temple, contended with the hie Priest co{n}cerning the iniquitie committed in the citie.
And when he colde not ouercome Onias, he gate him to Apollonius the 〈◊〉 of Thraseas, which then was gouernour of Coelosyria and Phenice.
And tolde him that the treasurie in Ierusale{m} was ful of innumerable money, which did not belong to the prouision of the sacrifices, and that it were possible that these things might come into the Kings hands.
Now when Appollonius came to the King and had shewed him of the money, as it was tolde him, the King chose out Heliodorus his treasurer, and sent him with a commandement, to bring him the foresaid money.
Immediately Heliodorus toke his iourney as thogh he wolde visite the cities of Coelosyria and Phenice, but in effect to fulfil the Kings purpose.
So when he came to Ierusalem, and was courteously receiued of the hie Priest into the citie, he declared what was determined concerning the money, and shewed the cause of his comming, and asked if these things were so in dede,
Then the hie Priest tolde him that there were suche things laid vp by the widdowes and fatherles,
And that a certeyne of it belonged vnto Hircanus (the sonne) of Tobias a noble ma{n}, and not as that wicked Simon had reported, & that in all there were but foure hundreth talents of siluer, and two hundreth of golde,
And that it were altogether vnpossible to do this wrong to them that had committed it of trust to the holines of the place & Te{m}ple, which is honored thorow the whole worlde for holines and integritie,
But Heliodorus because of the Kings co{m}mandeme{n}t giuen him, said that in any wise it must be broght into the Kings treasurie.
So he appointed a daye, and went into take order for these things: then there was no smale grief thorow out the whole citie.
For the Priests fell downe before the altar in the Priests garments, and called vnto heauen vpon him which had made a Lawe concerning things giuen to be kept, that they shulde be safely preserued for such as had committed them to be kept.
The{n} thei that loked the high Priest in the face, were wounded in their heart: for hys countenance, and the changing of his colour declared the sorowe of his minde.
The man was so wrapped in feare and tre{m}bling of the bodie, that it was manifest to them that loked vpon him, what sorow he had in his heart.
Others also came out of their houses by heapes vnto the co{m}mune praier, because the place was like to come vnto contempt.
And the women, girt with sackecloth vnder their breastes, filled the stretes, and the virgines that were kept in, ranne some to the gates & some to the walles, & others loked out of the windowes.
And all helde vp their hands toward heauen, and made prayer.
It was a lamentable thing to se the multitude that fell downe of all sortes, and the expectation of the high Priest being in such anguish.
Therefore thei called vpon the almightie, Lord that he wolde kepe 〈◊〉 and sure the things, which were layed vp for those that had deliuered them.
Neuertheles, the thing that Heliodorus was determined to do that did he performe
And as he & his souldiers were now there prese{n}t by the treasurie, he that is the Lord of the Spirits, and of all power, shewed a great vision, so that all thei whiche presumed to come with him, were astonished at the power of God, and fell into feare, and trembling.
For there appeared vnto them an horse with a terrible man sitting vpon him, moste richely barbed, and he ranne fiercely, and smote at Heliodorus with his fore fete, & it semed that he that sate vppon the horse, had harnes of golde.
Moreouer, there appeared two yong me{n}, not able in strength, excellent in beautie, & comelie in apparel, which stode by him on ether side, and scourged him continually, and gaue him maniesore stripes,
And Heliodorus fell suddenly vnto the grounde, and was couered with great darkenes but they that were with him, toke him vp, and put him in a litter.
Thus he that came with so great companie, and manie souldiers into the said treasurie, was borne out: for he colde not helpe himself with his weapons.
So thei did know the power of God manifestly, but he was domme by the power of God, & lay destitute of all hope and helth.
And they praised the Lord that had honored his owne place: for the Te{m}ple which a litle afore was full of feare and trouble, whe{n} the almightie Lord appeared, was filled with ioye and gladnes.
Then streight wayes certeine of Heliodorus friends prayed Onias, that he wold cal vpon the moste High to grant him his life, which lay readie to giue vp the goste.
So the hie Priest, considering that the King might suspect that the Iewes had done Heliodorus some euil, he offered a sacrifice for the helth of the man.
Now when the hie Priest had made hys prayer, the same yong men in the same clothing appeared, and stode beside Heliodorus, saying, Giue Onias the hie Priest great thankes: for his sake hathe the Lord granted thee thy life.
And seing that thou hast bene scourged from heauen, declare vnto all me{n} the mightie power of God & when they had spoken these wordes, they appeared no more.
So Heliodorus offred vnto the Lord sacrifice, and made great vowes vnto him, whiche had granted him his life, and thanked Onias, and went againe with his hoste to the King.
Then testified he vnto euerye man of the great workes of God that he had sene with his eyes.
And whe{n} the King asked Heliodorus, who were met to be sent yet once againe to Ierusalem, he said,
If thou hast anie enemie or traitor, se{n}d him thether, and thou shalt receyue him well scourged, if he escape with his life: for in that place, no doubte, there is a special power of God.
For he that dwelleth in heauen, hathe his eye on that place, & defe{n}deth it, & he beateth & destroieth the{m} that come to hurt it.
This came to passe concerning Heliodorus, and the keping of the treasurie.
THis Simon now, of whome we spake afore, being a be wraier of the money & of his owne natural countrey, reported euil of Onias, as thogh he had moued Heliodorus vnto this, and had bene the inue{n}ter of the euil.
Thus was he bolde to call him a traitour that was so beneficial to the citie, and a defender of his nacion, and so zealous of the Lawes.
But whe{n} his malice increased so farre, that thorow one that belonged to Simon, murthers were committed,
Onias considering the danger of this co{n}tention, & that Apollonius as he that was the gouernour of Coelosyria and Phenice, did rage, and increased Simons malice,
He went to the King not as an accuser of the citizens, but as one that inte{n}ded the co{m}mune welth bothe priuatly and publikely.
For he sawe it was not possible except the King toke order to quiet the matters, and that Simon wolde not leaue of his folie.
But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, called Epiphanes, toke the kingdome, Iason the brother of Onias labored by vnlawful meanes to be hie Priest.
For he came vnto the King, and promised him thre hundreth and thre score talents of siluer, and of another rente, foure score talents.
Besides this he promised him an hundreth and fiftie, if he might haue licence to set vp a place for exercise, and a place for the youth, and that they wolde name them of Ierusalem Antiochians.
The which thing when the King had gra{n}ted, and he had gotten the superioritie, he began immediatly to drawe his kinsme{n} to the customes of the 〈◊〉,
And abolished the friendlie priuiledges of the Kings, that the Iewes had set vp by Iohn, the father of Eupolemus, which was sent ambassadour vnto Rome, to become friends & confederates: he put downe their lawes and policies, and broght vp new statutes, and contrarie to the Lawe,
For he presumed to buyld a place of exercise vnder the castell, and broght the chief yong men vnder his subiection, and made them we are hattes.
So there began a greate desire to followe the maners of the Gentiles, and they toke vp the facions of strange nacio{n}s by the exceading wickednes of Iason, not the hie Priest, but the vngodlie persone,
So that the Priestes were now no more diligent aboute the seruice of the altar, but despised the Temple, and regarded not the sacrifices, but made haste to be partakers of the wicked expenses at the playe after the casting of the stone.
For thei did not set by the honour of their fathers, but liked the glorie of the Gentiles best of all.
By reason whereof great calamitie came vpon them for they had them to be theyr enemies & punishers, whose custome they followed so earnestly, & desired to be like them in all things.
For it is not a light thing to transgresse against the Lawes of God, but the time following shal declare these things.
¶ Now when the games that were vsedeuerie fiue yere, were plaide at Tyrus, the King being present,
This wicked Iason sent from Ierusalem men to loke vpon them, as thogh they had bene Antiochians, which broght thre hundreth drachmes of siluer for a sacrifice to Hercules: albeit they that caryed them, desired they might not be bestowed on the sacrifice [because it was not comelie] but to be bestowed for other expenses,
So he that sent them, sent them for the sacrifice of Hercules: but because of those that broght them, they were giuen to the making of galleis.
¶ Now Apollonius the sonne of Menestheus was sent into Egypt because of the coronation of King Ptolemeus Philometor but when Antiochus perceiued that he was euill affectioned towarde hys affaires, he soght his owne assurance, and departed from thence to Ioppe, and so came to Ierusalem,
Where he was honorably receiued of Iason, and of the citie, & was broght in with torche light, and with great showtings, & so he went with his hoste vnto Phenice.
Thre yere afterwarde Iason sent Menelaus the foresaid Simons brother, to beare the money vnto the King, and to bring to passe certeine necessarie affaires, whereof he had giuen him a memorial.
But he, being commended to the King, magnified him for the appearance of hys power, and turned the priesthode vnto him self: for he gaue thre hundreth talents of siluer more then Iason.
So he gate the Kings letters patentes, albeit he had nothing in him self worthye of the hie priesthode, but bare the stomacke of a cruel tyrant, and the wrathe of a wilde beast.
Then Iason which had disceiued his owne brother, being deceiued by another, was compelled to flee into the countrey of the Ammonites.
So Menelaus gate the dominion: but as for the money that he had promised vnto the King, he toke none order for it, albeit Sostratus the ruler of the castel required it.
For vnto him apperteined the gathering of the customes. wherefore they were both called before the King.
Now Menelaus left his brother Lysimachus in his stead in the priesthode, and Sostratus (left) Crates which was gouernour of the Cyprians.
¶ Whiles these things were in doing, the Tharsians and they of Mallot made insurrectio{n}, because thei were giue{n} to the Kings concubine called Antiochis.
The{n} came the King in all haste, to appease the busines, leauing Andronicus a man of autoritie to be his lieutenant.
Now Menelaus, supposing that he had gotten a conuenient time, stole certeine vessels of golde out of the Temple, & gaue certeine of them to Andronicus: and some he solde at Tyrus and in the cities thereby.
Which when Onias knewe of a suretie, he reproued him, and withdrewe him self into Sanctuarie at Daphne by Antiochia.
Wherefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus a parte, prayed him to slay Onias: so when he came to Onias, he counseled hym craftely, giuing him his right ha{n}d with an othe: [howbeit he suspect him, and persuaded him to come out of the Sanctuarie] so he slewe him incontinently without anye regarde of righteousnes.
For the which cause not onely the Iewes, but many other nacions also were grieued, and toke it heauily for the vnrighteous death of this man.
¶ And when the King was come againe fro{m} the places about Cilicia, the Iewes that were in the citie, & certeine of the Grekes that abhorred the fact also, co{m}plained because Onias was slaine without cause.
Therfore Antiochus was sorie in his mind, and he had compassion, and wept because of the modestie and great discretio{n} of hym that was dead.
Wherefore being kindled with angre, he toke away Andronicus garme{n}t of purple, and rent his clothes, and commanded him to be led through out the citie, and in the same place where he had co{m}mitted the wickednes against Onias, he was slaine as a murtherer. Thus the Lord rewarded hym his punishment, as he had deserued.
¶ Now when Lysimachus had done manye wicked dedes in the citie through the cou{n}sel of Menelaus, and the brute was spred abroad, the multitude gathered them together against Lysimachus: for he had caryed out now muche vessel of golde.
And when the people arose, and were full of angre, Lysimachus armed aboute thre thousand, and bega{n} to vse vnlauful power, a certeine tyra{n}t being their captaine, who was no lesse decayed in wit then in age.
But when they vnderstode the purpose of Lysimachus, some gate stones, some great clubbes, & some cast handfuls of dust which lay by, vpon Lysimachus men, and those that inuaded them.
Whereby manie of them were wounded, some were slaine, and all the other chased away: but the wicked Church robber him self they killed besides the treasurie.
For these causes an accusation was laide against Menelaus.
And when the King came to Tyrus, thre men sent from the Senat pleaded the cause before him.
But Menelaus, being now conuinced, promised to Ptolemeus (the sonne) of Dorime nes muche money, if he wold persuade the King.
So Ptolemeus went to the King into a courte, where as he was to coule him self & turned the Kings minde.
In so muche that he discharged Menelaus from the accusacions [notwithstanding he was the cause of all mischief] and condemned those poore men to death, which if they had tolde their cause, yea, before the Scythians, thei shulde haue bene heard as innocent.
Thus were they sone punished vniustly, which followed vpon the matter for the citie, and for the people, and for the holie vessels.
Wherefore they of Tyrus hated that wickednes, and ministred all things liberally for their buryal.
And so through the couetousnes of them that were in power, 〈◊〉 remained in authoritie, increasing in malice, and declared him selfe a great traitor to the citizens.
ABout the same time Antiochus vndertoke his seconde voyage into Egypt.
And then were there sene through out all the citie of (Ierusalem) fortie dayes long, horsemen running in the aire, with robes of golde, and as bandes of speare men.
And as troupes of horsemen set in array, in cou{n}tering & coursing one against another with shaking of shields and multitude of dartes and drawing of swordes, & shoting of arrowes, and the glittering of the golden armour sene, and harnes of all sortes,
Therefore euerie man prayed, that those tokens might turne to good.
Now when there was gone forthe a false rumour, as thogh Antiochus had bene dead Iason toke at the lest a thousand men, and came suddenly vpon the citie, & they that were vpon the walles, being put backe & the citie at length taken.
Menelaus fled into the castel, but Iason slewe his owne citize{n}s without mercie, not considering that to haue the aduantage against his kinsmen is greatest disadua{n}tage, but thoght that he had gotte{n} the victorie of his enemies, and not of his owne nacio{n}.
Yet he gate not the superioritie, but at the last receiued shame for the rewarde of hys traison, and went againe like a vagabound into the countrey of the Ammonites.
Finally he had this end of his wicked conuersation, that he was accused before Areta, the King of the Arabians, and fled from citie to citie, being pursued of euerie man, and hated as a forsaker of the Lawes, and was in abominacion, as an ennemie of his countrey and citizens, and was driuen into Egypt.
Thus he that had chased manie out of their owne countrey, perished as a banished ma{n}, after that he was gone to the Lacedemonians, thinking there to haue gotten succour by reason of kinred.
And he that had cast manie out vnburyed, was throwen out him selfe, no man mourning for him, nor putting him in his graue nether was he partaker of hys fathers sepulchre,
¶ Now when these things that were done, were declared to the King, he thoght that Iudea wolde haue fallen from him: wherefore he came with a furious minde out of Egypt, and toke the citie by violence.
He comma{n}ded his men of warre also, that they shuld kill, and not spare suche as they mete, and to slaye suche as went into their houses.
Thus was there a slaughter of yong men, and olde men, and a destruction of men and women and children, and virgines, and infants were murthered:
So that 〈◊〉 in thre daies were slaine foure score thousand, and fortie thousand taken prisoners, and there were as manie solde as were slayne.
Yet was he not content with this, but durst go into the moste holy Temple of all the worlde, hauing Menelaus, that traitour to the Lawes, and to his owne countrey, to be his guide,
And with his wicked ha{n}ds toke the holie vessels, which other Kings had giue{n} for the garnishing, glorie and honour of that place, & handled them with his wicked 〈◊〉.
So hautie in his minde was Antiochus, that he confidered not, that God was not a litle wrothe forthe sinnes of them that dwelt in the citie, for the which suche contempt came vpon that place.
For if they had not bene wrapped in many sinnes, he, assone as he had come, had sudde{n}ly bene punished, & put backe from his pre sumptio{n}, as Heliodorus was, whome Seleucus the King sent to vewe the treasurie.
But God hathe not chosen the nacio{n} for the places sake, but the place for the nacio{n} sake.
And therefore is the place become partaker of the peoples trouble, but afterwarde shal it be partaker of the benefites of the Lord, and as it is now forsake{n} in the wrath of the Almightie, so when the great Lord shalbe reconciled, it shalbe set vp in great worship againe.
¶ So when Antiochus had taken eighten hundreth talents out of the Temple, he gate him to Antiochia in all haste, thinking in his pride to make men sayle vpon the drye land, and to walke vpon the sea suche and hie minde had he.
But he left deputes to vexe the people, at Ierusale{m} Philippe a Phrygia{n} by birth, in maners more cruel then he that set him there.
And at Garixin Andronicus, and with them Menelaus, which was more grieuous to the citizens then the other, and was despiteful against the Iewes his citizens.
He sent also Appollonius a cruel prince, with an armie of two and twe{n}tie thousand whome he commanded to slaye those that were towarde mans age, and to sell the women, and the yonger sorte.
So when he came to Ierusalém, he fained peace, and kept him stil vntil the holy day of Sabbath? and then finding the Iewes keping the feast, he commanded his men to take their weapons.
And so he slewe all the{m} that were gone forthe to the shewe, and running through the citie with his men armed, he murthered a great nomber.
But Indas Maccabeus, being as it were the tenth, fled into the wildernes, and liued there in the mountaines with his companie among the beastes, and dwelling there, and eating grasse, lest they shulde be partakers of the filthines.
NOt long after this, sent the King an olde man of Athens, for to compell the Iewes, to transgresse the Lawes of the fathers, and not to be gouerned by the Law of God.
And to defile the Temple that was at Ierusalém, and to call it the temple of Iupiter Olympius, and that of Garizin, according as they did that dwelt at that place, Iupiter that kepeth hospitalitie.
This wicked gouernement was sore and 〈◊〉 vnto the people,
For the Temple was ful of dissolucion, and glotonnie of the Gentiles, which dallied with harlots, and had to do with women within the circuit of the holie places, and broght in suche things as were not lawful.
The altar also was ful of suche things, as were abominable & forbidden by the Law
Nether was it lawful to kepe the Sabbaths nor to obserue their ancient feasts, nor 〈◊〉 nely to confesse him felf to be a Iewe.
In the day of the Kings birth they were grieuously compelled parforce euerie moneth to banket, and when the feast of Bacchus was kept, they were constrained to go in the procession of Bacchus with garlandes of 〈◊〉.
Moreouer through the counsel of 〈◊〉, there went out a commandement vnto the next cities of the heathe{n} against the Iewes, that the like custome, and banketting shulde be kept.
And who so wolde not conforme them selues to the maners of the Gentiles, shulde be put to death: then might a man haue sene the present miserie.
For there were two wome{n} broght forthe that had circumcised their sonnes whome when they had led rounde about the citie [the babes hanging at their breasts] they cast them downe head long ouer the walles.
Some that were runne together into dennes to kepe the Sabboth day secretly, were discouered vnto Philippe, and were burnt together, because that for the reuerence of the honorable day they were afraied to helpe them selues.
¶ Now I beseche those which reade this boke, that 〈◊〉 not discouraged for these calamities, but that thei iudge these afflictions, not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nacion.
For it is a token of his great goodnes not to suffer sinners long to continue, but straight waies to punish them.
For the Lord doeth not lo{n}g waite for vs as for other nacio{n}s, whome he punisheth whe{n} thei are come to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of their sins
But thus he dealeth with vs, that our sinnes shulde not be heaped vp to the ful, so that afterwarde he shulde punish vs.
And therefore he neuer withdraweth his mercie from vs and thogh he punish with aduersitie, yet doeth he neuer forsake his people.
But let this be spoken now for a warning vnto vs: and now wil we come to the declaring of the matter in fewe wordes.
¶ Eleazar then one of the principal scribes, an aged man, and of a wel fauoured countenance, was constrained to open his mouth, and to eat swines flesh.
But he desiring rather to dye gloriously the{n} to liue with hatred, offred him self willingly to the torment, and spit it out.
As thei ought to go (to death) which suffer punishme{n}t for suche things, as it is not lawful to taste of for the desire to liue.
But thei that had the charge of this wicked banket, for that olde frienship of the man, toke him aside priuely, & prayed him that he wolde take suche flesh, as was lauful for him to vse, and as he wolde prepare for him self, and dissemble as thogh he had eaten of the things appointed by the King, euen the flesh of the sacrifice.
That in so doing he might be deliuered from death, and that for the olde friendship that was among them, be wolde receiue this fauour.
But he began to consider discretely, and as became his age, and the excellencie of his ancient yeres, and the honour of his gray heeres, whereunto he was come, & his moste honest conuersation from his childehode, but chiefly the holie Law made and giuen by God therefore he answered consequently, and willed them straight waies to send him to the graue.
For it becometh not our age, (said he,) to dissemble, whereby manie yong persones might thinke, that Eleazar being foure score yere olde and ten were now gone to another religion.
And so through mine hypocrisie [for a litle time of a transitorie life] they might be deceiued by me, and I shulde procure male diction, and reproche to mine olde age.
For thogh I were now deliuered from the torments of men, yet cold I not escape the hand of the Almightie, nether aliue nor dead.
Wherefore I wil now change this life ma{n} fully, and wil shewe my self suche as mine age requireth.
And so wil leaue a not able example for suche as be yong, to dye willingly and courageously for the honorable & holie Lawes. And whe{n} he had said these wordes, immediatly he went to torment.
Now they that led him, changed the loue which they bare him before, into hatred, because of the wordes that he hast spoken for they thoght it had bene a rage.
And as he was readie to giue the gost because of the strokes, be sighed and said, The Lord that hathe the holy knowledge, knoweth manifestly, that where as I might haue bene deliuered from death, I am scourged and suffer these sore paines of my bodie: but in my minde I suffer the{m} gladly for his religion.
Eue{n} now after this maner ended he his life leauing his death for an exa{m}ple of a noble courage, and a memorial of vertue, not onely vnto yong men, but vnto all his nacion.
IT came to passe also that seuen brethren with their mother, were taken to be co{m}pelled by the King against the Law, to taste swines flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whippes.
But one of the{m}, which spake first, said thus What sekest thou? 〈◊〉 what woldest thou knowe of vs? we are readie to dye, rather the{n} to tra{n}sgresse the Lawes of our fathers.
Then was the King angrie, and commanded to heat pannes and cauldrons, which were incontinently made hote.
And he co{m}manded the tongue of him that spake first, to be cut out, and to flay him & to cut of the vtmost partes of his bodie in the sight of his other brethre{n} & his mother
Now when he was thus mangled in all his membres, he comma{n}ded him to be broght aliue to the fyre & to frye him in the panne & while the smoke for a long time smoked out of the pa{n}ne, the (other brethren) with their mother, exhorted one another to dye courageously, saying in this maner.
The Lord God doeth regarde vs, & in dede taketh pleasure in vs, as Moyses declared in the song wherein he restified openly, saying.
¶ So when the first was dead after this maner, they broght the seconde to make him a mocking stocke: and when they had pulled the skinne with the heere ouer his head they asked him, if he wolde eat, or he were punished in all the members of the bodie.
But he answered in his owne langage, and said, No. Wherefore he was tormented forthe with like the first.
And when he was at the last breth, he said, Thou murtherer takest this present life fro{m} vs, but the King of the worlde wil raise vs vp, which dye for his Lawes, in the resurrection of euerlasting life.
¶ After him was the thirde had in derisio{n}, and when they demanded his tongue, he put it out incontinently, and stretched forthe his hands boldely.
And spake manfully, These haue I had fro{m} the heauen, but now for the Law of God, I despise them, and trust that I shal receiue them of him againe.
In so muche that the King & they which were with him, marueiled at the yong ma{n}s courage, as at one that nothing regarded the paines.
¶ Now when he was dead also, they vexed and tormented the fourth in like maner.
And when he was now readie to dye, he said thus, It is better that we shulde cha{n}ge this which we might hope for of men, and wait for our hope from God, that we may be raised vp againe by him: as for thee, thou shalt haue no resurrection to life.
¶ Afterwarde they broght the fift also and tormented him.
Who loked vpon the King, & said, Thou hast power among men, and thogh thou be a mortal man, thou doest what thou wilt: but thinke not, that God hathe forsaken our nacion.
But abide a while, and thou shalt se his great power, how he wiltorment thee and thy sede.
After him also they broght the sixt, who being at the point of death, said, Deceiue not thy self foolishly: for we suffer these things, whiche are worthie to be wondred at for our owne sakes, because we haue offended our God.
But thinke not thou, which vndertakest to fight against God, that thou shalt be vnpunished.
But the mother was marueilous about all other, and worthie of honorable memorie: for when she sawe her seuen sonnes slaine within the space of one day, she suffred it with a good wil, because of the hope that she had in the Lord.
Yea, she exhorted euerie one of them in her owne langage, and being ful of courage and wisdome, stirred vp her womanlie affections with a málie stomacke, and said vnto them.
I can not tel how ye came into my wombe: for I nether gaue you breth nor life: it is not I that set in order the members of your bodie.
But douteles the Creator of the worlde, which formed the 〈◊〉 of man, & founde out the beginning of all things, wil also of his owne mercie giue you breth and life againe, as ye now regarde not your owne selues, for his Lawes sake.
Now Antiochus thinking him self despised, & 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 iniurious wordes, while the yongest was yet aliue, he did exhorte him not onely with wordes, but swore also vnto him by an othe that he wolde make him riche and welthie, if he wolde forsake the Lawes of his fathers, and that he wolde take him as a friend, & giue him offices.
But when the yong man wolde in no case hearken vnto him, the King called his mother, and exhorted that she wolde counsel the yong man to saue his life.
And when he had exhorted her with manie wordes, she promised him that she wolde counsel her sonne.
So she turned her vnto him, laughing the cruel tyra{n}t to scorne, & spake in her owne langage, O my sonne, haue pitie vpon me, that bare thee nine moneths in my wombe & gaue thee sucke thre yeres, & nourished thee, and toke care for thee vnto this age, and broght thee vp.
I beseche thee, my sonne, loke vpon the heauen & the earth, and all that is therein, & co{n}sider that God made the{m} of things that were not, & so was ma{n}kinde made like wise
Feare not this hangman, but shewe thy self worthie suche brethren by suffering death, that I may receiue thee in mercie with thy brethren.
While she was yet speaking these wordes the yong man said, Whome waitye for? I wil not obey the Kings commandement: but I wil obey the commandement of the Lawe that was giuen vnto our fathers by Moyses.
And thou that imaginest all mischief against the Hebrewes, shalt not escape the hand of God.
For we suffer these things, because of our sinnes,
But thogh the liuing Lord be angrie with vs a litle while for our chastening and correction, yet wil he be reco{n}ciled with his owne seruants.
But thou, ô man without religion and most wicked of all men, lift not thy self vp in vaine, which art puffed vp with vncerteine hope, and liftest thine hands against the serua{n}ts of God.
For thou hast not yet escaped the iudgeme{n}t of almightie God, which seeth all things
My brethren that haue suffered a litle paine, are now vnder the diuine couenant of euerlasting life: but thou through the iudgement of God, shalt suffer iust punishments for thy pride.
Therefore I, as my brethren haue done, offer my bodie and life for the Lawes of our fathers, beseching God, that he wil sone be merciful vnto our nacion, and that thou by torment and punishement mayest confesse, that he is the onelie God,
And that in me and my brethren the wrath of the Almightie, which is righteously fallen vpon all our nacion, may cease.
Then the King being kindled with anger, raged more cruelly against him then the others, and toke it grieuously, that he was mocked.
So he also dyed holely, and put his whole trust in the Lord,
Last of all after the sonnes, was the mother put to death.
Let this now be ynough spoken concerning the bankets, and extreme cruelties.
THen Iudas Maccabeus, and they that were with him, went priuely into the townes, and called their kinsfolkes, and friends together, and toke vnto them all suche as continued in the Iewes religion, and assembled six thousand men.
So they called vpon the Lord, that he wolde haue an eye vnto his people, which was vexed of euerie man, and haue pitie vpon the Temple that was defiled by wicked me{n}
And that he wolde haue compassion vpon citie that was destroyed, & almost broght to the grounde, & that he wolde heare the voyce of the blood that crye vnto him.
And that he wolde remember the wicked slaughter of the innocent children, and the blasphemies committed against his Name & that he wolde shewe this hatred against the wicked,
Now when Maccabeus had gathered this multitude, he colde not be withstanding by the heathen: for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercie,
Therefore he came at vn warres, and burnt vp the townes and cities: yet he toke the moste commodious places, and slewe many of the enemies.
But specially he vsed the nightes to make suche assalts, in so muche that the brute of his manlines was spred euerie where.
¶ So when Philippe sawe that this man increased by litle and litle, and that things prospered with him for the moste parte, he wrote vnto Ptolemeus the gouernour of Coelosyria and Phenice, to helpe him in the King busines:
Then sent he spedely Nicanor (the sonne) of Patroclus, a special friend of his, and gaue him of all nacions of the heathen no lesse then twentie thousand me{n}, to rote out the whole generacion of the Iewes, & ioyned with him Gorgias a captaine, which in matters of warre had great experience.
Nicanor ordeined also a tribute for the King of two thousand talents, which the Romaines shulde haue to be taken of the Iewes that were taken prisoners.
Therefore immediatly he sent to the cities on the sea coast, prouoking them to bye Iewes to be their seruants, promising to sel foure score and ten for one talent: but he considered not the vengea{n}ce of almightie God, that shulde come vpon him.
When Iudas then knewe of Nicanors coming, he tolde them that were with him, of the coming of the armie,
Now were there some of them feareful, which trusted not vnto the righteousnes of god, but fled away, & abode notī that place
But the other solde all that they had lest, and besoght the Lord together, to deliuer them fro{m} that wicked Nicanor, which had solde them, or euer he came nere them.
And thogh he wolde not do it for their sakes, yet for the 〈◊〉 made with their fathers, and because they called vpon his holie and glorious Name.
And so Maccabeus called his me{n} together about six thousand, exhorting the{m} not to be afraied of their enemies, nether to feare the great multitude of the Gentiles, which came against them vnrighteously, but to fight manly.
Setting before their eyes the iniurie that they had vniustly done to the holy place, & the crueltie done to the citie by derision, and the destruction of the orders established by their fathers.
For they said he, trust in their weapons and boldenes: but our confidence is in the almightie God which at a becke ca{n} bothe destroy them that come against vs, & all the worlde.
Moreouer he admonished the{m} of the helpe that (God) shewed vnto their fathers as whe{n} there perished an hundreth and foure score and fiue thousand vnder Sennacherib.
And of the battel that they had in Babylon against the Galacians, how they came in all to the battel eight thousand, with foure thousand Macedonians: and when the Macedonia{n}s: were astonished, the eight thousand slewe an hundreth and twentie thousand through the helpe that was giue{n} them from heaue{n}, whereby they had receiued many benefites.
Thus when he had made them bolde with these wordes, and readie to dye for the Lawes and the countrey, he deuided his armie into foure partes.
And made his owne brethren captaines ouer the armie (to wit) Simon, and Ioseph and Ionathan, giuing eche one fiftene hundreth men.
And when Eleazarus had red the holie boke, and giuen them a token of the helpe of God (Iudas) which led the forewarde, ioyned with Nicanor.
And because the Almightie helped them, they slewe aboue nine thousand men, and wounded and maimed the moste parte of Nicanors hoste, and so put all to slight.
And toke the money from those that came to bye them, and pursued them farre: but lacking time they returned.
For it was the day before the Sabbath, and therefore they wolde no lo{n}ger pursue the{m}.
So they toke their weapons, & spoiled the enemies, & kept the Sabbath, giuing thankes & praising the Lord wo{n}derfully, which had deliuered them that day, and powred vpon them the beginning of his mercie.
And after the Sabbath, they distributed the spoiles to the sicke, and to the fatherles, and to the widdowes, & deuided there sidue among them selues & their children.
When this was done, and they all had made a general prayer, they besoght the merciful Lord to be reco{n}cilied at the length with his seruants.
Afterwarde with one co{n}sent they fel vpo{n} Timotheus and Bacchides, & slewe aboue twentie thousand, & wanne hie & stro{n}g holdes, & deuided great spoiles, an gaue a{n}d equal porcio{n} vnto the sicke, & to the fatherles, and to the widdowes, and to aged persones also.
Moreouer they gathered their weapo{n}s together, and layed them vp diligently incon uenient places, and broght the remnant of the spoyles to Ierusalém.
They slewe also Philarches a moste wicked persone, which was with Timotheus, and had vexed the Iewes manie wayes.
And when they kept the feast of victorie in their countrey, they burnt Callisthenes that had set fyre vpo{n} the holie gates which was fled into a litle house: so he receiued a rewarde mete for his wickednes.
And that moste wicked Nicanor, which had broght a thousand marchants to bye the Iewes.
He was through the helpe of the Lord broght downe of them whome he thoght as nothing, in so muche that he put of his glorious raiment, and fled ouerthwart the countrey like a fugitiue seruant, and came alone to Antiochia, with great dishonour through the destruction of his hoste.
Thus he that promised to pay tribute to the Romaines, by meanes of the prisoners of 〈◊〉, broght newes, that the Iewes had a defender, and for this cause none cold hurt the Iewes, because they followed Lawes appointed by him.
AT the same time, came Antiochus againe with dishonour out of the countrey of Persia.
For when he came to Persepolia, and went about to robbe the Temple, and to subdue the citie, the people ranne in a rage to defe{n}ded them selues with their weapons, and put them to flight, and Antiochus was put to flight by the inhabitants, and returned with shame.
Now when he came to Ecbatana, he vnderstode the things that had come vnto Nicanor, and Timotheus.
And then being chased in his fume, he thoght to impute to the Iewes their faute which had put him to flight, and therefore commanded his charetman to driue continually, and to dispatche the iourney: for Gods iudgement compelled him: for he had said thus in his pride, I wil make Ierusalem a commune burying place of the Iewes whe{n} I come thether.
But the Lord almightie and God of Israél smote him with an incurable and inuisible plague: for assone as he had spoken these wordes, a paine of the bowels, that was remediles, came vpon him, and sore torments of the inner partes.
And that moste iustely: for he had tormented other mens bowels with diuerse, and strange torments.
How be it he wolde in no wise cease from his arrogancie: but swelled the more with pride, breathing outfyre in his rage against the Iewes, and commanded to haste the iornay: but it came to passe that he feldowne from the charet that ra{n}ne swiftely, so that all the me{m}bres of his bodie were bruised with the great fall.
And thus he that a litle afore thoght he might commande the floods of the sea [so proude was he beyonde the condicion of man] and to weigh the hie mou{n}taines in the balance, was now cast on the ground, and caried in an horselitter, declaring vnto all the manifest power of God,
So that the wormes came out of the bodie of this wicked man in abundance: and whiles he was aliue, his flesh fel of for paine and torment, and all his armie was grieued at his smel.
Thus no man colde beare because of his stinke, him that a litle afore thoght he might reach to the starres of heauen.
Then he began to leaue of his great pride and self wil, when he was plagued and came to the knowledge of him self by the scourge of God, & by this paine which increased 〈◊〉 moment.
And when he him self might not abide his owne stinke, he said these wordes, It is mete to be subiect vnto God, & that a man which is mortal, shulde not thinke him self equal vnto God through pride,
This wicked persone prayed also vnto the Lord, who wolde now haue no mercie on him
And said thus that he wolde set at libertie the holie citie vnto the which he made haste to destroy it, & to make it a burying place
And as touching the Iewes, whome he had iudged not worthie to be buryed, but wolde haue cast them out with their children to be deuoured of the foules & wilde beastes, he wolde make the{m} all like the citize{n}s of Athenes.
And where as he had spoiled the holie Te{m}ple afore, he wolde garnish it with great giftes, and encrease the holie vessels, and of his owne rentes beare the charges belonging to the sacrifices.
Yea, & that he wolde also become a Iewe him self, & go through all the worlde that was inhabited, & preache the power of God
But for all this his paines wolde not cease for the iustiudgeme{n}t of God was come vpo{n} him: therefore despairing of his helth, he wrote vnto the Iewes this letter vnder writen, co{n}teining the forme of a supplicatio{n}.
¶ THE KING & prince Antiochus vnto the Iewes his louing citizens wisheth muche ioye and helth and prosperitie.
If ye & your childre{n} fare wel, & if all things go after your minde, I giue great thankes vnto God hauing hope in the heauen.
Thogh I lie sicke, yet I am mindeful of your honour, and good wil for the loue I beare you: therefore when I returned from the countrey of Persia, and fel into afore disease, I thoght it necessarie to care for the commune safetie of all.
Not distrusting mine helth, but hauing great hope to escape this sickenes.
Therefore considering that when my father led an hoste against the high cou{n}treys he appointed who shulde succede him.
That if anie controuersie happened contrary to his expectation, or if that anie tidings were broght that were grieuous, they in the land might knowe to whome the affaires were commited, that they shulde not be troubled.
Againe, when I ponder how that the gouernours, that are borderers, and neighbours vnto my kingdome, waite for all occasions, and loke but for opportunitie, I haue ordeined that my sonne Antiochus shal be King whome I oft commende and committed to many of you, when I went into the hie prouinces, and haue writen vnto him as followeth hereafter.
Therefore I pray you and require you, to remember the benefites that I haue done vnto you generally and particularly, and that euerie man wil be faithful to me and to my sonne.
For I trust that he wil be gentle, and louing vnto you according to my minde.
¶ Thus the murtherer and blasphemer suffered moste grieuously, and as he had intreated other men, so he dyed a miserable death in a strange countrey among the mountaines.
And Phillippe that was broght vp with him, carryed away his bodie, who fearing the sonne of Antiochus, went into Egypt to Ptolemeus Philometor.
MAccabeus now and his companie, through the helpe of the Lord, wan the Temple and the citie againe.
And destroyed the altars, & chapels that the heathe{n} had buylded in the ope{n} places.
And clensed the Temple, & made another altar, & burned stones, & toke fyre of the{m}, and offred sacrifices, & incense two yeres, and six monethes after, and set forthe the lampes, and the shewebread.
When that was done, they fel downe flat vpon the grounde, and besoght the Lord, that they might come no more into suche troubles: but if they sinned anie more agai{n}st him, that he him self wolde chasten them with mercie, and that they might not be de liucred to the blasphemous, and barbarous nacions.
Now vpon the same day, that the stra{n}gers polluted the Te{m}ple, on the verie same day it was clensed againe euen the fiue & twe{n}tieth day of the same moneth, which is Chasleu.
They kept eight dayes with gladnes as in the feast of the Tabernacles, remembring, that not long afore they held the feast of the Tabernacles when they liued in the mountaines and dennes like beastes.
And for the same cause they bare grene bowes, and faire branches and palmes, and sang psalmes vnto him that had giuen the{m} good successe in clensing his place.
They ordeined also by a commune statute & decre that euerie yere those dayes shulde be kept of the whole nacion of the Iewes.
And this was the end of Antiochus called Epiphanes.
¶ Now wil we declare the actes of Antiochus Eupator, which was the sonne of this wicked man gathering briefly the calamities of the warres, that followed.
For when he had taken the kingdome, he made one Lysias, which had bene captaine of the hoste in Phenice, and Coelosyria, ruler ouer the affaires of the realme.
For Ptolemeus was called Macron, purposed to do iustice vnto the Iewes for the wrong, that had bene done vnto them, and went about to behaue him self peace a bly with them.
For the which cause he was accused of his friends before Eupator, and was called oft times traitour, because he had left Cyprus that Philometor had committed vnto him, and came to Antiochus Epiphanes: therefore seing that he was no more in estimation he was discouraged, and poysonned him self, and dyed.
¶ But when Gorgias was gouernour of the same places, he interteined strangers, & made warre oft times against the Iewes.
Moreouer the Idumeans that helde the stro{n}g holds, which were mete for their purpose, troubled the Iewes, and by receiuing them that were driuen fro{m} Ierusalem, toke in hand to continue warre.
Then thei that were with Maccabeus made prayers, & besoght God that he wolde be their helper, and so they fel vpon the strong holdes of the Idumeans.
And assalted them sore, that they wanne the places, and slewe all that foght against them on the wall, and killed all that they met with, and slewe no lesse then twentie thousand.
And because certeine [which were no lesse then nine thousand] were fled into two strong castels, hauing all maner of things conuenicnt to susteine the siege.
Maccabeus left Simon, and Ioseph, and Zaccheus also, and those that were with them, which were ynowe to besiege them, and departed to those places which were more necessarie.
Now thei that were with Simon, being Ied with couetousnes, were intreated for monei, [thorowe certeine of those that were in the castel,] & toke seuentie thousand drachmes, and let some of them escape.
But when it was tolde Maccabeus what was done, he called the gouernours of the people together, and accused those men, that they had solde their brethren for money, and let their enemies go.
So he slewe them when they were conuict of traison, and immediatly wan the two castels:
And hauing good successe, as in all the warres that he toke in hand, he flew in the two castels mo then twentie thousand,
Now Timotheus whome the Iewes had ouercome afore, gathered an armie of strangers of all sortes, & broght a great troupe of horsemen out of Asia to winne Iewrie by strength.
But when he drewe nere, Maccabeus, and thei that were with him, turned to praye vnto God, & sprinkled earth vpon their heads and girded their reines with sacke cloth.
And fel downe at the fote of the altar, and besoght (the Lord) to be merciful to them, and to be an enemie to their enemies, and to be an aduersarie to their aduersaries, as the Law declareth.
So after the prayer, they toke their weapons, & went on further from the citie, and when they came nere to the enemies, they toke hede to them selues.
And when the morning appeared, they bothe ioyned together: the one parte had the Lord for their refuge, & pledge of prosperitie, and noble victorie, and the other toke courage as a guide of the warre.
But when the battel waxed stro{n}g, there appeared vnto the enemies from heauen fiue comelie men vpon horses with bridles of golde, and two of them led the Iewes.
And toke Maccabeus betwixt them, & couered him on euerie side with their weapo{n}s & kept him safe, but shot 〈◊〉, and lightenings against the enemies, so that thei were confounded with blindenes, and beaten downe and ful of trouble.
There were slaine of (fotement) twentie thousand and fiue hundreth and six hundreth horsmen.
As for Timotheus him self, he fled vnto Gazara, which was called a very strong holde, wherein Chereas was captaine.
But Maccabeus and his companié laie siege against the fortresses with courage for foure daies.
And thei that were within, trusting to the height of the place, blasphemed excedingly, and spake horrible wordes.
Neuertheles vpon the fifth day in the morning twentie yong men of Maccabeus companie, whose hearts were inflamed, because of the blasphemies, came vnto the wall, & with bolde stomackes smote downe those that they met.
Others, also that climed vp vpon the engines of warre against the{m} that were within, set fyre vpon the towers, and burnt those blasphemers quicke with the fyres that they had made, and others brake vp the gates, and receiued the rest of the armie, and toke the citie.
And hauing found Timotheus, that was crept into a caue, they killed him, and Chereas his brother with Apollophanes.
When this was done, they praised the Lord with psalmes, & thankesgiuing, which had done so great things for Israél, and giuen them the victorie.
VErie shortely after this, Lysias the Kings stewarde, and a kinsma{n} of his, which had the gouernance of the 〈◊〉, toke sore displeasure for the things that were done.
And when he had gathered about foure score thousand, with all the horsemen he came against the Iewes, thinking to make the citie an habitacion of the Gentiles.
And the Temple wolde he haue to get money by, like the other temples of the heathen: for he wolde sel the Priests office euerie yere.
And thus being puffed vp in his minde, because of the great nomber of fotemen, and thousands of horsemen, & in his foure score elephants,
He came into Iudea, and drewe nere to Beth sura, which was a castel of defence fiue, furlongs from Ierusalem, and laid sore siege vnto it.
But when Maccabeus, and his companie knewe that he besieged the holdes, they, & all the people made prayers with weping, & teares before the Lord, that he wolde send a good Angel to deliuer Israel.
And Maccabeus him self first of all toke weapons, exhorting the other that they wolde ieoparde them selues together with him to helpe their brethren: so they went forthe together with a courageous minde.
And as thei were there besides Ierusalem, there appeared before them vpon horsebacke a man in white clothing, shaking his harnes of golde.
Then they praised the merciful God all together, & toke heart, in so muche that they were ready, not onely to fight with men, but with the moste cruel beasts, and to breake downe walles of yron.
Thus they marched forwarde in array, hauing an helper from heauen: for the LORD was merciful vnto them.
And running vpon their enemies like lions, they slewe eleuen thousand (fotemen,) and sixten hundreth horsemen, and put all the other flight.
Manie of them also being wounded, escaped naked, and Lysias him self fled away shamefully, and so escaped,
Who as he was a man of vnderstanding co{n}sidering what losse he had had, and knowing that the Hebrewes colde not be ouercome because the almightie God helped them, sent vnto them,
And promised, that he wolde consent to all things which were reasouable, & persuade the King to be their friend.
Maccabeus agreed to Lysias requestes, hauing respectin all things to the co{m}mune welth and whatsoeuer Maccabeus wrote vnto Lysias co{n}cerning the Iewes, the King gra{n}ted it.
For there were letters write{n} vnto the Iewes from Lysias conteining these wordes, LYSIAS vnto the people of the Iewes, sendeth greting.
Iohn & Abessalom, which were sent fro{m} you deliuered me the things that you demande by writing, & required me to fulfil the things that they had declared.
Therefore what things soeuer were 〈◊〉 to be reported to the King him self, I haue declared them, and he granted that that was possible.
Therefore if ye behaue your selues as frie{n}ds toward his affaires, hereafter also I wil in deuour my self to do you good.
As concerning these things, I haue giue{n} co{m}mandeme{n}t to these men, & to those whome I sent vnto you, to co{m}mune with you of the same particularly.
Fare ye wel, the hundreth and eight and fortie yere, the foure and twentieth day of the moneth Dioscorinthius.
¶ Now the Kings letter conteined these wordes, KING ANTIOCHVS vnto his brother Lysias sendeth greting.
Since our father is translated vnto the gods our wil is, that they which are in our realme, liue quietly, that euerie man may applie his owne affaires.
We vnderstand also that the Iewes wolde not consent to our father, for to be broght vnto the custome of the Gentiles, but wolde kepe their owne maner of liuing: for the which cause they require of vs, that we wolde suffer them to liue after their owne Lawes.
Wherefore our minde is that this nacion shalbe in rest, and haue determined to restore them their Temple, that they may be gouerned according to the custome of their fathers.
Thou shalt do wel therefore to send vnto them, and grante them peace, that whe{n} they are certified of our minde, they maye be of good comfort, and cherefully go about their owne affaires.
And this was the Kings letter vnto the nacion, KING ANTIOCHVS vnto the Elders of the Iewes, and to the rest of the Iewes sendeth greting.
If ye fare wel, we haue our desire: we are also in good helth.
Menelaus declared vnto vs that your desire was to returne home, & to applie your owne busines.
Wherefore, those that wil departe, we giue them fre libertie, vnto the thirtie daye of the moneth of Panthicus,
That the Iewes may vse their owne maner of liuing and Lawes, like as afore, and none of them by anie maner of waies to haue harme for things done by ignorance.
I haue sent also Menelaus to comfort you.
Fare ye wel: the hundreth and eight and fortie yere, the fiftenth day of the moneth of Pā thicus.
¶ The Romains also sent a letter co{n}teining these wordes, QVINTVS MEMMIVS and Titus Manilius embassadours of the Romains, vnto the people of the Iewes send greting.
The things that Lysias the Kings kinsman hathe granted you, we grant the same also.
But concerning that which he shal report vnto the King, send hether some with spede, when ye haue considered the matter diligently, that we may consult thereupon as shalbe best for you: for we must go vnto Antiochia.
And therefore make haste & send some me{n}, that we may knowe your minde.
Fare wel: this hundreth and eight, and fortie yere, the fiftenth day of the moneth of Panthicus.
WHen these couenants were made, Lysias went vnto the King, and the Iewes tilled their grounde.
But the gouernours of the places, (as) Timotheus & Appollonius the sonne of Genneus, and Ieronimus, & also Demophon, and besides them 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of Cyprus wolde not let them liue in rest and peace.
¶ They of Ioppe also did suche a vile act: they prayed the Iewes that dwelt among them, to go with their 〈◊〉 and children into the shippes, which they had prepared as thogh they had ought them none euil.
And so by the commune aduise of the citie, they obeyed them, and suspect nothing: but when they were gone for the into the depe, they drowned no lesse then two hundreth of them.
Now when Iudas knewe of this crueltie shewed against his nacion, he commanded those men that were with him, to make the{m} readie.
And hauing called vpon God the righteous Iudge, he we{n}t forthe against the murtherers of his brethren, and set fyre in the hauen by night, and burnt the ships, and those that fled thence, he 〈◊〉.
And when the citie was shut vp, he departed as though he wolde come againe, and roote out all them of the citie of Ioppe.
¶ But when he perceiued that the Iamnites were minded to do in like maner vnto the Iewes, which dwelt among them,
He came vpon the Iamnites by night, & set fyre in the hauen with the nauie, so that the light of the fyre was sene at Ierusale{m}, vpon a two hundreth and fortie furlongs.
Now when they were gone from thence nine furlongs, in their iourney towarde Timotheus, about fiue thousand men (of fote) and fiue hundreth horsemen of the Arabians set vpon him.
So the battel was sharpe, but it prospered with Iudas thorowe the helpe of GOD: the Nomades of Arabia, being ouercome, besoght Iudas to make peace with them, & promised to giue him certeine cattel, & to helpe him in other things.
And Iudas thinking that they shulde in dede be profitable concerning manie things, granted the{m} peace: whereupon thei shoke hands and so they departed to their tents.
¶ Iudas also 〈◊〉 a citie called Caspis, whiche was strong by reason of a bridge, and fenced rou{n}de about with walles, and had diuers kindes of people dwelling therein.
So they that were within it, put suche trust in the strength of the walles, and in store of vitailes, that they were the slacker in' their doings, reuiling the{m} that were with Iudas, & reproching them: yea, they blasphemed and spake suche wordes as were not lawful.
But Maccabeus souldiers, calling vpon the great Prince of the worlde [which without anie instruments, or engins of warre, did cast downe the walles of Iericho, in the time of Iesus] gaue a fierce assalt against the walles,
And toke the citie by the wil of God, and made an exceding great slaughter, in so muche that a lake of two furlongs broad, whiche laye thereby, semed to flowe with blood.
¶ Then departed thei from thence, seue{n} hu{n}dreth and fiftie furlongs, and came to Characa vnto the Iewes, that are called Tubieni.
But they fou{n}de not Timotheus therefor he was departed from thence, and had done nothing, and had left a garison in a verie strong holde.
But Dositheus, & Sosipater, which were 〈◊〉 with Maccabeus, went forthe, and slewe those that Timotheus had left in the forteresse more then ten thousand men.
And Maccabeus prepared, and ranged his armie by ba{n}des, & we{n}t courageously against Timotheus, which had with him an hu{n}dreth and twentie thousand men of fote, and two thousand and fiue hundreth horsemen.
When Timotheus had knowledge of Iudas comming, he sent the women, and children, and the other baggage afore vnto a forteresse called Carnion [for it was hard to besiege, & vneasie to come vnto because of the straites on all sides.]
But when Iudas first ba{n}de came in sight, the enemies were smiten with feare, and a trembling was among them thorow the presence of him that seeth all things, in so muche that thei fleing one here, another there, were oft times hurt by their owne people, and wounded with the pointes of their owne swordes
But Iudas was verie earnest in pursuing, and slewe those wicked me{n}: yea, he slewe thirtie thousand men of them.
Timotheus also hym selfe fell into the handes of Dositheus, and Sosipater, whome he besoght with muche crafte to let hym go with hys lyfe, because he had manie of the Iewes parents and the brethren of some of them, which if they put him to death, shulde be despised.
So when he had assured them with manie wordes, and promised that he wolde restore them without hurt, they let hym go for the helth of their brethren.
¶ The{n} went Maccabeus towarde Carmon, and Atargation, and slewe fiue and twentie thousand persones.
And after that he had chased away and slayne them, Iudas remoued the hoste towarde Ephron a strong citie, wherein was Lysias and a great multitude of all nacions, and the strong yong men kept the walles defending them mightely: there was also great preparacion of engins of warre, and dartes.
But when they had called vpon the Lord, which with his power breaketh the stre{n}gth of the enemies, they wan the citie, and slewe fiue and twentie thousand of them that were within.
¶ Fro{m} the{n}ce we{n}t thei to Scythopolis, which lieth six hundreth furlongs from Ierusalém.
But when the Iewes which dwelt there, testified, that the Scythopolitans delt louingly with them, and intreated them kindely in the time of their aduersities.
They gaue them thankes, desiring them to be friendlie still vnto them, and so they came to Ierusalém, as the feast of the wekes approched.
¶ And after the feast called Penticost they went forthe against Gorgias the gouernour of 〈◊〉.
Who came out with thre thousand men of 〈◊〉 and foure hundreth horsemen.
And when they ioyned together, a fewe of the Iewes were slayne.
And Dositheus one of the Baccenors, whiche was on horsebacke and a mightie man, toke Gorgias, and layed holde of hys garment, and drewe him by force, because he wolde haue taken the wicked man aliue: but an horsemen of Thracia fell vpon him, and smote of hys shulder, so that Gorgias fled into Marisa.
And when they that were with Eserin, had foghten long, and were wearie, Iudas called vpon the Lord, that he wolde shewe hym selfe to be their helper, and captaine of the field.
And then he began in hys owne language, and sung psalmes with a loude voyce, in so much that straight wayes he made them that were about Gorgias, to take their flight.
¶ So Iudas gathered his hoste, and came into the citie of Odolla. And when the seue{n}th day came, they clensed them selues [as the custome was] and kept the Sabbath in the same place.
And vpon the daye following, as 〈◊〉 required, Iudas and his companie came to take vp the bodies of them that were 〈◊〉, and to burye them with their kynsemen in their fathers graues.
Nowe vnder the coates of euerie one, that was slaine, they founde 〈◊〉 wels that had bene consecrate to the idoles of the Iamnites, whiche thing is forbidden the Iewes by the Law. Then euerie man sawe, that this was the cause wherefore they were slayne.
And so euerie man gaue thankes vnto the Lord, the righteous Iudge, whiche had opened the things that were hid.
And they gaue them selues to prayer, and besoght hym, that they shulde not vtterly be destroyed for the faute committed. Besides that, noble Iudas exhorted the people to kepe them selues from sinne, for so muche as they sawe before their eyes the thinges which came to passe by the sinne of these that were slayne.
And hauing made a gathering through the companie, sent to Ierusale{m} about two thousand drachmes of 〈◊〉, to offer a sinne offring, doyng very wel, and honestly that he thoght of the resurrection.
For if he had not hoped, that they whiche were 〈◊〉, shulde rise againe, it had bene superfluous, a{n}d vaine, to pray for the dead.
And therefore he perceyued, that there was great fauour 〈◊〉 vp for those that dyed godly. [It was an holie, and a good thoght] So he made a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the dead that they might be 〈◊〉 from sinne.
IN the hundreth, fortie a{n}d nine yere it was tolde Iudas, that Antiochus Eupator was comming with a great power into Iudea.
And Lysias the stewarde and ruler of hys affaires with hym, hauing bothe in their armie an hundreth and ten thousand men of 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉, and fiue thousand horseme{n}, and two and twentie elephants, and thre 〈◊〉 dreth charets set with hookes.
Menelaus also ioyned hym selfe with them and with great disceit incouraged Antiochus, not 〈◊〉 the safegard of the countrey, but because he thoght to haue bene made the gouernour.
But the Kyng of Kings moued Antiochus minde against this wicked man, and Lysias informed the Kyng that thys man was the cause of all mischief, so that the King commanded to bryng hym to 〈◊〉 to put hym vnto death as the maner was in that place.
Nowe there was in that place a tower of fiftie cubites high, ful of ashes, and it had an instrument that turned rounde, and on euerie side itrouled downe into the ashes.
And there whosoeuer was condemned of sacrilege, or of anie other grieuous crime, was cast of all men to the death.
And so it came to passe that this wicked man shulde dye suche a death, and it was a moste iuste thing that Menelaus shulde want buryal,
For because he had committed manie sinnes by the altar, whose fyre and ashes were holie he him self also dyed in the ashes.
¶ Now the King raged in his minde, & came to shewe himself more cruel vnto the Iewes then his father.
Which things when Iudas perceiued, he co{m}manded the people to call vpon the LORD night and day, that if euer he had holpen the{m} he wolde now helpe them, when they shulde be put from their Law, from their countrey and from the holie Temple:
And that he wolde not suffer the people, which a litle afore began to recouer, to be subdued vnto the blasphemous nacions.
So when they had done this all together, & besoght the Lord for mercie with weping and fasting, and falling downe thre dayes together, Iudas exhorted them to make them selues readie.
And he being a parte with the Elders, toke counsel to go forthe, afore the King broght his hoste into Iudea, and shulde take the citie, & commit the matter to the helpe of the Lord.
So committing the charge to the Lord of the world, he exhorted his souldiers to fight manfully, euen vnto death for the Lawes, the Temple, the citie, their countrey, and the commune wealth, and camped by Modin.
And so giuing his souldiers for a watche worde, The victorie of God, he piked out the manliest yong men, and went by night into the Kings campe, & slewe of the hoste fourtene thousand men, and the greatest elepha{n}t with all that sate vpon him.
Thus when they had broght a great feare, and trouble in the campe, & all things went prosperously with them, they departed.
This was done in the breake of the day, because the protection of the Lord did helpe them.
¶ Now when the King had tasted the manlines of the Iewes, he we{n}t about to take the holdes by policie,
And marched towarde Beth-sura, which was a strong holde of the Iewes: but he was chased away, hurt and lost of his men.
For Iudas had sent vnto them that were in it suche things as were necessarie.
But Rhodocus which was in the Iewes hoste, disclosed the secretes to the enemies: therefore he was soght out, and when they had gotten him, they put him in prison.
After this did the King commune with the{m} that were in Beth-sura, and toke truce with them, departed, and ioyned battel with Iudas, who ouercame him.
But when he vnderstode, that Philippe [whome he had left to be 〈◊〉 of his busines at Antiochia] did rebell against him, he was astonished, so that he yelded him self to the Iewes, and made them an othe to do all things that were right, and was appeased towarde them, and offred sacrifice & adorned the Temple, and shewed great gentlenes to the place,
And embraced Maccabeus, and made him captaine and gouernour from 〈◊〉 vnto the Gerreneans.
Neuertheles, when he came to Ptolemais, the people of the citie were not content wit this agrement: and because they were grieued, thei wolde that he shulde breake the couenants.
Then went Lysias vp into the iudgeme{n}t seat and excused the fact aswel as he colde, and persuaded them, and pacified them, & made them wel affectioned, and came againe vnto Antiochia. This is the matter co{n}cerning the Kings iournay, and his returne.
AFter thre yeres was Iudas enformed that Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus was come vp with a great power & name by the heauen of Tripolis,
When he had wonne the countrey, and slaine Antiochus and his lieutenant Lysias.
Now 〈◊〉, whiche had bene the high Priest, & wilfully defiled himself in the time that all things were confounded, seing that by no meanes he colde saue himself, nor haue anie more entrance to the holie altar,
He came to King Demetrius in the hu{n}dreth fiftie & one yere, prese{n}ting vnto him a crown of golde, and a palme, and of the boughes, which were vsed solemnely in the Temple, and that day he helde his tongue.
But when he had gotten opportunitie, and occasion for his rage, Demetrius called him to counsel, and asked him what deuises or counsels the Iewes leaned vnto.
To the which he answered, the Iewes that be called Asideans whose captaine is Iudas Maccabeus, mainteine warres, and make insurrections, and wil not let the realme be in peace.
Therefore I, being depriued of my fathers honour [I meane the high priesthode] am now come hether,
Partely because I was wel affectioned vnto the Kings affaires, and secondly because I soght the profite of mine owne citiziens: for all our people, thorowe their rashnes, are not a litle troubled.
Wherefore, ô King, seing thou knowest all these things, make prouision for the countrey, and our nacion which is abused, according to thine owne humanitie, that is readie to helpe all men.
For as long as Iudas liueth, it is not possible that the matter shulde be wel.
When he had spoken these wordes, other friends also hauing euil wil at Iudas, set Demetrius on fyre.
Who immediatly called for Nicanor, the ruler of the elephantes, and made him captaine ouer Iudea,
And sent him forthe, commanding him to 〈◊〉 Iudas, and to scatter them that were with him, and to make Alcimus high Priest of the great Temple.
Then the heathen which fled out of Iudea from Iudas, came to Nicanor by flockes, thinking the harme and calamities of the Iewes to be their welfare.
Now when the Iewes heard of Nicanors comming, and the gathering together of the heathen, they sprinkled them selues with earth, and prayed vnto him which had appointed him self a people for euer, and did alwais defende his owne porcion with euident tokens.
So at the commandement of the captaine, they remoued straight wayes from thence, and came to the towne of Dessan,
Where Simon Iudas brother had ioyned battel with Nicanor and was some what as to nished thorowe the sudden silence of the enemies.
Neuertheles Nicanor hearing the manlines of them that were with Iudas, and the bolde stomackes that they had for their countrey durst not proue the matter with blood shed ding.
Wherefore, he sent Posidonius, Theodocius, and Matthias before, to make peace.
So when they had taken long aduisement thereupon, and the captaine shewed it vnto the multitude, they were agreed in one minde, and consented to the couenants.
And they appointed a day when they shulde particularly come together: so when the day was come, they set for euerie man his stoole.
Neuertheles Iudas commanded certeine men of armes to waite in conuenient places lest there shulde suddenly arise anie euil thorowe the enemies: and so they communed together of the things where vpon they had agreed.
Nicanor, while he abode at Ierusalem, did none hurt, but sent away the people that were gathered together.
He loued Iudas, and fauoured him in his heart.
He praid him also to take a wife, and to beget children: so he maried, and they liued together.
But Alcimus perceiuing the loue that was betwene them, and vnderstanding the couenantes that were made, came to Demetrius, and tolde him that Nicanor had taken strange matters in hand, and ordeined Iudas a traitour to the realme, to be his successour.
Then the King was displeased, and by the reportes of this wicked man, he wrote to Nicanor, saying, that he was very angrie for the couenants, commanding him that he shulde send Maccabeus in all haste prisoner vnto antiochia.
When these things came to Nicanor, he was astonished, and fore 〈◊〉, that he shulde breake the things wherein they had agreed, seing that that man had committed no wickednes.
But because it was not co{m}modious to him to withstand the King, he soght craftely to accomplish it.
Not withstanding when Maccabeus perceiued that Nicanor beganne to be rough vnto him, and that he intreated him more rudely then he was wonte he perceiued that suche rigour came not of good, and therefore he gathered a fewe of his men, and withdrewe himself from Nicanor.
But the other perceiuing that he was preuented by (Maccabeus) worthie policie came into the great & holie Temple, and co{m}ma{n}ded the Priests, which were offring their vsual sacrifices, to deliuer him the man.
And whe{n} they sweare that they colde not tell where the man was, whome he soght.
He stretched out his right hand towarde the Temple, and made an othe in this maner, If ye wil not deliuer me Iudas as a prisoner, I wil make this Temple of God a plaine field, and wil breake downe the altar, and wil erect a not able Temple vnto Bacchus.
After these wordes he departed: then the Priests lift vp their hands towarde heauen, and besoght him that was euer the defender of their nacion, saying in this maner.
Thou, ô Lord of all things, which hast nede of nothing, woldest that the Temple of thine habitacion shulde be amo{n}g vs.
Therefore now, ô moste holie Lord, kepe this house euer vndefiled, which lately was clensed, and stoppe all the mouths of the vnrighteous.
Now was there accused vnto Nicanor, Razis one of the Elders of Ierusalêm, a louer of the citie, and a man of very good reporte, which for his loue was called a father of the Iewes.
For this man afore times when the Iewes were minded to kepe themselues vndefiled and pure, being accused to be of the religion of the Iewes, did offer to spend, his bodie and life with all constancie for the religion of the Iewes.
So Nicanor willing to declare the hatred that he bare to the Iewes, se{n}t about fiue hu{n}dreth men of warre to take him.
For he thoght by taking him to do the Iewes muche hurte.
But when this companie wolde haue taken his castel, and wolde haue broken the gates by violence, and commanded to bring fyre to burne the gates, so that he was readie to be taken on euerie side, he fel on his sworde,
Willing rather to dye manfully, them to giue him self into the hands of wicked men, & to suffer reproche vnworthie for his noble stocke.
Notwithstanding what time as he missed of his stroke for haste, and the multitude russhed in violently betwene the dores, he ran boldely to the wall, and cast him self downe manfully among the multitude.
Which conueyed them selues lightly away and gaue place, so that he fell vpon his bellie.
Neuertheles while there was yet breth in him, being kindled in his minde, he rose vp, and thogh his blood gushed out like a fountaine, and he was verie sore wounded, yet he ran thorow the middes of the people,
And gate him to the toppe of an hie rocke so when his blood was vtterly gone, he toke out his owne bowels with bothe his hands, and thre we them vpon the people, calling vpo{n} the Lord of life and spirit, that he wolde restore them againe vnto him, and thus he dyed.
NOw when Nicanor knewe that Iudas & his companie were in the countrey of Samaria, he thoght with all assurance to come vpon them, vpon the Sabbath day.
Neuertheles the Iewes that were compelled to go with him, said, O kill not so cruelly and barbarously, but honour and sanctifie the day, that is appointed by him that seeth all things.
But this moste wicked persone dema{n}ded, Is there a Lord in heauen, that comma{n}ded the Sabbath day to be kept?
And when thei said, There is a liuing Lord, which ruleth in the heauen, who commanded the seuenth day to be kept,
Then he said, And I am mightie vpon earth to commande them for to arme them selues and to performe the Kings busines. Not withstanding, he colde not accomplish his wicked enterprise.
For Nicanor lifted vp with great pride, purposed to set vp a memorial of the victorie obteined of all them that were with Iudas.
But Maccabeus had euer sure confidence, and a perfite hope that the Lord wold helpe him,
And exhorted his people not to be afraid at the coming of the heathen, but alway to remember the helpe that had bene shewed vnto them from heauen, and to trust now also, that they shulde haue the victorie by the Almightie.
Thus he incouraged them by the Law and Prophetes, putting them in remembrance of the battels that they had wonne afore, & so made them more willing,
And stirred vp their hearts, and shewed the{m} also the disceitfulnes of the heathe{n}, and how they had broken their othes.
Thus he armed euerie one of them, not with the assurance of shields and speares, but with wholsome wordes and exhortacions, and shewed them a dreame worthie to be beleued, and reioyced them greatly.
And this was his vision, He thoght that he sawe Onias [which had bene the high Priest, a vertuous & a good man, reuerent in behauiour, and of sober conuersation, welspoke{n}, and one that had bene exercised in all pointes of godlines from a childe] holding vp his hands towarde heauen, and praying for the whole people of the Iewes.
¶ After this there appeared vnto him another man which was aged, honorable, and of a wonderful dignitie, & excelle{n}cie aboue him.
And Onias spake, & said, This is a louer of the brethren, who prayeth muche for the people, and for the holie citie, (to wit,) Ieremias the Prophet of God.
He (thoght also) that Ieremias helde out his right hand, and gaue vnto Iudas a sworde of golde: and as he gaue it, he spake thus,
Take this holie sworde a gifte from GOD, where with thou shalt wounde the aduersaries.
And so being comforted by the wordes of Iudas, which were very swete and able to stirre them vp to valiantnes and to incourage the heartes of the yong me{n}, they determined to pitch no campe, but courageously to set vpon them, and manfully to assaile them, and to trye the matter hand to hand, because the citie and the Sanctuarie, and the Temple we rein danger.
As for their wiues, and children, & brethré and kinsfolkes, they set lesse by their danger but their greatest & principal feate was for the holie Temple.
Againe they that were in the citie, were careful for the armie that was abroad.
Now whiles they all waited for the tryal of the matter, and the enemies now met with them, and the hoste was set in araye, and the beastes were separated into conuenient places, and the horsemen were placed in the wings,
Maccabeus considering the coming of the multitude & the diuers preparations of weapons, and the fiercenes of the beastès, helde vp his hands towarde heauen, calling vpon the Lord that doeth wonders, and that loked vpon them, knowing that the victorie cometh not by the weapons, but that he giueth the victorie to them that are worthie, as semeth good vnto him.
Therefore in his prayer he said after this maner, O Lord, thou that didest send thine Angel in the time of Ezecias King of Iudea, who in the hoste of Sennacherib slewe an hundreth, forescore and fiue thousand,
Send now also thy good Angel before vs, ô Lord of heauens, for a feare and dreade vnto them,
And let the{m} be discomfited by the strength of thine arme, which come against thine holie people to blaspheme. Thus with these wordes he made an end,
Then Nicanor and they that were with him drewe nere with trumpets and shoutings for ioye,
But Iudas and his companie praying and calling vpon God, incountered with the enemies,
So that with their hands they fought, but with their hearts they prayed vnto God, and slewe no lesse then fiue and thirtie thousand men: for thorowe the presence of God they were wonderously comforted.
Now when they left of, and were turning againe with ioye, they vnderstode that Nicanor him self was slaine for all his armour.
Then they made a great shoute and a crye, praising the Almightie in their owne langage.
Therefore (Iudas,) which was euer the chief defender of his citize{n}s bothe in bodie and minde, and which bare euer good affection towardes them of his nacion, commanded to smite of Nicanors head, with his hand and shulder, and to bring it to Ierusalem.
And when he came there, he called all then of his nacion, and set the Priests by the altar, and sent for them of the castel,
And shewed the{m} wicked Nicanors head, & the hand of that blasphemour which he had holden vp against the holie Temple of the Almightie with proude bragges.
He caused the tongue also of wicked Nicanor to be cut in litle pieces, and to be cast vnto the foules, and that the rewardes of his madnes shulde be hanged vp before the Temple.
So euerie man praised towarde the heauen the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he, that hathe kept his place vnderfiled.
He hanged also Nicanors head vpon the hic castel, for an euident and plaine token vnto all of the helpe of God.
And so they established all together by a co{m}mune decre that they wolde in no case suffer this day without keping it holie:
And that the feast shulde be the thirtenth day of the twelfth moneth, which is called Adar in the Syrians langage, the day before Mardocheus day.
Thus farre as concerning Nicanors matters and from that time the Hebrewes had the citie in possession. And here wil I also make and end.
If I haue done wel, and as the storie required, it is the thing that I desired: but if I haue spoken slenderly & barely, it is that I colde.
For as it is hurtfull to drynke wine alone, and then againe water: and as wine tempered with water is pleasant and deliteth the taste, so the setting out of the matter deliteth the eares of them that read the storie. And here shalbe the end.
THe booke of the generacion of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.
Abraham begate Isaac. And Isaac begate Iacob. And Iacob begate Iudas a{n}d his brethren.
And Iudas begate Phares, and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begate Esrom. And Esrom begate Aram.
And Aram begate Aminadab. And Aminadab begate Naasson. And Naasson begate Salmon.
And Salmon begate Booz of Rachab. And Booz begate Obed of Ruth. And Obed begate Iesse.
And Iesse begate Dauid the King. And Dauid the King begate Solomon of her that was (the wife) of Vrias.
AndSolomon begate Roboam. And 〈◊〉 begate Abia. And Abia begate Asa.
And Asa begate Iosaphat. And Iosaphat begate Ioram. And Ioram begate Ozias.
And Ozias begate Ioatham. And Ioatham begate Achaz. And Achaz begate Ezecias.
And Ezecias begate Manasses. And Manasses begate Amon. And Amon begate Iosias.
And Iosias begate Iacim. And Iacim begate Iechonias and his brethren about the tyme they were caryed away to Babylon.
And after they were caryed away into Babylon, Iechonias begate Salathiel. And Salathiel begate Zorobabel.
And Zorobabel begate Abiud. And Abiud begate Eliacim. And Eliacim begate Azor.
And Azor begate Sadoc. And Sadoc begate Achim. And Achim begate Eliud.
And Eliud begate Eleazar. And Eleazar begate Matthan. And Matthan begate Iacob.
And Iacob begate Ioseph, the housband of Marie, of whome was borne Iesus, that is called Christ.
So al the generations from Abraham to Dauid, (are) fourtene generations. And from Dauid vntil they were caryed away into Babylon, fourtene generacions: and after they were caryed away into Babylon vntil Christ fourtene generacions.
¶ Now the byrth of Iesus Christ was thus, whe{n} as his mother Marie was betrowthed to Ioseph, before they came together, she was founde with childe of the holie Gost.
The{n} Ioseph her housband being a iust ma{n}, and not willing to make her a publike example, was minded to put her away secretly.
But whiles he thoght these things, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him in a dreame, saying, Ioseph the sonne of Dauid, feare not to take Marie (for) thy wife: for that which is conceiued in her, is of the holie Gost.
And she shal bring for the a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesus: for he shal saue his people from their sinnes.
And all this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying,
Beholde, a virgine shalbe with childe, and shal beare a sonne, and they shal call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretacion, God with vs.
¶ Then Ioseph, being raised from slepe, did as the Angel of the Lord had inioyned him, and toke his wife.
But he knewe her not, til she had broght forthe her first borne sonne, a{n}d he called his name Iesus.
WHen Iesus then was borne at Beth-lehe{m} in Iudea, in the dayes of Herode the King, beholde, there came Wisemen from the East to Ierusalem,
Saying, Where is the King of the Iewes that is borne? for we haue sene his starre in the East, and are come to worship him.
Whe{n} King Herode heard (this,) he was troubled, and all Ierusalem with him.
And gathering together all the chief Priests & Scribes of the people, he asked of them, where Christ shulde be borne.
And they said vnto him, At Beth-lehem in Iudea: for so it is written by the Prophet,
And thou Beth-lehem in the land of Iuda, art not the least among the Princes of Iuda: for out of thee shal come the gouernour that shal fede my people Israel.
Then Herode priuely called the Wisemen, (and) diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared,
And sent them to Beth-lehem, saying, Go & searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring me worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.
¶ So when they had heard the King, they departed: & lo, the starre which they had sene in the East, went before the{m}, til it came, and stode ouer (the place) where the babe was.
And when they sawe the starre, they reioyced with an exceading great ioye,
And went into the house, and founde the babe with Marie his mother, and fel downe, and worshipped him, and opened their treasures, and presented vnto him giftes, (euen) golde, and incense, and myrrhe.
And after they were warned of God in a dreame, that they shulde not go againe to Herode, they returned into their countrey another way.
¶ After their departure, beholde the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there til I bring thee worde: for Herode wil seke the babe, to destroye him.
So he arose and toke the babe and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,
And was there vnto the death of Herode, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haue I called my Sonne.
¶ The{n} Herode, seing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceading wroth, and sent forthe, and slewe all the male children that were in Beth-lehe{m}, and in all the coastes thereof, from two yere olde and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.
Then was that fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet Ieremias, saying,
In Rama was a voyce heard, mourning, and weping and great lamentation: Rachel weping for her children, and wolde not be comforted, because they were not.
And when Herode was dead, beholde, an Angel of the Lord appeareth in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypt,
Saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which soght the babes life.
Then he arose vp, and toke the babe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
But when he heard that Archelaus did reigne in Iudea in steade of his father Herode, he was afrayed to gothether: yet after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned aside into the parties of Galile.
And went and dwelt in a citie called Nazaret, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophetes, (which was,) That he shulde be called a Nazarite.
ANd in those dayes, Iohn the Baptiste came and preached in the wildernes of Iudea,
And said, Repe{n}t: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.
For this is he of whome it is spoken by the Prophet Esaias, saying, The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernes, (is,) Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.
And this Iohn had his garment of camels heere, and a gridle of a skin about his loynes: his meat was also locustes & wilde honie.
Then went out to him Ierusalem & all Iudea, and all the region rounde about Iordan.
And they were baptized of him in Iordan, confessing their sinnes.
Now when he sawe many of the Pharises and of the Sadduces come to his baptisme, he said vnto them, O generacions of vipers, who hathe forewarned you to flee from the angre to come?
Bring for the therefore frutes worthie ame{n}dement of life,
And thinke not to say with your selues. We haue Abraham to (our) father: for I say vnto you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.
And now also is the axe put to the roote of the trees: therefore euerie tre, whiche bringeth not forthe good frute, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre.
In dede I baptize you with water to amendement of life, but he that cometh after me, is mightier then I, whose shoes I am not worthie to beare: he wil baptize you with the holie Gost, and with fyre.
Which hathe his fanne in his hand, and wil make cleane his floore, and gather his wheat into his garner, but wil burne vp the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre.
¶ The{n} came Iesus fro{m} Galile to Iordan vnto Iohn, to be baptized of him.
But Iohn put him backe, saying, I haue nede to be baptized of thee, and commest thou to me?
Then Iesus answering, said to him, Let be now: for thus it becometh vs to fulfil all righteousnes. So he suffred him.
And Iesus when he was baptized, came straight out of the water. And lo, the heaue{n}s were opened vnto him, and (Iohn) sawe the Spirit of God descending like a doue, and lighting vpon him.
And lo, a voyce (came) from heauen, saying, This is my beloued Sonne, in whome I am wel pleased.
THen was Iesus led aside of the Spirit into the wildernes, to be tempted of the deuil.
And when he had fasted fortie dayes, and fortie nights, he was afterwarde hungrie.
Then came to him the tempter, and said, If thou be the Sonne of God, 〈◊〉 that these stones be made bread.
But he answering, said, It is written, Man shal not liue by bread onely, but by euerie worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God.
Then the deuil toke him vp into the holie Citie, and set him on a pinacle of the temple,
And said vnto him, If thou be the Sonne of God, cast thy self downe: for it is written, that he wil giue his Angels charge ouer thee and with their hands they shal lifte thee vp, left at anie time thou shuldest dash thy fote against a stone.
Iesus said vnto him, It is written againe, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Againe the deuil toke him vp vnto an exceading hie mountaine, and shewed him all the kingdomes of the worlde, and the glorie of them,
And said to him, All these wil I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe, and worship me.
Then said Iesus vnto him, Auoide Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue.
Then the deuil left him: and beholde the Angels came: and ministred vnto him.
12. ¶ And when Iesus had heard that Iohn was deliuered vp, he returned into Galile,
And leauing Nazaret, we{n}t and dwelt in Capernaum, which is nere the sea in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim,
That it might be fulfilled which was spoke{n} by Esaias the Prophet, saying,
The land of Zabulo{n}, and the land of Nephthalim (by) the way of the sea, beyond Iordan, Galile of the Gentiles:
The people which sate in darkenes, sawe great light: and to them which sate in the region and shadowe of death, light is risen vp.
From that time Iesus began to preache, a{n}d to say, Amend your liues: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.
¶ And Iesus walking by the sea of Galile, sawe two brethren, Simo{n}, which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers.)
And he said vnto them, Folowe me, and I wil make you fishers of men.
And they straight way leauing the nets, followed him.
And when he was gone for the from thence he sawe other two brethren, Iames (the sonne) of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother in a ship with Zebedeus their Father, mending their nets, and he called them.
And they without tarying, leauing the ship and their Father, followed him.
So Iesus went about all Galile, teaching in their Synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdome, and healing euerie sickenes and euerie disease among the people.
And his same spred abroad through all Syria and they broght vnto him all sicke people, that were taken with diuers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed with deuils, and those which were lunatike, and those that had the palsey: and he healed the{m}.
And there folowed him great multitudes out of Galile; and Decapolis, and Ierusale{m}, and Iudea, and from beyonde Iordan.
ANd when he sawe the multitude, he we{n}t vp into a mountaine: and when he was set, his disciples came to him.
And he opened his mouthe and taught them saying,
Blessed (are) the poore in spirit, for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.
Blessed (are) they that mourne: for they shalbe comforted.
Blessed (are) the meke: for they shal inherit the earth.
Blessed (are) they which honger and thirst for righteousnes: for they shal be filled.
Blessed (are) the merciful: for thei shal obteine mercie.
Blessed (are) the pure in heart: for they shal se God.
Blessed (are) the place makers: for they shalbe called the children of God.
Blessed (are) they which suffer persecutio{n} for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.
Blessed are ye when me{n} reuile you, and persecute (you,) and say all maner of euil against you for my sake, falsely:
Reioyce & be glad, for great is your rewarde in heauen: for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you.
Ye are the salte of the earth: but if the salt haue lost his fauour, where with shal it be salted? It is thence forthe good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be troden vnder fote of men,
Ye are the light of the worlde. A citie that is set on an hill, can not be hid.
Nether do men light a candel, and put it vnder a bushel, but on a candelsticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may se your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.
Thinke not that I am come to destroye the Law, or the Prophetes. I am not come to destroye them, but to fulfil them.
Fortruely I say vnto you, Til heauen, and earth perish, one iote, or one title of the Law shal not scape, til all things be fulfilled.
Whosoeuer therefore shal breake one of these least commandements, & teache men so, he shalbe called the least in the kingdome of heauen: but whosoeuer shal obserue and teache (them,) the same shal be called great in the kingdome of heauen.
For I say vnto you, except your righteousnes excede the (righteousnes) of the Scribes and Pharises, ye shal not enter into the kingdome of heauen.
Ye haue heard that it was said vnto them of the olde time, Thou shalt not kil: for whosoeuer killeth, shalbe culpable of iudgement.
But I say vnto you, whosoeuer is angrie with his brother vnaduisedly, shal be culpable of iudgement. And whosoeuer saieth vnto his brother, Raca, shalbe worthie to be punished with by the Counsel. And whosoeuer shal say, Foole, shalbe worthie to be punished with hel fyre.
If then thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there reme{m}brest that thy brother hathe oght against thee,
Leaue there thine offring before the altar, and go thy way: first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Agre with thine aduersarie quickely, whiles thou art in the way with him, lest thine aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the sergeant, and thou be cast into prison.
Verely I say vnto thee, thou shalt not come out thence, til thou hast payed the vtmost farthing.
¶ Ye haue heard that it was said to them of olde time, Thou shalt not commit adulterie.
But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a woman to lust after her, hathe committed adulterie with her already in his heart.
Wherefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend, plucke it out, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish, the{m} that thy whole bodie shulde be cast into hel.
Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it of, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, the{m} that thy whole bodie shulde be cast into hel
It hathe bene said also, Whosoeuer shal put away his wife, let him giue her a testimonial of diuorcement.
But I say vnto you, whosoeuer shal put away his wife (except it be for fornication) causeth her to commit adulterie: & whosoeuer shal marie her that is diuorced, committeth adulterie.
Againe, ye haue heard that it was said to the{m} of olde time, Thou shalt not forsweare thy self, but shalt performe thine others to the Lord.
But I say vnto you, Sweare not at all, nether by heauen, for it is the throne of God:
Nor yet by the earth: for it is his fote stoole: nether by Ierusalem: for it is the citie of the great King.
Nether shalt thou sweare by thine head, because thou canst not make one heere white or blacke.
But let your co{m}munication be, Yea: yea: Nay, nay. For whatsoeuer (is) more the{n} these commeth of euil.
¶ Ye haue heard that it hathe bene said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
But I saye vnto you, Resiste not euil: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy ryght cheke, turne to him the other also.
And if anye man will sue thee at the lawe and take awaye thy coate, let him haue thy cloke also.
And whosoeuer will compell thee (to go) a mile, go with him twaine.
Giue to him that asketh, a{n}d from him that wolde borow of thee, turne not away.
Ye haue heard that it hathe bene sayde, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate thine enemie.
But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies: blesse them that curse you: do good to them that hate you, and praye for them which hurt you, and 〈◊〉 you.
That ye may be the children of your Father that is in heaue{n}: for he maketh his sunne to arise on the euill, and the good, and sendeth raine on the iuste, and vniuste.
For if ye loue them, which loue you, what rewarde shall you haue? Do not the Publicanes euen the same?
And if ye be friendlie to your brethren onely, what singular thing do ye? do not eue{n} the Publicanes like wise?
Ye shal therfore be perfite, as your Father which is in heauen, is perfite.
TAke hede that ye gyue not your almes before men, to be sene of them, or elsye shall haue no rewarde of your Father which is in heauen.
Therefore when thou giuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowe{n} before thee, as the hypocrites do in the Synagogues and in the stretes, to be praysed of men. Verely I saye vnto you, they haue their rewarde.
But when thou doest thyne almes, let not thy left hande knowe what thy ryght hand doeth.
That thyne almesmay be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, he will rewarde thee openly.
And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they loue to stand, and pray in the Synagogues, & in the corners of the stretes, because they wolde be sene of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.
But when thou prayest, enter into thy cha{m}ber: and when thou hast shut thy dore, pray vnto thy Father whiche is in secret, and thy Father whiche seeth in secret, shall rewarde thee openly.
Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their muche babling.
Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue nede, before ye aske of him.
After this maner therefore pray ye, Our Father whiche art in heauen, halowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdome come. Thy wil be done euen in earth, as (it is) in heauen.
Giue vs this day our daily bread.
And forgiue vs our dettes, as we also forgiue our detters.
And lead vs not into tentation, but deliuer vs from euill: for thyne is the kyngdome, and the power, a{n}d the glorie for 〈◊〉. Amen.
Forifye do forgiue men their trespaces, your heauenlie Father wil also forgiue you.
But if ye do not forgiue men their trespaces, no more wil your Father forgiue (you) your trespaces.
Moreouer, when ye fast, loke not sowre as the hypocrites: for they diffigure their faces, that they myght seme vnto men to fast. Verely I say vnto you, that they haue theyr rewarde.
But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face.
That thou seme not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy Father whiche is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will rewarde thee openly.
¶ Lay not treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe and canker corrupt, and where theues digge through, and steale.
But lay vp treasures for your selues in heauen, where nether the mothe nor canker corrupteth, and where theues nether digge through, nor steale.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
¶ The light of the bodie is the eye: if then thine eye be single, thy whole bodie shall be light.
But if thyne eye be wicked, then all thy bodie shalbe darke. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkenes, howe greate is that darkenes!
No man can serue two masters: for either he shall hate the one, and loue the other, or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye can not serue God and riches.
Therfore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drinke: nor yet for your bodie, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more wroth then meat? and the bodie then raiment?
Beholde the foules of the heauen: for they so we not, neither reape, not carie into the barnes: yet your heauenlie Father fedeth them. Are ye not muche better then they?
Whiche of you by takyng care, is able to adde one cubit vnto his stature?
And why care ye for raiment? Learne, how the lilies of the field do grow: they labour not, nether spinne:
Yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in al his glorie was not arayed like one of these.
Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the field which is to day, and tomorowe is cast into the ouen, shall he not (do) muche more vnto you, ô ye of litle faith?
Therfore take no thoght, saying, What shal we eat? or what shal we drinke? or wherwith shal we be clothed?
(For after all these things seke the Gentiles) for your heauenlie Father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these things.
But seke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnes, and al these things shalbe ministred vnto you.
Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe: the day hathe ynough with his owne grief.
IVdge not, that ye be not iudged.
For with what iudgement ye iudge, ye shal be iudged, and with what measure ye mette, it shall be measured to you againe.
And why seest thou the mote, that is in thy brothers eye, and perceiuest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?
Or howe saist thou to thy brother, Suffer me to cast out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde a beame is in thine owne eye?
Hypocrite, firste cast out the beame out of thine owne eye, and then shalt thou se clearely to caste out the mote out of thy brothers eye.
¶ Giue ye not that which is holie, to dogges, nether caste ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their fete, and turning againe, all to rent you.
¶ Aske, and it shalbe giuen you: seke, and ye shal finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.
For whosoeuer asketh, receyueth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to hym that knocketh, it shalbe opened.
For what man is there among you, which if his sonne aske hym bread, wolde gyue hym a stone?
Or if he aske fish, wil he giue him a serpent?
If ye then, which are euill, can giue to your children good giftes, how muche more shal your Father which is in heauen, giue good things to them that aske him?
Therefore whatsoeuer ye wolde that men shulde do to you, euen so do ye, to them: for this is the Law and the Prophetes.
¶ Enter in at the streicte gate: for it is the wide gate, and broad way that leadeth to destruction: and manie there be which go in thereat.
Because the gate is streicte, and the way narowe that leadeth vnto life, and fewe there be that finde it.
¶ Be ware of false prophetes, which come to you in sheps clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues.
Ye shall knowe them by their frutes. Do men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thystels?
So euery good tre bri{n}geth forth good frute and a corrupt tre bringeth forth euil frute.
A good tre can not bring forthe euill frute: nether can a corrupt tre bryng forthe good frute.
Euerie tre that bringeth not forthe good frute, is hewen down, and cast into the fyre.
Therefore by their frutes ye shal know the{m}.
¶ Not euerye one that sayeth vnto me, Lord, Lord, shal enter into the kingdome of heauen, but he that doeth my Fathers will which is in heauen,
Manie will say to me in that day, Lorde, Lorde, haue we not by thy Name prophecied? and by thy Name cast out deuils? a{n}d by thy Name done manie great workes?
And then wil I professe to them, I neuer knewe you: depart from me, ye that worke iniquitie.
Whosoeuer then heareth of me these wordes, and doeth the same, I wil liken him to a 〈◊〉 ma{n}, which hathe builded his house on a rocke:
And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, a{n}d beat vpon that house, a{n}d it fell not: for it was grou{n}ded on a rocke.
But whosoeuer heareth these my wordes, and doeth them not, shalbe lickned vnto a foolishe ma{n}, which hathe buylded his house vpon the sand:
And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpo{n} that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.
¶ And it came to passe, when Iesus had ended these wordes, the people were astonied at his doctrine.
For he taught them as one hauing autoritie, and not as the Scribes.
NOwe when he was come downe frome the mountaine, greate multitudes followed him.
And lo, there came a leaper and worshipped hym, saying, Master, if thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.
And Iesus putting forthe his hand, touched him, saying, I will, be thou cleane: and immediatly his leprosie was clensed.
Then Iesus said vnto hym, Se thou tell no man, but go, (and) shewe thy selfe vnto the Priest, and offer the gift that Moyses commanded, for a witnes to them.
¶ Whe{n} Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto hym a Centurion, beseching him.
And said, Master, my seruant lieth sicke at home of the palsie, and is grieuously pained
And Iesus sayd vnto hym, I will come and heale hym.
But the Centurion answered, saying, Master, I am not worthie that shuldest come vnder my rofe: but speake the worde onely, and my seruant shalbe healed.
For I am a man also vnder the autoritie (of another,) and haue souldiers vnder me: and I say to one, Go: and he goeth, a{n}d to another, Come: and he cometh; and to my seruant, Do this: and he doeth it.
When Iesus heard (that,) he marueiled, and said to them that followed (hym,) Verely, I say vnto you, I haue not founde so greate faith, euen in Israel.
But I say vnto you, that manie shall come from the East and West, and shall sit downe with Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob in the kingdome of heauen.
And the children of the kyngdome shalbe cast out into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weping and gnashing of teeth.
The{n} Iesus said vnto the Ce{n}turio{n}, go thy way, and as thou hast beleued, so be it vnto thee. And his seruant was healed the same houre.
¶ And when Iesus came to Peters house, he sawe his wiues mother laied downe, and sicke of a feuer.
And he touched her hand, and the feuer left her: so she arose, and ministred vnto them.
When the eue{n} was come, they broght vnto him manie that were possessed with deuils: and he cast out the spirits with (hys) worde, and healed all that were sicke.
That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying, He toke our infirmities, and bare (our) sickenesses.
¶ And when Iesus sawe great multitudes of people about him, he commanded them to go ouer (the water.)
Then came there a certeine Scribe, and said vnto him, Master, I will folowe thee whethersoeuer thou goest.
But Iesus said vnto him, The foxes haue holes, and the birdes of the heaue{n} haue nestes, but the Sonne of man hathe not whereon to rest his head.
¶ And another of hys disciples said vnto him, Master, suffer me first to go, and burye my Father.
But Iesus said vnto hym, Followe me, and let the dead burye their dead.
¶ And when he was entred into the ship, his disciples followed him.
And beholde, there are sea greate tempest in the sea, so that the ship was couered with waues: but he was a slepe.
Then his disciples came, and awoke hym, saying, Master, saue vs: we perish.
And he said vnto them, Why are ye feareful, ô ye oflytle faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the windes and the sea: and (so) there was a great calme.
And the men marueiled, saying, What man is thys; that bothe the windes and the sea obey him!
¶ And when he was come to the other side, into the countrey of the Gergesenes, there met hym two possessed wyth deuils, which came out of the graues verie fierce, so that no man might go by that waye.
And beholde, they cryed out, saying, Iesus the Sonne of God, what haue we to do with thee? Art thou come hether to torment vs before the time?
Now there was a farre of fro{m} them, a great herd of swine feeding.
And the deuils besoght hym, saying, If thou caste vs out, suffer vs to go into the herd of swine.
And he sayd vnto them, Go. So they went out, a{n}d departed into the herd of swine: and beholde, the whole herd of swine was caryed wyth violence from a 〈◊〉 downe place in the sea, and dyed in the water.
Then the herdmen fled: and whe{n} they were come into the citie, they tolde al things, and what was become of them that were possessed with the deuils.
And beholde all the citie came out, to mete Iesus: and whe{n} thei sawe him, they besoght him to departe out of their coasts.
THen he entred into a ship, and passed ouer, and came into his owne citie.
And lo, they broght to hym a man sicke of the palsie, lying on a bed. And Iesus seyng their faith, said to the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, be of good comfort: thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.
And beholde, certeine of the Scribes sayd with them selues, This man blasphemeth.
But when Iesus sawe their thoghts, he said, Wherefore thinke ye euill thyngs in your hearts?
For whether is it easier to say, Thy sinnes are forgiuing thee, or to say, Arise, a{n}d walke?
And that ye may knowe that the Sonne of man hathe autoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (then said he vnto the sicke of the palsie,) Arise, take vp thy bed, and go to thyne house.
And he arose, and departed to hys owne house.
So when the multitude sawe it, they marueiled, and glorified God, which had giue{n} such autoritie to men.
¶ And as Iesus passed forthe from thence, he saw a ma{n} sitting at the receite of custome named Matthewe, and sayd to him, followe me. And he arose, and followed him.
And it came to passe, as Iesus sate at meat in (his) house, beholde, manie Publicanes and sinners, that came (thether,) sate downe at the table with Iesus and his disciples.
And when the Pharises sawe that, they said to hys disciples, Why eateth your master with Publicanes and sinners?
Now when Iesus heard it, he sayd vnto the{m}, The whole nede not a Physicion, but they that are sicke.
But go ye and learne what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the ryghteous, but the sinners to repentance.
¶ Then came the disciples of Iohn to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharises fast oft, and thy disciples fast not?
And Iesus sayd vnto them, Can the children of the mariage chamber mourne as lo{n}g as the bridegrome is with the{m}? But the dayes wil come when the bridegrome shalbe take{n} from them, and then shal they fast.
Moreouer no ma{n} pieceth an olde garment with a piece of newe clothe: for that that shulde fil it vp, taketh awaye from the garment, and the breache is worse.
Nether do they put new wine into olde vessels: for then the vessels wolde break, and the wine wolde be spilt, a{n}d the vessels shulde perishe: but they put newe wine into newe vessels, and (so) are bothe preserued.
¶ While he thus spake vnto them, beholde there came a certeine ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is nowe deceased, but come and lay thine hand on her, and she shal liue.
And Iesus arose and followed him with his disciples.
(And beholde a woman which was diseased with an yssue of bloode twelue yeres, came behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment.
For she said in herself, If I may touche but his garment onely, I shalbe whole.
Then Iesus turned him aboute, and seyng her, did say, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy fayth hathe made thee whole. And the woman was made whole at that houre.)
Now whe{n} Iesus came into the rulers house, and sawe the minstrels and the multitude making noise.
He said vnto them, Get you hense: for the maide is not dead, but slepeth. And they laughed hym to skorne.
And when the multitude were put forthe, he went in and toke her by the hand, and the maide arose.
And this bruite went through out all that land.
And as Iesus departed thence, two blinde men followed hym, crying, and saying: O sonne of Dauid, haue mercie vpon vs.
And when he was come in the house, the blinde came to him, a{n}d Iesus said vnto them, Beleue ye that I am able to do this? And they said vnto him, Yea, Lord.
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it vnto you.
And their eyes were opened, a{n}d Iesus charged them, saying, Se that no man knowe it.
But when they were departed, they spred abroad his fame throughout all that land.
¶ And as they wente out, beholde, they broght to him a domme man possessed with a deuill.
And when the deuill was caste out, the domme spake: the{n} the multitude marueiled, saying, The like was neuer sene in Israel.
But the Pharises sayd, He casteth out deuils, through the prince of deuils.
¶ And Iesus went about all cities and townes, teaching in their Sinagogues, and preachyng the Gospell of the kyngdome, and healyng euerye sicknes and euerie disease among the people.
But when he sawe the multitude, he had compassion vpon them, because they were dispersed, and scatered abroad, as shepe hauing no shepherde.
Then said he to hys disciples, Surely the haruest (is) great, but the laborers (are) fewe.
Wherfore praye the Lord of the haruest that he wolde send forthe laborers into his haruest.
ANd he called hys twelue disciples vnto him, and gaue them power againste vncleane spirits, to cast them out, and to heale euerie sickenes, and euerie disease.
Nowe the names of the twelue Apostles are these. The firste (is) Simon, called Peter, and Andrewe his brother: Iames (the sonne) of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother.
Philippe and Bartlemewe: Thomas, and Matthewe the Publicane: Iames (the sonne) of Alpheus, and Lebbeus whose surname was Thaddeus.
Simon the Cananite, a{n}d Iudas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
These twelue did Iesus send forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the waye of the Gentiles, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter ye not.
But go rather to the lost shepe of the house of Israel.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heauen is at hand.
Heale the sicke: clense the lepers: raise vp the dead: cast out the deuils. Frely ye haue receiued, frely giue.
"Possesse not golde, nor siluer, nor money in your girdels.
Nor a scrippe for the iorney, nether two coates, nether shoes, nor a staffe: for the workeman is worthie of his meat.
And into whatsoeuer citie or towne ye shal come, enquire who is worthie in it, and there abide til ye go thence.
And when ye come into an house, salute the same.
And if the house be worthie, let your peace come vpon it: but if it be not worthie, let you peace returne to you.
And whosoeuer shal not receiue you, nor heare your wordes, when ye departe out of that house, or that citie, shake of the dust of your fete.
Truely I say vnto you, it shalbe easier for the{m} of the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.
¶ Beholde, I send you as shepe in the middes of wolues: be ye therefore wise as serpentes, and innocent as doues.
But beware of men, for they will deliuer you vp to the Councils, and will scourge you in their Synagogues.
And ye shall be broght to the gouernours and Kings for my sake, in witnes to the{m} and to the Gentiles.
But when they deliuer you vp, take no thoght how or what ye shal spake: for it shal be giue{n} you in that houre, what ye shall say.
For it is not ye that speake, but the spirit of your Father whiche speaketh in you.
And the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shall rise against (their) parents, and cause them to dye.
And ye shalbe hated of all men for my Name: but he that endureth to the end he shalbe saued.
And when they persecute you in this citie, flee into another: for verely I say vnto you, ye shall not finish (all) the cities of Israel, till the Sonne of man become.
The disciple is not aboue his master, nor the seruant aboue his Lord.
It is ynough for the disciple to be as his master (is,) & the seruant as his Lord. If they haue called the master of the house Beelzebub, how muche more the{n} of his housholde
Feare them not therefore: for there is nothing couered, that shal not be disclosed nor hid, that shall not be knowen.
What I tel you in darkenes, that speake ye in light: and what ye heare in the eare, that preache ye on the houses.
And feare ye not them which kil the bodie but are not able to kill the soule: but rather feare him, whiche is able to destroye bothe soule and bodie in hel.
Are not two sparrowes solde for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father?
Yea, and all the heeres of you heade are nombred.
Feare ye not therefore, ye are of more value then manie sparrowes.
Whosoeuer therefore shal confesse me before men, him wil I confesse also before my Father, which is in heauen.
But whosoeuer shal denie me before men, him wil I also denie before my Father, which is in heauen.
Thinke not that I am come to send peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but the sworde.
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, & the daughter against her mother, & the daughter in law against her mother in law.
And a mans enemies (shalbe) they of his owne housholde.
He that loueth father or mother more the{n} me, is not worthie of me. And he that loueth sonne, or daughter more then me, is not worthie of me.
And he that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.
He that wil saue his life, shal lose it, and he that loseth his life for my sake, shal saue it.
He that receiueth you, receiueth me: and he that receiueth me, receiueth him that hathe sent me.
He that receiueth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shal receiue a Prophetes rewarde and he that receiueth a righteous man in the name of a righteous ma{n}, shal receiue the rewarde of a righteous man.
And whosoeuer shal giue vnto one of these litle ones to drinke a cup of colde water onely, in the name of a Disciple, verely I say vnto you, he shal not lose his rewarde.
ANd it came to passe that when Iesus had made an end of commanding his twelue disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
¶ And when Iohn heard in the prison the workes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said vnto him.
Art thou he that shulde come; or shal we loke for another?
And Iesus answering, said vnto them, Go and shewe Iohn, what things ye haue heard and sene.
The blinde receiue sight, and the halt go: the lepers are clensed, and the deaf heare: the dead are raised vp, and the pore receiue the Gospel.
And blessed is he that shal not be offended in me.
And as they departed, Iesus began to speake vnto the multitude, of Iohn, What went ye out into the wildernes to se? A reed shaken with the winde?
But what went ye out to se? A man clothed in soft raiment? Beholde, they that we are soft clothing, are in Kings houses.
But what went ye out to se? A Prophet? Yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet.
For this is he of whome it is written, Beholde. I send my messenger before thy face, whiche shall prepare thy way before thee.
Verely I say vnto you, among the{m} whiche are begotten of women, arose there not a greater then Iohn Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is the least in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.
And from the time of Iohn Baptist hitherto, the kingdome of heauen suffreth violence, and the violent take it by force.
For al the Prophetes and the Law prophecied vnto Iohn.
And if ye will receiue it, this is Elias whiche was to come.
¶ He that hath eares to heare, let him heare
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto litle children which sit in the markets, and call vnto their felowes.
And say, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not danced, we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented.
For Iohn came nether eating nor drinkyng and they say, He hathe a deuil.
The Sonne of man came eatyng and drinking, and they say, Beholde a glotton and a drinker of wine, a friend vnto Publicanes and sinners: but wisdome is iustified of her children.
¶ Then began he to vpbraide the cities, wherein most of his great worke were done because they repented not.
Wo (be) to 〈◊〉. Chorazin: Wo (be) to thee Bethsaida: for if the great workes, whiche were done in you, had bene done in! Tyrus and Sidon, they had repented long agone in 〈◊〉 and ashes.
But I say to you, It shalbe easier for Tyrus and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you.
And thou, Capernaum, whiche art lifted vp vnto heauen, shalt be broght downe to hell: for if the great workes, whiche haue bene done in thee, had bene done among them of Sodom, they had remained to this day.
But I say vnto you, that it shalbe easier for them of the land of Sodom in the day of iudgement, then for thee.
At that time Iesus answered, and said, I giue thee thankes, ô Father, Lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstandyng, & hast opened them vnto babes.
It is so, ô Father, because thy good pleasure was suche.
Al things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Sonne, but the Father: nether knoweth any man the Father but the Sonne, and he to whome the Sonne will reueile (him.)
Come vnto me, all ye that are wearie and laden, and I wil ease you.
Take my yoke on you, and learne of me, that I am meke and lowlie in heart: and ye shal finde rest vnto your soules.
For my yoke is easie, and my burden light.
AT that time Iesus we{n}t on a Sabbath day through the corne, a{n}d his disciples were an hungred, (and) began to plucke the eares of corne and to eat.
And when the Pharises sawe it, they said vnto him, Beholde, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do vpon the Sabbath.
But he said vnto them, Haue ye not red what Dauid did when he was an hungred, a{n}d they that were with him?
How he entred into the House of God, and ate the shewe bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nether for them which were with him, but onely for the Priests?
Or haue ye not red in the Law how that on the Sabbath dayes the Priests in the Temple breake the Sabbath, and are blameles?
But I say vnto you, that here is one greater then the Temple.
Wherefore if ye knewe what this is, wil haue mercie and not sacrifice, ye wolde not haue condemned the innocents.
For the sonne of man is, Lord, (euen) of the Sabbath.
And he departed thence, and went into their Synagogue:
And beholde, there was a man which had (his) hand dryed vp. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heale vpon a Sabbath day? that they might accuse him.
And he said vnto them, What man shal there be among you, that shal haue a shepe, and if it fall on a Sabbath day into a pit, wil not he take it and lift it out?
How muche more then is a man better then a shepe? therefore, it is lawful to do wel on a Sabbath day.
Then said he to the man, Stretch forthe thine hand. And he stretched it forthe, and it was made whole as the other.
Then the Pharises went out, and consulted against him, how they might destroye him.
But when Iesus knewe it, he departed thence, and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all,
And charged them that they shulde not make him knowen,
That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,
Beholde my seruant whome I haue chosen, my beloued in whome my soule deliteth: I wil put my Spirit on him, and he shal shewe iudgement to the Gentiles.
He shal not striue, nor crye, nether shal anie man heare his voyce in the stretes.
A bruised rede shal he not breake, and smoking flaxe shal he not quenshe, til he bring forthe iudgement vnto victorie.
And in his Name shal the Gentiles trust.
¶ Then was broght to him one, possessed with a deuil (bothe) blinde, and domme, and he healed him, so that he which was blinde and domme, bothe spake and sawe.
And all the people were amased, & said, Is not this the sonne of Dauid?
But when the Pharises heard it, they said, This ma{n} casteth the deuils no other wise out, but through Beelzebub the prince of deuils.
But Iesus knewe their thoghtes, and said to them, Euerie kingdome deuided against it self, shalbe broght to naught: and euerie citie or house, deuided against it self, shal not stand.
So if Satan cast out Satan, he is deuided against him self: how shal then his kingdome endure?
Also if I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whome do your children cast them out? Therefore they shalbe your iudges.
But if I cast out deuils by the Spirit of God, then is the kingdome of GOD come vnto you.
Els how can a man enter into a strong mans house and spoile his goods, except he first binde the strong man, and then spoile his house.
He that is not with me, is against me: & he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
Wherefore I say vnto you, euerie sinne and blasphemie shalbe forgiuen vnto men: but the blasphemie (against) the holie Gost shall not be forgiuen vnto men.
And whosoeuer shal speake a worde against the So{n}ne of man, it shalbe forgiuen him: but whosoeuer shal speake against the holie Gost, it shal not be forgiuen him, nether in this world nor in the worlde to come.
Ethēr make the tre good, and his frute good or els make the tre euil, and his frute euil: for the tre it knowen by the frute.
O generacio{n}s of vipers, how can you speake good things, when ye are euil? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth for the good things: & an euil man out of an euil treasure, bringeth forthe euil things.
But I say vnto you, that of euerie idle word that men shal speake, they shal giue acounte thereof at the day of iudgement.
For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be co{n}demned.
¶ Then answered certeine of the Scribes & of the Pharises, saying. Master, we wolde sea signe of thee.
But he answered, and said to them, An euil and adulterous generacion seketh a signe, but no signe shal be giuen vnto it, saue the signe of the Prophet Ionas.
For as Ionas was thre dayes, a{n}d thre nights in the whales bellie: so shal the Sonne of man be thre dayes and thre nights in the heart of the earth.
The men of Nineue shal rise in iudgement with this generacion, and co{n}demne it: for they repented at the preaching of Ionas: & beholde, a greater then Ionas is here.
The Quene of the South shal rise in iudgement with this generacion, and shal co{n}demne it: for she came from the vtmost parties of the earth to heare the wisdome of Solomon: and beholde, a greater then Solomon (is) here.
¶ Now when the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drye places, seking rest, and findeth none.
Then he saith, I wil returne into mine house from whence I came: & when he is come, he findeth it emptie, swept and garnished.
¶ Then he goeth, & taketh vnto him seuen other spirits worse then him self, and they entre in, and dwell there: and the end of that man is worse then the beginning. Euen so shal it be with this wicked generacion.
¶ While he yet spake to the multitude, beholde, his mother, and his brethren stode without, desiring to speake with him.
The{n} one said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speake with thee.
But he answered, and said to him that tolde him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
And he stretched forthe his hand towarde his disciples, and said, Beholde my mother and my brethren.
For whosoeuer shall do my Fathers wil which is in heauen, the same is my brother and sister and mother.
THe same day we{n}t Iesus out of the house, and sate by the sea side.
And great multitudes resorted vnto him, so that he went into a ship, and sate downe: and the whole multitude stode on the shore.
Then he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Beholde, a sower went forthe to sowe.
And as he sowed, some fel by the wayes side and the foules came and deuoured them vp.
And some fel vpo{n} stonie grou{n}de, where they had not muche earth, and anone they sprong vp, because they had no depth of earth.
And when the sunne rose vp, they were parched, & for lacke of rooting, with red away.
And some fel among thornes, a{n}d the thornes sprong vp, and choked them.
Some agayne fell in good grounde, and broght forth frute, one (corne) an hundreth folde, some sixte folde, and another thirtie folde.
He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
¶ Then the disciples came, and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
And he answered and sayd vnto them, Because it is giuen vnto you, to knowe the secrets of the kingdome of heaue{n}, but to the{m} it is not giuen.
For whosoeuer hathe, to him shalbe giuen, and he shal haue abundance: but whosoeuer hathe not, from him shalbe taken away, euen that he hathe.
Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seing, do not se: and hearing, they heare not, nether vnderstand.
So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which (prophecie) saith, By hearing, ye shal heare, and shall not vnderstande, and seing ye shal se, and shal not perceiue.
For this peoples heart is waxed fatte, and their eares are dul of hearing, and with their eyes they haue winked, lest they shulde se with eyes, and heare with their eares, and shulde vnderstande with their hearts, and shulde returne, that I might heale them.
But blessed (are) your eyes, for they se: and your eares, for they heare.
For verely I say vnto you, that many Prophetes, and righteous men haue desired to se those things which ye se, a{n}d haue not sene (them,) and to heare those things whiche ye heare, and haue not heard (them.)
¶ Heare ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Whensoeuer a man heareth the worde of the kingdome, and vnderstandeth it not, the euil one cometh, & catcheth away that whiche was sowe{n} in his heart: & this is he which hathe receiued the sede by the way side.
And he that receyued sede in the stonie grounde, is he which heareth the word, and incontinenly with ioye receiueth.
Yet hathe he no roote in him self, a{n}d dureth but a season: for assone as tribulation or persecution cometh because of the worde, by and by he is offended.
And he that receiueth the sede amo{n}g thornes, is he that heareth the word: but the care of this worlde, a{n}d the deceitfulnes of riches choke the worde, and he is made vnfrutful.
But he that receyueth the sede in the good grounde, is he that heareth the worde, & vnderstandeth it, which also beareth frute, and bringeth forth, some an hu{n}dreth folde, some sixtie folde, and some thirtie folde.
¶ Another parable put he forthe vnto the{m}, saying, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a ma{n} which sowed good seed in his field.
But while men slept, there came hys enemie, and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
And whe{n} the blade was spro{n}g vp, & broght forthe frute, then appeared the tares also.
Then came the seruants of the householder, and sayd vnto him, Master, sowedst not thou good sede in thy field? fro{m} whence then hathe it tares?
And he said to them, The enuious ma{n} hathe done this. Then the seruants said vnto him, Wilt thou the{n} that we go and gather the{m} vp?
But he said, Nay, lest while ye, go about to gather the tares, ye pluck vp also with them the wheat.
Let bothe growe together vntill the haruest, and in tyme of haruest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye first the tares, and bynde them in sheaues to burne them: but gather the wheat into my barne.
¶ Another parable he put forthe vnto the{m}, saying, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a graine of mustard sede, which a ma{n} taketh and soweth in his field:
Which in dede is the least of all sedes: but whe{n} it is growe{n}, it is the greatest among herbes, and it is a tre, so that the birdes of heaue{n} come and buylde in the branches thereof.
¶ Another parable speake he to them, The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto leauen, which a woman taketh and hideth in three peckes of meale, til all be leauened.
¶ Al these things spake Iesus vnto the multitude in parables, and without parables spake he not to them.
That it might be fulfilled, whiche was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I wil open my mouth in parables, a{n}d will vtter the things which haue bene kept secret from the fundacion of the worlde.
Then sent Iesus the multitude awaye, and went into the house. And his disciples came vnto hym; saying, Declare vnto vs the parable of the tares of the field.
Then answered he, and said to the{m}, He that soweth the good sede, is the Sonne of man.
And the field is the worlde, and the good sede, they are the children of the kingdome, and the tares are the children of the wicked
And the enemie that soweth them, is the deuil, and the haruest is the end of the world, and the reapers be the Angels.
As then the tares are gathered and burned in the fyre, so shall it be in the end of thys worlde.
The Sonne of man shal sende forthe hys Angels, and they shall gather out of his kyngdome al things that offend, a{n}d them which do iniquitie.
And shall caste them into a furnais of fyre. There shalbe wailing a{n}d 〈◊〉 of teeth.
Then shall the iust men shine as the sunne in the kyngdome of their Father. He that hathe eares to 〈◊〉, let him heare.
¶ Againe the kingdome of heauen is lyke vnto a treasure hid in the field, which when a man hath founde, he hideth it, and for ioye thereof departeth and selleth al that he hath, and byeth that field.
¶ Againe the kingdome of heauen is lyke to a marchant man, that seketh good perles.
Who hauing founde a perle of great price, went and solde all that he had, and boght it.
¶ Againe the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a drawe net cast into the sea, that gathereth of all kindes (of things.)
Which, when it is full, men drawe to land, and sit and gather the good into vessels, and cast the bad away.
So shal it be at the end of the worlde, The Angels shal go forthe, and feuer the bad fro{m} among the iust.
And shall cast them into a furnais of fyre: there shall be wailling, & gnashing of teeth.
¶ Iesus said vnto them, Vnderstand ye all these things? They said vnto him, Yea, Lord.
Then said he vnto them, Therefore euerie Scribe which is taught vnto the kingdome of heauen, is like vnto an householder, whiche bringeth forth out of his treasure thinges bothe newe and olde.
¶ And it came to passe, that when Iesus had ended these parables, he departed thence.
And came into his owne countrey, and taught the{m} in their Synagogue, so that they were astonied, a{n}d said, Whence cometh this wisdome and great workes vnto this man?
Is not thys the carpenters sonne? Is not his mother called Marie, and his brethren Iames and Ioses, and Simon and Iudas?
And are not his sisters all with vs? Whence then hathe he all these things?
And they were offended with him. Then Iesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, saue in his owne countrey, and in his owne house.
And he did not many greate workes there, for their vnbeliefes sake.
AT that time Herode the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Iesus.
And said vnto his seruants, This is Iohn Baptist. He is risen againe from the dead, and therfore great workes are wroght by him.
For Herode had taken Iohn, and bounde him, a{n}d put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.
For Iohn said vnto him, It is not lawful for thee to haue her.
And when he wolde haue put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.
But when Herodes birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herode.
Wherefore he promised with an othe, that he wold giue her whatsoeuer she 〈◊〉 old aske.
And she being before instructed of her mother, said, Giue me here Iohn Baptist head in a platter.
And the King was sorie: neuertheles because of the othe, and them that sate with him at the table, he commanded it to be giue{n} (her.)
And sent, a{n}d beheaded Iohn in the prison.
And his head was broght in a platter, and giuen to the maide, and she broght it vnto her mother.
And his disciples came, and toke vp his bodie, and buried it, and went, and tolde Iesus.
And when Iesus heard it, he departed the{n}ce by ship into a desert place a parte. And when the multitude had heard it, they followed him a fote out of the cities.
And Iesus went forthe a{n}d sawe a great multitude, and was moued with compassion towarde them, and he healed their sicke.
¶ And when euen was come, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, a{n}d the houre is alreadie paste: let the multitude departe, that they may go into the townes, and bye them vitailes.
But Iesus said to them, They haue no nede to go away: giue ye them to eat.
Then said they vnto him, We haue here but fiue loaues, and two fishes.
And he said, Bring them hether to me.
And he commanded the multitude to sit downe on the grasse, a{n}d toke the fiue loaues and two fishes, and loked vp to heauen and blessed, and brake, and gaue the loaues to his disciples, & the disciples to the multitude
And they did all eat, and were sufficed, and they toke vp of the fragments that remained twelue baskets ful.
And they that had eaten, were aboute fiue thousand me{n}, beside women & litle childre{n}.
¶ And straight way Iesus co{m}pelled his disciples to enter into a ship, and to go ouer before him, while he sent the multitude away.
And assone as he had sent the multitude awaye, he went vp into a mountaine alone to pray: and when the euening was come, he was there alone.
And the ship was now in the middes of the sea, and was tossed with waues: for it was a contrarie winde.
And in the fourth watche of the night, Iesus went vnto them, walking on the sea.
And when his disciples sawe him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit, and cryed out for feare.
But strayght waye Iesus spake vnto them, saying, Be of good comforte. It is I: be not afrayed.
Then Peter answered him, and said, Master, if it be thou, byd me come vnto thee on the water.
And he sayd, Come. And when Peter was come downe out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Iesus.
But when he sawe a mightie winde, he was afraied: a{n}d as he beganne to sinke, he cried, saying, Master, saue me.
So immediatly Iesus stretched forthe hys hand, and caught him, and said to him, O thou of litle faith, wherefore didest thou dout?
And assone as they were come into the ship the winde ceased.
Then they that were in the ship, came and worshipped him, saying, Of a trueth thou art the sonne of God.
¶ And when they were come ouer, thei came into the land of Gennesaret.
And when the men of that place knewe him, they sent out into all that countrey rounde about, and broght vnto him all that were sicke.
And besoght him, that they might touche the hemme of his garment onely: and as manie as touch edit, were made whole.
THen came to Iesus the Scribes, and Pharises, which were of Ierusalem, saying,
Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradicion of the Elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
But he answered & said vnto them, Why do ye also transgresse the co{m}mandeme{n}t of God by your tradicion?
For God hathe co{m}manded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him dye the death.
But ye say, Whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, By the gift that is (offred:) by me, thou maiest haue profite,
Thogh he honour not his father, or his mother, (shalbe fre:) thus haue ye made the co{m}mandement of God of no autoritie by your tradicion.
O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying,
This people draweth nere vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with the lip 〈◊〉, but their heart is farre of from me.
But in vaine they worship me, teaching (for) doctrines, mens precepts.
Then he called the multitude vnto him, & said to them, Heare and vnderstand.
That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that whiche cometh out of the mouth, that defileth the man.
¶ Then came his disciples, and said vnto him Perceiuest thou not, that the Pharises are offended in hearing (this) saying?
But he answered and said, Euerie plant which mine heauenlie Father hathe not pla{n}ted, shalbe rooted vp.
Let them alone: they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: & if the blinde leade the blinde bothe shal fall into the ditche.
¶ Then answered Peter, and said to him, Declare vnto vs this parable.
Then said Iesus, Are ye yet without vnderstanding!
Perceiue ye not yet, that whatsoeuer entreth into the mouth, goeth into the bellie, and is cast out into the draught?
But those things which procede out of the mouth, come from the heart, and they defile the man.
For out of the heart come euil thoghts, murders, adulteries, fornicacions, thefts, false testimonies, sclanders.
These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with vnwashen handes, defileth not the man.
And Iesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyrus and Sidon.
And beholde, a woman a Cananite came out of the same coasts, and cryed, saying vnto him, Haue mercie on me, ô Lord, the sonne of Dauid: my daughter is miserably vexed with a deuil.
But he answered her not a worde. The{n} came to him his disciples, & besoght him, saying, Send her away, for she cryeth after vs.
But he answered, and said, I am not sent, but vnto the lost shepe of the house of Israel.
Yet she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, helpe me.
And he answered, and said, It is not good to take the childrens bread, and to cast it to whelpes.
But she said, Trueth, Lord: yet in dede the whelpes eat of the crommes, which fall fro{m} their masters table.
Then Iesus answered, and said vnto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee, as thou desirest. And her daughter was made whole at that houre.
¶ So Iesus 〈◊〉 away from thence, & came nere vnto the sea of Galile, and went vp into a mountaine and sate downe there.
And great multitudes came vnto him, hauing with them, halt, blinde, domme, maymed and manie other, and cast them downe at Iesus feete, and he healed them,
In so muche that the multitude wondered, to se the domme speake, the maymed whole the halt to go, and the blinde to se: and they glorified the God of Israel.
Then Iesus called his disciples vnto him, and said, I haue compassion on this multitude, because they haue continued with me alreadie thre dayes, and haue nothing to eat: and I wil not let the{m} departe fasting, lest they fainte in the way.
And his disciples said vnto him, Whence shulde we get so muche bread in the wildernes, as shulde suffice so great a multitude!
And Iesus said vnto the{m}, How manie loaues haue ye? And they said, Seue{n}, and a fewe litle fishes.
Then he commanded the multitude to sit downe on the grounde,
And toke the seuen loaues, and the fishes, & gaue tha{n}kes, and brake (them,) & gaue to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
And they did all eat, and were sufficed: and they toke vp of the fragments that remained, seuen baskets full.
And they that had eaten, were foure thousand men, beside women, and litle children.
Then (Iesus) sent awaye the multitude, and toke shippe, and came into the partes of Magdala.
THen came the Pharises and Sadduces, and did tempt (hym,) desirynge hym to shewe them a signe from heauen.
But he answered, and said vnto them, When it is euenyng, ye say, Fayre wether: for the skie is red.
And in the morning (ye say,) To day (shalbe) a tempeste: for the skie is red and lowryng. O hypocrites, ye can discerne the face of the skie, and can ye not (discerne) the signes of the times?
The wicked generacion, and adulterous seketh a signe, and there shal no signe be giuen it, but the signe of the Prophet Ionas: so he left them, and departed.
¶ And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotte{n} to take bread (with them.)
Then Iesus sayd vnto them, Take hede and beware of the leauen of the Pharises and Sadduces.
And they thoght in them selues, saying, (It is) because we haue broght no bread.
But Iesus knowing it, said vnto them, O ye of litle faith, why thinke you (thus) in your selues, because ye haue broght no bread?
Do ye not yet perceiue, nether remember the fiue loaues, when there were fiue thousand (me{n},) & how manie baskets toke ye vp?
Nether the seuen loaues when there were foure thousand (men,) and how manie baskets toke ye vp?
Why perceiue ye not that I said not vnto you concerning bread, that ye shuld beware of the leauen of the Pharises, and Sadduces?
Then vnderstode they that he had not sayd that they shulde beware of the leauen of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharises, and Sadduces.
¶ Now when Iesus came into the coastes of Cesarea Philippi, he asked hys disciples, saying, Whome do men say that I, the Sonne of man am?
And they said, Some (say,) Iohn Baptist, and some, Elias: and others, Ieremias, or one of the Prophetes.
He said vnto them, But whome saye ye that I am?
Then Simon Peter answered, and sayd, Thou art the Christ the Sonne of the liuyng God.
And Iesus answered, and said to him, Blessed art thou, Simo{n}, the sonne of Ionas: for flesh and blood hathe not reueiled it vnto thee, but my Father which is in heauen.
And I say also vnto thee, that thou art Peter, and vpon this rocke I will buylde my Church: and the gates of hell shal not ouercome it.
And I will giue thee the keyes of the kingdome of heauen, and whatsoeuer thou shalt binde vpon earth, shalbe bound in heauen: & whosoeuer thou shalt lose on earth, shalbe losed in heauen.
Then he charged hys disciples, that they shulde tell no man that he was Iesus the Christ.
¶ From that tyme forthe Iesus began to shewe vnto his disciples, that he must go vnto Ierusalem, and suffer manie things of the Elders, and of the hie Priests, and Scribes, a{n}d be slaine, and rise againe the thirde day.
Then Peter toke hym aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, Master, pitie thy self: this shal not be vnto thee.
Then he turned backe, and 〈◊〉 vnto Peter, Get thëe behinde me, Satan: thou art an offence vnto me, because thou vnderstandest not the things that are of God, but the thinges that are of men.
Iesus then said to his disciples, If any man wil followe me, let him forsake him self, and take vp his crosse, and followe me.
For whosoeuer wil saue his life, shal lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, shal finde it.
For what shall it profite a man thogh he shuld winne the whole worlde, if he lose his owne soule? or what shall a man giue for recompense of his soule?
For the Sonne of man shal come in the glorie of his Father with his Angels, and then shal he giue to euerie man accordyng to his dedes.
Verely I saye vnto you, there be some of them that stand here, which shal not taste of death, till they haue sene the Sonne of man come in his kingdome.
ANd after six dayes, Iesus toke Peter, a{n}d Iames, and Iohn his brother, and broght them vp into an hie mountaine a parte.
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shyne as the sunne, and his clothes were as white as the light.
And beholde, there appeared vnto them Moses, and Elias, talking with him.
Then answered Peter, and said to Iesus, Master, it is good for vs to be here: if thou wilt let vs make here thre tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloude shadowed them: and beholde, there (came) a voyce out of the cloude, saying, This is my beloued Sonne, in whom I am wel pleased: heare him.
And 〈◊〉 the disciples heard that, they fel on their faces and were sore afrayed.
Then Iesus came a{n}d touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
And when they lifted vp their eyes, they sawe no man, saue Iesus onely.
¶ And as they came downe from the mountaine, Iesus charged them, saying, Shewe the vision to no man, vntill the Sonne of man rise againe from the dead.
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then saye the Scribes that Elias must firste come?
And Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, Certeinely Elias must first come, and restore all things.
But I say vnto you, that Elias is come already, and they knewe him not, but haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they wolde: like wise shal also the Sonne of man suffer of them.
Then the disciples perceiued that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist.
¶ And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certeine man, and kneled downe to him.
And said, Master, haue pitie on my sonne: for he is lunatike, and is sore vexed: for oft times he falleth into the fyre, and oft tymes into the water.
And I broght him to thy disciples, a{n}d they colde not heale him.
Then Iesus answered, and said, O generacion, faithles, and croked, howe long nowe shall I be with you! how longe nowe shall I suffer you! bring him hitherto me.
And Iesus rebuked the deuill, and he went out of him: and the childe was healed at that houre.
Then came the disciples to Iesus a parte a{n}d said, Why colde not we cast him out?
And Iesus said vnto them, Because of your vnbeliefe: for verely I say vnto you, if ye haue faith (as muche) as (is) a graine of mustard sede, ye shal say vnto this mountaine, Remoue hence to yonder place, a{n}d it shal remoue: and nothing shalbe vnpossible vnto you.
How be it this kinde goeth not out, but by prayer and fasting.
¶ And as they abode in Galile, Iesus sayd vnto them, The Sonne of man shal be deliuered into the hands of men.
And they shal kil him, but the third day shal he rise againe: and they were very sorie.
¶ And when they were come to Capernaum, they that receiued polle money, came to Peter, and sayd, Doeth not your Master pay tribute?
He said, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Iesus preue{n}ted him, saying, What thinkest thou Simo{n}? Of whom do the Kings of the earth take tribute, or polle money? of their children, or of strangers?
Peter said vnto him, Of strangers. Then said Iesus vnto him, Then are the children fre.
Neuertheles, lest we shuld offende them, go to the sea, and cast in an angle, and take the first fishe that cometh vp, and whe{n} thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt finde a piece of twentie pence: that taken, and giue vnto them for me and thee.
THe same tyme the disciples came vnto Iesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen?
And Iesus called a litle childe vnto him, and set him in the middes of them.
And said, Verely I say vnto you, except ye be co{n}uerted, and become as litle childre{n}, ye shal not enter into the kingdome of heauen.
Whosoeuer therefore shal humble him self as this litle childe, the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen.
And whosoeuer shall receiue suche a lytle childe in my Name, receiueth me.
But whosoeuer shall offende one of these litle ones which beleue in me, it were better for him, that a mylstone were ha{n}ged about his necke, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Wo (be) vnto the worlde because of offences: for it must nedes be that offences shall come, but wo (be) to that man, by whome the offence cometh.
Wherefore, if thine hand or thy fote cause thee to offende, cut them of, and cast (them) from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life, halt, or maimed, then hauing two hands or two fete, to be cast into euerlasting fyre.
And if thine eye cause thee to offend, plucke it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, then hauing two eyes, to be cast into hell fyre.
Se that ye despice not one of these lytleones: for I say vnto you, that in heauen their Angels alwayes behold the face of my Father which is in heauen.
For the Sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost.
How thinke ye? If a man haue an hu{n}dreth shepe, and one of them begone astraye, doeth he not leaue ninetie and nine, and go into the mountaines, and seke that which is gone astray?
And if so be that he finde it, verely I saye vnto you, he reioyceth more of that shepe, then of the ninetie and nine whiche went not astray.
So is it not the wil of your Father whiche is in heauen, that one of these litle ones shulde perish.
¶ Moreouer, if thy brother trespace against thee, go, and tell him his faute betwene thee and him alone: if he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother.
But if he heare thee not, take yet with thee one or two, that by the mouth of two or thre witnesses euerie worde may be confirmed.
And if he wil not vouche saue to heare the{m}, tel it vnto the Church: and if he refuse to heare the Church also, let him be vnto thee as an heathen man, and a Publicane.
Verely I say vnto you, Whatsoeuer ye binde on earth, shalbe bounde in heaue{n}, and whatsoeuer ye lose on earth, shal be losed in heauen.
Againe, verely I say vnto you, that if two of you shal agre in earth vpon any thing, whatsoeuer they shal desire, it shal be giue{n} them of my Father which is in heauen.
For where two or thre are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the middes of them.
The{n} came Peter to him, & said, Master, how oft shal my brother sinne against me, and I shal forgiue him? vnto seuen times?
Iesus said vnto him, I say not to thee, vnto seuen times, but vnto seuentie times seuen times.
Therefore is the kingdome of 〈◊〉 likened vnto a certeine King, whiche wolde take a countes of his seruants.
And when he had begonne to recken, one was broght vnto him, whiche oght him ten thousand talents.
And because he had nothing to paye, his master commanded him to be solde, and his wife, and (his) children, and all that he had, & (the dette) to be payed.
The seruant therefore fel downe, and besoght him, saying, Master, appease thine angre towarde me, and I wil pay thee all.
Then that seruants master had compassion, and losed him, and forgaue him the dette.
But when the serua{n}t was departed, he fou{n}de one of his felowes, which oght him an hundreth pence, & he layed hands on him, and toke him by the throte, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
Then his felowe fel downe at his fete, and besoght him, saying, Appease thine angre towards me, and I wil pay thee all.
Yet he wolde not, but went and cast him into prison, til he shulde pay the dette.
And whe{n} his (other) felowes sawe what was done, they were very sorie, and came, and declared vnto their master all that was done.
Then his master called him, and said to him, O euil seruant, I forgaue thee all that dette, because thou prayedst me.
Oghtest not thou also to haue had pitie on thy felow, euen as I had pitie on thee?
So his master was wroth, and deliuered him to the iaylers, til he shulde pay all that was due to him.
So like wise shal mine heauenlie Father do vnto you, except ye forgiue from your hearts eche one to his brother their trespaces.
ANd it came to passe, that when Iesus had finished those sayings, he departed from Galile, and came into the coastes of Iudea beyonde Iordan.
And great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
¶ Then came vnto him the Pharises te{m}pting him, and saying to him, It is lawful for a man to put away his wife for euerie faute?
And he answered and said vnto them, Haue ye not red, that he which made (them) at the beginning, made them male and female,
And said, For this cause, shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh?
Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put a sundre that, which God hathe coupled together.
They said to him, Why did then Moses commande to giue a bil of diuorcement, and to put her away?
He said vnto the{m}, Moses, because of the hardnes of your heart, 〈◊〉 you to put away your wiues: but from the beginning it was not so.
I say therefore vnto you, that whosoeuer shal put away his wife, except (it be) for whoredome, & marie another, committeth adulterie: & whosoeuer marieth her which is diuorced, doeth commit adulterie.
(The{n}) said his disciples to hi{m}, 〈◊〉 the matter be so betwene ma{n} & wif, it is not good to marie
But he said vnto the{m}, All men can not receiue this thing, saue they to whome it is giuen.
For there are some chaste, which were so borne of (their) mothers bellie: and there be some chaste, which be made chaste by men: and there be some chaste, which haue made themselues chaste for the kingdome of heauen. He that is able to receiue (this,) let him receiue it.
¶ Then were broght to him litle children, that he shulde put (his) hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
But Iesus said, Suffer the litle children, and forbid them not to come to me: for of suche is the kingdome of heauen.
〈◊〉 And when he had put his hands on them, he departed thence.
¶ And beholde one came, and said vnto him, Good Master, what good thing shal I do, that I may haue eternal life?
And he said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but oue euen God: but if thou wilt entre into life; kepe the commandements.
He said to him, Whiche? And Iesus said, These, Thou shalt not kil: Thou shalt not commit adulterie: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false witnes.
Honour thy father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self.
The yong man said vnto him, I haue obserued all these things from my youth: what lacke I yet?
Iesus said vnto him, If thou wilt be perfite, go, sel that thou hast, and giue it to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heaue{n} and come and followe me.
And when the yong man heard that saying, he went away sorowful: for he had great possessions.
Then Iesus said vnto his disciples, Verely I say vnto you, that a riche man shal hardely enter into the kingdome of heauen.
And againe I say vnto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of 2 nedle, then for a riche man to enter into the kingdome of God.
And when his disciples heard it, thei were excedingly amased, saying, Who the{n} can be saued?
And Iesus behelde them, and said vnto the{m}, With men this is vnpossible, but with God all things are possible.
¶ Then answered Peter, and said to him, Beholde, we haue forsaken all, and followed thee: what shal we haue?
And Iesus said vnto them, Verely I say to you, that when the Sonne of man shal sit in the throne of his maiestie, ye which followed me in the regeneracion, shal sit also vpon twelue thrones, and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel.
And who so euer shal forsake houses, or brethren, or sisters, or Father, or mother, or wife or children, or lands, for my Name sake, he shal receiue an hundreth folde more, and shal inherite euerlasting life.
But manie that are first, shalbe last, and tho last (shalbe) first.
FOr the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certeine house holder, which went out at at the dawning of the day to hier laborers into his vineyarde.
And he agreed with the laborers for penie a day, and sent them into his vineyarde.
And he went out about the thirde houre, and sawe other standing ydle in the market place,
And said vnto them, Go ye also into (my) vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is right, I wil 〈◊〉 you, and they went their way.
Againe he went out about the sixt and ninth houre, and did like wise.
And he went about the eleuenth houre, and founde other standing ydle, and said vnto them, Why stand ye here all the day ydle?
They said vnto him, Because no man hathe hired vs. He said to the{m}, Go ye also into (my) vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is right, that shal ye receiue.
¶ And when euen was come, the master of the vineyard said vnto his steward, Call the laborers, and giue the{m} their hier, beginning at the last, til (thou come) to the first.
And they (which were hired) about the eleuenth houre, came and receiued euerie man a penie.
Now when the first came, they supposed that they shulde receiue more, but they like wise receiued euerie man a penie.
And when they had receiued it, they murmured against the master of the house,
Saying, These last haue wroght but one houre, and thou hast made them equal vnto vs, which haue borne the burden, and heat of the day.
And he answered one of them, saying, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didest thou not agre with me for a penie?
Take that which is thine owne, and go thy way: I wil giue vnto this last, as muche as to thee.
Is it not lawful for me to do as I wil with mine owne? Is thine eye euil because I am good?
So the last shalbe first, and the first last:for manie are called, but fewe chosen.
And Iesus went vp to Ierusalem, and toke the twelue disciples a parte in the way, and said vnto them.
Beholde, we go vp to Ierusalem, and the So{n}ne of man shalbe deliuered vnto the chief Priests, and vnto the Scribes, and they shal condemne him to death,
And shal deliuer him to the Gentiles, 〈◊〉 mocke, and to scourge, & to crucifie (him:) but the thirde day he shal rise againe.
The{n} came to him the mother of Zebedeus childre{n} with her sonnes, worshipping (him) and desiring a certeine thing of him.
And he said vnto her, What woldest thou? She said to him, Grante that these my two sonnes may sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy kingdome.
And Iesus answered and said, Ye knowe not what ye aske. Are ye able to drinke of the cup that I shal drinke of, and to be baptized with the baptisme that I shalbe baptized with? They said to him, We are able.
And he said vnto them, Ye shal drinke in dede of my cup, and shalbe baptized with the baptisme, that I am baptized with, but to sit at my right hand, and at my left hand, is not mine to giue: but (it shalbe giuen) to the{m} for whome it is prepared of my Father.
And when the (other) ten heard this, they disdained at the two brethren,
Therefore Iesus called them vnto him, and said, Ye knowe that the lords of the Ge{n}tiles haue domination ouer them, and they that are great, exercise autoritie ouer them.
But it shal not be so among you: but whosoeuer wil be great among you, let him be your seruant.
And whosoeuer wil be chief among you, let him be your seruant,
Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue; and to giue his life for the ransome of manie.
¶ And as they departed from Iericho, a great multitude followed him.
And beholde, two blinde men, sitting by the way side, when they heard that Iesus passed by, cryed saying, O Lord, the sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.
And the multitude rebuked them, because they shuld holde their peace: but they cryed the more, saying, O Lord, the sonne of Dauid haue mercie on vs.
Then Iesus stode stil, and called them, and said, What wil ye that I shulde do to you?
They said to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
And Iesus moued with compassio{n} touched their eyes, & immediatly their eyes receiued sight, and they followed him.
ANd when they drew nere to Ierusalem, and were come to Bethphage, vnto the mount of the oliues, then sent Iesus two disciples.
Saying to them, Go into the towne that is ouer against you, and anone ye shal finde an asse bounde, and a colte with her: lose them and bring them vnto me.
And if anie man say oght vnto you, say ye, that the Lord hathe nede of them, & straight way he wil let them go.
All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,
¶ Tel ye the daughter of Sio{n}, Beholde, thy King cometh vnto thee, meke and sitting vpon an asse, and a colte, the fole of an asse vsed to the yoke.
So the disciples went, and did as Iesus had commanded them,
And broght the asse and the colte, & put on them their clothes, and set him thereon.
And a great multitude spred their garments in the way: and other cutte downe branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
Moreouer, the people that went before, and they also that followed, cryed, saying, Hosanna the sonne of Dauid: blessed (be) he that cometh in the Name of the LORD, Hosanna (thou which art) in the hiest (heauens).
And when he was come into Ierusalem, all the citie was moued, saying, Who is this?
And the people said, This is Iesus the Prophet of Nazaret in Galile.
¶ And Iesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that solde & boght in the Temple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seates of them that solde doues;
And said to them, It is written, Mine house shalbe called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of thieues.
Then the blinde, and the halt came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.
But when the chief Priests and Scribes sawe the marueils that he did, and the children crying in the Temple, and saying, Hosanna the sonne of Dauid, they disdained,
And said vnto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Iesus said vnto the{m}, Yea: red ye neuer By the mouth of babes a{n}d suckelings thou hast made perfite the praise?
¶ So he left them, and went out of the citie vnto Bethania, and lodged there.
And in the morning as he returned into the citie, he was hungrie,
And seing a figge tre in the way, he came to it, and founde nothing thereon, but leaues onely, a{n}d said to it. Neuer frute grow on thee hence forwardes. And anone the figge tree withered.
And whe{n} his disciples sawe it, they marueiled, saying, How sone is the figge tre with red!
And Iesus answered a{n}d said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, if ye haue faith, and dout not, ye shal not onely do that, (which I haue done) to the figge tree, but also if ye say vnto this mountaine, Take thy self away, a{n}d cast thy self into the sea, it shalbe done.
And whatsoeuer ye shal aske in prayer, if ye beleue, ye shal receiue it.
¶ And when he was come into the Te{m}ple, the chief Priests, a{n}d the Elders of the people came vnto him, as he was teaching, and said, By what autoritie doest thou these things? & who gaue thee this autoritie?
Then Iesus answered and said vnto them I also wil aske of you a certeine thing, which if ye tel me, I like wise wil tell you by what autoritie I do these things.
The baptisme of Iohn whence was it? from heauen, or of men? Then they reasoned among them selues, saying, If we shal say from heauen, he wil say vnto vs, Why did ye not then beleue him?
And if we say, Of men, we feare the people: for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.
Then they answered Iesus, and said, We can not tel. And he said vnto them, Nether tel I you by what autoritie I do these things.
¶ But what thinke ye? A (certeine) man had two sonnes, and came to the elder, and said, Sonne, go and worke to day in my vineyard.
But he answered and said, I wil not: yet afterwarde he repented him self, and went.
Then came he to the seconde, and said like wise. And he answered, and said, I wil, syr: yet he went not.
Whether of them twaine did the wil of the Father? They said vnto him, The first, Iesus said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that the Publicanes and the harlots shal go before you into the kingdome of God.
For Iohn came vnto you in the way of righteousnes, and ye beleued him not: but the Publicanes, and the harlots beleued him, and ye, thogh ye sawe it, were not moued with repentance afterwarde, that ye might beleue him.
¶ Heare another parable, There was a certeine housholder, which planted a vineyarde, and hedged it round about, and made a wine presse therein, & buylt a tower, and let it out to housband men, and went into a strange countrey.
And when the time of the frute drewe nere he sent hys seruants to the housband men to receiue the frutes thereof.
And the housband men toke his seruants & beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Againe he sent other seruants, mo then the first: and they did the like vnto them.
But last of all he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying, They wil reuere{n}ce my sonne.
But when the housband men sawe the so{n}ne, they said among them selues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and let vs take his inheritance.
So they toke him, and cast him out, of the vineyarde, and slewe him.
When therefore the Lord of the vineyarde shal come, what wil he do to those housba{n}dmen?
They said vnto him, He wil cruelly destroye those wicked men, and wil let out his vineyarde vnto other housband men, which shal deliuer him the frutes in their seasons.
Iesus said vnto them, Redye neuer in the Scriptures, The stone which the buylders refused, the same is made the head of the corner? This was the Lords doing, and it is marueilous in our eyes.
Therefore say I vnto you, the kingdome of God shalbe taken from you, and shalbe giue{n} to a nacion, which shal bring forthe the frutes thereof.
And whosoeuer shal fall on this stone, he shalbe broke{n}: but on whosoeuer it shal fall: it wil grinde him to powder.
And when the chief Priests and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that he spake of them.
And they seking to lay hands on him, feared the people, 〈◊〉 they toke him as a Prophet.
THen Iesus answered, and spake vnto the{m} againe in parables, saying.
The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certeine King which maried his sonne,
And sent forthe his seruants, to call the{m} that were bid to the wedding, but they wolde not come.
Againe he sent forthe other seruants, saying, Tel them which are bidden, Beholde, I haue prepared my dinner: mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, & all things are readie: come vnto the mariage.
But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his ferme, and another about his marchandise.
And the remnant toke his seruants, & intreated them sharpely, and slewe them.
But when the King heard it, he was wroth, and sent forthe his 〈◊〉, and destroyed those murtherers, and burnt vp their citie.
Then said he to his seruants, Truely the wedding is prepared: but they which were bidden, were not worthie.
Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as manie as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.
So those seruants went out into the (hie) wayes and gathered together all that euer they founde, bothe good and bad: so the wedding was furnished with ghestes.
The{n} the King came in, to se the ghestes, and saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment.
And he said vnto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, & hast not on a wedding garment? And he was speacheles.
Then said the King to the seruants, Binde him hand and fote: take him away, and cast him into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weping and 〈◊〉 of teeth.
For manie are called, but fewe chosen.
¶ The{n} went the Pharises and toke counsel how they might tangle him in talke.
And they sent vnto him their disciples with the Herodians, sayinge, Master, we knowe that thou art true, and teachest the waye of GOD truelye, nether carest for anye man: for thou considerest not the persone of men.
Tell vs therefore, how thinkest thou? Is it lawful to giue tribute vnto Cesar, or not?
But Iesus perceiued their wickednes, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Shewe me the "tribute money. 〈◊〉 And thei broght him a penie.
And he said vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
They said vnto him, Cesars. Then said he vnto them, Giue therefore to Cesar, the things which are Cesars, and giue vnto God, those which are Gods.
And when they heard it, thei marueiled, and left him, and went their way.
¶ The same day the Sadduces came to him (which say that there is no resurrection) and asked him,
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man dye, hauing no children, let his brother marie his wife, and raise vp sede vnto his brother.
Now there were with vs seuen brethren, a{n}d the first maried a wife, a{n}d deceased: & hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.
Like wise also the seconde, and the third, vnto the seuenth.
And last of all the woman dyed also.
Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife shal she be of the seuen? for all had her.
Then Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Ye are deceiued, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
For in the resurrection they nether marie wiues, nor wiues are bestowed in mariage, but are as the Angels of God in heauen.
And concerning the resurrectio{n} of the dead haue ye not red what is spoken vnto you of God, saying,
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the liuing,
And when the people heard it, they were astonied at his doctrine.
¶ But when the Pharises had heard, that he had put the Sadduces to silence, they assembled together.
And one of them, (which was) an expounder of the Law, asked him a question, te{m}pting him, and saying,
Master, which is the great commandement in the Law?
Iesus said to him, Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soule, and with all thy minde.
This is the first and the great co{m}mandeme{n}t.
And the seconde is like vnto this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self.
On these two commandements ha{n}geth the whole Law, and the Prophetes.
¶ While the Pharises were gathered together, Iesus asked them,
Saying, What thinke ye of Christ? whose sonne is he? They said vnto him, Dauids.
He said vnto them, How then doeth Dauid in spirit call him Lord, saying,
The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, til I make thine enemies thy fotestole?
If then Dauid call him? Lord, how is he his sonne?
And none colde answer him a worde, nether durst anie from that daye forthe aske him anie mo questions.
THen spake Iesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
Saying, The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seat.
All therefore whatsoeuer they byd you obserue, that obserue and do: but after their workes do not: for they say, and do not.
For they binde heauie burdens, a{n}d grieuous to be borne, and laye them on mens shulders but they them selues wil not moue the{m} with (one) of their fingers.
All their workes they do for to be sene of me{n}: for they make their phy lacteries broad & make long the fringes of their garme{n}ts.
And loue the chief place at feasts, and to haue the chief seates in the assemblies,
And gretings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
But be not ye called, Rabbi: for one is your"doctor, (to wit) Christ, and all ye are brethren.
And call no man your father vpon the earth: for their is but one, your Father which is in heauen.
Be not called doctors: for one is your doctor, (euen) Christ.
But he that is greatest among you, let him be your seruant.
For whosoeuer wil exalt him self, shalbe broght low: and whosoeuer wil humble him self, shalbe exalted.
¶ Wo therefore (be) vnto you Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heaue{n} before men: for ye your selues go not in, nether suffer ye them that wolde enter, to come in.
Wo (be) vnto you Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye deuoure widdowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers: wherefore ye shal receiue the greater damnacion.
Wo (be) vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye compasse sea and land to make one of your profession: and when he is made, ye make him two folde more the childe of hel, then you your selues.
Wo (be) vnto you blinde guides, whiche say, Whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the Temple, he offendeth.
Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the golde; or the Temple that sanctifieth the golde?
And whosoeuer sweareth by the altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the offring (that is) vpon it, offendeth.
Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the offryng, or the altar whiche sanctifieth the offring?
Whosoeuer therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, a{n}d by all things thereon.
And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, a{n}d by hym that dwelleth therein.
And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, & by him that sitteth thereon.
¶ Wo (be) to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye tythe mynt, and annyse, and commyn, and leaue the weightier matters of the Law, (as) iudgement, and mercie, and fidelitie. These oght ye to haue done, & not to haue left the other.
Ye blinde guides, whiche straine out a gnatte, and swalow a camel.
¶ Wo (be) to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for, ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup, & of the platter: but within thei are ful of briberie and excesse.
Thou blinde Pharise, clense first the inside of the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be cleane also.
Wo (be) to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are like vnto whited tombes, which appeare beautiful outwarde, but are within ful of dead mens bones, and of all filthines.
So are ye also: for outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men, but within ye are ful of hypocrisie and iniquitie.
¶ Wo (be) vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye buylde the tombes of the Prophetes, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
And say, If we had bene in the dayes of our fathers, we wolde not haue bene parteners with them in the blood of the Prophetes.
So them ye be witnesses vnto yourselues, that ye are the children of them that murthered the Prophetes.
Fulfil ye also the measure of your fathers.
O serpents, the generacion of viperes, how shulde ye escape the damnacion of hel!
Wherefore beholde, I send vnto you Prophetes, and wise men, and Scribes, and of the{m} ye shal kil and crucifie: and of them shal ye scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from citie to citie,
That vpon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed vpon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous vnto the blood of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias, whome ye slewe betwene the Temple and the altar.
Verely I say vnto you, all these things shal come vpon this generation.
Ierusalem, Ierusalem, which killest the Prophetes and stoned them whiche are sent to thee, how often wolde I haue gathered thy childre{n} together, as the he{n}ne gathereth her chicke{n}s vnder her wings, and ye wolde not!
Beholde, your habitacion shalbe left vnto you desolate.
For I saye vnto you, ye shal not se me he{n}ce forthe til that ye say, Blessed (is) he that cometh in the Name of the Lord.
ANd Iesus went out, & departed fro{m} the Temple, and his disciples came to him,
And Iesus said vnto them, Se ye not all these things? Verely I say vnto you, there shal not be here left a stone vpon a stone that shal not be cast downe.
And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, his disciples came vnto him a parte, saying. TEll vs whe{n} these things shalbe, and what signe (shalbe) of thy comming, and of the end of the worlde.
And Iesus answered, and said vnto them Take hede that no man deceiue you.
For manie shal come in my Name, saying, I am Christ, and shal deceiue manie.
And ye shal heare of warres, and rumors of warres: se that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to passe, but the end is not yet.
For nacion shal rise against nacion, and realme againste realme, and there shalbe pestilence, and famine, and earth quakes in diuers places.
Al these are but the beginning of sorowes.
Then shall they deliuer you vp to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shalbe hated of all nacions for my Names sake.
And then shal manie be offende, & shal betray one another, and shal hate one another.
And manie false prophetes shall arise, and shal deceiue manie.
And because iniquitie shalbe increased, the loue of manie shalbe colde.
But he that endureth to the end, he shalbe saued.
And thys Gospell of the kingdome shalbe preached through the whole worlde for a witnes vnto all nacions, and then shall the ende come.
¶ When ye therefore shal se the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, standing in the holie place, (let him that readeth consider it.)
Then let them which be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines.
Let him which is on the house top, not come downe to fetch anie thing out of his house.
And he that is in the field, let not him returne backe to fetch his clothes.
And wo (shalbe) to the{m} that are with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.
But pray that your flight be not in the winter, nether on the Sabbath (day.)
For then shalbe great tribulation, suche as was not from the beginnyng of the worlde to this time, nor shalbe.
And except those daies shuld be shortned, there shulde no flesh be saued: but for the electes sake those dayes shalbe shortened.
Then if anie shal say vnto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there, beleue it not.
For there shal arise false Christs, and false prophetes, and shal shewe great signes and wonders, so that if it were possible, they shulde deceiue the verie elect.
Beholde, I haue tolde you before.
Wherefore if they shal say vnto you, Beholde, he is in the desert, go not forthe, Beholde, he is in the secret places, beleue it not
For as the lightning cometh out of the East and shineth into the West, so shal also the comming of the Sonne of man be.
For wheresoeuer a dead carkeis is, thither wil the egles resort.
And immediatly after the tribulations of those dayes, shal the sunne be darkened and the moone shal not giue her light, and the starres shal fall fro{m} heauen, & the powers of heauen shalbe shaken.
And then shal appeare the signe of the So{n}ne of man in heauen: & then shal all the kinreds of the earth mourne, & they shal se the So{n}ne of man come in the cloudes of heauen with power and great glorie.
And he shal send his Angels with a great sounde of a trumpet, and they shal gather together his elect, from the foure windes & fro{m} the one end of the heauen vnto the other.
Now learne the parable of the figge tre: whe{n} her bough is yet tender, & it bringeth forthe leaues, ye knowe that sommer (is) nere.
So like wise ye, when ye se all these things, knowe that the (kingdome of God) is nere, (euen) at the dores.
Verely I say vnto you, this generation shal not passe, til all these things be done.
Heauen and earth shal passe away: but my wordes shal not passe away.
But of that day and houre knoweth no ma{n}, no not the Angels of heauen, but my Father onely.
But as the dayes of Noe (were,) so like wise shal the comming of the Sonne of man be.
For as in the dayes (before) the flood they did eat and drinke, mary, and giue in mariage vnto the day that Noe entred into the Arke,
And knewe nothing, til the flood came & toke them all awaye, so shal also the comming of the Sonne of man be.
The{n} two men shalbe in the fields, the one shalbe receiued, & the other shalbe refused.
Two women shalbe grindring at the mil: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe refused.
Wake therefore: for ye knowe not what houre your master wil come
Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knewe at what watche the thief wold come, he wolde surely watche, and not suffre his house to be digged through.
Therefore be ye also readie: for in the houre that ye thinke not, wil the Sonne of man come.
Who then is a faithful seruant and wise, whome his master hathe made ruler ouer his householde, to giue them meat in season?
Blessed (is) that seruant whome his master, when he cometh, shal finde so doing.
Verely I say vnto you, he shal make him ruler ouer all his goods.
But if that euil seruant shal say in his heart, My master doeth deferre his comming,
And begin to smite his felowes, and to eat and to drinke with the drunken,
That seruants master wil come in a day, whe{n} he loketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,
And wil cut him of, and giue him his portio{n} with hypocrites: there shalbe weping, and gnasshing of teeth.
THen the kingdome of heauen shalbe likened vnto te{n} virgins, which toke their lampes, and went to mete the bridegrome.
And fiue of them were wise, and fiue foolish.
The foolish toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.
But the wise toke oyle in their vessels with their lampes.
Now while the bridegrome taryed long, all slombred and slept.
And and at midnight there was a crye made, Beholde, the bridegrome cometh: go out to mete him.
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lampes.
And the foolish said to the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are out.
But the wise answered, saying, (We feare) lest there wil not be ynough for vs and you: but go ye rather to them that sel, and bie for your selues.
And while they went to bie, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, we{n}t in with him to the wedding, & the gate was shut.
Afterwardes came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs.
But he answered, and said, Verely I say vnto you, I knowe you not.
Watche therefore: for ye knowe nether the day, nor the houre, when the Sonne of man wil come.
For the (kingdome of heauen is) as a man that going into a strange countrey, called his seruants, and deliuered to them his goods.
And vnto one he gaue fiue talents, and to another two, and to another one, to euerie man after his owne habilitie, and straight way went from home.
Then he that had receiued the fiue talents, went and occupied with them, and gained other fiue talents.
Like wise also, he that (receiued) two, he also gained other two.
But he that receiued that one, went and digged it the earth, and hid his masters money.
But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and rekened with them.
Then came he that had receiued fiue tale{n}ts, and broght other fiue talents, saying, Master thou deliueredst vnto me fiue tale{n}ts: behold, I haue gained with them other fiue talents.
The{n} his master said vnto him, It is wel done good seruant and faithful, Thou hast bene faithful in litle, I wil make thee ruler ouer much: entre in into thy masters ioy.
Also he that had receiued two talents, came and said, Master, thou deliueredst vnto me two talents: beholde, I haue gained two other talents 〈◊〉 them.
His master said vnto him, It is wel done good seruant, and faithful, Thou hast bene faithful in litle, I wil make thee ruler ouer muche: enter into thy masters ioye.
Then he which had receiued the one tale{n}t, came and said, Master, I knewe that thou wast an hard man which reapest where thou sowedst not, a{n}d gatherest where thou strawedst not:
I was therefore afraide, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: beholde, thou hast thine owne.
And his master answered, and said vnto him Thou euil serua{n}t, & slouthful, thou knowest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.
Thou oghtest therefore to haue put my money to the exchangers, and then at my comming shulde I haue receiued mine owne with vantage.
Take therefore the talent from him, and giue it vnto him which hathe ten talents.
For vnto euerie man that hathe, it shal be giuen, and he shal haue abundance, and fro{m} him that hathe not, euen that he hathe, shalbe taken away.
Cast therefore that vnprofitable seruant into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weping, and gnasshing of teeth.
¶ And when the Sonne of man cometh in his glorie, and all the holie Angels with him, then shal he sit vpon the throne of his glorie.
And before him shalbe gathered all nacio{n}s, and he shal separate them one fro{m} another, as a shepherde separateth the shepe from the goates.
And he shal set the shepe on his right hand, and the goates on the left.
Then shal the King say to them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherite ye the kingdome prepared for you from the fundations of the worlde.
For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meat: I thursted, and ye gaue me drinke: I was a stranger, and ye lodged me:
(I was) naked, and ye clothed me, I was sicke, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me.
Then shal the righteous answere him, saying Lord, when sawe we thee an hungred, a{n}d fed thee? or a thurst, and gaue thee drinke?
And when sawe we thee a stranger, and lodged thee? or naked, and clothed thee?
Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee?
And the King shal answere and say vnto them. Verely I say vnto you, in as muche as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it to me.
Then shal he say vnto them on the left ha{n}d, Departe from me ye cursed, into euerlasting fyre which is prepared for the deuil and his angels.
For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meat: I thursted, and ye gaue me no drinke:
I was a stranger, and ye lodged me not: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Then shal they also answere him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or a thurst, or a stranger, or naked, or sicke, or in prison, and did not minister vnto thee?
Then shal he answer them, and say, Verely Isai vnto you, in as muche as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
And these shal go into euerlasting paine, and the righteous into life eternal.
ANd it came to passe, when Iesus had finished all these sayings, he said vnto his disciples.
Ye knowe that within two dayes is the Passeouer, and the Sonne of man shalbe deliuered to be crucified.
Then assembled together the chief Priests and the Scribes, and the Elders of the people into the hall of the high Priest, called Caiaphas.
And consulted how they might take Iesus by subtilitie, and kill him.
But they said, Not on the feast (day,) lest anie vprore be among the people.
¶ And when Iesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,
There came vnto him a woman, which had a boxe of verie costel eointeme{n}t, and powred it on his head, as he sate at the table.
And when his disciples sawe it, thei had indignation, saying, What neded this waste?
For this ointme{n}t might haue bene solde for muche, and bene giuen to the poore.
And Iesus knowing it, said vnto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hathe wroght a good worke vpon me.
For ye haue the poore alwayes with you, but me shal ye not haue alwayes.
For in that she powred this ointment on my bodie, she did it to burye me.
Verely I say vnto you, Wheresoeuer this Gospel shalbe preached throughout all the worlde, there shal also this that she hathe done, be spoken of for a memorial of her.
¶ Then one of the twelue, called Iudas Iscariot, went vnto the chief Priests,
And said, What wil ye giue, and I wil deliuer him vnto you? and they appointed vnto him thirtie (pieces) of siluer.
And from that time, he soght opportunitie to betraye him.
¶ Now on the first (day) of the feast of vnleauened bread the disciples came to Iesus, saying vnto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passeouer?
And he said, Go into the citie to suche a man and say to him, The master saith, My time is at hand: I wil kepe the Passeouer at thine house with my disciples.
And the disciples did as Iesus had giuen the{m} charge, and made ready the Passeouer.
So when euen the was come, he sate downe with the twelue.
And as they did eat, he said, Verely I say vnto you, that one of you shal betraye me.
And they were exceading sorowful, and began euerie one of them to say vnto him, Is it I, Master?
And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he shal betraye me.
Surely the Sonne of man goeth his way, as it is written of him: but wo (be) to 〈◊〉 man, by whome the So{n}ne of me{n} is betrayed it had bene good for that man, if he had neuer bene borne.
Then Iudas which betrayed him, answered said, Is it I, Master? He said vnto him, 〈◊〉 hast said it.
¶ And as they did eat, Iesus toke the bread and when he had giuen thankes, he brake it, and gaue it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my bodie.
Also he toke the cup, and whe{n} he had giue{n} thankes, he gaue it them, saying, Drinke ye all of it.
For this is my blood of the Newe testament, that is shed for manie, for the remissio{n} of sinnes.
I say vnto you, that I wil not drinke henceforthe of this frute of the vine vntil that day when I shal drinke it newe with you in my Fathers kingdome.
And when they had sung a psalme, they went out into the mount of oliues.
¶ Then said Iesus vnto them, All ye shal be offended by me this night: for it is written I wil smite the shepherd, and the shepe of the flocke shalbe scattred.
But after I am risen againe, I wil go before you into Galile.
But Peter answered, and said vnto him, Thogh that all men shulde be offended by thee, ýet wil I neuer be offended.
Iesus said vnto him, Verely I say vnto thee, that this night, before the cocke crowe, thou shalt denie me thrise.
Peter said vnto him, Thogh I shulde dye with thee, yet wil I not denie thee. Like wise also said all the disciples.
¶ Then went Iesus with the{m} into a place whiche is called Gethsemane, and said vnto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
And he toke Peter, and the two sonnes of Zebedeus, and began to waxe sorowful, & grieuously troubled.
The{n} said Iesus vnto them, My soule is verie heauie (euen) vnto the death: tarie ye here, and watche with me.
So he went a litle further, and fel on his face and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup passe from me: neuertheles, not as I wil, but as thou wilt.
After he came vnto the disciples, & founde them a slepe, and said to Peter, What? colde ye not watche with me one houre?
Watch, and pray, that ye enter not into tentation: the spirit in dede is readie, but the flesh is weake.
Againe went away the seconde time and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup can not passe away from me, but that I muste 〈◊〉 it, thy wil be done.
And he came, and founde them a slepe againe: for their eyes were heauie.
So he left them and went away againe, and 〈◊〉 the third time, saying the same 〈◊〉.
Then came he to his disciples, and said vnto them, Slepe henceforthe, & take your rest: beholde, the houre is at hand, and the Sonne of man is giuen into the hands of sinners.
Rise, let vs go: beholde, he is at hand that betrayeth me.
And while he yet spake, lo, Iudas, one of the twelue, came, and with him a great multitude with swordes and staues, from the high Priests and Elders of the people.
Now he that betrayed him, had giuen the{m} a token, saying, Whomesoeuer I shal kisse, that is he, lay holde on his.
And forthe with he came to Iesus, and said, God saue thee, Master, and kissed him.
Then Iesus said vnto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? The{n} came they, and laid hands on Iesus, and 〈◊〉 him.
And beholde, one of them whiche were with Iesus, stretched out (his) hand, & drewe his sworde, and stroke a seruant of the high Priest, and smote of his eare.
Then said Iesus vnto him, Put vp thy sword into his "place: for all that take the sword 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with the sworde.
Ether thinkest thou, that I can not now pray to my Father, and he wil giue me mo 〈◊〉 legions of Angels?
How then shulde the Scriptures be fulfilled, (which say), that it must be so?
The same houre said Iesus to the multitude, Ye become out as (it were against a thief, with swordes and staues, to take me: I sate daily teaching in the Temple among you, & ye toke me not.
But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the Prophetes might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsoke him, and fled.
¶ And they toke Iesus, and led him to Caiaphas the hie Priest, where the Scribes a{n}d the Elders were assembled.
And Peter followed him a farre of vnto the hie Priests hall, and went in, and sate with the seruants to se the end.
Now the chief Priests and the Elders, and all the whole council soght false witnes against Iesus, to put him to death.
But they founde none, and thogh many false witnesses came, yet founde they none: but at the last came two false witnesses,
And said, This man said, I can destroy the Temple of God, and buylde it in thre dayes.
Then the chief Priest arose, and said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What is the matter that these men witnes against thee?
But Iesus helde his peace. Then the chief Priest answered, and said to him, I charge thee by the liuing God, that thou tell vs, if thou be the Christ the Sonne of God.
Iesus said to him, Thou hast said it: neuertheles I say vnto you, hereafter shal ye se the Sonne of man, sitting at the right hand of the power of (God) and come in the cloudes of the heauen.
Then the hie Priest rent his clothes, saying, He hathe blasphemed: what haue we any more nede of witnesses? beholde, now ye haue heard his blasphemie.
What thinke ye? They answered, and said, He is worthie to dye.
Then spat they in his face, and buffeted him: & other smote him with their roddes,
Saying, Prophecie to vs, ô Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
¶ Peter sate without in the hall: a{n}d a maide came to him, saying, Thou also wast with Iesus of Galile.
But he denied before them all, saying, I wot not what thou saist.
And when he went out into the porche, another (maide) sawe him, and said vnto them that were there, This man was also with Iesus of Nazaret.
And againe he denyedwith an othe, saying I knowe not the man.
So after a while, came vnto him thei that stode by, and said vnto Peter, Surely thou art also one of them: for euen thy speache bewrayeth thee.
Then began he to curse (him) self, and to sweare, saying, I knowe not the man. And immediatly the cocke crewe.
Then Peter remembred the wordes of Iesus which had said vnto him, Before the cocke crowe, thou shalt deny me thrise. So he went out, and wept bitterly.
WHen the morning was come, all the chief Priests, and the Elders of the people toke counsel against Iesus, to put him to death.
And led him away bounde, and deliuered him vnto Pontius Pilate the gouernour.
¶ Then when Iudas which betrayed him, sawe that he was condemned, he repented him self, & broght againe the thirtie (pieces) of siluer to the chief Priests, and Elders,
Saying, I haue sinned betraying the innocent blood. But they said, What is that to vs? se thou to it.
And when he had cast downe the siluer (pieces) in the Temple, he departed, and went, and hanged him self.
And the chief Priests toke the siluer (pieces) and said, It is not lawful for vs to put them into the treasure, because it is the price of blood.
And they toke counsel, a{n}d boght with them a potters field, for the buryal of strangers.
Wherefore that field is called, the field of blood, vntil this day.
(Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Ieremias the Prophet, saying, And they toke thirtie siluer (pieces,) the price of him that was valued, whome (they) of the childre{n} of Israel valued.
And thei gaue them for the potters field, as the Lord appointed me)
¶ And Iesus stode before the gouernour, & the gouernour asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Iewes? Iesus said vnto him, Thou saist it.
And whe{n} he was accused of the chief Priests and Elders, he answered nothing.
Then said Pilate vnto him, Hearest thou not how many things they laye against thee?
But he answered him not to one worde, in so muche that the gouernour marueiled greatly.
Now at the feast, the gouernour was wont to deliuer vnto the people a prisoner, whome they wolde.
And they had then a not able prisoner, called Barabbas.
When they were then gathered together, Pilate said vnto them, Whether wil ye that I let loose vnto you Barabbas, or Iesus which is called Christ?
(For he knewewel, that for enuie they had deliuered him.
Also when he was set downe vpon the iudgement seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Haue thou nothing to do with that 〈◊〉 man: for I haue suffered many things this day in a dreame by reason of him.)
But the chief Priests and the Elders had persuaded the people that thei shulde aske Barabbas, and shulde destroy Iesus.
Then the gouernour answered, and said vnto the{m}, Whether of the twaine wil ye that I let loose vnto you? And they said, Barrabas.
Pilate said vnto them, What shal I do then with Iesus whiche is called Christ? Thei all said to him, Let him be crucified.
The{n} said the gouernour, But what euil hath he done? Then thei cryed the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
When Pilate sawe that he auailed nothing, but that more tumulte was made, he toke water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying. I am innocent of the blood of this iust man: loke you to it.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood (be) on vs, and on our children.
Thus let he Barabbas loose vnto them, and scourged Iesus, and deliuered him to be crucified.
¶ The{n} the souldiours of the gouernour toke Iesus into the commune hall, and gathered about him the whole bande.
And thei stripped him, and put vpon him a skarlet robe,
And platted a crowne of thornes, and put it vpon his head, and a rede in his right hand, and bowed their knees before him, and mocked him, saying, God saue thee King of the Iewes,
And spitted vpon him, and toke a rede, and smote him on the head.
Thus when they had mocked him, they toke the robe from him, and put his owne raime{n}t on him, and led him away to crucifie him.
And as they came out, they founde a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they compelled to beare his crosse.
And when they came vnto the place called Golgotha, (that is to say, the place of (dead mens) skulles.)
Thei gaue him vineger to drinke, mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he wolde not drinke.
¶ And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and did cast lottes, that it might be fulfilled, whiche was spoken by the Prophet, They deuided my garments among them, and vpon my vesture did cast lottes.
And they sate, and watched him there.
¶ Thei set vp also ouer his head his cause written, THIS IS IESVS THE KING OF THE IEWES.
¶ And there were two thieues crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
And they that passed by, reuiled him, wagging their heads,
And saying, Thou that destroyest the Te{m}ple, and buyldest it in thre dayes, saue thy self: if thou be the So{n}ne of God, come downe from the crosse.
Like wise also the hie Priests mocking him, with the Scribes, and Elders, and Pharises, said,
He saued others, (but) he can not saue him self: if he be the King of Israel, let him now come downe from the crosse, and we wil beleue him.
He trusteth in God, let him deliuer him now, if he wil haue him: for he said, I am the Sonne of God.
That same also the thieues whiche were crucified with him, cast in his teeth.
Now from the sixt houre was there darkenes ouer all the land, vnto the ninth houre.
And about the ninth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce, saying, Eli, Eli, lamasabacthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
And some of them that stode there, when thei heard it, said, This man calleth Elias.
And straight way one of them ran, and toke a sponge, and filled it with vineger, and put it on a rede, and gaue him to drinke.
Other said, Let be: let vs se, if Elias wil come and saue him.
The{n} Iesus cryed againe with a loude voyce and yelded vp the gost.
And beholde, the vaile of the Temple was rent in twayne, from the top to the bottome, and the earth did quake, & the stones were clouen,
And the graues did open them selues, and many bodies of the Sainctes whiche slept, arose,
And came out of the graues after his resurrection, and went into the holie Citie, and appeared vnto many.
When the Centurion, and they that were with him watching Iesus, sawe the earthquake, and the things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truely this was the Sonne of God.
¶ And many women were there, beholding him a farre of, which had folowed Iesus fro{m} Galile, ministring vnto him.
Among whome was Marie Magdalene, & Marie the mother of Iames and Ioses, & the mother of Zebedeus sonnes.
¶ And whe{n} the eue{n} was come, there came a riche man of Arimathea, named Ioseph, who had also him self bene Iesus disciple.
He went to Pilate, and asked the bodie of Iesus. Then Pilate commanded the bodie to be deliuered.
So Ioseph toke the bodie, and wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth,
And put it in his new to{m}be, which he had hewen out in a rocke, & rolled a great stone to the dore of the sepulchre, & departed.
And there was Marie Magdalene, and the other Marie sitting ouer against the sepulchre.
¶ Now the next day that folowed the Preparation (of the Sabbath, the hie Priests and Pharises assembled to Pilate.
And said, Sir, we remember that that deceiuer said, while he was yet aliue, Within thre dayes I wil rise.
Commande therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the third daye, lest his disciples come by nyght, and steale hym away, and say vnto the people, He is risen fro{m} the dead: so shall the laste errour be worse then the first.
Then Pilate sayd vnto them, Ye haue a watche: go, and make it sure as ye knowe.
And they wente, and made the sepulchre sure with the watche, and sealed the stone.
NOw in the end of the Sabbath, when the first (day) of the weke bega{n} to dawn Marie Magdalene, a{n}d the other Marie came to se the sepulchre.
And beholde, there was a great earth quake, for the Angel of the Lord descended from heaue{n}, and came and rolled backe the stone from the dore, and sate vpon it.
And his countena{n}ce was like lightning, and his raiment white as snowe.
And for feare of him, the kepers were astoniest, and became as dead men.
But the Angel answered, and said to the women, Feare ye not: for I knowe that ye seke Iesus which was crucified:
He is not here, for he is rise{n}, as he said: come, se the place where the Lord was laid.
And go quickely, and tell hys disciples that he is risen frome the dead: and beholde, he goeth before ye into Galile: there ye shall se him: lo, I haue tolde you.
So they departed quickely from the sepulchre, with feare and greate ioye, and dyd runne to bring his disciples worde.
And as they went to tell hys disciples, beholde, Iesus also met them, saying, God saue you. And they came, a{n}d toke him by the fete and worshipped him.
Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraied. Go, (and) tell my brethren, that they go into Galile, and there shal they se me.
¶ Nowe when they were gone, beholde, some of the watche came into the citie, and shewed vnto the hie Priests all the thynges that were done.
And they gathered them together with the Elders, and toke councel, a{n}d gaue large money vnto the souldiers.
Saying, Say, His disciples came by night a{n}d stole him away while we slept.
And if the gouernour heare of this, we will persuade him, and saue you harmeles.
So they toke the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is noised among the Iewes vnto this day.
¶ Then the eleuen disciples went into Galile, into a mou{n}taine, where Iesus had appointed them.
And when they sawe hym, they worshipped him: but some douted.
And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me in heauen, and in earth.
Go therefore, and teache all nacions, baptizynge them in the Name of the Father, and the Sonne, and the holie Gost.
Teaching them to obserue all things, whatsoeuer I haue commanded you: and lo, I am with you alwaye, vntill the end of the worlde,
THe begynnynge of the Gospell of Iesus Christe, the Sonne of God:
As it is written in the Prophetes, Behold, I send my messe{n}ger before thy face, whiche shal prepare thy way before thee.
The voyce of him that cryeth in their wildernes (is,) Prepare the waye of the Lorde: make his paths straight.
Iohn dyd baptize in the wildernes, and preach the baptisme of amendement of life; for remission of sinnes.
And all the countrey of Iudea, and they of Ierusalem went out vnto hym, and were all baptized of him in the riuer Iordan, confessing their sinnes.
Now Iohn was clothed with camels heere, and with a girdle of a skinne about his loines and he did eat locustes and wilde honie,
And preached, saying, A stronger then I, commeth after me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthie to stoup downe, and vnlose.
Trueth it is, I haue baptized you with water: but he wil baptize you with the holie Gost.
¶ And it came to passe in those dayes, that Iesus came from Nazaret, (a citie) of Galile, and was baptized of Iohn in Iordan.
And assone as he was come out of the water, (Iohn) sawe the heauens cloue{n} in twaine and the holie Gost descending vpon him like a doue.
Then there was a voyce fro{m} heaue{n}, (saying,) Thou art my beloued Sonne, in whome I am wel pleased.
And immediatly the Spirit driueth him into the wildernes.
And he was therein the wildernes fortie daies, and was tempted of Satan: he was also with the wilde beasts, and the Angels ministred vnto him.
¶ Nowe after that Iohn was committed (to prison,) IESVS came into Galile, preachyng the Gospel of the kingdome of God,
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdome of God is at hand: repent and beleue the Gospel.
¶ And as he walked by the sea of Galile, he sawe Simon, and Andre 〈◊〉 his brother, casting a nette into the sea, (for they were fishers.)
Then Iesus said vnto them, Folowe me, and I wil make you to be fishers of men.
And straight waye they forsoke their nettes and folowed him.
And when he had gone a litle further the{n}ce, he sawe Iames (the sonne) of Zebedeus, and Iohn is brother, as they were in the shippe, mending their nettes.
And anone he called them: and they left their Father Zebedeus in the ship with his hyred seruants, and went their waye after hym,
¶ So they entred into Capernaum, and straight way on the Sabbath daye he intred into the Synagogue and taught.
And they were astonied at his doctrine: for he taughtt hem as one that had autoritie and not as the Scribes.
¶ And there was in their Synagogue a man whyche had an vncleane Spirite, and he cryed.
Saying, Ah, what haue we to do with thee, o Iesus of Nazaret? Art thou come to destroy vs? I knowe thee what thou art, (euen) that holie one of God.
And Iesus rebuked him, saying, Holde thy peace, and come out of him.
And the vncleane Spirite tarie hym, and cryed with a loude voyce, and came oute of hym.
And they were all amased, so that they demanded one of another, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for he co{m}mandeth the foule spirits with autoritie, and they obey him.
And immediatly his fame spred abroad throughout all the region bordering on Galile.
¶ And assone as they were come oute of the Synagogue, they entred into the house of Simon and Andrewe, with Iames and Iohn.
And Symons wyues mother in lawe laye sicke of a feuer, and anone they tolde hym of her.
And he came and toke her by the hand, and lift her vp, and the feuer forsoke her by and by and she ministred vnto them.
And when euen was come, and the sunne was downe, they broght to him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with deuils.
And the whole citie was gathered together at the dore.
And he healed manie that were sicke of diuers diseases: and he cast out manie deuils, and suffred not the deuils to say that they knewe him.
And in the morning verie earely, before day (Iesus) arose and went out into a solitarie place, and there prayed.
And Simon, and thei that were with him, folowed after him.
And when they had founde him, they said vnto him, All men seke for thee.
Then he said vnto them, Let vs go into the next townes, that I may preache there also: for I came out for that purpose.
And he preached in their Synagogues, through out all Galile, and cast the deuils out
¶ And there came a leper to him, beseching him, and kneled downe vnto him, and said to him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.
And Iesus had compassion, and put forthe his hand, and touched him, and said to him, I wil: be thou cleane.
And assone as he had spoken, immediatly the leprosie departed from him, and he was made cleane.
And after he had giuen him a streict commandement, he sent him awaye forthe with,
And said vnto him, Se thou say nothing to anie man, but get thee hence, and shewe thy self to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing those things, which Moses commanded, for a testimonial vnto them.
But when he was departed, he beganne to tel manie things, and to publish the matter: so that Iesus colde no more openly enter into the citie, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from euerie quarter.
AFter (a fewe) dayes, he entred into Capernaum againe, and it was noysed that he was in the house.
And anone, manie gathered together, in so muche that the places about the dore colde not receiue anie more: and he preached the worde vnto them.
And there came vnto hym, that broght one sicke of the palsie, borne of foure men.
And because they colde not come nere vnto him for the multitude, they vncouered the rofe of the house where he was: and when they had broken it open, they let down the bed, wherein the sicke of the palsie laye.
Now when Iesus sawe their faith, he said to the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.
And there were certeine of the Scribes, sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts.
Why doeth this man speake suche blasphemies? who can forgiuen sinnes, but God onelie?
And immediatly when Iesus perceyued in his spirit, that thus they thoght with them selues, he said vnto the{m}, Why reaso{n} ye these things in your hearts?
Whether is it easier to say to the sicke of the palsie, Thy sinnes are forgiue{n} thee? or to say, Arise, and take vp thy bed, and walke?
And that ye may knowe, that the Sonne of man hathe autoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (he said vnto the sicke of the palsie.)
I say vnto thee, Arise and take vp thy bed, and get thee hence into thine owne house.
And by and by he arose, & toke vp his bed, and went forthe before them al, in so muche that they were all amased, a{n}d glorified God, saying, We neuer sawe suche a thing.
¶ Then he went again towarde the sea, and all the people resorted vnto hym, and he taught them.
And as Iesus passed by, he sawe Leui (the sonne) of Alpheus sit at the receite of custome, and said vnto him, Followe me. And he arose and followed him.
¶ And it came to passe, as Iesus sate at table in his house, many Publicanes and sinners sate at table also with Iesus, and his disciples for there were many that followed him.
And when the Scribes and Pharises sawe him eat with the Publicanes & sinners, they said vnto his disciples, Howe is it, that he eateth & drinketh with Publicanes a{n}d sinners?
Now when Iesus heard it, he said vnto the{m}, The whole haue no nede of the physicion, but the sicke. I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.
And the disciples of Iohn, and the Pharises dist fast, and came a{n}d said vnto him, Why do the disciples of Iohn and of the Pharises fast, and thy disciples fast not?
And Iesus sayd vnto them, Can the childre{n} of the mariage chamber fast, whiles the bridgrome is with the{m}? as long as they haue the bridegrome with them, they ca{n} not fast.
But the dayes wil come, when the bridegrome shalbe taken from them, and the{n} shal they fast in those dayes.
Also no man soweth a piece of new cloth in an olde garment: for els the new (piece) taketh away the filling vp from the olde, and the breache is worse.
Like wise, no man putteth new wine into olde vessels: for els the new wine breaketh the vessels, and the wine runneth out, and the vessels are lost: but new wine must be put into new vessels.
¶ And it came to passe as he went through the corne on the Sabbath day, that his disciples, as they went on their way, began to plucke the eares of corne.
And the Pharises said vnto him, Beholde, why do they on the Sabbath day, that which is not lawful?
And he said to them, Haue ye neuer red what Dauid did, when he had nede, a{n}d was an hungred, (bothe) he, and they that were with him?
How he went into the house of God, in the dayes of Abiathar the hie Priest, and dit eat the shewe bread, which were not lawful to eat, but for the Priests, and gaue also to them which were with him?
And he said to the{m}, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
Wherefore the Sonne of man is Lord, euen of the Sabbath.
ANd he entred againe into the Synagogue, and there was a man which had a withered hand.
And they watched him, whether he wolde heale him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
Then he said vnto the man which had the withered hand, Arise: (stand forthe) in the middes.
And he said to them, Is it lawful to do a good dede on the Sabbath day, or to do euil? to saue the life, or to kil? But thei helde their peace.
Then he loked rounde about on them an gerly, mourning also for the hardenes of their hearts, and said to the man, Stretch forthe thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored, as whole as the other.
¶ And the Pharises departed, & straight waye gathered a councel with the Herodians against him, that they might destroye him.
But Iesus auoyded with his disciples to the sea: a{n}d a great multitude followed him from Galile, and from Iudea,
And from Ierusalem, and from Idumea, and beyonde Iordan: and they that dwelled about Tyrus and Sidon, when thei had heard what things he did, came vnto hym in great nomber.
And he comma{n}ded his disciples, that a ship shulde waite for hym, because of the multitude, lest they shulde throng him.
For he had healed many, in so muche that they preassed vpo{n} him, to touche him as many as had plagues.
And when the vncleane spirits sawe hym, they fell downe before him, and cryed, saying, Thou art the Sonne of God.
And he sharpely rebuked them, to the end they shulde not vtter him.
¶ Then he went vp into a mountaine, and called vnto him whome he wolde, and they came vnto him.
And he appointed twelue that they shulde be with him, and that he might send them to preache.
And that they myght haue power to heale sickenesses, and to cast out deuils.
And the first (was) Simon, and he named Simon, Peter.
Then Iames (the sonne) of Zebedeus, and Iohn, Iames brother (and named them Boanerges, which is the sonnes of thunder.)
And Andrew, and Philippe, and Bartlemew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and Iames, (the sonne) of Alpheus, and Thaddeus and Simon the Cananite.
And Iudas Iscariot, who also betrayed him, and they came home.
And the multitude assembled againe, so that they colde not so muche as eat bread.
And when his kinsfolkes heard of it, they went out to lay holde on him: for they thoght he had bene beside him self.
¶ And the Scribes which came from Ierusalem, said, He hath Beelzebub, and through the prince of deuils he casteth out deuils.
But he called them vnto hym, and said vnto them in parables, Howe can Satan driue out Satan?
For if a kingdome be deuided againste it self, that kingdome can not stand.
Or if a house be deuided againste it self, that house can not continue.
So if Satan make insurrection against hym self, and be deuided, he can not endure, but is at an end.
No man can entre into a strong mans house, & take away his goods, except he first binde that strong man, and then spoile his house.
¶ Verely I say vnto you, all sinnes shall be forgiuen vnto the children of men, and blasphemies, wherewith they blasphemies.
But he that blasphemeth against the holie Gost, 〈◊〉 neuer haue forgiuenes, but is culpable of eternal damnation.
Because they said, He had an vncleane spirit.
¶ Then came hys brethren and mother, and stode without, and sent vnto hym, and called hym.
And the people sate about hym, and they said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother, and thy brethren seke for thee without.
But he answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brethren?
And he loked round about on them, which sate in compasse about him, and said, Beholde my mother and my brethren.
For whosoeuer doeth the wil of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
ANd he began againe to teache by the seaside, and there gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that he entred into a ship, and sate in the sea, and all the people was by the sea side on the land.
And he taught the{m} many things in parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine.
Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to so we.
And it came to passe as he sowed, that some fel by the way side, and the foules of the heauen came and deuoured it vp.
And some fel on stonie grounde, where it had not muche earth, and by and by sprang vp, because it had not depth of earth.
But assone as the sunne was vp, it caught heate, and because it had not roote, it withered away,
And some fel among the thornes, and the thornes grewe vp and choked it, so that it gaue no frute.
Some againe fel in good grounde, and did yelde frute that sprong vp, and grew, and it broght for the, some thirtie folde, some sixtie folde, and some an hundreth folde.
Then he said vnto the{m}, He that hathe eares to heare, let him heare.
And when he was alone, 〈◊〉 that were about him with the twelue, asked him of the parable.
And he said vnto them, To you it is giuen to knowe the mysterie of the kingdome of God: but vnto them that are without, all things be done in parables,
That they seing, may se, and not discerne: & they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand lest at any time they shulde turne, and their sinnes shulde be forgiuen them.
Againe 〈◊〉 said vnto them, Perceiue not this parable? how then shulde ye vnderstand all (other) parables?
The sower soweth the worde:
And these are they that (receiue the sede) by the wayes side, in whome the worde is sowen: but when they haue heard it, Satan cometh immediatly, and taketh away the worde that was sowen in their hearts.
And like wise they that receiue the sede in stonie grounde, are they, which when they haue heard the worde, straight wayes receiue it with gladnes.
Yet haue they no roote in them selues, and endure but a time: (for) when trouble and persecutio{n} ariseth for the worde, immediatly they be offended.
Also they that receiue the sede among the thornes, are suche as heare the worde:
But the cares of this worlde, and the disceitfulnes of riches, & the lustes of other things entre in, and choke the worde, and it is vnfruteful.
But they that haue receiued sede in good grounde, are they that heare the worde and receiue it, a{n}d bring forthe frute, one (corne) thirtie, another sixtie, & some an hundreth.
¶ Also he said vnto them, Is the candlye light to be put vnder a busshel, or vnder the table, and not to be put on a candlesticke?
For there is nothing hid, that shal not be opened: nether is there a secret, but that it shal come to light.
If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.
And he said vnto them, Take hede what ye heare. With g what measure ye mette, it shalbe measured vnto you: and vnto 'you that heare, shal more be giuen.
For vnto him that hathe, shal it be giuen, and from him that hathe not, shalbe taken away, euen that he hathe.
¶ Also he said, So is the kingdome of God, as if a man shulde cast sede in the grounde.
And shulde slepe, and rise vp night and day, and the sede shulde spring and grow vp, he not knowing how.
For the earth bringeth for the frute of her self, first the blade, then the eares, after that ful corne in the eares.
And assone as the frute sheweth it self, anone he putteth in the sickel, because the haruest is come.
¶ He said moreouer, Whereunto shal we liken the kingdome of God? or with what comparison shal we compare it?
It (is) like a graine of mustarde sede, which when it is sowen in the earth, is the least of all sedes that be in the earth:
But after that it is sowen, it groweth vp, and is greatest of all herbes, and beareth great branches, so that the foules of heauen may buylde vnder the shadow of it.
And with many suche parables he preached the worde vnto them, as they were able to heare it.
And without parables spake he nothing vnto them: but he expounded all things to his disciples a parte.
¶ Now the same day when euen was come, he said vnto them, Let vs passe ouer vnto the other side.
And they left the multitude, and toke him as he was in the ship: a{n}d there were also with him other shippes.
And there arose a great storme of winde, & the waues dashed into the ship, so that it was now ful,
And he was in the sterne a slepe on a pillowe: and they awoke him, and said to him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
And he rose vp, and rebuked the winde, and said vnto the sea, Peace, & be stil. So the winde ceased, and it was a great calme.
Then he said vnto them, Why are ye so feareful? how is it that ye haue no faith?
And they feared excedingly, and said one to another, Who is this, that both the winde and the sea obey him?
ANd they came ouer to the other side of the sea into the countrey of the Gadarens.
And whe{n} he was come out of the ship, there met him incontinently out of the graues, a man which had an vncleane spirit:
Who had his abyding among the graues, and no man colde binde him, no not with chaines,
Because that when he was often bounde with fetters a{n}d chaines, he plucked the chaines a sondre, and brake the fetters in pieces, nether colde anie man tame him.
And alwayes bothe night and day he cryed in the mountaines, and in the graues, and stroke him self with stones.
And when he saw Iesus a farre of, he ranne, and worshipped him,
And cryed with a loude voyce, and said, What haue I to do with thee, Iesus, the Sonne of the moste high God? I charge thee by God, that thou torment me not.
(For he said vnto him, Come out of the man thou vncleane spirit.)
And he asked him, What is thy name? and he answered saying, My name (is) Legion: for we are manie.
And he prayed him instantly, that he wolde not send them away out of the countrey.
Now there was therein the mountaines a great herd of swine, feeding.
And all the deuils besoght him, saying, Send vs into the swine, that we may entre into them.
And incontinently Iesus gaue them leaue. Then the vncleane spirits went out & entred into the swine, and the herd ran headling from the high ba{n}ke into the sea, (and there were about two thousand swine) and they were drowned in the sea.
And the swineherds fled and tolde it in the citie, and in the countrey, and they came out to se what it was that was done.
And they came to Iesus, and sawe him that had bene possessed with the deuil, and had the legion, sit bothe clothed, and in his right minde: and they were afraid.
And they that sawe it, tolde them, what was done to him that was possessed with the deuil, and concerning the swine.
Then they began to praye him, that he wolde departe from their coastes.
And when he was come into the ship, he that had bene possessed with the deuil, prayed him that he might be with him.
How be it, Iesus wolde not suffre him, but said vnto him, Go thy way home to thy friends, and shewe them what great things the Lord hathe done vnto thee, and (how) he hathe had compassion on thee.
So he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis, what great things Iesus had done vnto him: and all men did marueil.
¶ And when Iesus was come ouer againe by ship vnto the other side, a great multitude gathered to him, a{n}d he was nere vnto the sea.
And beholde, there came one of the rulers of the Synagogue, whose name was Iairus: & when he sawe him, he fel downe at his fete,
And besoght him instantly, saying, My litle daughter lieth at point of death: I praye thee that thou 〈◊〉 come and laye thine ha{n}ds on her, that she may be healed, and liue.
Then he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and thronged him.
(And there was a certeine woman, which was diseased with an yssue of blood twelue yeres,
And had suffered many things of many physicions, and had spent all that she had, and it auailed her nothing, but she became muche worse.
When she had heard of Iesus, she came in the preasse behinde, and touched his garment.
For she said, If I may but touche his clothes I shal be whole,
And straight way the course of her blood was dryed vp, and she felt in her bodie, that she was healed of that plague.
And immediatly when Iesus did knowe in him self the vertue that went out of him, he turned him rounde about in the preasse, and said, Who hathe touched my clothes?
And his disciples said vnto him, Thou seest the multitude throng thee, and sayest thou, Who did touche me?
And he loked rounde about, to se her that had done that.
And the woman feared and trembled: for she knewe what was done in her, and she came and fel downe before him, and tolde him the whole trueth.
And he said to 〈◊〉, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole: go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.)
While he yet spake, there came from the (same) ruler of the Synagogues house (certeine) which said, Thy daughter is dead: why diseasest thou the Master anie further?
Assone as Iesus heard that worde spoken, he said vnto the ruler of the Synagogue, Be not afraide: onely beleue.
And he suffered no man to followe him, saue Peter and Iames, and Iohn the brother of Iames.
So he came vnto the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, and sawe the tumulte, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
And he went in, and said vnto them, Why make ye this trouble, and wepe? the childe is not dead, but slepeth.
And they laught him to scorne: but he put them all 〈◊〉, and toke the father, and the mother of the childe, and them that were with him, and entred in where the childe laye,
And toke the childe by the hand, and said vnto her, Talitha cumi, which is by interpretation, 〈◊〉, I say vnto thee, arise.
And straight way the maiden arose, and walked: for she was of the age of twelue yeres, and they were astonied out of measure.
And he charged them straitely that no man 〈◊〉 knowe of it, and commanded to giue her meat.
AFterwarde he departed thence, and came into his owne countrey, and his disciples followed him.
And when the Sabbath was come, he began to teache in the Synagogue, and manie that heard him, were astonied, & said, Fro{m} whence hathe he these things? and what wisdome is this that is giuen vnto him, that euen suche great workes are done by his hands!
Is not this the 〈◊〉 Maries sonne, the brother of Iames and Ioses, and of Iuda and Simon? and are not his sisters here with vs? And they were offended in him.
Then Iesus said vnto them, A Prophet is not without honour, but in his owne country, & amo{n}g his owne kinred, & in his owne house.
And he colde there do no great workes saue that he laid his hands vpon a fewe sicke folke, and healed (them.)
And he marueiled at their vnbeliefe, and went about by the townes on euerie side, teaching.
¶ And he called the twelue, and began to send them two and two, a{n}d gaue the{m} power ouer vncleane spirits,
And commaunded them, that they shulde take nothing for (their) iorney, saue a staffe onely: nether scrip, nether bread, nether money in their girdles,
But that thei shulde be shod with sandals, and that they shulde not put on two coates.
And he said vnto them, wheresoeuer ye shal entre into an house, there abide til ye departe thence.
And whosoeuer shal not receiue you, nor heare you, when ye depart 〈◊〉, shake of the dust that is vnder your feete, for a witnes vnto the{m}. Verely I say vnto you, It shalbe easier for Sodom, or Gomorrha at the day of iudgement, then for that citie.
¶ And they went out and preached, that (men) shulde amende their liues.
And they cast out manie deuils: and they anointed manie that were sicke, with oyle and healed (them.)
¶ Then King Herode heard (of him) (for his name was spred abroade)and said, Iohn Baptist is risen againe from the dead a{n}d therfore great workes are wroght by him.
Other sayd, It is Elias: and some sayd, It is a Prophet, or as one of the Prophetes.
So whe{n} Herode heard it, he said, It is Iohn whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead
For Herode him self had sent forthe, a{n}d had taken Iohn, and bound him in prison for He 〈◊〉 sake, whiche was his brother Philippes wife, because he had maried her.
For Iohn said vnto Herode, It is not lawful for thee to haue thy brothers wife.
Therefore Herodias had a quarell againste hym, and wolde haue killed hym, but she colde not.
For Herode feared Iohn, knowing that he (was) a iuste man, and an holie, and reuerenced him, and when he hard hym, he did manie things, and heard him gladly.
But the time beyng conuenient, when Herode on his birthday made a 〈◊〉 to his princes and captaines, and chief estates of Galile:
And the daughter of the same Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herode and the{m} that sate at table together, the King said vnto the maide, Aske of me what thou wilt, and I wil giue it 〈◊〉.
And he sware vnto her, Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I wil giue it thee, (euen) vnto the halfe of my kingdome.
So she went forthe, and sayd to her mother, What shall I aske? And she sayd, Iohn Baptists head.
Then she came in strayght way with haste vnto the King, and asked, saying, I wold that thou shuldest giue me eue{n} now in a charger the head of Iohn Baptist.
Then the King was verie sorye: (yet) for his othes sake, and for their sakes which sate at table with him, he wolde not refuse her.
And immediatly the King sent the ha{n}gman, and gaue charge that his head shulde be broght. So he we{n}t and beheaded him in the prison,
And broght his head in a changer, and gaue it to the maide, and the maide gaue it to her mother.
And 〈◊〉 his disciples heard it, they came and toke vp his bodie, and put it in a tombe
¶ And the Apostles gathered them selues together to Iesus, and tolde, him all things, bothe what they had done, & what they had taught.
And he said vnto them, Come ye a parte into the wildernes, & reste a while: for there were manie commers and goers, that they had not leasure to eat.
So they went by ship out of the way into a desert place.
But the people saw the{m} when they departed and manie knewe him, and ranne a foote thither out of all cities, and came thither before them, and assembled vnto him.
Then Iesus went out, and sawe a great multitude, and had co{m}passion on them, because they were like shepe whiche had no shepherde: a{n}d he began to teache them manie things.
And when the day was now farre spent, his disciples came vnto him, saying, This is a desert place, and now the day is farre passed
Let them departe, that they may go into the villages and townes about, and bye them bread: for they haue nothing to eat?
But he answered, and said vnto them, Giue ye them to eat. And thei said vnto him, Shal we go and bye two hundreth penie worthe of bread, and giue them to eat?
Then he said vnto them, How manie loaues haue ye? go and loke. And when thei knewe it, they said, Fiue, and two 〈◊〉.
So he commanded them, to make them all sit downe by co{m}panies vpo{n} the grene grasse.
Then they sate downe by rowes, by hundreths, and by fifties.
And he toke the fiue loaues, and the two fisshes, and loked vp to heauen, & gaue thankes a{n}d brake the loaues, & gaue them to his disciples to set before them, & the two fishes he deuided among them all.
So they did all eat, and were satisfied.
And they toke vp twelue baskettes ful of the fragments, and of the fishes.
And they that had eaten, were about fiue thousand men.
¶ And straight way he caused his disciples to go into the ship, and to go before vnto the other side vnto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
Then assone as he had sent them away, he departed into a mountaine to pray.
And when euen was come, the ship was in the middes of the sea, & he alone on the land.
And he sawe them troubled in rowing, (for the winde was contrarie vnto them) and about the fourth watche of the night, he came vnto them, walking vpon the sea, and wolde haue passed by them.
And when thei sawe him walking vpon the sea, they supposed it had bene a spirit, and cryed out.
For they all sawe him, a{n}d were sore afraide: but anone he talked with them, a{n}d said vnto the{m}, Be of good co{m}fort: it is I be not afraide.
Then he went vp vnto the{m} into the ship, a{n}d the winde ceased, a{n}d they were sore amased in the{m} selues beyonde measure, & marueiled.
For they had not considered (the matter) of the loaues, because their hearts were hardened.
¶ And they came ouer, and went into the land of Gennesaret, and arriued.
So when they were come out of the ship, straight way they knewe him.
And ranne about through out all that regio{n} round about, (and) began to carye hither a{n}d thither in beddes all that were sicke, where they heard that he was.
And whither soeuer he entred into townes, or cities, or villages, they laid their sicke in the stretes, and prayed hym that they myght touche at the least the edge of his garme{n}t. And as manie as touched him, were made whole.
THen gathered vnto him the Pharises, a{n}d certeine of the Scribes whiche came fro{m} Ierusalem.
And when they sawe some of hys disciples eat meat with commune hands, (that is to say vnwashen)they complained.
(For the Pharises, and all the 〈◊〉, except they wash their hands ost, eat not, holding the tradition of the Elders.
And (when they come) from the market, except they washe, they eat not: and manie other things there be, which they haue taken vppon them to obserue, (as) the washyng of cuppes, and pottes, and of brasen vessels, a{n}d of tables.)
Then asked hym the Pharises and Scribes, Why walke not thy disciples according to the tradition of the Elders, but eat meat with vnwashen hands?
Then he answered and said vnto them, 〈◊〉 Esai hathe prophecied well of you, hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lippes, but their heart is farre away from me.
But they worship me in vaine, teaching (for) doctrines the commandements of men.
For ye laye the commaundement of God a parte, and obserue the tradition of men, (as) the washing of pottes a{n}d of cuppes, and manie other suche like things ye do.
And he said vnto them, Wel, ye 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 co{m}mandeme{n}t of God that ye may obserue your owne tradition.
For Moses said, Honour thy father, a{n}d thy mother: and, Whosoeuer shal curse father or mother, let him dye the death.
But ye say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, (that is,) By the gift that is (of fead) by me, thou maist haue profit (he shalbe fre.)
So ye suffre him no more to do aniethyng for his father, or his mother.
Making the worde of God of none autoritie, by your tradition which 〈◊〉 haue ordeined: and ye do manie suche like things.
Then he called the whole multitude vnto him, and said vnto them, Hearken you al vnto me, and vnderstand.
There is nothyng without a man, that can defile him, when it entreth into him: but the things which procede out of him, are they which defile the man.
If anie haue eares to 〈◊〉, let him heare.
And when he came into an house (away) from the people, his disciples asked him co{n}cerning the parable.
And he said vnto them, What? are ye without vnderstandyng also? Do ye not knowe that whatsoeuer thyng fro{m} without entreth into a man, can not defile him.
Because it entreth not into his heart, but into the bellie, and goeth out into the draught which is the purging of all meates?
Then he said, That whiche cometh out of man, that defileth man.
For from within, (euen) out of the heart of men, procede euil thoghts, adulteries, for 〈◊〉, murthers.
Theftes, couetousnes, wickednes, disceite, vnclennes, a wicked eye, backebiting pride, foolishnes.
All these euil things come from within, and defile a man.
¶ And from thence he rose, and went into the borders of Tyrus a{n}d Sido{n}, and entred into an house, and wolde that no man shulde haue knowen: but he colde not be hid.
For a certaine woma{n}, 〈◊〉 litle daughter had an vncleane spirit, heard of him, & came, and fell at his fete.
(And the woman was a Greke, a Syrophenissian by nacion) and she besoght him that he wolde caste out the deuill out of her daughter.
But Iesus said vnto her, Let the children first be fed: for it is not good to take the childrens bread, and to cast it vnto 〈◊〉.
The{n} she answered, & said vnto him, trueth, Lord: yet in dede the whelpes eat vnder the table of the childrens crommes.
Then he sayd vnto her, For thys saying go thy waye: the deuill is gone out of thy daughter.
And whe{n} she was come home to her house, she founde the deuil departed, & her daughter lying on the bed.
¶ And he departed againe from the coastes of Tyrus and Sidon, and came vnto the sea of Galile, through the middes of the coastes of Decapolis.
And they broght vnto hym one that was deafe, and stambred in his speache, and prayed him to put his hand vpon him.
Then he toke hym aside from the multitude, and put hys fingers in hys eares, and did spit, and touched his tongue.
And lokyng vp to heauen, he sighed, and said vnto him, Ephphatha, that is, be opened
And straight waye hys eares were opened and the string of hys tongue was losed, and he spake plaine.
And he commanded them, that they shuld tel no man: but how much soeuer he forbad them, the more a greate deale they published it.
And were beyonde measure astonied, saying, He hathe done all things wel, he maketh both the deafe to heare, & the domme to speake.
IN those dayes, when there was a verye greate multitude, and had nothyng, to eat, Iesus called his disciples to him, and said vnto them.
I haue compassion on the multitude, because they haue nowe continued with me thre dayes, and haue nothyng to eat.
And if I send them awaye fastyng to their owne house, they wolde faint by the waye: for some of them came from farre.
Then his disciples answered him, How can a man satisfie these with bread here in the wildernes?
And he asked them, How manie loaues haue ye? And they said, Seuen.
Then he commaunded the multitude to sit down on the grounde: and he toke the seue{n} loaues, and gaue thankes, brake (them,) and gaue to his disciples to set before (them,) a{n}d they did set (them) before the people.
They had also a fewe smale fishes: and when he had giuen thankes, he commanded them also to be set before (them.)
So they did eat, and were suffised, and they toke vp of the broken meat that was left, seuen baskets ful.
(And they that had eaten, were about foure thousand) so he sent them away.
¶ And anone he entred into a shyp with hys disciples, and came into the parties of Dalmanutha.
And the Pharises came forthe, and began to dispute with hym, sekyng of him a signe from heauen, and tempting him.
Then he 〈◊〉 diepely in his spirit, and said, Why doeth this generacion seke a 〈◊〉? Verely I say vnto you, a signe shal not be giuen vnto this generacion.
¶ So he left them, and went into the ship againe, and departed to the other side.
¶ And they had forgotten to take bread, nether had they in the ship with them, but one loafe.
And he charged them, saying, Take hede, and beware of the leauen of the Pharises, and of the leauen of Herode.
And they thoght among them selues, saying, (It is,) because we haue no bread.
And when Iesus knewe it, he said vnto the{m}, Why reason you (thys) because ye haue no bread? perceiue ye not yet, nether vnderstand? haue ye your hearts yet hardened?
Haue ye eyes and se not? and haue ye eares, and heare not? and do ye not remember?
When I brake the fiue loaues among fiue thousand, how manie baskets ful of broke{n} meat toke ye vp? They said vnto him, twelue
And when (I brake) seuen amonge foure thousande, howe manie baskets of the leauings of broken meat toke ye vp? And they said, Seuen.
Then he said vnto them, How (is it) that ye vnderstand not?
And he came to Bethsaida, and they broght a blinde man vnto hym, and desired hym to touche him.
Then he toke the blinde by the hand, and led him out of the town, and spit in his eyes, and put his hands vpon him, and asked him, if he sawe oght.
And he loked vp, and said, I semen: for I se them walking like trees.
After that, he put hys handes againe vpon his eyes, and made him loke againe. And he was restored to his sight, and sawe 〈◊〉 ma{n} a farre of clearely.
And he sent him home to his house, saying, Nether go into the towne, 〈◊〉 tell it to 〈◊〉 in the towne.
¶ And Iesus went out, and his disciples into the townes of Cesarea Philippi. And by the waye he aske hys disciples, saying vnto them, Whome do men say that I am?
And they answered, (Some say) Iohn Baptist: and some, Elias: and some, one of the Prophetes.
And he said vnto them, But whome say ye that I am? Then Peter answered and said vnto him, Thou art the Christ.
And he sharpely charged them that concerning him they shulde tell no man.
Then he began to teache them that the Sonne of man must suffer manie things, and shulde be reproued of the Elders, and of the hie Priests and of the Scribes, and be slayne, and within thre dayes rise againe.
And spake that thyng plainely. Then Peter toke him aside, and began to rebuke him.
Then he turned backe, and loked on hys disciples, a{n}d rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behinde me, Satan: for thou vnderstandest not the things that are of God, but the thinges that are of men.
¶ And he called the people vnto hym with hys disciples, and sayd vnto them, Whosoeuer wyll followe me, let hym forsake hym self, and take vp his crosse, and followe me.
For whosoeuer wyll saue hys lýfe, shall lose it: but whosoeuer shal lose his life for my sake and the Gospels, he shal saue it.
For what shall it profite a man, thogh he shulde winne the whole worlde, if he lose his soule?
Or what shall a man giue for recompense of his soule?
For whosoeuer shalbe ashamed of me, and of my words among this adulterous and sinful generacion, of him shal the Sonne of ma{n} be ashamed also, whe{n} he cometh in the glorie of his Father with the holie Angels.
ANd he said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that there be some of the{m} that stand here, whiche shal not taste of death, til they haue sene the kingdom of God come with power.
And six dayes after Iesus toke Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and broght them vp into an hie mountaine out of the way alone, and he was transfigured before them.
And his raiment did shine, (and was) verie white, as snow, so white as no fuller ca{n} make vpon the earth.
And there appeared vnto them Elias with Moses, and they were talking with Iesus.
Then Peter answered, and said to Iesus, Master, it is good for vs to be here: let vs make also thre tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Yet he knewe not what he said: for they were afrayed.
And there was a cloude that shaddowed the{m}, and a voyce came out of the cloude, saying, This is my beloued Sonne: heare him.
And suddenly they loked rounde about, and sawe no more anie man saue Iesus onely with them.
And as thei came downe from the mou{n}taine, he charged them that thei shulde tell no man what they had sene saue when the So{n}ne of man were risen from the dead againe.
So they kept that matter to them selues, & demanded one of another, what the rising from the dead againe shulde meane?
Also they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes, that Elias must first come?
And he answered, and said vnto them, Elias verely shal first come and restore all things: and as it is written of the Sonne of man, he must suffer manie things, and be set at noght.
But I say vnto you, that Elias is come, (and they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they wolde) as it is, written of him.
¶ And when he came to (his) disciples, he sawe a great multitude about them, and the Scribes disputing with them.
And straight waye all the people, when thei behelde him, were amased, and ranne to him and saluted him.
Then he asked the Scribes, What dispute you among your selues?
And one of the compagnie answered, & said Master, I haue broght my sonne vnto thee, which hathe a domme spirit:
And wheresoeuer he taketh him, he teareth him, & he fometh, & gnassheth his teeth & pineth away: & I spake to thy disciples that they shulde cast him out, and they colde not
Then he answered him, and said, O faithles generacion, how long now shal I be with you! how long now shal I suffer you! Bring him vnto me.
So they broght him vnto him, and assone as the spirit sawe him, he tare him, and he fel downe on the grounde, walowing & foming
Then he asked his Fathers, How log time is it since he hathe bene thus? And he said, Of a childe.
And oft times he casteth him into the fyre, and into the water to destroye him: but if thou canst do anie thing, helpe vs, and haue compassion vpon vs.
And Iesus said vnto him, If thou canst beleue it, all things are possible to him that beleueth.
And straight way the Father of the childe crying with teares, said, Lord, I beleue: helpe my vnbelief.
When Iesus sawe that the people came running together, he rebuked the vncleane spirit, saying vnto him, Thou domme and deafe spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and entre no more into him.
Then (the spirit) cryed, and rent him sore, & came out, & he was as one dead, in so much that manie said, He is dead.
But Iesus toke his hand and lift him vp and he rose.
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him secretly, Why colde not we cast him out?
And he said vnto them, This kinde can by no other meanes come forthe, but by prayer, and fasting.
¶ And they departed thence, and went through Galile, and he wolde not that anie shulde haue knowen it.
For he taught his disciples, and said vnto them, The Sonne of man shalbe deliuered into the hands of men, and they shal kil him, but after that he is killed, he shal rise againe the third day.
But they vnderstode not that saying, and were afraide to aske him.
After he came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he asked them, What was it that ye disputed amo{n}g you by the way
And thei held their peace: for by the way they reasoned amo{n}g the{m} selues, who (shulde be the chiefest.
And he sate downe, and called the twelue, and said to them, If anie man desire to be first the same shalbe last of all, and seruant vnto all.
And he toke a litle childe and set him in the middes of them, and toke him in his armes, and said vnto them,
Whosoeuer shal receiue one of suche litle childre{n} in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer receiueth me, receiueth not me, but him that sent me.
¶ Then Iohn answered him, saying, Master, we sawe one casting out deuils by thy Name which followeth not vs, a{n}d we forbade him, because he followeth vs not.
But Iesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man that can do a miracle by my Name, that can lightly speake euil of me.
For whosoeuer is not against vs, is on our parte.
And whosoeuer shal giue you a cup of water to drinke for my Names sake, because ye belong to Christ, verely I say vnto you, he shal not lose his rewarde.
And whosoeuer shal offend one of these litle ones, that beleue in me, it were better for him rather, that a milstone were ha{n}ged about his necke, and that he were cast into the sea.
Wherefore if thine hand cause thee to offende, cut it of: it is better for thee to entre into life, maimed, then hauing two hands, to go into 〈◊〉 into the fyre that neuer shal be quenched,
Where their worme dyeth not, and the fyre 〈◊〉 goeth out.
〈◊〉 〈◊〉, if thy foote cause thee to offende cut it of: it is better for thee to go halt into 〈◊〉, then 〈◊〉 two feete to be cast into hel into the 〈◊〉 that neuer shalbe quenched,
Where their worme dyeth not, and the fyre neuer goeth out.
And if thine eye cause thee to offende, plucke it out: it is better for thee to go into the kingdome of God with one eye, the{n} hauing two eyes, to be cast into hel fyre,
Where their worme dyeth not, and the fyre neuer goeth out.
For euerie man shalbe salted with fyre: a{n}d euerie sacrifice shalbe salted with salte.
Salte is good: but if the salte be vnsauerie, where with shal it be seasoned? Haue salte in your selues, and haue peace, one with another.
ANd he arose from thence and went into the coastes of Iudea by the farre side of Iordan, 〈◊〉 the people resorted vnto him againe, and as he was wont, he taught them againe.
Then the Pharises came and asked him, if it were lawful for a man to put away (his) wife, and tempted him.
And he answered, and said vnto them, What did Moses commande you?
And they said, Moses suffred to write a bil of diuorcement, and to put her away.
Then Iesus answered, and said vnto the{m}, For the hardnes of your heart he wrote this precept vnto you.
But at the beginning of the creacion God made them male and female.
For this cause shal man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.
And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that thei are no more twaine, but one flesh.
Therefore, what God hathe coupled together, let not man separate.
And in the house his disciples asked him againe of that matter.
And he said vnto them, Whosoeuer shal put away his wife and marie another, committeth adulterie against her.
And if a woman put away her houshand, and be maried to another, she committeth adulterie.
¶ Then they broght litle children to him that he shulde touche them: and his disciples rebuked those that broght them.
But when Iesus sawe it, he was displeased, and said to them, Suffre the litle children to come vnto me, and forbid them not: for of suche is the kingdome of God.
Verely I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shal not receiue the kingdome of God as, a litle childe, he shal not entre therein.
And he toke them vp in his armes, and put (his) hands vpon them, and blessed them.
¶ And when he was gone out on the way, there came one running, and kneled to him and asked him, Good Master, what shal I do that I may possesse eternal life?
Iesus said to him, Why callest thou me good there is none good but one, (euen) God.
Thou knowest the commandeme{n}ts, Thou shalt not commit adulterie. Thou shalt not kil. Thou shal not steale. Thou shalt not beare false witnes. Thou shalt hurt no (man.) Honour thy father and mother.
Then he answered, and said to him, Master, all these things I haue obserued from my youth.
And Iesus behelde him and Ioued him, and said vnto him, One thing is lacking vnto thee Go and sell all that thou hast, and giue to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, followe me, and take vp the crosse.
But he was sad at that saying, a{n}d went away sorowfull: for he had great possessions.
And Iesus loked rounde about, and said vnto his disciples, How hardely do they that haue riches, entre into the kingdome of God!
And his disciples were astonied at his wordes. But Iesus answered againe, and said vnto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to entre into the kingdome of God!
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a nedle, then for a riche man, to entre into the kingdome of God.
And they were muche more astonied, saying with them selues, Who then can be saued?
But Iesus loked vpon them, and said, With men (it is) impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
¶ Then Peter began to say vnto him, Lo, we haue forsaken all, and haue followed thee.
Iesus answered, and said, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hathe forsaken house or brethren or sisters, or father or mother, or wife, or childre{n}, or lands for my sake and the Gospels.
But he shal receiue an hundreth folde now at this present: houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and landes with persecutions, and in the worlde to come, eternal life.
But manie (that are) firste, shalbe last, and the last, first.
¶ And they were in the way going vp to Ierusalem, and Iesus went before them, and they were amased, a{n}d as they followed, they were afraide, and Iesus toke the tweue agayne, and began to tell them what thyngs shulde come vnto him.
(Saying,) Beholde we go vp to Ierusalem, and the Sonne of man shalbe deliuered vnto the high Priests, and to the Scribes, and they shall condemne hym to death, and shall deliuer him to the Gentiles.
And they shal mocke him, a{n}d scourge him, and spit vpo{n} him, and kil him: but the thirde day he shall rise againe.
¶ Then Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedeus came vnto hym, saying, Master, we wolde that thou shuldest do for vs that that we desire.
And he sayd vnto them, What wolde ye I shulde do for you?
And they said to hym, Grante vnto vs, that we may sit one at thy ryght hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy glorie.
But Iesus said vnto them, Ye knowe not what ye aske. Can ye drynke of the cup that I shall drinke of, and be baptized with the baptisme that I shalbe baptized with?
And they sayd vnto him, We can. But Iesus sayd vnto them, Ye shall drinke in dede of the cup that I shall drinke of, and be baptized with the baptisme where with I shalbe baptized:
But to sit at my ryght hand and at my left, is not mine to giue, but (it shalbe giuen) to them for whome it is prepared.
And when the ten heard that, they began to disdaine at Iames and Iohn.
But Iesus called them vnto him, and said to them, Ye knowe that they which delite to beare rule among the Gentiles, haue domination ouer them, and they that be amonge them, exercise autoritie ouer them.
But it shall not be so amonge you: but whosoeuer wil be great among you, shalbe your seruant.
And whosoeuer wil be chief of you, shal be the seruant of all.
For euen the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue hys life for the raunsome of manie.
¶ Then they came to Iericho: and as he went out of Iericho with hys disciples, and a great multitude, Bartimeus the sonne of Timeus a blinde man, sate by the wayes side begging.
And when heard that it was Iesus of Nazareth, he began to crye & to say, Iesus the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
And manie rebuked him, because he shulde hold his peace: but he cryed muche more, O Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
Then Iesus stode stil, a{n}d commaunded him to be called: and they called the blinde, saying vnto hym, Be of good comfort: arise, he calleth thee.
So he trewe away hys cloke, and rose and came to Iesus.
And Iesus answered, & said vnto him, What wilt thou that I do vnto thee? And the blind said vnto him, Lord, that I may receiue sight
Then Iesus said vnto hym, Go thy way: thy saith hath saued thee. And by & by, he receiued (his) sight, a{n}d followed Iesus in the way.
ANd when they came nere to Ierusalem, to Bethphage and Bethania vnto the mounte of oliues, he sent forthe two of his disciples.
And sayd vnto them, Go your wayes into that towne that is ouer against you, & assone as ye shall entre into it, ye shall finde a colte bounde, whereon neuer man sate: lose hym and bring hym.
And if anie man say vnto you, Why do ye this? Say that the Lord hathe nede of him, a{n}d straight way he wil send him hither.
And they went their 〈◊〉 and founde a colte tied by the dore without, in a place where two wayes met, and they losed him.
Then certeine of them, that stode there, said vnto them, What do ye losing the colte?
And they said vnto them, as Iesus had commaunded them. So they let them go.
¶ And they broght the colte to Iesus, and cast their garments on him, and he sate vpon hym.
And manie spred their garmentes in the way: other cut 〈◊〉 branches of the trees and strawed them in the way.
And they that went before, a{n}d they that followed, cryed, saying, Hosanna: blessed (be) he that cometh, in the Name of the Lord.
Blessed (be) the kyngdome that cometh in the Name of the Lorde of our father Dauid: Hosanna, (ô thou which art) in the hiest (heauens.)
So Iesus entred into Ierusalem, and into the Temple: and when he had loked about on al things, a{n}d now it was euening, he went forthe vnto Bethania with the twelue.
And on the morow whe{n} they were come out from Bethania, he was hungrie.
And seing a figge tre a farre of, that had leaues, he went (to se) if he might 〈◊〉 any thing thereon: but whe{n} he came vnto it, he founde nothing but leaues: for the time of figgs was not yet.
Then Iesus answered, and said to it, Neuer man eat frute of thee hereafter while the worlde standeth: and his disciples heard it.
¶ And they came to Ierusalem, and Iesus went into the Temple, and began to cast out the{m} that solde and boght in the Temple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money cha{n}gers, and the seates of them that solde doues.
Nether wolde he suffer that any ma{n} shulde cary a vessel through the Temple.
And he taught, saying vnto them, Is it not writte{n}, Mine House shalbe called the House of prayer vnto all nacions? but you haue made it a denne of theues.
And the Scribes and hie Priests hard it, and soght how to destroye him: for they feared him, because the whole multitude was astonied at his doctrine.
But when euen was come, (Iesus) went out of the citie.
¶ And in the mornyng as they passed by, they sawe the figge tre dryed vp frome the rootes.
〈◊〉 Peter remembred, and said vnto him, Master, beholde, the figge tre whiche thou cursedst, is withered.
And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Haue faith in God.
For verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer shal say vnto this mountaine, Take thy selfe away, & cast thy self into the sea, & shall not wauer in his heart, but shal beleue that those things whiche he saith, shall come to passe, whatsoeuer he saith, shalbe (done) to him.
Therefore I say vnto you, whatsoeuer ye desire when ye pray, beleue that ye shal haue it, and it shalbe (done) vnto you.
But when ye shal stand, and pray, forgiue, if ye haue any thing agaynst any man, that your Father also which is in heauen, may forgiue you your trespaces.
For if you will not forgiue, your Father which is in heaue{n}, will not pardon you your trespaces.
¶ Then they came agayne to Ierusalem: and as he walked in the Temple, there came to him the high Priests, and the Scribes, and the Elders.
And said vnto him, By what autoritie doest thou these things? and who gaue thee thys autoritie, that thou shuldest do these things?
Then Iesus answered, and said vnto them, I will also aske of you a certeine thing, and answer ye me, and I wil tel you by what autoritie I do these things.
The baptisme of Iohn, was it fro{m} heauen, or of men? answer me.
And they thoght with them selues, saying, If we shal say from heauen, he will say, Why then did ye not beleue him?
But if we say of men, we feare the people: for all men counted Iohn, that he had bene a verie Prophet.
Then they answered, and said vnto Iesus, We can not tell. And Iesus answered, and said vnto the{m}, Nether wil I tel you by what autoritie I do these things.
ANd he began to speake vnto them in parables, A (certeine) man planted a vineyarde, and compassed it with and hedge, and digged a pit for the wine presse, and buylt a towre in it, and let it out to housband men, and went into a straunge countrey.
And at a time, he sent to the housband men a seruant, that he might receiue of the housband men of the frute of the vineard.
But they toke him, and bet him, and sent him away emptie.
And againe, he sent vnto them another seruant, and at him they cast stones, and brake hys head, and sent hym awaye shamefully handled.
And againe he sent another, and hym they slewe, and manie other, beatyng some, and killing some.
Yet had he one sonne, his dere beloued: him also he sent the last vnto them, saying, They wil reuerence my sonne.
But the housband men said among them selues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill hym, and the inheritance shalbe ours.
So they toke him, and killed him, and caste him out of the vineyarde.
What shall then the Lorde of the vineyarde do? He will come and destroye these housband man, a{n}d giue the vineyarde to others.
Haue ye not red so much as this Scripture? The stone which the buylders did refuse, is made the head of the corner.
This was done of the Lord, and it is marueilous in our eyes.
Then they went about to take him, but they feared the people: for they perceiued that he spake that parable against them: therfore they left him, and went their way.
¶ And they sent vnto him certeine of the Pharises, and of the Herodians that they might take him in (his) talke.
And when they came, they said vnto hym, Master, we knowe that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou considerest not the persone of men, but teachest the way of God truely, Is it lawful to giue tribute to Cesar, or not?
Shulde we giue it, or shulde we not giue it? But he knewe their hypocrisie, and said vnto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a penie, that I may se it.
So they broght it, and he sayd vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? and they said vnto him, Cesars.
Then Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Giue to Cesar the things that are Cesars, and to God, those that are Gods: and they marueiled at him.
¶ The{n} came the Sadduces vnto him, (which say, there is no resurrection) and they asked him saying,
Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother dye, and leaue (his) wife, a{n}d leaue no children, that his brother shulde take his wife, and raise vp sede vnto his brother.
There were seuen brethren, and the first toke a wife, and when he dyed, left no yssue.
Then the seconde toke her, and he dyed, nether did he yet leaue yssue, and the thirde like wise.
So seuen had her, and left no yssue: last of all the wife dyed also.
In the resurrection then, when they shal rise againe, whose wife shal she be of them? for seuen had her to wife?
Then Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Are ye not therefore deceiued, because ye knowe not the Scriptures, nether the power of God?
For when they shal rise againe fro{m} the dead, nether men mary, nor wiues are maried, but are as the Angels which are in heauen.
And as touching the dead, that they shal rise againe, haue ye not red in the boke of Moses how in the bush God spake vnto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob?
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the liuing. Ye are therefore greatly deceiued.
¶ Then came one of the Scribes that had heard them disputing together, and perceiuing that he had answered the{m} wel, he asked him, Which is the first co{m}mandement of all?
Iesus answered him, The first of all the commandements (is,) Heare, Israel, The Lord our God is the onelie Lord.
Thou shalt therefore loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, & with all thy minde, & with all thy strength this is the first commandement.
And the seconde (is) like, that is, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self. There is none other co{m}mandeme{n}t greater then these.
Then the Scribe said vnto him, Wel Master, thou hast said the trueth, that there is one God, and that there is none but he,
And to loue him with all the heart, and with all the vnderstanding, and with all the soule, and with all the strength, and to loue (his) neighbour as him self, is more then all burnt offrings and sacrifices.
Then, when Iesus sawe that he answered discretely, he said vnto him, Thou art not farre from the kingdome of God. And no man after that durst aske him any question.
¶ And Iesus answered and said teaching in the Temple, How say the Scribes that Christ is the sonne of Dauid?
For Dauid him self said by the holie Gost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, til I make thine enemies thy fotestole.
Then Dauid him self calleth him Lord: by what meanes is he then his sonne? a{n}d muche people heard him gladly.
Moreouer he said vnto them in his doctrine, Beware of the Scribes which loue to go in long robes, and (loue) salutacions in the markets,
And the chief seates in the Synagogues, and the first roumes at feastes,
Which deuour widowes houses, euen vnder a coulour of long prayers. These shal receiue the greater damnation.
And as Iesus sate ouer against the treasurie, he behelde how the people cast money i{n}to the treasurie, & many riche me{n} cast in muche.
And there came a certeine poore widowe and she threw in two mites, which make a quadrin.
Then he called vnto him his disciples, and said vnto the{m}, Verely I say vnto you, that this poore widowe hathe cast more in, then all they which haue cast into the treasurie.
For they all did cast in of their superfluitie: but she of her pouertie did cast in all that she had, (euen) all her liuing.
ANd as he went out of the Temple, one of his disciples said vnto him, Master, se what stones, and what buyldings (are here.)
Then Iesus answered and said vnto him, Seest thou these great buyldings? there shal not be left one stone vpon a stone, that shal not be throwen downe.
And as he sate on the mount of oliues, ouer against the Temple, Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrew asked him secretly,
Tel vs, when shal these things be? and what (shalbe) the signe when all these things shalbe fulfilled?
And Iesus answered them, and began to say, Take hede lest any man deceiue you.
For many shal come in my Name, saying, I am (Christ,) and shal deceiue many.
Furthermore when ye shal heare of warres and rumors of warres, be ye not troubled: for (suche things) must nedes be: but the end (shal) not be yet.
For nacion shal rise against nacion, and kingdome against kingdome, and there shalbe earth quakes in diuers quarters, and there shalbe famine and troubles: these (are) the beginnings of sorowes.
But take eye hede to your selues: for they shal deliuer you vp to the Councils, and to the Synagogues: ye shalbe beaten, and broght before rulers and Kings for my sake for a testimonial vnto them.
And the Gospel must first be published among all nacions.
But when they lead you, and deliuer you vp take ye no thoght afore, nether premeditate what ye shal say: but whatsoeuer is giuen you at the same time, that speake: for it is not ye that speake, but the holie Gost.
Yea, and the brother shal deliuer the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shal rise againste their parents, and shal cause them to dye.
And ye shalbe hated of all men for my Names sake: but whosoeuer shal endure vnto the end, he shalbe saued.
Moreouer, when ye shal se the abominacion of desolation (spoken of by Daniel the Prophet) standing where it oght not, (let him that readeth, consider it) then let the{m} (that be) in Iudea, flee into the mountaines,
And let him that is vpon the house, not come downe into the house, nether entre therein, to fetch any thing out of his house.
And let him that is in the field, not turne backe againe vnto the things which he left behinde him, to take his clothes.
The{n} wo (shalbe) to the{m} that are with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.
Pray therefore that your flight be not in the winter.
For there shalbe in those dayes suche tribulation, as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created vnto this time, nether shalbe.
And except that the Lord had shortened those dayes, no flesh shulde be saued: but for the elects sake, whiche he hathe chosen, he hathe shortened thoses dayes.
Then if any man say to you, Lo, here is Christ, or, lo, (he is) there, beleue it not.
For false Christs shal rise, and false Prophetes, and shal shewe signes and wonders, to 〈◊〉 if it were possible, the very elect.
But take ye hede: beholde, I haue shewed you all things before.
¶ Moreouer in those dayes, after that tribulation the sunne shal waxe darke, and the moone shal not giue her light,
And the starres of heauen shal fall: and the powers which are in heauen, shal shake.
And then shal they se the Sonne of man coming in the cloudes, with great power and glorie.
And he shal then send his Angels, and shal gather together his elect from the foure windes, (aud) from the vtmost parte of the earth to the vtmost parte of heauen.
Now learne a parable of the sigge tre. Whe{n} her bough is yet tender, & it bringeth forthe leaues, ye knowe that sommer (is) nere.
So in like maner, when ye se these things come to passe, knowe that (the kingdome of God) is nere, (euen) at the dores.
Verely I say vnto you, that this generacio{n} shal not passe, til all these things be done.
Heauen and earth shal passe away, but my wordes shal not passe away.
But of that day and houre knoweth no ma{n} no, not the Angels which are in heauen, nether the Sonne him self, saue the Father.
Take hede: watche, & pray: for ye knowe not when the time is.
(For the Sonne of man is) as a man going into a strange countrey, and leaueth his house, and giueth autoritie to his seruants, and to euerie man his worke, and commandeth the porter to watch.
Watch therefore, (for ye knowe not whe{n} the Master of the house wil come, at euen, or at midnight, at the cocke crowing, or in the dauning)
Lest if he come suddenly, he shulde finde you sleping.
And those things that I say vnto you, I say vnto all men, Watch.
ANd two dayes after folowed (the feast of) the Pasteouer, and of vnleauened bread: and the hie Priests, and Scribes soght how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
But they said, Not in the feast (day,) lest there be any tumult among the people.
And when he was in Bethania in the house of Simo{n} the leper, as he sate at table, there came a woman hauing a boxe of ointment of spikenarde, verie costlie, and she brake the 〈◊〉, and powred it on his head.
Therefore some 〈◊〉 among them selues, and said, To what end is this waste of ointment?
For it might haue bene solde for more then thre hundreth pence, and bene giuen vnto the poore, and they grudged against her.
But Iesus said, Let her alone: why trouble ye her? she hathe wroght a good worke on me.
For ye haue the poore with you alwayes, & when ye wil ye may do them good, but me ye shal not haue alwayes.
She hathe done that she colde: she came afore ha{n}d to anoint my bodie to the burying.
Verely I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospel shalbe preached throughout the whole worlde, this also that she hathe done, shalbe spoken of in remembrance of her.
¶ The{n} Iudas Iscariot, one of the twelue went away vnto the high Priests, to betray him vnto them.
And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised that they wolde giue him money: therefore he soght how he might conueniently betray him.
¶ Now the first day of vnleauened bread, when they sacrificed the Passeouer, his disciples said vnto him, Where wilt thou that we go the prepare, that thou maist eat the Passeouer?
Then he sent forthe two of his disciples, & said vnto them, Go ye into the citie, and there shal a man mete you bearing a pitcher of water: folowe him.
And whither soeuer he goeth in, say ye to the good man of the house, The Master saith, Where is the lodging where I shal eat the Passeouer with my disciples?
And he wil shewe you an vpper chamber (which is) large, and trimmed and prepared: there make it readie for vs.
So his disciples we{n}t forthe, and came to the citie, and founde as he had said vnto them, & made readie the Passeouer.
¶ And at euen he came with the twelue.
And as thei sate at table and did eat, Iesus said, Verely I say vnto you, that one of you shal betray me, which eateth with me.
Then they began to be sorowful and to say to him one by one, Is it I? And another, Is it I?
And he answered and said vnto them, (It is) one of the twelue that dippeth with me in the platter.
Truely the Sonne of man goeth his way, as it is written of him: but wo (be) to that man, by whome the So{n}ne of ma{n}, is betrayed: it had bene good for that man, if he had neuer bene borne.
And as they 〈◊〉, Iesus toke the bread and when he had giuen thankes, be brake it and gaue it to them, and said, Take, eat, this is my bodie.
Also he toke the cup, and when he had giuen thankes, gaue it to them: and they all dranke of it.
And he said vnto them, This is my blood of the new Testament, whiche is shed for manie.
Verely I say vnto you, I wil drinke no more of the frute of the vine, vntil that day, that I drinke it new in the kingdome of God.
And when they had sung a psalme, they we{n}t out to the mount of oliues.
¶ Then Iesus said vnto them, All ye shalbe offended by me this night: for it is written, I wil smite the shepherd, and the shepe shalbe scattered.
But after that I am risen, I wil go into Galile before you.
And Peter said vnto him, Althogh all men shulde be offended, yet wolde not I.
Then Iesus said vnto him, Verely I say vnto thee, this day, (euen) in this night, before the cocke crowe twise, thou shalt denie me thrise.
But he said more earnestly, If I shulde dye with thee, I wil not denie thee: like wise also said they all.
¶ After they came into a place named Gethsemane: then he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, til I haue prayed.
And he toke with him Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and he began to be afraied, & in great heauines,
And said vnto them, My soule is verie heauie, (euen) vnto the death: tary here and watch.
So he went forwarde a litle, and fel downe on the grounde, and prayed, that if it were possible, that houre might passe from him.
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible vnto thee: toke away this cup from me: neuertheles not that I wil, but that thou wilt, (be done.)
Then he came and founde them sleping, & said to Peter, Simon, slepest thou? coldest not thou watch one houre?
¶ Watch ye, and pray, that ye entre not into tentacion: the spirit in dede is readie, but the flesh is weake.
And againe he went awaye, and prayed, and spake the same wordes.
And he returned, and founde them a slepe againe: for their eyes were heauie: nether knewe they what they shulde answer him.
And he came the thirde time, and said vnto them, Slepe henceforthe, and take your rest: it is ynough: the houre is come: behold, the Sonne of man is deliuered into the ha{n}ds of sinners.
Rise vp: let vs go: lo, he that betrayeth me, is at hand.
And immediatly while he yet spake, came Iudas that was one of the twelue, and with him a great multitude with swordes & staues from the hie Priests, and Scribes and Elders.
And he that betrayed him, had giuen the{m} a token, saying, Whomesoeuer I shal kisse, he it is: take him and leade him awaye safely.
And assone as he was come, he went straight waye to him, and said, Master, Master, and kissed him.
Then they layed their hands on him, & toke him.
And one of them that stode by, drewe out a sworde, and smote a seruant of the hie Priest, and cut of his eare.
And Iesus answered and said vnto the{m}, Ye become out as vnto a thefe with swordes & with staues to take me.
I was daiely with you teaching in the Te{m}ple, and ye toke me not: but (this is done) that the Scriptures shulde be fulfilled.
Then they all forsoke him, and fled.
And there folowed him a certeine yong ma{n} clothed in linnen vpon his bare (bodie,) and the yong men caught him.
But he left his linnen cloth, and fled from them naked.
So thei led Iesus away to the hie Priest, and to him came all the hie Priests, and the Elders, and the Scribes.
And Peter followed him a farre of, euen into the hall of the Priest, and sate with the seruants, and warmed (him self) at the fyre.
And the hie Priests, and all the Council soght for witnes against Iesus, to put him to death, but founde none.
For manie bare false witnes against him, but their witnes agreed not together.
Then there arose certeine, and bare false witnes against him, saying,
We heard him say, I wil destroy this Te{m}ple made with hands, and within thre dayes I wil buylde another, made without hands.
But their witnes yet agreed not together.
Then the hie Priest stode vp amongs them, and asked Iesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is the matter that these beare witnes against thee?
But he held his peace, & answered nothing Againe the hie Priest askest him, and said vnto him, Art thou Christ the Sonne of the Blessed?
And Iesus said, I am (he,) and ye shal se the Sonne of man sit at the right hand of the power of (God,) and come in the cloudes of heauen.
Then the hie Priest rent his clothes, and said What haue we anie more nede of witnesses?
Ye haue heard the blasphemie: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be worthie of death.
And some began to spit at him, and to couer his face, and to beate him with fystes, and to say vnto him, Prophecie. And the sergeants smote him with (their) rods.
And as Peter was beneath in the hall, there came one of the maides of the hie Priest.
And when she sawe Peter warming (him self,) she loked on him, and said, Thou wast also with Iesus of Nazaret.
But he denied it, saying, I knowe him not, nether wot I what thou saiest. Then he we{n}t out into the porche, and the cocke crewe
Then a maide sawe him againe, and began to say to them that stode by, This is (one) of them.
But he denied it againe, & anone after, they that stode by, said againe to Peter, Surely thou art (one) of them: for thou art of Galile, and thy speache is like.
And he began to curse, & sweare, (saying,) I knowe not this man of whome ye speake.
Then the seconde time the cocke crewe, and Peter remembred the worde that Iesus had said vnto him, Before the cocke crowe twise, thou shalt denie my thrise, & waying that with him self, he wept.
ANd anone in the dawning, the hie Priests helde a counsel with the Elders and the Scribes, and the whole Council, and bounde Iesus, and led him away, and deliuered him to Pilate.
Then Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Iewes? And he answered, and said vnto him, Thou sayest it.
And the hie Priests accused him of manie things.
Wherefore Pilate asked him againe, saying Answerest thou nothing? beholde how manie things thei witnes against thee.
But Iesus answered no more at all, so that Pilate marueiled.
Now at the feast Pilate did deliuer a prisoner vnto them, whome soeuer thei wolde desire.
The{n} there was one named Barabbas, which was bounde with his fellowes, that had made insurrection, who in the insurrection had committed murther.
And the people cryed a loude, and began to desire (that he wolde do) as he had euer done vnto them.
Then Pilate answered them, and said, Wil ye that I let lose vnto you the King of the Iewes)
For he knewe that the hie Priests had deliuered him of enuie.
But the hie Priests had moued the people (to desire) that he wolde rather deliuer Barabbas vnto them.
And Pilate answered, and said againe vnto them, What wil ye then that I do (with him,) whome ye call the King of the Iewes?
And thei cryed againe, Crucifie him.
Then Pilate said vnto them, But what euil hathe he done? And they cryed the more feruently, Crucifie him.
So Pilate willing to content the people, losed them Barabbas, a{n}d deliuered Iesus when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.
Then the souldiers led him awaye into the hall, which is the commune hall, and called together the whole band,
And clad him with purple, and platted a crowne of thornes, & put it about (his head)
And began to salute him, (saying) Haile King of the Iewes?
And they smote him on the head with a reede, and spat vpon him, and bowed the knees and did him reuerence.
And when they had mocked him, they toke the purple of him, and put his owne clothes on him, a{n}d led him out to crucifie him.
And they compelled one that passed by, (called) Simon of Cyrene (which came out of the countrey, and was father of Alexander and Rufus) to beare his crosse.
And they broght him to a place named Golgotha, which is by interpretacion, the place of (dead mens) skulles.
And they gaue him to drinke wine mingled with myrrhe: but he receiued it not.
And when they had crucified him they parted his garments, casting lottes for the{m}, what euerie man shulde haue.
And it was the thirde houre, when they crucified him.
And the title of his cause was written aboue, THE KING OF THE IEWES.
Thei crucisied also with him two theues, the one on the right hand, and the other on his left.
Thus the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith And he was counted among the wicked.
And they that went by, railed on him, wagging their heads, & saying, Hey, thou that destroyest the Te{m}ple, & buyldest it in thre dayes.
Saue thy self, & come downe fro{m} the crosse.
Like wise also euen the hie Priests mocking, said among them selues with the Scribes, He saued other man, him self he can not saue.
Let Christ the King of Israel now come downe from the crosse, that we may se, and beleue. They also that were crucified with him, reueiled him.
¶ Now when the sixt houre was come, darkenes arose ouer all the land vntil the ninth houre.
And at the ninth houre Iesus cryed with aloude voyce, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lamma-sabachthani? which is by interpretacion, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
And some of them that stode by, when they heard it, said, Beholde, he calleth Elias.
And one ran, and filled a sponge ful of vineger, and put it on a reede, and gaue him to drinke, saying, Let him alone: let vs se if Elias wil come and take him downe.
And Iesus cryed with a loude voyce, and gaue vp the gost.
¶ And the vaile of the Temple was rent in twaine, from the top to the bottome.
Now when the Centurion, which stode ouer against him, sawe that he thus crying gaue vp the gost, he said, Truely this man was the Sonne of God.
¶ There were also women, which behelde a farre of, among whome was Marie Magdalene, a{n}d Marie (the mother of Iames the lesse and of Ioses) and Salome,
Which also when he was in Galile, followed him and ministred vnto him, and many other women which came vp with him vnto Ierusalem.
¶ And now when night was come (because it was the day of the preparacion that is before the Sabbath)
Ioseph of 〈◊〉, an honorable Cou{n}sellour, which also loked for the kingdome of God, came, and went in boldely vnto Pilate, and asked the bodie of Iesus.
And Pilate marueiled, if he were alreadie dead, and called, vnto him the Centurion, and asked of him whether he had bene any while dead,
And when he knewe (the trueth) of the Centurion, he gaue the bodie to Ioseph,
Who boght a linnen cloth, and toke him downe, and wrapped him in the linnen cloth and layd him in a tombe that was hewen out of a rocke, and rolled a stone vnto the dore of the sepulchre:
And Marie Magdalene, and Marie Ioses (mother) behelde where he shulde be layd.
ANd whe{n} the Sabbath day was past, Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames, & Salome, boght swete ointments that they might come, and embaulme him.
Therefore early in the morning, the first day of the weeke, they came vnto the sepulchre, when the sunne was yet rising,
And they said one to another, Who shal rool vs away the stone from the doore of the sepulchre?
And whe{n} they loked, they sawe that the stone was rolled away (for it was a very great one.)
So they went into the sepulchre, and sawe a yong man sitting at the right side, clothed in a long white robe: and they were afrayed.
But he said vnto them, Be not afrayed: ye seke Iesus of Nazaret, which hathe bene crucified: he is risen, he is not here: beholde the place, where they put him.
But go your way, and tel his disciples, and Peter, that he wil go before you into Galile: there shal ye se him, as he said vnto you.
And they went out quickely and fled from the sepulchre: for they trembled and were amased: nether said they any thing to any man for they were afrayed.
¶ And when Iesus was risen againe, in the morow (which was the first day of the weke) he appeared first to Marie Magdalene, out of whome he had cast seuen deuils.
And she went and tolde them that had bene with him, which mourned and wept.
And when they heard that he was aliue, and had appeared to her, they beleued it not.
¶ After that, he appeared vnto two of them in another forme, as they walked and went into the countrey.
And they went and tolde it to the remnant, but they beleued them not.
¶ Finally, he appeared vnto the eleuen as they sate together, and reproued them of their vnbelief and hardnes of heart, because they beleued not them which had sene him, being risen vp againe.
And he said vnto the{m}, go ye into all the world and preache the Gospel to euerie creature.
He that shal beleue and be baptized, shalbe saued: but he that wil not beleue, shalbe damned.
And these tokens shal followe them that beleue, In my Name thei shal cast out deuils and shal speake with newe tongues,
And shal take away serpents, and if they shal drinke any deadlie thing, it shal not hurt them: they shal lay their hands on the sicke and they shal recouer.
So after the Lord had spoken vnto them, he was receiued into heauen, and sate at the right hand of God.
And they went forthe, and preached euerie where. And the Lord wroght with them, and confirmed the worde with signes that followed. Amen.
FOr as muche as many haue take{n} in hand to set forthe the storie of those things, whereof we are fully persuaded,
As they haue deliuered them vnto vs, which from the begynnyng sawe the{m} their selues, & were ministers of the worde
It semed good also to me (moste noble Theo philus) 〈◊〉 as I had searched out perfitely all things from the beginning, to write vnto thee thereof from point to point,
That thou mightest acknowledge the certeintie of those things, whereof thou hast bene instructed.
IN the time of Herode King of Iudea, there (was) a certeine Priest named Zacharias of the course of Abia: and his wife (was) of the daughters of Aaro{n}, and her name (was) Elisabet.
Bothe were iust before God, and walked in all the commaundements and ordinances of the Lord, without reprofe.
And thei had no childe, because that Elisabet was barren and bothe were wel stricke{n} in age.
And it came to passe, as he executed the Priests office before God, as his course came in order,
According to the custome of the Priests office, his lot was to burne incense, when he went into the Temple of the Lord.
And the whole multitude of the people were without in prayer, while the ince{n}se was burning.
Then appeared to him an Angel of the Lord standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
And whe{n} Zacharias sawe (him,) he was troubled, and feare fel vpon him.
But the Angel said vnto him, Feare not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard, and the wife Elisabet shal beare thee a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iohn.
And thou shalt haue ioye and gladnes, and many shal reioyce at his birth.
For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shal nether drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holie Gost, euen from his mothers wombe.
And many of the children of Israel shal he turne to their Lord God.
For he shal go before him in the spirit & power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the Fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdome of the iust men, to make readie a people prepared for the Lord.
Then Zacharias said vnto the Angel, 〈◊〉 shall knowe this? for I am an olde ma{n}, and my wife is of a great age.
And the Angel answered, and said vnto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, and to 〈◊〉 thee these good tidings.
And beholde, thou shalt be 〈◊〉, and not be able to 〈◊〉, vntil the day that these things be done, because thou beleuedst not my wordes, whiche shalbe fulfilled in their season.
Now the people waited for Zacharias, and marueiled that he taried so long in the Te{m}ple
And when he came out, he colde not speake vnto them: then they 〈◊〉 that he had sene a vision in the Temple: for he made signes vnto them, and remained domme.
And it came to passe, when the dayes of his office were fulfilled, that he departed to his owne house.
And after those dayes, his wife Elisabet co{n}ceiueth, & hid her self fiue moneths, saying,
Thus hathe the Lord dealt with me, in the dayes wherein he loked on (me,) to take fro{m} me my rebuke among men.
¶ And in the sixt moneth, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of 〈◊〉, named Nazaret,
To a virgine affianced to a man whose name (was) Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name (was) Marie.
And the Angel went into her, & said, Haile thou (that art) freely beloued: the Lord (is) with thee: blessed (art) thou among women.
And when she sawe (him,) she was troubled at his saying, and toght what maner of salutacion that shulde be.
Then the Angel said vnto her, Feare not, Marie: for thou hast founde fauour with God.
For lo, thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, and shalt call his name IESVS.
He shalbe great, and shalbe called the Sonne of the moste High, and the Lord God shal giue vnto him the throne of his Father Dauid.
And he shal reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, & of his kingdome shalbe none end
Then said Marie vnto the Angel, How shal this be, seing, I know no man?
And the Angel ans 〈◊〉, and said vnto her, The holie Gost shal come vpon thee, & the power of the most High shal ouer shadowe thee: 〈◊〉 also that yholie thing which shalbe borne of thee, shalbe called the Sonne of God.
And beholde, thy cousin Elisabet, she hath also co{n}ceiued a sonne in her olde age: & this is her sixt moneth, which was called barren.
For with God shal nothing be vnpossible.
Then Marie said, Beholde, the seruant of the Lord: be it vnto me according to thy worde. So the Angel departed from her.
¶ And Marie arose in those dayes, and went into the hill (countrey) with haste to a citie of Iuda,
And entred into the house of Zacharias, & saluted Elisabet.
And it came to passe, as Elisabet heard the saluacio{n} of Marie, the babe spra{n}g in her bellie, & Elisabet was filled with the holie Gost.
And she cryed with a loude voyce, and said, Blessed art thou among women, because the frute of thy wombe is blessed.
And whence (cometh) this to me, that the mother of my Lord shulde come to me?
For lo, assone as the voyce of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my bellie for ioye.
And blessed (is) she that beleued: for those things shalbe performed, which were tolde her from the Lord.
Then Marie said, My soule magnifieth the Lord,
And my spirit reioyceth in God my Sauiour.
For he hathe loked on the poore degre of his seruant: for beholde, from henceforthe shal all ages call me blessed.
Because, he that is mightie, hathe done for me great things, and holie (is) his Name.
And his mercie (is) from generacion to generacion on them that feare him.
He hathe shewed strenght with his arme: he hathe scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts.
He hathe put downe the mightie fro{m} (their) seates, and exalted them of lowe degre.
He hathe filled the hungrie with good things, and sent away the riche emptie.
He hathe vpholden Israel his serua{n}t, being mindeful of (his) mercie.
As he hathe spoke{n} to our fathers, (to wit,) to Abraham and his sede] for euer.
¶ And Marie abode with her about thre moneths: after, she returned to her owne house.
¶ Now Elisabets time was fulfilled, that she shulde be deliuered, and she broght forthe a sonne.
And her neighbours, and cousins heard tel how the Lord had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.
And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe, and called him Zacharias, after the Name of his Father.
But his mother answered, and said, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.
And they said vnto her, There is none of thy kinred, that is named with this Name.
Then they made signes to his Father, how he wolde haue him called.
So he asked for writing tables, and wrote, saying, His name is Iohn, and they marueiled all.
And his mouth was opened immediatly, & his to{n}gue (losed,) and he spake and praised God.
Then feare came on all them that dwelt nere vnto them, and all these wordes were noised abroade throughout all the hil (countrey) of Iudea.
And all they that heard them, laid (them) vp in their hearts, saying, what maner childe shal this be! and the hand of the Lord was with him.
Then his Father Zacharias was filled with the holie Gost, and prophecied, saying.
Blessed (be) the Lord God of Israel, because he hathe visited and redemed his people,
And hathe raised vp the 〈◊〉 of saluacio{n} vnto vs, in the house of his seruant Dauid,
As he spake by the mouth of his holie Prophetes, which were since the worde began, (saying.)
(〈◊〉 he wolde send vs) deliuerance from our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate vs,
That he wolde shewe mercie towards our fathers, and remembre his holie couenant,
(And) the othe which he sware to our Father Abraham:
(Which was,) that he wolde grante vnto vs, that we being deliuered out of the hands of our enemies, shuld serue him without feare
All the dayes of our life, in 〈◊〉 & righteousnes before him.
And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophete of the moste High: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his wayes,
(And) to giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remissio{n} of their sinnes.
Through the tender mercie of our God, whereby the day spring from an hie hathe visited vs,
To giue light to them that sit in darkenes, and in the shadowe of death, & to guide our fete into the way of peace.
And the childe grewe & waxed stro{n}g in spirit, & was in the wildernes, til the day came, that he shulde shewe him self vnto Israel.
ANd it came to passe in those dayes, that there came a commandement from Augustus Cesar, that all the worlde shulde be taxed.
[This first taxing was made when Cyrenius was gouernour of Syria.]
Therefore went all to be taxed euerie man to his owne citie.
And Ioseph also went vp from Galile out of a citie called Nazaret, into Iudea, vnto the citie of Dauid, which is called Beth-lehem [because he was of the house and linage of Dauid,]
To be taxed with Marie that was giuen him to wife, which was with childe.
¶ And so it was, that while thei were there, the daies were accomplished that she shulde be deliuered.
And she broght forthe her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadling clothes and laid him in a cratche, because there was no rowme for them in the ynne.
¶ And there were in the same countrey shepherds, abiding in the field, and keping watch by night because of their flocke.
And lo, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, a{n}d the glorie of the Lord shone about them, and they were sore afraide.
Then the Angel said vnto them, Be not afraide: for beholde, I bring you tidings of great ioye, that shalbe to all the people:
(That is,) that vnto you is borne this day in the citie of Dauid, a Sauiour, which is christ the Lord.
And this (shalbe) a signe to you, Ye shal finde the childe swadled, and laid in a cratch.
And straight way there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenlie souldiers, praying God, and saying,
Glorie (be) to God in the high (heauens,) and peace in earth, and towards men good wil.
And it came to passe when the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, that the shepherds said one to another, Let vs go then vnto Beth-lehem, and se this thing that is come to passe, which the Lord hathe shewed vnto vs.
So they came with haste, and founde bothe Marie and Ioseph, and the babe laid in the cratche.
And when they had sene it, they published abroade the thing, which was tolde them of that childe,
And all that heard it, wondred at the things which were tolde them of the shepherds.
But Marie kept all those sayings and pondered (them) in her heart.
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for all that they had heard and sene, as it was spoken vnto them.
¶ And when the eight daies were accomplished, that they shulde circumcise the childe, his name was then called Iesus which was named of the Angel, before he was conceiued in the wombe.
And when the dayes of her purification after the Law of Moses were accomplished, they broght him to Ierusale{m}, to present him to the Lord,
[As it is writen in the Law of the Lord, Euerie man childe that (first) openeth the wombe, shalbe called holie to the Lord:]
And to giue an oblation, as it is co{m}manded in the Law of the Lord, a paire of turtle doues, or two yong pigeons.
And beholde, there was a man in Ierusalem, whose name was Simeon: this man (was) iuste, and feared God, and waited for the consolation of Israel, and the holie Gost was vpon him.
And a reuelation was giuen him of the holie Gost, that he shulde not se death, before he had sene the Lords Christ.
And he came by (the motion) of the Spirit into the Te{m}ple, and when the parents broght in the childe Iesus, to do for him after the custome of the Law,
Then he toke him in his armes, and praised God, and said,
Lord, now lettest thou thy seruant departe in peace, according to thy worde.
For mine eyes haue sene thy saluation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people:
A light to be reueiled to the Gentiles, and the 〈◊〉 of thy people Israel.
And Ioseph and his mother marueiled at those things, which were 〈◊〉 touching him.
And Simeon blessed them, and said vnto Marie his mother, Beholde this (childe) is appointed for the fall and rising againe of manie in Israel, and for a signe which shalbe spoken against,
[Yea and a sworde shal pearce through thy soule] that the thoghts of manie hearts may be opened.
And there was a Prophetesse, one Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser, which was of a great age, a{n}d had liued with an housband seue{n} yeres from her virginitie.
And she (was) widowe about foure score, and foure yeres, and went not out of the Temple, but serued (God) with fastings and prayers, night and day.
She then coming at the same instant vpon them, confessed like wise the Lord, and spake of him to all that loked for redemption in Ierusalem.
And when thei had performed all things according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galile to their owne citie Nazaret.
And the childe 〈◊〉, and vaxed strong in Spirit, and was filled with wisdome, and the grace of God was with him.
¶ Now his parents went to Ierusalem euerie yere, at the feast of the Passeouer.
And whe{n} he was twelue yere olde, and they were come vp to Ierusalem, after the custome of the feast,
And had finished the dayes (thereof,) as they returned, the childe Iesus remained in Ierusalem, and Ioseph knewe not nor his mother.
But they supposing, that he had bene in the companie, went a dayes iorney, and soght him among (their) kinsfolke, and acquaintance.
And whe{n} they founde him not, they turned backe to Ierusalem, and soght him.
And it came to passe thre dayes after, that they founde him in the Te{m}ple, sitting in the middes of the doctours, bothe hearing the{m}, and asking them questions.
And all that heard him, were astonied at his vnderstanding, and answers.
So when thei saw him, they were amased, & his mother said vnto him, Sonne, why hast thou thus dealt with vs? beholde, thy Father and I haue soght thee with heauie hearts.
Then said he vnto them, How is it that ye soght me? knewe ye not that I must go about my fathers busines?
But they vnderstode not the worde that he spake to them.
Then he went downe with them, and came to Nazaret, & was subiect to the{m}: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
And Iesus increased in wisdome, & stature, and in fauour with God and men.
NOw in the fiftenth yere of the reigne of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being gouernour of Iudea, & Herode being tetrarch of Galile, a{n}d his brother Philippe tetrarch of lturea, and of the countrey of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
When Annas & Caiaphas were the high Priests) the worde of God came vnto Iohn, the sonne of Zacharias in the wildernes.
And he came into all the coastes about Iordan, preaching the baptisme of repentance for the remission of sinnes,
As it is written in the boke of the sayings of Esaias the Prophet, which saith, The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernes (is,) Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.
Euerie valley shalbe filled, and euerie mountaine, and kil shalbe broght lowe, & croked things shalbe made straight, and the rough wayes (shalbe made) smothe.
And all flesh shal se the saluation of God.
Then said he to the people that were come out to be baptized of him, O generations of vipers, who hathe forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Bring forthe therefore frutes worthie amendement of life, and beginne not to say with your selues, We haue Abraha{m} to (our) father: for I say vnto you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham,
Now also is the axe laid vnto the roote of the trees: therefore euerie tre whiche bringeth not forthe good frute, shalbe hewen downe and cast into the fyre.
¶ Then the people asked him, saying, What shal we do then?
And he answered, and said vnto them, He that hathe two coates, let him parte with him that hathe none: & he that hathe meat, let him do like wise.
Then came there Publicanes also to be baptized, and said vnto him, Master, what shal we do?
And he said vnto the{m}, Require no more then that which is appointed vnto you.
The souldiers like wise demanded of him, saying, And what shal we do? And he said vnto the{m}, Do violence to no man, nether accuse anie falsely, and be content with your wages
As the people waited, and all men mused in their hearts of Iohn, if he were not the Christ,
Iohn answered, and said to them all, In dede I baptize you with water, but one stronger then I, cometh, whose shoes latcher I am not worthie to vnlose: he wil baptize you with the holie Gost, and with fyre.
Whose fanne (is) in his ha{n}d, & he wil make cleane his flooer, & wil gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff wil he burne vp with fyre that neuer shalbe quenched.
Thus then exhorting with manie other things, he preached vnto the people.
But when Herode the tetrarch was rebuked of him for Herodias his brother Philippes wife, and for all the euils which Herode had done,
He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.
Now it came to passe, as all the people were baptized, and that Iesus was baptized and did pray, that the heauen was opened:
And the holie Gost came downe in a bodlie shape like a doue, vpon him, and there was a voyce from heauen, saying, Thou art my beloued Sonne: in thee I am wel pleased.
¶ And Iesus him self began to be about thirtie yere of age, being as men supposed the so{n}ne of Ioseph, (which was the sonne) of Eli,
(The sonne) of Matthat, (the sonne) of Leui, (the sonne) of Melchi, (the sonne) of Ianna, (the sonne) of Ioseph,
(The sonne) of Mattathias, (the sonne) of Amos, (the sonne) of Naum, (the sonne) of Esli, (the sonne) of Nagge,
(The sonne) of Maath, (the sonne) of Mattathias, (the sonne) of Semei, (the sonne) of Ioseph, (the sonne) of Iuda,
(The sonne) of Ioanna, (the sonne) of Rhesa (the sonne) of Zorobabel, (the sonne) of Salathiel, (the sonne) of Neri,
(The sonne) of Melchi, (the sonne) of Addi (the sonne) of Cosam, (the so{n}ne of Elmodā, (the sonne) of Er,
¶ (The sonne) of Iose, (the sonne) of Eliezer, (the sonne) of Iorim, (the sonne) of Matthat, (the sonne) of Leui,
(The sonne) of Simeon, (the sonne) of Iuda (the sonne) of Ioseph, (the sonne) of Ionan, (the sonne) of Eliacim,
(The sonne) of Melea, (the sonne) of Mainā (the sonne) of Mattatha, (the sonne) of Nathan, (the sonne) of Dauid.
(The sonne) of Iesse, (the sonne) of Obed; (the sonne) of Booz, (the sonne) of Salmon, (〈◊〉 sonne) of Naasson.
(The sonne) of Aminadab, (the sonne) of Aram (the sonne) of Esrom, (the sonne) of Phares, (the sonne) of Iuda.
(The sonne) of Iacob, (the sonne) of Isaac; (the sonne) of Abraham, (the sonne) of Thara, (the sonne) of Nachor.
(The sonne) of Saruch, (the sonne) of Ragau, (the sonne) of Phalec, (the so{n}ne) of Eber, (the sonne) of Sala.
(The sonne) of Caina{n}, (the sonne) of Arphaxad, (the sonne) of Sem, (the sonne) of Noe, (the sonne) of Lamech.
(The sonne) of Mathusala, (the sonne) of Enoch, (the sonne) of Iared, (the sonne) of Ma leleel, (the sonne) of Cainan.
(The sonne) of Enos, (the sonne) of Seth; (the sonne) of Adam, (the sonne) of God.
ANd Iesus full of the holie Gost returned from Iordan, and was led by the Spirite into the wildernes.
And was (there) fourtie dayes tempted of the deuill, and in those dayes he did eat nothing: but when they were ended, he afterwarde was hungrie.
Then the deuill said vnto him, If thou be the Sonne of God, commande this stone that it be made bread.
But Iesus answered him, saying, It is writen, The man shall not liue by bread onely, but by euerie worde of God.
The{n} the deuil toke him vp into an high mou{n}taine, and shewed him all the kingdomes of the worlde, in the twinkeling of an eye.
And the deuil said vnto him, All this power wil I giue thee, a{n}d the glorie of those (kingdomes:) for that is deliuered to me: and to whome soeuer I wil, I giue it.
If thou therfore wilt worship me, they shal be all thine.
But Iesus aunswered hym, and said, Hence from me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and hym alone thou shalt serue.
Then he broght him to Ierusalem, and set him on a pinacle of the Temple, and said vnto hym, If thou be the Sonne of GOD, cast thy selfe downe from hence.
For it is written, That he will giue his Angels charge ouer thee to kepe thee:
And with (their) hands they shal lift thee vp, lest at anie time thou shuldest dash thy foote against a stone.
And Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto hym, It is said, Thou shalte not tempt the Lorde thy God.
And when the deuil had ended all the tentacion, he departed from him for a season.
¶ And Iesus returned by the power of the spirit into Galile: and there went a fame of him throughout all the regio{n} rounde about.
For he taught in their Synagogues, and was honoured of all men.
And he came to Nazaret where he had bene broght vp, & [at his custome was] went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day, a{n}d stode vp to reade.
And there was deliuered vnto hym the boke of the Prophet Esaias: a{n}d when he had opened the boke, he fou{n}de the place, where it was written.
The Spirit of the Lord (is) vpon me, because he hath anointed me, that I shuld preach the Gospell to the poore: he hathe sent me, that I shulde heale the broken hearted, that I shulde preache deliuerance to the captiues, & recouering of sight to the blinde, that I shulde set at libertie them that are bruised.
And that I shulde preache the acceptable yere of the Lord.
And he closed the boke, and gaue it againe to the minister, and sate downe: and the eyes of al that were in the Synagogue were fastened on him.
Then he began to say vnto them, This daye is this Scripture fulfilled in your eares.
And all bare him witnes, and wondered at the gracious wordes, whiche proceded out of his mouth, and sayd, Is not this Iosephes sonne?
Then he sayd vnto them, Ye will surely saye vnto me this prouerbe, Physicion, heale thy selfe whatsoeuer we haue heard done in Capernaum, do it here lykewise in thyne owne countrey.
And he said, Verely I saye vnto you, No Prophet is accepted in his owne countrey.
But I tell you of a trueth, manie widdowes were in Israell in the dayes of Elias, when heauen was shut three yeres and six moneths, when greate famine was through out all the land.
But vnto none of them was Elias sent, saue into Sarepta, (a citie of) Sidon, vnto a certeine widdowe.
Also manie lepers were in Israell, in the tyme of Eliseus the Prophet: yet none of them was made cleare, sauyng Naaman the Syrian.
Then all (that were) in the Synagogue, whe{n} they heard it, were filled with wrath.
And rose vp, and thrust him out of the citie, and led hym vnto the edge of the hil, whereon their citie was buylt; to cast hym downe headlong.
But he passed through the middes of the{m}, and went his way.
¶ And came downe into Capernaum a citie of Galile, and there taught them on the Sabbath dayes.
And they were astonied at his doctrine: for his worde was with autoritie.
And in the Synagogue there was a man whiche had a spirit of an vncleane deuil, which cryed with a loude voyce,
Saying, Oh, what haue we to do with thee, thou Iesus of Nazaret? art thou come to destroy vs? I knowe who thou art, (euen) the Holie one of God.
And Iesus rebuked him, saying, Holde thy peace, and come out of him. Then the deuil throwing him in the middes (of them,) came out of him, and hurt him not.
So feare came on them all, and they spake among them selues, saying, What thing is this? for with autoritie and power he commaundeth the foule spirits, & they came out
And the fame of him spred abroad through out all the places of the countrey rounde about.
¶ And he rose vp, and came out of the Synagogue, and entred into Simons house. And Simons wiues mother was take{n} with a great feuer, and they required him for her.
Then he stode ouer her, and rebuked the feuer, and it left her: & immediatly she arose, and ministred vnto them.
Now when the sunne was downe, all they that had sicke (folkes) of diuers diseases, broght them vnto him, and he laied his ha{n}ds on euerie one of them, and healed them.
And deuils also came out of manie, crying, and saying, Thou art the Christ the Sonne of God: but he rebuked them, and suffred them not to say that thei knewe him to be 〈◊〉.
And when it was day, he departed and went forthe into a desert place, and the people soght him, and came to him, and kept him that he shulde not departe from them.
But he said vnto them, Surely I muste also preache the kingdome of God to other cities: for therefore am I sent.
And he preached in the Synagogues of Galile.
THe{n} it came to passe, as the people preassed vpo{n} him to heare the worde of God, that he stode by the lake of Gennesaret,
And sawe two shippes stand by the lake side but the fisshermen were gone out of them, & were wasshing their nettes.
And he entred into one of the shippes, which was Simons, and required him that he wolde thrust of a litle from the land: and he sate downe, and taught the people out of the ship.
¶ Now when he had left speaking, he said vnto Simon, Lanche out into the depe, and let downe your nettes to make a draught.
Then Simon answered, and said vnto him, Master, we haue trauailed all night, and haue taken nothing: neuertheles at thy worde I wil let downe the net.
And when they had so done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes, so that their net brake.
And they beckened to their parteners, which were in the other ship, that thei shuld come and helpe them, who came then, and filled bothe the shippes, that they did sinke
Now whe{n} Simon Peter sawe it, he fell down at Iesus knees, saying, Lord, go from me: for I am a sinful man.
For he was vtterly astonied, and all that were with him, for the draught of fishes, which they toke.
And so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedeus, which were companions with Simon. Then Iesus said vnto Simon, Feare not: from henceforthe thou shalt catch me{n}.
And when they had broght the shippes to land, they forsoke all, and followed him.
¶ Now it came to passe, as he was in a certeine citie, beholde, (there was) a man ful of leprosie, and when he sawe Iesus, he fel on his face, & besoght him, saying, Lord if thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.
So he stretched forthe his hand, a{n}d touched him, saying, I wil, be thou cleane. And immediatly the leprosie departed from him.
And he commaunded him that he shulde tell it no man: but Go, (saith he) and shewe thy self to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing, as Moses hathe commau{n}ded, for a witnes vnto them.
But so much more we{n}t there a fame abroad of him, and great multitudes came together to heare, and to be healed of him of their infirmities.
But he kept him self a parte in the wildernes, and prayed.
¶ And it came to passe, on a certeine daye, as he was teaching, that the Pharises and doctours of the Law sate by, which were come out of euerie towne of Galile, and Iudea, and Ierusalem, and the power of the Lord was (in him) to heale them.
Then beholde, men broght a man lying in a bed, which was taken with a palsie, & they soght meanes to bring him in, & to laye him before him.
And when they colde not finde by what way they might bring him in, because of the preasse, they 〈◊〉 vp on the house, and let him downe through the tiling, bed and all, in the middes before Iesus.
And when he sawe their faith, he said vnto him, Man, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.
Then the Scribes and the Pharises began to thinke, saying, Who is this that speaketh blaspemies? who can forgiue sinnes, but god onelie?
But when Iesus perceiued their thoghts, he answered, and said vnto them, What thinke ye in your hearts?
Whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee, or to say, Rise and walke?
But that ye may know that the So{n}ne of ma{n} hathe autoritie to forgiue sinnes in earth (he said vnto the sicke of the palsie) I say to thee, Arise: take vp thy bed, & go to thine house.
And immediatly he rose vp before them, & toke vp (his hed) whereon he laie, and departed to his owne house, praising God.
And they were all amased, and praised God, and were filled with feare, saying, Douteles we haue sene strange things to daye.
¶ And after that, he went for the a{n}d sawe a Publicane named Leui, sitting at the receite of custome, and said vnto him, Followe me.
And he left all, rose vp, and followed him.
The{n} Leui made him a great feast in his owne house, where there was a great companie of Publicanes, and of other, that sate at table with them.
But they that were Scribes and Pharises among them, murmured against his disciples, saying, Why eat ye and drinke ye with Publicanes and sinners?
Then Iesus answered, and said vnto them, They that are whole, nede not the physicion but they that are sicke.
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
¶ Then they said vnto him, Why do the disciples of Iohn fast often, and pray, and the (disciples) of the Pharises also, but thine eat, and drinke?
And he said vnto them, Can ye make the children of the wedding chamber to fast, as long as the bridegrome is with them?
But the dayes wil come, euen when the bridegrome shalbe taken away fro{m} them: then shal they fast in those dayes.
Againe he spake also vnto them a parable, No man putteth a piece of anewe garment into and olde vesture: for then the new erenteth it, and the piece (taken) out of the new, agreeth not with the olde.
Also no ma{n} powreth newe wine into olde vessels: for then the newe wine wil breake the vessels, and it wil runne out, and the vessels wil perish.
But newe wine must be powred into newe vessels: so bothe are preserued.
Also no man that drinketh olde wine, straight way desireth newe: for he saith, The olde is better.
ANd it came to passe on the seconde Sabbath, (after) the first, that he went through the corne fields, and his disciples plucked the eares of corne, and did eate, and rubbe them in (their) hands.
And certeine of the Pharises said vnto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath dayes?
Then Iesus answered them, and said, Haue ye not red this, that Dauid did when he him self was an hungred, and they which were with him,
How he went into the house of God, & toke and ate the shewe bread, and gaue also to them which were with him, which was not lawful to eate, but for the Priests onely?
And he said vnto them, The Sonne of man is Lord also of the Sabbath day.
¶ It came to passe also on another Sabbath, that he entred into the Synagogue a{n}d taught and there was a man, whose right hand was dryed vp.
And the Scribes and Pharises watched him, whether he wolde heale on the Sabbath (day,) that they might sinde an accusation (against) him.
But he knewe their thoghts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Arise, and stand vp in the middes. And he arose, and stode vp.
Then said Iesus vnto them, I wil aske you a questio{n}, Whether is it lawful on the Sabbath dayes to do good, or to do euil? to saue life, or to destroye it?
And he behelde them all in compasse, and said vnto the man, Stretch forthe thine hand And he did so, and his ha{n}d was restored againe, as whole as the other.
Then they were filled ful of madnes, and communed one with another, what they might do to Iesus.
¶ And it came to passe in those dayes, that he went into a mountaine to pray, and spent the night in prayer to God.
And when it was day, he called his disciples, and of them he chose twelue, which also he called Apostles.
(Simon whome he named also Peter, and Andrewe his brother, Iames and Iohn, Philippe, and Bartlemewe:
Matthewe, and Thomas: Iames (the sonne) of Alpheus, and Simon called zelous,
Iudas Iames (brother, and Iudas Iscariot, which also was the traytour.)
Then he came downe with them, and stode in a plaine place, with the companie of his disciples, a{n}d a great multitude of people out of all Iudea, and Ierusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyrus and Sidon, which came to heare him, and to be healed of their diseases:
And they that were vexed with foule spirits and they were healed.
And the whole multitude soght to touch him: for there went vertue out of him, and healed them all.
¶ And he lifted vp hie eyes vpon his disciples, a{n}d said, Blessed (be) ye poore: for yours is the kingdome of God.
Blessed (are) ye that hunger now: for ye shal be satisfied: blessed (are) ye that wepe now: for ye shal laugh.
Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when thy separate you, and reuile (you,) & put out your name as euil, for the Sonne of mans sake.
Reioyce ye in that day, and be glad: for beholde, your rewarde (is) great in heauen: for after this maner their fathers did to the Prophetes.
But wo (be) to you (that are) riche: for ye haue receiued your consolation.
Who (be) to you that are ful: for ye shal hunger. Who (be) to you that now laugh: for ye shal waile and wepe.
Wo (be) to when all men speake wel of you: for so did their fathers to the salse prophetes.
¶ But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: do wel to the{m} which hate you
Blesse them that curse you, and pray for the{m} which hurt you.
And vnto him that smiteth thee on the (one) cheke, offer also the other: and him that taketh away thy cloke, forbid not (to take thy) coate also.
Giue to euerie man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away thy (goods,) aske them not againe.
And as ye wolde that me{n} shulde do to you, so do ye to them like wise.
For if ye loue them which loue you, what thanke shal ye haue? for euen the sinners loue those that loue them.
And if ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke shal ye haue? for euen the sinners do the same.
And if ye lend to (them) of whome ye hope to receiue, what thanke shal ye haue? for euen the sinners lend to sinners, to receiue the like.
Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, loking, far nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, & ye shalbe the children of the moste High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euil.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
¶ Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shal not be condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.
Giue, and it shalbe giuen vnto you: a good measure, pressed downe, shaken together & running ouer shal men giue i{n}to your bosome for with what measure ye mette, with the same shal men mette to you againe.
And he spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde lead the blinde? shal they not both fall into the ditch?
The disciple is not aboue his master: but whosoeuer (wil be) a perfite disciple, shalbe as his master.
¶ And why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye, and co{n}siderest not the beame, that is in thine owne eye?
Ether how canst thou saye to thy brother, Brother, let me pul out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou seest not the beame that is in thine owne eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beame out of thine owne eye first, and then shalt thou se perfectly, to pul out the mote that is in thy brothers eye.
¶ For it is not a good tre that bringeth forthe euil frute: nether an euil tre, that bringeth forthe good frute.
For euerie tre is knowen by his owne frute: for nether of thornes gather men figges, nor of bushes gather they grapes.
A good man our of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forthe good, and an euil man out of the euil treasure of his heart bringeth forthe euil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
¶ But why call ye me Master, Master, and do not the things that I speake?
Whosoeuer cometh to me, and heareth my wordes, and doeth the same, I wil shewe you to whome he is like.
He is like a man which buylt an house, and digged depe, & laid the fundatio{n} on a rocke: and when the waters arose, the flood bet vpon that house, and colde not shake it: for it was grounded vpon a rocke.
But he that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that buylt an house vpo{n} the earth without fundacion, against which the flood dyd beat, and it fel by and by: and the fall of that house was great.
WHen he had ended al his sayings in the audience os the people, he entred into Capernaum.
And a certeine Centurions serua{n}t was sicke and ready to dye, which was dere vnto him.
And whe{n} he heard of Iesus, he sent vnto him the Elders of the Iewes, beseching him that he wolde come and heale his seruant.
So they came to Iesus, and besoght him instantly, saying that he was worthie that he shulde do this for him.
For he loueth, (said they,) our nacion, and he hathe buylt vs a Synagogue.
Then Iesus went with them: but when he was now not farre from the house, the Centurion sent friends to him, saying vnto him, Lord, trouble not thy self: for I am not worthie that thou shuldest enter vnder my roōfe
Wherefore I thoght not my self worthie to come vnto thee: but say the worde, and my seruant shalbe whole.
For I like wise am a man set vnder autoritie, & haue vnder me souldiers, & I say vnto one, Go, and he goeth, and to another, come, and he cometh, and to my seruant, do this, and he doeth it.
When Iesus heard these things, he marueiled at him, and turned him, & said to the people, that followed him, I say vnto you, I haue not found so great faith, no not in Israel.
And when they that were sent, turned backe to the house, they founde the seruant that was sicke, whole.
And it came to passe the day after, that he went into a citie called Nain, and manie of his disciples went with him, and a great multitude.
Now when he came nere to the gate of the citie, beholde, there was a dead man caryed out, (who was) the onelie begotten sonne of his mother, which was a widowe, and muche people of the citie was with her.
And when the Lord sawe her, he had compassion on her, and said vnto her, Wepe not.
And he went and touched the coffin (and they that bare him, stode stil) and he said, Yong man, I say vnto thee, Arise.
And he that was dead, sate vp, and began to speake, and he deliuered him to his mother.
Then there came a feare on them all, and they glorified God, saying, A great Prophet is raised vp among vs, a{n}d God hathe visited his people.
And this rumour of him we{n}t forthe through out all Iudea, and throughout all the region rounde about.
¶ And the disciples of Iohn shewed him of all these things.
So Iohn called vnto him two certeine men of his disciples, a{n}d sent them to Iesus, saying, Art thou he that shulde come, or shal we waite for another?
And when the men were come vnto him, they said, Iohn Baptist hathe sent vs vnto thee, saying, Art thou he that shulde come, or shal we wait for another?
And at that time, he cured manie of their sickenes, and plagues, and of euil spirits, and vnto manie blinde men he gaue sight.
And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Go your wayes and shewe Iohn, what things ye haue sene and heard: that the blinde se, the halte go, the lepers are clensed, the deafe heare, the dead rise againe, and the poore receiue the Gospel.
And blessed is he, that shal not be offended in me.
And when the messengers of Iohn were departed, he began to speake vnto the people of Iohn, What went ye out into the wildernes to se? A rede shaken with the winde?
But what went ye out to se? A man clothed in soft raiment? beholde, they which are gor geously apparelled, and liue delicately, are in Kings courtes.
But what went ye forthe to se? A Prophet? yea, I say to you, and greater the{n} a Prophet.
This is he of whome it is writen, Beholde I send my messenger before thy face, which shal prepare thy way before thee.
For I say vnto you, there is no greater Prophet then Iohn, among them that are be gotten of wome{n}: neuertheles, he that is the least in the kingdome of God is greater then he.
Then all the people that heard, and the Publicanes iustified God, being baptized with the baptisme of Iohn.
But the Pharises and the expounders of the Law despised the counsel of God against them selues, and (were) not baptized of him.
And the Lord said, Whereunto shal I liken the men of this generacio{n}? and what (thing) are they like vnto?
They are like vnto childre{n} sitting in the market place, & crying one to another, & saying, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not danced: we haue mourned to you, and ye haue not wept.
For Iohn Baptist came, nether eating bread nor drinking wine: and ye say, He hathe the deuil.
The Sonne of man is come, and eateth and drinketh: and ye say, Beholde, a man (which is) a glotten, and a drinker of wine, a friend of Publicanes and sinners.
But wisdome is iustified of all her children.
¶ And one of Pharises desired him that he wolde eat with him: and he went into the Pharises house, and sate downe at table.
And beholde, a woman in the citie, which was a sinner, when she knewe that Iesus sate at table in the Pharises house, she broght a boxe of ointement.
And she stode at is fete behinde him weping, and began to wash his fere with teares, and did wipe them with the heeres of her head, and kissed his fete, and anointed them with the ointment.
Now whe{n} the Pharise which bade him, sawe it, he spake within him self, saying, If this man were a Prophet, he wolde surely haue knowen who, & what maner of woman this is which toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
And Iesus answered, and said vnto him, Simon, I haue some what to say vnto thee. And he said, Master, say on.
There was a certeine lender which had two detters: the one oght fiue hundreth pence, and the other fiftie.
When they had nothing to pay, he forgaue them bothe. Which of them therefore, tell (me,) will oue him moste?
Simon answered, and said, I suppose that he, to whome he forgaue moste. And he said vnto him, Thou hast truely iudged.
Then he turned to the woman, and said vnto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entred into thine house, and thou gauest me no water to my fete: but she hathe washed my fete with teare, and wiped them with the heeres of her head.
Thou gauest me no kisse: but she since the time I came in, hathe not ceased to kisse my fete.
Mine head with oyle thou diddest not anoint: but she hathe anointed my feete with ointement.
Wherefore I saye vnto thee, manie sinnes are forgiuen her: for she loued muche. To whome a litle is forgiuen, he doeth loue a litle.
And he said vnto her, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.
And they that sate at table with him, began to say within them selues, Who is this that euen forgiueth sinne?
And he said to the woman, Thy faith hathe saued thee: go in peace.
ANd it came to passe afterwarde, that he himself went through euerie citie and towne, preaching, and publishing the kingdome of God, & the twelue (were) with him
And certeine women, which were healed of euil spirits, and infirmities, (as) Marie which was called Magdalene, out of whome went seuen deuils,
And Ioanna the wife of Chuza Herodes stewarde, and Susanna, & manie other which ministred vnto him of their substance.
Now when muche people were gathered together, and were come to him out of all cities, he spake by a parable,
A sower went out to sowe his seed, and as he sowed, some fel by the way side, and it was troden vnder fete, and the foules of heauen deuoured it vp.
And some fel on the stones, and when it was sprong vp, it withered away, because it lacked moistnes.
And some fel among thornes, and the thornes sprang vp with it, and choked it.
And some fel on good grounde, and sprang vp, and bare frute, an hundreth folde. And as he said these things, he cryed, He that hathe eares to heare, let him heare.
Then his disciples asked him, demanding, what parable that was?
And he said, Vnto you it is giuen to know the secrets of the kingdome of God, but to other in parables, that when they se, they shulde not se, and when they heare, they shulde not vnderstand.
The parable is this, The sede is the worde of God.
And thei that are beside the way, are thei that heare: afterwarde commeth the deuil, and taketh away the worde out of their hearts, left they shulde beleue, and be saued?
But they that are on the stones, (are they) which vhē they haue 〈◊〉, receiue the word with ioye: but they haue no rootes, whiche for a while beleue, but in the time of tentation go away.
And that which fel among thornes, are they which haue heard, and after their departure are choked with cares and with riches, and voluptuous liuinge, and bring forthe no frute.
But that (which fel) in good ground, are they which with an honest and good heart heare the worde, and kepe it, and bring forth frute with pacience.
¶ No man when he lighteth a candel, couereth it vnder a vessel, nether putteth it vnder the table, but setteth it on a candlesticke, that they that entre in, may se the light.
For nothing is secret, that shal not be euident: nether any thing hid, that shal not be knowen, and come to light.
Take hede therefore how ye heare: for whosoeuer hathe, to him shalbe giuen: and whosoeuer hathe not, from him shalbe take{n} euen that, which it semeth that he hathe.
¶ Then came to him his mother & his brethren and colde not come nere to him for the preasse.
And it was tolde him (by certeine) whiche said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, and wolde se thee.
But he answered, and said vnto the{m}, My mother, and my brethren are these which heare the worde of God, and do it.
¶ And it came to passe on a certeine day, that he went into a ship with his disciples, and he said vnto them, Let vs go ouer vnto the other side of the lake. And they lanched forthe.
And as they sailed, he fel a slepe, and there came downe a storme of winde on the lake, and they were filled with water, and were in ieopardie.
Then they went to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. And he arose, and rebuked the winde, and the waues of water: and they ceased, and it was calme.
Then he said vnto the{m}, Where is your faith! and they feared, and wondered among them selues, saying, Who is this that commandeth bothe the windes and water, and they obey him!
¶ So they sailed vnto the region of the Gadarenes, which is ouer against Galile.
And as he went out to land, there met him a certeine man out of the citie, whiche had a deuil long time, and he ware no clothes, nether abode in house, but in the graues.
And when he sawe Iesus, he cryed out, and fel down before him, and with a loude voyce said, What haue I to do with thee, Iesus the Sonne of God, the most high? I beseche thee torment me not.
For he co{m}maunded the foule spirit to come out of the ma{n}: [for oft times he had caught him: therefore he was bou{n}d with chaines, & kept in fetters: but he brake the bandes, and was caryed of the deuil into wildernesses.]
Then Iesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion, because many deuils were entred into him.
And they besoght hym, that he wolde not commande them to go out into the diepe.
And there was there by, an herd of many swine, feding on an hill, and the (deuils) besoght him, that he wolde suffre them to entre into them. So he suffred them.
Then went the deuils out of the man, and entred into the swine: and the herd was caryed with violence from a stepe down place into the lake, and was choked.
When the herdmen sawe what was done, the{n} fled: and when thei were departed, they tolde it in the citie and in the countrey.
Then they came out to se what was done, and came to Iesus, and founde the man, out of whome the deuils were departed, sitting at the fete of Iesus, clothed, and in his ryght minde: and they were afraid.
They also whiche sawe it, tolde them by what meanes he that was possessed with the deuil, was healed.
Then the whole multitude of the countrey about the Gadarenes, besoght him, that he wolde departe from them: for they were taken with a great feare: and he went into the ship, and returned.
Then the man, out of whome the deuils were departed, besoght hym that he might be with him: but Iesus sent him away, saying.
Returne into thine owne house, a{n}d shewe what great things God hath done to thee. So he went hys awaye, and preached through out all the citie, what greate thyngs Iesus had done vnto him.
¶ And it came to passe whe{n} Iesus was come againe, that the people receiued him: for they all waited for him.
¶ And beholde, there came a man named Iairus, and he was the ruler of the Synagogue, who fel downe at Iesus fete a{n}d besoght him that he wolde come into his house.
For he had but a daughter onelye, aboute twelue yeres of age, and she laye a dying [ad as he went, the people thronged him.
And a woman hauyng an yssue of bloode, twelue yeres long, whiche had spent all her substance vpon physicions, and colde not be healed of any:
Whe{n} she came behinde (him,) she touched the hemme of his garment, and immediatly her yssue of blood stanched.
Then Iesus said, Who is it that hathe touched me? When euerie man denyed, Peter said a{n}d they that were with him, Master, the multitude thrust thee, and tread on thee, and sayest thou, Who hathe touched me?
And Iesus said, Some one hath touched me: for I perceiue that vertue is gone out of me.
When the woman sawe that she was not hid, she came trembling, and fel downe before him, a{n}d tolde him before all the people, for what cause she had touched him, & how she was healed immediatly.
And he said vnto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hathe made thee whole: go in peace.]
While he yet spake, there came one from the ruler of the Synagogues house, which said to him, Thy daughter is dead: disease not the Master.
When Iesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Feare not: beleue onely, and she shal be made whole.
And when he went into the house, he suffred no man to go in with him, saue Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and the father and mother of the maide.
And all wept, and sorowed for her: but he said, Wepe not: for she is not dead, but slepeth.
And they laught hym to skorne, knowyng that she was dead.
So he thrust them all out, and toke her by the hand, and cryed, saying, Maid, arise,
And her spirit came againe, and she rose straight way: and he commanded to giue her meat.
Then her parents were astonied: but he commanded them that they shulde tell no man what was done.
THen called he the twelue disciples together, and gaue them power and autoritie ouer all deuils, and to heale diseases.
And he sent the{m} to preache the kyngdome of God, and to cure the sicke.
And he said to them, Take nothing to your iourney, nether staues, nor scrip, nether bread, nor siluer, nether haue two coates.
And whatsoeuer house ye entre into, there abide, and thence departe.
And whosoeuer will not receiue you, when ye go out of that citie, shake of the verie dust from your fete for a testimonie agaynst them.
And they went out, and went through euerie towne preachyng the Gospell, and healing euerie where.
¶ Nowe Herode the tetrarche heard of all that was done by hym: and he douted, because that it was said of some, that Iohn was risen againe from the dead:
And of some, that Elias had appeared: and of some, that one of the olde Prophetes was risen againe.
Then Herode sayd, Iohn haue I beheaded: who then is thys of whome I heare suche things? and he desired to se him.
¶ And when the Apostles returned, they tolde him what great things they had done. Then he toke them, and went aside into a solitarie place, (nere) to the citie called Bethsaida.
But when the people knewe it, they followed him: and he receiued them, and spake vnto them of the kingdome of God, and healed them that had nede to be healed.
And when the day began towe are away, the twelue came, and said vnto him, Send the people away, that they may go into the townes and villages rounde about, & lodge and get meat: for we are here in a desert place.
But he said vnto them, Giue ye them to eat. And they said, We haue no mo but fiue loaues and two fishes, except we shulde go and bye meat for all this people.
For they were about fiue thousand me{n}. The{n} he said to his disciples, Cause them to sit downe by fifties in a companie.
And they did so, and caused all to sit downe.
Then he toke the fiue loaues, and the two fishes, and loked vp to heauen, and blessed them, and brake, and gaue to the disciples, to set before the people.
So they did all eat, and were satisfied: & there was take{n} vp of that remained to the{m}, twelue baskets ful of broken meat.
¶ And it came to passe as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him, and he asked them, saying, Whome say the people that I am?
They answered, and said, Iohn Baptist: and others say, Elias: & some say, that one of the olde Prophetes is risen againe.
And he said vnto them, But whome say ye that I am? Peter answered, & said, The Christ of God.
And he warned, and commaunded the{m}, that they shulde tell that to no man.
Saying, The Sonne of man must suffre many things, and be reproued of the Elders, & of the hie Priests and Scribes, and be slaine, and the thirde day rise againe.
¶ And he said to them all, If any man wil come after me, let him denye him self, and take vp his crosse daily, and folowe me.
For whosoeuer wil saue his life, shal lose it: and whosoeuer shal lose his life for my sake, the same shal saue it.
For what auantageth it a man, if he winne the whole worlde, and destroye him self, or lose himself?
For whosoeuer shalbe ashamed of me, and of my wordes, of him shal the Sonne of man be ashamed, when he shal come in his glorie and (in the glorie) of the Father, and of the holie Angels.
And I tell you of a suretie, there be some standing here, which shal not taste, of death, til they haue sene the kingdome of God.
And it came to passe about an eight dayes after those wordes, that he toke Peter, and Iohn, and Iames, and went vp into a mountaine to pray.
And as he prayed, the facion of his countenarice was cha{n}ged, & his garme{n}t (was) white and glistered.
And beholde, two men talked with him, which were Moses and Elias,
Which appeared in glorie, and tolde of his departing, which he shulde accomplish at Ierusalem.
But Peter and they that were with him, were heauie with slepe, and when they awooke, they sawe his glorie, & the two men standing with him.
And it came to passe, as they departed from him, Peter said vnto Iesus, Master, it is good for vs to be here: let vs therefore make thre tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias, and wist not what he said.
While he thus spake, there came a cloude and ouershadowed them, and they feared when these were entring into the cloude.
And there came a voyce out of the cloude, saying, This is my beloued Sonne heare him.
And when the voyce was past, Iesus was founde alone: and they kept it close, and tolde no ma{n} in those dayes any of those things which they had sene.
¶ And it came to passe on the next day, as they came downe from the mountaine, muche people met him.
And beholde, a man of the co{m}panie cryed out, saying, Master, I beseche thee, beholde my sonne: for he is all that I haue.
And lo, a spirit taketh him, and suddenly he cryeth, and he teareth him, that he fometh, and with muche paine departeth from him, when he hathe bruised him.
Now I haue besoght thy disciples to cast him out, but they colde not.
Then Iesus answered, and said, O generacion faithles, and croked, how long now shall be with you, and suffer you! bring thy sonne hither.
And whiles he was yet comming, the deuil rent him, and 〈◊〉 him: a{n}d Iesus rebuked the vncleane spirit, and healed the childe, and 〈◊〉 liuered him to his father.
¶ And thei were all amased at the mightie power of God: and while thei all wondred at all things, which Iesus did, he said vnto his disciples,
Marke these wordes diligently: for it shal come to passe, that the Sonne of man shalbe deliuered into the hands of men.
But they vnderstode not that worde: for it was hid from them, (so) that they colde not perceiue it: and they feared to aske him of that worde.
¶ Then there arose a disputacion among them, which of them shulde be the greatest.
When Iesus sawe the thoghts of their hearts, he toke a litle childe, and set him by him.
And said vnto them, Whosoeuer receiueth this litle childe in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer shal receiue me, receiueth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, he shalbe great.
¶ And Iohn answered, and said, Master, we sawe one casting out deuils in thy Name, and we forbade him, because he followeth (thee) not with vs.
Then Iesus said vnto him, Forbid ye (him) not: for he that is not against vs, is with vs.
¶ And it came to passe, whe{n} the dayes were accomplished, that he shulde be receiued vp, he setteled him self fully to go to Ierusalem.
And sent messengers before him: and they went and entred into a towne of the Samaritans, to prepare him (lodging.)
But they wolde not receiue him, because his behauiour was, (as) thogh he wolde go to Ierusalem.
And when his disciples, Iames and Iohn sawe it, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we co{m}mande, that fyre come downe from heauen, and consume them, euen as Elias did,
But Iesus turned about, and rebuked them, & said, Ye knowe not of what spirit ye are,
For the Sonne of man is not come to destroye mens liues, but to saue the{m}. Then they 〈◊〉 to another towne.
¶ And it came to passe that as they went in the way, a certeine man said vnto him, I wil followe thee, Lord, whethersoeuer thou goest.
And Iesus said vnto him, The foxes haue holes, and the birdes of the heauen haue nestes, but the Sonne of man hathe not whereon to laie his head.
But he said vnto another, Followe me. And the same said, Lord, suffer me first to go and burye my father.
And Iesus said vnto him, Let the dead burye their dead: but go thou and preache the kingdome of God.
Then another said, I wil followe thee, Lord: but let me first go bid them fare wel, which are at mine house.
And Iesus said vnto him, No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and loketh backe, is apte to the kingdome of God.
AFter these things, the Lord appointed other seuentie also, a{n}d sent them, two & two before him into euerie citie and place, whether he him self shulde come.
And he said vnto them, The haruest (is) great, but the laborers (are) fewe: pray therefore the Lord of the haruest to send forthe laborers into his haruest.
Go your waies: beholde, I send you forthe as lambs among wolues.
Beare no bagge, nether scryp, nor shoes, a{n}d salute no man by the 〈◊〉
And into whatsoeuer house ye enter first say Peace (be) to this house.
And if the sonne of peace be there, your peace shal rest vpon him: if not, it shal turne to you againe.
And in that house tarie stil eating, and drinking suche things as by them (shalbe set before you:) for the laborer is worthie of his wages. Go not from house to house.
But into whatsoeuer citie ye shal enter, if they receiue you, eat suche things as are set before you,
And heale the sicke that are there, and say vnto them, The kingdome of God is come nere vnto you.
But into whatsoeuer citie ye shal enter if they wil not receiue you, go your waies out into the stretes of the same, and say,
Euen the verie dust, which cleaueth on vs of your citie, we wipe of against you, not with standing know this, that they kingdome of God was come nere vnto you.
For I say to you, that it shalbe easier in that day for them of Sodom, then for that citie.
Wo (be) to thee, Chorazin: wo (be) to thee, Beth-saida: for if the miracles had bene done in Tyrus and Sidon, which haue bene done in you, they had a great while agone repe{n}ted sitting in sacke clothe and asshes.
Therefore it shalbe easier for Tyrus, and Sidon, at the iudgement, then for you.
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heauen, shalt be thrust downe to hel.
¶ He that heareth you, heareth me: and he that despiseth you, despiseth me: and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me,
¶ And the seuentie turned againe with ioye saying, Lord, euen the deuils are subdued to vs through thy Name.
And he said vnto them, I sawe Satan, like lightening, fall downe from heauen.
Beholde, I giue vnto you power to treade on serpents, & scorpio{n}s, & ouer all the power of the enemie, and nothing shal hurt you.
Neuertheles, in this reioyce not, that the spirits are subdued vnto you: but rather reioyce, because your names are written in heauen.
¶ That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirit, and said, I confesse vnto thee, Father Lord of heauen and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and learned, and hast reueiled them to babes: euen so, Father, because it so pleased thee.
Then he turned to his disciples, and said, All things are giuen me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Sonne is, but the Father: nether who the Father is, saue the Sonne, and he to whome the Sonne wil reueile him.
¶ And he returned to his disciples, and said secretly, Blessed (are) the eyes, which se that ye se.
For I tell you that manie Prophetes and Kings haue desired to se those things, which ye se, and haue not sene (them:) and to heare those things, which ye heare, a{n}d haue not heard (them.)
¶ Then beholde, a certeine expounder of the Law stode vp, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shal I do, to inherite eternal life.
And he said vnto him, What is written in the Law? how readest thou?
And he answered, and said, Thou shalt loue thy Lord God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy strength, and with all thy thoght, and thy neighbour as thy felf.
Then he said vnto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt liue.
But he willing to iustifie him self, said vnto Iesus, Who is then my neighbour?
And Iesus aunswered, and said, A certeine man went down from Ierusalem to Iericho, and fell among theues, and they robbed him of his rayment, and wounded him, and departed, leauing him halfe dead.
And by cha{n}ce there came down a certeine Priest that same way, and whe{n} he sawe him, he passed by on the other side.
And lykewise also a Leuite, when he was come nere to the place, went and loked (on (him,) and passed by on the other side.
Then a certeine Samaritan, as he iourneyed, came nere vnto him, and when he sawe him, he had compassion on him.
And went to hym, and bounde vp his wondes, and powred in oyle and wine, and put hym on his owne beast, and broght hym to an ynne, and made prouision for him.
And on the morowe when he departed, he toke 〈◊〉 two pence, and gaue them to the hoste, and said vnto hym, Take care of hym, and whatsoeuer thou spendest more, when I come againe, I wil recompense thee.
Which nowe of these thre, thinkest thou, was neyghbour vnto hym that fell amonge the theues?
And he sayd, He that shewed mercye on him. Then said Iesus vnto him, Go, and do thou like wise.
¶ Nowe it came to passe as they went, that he entred into a certeine towne, and a certeine woman named Martha, receyued hym into her house.
And she had a sister called Marie, which also sate at Iesus fete, and heard his preaching.
But Martha was combred about muche seruing, and came to him, a{n}d said, Master, doest thou not care that my sister hathe lefte me to serue alone? bid her therefore, that she helpe me.
And Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Martha, Martha, thou carest, and art troubled about manie things.
But one thyng is nedeful, Marie hathe chosen the good parte, which shall not be taken away from her.
ANd so it was, that as he was praying in a certeine place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said vnto him, Master, teache vs to praye, as Iohn also taught his disciples.
And he said vnto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father, which art in heaue{n}, halowed be thy Name: Thy kingdome come: Let thy wil be done euen in earth, as (it is) in heauen.
Our daily bread giue vs for the day.
And forgiue vs our sinnes: for euen we forgiue euerie man that is indetted to vs: And lead vs not into temptacion: but deliuer vs from euil.
¶ Moreouer he sayde vnto them, Whiche of you shall haue a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and saye vnto hym, Friend, lend me thre 〈◊〉?
For a friende of myne is come out of the way to me, and I haue nothing to set before hym.
And he wythin shulde aunswere, and saye Trouble me not: the dore is nowe shut: and my children are with me in bed: I can not rise and giue them to thee.
I say vnto you, thogh he wolde not arise and giue him, because he is his friende, yet doutles because of hys importunitie, he wolde rise, and giue him as many as he neded.
And I saye vnto you, Aske, and it shalbe giuen you: seke, and ye shal finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.
For euerie one that asketh, receiueth: and he that seketh, findeth: a{n}d to hym that knocketh, it shalbe opened.
If a so{n}ne shal aske bread of any of you that is a father, wil he giue him a stone? or if (he aske) a fish, wil he for a fishe giue him a serpe{n}t?
Or if he aske an egge, wil he giue him ascor pion?
If ye then whiche are euill, can giue good giftes vnto your children, how muche more shall your heauenlie Father giue the holye Gost to them, that desire him?
¶ Then he caste out a deuill whyche was domme: and whe{n} the deuil was gone out the domme spake, and the people wondred.
But some of them sayd, He casteth out deuils through Beel-zebub the chief of the deuils.
And others tempted him, sekyng of hym a signe from heauen.
But he knewe their thoghtes, and said vnto to them, Euerie kingdome deuided against it self, shalbe desolate, a{n}d an house (deuided) againe an house, falleth.
So yf Satan also be deuided agaynste hym selfe, howe shall his kyngdome stande, because ye saye that I caste out deuils through Beel-zebub?
If I through Eeel-zebub cast out deuils, by whom do your children cast the{m} out? Therfore shal they be your iudges.
But if I by the finger of God cast out deuils, doutles the kyngdome of God is come vnto you.
When a stronge man armed, kepeth hys palace, the things that he possesseth, are in peace.
But when a stronger then he, cometh vpon him, and ouer commeth him: he taketh from hym all hys armour wherein he trusted, and deuideth his spoiles.
He that is not with me, is againste me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
When the vncleanes Spirite is gone out of a man, he walketh through drye places, sekyng rest: and when he findeth none, he saith, I wil returne vnto mine house whence I came out.
And when he commeth, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Then goeth he, and taketh to him seuen other spirits worse then hym selfe: and they entre in, and dwell there, so the last state of that man is worse then the first.
¶ And it came to passe as he sayde these thyngs, a certeine woman of the companie lifted vp her voyce, and sayd vnto hym, Blessed (is) the wombe that bare thee, and the pappes which thou haste sucked.
But he sayd, Yea, rather blessed (are) they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.
¶ And when the people were gathered thicke together, he began to saye, This is a wicked generacion: they seke a signe, and there shal no signe be giuen them, but the signe of Ionas the Prophet.
For as Ionas was a signe to the Nineuites, so shall also the Sonne of man be to 〈◊〉 generacion.
The Quene of the South shall rise in iudgement, with the men of this generacion, a{n}d 〈◊〉 condemne them: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth to heare the wisdome of Solomon, and becholde, a greater then Solomon (is) here.
The men of Nineue shall ryse in iudgement with thys generacion, and shall condemne it: for they repented at the preaching of Ionas: and beholde, a greater then Ionas (is) here.
¶ No man lighteth a candell, and putteth it in a priuie place, nether vnder a bushel: but on a candlesticke, that they which come in, may se the light.
The light of the bodie is the eye: therfore when thyne eye is single, then is thy whole bodie lyght: but if thine eye be euill, then thy bodie is darke.
Take hede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkenes.
If therefore thy whole bodie (shalbe) light, hauing no parte darke, then shal all be light euen as when a candel doeth light thee with the brightnes.
¶ And as he spake, a certeine Pharise besoght him to dyne with him: and he went in, and sate downe at table.
And when the Pharise sawe it, he marueiled that he had not first washed before dyner.
And the Lord said to him, In dede ye Pharises make cleane the outside of the cup, and of the platter: but the inwarde parte is ful of rauening and wickednes.
Ye fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?
Therefore, giue almes of those things which are within, and beholde, all things shalbe cleane to you.
But wo (be) to you, Pharises: for ye tithe the mynt and the rewe, and all maner herbes, a{n}d passe ouer iudgement and the loue of God: these oght ye to haue done, and not to haue left the other vndone.
Wo (be) to you, Pharises: for ye loue the vppermost seates in the Synagogues, and gretings in the markets.
Wo (be) to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, perceiue not.
¶ Then answered one of the expounders of the Lawe, and said vnto him, Master, thus saying thou puttest vs to rebuke also.
And he said, Wo (be) to you also, ye interpreters of the Lawe: for ye lade men with burdens grieuous to be borne, and ye your selues touche not the burdens with one of your fingers.
Wo (be) to you: for ye buylde the sepulchres of the Prophetes, and your Fathers killed them.
Truely ye beare witnes, and allow the dedes of your fathers: for they killed them, a{n}d ye buylde their sepulchres.
Therefore sayd the wisdome of God, I will send them Prophetes and Apostles, and of them they shal slay and persecute.
That the blood of all the Prophetes, shed from the fundacion of the worlde, maye be required of this regeneracion.
Frome the blood of Abell vnto the blood of Zacharias, whiche was slayne betwene 〈◊〉 altar and the Temple: verelye I saye vnto you, it shalbe required of thys generacion.
Wo (be) to you, interpreters of the Law: for ye haue taken away the keye of knowledge: ye entred not in your selues, and the{m} that came in, ye forbade.
And as he sayde these thynges vnto them, the Scribes and Pharises began to vrge hym sore, and to prouoke hym to speake of 〈◊〉.
Laying wait for him, and sekyng to catche some thyng of hys mouth, whereby they might accuse him.
IN the meane tyme, there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trode one another: and he began to say vnto his disciples first, Take hede to your selues of the leauen of the Pharises, which is hypocrisie.
For there is nothyng couered, that shall not be reueiled: nether hid, that shall not be knowen.
Wherefore whatsoeuer ye haue spoken in darkenes, it shalbe heard in the light: a{n}d that which ye haue spoken in the eare, in secret places, shalbe preached on the houses.
And I say vnto you, my friendes, be 〈◊〉 afraid of the{m} that kil the bodie, and after that are not able to do any more.
But I will forewarne you, whome ye shall feare: feare hym whiche after he hathe killed, hathe power to cast into hell: yea, I saye vnto you, him feare.
Are not fiue sparowes boght for two farthings, (and) yet not one of them is forgotten before God?
Yea, and all the heeres of your head are nombred: feare not therfore: ye are of value then many sparowes.
Also I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall confesse me before men, hym shall the Sonne of ma{n} confesse also before the Angels of God.
But he that shal denie me before men, shalbe denyed before the Angels of God.
And whosoeuer shal speake a word against the Sonne of man, it shalbe forgiuen hym: but vnto hym that shall blaspheme the holie Gost, it shall not be forgiuen.
And when they shal bring you vnto the Synagogues, and vnto the rulers and princes, take no thoght how, or what thing ye shal answer, or what ye shal speake.
For the holie Gost shall teache you in the same houre, what ye oght to say.
And one of the co{m}panie said vnto him, Master, bid my brother deuide the inheritance with me.
And he said vnto him, Man, who made me a iudge, or a deuider ouer you?
Wherefore he said vnto them, Take hede, and beware of couetousnes: for thogh a man haue abundance, (yet) his life standeth not in his riches.
And he put forthe a parable vnto them, saying, The grounde of a certeine riche man broght forthe frutes plenteously.
Therefore he thoght with him self, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no (roume,) where I may lay vp my frutes?
And he said, This wil I do, I will pull downe my barnes, and buylde greater, and therein wil I gather all my frutes, and my goods.
And I wil say to my soule, Soule, thou haste muche goods laid vp for many yeres: liue at ease, eat, drinke, and take thy pastime.
But God said vnto him, O foole, thys night wil they fetche awaye thy soule from thee: then whose shal those things be which thou hast prouided?
So (is) he that gathereth riches to hym self, and is not riche in God.
And he spake vnto his disciples, Therefore I saye vnto you, Take no thoght for your life, what ye shal eat: nether for your bodie, what ye shal put on.
The lyfe is more then meat: and the bodie (more) then the raiment.
Consider the rauens: for they nether sowe nor reape: whiche nether haue store house nor barne, and (yet) God fedeth them: howe muche more are ye better then foules?
And which of you with taking thoght, can adde to his stature one cubit?
If ye then be not able to do the least thing; why take ye thoght for the remnant?
Consider the lilies how they growe: they labour not, nether spin they: yet I saye vnto you, that Solomon him self in all his royaltie was not clothed like one of these.
If then God so clothe the grasse whiche is to day in the field, and tomorow is cast into the ouen, how muche more (will he clothe) you, ô ye of litle faith?
Therfore aske not what ye shal eat, or what ye shal drinke, nether stand in doute.
For all such things the people of the world seke for: and your Father knoweth that ye haue nede of these things.
But rather seke ye after the kyngdome of God, and all these thyngs shalbe ministred vnto you.
Feare not, litle flocke: for it is your Fathers pleasure, to giue you the kingdome.
¶ Sel that ye haue, and giue almes: make you bagges, whiche waxe not olde, a treasure that can neuer faile in heauen, where no thefe commeth, nether moth corrupteth.
For where your treasure is, there will your hearts be also.
¶ Let your loines be girde aboute, and your lights burning.
And ye your selues like vnto men that wait for their master, when he will returne from the wedding, that when he cometh & knocketh, they maye open vnto him immediatly.
Blessed (are) those serua{n}ts, whom 〈◊〉 Lord when he cometh shall finde wakyng: verely I say vnto you, he will girde him self about, and make them to sit downe at table, a{n}d will come forthe, and serue them.
And if he come in the seconde watche, or come in the thirde watche, and shall 〈◊〉 them so, blessed are those seruants.
Now vnderstand this, that if the good ma{n} of the house had knowen at what houre the thefe wolde haue come, he wolde haue watched, and wolde not haue 〈◊〉 his house to be digged through.
Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man wil come at an houre when ye thinke not.
Then Peter sayd vnto hym, Master, tellest thou this parable vnto vs, or euen to all?
And the Lord said, Who is a faithfull stewarde, and wise, whome the master shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to giue them their portion of meat in season?
Blessed (is) that seruaunt, whome his master when he cometh, shal find so doing.
Of a trueth I say vnto you, that he wil make him ruler ouer all that he hathe.
But if that seruant say in hys heart, My master doeth deferre his comming, and shal beginne to smite the seruants, and maidens, a{n}d to eat, and drinke, and to be drunken.
The master of that seruant will come in a day whe{n} he thinketh not, & at an houre whe{n} he is not ware of, and wil cut him of, and giue him his portion with the vnbeleuers.
¶ And that seruaunt that knewe hys masters will, and prepared not himselfe, nether did according to his wil, shal be beaten with manie (stripes.)
But he that knewe it not, and yet did commit things worthie of stripes, shal be beaten with fewe (stripes:) for vnto whome soeuer muche is giuen, of him shal be muche required, and to whome men muche commit, the more of him wil they aske.
¶ I am come to put fyre on the earth, and what is my desire, if it be all ready kindled?
Notwithstanding I must be baptized with a baptisme, and howe am I grieued, till it be ended?
Thinke ye that I am come to giue peace on earth? I tel you, nay, but rather debate.
For from henceforthe there shal be fiue in one house deuided, thre against two, a{n}d two against thre.
The Father shal be deuided agaynste the sonne, and the sonne againste the father: the mother against the daughter, a{n}d the daughter against the mother: the mother in lawe against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law, against her mother in law.
¶ Then said he to the people, When ye sea cloude rise out of the West, straight way ye say, A shower commeth: and so it is.
And when (ye se) the South wynde blowe, ye say, that it wil be hote: and it commeth to passe.
Hypocrites, ye can discerne the face of the the earth, and of the skie: but why discerne ye not this time?
Yea, and why iudge ye not of yourselues what is right?
¶ While thou goest with thine aduersarie to the ruler, as thou art in the way, giue diligence in the way, that thou maist be deliuered fro{m} hym, lest he bryng thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the iayler, and the iayler cast thee into prison.
I tell thee, thou shalte not departe thence, til thou hast payed the vtmost mite.
THere were certeine men present at the same season, that shewed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their owne sacrifices.
And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Sup pose ye, that these Galileans were greater sinners then all the (other) Galileans, because they haue suffred suche things?
I tell you, nay: but except ye amende your liues, ye shall all lykewise perish.
Or thynke you that those eyghtene, vppon whome the towre in Siloam fell, and slewe them, were sinners aboue all men that dwel in Ierusalem?
I tell you, nay: but except ye amende your liues, ye all shall like wise perish.
¶ He spake also this parable, A certeine man had a figge tre planted in hys vineyarde: and he came and soght frute thereon, a{n}d founde none.
They sayd he to the dresser of hys vineyarde, Beholde, thys thre yeres haue I come and soght frute of thys figge tre, and finde none: cut it downe: why kepeth it also the ground baren?
And he answered, and said vnto him, Lord let it alone this yere also, til I digge round about it, and dongue it.
And if it beare frute, (wel:) if not, then after thou shalt cut it downe.
¶ And he taught in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath day.
And beholde, there was a woman whiche had a spirit of infirmitie eightene yeres, and was bowed together, and colde not lift vp (herself) in anie wise.
When Iesus sawe her, he called her to him, and said to her, Woma{n}, thou art losed from thy disease.
And he laid his hands on her, and immediatly she was made strayght agayne, and glorified God.
And the ruler of the Synagogue aunswered wyth indignation because that Iesus had healed on the Sabbath (daye,) and said vnto the people, There are six dayes in which me{n} oght to worke: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.
Then aunswered hym the LORDE, and sayde, Hypocrite, doeth not eiche one of you on the Sabbath (daye) lose hys oxe or hys asse from the stall, and lead hym away to the water?
And oght not thys daughter of Abraham, whome Satan had bounde, lo, eightene yeres, be losed from this bo{n}de on the Sabbath day?
And when he said these things, all his aduersaries were ashamed: but all the people reioyced at all the excelle{n}t things, that were done by him.
¶ Then said he, What is the kingdome of God like? or where to shal I compare it?
It is like a graine of mustarde seed, whiche a man toke and sowed in his garden, and it grewe, and waxed a great tre, and the foules of the heauen made nestes in the branches thereof.
¶ And againe he said, Whereunto shal I like{n} the kingdome of God?
It is like leauen, which a woman toke, and hid in thre peckes of floure, til all was leauened.
¶ And he went through all cities and townes, teaching, and iourneying towardes Ierusalem.
Then said one vnto him, Lord, (are there) fewe that shal be saued? And he said vnto the{m}
Striue to entre in at the straite gate: for manie, I say vnto you, wil seke to enter in, & shal not be able.
When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hathe shut to the dore, and ye beginne to stand without, and to knocke at the dore, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs, and he shal answer and say vnto you, I knowe you not whence ye are,
m Then shal ye beginne to say, We haue eate{n} and drunke in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our stretes.
But he shal say, I tel you, I know you not whence ye are: departe from me, all ye workers of iniquitie.
There shal be weping & gnasshing of teeth when ye shal se Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the Prophetes in the kingdome of God, and your selues thruste out at dores.
Then shal come (manie) from the East, and from the West, and from the North, and fro{m} the South, and shal sit at table in the kingdome of God.
And beholde, there are last, which shal be first, and there are first, which shal be last.
The same day there came certeine Pharises, and said vnto him, Departe, and go hence: for Herode wil kil thee.
Then said he vnto them, Go ye and tell that foxe, Beholde, I cast out deuils, & wil heale stil to day, and tomorowe, & the third day I shal be perfited.
Neuertheles I muste walke to daye, and tomorowe, and the day following: for it can not be, that a Prophet shulde perish out of Ierusalem.
O Ierusalem, Ierusalem, which killest the Prophetes, and stoned them that are sent to thee, how often wolde I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathered her broode vnder (her) wings, and ye wolde not!
Beholde, your house is left vnto you desolate: and verely I tel you, ye shal not se me vntil (the time) come that ye shal say, Blessed (is) he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
ANd it came to passe that when he was entred i{n}to the house of one of the chief Pharises on the Sabbath (day,) to eat bread they watched him.
And beholde, there was a certeine man before him, which had the dropsie,
Then Iesus answering, spake vnto the expou{n}ders of the Law, & Pharises, saying, Is it lawful to heale on the Sabbath (day?)
And they held their place. The{n} he toke him, and healed him, and let go,
And answered them, saying, Whiche of you (shal haue) an asse, or an oxe fallen into a pit, and wil not straight way pul him out on the Sabbath day?
And they colde not answer him againe to those things.
¶ He spake also a parable to the ghests, whe{n} he marked how they chose out the chief roumes, and said vnto them,
When thou shalt be bidden of anie man to a wedding, set not thy self down in the chiefest place, lest a more honorable ma{n} the{n} thou, be bidden of him,
And he that bade bothe him and thee, come and say to thee, Giue this man roume, and thou then beginne with shame to take the lowest roume.
But when thou art bidden, go & sit downe in the lowest roume, that when he that bade thee, cometh, he may say vnto thee, Friend, sit vp hier: the{n} shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at table with thee.
For whosoeuer exalteth himself, shal be broght low, and he that humbleth him self, shal be exalted.
¶ The{n} said he also to him that had bidden him, When thou makest a dyner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nether thy kinsemen, nor the riche neighbours lest they also bid thee againe, and a recompense be made thee.
But when thou makest a feast, call the poore the maimed, the lame, (and) the blind,
And thou shalt be blessed, because they can not recompense thee: for thou shalt be recō pensed at the resurrection of the iuste.
¶ Now when one of them that sate at table, heard these things, he said vnto him, Blessed (is) he that eateth bread in the kingdome of God.
Then said he to him, A certeine ma{n} made a great supper, and bade manie.
And sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come: for all things are now ready.
By they all with one (minde) began to make excuse: The first said vnto him, I haue boght a ferme, and I must nedes go out and se it: I pray thee haue me excused.
And another said, I haue boght fiue yoke of oxen, and I go to proue them: I pray thee, haue me excused.
And another said, I haue maried a wife, and therefore I can not come.
So that seruant returned, and shewed his master these things. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his serua{n}t, Go out quickely into the places and stretes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.
And the serua{n}t said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is roume.
Then the master said to the seruant, Go out into the hie wayes, and hedges, and compel them to come in, that mine house may be filled.
For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shal taste of my supper.
Now there went great multitudes with him and he turned and said vnto them,
If anie man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, & brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.
And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, a{n}d cometh after me, can not be my disciple.
For which of you minding to builde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to performe it,
Lest that after he hathe laid the fundation, and is not able to performe it, all that beholde it, beginne to mocke him,
Saying, This man began to buylde, and was not able to make an end?
Or what King going to make warre against another King, sitteth not downe first, and taketh counsel, whether he be able with ten housand, to mete him that cometh against him with twentie thousand?
Or els while he is yet a great way of he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth condicions of peace.
So like wise, whosoeuer he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hathe, he can not be my disciple.
Salt is good: but if salt haue loste his sauour, where with shal it be salted?
It is nether mete for the land, nor yet for the dongue hil, but men cast it out. He that hathe eares to heare, let him heare.
THen resorted vnto him all the Publicanes, and sinners, to heare him.
Therefore the Pharises and scribes murmured, saying, He receiueth sinners, and eateth with them.
Then spake he this parable to them, saying,
What man of you hauing an hundreth shepe, if he loose one of them, doeth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernes, & go after that which is lost, vntil he finde it?
And when he hathe founde it, he laieth it on his shulders with ioye.
And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying vnto them, Reioyce with me: for I haue founde my shepe, which was lost.
I say vnto you, that like wise ioye shalbe in heaue{n} for one sinner that conuerteth, (more) then for ninetie and nine iuste men, which nede none amendement of life.
Ether what woman hauing ten pieces of siluer, if she loose one piece, doeth not light a candel, and swepe the house, and seke diligently til she finde it?
And when she hathe founde it, she calleth her friends, and neighbours, saying, Reioyce with me: for I haue founde the piece which I had lost.
Like wise I say vnto you, there is ioye in the prese{n}ce of the Angels of God, for one sinner that conuerteth.
¶ He said moreouer, A certeine ma{n} had two sonnes.
And the yonger of them said to hys Father, Father, gyue me the portion of the goods that falleth to me. So he deuided vnto them (his) substance.
So not longe after, when the yonger sonne had gathered altogether, he toke his iorney into a farre countrey, and there he wasted his goods with riotous liuing.
Nowe when he had spent all, there arose a greate dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.
Then he went and claue to a citizen of that countrey, and he sent hym to hys, farme, to feede swine.
And he wolde faine haue filled hys bellye with the huskes, that the swine ate: but no man gaue (them) him.
Then he came to him selfe, and said, Howe manie hired seruaunts at my Fathers haue bread ynough, and I dye for hunger?
I will rise and go to my father, and say vnto hym, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and before thee.
And am no more worthie to be called thy sonne: make me as one of thy hired serua{n}ts.
So he arose and came to hys Father, and when he was yet a great way of, hys Father sawe him, and had compassion, and ran and fell on his necke, and kissed him.
And the Sonne sayd vnto hym, Father, I haue sinned agaynste heauen, and before thee, and am no more worthie to be called thy sonne.
Then the Father said to his seruants, bring forthe the best robe, and put it on him, & put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feete,
And bring the fat calf, and kil him, and let vs eat, and be merie.
For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is founde. And they began to be merie.
Now the Elder brother was in the field, & when he came and drewe nere to the house, he heard melodie, and dancing,
And called one of his seruants, and asked what those things ment.
And he said vnto him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hathe killed the fated calfe, because he hathe receiued him safe and sounde.
Then he was angrie: and wolde not go in: therefore came his Father out and entreated him.
But he answered and said to his Father, Lo these manie yeres haue I done thee seruice, nether brake I at anie time thy commandement, & yet thou neuer gauest me a kid that I might make merie with my friends.
But when this thy sonne was come, whiche hathe deuoured thy goods with harlots, thou hast for his sake killed the fat calfe.
And he said vnto him, Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue, is thine. It was mete that we shulde make mery, & be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is founde.
ANd he said also vnto his disciples, There was a certeine riche man, whiche hast a stewarde, and he was accused vnto him, that he wasted his goods.
And he called him, and said vnto him, How (is it) that I heare this of thee? Giue an accounts of thy stewardship: for thou maiest be no longer stewarde.
The{n} the stewarde said within him self, what shal I do: for my master wil take away from me the stewardeship? I can not digge, (and) to begge I am ashamed.
I knowe what I wil do, that when I am put out of the stewardeship they may receiue me into their houses.
Then called he euerie one of his masters detters, & said vnto the first, How muche owest thou vnto my master?
And he said, An hundreth measures of oyle. And he said to him, Take thy writting, and sit downe quickely, and write 〈◊〉.
Then said he to another, How muche owest thou? And he said, An hundreth measures of wheat. Then he said to him, Take thy writing, and write foure score.
And the Lorde commended the vniust stewarde, because he had done wisely. Wherefore the childre{n} of this worlde are in their generacion wiser the{n} the children of light.
And I saye vnto you, Make you frie{n}ds with the riches of iniquitie, that when ye shal want, they may receiue you into euerlasting habitacions.
He that is faithful in the least, he is also faithful in muche: and he that is vniust in the least is vniust also in muche.
If then ye haue not bene faithful in the wicked riches, who wil trust you in the true (treasure?)
And if ye haue not bene faithful in another mans (goods,) who shal giue you that which is yours?
No seruant can serue two masters: for ether he shal hate the one, and loue the other: or els he shal leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye can not serue God and riches.
All these things heard the Pharises also whiche were couetous, and they mocked him.
Then he said vnto them, Ye are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your hearts: for that whiche is highly estemed among men, is abominacion in the sight of God.
The Law and the Prophetes (endured) vntil Iohn: and since that time the kingdome of God is preached, & euerie man preasseth into it.
Now it is more easie that heauen and earth shulde passe away, then that one title of the Law shulde fall.
¶ Whosoeuer putteth away his wife, and marieth another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her that is put away from her housband, committeth adulterie.
¶ There was a certeine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple and fine linen, & fared wel and delicately euerie day.
Also there was a certeine begger named Lazarus, which was laied at his gate ful of sores
And desired to be refresh with the crommes that fell from the riche mans table: yea, and the dogs came and licked his sores.
And it was so that the begger dyed, and was caryed by in the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed and was buryed.
And being in helin torments, he lift vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre of, and Lazarus in his bosome.
Then he cryed, and said, Father Abraham, haue mercie on me, and send Lazarus that he may dippe the typ of his finger in water, & coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
But Abraham said, Sonne, remember that thou in thy lifetime receiuedst thy pleasures, and like wise Lazarus paines: now therefore is he comforted, and thou art torme{n}ted.
Besides all this, betwene you and vs there is a great gulfe set, so that they which wolde go from hence to you, can not, nether can they come from thence to vs.
Then he said, I pray thee therefore Father, that thou woldest send him to my Fathers house,
[For I haue fiue brethren] that he may testifie vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Abraham said vnto him, They haue Moses and the Prophetes: let them heare them.
And he said, Nay, Father Abraha{m}: but if one came vnto the{m} from the dead, they wil ame{n}d their liues.
Then he said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophetes, nether wil thei be persuaded, thogh one rise from the dead againe.
THen said he to the disciples, It can not be auoided, but that offences wil come, but wo (be) to him by whome they come.
It were better for him that a great milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were cast into the sea, then that he shulde offende one of these litle ones.
¶ Take hede to your selues: if thy brother trespace against thee rebuke him: and if he repent, forgiue him.
And thogh he sinne against thee seuen times in daye, and seuen times in a daye turne againe to thee, saying, It repenteth me, thou shalt forgiue him.
¶ And the Apostles said vnto the Lorde, Increase our faith.
And the Lord said, If ye had faith, (as much) as (is) a graine of mustard sede, and shulde say vnto this mulbery tre, plucke thy self vp by the rootes, and plante thy self in the sea, it shulde euen obey you.
¶ Who is it also of you that hauing a seruant plowing or feding cattel, wolde saye vnto him by and by, when he were come from the field, Go, and sit downe at table?
And wolde not rather say to him, Dresse where with I may suppe, and girde thy self, and serue me, til I haue eaten and droken, & afterwarde eat thou, and drinke thou?
Doeth he thanke that seruant, because he did that which was commaunded vnto him? I trowe not.
So like wise ye, when ye haue done all those things, which are commaunded you say, We are vnprofitable seruants: we haue done that which was our duetie to do.
¶ And so it was when he went to Ierusalem, that he passed through the middes of Samaria and 〈◊〉.
And as he entred into a certeine towne, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stode a farre of.
And they lift vp their voyces and said, Iesus, Master, haue mercie on vs.
And when he sawe (them,) he said vnto the{m}, Go, shewe your selues vnto the Priests. And it came to passe, that as thei went, they were clensed.
Then one of them, when he sawe that he was healed, turned backe, and with a loude voyce praised God,
And fell downe on his face at his fete, and gaue him thankes: and he was a Samaritan.
And Iesus answered, and said, Are there not ten clensed? but where (are) the nine?
There are none founde that returned to giue God praise, saue this stranger.
And he said vnto him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith hathe made thee whole.
¶ And when he was demanded of the Pharises, when the kingdome of God shuld come he answered them, and said, The kingdome of God cometh not with obseruacion.
Nether shal men say, Lo here, or lo there: for beholde the kingdome of God is within you.
And he said vnto the disciples, The dayes wil come, when ye shal desire to se one of the dayes of the Sonne of man, and ye shal not se it.
Then they shal saye to you, Beholde here, or beholde there: (but) go not thither, nether folowe them.
For as the lightening that lighteneth out of the one (parte) vnder heauen, shineth vnto the other (part) vnder heauen, so shal the So{n}ne of man be in his daye.
But first must he suffer manie things, and be reproued of this generacion.
And as it was in the dayes of Noe, so shal it be in the dayes of the Sonne of man.
They ate, they dranke, they maried wiues, and gaue in mariage vnto the daye that Noe went into the Arke: and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Like wise also, as it was in the dayes of Lot: they ate, they dra{n}ke, they boght, they solde they planted, they buylt.
But in the daye that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fyre and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all.
After these (ensamples) shal it be in the daye when the Sonne of man shalbe reueiled.
At that daye he that is vpon the house, and his stuffe in the house, let him not come downe to take it out: & he that is in the field like wise, let him not turne backe to that he left behinde.
Remember Lots wife.
Whosoeuer wil seke to saue his soule, shal lose it: and whosoeuer shal lose it, shal get it life.
I tell you, in that 〈◊〉 there shalbe two in one bed: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe left.
Two women shalbe grinding together: the one shalbe taken, and the other shalbe left.
And they answered, and said to him, Where, Lord? And he said vnto them, Wheresoeuer the bodie (is) thither wil also the egles resorte.
ANd he spake also a parable vnto them, (to this end,) that they oght alwayes to pray, and not to waxe fainte,
Saying, There was a iudge in a certeine citie, which feared not God, nether reuerenced man.
And there was a widow in that citie, which came vnto him, saying, Do me iustice against mine aduersarie.
And he wolde not for a time: but afterwarde he said with him self, Thogh I feare not God, nor reuerence man,
Yet because this widowe troubleth me, I wil do her right, lest at the last she come & make me wearie.
And the Lord said, Heare what the vnrighteous iudge saith.
Now shal not God aduenge his elect, which crye day and night vnto him, yea, thogh he suffer long for them?
I tel you he wil aduenge them quickely: but when the Sonne of ma{n} cometh, shal he finde faith on the earth?
¶ He spake also this parable vnto certeine which trusted in them selues that they were iuste, and despised other,
Two men went vp into the Temple to pray the one a Pharise, and the other a Publican.
The Pharise stode and prayed thus with him self, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extorsioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
I fast twise in the weke: I giue tithe of all that euer I possesse.
But the Publicane sta{n}ding a farre of, wolde not lift vp so muche as his eyes to heauen, but smote his brest, saying, O God, be merciful to me a sinner.
I tel you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euerie man that exalteth him self, shalbe broght low, and he that humbleth him self? shalbe exalted.
¶ They broght vnto him also babes, that he shulde touche them. And when his disciples sawe it, they rebuked them.
But Iesus called them vnto him and said, Suffre the babes to come vnto me, and forbid them not: for of suche is the kingdome of God.
Verely I say vnto you, whosoeuer receiueth not the kingdome of God as a babe, he shal not enter therein.
Then a certeine ruler asked him, saying, Good master, what oght I to do, to inherite eternal life?
And Iesus said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, saue one, (euen) God.
Thou knowest the commandements, Thou shalt not co{m}mit adulterie: Thou shalt not kil: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false witnes: Honour thy father and thy mother.
And he said, All these haue I kept from my youth.
Now when Iesus heart that, he said vnto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. Sel all that euer thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, folowe me.
But whe{n} he heard those things, he was verie heauie: for he was marueilous riche.
And when Iesus sawe him sorowful, he said, With what difficultie shal they that haue riches, entre into the kingdome of God?
Surely it is easier for a camel to go through a nedles eye, then for a riche man to entre into the kingdome of God.
Then said they that heard it, And who then can be saued?
And he said, The things which are vnpossible with men, are possible with God.
¶ Then Peter said, Lo, we haue left all, and haue followed thee,
And he said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hathe left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children for the kingdome of Gods sake,
Which shal not receiue muche more in this worlde, and in the worlde to come life euerlasting.
¶ Then Iesus toke vnto hym the twelue, a{n}d said vnto them, Beholde, we go vp to Ierusale{m}, & al things shalbe fulfilled to the Sonne of man, that are written by the Prophetes.
For he shalbe deliuered vnto the Gentiles a{n}d shalbe mocked, and shalbe spitefully entreated, and shalbe spitted on.
And when they haue scourged hym, they will put hym to death: but the third daye he shal rise againe.
But they vnderstode none of these things, and this saying was hid fro{m} them, nether perceiued thee things, which were spoken.
¶ And it came to passe, that as he was come nere vnto Iericho, a certeine blind ma{n} sate by the way side begging.
And when he heard the people passe by, he asked what it ment.
And thei said vnto him, that Iesus of Nazaret passed by.
Then he cryed, saying, Iesus the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
And they which we{n}t before, rebuked him, that he shulde holde his peace, but he cryed muche more, O Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
And Iesus stode stil, and commaunded him to be broght vnto him. And when he was come nere, he asked him.
Saying, What wilt thou that I do vnto thee And he said, Lord, that I may receiue my sight.
And Iesus said vnto him, Receiue thy sight: thy faith hathe saued thee.
Then immediatly he receiued his sight, and folowed him praising God: and all the people, whe{n} they sawe (this,) gaue praise to God
NOw whe{n} Iesus entred & passed through Iericho.
Beholde, there was a man named Zaccheus, which (was) the chief receiuer of the tribute and he was riche.
And he soght to se Iesus, who he shulde be, & colde not for the preasse, because he was of alowe stature.
Wherefore he ran before, and climed vp into a wilde figge tre, that he might se him: for he shulde come that (way.)
And when Iesus came to the place, he loked vp, and sawe him, & said vnto him, Zaccheus, come downe at once: for to day I must abide at thine house.
Then he came downe hastely, and receiued him ioyfully,
And when all they sawe it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone into lodge with a sinneful man.
And Zaccheus stode forthe, & said vnto the Lord, Beholde, Lord, the halfe of my good I giue to the poore: and if I haue taken from anie man by forged cauillation, I restore him foure folde.
Then Iesus said to him, This day is saluation come vnto this house, forasmuche as he is also become the sonne of Abraham.
For the Sonne of man is come to seke, and to saue that which was lost.
And whiles they heard these things, he continued and spake a parable, because he was nere to Ierusalem, and because also they thoght that the kingdome of God shulde shortely appeare.
He said therefore, A certeine noble man went into a farre countrey, to receiue for him self a kingdome, and (so) to come againe
And he called his ten seruants, and deliuered them ten pieces of money, and said vnto them, Occupie til I come.
Now his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We wil not haue this man to reigne ouer vs.
And it came to passe, when he was come againe, and had receiued his kingdome, that he commaunded the seruants to be 〈◊〉 to him, to whome he gaue his money, that he might knowe what euerie man had gained.
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy piece hathe encreased ten pieces.
And he said vnto him, Wel, good seruant: because thou hast bene faithful in a verie litle thing, take thou autoritie ouer ten cities.
And the seconde came, saying, Lord, my piece hathe encreased fiue pieces.
And to the same he said, Be thou also (ruler) ouer fiue cities.
So the other came and said, Lord, beholde thy piece, which I haue laid vp in a napkin.
For I feared thee, because thou art a strait man: thou takest vp, that thou laidest not downe, & reapest that thou diddest not sowe
Then he said vnto him, Of thine owne mouth wil I iudge thee, ô euil seruant. Thou knewest that I am a strait man, taking vp that I laid not downe, and reaping that I did not sowe.
Wherefore the{n} gauest not thou my money into the banke, that at my comming might haue required it with vantage?
And he said to them that stode by, Take fro{m} him that piece, and giue it him that hathe ten pieces.
[And they said vnto him, Lord, he hathe ten pieces.]
For I say vnto you, that vnto all them that haue, it shalbe giue{n}: and from him that hath not, euen that he hathe, shalbe taken from him.
Moreouer those mine enemies, which wold not that I shulde reigne ouer them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
¶ And when he had thus spoken, he went forthe before, ascending vp to Ierusalem.
And it came to passe, when he was come nere to Bethphage, and Bethania, besides the mount which is called (the mount) of oliues, he sent two of his disciples,
Saying, Go ye to the towne which is before (you, wherein, assone as ye are come, ye shal finde a colte tied, whereon neuer man sate: lose him, and bring him (hither.)
And if anie ma{n} aske you, why ye lose (him,) thus shal ye say vnto him, Because the Lord hathe nede of him.
So they that were sent, went their way and founde it as he had said vnto them.
And as they were losing the colte, the owners thereof said vnto them, Why lose ye the colte?
And they said, The Lord hathe nede of him
¶ So they broght him to Iesus, and they cast their garments on the colte, and set Iesus thereon.
And as he went, they spred their clothes in the way.
And when he was now come nere to the going downe of the mount of oliues, the whole multitude of the disciples bega{n} to reioyce, and to praise God with a loude voice, for all the great workes that thei had sene.
Saying, Blessed (be) the King that cometh in the Name of the Lord: peace in heauen, and glorie in the hiest (places.)
Then some of the Pharises of the companies said vnto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
But he answered, and said vnto them, I tel you, that if these shulde holde their peace, the stones wolde crye.
¶ And when he was come nere, he behelde the citie, and wept for it,
Saying, O if thou haddest euen knowen at the least in this thy day those things, which (belong) vnto thy peace: but now are they hid from thine eyes.
For the dayes shal come vpon thee, that thine enemies shal cast a trenche about thee and compasse thee rounde, and kepe thee in on euerie side,
And shal make thee eauen with the grounde, and thy children which are in thee, and they shal not leaue in thee a stone vpon a stone, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
¶ He went also into the Temple, and began to cast out them that solde therein, and them that boght,
Saying vnto them, It is writte{n}, Mine house is the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of theues.
And he taught daily in the Temple. And the high Priests & the Scribes, and the chief of the people soght to destroye him.
But they colde not finde what thei might do to him: for all the people hanged vpon him when they heard him,
ANd it came to passe that on one of those dayes, as he taught the people in the Te{m}ple, & preached the Gospel, the high Priests and the Scribes came vpon him with the Elders,
And spake vnto him, saying, Tell vs by what autoritie thou doest these things, or who is he that hathe giuen 〈◊〉 this autoritie?
And he answered and said vnto them, I also wil aske you one thing: tell me therefore:
The baptisme of Iohn was it from heauen, or of men?
And they reasoned within them selues, saying, If we shal say from heauen, he wil say, Why then beleued ye him not?
But if we shal say, Of men, all the people wil stone vs: for thei be persuaded that Iohn was a Prophet.
Therefore they answered, that they colde not tell whence it (was.)
Then Iesus said vnto them, Nether tell I you by what autoritie I do these things.
¶ Then began he to speake to the people this parable, A certeine man planted a vineyarde, and let it forthe to housband men and went into a strange countrey, for a great season.
And at a time he sent a seruant to the housband men, that they shulde giue him of the frute of the vineyarde, but the housband me{n} did beat him, and sent him away emptie.
Againe he sent yet another seruant: and they did beat him, and fowle entreated him, and sent him away emptie.
Moreouer, he sent the third, and him they wounded, and cast out.
Then said the Lord of the vineyarde, What shal I do? I wil send my beloued sonne: it may be that thei wil do reuere{n}ce, when they se him.
But when the housband me{n} sawe him, they reasoned with them selues, saying, This is the heire: come, let vs kil him, that the enheritance may be ours.
So they cast him out of the vineyarde, and killed him. What shal the Lord of the vineyarde therefore do vnto them?
He wil come and destroy these housband men, & wil giue out his vineyarde to others. But when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
¶ And he behelde them, and said, What meaneth this then that is written, The stone that the buylders refused; that is made the head of the corner?
Whosoeuer shal fail vpon that stone, shalbe broken: and on whome soeuer it shal fall, it wil grinde him to powder.
Then the hie Priests & the Scribes the same houre went about to lay hands on him: [but they feared the people] for they perceiued that he had spoken this parable against the{m}.
And they watched (him,) and sent forthe spies, whiche shulde 〈◊〉 them selues iuste men, to take him in his talke, and to deliuer him vnto the power and autoritie of the gouernour.
And they asked him, saying, Master, we knowe that thou sayest, and teachest right, nether doest thou accept mans persone, but teachest the way of God truely.
Is it lawful for vs to giue Cesar tribute or no?
But he perceiued their craftines, and said vnto them, Why tempt ye me?
Shewe me a penie. Whose image and superscription hathe it? They answered and said, Cesars.
Then he said vnto them, Giue{n} then vnto Cesar the things whiche are Cesars, and to God those which are Gods.
And they colde not reproue his saying before the people: but they marueiled at his answer, and helde their place.
Then came to him certeine of the Sadduces [whiche denie that there is anie resurrection] and they asked him,
Saying, Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If anie mans brother dye hauing a wife, and he dye without children, that his brother shulde take (his) wife, and raise vp sede vnto his brother.
Now there were seuen brethren, and the first toke a wife, and he dyed without children.
And the seconde toke the wife, a{n}d he dyed childeles.
Then the third toke her: and so like wise the seuen dyed, and left no children.
And last of all, the woman dyed also.
Therefore at the resurrection, whose wife of the{m} shal she be? for seuen had her to wife.
Then Iesus answered, and said vnto them, The children of this worlde marie wiues and are maried.
But they which shalbe counted worthie to enioye that worlde, and the resurrectio{n} from the dead, nether marie wiues, nether are maried.
For they can dye no more, for as muche as thei are equal vnto the Angels, and are the Sonnes of God, since they are the children of the resurrection.
And that the dead shal rise againe, euen Moses shewed it besides the bushe, when he said, The Lord (is) the God of Abraham, & the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob.
For he is not the God of the dead, but of them which liue: for all liue vnto him.
Then certeine of the Pharises answered and said, Master, thou hast wel said.
And after that, durst they not aske him anie thing at all.
¶ Then said he vnto them, How say they that Christ is Dauids sonne?
And Dauid him self saith in the boke of the Psalme, The Lord said vnto my Lord, sit at my right hand,
Til I shal make thine enemies thy fotestole.
Seing Dauid calleth him Lord, how is he then his sonne?
¶ Then in the audience of all the people he said vnto his disciples,
Beware of the Scribes, which desire to go in long robes, and loue salutation in the markets, and the hiest seates in the Synagogues, and the chief roumes at feasts:
Which deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long praying: these shal receiue greater damnation.
ANd as he beholde, he sawe the riche men, which cast their giftes into the treasurie,
And he sawe also a certeine poore widowe, which cast in thither two mites,
And he said, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore widowe hathe cast in more then they all.
For they all haue of their superfluitie cast into the offrings of God but she: of her penurie hathe cast in all the liuing that she had.
Now as some spake of the Temple, how it was garnished with goodlie stones and with consecrat things, he said,
Are these the things that ye loke vpon? the dayes wil come wherein a stone shal not be left vpon a stone, that shal not be throwen downe.
Then they asked him, saying, Master, but when shal these things be? and what signe (shal) there (be) when these things shal come to passe?
And he said, Take hede, that ye be not deceiued: for many wil come in my Name, saying, I am (Christ,) and the time draweth nere: followe ye not them therefore.
And when ye heare of warres and seditions be not afrayed: for these things must first come, but the end followeth not by and by.
Then said he vnto them, Nacion shal rise against nacion, and kingdome against kingdome.
And great earthquakes shalbe in diuers places, and hunger, and pestilence, and feareful things, and great signes shal there be from heauen.
But before all these, they shal lay their ha{n}ds on you, and persecute (you,) deliuering you vp to the Synagogues, and into prisones, and bring you before Kings and rulers for my Names sake.
And this shal turne to you, for a testimonial.
Lay it vp therefore in your hearts, that ye premeditate not, what ye shal answer.
For I wil giue you a mouth and wisdome, where against all your aduersaries shal not be able to speake, nor resist.
Yea, ye shalbe betrayed also of your parents, and of your brethren, and kinsmen, a{n}d friends, and (some) of you 〈◊〉 they put to death.
And ye shal be hated of all men for my Names sake.
Yet there shal not one heere of your heades perish.
By your patience possesse your soules.
¶ And when ye se Ierusalem besieged with souldiers, then vnderstand that the desolation thereof is nere.
The{n} let them which are in Iudea, flee to the mountaines: and let them which are in the middes thereof, departe out: a{n}d let not them that are in the countrey, enter therein.
For these be the dayes of vengeance, to fulfil all things that are written.
But wo (be) to them that be with childe, a{n}d to them that giue sucke in those dayes: for there shalbe great distresse in this land, and wrath ouer this people,
And they shal fall on the edge of the sworde, and shalbe led captiue into all nacions, & Ierusalem shalbe troden vnder fote of the Gentiles, vntill the tyme of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Then there shalbe signes in the sunne, and in the moone, and in the starres, a{n}d vpon the earth trouble among the nacions 〈◊〉 perplexitie: the sea and the water shal roare.
And mens hearts shall faile them for feare, and for loking after those thyngs which shal come on the worlde: for the powers of heauen shal be shaken.
And the{n} shal they se the Sonne of ma{n} come in a cloude, with power and great glorie.
And when these thyngs begyn to come to passe, then loke vp, and lift vp your heades: for your redemption draweth nere.
And he spake to them a parable; Beholde, the figge tre, and all trees.
When they nowe shote forthe, ye seyng them, knowe of your owne selues, that sommer is then nere.
So like wise ye when ye se these things come to passe, knowe ye that the kyngdome of God is nere.
Verely I saye vnto you, Thy sage shall not passe, til all (these) things be done.
Heauen and earth shall passe awaye, but my wordes shal not passe away.
Take hede to your selues, lest at any tyme your hearts be oppressed with 〈◊〉 and drunkennes, and cares of thys life, and lest that day come on you at vnwares.
For as a snare shal it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Watche therefore, and pray continually, that ye may be counted worthie to escape al these things that shal come to passe, and that ye may stand before the Sonne of man.
¶ Nowe in the daye tyme he taught in the Temple, and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called (the mount) of oliues.
And all the people came in the morning to him, to heare him in the Temple.
NOwe the feast of vnleauened breade drewe nere; whiche is called the Passeouer.
And the hie Priests & Scribes soght how they might kill him: for they feared the people.
Then entred Satan into Iudas, who was called Iscariot, and was of the nomber of the twelue.
And he went his way, and communed with the hie Priests and captaines, how he might betray him to them.
So they were glad, and agreed to giue hym money.
And he consented, and soght opportunitie to betray hym vnto them, when the people were away.
¶ Then came the day of vnleauened bread when the Passeouer must be sacrificed.
And he sent Peter and Iohn, saying, Go, and prepare vs the Passeouer, that we may eat it.
And they said to him, Where wilt thou, that we prepare it?
Then he said vnto them, Beholde, when ye be entred into the 〈◊〉, there shal a ma{n} mete you, bearing a pitcher of water: followe him into the house that he entreth in.
And saye vnto the good man of the house, The Master saith vnto thee, Where is the lodging where I shal eat my Passeouer with my disciples?
Then he shal shewe you a great hie chamber trimmed: there make it readie.
So they went and founde as he had said vnto them, and made readie the Passeouer.
And when the houre was come, he sate downe, and the twelue Apostles with him.
Then he sayd vnto them, I haue earnestly desired to eat this Passeouer with you before I suffre.
For I say vnto you, Henceforthe I wil not eat of it any more, vntill it be fulfilled in the kingdome of God.
And he toke the cup, and gaue thankes, a{n}d said, Take this, and deuide it among you.
〈◊〉 I say vnto you, I will not drinke of the frute of the vine, vntil the kingdome of God become.
And he toke breade, and when he had giuen thankes, he brake it, and gaue to them, saying, This is my bodie, which is giue{n} for you: do this in the remembrance of me.
Like wise also after supper (he toke) the cup, saying, This cup (is) the newe Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Yet beholde, the hand of him that betrayeth me, is with me at the table.
And truely the Sonne of man goeth as it is appointed: but 〈◊〉 (be) to that man, by whome he is betrayed.
Then they began to enquire among them selues which of them it shuld be, that shulde do that.
¶ And there arose also a strife amo{n}g them, which of the{m} shulde seme to be the greatest.
But he said vnto them, The Kings of the Gentiles reigne ouer them, and they that beare rule ouer them, are called Gracious Lords.
But ye (shall) not (be) so: but let the greatest among you be as the 〈◊〉: and the chiefest as he that serueth.
For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serueth.
And ye are they whiche haue continued with me in my tentations,
Therefore I appoint vnto you a kyngdome, as my Father hathe appointed to me.
That ye may eat, and drinke at my table in my kingdome, and sit on seates, and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel.
¶ And the Lord sayd, Simo{n}, Simon, beholde, Satan hathe desired you, to wynow you, as wheat.
But I haue prayed for thee, that thy faith a faile not: therefore whe{n} thou art conuerted, strengthen thy brethren.
And he said vnto hym, Lord, I am ready to go with thee into prison, and to death.
But he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cocke shal not crowe this day, before thou hast thrise denyed that thou knewest me.
¶ And he said vnto them, When I sent you without bagge, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
Then he said to them, But now he that hath a bagge, let him take it, and like wise a scrip: and he that hathe none, let him sel his coate, and bye a sworde.
For I say vnto you, That yet the same which is written, must be performed in me, Euen with the wicked was he nombred: for doutles thoses things whiche (are written) of me, haue an end.
And they sayd, Lorde, beholde, here are two swordes. And he sayd vnto them, It is ynough.
¶ And he came out, and went [as he was wont] to the mount of oliues: and his disciples also followed him.
And when he came to the place, he said to them, Pray, lest ye enter into tentation.
And he gate hym selfe from them, aboute a stones cast, and kneled downe, and prayed.
Saying, Father, if thou wilt, take away this cup from me: neuertheles, not my will, but thine be done.
And there appeared an Angell vnto hym from heauen, comforting him.
But beyng in an agonie, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweate was lyke droppes of blood, trickling downe to the grounde.
And he rose vp frome prayer, and came to (his) disciples, and founde them slepyng for heauines.
And he said vnto them, Why slepe ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into tentacion.
¶ And while he yet spake, beholde a companie, a{n}d he that was called Iudas one of the twelue, went before them, and came nere vnto Iesus to kisse him.
And Iesus sayd vnto hym, Iudas, betrayest thou the Sonne of man with a kisse?
Now when they whiche were about hym, sawe what wolde follow, they said vnto him, Lord, shal we smite with sworde?
And one of them smote a seruant of the hie Priest, and strake of his right eare.
Then Iesus aunswered, and sayd, Suffre (them) thus farre: and he touched hys eare, and healed him.
Then Iesus said vnto the hie Priests, and captaines of the Temple, and the Elders which were come to him, Be ye come out as vnto a thefe with swordes and staues?
When I was daily with you in the Temple, ye stretched not forthe the hands agaynste me: but thys is your verye houre, and the power of darkenes.
¶ Then toke they hym, and led hym, and broght him to the hie Priests house. And Peter followed a farre of.
And when they had kindled a fyre in the middes of the hal, and were set downe together, Peter also sate downe among them.
And a certeine maide behelde him as he sate by the fyre, and hauyng well loked on hym, said, This man was also with him.
But he denyed hym, saying, Woman, I knowe him not.
And after a lytle while, another man sawe hym, and said, Thou art also of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.
And about the space of an houre after a certeine other affirmed, saying, Verely eue{n} this man was with him: for he is also a Galilean.
And Peter sayd, Man, I knowe not what thou sayest. And immediatly while he yet spake, the cocke crewe.
Then the Lorde turned backe, and loked vpon Peter: and Peter remembred the word of the Lorde, howe he had sayd vnto hym, Before the cocke crowe, thou shalt denye me thrise.
And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
¶ And the men that helde Iesus, mocked him, and stroke him.
And whe{n} they had blinde folded him, they smote him on the face, and asked hym, saying, Prophecie who it is that smote thee.
And manie other thynges blasphemously spake they against him.
And assone as it was daye, the Elders of the people, and the hie Priests and the Scribes came together, and led hym into theyr Council.
Saying, Art thou the Christe? tell vs. And he said vnto them, If I tell you, ye wil not beleue it.
And if also I aske you, ye will not aunswer me, nor let me go.
Hereafter shal the Sonne of man sit at the right hand of the power of God.
Then sayd they all, Art thou then the Sonne of God? And he said to them, Ye saye that I am.
Then said they, What nede we anie further witnes? for we our selues haue heard it of his owne mouth.
THen the whole multitude of them arose, and led him vnto 〈◊〉.
And they began to accuse hym, saying, We haue founde this ma{n} peruerting the people, and forbyddynge to paye tribute to Cesar, saying, That he is Christ a King.
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Iewes? And he answered him, a{n}d said, Thou faist it.
Then said Pilate to the hie Priests, and to the people, I finde no faute in this man.
But they were the more fierce, saying, He moueth the people, teaching through out all Iudea, beginning at Galile, euen to this place.
Now when Pilate heard of Galile, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.
And when he knewe that he was of Herodes iurisdiction, he sent him to Herode, which was also at Ierusalem in those daies.
And when Herode sawe Iesus, he was exceadingly glad: for he was desirous to se him of a long season, because he had heard manie things of him, and trusted to haue sene some signe done by him.
Then questioned he with him of manie things: but he answered him nothing.
The hie Priests also and Scribes stode for the and accused him vehemently.
And Herode with his men of warre, despised him, and mocked him, and arrayed him in white, and sent him againe to Pilate.
And the same daye Pilate and Herode were made friends together: for before they were enemies one to another.
¶ The{n} Pilate called together the hie Priests; and the rulers, and the people,
And said vnto the{m}, Ye haue broght this man vnto me, as one that peruerted the people: and beholde, I haue examined him before you, and haue founde no faute in this man, of those things whereof ye accuse him:
No, nor yet Herode: for I sent you to him: and lo, nothing worthie of death is done to him.
I wil therefore chastise him, and let him lowse.
[For of necessitie he must haue let one lowse vnto them at the feast.]
Then all the multitude cryed at once, saying, Away with him, and deliuer to vs Barrabbas:
Which for a certeine insurrection made in the citie, and murther was cast in prison.
Then Pilate spake againe to them, willing to let Iesus lowse.
But they cryed, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him.
And he said vnto them the third time, But what euil hathe he done? I finde no cause of death in him: I wil therefore chastise him and let him lowse.
But they were instant with loude voyces, and required that he might be crucified: and the voyces of them and of the hie Priests preuailed.
So Pilate gaue sentence, that it shulde be as they required.
And he let lowse vnto them him that for insurrection and murther was cast into prison, whome thei desired, and deliuered Iesus to do with him what they wolde.
¶ And as they led him awaye, they caught one Simon of Cyrene, comming out of the field, a{n}d on him they laid the crosse, to beare it after Iesus.
And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women, which women bewailed and lamented him.
But Iesus turned backe vnto the{m}, and said, Daughters of Ierusale{m}, wepe not for me, but wepe for your selues, and for your children.
For beholde, the daies wil come, when men shal say, Blessed (are) the barren, and the wom bes that neuer bare, and the pappes which neuer gaue sucke.
Then shal they beginne to say to the mountaines, Fall on vs: and to the hilles, Couer vs.
For if they do these things to a grene tre, what shalbe done to the drye?
And there were two others, which were euil doers, led with him to be slayne.
And when they were come to the place, which is called caluerie, there thei crucified him, and the euil doers: one at the right hand and the other at the left.
Then said Iesus, Father, forgiue them: for they knowe not what thei do. And thei parted his rayment, and cast lots,
And the people stode, and behelde: and the rulers mocked him with them, saying, He saued others: let him saue him self, if he be the Christ, the Chosen of God.
The souldiers also mocked him, and came and offred him vineger,
And said, If thou be the King of the Iewes, saue thy self.
And a superscription was also written ouer him, in Greke lettres, and in Latin, and in Hebrewe, THIS IS THE KING OF THE IEWES.
¶ And one of the euil doers, which were hanged, railed on him, saying, If thou be the Christ, saue thy self and vs.
But the other answered, and rebuked him, saying, Fearest thou not God, seing thou art in the same condemnacion?
We are in dede righteously (here): for were ceiue things worthie of that we haue done: but this man hathe done nothing amisse.
And he said vnto Iesus, Lord, remember me, when thou comest into thy kingdome.
Then Iesus said vnto him, Verely I say vnto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
¶ And it was about the sixt houre: and there was a darkenes ouer all the land, vntil the ninth houre.
And the sunne was darkened, and the vaile of the Temple rent through the middes.
And Iesus cryed with a loude voyce, and said, Father, into thine hands I commend my spirit. And when he thus had said, He gaue vp the gost.
¶ Now when the Centurion sawe what was done, he glorisied God, saying, Of a suretie this man was iuste.
And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things, which were done, smote their brests, and returned,
And all his acquaintance stode a farre of, and the women that followed him from Galile, beholding these things.
¶ And beholde, there was a man named Ioseph, which was a counseller, a good man and a iust.
He did not consent to the counsel and dede of them, (which was) of Arimathea; a citie of the Iewes: who also himself waited for the kingdome of God.
He went vnto Pilate, and asked the bodie of Iesus,
And toke it downe, and wrapped it in a linnen cloth, and laid it in a toumbe hewen out of a rocke, wherein was neuer man yet laid.
And that day was the Preparacion, and the Sabbath drewe on.
And the women also that followed after, which came with him from Galile, behelde the sepulchre, and how his bodie was laid.
And thei returned and prepared odores, & ointmens, and rested the Sabbath (day) according to the commandement.
NOw the first (day) of the weke early in the morning, they came vnto the sepulchte, and broght the odores, which they had prepared, and certeine (women) with them.
And they founde the stone rolled awaye fro{m} the sepulchre,
And went in, but founde not the bodie of the Lord Iesus.
And it came to passe, that as they were amased there at, beholde, two men suddenly stode by them in shining vestures.
And as they were afrayed, and bowed downe their faces to the earth, they said to them, Why seke ye him that liueth, among the dead?
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake vnto you, when he was yet in Galile,
Saying, that the sonne of man must be deliuered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third daye rise againe.
And they remembred his wordes,
And returned from the sepulchre, and tolde all these things vnto the eleuen, and to all the remnant.
Now it was Marie Magdalene and Ioanna, and Marie the (mother) of Iames, and other women with them, which tolde these things vnto the Apostles.
But their wordes semed vnto them, as a fained thing, nether beleued they them.
Then arose Peter, a{n}d ran vnto the sepulchre, and loked in, a{n}d sawe the linnen clothes laid by them selues, and departed wondering in himself at that which was come to passe.
¶ And beholde, two of the{m} went that same day to a towne which was from Ierusalem about thre score furlongs; called Emmaus.
And they talked together of all these things that were done.
And it came to passe, as they communed together, & reasoned, that Iesus him self drewe nere, and went with them.
But their eyes were holden, that they colde not knowe him.
And he said vnto them, What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke, and are sad?
And the one [named Cleophas] answered and said vnto him, Art thou onely a stranger in Ierusalem, a{n}d hast not knowen the things which are come to passe therein in these dayes?
And he said vnto them, What things? And they said vnto hi{m}, Of Iesus of Nazaret, which was a Prophet, mightie in dede and in worde before God, and all the people,
And how the hie Priests, and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death, and haue crucified him.
But we trusted that it had bene he that shulde haue deliuered Israel, and as touching all these things, to day is the third day, that they were done.
Yea, and certeine women among vs made vs astonied, which came early vnto the sepulchre.
And when they founde not his bodie, they came, saying, that they had also sene a vision of Angels, which said that he was aliue.
Therefore certeine of them which were with vs, went to the sepulchre, and founde it euen so as the women had said, but him they sawe not.
Then he said vnto them, O fooles and slowe of heart to beleue all that the Prophetes haue spoken,
Oght not Christ to haue suffred these things and to enter into his glorie?
And he began at Moses, and at all the Prophetes, and interpreted vnto them in all the Scriptures the things which were (written) of him.
And they drewe nere vnto the towne, which they went to, but he made as thogh he wolde haue gone further.
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with vs: for it is towardes night, and the day is farre spent. So he went into tarie with them.
And it came to passe, as he sate at table with them, he toke the bread, and gaue thankes, and brake it, and gaue it to them.
The{n} their eyes were opened, a{n}d thei knewe him: but he was taken out of their sight.
And they said betwene them selues, Did not our hearts burne within vs, while he talked with vs by the way, and when he opened to vs the Scriptures?
And they rose vp the same houre, and returned to Ierusalem, and founde the Eleuen gathered together, & the{m} that were with them,
Which said, The Lord is risen in dede, and hathe appeared to Simon.
Then they tolde what things (were) done in the way, and how he was knowen of them in breaking of bread.
¶ And as they spake these things, Iesus him self stode in the middes of them, and said vnto them, Peace (be) to you.
But they were abashed a{n}d afraid, supposing that they had sene a spirit.
Then he said vnto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do doutes arise in your hearts?
Beholde mine hands and my fete: for it is I my self: handle me, and se: for a spirit hathe not flesh and bones, as ye se me haue.
And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them (his) hands and fete.
And while they yet beleued not for ioye, and wondered, he said vnto them, Haue ye here any meat?
And they gaue him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honie combe,
And he toke it, and did eat before them.
And he said vnto them, These are the wordes, which I spake vnto you while I was yet with you, that all must be fulfilled which are written of me in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophetes, and in the Psalmes.
Then opened he their vnderstanding, that they might vnderstand the Scriptures,
And said vnto them, Thus is it written, and thus it behoued Christ to suffre, and to rise againe from the dead the thirde day,
And that repentance, and remission of sinnes shulde be preached in his Name among all nacions, beginning at Ierusalem.
Now ye are witnesses of these things.
And beholde, I wil send the promes of my Father vpon you: but tary ye in the citie of Ierusalem, vntil ye be endued with power from an hie.
Afterwarde he led them out into Bethania, and lift vp his hands, and blessed them.
And it came to passe, that as he blessed them, he departed from them, and was caryed vp into heauen.
And they worshipped him, and returned to Ierusalem with great ioye,
And were continually in the Temple, praising, and lauding God, Amen.
IN the beginning was the Worde, and the Worde was with God & that Worde was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by it, a{n}d without it was made nothing that was made.
In it was lif, & the lif was the light of men.
And the light shineth in the darkenes, and the darkenes comprehended it not.
¶ There was a man sent from God, whose name (was) Iohn.
The same came for a witnes, to beare witnes of the light, that all men through him might beleue.
He was not that light, but (was sent) to beare witnes of the light.
That was the true light, which lighteth euerie man that cometh into the worlde.
He was in the worlde, and the worlde was made by him: & the world knewe him not.
He came vnto his owne, and his owne receiued him not.
But as many as receiued him, to them he gaue power to be the sonnes of God, (euen) to them that beleue in his Name,
Which are borne not of blood, nor of the wil of the flesh, nor of the wil of man, but of God.
And the Worde was made flesh, and dwelt among vs, [a{n}d we sawe the glorie thereof, as the glorie of the onely begotten (Sonne) of the Father] ful of grace and trueth.
¶ Iohn bare witnes of him, a{n}d cryed, saying This was he of whome I said, He that commeth after me, is preferred before me: for he was before me.
And of his fulnes haue all we receiued, and grace for grace.
For the Lawe was giuen by Moses, but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ.
No man hathe sene God at any time: the onely begotte{n} Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hathe declared him.
¶ Then this is the recorde of Iohn, whe{n} the Iewes sent Priests & Leuites from Ierusalem, to aske him, Who art thou?
And he confessed and denyed not, and said plainely, I am not the Christ.
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he said, I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered, No.
Then said they vnto him, Who art thou that we may giue an answer to them that sent vs? what 〈◊〉 thou of thy self?
He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernes, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
Now they whiche were sent, were of the Pharises.
And they asked him, a{n}d said vnto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not the Christ nether Elias, nor the Prophet?
Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whome ye knowe not.
He it is that commeth after me, whiche is preferred before me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthie vnlose.
These things were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordan, where Iohn did baptize.
¶ The next day Iohn seeth Iesus comming vnto him, & saith, Behold the lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the world.
This is he of whome I said, After me cometh a man, whiche is preferred before me: for he was before me.
And I knew him not: but because he shuld be declared to Israel, therefore am I come, baptizing with water.
So Iohn bare recorde, saying, I sawe the Spirit come downe from heaue, like a doue, and it abode vpon him.
And I knewe him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, he said vnto me, Vpon whome thou shalt se the Spirit come downe and tary stil on him, that is he whiche baptizeth with the holie Gost.
And I sawe, and bare recorde that this is the Sonne of God.
¶ The next day, Iohn stode againe, and two of his disciples:
And he behelde Iesus walking by, and said, Beholde the lambe of God.
And the two disciples heard him speake, & folowed Iesus.
Then Iesus turned about, and sawe the{m} followe, & said vnto them, What seke ye? And they said vnto him, Rabbi [which is to say by interpretatio{n}, Master] where dwellest thou?
He said vnto them, Come, a{n}d se. They came & sawe where he dwelt, & abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth houre.
Andrewe, Simon Peters brother, was one of the two which had heard it of Iohn, and that folowed him.
The same founde his brother Simon first, and said vnto him, We haue founde the Messias, whiche is by interpretation, the Christ.
And he broght him to Iesus. And Iesus behelde him, and said, Thou art Simo{n} the sonne of Iona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone.
¶ The day following, Iesus wolde go into Galile, & founde Philippe, and said vnto him Folowe me.
¶ Now Philippe was of Bethsaida, the citie of Andrewe and Peter.
Philippe founde Nathanael, and said vnto him, We haue founde him, of whome Moses did write in the Law, and the Prophetes, Iesus of Nazaret the sonne of Ioseph.
Then Nathanael said vnto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazaret? Philippe said to him, Come, and se.
Iesus sawe Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Beholde, in dede an Israelite, in whome is no guile.
Nathanael said vnto him, Whence knewest thou me? Iesus answered, and said vnto him, Before that Philippe called thee, when thou wast vnder the figge tre, I sawe thee.
Nathanael answered, & said vnto him, Rabbi, thou art the Sonne of God: thou art the King of Israel.
Iesus answered, and said vnto him, Because I said vnto thee, I sawe thee vnder the figge tre, beleuest thou? thou shalt se greater things then these.
And he said vnto him, Verely, verely, I say vnto you, hereafter shal ye se heauen open, and the Angels of God ascending, and descending vpon the Sonne of man.
ANd the thirde day, was there a mariage in Cana (a towne) of Galile, and the mother of Iesus was there.
And Iesus was called also, and his disciples vnto the mariage.
Now whe{n} the wine failed, the mother of Iesus said vnto him, They haue no wine.
Iesus said vnto her, Woman, what haue I to do with thee? mine houre is not yet come.
His mother said vnto the seruants, Whatsoeuer he saith vnto you, do it.
And there were set there, six waterpottes of stone, after the maner of the purifying of the Iewes, conteining two or thre firkins a piece.
And Iesus said vnto the{m}, Fil the waterpottes with water. Then they filled them vp to the brim.
Then he said vnto them, Drawe out now & beare vnto the gouernour of the feast. So they bare it.
Now when the gouernour of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, [for he knewe not whence it was: but the seruants, whiche drewe the water, knewe] the gouernour of the feast called the bridegrome,
And said vnto him, All men at the beginning set forthe good wine, & when men haue wel drunke, then that which is worse: (but) thou hast kept backe the good wine vntil now.
This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana (at owne) of Galile, and shewed for the his glorie: and his disciples beleued on him.
After that he went downe into Capernaum he and his mother and his brethren, and his disciples: but they continued not manie dayes there.
For the Iewes Passeouer was at hand. Therefore Iesus went vp to Ierusalem.
And he founde in the Temple those that solde oxen, and shepe, and doues, and changers of money, sitting (there.)
Then he made a scourge of smale cordes, & draue them all out of the Temple with the shepe, and oxen and powred out the changers money, and ouerthrewe the tables,
And said vnto them that solde doues, Take these things hence: make not my Fathers house, an house of marchandise.
And his disciples remembred, that it was written, The zeale of thine house hathe eaten me vp.
Then answered the Iewes, and said vnto him What signe shewest thou vnto vs, that thou doest these things?
Iesus answered and said vnto them, Destroye this te{m}ple, and in thre dayes I wil raise it vp againe.
Then said the Iewes, Fortie and six yeres was this Temple a buylding, and wilt thou reare it vp in thre dayes.
But he spake of the temple of his bodie.
Assone therefore as he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that he thus said vnto them: and they beleued the Scripture, and the worde which Iesus had said.
Now when he was at Ierusalem at the Passeouer in the feast, many beleued in his Name, whe{n} they sawe his miracles which he did
But Iesus did not commit him self vnto the{m} because he knewe them all,
And had no nede that any shulde testifie of man: for he knewe what was in man.
THere was now a man of the Pharises named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Iewes.
He came to Iesus by night, and said vnto him Rabbi, we knowe that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man colde do these miracles that thou doest, except God were with him.
Iesus answered, and said vnto him, Verely, verely I say vnto thee, except a man be borne againe, he can not se the kingdome of God.
Nichodemus said vnto him. How can a man be borne which is olde? can he enter into his mothers wombe againe, and be borne?
Iesus answered, Verely, verely I say vnto thee except that a man be borne of water and of the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdome of God.
That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh: and that that is borne of the Spirit, is spirit.
Marueile not that I said to thee, Ye must be borne againe.
The winde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sou{n}de thereof, but canst not tel whence it cometh, and whether it goeth: so is euerie man that is borne of the Spirit.
Nicodemus answered, & said vnto him, How can these things be?
Iesus answered, and said vnto him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest no these things?
Verely, verely I say vnto thee, we speake that we knewe, & testifie, that we haue sene but ye receiue not our witnes.
If when I tel you earthlie things, ye beleue not, how shulde ye beleue, if I shal tell you of heauenlie things?
For no man ascendeth vp to heauen, but he that hathe descended from heauen, the So{n}ne of man which is in heauen.
And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernes, so must the So{n}ne of man be lift vp,
That whosoeuer beleueth in him, shuld not perish, but haue eternal life.
For God so loued the worlde, that he hath giuen his onely begotten So{n}ne, that whosoeuer beleueth in him, shulde not perish, but haue euerlasting life.
For God sent not his So{n}ne into the worlde that he shulde condemne the worlde, but that the worlde through him might be saued.
He that beleueth in him, shal not be condemned: but he that beleueth not, is condemned already, because he beleueth not in the Name of the onely begotten Sonne of God.
And this in the condemnation, that light is come into the worlde, and men loued darkenes rather then light, because their dedes were euil.
For euerie man that euil doeth, hateth the light, nether commeth to light, lest his dedes shulde be reproued.
But he that doeth trueth, commeth to the light, that his dedes might be made manifest, that they are wroght according to God.
¶ After these things, came Iesus and his disciples into the land of Iudea, & there taried with them, and baptized.
And Iohn also baptized in Enon besides Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
For Iohn was not yet cast into prison.
The{n} there arose a question betwene Iohns disciples and the Iewes, about purifying.
And they came vnto Iohn, & said vnto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyonde Iordan, to whome thou barest witnes, behold, he baptized, and all men come to him.
Iohn answered, and said, A man can receiue nothing, except it be giue{n} him from heauen.
Ye your selues are my witnesses, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
He that hathe the bride, is the bridegrome: but the friend of the bridegrome which sta{n}deth and heareth him, reioyceth greatly, because of the bridegromes voice. This my ioye therefore is fulfilled.
He must increase, but I (must) decrease.
He that is come from on high, is aboue all: he that is of the earth, is of the earth, and speaketh of the earth: he that is come from heauen, is aboue all.
And what he hathe sene and heard, that he testifieth: but no man receiueth his testimonie.
He that hathe receiued his testimonie, hath sealed that God is true.
For he whome God hathe sent, speaketh the wordes of God: for God giueth (him) not the Spirit by measure.
The Father loueth the Sonne, and hathe giuen all things into his hand.
He that beleueth in the Sonne, hathe euerlasting life, and he that obeieth not the So{n}ne, shal not se life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
NOw whe{n} the Lord knewe, how the Pharises had heard, that Iesus made and baptized modisciples then Iohn,
[Thogh Iesus him self baptized not: but his disciples.]
He left Iudea, and departed againe into Galile.
And he must nedes go through Samaria.
Then came he to a citie of Samaria called Sychar, nere vnto the possession that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph.
And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then wearied in the iorney, sate thus on the well: it was about the sixt houre.
There came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus said vnto her, Giue me drinke.
For his disciples, were gone away into the citie, to bye meat.
Then said the woman of Samaria vnto him, How is it, that thou being a Iewe, askest drinke of me, which am a woman of 〈◊〉 For the Iewes medle not with the Samaritans.
Iesus answerest and said vnto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Giue me drinke, thou woldest haue askest of him, and he wolde haue giue{n} thee water of life.
The woman said vnto him, Syr, thou hast nothing to drawe with, and the well is depe: fro{m} whence the{n} hast thou that water of life?
Art thou greater then our Father, Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and he him self dranke thereof, and his children, and his cattel?
Iesus answered, & said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shal thirst againe:
But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shal giue him, shal neuer be more a thirst: but the water that I shal giue him, shalbe in him a well of water, springing vp into euerlasting life.
The woman said vnto him, Syr, giue me of that water, that I may no thirst, nether come hitherto drawe.
Iesus said vnto her, Go, call thine housband, and come hither.
The woman answered, and said I haue no housband. Iesus said to her, Thou hast wel said, I haue no housband.
For thou hast had fiue housbands, and he whome thou now hast, is not thine housba{n}d that saidest thou truely.
The woman said vnto him, Syr, I se that thou art a Prophet.
Our fathers worshiped in this mountaine, & ye say, that in Ierusalem is the place where men oght to worship.
Iesus said vnto her, Woman, beleue me, the houre cometh, when ye shal nether in this mountaine, nor at Ierusalem worship the Father.
Ye worship that which ye knowe not: we worship that which we knowe: for saluation is of the Iewes.
But the houre cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shal worshippe the Father in spirit, and trueth: for the Father requireth euen suche to worship him.
God is a Spirit, a{n}d they that worship him must worship him in spirit and trueth.
The woman said vnto him, I know wel that Messias shal come, which is called Christ: when he is come, he wil tell vs all things.
Iesus said vnto her, I am he, that speak vnto thee.
¶ And vpo{n} that came his disciples, and marueiled that he talketh with a woman: yet no ma{n} said vnto him, What askest thou? or why talkest thou with her?
The woman then left her waterpot, and we{n}t her way into the Citie, and said to the men.
Come, sea man whiche hathe tolde me all things that euer I did: is not he the Christ?
Then they went out of the Citie, and came vnto him.
¶ In the meane while, the disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
But he said vnto them, I haue meat to eat, that ye knowe not of.
Then said the disciples betwene them selues Hathe anie man broght him meat?
Iesus said vnto them, My meat is that I may do the wil of him that sent me, and finish his worke.
Say not ye, There are yet foure moneths, a{n}d (then) cometh haruest? Beholde, I say vnto you, Lift vp your eyes, & loke on the regions for they are white already vnto haruest.
And he that reapeth, receiueth wages, and gathereth frute vnto life eternal, that bothe he that soweth, and he that reapeth, might reioyce together.
For herein is the saying 〈◊〉 that one soweth and another reapeth.
I sent you to reape that, whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entred into their labours.
Now manie of the Samaritans of that citie beleued in him, for the saying of the woman which testified, He hathe tolde me all things that euer I did.
Then when the Samaritans were come vnto him, they besoght him, that he wolde tarie with them: and he abode there two dayes,
And manie mo beleued because of his owne worde.
And thei said vnto the woman, Now we beleue, not because of thy saying: for we haue heard him our selues, and knowe that this is in dede the Christ the Sauiour of the worlde.
¶ So two dayes after he departed thence, and went into Galile.
For Iesus him self had testified that a Prophet hathe none honour in his owne conntrey.
Then when he was come into Galile, the Galileans receiued him, which had sene all the things that he did at Ierusalem at the feast: for they went also vnto the feast.
And Iesus came againe into Cana a (towne) of Galile, where he had made of water wine. And there was a certeine ruler, whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum.
When he heard that Iesus was come out of Iudea into Galile, he went vnto him, and besoght him that he wolde go downe, & heale his sonne: for he was euen ready to dye.
Then said Iesus vnto him, Except ye se signes and wonders, ye wil not beleue.
The ruler said vnto him, Sir, go downe before my sonne dye.
Iesus said vnto him, Go thy way, thy sonne liueth: and the man beleued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto him, and went his way.
And as he was now going downe, his seruants met him, saying, Thy sonne liueth.
Then enquired he of them the houre when he began to amende. And they said vnto him, Y esterday the seuenth houre the feuer left him.
Then the father knewe, that it was the same houre in the which Iesus, had said vnto him, Thy sonne liueth. And he beleued, and all his houshold.
This seconde miracle did Iesus againe, after he was come out of Iudea into Galile.
AFter that, there was a feast of the Iewes and Iesus went vp to Ierusalem.
And there is at Ierusalem by the place of the shepe, a poole called in Ebrewe Bethesda, hauing fiue porches:
In the which lay a great multitude of sicke folke, of blinde, halte, and withered, waiting for the mouing of the water.
For an Angel went downe at a certeine season into the poole, and troubled the water: whosoeuer then first, after the stirring of the water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoeuer disease he had.
And a certeine man was there which had bene diseased eight and thirtie yeres.
When Iesus sawe him lie, and knewe that he now lo{n}g time had bene diseased he said vnto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
The sicke man answered him, Sir, I haue no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the poole: but while I am comming, another steppeth downe before me.
Iesus said vnto him, Rise: take vp thy bed, and walke.
And immediatly the man was made whole, and toke vp his bed, and walked: & the same day was the Sabbath.
The Iewes therefore said to him that was made whole; It is the Sabbath (day:) it is not lawful for thee to carie thy bed.
He answered them, He that made me whole, he said vnto me, Take vp thy hed, and walke.
Then asked they him, What man is that whiche said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed, and walke?
And he that was healed, knewe not who it was: for Iesus had conueyed him self away from the multitude that was in that place.
And after that, Iesus founde him in the Te{m}ple, and said vnto him, Beholde, thou art 〈◊〉 whole, sinne no more, lest a worse thing come vnto thee.
¶ The man departed, and tolde the Iewes that it was Iesus, which had made him whole
And therefore the Iewes did persecute Iesus, & soght to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath (day.)
But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I worke.
Therefore the Iewes soght the more to kil him: not onely because he had broken the Sabbath: but said also that God was his Father, and made him self equal with God.
Then answered Iesus, and said vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, The Sonne can do nothing of him self, saue that he seeth the Father do: for whatsoeuer things he doeth, the same things doeth the Sonne also.
For the Father loueth the Sonne, and sheweth him all things, whatsoeuer he him self doeth, and he wil shewe him greater workes then these, that ye shulde marueile.
For like wise as the Father raiseth vp the dead, and quickeneth them, so the Sonne quickencth whome he wil.
For the Father iudgeth no man, but hathe committed all iudgement vnto the Sonne.
Because that al men shulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoreth not the Sonne, the same honoreth not the Father, which hathe sent him.
Verely, verely, I say vnto you, he that heareth my word, and beleueth in hym that sent me, hathe euerlasting life, and shal not come into condemnacion, but hathe passed frome death vnto life.
Verely, verely, I saye vnto you, the houre shall come, and nowe is, when the dead shall heare the voyce of the Sonne of GOD: and they that heare it, shal liue.
For as the Father hathe life in him self, so like wise hathe he giuen to the Sonne to haue life in him self.
And hathe giuen him power also to execute iudgement, in that he is the Sonne of man.
Marueile not at thys: forthe houre shall come in the which all that are in the graues, shal heare his voyce.
And they shall come forthe, that haue done good, vnto the resurrection of 〈◊〉: but they that haue done euill, vnto the resurrection of condemnacion.
I can do nothyng of mine owne selfe: as I heare, I iudge: and my indgement is iust, because I seke not mine owne wil, but the will of the Father who hathe sent me.
If I shulde beare witnes of my life, my witnes were not true.
There is another that beareth witnes of me, and I knowe that the witnes, whiche he beareth of me, is true.
Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnes vnto the trueth.
But I receyue not the recorde of man: neuertheles these thyngs I saye, that ye might be saued.
He was a burnyng, and a shinyng candle and ye wolde for a season haue 〈◊〉 in his light.
But I haue greater witnes then the witnes of Iohn: for the workes whiche the Father that hathe giuen me to finish, the same workes that I do, beare witnes of me, that the Father sent me.
And the Father hym selfe, whiche hathe sent me, beareth witnes of me. Ye haue not heard hys voyce at anie tyme, nether haue ye sene hys shape.
And his worde haue ye not abiding in you: for whom he hathe sent, him ye beleue not.
Searche the Scriptures: for in the{m} ye think to haue eternall life, and they are they which testifie of me.
But ye will not come to me, that ye myght haue life.
I receiue not praise of men.
But I knowe you, that ye haue not the loue of God in you.
I am come in my Fathers Name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in hys owne name, him wil ye receiue.
How can ye beleue, whiche receiue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that cometh of God alone!
Do not thinke that I will accuse you to my Father: there is one that accuseth you, (eue{n}) Moses, in whome ye trust.
For had ye beleued Moses, ye wolde haue beleued me: for he wrote of me.
But if ye beleue not his writings, how shal ye beleue my wordes!
AFter these things, Iesus went his way ouer the sea of Galile, (or) of Tiberias.
And a great multitude followed him, because they sawe his miracles, whiche he did on them that were diseased.
Then Iesus went vp into a mountaine, and there he sate with his disciples.
Nowe the Passeouer, a feast of the Iewes, was nere.
Then Iesus lift vp (his) eyes, and seing that a great multitude came vnto him, he said vnto Philippe, Whence shall we bye breade, that these might eat?
[And this he said to proue hym: for he hym selfe knewe what he wolde do.]
Philippe answered him, Two hundreth peny worthe of bread is not sufficient for the{m}, that euerie one of them may take a litle.
Then said vnto him one of his disciples, Andrewe, Simon Peters brother.
There is a litle boye here, which hathe fiue barlie loaues, & two fishes: but what are they among so 〈◊〉?
And Iesus said, Make the people sit down. [Now there was muche grasse in that place] Then the men sate downe in nomber, about fiue thousand.
And Iesus toke the bread, and gaue thankes, and gaue to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set downe: and like wise of the fishes as muche as they wolde.
And when they were satisfied, he said vnto hys disciples, Gather vp the broken meat which remaineth, that nothing be lost.
Then they gathered it together, and filled twelue baskets with the broken meat of the fiue barlie loaues, which remaineth vnto them that had eaten.
Then the me{n} when they had sene the miracle that Iesus did, sayd. This is of a trueth the Prophete that shulde come into the worlde.
When Iesus therefore perceiued that they wolde come, and take hym to make hym a King, he departed againe into a mountaine him self alone.
¶ When euen was nowe come, his disciples went downe vnto the sea.
And entred into a ship, and went ouer the sea towardes Capernaum: and nowe it was darke, and Iesus was not come to them.
And the sea arose with a great winde that blewe.
And when they had rowed about fiue and twentie, or thirtie furlongs, they sawe Iesus walking on the sea, and drawing nere vnto the ship: so they were afraied.
But he said vnto them, It is I: be not afraied.
Then willingly they receiued him into the ship, and the ship was by and by at the land, whether they went.
¶ The day following, the people which stode on the other side of the sea, sawe that there was none other ship there, saue that one, whereinto his disciples were entred, & that Iesus went not with his disciples in the ship, but that his disciples were gone alone.
And that there came other shippes from Tiberias nere vnto the place where they ate the bread, after the Lord had giuen thankes.
Now when the people sawe that Iesus was not there, nether his disciples, thei also toke shipping, and came to Capernaum, seking for Iesus.
And when they had founde him on the other side of the sea, thei said vnto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
Iesus answered them, and said, Verely, verely I say vnto you, ye seke me not, because ye sawe the miracles, but because ye ate of the loaues, and were filled.
Laboure not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shal giue vnto you: for him hathe God the Father sealed.
Then said they vnto him, What shal we do, that we might worke the workes of God?
Iesus answered, and said vnto them, This is the worke of God, that ye beleue in him, whome he hathe sent.
They said therefore vnto him, What signe shewest thou then, that we maye se it, and beleue thee? what doest thou worke?
Our fathers did eat Manna in the desert, as it is written, He gaue them bread from heauen to eat.
Then Iesus said vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, Moses gaue you not bread from heauen, but my Father giueth you the true bread from heauen.
For the bread of God is he which cometh downe from heauen, and giueth life vnto the worlde.
Then thei said vnto him, Lord, euermore giue vs this bread.
And Iesus said vnto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shal not hunger, and he that beleueth in me, shal neuer thrust.
But I said vnto you, that ye also haue sene me, and beleue not.
All that the Father giueth me, shal come to me: and him that cometh to me, I cast not away.
For I came downe from heauen, not to do mine owne wil, but his wil which hathe sent me.
And this is the Fathers wil whiche hathe sent me, that of all which he hathe giue{n} me, I shulde lose nothing, but shulde raise it vp againe at the last day,
And this is the wil of him that sent me, that euerie man which seeth the Sonne, and beleueth in him, shulde haue euerlasting life: & I wil raise him vp at the last day.
The Iewes then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread, which is come downe from heauen.
And they said, Is not this Iesus the sonne of Ioseph, whose father & mother we know how then saith he, I came downe from heauen?
Iesus then answered, and said vnto the{m}, Mur mure not among your selues.
No man can come to me, except the Father which hathe sent me, drawe him: and I wil raise him vp at the last day.
It is written in the Prophetes, And they shalbe all taught of God. Euerie man therefore that hathe heard, and hathe learned of the Father, cometh vnto me,
Not that anie man hathe sene the Father, saue he which is of God, he hathe sene the Father.
Verely, verely I say vnto you, He that beleueth in me, hathe euerlasting life.
I am the bread of life.
Your fathers did eat Manna in the wildernes, and are dead.
This is the bread, whiche cometh downe from heaue{n}, that he which eateth of it, shuld not dye.
I am the liuing bread, which came downe from heauen: if anie man eat of this bread, he shal liue for euer: and the bread that I wil giue, is my flesh, which I wil giue for the life of the worlde.
Then the Iewes stroue among them selues, saying, How can this man giue vs (his) flesh to eat?
Then Iesus said vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the So{n}ne of man, and drinke his blood, ye haue no life in you.
Whosoeuer eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hathe eternal life, and I wil raise him vp at the last day.
For my flesh is meat in dede, and my blood is drinke in dede.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
As the liuing Father hathe sent me, so liue I by the Father, and he that eateth me, eue{n} he shal liue by me.
This is the bread which came downe from heauen: not as your fathers haue eate Manna, & are dead. He that eateth of 〈◊〉 bread, shal liue for euer.
These things spake he in the Synagogue as he taught in Capernaum.
Manie therefore of his disciples [when thei heard this] said, This is an hard saying: who can heare it?
But Iesus knowing in him self, that his disciples murmured at this, said vnto the{m}, Doeth this offende you?
(What) then if ye shulde se the Sonne of ma{n} ascende vp where he was before?
It is the Spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing: the wordes that I speake vnto you, are spirit and life.
But there are some of you that beleue not: for Iesus knewe from the beginning, which they were that beleued not, and who shulde betraye him.
And he said, Therefore said I vnto you, that no man can come vnto me, except it be giue{n} vnto him of my Father.
From that time, manie of his disciples went backe, and walked no more with him.
The{n} said Iesus to the twelue, Wil ye also go away?
Then Simon Peter answered him, Master to whome shal we go? Thou hast the wordes of eternal life:
And we beleue and knowe that thou art the Christ the Sonne of the liuing God.
Iesus answered the{m}, Haue not 〈◊〉 chosen you twelue and one of you is a deuil?
Now he spake it of Iudas Iscariot the (sonne) of Simon: for he it was that shulde betraye him, thogh he was one of the twelue.
AFter these things, Iesus walked in Galile and wolde not walke in Iudea: for the Iewes soght to kil him.
Now the Iewes feast of the Tabernacles was at hand.
His brethren therefore said vnto him, departe hence, and go into Iudea, that thy disciples may se thy workes that thou doest.
For there is no man that doeth anie thing secretly, and he himself seketh to be famous. If thou doest these things, shewe thy self to the worlde.
For as yet his brethren beleued not in him.
Then Iesus said vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway readie.
The world can not hate you: but me it hateth because I testifie of it, that the workes thereof are euil.
Go ye vp vnto this feast: I wil not go vp yet vnto this feast: for my time is not yet fulfilled
¶ These things he said vnto them, and abode stil in Galile.
But assone as his brethren were 〈◊〉 vp the{n} went he also vp vnto the feast, not openly, but as (it were) priuely.
Then the Iewes soght him at the feest, and said, Where is he?
And muche murmuring was thereof him among the people. Some said, He is a good man: other said, Naye: but be deceiueth the people.
How be it no man spake openly of him for feare of the Iewes.
Now when half the feast was done, Iesus went vp into the Temple and taught.
And the Iewes marueiled, saying, How knoweth this man the Scriptures, seing that he neuer learned.
Iesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
If anie man wil do his wil, he shal knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my self.
He that speaketh of him self, seketh his owne glorie: but he that seketh his glorie that sent him, the same is true, and no vnrighteousnes is in him.
Did not Moses giue you a Lawe, and (yet) none of you kepeth the Law? Why go ye about to kil me?
The people answered, and said, Thou hast a deuil: who goeth about to kil thee?
Iesus answered, and said to them, I haue done one worke, and ye all marueile.
Moses therefore gaue vnto you circumcision, [not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers] and ye on the Sabbath (day) circumcise a man.
If a man on the Sabbath receiue circumcision, that the Law of Moses shulde not be broke{n}, be ye angrie with me, because I haue made a man euerie whit whole on the Sabbath (day?)
Iudge not according to the appearance, but 〈◊〉 righteous iudgement.
¶ Then said some of them of Ierusalem, is not this he, whome they go about to kil?
And beholde, he speaketh openly, & they say nothing to him: do the rulers knowe in dede that this is the verie Christ?
How be it we knewe this man whence he is but when the Christ cometh, no man shal knowe whence he is.
¶ The{n} cryed Iesus in the Te{m}ple as he taught saying, Ye bothe knowe me, and knowe whence I am: yet am I not come of my self, but he that sent me, is true, whome ye know not.
But I knowe him: for I am of him, and he hathe sent me.
Then they soght to take him, but no man laid ha{n}ds on him, because his houre was nor yet come.
Now manie of the people beleued in him, and said, When the Christ cometh, wil he do momiracles then this man hathe done?
The Pharises heard that the people murmured these things of him, and the Pharises, and high Priests sent officers to take him.
Then said Iesus vnto them, Yet am I a litle while with you, and then go I vnto him that sent me.
Ye shal seke me, and shal not finde (me,) & where I am, can ye not come.
Then said the Iewes amongs them selues, Whither wil he go, that we shal not finde him? Wil he go vnto them that are dispersed among the Grecians, and teache the Grecians?
What saying is this that he said, Ye shal seke me, and shal not finde (me?) and where I am, can ye not come?
Now in the last (and) great day of the feast, Iesus stode and cryed, saying, I 〈◊〉 mathirst let him come vnto me, and drinke.
He that beleueth in me, as saith the Scripture, out of his bellie shal flowe riuers of water of life.
〈◊〉 his spake he of the Spirit which they that beleued in him, shulde 〈◊〉 for the holie Gost was not yet (giuen) because that Iesus was not yet glorified.]
So manie of the people, when they heard this saying, said Of a trueth this is the Prophet.
Other said, This is the Christ: and some said, But shal Christ come out of 〈◊〉?
Saith not the Scripture that the Christ shal come of the sede of Dauid, and out of the towne of Beth-lehem, where Dauid was?
So was there dissention among the people for him.
And some of them wolde haue taken him, but no man laid hands on him.
Then came the officers to the high 〈◊〉 and Pharises, and they said vnto them, Why 〈◊〉 ye not broght him?
The officers answered, Neuer man spake like this man.
Then answered them the Pharises, 〈◊〉 ye also deceiued?
Doeth anie of the rulers, or of the Pharises beleue in him?
But this people, which know not the Law, are cursed.
Nicodemus said vnto them, [he that came to Iesus by night, and was one of them.]
Doeth our Law iudge a man before it heare him, and knowe what he hathe done?
They answered and said vnto him, Art thou also of Galile? Search and loke: for out of Galile 〈◊〉 no Prophet.
And euerie man went vnto his owne house.
ANd Iesus went vnto the mount of oliues,
And early in the mourning came againe into the Temple, and all the people came vnto him, and he sate downe, and taught them.
Then the Scribes, and the Pharites broght vnto him a woman, taken in adulterie, and set her in the middes,
And said vnto him, Master, this woman was taken in adulterie, in the veric act.
Now Moses in the Law commanded vs, that suche shulde be stoned: what saist thou therefore?
And this they said to tempt him, that thei might haue, whereof to accuse him. But lesus stouped down, and with his finger wrote on the grounde.
And while they continued asking him, he list him self vp, and said vnto them, Let him that is amo{n}g you without sinne, cast the first stone at her.
And againe he stouped downe, and wrote on the grounde.
And when they heard it, being accused by their owne conscience, they went out one by one, beginning at the eldest euen to the last: so Iesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the 〈◊〉.
When 〈◊〉 had lift vp himself againe, and sawe no man, but the woman, he said vnto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hathe no man 〈◊〉 thee?
She said, No man, Lord. And Iesus said, Nether do I condemne thee: go and sinne no more.
Then spake Iesus againe vnto them, saying, I an the 〈◊〉 of the worlde: he that follow 〈◊〉 me, shal not walke in darkenes, but shal 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of life.
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 therefore said vnto him, 〈◊〉 bearest recorde of thy self: thy recorde is not true.
Iesus answered, and said vnto the{m}, Thogh I beare recorde of my self, (yet) my recorde is true: for I knowe whence I came a{n}d whether I go: but ye can not tel whence I come and whether I go.
Ye iudge after the flesh: I iudge no man.
And if 〈◊〉 also iudge, my iudgement is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
And it is also written in your Law, that the testimonie of two men is true.
I am one that beare witnes of my self, & the Father that sent me, beareth witnes of me.
Then said they vnto him, Where is thy Father? 〈◊〉 answered, Ye nether knowe me, nor my Father. If ye had knowe{n} me, ye shuld haue knowen my Father also.
These wordes spake Iesus in the treasurie, as he taught in the Temple, and no man laid hands on him: for his houre was not yet come.
Then said Iesus againe vnto them, I go my way, and ye shal seke me, a{n}d shaldye in your sinnes. Whether I go, can ye not come.
Then said the Iewes, Wil he kil him self because he saith, Whether I go, can ye not come?
And he said vnto them, Ye are fro{m} beneth: I am from aboue: ye are of this worlde: I am not of this worlde.
I said therefore vnto you, That ye shaldye in your sinnes: for except ye beleue, that I am he, ye shaldye in your sinnes.
Then said they vnto him, Who art thou? And Iesus said vnto them, Euen the same thing that I said vnto you from the beginning.
I haue manie things to say, and to iudge of you: but he that sent me, is true, & the things that I haue heard of him, those speake I to the worlde.
They vnderstode not that he spake to the{m} of the Father.
Then said Iesus vnto them, When ye haue lift vp the Sonne of man, then shal ye knowe that I am he, and that I do nothing of my self, but as my Father hathe taught me, (so) I speake these things.
For he that sent me, is with me: the Father hath not left me alone, because I do alwayes those things that please him.
¶ As he spake these things, many beleued in him.
Then said Iesus to the Iewes which beleued in him, If ye continue in my worde, ye are verely my disciples,
And shal knowe the trueth, and the trueth shal make you fre.
They answered him, We be Abrahams sede and were neuer bonde to any man: why saist thou then, Ye shalbe made fre?
Iesus answered them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer committeth sinne is the seruant of sinne.
And the seruant abideth not in the house for euer: but the Sonne abideth for euer.
If the Sonne therefore shal make you fre, ye shalbe fre in dede.
I knowe that ye are Abrahams sede, but ye seke to kill me, because my worde hathe no place in you.
I speake that whiche I haue sene with my Father: and ye do that which ye haue sene with your Father.
They answered, and said vnto him, Abraha{m} is our Father. Iesus said vnto them, If ye were Abrahams children, ye wolde do the workes of Abraham.
But now ye go about to kill me, a man that haue tolde you the trueth, whiche I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham,
Ye do the workes of your Father. Then said they to him, We are not borne of fornicatio{n} we haue one Father, which is God.
Therefore Iesus said vnto the{m}, If God were your father, then wolde ye loue me: for I proceded forthe, a{n}d came fro{m} God nether came I of my self, but he sent me.
Why do ye not vnderstand my talke? because ye can not heare my worde.
Ye are of your Father the deuil, and the lustes of your Father ye wil do: he hathe bene a murtherer from the beginning, & abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. Whe{n} he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his owne: for he is a liar, & the Father thereof.
And because I tell you the trueth, ye beleue me not.
Which of you can rebuke me of sinne? & if I say the trueth, why do ye not beleue me?
He that is of God, heareth Gods wordes: ye therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God.
Then answered the Iewes, and said vnto him, Say we not wel that thou art a Samarita{n} and hast a deuil?
Iesus answered, I haue not a deuil, but I honour my Father, and ye haue dishonored me.
And I seke not mine owne praise: but there is one that seketh it, and iudgeth.
Verely, verely I say vnto you, If a man kepe my worde, he shal neuer se death.
Then said the Iewes to him, Now knowe we that thou hast a deuil. Abraham is dead, and the Prophetes, and thou saist, If a man kepe my worde, he shal neuer tast of death.
Art thou greater then our Father Abraham, which is dead? and the Prophetes are dead: whome makest thou thy self?
Iesus answered, If I honour my self, mine honour is nothing worthe: it is my Father that honoureth me, whom ye say, that he is your God.
Yet ye haue not knowen him: but I knowe him, and if I shulde say I knowe him not, I shulde be a liar like vnto you: but I knowe him, and kepe his worde.
Your Father Abraham reioyced to se my day, and he sawe it, and was glad.
Then said the Iewes vnto him, Thou art not yet fiftie yere olde, and hast thou sene Abraham?
Iesus said vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.
Then toke they vp stones, to cast at him, but Iesus hid him self, and went out of the Temple.
ANd as Iesus passed by, he sawe a man which was blinde from his birth.
And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sinne, this man, or his parents, that he was borne blinde?
Iesus answered, Nether hathe this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the workes of God shulde be shewed on him.
I must worke the workes of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh when no man can worke.
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the worlde.
Assone as he had thus spoken, he spate on the grounde, and made claye of the spettle, and anointed the eyes of the blinde with the clay,
And said vnto him, Go wash in the poole of Siloam [which is by interpretation, Sent.] He went his way therefore, and washed, and came againe seing.
Now the neighbours and they that had sene him before, when he was blinde, said, Is not this he that sate and begged?
Some said, This is he: and others said, He is like him: but he him self said, I am he.
Therefore they said vnto him. How were thine eyes opened?
He answered, and said, The man that is called Iesus, made claye, and anointed mine eyes, and said vnto me, Go to the poole of Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and receiued sight.
Then they said vnto him, Where is he? He said, I can not tell.
¶ They broght to the Pharises him that was once blinde.
And it was the Sabbath (day,) when Iesus made the claye, and opened his eyes.
Then againe the Pharises also asked him, how he had receiued sight. And he said vnto them, He laid claye vpon mine eyes, and I washed, and do se.
Then said some of the Pharises, This man is not of God, because he kepeth not the Sabbath (day,) Others said, How can a man that is a sinner, do suche miracles? and there was a dissension among them.
Then spake they vnto the blinde againe, What saist thou of him, because he hath opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a Prophet.
Then the Iewes did not beleue him [that he had bene blinde, and receiued his sight] vntil they had called the pare{n}ts of him that had receiued sight.
And they asked them, saying, Is this your sonne, whome ye say was borne blinde? How doeth he now se then?
His parents answered them, and said, We know that this is our sonne, and that he was borne blinde:
But by what meanes he now seeth, we know not: or who hathe opened his eyes, can we not tell: he is olde ynough: aske him: he shal answer for himself.
These wordes spake his parents, because they feared the Iewes: for the Iewes had ordeined alreadie, that if any man did confesse that he was the Christ, he shulde be (excommunicate) out of the Synagogue.
Therefore said his pare{n}ts, He is olde ynough aske him.
Then againe called they the man that had bene blinde, and said vnto him, Giue glorie vnto God: we knowe that this man is a sinner.
Then he answered, and said, Whither he be a sinner or no, I can not tell: one thing I knowe, that I was blinde, and now I se.
The{n} said they to him againe, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
He answered them, I haue tolde you alreadie, & ye haue nor heard it: wherefore wolde ye heare it againe? wil ye also be his disciples?
Then checked they him, and said, Be thou his disciple: we be Moses disciples.
We knowe that God spake with Moses: but this man we knowe not from whence he is.
The man answered, and said vnto them, Doutles, this is a marueilous thing, that ye knowe not whence he is, and yet he hathe opened mine eyes.
Now we knowe that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his wil, him heareth he.
Since the worlde began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blinde.
If this man were not of God, he colde haue done nothing.
They answered, and said vnto him, Thou art altogether borne in sinnes, and doest thou teache vs? so they cast him out.
Iesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had founde him, he said vnto him, Doest thou beleue in the Sonne of God?
He answered, and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might beleue him?
And Iesus said vnto him, Bothe thou hast sene him, and he it is that talketh with thee.
Then he said, Lord, I beleue, and worshipped him.
And Iesus said, I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde, that they whiche se not, might se: and that they which se, might be made blinde.
And some, of the Pharises which were with him, heard these things, and said vnto him, Are we blinde also?
Iesus said vnto them, If ye were blinde, ye shulde not haue sinne: but now ye say, We se therefore your sinne remaineth.
VErely, verely I say vnto you, He that entreth not in by the dore into the shepe folde, but climeth vp another way, he is a thefe and a robber.
But he that goeth in by the dore, is the shepherd of the shepe.
To him the porter openeth, and the shepe heare his voyce, and he calleth his owne shepe by name, and leadeth them out.
And when he hathe sent forthe his owne shepe, he goeth before them, and the shepe followe him: for they knowe his voyce.
And they wil not followe a stranger, but they flee from him: for they know not the voyce of strangers.
This parable spake Iesus vnto the{m}: but they vnderstod not what things they were which he spake vnto them.
Then said Iesus vnto them againe, Verely, verely I saye vnto you, I am the dore of the shepe.
All, that euer came before me, are theues and robbers: but the shepe dyd not heare them.
I am the dore: by me if any man enter in, he shalbe saued, and shall go in and go out, and sinde pasture.
The thefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kyll, and to destroye: I am come that they myght haue lyfe, and haue it in abundance.
I am the good shepherde: the good shepherd giueth his life for his shepe.
But an hirelyng, and he whiche is not the shepherde, nether the shepe are hys owne, seeth the wolfe commyng, a{n}d he leaueth the shepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth them, and scattereth the shepe.
So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the shepe.
I am the good shepherd, a{n}d knowe mine, and am knowen of mine.
As the Father knoweth me, so knowe I the Father: and I lay downe my life for (my) shepe.
Other shepe I haue also, which are not of this folde: them also must I bring, and they shal heare my voyce: and there shal be one shepefolde, (and) one shepherd.
Therefore doeth my Father loue me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it againe.
No man taketh it frome me, but I lay it downe of my selfe: I haue power to laye it down, & haue power to take it againe: this co{m}mandement haue I receiued of my Father.
¶ Then there was a dissention agayne among the Iewes for these sayings.
And many of them said, He hathe a deuill, and is madde: why heare ye him?
Others sayd, These are not the wordes of hym that hathe a deuill: can the deuill open the eyes of the blinde?
And it was at Ierusalem the (feast of the) Dedication, and it was winter.
And Iesus walked in the Temple, in Solomons porche.
Then came the Iewes rounde about hym, and said vnto hym, Howe long doest thou make vs doute? If thou be the Christ, tell vs plainely.
Iesus answered them, I tolde you, and ye beleue not: the workes that I do in my Fathers Name, they beare witnes of me.
But ye beleue not: for ye are not of my shepe, as I said vnto you.
My shepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they followe me,
And I giue vnto them eternal life, and they shal neuer perish, nether shal any plucke the{m} out of mine hand.
My Father which gaue (them) me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand.
I and my Father are one.
Then the Iewes againe toke vp stones, to stone him.
Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father: for whiche of these workes do ye stone me?
The Iewes answered hym, saying, For the good worke we stone thee not, but for blasphemie, and that thou beyng a man, makest thy self God.
Iesus answered the{m}, Is it not written in your Law, I said, ye are gods?
If he called them Gods, vnto whome the worde of God was (giuen,) and the Scripture can not be broken.
Say ye of him, whome the Father hathe sanctified, and sent into the worlde, Thou blasphemest, because I sayd, I am the Sonne of God?
If I do not the workes of my Father, beleue me not.
But if I do, then thogh ye beleue not me, (yet) beleue the wordes, that ye may knowe and beleue, that the Father (is) in me, and I in hym.
Againe they went about to take hym: but he escaped out of their hands.
And went againe beyonde Iordan, into the place where Iohn first baptized, and there abode.
And many resorted vnto him, and said, Iohn dyd no miracle: but all thyngs that Iohn spake of this man, were true.
And many beleued in him there.
ANd a certeine man was sicke, (named) Lazarus of Bethania, the towne of Marie, and her sister Martha.
[And it was that Marie which anointed the Lord with ointment, a{n}d wiped his fete with her heere, whose brother Lazar{us} was sicke.]
Therefore (hys) sisters sent vnto hym, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke.
When Iesus heard it, he sayd, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God myght be glorified thereby.
¶ Now Iesus loued Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
And after he had heard that he was sicke, yet abode he two dayes stil in the same place where he was.
Then after that, said he to his disciples, Let vs go into Iudea againe.
The disciples sayd vnto hym, Master, the Iewes lately soght to stone thee, and doest thou go thither againe.
Iesus aunswered, are there not twelue houres in the daye? If a man walke in the day, he stombleth not, because he seeth the lyght of this worlde.
But if a man walke in the night, he stombleth, because there is no light in him.
These things spake he, and after he said vnto them, Our friend Lazarus slepeth: but I go to wake him vp.
Then said his disciples, Lord, if he slepe, he shal be safe.
How be it, Iesus spake of his death: but they thoght that he had spoken of the natural slepe.
Then said Iesus vnto them plainely, Lazarus is dead.
And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may beleue: but let vs go vnto him.
Then said Thomas [which is called Didymus] vnto his fellowe disciples, Let vs also go that we may dye with him.
¶ Then came Iesus, and founde that he had liue in the graue foure dayes already.
[Now Bethania was nere vnto Ierusalem, about fiftene furlongs of.]
And many of the Iewes were come to Martha and Marie to comfort them for their brother.
Then Martha, when she heard that Iesus was coming, went to mete him: but Marie sate stil in the house.
Then said Martha vnto Iesus, Lord, if thou haddest bene here, my brother had not bene dead.
But now I knowe also, that whatsoeuer thou askest of God, God wil giue it thee.
Iesus said vnto her, Thy brother shal rise againe.
Martha said vnto him, I knowe that he shal rise againe in the resurrection at the last day.
Iesus said vnto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that beleueth in me, thogh he were dead, (yet) shal he liue.
And whosoeuer liueth, and beleueth in me, shal neuer dye. Beleuest thou this?
She said vnto him, Yea, Lord, I beleue that thou art the Christ the Sonne of God, which shulde come into the worlde.
¶ And when she had so said, she went her way, & called Marie her sister secretly, saying The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
And when she heard it, she arose quickely, and came vnto him.
For Iesus was not yet come into the towne, but was in the place where Martha met him.
The Iewes then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they sawe Marie, that she rose vp hastely, & went out, followed her, saying, She goeth vnto the graue, to wepe there.
Then when Marie was come where Iesus was, and sawe him, she fel downe at his fete, saying vnto him, Lord, if thou haddest bene here, my brother had not bene dead.
When Iesus therefore sawe her wepe, and the Iewes (also) wepe which came with her, he groned in the spirit, and was troubled in him self,
And said, Where haue ye laid him? Thei said vnto him, Lord, come, and se.
(And) Iesus wept.
Then said the Iewes, Beholde, how he loued him.
And some of them said, Colde not he, which opened the eyes of the blinde, haue made also, that this man shulde not haue dyed?
Iesus therefore againe groned in him self, and came to the graue. And it was a caue, and a stone was laid vpon it.
Iesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, said vnto him, Lord, he stinketh alreadie: for he hathe bene (dead) foure daies.
Iesus said vnto her, Said I not vnto thee, that if thou diddest beleue, thou shuldest se the glorie of God?
Then they toke away the stone (from the place) where the dead was laid. And Iesus lift vp his eyes, and said, Father, I thanke thee, because thou hast heard me.
I knowe that thou hearest me alwayes, but because of the people that stand by, I said it, that they maye beleue, that thou hast sent me.
As he had spoken these things, he cryed with a loude voyce, Lazarus, come forthe.
Then he that was dead, came forthe, bounde hand and fote with bandes, and his face was bounde with a napkin. Iesus said vnto them, Lose him, and let him go.
¶ Then manie of the Iewes, which came to Marie, and had sene the things, which Iesus did, beleued in him.
But some of them went their way to the Pharises, and tolde them what things Iesus had done.
Then gathered the hie Priests, and the Pharises a council, and said, What shal we do? For this man doeth manie miracles.
If we let him thus alone, all men wil beleue in him, and the Romaines wil come and take away bothe our place, and the nacion.
The{n} one of them (named) Caiaphas, which was the hie Priest that same yere, said vnto them, Ye perceiue nothing at all,
Nor yet do you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man dye for the people, and that the whole nacion perish not.
This spake he not of him self: but being hie Priest that same yere, he prophecied that Iesus shulde dye for the nacion:
And not for the nacion onely, but that he shulde gather together in one the children of God, which were scattered.
Then from that day forthe they consulted together, to put him to death.
Iesus therefore walked no more openly among the Iewes, but went thence vnto a countrey nere to the wildernes, into a citie called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
¶ And the Iewes Passeouer was at hand, and manie went out of the countrey vp to Ierusalem before the Passeouer, to 〈◊〉 purifie them selues.
Then soght they for Iesus, and spake among them selues, as thei stode in the Temple, What thinke ye, that he cometh not to the feast?
Now bothe the hie Priests and the Pharises had giuen a comma{n}dement, that if anie man knewe where he were, he shulde shewe it, that they might take him.
THen Iesus six dayes before the Passeouer came to Bethania, where Lazarus was, which was dead, whome he had raised from the dead.
There they made him a supper, and Martha serued: but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table with him.
Then toke Marie a pound of ointment of spikenarde verie costlie, and anointed Iesus fete, and wipte his fete with her heere, and the house was filled with the sauour of the ointment.
Then said one of his disciples, (euen) Iudas Iscariot Simon (sonne,) which shulde betraye him.
Why was not this ointment solde for thre hundreth pence, and giuen to the poore?
Now he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because he was a thefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.
Then said Iesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying she kept it.
For the poore alwayes ye haue with you, but me ye shal not haue alwaies.
Then muche people of the Iewes knewe that he was there: & they came, not for Iesus sake onely, but that they might se Lazarus also, whome he had raised from the dead.
The hie Priests therefore consulted, that they might put Lazarus to death also.
Because that for his sake manie of the Iewes went away, and beleued in Iesus.
¶ On the morowe a great multitude that were come to the feast, whe{n} they heard that Iesus shulde come to Ierusalem,
Toke branches of palme trees, and went forthe to mete him, and cryed, Hosanna, Blessed (is) the King of Israel that cometh in the Name of the Lord.
And Iesus founde a yong asse, a{n}d sate theron, as it written,
Feare not, daughter of Sion: beholde, thy King cometh sitting on an asses colte.
But his disciples vndestode not these things at the first: but when Iesus was glorified, then remembred they, that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things vnto him.
The people therefore that was with him, bare witnes that he called Lazarus out of the graue, and raised him from the dead.
Therefore met him the people also, because thei heard that he had done this miracle.
And the Pharises said among them selues, Perceiue ye how ye preuaile nothing? Beholde, the worlde goeth after him.
¶ Now there were certeine Grekes among them that came vp to worship at the feast,
And they came to Philippe; which was of Bethsaida in Galile, and desired him, saying, Syr, we wolde se Iesus.
Philippe came and tolde Andrewe: and againe Andrewe and Philippe tolde Iesus.
And Iesus answered them, saying, The houre is come, that the Sonne of man must be glorified.
Verely, verely I say vnto you, Except the wheate corne fall into the grounde and dye, it bideth alone: but if it dye, it bringeth forthe muche frute.
He that loueth his life, shal lose it, and he that hateth his life in this worlde, shal kepe it vnto life eternal.
If anie man serue me, let him followe me: for where I am, there shal also my seruant be and if anie man serue me, him wil my Father honour.
Now is my soule troubled: and what shal I say? Father, saue me from this houre: but therfore came I vnto this houre.
Father, glorifie thy Name. Then came there a voyce from heauen, (saying,) I haue bothe glorified it, and wil glorifie it againe.
Then said the people that stode by and heard, that it was a thundre: others said, an Angel spake to him.
Iesus answered, and said, This voyce came not because of me, but for your sakes.
Now is the iudgement of this worlde: now shal the prince of this worlde be cast out.
And I if I were lift vp from the earth wil drawe all men vnto me.
Now this said he, signifying what death he shulde dye.
The people answered him, We haue heard out of the Law, that the Christ by deth for euer: and how saist thou, that the Sonne of man must be lift vp? who is that Sonne of man?
Then Iesus said vnto them, Yet a litle while is the light with you: walke while ye haue light, lest the darkenes come vpon you: for he that walketh in the darke, knoweth not whether he goeth.
While ye haue light, beleue in the light, that ye may be the children of the light, These things spake Iesus, and departed, and 〈◊〉 him self from them.
¶ And thogh he had done so manye miracles before them, (yet) beleued they not on hym:
That the saying of Esaias the Prophet might be fulfilled, that he said, Lord, who beleued our reporte? and to whome is the arme of the Lord reueiled?
Therefore colde they not beleue, because that Esaias saith againe.
He hathe blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they shulde not se with (their) eyes, nor vnderstande with (their) heart, and shulde be conuerted, and I shulde heale them.
These things said Esaias when he sawe hys glorie and spake of him.
Neuertheles euen among the chief rulers manie beleued in hym: but because of the Pharises, they did not confesse him, lest they shulde be (cast) out of the Synagogue.
For they loued the praise of men, more then the praise of God.
And Iesus cryed, and said, He that beleueth in me, beleueth not in me, but in hym that sent me.
And he that seeth me, seeth hym that sent me.
I am come a lyght into the worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth in me, shulde not abide in darkenes.
And if anie ma{n} heare my wordes, and beleue not, I iudge him not: for I came not to iudge the worlde, but to saue the worlde.
He that refuseth me, and receiueth not my wordes, hathe one that iudgeth him: the worde that I haue spoken, it shall iudge him in the last day.
For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the Father, whiche sent me, he gaue me a commandement what I shulde saye, and what I shulde speake.
And I knowe that hys commandement is lyfe euerlastyng: the thyngs therefore that I speake, I speake (them) so as the Father sayd vnto me.
NOw before the feast of the Passeouer, when Iesus knewe that hys houre was come, that he shulde departe out of thys worlde vnto the Father, for asmuche as he loued his owne whiche were in the worlde, vnto the end he loued them.
And when supper was done [and that the deuil had now put in the heart of Iudas Iscariot, Simons (sonne,) to betraye him.]
Iesus knowing that the Father had giuen all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God.
He riseth frome supper, and lyeth aside (hys vpper) garments, a{n}d toke a towel, and girde him self.
After that, he powred water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples fete, and to wipe them with the towell, wherewith he was girde.
Then came he to Simon Peter, who said to him, Lord, doest thou wash my fete?
Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym, What I do, thou knowest not nowe: but thou shalt knowe it hereafter.
Peter said vnto him, Thou shalt neuer washe my fete. Iesus answered hym, If I wash thee not, thou shalt haue no parte with me.
Simon Peter said vnto him, Lord, not my fete onely, but also the hands and the head.
Iesus sayd to hym, He that is washed, nedeth not, saue to washe (hys) fete, but is cleane euerie whit: and ye are cleane, but not all.
For he knewe who shuld betraye him: therfore said he, Ye are not all cleane.
¶ So after he had washed their fete, and had taken hys garmentes, and was set downe againe, he sayd vnto them, Knowe ye what I haue done to you?
Ye call me Master; and Lord, and ye say wel: for (so) am I.
If I then your Lorde, and Master, haue washed your fete, ye also ought to washe one anothers fete.
For I haue gyuen you an example, that ye shulde do, euen as I haue done to you.
Verely, verely I say vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master, nether the ambassadour greater then he that sent him.
If ye knowe these things, blessed are ye, if ye do them.
¶ I speake not of you all: I knowe whome I haue chosen: but (it is) that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hathe lift vp his hele against me.
Frome henceforthe tell I you before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleue that I am he.
Verely, verely I saye vnto you, If I send anye, he that receyueth hym, receyueth me, and he that receiueth me, receiueth him that sent me.
When Iesus had sayd these 〈◊〉, he was troubled in the Spirite, and testified, and sayd, Verely, verely I saye vnto you, that one of you shal betraye me.
Then the disciples loked one on another, douting of whome he spake.
Nowe there was one of hys disciples, whiche leaned on Iesus bosòme, whome Iesus loued.
To hym beckened therefore Symon Peter, that he shuld aske who it was of whome he spake.
He then, as 〈◊〉 on Iesus brest, sayd vnto him, Lord, who is it?
Iesus aunswered, He it is, to whome I shall gyue a soppe, when I haue dipte it: and he wet a soppe, and gaue it to Iudas Iscariot, Simons (sonne.)
And after the soppe, Satan entred into him. Then said Iesus vnto him, That thou doest, do quickely.
But none of them that were at table, knewe for what cause he spake it vnto him.
For some of them thoght because Iudas had the bagge, that Iesus had said vnto him, Bie those things that we haue nede of against the feast: or that he shulde giue some thing to the poore.
Assone then as he had receiued the soppe, he went immediatly out, and it was night.
¶ When he was gone out, Iesus said, Now is 〈◊〉 Sonne of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
If God be glorified in him, God shal also glorifie him in him self, and shal straight way glorifie him.
Litle children, yet a litle while am I with you: ye shal seke me, but as I said vnto the 〈◊〉, Whither I go, can ye not come: also to you say I now,
A new commandement giue I vnto you, that ye loue one another: as I haue loued you that ye also loue one another.
By this shal all men knowe that ye are my disciples, if ye haue loue one to another.
〈◊〉 Peter said vnto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Iesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not folowe me now: but thou shalt followe me afterwardes.
Peter said vnto him, Lord, why can I not followe thee now? I wil lay downe my life for thy sake.
Iesus answered him, Wilt thou lay downe thy life for my sake? Verely, verely I say vnto thee, The 〈◊〉 shal not crowe, til thou haue denyed me thrise.
ANd he said to his disciples, Let not your hēart be troubled: ye beleue in God beleue also in me.
In my Fathers house are many dwelling places: if it were not so, I wolde haue tolde you: I go to prepare a place for you.
And thogh I go to prepare a place for you, I wil come againe, and receiue you vnto my self, that where I am, there may ye be also.
And whither I go, ye knowe, and the way ye knowe.
Thomas said vnto him, Lord, we knowe not whither thou goest: how can we then knowe the way?
Iesus said vnto him, I am the Way, and the Trueth, and the Life. No man commeth vnto the Father, but by me.
If ye had knowe{n} me, ye shulde haue knowe{n} my Father also: and from hence for theye knowe him, and haue sene him.
Philippe said vnto him, Lord, shewe (thy) Father, and it suffiseth vs.
Iesus said vnto him, I haue bene so long time with you, and hast thou not knowen me, Philippe? he that hathe sene me, hathe sene my Father: how then saist thou, Shewe vs (thy) Father?
Beleuest thou not, that I am in the Father, & the Father is in me? The wordes that I speake vnto you, I speake not of my self: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the workes.
Beleue me, that I (am) in the Father, and the Father in me: at the least, beleue me for the very workes sake.
Verely, verely I say vnto you, he that beleleueth in me, the workes that I do, he shal do also, and greater then these shal he do: for I go vnto my Father.
And whatsoeuer ye aske in my Name, that wil I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Sonne.
If ye shal aske any thing in my Name, I wil do it.
If ye loue me, kepe my commandements,
And I wil pray the Father, and he shal giue you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for euer,
(Euen) the Spirit of trueth, whome the worlde can not receiue, because it seeth him not, nether knoweth him: but ye know him: for he dwelleth with you, and shalbe in you.
I wil not leaue you comfortles: (but) I wil come to you.
Yet a litle while, and the worlde shal se me no more, but ye shal seme: because I liue, ye shal liue also.
At that day shal ye knowe that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
He that hathe my commandements, and kepeth them, is he that loueth me, and he that loueth me, shalbe 〈◊〉 of my Father: and I wil loue him, and wil shewe mine owne self to him.
Iudas said vnto him [not Iscariot] Lord, what is the cause that thou wilt shewe thy self vnto vs, and not vnto the worlde?
Iesus answered, and said vnto him, If any man loue me, he wil kepe my worde, & my Father wil loue him, and we wil come vnto him, and wildwell with him.
He that loueth me not, kepeth not my wordes, and the worde whiche ye heare, is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me.
These things haue I spoke{n} vnto you, being, present with you.
But the Comforter, which is the holie Gost whome the Father wil send in my Name, he shal teache you all things, a{n}d bring all things to your reme{m}brance, which I haue tolde you
Peace I leaue with you: my peace I giue vnto you: not as the worlde giueth, giue I vnto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor feare.
Ye 〈◊〉 heard how I said vnto you, I go away, and wil come vnto you. If ye loued me ye wolde verely reioyce, because I said, I go vnto the Father: for my Father is greater then I.
And now haue I spoken vnto you, before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleue.
Hereafter wil I not speake many things vnto you: for the prince of his worlde co{m}meth and hathe noght in me.
But (it is) that the worlde may knowe that 〈◊〉 (my) Father: and as the Father hathe co{m}manded me, so I do. Arise, let vs go hence.
I Am the true vine, and my Father is an hous 〈◊〉 men.
Euerie branche that beareth not frute in me he taketh away: and euerie one that beareth frute, he purgeth it, that it may bring for the more frute.
Now are ye cleane through the worde, which I haue spoken vnto you.
Abide in me, and I in you: as the branche can not beare frute of it self, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
I am the vine: ye (are) the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forthe muche frute: for without me can ye do nothing.
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forthe as a branche, and withereth: and men gather them, and cast (them) into the fyre, and they burne.
If ye abide in me and my wordes abide in you, aske what ye wil, and it shalbe done to you.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye beare muche frute, and be made my disciples.
As the Father hathe loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in my loue.
If ye shal kepe my commandements, ye shal abide in my loue, as I haue kept my Fathers commandements, and abide in his loue.
These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioye might remaine in you, and that your ioye might be ful.
This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you.
Greater loue then this hathe no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friends.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoeuer I co{m}mande you.
Henceforthe, call 〈◊〉 you not seruants: for the seruant knoweth not what his master doeth but I haue called you friends: for all things that I haue heard of my Father, haue I made knowen to you.
Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordeined you, that ye go and bring forthe frute, and that your frute remaine, that what soeuer ye shal aske of the father in my Name, he may giue it you.
These things commande 〈◊〉 you, that ye loue one another.
If the worlde hate you, ye know that it hated me before you.
If ye were of the worlde, the worlde wolde loue his owne: but because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde, therefore the worlde hateth you.
Remember the worde that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they wil persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they wil also kepe yours.
But all these things wil they do vnto you for my Names sake, because they haue not knowen him that sent me.
If I had not come and spoken vnto them, they shulde not haue had sinne: but nowe haue they no cloke for their sinne.
He that hateth me; hateth my Father also.
〈◊〉 had not done workes among them whiche none other man did, they had not had sinne: but now haue they bothe sene, and haue hated bothe me, and my Father.
But (it is) that the worde myght be fulfilled, that is written in their Law, They hated me without a cause.
But when the Comforter shall come, whom I will send vnto you from the Father, (euen) the Spirit of trueth, whiche proceadeth of the Father, he shal testifie of me.
And ye shall witnesse also, because ye haue bene with me from the beginning.
THese things haue I said vnto you, that ye shulde not be offended.
They shal excommunicate you: yea, the time shal come, that whosoeuer killeth you, wil thinke that he doeth God seruice.
And these things wil they do vnto you, because they haue not knowen the Father, nor me.
But these things haue I tolde you, that when the houre shal come, ye might remember, that I tolde you the{m}. And these things said I not vnto you from the beginning, because I was with you.
But now I go my way to him that sent me and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
But because I haue said these things vnto you, your hearts are ful of sorowe.
Yet I tel you the trueth, It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter wil not come vnto you: but if I departe, 〈◊〉 wil send him vnto you.
And when he is come, he wil reproue the worlde of sinne, and of righteousnes, and of iudgement.
Of sinne, because they beleue not in me:
Of righteousnes, because I go to my Father and ye shal se me no more:
Of iudgement, because the prince of this worlde is iudged.
I haue yet manie things to say vnto you, but ye can not beare them now.
How be it, when he is come which is the Spirit of trueth, he wil lead you into all trueth: for he shal not speake of him self, but whatsoeuer he shal heare, shal he speake, and he wil shewe you the things to come.
He shal glorifie me: for he shal receiue of mine, and shal shewe it vnto you.
All things that the Father hathe, are mine: therefore said I, that he shal take of mine, & shewe it vnto you.
A litle (while,) and ye shal not se me: and againe a litle (while,) and ye shal se me, for I go to my Father.
Then said (some) of his disciples among the{m} selues, What is this that he saith vnto vs, A litle (while,) and ye shal not se me, and againe, a litle (while, and ye shal se me, and, For I go to my Father?
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A litle (while?) we knowe not what he saith.
Now Iesus knewe that they wolde aske him and said vnto them, Do ye enquire among your selues, of that I said, A litle (while,) and ye shall not se me: and againe, a litle (while,) and ye shal se me?
Verely, verely I say vnto you, that ye shal wepe and lament, and the worlde shal reioyce: and ye shal sorowe, but your sorowe shalbe tourned to ioye.
A woman when she trauaileth, hathe sorowe, because her houre is come: but assone as she is deliuered of the childe, she reme{m}breth no more the anguishe, for ioye that a man is borne into the worlde.
And ye now therefore are in sorowe: but I wil se you againe, and your hearts shal reioyce, and your ioye shal no man take from you.
And in that day shal ye aske me nothing. Verely, verely I say vnto you, whatsoeuer ye shal aske the Father in my Name, he wil giue it you.
Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my Name: aske, and ye shal receiue, that your ioye may be ful.
These things haue I spoken vnto you in parables: but the time wil come, when I shal no more speake to you in parables: but I shal shewe you plainely of the Father.
At that day shal ye aske in my Name, and I say not vnto you, that I wil pray vnto the Father for you.
For the Father him self loueth you, because ye haue loued me, and haue beleued that I came out from God.
I am come out from the Father, and came into the worlde: againe I leaue the worlde, and go to the Father.
His disciples said vnto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainely, and thou speakest no parable.
Now knowe we that thou knowest all things, and nedest not that any man shulde aske thee. By this we beleue, that thou art come out from God.
Iesus answered them, Do you beleue now?
Beholde, the houre cometh, and is alreadie come, that ye shalbe scattred euerie man into his owne, and shal leaue me alone: but I am not alone: for the Father is with me.
These things haue I spoken vnto you, that in me ye might haue peace: in the worlde ye shal haue affliction, but be of good comfort: I haue ouercome the worlde.
THese things spake Iesus, and lift vp his eyes to heauen, and said, Father the houre is come: glorifie thy Sonne, that thy Sonne also may glorifie thee,
As thou hast giuen him power (ouer) all flesh, that he shulde giue eternal life to all them that thou hast giuen him.
And this is lif eternal, that they knowe thee (to be) the onely verie God, and whome thou hast sent, Iesus Christ.
I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished the worke which thou gauest me to do.
And now glorifie 〈◊〉, thou Father, with thine owne self, with the glorie which I had with thee before the worlde was.
I haue declared thy Name vnto the men which thou gauest me out of the worlde: thine they were, and thou gauest them me, & they haue kept thy worde.
Now they knowe that all things whatsoeuer thou hast giuen me, are of thee.
For I haue giuen vnto them the wordes, which thou gauest me, and they haue receiued (them,) and haue knowen surely that I came out from thee, and haue beleued that thou hast sent me.
I pray for them: I pray not for the worlde, but for them which thou hast giuen me: for they are thine.
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them.
And now am I no more in the worlde, but these are in the worlde, and I come to thee. Holie Father, kepe them in thy Name, (euen) them whome thou hast giuen me, that they may be one, as we (are.)
While I was with them in the worlde, I kept them in thy Name: those that thou gauest me haue I kept, and none of them is lost, but the childe of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
And now come I to thee, and these things speake I in the worlde, that they might haue my ioye fulfilled in them selues.
I haue giuen them thy worde, and the world hathe hated them, because they are not of the worlde, as I am not of the worlde.
I pray not that thou shuldest take them out of the worlde, but that thou kepe them from euil.
They are not of the worlde, as I am not of the worlde.
Sanctifie them with thy trueth: thy word is trueth.
As thou diddest send me into the worlde, so haue I sent them into the worlde.
And for their sakes sanctifie I my self, that they also may be sanctified through the trueth.
I pray not for these alone, but for them also which shal beleue in me, through their worde,
That they all may be one, as thou, ô Father, (art) in me, & I in thee: (eue{n}) that they may be also one in vs, that the worlde may beleue that thou hast sent me.
And the glorie that thou gauest me, I haue giuen them, that they may be one, as we are one,
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, a{n}d that the worlde may know, that thou hast sent me, and hast loued them, as thou hast loued me.
Father, I wil that they which thou hast giuen me, be with me euen where I am, that they may beholde my glorie, which thou hast giue{n} me: for thou louedst me before the fundation of the worlde.
O righteous Father, the worlde also hathe not knowen thee, but I haue knowen thee, & these haue knowe{n}, that thou hast sent me.
And I haue declared vnto them thy Name, and wil declare it, that the loue where with thou hast loued me, may be in them, and I in them.
WHen Iesus had spoken these things, he went forthe with his disciples ouer the broke Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entred, and his disciples.
And Iudas which betrayed him, knewe also the place: for Iesus oft times resorted thither with his disciples.
Iudas then after he had receiued a bande of men and officers of the high Priests, and of the Pharises, came thither with lanternes and torches, and weapons.
Then Iesus, knowing all things that shulde come vnto him, went forthe and said vnto them, Whome seke ye?
They answered him, Iesus of Nazaret. Iesus said vnto the{m}, I am he. Now Iudas also which betrayed him, stode with them.
Assone then as he had said vnto the{m}, I am he they we{n}t backewards, & fel to the grounde.
Then he asked them againe, Whome seke ye? And they said, Iesus of Nazaret.
Iesus answered, I said vnto you, that I am he: therefore if ye seke me, let these go their way,
(This was) that the worde might be fulfilled which he spake, Of them which thou gauest me, haue I lost none.
Then Simon Peter hauing a sworde, drewe it, and 〈◊〉 the high Priests seruant, and out of his right eare. Now the seruants name was Malchus.
Then said Iesus vnto Peter, Put vp thy sword into the sheath: shal I not drinke of the cup which (my) Father hathe giuen me?
Then the bande and the captaine, and the officers of the Iewes toke Iesus, and bounde him,
And led him away to Annas first [for he was Father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high Priest that same yere]
And Caiaphas was he, that gaue counsel to the 〈◊〉, that it was expedient that one man 〈◊〉 dye for the people.
¶ Now Simon Peter followed Iesus, and another disciple, & that disciple was knowen of the high Priest: therefore he went in with Iesus into the hall of the high Priest.
But Peter stode at the dore without. Then went out the other disciple which was knowen vnto the high Priest, and spake to her that kept the dore, and broght in Peter.
Then said the maide that kept the dore, vnto Peter, Art not thou also one of this mans disciples? He said, I am not.
And the seruants and officers stode there, which had made a fyre of coles: for it was colde, and they warmed them selues. And Peter also stode among them and warmed him self.
[¶ The high Priest then asked Iesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
Iesus answered him, I spake openly to the worlde: I euer taught in the Synagogue and in the Temple, whither the Iewes resorte continually, and in secret haue I said nothing.
Why askest thou me? aske them which heard me what I said vnto them: beholde, they knowe what I said.
When he had spoken these things, one of the officers which stode by, smote Iesus with (his) rod, saying, Answerest thou the high Priest so?
Iesus answered him, If I haue euil spoken, beare witnes of the euil: but if I haue wel spoken, why smitest thou me?
¶ Now Annas 〈◊〉 sent him bounde vnto Caiaphas the high Priest?]
And Simon Peter stode and warmed him self, and they said vnto him, Art not thou also of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
One of the seruants of the high Priest, his cousin whose eare Peter smote of, said, Did not I se thee in the garden with him?
Peter then denied againe, and immediatly the cocke crewe.
¶ Then led they Iesus from Caiaphas into the commune hall. Now it was morning and thei them selues went not into the commune hall, lest they shulde be defiled, but that thei might eat the Passeouer.
Pilate then went out vnto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against 〈◊〉 man?
They answered and said vnto him, If he were not an euil doer, we wolde not haue deliuered him vnto thee.
Then said Pilate vnto them, Take ye him, and iuge him 〈◊〉 your 〈◊〉 nelaw. Then the Iewes said vnto him, It is not lawful 〈◊〉 vs to put anie man to 〈◊〉.
(it was) that the worde of Iesus might be fulfilled which he spake, 〈◊〉 what death he 〈◊〉 dye.
〈◊〉 Pilate entred into the commune hall againe, 〈◊〉 called 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉 said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, Art 〈◊〉 the King of the Iewes?
Iesus answered him, Saist thou that of thy self, or did other tel it thee of me?
Pilate answered, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 Thine owne nation, and the high Priests haue 〈◊〉 thee vnto me. What hast thou done?
Iesus answered, My kindome is not of this worlde: if my kingdom 〈◊〉 of this world my seruants wolde surely fight, that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not be deliuered to the Iewes: but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 my king 〈◊〉 not from hence.
Pilate then said vnto him, Art 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 King then? Iesus answered, Thou 〈◊〉 that I am 〈◊〉 King: for this cause am I borne, and for this cause came I into the worlde, that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 beare witnes vnto the 〈◊〉: 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is of the trueth, hearest my voyce.
Pilate said vnto him, What is trueth? And when he had said that, he went out 〈◊〉 vnto the Iewes, and said vnto them, I finde in him no cause at all.
But you haue a custome, that I shulde de 〈◊〉 you one lose at the Passeouer: wil ve then that I lose vnto you the King of the 〈◊〉?
Then cryed they all againe, saying Not him, but 〈◊〉: now this Barabbas was a murtherer.
THen Pilate toke Iesus and scourged him.
And the souldiers platted a crowne of thornes, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple garment,
And said, 〈◊〉, King of the Iewes. And they smote him with (their) roddes.
Then Pilate went forthe againe, and said vnto them, Beholde, I bring him forthe to you, that ye may knowe, that 〈◊〉 finde no faute in him at all.
Then came Iesus forthe wearing a crowne of thornes, and a purple garment. And (Pilate) said vnto them, Beholde the man.
Then when the high Priests and officers sawe him, thei cried, saying, crucifie, crucifie (him.) Pilate said vnto them, Take ye him and crucifie (him:) for I finde no faute in him.
The Iewes answered him, We haue a Law, & by our Law he ought to dye, because he mad him self the Sonne of God.
¶ When Pilate then heard that worde, he was the more afraide,
And went againe into the commune hall & said vnto esus, Whence art thou 〈◊〉 But Iesus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 none answere.
Then said Pilate vnto him, 〈◊〉 thou 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Knowest thou not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 haue power to 〈◊〉 thee, and haue power to lose thee?
〈◊〉 answered, Thou coldest haue no power at all against me, except it were giuen thee 〈◊〉 aboue: therefore he that deliuered me vnto thee, hathe the 〈◊〉 sinne.
From thence forthe 〈◊〉 soght to lose 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 cryed, saying, If thou deliuer 〈◊〉, thou art not Cesars 〈◊〉: (〈◊〉) whosoeuer maketh him self a King, speaketh against Cesar.
¶ When Pilate heard that worde, he broght 〈◊〉 forthe, 〈◊〉 sate downe in the 〈◊〉 seat in a place called the Pauement, and in 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉.
And it was the Preparation of the Passeouer and 〈◊〉 the sixt houre: and he said vnto 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, Beholde your King.
But 〈◊〉 cryed, Away 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, away with him, crucifie him. 〈◊〉 said vnto them, Shal 〈◊〉 your 〈◊〉 The high Priests answered, We haue no 〈◊〉 but Cesar.
Then deliuered he him vnto them, to be crucified. And they toke esus, and led him away.
And he bare his crosse, and came into a place named (of dead mens) 〈◊〉, which is called in Ebrewe, 〈◊〉:
Where thei crucified him, and two other with him, on ether side one, and 〈◊〉 in the middes.
¶ And Pilate wrote also a title and put it on the crosse, and it was written, IES VS OF NAZARET THE KING OF THE IEWES.
Thys title then red manie of the Iewes: for the place where Iesus was crucified, was nere to the 〈◊〉: and it was written in 〈◊〉, Greke and Latin.
Then sayd the hye Priests of the Iewes to Pilate, Write not, The Kyng of the Iewes, but that he said, I am Kyng of the Iewes.
Pilate answered, What I haue written, I haue written.
¶ Then the souldiers, when they had crucified Iesus, toke hys garmentes and made foure partes, to euerie souldier a parte, and (his) coate: a{n}d the coate was without seame, wouen from the top throughout.
Therefore they said one to another, Let vs not deuide it, but cast lots for it, whose it shal be. (This was) that the Scripture might be filled, which saith, They departed my garme{n}ts amo{n}g the{m}, & on my coate did cast lots. So the souldiers did these things in dede.
¶ Then stode by the crosse of Iesus his mother, and his mothers sister, Marie (the wife of) Cleopas, and Marie Magdalene.
And when Iesus sawe his mother, a{n}d the disciples standing by whome he loued, he said vnto his mother, Woma{n}, beholde thy sonne.
Then said he to the disciple, Beholde thy mother: and frome that houre, the disciple toke her home vnto him.
¶ After, when Iesus knewe that all thynges were performed, that the Scripture myght be fulfilled, he said, I thirst.
And there was set a vessell full of vinegre: and they filled a sponge with vinegre, and put it about an hyssope (stalke,) and put it to his mouth.
Now when Iesus had receiued of the vinegre, he sayd, It is finished, and bowed hys head, and gaue vp the gost.
The Iewes then [because it was the Preparacion, that the bodies shulde not remaine vppon the crosse on the Sabbath (daye:) for that Sabbath was an hie day] 〈◊〉 Pilate that their legges myght be broken, and that they might be taken downe.
Then came the souldiers and brake the legges of the first, and of the other, whiche was crucified with (Iesus.)
But when they came to Iesus, and sawe that he was dead alreadye, they breake not hys legges.
〈◊〉 one of the souldiers with a speare perced his side, and forthe with came there out blood and water.
And he that sawe it, bare recorde, and his recorde is true: and he knoweth that he sayth true, that ye might beleue it.
For these things were done, that the Scripture shulde be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shalbe broken.
And againe another Scripture saith. They shal se him whom thei haue thrust through.
And after these things, Ioseph of Arimathea [who was a disciple of Iesus, but secretly for feare of the Iewes] besoght Pilate that he myght take downe the bodie of Iesus. And Pilate gaue hym licence. He came then and toke Iesus bodie.
And there came also Nicodemus [whiche first came to Iesus by night] a{n}d broght of myr 〈◊〉 and aloes mingled together about an hundreth pounde.
Then toke they the bodie of Iesus, and wrapped it in linne{n} clothes with the odours as the maner of the Iewes is to burie.
And in that place where Iesus was 〈◊〉, was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was neuer man yet laid.
There then layd they Iesus, because of the Iewes Preparacion (daye,) for the sepulchre was nere.
NOw the first (daye) of the weke came Marie Magdalene, earely when it was yet darke, vnto the sepulchre, a{n}d sawe the stone taken away from the tombe.
Then she ranne, and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Iesus loued, and sayd vnto them, They haue taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, a{n}d we knowe not where they haue layd him.
Peter therefore went forthe, and the other disciple, and they came vnto the sepulchre.
So they ranne both together, but the other disciple did out runne Peter, and came firste to the sepulchre.
And he stouped downe, and sawe the linnen clotheslying: yet went he not in.
Then came Simon Peter followyng hym, and went into the sepulchre, a{n}d sawe the linnen clothes lye.
And the kerchefe that was vpon his head, notlying with the linnen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by it self.
Then went in also the other disciple, whiche came first to the sepulchre, and he sawe it, and beleued.
For as yet they knewe not the Scripture, that he must rise agayne from the dead.
And the disciples went away agayne vnto their owne home.
¶ But Marie stode without at the sepulchre weping: a{n}d as she wept, she bowed her self into the sepulchre.
And sawe two Angels in white, sitting, the one at the heade, and the other at the fete, where the bodie of Iesus had laine.
And they said vnto her, Woman, why wepest thou? She said vnto them, They haue taken away my Lord, and I knowe not where they haue laid him.
When she had thus said, she turned her self backe and sawe Iesus standyng, and knewe not that it was Iesus.
Iesus sayth vnto her, Woman, why wepest thou? whom sekest thou? She supposing that he had bene the gardener, sayd vnto hym, Syr, if thou haste borne hym hence, tell me where thou haste layd him, and I will take hym away,
Iesus sayth vnto her, Marie. She turned her self, a{n}d said vnto him, Rabboni, whiche is to say, Master.
Iesus sayth vnto her, Touche me not: for I am not yet asce{n}ded to my Father, but go to my brethren, and say vnto them, I ascende vnto my Father, and to your Father, and to my God, and your God.
Marie Magdalene came and tolde the disciples that she had sene the Lord, and that he had spoken these things vnto her.
¶ The same day then at nyght, which was the first (daye) of the weeke, and when the dores were shut where the disciples were assembled for feare of the Iewes, came Iesus and stode in the middes, and said to them, Peace (be) vnto you.
And when he had so sayde, he shewed vnto them (his) hands, and hys side. Then were the disciples glad when they had sene the Lord.
Then sayd Iesus to them againe, Peace (be) vnto you: as my Father sent me, so send I you.
And when he had sayd that, he breathed on them, and said vnto them, Receiue the holie Gost.
Whosoeuers sinnes ye remit, they are remitted vnto them: (and) whosoeuers sinnes ye reteine, they are reteined.
¶ But Thomas one of the twelue, called Didymus, was not with them when Iesus came.
The other disciples therfore said vnto him, We haue sene the Lorde: but he sayd vnto them, Excepte I se in hys hands the print of the nayles, and put my finger into the print of the nailes, a{n}d put mine hand into his side, I wil not beleue it.
¶ And eight dayes after againe his disciples were within, and Thomas with them, (Then) came IESVS, when the dores were shut, and stode in the middes, and said, Peace (be) vnto you.
After, sayd he to Thomas, Put thy finger here, and se mine hands, and put forth thine hand, and put it into my side, and be not faithles, but faithful.
Then Thomas answered, a{n}d said vnto him, (Thou art) my Lord, and my God.
Iesus said vnto hym, Thomas, because thou hast sene me, thou beleuest: blessed (are) they that haue not sene, and haue beleued.
¶ And manie other signes also did Iesus in the presence of his disciples, whiche are not written in this boke.
But these things are written, that ye myght beleue, that Iesus is the Christ the Sonne of God, and that in beleuing ye might haue life through his Name.
AFter these things, Iesus shewed him selfe againe to his disciples at the sea of Tiberias: and thus shewed he (him self.)
There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, whiche is called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galile, and the (sonnes) of Zebedeus, and two other of his disciples.
Simon Peter sayd vnto them, I go a fishyng, They sayd vnto hym, We also will go wyth thee. They went their waye and entred into a ship strayght way, and that nyght caught they nothing.
But when the morning was now come, Iefus stode on the shore: neuertheles the disciples knewe not that it was Iesus.
Iesus then said vnto them, Sirs, haue ye anie meat? They answered him, No.
Then he said vnto them, Cast out the net on the ryght side of the ship, and ye shall finde. So they cast out, and they were not able at all to drawe it, for the multitude of fishes.
Therefore said the disciple whome IESVS loued, vnto Peter, It is the Lorde: When Simon Peterheard that it was the Lorde, he girde his coate to hym [for he was naked] and cast him self into the sea.
But the other disciples came by shyppe [for they were not farre from lande, but aboute two hundreth cubites] and they drewe the net with fishes.
Assone then as they were come to land, they sawe hotte coles, and fishe layd thereon, and bread:
Iesus sayd vnto them, Bryng of the fishes, whiche ye haue now caught.
Simon Peter stepped forth and drewe the net to land, full of great fishes, an hundreth, fiftie and thre: and albeit there were so manie, yet was not the net broken.
Iesus sayde vnto them, Come, (and) dyne, And none of the disciples durste aske hym, Who art thou, seing they knew that he was the Lord.
Iesus then came and toke bread, and gaue them, and fish like wise.
This is nowe the third tyme that IESVS shewed him self to his disciples, after that he was risen againe from the dead.
¶ So when they had dined, Iesus said to Simon Peter, Simo{n} (sonne) of Iona, louest thou me more then these? He said vnto hym, Yea Lord, thou knowest that I loue thee, He said vnto him, Fede my lambes.
He said to him againe the seconde time, Simon (the sonne) of 〈◊〉, louest thou me? He said vnto him, Yea Lord, thou knowest that I loue thee. He said vnto him, Fede my shep.
He said vnto hym the thirde tyme, Simon (the sonne) of Iona, louest thou me? Peter was 〈◊〉 because he said to hym the third tyme, Louest thou me: a{n}d said vnto him, Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus said vnto him, Fede my shepe.
Verely, verely I say vnto thee, When thou wast yong, thou girdedst thy selfe, and walkedst whither thou woldest: but when thou shalt be olde, thou shalt stretch forthe thine ha{n}ds, & another shal girde thee, & lead thee
And this spake he, signifying by what death he shulde glorifie God. And when he had said this, he said to him, Followe me.
Then Peter turned about, and sawe the disciple whome IESVS loued, following, which had also leaned on his brest at supper, & had said Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
When Peter therefore sawe him, he said to Iesus, Lord, what shal this man (do?)
Iesus said vnto him, If I wil that he tarie til I come, what is it to thee? folowe thou me.
Then went this worde abrode among the brethren, that this disciple shulde not dye. Yet Iesus said not to him, He shal not dye: but if I wil that he tarie til I come, what is it to thee?
This is that disciple, which testifieth of these things, & wrote these things, and we knowe that his testimonie is true.
Now there are also manie other things which Iesus did, the which if they shulde be writte{n} euerie one, I suppose the world colde not conteine the bokes that shulde be written, Amen.
I Haue made the former treatise, ô Theo phil{us}, of all that Iesus bega{n} to do, & teach
Vntil the day, that he was taken vp; after that he through the holie Gost, had giue{n} co{m}mandements vnto the Apostles, whome he had chosen:
To whome also he presented him self aliue after that he had suffered, by manie infallible tokens, being sene of them by the (space) of fourtie dayes, and speaking of those things which (apperteine) to the kingdom of God
And when he had gathered (the{m}) together, he commanded them, that they shulde not departe fro{m} Ierusalem, but wait for the promes of the Father, which, (said he,) ye haue heard of me.
For Iohn in dede baptized with water, but ye shalbe baptized with the holie Gost within these fewes dayes.
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdome to Israel?
And he said vnto them, It is not for you to knowe the times, or the seasons, whiche the Father hathe put in his one power,
But ye shal receiue power of the holie Gost, when he shal come on you: and ye shalbe witnesses vnto me bothe in Ierusalem, and in all Iudea, and in Samaria, and vnto the vttermost parte of the earth.
And when he had spoken these things, while they behelde, he was taken vp: for a cloude toke him vp out of their sight.
And while thei loked stedfastly towarde heaue{n}, as he went, beholde, two men stode by them in white apparel.
Which also said, Ye men of Galile, why sta{n}d ye gasing into heauen? This Iesus which is taken vp fro{m} you into heauen, shal so come as ye haue sene him go into heauen.
¶ Then returned they vnto Ierusalem from the mount that is called (the mount) of oliues which is nere to Ierusalem, conteining a Sabbath (dayes) iourney.
And when thei were come in they went vp into an vpper chamber, where abode bothe Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrewe, Philippe, & Thomas, Bartlemewe, & Matthewe, Iames (the sonne) of Alpheus, and Simon zelotes, and Iudas Iames (brother.)
These all continued with one accorde in prayer and supplicatio{n} with the wome{n}, and Marie the mother of Iesus, and with his brethren.
¶ And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the middes of the disciples and said [now the no{m}ber of names that were in one place, were about an hundreth and twentie]
Ye men (and) brethre{n}, this Scripture must nedes haue bene fulfilled, which the holie Gost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas, which was guide to the{m} that toke Iesus
For he was nombred with vs, and had obteined feloship in this ministration.
He therefore hathe purchased a field with the rewarde of iniquitie: and when he had throwen downe him selfe head lōgs he brast a sondre in the middes, and all his bowels gushed out.
And it is knowen vnto all the inhabitans of Ierusalem, in so muche, that that field is called in their owne langage, Aceldama, that is, The field of blood.
For it is written in the boke of Psalmes, Let his habitacion be voyde, and let no ma{n} dwell therein? also, Let another take his charge.
Wherefore, of these men which haue co{m}panied with vs, all the time that the Lord Iesus was conuersant among vs,
Beginning from the Baptisme of Iohn, vnto the day that he was taken vp from vs, muste one of them be made a witnes with vs of his resurrection.
And they presented two, Ioseph called Barsabas, whose surname was Iustus, and Matthias.
And they prayed, saying, Thou Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen.
That he may take the roume of this ministration and Apostleship, from which Iudas hathe gone astray, to go to his owne place.
Then they gaue forthe their lottes: and the lot fel on Matthias, & he was by a co{m}mune consent counted with the Eleuen Apostles.
ANd when the day of Pentecoste was come, they were all with one accorde in one place.
And suddenly there came a sounde fro{m} heauen; as of a russhing (and) mightie winde, & it filled all the house where they sate.
And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues, like fyre; and it sate vpon eche of them.
And they were all silled with the holie Gost, and began to speake with other tongues, as the Spirit gaue them vtterance.
And there were dwelling at Ierusalem Iewes men that feared God, of 〈◊〉 nation vnder heauen.
Now when this was noised, the multitude came together and were astonied, because that euerie man heard them spake his owne langage.
And they wondred all, and marueiled, saying 〈◊〉 them selues, Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galile?
How then heare we euerie man our owne langage, wherein we were borne?
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the inhabitans of Mesopotamia, and of Iudea, and of Cappadocia, of Pontus, and Asia,
And of Phrygia, and Pamphilia, of Egypt, & of the parties of Lybia, which is beside Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, and Iewes, and proselytes,
Cretes, and Arabians: we heard the{m} speake in our owne to{n}gues the wonderful (workes) of God.
They were all then amased, and douted, saying one to another, What may this be?
And others mocked, and said, They are ful of newe wine.
¶ But Peter standing with the Eleuen, lift vp his voice, and said vnto them, Ye men of Iudea, (and) ye all that inhabit Ierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and hearken vnto my wordes.
For these are not dro{n}ke{n}, as ye suppose, since it is but the thirde houre of the day.
But this is that, which was spoken by the Prophet Ioel,
And it shalbe in the last dayes, saith God, I wil powre out of my Spirit vpon all flesh, and your sonnes, & your daughters shal prophecie, and your yong men shal se visions; & your olde men shal dreame dreames.
And on my serua{n}ts, & on mine handemaides I wil powre out of my Spirit in those dayes, and they shal prophecie.
And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue, and tokens in the earth beneth, blood, and fyre, and the vapour of smoke.
The sunne shalbe turned into darkenes, and the moone into blood, before that great and not able day of the Lord come.
And it shalbe, that whosoeuer shal call on the Name of the Lord, shalbe saued.
Ye me{n} of Israel, heare these wordes, IESVS of Nazaret, a man approued of God among you with great workes, and wondres, and signes, which God did by him in the middes of you, as ye your selues also knowe:
Him, (I say,) haue ye taken by the hands of the wicked, being deliuered by the determinate counsel, and foreknowledge of God and haue crucified and slaine:
Whome God hathe 〈◊〉 vp, and losed the sorowes of death, because it was vnpossible that he shulde beholden of it.
For Dauid saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord alwayes before me: for he is at my right hand, that I shulde not be 〈◊〉.
Therefore did mine heart reioyce, and my tongue was glad, and moreouer also my flesh shal rest in hope.
Because thou wilt not leaue my soule in graue, nether wilt suffer thine holie one to se corruption.
Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe, and shalt make me ful of ioye with thy countenance.
Men (a{n}d) brethren, I may boldely speake vnto you of the Patriarke Dauid, that he is bothe dead and buryed, a{n}d his sepulchre remaineth with vs vnto this day.
Therefore, seyng he was a Prophete, and knewe that God had sworne with an othe to hym, that of the frute of hys loynes he wolde raise vp Christ concernyng the fleshe to set him vpon his throne,
He knoyng this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soule shulde not be left in graue, nether his flesh shulde se corruption.
This Iesus hath God raised vp, whereof we all are witnesses.
Since then that he by the ryght hande of God hathe bene exalted, and hathe receyued of hys Father the promes of the holye Gost, he hathe shed forthe thys whiche ye now se and heare.
For Dauid is not ascended into heauen, but he saith, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand.
Vntil I make thine enemies thy forestole.
Therefore, let al the house of Israel knowe for a suretie, that God hath made him both Lord, and Christ, thys Iesus, (I say,) whome ye haue crucified.
Nowe when they heard it, they were pricked in their hearts, and sayd vnto Peter and the other Apostles, Men (a{n}d) brethren, what shal we do?
Then Peter sayd vnto them, Amende your lyues, and be baptized euerie one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes: and ye shal receiue the gift of the holie Gost.
For the promes (is made) vnto you, and to your chyldren, and to all that are a 〈◊〉 of, (euen) as many as the Lord our God shal cal.
And with many other wordes he besoght, and exhorteth (them,) saying, Saue your selues from this frowarde generacion.
Then they that gladly receiued hys worde; were baptized: and the same day, there were added (to the Churche) about thre thousand soules.
And they continued in the Apostles doctrine, and felowship, and breaking of bread; and prayers.
¶ And feare came vpon euerie soule: and many wonders and signes were done by the Apostles.
And al that beleued, were in one place, and had all things commune.
And they solde their possessions & goods and parted them to al men, as euerie one had nede.
And thei continued daily with one accorde in the Temple, and breakyng bread, at home, did eat their meat together with gladnes and singlenes of heart.
Praysing God, and had fauour with all the people: and the Lord added to the Church from day to day, suche as shulde be saued.
NOwe Peter and Iohn went vp together into the Temple, at the ninthe houre of prayer.
And a certeine man which was a creple from hys mothers wombe, was caryed, whome they laid daily at the gate of the Temple called Beautifull, to aske almes of them that entred into the Temple.
Who seyng Peter and Iohn, that they wolde entre into the Temple, desired to receyue an almes.
And Peter earnestly beholdyng hym with Iohn, said, Loke on vs.
And he gaue hede vnto them, trustyng to receiue some thing of them.
Then sayd Peter, Siluer and Golde haue I none, but suche as I haue, that giue I thee: In the Name of Iesus Christ of Nazaret rise vp and 〈◊〉.
And he toke hym by the right hand, and lift (him) vp, and immediatly hys fete and ancle bones receiued strength.
And he leaped vp, stode, and walked, and entred with them into the Temple, walking and leaping, and praising God.
And al the people sawe hym walke, and praising God.
And they knewe him, that it was he whiche sat for the almes at the Beautiful gate of the Temple, and they were amased, and sore 〈◊〉 nied at that, which was come vnto hym.
¶ And as the creple whyche was healed, helde Peter and Iohn, all the people ran am a sed vnto them in the porche which is called Solomons.
So when Peter sawe it, he answered vnto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marueile ye at this? or why loke ye so stedfastly on vs, as thogh by our owne power or godlynes, we had made this man go?
The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob, the God of our Fathers hathe glorified his Sonne Iesus, whome ye betrayed, and denyed in the presence of Pilate, when he had iudged him to be deliuered.
But ye denyed the holie one and the iust, and desired a murtherer to be giuen you,
And killed the Lorde of lyfe, whome God hathe raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses.
And his Name hath made this ma{n} sounde, whome ye se, and knowe, through faith in his Name: and the fayth whiche is by hym, hathe giuen to hym thys disposition of hys whole bodie in the presence of you all.
And now brethren, I knowe that through ignorance ye did it, as (dyd) also your gouerners.
But those thyngs whiche God before had shewed by the mouth of all hys Prophetes, that Christe shulde suffre, he hathe thus fulfilled.
Amend your liues therfore, and turne, that your sinnes may be put away, when the time of refreshing shal come from the presence of the Lord.
And he shal send Iesus Christ, which before was preached vnto you.
Whome the heauen must conteine vntill the time that all things be restored, which God had spoken by the mouth of all his holie Prophetes since the worlde began.
For Moses said vnto the Fathers, The Lord your God shal raise vp vnto you a Prophet, (euen) of your brethren lyke vnto me: ye shall heare hym in all things, whatsoeuer he shall say vnto you.
For it shalbe that euerie persone whiche shall not heare that Prophet, shalbe destroyed out of the people.
Also all the Prophetes frome Samuel, and thence for the as many as haue spoken, haue like wise foretolde of these dayes.
Ye are the children of the Prophetes, and of the couenant, whiche God hathe made vnto our fathers, saying to Abraham, Euen in thy sede shall all the kinreds of the earth be blessed.
First vnto you hathe GOD raysed vp hys Sonne Iesus, and hym he hathe sent to blesse you, in turning euerie one of you from your iniquities.
ANd as they spake vnto the people, they Priests a{n}d the captaine of the Temple, and they Sadduces came vpon them.
Takyng it grieuously that they taught the people, and preached in Iesus (Name) the resurrection from the dead.
And they layd hands on them, and put them in holde, vntill the next day: for it was nowe euen tide.
Howbeit, many of them whyche heard the worde, beleued, and the nombre of the men was about fiue thousand.
¶ And it came to passe on the morrow, that their rulers, and Elders, and Scribes, were gathered together at Ierusalem.
And Annas the chief Priest, and Caiaphas, and Iohn, and Alexander, a{n}d as many as were of the kinred of the hie Priests.
And when they had set them before them, they asked, By what power, or in what Name haue ye done this?
Then Peter full of the holie Gost, sayd vnto them, Ye rulers of the people, and Elders of Israel.
For asmuche as we thys daye are examined of the good dede (done) to the impotent me{n}, (to wit,) by what meanes he is made whole.
Be it knowen vnto you all, and to all the people of Israell, that by the Name of Iesus Christ of Nazaret, whome ye haue crucified, whome God raised agayne frome the dead, (euen) by him doth this man stande here before you, whole.
Thys is the stone caste aside of you, buylders, whiche is become the head of the corner.
Nether is there saluation in any other: for among men there is giuen none other name vnder heauen, whereby we must be saued.
Nowe when they sawe the boldenes of Peter and Iohn, and vnderstode that they were vnlearned men a{n}d without knowledge, they 〈◊〉, and knewe them, that they had bene with Iesus:
And beholdyng also the man whiche was healed sta{n}ding with them, they had nothing to say against it.
Then they commaunded them to go aside out of the Council, and conferred among them selues.
Saying, What shall we do to these men? for surely a manifest signe is done by them, (and it is) openly knowen to all them that dwel in Ierusalem: and we can not denye it.
But that it be noysed no farther amonge the people, let vs threaten and charge them, that they speake henceforthe to no man in this Name.
So they called them, a{n}d commaunded them, that in no wise they shuld speake or teach in the Name of Iesus.
But Peter and Iohn aunswered vnto them, and said, Whether it be right in the sight, of God, to obey you rather the{n} God, iudge ye.
For we can not but speake the things whiche we haue sene and heard.
So they threatened them, and let them, go and founde nothing how to punishe them, because of the people: for all men praysed God for that which was done.
For the man was aboue fourtie yere olde, on whome this miracle of healing was shewed.
Then assone as they were let go, they came to their felowes, and shewed al that the hie Priests and Elders had said vnto them.
And when they heard it, they lift vp theyr voyces to God with one accorde, and said, O Lord, thou art the God whiche hast made the heauen and the earth, the sea, a{n}d al things that are in them.
Which by the mouth of thy seruant Dauid hast said, Why did the Gentiles rage, a{n}d the people imagine vaine things?
The Kings of the earth assembled, and the rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
For douteles, against thine holie Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anointed, bothe Herode and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered them selues together,
To do whatsoeuer thine hand, and thy counsel had determined before to be done.
And now, ô Lord, beholde their threatnings, and grante vnto thy seruants with all boldenes to speake thy worde,
So that thou stretche forthe thine hand, that healing, and signes, and wonders may be done by the Name of thine holie Sonne Iesus.
And when as they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the holie Gost, and they spake the worde of God boldely.
And the multitude of them that beleued, were of one heart, and of one soule: nether any of the{m} said, that any thing of that which he possessed, was his owne, but they had all things commune.
And with great power gaue the Apostles witnes of the resurrection of the Lord Iesus: and great grace was vpon them all.
Nether was there any among them, that lacked: for as many as were possessers of lands or houses, solde them, and broght the price of the things that were solde,
And laid it downe at the Apostles fete, and it was distributed vnto euerie man, according as he had nede.
Also Ioses which was called of the Apostles Barnabas [that is by interpretation the sonne of consolation] being a Leuite, (and) of the countrey of Cyprus.
Where as he had land, solde it, and broght the money, and laid it downe at the Apostles fete.
BVt a certeine man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, solde a possession,
And kept away (parte) of the price, his wife also being of councel, and broght a certeine parte, and laid it downe at the Apostles fete.
Then said Peter, Ananias, why hathe Satan filled thine heart, that thou shuldest lie vnto the holie Gost, and kepe away (parte) of the price of the possession?
Whiles it remaineth, apperteined it not vnto thee? and after it was solde, was it not in thine owne power? how is it that thou hast co{n}ceiued this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied vnto men, but vnto God.
Now when Ananias heard these wordes, he feldowne, and gaue vp the gost. Then great feare came on all them that heard these things.
And the yong men rose vp, and toke him, vp and caryed (him) out, and buryed (him.)
And it came to passe about the space of thre houres after, that his wife came in, ignorant of that which was done.
And Peter said vnto her, Tell me, solde ye the land for so muche? And she said, Yea, for so muche,
The{n} Peter said vnto her, Why haue ye agreed together, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? beholde, the feete of them which haue buryed thine housband, (are) at the dore, and shal carye thee out.
Then she fell downe straight way at his fete and yeldest vp the gost: and the yong men came in, and founde her dead, & caryed her out, and buryed her by her housband.
And great feare came on all the Church, and on as many as heard these things.
Thus by the hands of the Apostles were many signes and wonders shewed amo{n}g the people [and they were all with one accorde in Solomons porche.
And of the other durst no man ioyne him self to them: neuertheles the people magnified them,
Also the nombre of them that beleued in the Lord, bothe of men and women, grewe more and more]
In so muche that thei broght the sicke into the stretes, and laid them on beddes and cou ches, that at the least way the shadowe of Peter, when he came by, might shadowe some of them.
There came also a multitude out of the cities rounde about vnto Ierusalem, bringing sicke folkes, & the{m} which were vexed with vncleane spirits, who were all healed.
¶ Then the chief Priest rose vp, and all they that were with him [whiche was the secte of the Sadduces] and were ful of indignation,
And laid hands on the Apostles, and put the{m} in the commune prison.
But the Angel of the Lord, by night opened the prison dores, and broght them forthe, & said,
Go your way, and stand in the Temple, and speake to the people all the wordes of this life.
So when they heard it, they entred into the Temple early in the morning a{n}d taught. And the chief Priest came, and they that were with him, and called the Council together, and all the Elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison, to cause them to be broght.
But when the officers came, and sounde them not in the prison, they returned and tolde it.
Saying, Certeinly we founde the prison shut assure as was possible, and the kepers standing without, before the dores: but when we had opened, we founde no man within.
Then whe{n} the (chief) Priest, and the captaine of the Temple, and the hie Priests heard these things, they douted of the{m}, whereunto this wolde growe.
Then came one and shewed the{m}, saying, Beholde, the men that ye put in prison, are standing in the Temple, and teache the people.
Then went the captaine with the officers, & broght them without violence [for they feared the people, lest they shulde haue bene stoned]
And when they had broght them, they set them before the Council, & the chief Priest asked them,
Saying, Did not we straitely commande you that ye shulde not teache in this Name? and beholde, ye haue filled Ierusalem with your doctrine, & ye wolde bring this ma{n}s blood vpon vs.
Then Peter and the Apostles answered, and said, We ought rather to obey God then men.
The God of our Fathers hathe raised vp Iesus, whome ye 〈◊〉, and hanged on a tre.
Him hathe God lift vp 〈◊〉 his right hand, (to be) a Prince and a Sauiour, to giue repentance to Israel, and forgiuenes of sinnes.
And we are his witnesses concerning these things which we say: yea, and the 〈◊〉 Gost whome God hathe giuen to them that obey him.
Now when they heard it, they brast for anger, and consulted to slay them.
Then stode there vp in the Cou{n}cil a certeine Pharise named Gamaliel, a doctour of the Law, honored of all the people, and comma{n}ded to put the Apostles forthe a litle space,
And said vnto them, Men of Israel, take hede to your selues, what ye ente{n}d to do touching these men.
For before these times, rose vp Theudas boasting him self, to whome resorted a nomber of me{n}, about a foure hundreth, who was slayne: and thei all which obeied him, were scattered, and broght to noght.
After this man, arose vp Iudas of Galile, in the dayes of the tribute, & drew away much people after him: he also perished, & all that obeied him, were scattered abroad.
And now I say vnto you, refraine your selues from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel, or this worke be of men, it wil come to noght:
But if it be of God, ye ca{n} not destroie it, lest ye be founde euen fighters against God.
And to him they agreed, and called the Apostles: and when thei had beaten them, they commanded that they shulde not speake in the Name of Iesus, and let them go.
So they departed from the Council, reioycing, that they were counted worthie to suffer rebuke for his Name.
And daiely in the Temple, and from house to house they ceased not to teache, and preache Iesus Christ.
ANd in those daies, as the nomber of the disciples grewe, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians towardes the Hebrewes, because their widdowes were neglected in the daielie ministring.
Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together, and said, It is not mete that we shulde leaue the worde of God to serue the tables.
Wherefore brethren, loke ye out among you seuen men of honest reporte, and ful of the holie Gost, a{n}d of wisdome, which we may appoint to this busines.
And we wil giue our selues continually to prayer, a{n}d to the ministracion of the worde.
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Steuen a man ful of faith and of the holie Gost, and Philippe, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antiochia,
Which they set before the Apostles: and they praied, and laid their hands on them.
And the worde of God increased, and the nomber of the disciples was multiplied in Ierusalem greatly, and a great companie of the Priests were obedient to the faith.
¶ Now Steuen ful of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Then there arose certeine of the 〈◊〉, which are called Libertines, & Cyreniās and of Alexandria, and of them of Cilicia, a{n}d of 〈◊〉, and disputed with Steuen.
But they were not able to resist the wisdome and the Spirit by the which he spake.
Then they suborned men, which said, We haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes against Moses, and God.
Thus they moued the people a{n}d the Elders, and the Scribes: & running vpon him, caught him, and broght him to the Council,
And set forthe false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speake blasphemous wordes against this holie place, and the Law.
For we haue heard him say, that this Iesus of Nazaret shal destroye this place, and shal change the ordinances, which Moses gaue vs.
And as all that sate in the Council, loked stedfastly on him, they sawe his face as (it had bene) the face of Angel.
THen said the chief Priest, Are these things so?
And he said, Ye men, brethren and fathers hearken. The God of glorie appeared vnto our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
And said vnto him, Come out of thy countrey, and from thy kinred, and come into the land, which I shal shewe thee.
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran. And after that his father was dead, (God) broght him from the{n}ce into this land, wherein ye now dwell,
And he gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the breadth of a fote: yet he promised that he wolde giue it to him for a possession, and to his sede after him, when as yet he had no childe.
But God spake thus, that his sede shulde be a soiourner in a strange land, and that they shulde kepe it in bondage, and entreate it euil foure hundreth yeres.
But the nacion to whome they shalbe in bondage, will iudge, saith God: and after that, they shal come forthe and serue me in this place.
He gaue him also the couenant of circumcision: and so (Abraham) begate Isaac, and circumcised him the eight daye: and Isaac, (begate) Iacob, and Iacob the twelue Patriarkes.
And the Patriarkes moued with enuie solde Ioseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
And deliuered him out of all his afflictions, and gaue him fauour and wisdome in the sight of Pharao King of Egypt, who made him gouernour ouer Egypt, and (ouer) his whole house.
¶ The{n} came there a famine ouer all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, that our fathers founde no sustenance.
But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.
And at the seco{n}de time, Ioseph was knowen of his brethren, and Iosephs kinred was made knowen vnto Pharao.
Then sent Ioseph and caused his father to be broght, a{n}d all his kinred, euen thre score and fiftene soules.
So Iacob went downe into Egypt, and he dyed, and our fathers,
And were remoued into Sychem, and were put in the sepulchre, that Abraham had boght for money of the sonnes of Emor, (sonne) of Sychem.
But when the time of the promes drewe nere, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt,
Til another King arose, which knewe not Ioseph.
The same dealt subtely with our kinred, and euil intreated our fathers, a{n}d made them to cast out their yong children, that they shulde not remaine aliue.
The same time was Moses borne, and was acceptable vnto God, which was nourished vp in his fathers house thre moneths.
And when he was cast out, Pharaos daughter toke him vp, and nourished him for her owne sonne.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdome of the Egyptians, and was mightie in wordes and in dedes.
Now when he was ful fortie yere olde, it came into his heart to wisit his brethren, the children of Israel.
And when he sawe one (of them) suffer wrong, he defended him, and auenged his quarel that had the harme done to him, and sinote the Egyptian.
For he supposed his brethren wolde haue vnderstand, that God by his hand shulde giue them deliuerance: but thei vnderstode it not.
And the next day, he shewed him self vnto them as they stroue, and wolde haue set them at one againe, saying, Syrs, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one to another?
But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a prince, and a iudge ouer vs?
Wilt thou kil me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Then fled Moses at that saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begate two sonnes.
And when fourtie yeres were expired, there appeared to him in the wildernes of mount Sina, an Angel of the Lord in a flame of fyre in a bush.
And when Moses sawe it, he wondred at the sight: and as he drewe nere to consider it, the voyce of the Lord came vnto him, (saying,)
I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not beholde it.
Then the Lord said to him, Put of thy shooes from thy fete: for the place where thou standest, is holie grounde.
I haue sene, I haue sene the affliction of my people, which is in Egypt, and I haue heard their groning, a{n}d am came downe to deliuer them: a{n}d now come, and I wil send thee into Egypt.
This Moses whome thei forsoke, saying, Who made thee a prince and a iudge? the same God sent for a prince, a{n}d a deliuerer by the hands of the Angel, which appeared to him in the bush.
He broght them out, doing wonders, and miracles in the land of Egypt, and in the red sea, and in the wildernes fourtie yeres.
This is that Moses, which said vnto the children of Israel, A Prophet shal the Lord your God raise vp vnto you, (euen) of your brethren, like vnto me: him shal ye heare.
This is he that was in the Congregation, in the wildernes with the Angel, which spake to him in mount Sina, and with our fathers, who receiued the liuelie oracles to giue vnto vs.
To whome our fathers wolde not obey, but refused, and in their hearts turned backe againe into Egypt,
Saying vnto Aaron, Make vs gods that may go before vs: for we knowe not what is 〈◊〉 of this Moses that broght vs out of the land of Egypt.
And they made a calfe in those daies, and offred sacrifice vnto the idole, and reioyced in the workes of their owne hands.
Then God turned him self away, and gaue them vp to serue the hoste of heauen, as it is written in the boke of the Prophetes, O house of Israel, haue ye offred to me slayne beasts and sacrifices by the space of fourtie yeres in the wildernes?
And ye toke vp the tabernacle of Moloch, and the starre of your god Remphan, figures, which ye made to worship them: therefore I wil carie you away beyonde Babylon.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witnes in the wildernes, as he had appointed, speaking vnto Moses, that he shulde make it according to the facion that he had sene.
Which (tabernacle) also our Fathers receiued, and broght in with Iesus into the possessio{n} of the Gentiles, which God draue out before our fathers, vnto the dayes of Dauid:
Who founde fauour before God, and desired that he might finde a tabernacle for the God of acob.
But Solomon buylt him an house.
How be it the moste High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the Prophet,
Heauen (is) my throne, and earth (is) my fotestole: what house wil ye buylde for me, saith the Lord? or what place is it that I. shuld rest in?
Hathe not myne hande made all these thyngs?
Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised hearts a{n}d eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holie Gost: as your fathers (did,) so (do) you.
Whiche of the Prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted? and they haue slayne the{m}, which shewed before of the coming of that lust, of whome ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers.
Whiche haue receiued the Lawe by the ordinance of Angels, and haue not kept it.
But when they heard these thynges, theyr hearts brast for anger, and they gnashed at him with (their) teeth.
But he beyng full of the holie God, loked stedfastly into heauen, and sawe the glorie of God, and Iesus standing at the right hand of God.
And said, Beholde, I se the heauens ope{n}, and the Sonne of man standing at the ryghth and of God.
Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voice, and stopped their eares, and ranne vpon hym all at once.
And cast hym out of the citie, and stoned hym: and the witnesses layd downe their clothes at a yong mans fete, named Saul.
And thy stoned Steue{n}, who called on (God,) and said, Lord Iesus, receiue my spirit.
And he kneled downe, and cryed wyth a loude voyce, Lorde, lay not thys sinne to their charge. And when he had thus spoken he slept.
ANd Sāul consented to his death, and at that time, there was a great persecution against the Church which was at Ierusalem, and they were all scattered abroade through the regions of Iudea and of Samaria, except the apostles.
Then (certeine) men fearing God, caryed Steuen amongs the{m}, (to be buryed,) a{n}d made great lamentation for him.
But Saul made hauocke of the Church, and entred into euerie house, & drewe out both men and women, and put them into prison.
Therefore they that were scattered abroade went to and fro preaching the worde.
¶ Then came Philippe into the citie of Samaria, and preached Christ vnto them.
And the people gaue hede vnto those things which Philippe spake, with one accorde, hearing and seing the miracles which he did.
For vncleane spirits crying with a loude voyce, came out of many that were possessed (of them:) and many taken with palsies, and that halted, where healed.
And there was great ioye in that citie.
And there was before in the citie a certeine man called Simon, which vsed witchecraft, & bewitched the people of Samaria, saying, that he him self was some great man.
To whome they gaue hede from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
And they gaue hede vnto him, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
But assone as they beleued Philippe, which preached the things that co{n}cerned the kingdome of God, & in the Name of Iesus Christ they were baptized bothe men and women.
Then Simon him self beleued also and was baptized, and continued with Philippe, and wondred, when he sawe the signes and great miracles which were done.
¶ Now when the Apostles, whiche were at Ierusalem, heard say, that Samaria had receiued the worde of God, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn.
Which whe{n} they were come downe, prayed for them, that they might receiue the holie Gost.
[For as yet, he was come downe on none of them, but they were baptized onely in the Name of the Lord Iesus]
Then laid they their hands on them, & they receiued the holie Gost.
And when Simon sawe, that through laying on of the Apostles hands the holie Gost was giuen, he offred them money,
Saying, Giue me also this power, that on whome soeuer I lay the hands, he may receiue the holie Gost.
The{n} said Peter vnto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou thinkest that the gift of God may be obteined with money.
Thou hast nether parte nor fellowship in this busines: for thine heart is not right in the sight of God.
Repent therefore of this thy wickednes, & pray God, that if it be possible, the thoght of thine heart may be forgiuen thee.
For I se that thou art in the gall of bitternes, and in the bonde of iniquitie.
Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye haue spoken, come vpon me.
¶ So they, when they had testified and preached the worde of the Lord, returned to Ierusalem, and preached the Gospel in many townes of the Samaritans.
Then the Angel of the Lord spake vnto Philippe, saying, Arise, & go towarde the South vnto the way that goeth downe from Ierusalem vnto Gaza, which is waste.
And he arose and went out and beholde a certeine Eunuche of Ethiopia Cadaces the Quene of the Ethiopians chief Gouerner, who had the rule of all her treasure, & came to Ierusalem to worship:
And as he returned sitting in his charet, he red Esaias the Prophet.
Then the Spirit said vnto Philippe, Go nere and ioyne thy self to yonder charet.
And Philippe ranne thether, and heard him read the Prophet Esaias, and said, But vnderstandest thou what thou readest?
And he said, How can I, except I had a guide And he desired Philippe, that he wolde come vp and sit with him.
Now the place of the Scripture which he red, was this, He was led as a shepe to the slaughter: and like a la{m}be domme before his shearer, so opened he not 〈◊〉 mouth.
In his humilitie his iudgeme{n}t hathe bene exalted: but who shal declare his generacio{n}? for his life is taken from the earth.
Then the Eunuche answered Philippe, and said, I pray thee of whome speaketh the Prophet this? of him self, or of some other man?
Then Philippe opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached vnto him Iesus.
And as they went on their way, they came vnto a certeine water, and the Eunuche said, So, (here is) water: what doeth let me to be baptized?
And Philippe said vnto him, If thou beleuest with all thine heart, thou maist. Then he answered, and said, I beleue that Iesus Christ is the Sonne of God.
Then he commanded the charet to stand stil and they went downe bothe into the water, bothe Philippe and the Eunuche, and he baptized him.
And assone as they were come vp out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philippe, that the Eunuche sawe him no more: so he went on his way reioysing.
But Philippe was founde at Azotus, and he walked to and fro preaching in all the cities, til he came to Cesarea.
ANd Saul yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went vnto the hie Priest,
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the Synagogues, that if he founde any that were of that way [ethermen or women] he might bring them bounde vnto Ierusalem.
Now as he iourneyed, it came to passe that as he was come nere to Damascus, suddenly there shined rou{n}de about him a light from heauen.
And he fel to the earth, and heard a voyce, saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Iesus whom thou persecutest it is hard for thee to kicke against prickes:
He (then) bothe trembling & astonied, said, Lord, what wilt thou that I do? And the Lord said vnto him, Arise and go into the citie, and it shalbe tolde thee what thou shalt do.
The men also which iorneyed with him, stode amased, hearing (his) voyce, but seing no man.
And Saul arose from the grounde, and opened his eyes, (but) sawe no man. Then led they him by the hand, and broght him into Damascus,
Where he was thre dayes without sight, & nether ate nor dranke.
And there was a certeine disciple at Damascus named Ananias, and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Beholde, I am (here,) Lord.
Then the Lord said vnto him, Arise, and go into the strete which is called Straight, and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tarsus: for beholde, he prayeth.
[And he sawe in a vision a ma{n} named Ananias coming into him, and putting his hands on him, that he might receiue his sight]
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I haue heard by many of this man, how much euil he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem.
Moreouer here he hath autoritie of the hie Priests, to binde all that call on thy Name.
Then the Lord said vnto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel vnto me, to beare my Name before the Gentiles, and Kings, & the children of Israel.
For I wil shewe him, how many things he must suffre for my Names sake.
Then Ananias went his waye, and entred into the house, and put his hands on him, and said, Brother Saul, the Lord hathe sent me [(euen) Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest] that thou mightest receiue thy sight, & be filled with the holie Gost.
And immediatly there fel from his eyes as (it had bene) scales, and sudde{n}ly he receiued sight, and arose, and was baptized,
And receiued meat, and was strengthened. So was Saul certeine dayes with the disciples which were at Damascus.
And straight way he preached Christ in the Synagogues, that he was the Sonne of God,
So that all that heard him, were amased, and said, Is not this he, that destroyed the{m} which called on this Name in Ierusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he shuld bring the{m} bounde vnto the hie Priests?
But Saul encreased the more in stre{n}gth, and confounded the Iewes which dwelt at Damascus, co{n}firming, that this was the Christ.
And after that many dayes were fulfilled, the Iewes toke counsel together, to kill him
But their laying await was knowen of Saul now they watched the gates day & night that they might kill him.
Then the disciples toke him by night, and put him through the wall, and let him downe in a basket.
And when Saul was come to Ierusalem, he assaide to ioyne him self with the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and beleued not that he was a disciple.
But Barnabas toke him, and broght him to the Apostles, and declared to them, how he had sene the Lord in the way, & that he had spoken vnto him, & how he had spoken bol 〈◊〉 at Damascus in the Name of Iesus.
And he was conuersant with them at Ierusalem.
And spake boldely in the Name of the Lord Iesus, & spake and disputed with the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
But whe{n} the brethre{n} knewe it, they broght him to Cesarea, and sent him forthe to 〈◊〉.
Then had the Churches rest through all Iudea, and Galile, and Samaria, and were edified, and walked in the feare of the Lord, & were multiplied by the comfort of the holie 〈◊〉.
And it came to passe, as Peter walked through out all (quarters,) he came also to the sainctes which dwelt at Lydda.
And there he founde a certeine man named AEneas, which had kept his bed eight yeres, and was sicke of the palsie.
Then said Peter vnto 〈◊〉, AEneas, Iesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise and make vp thy bed. And he arose immedirtly.
And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron, sawe him, and turned to the Lord.
There was also at Ioppa a certeine (woman) a disciple named Tabitha [which by interpretation is called Dorcas] she was ful of good workes and almes which she did.
And it came to passe in those dayes, that she was 〈◊〉 and dyed: and when they had washed her, they laid her in an vpper chamber.
Now forasmuche as Lydda was nere to Ioppa, and the disciples had heart that Peter was there, they sent vnto him two men, desiring that he wolde not delaye to come vnto them.
Then Peter arose and came with them: and when he was come, they broght him into the vpper chamber, where all the widdowes stode by him weping, a{n}d shewing the coates and garme{n}ts, which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
But Peter put them all forthe, and kneled downe, and praid, and turned him to the bodie, and said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and when she sawe Peter, sate vp.
Then he gaue her the hand and lift her vp, and called the sainctes and widdowes, and restored her aliue.
And it was knowen through out all Ioppa, and manie beleued in the Lord.
And it came to passe that he taryed manie dayes in Ioppa with one Simon a tanner.
FVrthermore there was a certeine man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a captaine of the bande called the Italian (bande,)
A deuout man, and one that feared God with all his housholde, which gaue muche almes to the people, and prayed God continually.
He sawe in a vision euidently [about the ninthe houre of the day] an Angel of God comming into him, and saying vnto him, Cornelius.
But when he loked on him, he was afraid, & said, What is it, Lord? And he said vnto him, Thy prayers and thine almes are come vp into remembrance before God.
Now therefore send men to Ioppa, & call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.
He lodgeth with one Simon a ta{n}ner, whose house is by the sea side: he shal tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
And when the Angel which spake vnto Cornelius, was departed, he called two of his seruants, and a souldier that feared God, one of them that waited on him,
And tolde them all things, and sent them to Ioppa.
On the morowe as they went on their iorney, and drewe nere vnto the citie, Peter we{n}t vp vpon the house to pray, about the sixt houre.
Then waxed he an hungred, and wolde haue eaten: but while they made (some thing) readie, he fel into a trance.
And he sawe heauen opened, and a certeine vessel come downe vnto him, as (it had bene) a great shete, knit at the foure corners, and was let downe to the earth.
Wherein were all maner of foure foted beastes of the earth, and wilde beastes and creping things, and foules of the heauen.
And there came a voyce to him, Arise, Peter kill, and eat.
But Peter said, Not so, Lord: for I haue neuer eaten any thing that is polluted, or vncleane.
And the voyce (spake) vnto him againe the seconde time, The things that God hathe purified, pollute thou not.
This was so done thrise: and the vessel was drawen vp againe into heauen.
¶ Now while Peter douted in him self what this visio{n} which he had sene, meant, beholde the men which were sent from Cornelius, had inquired for Simons house, and stode at the gate,
And called, & asked, whether Simo{n}, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
And while Peter thoght on the vision, the Spirit said vnto him, Beholde, thre men seke thee.
Arise therefore, and get thee downe, & go with them, and doute nothing: for I haue sent them.
¶ The{n} Peter went downe to the men, which were sent vnto him fro{m} Cornelius, and said, Beholde, I am he whome ye seke: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
And they said, Cornelius the captaine, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good reporte among all the nacion of the Iewes, was warned from heauen by an holie Angel, to send for thee into his house, and to heare thy wordes.
Then called he them in, & lodged them, and the next day, Peter went forthe with them, and certeine brethren from Ioppa accompanied him.
¶ And the day after, thei entred into Cesarea. Now Cornelius waited for them, & had called together his kinsmen, and special friends.
And it came to passe as Peter came in, that Cornelius met him, and fel downe at his fete and worshipped him.
But Peter toke him vp, saying, Stand vp: for euen I my self am a man.
And as he talked with him, he came in, and founde manie that were come together.
And he said vnto them, Ye knowe that it is an vnlawful thing for a man that is a lewe, to compagnie or come vnto one of another nation: but God hathe shewed me, that I shulde not call anie man polluted, or vncleane.
Therefore came I vnto you without saying naye, when I was sent for. I aske therefore, for what intent haue ye sent for me.
The{n} Cornelius said, Foure dayes ago, about this houre, I fasted, and at the ninthe houre I praid in mine house, and beholde, a man stode before me in bright clothing,
And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine almes are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
Send therefore to Ioppa, and call for Simo{n}, whose surname is Peter [he is lodged in the house of Simon a tanner by the seaside] who when he cometh, shal speake vnto thee.
Then sent I for thee immediatly, and thou hast wel done to come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to heare all things are commaunded thee of God.
Then Peter opened (his) mouth, and said, Of a trueth I perceiue, that God is no accepter of persones.
But in euerie nation he that feareth him, & worketh righteousnes, is accepted with him.
Ye knowe the worde which God hath sent to the childre{n} of Israel, preaching peace by Iesus Christ, which is Lord of all.
(Euen) the worde which came through all Iudea beginning in Galile, after the baptisme which Iohn preached,
(To wit,) how God annointed Iesus of Nazaret with the holie Gost, and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the deuil: for God was with him.
And we are witnesses of all things which he did bothe in the land of the Iewes, and in Ierusalem: whome they slewe, hanging him on a tre.
Him God raised vp the third day, & caused that he was shewed openly:
Not to all the people, but vnto the witnesses chosen before of God, (euen) to vs whiche did eat and drinke with him, after he arose from the dead.
And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people, & to testifie, that it is he that is ordeined of God a iudge of quicke and dead.
To him also giue all the Prophetes witnes, that through his Name all that beleue in him shal receiue remission of sinnes.
While Peter yet spake these wordes, the holie Gost fel on all them which heard the worde.
So they of the circumcision which beleued were astonied, as manie as came with Peter, because that on the Ge{n}tiles also was powred out the gift of the holie Gost.
For they heard them speake with tongues, and magnisie God. Then answered Peter,
Can 〈◊〉 man forbid water, that these shuld not be baptized, which haue receiued the holie Gost, aswel as we?
So he commaunded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarie certeine dayes.
NOw the Apostles and the brethren that were in Iudea, heard, that the Gentiles had also receiued the worde of God.
And when Peter was come vp to Ierusalem, they of the circumcision contended against him,
Saying, Thou wentest into men vncircumcised, and hast eaten with them.
Then Peter began, and expou{n}ded (the thing) in order to them them, saying,
I was in the citie of Ioppa, praying, and in a trance I sawe (this) vision, A certeine vessel co{m}ming downe as (it had bene) a great shete, let downe fro{m} heauen by the foure corners, and it came to me.
Toward the which whe{n} I had fastened mine eyes, I co{n}siderest, and sawe fowre foted beastes of the earth, and wilde beastes, and creping things, and foules of the heauen.
Also I heard a voyce, saying vnto me, Arise, Peter: slay and eat.
And I said, God forbid, Lord: for nothing polluted or vncleane hathe at anie time entred into my mouth.
But the voyce answered me the second time from heauen, The things that God hathe purified, pollute thou not.
And this was done thre times, and all were taken vp againe into heauen.
Then beholde, immediatly there were thre men already come vnto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea vnto me.
And the Spirit said vnto me, that I shulde go with the{m}, without douting: moreouer these six brethren came with me, and we entred into the mans house.
And he shewed vs, how he had sene an Angel in his house, which stode and said to him, Se{n}d men to Ioppa, and call for Simon whose surname is Peter,
He shal speake wordes vnto thee, whereby bothe thou and all thine house shalbe saued.
And as I began to speake, the holie Gost fel on them, euen as vpon vs at the beginning.
Then I remembred the worde of the Lord, how he said, Iohn baptized with water, but ye shalbe baptized with the holie Gost.
For as muche then as God gaue them a like gift, as (he did) vnto vs, when we beleued in the Lord Iesus Christ, who was I, that I colde let God?
When they heard these things, they helde their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hathe God also to the Gentiles granted repentance vnto life.
¶ And thei which were scattred abroade because of the afflictio{n} that arose about Steuen, walked throughout til they came vnto Phenice & Cyprus, & Antiochia, preaching the worde to no ma{n}, but vnto the Iewes only
Now some of them were men of Cyprus & of Cyrene, which when they were come into Antiochia, spake vnto the Grecians, and preached the Lord Iesus.
And the hand of the Lord was with the{m} so that a great nomber beleued and turned vnto the Lord.
Then tidings of those things came vnto the eares of the Church, which was in Ierusalem and they sent forthe Barnabas that he shulde go into Antiochia.
Who whe{n} he was come & had sene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they wolde cleaue vnto the Lord.
For he was a good man, and ful of the holie Gost, and faith, and muche people ioyned them selues vnto the Lord.
¶ Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus to seke Saul:
And when he had founde him, he broght him vnto Antiochia, and it came to passe that a whole yere they were conuersant with the Church, & taught much people, in so much, that the disciples were first called Christians in Antiochia.
In those dayes also came Prophetes fro{m} Ierusalem vnto Antiochia.
And there stode vp one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit, that there shulde be great famine throughout all the world, which also came to passe vnder Claudius Cesar.
Then the disciples, euerie man according to his habilitie, purposed to send succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iudea.
Which thing they also did, & sent it to the Elders, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
NOw about that time, Herode the King stretched forthe (his) hands to vexe certeine of the Church.
And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde.
And when he sawe that it pleased the Iewes he proceded further, to take Peter also [then were the dayes of vnleauened bread]
And when he had caught hym, he put hym in prison, and deliuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept, intendyng after the Passeouer to bryng hym forthe to the people.
So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer was made of the Churche vnto 〈◊〉 for hym.
And when Herode wolde haue broght hym out vnto the people, the same uight slept Peter betwene two souldiers, bounde wyth two chaines, and the kepers before the dore kept the prison.
And beholde, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and a lyght shined in the house, and he smote Peter on the side, and raysed him vp, saying, Arise quickely. And his chaines fel of from (his) hands.
And the Angel said vnto him, Girde thyself, and binde on thy sandales. And so he dyd. Then he said vnto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and followe me.
So (Peter) came out and followed hym, and knew not that it was true, which was done by the Angel, but thoght he had sene a visio{n}.
Now when they were past the first and the seconde watche, they came vnto the yron gate, that leadeth vnto the citie, whiche opened to them by his owne accorde, and they went out, and passed through one strete, and by and by the Angel departed from him.
¶ And when Peter was come to him self, he said, Now I know for a trueth, that the Lord hath sent his Angell, and hathe deliuered me out of the hand of Herode, and from all the waiting for of the people of the Iewes.
And as he considered (the thing,) he came to the house of Marie, the mother of Iohn, whose surname was Marke, where manie were gathered together and prayed.
And when Peter knocked at the entrie dore, a mayde came forthe to hearken, named Rhode.
But when she knewe Peters voyce, she opened not the entrie (dore) for gladnes, but ran in, and tolde how Peter stode before the entrie.
But they said vnto her, Thou art 〈◊〉. Yet she affirmed it constantly, that it was so. The{n} said they, It is his Angel.
But Peter continued knockyng, and when they had opened it, and sawe hym, they were astonied.
And he beckened vnto the{m} with the hand, to holde their peace, and tolde them howe the Lord had broght hym out of the prison. And he said, Go shewe these things vnto Iames and to the brethren: and he departed and went into another place.
¶ Nowe assone as it was daye, there was no smale trouble amo{n}g the souldiers, what was become of Peter.
And when Herode had soght for hym, and founde him not, he examined the kepers, a{n}d commanded them to be led to be punished. And he went downe from Iudea to Cesarea, and (there) abode.
Then Herode intended to make warre agaynste them of Tyrus and Sidon, but they came all with one accorde vnto hym, and persuaded Blastus the Kings chamberlaine, and they desired peace, because their countrey was nourished by the Kings (land.)
And vppon a day appointed, Herode arayed hym selfe in royall apparell, and on the iudgement seat, and made an oration vnto them.
And the people gaue a shoute, (saying,) The voyce of God, and not of man.
But immediatly the Aungell of the Lorde smote him, because he gaue not glorie vnto God, so that he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the Gost.
And the worde of God grewe, and multiplied.
So Barnabas and Saul returned frome Ierusalem, when they had fulfilled their office, and toke with them Iohn, whose surname was Marke.
THere were also in the Churche that was at Antiochia, certeine Prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and 〈◊〉 of Cyrene, and Manahen [whiche had bene broght vp wyth Herode the Tetrarch] and Saul.
Nowe as they ministred to the Lorde, and fasted, the holie Gost sayd, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the worke whereunto I haue called them.
Then fasted they and prayed, and layd theyr hands on them, and let them go.
And they, after they were sent forth of the holie Gost, came downe vnto Seleucia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
And when they were Salamis, they preached the worde of GOD in the Synagogues of the Iewes: a{n}d they had also Iohn to (their) minister.
So when they had gone throughoute the yle vnto Paphus, they founde a certeine sorcerer, a false Prophete, beyng a Iewe, named Bariesus.
Whiche was with the Deputie Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He called vnto hym Barnabas and Saul, and desired to heare the worde of God.
But Elymas, the sorcerer [for so is hys name by interpretacion] with stode the{m}, and soght to turne away the Deputie from the faith.
Then Saul [which also (is called) Paul] beyng ful of the holie Gost, set his eyes on him.
And sayd, O full of all subtiltie and all mischief, the childe of the deuill, (and) enemie of all ryghteousnes, wilt thou not cease to peruert the straight waies of the Lord?
Nowe therefore beholde, the hande of the Lord (is) vpon thee, and thou shalt be blind, and not se the sunne for a season. And immediatly there fell on him a miste and a darkenes, and he went about, seking some to lead him by the hand.
Then the Deputie when he sawe what was done, beleued, and was astonied at the doctrine of the Lord.
Nowe when Paul and they that were with hym were departed by shyp frome Paphus, they came to Perga (a citie) of Pamphylia: then Iohn departed frome them, and returned to Ierusalem.
But when they departed frome Perga, they came to Antiohia (a citie) of Pisidia, & went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day, a{n}d sate downe.
And after the lecture of the Lawe and Prophetes, the rulers of the Synagogue sent vnto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye haue anye worde of exhortation for the people, say on.
Then Paul stode vp and beckened wyth the hand, and said, Men of Israel, and ye that feare God, hearken.
The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt in the land of Egypte, and with an high arme broght them out thereof.
And about the time of fortie yeres suffred he their maners in the wildernes.
And he destroyed seuen nacions in the land of Chanaan, and deuided their lande to them by lot.
Then afterwarde he gaue vnto them Iudges about foure hundreth and fiftie yeres, vnto the time of Samuel the Prophet.
So after that they desired a King, and God gaue vnto them Saul, the sonne of Cis, a man of the tribe of Beniamin, (by the space) of fortie yeres.
And after he had taken him away, he raised vp Dauid to their King, of whome he witnessed, saying, I haue fou{n}d Dauid (the sonne) of Iesse, a man after mine owne heart, whiche wil do all things that I wil.
Of this mans sede hathe God accordyng to (his) promes raised vp to Israell, the Sauiour Iesus.
When Iohn had first preached before his comming the baptisme of repentance to all the people of Israel.
And when Iohn had fulfilled (his) course, he said, Whome ye thynke that I am, I am not he: but beholde, there cometh one after me, whose shoe of (hys) fete I am not worthie to lose.
Ye men and brethren, children of the generacion of Abraham, and whosoeuer amonge you feareth God, to you is the worde of this saluacion sent.
For the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and their 〈◊〉, because they knewe him not, nor yet the wordes of the Prophetes, which are red euerie Sabbath (daye,) they haue fulfilled them in condemning him.
And thogh they founde no cause of death (in him yet) desired they Pilate to kill him.
And when they had fulfilled al things that were written of hym, they toke him downe from the tre, and put him in a sepulchre.
But God raised him vp from the dead.
And he was sene manie dayes of them, whiche came vp with him from Galile to Ierusale{m}, whiche are his witnesses vnto the people.
And we declare vnto you, that touching the promes made vnto the fathers.
God hath fulfilled it vnto vs their children, in that he raised vp Iesus, euen as it is written in the seconde Psalme, Thou art my Sonne: this day haue I begoten thee.
Nowe as concernyng that he raised hym vp fro{m} the dead, no more to returne to the graue, he hathe sayde thus, I wyll giue you the holye thynges of Dauid, whiche are faithfull.
Wherefore he saith also in another place, Thou wilt not suffre thine Holie one to se corruption.
Howbeit, Dauid after he had serued his time by the counsel of God, he slept, and was laid with his fathers, and sawe corruption.
But he whome God raised vp, sawe no corruption.
Be it knowen vnto you therefore, men (and) brethren, that through this man is preached vnto you the forgiuenes of sinnes.
And from all things, from whiche ye colde not be iustified by the Law of Moses, by him euerie one that beleueth, is iustified.
Beware therfore, lest that come vpon you, which is spoken of in the Prophetes.
Beholde, ye despisers, and wonder, and vanishe away: for I worke a worke in your dayes, a worke whiche ye shall not beleue, if a man wolde declare it you.
¶ And when they were come out of the Synagogue of the Iewes, the Gentiles besoght, that they wolde preache these wordes to them the next Sabbath (day.)
Nowe when the Congregacion was dissolued, manie of the Iewes, and proselytes that feared God, folowed Paul and Barnabas, whiche spake to them, and exhorted them to co{n}tinue in the grace of God.
And the nexte Sabbath (daye) came almost the whole citie together, to heare the word of God.
But when the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of enuie, and spake against those things, which were spoken of Paul, contrarying (them,) and railing on (them.)
Then Paul and Barnabas spake boldelye, and sayd, It was necessarie that the worde of GOD shulde first haue bene spoken vnto you: but seing ye put it from you, and iudge your selues vnworthie of euerlastynge life, lo, we turne to the Gentiles.
For so hathe the Lord co{m}ma{n}ded vs, (saying,) I haue made thee a light of the Gentiles, that thou shuldest be the saluacion vnto the end of the worlde.
And when the Gentiles heard it, they were glad, and glorified the worde of the Lord: & as manie as were ordeined vnto eternal life, beleued.
Thus the worde of the Lord was published throught the whole countrey.
But the Iewes stirred (certeine) deuoute & honorable wome{n}, & the chief men of the citie, & raised persecucio{n} against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled the{m} out of their coasts.
But they shouke of the dust of their fete against them, and came vnto Iconium.
And the disciples were filled with ioye, and with the holie Gost.
ANd it came to passe in Iconiu{m}, that they went bothe together into the Synagogue of the Iewes, and so spake, that a great multitude bothe of the Iewes & of the Grecians beleued.
But the vnbelening Iewes stirred vp, & corrupted the mindes of the Gentiles against the brethren.
So therefore they abode there a long time, and spake boldely in the Lord, which gaue testimonie vnto the worde of his grace, and caused signes and wonders to be done by their hands.
But the people of the citie were diuided & some were with the Iewes, and some with the Apostles.
And when there was an assaut made bothe of the Gentiles, and of the Iewes with their rulers, to do them violence, and to stone them,
They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, & vnto the region rounde about,
And there were preaching the Gospel.
¶ Now there sate certeine man at Lystra, impotent in his fete, which was a creple from his mothers wombe, who had neuer walked.
He heard Paul speake: who beholding him, and perceiuing that he had faith to be healed,
Said with a loude voyce, Stand vpright on thy fete. And he leaped vp, and walked.
Then when the people sawe what Paul had done, they lift vp their voyces, saying in the speache of Lycaonia, Gods are come downe to vs in the likenes of men.
And thei called Barnabas, Iupiter, and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker
Then Iupiters priest, which was before their citie, broght bulles with garlandes vnto the gates, and wold haue sacrified with the people.
But when the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul heard it, thei rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying,
And saying, O men, why do ye these things? We are euen men subiect to the like passions that ye (be,) and preache vnto you, that ye shulde turne from these vaine (idoles) vnto the liuing God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all things that in them are.
Who in times past suffred all the Gentiles to walke in their owne wayes.
Neuertheles, he left not him self without witnesse, in that he did good (and) gaue vs raine from heauen, and fruteful seasons, filling our hearts with foode, and gladnes,
And speaking these things, scarse refrained they the people, that they had not sacrificed vnto them.
Then there came certeine Iewes from Antiochia and Iconium, which when they had persuaded the people, stoned Paul, and drewe him out of the citie, supposing he had bene dead.
How be it, as the disciples stode rounde about him, he arose vp, and came into the citie, and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
And after they had preached to that citie, & had taught manie, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium, and to Antiochia,
Confirming the disciples hearts, and exhorting them to co{n}tinue in the faith, (affirming) that we must through manie afflictions entre into the kingdome of God.
And when they had ordeined the{n} Elders by election in euerie Church, and praid, and fasted, they commended them to the Lord in whome they beleued.
Thus they went through out Pisidia, & came to Pamphilia.
And when they had preached the worde in Perga, they came downe to Attalia,
And thence sailed to Antiochia, fro{m} whe{n}ce they had bene commended vnto the grace of God, to the worke whiche they had fulfilled.
And when they were come and had gathered the Church together, they rehearsed all the things that God had done by them, & how he had opened the dore of faith vnto the Gentiles.
So there they abode a long time with the disciples.
THen came downe certeine from Iudea and taught the brethren, (saying,) Except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moses, ye can not be saued.
And when there was great dissention, & disputation by Paul and Barnabas against them, they ordeined that Paul and Barnabas, and certeine other of them, shulde go vp to Ierusalem vnto the Apostles & Elders about this question.
Thus being sent forthe by the Church, they passed through Phenice, and Samaria, declaring the conuersion of the Ge{n}tiles: and they broght great ioye vnto all the brethren.
And when they were come to Ierusale{m}, they were receiued of the Church, & of the Apostles a{n}d Elders, & they declared what things God had done by them.
But (said they,) certeine of the secte of the Pharises, which did beleue, rose vp, saying, that it was nedeful to circumcise the{m}, and to co{m}mande (them) to kepe the Law of Moses.
Then the Apostles & Elders came together to loke to this matter.
And when there had bene great disputation Peter rose vp, and said vnto them, Ye men (and) brethren, ye knowe that a good while ago, among vs God chose out (me,) that the Gentiles by my mouth shuld heare the word of the Gospel, and beleue.
And God which knoweth the hearts, bare them witnes, in giuing vnto them the holie Gost, euen as (he did) vnto vs.
And he put no difference betwene vs and the{m}, after that by faith he had purified their hearts.
Now therefore, why tempt ye God, to lay a yoke on the disciples neckes, whiche nether our fathers, nor we were able to beare
But we beleue, through the grace of the Lord Iesus Christ to be saued, euen as they (do.)
Then all the multitude kept silence, & heard Barnabas and Paul, which tolde what signes and wondres God had done among the Ge{n}tiles by them.
And when they helde their peace, Iames answered, saying, Men (&) brethren, hearken vnto me.
Simeon hathe declared, how God first did visite the 〈◊〉, to take (of them) a people vnto his Name.
And to this agre the wordes of the Prophetes, as it is written,
After this I wil returne, and wil buylde againe the tabernacle of Dauid, which is fallen downe, & the ruines thereof wil I buylde againe, and I wil set it vp,
That the residue of men might seke after the Lord, and all the Gentiles vpo{n} whome my Name is called, saith the Lord whiche doeth all these things.
From the beginning of the worlde God knoweth all his workes.
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them of the Gentiles that are turned to God,
But that we write vnto them, that they absteine them selues from filthines of idoles, and fornication, and that that is strangled, and from blood
For Moses of olde time hathe in euerie citie them that preache him, seing he is red in the Synagogues euerie Sabbath (day.)
Then it semed good to the Apostles and Elders with the whole Church, to send chosen men of their owne companie to Antiochia with Paul & Barnabas: (to wit,) Iudas whose surname was Barsabas and Silas, which were chief men among the brethren,
And wrote letters by them after this maner, THE APOSTLES, AND the Elders, & the brethren, vnto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antiochia, and in Syria, & in Cilicia, send greting.
Forasmuche as we haue heard, that certeine which departed from vs, haue troubled you with wordes, & cumbred your mindes, saying, Ye must be circu{m}cised and kepe the Law to whome we gaue no suche co{m}mandement.
It semed therefore good to vs, whe{n} we were come together with one accorde, to send chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul,
Men that haue giuen vp their liues for the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ.
We haue therefore sent Iudas and Silas, whiche shal also tell you the same things by mouth.
For it semed good to the holie Gost, and to vs, to lay no more burden vpon you, then these necessarie things.
(That is,) that ye absteine from things offered to idoles, and blood, and that that is strangled, and from fornication: fro{m} which if ye kepe your selues, ye shal do wel. Fare ye wel.
Now when they were departed, they came to Antiochia, & after that they had asse{m}bled the multitude, they deliuered the epistle.
And when they had red it, they reioyced for the consolation.
And Iudas and Silas being Prophetes, exhorted the brethren with manie wordes, & strengthened them.
And after they had taried there a space, they were let go in peace of the brethren vnto the Apostles.
Notwithstanding Silas thoght good to abide there stil
Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antiochia, teaching and preaching with manie other the worde of the Lord.
¶ But after certeine dayes, Paul said vnto Barnabas, Let vs returne, and visite our brethren in euerie citie, where we haue preached the worde of the Lord, (and se) how thei do.
And Barnabas counseled to take with the{m} Iohn, called Marke.
But Paul thoght it not mete to take him vnto their companie, which departed from them from Pamphilia, and went not with them to the worke.
Then were they so stirred that they departed a sunder one from the other, so that Barnabas toke Marke, and sailed vnto Cyprus.
And Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended of the brethren vnto the grace of God.
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, stablishing the Churches.
THen came he to Derbe & to Lystra: and beholde, a certeine disciple was there namedTimotheus, a womans sonne, which was a Iewesse and beleued, but his father was a Grecian.
Of whome the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported wel.
Therefore Paul wolde that he shulde go forthe with him, and toke and circumcised him, because of the Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knew all, that his father was a Grecian.
And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees to kepe, ordeined of the Apostles and Elders, which were at Ierusalem.
And so were the Churches stablished in the faith, and encreased in nombre daily.
¶ Now when they had gone through out Phrygia, and the region of Galacia, they were forbidden of the holie Gost to preache the worde in Asia.
Then came they to Mysia, and soght to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit () fuffred them not.
Therefore they passed through Mysia, and came downe to Troas,
Where a visio{n} appeared to Paul in the night There stode a man of Macedonia, & prayed him, saying, Come into Macedonia, and helpe vs.
And after he had sene the vision, immediatly we prepared to go into Macedonia, being assured that the Lord had called vs to preache the Gospel vnto them.
Then went we forthe from Troas, and with a straight course came to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis,
¶ And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief citie in the partes of Macedonia, and whose inhabitants came from Rome to dwell there, and we were in that citie abiding certeine dayes.
And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, besides a riuer, where they were wont to pray: and we sate downe, and spake vnto the 〈◊〉, which were come together.
And a certeine 〈◊〉 named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard (vs:) 〈◊〉 heart the Lord opened, that she attended vnto the things, which Paul spake.
And when she was baptized, and her housholde she besoght vs, saying, If ye haue iudged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into 〈◊〉 house, and abide (there): and she constrained vs.
And it came to passe that as we went to prayer, a certeine maide hauing a spirit of diuination, met vs, which gate her masters muche vantage with diuining.
She followed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying, These men are the seruants of the moste high God, which shewe vnto vs the way of saluacion.
And this did she manie dayes: But Paul being grieued, turned about, and said to the spirit, I commande thee in the Name of Iesus Christ, that thou come out of her. And he came out the same houre.
Now when her masters sawe that the hope of their gaine was gone, they caught Paul & Silas, and drewe them into the market place vnto the magistrates,
And broght them to the 〈◊〉, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie,
And preache ordinances, which are not lawful for vs to receiue, nether to obserue, seing we are Romaines.
The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commanded (them) to be beaten with roddes.
And when they had beate{n} them sore, they cast (them) into prison, commanding the iailer to kepe them surely.
Who hauing receiued suche commandement, cast them into the inner prison, and made their fete fast in the stockes.
Now at midnight Paul & Silas prayed, (and) sainge a psalme vnto God: and the prisoners heard them.
And sudde{n}ly there was a great earthquake so that the fundation os the prison was shaken: and by and by all the dores opened, and euerie mans bandes were losed.
Then the keper of the prison waked out of his slepe, and when he sawe the prison dores open, he drewe out his sworde and wolde, haue killed him self, supposing the prisoners had bene fled.
But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying, Dothy self no harme: for we are all here.
Then he called for a light and leaped in and came trembling, and fel downe before Paul and Silas.
And broght them out, and said, Syrs, what must I do to be saued?
And they said, Beleue in the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, and thine housholde.
And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
Afterwarde he toke them the same houre of the night, and washed (their) stripes, and was baptized with all that belo{n}ged vnto him straight way.
And when he had broght them into his house, he set meat before them, and reioyced that he with all his housholde beleued in God.
And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
Then the keper of the prison tolde these wordes vnto Paul, (saying,) The gouernours haue sent to lose you: now therefore get you hence, and go in peace.
Then said Paul vnto them, After that they haue beaten vs openly vncondemned, which are Romaines, they haue cast vs into prison and now wolde they put vs out 〈◊〉? nay verely: but let them come and bring vs out.
And the sergeants tolde these wordes vnto the gouernours, who feared when they heard that they were Romaines.
Then came they and prayed the{m}, and broght them out, and desired them to departe out of the citie.
And they went out of the prison, a{n}d entred into the (house of) Lydia: and when they had sene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
NOw as they passed through Amphipolis, and Appollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a Synagogue of the Iewes.
And Paul, as his maner was, went in vnto the{m} and thre Sabbath (dayes) disputed with them by the Scriptures,
Opening, and alledging that Christ must haue suffred, and risen againe from the dead: and this is Iesus Christ, whome, (said he,) I preache to you.
And some of them beleued, and ioyned in companie with Paul and Silas: also os the Grecians that feared God a great multitude, and of the chief women not a fewe.
But the Iewes which beleued not, moued with enuie, toke vnto them certeine vagabondes and wicked felowes, and when they had assembled the multitude, they made a tumulte in the citie, and made assaut against the house of Iason, and soght to bring them out to the people.
But when they founde the{m} not they drewe Iason and certeine brethren vnto, the heades of the citie, crying, These are they which 〈◊〉 subuerted the state of the worlde, and here they are.
Whome Iason hathe receiued, and these all do against the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another King, one Iesus.
Then they troubled the people, & the heads of the citie, when they heard these things.
Not withsta{n}ding when they had receiued sufficient assurance of Iason and of the other they let them go.
And the brethren immediatly sent away Paul and Silas by night vnto Berea, which when they were come thither, entred into the Synagogue of the{m} Iewes.
These were also more noble men the{n} they which were at Thessalonica, which receiued the worde with all readines, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Therefore manie of them beleued, and of honeste women, which were Grecians, and men not a fewe.
¶ But when the Iewes of Thessalonica knewe, that the worde of God was also preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also and moued the people.
But by and by the brethren sent away Paul to go as (it were) to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there stil.
And they that did conduit Paul, broght him vnto Athenes: and when they had receiued a commandement vnto Silas and Timotheus that they shulde come to him at once, they departed.
¶ Now while Paul waited for them at Athenes, his spirit was stirred in him, whe{n} he sawe the citie subiect to idolatrie.
Therefore he disputed in the Synagogue with the Iewes, and with them that where religious, & in the market daily with whom soeuer he met.
Then certeine philosophers of the Epicucures, and of the Stoickes disputed with him, and some said, What wil this babler say? Others (said) He semeth to be a fetter forthe of strange gods [because he preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.]
And they toke him, and broght him into Mars strete, saying, May we not knowe, what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
For thou bringest certeine strange things vnto our eares: we wolde knowe therefore, what these things meane.
For all the Athenians, and strangers which dwelt there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but ether to tel, or to heare some newes.
Then Paul stode in the middes of i Mars strete, & said, Ye men of Athenes, I perceiue that in all things ye are to superstitious.
For as I passed by, and beheld your deuocions, I founde an altar wherein was written k VNTO THE VNKNOWEN GOD. Whome ye then ignora{n}tly worship, him shewe I vnto you.
God that made the worlde, and all things that are therein, seing that he is Lord of heauen & earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands,
Nether is worshipped with mens ha{n}ds, as thogh he neded any thing, seing he giueth to all life and breath and all things,
And hathe made of one blood all mankinde to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath assigned the times which were ordeined, before, & the boundes of their habitacio{n},
That they shuld seke the Lord; if so be they might haue groped after him, and founde (him,) thogh douteles he be not farre from euerie one of vs.
For in him we liue, and moue, and haue our being, as also certeine of your 〈◊〉 Poetes haue said, For we are also his generacion.
For asmuch the{n}, as we are the generacio{n} of God, we ought not to thynke that the God head is like vnto gold, or siluer, or stone grauen by arte and the inuention of man.
And the time of this ignora{n}ce God regarded not: but now he admonisheth all men euerie where to repent.
Because he hathe appointed a day in the which he wil iudge the worlde in righteousnes, by that man whome he hath appointed (whereof) he hathe giuen an assurance to all me{n}, in that he hathe raised him fro{m} the dead.
Now when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked, and other said We wil heare thee againe of this thing.
And so Paul departed from among them.
How be it certeine men claue vnto Paul, and beleued: among whome was also Denis! Areopagita, and a woman named Damaris, & other with them.
AFter these things, Paul departed fro{m} Athenes, and came to Corinthus,
And founde a certeine Iewe, named Aquila borne in Pontus, lately come from Italie, and his wife Priscilla [because that Claudius had commaunded all Iewes to departe from Rome] and he came vnto them.
And because he was of the same crafte, he abode with them & wroght [for their crafte was to make tentes.]
And he disputed in the Synagogue euerie Sabbath (day,) and exhorted the Iewes, and the Grecians.
Now when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul burned in spirit, testifying to the Iewes that Iesus was the Christ.
And when they resisted and blasphemed, he shouke his raiment, and said vnto them, Your blood (be) vpon your owne head: I am cleane: from henceforthe wil I go vnto the Gentiles.
So he departed thence, and entred into a certeine mans house; named Iustus, a worshipper of God, whose house ioyned hard to the Synagogue,
And Crispus the chief ruler of the Synagogue, beleued in the Lord with all his housholde: and many of the Corinthians hearing it, beleued and were baptized.
Then said the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Feare not, but speake, and holde not thy peace.
For I am with thee, and no man shal lay (hands) on thee to hurt thee: for I haue muche people in this citie.
So he continued there a yere & six moneths and taught the worde of God among them.
¶ Now when Gallio was Deputie of Achaia, the Iewes arose with one accorde against Paul, and broght him to the iudgement seat,
Saying, This felow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the Law.
And as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said vnto the Iewes, If it were a matter of wrong, or an euil dede, ô ye Iewes, I wolde according to reason mainteine you.
But if it be a question of wordes, and names, and of your Law, loke ye to it your selues: for I wil be no iudge of those things.
And he draue them from the iudgeme{n}t seat.
Then toke all the Grecians Sosthenes the chief ruler of the Synagogue, and bet him before the iudgement seat: but Gallio cared nothing for those things.
But when Paul had taried there yet a good while, he toke leaue of the brethren, and sailed into Syria [and with him Priscilla and Aquila] after that he had shorne his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vowe.
Then he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he entred into the Synagogue and disputed with the Iewes.
Who desired him to tary a longer time with them: but he wolde not consent,
But bade them fare wel, saying, I must nedes kepe this feast that commeth, in Ierusalem: but I wil returne againe vnto you, if God wil. So he sailed from Ephesus.
¶ And when he came downe to Cesarea, he went vp (to Ierusalem:) and when he had saluted the Church, he went downe vnto Antiochia.
Now when he had taried (there) a while, he departed, and went through the countrey of Galacia and Phrygia by order, strengthening all the disciples.
And a certeine Iewe named Apollos, borne at Alexandria, came to Ephesus, an eloque{n}t man, and mightie in the Scriptures.
The same was instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spake feruently in the Spirit, a{n}d taught diligently the things of the Lord, and knewe but the baptisme of Iohn onely.
And he began to speake boldely in the Synagogue. Whome when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they toke him vnto them, and expounded vnto him the way of God more perfectly.
And whe{n} he was minded to go into Achaia the brethren exhorting him, wrote to the disciples to receaue him: & after he was come thither, he holpe them muche which had beleued through grace,
For mightely he confuted publikely the Iewes with great vehemencie, shewing by the Scriptures, that Iesus was the Christ.
ANd it came to passe, while Apollos was at Corinthus, that Paul when he passed through the vpper coastes, came to Ephesus, and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 disciples.
And said vnto them, Haue ye receiued the 〈◊〉 Gost sence ye beleued? And they said vnto him, We haue not so muche as heard whether there be an holie Gost.
And he said vnto them, Vnto what were ye then baptized? And they said, Vnto Iohns baptisme.
Then said Paul, Iohn verely baptized with the baptisme of repentance, saying vnto the people, that they shulde beleue in him, which shuld come after him, that is, in Christ Iesus.
So when they heard it, they were baptized in the Name of the Lord 〈◊〉.
And Paul laid his hands vpon them, and the holie Gost came on them, & they spake the tongues, and prophecied.
And all the men were about twelue.
¶ Moreouer he went into the Synagogue, & spake boldely for the space of thre moneths disputing and exhorting to the things that (apperteine) to the kingdome of God.
But when certeine were hardened, & disobeyed speaking euil of the way (of God) before the multitude, he departed from the{m}, & separated the disciples, and disputed daily in the schole of one Tyranus.
And this was done by the space of two yeres, so that all they which dwelt in Asia, heard the worde of the Lord Iesus, bothe Iewes & Grecians.
And God wroght no smale miracles by the hands of Paul,
So that from his bodie were broght vnto the sicke, k erchefs or handk erchefs, and the diseases departed from them, and the euil spirits went out of them.
Then certeine of the vagabonde Iewes exorcistes, toke in hand to name ouer them which had euil spirits, the Name of the Lord Iesus, saying, We adiure you by Iesus, whom Paul preacheth.
[And there were certeine sonnes of Sceua a Iewe, the Priest, (about) seuen which did this]
And the euil spirit answered, and said, Iesus I acknowledge, and Paul I knowe: but who are ye?
And the man in whome the euil spirit was, ran on them, and ouercame them, and preuailed against them, so that they fled out of that house, naked, and wounded.
And this was knowen to all the Iewes and Grecians also, which dwelt at Ephesus, and feare came on them all, and the Name of the Lord Iesus was magnified.
And many that beleued, came and co{n}fessed, and shewed their workes.
Many also of them which vsed curious artes, broght their bokes, and burned them before all men, and they counted the price of them, and founde it fiftie thousand (pieces) of siluer.
So the worde of God grewe mightely, and preuailed.
¶ Now when these things were accomplished, Paul purposed by the Spirit to passe through Macedonia a{n}d Achaia, and to go to Ierusale{m}, saying, After I haue bene there, I must also se Rome.
So sent he into Macedonia two of them that ministred vnto him, Timotheus and Erastus, (but) he remained in Asia for a season.
And the same time there arose no smale trouble about that way.
For a certeine man named Demetrius a siluersmith, which made siluer temples of Diana, broght great gaines vnto the craftes men:
Whome he called together, with the workemen of like things, and said, Sirs, ye knowe that by this crafte we haue our goods.
Moreouer ye se and heare, that not alone at Ephesus, but almoste through out all Asia this Paul hathe persuaded, and turned away muche people, saying That they be not gods which are made with hands,
So that not onely this thing is dangerous vnto vs, that the state shulde be reproued, but also that the temple of the great goddesse Diana shulde be nothing estemed, and that it wolde come to passe that her magnificence, which all Asia and the worlde worshippeth, shulde be destroyed.
Now when they heard it, they were ful of wrath, and cryed out, saying, Great (is) Diana of the Ephesians.
And the whole citie was ful of confusion, and they rushed into the commune place with one assent, and caughtGaius, andAristarchus, men of Macedonia, and Pauls companions of his iourney.
And when Paul wolde haue entred in vnto the people, the disciples suffred him not.
Certeine also of the chief of Asia which were his friends, sent vnto him, desiring him that he wolde not present him self in the commune place,
Some therefore cryed one thing, and some another: for the assemblie was out of order, and the more parte knewe not wherefore they were come together.
And (some) of the companie drewe forthe Alexander, the Iewesthrusting him forwardes. Alexander then beckened with the ha{n}d, and wolde haue excused the matter to the people.
But when they knewe that he was a Iewe, there arose a shoute almoste for the space of two houres, of all men crying, Great (is) Diana of the Ephesians.
Then the towne clarkewhen he had stayed the people, said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is it that knoweth not how that the citie of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddesse Diana, and of (the image,) which came downe from Iupiter?
Seing then that no man can speake against these things, ye ought to be appeased, a{n}d to do nothing rashly.
For ye haue broghthither these men, which haue nether commit sacrilege, nether do blaspheme your goddesse.
Wherefore, if Demetrius and the craftes men which are with him, haue a matter against any man, the 〈◊〉 is open, a{n}d there are Deputies: let them accuse one another.
But if ye inquire anie thing concerning other matters it maye be determined in a lawful assemblie.
For we are euen in ieopardie to be accused of this daies sedicion, forasmuche as there is no cause, whereby we may giue a reason of this concourse of people.
And when he had thus spoken, he let the assemblie departe.
NOw after the tumulte was ceased, Paul called the disciples vnto him, & embrased them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
And when he had gone through those parties, & had exhorted the{m} with manie wordes, he came into Grecia.
And hauing taried (there) thre moneths, because the Iewes laid waite for him, as he was about to saile into Syria, he purposed to returne through Macedonia.
And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea, and of them of Thessalonica, Aristarchus, and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus, and of them of Asia Tychicus, and Trophimus.
These went before, and taried vs at Troas.
And we sailed forthe from Philippi, after the daies of vnleauened bread, and came vnto them to Troas in fiue daies, where we abode seuen daies.
And the first day of the weke, the disciples being come together to breake bread, Paul preached vnto them, readie to depart on the morowe, and continued the preaching vnto midnight.
And there were manie lightes in an vpper chamber, where they were gathered together.
And there sate in a windowe a certeine yong ma{n} named Eutychus, fallen into depe slepe: and as Paul was long preaching he ouercome with slepe, fell downe from the third lofte, and was taken vp dead.
But Paul went downe, and laid him self vpon him, and embrased him, saying, Trouble not your selues: for his life is in him.
So when (Paul) was come vp againe, and had broken bread, and eaten, he commoned a long while til the dawning of the daye, (and) so he departed.
And they broght the boie aliue, and thei were not a litle comforted.
¶ Then we went forthe to ship, and sailed vnto (the citie) Assos, that we might receiue Paul there: for so had he appointed & wolde him self go a fote.
Now when he was come vnto vs to Assos, and we had receiued him, we came to Mytylenes.
And we sailed thence, and came the next day ouer against Chios, a{n}d the next daye we arriued at Samos, and taried at Trogyllium: the next daye we came to Miletum.
For Paul had determined to saile by Ephesus, because he wolde not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted to be, if he colde possible, at Ierusalem, at the day of Pentecoste.
¶ Wherefore from Miletum he sent to Ephesus, and called the Elders of the Church.
Who when they were come to him, he said vnto them, Ye knowe from the first day that I came into Asia, after what maner I haue bene with you at all seasons,
Seruing the Lord with all modestie, and with manie teares, and tentacions, which came vnto me by the layings awaite of the Iewes,
And how I kept backe nothing that was profitable, but haue shewed you, and taught you openly, and through out euerie house,
Witnessing bothe to the Iewes, and to the Grecians the repentance towarde God, a{n}d faith towarde our Lord Iesus Christ.
And now beholde, I go bounde in the spirit vnto Ierusale{m}, and knowe not what things shal come vnto me there,
Saue that the holie Gost witnesseth in euerie citie, saying, that bandes and afflictions abide me
But I passe not at all, nether is my life deare vnto my self, so that I may fulfil my course with ioye, and the ministracion which I haue receiued of the Lord Iesus, to testifie the Gospel of the grace of God.
And now beholde, I knowe that henceforthe ye all, through whome I haue gone preaching the kingdome of God, shal se my face no more.
Wherefore I take you to recorde this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
For I haue kept nothing backe, but haue shewed you all the counsel of God.
Take hede therefore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, whereof the holie Gost hath made you Ouerseers, to fede the churh of God, which he hathe purchased with his owne blood.
For I knowe this, that after my departing shal grieuous wolues entre in among you, not sparing the flocke.
Moreouer of your owne selues shal men arise speaking peruerse things, to drawe disciples after them.
Therefore watche and remember, that by (the space) of thre yeres I ceased not to warne euerie one, bothe night and daye with teares.
And now brethren, I commende you to God, and to the worde of his grace, which is able to buylde further, and to giue you an inheritance: among all them, which are sanctified.
I haue coueted no mans siluer, nor golde, nor apparel.
Yea, ye knowe, that these hands haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
I haue shewed you all things, how that so laboring, ye ought to 〈◊〉 the weake, & to remember the wordes of the Lord Iesus how that he said, 〈◊〉 is a blessed thing to giue rather then to receiue.
And when he had thus spoken, he kneled downe, and praied with them all.
Then they wept all abundantly, and fel on Pauls necke, and kissed him,
Being chiefly sorie for the wordes which he spake, That they shulde se his face no more. And thei accompanied him vnto the ship.
ANd as we launched forthe, and were departed from them, we came with a straight course vnto Coos, and the daye following vnto the Rhodes, and from thence vnto Patara.
And we founde a ship that went ouer vnto Phenice, and went abroade, and set forthe.
And when we had discouered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, & sailed towarde Syria and arriued at Tyrus: for there the ship vnladed the burden.
And when we had founde disciples, we taryed there seuen dayes. And they tolde Paul through the Spirit, that he shulde not go vp to Ierusalem.
But when the daies were ended, we departed, and went our way, and thei all accompanied vs with (their) wiues and children, euen out of the citie: and we kneling downe on the shore, prayed.
Then when we had embraced one another, we toke ship, and thei returned home.
And when we had ended the course from Tyrus, we arriued at Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, & abode with them one daye.
And the next day, Paul and thei that were with him, departed, and came vnto Cesarea: and we entred into the house of Philippe the Euangelist, which was one of the seuen (Deacons,) and abode with him.
Now he had foure daughters virgines, which did prophecie.
And as we taryed there manies dayes, there came a certeine Prophet from Iudea, named Agabus.
And when he was came vnto vs, he toke Pauls girdle, and bounde his owne hands a{n}d fete, and said, Thus saith the holie Gost, So shal the Iewes at Ierusalem binde the man that oweth this girdle, and shal deliuer him into the hands of the Gentiles.
And when we had heard these things, both we and other of the same place besoght him that he wolde not go vp to Ierusalem.
Then Paul answered, and said, What do ye weping and breaking mine heart? For I am readie not to be bou{n}de onely, but also to dye at Ierusalem for the Name of the Lord Iesus.
So when he wolde not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The wil of the Lord be done.
And after those dayes we trussed vp our fardeles, and went vp to Ierusalem.
There went with vs also (certeine) of the disciples of Cesarea, & broght with the{m} one Mnason of Cyprus, an olde disciple, with whome we shulde Iodge.
And when we were come to Ierusalem, the brethren receiued vs gladly.
And the next daye Paul went in wyth vs vnto Iames: and all the Elders were there assembled.
And when he had embraced them, he tolde by ordre all things, that God had wroght among the Gentiles by his ministracion.
So when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, a{n}d said vnto him, Thou seest, brother, how manie thousand Iewes there are which beleue, and they are all zealous of the Law.
Now they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes, whiche are amonge the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, and saist, that they ought not to circumcise their children, nether to liue (after) the customes.
What is then (to be done?) the multitude must nedes come together: for they shall heare that thou art come.
Do therfore this that we say to thee, We haue foure men, which haue made a vowe.
Then take, and purifie thy self with them and contribute with them, that they may{n}e shaue their heades: and all shall knowe, that those things, whereof they haue bene informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thy self also walkest & kepe it the Law.
For as touching the Gentiles, whiche beleue, we haue written, and determined that they obserue no suche thinge, but that they kepe them selues from things offred to idoles, and from bloode, and from that that is stangled, and from fornication.
Then Paul toke the men, and the next daye was purified with them, and entred into the Temple, declaring the accomplishment of the dayes of purification, vntyll that an offerynge shulde be offered for euerye one of them.
And when the seuen dayes were almost ended, the lewes whiche were of Asia, [when they sawe hym in the Temple] moued all the people, and layd hands on him.
Crying, Men of Israel, helpe: this is the man that teacheth all men euery where againste the people, and the Law, and this place: moreouer, he hath broght Grecians into the Temple, and hathe polluted this holie place.
For they had sene before Trophimus an Ephesian with him in the citie, whom they supposed that Paul had broght into the Temple
Then all the citie was moued, and the people ran together: and they toke Paul, and drewe him out of the Temple, a{n}d forth with the dores were shut.
But as they went about to kill hym, tydings came vnto the chief Captaine of the bande, that all Ierusalem was on an vproare.
Who immediatly toke the 〈◊〉 and Centurions, and ran downe vnto them: and when they sawe the chief Captaine and the souldiers, they left beating 〈◊〉 Paul.
Then the chief Captayne came nere and toke him, a{n}d commanded him to be bounde with two chaines, and demaunded who he 〈◊〉, and what he had done.
And one cryed thys, another that, amonge the people. So when he colde not know the certeintie for the tumulte, he commanded him to be led into the castle.
And when he came vnto the grieces, it was so that he was borne of the souldiers, for the violence of the people.
For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
And as Paul shulde haue bene led into the castle, he sayd vnto the chief captaine, May I speake vnto thee? Who sayde, Canst thou (speake) Greke?
Art not thou the Egyptian, who before these dayes raised a sedition, and led out into the wildernes foure thousand men that were murtherers?
Then Paul said, Doutles I am a man whiche am a Iewe, and citizen of Tarsus, a famous citie in Cilicia, and I beseche thee, suffre me to speake vnto the people.
And when he had giuen hym licence, Paul stode on the grieces, and beckened with the hand vnto the people: and when there was made great sile{n}ce, he spake vnto them in the Hebrue tongue, saying.
YEmen, brethren and fathers, heare my defence now towards you.
[And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrue tongue to them, they kept the more silence, and he said]
I am verely a man, (whiche am) a Iewe, borne in Tarsus in Cilicia, but broght vp in thys citie at the fete of Gamaliel, and instructed accordyng to the perfect maner of the Law of the Fathers, a{n}d was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
And I persecuted thys waye vnto the death, bindyng and deliuerynge into prison bothe men and women.
As also the chief Priest doeth beare me witnes, and all the state of the Elders: of whome also I receyued letters vnto brethren, and went to Damascus to 〈◊〉 them whiche were there, bound vnto erusalem, that they might be punished.
¶ And so it was, as Iiourneid and was come nere vnto Damascus about noone, that suddenly there shone from heauen a great light rounde 〈◊〉 me.
So I fell vnto the earth, and heard a voyce, saying vnto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Then 〈◊〉 aunswered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Iesus of Nazaret, whome thou persecutest.
Moreouer they that were with me, sawe in dede 〈◊〉 and were afraid: but they heard not the voyce of him that spake vnto me.
Then I said, What shal I do, Lord? And the Lord said vnto me, Arise, and go into Damascus: and there it shalbe 〈◊〉 thee of all things, which are appointed for thee to do.
So when I colde not se for the glorie of that lyght, I was led by the hande of them that were with me, and came into Damascus.
And one Ananias a godlye man, as perteyning to the Law, hauing good reporte of all the Iewes which dwelt there.
Came vnto me, and stode, and said, vnto me, Brother 〈◊〉, receiue thy sight: and that same houre I loked vpon him.
And he said, The God of our fathers hathe appointed thee, that thou shuldest knowe his will, and shuldest se that Iust one, and shuldest heare the voyce of his mouth.
For thou shalte be hys witnes vnto all men of the things, which thou hast sene & heard.
Now therefore why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and washe away thy sinnes, in calling on the Name of the Lord.
¶ And it came to passe, that whe{n} I was come againe to Ierusalem, and prayed in the Temple, I was in a traunce.
And sawe him saying vnto me, Make hast, a{n}d get thee quickely out of Ierusalem: for they wil not receiue thy witnes concerning me.
Then I said, Lord, they knowe that I prisoned, a{n}d bet in euerie Synagogue them that beleued in thee.
And when the blood of thy martyr Steuen was shed, I also stode by, and consented vnto his death, a{n}d kept the clothes of them that slewe him.
Then he said vnto me, Depart: for I wil send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles.
¶ And they heard vnto this worde, (but) the{n} they lift vp their voyces, and said, Away with suche a felowe frome the earth: for it is not mete that he shulde line.
And as they cryed and cast of their clothes, and threwe dust into the aire.
The chief captaine commanded hym to be led into the castle, and bade that he shulde be scourged, a{n}d examined, that he might know wherefore they cryed so on him.
And as they bounde him with thongs, Paùl sayd vnto the Centurion that stode by, Is it lawfull for you to scourge one that is a Romaine, and not condemned?
Nowe when the Centurion heard it, he went, and tolde the chief Captaine, saying, Take hede what thou doest: for this man is a Romaine.
Then the chief captaine came, and sayd to hym, Tell me, art thou a Romaine? And he said, Yea.
And the chief captaine answered, With a great summe obteined I this burgeship. Then Paul said, But I was so borne.
Then strayght waye they departed frome him, whiche shulde haue examined hym: and the chief Captaine also was afrayd, after he knewe that he was a Romaine, and that he had bounde him.
On the next daye, because he wolde haue knowen the certeintie wherfore he was accused of the Iewes, he losed him frome (hys) bondes, and commanded the hie Priests and all their Council to come (together:) and he broght Paul, and set him before them.
ANd Paul behelde earnestly the Council, and sayd, Men (and) brethren, I haue in all good conscience serued GOD vntil this daye.
Then the hie Priest Ananias commanded the{m} that stode by, to smite him on the mouth.
Then said Paul to him, God will smite thee, thou whited wall: for thou sittest to iudge me accordyng to the Law, and commaundest thou me to be smiten contrary to the Law?
And they that stode by, sayd, Reuilest thou Gods hie Priest?
Then sayde Paul, I knewe not, brethren, that he was the hie Priest: for it is written, Thou shalte not spake euill of the Ruler of thy people.
But when Paul perceiued that the one parte were of the Sadduces, and the other of the Pharises, he cried in the Council, Men (and) brethren, I am a Pharise, the sonne of a Pharise: I am accused of the hope and resurrection of the dead.
And whe{n} he had said this, there was a dissension betwene the Pharises and the Sadduces, so that the multitude was deuided.
For the Sadduces say that there is no resurrection, nether Angel, nor spirit: but the Pha risses confesse bothe.
Then there was a great crye: and the Scribes of the Pharises parte rose vp, and stroue, saying, We finde none euill in this man: but if a spirit or an Angel hathe spoken to him, let vs not fight against God.
And when there was a great dissension, the chief captaine, fearing lest Paul shulde haue bene pulled in pieces of them, commaunded the souldiers to go downe, and to take him from among them, and to bring him into the castel.
¶ Now the night following the Lord stode by hym, and said, Be of good courage, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Ierusalem: so must thou beare witnes also at Rome.
And when the day was come, certeine of the Iewes made an assemblie, and bounde the{m} selues with an othe, saying, that they wold nether eat nor drinke, til they had killed Paul.
And they were more then fourtie, whiche had made this conspiracie.
And they came to the chief Priests and Elders, and sayd, We haue bounde our selues with a sole{m}ne othe, that we will eat nothing, vntill we haue slaine Paul.
Nowe therefore, ye and the Council signifie to the chief Captaine, that he bring him for the vnto you tomorowe, as thogh ye wolde knowe some thynge more perfitely of him, and we, or euer he come nere, wil be readie to kil him.
But when Pauls sisters sonne heard of their laying await, he went, and entred into the castle, and tolde Paul.
And Paul called one of the Centurions vnto him, and said, Bring thys yong man vnto the chief captaine: for he hathe a certeine thing to shewe him.
So he toke hym, and broght hym to the chief Captaine, and sayd, Paul the prisoner called me vnto him, and prayed me to bryng this yong man vnto thee, which hath some thing to say vnto thee.
The{n} the chief captaine toke him by the ha{n}d, and went a parte with him alone, and asked him, What hast thou to shewe me?
And he said. The Iewes haue conspired to desire thee, that thou woldest bring for the Paul tomorow into the Council, as thogh they wolde inquire some what of him more perfitely.
But let them not persuade thee: for there lie in waite for him of them, more then fourtie men, whiche haue bounde them selues with an othe, that they wil nether eat nor drinke, til they haue killed him: and now are they readie, and wait for thy promes.
The chief captaine then let the yong man departe, and charged him to speake it to no man, that he had shewed him these things.
And he called vnto him two certeine Centurions, saying, Make readie two hundreth souldiers, that they may go to Cesarea, and horsmen thre score and ten, and two hundreth, with dartes at the thirde houre of the night.
And let the{m} make readie an horse that Paul being set on, may be broght safe vnto Felix the Gouernour.
And he wrote an epistle in this maner.
Claudius Lysias vnto the moste noble Gouernour Felix sendeth greting.
As this man was taken of the Iewes, and shulde haue bene killed of them, I came vpo{n} them with the garison, and rescued him, perceiuing that he was a Romaine.
And when I wolde haue knowen the cause wherefore they accused him, I broght him for the into their council.
(There) I perceiued that he was accused of questions of their Law, but had no crime worthie of death, or of bondes.
And when it was shewed me, how that the Iewes laid wait for the ma{n}, I sent (him) straight way to thee, and commaunded his accusers to speake before thee the things that they had against him. Fare wel.
Then the souldiers as it was commaunded them, toke Paul, and broght him by night to Antipatris.
And the next day, they left the horsme{n} to go with him, and returned vnto the castel.
Now when they came to Cesarea, they deliuered the epistle to the Gouernour, and presented Paul also vnto him.
So when the Gouernour had red it, he asked of what prouince he was: & when he vnderstode that he was of Cilicia,
I wil heare thee, said he, whe{n} thine accusers also are come, and commaunded him to be kept in Herodes iudgement hall.
NOw after fiue dayes, Ananias the high Priest came downe with the Elders, and (with) Tertullus a certeine oratour, whiche appeared before the Gouernour against Paul.
And when he was called for the, Tertullus began to accuse (him,) saying, Seing that we haue obteined great quietnes through thee, and that manie worthie things are done vnto this nation through thy prouidence.
We acknowledge it wholy, and in all places moste noble Felix, with all thankes.
But that I be not tedious vnto thee, I pray thee, that thou woldest heare vs of thy courtesie a fewe wordes.
Certeinely we haue founde this man a pestilent felowe, & a mouer of sedition among all the Iewes throughout the worlde & a chief mainteiner of the secte of the Nazarites:
And hathe gone about to pollute the Te{m}ple: therefore we toke him, and wolde haue iudged him according to our Law:
But the chief captaine Lysias came vpo{n} vs, and with great violence toke him out of our hands,
Co{m}manding his accusers to come to thee: of whom thou maist [if thou wilt inquire] know all these things whereof we accuse him.
And the Iewes like wise 〈◊〉, saying that it was so.
Then Paul, after that the gouernour had beckened vnto him that he shulde speake, answered, I do the more gladly answer for my self, for asmuche as I knowe that thou hast bene of manie yeres a iudge vnto this nation,
Seing that thou maist knowe, that there are but twelue dayes since I came vp to worship in Ierusalem.
And thei nether founde me in the Temple disputing with anie man, nether making vproare among the people, nether in the Synagogues, nor in the citie.
Nether can they proue the things, whereof they now accuse me.
But this I confesse vnto thee, that after the way [which they call heresie] so worship I the God of my Fathers, beleuing all things which are written in the Law and the Prophetes,
And haue hope towards God, that the resurrection of the dead which they them selues loke for also, shalbe bothe of iust and vniust.
And here in I endeuour my self, to haue alway a cleare conscie{n}ce towarde God, & towarde men.
Now after many yeres, I came and broght almes to my nacion and offrings.
At what time, certeine Iewes of Asia fou{n}de me purified in the Temple.
Nether with multitude, nor with tumult.
Who ought to haue bene present before thee, & accuse (me,) if they had ought against me.
Or let these the{m} selues say, if they haue fou{n}de any vniust thing in me, while I stode in the Council,
Except (it be) for this one voyce, that I cryed standing among them, Of the resurrection of the dead am I accused of you this day.
Now when Felix heard these things, he differred them, and said, Whe{n} I shal more perfitely knowe the things which co{n}cerne this way, by the coming of Lysias the chief Captaine, I wil decise your matter.
Then he co{m}mande a Centurion to kepe Paul and that he shulde haue ease, & that he shuld forbid none of his acquaintance to minister vnto him, or to come vnto him.
¶ And after certeine dayes, came Felix with his wife Drusilla, which was a Iewesse, (&) he called forthe Paul, and heard him of the faith in Christ.
And as he disputed of righteousnes, and te{m}perance, and of the iudgeme{n}t to come, Felix trembled, a{n}d answered, Go thy way for this time, and when I haue conuenient time, I wil call for thee.
He hoped also that money shulde haue bene giuen him of Paul, that he might lose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
When two yeres were expired, Porcius Festus came into Felix roume: and (Felix) willing to get fauour of the Iewes, left Paul bounde.
WHen Festus was then come into the prouince, after thre dayes he went vp from Cesarea vnto Ierusalem.
Then the high Priest, and the chief of the Iewes appeared before him against Paul: and they besoght him,
And desired fauour againste him, that he wolde send for him to Ierusalem: a{n}d they laid wait to kil him by the way.
But Festus answered, that Paul shuld be kept at Cesarea, and that he him self wolde shortly departe (thither.)
Let them therefore, said he, which amo{n}g you are able, come downe with vs: and if there be anie wickednes in the man, let them accuse him.
¶ Now when he had taried among them no more then ten dayes, he went downe to Cesarea, and the next day sate in the iudgement seat, and commaunded Paul to be broght.
And when he was come, the Iewes whiche were come from Ierusalem, stode about him and laid manie and grieuous complaintes against Paul, which they colde not proue,
Forasmuche as he answered, that he had nether offended anie thing against the Law of the Iewes, nether against the Temple, nor against Cesar.
Yet Festus willing to get fauour of the Iewes answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go vp to Ierusalem, & there be iudged of these things things before me?
Then said Paul, I stand at Cesars iudgeme{n}t seat, where I ought to be iudged: to the Iewes I haue done no wrong, as thou verie wel knowest.
For if I haue done wro{n}g, or committed anie thing worthie of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof they accuse me, no man can deliuer me to them: I appeale vnto Cesar.
Then when Festus had spoken with the Council, he answered, Hast thou appealed vnto Cesar? vnto Cesar shalt thou go.
¶ And after certeine dayes, King Agrippa and Bernice came downe to Cesarea to salute Festus.
And when they had remained there manie dayes, Festus proposed Pauls cause vnto the King, saying, There is a certeine man left in prison by Felix.
Of whome when I came to Ierusalem, the high Priests and Elders of the Iewes informed me, and desired to haue iudgement against him.
To whome I answered, that it is not the maner of the Romaines for fauour to deliuer anie ma{n} to the death before that he which is accused, haue the accusers before him & haue place to defe{n}d him self, co{n}cerning the crime.
Therefore when they were come hither, without delay the day folowing I sate on the iudgement seat, and co{m}maunded the man to be broght forthe.
Against whome when the accusers stode vp, they broght no crime of suche things as I supposed:
But had certeine questions against him of their owne superstition, and of one Iesus which was dead, whome Paul affirmed to be aliue.
And because I douted of suche maner of question, I asked him whether he wolde go to Ierusalem, and there be iudged of these things.
But because he appealed to be reserued to the examination of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept, til I might send him to Cesar.
Then Agrippa said vnto Festus, I wolde also heare the man myself. Tomorowe, said he, thou shalt heare him.
And on the morow whe{n} Agrippa was come and Bernice with great pompe, and were entred into the Co{m}mune hall with the chief captaines and chief men of the citie, at Festus commaundement Paul was broght forthe.
And festus said, King Agrippa, and all men whiche are present with vs, ye se this man, about whome all the multitude of the Iewes haue called vpon me, bothe at Ierusalem, & here, crying, that he ought not to liue anie longer.
Yet haue I founde nothing worthie of death that he hathe committed: neuertheles, seing that he hathe appealed to Augustus, I haue determined to send him.
Of whom I haue no certeine thing to write vnto my Lorde: wherefore I haue broght him forthe vnto you, and specially vnto thee, Kyng Agrippa, that after examination had, I might haue some what to write.
For me thinketh it vnreasonable to send a prisoner, and not to shewe the causes which are (layed) against him.
THen Agrippa said vnto Paul, Thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. So Paul stretched forthe the hand, and answered for hym self.
I thinke my self happie, Kyng Agrippa, because I shall aunswer thys day before thee of all the thyngs whereof I am accused of the Iewes:
Chiefly, because thou haste knowledge of al customes, and questions which are among the Iewes: wherefore, I beseche thee, to heare me paciently.
As touchyng my life from (my) childehode and what it was from the begynning among myne owne nation at Ierusalem, knowe all the Iewes.
Which knewe me heretofore [if they wolde testifie] that after the moste straite secte of our religion I liued a Pharise.
And nowe I stande and accused for the hope of the promes made of GOD vnto our Fathers.
Whereunto our twelue tribes instantly seruing (God) day and nyght, hope to come: for the whyche hopes sake, ô Kyng Agrippa, I am accused of the Iewes.
Why shulde it be thoght a thyng incredible vnto you, that GOD shulde raise againe the dead?
I also verely thoght in my self, that I ought to do manie contrarie things against the Name of Iesus of Nazaret.
Whiche thynge I also did in Ierusalem: for manie of the Sainctes I shut vp in prison, hauyng receiued autoritie of the hygh Priests, and when they were put to death, I gaue (my) sentence.
And I punished them throughout all the Synagogues, and co{m}pelled them to blaspheme, and being more madde against them, I persecuted them, euen vnto strange cities.
At which time, euen as I went to Damascus with autoritie, and commission from the high Priests,
At midday, ô King, I sawe in the way a light from heauen, passing the, brightnes of the sunne, shine rounde about me, and them which went with me.
So when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking vnto me, and saying in the Hebrewe tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kicke against prickes.
The{n} I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Iesus whome thou persecutest.
But rise and stand vp on thy fete: for I haue appeared vnto thee for this purpose, to appoint thee a minister a witnes, bothe of the things which thou hast sene, a{n}d of the things in the which I wil appeare vnto thee.
Deliuering thee from the people, and fro{m} the Gentiles, vnto whome now I send thee.
To open their eyes, that they may turne fro{m} darkenes to light, and from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receiue forgiuenes of sinnes, and inheritance among the{m}, which are 〈◊〉 by faith in me.
Wherefore, Kyng Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenlie vision.
But 〈◊〉 first vnto them of Damascus, and at Ierusalem, a{n}d throughout all the coastes of Iudea, and (then) to the Gentiles, that they shulde repent, and turne to God, and do workes worthie amendement of life.
For this cause the Iewes caught me in the Temple, and went about to kil me.
Neuertheles, I obteined helpe of God, and continue vnto this day, witnessing bothe to smal and to great, saying none other things, then those which the Prophetes and 〈◊〉 did say shulde come.
(To wit,) that Christ shulde suffer, and that he shuld be the first that shulde rise from the dead, and shulde shewe lyght vnto the people, and to the Gentiles.
And as he thus aunswered for hym self, Festus said with a loude voyce, Paul, thou art besides thy selfe: muche learnyng doeth make thee madde.
But he said, I am not madde, ô noble Festus, but I speake the wordes of trueth and sobernes.
For the Kyng knoweth of these thynges before whome also I speake boldely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hid from hym: for this thyng was not done in a corner.
O King Agrippa, beleuest thou the Prophetes? I knowe that thou beleuest.
Then Agrippa said vnto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
Then Paul said, I wolde to GOD that not onely thou, but also all that heare me to day, were bothe almost, and altogether suche as I am, except these bondes.
And when he had thus spoken the Kynge rose vp, and the gouernour, and Bernice, and they that sate with them.
And whe{n} they were gone apart, they talked betwene themselues, saying, This man doeth nothing worthie of death, nor of bondes.
Then sayd Agrippa vnto Festus, Thys man might haue bene losed, if he had not appealed vnto Cesar.
NOwe when it was concluded, that we shulde saile into Italie, they deliuered bothe Paul, and certeine other prisoners vnto a Centurion named Iulius, of the bande of Augustus.
And we entred into a ship of Adramyttium purposing to saile by the costes of Asia, and launched for the, and had Aristarchus of Macedonia, Thessalonian, with vs.
And the next day we arriued at Sidon: and Iu 〈◊〉 courteously entreated Paul, and gaue him libertie to go vnto his friends, that they might refresh hym.
And frome thence we launched, and sailed hard by Ciprus, because the windes were contrarie.
Then sailed we ouer the sea by Cilicia, and Pamphylia, and came to Myra, (a citie) in Lycia.
And there the Centurion founde a shyp of Alexandria, sailing into Italie, and put vs therein.
And when we had sailed slowly manie dayes, & scarce were come against 〈◊〉, because the winde suffered vs not, we sailed harde by Candie, nere to Salmone.
And with muche a do sailed beyonde it, and came vnto a certein place called the Faire ha uēs, nere vnto the which was the citie Lasea
So when muche time was spent, and sailyng was nowe 〈◊〉, because also the Fast was now passed, Paul exhorted (them.)
And sayd vnto them. Syrs, I se that thys viage will be with 〈◊〉 and muche domage, not of the ladyng and shippe onely, but also of our liues.
Neuertheles the 〈◊〉 beleued rather the gouerner a{n}d the master of the ship, then those things which were spoken of Paul.
And because the hauen was not commodious to winterin, manie toke counsell to depart thence, if by anie meanes they might atteine to Phenice, (there) to winter, whiche is an hauen of Candie, and lieth towarde the Southwest and by West, and Northwest and by West.
And when the southern winde blewe softely, they supposing to obteine their purpose, losed nerer, and sailed by Candie.
But anone after, there arose by it a stormie winde called Euroclydon.
And when the shyp was caught, and colde not resist the winde, we let her go, and were caryed away.
And we ran vnder a litle yle named Clauda, and had muche a do to get the boat.
Whiche they toke vp and vsed all helpe, vnder girding the ship, fearing lest they shulde haue fallen into Syrtes, and they let downe the vessel, and so were caryed.
The next day when we were tossed with an exceading tempest, they lightned the ship.
And the third day we cast out with our own hands the takling of the ship.
And when nether sunne nor starres in manie dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay vpon vs, all hope that we shuld be saued, was then taken away.
But after long abstinence, Paul stode for the in the middes of them, and said, Syrs, ye shuld haue hearkened to me, and not haue losed from Candie: so shulde ye haue gained this hurt and losse.
But now I exhorte you to be of good courage: for there shalbe no losse of 〈◊〉 mans life among you, saue of the shippe onely.
For there stode by me this night the Angell of God, whose I am, and whome I serue.
Saying, Feare not, Paul: for thou muste be broght before Cesar: and lo, God hath giuen vnto thee all that saile with thee.
Wherefore, sirs, be of good courage: for I beleue God, that it shalbe so as it hathe bene tolde me.
How be it, we muste be caste into a certeine yland.
And when the fourte{n}th nyght was come, as we were caryed to & fro in the Adriatical (sea) about mydnight, the shyp men demed that some countrey approched vnto them.
And sounded, and founde it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a lytle further, they sou{n}ded againe, and founde fiftene fathoms.
Then fearynge lest they shulde haue fallen into some rough places, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished that the day were come.
Nowe as the mariners were aboute to flee out of the ship, & had let down the boate into the sea vnder a colour as thogh they wold haue cast ancres out of the foreship.
Paul said vnto the Centurion and the souldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye can not be safe.
Then the souldiers cut of the ropes of the boate, and let it fall away.
And when it began to be daye, Paul exhorted them all to take meat, saying, This is the fourtenth day that ye haue taryed, and continued fasting, receiuing nothing.
Wherefore I exhorte you to take meate: for thys is for your sauegarde: for there shall not an heere fall frome the heade of anye of you.
And when he had thus spoken, he toke bread, and gaue thankes to God, in presence of them all, and brake it, and began to eat.
Then were they all of good courage, and they also toke meat.
Nowe we were in the shyp in all two hundreth, thre score and sixtene soules.
And when they had eaten ynough, they lyghtened the shyp, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
And when it was daye, they knewe not the countrey, but they spyed a certeine creeke with a banke, into the which they were minded [if were it possible] to thrust in the ship.
So when they had taken vp the ancres, they committed (the ship) vnto the sea, and losed the rudder bondes, and hoysed vp the maine saile to the winde, and drewe to the shore.
And when they fell into a place, where two seas met, they thrust in the ship: and the fore parte stucke fast, and colde not be moued, but the hinder parte was broken with the violence of the waues.
Then the souldiers counsel was to kil the prisoners, lest anie of them, when he had swome out, shulde flee away.
But the Centurion willing to saue Paul, staied them from (this) counsel, and co{m}maunded that they that colde swime, shulde cast the{m} selues first into the sea, and go out to land
And the other, some on boardes, & some on certeine (pieces) of the ship: a{n}d so it came to passe, that thei came all safe to land.
ANd when they were come safe, the{n} they knewe that the yle was called Melita.
And the Barbarians shewed vs no litle kindenes: for they kindled a fyre, and receiued vs euerie one, because of the present showre, and because of the colde.
And when Paul had gathered a nomber of stickes, & laid them on the fyre, there came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand
Now when the Barbarians sawe the worme hang on his hand, they said among the{m} selues This man surely is a murtherer, whome, thogh he hathe escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hathe not suffred to liue.
But he shoke of the worme into the fyre, and felt no harme.
Howbeit thei waited when he shulde haue swolne, or fallen downe dead suddenly: but after they had loked a great while, and sawe no inconuenience come to him, thei cha{n}ged their mindes, and said, That he was a God.
In the same quarters, the chiefman of the yle [whose name was Publius] had possessions: the same receiued vs, & lodged vs thre dayes courteously.
And so it was, that the Father of Publius lay sicke of the feuer, and of a bloodie flixe: to whome Paul entred in, & when he prayed, he laid (his) hands on him, and healed him.
When this then was done, other also in the yle, which had diseases, came to him & were healed,
Which also did vs great honour: and when we departed, they laded vs with things necessarie.
¶ Now after thre moneths we departed in a ship of Alexa{n}dria, which had wintred in the yle, whose badge was Castor and Pollux.
And when we arriued at Syracuse, we taryed (there) thre dayes.
And from thence we fet a compasse, & came to Rhegium: and after one daye, the South winde blewe, and we came the seconde daie to Putioli,
Where we founde brethren, and were desired to tarie with them seuen dayes, and so we went towarde Rome.
¶ And from thence, when the brethren heard of vs, they came to mete vs at the Market of Appius, and at the Thre tauernes, whome when Paul sawe, he thanked God, and waxed bolde.
So when we came to Rome, the Centurion deliuered the prisoners to the general Captaine: but Paul was suffred to dwel by him self with a souldier that kept him.
And the third day after, Paul called the chief of the Iewes together: and when they were come, he said vnto them, Men (and) brethren, thogh I haue commited nothing against the people, or Lawes of the fathers (yet) was I deliuered prisoner fro{m} Ierusalem into the hands of the Romaines.
Who when thei had examined me, wolde haue let me go, because there was no cause of death in me,
But when the Iewes spake contrarie, I was constrained to appeale vnto Cesar, not because I had ought to accuse my nacion of.
For this cause therefore haue I called for you, to se (you,) and to speake with (you:) for the hope of Israels sake, I am bounde with this chaine.
Then they said vnto him, We nether receiued letters out of 〈◊〉 concerning thee, nether came anie of the brethren that shewed or spake anie euil of thee.
But we wil he 〈◊〉 of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this secte, we knowe that euerie where it is spoken against.
And when they had appointed him a daye, there came manie vnto him into (his) lodging to whome he expounded and testified the kingdome of God, and preached vnto them concerning Iesus bothe out of the Law of Moses and out of the Prophetes, from morning to night.
And some were persuaded with the things, which were spoken, and some beleued not.
Therefore when thei agreed not among them selues, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one worde, (to wit) Wel spake the holie Gost by Esaias the Prophet vnto our fathers,
Saying, Go vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, and shal not vndersta{n}d and seing ye shal se, and not perceiue.
For the heart of this people is waxed fat, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes haue they winked, lest they shulde se with (their) eyes, & heare with (their) eares, and vndersta{n}d with (their) hearts, and shulde returne that I might heale them.
Be it knowen therefore vnto you, that this saluacion of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they shal heare it.
And whe{n} he had said these things, the Iewes departed, and had great reasoning among them selues.
And Paul remained two yeres ful in an house hired for himself, and receiued all that came in vnto him,
Preaching the kingdome of God, and teaching those things, which co{n}cerne the Lord Iesus Christ, with all boldenes of speache, without let.
PAVL a seruant of IESVS CHRIST, called (to be) an Apostle, put a parte (to preache) the Gospel of God,
[Which he had promised afore by his Prophetes in the holie Scriptures]
Concerning his Sonne Iesus christ our Lord [which was made of the sede of Dauid according to the flesh,
And declared mightely (to be) the Sonne of God, touching the Spirit of sanctification by the resurrection from the dead]
By whome we haue receiued grace and Apostleship [that obedience might be giuen vnto the faith] in his Name among all the Gentiles,
Among whome ye be also the called of Iesus Christ:
To all (you) that be at Rome beloued of God called (to be) Saints: Grace (be) with you, and peace from God our Father, and (from) the Lord Iesus Christ.
First I thanke my God through Iesus Christ for you all, because your faith is published throughout the whole worlde.
For God is my witnes [whome I serue in my spirit in the Gospel of his So{n}ne] that without ceasing I make mencion of you.
Alwayes in my prayers, beseching, that by some meanes one time or other I might haue a prosperous iourney by the wil of God, to come vnto you.
For I long to se you, that I might bestowe among you some spiritual gifte, to strengthen you,
That is, that I might be comforted together with you, through (our) mutual faith, bothe yours and mine.
Now my brethren, I wolde that ye shulde not be ignora{n}t, how that I haue often times purposed to come vnto you [but haue bene lethitherto] that I might haue some frute also among you, as (I haue) among the other Gentiles.
I am detter bothe to the Grecians, and to the Barbarians, bothe to the wise men and vnto the vnwise.
Therfore, asmuche as in me is, I am ready to preache the Gospel to you also that are at Rome.
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God vnto saluation to euerie one that beleueth, to the Iewe first, and also to the Grecian.
For by it the iuste righteousnes of God is reueiled, from faith to faith: as it is written, The iuste shal liue by faith.
For the wrath of God is reueiled from heauen against all vngodlines, and vnrighteousnes of men, which with holde the trueth in vnrighteousnes,
Forasmuche as that, which may be knowen of God, is manifest in them: for God hathe shewed it vnto them.
For the inuisible things of him, that is, his eternal power and God head, are sene by the creation of the worlde, being considered in (his) workes, to the intent that they shulde be without excuse:
Because that when they knewe God, they glorified him not as God nether were thankeful, but became vaine in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was ful of darkenes.
When they professed them selues to be wise, they became fooles,
For thei turned the glorie of the incorruptible God to the similitude of the image of a corruptible man, and of birdes, and foure foted beastes, and of creeping things.
Wherefore also God gaue them vp to their hearts lustes, vnto vnclennes, to defile their owne bodies betwene them selues.
Which turned the trueth of God vnto a lie, and worshipped and serued the creature, forsaking the Creator, which is blessed for euer, Amen,
For this cause God gaue them vp vnto vile affections: for euen their women did change the natural vse into that which is against nature.
And like wise also the men left the natural vse of the woman, and burned in their lusteone towarde another, and man with man wroght filthines, and receiued in them selues suche reco{m}pense of their errour, as was mete.
For as thei regarded not to knowe God, (euen so) God deliuered them vp vnto a reprobat minde, to do those things which are not conuenient,
Being ful of all vnrighteousnes, fornicatio{n}, wickednes, coueteousnes, maliciousnes full of enuie, of murther, of debat, of disceite taking al things in the euil parte, whisperers.
Backebiters, haters of God, doers of wro{n}g, proude, boasters, inuenters of euil things, disobedient to parents, without vnderstanding couenant breakers, without natural affection, suche as can neuer be appeased, merciles.
Which men, thogh they knewe the Law of God, how that they which commit suche things, are worthie of death, yet not onely do the same, but also fauour them that do them.
THerefore thou art inexcusable, ô man, whosoeuer thou art that iudgest: for in that that thou iudgest another, thou conde{m}nest thy self: for thou that iudgest, doest the same things.
But we knowe that the iudgement of God is according to trueth, against them which commit suche things.
And thinkest thou this, ô thou man, that iudgest them which do suche things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God?
Ordespisest thou the riches of his bountifulnes, and pacience, and long sufferance, not knowing that the bou{n}tifulnes of GOD leadeth thee to repentance?
But thou, after thine hardnes and heart that can not repent, heapest vnto thy self wrath against the day of wrath and of the declaration of the iuste iudgement of God,
Who wil rewarde euerie man according to his workes:
(That is) to them which by continuance in wel doing seke glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternal life:
But vnto them that are contentious and disobey the trueth, and obey vnrighetousnes, (shalbe) indignation and wrath.
Tribulation and anguish (shalbe) vpon the soule of euerie man that doeth euil: of the Iewe first, and (also) of the Grecian.
But to euerie man that doeth good, (shalbe) glorie, and honour, and peace, to the Iewe first, and (also) to the Grecian.
For there is no respect of persones with God.
For as manie as haue sinned without the Law, shal perish also without the Law: and as manie as haue sinned in the Law, shalbe iudged by the Law.
[For the hearers of the Law (are) not righteous before God: but the doers of the Law shalbe iustified.
For when the Gentiles which haue not the Law, do by nature the things (conteined) in the Law, they hauing not the Law, are a Law vnto themselues,
Which shewe the effect of the Law written in their hearts, their co{n}science also bearing witnes, and their thoghts accusing one another, or excusing,]
At the day when God shal iudge the secretes of men by Iesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
¶ Beholde, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the Law, and gloriest in God,
And knowest (his) wil, and alowest the things that are excellent, in that thou art instructed by the Law:
And persuadest thyself that thou art a guide of the blinde, a light of them which are in darkenes.
An instructer of them which lacke discretion, a teacher of the vnlearned, which hast the forme of knowledge, and of the trueth in the Law.
Thou therefore, which teachest another, teachest thou not thy self? thou that preachest, A man shulde not steale, doest thou steale?
Thou that saist, A man shulde not commit adulterie, doest thou commit adulterie? thou that abhorrest idoles, committest thou sacrilege?
Thou that gloriest in the Law, through breaking the Law dishonorest thou God?
For the Name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
For circumcision verely is profitable, if thou do the Law: but if thou be a transgressor of the Law, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision.
Therefore if the vncircumcision kepe the ordinances of the Law, shal not his vncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
And shal not vncircumcision which is by nature [if it kepe the Law] iudge thee, which by the letter and circumcision (art) a transgressor of the Law?
For he is not a Iewe, which is one outwarde nether is that circumcision, which is outwarde in the flesh:
But he is a Iewe which is one within, and the circumcision (is) of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.
WHat is then the preferment of the Iewe or what is the profite of circumcision?
〈◊〉 che euerie maner of way: for chiefly, because vnto them were committed the oracles of God.
For what, thogh some did not beleue? shal their vnbelief make the faith of God without effect?
God forbid: yea, let God be true, and euerie man a liar, as it is written, That thou mightest be iustified in thy wordes, and ouercome, when thou art iudged.
Now if our vnrighteousnes commende the righteousnes of God, what shal we say? Is God vnrighteous which punisheth? [I speake as a man.]
God forbid: els how shal God iudge the worlde?
For if the veritie of God hathe more abunded through my lie vnto his glorie, why am I yet condemned as a sinner?
And [as we are blamed, and as some affirme that we say] why do we not euil, that good may come (thereof?) whose damnation is iust.
What then? are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue already proued, that all, bothe Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne.
As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.
There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seketh God.
They haue all gone out of the way: they haue bene made altogether vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.
Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes (is) vnder their lippes.
Whose mouth is ful of cursing and bitternes.
Their fete are swift to sheade blood.
Destruction and calamitie (are) in their wayes,
And the way of peace they haue not knowen.
The feare of God is not before their eyes.
Now we knowe that whatsoeuer the Law saith, it saith it to them which are vnder the Law, that euerie mouth may be stopped, and all the worlde be culpable before God.
Therefore by the workes of the Law shal no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe (commeth) the knowledge of sinne.
But now is the righteousnes of God made manifest without the Law, hauing witnes of the Law and of the Prophetes,
(To wit,) the righteousnes of God by the faith of Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpon all that beleue.
For there is no differe{n}ce: for all haue sinned, and are depriued of the glorie of God,
And are iustified frely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus,
Whome God hathe set forthe (to be) a reconciliation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousnes, by the forgiuenes of the sinnes that are passed through the pacience of God,
To shewe at this time his righteousnes, that he might be iuste, and a iustifier of him which is of the faith of Iesus.
Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Law? of workes? Nay: but by the Law of faith.
Therefore we conclude that a man is iustified by faith without the workes of the Law.
(God) is he the God of the Iewes onely, and not of the Gentiles also? Yes, euen of the Gentiles also.
For it is one God who shal iustifie circumcision of faith, and vn circu{m}cision through faith.
Do we then make the Law of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea we establish the Law.
WHat shal we say then, that Abraham our Father hathe founde concerning the flesh?
For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath whereinto reioyce, but not with God
For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleued God, & it was counted to him for righteousnes.
Now to him that worketh, the wages is not counted by fauour, but by dette,
But to him that worketh not, but beleueth in him that iustifieth the vngodlie, his faith is counted for righteousnes.
Euen as Dauid declareth the blessednes of the 〈◊〉, vnto whome God imputeth righteousnes without workes, (saying,)
Blessed (are) thei, whose iniquities are forgiuen, and whose sinnes are couered.
Blessed (is) the man, to whome the Lord imputeth not sinne.
(Came) this blessednes then vpon the circumcision (onely,) or vpon the vncircumcision also? For we say, that faith was imputed vnto Abraham for righteousnes.
How was it then imputed? when he was circumcised, or vncircumcised? not when he was circumcised, but when he was vncircumcised.
After he receiued the signe of circumcisio{n} (as) the seale of the righteousnes of the faith which he had, when he was vncircumcised, that he shulde be the Father of all them that beleue, not being circu{m}cised, that righteousnes might be imputed to them also,
And the Father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto the{m} also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our Father Abraham, (which he had) when he was vncircumcised.
For the promes that he shulde be the heire of the worlde, was not (giuen) to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousnes of faith.
For if they which are of the Law, (be) heires, faith is made voyde, & the promes is made of none effect.
For the Law causeth wrath: 〈◊〉 where no Law is, there (is) no transgression.
Therefore (it is) by faith, that (it might come) by grace, and the promes might be sure to all the sede, not to that onely which is of the Law: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the Father of vs all,
[As it is written, I haue made thee a Father of many nacio{n}s] (euen) before God whom he beleued, who quickeneth the dead, 〈◊〉 calleth those things which be not, as thogh they were.
Which (Abraham) aboue hope, beleued vnder hope, that he shulde be the Father of many nacions: according to that which was spoken (to him, So shal thy sede be.
And he not weake in the faith, considered not his owne bodie, which was now dead, being almost an hundreth yere olde, nether the deadnes of Saras wombe.
Nether did he doubte of the promes of God through vnbeliefe, but was strengthened in the faith, and gaue glorie to God.
Being fully assured that he which had promised, was also able to do it.
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousnes.
Now it is not written for him onely, that it was imputed to him for righteousnes,
But also for vs, to whome it shalbe imputed (for righteousnes,) which beleue in him that raised vp Iesus our Lord from the dead.
Who was deliuered (to death) for our sinnes and is risen againe for our iustification.
THen being iustified by faith, we haue peace towarde God through our Lord Iesus Christ.
By whome also we haue accesse through faith vnto this grace, wherein we stand, and reioyce vnder the hope of the glorie of God.
Nether (do we so) onely, but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowing that tribulation bringeth forthe patience,
And patience experience, and experience hope,
And hope maketh not ashamed, because the loue of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the holie Gost, which is giuen vnto vs.
For Christ, when we were yet of no strength, at (his) time, dyed for the vngodlie.
Douteles one wil scarse dye for a righteous man: but yet for a good man it may be that one dare dye.
But God setteth out his loue towarde vs, seing that while we were yet sinners, Christ dyed for vs.
〈◊〉 more then, being now iustified by his blood, we shal be saued from wrath through him.
For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Sonne, muche more being reconciled, we shalbe saued by his life.
And not onely (so) but we also reioyce in God through our Lord Iesus Christ, by whome we haue now receiued the atonement.
Wherefore, as by one man sinne, entred into the worlde, and death by sinne, and so death went ouer all men: for asmuche as all men haue sinned.
For vnto the time of the Law was sinne in the worlde, but sinne is not imputed, whille there is no Law.
But death reigned from Adam to Moses euen ouer the{m} also that sinned not after the like maner of the tra{n}sgressio{n} of Ada{m} which was the figure of him that was to come.
But yet the gift is not so, as is the offence: for if through the offence of one, many be dead muche more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man Iesus Christ, hath abunded vnto many.
Nether is the gift (so,) as (that which entred in) by one that sinned: for the faute (came) of one (offence) vnto conde{m}nacion: but the gift (is) of many offences to iustification.
For if by the offence of one, death reigned through one, muche more shal they which receiue the abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousnes, reigne in life through one, (that is) Iesus Christ.
Like wise the{n} as by the offence of one (the faute came) on all men to condemnation, so by the iustifying of one (the benefit abu{n}ded) toward all men to the iustification of life.
For as by one mans disobedie{n}ce many were made sinners, so by the obedie{n}ce of one shal many also be made righteous.
Moreouer the Law entred thereup on that the offence shuld abu{n}de: neuertheles where sinne abunded, (there) grace abunded much more?
That as sinne had reigned vnto death, so might grace also reigne by righteousnes vnto eternal life, through Iesus Christ, our Lord
WHat shal we say then? Shal we continue stil in sinne, that grace may abunde? God forbid.
How shal we, that are dead to sinne, liue ye therein?
Knowe ye not, that all we which haue bene baptized into Iesus Christ, haue bene baptized into his death?
We are buryed then with him by baptisme into his death, that like as Christ was raised vp from the dead by the glorie of the Father, so we also shulde walke in newnes 〈◊〉.
For if we be grasted with him to the similitude of his death, euen so shal we be (to the similitude) of his resurrection,
Knowing this, that our olde man is crucified with him, that the bodie of sinne might be destroyed, that henceforthe we shulde not serue sinne.
For he that is dead, is freed from sinne.
Wherefore, if we be dead with Christ, we beleue that we shal liue also with him,
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead, dyeth no more: death hath no more dominion ouer him.
For in that he dyed, he dyed once to sinne: but in that he liueth, he liueth to God.
Like wise thinke ye also, that ye are dead to sinne, but are aliue to God in Iesus Christ our Lord.
Let not sinne reigne therefore in your mortal bodie, that ye shulde obey it in the lustes thereof.
Nether giue ye'your membres (as) weapons of vnrighteousnes vnto sinne: but giue your selues vnto God, as they that are aliue from the deàd, and (giue) your membres (as) weapons of righteousnes vnto God.
For sinne shal not haue dominion ouer you for ye are not vnder the Law, but vnder grace.
What then? shal we sinne, because we are not vnder the Law, but vnder grace? God forbid.
Knowe ye not, that to whome soeuer ye giue your selues as seruants to obey, his seruants ye are to whome ye obey, 〈◊〉 it be of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto righteousnes?
But God (be) thanked, that ye haue bene the seruants of sinne, but ye haue obeyed from the heart vnto the forme of the doctrine, whereunto ye were deliuered.
Being then made fre from sinne, ye are made the seruants of righteousnes.
I speake after the maner of man, because of the infirmitie of your flesh: for as ye haue giuen your members seruants to vnclennes ad to iniquitie, to (commit) iniquitie, so now giue your members seruants vnto righteousnes in holines.
For when ye were the seruants of sinne, ye were freed from righteousnes.
What frute had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now ashamed For the end of those things (is) death.
But now being freed from sinne, and made seruants vnto God, ye haue your frute in holines, and the end, euerlasting life.
For the wages of sinne is death: but the gifte of God (is) eternal life through Iesus Christ our Lord.
KNowe ye not, brethren, [for I speake to them that knowe the Lawe] that the Law hathe dominion ouer a man as long as he liueth?
For the woman which is in subiection to a man, is bounde by the law to the man, while he liueth: but if the man be dead, she is deliuered from the law of the man.
So then, if while the man liueth, she take another man, she shalbe called an adulteresse: but if the man be dead, she is fre from the Law, so that she is not an adulteresse, thogh she take another man.
So ye, my brethren, are dead also to the Law by the bodie of Christ, that ye shulde be vnto another, (euen) vnto him that is raised vp from the dead, that we shulde bring forthe frute vnto God.
For when we were in the flesh, the motio{n}s of sinnes, which were by the Law, had force in our membres, to bring for the frute vnto death.
But now we are deliuered from the Law, being dead vnto it, wherein we were holde{n} that we shulde serue in newnes of Spirit, and not in the oldenes of the letter.
What shal we say then? (Is) the Law sinne? God forbid. Nay, I knewe not sinne, but by the Law: for I had not knowen glust, except the Law had said, Thou shalt not lust.
But sinne toke an occasion by the co{m}maundeme{n}t, and wroght in me all maner of concupisce{n}ce: for without the Law sinne (is) dead.
For I once was aliue, without the Law: but when the co{m}mandeme{n}t came, sinne reuiued.
But I dyed: and the same commaundement which was (ordeined) vnto life, was founde (to be) vnto me vnto death.
For sinne toke occasion by the co{m}maundeme{n}t, & disceiued me, and thereby slew (me).
Wherefore the Law (is) holie, and the commaundement (is) holie, and iust, and good.
Was that then which is good, made death vnto me? God 〈◊〉: but sinne, that it might appeare sinne, wroght death in me by that which is good, that sinne might be out of measure sinful by the commaundement.
For we knowe that the Lawe is spiritual, but I am carnal, solde vnder sinne.
For I alowe not that which I do: for what I wolde, that do I not: but what I hate, that do I.
If I do then that which I wolde not, I consent to the Law, that (it is) good.
Now then, it is no more I, that do it, but the sinne that dwelleth in me.
For I knowe, that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing for: to wil is present with me: but I finde no meanes to performe that which is good.
For I do not the good thing, which I wolde, but the euil, which I wolde not, that do I.
Now if I do that I wolde not, it is no more I that do it, but the sinne that dwelleth in me.
I finde then by the Law, that when I wolde do good, euil is present with me.
For I delite in the Law of God, concernig the inner man:
But I se another law in my membres, rebel ling against the law of my minde, & leading me captiue vnto the law of sinne, which is in my membres.
Owreched man that I am, who shal deliuer me from the bodie of this death!
I thanke God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then I my self in my minde serue the Law of God, but in my slesh the law of sinne.
NOw then there (is) no comdemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus, which walke not after the slesh, but after the Spirit.
For the Law of the Spirit flif (which is) in Christ Iesus, hathe freed me from the law of sinne and of death.
For [that that was impossible to the Law, in as muche as it was weake, because of the flesh [God sending his owne Sonne, in the similitude of sinful flesh, and for sinne, condemned sinne in the flesh.
That the righteousnes of the Law might be fulfilled in vs, which walke not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For they that are after the flesh, sauour the things of the flesh: but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
For the wisdome of the flesh (is) death: but the wisdome of the Spirit (is) life & peace.
Because the wisdome of the flesh (is) enimitie against God: for it is not subiect to the Law of God, nether in dede can be.
So then they that are in the flesh, can not please God.
Now ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, because the Spirit of God dwelleth in you: but if anie man hathe not the Spirit of Christ, the same is not his.
And if Christ be in you, the bodie is dead, because of sinne: but the Spirit (is) life for righteousnes sake.
But if the Spirit of him that raised vp Iesus from the dead, dwell in you, he that raised vp Christ fro{m} the dead, shal also quicken your mortal boides, because that his Spirit dwelleth in you.
Therefore brethren, we are detters not to the flesh, to liue after the flesh:
For if ye liue after the flesh, ye shaldye: but if ye mortifie the dedes of the bodie by the Spirit, ye shal liue.
For as manie as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sonnes of God.
For ye haue not receiued the Spirit of bondage to feare againe: but ye haue receiued the Spirit of adopcion, whereby we crye Abba, Father.
The same Spirit beareth witnes with our Spirit, that we are the children of God.
If (we be) children (we are) also heires, eue{n}, the heires of God, and heires annexed with Christ, if so be that we suffer with him, that we maye also be glorified with him.
For I counte that the afflictions of this present time (are) not worthie of the glorie, which shalbe shewed vnto vs.
For the serue{n}t desire of the creature waiteth when the sonnes of God shalbe reueiled.
Because the creature is subiect to vanitie, not of it owne wil, but by reason of him, which hathe subdued it vnder hope,
Because the creature also shalbe deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God.
For we knowe that euerie creature groneth with vs also, and trauaileth in paine together vnto this present.
And not onely (the creature,) but we also which haue the first frutes of the Spirit, eue{n} we do sigh in our selues, waiting for the adopcion, (euen) the redemption of our bodie
For we are saued by hope: but hope that is sene, is not hope: for how can a man hope for that which he seeth?
But if we hope for that we se not, we do with pacience abide for it.
Like wise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we knowe not what to praye as we ought: but the Spirit it self maketh 〈◊〉 for vs with sighs, which can not be expressed
But he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is the meaning of the Spirit: for he maketh request for the Sainctes. according to (the wil of) God.
Also we knowe that all things worke together for the best vnto them that loue God euen to them that are called of (his) purpose.
For those wich he knewe before, he also predestinate to be made like to the image of his Sonne, that he might be the first borne among manie brethren.
Moreouer whome he predestinate, them also he called, and whome he called them also he iustified, and whome he iustified, them he also glorified.
What shal we then say to these things? If God be on our side, who (can be) against vs?
Who spared not his owne Sonne, but gaue him for vs all (to death,) how shal he not with him giue vs all things also?
Who shal lay anie thing to the charge of Gods chosen? (it it) God that iustifieth,
Who shal condemne? (it is) Christ, which is dead, yea or rather, whiche is risen againe, who is also at the right hand of God, and maketh request also for vs.
Who shal separate vs from the loue of Christ? shal tribulacion or anguish, or persecucion, or famine, or nakednes, or peril, or sworde?
As it is written, For thy sake are we killed all day long: we are counted as shepe for the slaughter.
Neuertheles, in all these things we are more then conquerers through him that loued vs.
For I am persuaded that nether death, nor life, nor Angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come.
Nor height, nor depth, nor anie other creature shalbe able to separate vs from the loue of God, which is in Christ Iesus our Lord.
I Say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing me witnes in the holie Gost.
That I haue great heauines and continual sorowe in mine heart.
For I wolde wish my self to be separate from Christ, for my brenthren that are my kinsmen according to the flesh,
Which are the Israelites, to whome (perteineth) the adoption, and the glorie, and the Couenantes, and the giuing of the Law, & the seruice (of God,) and the promises.
Of whome (are) the Fathers, and of whome concerning the flesh, Christ (came,) who is God ouer all blessed for euer, Amen.
Not withstanding it can not be that the worde of God shulde take none effect: for all they are not Israel, which are of Israel:
Nether (are they) all children, because they are the sede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shal thy sede be called:
That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes are counted for the sede.
For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shal haue a sonne.
Nether (he) onelie (felt this,) but also Rebecca when she had co{n}ceiued by one, (eue{n}) by our Father Isaac.
For yer (the children) were borne, & when they had nether done good, nor euil [that the purpose of God might remaine according to election not by workes, but by him that calleth]
It was said vnto her, The elder shal serue the yonger.
At it is written, I haue loued Iacob, & haue hated Esau.
What shal we say then? Is there vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid.
For he saith to Moses, I wil haue mercie on him, to whome I wil shewe mercie: and wil haue compassio{n} on him, on whome I wil haue compassion.
So then (it is) not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that sheweth mercie.
For the Scripture saith vnto Pharao, For this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my Name might be declared through out all the earth.
Therefore he hathe mercie on whome he wil, and whome he wil, he hardeneth.
Thou wilt say then vnto me, Why doeth he yet complaine? for who hath resisted his 〈◊〉
But, ô man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shal the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Hathe not the potter power of the claie to to make of the same lompe one vessel to honour, and another vnto dishonour?
(What) and if GOD wolde, to shewe hys wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffre with long pacience the vessels of wrath, prepared to destruction?
And that he might declare the riches of his glorie vpon the vessels of mercie, whiche he hathe prepared vnto glorie?
Euen vs, whome he hathe called, not of the Iewes onely, but also of the Gentiles.
As he saith also in Osee, I wil call them, My people, which were not my people: and her, Beloued, which was not beloued.
And it shalbe in the place where it was said vnto the{m}, Ye are not my people, that there they shalbe called, The chyldren of the lyuing God.
Also Esaias cryeth co{n}cerning Israel, thogh the nomber of the children, of Israel were as the sand of the sea, (yet) shall (but) a ramnant be saued.
For he wil make his account, and gather it into a short summe with righteousnes: for the Lord wil make a short count in the earth.
And as Esaias sayd before, Excepte the Lorde of hostes had left vs a sede, we had bene made as Sodome, and had bene lyke to Gomorrha.
What shall we iaye then? That the Gentiles whiche folowed not ryghteousnes, haue atteined vnto righteousnes, euen the rightousnes which is of faith.
But Israel which folowed the Law of rightousnes, 〈◊〉 not atteine vnto the Lawe of righteousnes.
Wherefore? Because (they soght it) not by fayth, but as (it were) by the workes of the Lawe: 〈◊〉 they haue stombled at the stombling stone.
As it is written, Beholde, I laye in Sion a stombling stone, and a rocke to make men fall: and euerie one that beleueth in him, shal not be ashamed.
BRethren, myne hearts desire and prayer to GOD for Israel is, that they myght be saued.
For I beare them recorde, that they haue the zeale of GOD, but not accordynge to knowledge.
For they, beyng ignorant of the righteousnes of God, a{n}d going about to stablish their owne righteousnes, haue not submited them selues to the righteousnes of God.
For Christe (is) the end of the Lawe for righteousnes vnto euerie one that beleueth.
For Moses (thus) describeth the ryghteousnes whiche is of the Lawe, That the man which doeth these things, shal liue thereby.
But the righteousnes which is of faith, speaketh on this wise, Saye not in thine heart, Who shall ascende into heauen? [that is to bring Christ from aboue]
Or, Who shall descende into the depe? [that is to bring Christ againe from the dead.]
But what saith it? The worde is nere thee, (euen) in thy mouth, and in thine heart. This is the worde of faith which we preache.
For if thou shalt confesse with thy mouth the Lorde Iesus, and shalt beleue in thine heart, that God raised him vp from the dead, thou shalt be saued.
For with the heart man beleueth vnto rightousnes, and with the mouth man 〈◊〉 to saluation.
For the Scripture saith, Whosoeuer beleueth in him, shal not be ashamed.
For there is no difference betwene the Iewe and the Grecian: for he that is Lord ouer all, is riche vnto all, that call on him.
For whosoeuer shal call vpon the Name of the Lord, shalbe saued.
But how shal they cal on him, in whom they haue not beleued? and how shal they beleue iu hym, of whome they haue not heard? and how shall they heare without a preacher?
And howe shall they preache, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautifull are the fete of them whyche bryng glad tydyngs of peace, and brynge glad tydings of good things!
But they haue not all obeyed the Gospell: for Esaias saith, Lorde, who hathe beleued our reporte?
Then faith (is) by hearyng, and hearing by the worde of God.
But I demande, Haue they not heard? No doute theyr sounde went out through all the earth, and their wordes into the ends of the worlde.
But I demande, Did not Israel know (God?) First Moses saith, I wil prouoke you to enuie by a nation that is not (my) nation, and by a foolish (nation) I wil anger you.
And Esayas is bolde, & sayth, I was founde of them that soght me not, and haue bene made manifeste to them that asked not after me.
And vnto Israel he saith, All the daye long haue I stretched forthe myne hande vnto a disobedient, and gainesaying people.
I Demande then, Hathe God cast awaye hys people? God forbid: for I also a man Israelite, of the sede of Abraham, of the tribe of Beniamin.
God hathe not cast away his people which he knewe before Knowe ye not what the Scripture saith of Elias, how he maketh request vnto God against Israel, saying,
Lord, they hane killed thy Prophetes, and digged downe thine altars: and I am left alone, and they seke my life?
But what saith the answer of God to him? I haue reserued vnto my self c seuen thousand men, which haue not bowed the knee to Baal.
Euen so then at this present time is there a remnant through the election of grace.
And if (it be) of grace, it is no more of workes: or els were grace no more grace: but if it be of workes, it is no more grace: or els were worke no more worke.
What then? Israel hathe not obteined that he soght: but the election hathe obteined 〈◊〉 and the rest haue bene hardened.
According as it is written, God hathe giuen then the spirit of slomber: eyes that they shulde not se, and eares that they shulde not heare vnto this day.
And Dauid saith, Let their table be made a snare, a{n}d a net, and a stombling blocke, euen for are compence vnto them.
Let their eyes be darkened that they se not, and bowe downe their backe alwayes.
I demande then, Haue they stombled, that they shulde fall? God forbid: but through their fall saluation (commeth) vnto the Gentiles, to prouoke them to follow them.
Wherefore if the fall of them (be) the riches of the worlde, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Ge{n}tiles, how muche more shal their abundance (be?)
For (in that) I speake to you Gentiles, in asmuche as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I magnifie mine office,
(To trie) if by any meanes I might prouoke them of my flesh to followe them, and might saue some of them.
For if the casting away of them (be) the reconciling of the worlde, what (shal) the receiuing (be) but life from the dead?
For if the first frutes (be) holie, so (is) the whole lompe: and if the roote be holie, so (are) the branches.
And thogh some of the branches be broken of, and thou being a wilde oliue tre, wast grafte in for them, and made partakers of the roote, and satnesse of the oliue tre,
Boast not thy self against the branches: and if thou boast thy self, thou bearest not the roote, but the roote thee.
Thou wilt say then, The branches are broken of, that I might be grafte in.
Wel: through vnbelefe they are broken of, and thou sta{n}deth by faith: be not hie minded but feare.
For if God spared not the natural branches (take hede,) lest he also spare not thee.
Beholde therefore the bountifulnes, and seueritie of God: towarde them which haue fallen, seueritie: but towarde thee, bountifulnes, if thou continue in (his) bountifulnes: or els thou shalt also be cut of.
And thei also, if thei abide not stil in vnbelefe, shalbe graffed in: for God is able to graffe them in againe.
For if thou wast cut out of the oliue, tre, which was wilde by nature, and wast graffed contrary to nature in a right oliue tre, how muche more shal they that are by nature, be graffed in their owne oliue tre?
For I wolde not, brethren, that ye shulde be ignorant of this secret [lest ye shulde be arrogant in your selues] that partely obstinacie is come to Israel, vntil the fulnes of the Gentiles become in,
And so all Israel shalbe saued, as it is written, The deliuerer shal come out of Sion, and shal turne away the vngodlines from 〈◊〉.
And this is my couenant to them, When I shal take away their sinnes.
As co{n}cerning the Gospel, (they are) enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloued for the fathers sakes.
For the giftes and calling of GOD are without repentance.
For euen as ye in time past haue not beleued God, yet haue now obteined mercie through their vnbelefe,
Euen so now haue they not beleued by the 〈◊〉 (shewed) vnto you, that they also may obteine mercie.
For God hathe shut vp all in vnbelefe, that he might haue mercie on all.
O the depnes of the riches, bothe of the wisdome, and knowledge of God! how vnsearcheable are his iudgeme{n}ts, and his wayes past finding out!
For who hathe knowen the minde of the Lord? or who was his counseller?
Or who hathe giuen vnto him first, and he shalbe recompensed?
For of him, and through him, and for him are all things: to him (be) glorie for euer. Amen.
I Beseche you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice, holie, acceptable 〈◊〉 God, (which is) your reasonable seruing of God.
And facion not your selues like vnto this worlde, but be ye changed by the renuing of your minde, that ye may proue what is the good wil of God, and acceptale, & perfite.
For I say through the grace that is giuen vnto me, to euerie one that is among you, that no man presume to vnderstand aboue that which is mete to vnderstand, but that he vndersta{n}d according to sobrietie, as God hath dealt to euerie man the measure of faith.
For as we haue many members in one bodie, and all members haue not one office.
So we being many are one bodie in Christ, & euerie one, one anothers members.
Seing then that we haue giftes that are diuers, according to the grace that is giue{n} vnto vs, whether (we haue) prophecie, (let vs prophecie) according to the proportio{n} of faith
Or an office, (let vs waite) on the office: or he that teacheth, on teaching:
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortatio{n}: he that distributeth, (let him do it) with simplicitie: he that ruleth, with diligence: he that sheweth mercie, with cherefulnes.
(Let) loue (be) without dissimulation. Abhorre that which is euil, and cleaue vnto that which is good.
Be affectioned to loue one another with brotherlie loue. In giuing honor, go one before another,
Not slouthful to do seruice: feruent in spirit: seruing the Lord,
Reioycing in hope, pacient in tribulation, continuing in prayer,
Distributing vnto the necessities of the Saintes: giuing your selues to hospitalitie.
Blesse them which persecute you: blesse, (I say,) and curse not.
Reioyce with them that reioyce, and wepe with them that wepe.
Be of like affection one towards another: be not hie minded: but make your selues equal to them of the lower sorte: be not wise in your selues.
Recompense to no man euil for euil: procure things honest in the sight of all men.
If it be possible, asmuche as in you is, haue peace with all men.
Dearly beloued, aue{n}ge not your selues, but giue place vnto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine: I wil repaye, saith the Lord.
Therefore, if thine enemie hunger, fede him, if he thirst, giue him drinke: for in so doing, thou shalt heape coles of fyre on his head.
Be not ouercome of euil, but ouercome euil with goodnes.
LEt euerie soule be subiect vnto the higher powers: for there is no power but of God: & the powers that be, are ordeined of God.
Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist, shal receiue to them selues iudgement
For princes are not to be feared (for) good workes, but (for) euil. Wilt thou the{n} be without feare of the power? do wel: so shalt thou haue praise of the same:
For he is the minister of God for thy wealth: but if thou do euil, seare: for he beareth not the sworde for noght: for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth euil.
Wherefore ye must be subiect, not because of wrath onely, but also for conscience sake
For, for this cause ye paye also tribute: for they are Gods ministers, applying the{m} selues for the same thing.
Giue to all men therefore their duetie: tribute, to whome (ye owe) tribute: custome, to whome custome: feare, to whome feare: honour, to whome (ye owe) honour.
Owe nothing to any man, but to loue one another: for he that loueth another, hathe fulfilled the Law.
For this, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnes, Thou shalt not couet: and if there be any other co{m}maundement, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, (euen) in this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self.
Loue doeth not euil to his neighbour: therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Law.
And that, considering the season, that (it is) now time that we shulde arise from slepe: for now is our saluation nerer, then when we beleued it.
The night is past, & the day is at hand: let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenes and let vs put on the armour of light,
So that we walke honestly, as in the day: not in glotonie, and dronkennes, nether in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying:
But put ye on the Lord IESVS CHRIST and take no thoght for the flesh, to (fulfil) the lustes of it.
HIm that is weake in the faith, receiue vnto you, (but) not for controuersies of disputations.
One beleueth that he may eat of all things: & another, which is weake, eateth herbes.
Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not: and let not him which 〈◊〉 not, iudge him that eateth: for God hathe receiued him.
Who art thou that condemnest another mans seruant? he standeth or falleth to his owne master: yea, he shalbe established: for God is able to make him stande.
This man estemeth one day aboue another day, and another man counteth euerie daye a like: let euerie man be fully persuaded in his minde.
He that obserueth the day, obserueth it to the Lord: and he that obserueth not the day obserueth it not to the Lord. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord: for he giueth God tha{n}kes and he that eateth not, eateth not to the Lord, and giueth God thankes.
For none of vs liueth to him self, nether doeth anie dye to him self.
For whether we liue, we liue vnto the Lord: or whether we dye, we dye vnto the Lord: whether we liue therefore, or dye, we are the Lords.
For Christ therefore dyed and rose againe, and reuiued, that he might be Lord bothe of the dead and the quicke.
But why doest thou iudge thy brother? or why doest thou despise thy brother? for we shal all appeare before the iudgeme{n}t seat of Christ.
For it is written, I liue, saith the Lord, & euerie knee shal bowe to me, and all to{n}gues shal confesse vnto God.
So then euerie one of vs shal giue accountes of him self to God.
Let vs not therefore iudge one another anie more: but vse (your) iudgement rather in this that no man putte an occasion to fall, or a stombling blocke before (his) brother.
I knowe, and am persuaded through the Lord Iesus, that there is nothing vncleane of it self: but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane, to him (it is) vncleane.
But if thy brother be grieued: for the meat: now walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meat, for whome Christ dyed.
Cause not your commoditie to be euil spoken of.
For the kingdome of God is not meat nor drinke, but righteousnes, and peace, & ioye in the holie Gost.
For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ, is acceptable vnto God, and is approued of men.
Let vs then folowe those things which concerne peace, and where with one may edifie another.
Destroy not the worke of God for meats sake: all things in dede are pure: but (it is) euil for the man whiche eateth with offence.
(It is) good nether to eat flesh, nor to drinke wine, nor any thing, whereby thy brother stombleth, or is offended, or made weake.
Hast thou faith? haue it with thy self before God: blessed is he that condemneth not him self in that thing which he aloweth.
For he that douteth, is condemned if he eat because (he eateth) not of faith: and whatsoeuer is not 〈◊〉 saith, is sinne.
WE which are stro{n}g, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, and not to please our selues.
(Therefore) let euerie man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification.
For Christ also wolde not please him self, but as it is written, The rebukes of them which rebuke thee, fel on me.
For whatsoeuer things are writte{n} afore time are writte{n} for our learning, that we through pacience, and comforte of the Scriptures might haue hope.
Now the God of pacience and consolation giue you that ye be like minded one towards another, according to Christ Iesus,
That ye with one minde, (and) with one mouth may praise God euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Wherefore receiue ye one another, as Christ also receiued vs to the glorie of God.
Now I say, that Iesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision, for the trueth of God; to confirme the promises (made) vnto the Fathers.
And let the Gentiles praise God for (his) mercie, as it is written, For this cause I wil confesse thee among the Gentiles, and sing vnto thy Name.
And againe he saith, Reioyce, ye Gentiles with his people.
And againe, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles and laude ye him, all people together.
And againe Esaias saith, There shalbe a roote of lesse, and he that shal rise to reigne ouer the Gentiles, in him shal the Gentiles trust.
Now the God of hope fil you with all ioye, and peace in beleuing, that ye may abunde in hope through the power of the holie Gost.
And I my self also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are ful of goodnes, and filled with all knowledge, and are able to admonish one another.
Neuertheles brethren, I haue some what boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,
That I shulde be the minister of Iesus Christ towarde the Gentiles, ministring the Gospel of God, that the offring vp of the Gentiles might be acceptable being sanctified by the holie Gost.
I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce in Christ Iesus in those things which (perteine) to God.
For I dare not speake of anie thing, which Christ hathe not wroght by me, (to make) the Gentiles obedient in worde and dede,
With the power of signes and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God: so that from Ierusalem, and rounde about vnto Illyricum, I haue caused to abunde the Gospel of Christ.
Yea, so I enforced myself to preache the Gospel, not where CHRIST was named, lest I shulde haue buylt on another mans fundation.
But as it is written, To whome he was not spoken of, they shal se (him) and they that heard not, shal vnderstand (him)
Therefore also I haue bene oft let to come vnto you.
But now seing I haue no more place in these quarters, and also haue bene desirous manie yeres agone to come vnto you,
When I shal take my iourney into Spaine, I wil come to you: for I trust to se you in my iorney, and to be broght on my way thither warde by you, after that I haue bene some what filled with your (companie.)
But now go l to Ierusalem, to minister vnto the Saintes.
For it hathe pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certeine distribution vnto the poore Saintes which are at Ierusalem.
For it hathe pleased them, and their detters are they: for if the Gentiles be made partakers of their spiritual things, their duetie is also to minister vnto them in carnal things.
When I haue therefore performed this, and haue scaled them this frute, I wil passe by you into Spaine.
And I knowe when I come, that I shal come to you with abunda{n}ce of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ.
Also brethren I beseche you for our Lord Iesus Christs sake, and for the loue of the Spirit, that ye wolde striue with me by prayers to God for me.
That I may be deliuered from them which are disobedient in Iudea, a{n}d that my seruice which I haue to do at Ierusalem, may be accepted of the Saintes,
That I maye come vnto you with ioye by the will of GOD, and may with you be refreshed.
Thus the God of peace (be) with you all. Amen.
I Co{m}mende vnto you Phebe our sister which is a seruant of the Church of Cenchrea,
That ye receiue her in the Lord, as it becometh Saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busines she nedeth of your aide: for she hathe giuen hospitalie vnto manie, and to me also.
Grete Priscilla and Aquila my fellow helpers in Christ Iesus.
[Which haue for my life laid downe their owne necke, Vnto whome not I onely giue thankes, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles]
Like wise (grete) the Church that is in their house. Salute my beloued Epenetus, which is the first frutes of Achaiain Christ.
Grete Marie which bestowed muche labour on vs.
Salute Andronicus and Iunia my cousins and fellow prisoners, which are not able among the Apostles, and were in Christ before me.
Grete Amplias my beloued in the Lord.
Salute Vrbanus our felowe helper in Christ and Stachys my beloued.
Salute Apelles approued in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus (friends.)
Salute Herodion my kinsman. Grete then which are of the friends of Narcissus which are in the Lord.
Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, which (women) labour in the Lord. Salute the beloued Persis, which (woman) hathe laboured muche in the Lord.
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Grete Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Mercurius, and the brethren which are with them.
Salute Philologus and Iulias, Nereas, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the Saintes which are with them.
Salute one another with an holie kisse. The Churches of Christ salute you.
¶ Now I beseche you brethre{n}, marke them diligently which cause diuision and offences contrarie to the doctrine which ye haue learned, and auoide them.
For they that are suche, serue not the Lord Iesus Christ, but their owne bellies, and with faire speache and flattering deceiue the hearts of the simple.
For your obedience is come abrode amo{n}g all: I am glad therefore of you: but yet I wold haue you wise, vnto that which is good, and simple concerning euil.
The God of peace shal treade stan vnder your fete shortly. The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ (be) with you:
Timotheus my companion, and Lucius and Iason, and Sosipater my kinsmen, salute you.
I Tertius, which wrote out this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
Gaius mine hoste, & of the whole Church saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlaine of the citie saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ (be) with you all. Amen.
To him now that is of power to establishe you according to my Gospel, and preaching of Iesus Christ, by the reuelation of the mysterie, which was kept secret since the worlde began:
[But now is opened, and published among all nations by the Scriptures of the Prophetes, at the commandement of the euerlasting God for the obedience of faith]
To God, (I say,) onely wise, be praise through Iesus Christ for euer.
PAVL called (to be) an Apostle of IESVS CHRIST, through the wil of God, and (our) brother Softenes,
Vnto the Church of God 〈◊〉 is at Corinthus, to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus, Saintes by calling, with all that call on the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ in euerie place, bothe their (Lord) and ours:
Grace (be) with you, and peace from God our Father, and (from) the Lord Iesus Christ.
I thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of God, which is giuen you in Iesus Christ,
That in all things ye are made riche in him, in all kinde of speache, and in all knowledge:
As the testimonie of Iesus Christ hathe bene confirmed in you.
So that ye are not destitute of anie gift: wayting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Who shal also confirme you vnto the end, that ye may be blamelesse in the day of our Lord Iesus Christ.
God is faithful, by whome ye are called vnto the felowship of his Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord.
Now I beseche you, brethren, by the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye all speake one thing, and that there be no dissentions among you: but be ye knit together in one minde, and in one iudgement,
For it hathe bene declared vnto me, my brethren, of you by them that are of the house of Cloe, that there are contentious among you.
Now this I say, that euerie one of you saith, I am Paules, and I am Apollos, and I am Cephas, and I am Christs.
Is Christs deuided? was Paul crucified for you? ether were ye baptized into the name of Paul?
I thanke God, that I baptized none of you, but Crispus, and Gaius,
Lestanie shulde say, that I had baptized into mine owne name.
I baptized 〈◊〉 the housholde of Stephanas furthermore knowe I not, whether I baptized anie other.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preache the Gospel, not with wisdome of wordes, lest the crosse of Christ shulde be made of none effect.
For the preaching of the crosse is to the{m} that perish, foolishnes: but vnto vs, whiche are saued, it is the power of God.
For it is writté, I wil destroye the wisdome of the wise, and wil cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent.
Where is the wise? where is the Scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? hathe not God made the wisdome of this worlde foolishnes?
For seing the world by wisdome knewe not God in the wisdome of God, it pleased God by the foolishnes of preaching to saue them that beleue:
Seing also that the Iewes require a signe, and the Grecians seke after wisdome.
But we preache Christ crucified: vnto the Iewes, euen a stombling blocke, & vnto the Grecians, foolishnes:
But vnto them which are called, bothe of the Iewes & Grecians (we preache) Christ, the power of God, and the wisdome of God
For the foolishnes of God is wiser the{n} men and the weakenes of God is stronger then men.
For brethren, you se your calling, how that not manie wise men after the flesh, not manie mightie, not manie noble (are called.)
But God hathe chosen the foolish things of the worlde to confounde the wise, and God hath chosen the weake things of the world, to confounde the mightie things.
And vile things of the worlde and things which are despised, hathe God chosen, and things whiche are not, to bring to noght things that are,
That no flesh shulde reioyce in his presence.
But ye are of him in Christ Iesus, who of God is made vnto vs wisdome & righteousnes, and sanctification, and redempcion.
That, according as it is written, He that reioyceth, let him reioyce in the Lord.
ANd I, brethre{n}, when I came to you, came not with excellencie of wordes, or of wisdome, shewing vnto you the testimonie of God.
For I estemed not to know anie thing amo{n}g you, saue Iesus Christ, and him crucified.
And I was among you in weakenes, and in feare, and in muche trembling.
Nether (stode) my worde, and my preaching in the entising speache of mans wisdome, but in plaine euidence of "the Spirit of power.
That your faith shuld not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
And we speake wisdome among them that are perfite: not the wisdome of this worlde, nether of the pri{n}ces of this worlde, which come to noght.
But we speake the wisdome of God in a mysterie, (euen) the hid (wisdome,) which God had determiued before the worlde, vnto our glorie.
Which none of the princes of this worlde hathe knowen: for had thei knowen it, thei wolde not haue crucified the Lord of glorie.
But as it is written, The things which eye hathe not sene, nether eare hathe heard, nether came into mans heart, (are,) which God hathe prepared for them that loue him
But God hathe reueiled (them) vnto vs by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things yea, the deepe things of God.
For what man knoweth the things of a ma{n}, saue the spirit of a man, which is in him? eue{n} so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
Now we haue receiued not the Spirit of the worlde, but the Spirit, which is of God, that we might knowe the things that are giuen to vs of God.
Which things also we speake, not in the wordes which mans wisdome teacheth, but which the holie Gost teacheth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
But the natural man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnes vnto him: nether can he knowe (the{m},) because they are spiritually discerned.
But he that is spiritual, discerneth all things yet he him self is iudged of no man.
For who hathe knowen the minde of the Lord, that he might instruct him? But we haue the minde of Christ.
ANd I colde not speake vnto you, brethre{n} as vnto spiritual men, but as vnto carnal (euen) as vnto babes in Christ.
I gaue you milke to drinke, and not meat: for ye were not yet able (to beare it,) nether yet now are ye able.
For ye are yet carnal: for where as (there is) among you enuying, and strife, and diuisions, are ye not carnal, and walke as men?
For when one saith, I am Pauls, and another I am Apollos, are ye not carnal?
Who is Paul then? and who is Apollos, but the ministers by whome ye beleued, and as the Lord gaue to euerie man?
I haue planted, Apollos watred, but God gaue the encrease.
So then, 〈◊〉 is he that pla{n}teth, anie thing nether he that watreth, but God that giueth the encrease.
And he that planteth, & he that watreth, are one, & euerie man shal receiue his wages according to his labour.
For we together are Gods laborers: ye are Gods housbandrie, (and) Gods buylding.
According to the grace of God giuen to me as a skilful master buylder, I haue laid the fundacion, and another buyldeth thereon: but let euerie man take hede how he buyldeth vpon it.
For other fundacion can no man lay, then that which is laid, which is Iesus Christ.
And if anie man buylde on this fundacion, golde, siluer, precious stones, tymber, haye, (or) stubble,
Euerie mans worke shalbe made manifest: for the daye shal declare it, because it shalbe reueiled by the fyre: and the fyre shal trye euerie mans worke of what sort it is.
If anie mans worke, that he hathe buylt vpon, abide, he shal receiue wages.
If anie mans worke burne, he shal lose, but he shalbe safe him self: neuertheles yet as it were by the fyre.
Knowe ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
If anie man destroy the Te{m}ple of God, him shal God destroy: for the Temple of God is holie, which ye are.
Let no man deceiue him self. If anie man among you seme to be wise in this worlde, let him be a foole, that he may be wise.
For the wisdome of this world is foolishnes with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftines.
And againe, The Lord knoweth that the thoghts of the wise be vaine.
Therefore let no man reioyce in men: for all things are yours.
Whether it be Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the worlde, or life, or death: whether they be things present, or things to come, (euen) all are yours,
And ye Christs, and Christ Gods.
LEt a man so thinke of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, a{n}d disposers of the secrets of Cod.
And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euerie man be founde faithful.
As touching me, I passe verie litle, to be iudged of you, or of mans iudgement: no, I iudge not mine owue self.
For I knowe nothing by my self, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.
Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntil the Lord come, who wil lighten things that are hid in darkenes, and make the counsels of the hearts manifest: and then shal euerie man haue praise of God.
Now these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne self and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swel not against another for anie mans cause,
For who separateth thee? and what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? if thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as thogh thou hadest not receiued it?
Now ye are ful: now ye are made riche: ye reigne as Kings without vs, and wolde to God ye did reigne, that we also might reigne with you.
For I thinke that God hathe set forthe vs the laste Apostles, as men appointed to death for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde, and to the Angels, and to men.
We (are) fooles for Christs sake, and ye (are) wise in Christ: we (are) weake, and ye strong: ye (are) honorable, and we (are) despised.
Vnto this houre we bothe honger, & thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certeine dwelling place,
And labour working with our owne ha{n}ds we are reuiled, and (yet) we blesse: we are persecuted, (and) suffer it.
We are euil spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the fil the of the worlde, the of skowring of all things, vnto this time.
I write not rhese things to shame you, but as my beloued children I admonish you.
For thogh ye haue ten thousand instructours in Christ, yet (haue ye) not manie fathers: for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.
Wherefore, I pray you, be ye followers of me.
For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, which is my beleued sonne, and faithful in the Lord, which shal put you in remembrance of my waies in Christ as I teache euerie wherein euerie Church.
Some are puffed vp as thogh I wolde not come to you.
But I wil come to you shortely, if the Lord wil, and wil knowe, not the speache of them which are puffed vp, but the power.
For the kingdome of God (is not) in word but in power.
What wil ye? shal I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, and in the spirit of mekenes?
IT is heard certeinely (that there is) fornication among you, and suche fornication as is not once named among the Gentils, that one shulde haue his fathers wife.
And ye are puffed vp and haue not rather sorowed, that he which hathe done this dede, might be put from among you.
For I verely as absent in bodie, but present in spirit, haue determined already as thogh I were present, that he that hathe thus done this thing,
When ye are gathered together, and my spirit, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ that suche one, I (say) by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ,
Be deliuered vnto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus.
Your reioycing is not good: know ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth the whole lumpe?
Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be anewe lumpe, as ye are vnleauened: for Christ our Passeouer 〈◊〉 sacrified for vs.
Therefore let vs kepe the feast, not with olde leauen, nether in the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednes: but with the vnleauened bread of sinceritie and trueth.
I wrote vnto you in an epistle, that ye shulde not companie together with fornicators,
And not all together with the fornicators of this worlde, or with the couetous, or with extorcioners, or with idolaters: for then ye muste go out of the worlde.
But now I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together: if anie that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or couetous, or an idolater, or a railar, or a drunkard, or an extorcioner, with suche one eat not.
For what haue I to do, to iudge them also, which are without? do ye not iudge the{m} that are within?
But God iudgeth them that are without. Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked man.
DAre anie of you, hauing busines against another, be iudged vnder the vniust, and not vnder the Saintes?
Do ye not knowe, that the Saintes shal iudge the worlde? If the worlde then shalbe iudged by you, are ye vnworthie to iudge the smallest matters?
Knowe ye not that we shal iudge the Angels? how muche more things that perteine to this life?
If then ye haue iudgements of things perteining to this life, set vp them which are least estemed in the Church.
I speake it to your shame. Is it so that there is not a wise man among you? no not one, that can iudge betwene his brethren?
But a brother goeth to lawe with a brother, aud that vnder the infideles.
Now therefore there is vtterly a faute amo{n}g you, because ye go to law one with another: why rather suffer ye not wrong? why rather susteine ye not harme?
Nay, ye your selues do wrong, & do harme and that to your brethren.
Knowe ye not that the vnrighteous shal not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceiued: nether fornicatours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor wantons, nor bouggerers,
Nor theues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extorcioners shal inherite the kingdome of God.
And suche were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are iustified in the Name of the Lord Iesus, & by the Spirit of our God.
¶ All things are lawful vnto me: but all things are not profitable. I may do all things but I wil not be broght vnder the power of anie thing.
Meates (are ordeined) for the bellie, and the bellie for the meates: but God shal destroie bothe it, a{n}d them. Now the bodie (is) not for fornication, but for the Lord, a{n}d the Lord for the bodie.
And God hathe also raised vp the Lord, and shal raise vs vp by his power.
Knowe ye not, that your bodies are the me{m}bres of Christ? shal I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
Do ye not knowe, that he which coupleth him self with an harlot, is one bodie? for two, saith he, shalbe one flesh.
But he that is ioyned vnto the Lord, is one spirit.
Flee fornicatio{n}: euerie sinne that a ma{n} doeth is without the bodie: but he that co{m}mitteth fornicatio{n}, sinneth against his owne bodie.
Know ye not, that your bodie is the te{m}ple of the holie Gost, (which is) in you, whome ye haue of God? and ye are not your owne.
For ye are bought for a price: therefore glorifie God in your bodie, and in your spirit: for they are Gods.
NOw concerning the things whereof ye wrote vnto me, It (were) good for a ma{n} not to touche a woman.
Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euerie man haue his wife, and let euerie woman haue her owne housband.
Let the honsband giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and like wise also the wife vnto the housband.
The wife hathe not the power of her owne bodie, but the housband: and like wise also the housba{n}d hath not the power of his owne bodie, but the wife.
Defraude not one another, except (it be) with consent for a time, that ye may giue your selues to fasting and prayer, and againe come together that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie.
But I speake this by permission, not by commandement.
For I wolde that all men were euen as I my self (am:) but euerie man hathe his proper gift of God, one after this maner, a{n}d another after that.
Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, it is good for them if they abide euen as I (do.)
But if they can not absteine, let them marie: for it is better to marie then to
And vnto the maried I comma{n}de, not I but the Lord, Let not the wife departe from her housband.
But and if she departe, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her housband, and let not the housband put away (his) wife.
But to the remnant I speake, and not the Lord, If anie brother haue a wife, that beleneth not, if she be content to dwell with him let him not forsake her.
And the woman which hathe an housband that beleueth not, if he be content to dwel with her, let her not forsake him.
For the vnbeleuing housband is sanctified by the wife, and the vnbeleuing wife is sanctified by the housband, els were your children vncleane: but now are they holie.
But if the vnbeleuing departe, let him departe: a brother or a sister is not in subiection in suche things: but God hathe called vs in peace.
For what knowest thou, ô wife, whither thou shalt saue thine housband? Or what knowest thou, ô ma{n}, whither thou shalt saue thy wife?
But as God hathe distribute to euerie man, as the Lord hathe called euerie one, so let him walke: and so ordeine I, in all Churches.
Is anie man called being circu{m}cised? let him not gather (his vncircumcision:) is anie called vncircumcised? let him not be circu{m}cised
Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keping of the commaundements of God.
Let euerie man abide in the same vocatio{n} wherein he was called.
Art thou called (being) a seruant? care not for it: but if yet thou maist be fre, vse it rather
For he that is called in the Lord (being) a seruant, is the Lords freman: like wise also he that is called (being) fre, is Christs seruant.
Ye are boght with a price: be not the seruants of men.
Brethren, let euerie man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.
Now concerning virgines, I haue no co{m}maundement of the Lord: but I giue mine aduise, as one that hathe obteined mercie of the Lord to be faithful.
I suppose then this to be good for the present necessitie: (I meane) that it is good for a man so to be.
Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be losed: art thou losed from a wife? seke not a wife.
But if thou takest a wife, thou sinnest not: and if a virgine marie, she sinneth not: neuertheles, suche shal haue trouble in the flesh but spare you.
And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that bothe they which haue wiues, be as thogh they had none:
And they that wepe, as thogh they wept not: and they that reioyce, as thogh thei reioyced not: & thei that bie, as thogh they possessed not:
And they that vse this worlde, as thogh they vsed it not: for the facion of this worlde goeth away.
And I wolde haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
But he that is maried, careth for the things of the worlde, how he maye please (his) wife.
There is difference also betwene a virgine & a wife: the vnmaried woma{n} careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holie, bothe in bodie and in spirit: but she that is maried, careth for the things of the worlde, how she may please her housband.
And this I speake for your owne commoditie, not to tangle you in a snare, but that (ye followe) that, which is honest, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lord without separation.
But if anie man thinke that it is vncomelye for his virgine, if she passe the flowre of (her) age, and nede so require, let him do what he wil, he sinneth not: let them be maried.
Neuertheles he that standeth firme in his heart, that he hathe no nede, but hath power ouer his owne will, and hathe so decreed in his heart, that he will kepe his virgine, he doeth wel.
So the{n} he that giueth her to mariage, doeth well, but he that giueth her not to mariage, doeth better.
The wife is bounde by the law, as long as her housband liueth: but if her housband be dead, she is at libertie to mary with whom she wil, onely in the Lord.
But she is more blessed, if she so abide, in my iudgement: and I thinke that I haue also the Spirit of God.
ANd as touchyng thyngs sacrificed vnto idoles, we knowe that we all haue knowledge: knowledge puffeth vp, but loue edifieth.
Nowe, if any man thinke that he knoweth any thynge, he knoweth nothynge yet as he ought to knowe.
But if any man loue God, the same is knowen of him.
Concernyng therefore meat sacrificed vnto idoles, we knowe that an idoll (is) nothyng in the worlde, and that there (is) none other God but one.
For thogh there be that are called Gods, whether in heauen, or in earth, [as there be many gods, and many Lords.]
Yet vnto vs there (is) but one God, (whiche is) the Father, of whome are all thyngs, and we in hym: and one Lorde Iesus Christ, by whome (are) all things, and we by him.
But euerie man hathe not knowledge: for some hauing conscience of the idole, vntill this houre, eat as a thing sacrificed vnto the idole, and so their conscience being weake, is defiled.
But meat maketh not vs acceptable to God: for nether if we eat, haue we the more: nether if we eat not, haue we the lesse.
But take hede lest by any meanes this power of your be an occasion of fallyng to them that are weake.
For if any man se thee whiche haste knowledge, sit at table in the idoles temple, shall not the conscience of hym which is weake, be boldened to eat those thyngs whiche are sacrificed to idoles?
And through thy knowledge shall the weake brother perishe, for whome Christ dyed.
Now when ye sinne so against the brethren, and wounde their weake conscience, ye sinne against Christ.
Wherefore if meat offende my brother I wil eat no fleshe while the worlde standeth, that I may not offend my brother.
AMI not an Apostle? am I not fre? haue I not sene Iesus Christ our Lord? are ye not my worke in the Lord?
If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet douteles I am vnto you: for ye are the seale of mine Apostleship in the Lord.
My defense to the{m} that examine me, is this.
Haue we not power to eat and to drinke?
Or haue we not power to lead about a wife beyng a sister, aswel as the rest of the Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lorde, and Cephas?
Or I onely and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke?
Who goeth a warfarre anye tyme at hys owne cost? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the frute thereof? or who fedeth a 〈◊〉, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?
Saye I these thyngs accordyng to man? sayth not the Law the same also?
For it is written in the Law of Moses, Thou shalte not mussell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: doeth GOD take care for oxen?
Ether saith he it not all together for our sakes? For our sakes no doute it is written, that he whiche eareth, shulde eare in hope: and that he that thre sheth in hope, shuld be partaker of his hope.
If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall things, (is it) a greate thyng if we reape your carnal things?
If others with you be partakers of (thys) power, (are) not we rather? neuertheles, we haue not vsed thys power: but suffre all things, that we shulde not hinder the Gospel of Christ.
Do ye not knowe, that they whiche minister about the holie things, eat of the things of the Temple? and they whiche wait at the altar, are partakers with the altar?
So also hathe the Lorde ordeined, that they whiche preache the Gospell, shulde lyue of the Gospel.
But I haue vsed none of these thyngs: nether wrote I these thynges, that it shulde be so done vnto me: for it were better for me to dye, then that anie man shulde make myre ioycing vaine.
For thogh I preache the Gospel, I haue nothing to reioyce of: for necessitie is laid vpo{n} me, and wo is vnto me, if I preache not the Gospel.
For if I do it willingly, I haue are warde: but if I do it against my wil, (not withstanding) the dispensation is committed vnto me.
What is my rewarde then? verely that when I preache the Gospel, I make the Gospel of Christe fre that I abuse not mine autoritie in the Gospel.
For thogh I be fre from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I might winne the mo.
And vnto the Iewes I become as a Iewe, that I may winne the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Lawe, as (thogh I were) vnder the Lawe, that I maye winne them that are vnder the Law:
To them that are without lawe, as (thogh I were) without lawe [when I am not without Lawe as perteyning to God, but (am) in the Law through Christ] that I may winne them that are without Law.
To the weake I become as weake, that I may winne the weake: I am made all things to all men, that I myght by all meanes saue some.
And thys I do for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
Knowe ye not, that they whiche runne in a race, runne all, yet one receyueth the price? so runne, that ye may obteine.
And euerie man that proueth masteries, absteineth from al things: and they (do it) to obteine a corruptible crowne: but we for an vncorruptible.
I therefore so runne, not as vn certeinly: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre.
But I beat downe my bodie, and bring it into subiection, lest by any meanes after that I haue preached to other, I my self shulde be reproued.
MOreouer, brethren, I wolde not that ye shulde be ignorant, that all our fathers were vnder the cloude, a{n}d al passed through the sea.
And were all baptized vnto Moses, in the cloude, and in the sea.
And did all eat the same spiritual meat.
And did al drinke the same spiritual drinke [for they dranke of the spirituall Rocke that followed them: and the Rocke was Christ.]
But with many of them GOD was not pleased: for they were ouerthrowen in the wildernes.
Now these are ensamples to vs, to the intent that we shulde not lust after euil things as they also lusted.
Nether be ye idolaters as (were) some of the{m}, as it is written, The people sate downe to eat and drinke, and rose vp to playe.
Nether let vs commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fel in one daye thre and twentie thousand.
Nether let vs tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted (him,) and were destroyed of serpents.
Nether murmure ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Nowe all these thyngs came vnto them for ensamples, and were written to admonishe vs, vpon whome the ends of the worlde are come.
Wherefore, let hym that thinketh he standeth, take hede lest he fall.
There hathe no tentation taken you, but suche as 〈◊〉 to man: and GOD is faithfull, whiche will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able, but wyll euen giue the yssue with the tentation, that ye may be able to beare it.
Wherefore my beloued, flee frome idolatrie.
I speake as vnto them whiche haue vnderstanding: iudge ye what I say.
The cuppe of blessing whiche we blesse, is it not the communion of the bloode of Christ? The bread whiche we breake, is it not the communion of the bodie of Christ?
For we that are many, are one bread and one bodie, because we all are partakers of one bread.
Beholde Israel (whiche is) after the fleshe: are not they whiche eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar?
What say I then? that the idole is any thing? or that that whiche is sacrificed to idoles, is any thing?
(Nay,) but that these thyngs whyche the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to deuils, a{n}d not vnto God: and I wolde not that ye shuld haue felowshippe with the deuils.
Ye can not drinke the cup of the LORD, and the cup of the deuils. Ye can not be partakers of the Lordes table and of the table of deuils.
Do we prouoke the Lord to anger? are we stronger then he?
All things are lawfull for me, but al things are not expedient: all things are lawfull for me, but all things edifie not.
Let no man seke his owne, but euerie man anothers wealth.
Whatsoeuer is solde in the shambles, eat ye; and aske no question for conscience sake.
For the earth (is) the Lords, and all that therein is.
If any of them whiche beleue not, call you (to a feast,) and if ye wil go, whatsoeuer is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
But if any man saye vnto you, This is sacrificed vnto idoles, eat it not, because of hym that shewed it, and for the conscience [for the earth (is) the LORDS, and all that therein is)
And the conscience I say, not thine, but of that other: for why shulde my libertie be condemned of another mans conscience?
For if I through (Gods) benefite be partaker, why am I euil spoke{n} of, for that wherefore I giue thankes?
Whether therefore ye eat or drinke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the glorie of God
Giue none offence, nether to the Iewes, nor to the Grecians, nor to the Church of God:
Euen as please all men in all things, not seking mine owne profite, but (the profite) of many, that they might be saued.
BE ye the followers of me, euen as I am of Christ.
Now, brethren, I commend you, that ye remembre all my things, and kepe the ordina{n}ces, as I deliuered them to you.
But I wil that ye knowe, that Christ is the head of euerie man: and the man is the womans head: and God is Christs head.
Euerie man praying or prophecying hauing (any thing) on (his) head, dishonoreth his head.
But euerie woman that prayeth or prophecieth bareheaded, dishonoreth her head: for it is euen one very thing, as thogh she were shauen.
Therefore if the woman be not couered, let her also be shorne: and if it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen, let herbe couered.
For a man ought not to couer (his) head: for asmuche as he is the image and glorie of God: but the woman is the glorie of the ma{n}
For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.
For the man was not created for the woma{n}s sake: but the woman for the mans sake.
Therefore ought the woma{n} to haue power on (her) head, because of the Angels.
Neuertheles, nether is the man without the woman, nether the woman without the man in the Lord.
For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman: but all things are of God.
Iudge in your selues, is it comelie that a woman praye vnto God vncouered?
Doeth not nature it self teache you, that if a man haue long heere, it is a shame vnto him?
But if a woman haue long heere, it is a praise vnto her: for her heere is giuen her for a couering.
But if any man luste to be contentious, we haue no such custome, nether the Churches of God.
¶ Now in this that I declare, I praise (you) not, that ye come together, not with profit, but with hurt.
For first of all, when ye come together in the Church, I heare that there are dissensions among you: and I beleue it (to be true) in some parte.
For there must be heresies euen among you, that they which are approued among you, might be knowen.
When ye come together therefore into one place, (this) is not to eat the Lords Supper.
For euerie man when they shulde eat, taketh his owne supper afore, and one is hungrie, and another is drunken.
Haue ye not houses to eat & to drinke in? dispise ye the Church of God, and shame the{m} that haue not? what shal I say to you? shal I praise you in this? I praise you not.
For I haue receiued of the Lord that which I also haue deliuered vnto you, (to wit,) That the Lord Iesus in the night that he was betrayed, toke bread.
And when he had giuen tha{n}kes, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my bodie, which is broken for you: this do ye in remembra{n}ce of me.
After the same maner also (he toke) the cup when he had supped, saying, This cup is the Newe testament in my blood: this do as oft as ye drinke it, in remembrance of me.
For as often as ye shal eat this bread, and drinke this cup, ye shewe the Lords death til he come.
Wherefore, whosoeuer shal eat this bread, and drinke the cup of the Lord vnworthely, shalbe giltie of the bodie & blood of the Lord.
Let a man therefore examine him self, and so let him eat of this bread, & drinke of this cup.
For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthely, eateth & drinketh his owne damnatio{n} (because) he discerneth not the Lords bodie
For this cause many (are) weake, and sicke among you, and many slepe.
For if we wolde iudge our selues, we shulde not be iudged.
But when we are iudged, we are chastened of the Lord, because we shulde not be condemned with the worlde.
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tary one for another.
And if any man be hungrie, let him eat at home, that ye come not together vnto condemnation. Other things will I set in order when I come.
NOw co{n}cerning spiritual (giftes,) brethre{n} I wolde not haue you ignorant.
Ye knowe that ye were Gentiles, and were caryed away vnto the domme idoles, as ye were led.
Wherefore, I declare vnto you, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Iesus execrable: also no man can say that Iesus is the Lord, but by the holie Gost.
Now there are diuersities of giftes, but the same Spirit.
And there are diuersities of administrations but the same Lord.
And there are diuersities of operations, but God is the same, which worketh all in all.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is giuen to euerie man, to profit with all.
For to one is giuen by the Spirit the worde of wisdome: and to another the worde of knowledge, by the same Spirit:
And to another (is giuen) faith, by the same Spirit: and to another the giftes of healing, by the same Spirit:
And to another the operations of great workes: and to another, prophecie: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, diuersities of tongues: and to another the interpretation of tongues.
And all these things worketh euen the self same Spirit, distributing to euerie man seuerally as he wil.
For as the bodie is one, and hathe many me{m}bres, & all the membres of the bodie, which is one, thogh they be many, (yet) are (but) one bodie: euen so is Christ.
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one bodie, whether (we be) Iewes or Grecians, whether (we be) bonde, or fre and haue bene all made to drinke into one Spirit.
For the bodie also is not one member, but many.
If the fote wolde say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the bodie, is it therefore not of the bodie?
And if the eare wolde say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the bodie, is it therefore not of the bodie?
If the whole bodie (were) an eye, where (were) the hearing? If the whole (were) hearing, where (were) the smelling?
But now hathe God disposed the membres euerie one of them in the bodie at his owne pleasure.
For if they were all one member, where (were) the bodie?
But now (are) there manie members, yet but one bodie.
And the eye can not say vnto the hand, I haue no nede of thee: nor the head againe to the fete, I haue no nede of you.
Yea, muche rather those membres of the bodie, which seme to be more feble, are necessarie.
And vpon those (membres) of the bodie, which we thinke moste vnhonest, put we more honestie on: and our vncomelie (partes) haue more comelines on.
For our comelie (partes) nede it not: but God hathe tempered the 〈◊〉 together, & hathe giuen the more honour to that (parte) which lacked,
Left there shulde be anie diuision in the bodie: but that the members shulde haue the same care one for another.
Therefore if one member suffer, all suffer with it: if one member be had in honour, all the membres reioyce with it.
Now ye are the bodie of Christ, and membres for (your) parte.
And God hathe ordeined some in the Church: (as) first, Apostles, secondly Prophetes, thirdly teachers, then them that do miracles: after that, the giftes of healing, helpers gouernours, diuersitie of tonges.
Are all Apostles? are all Prophetes? are all teachers?
Are all doers of miracles? haue all the giftes of healing? do all speake with tongues? do all interprete?
But desire you the best gifts, and I wil yet shewe you a more excellent way.
THogh I speake with the tongues of men and Angels, and haue not loue, I am (as) sounding brasse, or a tinkling cymbal.
And thogh I had the (gift) of prophecie, and knewe all secretes and all knowledge, yea, if had all faith, so that I colde remoue mountaines and had not loue, I were nothing.
And thogh I fede the poore with all my goods, and thogh I giue my bodie, that I be burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothing.
Loue suffreth long: it is bountiful: loue enuieth not: loue doeth not boast it self: it is not puffed vp:
It disdaineth not: it seketh not her owne things: it is not prouoked to anger: it thinketh not euil:
It reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth.
It Suffreth all things: it beleueth all things: it hopeth all things: it endureth all things.
Loue doeth neuer fall away, thogh that pro phecyings be abolished, or the to{n}gues cease or knowledge vanish away.
For we knowe in parte, and we prophecie in parte.
But when that which is perfite, is come, then that which is in parte, shalbe abolished
When I was a childe, I spake as a childe, I vnderstode as a childe, I thoght as a childe: but when I became a ma{n}, I put away childish things.
For now we se through a glasse darkely: but the{n} (shal we se) face to face. Now I know in parte: but then shall knowe euen as I am knowen.
And now abideth faith, hope (and) loue, (euen) these thre: but the chiefest of these (is) loue.
FOllowe after loue, and couet spiritual (gifts,) and rather that ye maye prophecie.
For he that speaketh (a stra{n}ge) tongue, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no ma{n} heareth (him): howbeit in the spirit he speaketh secret things.
But he that prophecieth, speaketh vnto me{n} to edifying, and to exhortacion, and to comfort
He that speaketh (strange) language, edifieth him self: but he that prophecieth, edifieth the Church.
I wolde that ye all spake (stra{n}ge) languages, but rather that ye prophecied: for greater is he that prophecieth, then he that speaketh (diuers) tongues, except he expounde it, that the Church may receiue edification.
And now, brethren, if I come vnto you speaking (diuers) to{n}gues, what shal I profite you except I speake to you, ether by reuelation or by knowledge, or by propheciyng, or by doctrine?
Moreouer things without life which giue a sounde, whether (it be) a pipe or an harpe, except they make a distinctio{n} in the sounds, how shal it be kenowen what is piped or harped?
And also if the trumpet giue an vncerteine sounde, who shal prepare him self to battel?
So like wise you, by the tongue, except ye vtterwordes that haue signification, how shal it be vnderstand what is spoken? for ye shal speake in the ayre.
There are so manie kindes of voyces as it cometh to passe] in the worlde, and none of them is domme.
except I konowe then the power of the voyce, I shalbe vnto him that speaketh, a barbarian, and he that speaketh, shalbe a barbarian vnto me.
Euen so, for asmuche as ye couet spiritual (gifts) seke that ye maye excel vnto the edifying of the Church.
Wherefore, let him that speaketh a (stra{n}ge) tongue, praie, that he may interpret.
For if I pray (in) a (strange) tongue, my spirit praieth: but mine vnderstanding is without, frute.
What is it then? I wil praye with the spirit but I wil pray with the vnderstanding also: I wil sing with the spirit, but I wil sing with the vnderstanding also.
Els, when thou blessest with the spirit, how shal he that occupieth the roume of the vnlearned, say Amen, at thy giuing of thankes, seing he knoweth not what thou 〈◊〉?
For thou velery giuest thankes wel, but the other is not edified.
I thanke my God, I speake languages more then ye all.
Yet had I rather in the Church to speake fiue wordes mine vndersta{n}ding that I might also instruct others, then ten thousand wordes in a (strange) tongue.
Brethren, be not children in vndersta{n}ding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.
In the Law it is written, By men of other tongues, & by other languages wil I speake vnto this people: yet: so shal they not heare me, faith the Lord.
Wherefore (strange) tongues are for a signe, not to them that beleue, but to them that beleue not: but prophecying (serueth) not for them that beleue not, but for them which beleue.
If therefore, when the whole Church is come together in one, & all speake (strange) tongues, there come in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not, wil they not say, that ye are out of your wittes?
But if all prophecie, and there come in one that beleueth not, or one vnlearned, he is rebuked of all men, and is iudged of all.
And so are the secretes of his heart made manifest, & so he wil fall downe on his face and worship God, and say plainely that God is in you in dede.
What is to be (done) then brethren? when ye come together, (according as euerie one of you hathe a psalme, (or) hathe doctrine, (or) hathe a tongue, (or) hathe reuelacio{n} (or) hathe interpretacion, let all things be done vnto edifying.
If anie man speake a (strange) tongue, (let it be) by two, or at the most, by thre and that by course, and let one interpret.
But if there be no interpreter, let him kepe silence in the Church, (Which speaketh languages,) and let him speake to him self, and to God.
Let the Prophetes speake two, or thre, and let the other iudge.
And if anie thing be reueiled to another that sitteth by, let the first holde his peace.
For ye may all prophecie one by one, that all may learne, and all may haue comfort.
And the spirits of the Prophetes are subiect to the Prophetes.
For God is not (the autor) of confusion, but of peace, as (we se) in all the Churches of the Saintes.
Let your women kepe silence in the Churche: for it is not permitteth vnto them to speake: but (they ought) to be subiect, as also the Law saith.
And if thei will earne anie thing, let them aske their housbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speake in the Churche
Came the worde of God out from you? ether came it vnto you onely?
If anie ma{n} thinke him self to be a Prophet, or spirituall, let him acknowledge, that the things, that I write vnto you, are the commandements of the Lord.
And if anie man be ignorant, let hym be ignorant.
Wherefore, brethere{n}, couet to prophecie, and forbid not to speake languages.
Let all things be done honestly & by order.
MOreouer, brethere{n}, I declare vnto you the Gospel, which I preached vnto you, whiche ye haue also receiued, and wherein ye continue.
And whereby ye are saued, if ye kepe in memorie, after what maner I preached it vnto you, except ye haue beleued in vaine.
For first of all, I deliuered vnto you that whiche I receiued, howe that Christ dyed for our sinnes according to the Scriptures.
And that he was buryed, and that he arose the third day according the Scriptures.
And that was sene of Cephas, then of the twelue.
After that, he was sene of mo then siue hundreth brethren at once: whereof many remaine vnto this present, and some also are a slepe.
After that, he was sene of Iames: then of all the Apostles.
And last of all he was sene also of me as of one, borne out of due time.
For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not mete to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.
But by the grace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vaine: but I laboured more abundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God whiche is with me.
Wherefore whether it were I, or they, so we preache, and so haue ye beleued.
¶ Now if it be preached, that Christ is risen fro{m} the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
For if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen.
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vaine, and your faith is also vaine.
And we are founde also false witnesses of God: for we haue testified of God, that he hathe raised vp Christ: whome he hathe not raised vp, if so be the dead be not raised.
For if the dead be not raised, then is Christ not raised.
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vaine: ye are yet in your sinnes.
And so they whiche are a slepe in Christ, are perished.
If in this life onely we haue hope in Christ, we are of all men the moste miserable.
But nowe is Christe risen frome the dead, (and) was made the first frutes of them that slepte.
For since by man (came) death, by man (came) also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all dye, euen so in Christe shal all be made aliue.
But euerie man in his owne order: the first frutes (is) christ, afterwarde, they that are of Christ, at his comming (shal rise againe.)
Then (shalbe) the end, when he hathe deliuered vp the kingdome to God, euen the Father, when he hath put downe all rule, and all autoritie and power.
For he must reigne till he hathe put all his enemies vnder his fete.
The last enemie that shalbe destroyed, (is) death.
For he hathe put downe all thynges vnder his fete. [And when he sayth that all thyngs are subiect (to hym,) it is manifest that he is excepted, whiche did put downe all things vnder hym.]
And when all things shalbe subdued vnto him, then shal the Sonne also him self be subiect vnto him, that did subdue all thyngs vnder him, that God may be all in all.
Els what shal they do which are baptized for dead? if the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for dead?
Why are we also in ieoperdie euerie houre?
By our reioycing whiche I haue in Christ Iesus our Lord, I dye daily.
If I haue foght with beasts at Ephesus after the maner of men, what aduantageth it me, if the dead be not raised vp? let vs eat and drinke: for tomorowe we shaldye.
Be not deceiued: euill speakings corrupt good maners.
A wake to (liue) ryghteously, and sinne not: for some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake this to your shame.
But some man will saye, Howe are the dead raised vp? and wyth what bodye come they forthe?
O foole, that which thousowest, is not quickened, except it dye.
And that whiche thousowest, thousowest not that bodie that shalbe, but bare corne, as it faileth, of wheat, or of some other.
But God giueth it a bodie at hys pleasure, euen to euerie sede his owne bodie.
All fleshe (is) not the same fleshe, but there is one fleshe of men, and another fleshe of beastes, and another of fisshes, and another of byrdes.
There (are) also heauenlie bodies, and earthlye bodyes: but the glorye of the heauenlie (is) one, and (the glorie) of the earthlye (is) another.
There is another glorie of the sunue, and another glorie of the moone, and another glorie of the starres: for one starre differeth from (another) starre in glorie.
So also (is) the resurrection of the dead. (The bodie) is sowen incorruption, (and) is raised in incorruption.
It is sowen in diwonour, (and) is raised in glorie: it is sowen in weakenes, (and) is raised in power.
It is sowen a natural bodie, (and) is raised a spiritual bodie: there is a natural bodie, (&) there is a spiritual bodie.
As it is also written, The first man Adam was made a liuing soule: and the last Adam (was made) a quickening Spirit.
Howbeit that (was) not first (made) which is spiritual: but that (which is) natural, & afterwarde that (which is) spiritual.
The first man (is) of the earth, earthlie: the secondeman (is) the Lord from heauen.
As (is) the earthelie, suche (are) they that are earthlie: and as (is) the heauenlie, suche (are) they also that are heauenlie.
And as we haue borne the image of the earthlie, so shal we beare the image of the heauenlie.
This say I, brethren, that flesh & blood can not inherit the kingdome of God, nether doeth corruption inherit incorruption.
Beholde, I shewe you a secret thing, We shal not all slepe, but we shal all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shal blowe, and the dead shal be raised vp incorruptible and we shalbe changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortal (must) put on immortalitie.
So when this corruptible hathe put on incorruption, and this mortal hathe put on immortalitie, then shalbe broght to passe the saying that is written, Death is swalowed vp into victorie.
O death, where (is) thy sting! ô graue where (is) thy victorie!
The sting of death (is) sinne: and the stre{n}gth of sinne (is) the Law.
But thankes (be) vnto God which hathe giuen vs victorie through our LORD Iesus Christ.
Therefore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, abundant alwayes in the worke of the Lord, for asmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord
COncerning the gathering for the Saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galacia, so do ye also.
Euerie first (day) of the weke, let euerie one of you put aside by him self, and laye vp as (God) hathe prospered him, that then there be no gatherings when I come.
And when I am come, whosoeuer ye shal alowe by letters, them wil I send to bring your liberalitie vnto Ierusalem.
And if it be mete that I go also, they shal go with me.
Now I wil come vnto you, after I haue gone through Macedonia [for I wil passe through Macedonia]
And it may be that I wil abide, yea, or winter with you, that ye may bring me on my way whither soeuer I go.
For I wil not se you now in my passage: but I trust to abide a while with you, if the Lord permit.
And I wil tary at Ephesus vntil Pentecost.
For a great dore and effectual is opened vnto me: but there are many aduersaries.
¶ Now if Timotheus come, se that he be without feare with you: for he worketh the worke of the 〈◊〉, euen as I (do.)
Let no man therefor despise him: but conuaye him forthe in peace, that he may come vnto me: for I loke for him with the brethre{n}.
As touching (our) brether Apollos, I greatly desired him, to come vnto you with the brethren: but his minde was not at all to come at this time: howbeit he wil come when he shal haue conuenient time.
¶ Watch ye: stand fast in the faith: quite you like men, (and) be strong.
Let all your things be done in loue.
Now, brethren, I beseche you [ye knowe the house of 〈◊〉, that it is the first frutes of Achaia, and that they haue giuen them selues to minister vnto the Saintes]
That ye be obedient euen vnto such, and to all that helpe with vs and labour.
I am glad of the comming of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus: for they haue supplied the want of you,
For they haue comforted my spirit and yours: acknowledge therefore suche men.
The Churches of Asia salute you: Aquila and Priscilla with the Church that is in their house, salute you greatly in the Lord
All the brethren grete you. Grete ye one another with an holie kisse.
The salutation of (me) Paul with mine owne hand.
If any man loue not the Lord Iesus Christ let him be had in execration, (yea excommunicate to death.
The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ (be) with you.
My loue (be) with you all in Christ Iesus, Amen.
PAul an Apostle of IESVS CHRIST by the wil of God, & (our) brother Timotheus, to the Church of God, which is at Corinthus with all the Saintes, whiche are in all Achaia:
Grace (be) with you, and peace from God our 〈◊〉, and (from) the Lord Iesus Christ.
Blessed (be) God euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comforte,
Which comforteth vs in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comforte the{m} which are in anie affliction by the comforte where with we our selues are comforted of God.
For as the sufferings of Christ abunde in vs so our consolatio{n} abundeth through Christ.
And whether we be afflicted, (it is) for your consolation and saluatio{n}, which is wroght in the induring of the same suffrings, which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, (it is) for your consolation and saluation.
And our hope is stedfast concerning you, in as muche as we knowe that as ye are partakers of the suffrings, so (shal ye be) also of the consolation.
For brethren, we wolde not haue you ignorant of our affliction, which came vnto vs in Asia, how were pressed out of measure passing strength, so that we all together douted, euen of life.
Yea, we receiued the sentence of death in our selues, because we shulde not trust in our selues, but in God, which raiseth the dead.
Who deliuered vs from so great a death, and doeth deliuer: (vs) in whome we trust, that yet hereafter he wil deliuer (vs,)
So that ye labour together in prayer for vs, that for the gift (bestowed) vpon vs for manie, thankes may be giuen by manie persones for vs.
For our reioycing is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie and godlie purenes, and not in fleshlie wisdome, but by the grace of God we haue had our conuersation in the worlde, and moste of all to you wardes.
For we write none other things vnto you, then that ye read or els that ye acknowledge and I trust ye shal acknowledge vnto the end.
Euen as ye haue acknowledged vs partely, that we are your reioycing, euen as ye are ours, in the day of (our) Lord Iesus.
And in this confidence was I minded first to come vnto you, that ye might haue had a double grace,
And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led forthe towarde Iudea of you.
When I therefore was thus minded, did I vse lightnes? or minde I those things which I minde, according to the flesh, that with me shulde be, Yea, yea, and Nay, nay?
Yea, God is faithful, that ourworde toward you was not Yea, and Nay.
For the Sonne of God Iesus Christ who was preacheh among you by vs, (that is) by me, and Siluanus, and Timotheus, was not Yea, and Nay: but in him it was Yea.
For all the promises of God in him (are) Yea, and (are) in him Amen, vnto the glorie of God through vs.
And it is God which stablisheth vs with you in Christ, and hathe anointed vs.
Who hathe also sealed vs, and hathe giuen the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Now, I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you, I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.
Not that we haue dominion ouer your faith, but we are helpers of your ioye: for by faith ye stande.
BVt I determined thus in my self, that I wolde not come againe to you in heauines.
For if I make you sorie, who is he then that shulde make me glad, but the same which is made sorie by me?
And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I shulde take heauines of the{m}, of whome I ought to reioyce: this confide{n}ce haue I in you all, that my ioye is the (ioye) of you all.
For in great affliction, and anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that ye shulde be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.
And if any hathe caused sorow, the same hathe not made me sorie, but partely [lest I shulde more charge (him)] you all.
It is sufficient vnto the same man, that he was rebuked of manie,
So that now contrariewise ye ought rather to forgiue (him,) and comforte (him) lest the same shulde be swalowed vp with ouer muche heauines.
Wherefore, I praye you, that you wolde confirme your loue towards him.
For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the profe of you, whether ye wolde be obedient in all things.
To whome ye forgiue anie thing, I (forgiue) also: for verely if I forgaue anie thing, to whome I forgaue it, for your sakes (forgaue I it) in the sight of Christ,
Lest Satan shulde circumuent vs: for we are not ignorant of his enterprises.
¶ Furthermore, when I came to Troas (to preache) Christs Gospel, and a dore was opened vnto me of the Lord,
I had no rest in my spirit, because I founde not Titus my brother, but toke my leaue of the{m}, and went away into Macedonia.
Now thankes (be) vnto God which alwayes maketh vs to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euerie place.
For we are vnto God the swete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish.
To the one (we are) the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life, and who is sufficient for these things?
For we are not as manie, which make marchandise of the worde of God: but as of synceritie, but as of God in the sight of God speake we in Christ.
DO we beginne to praise our selues againe? or nede we as some other, epistles of recommendation vnto yon, or (letters) of recommendation from you?
Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is vnderstand and red of all men,
In that ye are manifest, to be the epistle of Christ, ministred by vs, and written, not with yncke, but with the Spirit of the liuing God not in tables of stone, but in fleshlie tables of the heart.
And suche trust haue we through Christ to God:
Not that we are sufficient of our selues, to thinke anie thing, as of our selues: but our sufficiencie (is) of God.
Who also hathe made vs able ministers of the New testament, not of the letter but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giueth life.
If then the ministration of death (written) with letters and ingrauen in stones, was glorous so that the children of Israel colde not beholde the face of Moses for the glorie of his contena{n}ce [which (glorie) is done away]
Ho shal not the ministration of the Spirit be more glorious?
For if the ministerie of conde{m}nation (was) glorious, muche more doeth the ministratio{n} of righteousnes excede in glorie.
For euen that which was glorified, was not glorified in this point, (that is,) as touching the exceding glorie.
For if that which shulde be abolished, (was) glorious, muche more shal that which remaineth, be glorious.
Seing then that we haue suche trust, we vse great boldenes of speache.
And (we are) not as Moses, (which put a vaile vpon his face, that the childre{n} of Israel shulde not looke vnto the end of that which shulde be abolished.
Therefore their mindes are hardened: for vntil this day remaineth the same couering vntak 〈◊〉 away in the reading of the Olde testament, which (vaile) in Christ is put away.
But euen vnto this day, when Moses is red, the vaile is layed ouer their hearts.
Neuertheles when their (heart) shalbe turned to the Lord, the vaile shalbe taken away.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord (is,) libertie.
But we all beholde as in a mirrour the glorie of the Lord with open face, & are changed into the same image, from glorie to glorie, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
THerefore, seing that we haue this ministerie, as we haue 〈◊〉 mercie we fainte not:
But haue cast from vs the clokes of shame and walke not in craftines, nether handle we the worde of God disceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euerie mans conscience in the sight of God.
If our Gospel be then hid, it is hid to them, that are lost.
In whome the god of this worlde hathe blinded the mindes, (that is,) of the infideles, that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, which is the 〈◊〉 of God, shulde not shine vnto them.
For we preache not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake.
For God that commanded the light to shine out of darkenes, (is he) which hathe shined in our hearts, to giue the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christ.
But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excelle{n}cie of that power might be of God and not of vs.
We are afslicted on euerie side, yet (are we) not in distresse: in pouertie, but no ouercome of pouertie.
(We are) persecuted, but not forsaken: cast downe, but we perish not.
Euerie where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lord Iesus, that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies.
For we which liue, are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake, that the life also of Iesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
So then death worketh in vs, and life in you.
And because we haue the same Spirit of faith, according as it is written, I beleued, and therefore haue I spoken, we also beleue, and therefore speake,
Knowing that he which hathe raised vp the Lord Iesus, shal raise vs vp also by Iesus, & shal set vs with you.
For all things (are) for your sakes that moste plenteous grace by the thankesgiuing of manie may redounde to the praise of God.
Therefore we faint not, but thogh our outwarde man "perish, yet the inwarde man is renewed daily.
For our light affliction which is but for a moment, causeth vnto vs a farre moste excellent and an eternal waight of glorie:
While we loke not on the things which are sene, but on the things, which are not sene: for the things which are sene, (are) temporal: but the things which are not sene, (are) eternal.
FOr we knowe that if our earthlie house of this tabernacle be destroied, we haue buylding (giuen) of God, (that is,) an house not made with hands, (but) eternal in the heauens.
For therefore we sigh, desiring to be clothed with our house, which is from heauen.
Because that if we be clothed, we shal not be founde naked.
For in dede we that are in this tabernacle, sigh and are burdened, because we wolde not be vnclothed, but wolde be clothed vpon, that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of life.
And he that hathe created vs for this thing, (is) God, who also hathe giuen vnto vs the earnest of the Spirit.
Therefore we are alway bolde, thogh we knowe that whiles we are at home in the bodie, we are absent from the Lord.
[For we walke by faith, and not by sight.]
Neuertheles, we are bolde, and loue rather to remoue out of the bodie, & to dwell with the Lord.
Wherefore also we couet, that bothe dwelling at home, & remouing from home we may be acceptable to him.
For we must all appeare before the iudgement seat of Christ, that euerie man may receiue the things which are (done) in his bodie according to that he hathe done, whether (it be) good or euil.
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men, and we are made manifest vnto God, & I trust also that we are made manifest in your consciences.
For we praise not our selues againe vnto you, but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue (to answere) against the{m}, which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.
For whether we be out of our wit, (we are it) to God: or whether we be in our right minde, (we are it) vnto you.
For the loue of Christ constraineth vs: because we thus iudge, that if one be dead for all, then were all dead,
And he dyed for all, that they which liue, shulde not henceforthe liue vnto them selues, but vnto him which dyed for them, and rose againe.
Wherefore, hence for the know we no man after the flesh, yea thogh we had knowen Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforthe know we (him) no more.
Therefore if anie man (be) in CHRIST, (let him be) anewe creature. Olde things are passed away: beholde, all things are become newe.
And all things (are) of God, which hathe reconciled vs vnto him self by Iesus Christ, and hathe giuen vnto vs the ministerie of reconciliation.
For God was in Christ, and reconciled the worlde to him self, not imputing their sinnes vnto them, and hathe committed to vs the worde of reconciliation.
Now then are we ambassadours for Christ: as thogh God did beseche (you) through vs, we praye you in Christs stede, that ye be reconciled to God.
For he hathe made him (to be) sinne for vs which knew no sinne, that we shulde be made the righteousnes of God in him.
SO we therefore as workers together beseche (you,) that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine.
For he saith, I haue heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of saluation haue I suckered thee: beholde now the accepted time, beholde now the daye of saluation.
We giue no occasion of offence in anie thing, that (our) ministerie shulde not be reprehended.
But in all things we approue our selues as the ministers of God, in muche patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
In stripes, in prisones, in tumultes, in labours.
By watchinges, by fastinges, by puritie, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindnes, by the holie Gost, by loue vnfained.
By the worde of trueth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousnes on the right hand an on the lefte.
By honour, and dishonour, by euill reporte and good reporte, as deceiuers, & (yet) true:
As vnknowen, and (yet) knowen: as dying, and beholde, we liue: as chastened, and (yet) not killed:
As sorowing, and (yet) alway reioycyng: as poore, and (yet) make manie riche: as hauing nothing, and (yet) possessing all thyngs.
O corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you our heart is made large.
Ye are not kept straite in vs, but ye are kept straite in your owne bowelles.
Now for the same recompense, I speake as to (my) children, Be you also enlarged.
Be not vnequally yoked with the infideles: for what felowship hathe righteousnes with vnrighteousnes? and what communion hathe light with darkenes?
And what concorde hathe Christ with Belial? or what parte hathe the beleuer with the infidel?
And what agrement hathe the Temple of God with idoles? for ye are the Temple of the liuyng God: as God hathe said, I will dwell among them, and walke there: and I will be their God, and they shalbe my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and separate yourselues, saith the Lord: and touche none vncleane thing, and I will receiue you.
And I wil be a Father vnto you, & ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lord almightie.
SEing then we haue these promises dearely beloued, let vs clense our selues from all filthines of the flesh and Spirit, and growe vp vnto ful holines in the feare of God.
Receiue vs: we haue done wrong to no man we haue consumed no man: we haue defrauded no man.
I speake it not to (your) condemnacion: for I haue said before, that ye are in our hearts, to dye and liue together.
I vse great boldenes of speach towarde you: I reioyce greatly in you: I am filled with comfort, and am exceadyng ioyous in all our tribulacion.
For when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no reste, but we were troubled on euerie side, fightings without, and terrours within.
But God, that comforteth the abiect, comforted vs at the comming of Titus:
And not by his comming onely, but also by the consolacion where with he was comforted of you, whe{n} he tolde vs your great desire your mourning, your feruent minde to me warde, so that I reioyced muche more.
For thogh I made you sorie with a letter, I repent not, thogh I did repent: for I perceiue that the same epistle made you sorie, thogh (it were) but for a season.
I now reioyce, not that ye were sorie, but that ye sorowed to repentance: for ye sorowed godly, so that in nothing ye were hurt by vs.
For godlie sorowe causeth repentance vnto saluacion, not to be repented of: but the worldlie sorowe causeth death.
For beholde, this thing that ye haue bene godly sorie, what great care it hath wroght in you: yea, what clearing of your selues: yea (what) indignacion: yea, (what) feare: yea (how) great disire, yea, (what) a zeale: yea, (what) punishment: in all things ye haue shewed your selues, that ye are pure in this matter.
Wherefore, thogh I wrote vnto you, I did not it for his cause that had done the wrong, nether for his cause that had the iniurie, but that our care toward you in the sight of God might appeare vnto you.
Therefore we were comforted, because ye were comforted: but rather we reioyced muche more for the ioy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
For if that I haue boasted anie thing to him of you, I haue not 〈◊〉 ashamed: but as I haue spoken vnto you all things in trueth, ene{n} so our boasting vnto Titus was true.
And his inwarde affection is more abundant towarde you, when he remembreth the obedience of you all, (and) how with feare and trembling ye receiued him.
I reioyce (therefore) that I may put my co{n}fidence in you in all things.
WE do you also to wit, brethren, of the grace of God bestowed vpo{n} the Churches of Macedonia,
Because in great tryal of affliction their ioye abunded, and their moste extreme pouertie abunded vnto their riche liberalitie.
For to (their) power [I beare recorde] yea, & beyonde their power, they were willing,
And prayed vs with great instance that we wold receiue the grace, and felowship of the ministring which is towarde the Saintes
And (this they did,) not as we loked for: but gaue their owne selues, first to the Lord, and (after) vnto vs 〈◊〉 the wil of God,
That we shulde exhorte Titus, that as he had begonne, so he wolde also accomplish the same grace among you also.
Therefore, as ye abunde in euerie thing, in faith and worde, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your loue towards vs, (euen so se) that ye abunde in this grace also.
This say I not by commandement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore proue I the naturalnes of your loue.
For 〈◊〉 knowe the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ, that he being riche, for your sakes became poore, that ye through his pouertie might be made riche.
And I shewe (my) minde herein: for this is expedient for you, which haue begonne not to do onely, but also to wil, a yere ago.
Now therefore performe to do it also, that as (there was) a readines to wil, euen so ye maye performe it of that which ye haue.
For if there be first a willing minde, it is accepted according to that a man hathe, and not according to that he hathe not.
Nether (is it) that other men shulde be eased and you grieued.
But vpon like condicion, at this time your abundance (supplieth) their lacke, that also their abundance may be for your lacke that there may be equalitie:
As it is wiritten, He that (gathered) muche had nothing ouer, & he that (gathered) litle, had not the lesse.
And thanke (be) vnto God, which hathe put in the heart of Titus the same care for you.
Because he accepted the exhortacion, yea he was so careful that of his owne accorde he went vnto you.
And we haue sent also with him the brother, whose praise (is) in the Gospel through out all the Churches.
[And not so onely, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a felowe in our iourney concerning this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lord, and (declaracion) of your prompt minde.]
Auoyding this, that no ma{n} shulde blame vs in this abundance that is ministred by vs.
Prouiding for honest things, not onely before the Lord, but also before men.
And we haue sent with then our brother, whome we haue of times proued to be diligent in manie things, but now, muche more diligent, for the great confidence, whiche I haue) in you.
Whether (anie do enquire) of Titus, (he is) my felowe and helper to you warde: or of our brethren, they are messengers of the Churches, (and) the glorie of Christ.
Wherefore shewe towarde them, and before the Churches the profe of your loue, and of the reioycing that we haue of you.
FOr as touching the ministring to the Saintes, it is superfluous for me to write vnto you.
For I knowe your readines of minde, whereof I boast my self of you vnto them of Macedonia, (and say,) that Achaiawas prepared a yere ago, and your zeale hathe prouoked manie.
Now haue I sent the brethren, lest our reioycing ouer you shulde be in vaine in this behalfe, that ye [as I haue said] be readie:
Lest if thei of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we [I nede not to say you] 〈◊〉 be ashamed in this my constant boasting.
Wherefore, I thoght it necessarie to exhorte the brethen to come before vnto you, and to finish your beneuolence appointed afore that it might be readie, (and come) as of beneuolence, and not as of sparing.
This yet (remember,) that he which soweth sparingly, shal reape also sparingly, and he that soweth liberally, shall reape also liberally.
As euerie man wisheth in his heart, (so 〈◊〉 him giue) not grudgingly, or of necessitie: for God loueth a chereful giuer.
And God is able to make all grace to abounde towarde you, that ye 〈◊〉 hauing 〈◊〉 sufficiencie in all things, may abounde in euerie good worke,
As it is written, He hathe sparsed abroad and hathe giuen to the poore: his 〈◊〉 ce remaineth for euer.
Also he that findeth seede to the sower, wil minister 〈◊〉 wise bread for foode, and multiplie your sede, and increase the frutes of your beneuolence,
That on all partes ye may be made riche vnto all 〈◊〉, which causeth through vs 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vnto God.
For the ministracion of this seruice not onely 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the Saintes, but also is abundant by the thankesgiuing of manie vnto God,
[Which by the experimente of this ministracion praise God for your voluntarie submission to the Gospel of CHRIST, and for your liberall distribution to the, and to all men]
And by their praier for you, desiring after you greatly, for the abundant grace of God in you.
Thankes therefore (be) vnto God for his vnspeakeable gift.
NOw I Paul my self beseche you by the mekenes, and gentlenes of Christ, which when I am present among you, (am) base, but am bolde towarde you being absent:
And (this) I require you, that I nede not to be bolde when I am 〈◊〉, with that same confidence, where with I thinke to be bolde against some, which esteme vs as thogh we walked according to the flesh.
Neuertheles, thogh we walke in the 〈◊〉, yet we do not warre after the flesh,
[For the weapons of our warrefare are not carnal, but mightie through God, to cast downe holdes]
Casting downe the imaginations, and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captiuitie euerie thoght to the obedience of Christ,
And hauing ready the vengeance against all disobedience, when our obedience is fulfilled.
Loke ye on things 〈◊〉 the appearance? If anie man trust in him self that he is Christs, let him consider this againe of him self, that as he (is) Christs? euen so (are we) Christs.
For thogh I shulde boast some what more of our autoritie, which the Lord hathe giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I shulde haue no shame.
(This I say) that I may not seme as (it were) to feare you with letters.
For the letters, saith he, are sore and strong but his 〈◊〉 presence is weeke, and his speache is of no value.
Let suche one thinke this, that suche as we are in 〈◊〉 by letters when we are absent, suche (wil we be) also in dede, when we are present.
For we dare not make ourselues of the nomber, or to compare our selues to them, 〈◊〉 praise them selues: but they vnderstand not that they measure them selues with them selues, and compare them selues with them selues.
But we wil not reioyce of things, which are not within (our) measure, but according to the measure of the line, whereof GOD hathe distributed vnto vs a measure to atteine euen vnto you.
For we stretch not ourselues beyonde (our) measure, as thogh we had not atteined vnto you: for euen to you also haue we come (in preaching) the Gospel of Christ,
Not boasting of things which are without (our) measure: (that is,) of other me{n}s labours and we hope, when your faith shal increase, to be magnified by you according to our 〈◊〉 abundantly,
And to preache the Gospel in those (〈◊〉) which (are) beyonde you: not to reioyce in another mans line, (that is) in the things that are prepared already.
But let him that reioyceth, reioyce in the Lord.
For he that praiseth him self, is not alowed, but he whome the Lord praiseth.
WOlde to God, ye colde suffer a litle my foolishnes, and in deed, ye suffer me.
For I am ielous ouer you, with godlie ielousie: for I haue prepared you for one housband, to present you (as) a pure virgine to Christ:
But I feare lest as the serpent beguiled Eue through his subtilitie, so your mindes shulde be corrupte from the simplicitie that is in Christ.
For if he that cometh, preacheth another Iesus then him whome we haue preached: or if ye receiue another spirit then that which ye haue receiued: ether another Gospel, then that ye haue receiued, ye might wel haue suffered (him.)
Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the verie chief Apostles.
And thogh (I be) rude in speaking, yet (I am) not (so) in knowledge, but 〈◊〉 you we haue bene made manifeste to the vtmost, in all things.
Haue I commited an offence, because I abased my self, that ye might be exalted, and because I preached to you the Gospel of God frely?
I robbed other Churches, and toke wages (of them) to do you seruice.
And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was not slothful to the hinderance of anie man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethren which came from 〈◊〉 nia, supplied, and in all things I kept and wil kepe my self that I shulde not be grieuous to you.
The trueth of Christ is in me, that this reioycing shal not be shut vp against me in the regions of Achaia.
Wherefore? because I loue you not? GOD knoweth.
But what I do, that wil I do? that I may cut away occasion, from them which desire occasion, that they might be founde like vnto vs in that wherein they reioyce.
For suche false apostles are deceitful workers, and transforme them selues into the Apostles of Christ.
And no marueile: for Satan himself is trans formed into an Angel of light.
Therefore it is no great thing, thogh his ministers transforme them selues, as thogh (they were) the ministers of righteousnes, whose end shalbe accordyng to their workes.
I say againe, let no man thinke, that I am foolish: or els take me euen as a foole, that I also may boast my self a litle.
That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as (it were) foolishly, in this (my) great boasting.
Seing that manie reioyce after the flesh, I wil reioyce also.
For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that ye are wise.
For ye suffre euen if a man bring you into bondage, if a man deuoure (you) if a man take (your goods) if a man exalte him self, if a man smite you on the face.
I speake as concerning the reproche: as thogh that we had bene weake: but wherein anie mans is bolde [I speake foolishly] I am bolde also.
They are Ebrewes, so am I they are Israelites, so am I: they are the sede of Abraham, so am I:
They are the ministers of Christ [I speake as a foole] I am more: in labours more abundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prison more plenteously: in death oft.
Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I fortie (strippes) saue one.
I was thrise beaten with roddes: I was once stoned: I suffered thrise ship wracke: night and day haue I bene in the depe sea.
In 〈◊〉 (I was) often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of mine owne nation, in perils among the Gentiles, in perils in the citie, in perils in wildernes, in perils in the sea, in perils amongs false brethren,
In wearines and painefulnes, in watching often, in honger and thirst, in fastings often, in colde and in nakednes.
Beside the things which are outwarde, I am combred daily, (and haue) the care of all the Churches.
Who is weake, and I am not weake? who is offended, and I burne not?
If I must nedes reioyce, I wil reioyce of mine infirmities.
The God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lye not.
In Damascus the gouerner of the people vnder KING Aretas, laide watche in the citie of the Damascens, and wolde haue caught me.
But at a windowe was I let downe in a basket through the wall, and escaped his hands.
IT is not expedient for me no dout to reioyce: for I wil come to visions and reuelatio{n}s of the Lord.
I knowe a man in Christ aboue fourtene yeres agone, [whether (he were) in the bodie I can not tel, or out of the bodie, I can not tel, God knoweth] whiche was taken vp into the thirde heauen.
And I knowe suche a man [whether in the bodie, or out of the bodie, I can not tel: God knoweth.]
How that he was taken vp into Paradise, and heard wordes whiche can not be spoken, whiche are not possible for man to vtter.
Of suche a man will I reioyce: of my selfe will I not reioyce, except it be of mine infirmities.
For thogh I wolde reioyce, I shulde not be a foole: for I wil say the trueth, but I refraine, lest anie man shuld thinke of me aboue that he seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.
And lest I shulde be exalted out of measure through the abunda{n}ce of reuelations, there was giuen vnto me a pricke in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, because I shulde not be exalted out of measure.
For this thing I besoght the Lord thrise, that it might departe from me.
And he sayd vnto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made 〈◊〉 through weakenes. Verie gladly therefore wil I reioyce rather in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguishe for Christs sake: for when I am weake, then am I strong.
I was a foole to boast my self: ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for nothyng was I inferior vnto the verie chief Apostles, thogh I be nothing
The signes of an Apostles were wroght among you with al pacience, with signes, and wonders, and great workes.
For what is it, wherein ye were inferiors vnto other Churches, except that I haue not bene slothfull to your hinderance? forgiue me this wrong.
Beholde, the thirde tyme I am readie to come vnto you, and yet wil I not be slothfull to your hinderance: for I seke not yours, but you: for the childre{n} ought not to lay vp for the fathers, but the fathers for the children.
And I wil moste gladly bestowe, and will be bestowed for your soules: thogh the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued.
But be it that I charged you not: yet forasmuche as I was craftie, I toke you wyth guile.
Did I pill you by anie of them whome I sent vnto you?
I haue desired Titus, and with him I haue sent a brother: did Titus pil you of any thing? walked we not in the selfe same spirit? (walked we) not in the same steppes?
Againe, thinke ye that we excuse our selues vnto you? we speake before God in Christ. But (we do) all thyngs, dearly beloued, for your edifying.
For I feare lest whe{n} I come, I shall not finde you suche as I wolde: and that I shalbe founde vnto you suche as ye wolde not, and lest (there be) strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, back ebitings, whisperings, swellings (and) discorde.
(I feare) lest when I come againe, my GOD abase me amonge you, and I shall be waile manie of them whiche haue sinned already, and haue not repented of the vnclennes, and fornication, and wantonnes, which they haue committed.
THis (is) the thirde time that I come vnto you. In the mouth of two or thre witnesses shall euerie worde stand.
I tolde you before, and tell you before: as thogh I had bene present the seconde time, so write I now beyng absent to them which heretofore haue sinned, and to all others, that if I come againe, I wil not spare.
Seing that ye seke experience of Christ, that speaketh in me, whiche towarde you is not weake, but is mightie in you.
For thogh he was crucified concerning (his) infirmitie, yet liueth he through the power of God. And we no dout are weake in him: but we shall liue with him, through the power of God towarde you.
Proue your selues whether ye are in the faith: examine your selues: know ye not your owne selues, how that Iesus Christ, is in you, except ye be reprobates?
But I trust that ye shal know that we are not reprobates.
Nowe I pray vnto God that ye do none euil, not that we shulde seme approued, but that ye shulde do that which is honest: thogh we be as reprobates.
For we can not (do) anie thyng againste the trueth, but for the trueth.
For we are glad when we are weake, a{n}d that ye are strong: this also we wishe for (euen) your perfection.
Therefore write I these thyngs beyng absent, lest when 〈◊〉 am present, I shulde vse sharpenes, accordyng to the power whiche the Lord hath giuen me, to edification, and not to destruction.
Finally brethren, fare ye well: be perfite: be of good comforte: be of one mynde: lyue in peace, and the God of loue and peace shalbe with you.
Grete one another with an holie kysse. All the Saintes salute you.
The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, and the loue of God, and the communion of the holie Gost be with you all.
PAVL an Apostle [not of men, nether by man, by Iesus Christ, and God the Father which hathe raised hym from the dead.]
And all the brethren which are with me, vnto the Churches of Galatia:
Grace (be) with you and peace from God the Father, and (from) our Lord Iesus Christ.
Whiche gaue him self for our sinnes, that he myght deliuer vs from thys present euill worlde accordyng to the will of GOD euen our Father.
To whome (be) glorie for euer and euer, Amen.
I marueile that ye are so sone remoued away vnto another Gospel, frome hym that had called you in the grace of Christ.
Whyche is not another (Gospell,) saue that there be some whiche trouble you, and intende to peruert the Gospel of Christ.
But thogh that we, or an Angel 〈◊〉 heauen preache vnto you other wise, then that whiche we haue preached vnto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I nowe againe, If anie man preache vnto you otherwise then that ye haue receiued, let him be accursed.
For nowe preache I mans (doctrine,) or Gods? or go I aboute to please men? for if I shulde yet please men, I were not the seruant of Christ.
Nowe I certifie you, brethren, that the Gospel spel which was preached of me, was not after man.
For nether receiued I it of man, nether was I taught it, but by the reuelation of Iesus Christ.
For ye haue hearde of my conuersation in time paste, in the Iewish religion, howe that I persecuted the Church of God extremely, and wasted it.
And profited in the Iewish religion aboue manie of my companions of myne owne nacion, and was muche more zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
But when it pleased God [whiche had separated me from my mothers wombe, and called (me) by his grace]
To reueile hys Sonne in me, that I shulde preache hym among the Gentiles, immediatly I communicated not with fleshe and blood:
Nether came I gayne to Ierusalem to them whyche were Apostles before me, but I went into Arabia, and turned againe vnto Damascus.
Then after thre yeres I came againe to Ierusalem to visite Peter, and abode with him fiftene dayes.
And none other of the Apostles sawe I, saue Iames the Lords brother.
Nowe the thynges whyche I write vnto you, beholde, (I witnesse) before God, that I lie not.
After that, I wente into the coastes of Syria and Cilicia: for I was vnknowen by face vnto the Churches of Iudea, whiche were in Christ.
But they had heard onelye (some saye,) He whyche persecuted vs in tyme paste, nowe 〈◊〉 the fayth, whiche before he destroyed.
And they glorified God for me.
THen fourtene yeres after, I went vp again to Ierusalem with Barnabas, & toke with me Titus also.
And I went vp by reuelation, and communicated with them of the Gospell whiche I preache among the Gentiles, but particularly with the{m} that were the chief, lest by any meanes I shuld runne, or had runne in vaine
But nether yet Titus whiche was with me, thogh he were a Grecian, was compelled to be circumcised.
For all the false brethren that crept in: who came in priuely to spie out our libertie, whiche we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.
To whome we gaue not place by subiectio{n} for an houre, that the trueth of the Gospell might continue with you.
And of them which semed to be great, (I was not taught) [what they were in time passed it maketh no matter to me. God accepteth no mans persone] neuertheles they that are the chief, did co{m}municate nothing with me
But contrariwise, when they sawe that the Gospel ouer the vncircumcision was committed vnto me, as (the Gospel) ouer the Circumcision was vnto Peter:
[For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the Circumcision, was also mightie by me towarde the Gentiles]
And when Iames, and Cephas, and Iohn knewe of the grace that was giuen vnto me whiche 〈◊〉 counted to be pillers, they gaue to me and to Barnabasthe right hands of felowship, that we (shulde preache) vnto the Gentiles, and they vnto the Circumcision.
(Warnyng onely that we shulde remember the poore: whiche thing also I was diligent to do.
¶ And when Peter was come to Antiochia, I withstode him to his face: for he was to be blamed.
For before that certeine came from Iames, he ate with the Ge{n}tiles: but when they were come, he withdrewe, and separated hym self, fearing them whiche were of the Circumcision.
And the other Iewes dissembled like wise with hym, in so muche that Barnabas was broght into their 〈◊〉 also.
But when I 〈◊〉, that they went not the right way to the trueth of the Gospel, I said vnto Peter before all men, If thou being a Iewe, liuest as the Gentiles, and not like the Iewes, why constrainest thou the Gentiles to do like the Iewes?
We (whiche are) Iewes by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles.
Knowe that a man is not iustified by the workes of the Law, but by the faith of Iesus Christ euen we (I say,) haue beleued in Iesus Christe, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, and not by the workes of the Law, because that by the workes of the Law no flesh shalbe iustified.
If the{n} while we seke to be made righteous by Christ, we our selues are founde sinners is Christ therfore the minister of sinne? God forbid.
For if I buylde againe the things that I haue destroyed, I make myself a trespaser.
For I through the Law am dead to the Law and that I might liue vnto God, I am crucified with Christ.
Thus I liue (yet,) not I now, but Christ liueth in me: and in that that I now liue in the flesh, I liue by the faith in the Sonne of God who hathe loued me, and giuen him self for me.
I do not abrogate the grace of God: for if righteousnes (be) by the Law, then Christ dyed without a cause.
O Foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you that ye shulde not obey the trueth, to whome Iesus Christ before was described in your sight, and among you crucified.
This onely wolde I learne of you, Receiued ye the Spirit by the workes of the Law, or by the hearing of faith (preached?)
Are ye so foolish, that after ye haue begonne in the Spirit, ye wolde now be made perfite by the flesh?
Haue ye suffred so many things in vaine? if so be it be euen in vaine.
He therefore that ministreth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles amo{n}g you, (doeth he it) through the workes of the Law, or by the hearing of faith (preached?)
(Yea rather) as Abraham beleued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.
Knowe ye therefore, that they whiche are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
For the Scripture foreseing, that God wolde iustifie the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, (saying,) In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.
So then they whiche be of faith, are blessed with faithful Abraham.
For as many as are of the workes of the Law, are vnder the curse: for it is written, Cursed is euerie man that continueth not in all things, which are written in the boke of the Law, to do them.
And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shal liue by faith.
And the Law is not of faith: but the man that shal do those thing 〈◊〉 shal liue in them.
Christ 〈◊〉 redemed vs from the curse of the Law, when he was made a curse for vs [for it is written, Cursed is euerie one that hangeth on tre]
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Iesus, that we might receiue the promes of the Spirit through faith.
Brethren, I speake as men do, Thogh it be but a mans couenant when it is confirmed (yet) no man doeth abrogate it, or addeth any thing thereto.
Now to Abraham and his sede were the promises made. He saith not, And to the sedes, as (speaking) of many: but, And to thy sede, as of one, which is Christ.
And this I say, that the Law which was foure hundreth and thirtie yeres after, can not disanul the couenant that was confirmed afore of God in respect of Christ, that it shuld make the promes of none 〈◊〉.
For if the inheritance (be) of the Law, (it is) no more by the promes, but God gaue it vnto Abraham by promes.
Wherefore then (serueth) the Law? It was added because of the transgressions, til the sede came vnto the which the promes was made: and it was ordeined by Angels in the hand of a Mediatour.
Now a Mediatour is not Mediatour) of one: but God is one,
(Is) the Law then 〈◊〉 the promes of God God forbid: for if 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 had bene a Law giuen which colde haue giuen life, surely righteousnes shulde haue bene by the Law.
But the Scripture hathe concluded all vnder sinne, that the promes by the faith of Iesus Christ shulde be giuen to them that beleue.
But before faith came, we were kept vnder the Law, and shut vp vnto the faith, which shulde 〈◊〉 warde be reueiled.
Wherefore the Law was our scholemaster (to bring vs) to Christ, that we might be made 〈◊〉 by faith.
But after that faith is come, we are no longer vnder a scholemaster.
For ye are all the sonnes of God by faith, in Christ Iesus.
For alye that are baptized into Christ, haue put on Christ.
There is nether Iewe nor Grecian: there is nether bonde nor fre: there is nether male nor female: for ye are all one in CHRIST IESVS.
And if (ye be) Christs, then are ye Abrahams sede, and heires by promes.
THen I say, that the heire as long as he is a childe, differeth nothing from a serua{n}t, thogh he be Lord of all,
But is vnder tuters and gouerners, vntil the time appointed of the father.
Euen so, we when we were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.
But when the fulnes of time was come, God sent forthe his Sonne made of a woma{n}, (and) made vnder the Law,
That he might redeme them which were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the a do ption of the sonnes.
And because ye are sonnes, God hathe sent forthe the Spirit of his Sonne into your hearts, which cryeth, Abba, Father.
Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if (thou be) a sonne, (thou art) also the heire of God through Christ.
But euen then, when ye knewe not God, ye did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods.
But now seing ye knowe God, yea, rather are knowen of God, how turne ye againe vnto impotent and beggerlie rudiments, whereunto (as) from the beginning ye wil be in bondage againe?
Ye obserue dayes, and moneths, and times, and yeres.
I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vaine.
Be ye as I: for I am euen as you: brethren, I beseche you: ye haue not hurt meat all.
And ye knowe, how through infirmitie of the flesh I preached the Gospel vnto you at the first.
And the tryal of me which was in my flesh, ye despised not, nether abhorred: but ye receiued me as an Angel of God, (yea,) as Christ Iesus.
What was then your felicitie? for I beare you recorde, that if it had bene possible, ye wolde haue plucked out your owne eyes, & haue giuen them to me.
Am I therefore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?
They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they wolde exclude you, that ye shulde altogether loue them.
But it is a good thing to loue earnestly alwayes in a good thing, and not onely when I am present with you,
My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntil CHRIST be formed in you.:
And I wolde I were with you now, that I might change my voice: for I am in doute of you.
Tell me, ye that wil be vnder the Law, do ye not heare the Law?
For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a fre woman.
But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the fre woman, (was borne) by promes.
By the which things another thing is ment: for these (mothers) are the two Testaments the one which is Agar of mounte Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage.
[For Agar (or) Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to 〈◊〉 whiche now is] and she is in bondage with her children.
But Ierusalem, which is aboue, is fre: whiche is the mother of vs all.
For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forthe, and cryethou that trauailest not: for the desolat hathe many mo children, then she whiche hathe an housband.
Therefore brethren, were after the maner of Isaac, children of the promes.
But as then he that was borne after the flesh persecuted hym that (was borne) after the spirit, euen so (it is) now.
But what saith the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the fre woman.
Then brethren, we are no children of the seruant, but of the fre woman.
STand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hathe made vs fre, and be not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage.
Beholde, I Paul say vnto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christe shall profite, you nothing.
For I testifie againe to euerie man, which is circumcised, that he is bounde to kepe the whole Law.
Ye are abolished from Christ: whosoeuer are iustified by the Law, ye are fallen frome grace.
For we through the Spirite waite for the hope of righteousnes through faith.
For in Iesus Christ nether Circumcision auaileth anie thing, nether vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.
Ye did 〈◊〉 well: who did let you that ye did not obeie the trueth?
(It is) not the persuasion of hym that calleth you.
A litle leauen doeth leauen the whole lompe.
I haue trust in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall beare (his) condemnacion, whosoeuer he be.
And brethren, if I yet preache circumcision why do I yet suffer persecucion? Then is the sclander of the crosse abolished.
Wolde to God they were euen cut of, whiche do disquiet you.
For brethre{n}, ye haue bene called vnto libertie: onely vse not (your) libertie as an occasio{n} vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another
For all the Lawe is fulfilled in one worde, whiche is this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self.
〈◊〉 ye byte and deuoure one another, take hede lest ye be consumed one of another.
Then I say, walke in the Spirite, and ye shal not fulfill the lustes of the flesh.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrarie one to the another, so that ye can not do the same things that ye wolde.
And if ye be led by the Spirite, ye are not vnder the Law.
Moreouer the workes of the fleshe are manifest, whiche are adulterie, fornicacion, vnclennes, wantonnes.
Idolatrie, witchcraft, hatred, debate, emulacions, wrath, conte{n}tions, sedicions, heresies.
Enuie, murthers, dronkennes, glotonnie, & suche like, whereof I tel you before, as I also haue tolde you before, that they whiche do suche things, shal not inherite the kingdom of God.
But the frute of the Spirit is loue, ioye, peace long suffring, gentlenes, goodnes, faith.
Mekenes, temperancie: against suche there is no Law.
For they that are Christs, haue crucified the flesh with the affections and the lustes.
If we liue in the Spirite, let vs also walke in the Spirit.
Let vs not be desirous of vaine glorie, prouoking one another, enuying one another.
BRethren, if a man be fallen by occasion into anie faute, ye whiche are spirituail, restore suche one with the Spirite of mekenes, considering thy selfe, lest thou also be tempted.
Beare ye one anothers burden, and so fulfil the Law of Christ.
For if anie man seme to him selfe, that he is some, what, when he is nothing, he deceiueth him self in his imaginacion.
But let euerie man proue his owne worke, and then shal he haue reioycing in him self onely and not in another.
For euerie man shal beare his owne burden
Let him that is taught in the worde, make him that hathe taught hym, partaker of all (his) goods.
Be not deceiued: God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape.
For he that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reape corruption: but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the spirit reape lif euerlasting.
Let vs not therefore be wearie of wel doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not,
While we haue therefore time, let vs do good vnto all men, but specially vnto them, which are of the housholde of, faith.
¶ Ye se how large a lettre I haue written vnto you with mine owne hand.
As manie as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh, they constraine you to be circumcised, onely because they wolde not suffer persecucion for the crosse of Christ.
For they them selues which are circumcised, kepe not the Law, but desire to haue you circumcised, that they might reioyce in your flesh.
But God forbid that I shulde reioyce, but in the crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ, whereby the worlde is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.
For in Christ Iesus nether circumcision auaileth anie thing, nor vncircumcision, but anewe creature.
And as manie as walke according to this rule, peace (shal) be vpon them, and mercie, vpon the Israel of God.
From henceforthe let no man put me to busines: for I beare in my bodie the markes of the Lord Iesus.
Brethren, the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ (be) with your spirit,
PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the wil of God, to the Saintes, which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Iesus:
Grace (be) with you and peace from God our Father, & (from) the Lord Iesus Christ.
Blessed (be) God euen the Father of our Lords Iesus Christ, which hathe blessed vs with all spiritual blessing in heaue{n}lie things in Christ,
As he hathe 〈◊〉 vs in him, before the fundacion of the worlde, that we shulde be holie, and without blame before him in loue:
Who hathe predestinate vs, to be adopted through Iesus Christ vnto him self, according to the good pleasure of his wil,
To the praise of the glorie of his grace, where with he hathe made vs accepted in (his) beloued,
By whome we haue redemption through his blood, (euen) the forgiuenes of sinnes, according to his riche grace:
Wherby he hathe bene abundant toward vs in all wisdome and vnderstanding,
And hathe opened vnto vs the mysterie of his wil according to his good pleasure, which he had purposed in him,
That in the dispensacion of the fulnes of the times he might gather together in one all things, bothe which are in heauen and which are in earth, (euen) in Christ:
In whome also we are chosen when we were predestinate according to the purpose of him, which worketh al things after the counsel of his owne wil.
That we, which first trusted in Christ, shuld be vnto the praise of his glorie:
In whome also ye (haue trusted) after that ye heard the worde of trueth, (euen) the Gospel of your saluacion, wherein also after that ye beleued, ye were sealed with the holie Spirit of promes,
Which is the ernest of our inheritance, vntil the redemption of the possession purchassed vnto the praise of his glorie.
Therefore also after that I heard of the faith which ye haue in the Lord Iesus, and loue towarde all the Saintes,
I cease not to giue thankes for you, making mention of you in my prayers.
That the God of our Lord Iesus Christ the Father of glorie, might giue vnto you the Spirit of wisdome, and reuelation through the knowledge of him,
That the eyes of your vnderstandyng may be lightened that ye may knowe what the hope is of his calling, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance (is) in the Saintes.
And what is the exceading greatnes of hys power toward vs, which beleue, according to the working of his mightie power.
Which he wroght in Christe, when he raised him from the dead, & set him at his right hand in the heauenlie (places,)
Farre aboue all principalitie, and power, & might, and domination, and euerie Name, that is named, not in this worlde onely, but also in that that is to come.
And hathe made all things subiect vnder his fete, and hath appointed hym ouer all things (to be) the head to the Churche.
Whiche is his bodie, (euen) the fulnes of him that filleth all in all things.
ANd you(hath he quickened, t)hat were dead in trespasses and sinnes.
Wherein, in time past ye walked, according to the course of this worlde, and after the a prince that ruleth in the aire, (euen) the spirit, that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
Among whome we also had our conuersation in time past, in the lustes of our fleshe in fulfilling the wil of the 〈◊〉, & of the minde, and were by nature the children of wrath, aswel as others.
But God whiche is riche in mercie, through his great loue wherewith he loued 〈◊〉.
Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hathe quickened vs together in Christ, (by whose) grace ye are saued.
And hathe raised vs vp together, and made vs sit together in the heauenlie (places) in Christ Iesus.
That he might shew in the age to come the exceding riches of his grace, through his kindnes towarde vs in Christ Iesus.
For by grace are ye saued through faith, and that not of your selues: it (is) the gifte of God.
Not of workes, lest any man shulde boaste himself.
For we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes, which God hathe ordeined, that we shulde walke in them.
Wherefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the fleshe, (and) called 〈◊〉 of them, whiche are called circumcision in the flesh, made with hands,
That ye were, (I say,) at that time without Christ, and were aliantes from the commune welth of Israel, and were strangers fro{m} the couenants of promes, and had no hope, & (were) without God in the worlde.
But now in Christ IESVS, ye which once were farre of, are made nere by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, which hathe made of bothe one, and hathe broken the stoppe of the particion wall,
In abrogating through his flesh the hatred, (that is) the Law of commandements (which standeth) in ordinances, for to make of twaine one newe man in himself, (so) making peace,
And that he might reconcile bothe vnto God in one bodie by (his) crosse, and slaye hatred thereby,
And came, & preached peace to you which were a farre of, and to them that were nere.
For through him we bothe haue an entrance vnto the Father by one Spirit.
Now therefore ye are no more strangers a{n}d forenes: but citizens with the Saintes, and of the housholde of God,
And are buylt vpon the fundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes, Iesus Christ him self being the chief corner stone,
In whome all the buylding coupled together, groweth vnto an holie Temple in the Lord,
In whome ye also are buylt together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit.
FOr this cause, I Paul (am) the prisoner of Iesus Christ for you Gentiles,
If ye haue heard of the dispensation of the grace of GOD, which is giuen me to you warde,
(That is,) that (God) by reuelation hathe shewed this mysterie vnto me [as I wrote aboue in fewe wordes,
Whereby when ye read, ye may know mine vnderstanding in the mysterie of Christ]
Which in other ages was not opened vnto the sonnes of men, as it is now reueiled vnto his holie Apostles and Prophetes by the Spirit,
That the Gentiles shulde be inheriters also, and of the same bodie, and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospel,
Whereof I am made a minister by the gifte of the grace of God giuen vnto me through the working of his power.
Euen vnto me the least of all Saintes is this grace giuen, that I shulde preache among the Gentiles the vnsearcheable riches of Christ,
And to make cleare vnto all men what the felowship of the mysterie is, which fro{m} the beginning of the worlde hathe bene hid in God, who hathe created all things by Iesus Christ,
To the inte{n}t, that now vnto principalities and powers in heauenlie (places) might be knowen by the Church the manifolde wisdome of God,
According to the eternal purpose, which he wroght in Christ Iesus our Lord.
By whome we haue boldnes and entrance with confidence, by faith in him.
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for your sakes, which is your glorie.
For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ,
[Of whome is named the whole familie in heauen and in earth]
That he might grante you according to the riches of his glorie, that ye may be strengthned by his Spirit in the inner man,
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in loue,
May be able to comprehend with all Saintes, what is the breadth, & length, & depth, and height:
And to knowe the loue of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all fulnes of God.
Vnto him therefore that is able to do exceading abundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke, according to the power that worketh in vs,
(Be) praise in the Church by Christ Iesus, throughout all generations for euer, Amen,
I Therefore, being prisoner in the Lord, praye you that ye walke worthie of the vocation whereunto ye are called,
With all humblenes of minde, and mekenes, with long suffring, supporting one another through loue,
Endeuoring to kepe the vnitie of the Spirit in the bonde of peace.
There (is) one bodie, and one Spirit, euen as ye are called in one hope of your vocation.
(There is) one Lord, one Faith, one Baptisme,
One God and Father of all, which is aboue all, and through al, & in you all.
But vnto euerie one of vs is giuen grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended vp on hie, he led captiuitie captiue, and gaue giftes vnto men.
[Now, in that he ascended, what is it but that he had also desce{n}ded first into the louest partes of the earth?
He that descended, is euen the same that ascended, farre aboue all heauens, that he might fill all things]
He therefore gaue some (to be) Apostles, and some Prophetes, and some Euangelistes and some Pastours, and Teachers.
For the gathering together of the Saintes for the worke of the ministerie, (and) for the edification of the bodie of Christ.
Till we all mete together [in the vnitie of faith and knowledge of the Sonne of God) vnto a perfite man, and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnes of Christ.
That we henceforthe be no more children, waueringe and caryed about with euerie winde of doctrine, by the deceit of men, and with craftines, wherby the laye in waite to deceiue.
But let vs followe the trueth in loue, and in all things growe vp into him, whiche is the head, (that is) Christ.
By whome all the bodie being coupled and knit together by euerie ioynt, for the furniture (thereof) [according to the effectuall power, (whiche is) in the measure of euerie parte] receiueth increase of the bodie, vnto the edifying of it self in loue.
This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord, that ye henceforthe walke not as other Gentiles walke, in vanitie of their minde.
Hauing their cogitation darkened, & being strangers from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardenes of their heart:
Which being past feling haue giuen the{m} selues vnto 〈◊〉, to worke all vnclennes, (euen) with griedines.
But ye haue not so learned Christ.
If so be ye haue heard him, and haue bene taught by him, as the trueth is in Iesus.
(That is,) that ye cast of, concernyng the conuersatio{n} in time past, the olde man, whiche is corrupt through deceiueable lustes.
And be renewed in the spirit of your minde.
And put on the new man, whiche after God is created in righteousnes, and true holines,
Wherefore cast of lying, and speake euerie man trueth vnto his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Be angry, but sinne not: let not the sunne go downe vpon you wrath.
Nether giue place to the deuil.
Let hym that stole, steale no more: but let him rather labour and worke with hys ha{n}ds the thing which is good, that he may haue to giue vnto him that nedeth.
Let no corrupt communication procede out of your mouth: but that whiche is good, to the vse of edifying, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.
And grieue not the holie Spirit of God by whome ye are sealed vnto the day of rede{m}ption.
Let all bitternes, and angre, and wrath, crying, and euil speaking be put away from you with all maliciousnes.
Be ye courteous one to another, and tender hearted, forgiuing one another, euen as God for Christs sake forgaue you.
BE ye therefore followers of God, as dere children,
And walke in loue, euen as Christe, hathe loued vs, and hathe giuen himself for vs, (to be) an offring and a sacrifice of a swete smelling sauour to God.
But fornication, and all vnclennes, or couetousnes, let it not be once named among you as it becometh Saintes.
Nether filthines, nether foolish talking, nether iesting, which are thing not comelie, but rather giuing of thankes.
For this ye knowe, that no whoremonger, nether vncleane persone, nor couetous persone, which is an idolater, hathe any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, & of God.
Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes: for suche things commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience.
Be not therefore companions with them.
For ye were once darkenes, but are now light in the Lord: walke as childre{n} of light.
[For the frute of the Spirite (is) in all goodnes, and righteousnes, and trueth]
Approuyng that whiche is pleasing to the Lord.
And haue no fellowship with the vnfruteful workes of darkenes, but euen reproue the{m} rather.
For it is shame euen to speake of the things whiche are done of them in secret.
But all thinges when they are reproued of the light, are manifest: for it is light, that maketh all things manifest.
Wherefore he saith, A wake thou that slepest, and stand vp from the dead, and Christe shall giue thee light.
Take hede therefore that ye walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise.
Redemyng the time: for the dayes, are euil.
Wherefore, be ye not vnwyse, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.
And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit.
Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes, and hymnes, and spiritual songs, singing, and making melodie to the Lord in your hearts.
Giuing thankes 〈◊〉 for all things vnto God euen the Father, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Submitting yourselues one to another in the feare of God.
¶ Wiues, submit yourselues vnto your housbands, as vnto the Lord.
For the housband is the wiues head, euen as Christ is the head of the Church, and the same is the sauiour of (his) bodie.
Therefore as the Churche is in subiection to Christ, euen so (let) the wiues (be) to their housbands in euerie thing,
¶ Housbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Churche, and gaue him self for it.
That he might sanctifie it and clense it by the washing of water through the worde.
That he might make it vnto himself a glorious Church, not hauing spot or wrincle, or anie suche thing: but that it shulde be holie and without blame.
So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him self.
For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord (doeth) the Church.
For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones.
For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and shal cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.
This is a great secret, but I speake concerning Christ, and concerning the Churche.
Therefore euerie one of you, (do ye so:) let euerie one loue his wife, euen as him self, & (let) the wife (se) that she feare her housba{n}d.
CHildren, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.
Honour thy father and mother [whiche is the first commandement with promes]
That it may be wel with thee, and that thou maist liue long on earth.
And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.
Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are (your) masters, according to the flesh, with feare & tre{m}bling in singlenes of your hearts as vnto Christ.
Not with seruice to the eye, as men pleasers; but as the seruants of Christ, doyng the will of God from the heart.
With good will seruing the Lord, and not men.
And know ye that whatsoeuer good thing any man doeth, that same shall he receiue of the Lord, whether (he be) bonde or fre.
And ye masters, do the same things vnto the{m}, putting away threatning: and knowe that euen your maister also is in heauen, nether respect of persone with hym.
¶ Finally, my brethre{n}, be strong in the Lord is there and in the power of his might.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the assauts of the deuil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, (〈◊〉) against the wordlie gouernours, (the princes of the darkenes of this worlde, against spiritual wickednesses, (whiche are) in the hie places.
For this cause take vnto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the euil daye, & hauing finished al things, stand fast.
Stand therefore, & your loines girde about with veritie, and hauing on the brest plate of righteousnes.
And your fete shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace.
Aboue al, take the shielde of faith, wherewith ye may quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked.
And take the helmet of saluation, and the sworde of the Spirit, which is the worde of God.
And pray alwaise with all maner prayer and supplication in the Spirit: and watch thereunto with al perseuerance and supplication for all Saintes.
And for me, that vtterance may be giuen vnto me, that I may open my mouth boldly to publish the secret of the Gospel.
Whereof I am the ambassadour in bondes, that therin I may speake boldely, as I ought to speake.
¶ But that ye may also knowe mine affaires (and) what I do, 〈◊〉 chicus (my) deare brother and faithfull minister in the Lorde, shall shewe you of all things.
Whome I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose, that ye might knowe mine affaires and that ye might comfort your hearts.
Peace (be) with the brethren, and loue with faith from God the Father, and (frome) the Lord Iesus Christ.
Grace (be) with all them whiche loue our Lord Iesus Christe, to (their) immortalitie.
PAul and Timotheus the seruants of Iesus Christe, to all the Saintes in Christe 〈◊〉 whiche are at Philippi, with the Bishops, and Deacons:
Grace (be) with you, & peace from God our Father, and (from) the Lord Iesus Christ.
I thanke my God (hauing) you in perfect memorie.
[Alwaise in all my prayers for all you, praying with gladnes]
Because of the fellowship whiche ye haue in the Gospel, from the first day vnto now.
And I am persuaded of this same thing that he that hathe begone (this) good worke in you, wil performe it vntil the day of Iesus Christ.
As it becometh me so to iudge of you al becausel haue you in remembra{n}ce that both in my bandes, and in (my) defense, and confirmation of the Gospell you all were partakers of my grace.
For God is my recorde, how I long after you al from the verie heart rote in Iesus Christ.
And this I pray, that your loue may abunde, yet more and more in knowledge, and in all iudgement.
That ye may discerne thinges that differ (one from another,) that ye may be pure, a{n}d without offence, vntill the day of Christ.
Filled with the frutes of righteousnes whiche are by Iesus Christe vnto the glorie and praise of God.
¶ I wolde ye vnderstode, brethren, that the things which (haue come) vnto me, are turned rather to the furthering of the Gospel.
So that my bandes in Christe are famous throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other (places.)
In so muche that manie of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bandes, and dare more frankely speake the worde.
Some preache Christ euen through enuie and strife, and some also of good wil.
The one parte preacheth Christ of contention (a{n}d) not purely, supposing to adde more affliction to my bandes.
But the others of loue, knowing that I am set for the defense of the Gospel.
What then? yet Christ is preached all maner wayes, whether (it) (be) vnder a pretence, of syncerely: and I therein ioye: yea, and will ioye.
For I knowe that this shal turne to my saluation, through your prayer, and by the helpe of the Spirit of Iesus Christ.
As I hartely loke for, and hope, that in nothing I shalbe ashamed, but that with all confidence, as all wayes, so nowe Christ shal be magnified in my bodie, whether (it be) by life or by death.
For Christ (is) to me bothe in lyfe, and in death aduantage.
And whether to lyue in the fleshe (were) profitable for me, and what to chose I know not.
For I am greatly in doute on bothe sides, desiring to be losed and to be with Christ, whiche is beste of all.
Neuertheles, to abide in the flesh (is) more nedeful for you.
And this am I sure of, that I shal abide, and with you all continue, for your furtherance and ioye of (your) faith.
That ye maye more abundantly reioyce in Iesus Christ for me, by my commyng to you againe.
Onely let your co{n}uersation be, as it becometh the Gospel of Christ, that whether I come a{n}d se you, or els be absent, I may heare of your matters that ye continue in one Spirite, (and) in one minde fightyng together through the faith of the 〈◊〉.
And in nothing feare your aduersaries, whiche is to them a token of 〈◊〉, and to you of saluation, and that of God.
For vnto you it is giuen for Christe, that not onely ye shulde beleue in hym, but also suffer for his sake.
Hauyng the same fight, whiche ye sawe in me, and now heare (to be) in me.
IF (there be) therefore anie consolation in Christ, if anie comforte of loue, if anie felowship of the Spirit, if anie compassion a{n}d mercie,
Fulfill my ioye, that ye be lyke minded, hauing the same loue, being of one accorde, and of one iudgement.
That nothing (be done) through contention or vaine glorie, but that in mekenes of minde euerye man esteme other better then himself.
Loke not euerie man on hys owne thynges, but euerie man also on the thyngs of other men.
Let the same minde be in you that was euen in Christ Iesus.
Who being in the forme of God, thoght it no robbery to be equal with God.
But he made him self of no reputation, and toke on hym the forme of a seruaunt, and was made like vnto men, and was founde in shape as a man.
He humbled hymselfe, and became obedient vnto the death, euen the death of the crosse.
Wherefore God hathe also hyghly exalted hym, and giuen hym a Name aboue euerye name.
That at the Name of Iesus shulde euerie knee bowe (bothe) of things in heauen and things in earth, and things vnder the earth.
And that euerie tongue shulde confesse that Iesus Christ (is) the Lord, vnto the glorie of God the Father.
Wherefore my beloued, as ye haue alwaise obeyed, not as in my presence onelye, but nowe muche more in myne absence, (so) make an end of your owne saluation with feare and trembling.
For it is God which worketh in you, bothe the will and the dede, (euen) of (hys) good pleasure.
Do all things without murmuring and reasonings.
That ye maye be blameles, and pure, (and) the sonnes of God wythout rebuke in the middes of a naughtie and croked nation among whom ye shine aslights in the world.
Holdyng forthe the worde of life, that I may reioyce in the day of Christ, that I haue not runne in vaine, nether haue labored in vaine.
Yea, and thogh I be offered vp vpon the sacrifice, a{n}d seruice of your faith, I am glad, and reioyce with you all.
For the same cause also be ye glad, and reioyce with me.
And I trust in the Lord Iesus, to send Timotheus shortly vnto you, that I also may be of good comforte, when I knowe you state.
For I haue no man lyke minded, who will faithfully care for your matters.
For all seke their owne, (and) not that which is Iesus Christs.
But ye knowe the profe of hym, that as a sonne with the father, he hathe serued with me in the 〈◊〉.
Hym therefore I hope to send assone as I knowe how it wil go with me.
And trust in the Lord, that I also my self shal come shortly.
But I supposed it necessarie to send (my) brother Epaphroditus vnto you, my companion in labour, and fellowe souldier, euen your messenger, and he that ministred vnto me suche things as I wanted.
For he longed after all you, and was full of heauines, because ye had heard, that he had bene sicke.
And no doute he was sicke, verie nere vnto death: but God had mercie on hym, and not on him onely, but on me also, lest I shuld haue sorowe vpon sorowe.
I sent him therfore the more diligently, that when ye shulde se hym againe, ye myght reioyce, and I might be the lesse sorowful.
Receiue him therefore in the Lord with all gladnes, and make muche of suche.
Because that for the worke of Christ he was nere vnto death, and regarded not hys life, to fulfil that seruice which was lacking on your parte towarde me.
MOreouer, my brethren, reioyce in the Lorde. It grieueth me not to write the same thyngs to you, and for you it is a sure thyng.
Beware of dogges: beware of euil workers: beware of the concision.
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, a{n}d reioyce in Christ Iesus, and haue no confidence in the flesh:
Thogh I might also haue confidence in the fleshe. If anie other man thinketh that he hathe whereof he might trust in the fleshe, muche more I:
Circumcised the eight day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrewe of the Ebrewes, by the law a Pharise.
Concerning zeale, I persecuted the Church: touching the ryghteousnes whiche is in the Law, I was vnrebukeable.
But the thyngs that were vantage vnto me, the same I counted losse for Christs sake.
Yea, doutles I thinke all things but losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lorde, for whome I haue counted all thyngs losse, and do iudge (them) to be dongue, that I might winne Christ.
And might be founde in him, (that is,) not hauing mine owne righteousnes, which is of the Law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, (eue{n}) the righteousnes which is of God through faith.
That I maye knowe him, and the vertue of hys resurrection, and the fellowshyp of hys afflictions, and be made conformable vnto his death.
If by anie meanes I might atteyne vnto the resurrection of the dead:
Not as thogh I had alreadie atteined (to it,) ether were alreadie perfect: but I followe, if that I maye comprehende (that) for whose sake also I am comprehended of Christe Iesus.
Brethren, I counte not my selfe, that I haue atteined (to it,) but one thing (I do:) I forget that which is behind, and endeuoure my self vnto that which is before.
And followe hard towarde the marke, for the prise of the hie calling of God in Christ Iesus.
Let vs therefore as manie as be perfecte, be thus mynded: and if ye be otherwyse minded, God shall reueile euen the same vnto you.
Neuertheles, (in that) whereunto we are come, let vs procede by one rule, that we may minde one thing.
Brethren, be folowers of me, and loke on them, whiche walke so, as ye haue vs for an ensample.
For manie walke, of whome I haue tolde you often, and nowe tell you wepyng, (that they are) the enemyes of the Crosse of Christ.
Whose end (is) damnation, whose God (is their) belie, and (whose) glorie (is) to their shame, which minde earthlie things.
But our conuersacion is in heauen, from whence also we loke for the Sauiour, (eue{n}) the Lord Iesus Christ.
Who shall chaunge our vile bodie, that it may be facioned lyke vnto his glorious bodie, according to the working, wherby he is able euen to subdue all things vnto him self.
THerefore, my brethren, beloued and longed for, (my) ioy and my crowne, so continue in the Lord, ye beloued.
I pray Euo dias, and beseche Syntyche, that they be of one accorde in the Lord.
Yea, a{n}d I beseche thee, faithful yoke felow, helpe those (women,) which laboured with me in the Gospel, with Clemente also, and with other my felowe laborers, whose names (are) in the boke of life.
Reioyce in the Lorde alway, againe I say reioyce.
Let your patient minde be knowen vnto all men. The Lord (is) at hand.
Be nothyng carefull, but in all thyngs let your requestes be shewed vnto God in prayer, and supplicacion with giuing of thankes.
And the peace of God whiche passeth al vnderstanding, shall preserue your hearts and mindes in Christ Iesus.
Furthermore, brethren, whatsoeuer thinges are true, whatsoeuer thynges (are) honeste, whatsoeuer thyngs (are) iuste, whatsoeuer things (are) pure, whatsoeuer things perteine to loue, whatsoeuer things (are) of good reporte, if there (be) anie vertue, or if there (be) anie praise, thinke on these things.
Which ye haue bothe learned and receiued, and heard, and sene in me: those thyngs do, and the God of peace shalbe with you.
Now I reioyce also in the Lord greatly, that nowe at the last ye are reuiued againe to care for me, wherin notwithsta{n}ding ye were careful, but ye lacked opportunitie.
I speake not because of want: for I haue learned in whatsoeuer state I am, there with to be content.
And I can be abased, and I can abunde: euerie wherein all things I am instructed bothe to be ful, and to be hongrie, and to abunde, and to haue want.
I am able to (do) all things through the helpe of Christ, which strengtheneth me.
Notwithstanding ye haue wel done, that ye did communicate to mine affliction.
And ye Philippians knowe also that in the beginning of the Gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no Church communicated with me concerning the matter of giuing and receiuing, but ye onely.
For euen (when I was) in Thessalonica, ye sent once, and afterwarde againe for my necessitie.
Not that I desire a gift: but I desire the frute which may further your reckening.
Nowe I haue receiued all, and haue plentie: I was euen filled, after that I had receiued of Epaphroditus that which (came) from you, an odour that smelleth swete, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasant to God.
And my God shall fulfil all your necessities through his riches with glorie in 〈◊〉 Christ
Vnto God euen our Father (be) praise for euermore. Amen.
Salute all the Saintes in Christ Iesus. The brethren, which are with me, grete you.
All the Saintes salute you, and moste of all they which are of Cesars housholde.
The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ (be) with you all,
PAVL an Apostle of IESVS Christ, by the wil of God, and Timotheus (our) brother.
to the{m}, which are at Coloce Saintes & faithful brethere{n} in Christe: Grace (be) with you, and peace from God our Father, and (from) the Lord Iesus Christ.
We giue thankes to God euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, alwayes praying for you:
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Iesus, and of (your) loue towarde all Saintes.
For the hopes sake, whyche is layd vp for you in heauen, whereof ye haue hearde before by the worde of trueth, (which is) the Gospel.
Which is come vnto you, euen as (it is) vnto all the worlde, and is fruteful, as (it is) also among you, from the daye that ye heard and truely knewe the grace of God.
As ye also learned of Epaphras our deare felowe seruaunt, whiche is for you a faithfull minister of Christ.
Who hathe also declared vnto vs your loue, (which ye haue) by the Spirit.
For thys cause we also, sinne the daye we heard (of it,) cease not to praye for you, and to desire that ye myght be fulfilled wyth knowledge of his will, in all wisdome, and spiritual vnderstanding.
That ye might walke worthie of the Lord and please (him) in all things, beyng frutefull in all good workes, and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Strengthned with all might through his glorious power; vnto all pacience, and long suffring with ioyfulnes.
Gyuing thankes vnto the Father, whiche hathe made vs mete to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saintes in light.
Who hathe deliuered vs from the power of darkenes, and hathe translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne.
In whom we haue redemption through his bloode, (that is,) the forgiuenes of sinnes.
Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first borne of euerie creature.
For by him were all things created, which are in heauen, and which are in earth, things visible and inuisible: whether (they be) Thro nes, or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, all thynges were created by hym and for hym.
And he is before all thynges, and in hym all things consist.
And he is the head of the bodie of the Churche. he is the beginning, (a{n}d) the first borne of the dead, that in all things he might haue the preeminence.
For it pleased (the Father,) that in hym shulde all fulnes dwell.
And by him to reconcile all thynges vnto hymselfe, and to set at peace through the blood of his crosse both the things in earth, and the things in heauen.
And you whiche were in times past strangers and enemyes, because (your) mindes (were set) in euil workes, hathe he now also reconciled.
In the bodie of his flesh through death, to make you holie, a{n}d vnblameable and without faute in his sight.
If ye continue, grounded and stablished in the fayth, and be not moued awaye from the hope of the Gospell, whereof ye haue heard, and whiche hathe bene preached to euerie creature which is vnder heaue{n} wherof I Paul am a minister.
Nowe 〈◊〉 I in my suffrings for you, and fulfil the rest of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church.
Whereof I am a minister, accordynge to the dispensation of GOD, whiche is giuen me vnto you warde, to fulfill the worde of God.
(Whiche is) the mysterie hyd since the worlde began, and from (all) ages, but now is made manifest to his Saintes.
To whome GOD wolde make knowen what is the riches of this glorious mysterie among the Gentiles, which (riches) is Christ in you, the hope of glorie.
Whome we preache, admonishyng euerie man, and teaching euerie man in al wisdome, that we may present euerie man perfecte in Christ Iesus.
Whereunto I also labour and striue, accordyng to his working which worketh in me myghtly.
FOr I wolde ye knowe what greate fighting I haue for your sakes, and for them of Laodicea, and for as manie as haue not sene my persone in the flesh.
That their hearts myght be comforted and they knit together in loue, and in all ryches of the full assurance of vnderstandynge, to knowe the mysterie of God euen the Father, and of christ:
In whom are hid al the treasures of wisdome and knowledge.
And this I saye, lest anie man shulde beguile you with entising workes.
For thogh I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirite reioycing, and beholding your ordre, and your stedfast fayth in Christ.
As ye haue therefore receiued Christ Iesus the Lord, (so) walke in him,
Roted and buylt in him, and stablished in the fayth, as ye haue bene taught, abundynge therein with thankesgiuing.
Beware lest there be anye man that spoile you through philosophie, and vayne deceit, through the traditions of men, accordyng to the rudiments of the worlde, and not after Christ.
For in hym dwelleth all the fulnes of the God head bodely.
And ye are compleate in him, whiche is the head of all Principalitie and Power:
In whome also ye are 〈◊〉 with circumcision made without hands, by puttyng of the sinful bodie of the fleshe, through the circumcision of Christ.
In that ye are buryed wyth hym through Baptisme, in whome ye are also raysed vp together through the fayth of the operation of God whiche raised hym from the dead.
And ye whiche were dead in sinnes, and in the vncircumcision of your flesh, hathe he quickened together with hym, forgiuing you all (your) trespaces.
And putting out the hande writing of ordinances that was againste vs, whiche was co{n}trarie to vs, he eue{n} toke it out of the way, and fastened it vpon the crosse.
And hathe spoiled the Principalities, and Powers, and hathe made a shewe of them openly, and hathe triumphed ouer them in the same (crosse.)
Let no man therefore condemne you in meat and drynke, or in respect of an holye daye, or of the newe moone, or of the Sabbath (dayes.)
Whiche are (but) a shaddowe of thyngs to come: but the bodie is in Christ,
Let no man at his pleasure beare rule ouer you by humblenes of minde, and worshiping of Angels, aduancing him self those things whiche he neuer sawe, rashly put vp with his fleshlie minde.
And holdeth not the head, whereof all the bodie furnished a{n}d knit together by iointes, and bandes, encreaseth with the increasing of God.
Wherfore if ye (be) dead with Christ from the ordinances of the worlde, why, as thogh ye liued in the worlde, are ye burdened with traditions?
(As,) Touche not, Taste not, Handel not.
Which al perish with the vsing, (and are) after the commandements and doctrines of men.
Which things haue in deed a shewe of wisdome, in n voluntarie religion a{n}d humblenes of minde, and in not sparyng the bodie: nether haue they it anie estimation to satisfie the flesh.
IFye then be risen with Christ, seke those things which are aboue, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.
Set your affections on thinges whiche are aboue, (and) not on thinges, whiche are on the earth.
For ye are dead, and your lyfe is hid with Christ in God.
When Christ which is our lif, shal appeare, then shall ye also appeare wyth hym in glorie.
Mortifie therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, vnclennes, the in ordinate affection, euill concupiscence, & couetousnes which is idolatrie.
For the whiche thinges sakes the wrath of God cometh on the childre{n} of disobedie{n}ce.
Wherein ye also walked once, whe{n} ye liued in them.
But now put ye away euen all these things, wrath, angre, maliciousnes, cursed speaking, filthie speaking, out of your mouth.
Lie not one to another, seynge that ye haue put of the olde man with his workes.
And haue put on the newe, whiche is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.
Where is nether Grecian nor Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bonde, fre: but Christ is all and in all things.
Now therefore as the elect of God holye & beloued, put on tender mercie, kindnes, humblenes of mind, mekenes, long suffring:
For bearing one another, and forgiuing one another, if anie ma{n} haue a quarel to another: 〈◊〉 as Christ forgaue you, euen so do ye.
And aboue all these thinges (put on) loue, which is the bonde of perfectnes.
And let the peace of GOD rule in your heartes, to the whiche ye are called in one bodie, and be ye amiable.
Let the worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdome, teaching and admonishing your owne selues, in psalmes, and hymnes, and spirituall songs, singing with a grace in your hearts to the Lord.
And whatsoeuer ye shall do, in worde or dede, (do) all in the Name of the Lord Iesus, giuing thankes to God euen the Father by him.
¶ Wiues, submite your selues vnto your housbands, as it is comelie in the Lord.
Housbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter vnto them.
¶ Childre{n}, obey your pare{n}ts in all things: for that is well pleasing vnto the Lord.
Fathers, prouoke not your childre{n} to anger, lest they be discouraged.
¶ Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are (your) masters accordyng to the fleshe in all things, not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but in singlenes of heart, fearing God.
And whatsoeuer ye do, do it heartely, as to the Lord, and not vnto men.
Knowing that of the Lorde ye shall receyue the rewarde of the inheritance: for ye serue the Lord Christ.
But he that doeth wrong, shall receiue for the wrong that he hathe done, and there is no respect of persones.
YEmasters, do vnto your seruauntes, that which is iuste, and equal, knowing that ye also haue a master in heauen.
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thankesgiuing.
Praying also for vs, that God maye open vnto vs the dore of vtterance, to speake the mysterie of Christ: wherefore I am also in bondes.
That I maye vtter it, as it becometh me to speake.
¶ Walke wiselye towarde them that are without, and redeme the time.
(Let) your speache (be) gracious alwais, and powdred with salt, that ye may know how to answer euerie man.
¶ Tychicus (our) beloued brother, & faithful minister, and felowe seruant in the Lord, shal declare vnto you my whole state.
Whome I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that he might know your state, and might comforte your hearts.
With Onesimus a faithfull and a beloued brother, who is one of you. They shal shewe you of all things here.
Aristarchus my prison fellowe saluteth you and Marcus, and Barnabas sisters sonne [touching whome ye receiue hym]
And Iesus whiche is called Iustus, whiche are of the circumcision. These onely are my worke fellowes vnto the kingdome of God, which haue bene vnto my consolatio{n}.
Epaphras the seruant of Christe, whiche is one of you, saluteth you, and alwais striueth for you in prayers, that ye may stande perfite, and ful in al the wil of God.
For I beare him recorde, that he hath a great zeale for you, and for the{m} of Laodicea, and them of Hicrapolis.
Luke the beloued physition greteth you, and Demas.
Salute the brethren which are of Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Church whiche is in his house.
And when this epistle is red of you, cause that it be red in the Churche of the Laodiceans also, and that ye like wise read the epistles (written) from Laodicea.
And say to Archippus, Take hede to the ministerie, that thou hast receiued in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Reme{m}ber my ba{n}des Grace (be) with you.
PAul and Siluanus, & Timotheus, vnto the Church of the Thessalonians, (which is) in God the Father, & in the Lord Iesus Christe: Grace (be) with you, and peace fro{m} God our Father, and (from) the Lord Iesus Christ.
We giue God thankes alwayes for you al, making mention of you in our prayers.
Without ceasing, remembryng your effectual faith, and diligent loue & the pacience of (your) hope in our Lord Iesus Christ in the sight of God euen our Father.
Knowing, beloued brethren, that ye are elect of God.
For our Gospel was not vnto you in word onely, but also in power, & in the holie Gost, and in much assura{n}ce, as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes.
And ye became followers of vs, and of the Lord, and receiued the worde in much affliction, with ioye of the holie Gost.
So that ye were as ensamples to all that beleue in Macedonia and Achaia.
For from you sounded out the worde of the Lord, not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but your faith also whiche is towarde God, spred abroade in all quarters, that we nede not to speake any thing.
For they them selues shewe of you what maner of entring in we had vnto you, & how ye turned to God from idoles, to serue the liuyng and true God.
And to loke for his Sonne frome heauen, whome he raised from the dead (euen) Iesus which deliuereth vs fro{m} the wrath to come
FOr ye your selues knowe, brethren, that our entra{n}ce in vnto you was not in vaine
But euen after that we had suffred before, & were shamefully entreated at, Philippi [as ye knowe] we were holde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with muche striuyng.
For our exhortation was not by deceit, nor by vnclennes, nor by guile.
But as we were alowed of God, that the Gospell shulde be committed (vnto vs,) so we speake, not as they that please me{n}, but God, which trieth our hearts.
Nether yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor colored couetousnes, God (is) recorde.
Nether soght we praise of men, nether of you, nor of others,
When we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ: but we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children.
Thus being affectioned towarde you, our good wil was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules, because ye were dere vnto vs.
For ye remember, brethren, our labour & trauail: for we laboured day and night, because we wolde not be chargeable vnto anie of you, & preached vnto you the Gospel of God.
Ye (are) witnesses, and God (also) how holily, and iustly, and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleue.
As ye knowe how that we exhorted you, & comforted, and besoght euerie one of you [as a father his children]
That ye wolde walke worthie of God, who hathe called you vnto his kingdome & glorie.
For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing, that when ye receiued of vs the worde of the preaching of God, ye receiued it not as the worde of men, but as it is in dede the worde of God, which also worketh in you that beleue.
For brethren, ye are become followers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they (haue) of the Iewes.
Who bothe killed the Lord Iesus and their owne Prophetes, and haue persecuted vs, a{n}d God they please not, and are contrarie to all men,
And forbid vs to preache vnto the Gentiles that they might be saued, to fulfil their sinnes alwais: for the wrath (of God) is come on them, to the vtmoste.
Forasmuche brethre{n}, as we were kept from you for a season, concerning 〈◊〉, but not in the heart, we enforced 〈◊〉 more to se your face with great desire.
Therefore we wolde haue come vnto you [I Paul, at least once or twise] but Satan hindered vs.
For what is our hope or ioye, or crowne of reioycing? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming?
Yes, ye are our glorie and ioye.
WHerefore since we colde no longer forbeare, we thoght it good to remaine at Athens alone,
And haue sent Timotheus our brother & minister of God, and our labour felow in the Gospel of Christ, to stablish you, and to comfort you touching your faith,
That no man shulde be moued with these afflictions: for ye your selues knowe, that we are appointed thereunto.
For verely whe{n} we were with you, we tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulatio{n}s, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.
Euen for this cause, when I colde no longer forbeare, I sent (him) that I might know of your faith, lest the tempter had tempted you in any sorte, and that our labour had bene in vaine.
But now lately when Timotheus came from you vnto vs, & broght vs good tidings of your faith and loue, and that ye haue good remembrance of vs alwayes, desiring to se vs, as we also (do) you,
Therefore, brethren, we had consolation in you, in all our affliction and necessitie throughe your faith.
For nowe are we aliue, if ye stand faste in the Lord.
For what thankes can we reco{m}pense to God againe for you for al the ioye where with we reioyce for your sakes before our God.
Night and day praying excedingly that we might se your face, and might accomplishe that which is lacking in your faith?
Nowe God hym selfe, euen our Father, and our Lorde Iesus Christ, guide our iorney vnto you.
And the Lorde increase you and make you abunde in loue one towarde another, and towarde all men, euen as we (do) toward you
To make your hearts stable and vnblameable in holines before God euen our Father, at the commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christ with all his Saints.
ANd furthermore we beseche you, brethren, and exhorte you in the Lord Iesus that ye increase more and more, as ye haue receyued of vs, how ye ought to walke, and to please God.
For ye knowe what commaundements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.
For this is the wil of God (euen) your sanctification, (and) that ye shulde absteine fro{m} fornication.
That euerie one of you shulde know, how to possesse his vessel in holines and honour,
(And) not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the Gentiles which knowe not God:
That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord (is) a venger of all suche things, as we also haue tolde you before time and testified.
For God hathe not called vs vnto vnclennes, but vnto holines.
He therefore that despiseth (these things,) despiseth no man, but God who hathe euen giuen you his holie Spirit.
But as touching 〈◊〉 loue, ye nede not that I write vnto you: for ye are taught of God to loue one another.
Yea, and that thing verely ye do vnto all the brethren, which are through out all Macedonia: but we beseche you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,
And that ye studie to be quiet, & to medle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne hands, as we commanded you,
That ye may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.
¶ I wolde not, brethren, haue you ignorant co{n}cerning the{m} which are a slepe, that ye sorowe not eue{n} as other which haue no hope.
For if we 〈◊〉 that Iesus is dead, & is risen euen so them which slepe in Iesus, wil God bring with him.
For this say we vnto you by the worde of the Lord, that we which liue, and are remaining in the comming of the Lord, shal not preuent them which slepe.
For the Lord him self shal descend from heaue{n} with a 〈◊〉, (and) with the voyce of the Archangel and with the tru{m}pet of God: and the dead in Christ shal rise first.
Then shal: we which liue and remaine, be caught vp with them also in the cloudes, to mete the Lord in the ayer: and so shal we euer be with the Lord.
Wherefore, 〈◊〉 yourselues one another with these wordes.
BVt of the times and seasons, brethren, ye 〈◊〉 no nede that I write vnto you.
For ye your selues knowe perfitely, that the day of the Lord shal come, euen as a thefe in the night.
For when they shal say, Peace, and safetie, then shal come vpon the{m} sudden destruction, as the trauail vpon a woman with childe, & they shal not escape.
But ye, brethre{n}, are not in darkenes, that that day shulde come on you, as (it were) a thefe.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night nether of darkenes.
Therefore let vs not slepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober.
For they that slepe, slepe in the night, & they that be dronken, are dronken in the night.
But let vs which are of the day, be sober, putting on, the brest plate of faith and loue, and of the hope of saluation for an helmet.
For God hathe not appointed vs vnto wrath but to obteine saluation by the meanes of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Which dyed for vs, that whether we wake or slepe, we shulde liue together with him.
Wherefore exhorte one another, and edifie one another.
Now we beseche you, brethren, that ye knowe them, which labour among you, and are ouer you in the Lord, & admonish you.
That ye haue them in singular loue for their workes sake. Be at peace among your selues.
We desire you, bethren, admonish them that are vnrulie, comforte the feble minded: beare with the weake: by pacient towarde all men.
Se that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer followe that which is good, bothe towarde your selues, and towarde all men.
Reioyce euermore.
Pray continually.
In all things giue thankes: for this (is) the wil of God in Christ Iesus towarde you.
Quench not the Spirit.
Despise not prophecying.
Trye 〈◊〉 things, (and) kepe that which is good.
Abstaine from all appearance of euil.
Now the verie God of peace sanctifie you throughout: and (I pray God) that your whole spirit and soule & bodie, may be kept blameles vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Faithful (is he) which calleth you, which wil also do it.
Brethren, pray for vs.
Grete 〈◊〉 the brethren with and holie kisse.
I chargey 〈◊〉 the Lord, that this epistle be red vnto all the brethren the Saintes.
The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ (be) with you,
PAVL and Siluanus, and Timotheus, vnto the Churche of the Thessalonians, (whiche is) in GOD our Father, a{n}d in the Lord Iesus Christ.
Grace (be) with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
We ought to thanke God alwayes for you, brethre{n}, as it is mete, because that your faith groweth excedingly, and the loue of euerie one of you towarde another abundeth.
So that we our selues reioyce of you in the Churches of God, because of your pacie{n}ce and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye suffre.
(Whiche is) a token of the righteous iudgeme{n}t of God, that ye may be counted worthie of the kingdome of God, for the which ye also suffre.
For it is a righteous thyng with God, to reco{m}pense tribulation to the{m} that trouble you.
And to you which are troubled, rest with vs when the Lord Iesus shall shewe him selfe from heauen with his mightie Angels,
In flamyng fyre, rendryng vengeance vnto them, that do not knowe God, and whiche obey not vnto the Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Which shalbe punished with euerlastyng perdition, from the presence of the Lorde, and from the glorie of his power.
When he shall come to be glorified in hys Saintes, and to be made marueilous in al the{m} that beleue [because our testimonie toward you was beleued] in that day.
Wherefore, we also praye alwayes for you, that our God may make you worthie of (his) callyng, and fulfill all the good pleasure of (his) goodnes, and the worke of faith with power.
That the Name of our Lorde Iesus Christe may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lord Iesus Christ.
NOw we beseche you, brethren, by the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, and by our assembling vnto him.
That ye be not suddenly moued from (your) minde, nortroubled nether by spirit, nor by worde, nor by letter, as (it were) from vs, as thogh the daye of Christ were at hand.
Let no man deceiue you by any meanes for (that day shal not come,) except there come a departing first, and that that man of sinne be disclosed, (euen) the sonne of perdition,
Which is an aduersarie, and exalted him self against all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he doeth sit as God in the Temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I tolde you these things?
And now ye knowe what with holdeth, that he might be reueiled in his time.
For the mysterie of iniquitie doeth alreadie worke: onely he which now with holdeth (shal let) til he be taken out of the waye.
And then shal the wicked man be reueiled, whome the Lord shal consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shal abolish with the brightnes of his comming,
(Euen him) whose comming is by the working of Satan, with all power and signes, and lying wonders,
And in all deceiueablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that thei might be saued.
And therfore God shal send them strong de lusion, that they shulde beleue lyes,
That all they might be damned which beleued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnto righteousnes.
But we ought to giue tha{n}kes alwaye to God for you; brethren beloued of the Lord, because that God hathe from the beginning chosen you to saluacion, through sanctification of the Spirit, and the faith of trueth,
Whereunto he called you by our Gospel, to obteine the glorie of our Lord IESVS Christ.
Therefore, brethren, stand fast and kepe the instructions, which ye haue bene taught, ether by worde, or by our Epistle.
Now the same Iesus Christ our Lord a{n}d our God euen the Father which hathe loued vs, and hathe giuen vs euerlasting consolacion and good hope through grace,
Comforte your hearts, and stablish you in euerie worde and good worke.
FVrthermore, brethren, pray for vs, that the worde of the Lord may haue fre passage, and be glorified, euen as (it is) with you
And that we may be deliuered from vnreasonable and euill men: for all men haue not faith.
But the Lorde is faithful, whiche wil stablish you, and kepe you from euil.
And we are persuaded of you through the Lord, that ye bothe do, and wil do the things whiche we commande you.
And the Lord guide your hearts to the loue of God, and the weatyng for of Christ.
We commande you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues fro{m} euerie brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, whiche he receiued of vs.
For ye your selues knowe how ye ought to folowe vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you.
Nether toke we pread of anie ma{n} for noght but we wroght with labour & trauaile night and day, because we wolde not be chargeable to anie of you.
Not but that we had autoritie, but that we might make our seluesan ensample vnto you to folowe vs.
For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were anie, whiche wold not worke, that he shuld not eat.
For we heard, that there are some whiche walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are busie bodies.
Therefore them that are suche, we commande and exhorte by our Lord Iesus Christ that thei worke with quietnes, and eat their owne bread.
And ye, brethre{n}, be not wearie i{n} wel doing
If anie man obey not our sayings, note hym by a lettre, and haue no companie with him that he maie be ashamed.
Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.
Now the Lord of peace giue you peace alwaies by all meanes. The Lord (be) with you all.
The salutation of me Paul, with mine owne hand, which is the token in euerie Epistle: so I write.
The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe (be) with you all. Amen.
PAul an Apostle of IES VS Christ, by the co{m}mandement of God our Sauiour, and of (our) Lord Iesus Christ our hope,
Vnto Timotheus (my) natural sonne in the fayth: Grace, mercie, and peace from God our Father, and (fro{m}) Christ Iesus our Lord.
As I besoght thee to abide stil in Ephesus, whe{n} I departed into Macedonia, (so do) that thou maiest co{m}mande some, that thei teache none other doctrine,
Nether that they giue hede to fables and genealogies, (which are) endles, which brede questiones rather then godlie edifying which is by faith.
For the end of the commandement is loue out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith vnfained.
From the which things some haue erred, & haue turned vnto vaine iangling.
They wolde be doctours of the Law, and yet vnderstand not what they speake, nether whereof they affirme.
And we knowe, that the Law is good, if a man vse it lawfully.
Knowing this, that the Law is not giuen vnto a righteous man, but vnto the lawles & disobedient, to the vngodlie, and to sinners to the vnholie, and to the prophane, to murtherers of fathers and mothers, to manslayers.
To whoremongers, to buggerers, to men stealers, to liers, to the periured, and if there be anie other thing, that is co{n}trarie to wholsome doctrine.
(Whiche is) according to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, whiche is committed vnto me.
Therefore I thanke him, which hath made me strong, (that is,) Christ Iesus our Lord: for he counted me faithfull, and put me in (his) seruice:
When before I was a blasphemer, and a per secuter, and an oppresser: but I was receiued to mercie: for I did it ignorantly through vnbelief.
But the grace of our Lorde was excedyng abundant with faith and loue, whiche in Christ Iesus.
This (is) a true saying, and by al meanes worthie to be receiued, that Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue sinners, of whome I am chief.
Not withstanding, for this cause was I receiued to mercie, that Iesus Christe shulde first shewe on me allong suffring vnto the ensample of them, which shal in time to come beleue in him vnto eternal life.
Now vnto the King euerlasting, immortal inuisible, vnto God onely wise, (be) honour (and) glorie for euer, and euer. Amen.
This commandement commit I vnto thee, sonne Timotheus, according to the prophecies, which went before vpon thee, that thou by them shuldest fight a good fight.
Hauing faith and a good conscie{n}ce, whiche some haue put away, and as concerning faith, haue made ship wracke.
Of whome is Himeneus, and Alexander, whome I haue deliuered vnto Satan, that they might learne not to blaspheme.
IExhorte therefore, that first of al supplicacions, praiers, intercessions (and) giuing of thankes be made for all men.
For Kings, and for all that are in autoritie, that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all godlines and honestie.
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour.
Who will that all men shalbe saued, and come vnto the knowledge of the trueth.
For there is one God and one Mediator betwene God and man, (which is) the man Christ Iesus,
Who gaue him self a raunsome for all men (to be) a testimonie in due time,
Whereunto I am ordeined a preacher and an Apostle [I speake the trueth in Christ, a{n}d lie not] (euen) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and veritie.
I wil therefore that the men pray, euerie where lifting vp pure hands without wrath or douting.
Like wise also the women, that they araye them selues in comelie apparel, with shamefastnes a{n}d modestie, not with broyded heare, or pearles, or costlie apparel,
But [as becommeth women that professe the feare of God] with good workes.
Let the woman learne in silence with all subiection.
I permit not a woman to teache, nether to vsurpe autoritie ouer the man, but to be in silence.
For Adam was first formed, then Eue.
And Adam was not deceiued, but the woman was deceiued, and was in the transgression.
Not withstanding, through bearing of children she shalbe saued if they continue in faith, and loue, and holines with modestie.
THis (is) a true saying, If any man desire the office of a bishoppe, he desireth a worthie worke.
A bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the housband of one wife, watching, sober modest, harberous, apt to teache,
Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,
One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.
For if any can not rule his owne house, how shalbe care for the Church of God?
He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuil.
He must also be wel reported of, euen of the which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuil.
Like wise (must) deacons (be) honest, not double tongued, not giuen vnto muche wine, nether to filthie lucre,
Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.
And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be founde blameles.
Like wise their wiues (must be) honest, not euil speakers, (but) sober, (and) faithful in all things.
Let the deacons be the housbands of one wife, and suche as can rule their childre{n} wel, and their owne housholdes,
For they that haue ministred wel, get them selues a good degre, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.
These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortely vnto thee.
But if I tary long, that thou maist yet know how thou oghtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God, whiche is the Churche of the liuing God, the pillar & grounde of trueth.
And without controuersie, great is the mysterie of godlines, (whiche is,) God is manifested in the flesh, iustified in the Spirite sene of Angels, preached vnto the Gentiles, beleued on in the worlde, (and) receiued vp in glorie.
NOw the Spirit speaketh euidently, that in the latter times some shall departe from the faith, and shal giue hede vnto spirits of errour, and doctrines of deuils.
Whiche speak elyes through hypocrisie, & haue their conscie{n}ces burned with an hore yron.
Forbidding to marie, (and commandyng) to absteine from meats which God hath created to be receiued with giuyng thankes of them whiche beleue and knowe the trueth.
For euerie creature of God (is) good, and nothing (ought) to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing.
For it is sanctified by the worde of God, and prayer.
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, whiche hast bene nourished vp in the wordes of faith, and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually followed.
But cast away prophane, and olde wiues fables, and exercise thy 〈◊〉 vnto godlines.
For bodelie exercise profiteth litle: but godlines is profitable vnto 〈◊〉, which hathe the promes of the life present, and of that that is to come.
This (is) a true saying, and by al meanes worthie to be receiued.
For therefore we labour and are rebuked, because we trust in the liuing God, whiche is the Sauiour of all men, specially of those that beleue.
These things commande and teache.
Let no man despise thy youth, but be vnto them that beleue, an ensample, in worde, in conuersation, in loue, in spirit, in faith, & in purenes.
Til I come, giue attendance to reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine.
Despise not the gift that is in thee which was giuen thee by prophecie with the laying on of the hands of the companie of the Eldership.
These things exercise, (and) giue thy self vnto them, that it may be sene how thou profitest among all men.
Take hede vnto thy self, and vnto learning: continue therein: for in doing this thou shalt bothe saue thy self, and them that heare thee.
REbuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father, and the yonger men as brethren.
The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters, with all purenes.
Honour widowes, whiche are widowes in dede.
But if any widow haue childre{n} or nephewes, let them learne first to shewe godlines towarde their owne house, and to recompense their kinred: for that is an honest thinge and acceptable before God.
And she that is a widowe in dede and lefte alone, trusteth in God, and co{n}tinueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
But she that liueth in pleasure, is dead, while she liueth.
These things therefore comma{n}de, that they may be blameles.
If there be any that prouideth not for hys owne, and namely for them of his housholde, he denieth the faith, and is worse then an infidel.
Let not a widowe be taken into the nomber vnder thre score yere olde, that hathe bene the wife of one housband.
And wel reported of for good workes: if she haue nourished her children, if she haue lodged the strangers, if she haue washed the Saintes fete, if she haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersitie, if she were continually giuen vnto euerie good worke.
But refuse the yonger widowes: for when they haue begonne to waxe wanton against Christ, they wil marie,
Hauing damnation, because they haue broken the first faith.
And like wise also being ydle they learne to go about from house to house: yea, (they are) not onely ydle, but also prattelers and busibodies, speaking things which are not comelie.
I wil therefore that the yonger women marie, and beare children, and gouuerne the house, (and) giue none occasion to the aduersarie to speake euil.
For certeine are already turned backe after Satan.
If any faithful man, or faithful woman haue widowes, let them minister vnto them, and let not the Churche be charged, that there may be sufficient for them that are widowes in dede.
¶ The Elders that rule wel, are worthie of double honour specially they which labour in the worde and doctrine.
For the Scripture saith, Thou shalt not mousel the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: and, The labourer is worthie of his wages.
Against an Elder receiue none accusation but vnder two or thre witnesses.
Them that sinne, rebuke openly, that the rest also may feare.
¶ charge (thee) before God & the Lord Iesus Christ, and the elect Angels, that thou obserue these thyngs without preferryng one to another, and do nothing parcially.
Layhands suddenly on no man, nether be partaker of other mens sinnes: kepe thy self pure.
Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomakes sake, and thine often infirmities.
Some mens sinnes are open before hand, and go before vnto iudgement: but some mens followe after.
Like wise also the good workes are manifest before hand, and thei that are otherwise can not be hid.
LEt as many seruants as are vnder the yoke counte their masters worthie of al honour, that the Name of God, and (his) doctrine be not euil spoken of.
And they whiche haue beleuing masters, let the{m} not despise them, because they are brethren, but rather do seruice, because thei are faithful, and beloued, and 〈◊〉 of the benefite. These things teache and exhorte.
If any man teach other wise, and consenteth not to the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine, whiche is accordyng to godlines.
He is pufte vp and knoweth nothyng, but doteth about questions and strife of wordes, whereof cometh enuie, strife, railings, euil surmisings.
Vaine disputations of men of corrupt mindes, a{n}d destitute of the trueth, which thinke that gaine is godlines: from suche separate thy self.
But godlines is great gaine, if a man be content with that he hathe.
For we broght nothing into the worlde, (&) it is certeine, that we ca{n} carie nothi{n}g out
Therefore when we haue fode and raiment let vs there with be content.
For they that will be riche, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, whiche drowne men in perdition and destruction.
For the desire of money is the roote of all euil, whiche while some Iusted after, they erred from the faith, and perced them selues through with many sorowes.
But thou, ô man of God, flee these thyngs, and followe after righteousnes, godlines, faith, loue, pacience, (and) meek enes.
Fight the good fight of faith: laye holde of eternall life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
I charge thee in the sight of GOD, who quickneth al things, and before Iesus Christ whiche vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession.
That thou kepe (this) commandement without spot, and vnrebukeable, vntil the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Whiche in due time he shal shewe, that is blessed and prince onely, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Who onely hathe immortalitie, and dwelleth in the light that none can atteine vnto, whome neuer man sawe, nether can se, vnto whome (be) honour & power euerlasting. Amen.
Charge them that are riche in this worlde, that they be not high minded, and that they trust not in vncerteine riches, but in the liuing God, [whiche giueth vs abundantly all things to enioye]
That they do good, (and) be riche in good workes, (and) readie to distribute, and communicate.
Laying vp in store for them selues a good fundatio against the time to come, that they may obteine eternall life.
O Timotheus, kepe that whiche is committed vnto thee, and auoide profane (and) vaine bablings, and oppositions of science falsely so called.
Whiche while some professe, they haue erred concernyng the faith. Grace (be) with thee.
PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God, accordyng to the promes of life, whiche is in Christ Iesus.
To Timotheus (my) beloued sonne: Grace, mercie, (and) peace from God the Father, and (from) Iesus Christ our Lord.
I thanke God, whome I serue from (mine) elders with pure conscience, that without ceasing I haue remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day.
Desiring to se thee, mindful of thy teares, that I may be filled with ioye:
When I call to remembrance the vnfained faith that is in thee, whiched welt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in this mother Eunice, and am assured that (it dwelleth) in thee also.
Wherefore, I put thee in remembrance that thou stirre vp the gifte of God whiche is in thee, by the putting on of mine hands.
For God hathe not giuen to vs the Spirit of feare, but of power, and of loue, and of a sounde minde.
Be not therefore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lord, nether of me his prisoner: but be partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel, according to the power of God.
Who hathe saued vs, and called vs with an holie calling, not according to our workes but according to his owne purpose & grace which was giuen to vs through Christ Iesus before the worlde was.
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Sauiour Iesus Christ, who hathe abolished death, and hathe broght life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospel.
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, & Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
For the which cause I also suffre these things but I am not ashamed: for I knowe whome I haue beleued, and I am persuaded that he is able to kepe that whiche I haue co{m}mitted to him against that day.
Kepe the true paterne of the wholsome wordes, whiche thou hast heard of me in faith and loue whiche is in Christ Iesus.
That worthie thing, which was committed to thee, kepe through the holie Gost, whiche dwelleth in vs.
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia, be turned from me: of whiche sorte are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
The Lorde giue mercie vnto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oftrefreshed me, & was not ashamed of my chaine.
But when he was at Rome, he soght me out verie diligently, and founde (me.)
The Lord grant vnto him, that he may finde mercie with the Lord at that day, and in how manie things he hathe ministred vnto me at Ephesus, thou knowest verie wel.
THou therfore, my sonne, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Iesus:
And what things thou hast heard of me, by manie witnesses, the same deliuer to faithfull men, whiche shalbe able to teache other also.
Thou therefore suffer afflictions as a good souldier of Iesus Christ.
No man that warreth, entangleth hym self with the affaires of (this) life, because he wolde please him that hathe chosen hym to be a souldier.
And if anie man also striue for a masterie, he is not crowned, except he striue as he ought to do.
The housband man must labour before he receiue the frutes.
Consider what I say: and the Lord giue thee vnderstanding in all things.
Remember that Iesus Christ (made) of the sede of Dauid, was raised againe from the dead accordyng to my Gospel.
Wherein I suffer trouble an euil doer, ouen vnto bondes: but the worde of God is not bounde.
Therefore I suffer all things, for the elects sake, that they might also obteine the the saluation which is in Christ Iesus, with eternal glorie.
It (is) a true saying, For if we be dead wyth him, we also shal liue with him.
If we suffer, we shal also reigne with hym: if we denie him, he also wil denie vs.
If we beleue not, (yet) abideth he faithful: he can not denie him self.
Of these thyngs put them in remembrance, and protest before the Lord, that they striue not aboute wordes, whiche is to no profit, (but) to the peruerting of the hearers.
Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workeman that nedeth not to be ashamed, diuiding the worde of trueth a right.
Stay prophane, and vaine bablings: for they shal encrease vnto more vngo 〈◊〉.
And their worde shall fret as a cancre of which sorte is Hymeneus and Philetus.
Whiche as concernyng the trueth haue erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and do destroye the faith of certeine.
But the fundation of God remayneth sure, and hathe thys seale, The LORD knoweth who are his, and, Let euerie one that calleth on the Name of Christ, departe frome iniquitie.
Notwithstanding in a great house are not onely vessels of Golde and of Siluer, but also of wood and of earth, and some for honour, and some vnto dishonour.
If anie man therefore purge him selfe from these, he shalbe a vessel vnto honour, sanctified, and mete for the Lord, and prepared vnto euerie good worke.
Flee also frome the lustes of youth, and followe after ryghteousnes, fayth, loue, (and) peace, with them that cal on the Lord with pure heart.
And put away foolish, and vnlearned questions, knowing that they in gendre strife.
But the seruant of the Lord must not striue, but (must) be gentle towarde all men apt to teache, suffring the euil men (paciently.)
Instructing them with mekenes that are co{n}trarie minded, (prouyng) if GOD at anye time will gyue them repentaunce, that they may knowe the trueth.
And that they maye come to amendement out of the snare of the deuill, which are take{n} of him at his wil.
THys knowe also, that in the laste dayes shal come perilous times.
For men shalbe louers of theyr owne selues, couetous, boasters, proude, cursed speakers, disobedient to parents, vnthankefull, vnholye.
Without naturall affection, truce breakers, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, 〈◊〉 of them which are good.
Traitours, headie, hygh mynded, louers of pleasures more then louers of God.
Hauyng a shewe of godlynes, but haue denied the power thereof: turne away therfore from suche.
For of this sorte are they which crepe into houses, and lead captiue simple women laden with sinnes, and led with diuers lustes.
(Whiche women are) euerlearnyng, and are neuer able to come to the knowledge of the trueth.
And as Iannes and Iambres with stode Moses, so do these also resiste the trueth, men of corrupte myndes, reprobate concernyng the fayth.
But they shall preuaile no longer: for theyr madnes shalbe euident vnto al men, as theirs also was.
¶ But thou hast fully knowen my doctrine, maner of lyuing, purpose, faith, long suffering, loue, pacience.
Persecutions, (and) afflictions whiche came vnto me at Antiochia, at Iconium, and at I ystri, whiche persecutions I suffered: but from them all the Lord deliuered me.
Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shal suffer persecution.
But the euill men and deceiuers, shall waxe worsse and worsse, deceyuyng, and beyng de 〈◊〉.
But continue thou in the thyngs whyche thou hast learned, and art persuaded (thereof,) knowyng of whome thou hast learned (them.)
And that thou hast knowen the holie Scriptures of a childe, whiche are able to make thee wise vnto saluation through the fayth whiche is in Christ Iesus.
For the whole Scripture (is) giuen by inspiration of God, and (is) profitable to teache, to improue, to correct (and) to instructe in ryghteousnes.
That the man of GOD may be absolute, being made perfite vnto all good workes.
I Charge (thee) therefore before God, and (before) the Lord Iesus Christ, whiche shal iudge the quicke and dead at his appearing, and in his kingdome.
Preache the worde: be instant, in season and out of season: improue, rebuke, exhorte with all long suffring and doctrine.
For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholsome doctrine: but hauyng their eares itching, shal after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers.
And shall turne their eares from the trueth, and shal be giuen vnto fables.
But watch thou in all thyngs: suffer aduersitie: do the worke of an Euangeliste: make thy ministerie fully knowen.
For I am nowe ready to be offered, and the time of my departing is at hand.
I haue foght a good fight, and haue finished (my) course: I haue kept the faith.
(For) henceforth is laid vp for me the crown of righteousnes, which the Lorde the rightous iudge shall giue me at that daye: and not to me onely, but vnto all them also that loue his appearyng.
Make spede to come vnto me at once.
For Demas hath forsake{n} me, and hath embraced this present worlde, and is departed vnto Thessalonica. Crescens (is gone) to Galacia, Titus vnto Dalmacia.
Onely Luke is with me. Take Marke and bring him with thee: for he is profitable vnto me to minister.
And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus.
The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the bokes, but specially the parchements.
Alexander the copper smith hath done me muche euil: the Lorde rewarde hym according to his workes.
Of whome be thou ware also: for he withstode our preaching sore.
At my first answering no man assisted, me but all forsoke me: (I praye God,) that it may not be laid to their charge.
Notwithstanding the Lord assisted me, and strengthened me, that by me the preachyng myght be fully knowen, and that all the Gentiles shulde heare, and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the lion.
And the Lord will deliuer me from euerie euil worke, and wil preserue me vnto his heauenlie kingdome: to whome (be) praise for euer and euer. Amen.
Salute Prisca, and Aquila, and the housholde of Onesiphorus.
Erastus abode at Corinthus: Trophimus I left at Miletum sicke.
Make spede to come before winter. Eubulus greteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
The Lorde Iesus Christ (be) with thy spirit. Grace (be) with you.
PAVL a seruant of God, and an Apostle of IESVS Christ, accordynge to the fayth of Gods elect and the knowledge of the trueth, which is accordyng to godlines.
Vnder the hope of eternall life, whiche God that can not lie, hathe promised before the worlde began.
But hathe made hys worde manifeste in due time through the preachyng, which is committed vnto me, according to the commandement of God our 〈◊〉:
To Titus (my) naturall sonne accordynge to the commune faith, Grace, 〈◊〉, (and) peace from God the Father, and (from) the Lord Iesus Christ our Sauiour.
For this cause left I thee in Creta, that thou shuldest continue to redresse the things that remaine, and shuldest ordeine Elders in eucrie citie, as I appointed thee.
If anye be vnreproueable, the housbande of one wife, hauyng faithfull children, whiche are not sclandered of riote, nether are disobedient.
For a byshop muste be vnreproueable, as Gods stewarde, not frowarde, not angrie, not giuen to wyne, no striker, not giuen to 〈◊〉 lucre.
But harberous, one that loueth goodnes, wise, righteous, holie, temperate.
Holding fast the faithfull worde accordyng to doctrine, that he also may be able to exhorte with wholsome doctrine, and improue them that say against it.
For there are manie disobedient and vayne talkers and deceiuers of mindes, chiefly they of the Circumcision.
Whose mouths 〈◊〉 be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng things, whiche they ought not, for filthie lucre sake.
One of the{m} selues, (euen) one of their owne prophetes said, The Cretians (are) alwayes lyars, euil beastes, slowe belyes.
This witnes is true: wherfore rebuke them sharpely, that they may be sou{n}de in the faith.
And not taking hede to Iewish fables and commandements of men, that turne from the trueth.
Vnto the pure (are) all things pure, but vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleuing, (is) nothing pure, but euen their mindes and consciences are defiled.
They professe that they knowe God, but by workes they denie (him,) and are abominable and disobedient, and vnto euerie good worke reprobate.
BVt speake thou the things which become wholsome doctrine.
That the Elder men be sobre, honest, discrete sounde in the faith, in loue, (and) in pacie{n}ce.
The Elder women like wise, that they be in suche behauiour as becometh holines, not false accusers, not giuen to much wine (but) teachers of honest things.
That they may instruct the yong women to be sobre minded, that they loue their housbands, that they loue their children.
(That they be) discrete, chast, kepyng at home good and subiect vnto their housbands, that the worde of God be not euill spoken of.
Exhorte yong men like wise, that they be sobreminded.
Aboue al things shewe thy self an ensample of good workes with vncorrupt doctrine, with grauitie, integritie.
(And) with the wholsome worde, whiche can not be reproued, that he whiche withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothyng concerning you to speake euill of.
Let seruants be subiect to their masters, and please (the{m}) in al things not answering again
Nether pykers, but that they shewe al good faithfulnes that they may adorne the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things.
For the grace of God, that bringeth saluacion vnto all men, hathe appeared.
And teacheth vs that we shulde denie vngodlines, and worldlie lustes, and that we shulde liue sobrely and righteously, & godly in this present worlde.
Loking for the blessed hope, a{n}d appearyng of the glorie of the mightie God, and of our Sauiour Iesus Christ.
Who gaue him self for vs, that he might redeme vs from all iniquitie, and purge vs (to be) a peculiar people vnto him self, zealous of good workes.
These things speake, and 〈◊〉, and rebuke with all autoritie. 〈◊〉 that no man despice thee.
PVt them in remembrance that they be subiect to the Principalities and Powers, (and) that they be obedient, (and) readie to euerie good worke.
That they speake euil of no man, that they be no fighters, (but) softe, shewing all mekenes vnto all men.
For we our selues also were in times past vnwise, disobedient, deceiued, seruing the lustes and diuers pleasures, 〈◊〉 in maliciousnes and enuie, hatefull, (and) hatyng one another.
But when the bountifulnes and loue of God our Sauiour towarde man appeared.
Not by the workes of righteousnes, which we had done, but accordyng to his mercie he saued vs, by the washing of the new birth and the renuyng of the holie Gost.
Whiche he shed on vs abundantly, through Iesus Christ our Sauiour.
That we, being iustified by his grace, shulde be made heires accordyng to the hope of eternall life.
This (is) a true saying, and these things I will thou shuldest affirme, that they whiche haue beleued in God, might be carefull to shewe forthe good workes. These thyngs (are) good and profitable vnto men.
But stay foolish questions, and genealogies and contentions, and brawlings about the Law: for they are vnprofitable and vaine.
〈◊〉 him that is an heretike, after once or twise admonicion.
Knowing that he that is suche, is peruerted, and sinneth being damned of his owne self.
When I shall send Artemas vnto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me vnto Nicopolis: for I haue determined there to winter.
Bring Zenas the expounder of the Law, and Apollos on their iourney diligently, that they lacke nothyng.
And let ours also learne to shewe for: the good workes for necessarie vses that they be not vnfruteful.
Al that are with me, salute thee. 〈◊〉 them that loue vs in the faith. Grace (be) with you all,
PAVL a prisoner of Iesus Christ, & (our) brother Timotheus vnto Philemon our dere friend, and fellow helper.
And to (our) dere (sister) Apphia, and to Archippus our felowe souldier, and to the Churche that is in thine house.
Grace (be) with you, and peace from GOD our Father, and (from) the Lord Iesus Christ.
I giue thankes to my God, making me{n}cion alwaies of thee in my prayers.
[When I heare of thy loue and faith, which thou hast towarde the Lord Iesus, and towarde all Saintes]
That the felowship of thy faith may be made fruteful, and that whatsoeuer good thing is in you through Christ Iesus, may be knowen.
For we haue great ioye and consolacion in in thy loue, because by thee, brother, the Saintes hearts are comforted.
Wherefore, thogh I be verie bolde in Christ to commande thee that which is co{n}uenient.
(Yet) for loues sake I rather beseche thee, thogh I be as I am, euen Paul aged, and euen now a prisoner for Iesus Christ.
I beseche thee for my sonne Onesimus, whome I haue begotten in my bondes.
Whiche in time past was to thee vnprofitable, but now profitable bothe to thee, and to me,
Whome I haue sent againe: thou therefore receine him, that is mine owne bowels.
Whome I wolde haue reteined with me, that in thy stede he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.
But without thy minde wolde. I do nothyng that thy benefite shulde not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.
It may be that he therefore departed for a ceason, that thou shuldest receiue hym for euer.
Not now as a seruant, but aboue a seruant, (euen as) a brother beloued, specially to me: how muche more than vnto thee, bothe in the flesh, and the Lord?
If therefore thou counte our things commune, receiue him as my self.
If he hathe hurt thee, or oweth thee ought, that put on mine accountes.
I Paul haue written (this) with mine owne hand: I wil recompense it, albeit I do not say to thee, that thou owest vnto me euen thine owne self.
Yea, brother, let me obteine this pleasure of thee in the Lord: comforte my bowels in the Lord.
Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do euen more then I say.
Moreouer also prepare 〈◊〉 lodgyng: for I trust through your prayers I shalbe giuen vnto you.
There salute thee Epaphras my fellowe prisoner in Christ Iesus.
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, (and) Luke, my fellowe helpers.
The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe (be) with your spirit.
AT sondrie times and in diuers maners God spake in the olde time to (our) fathers by the Prophetes:
In these last dayes hathe spoken vnto vs by his So{n}ne whom he hathe made heir of all things, by whome also he made the worldes,
Who being the brightnes of the glorie, & the ingraued forme of his persone, and be a ring vp al things by his mightie worde, hathe by him self purged our sinnes, and sitteth at the right hand of the maiestie in the highest places,
And is made so muche more excellent then the Angels in as muche as he hath obteined a more excellent name then thei.
For vnto which of the Angels said heat anie time, Thou art my Sonne, this day begate I thee? and againe, I wil be his Father, and he shalbe my sonne?
And againe when he bringeth in (his) first begotten Sonne into the worlde, he saith, And let all the Angels of God worship him.
And of the Angels he saith, He maketh the Spirits his messengers, and his ministers a flame of fyre.
But vnto the Sonne (he saith,) O God, thy throne (is) for euer and euer: the scepter of thy kingdome (is) a scepter of righteousnes.
Thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquitie. Wherefore God, (euen) thy GOD, hathe anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes.
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast established the earth, a{n}d the heauens are the workes of thine hands.
They shal perish, but thou doest remaine: and they all shal waxe olde as doeth a garment.
And as a vesture shalt thou folde them vp, and they shalbe changed: but thou art the same and thy yeres shal not faile.
Vnto which also of the Angels said heat anie time, Sit at my right hand, til I make thine enemies thy fotestole?
Are they not all ministring spirits, sent forthe to minister, for their sakes which shalbe heires of saluation?
WHerefore we ought diligently to giue hede to the things which we haue heard, lest at anie time we shulde let them slippe.
For if the worde spoken by Angels was stedfaste, and euerie transgression, and disobedience receiued a 〈◊〉 recompense of rewarde,
How shal we escape, if we neglect so great saluation, which at the first began to be preached by the LORD, and (afterwarde) was confirmed vnto vs by them that heard him,
God bearing witnes there to, bothe with signes and wonders, and with diuers miracles, and giftes of the holie Gost, according to his owne wil?
For he hathe not put in subiection vnto the Angels the worlde to come, whereof we speake.
But one in a certeine place witnessed, saying What is man, that thou shuldest be mindeful of him! or the sonne of man that thou woldest consider him!
Thou madest him a litle inferior to the Angels: thou crownedst him with glorie and honour, and hast set him aboue the workes of thine hands.
Thou hast put all things in subiection vnder his fete. And in that he hath put al things in subiection vnder him, he left nothing that shulde not be subiect vnto him. But we yet se not all things subdued vnto him.
But we se Iesus crowned with glorie and honour, which was made a litle inferior to the Angels, through the suffering of death, that by Gods grace he might taste death for all men.
For it became him, for whomme (are) all things, & by whome (are) all things, seing that he broght manie children vnto glorie, that he shulde consecrate the Prince of their saluation through afflictions.
For he that sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, are all of one: wherefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren.
Saying, I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Church will sing praises to thee.
And againe, I wil put my trust in him. And againe, Beholde, here am I, and the children which God hathe giuen me.
Forasmuche then as the children were partakers of fleshe and bloode, he also him self like wise toke parte with them, that he might destroye through death, him that had the power of death, that is the deuil,
And that he might deliuer all them, which for feare of death were all their life time subiect to bondage.
For he in no sorte toke the Angels, but the toke the seed of Abraham.
Wherefore in all things it became him to be made like vnto his brethre{n}, that he might be merciful, & a faithful high Priest in things concerning God, that he might make reconciliation for the sinnes of the people.
For in that he suffered, and was tempted, he is able to sucker them that are tempted.
THerefore, holie brethren, partakers of the heauenlie vocation, consider the Apostle and high Priest of our profession Christ Iesus:
Who was faithful to him that hathe appointed him, euen as Moses (was) in all his house.
For this man is counted worthie of more glorie then Moses, in asmuche as he whiche hathe buylded the house, hathe more honour then the house.
For euerie house is buylded of some ma{n}, and he that hathe buylt all things, (is) God.
Now Moses verely was faithful in all his house, as a seruant, for a witnes of the things which shulde be spoken after.
But Christ (is) as the Sonne, ouer his owne house, whose house we are, if we holde fast the confidence and the reioycing of the hope vnto the end.
Wherefore, as the holie Gost saith, To day if ye shal heare his voyce,
Harden not you hearts, as in the prouocation, according to the day of the tentation in the wildernes,
Where your fathers tempted me, proued me and sawe my workes fortie yeres long.
Wherefore I was grieued with that generation, and said, They erre euer in (their) heart, nether haue they knowen my wayes.
Therefore I sware in my wrath, If thei shal enter into my rest.
Take hede, brethren, lest at anie time there be in anie of you an euil heart, and vnfaithful to departe away from the liuing God.
But exhorte one another daily, while it is called To day, lest anie of you be hardened through the deceitfulnes of sinne.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we kepe sure vnto the end the beginning, where with we are vpholden,
So long as it is said, To day if ye heare his voyce, harden not your hearts, as in the prouocation.
For some when they heard, prouoked him to angre: howbeit, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
But with whome was he displeased fortie yeres? Was he not displeased with them that sinned, whose carkeises fell in the wildernes?
And to whome sware he that they shulde not enter into his rest, but vnto them, that obeyed not?
So we se that they colde not enter in because of vnbeliefe.
LEt vs feare therefore, lest at anie time by forsaking the promes of entring into his rest anie of you shulde seme to be depriued.
For vnto vs was the Gospel preached as also vnto them: but the worde that they heard profited not them, because it was not mixed with faith in those that heard it.
For we which haue beleued, do enter into rest, as he said (to the other,) As I haue sworne in my wrath, If they shal enter into my rest: althogh the workes were finished from the fundation of the worlde.
For he spake in a certeine place of the seuenth day on this wise, And God did rest the seuenth day from all his workes.
And in this place againe, If they shal enter into my rest.
Seing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto, and they to whome it was first preached, entred not therein for vnbele fes sake:
Againe he appointed in Dauid a certeine day by To day, after so long a time, saying, as it is said, This day if ye heare his voyce, harden not your hearts.
For if Iesus had giuen them rest, then wolde he not after this day haue spoken of another.
There remaineth therefore arest to the people of God,
For he that is entred into his rest, hathe also ceased fro{m} his owne workes, as God (did) from his.
Let vs studie therefore to entre into that rest, lest anie man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.
For the worde of God (is) liuelie, a{n}d mightie in operation, & sharper then anie two edged sworde, and entreth through, euen vnto the diuiding a sonder of the soule and the spirit, and of the ioynts, and the marie, and is a discerner of the thoghtes and the in tentes of the heart.
Nether is there anie creature, which is not manifest in his sight: but all things (are) naked and open vnto his eyes, with whome we haue to do.
Seing then that we haue a greate hie Priest which is entred into heauen, (euen) Iesus the Sonne of GOD, let vs holde fast our profession.
For we haue not an hie Priest, which can not be touched with the feling of our infirmities but was in all things tempted in like sorte, (yet) without sinne.
Let vs therefore go boldely vnto the throne of grace, that we may receiue mercie, and finde grace to helpe in time of nede.
FOr euerie hie Priest is taken from among men, and is ordeined for men, in things perteining to God, that he may offer bothe giftes and sacrifices for sinnes.
Whiche is able sufficiently to haue compassion on them that are ignorant, and that are out of the way, because that he also is compassed with infirmitie.
And for the sames sake he is bonde to offer for sinnes, aswel for his owne parte, as for the peoples.
And no man taketh this honour vnto him self, but he that is called of God, as (was) Aaron.
So like wise Christ toke not to him self this honour, to be made the hie Priest, but he that said vnto him, Thou art my Sonne, this day begate I thee, (gaue it him.)
As he also in another place speaketh, Thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchi-sedec.
Whiche in the dayes of his flesh did offer vp prayers and supplications, with strong crying and teares vnto him, that was able to saue him from death, and was also heard in that which he feared.
And thogh he were the Sonne, yet learned he obedie{n}ce, by the things which he suffred
And being consecrate was made the autor of eternall saluation vnto all them that obey hym.
And is called of God an hie Priest after the order of Melchi-sedec.
Of whome we haue many things to say, which are hard to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearing.
For when as concerning the time ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first 〈◊〉 of the worde of God: and are become such as haue nede of milke, and not of strong meat.
For euerie one that vseth milke, is inexperte in the 〈◊〉 of righteousnes: for he is a babe.
But strong meat belongeth to the{m} that are of age, whiche through long custome haue their wittes exercised, to discerne bothe good and euil.
THerefore, leauing the doctrine of the beginning of Christ, let us be led forward vnto perfection, not laying againe the fundation of repentance from dead workes, and of faith towarde God,
Of the doctrine of baptismes, and laying on of hands, and of the resurrection from the dead, and of eternal iudgement.
And this wil we do if God permit.
For it is impossible that they, which were once lightened, and haue tasted of the heauenlie gift, and were made partakers of the holie Gost,
And haue tasted of the good worde of God, and of the powers of the worlde to come,
If they fall away, shulde be renued againe by repentance: seing they crucifie againe to them selues the sonne of God and make a mocke of him.
For the earth which drinketh in the raine that cometh ofte vpon it, and bringeth forthe herbes mete for the{m} by whome it is dressed, receiueth blessing of God.
But that which beareth thornes and briars, (is) reproued, and is nere vnto cursing, whose end (is) to be burned.
But beloued, we haue persuaded our selues better things of you, and suche as accompanie saluation, thogh we thus speake.
For God (is) not vnrighteous, that he shulde forget your worke, and labour of loue, which ye shewed towarde his Name, in that ye haue ministred vnto the Saintes, and (yet) minister.
And we desire that euerie one of you shewe the same diligence, to the ful assurance of hope vnto the end,
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.
For when God made the promes to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by he sware by him self.
Saying, Surely I wil abundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously.
And so after that he had taryed paciently, he enioyed the promes.
For men verely sweare by him that is greater (then them selues) and an othe for confirmation is among them an end of all strife.
So God willing more abundantly to shewe vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsel, bound him self by an othe,
That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that GOD shulde lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to holde fast the hope that is set before vs,
Which we haue, as an ancre of the soule both sure and stedfast, and it entreth into that whiche within the vaile.
Whether the forerunner is for vs entred in (euen) Iesus that is made an hie Priest for euer after the order of Melchi-sedech.
FOr this Melchi-sedec (was) King of Salem, the Priest of the most hie God, who met Abraham, as he returned fro{m} the slaughter of the Kings, and blessed him:
To whome also Abraham gaue the tithe of al things: who first is by interpretation King of righteousnes: after that, (he is) also King of Salem, that is, King of peace.
Without father, without mother without kinred, and hathe nether beginning of (his) dayes, nether end of life: but is likened vnto the Sonne of God, and continueth a Priest for euer.
Now consider how great this man (was,) vnto whome euen the Patriarke Abraham gaue the tithe of the spoiles.
For verely they whiche are the children of Leui, which receiue the office of the Priesthode, haue a commandement to take according to the Law, tithes of the people [that is, of their brethren] thogh they came out of the loynes of Abraham,
But he whose kinred is not counted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, & blessed him that had the promises.
And without all contradiction the lesse is blessed of the greater.
And here men that dye, receiue tithes: but there he (receiueth them,) of whome it is witnessed, that he liueth.
And to say as the thing is, Leui also whiche receiueth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
For he was yet in the loines of his Father (Abraham,) when Melchi-sedec met him.
If therefore perfection had bene by the Priesthode of the Leuites [for vnder in the Law was established to the people] what neded it furthermore, that another Priest shuld rise after the order of Melchi-sedec, and not to be called after the order of Aaron?
For if the Priesthode be changed, then of necessitie must there be a change of the Law.
For he of whome these things are spoken, perteineth vnto another tribe whereof no man serued at the altar.
For it is euident, that our Lord, sprong out of Iuda, concernyng the whiche tribe Moses spake nothyng, touchyng the Priesthode.
And it is yet a more euident thyng, because that after the similitude of Melchi-sedec, there is risen vp another Priest.
Which is not made (Priest) after the Law of the carnal commandement, but after the power of the endles life.
For he testifieth (thus,) Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec.
For the commandement that went afore is disanulled, because of the weakenes thereof, and vnprofitablenes.
For the Law made nothing perfite, but the bringing in of a better hope (made perfite,) whereby we drawe nere vnto God.
And forasmuche as it is not wythout an othe [for these are made Priests wythout an othe.
But this, he (is made) with an othe by hym that said vnto him, The Lord hath sworne a{n}d will not repent, Thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchi-sedec.]
By so muche is Iesus made a suretie of a better Testament.
And amonge them many were made Prists, because they were not suffred to endure, by the reason of death.
But this man, because he endureth euer, hathe an euerlasting Priesthode.
Wherefore, he is able also perfitely to saue them that come vnto God by hym, seyng he euer liueth, to make intercession for them.
For suche an hye Priest it became vs to haue, (whiche is) holie, harmeles, vndefiled, separate frome sinnes, and made hier then the heauen:
Which neded not daily as those hie Priests to offer vp sacrifice, first for hys owne sinnes, and then for the peoples: for that did he once, when he offred vp him self.
For the Law maketh men hie Priests, which haue infirmitie: but the worde of the othe that was since the Law, (maketh) the Sonne, who is consecrated for euermore.
NOw of the things which we haue spoken, (this is) the summe, that we haue suche an hie Priest, that sitteth at the right hand of the throne of the maiestie in heauens,
And (is) a minister of the Sanctuarie, and of the true Tabernacle which the Lord pight, and not man.
For euerie hie Priest is ordeined to offer bothe giftes and sacrifices: wherefore it was of necessitie, that this man shulde haue some what also to offer,
For he were not a Priest, if he were on the earth, seing there are Priests that according to the Law offer giftes,
Who serue vnto the paterne and shadowe of heauenlie things, as Moses was warned by God, when he was about to finish the Tabernacle. Se, said he, that thou make all things according to the paterne, shewed to thee in the mount.
But now (our hie Priest) hathe obteined a more excellent office, in asmuche as he is the Mediatour of a bettter Testament, which is established vpon better promises.
For if that first (Testament) had bene fauteles, no place shulde haue bene soght for the seconde.
For in rebuking them he saith, Beholde, the dayes wil come, saith the Lord, when I shal make with the house of Israel, and with the house of Iuda a new Testament:
Not like the Testament that I made with their fathers, in the day that I toke them by the hand, to leade them out of the land of Egypt: for they continued not in my Testament, and I regarded the{m} not, saith the Lord.
For this is the Testament that I wil make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I wil put my lawes in their minde, and in their heart I wil write them, & I wil be their God, and they shalbe my people,
And they shal not teache euerie man his neighbour & euerie man his brother, saying, Knowe the Lord: for all shall knowe me, fro{m} the least of them to the greatest of them.
For I wil be merciful to their vnrighteousnes, and I wil remember their sinnes a{n}d their iniquities no more.
In that he saith anewe (Testament,) he hathe abrogate the olde: now that which is disanulled and vaxed olde, is readie to vanish away.
THen the first (Testament) had also ordinances of religion, and a worldlie Sanctuarie.
For the first Tabernacle was made, wher in was the candlesticke, & the table, and the shewbread, which (Tabernacle) is called the Holie places.
And after the seconde vaile (was) the Tabernacle, which is called the Holiest of all,
Which had the golden senser, and the Arke of the Testament ouerlaide rounde about with gold, wherein the golden pot which had manna (was,) and Aarons redde that had budded, & the tables of the Testament.
And ouer the Arke were the glorious Cherubims, shadowing the mercie seat: of which things we wil not now speake particularly.
Now when these things were thus ordeined the Priests went alwayes into the first Tabernacle, and accomplished the seruice.
But into the second went the hie Priest alone, once euerie yere, not without blood which he offered for him self, and for the ignorances of the people.
Whereby the holie Gost this signified, that the way into the Holiest of all was, not yet opened, while as yet the first Tabernacle was standing,
Which was a 〈◊〉 for the time present, wherein were offred giftes and sacrifices that colde not make holie concerning the conscience, him that did the seruice,
Which onely stode in meats and drinkes, and diuers washings, and carnal rites, vntil the time of reformation.
But Christ being come an hie Priest of good things to come, by a greater and a more perfite Tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this buylding,
Nether by the blood of goates and calues: but by his owne blood entred he in once vnto the holie place, and obteined eternal redemption (for vs.)
For if the blood of bulles and of goates and the ashes of an heifer, sprinkling them that are vncleane, sanctifieth as touching the purifying of the flesh,
How muche more shal the blood of Christ which through the eternal Spirit offred him self without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead workes, to serue the liuing God?
And for this cause is he the Mediatour of the new Testament, that through death which was for the redemption of the transgressions (that were) in the former Testament, they which were called, might receiue the promes of eternal enheritance.
For where a testament (is) there must be the death of him that made the testament.
For the testame{n}t is confirmed when men are dead: for it is yet of no force as long as he that made it, is aliue.
Wherefore nether was the first ordeined without blood.
For when Moses had spoken euerie precept to the people, according to the Law, he toke the blood of calues and of goates, with water and purple wolle and hyssope, and sprinkled bothe the boke, and all the people,
Saying, This is the blood of the Testament which God hathe appointed vnto you.
Moreouer, he sprinkled like wise the Tabernacle with blood also, and all the ministring vessels.
And almost al things are by the Law purged with blood, and without sheading of blood is no remission.
It was then necessarie, that the similitudes of heaue{n}lie things shulde be purified with such things: but the heauenlie things them selues (are purified) with better sacrifices then are these.
For Christ is not entred into the holie places that are made with hands, which are similitudes of the true (Sanctuarie:) but (is entred) into very heauen, to appeare now in the sight of God for vs,
Not that he shulde offer him self often as the hie Priest entred into the Holie place euerie 〈◊〉 with other blood,
[For them must he haue often suffred since the fundacion of the worlde] but now in the end of the worlde hathe he appeared once to put away sinne, by the sacrifice of him self.
And as it is appointed vnto men that they shal once dye, and after that (commeth) the iudgement,
So Christ was once offred to take away the sinnes of many, and vnto them that loke for him, shal he appeare the seconde time without sinne vnto saluation.
FOr the Lawe hauing the shadowe of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can neuer with those sacrifices, which they offer yere by yere continually, sanctifie the commers thereunto.
For wolde they not then haue ceased to haue bene offred, because that the offerers once purged, shulde haue had no more conscice of sinnes?
But in those (sacrifices) there (is) a reme{m}brance againe 〈◊〉 euerie yere.
For it is vnpossible that the blood of bulles and goates shulde take away sinnes.
Wherefore when he commeth into the worlde, he saith, Sacrifice and offring thou woldest not: but a bodie hast thou ordeined me.
In burnt offrings, and sinne offrings thou hast had no pleasure.
Then I said, Lo, I come [In the beginning of the boke it written of me] that I shulde do thy wil, ô God.
Aboue, when he said, Sacrifice and offring, and burnt offrings, and sinne offrings thou woldest not haue, nether hadst pleasure (therin) [which are offred by the Law]
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy wil, ô God he taketh away the first, that he may stablish the seconde.
By the which wil we are sanct. fied, (enen) by the offring of the bodie of Iesus Christ once (made.)
And euerie Priest appeareth daiely ministring, and oft times offreth one maner of offring, which can neuer take awaye sinnes:
But this man after he had offred one sacrifice for sinnes, sitteth for euer at the right hand of God.
And from henceforth tarieth, til his enemies be made his fotestole.
For with one offring hath he consecrated for euer them that are sanctified.
For the holie Gost also bearest vs recorde: for after that he had said before.
This (is) the Testament that I wil make vnto them after those daies, saith the Lorde, I wil put my Lawes in their heart, and in their mindes I wil write them.
And their sinnes and iniquities wil I remember no more.
Now where remission of these things things (is,) there (is) no more offring for sinne.
Seing therefore, brethre{n}, that by the blood of Iesus may be bolde to enter into the holie place.
By the new and liuing way, which he hath prepared for vs, through the vaile, that is, his flesh:
(And seing we haue) an hie Priest, (whiche is) ouer the house of God.
Let vs drawe nere with a true heart in assurance of faith, sprinkeled in our hearts fro{m} an euil conscience, and washed in our bodies with pure water.
Let vs kepe the profession of our hope, without wauering [for (he is) faithfull that promised]
And let vs consider one another, to prouoke vnto loue, and to good workes.
Not forsakyng the 〈◊〉 that we haue among our selues, as the maner of some (is:) but let vs exhorte (one another,) and that so muche the more, because ye se that the day draweth nere.
For if we sinne willingly after that we haue receiued the knowledge of the trueth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sinnes.
But a feareful loking for of iudgement, and violent fyre, which sha; deuoure the aduersaries.
He that despiceth Moses Law, dyeth without mercie vnder two, or thre witnesses.
Of how muche forer punishment suppose ye shal he be worthie, which tradeth vnder fote the Sonne of God, and counteth the blood of the Testament as an vnholie thing, where with he was sanctified, and doeth despite the Spirit of grace?
For we knowe him that hathe said, Vengeance (be ongeth) vnto me: I wil recompense, saith the Lord. And againe, The Lord shal iudge his people.
It is a feareful thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God.
Now call to remembrance the dayes that are passed, in the which, after ye had receiued light, ye endured a great fight in afflictions,
Partely while you were made a gazing stocke bothe by reproches and afflictions, and partely while ye became companions of them which were so tossed to and fro.
For bothe ye sorowed with me for my bondes, and suffred with ioye the spoyling of your goods, knowing in your selues how that ye haue in heauen a better, and an enduring substance.
Cast not away therefore your confidence which hathe great recompense of rewarde.
For ye haue nede of patience, that after ye haue done the wil of God, ye might receiue the promes.
For yet a verie litle while, and he that shal come, wil come, and wil not tarie.
Now the iust shal liue by faith: but if (anie) withdrawe him self, my soule shal haue no pleasure in him.
But we are not they which withdrawe our selues vnto perdicion, but (folowe) faith vnto the conseruacion of the soule.
NOw faith is the grounde of things, whiche are hoped for, and the euidence of things which are not sene.
For by it (our) elders were wel reported of.
Through fayth we vnderstande that the worlde was ordeined by the worde of God, so that the things which we se, are not made of things, which did appeare.
By faith Abel offred vnto God a greater sacrifice then Cain, by the which he obteined witnes that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by the which (faith) also he being dead, yet speaketh.
By faith was Enoch taken awaye, that he shulde not se death: nether was he founde: for God had taken him away: for before he was taken, he was reported of, that he had pleased God.
But without fayth it is vnpossible to please (him:) for he that cometh to God, must beleue that (God) is, and that he is a rewarde of them that seke him.
By faith Noe beyng warned of God of the things whiche were as yet not sene, moued with reuerence, prepared the Arke to the sauing of his housholde, through the which (Arke) he condemned the worlde, and was made heire of the ryghteousnes, whiche is by faith.
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed (God,) to go out into a place, whiche he shulde afterwarde receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowyng whether he went.
By fayth he abode in the land of promes, as in a straunge countrey, as one that dwelt in tentes with Isaac and Iacob heires with him of the same promes.
For he loked for a citie hauyng a fundacion, whose buylder and maker (is) God.
Through faith Sarra also receiued strength to conceyue sede, and was deliuered of a chylde when she was past age, because she iudged him faithful which had promised.
And therefore sprang thereof one, euen of one which was dead, (so manie) as the starres of the skie in multitude, and as the sand of the sea shore which is innumerable.
All these dyed in fayth, and receiued not the promises, but sawe them a farre of, and beleued (them,) and receiued (them) thankefully, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgremes on the earth.
For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seke a countrey,
And if they had bene mindefull of that (countrey,) from whe{n}ce they came out, they had leasure to haue returned.
But now they desire a better, that is an heauenlie: wherefore God is not ashamed of the{m} to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.
By faith Abraham offred vp Isaac, whe{n} he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offred his onely begotten sonne.
[To whome it was sayd, In Isaac shall thy sede be called]
For he considered that GOD was able to raise (him) vp eue{n} from the dead: fro{m} whence he receiued him also after a sorte.
By faith Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau, concerning things to come.
By fayth Iacob when he was a dying, blessed bothe the sonnes of Ioseph, and (leanyng) on the end of his staffe, worshiped (God.)
By faith Ioseph when he dyed, made mention of the departyng of the children of Israel, and gaue commandement of his bones.
By fayth Moses when he was borne, was hid thre moneths of his pare{n}ts, because they sawe he was a proper childe, nether feared they the Kings commandement.
By fayth Moses when he was come to age, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos daughter.
And chose rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioy the pleasures of sinnes for a ceason.
Estemyng the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect vnto the recompense of the reward.
By fayth he forsoke Egypt, and feared not the fiercenes of the Kyng: for he endured, as he that sawe him which is inuisible.
Through faith he ordeined the Passeouer and the effusion of blood, left he that destroyed the first borne, shulde touche them.
By fayth they passed through the red sea as by drye lande, whiche the Egyptians had assayed to do, they were drowned.
By fayth the walles of Iericho fell downe after thei were co{m}passed about seuen dayes.
By 〈◊〉 the harlot Rahab peryshed not with them whiche obeyed not, when she had receiued the spies peaceably.
And what shall I more saye? for the tyme wolde be to shorte for me to tell of Gedeon, of Barac and of Sampson, and of Iephte, also of Dauid, and Samuel, and of the Prophetes:
Which through faith subdued kingdomes, wroght righteousnes, obteined the promises, stopped the mouthes of lyons,
Quenched the viole{n}ce of fyre, escaped the edge of the sworde, of weake were made stronge, waxed valiant in battell, turned to flight the armies of the aliantes.
The women receiued their dead raised to life: other also were racked, and wolde not be deliuered, that they might receiue a better resurrection.
And others haue bene tryed by mockings and scourgyngs, yea, moreouer by boundes and prisonment.
They were stoned, they were hewen a sunder, they were tempted, they were slayne with the sword, they wandered vp a{n}d downe in shepes skinnes, and in goates skinnes, being destitute; afflicted, (and) tormented:
Whom the worlde was not worthie of they wandred in wildernesses and mountaines, a{n}d dennes, and caues of the earth.
And these all through faith obteined good reporte, and receiued not the promes.
God prouidyng a better thyng for vs, that they without vs shuld not be made perfite.
WHerfore, let vs also, seyng that we are compassed with so greate a cloude of witnesses, cast away euerie thyng that presseth downe, and the sinne that hangeth so fast on: let vs runne with pacience the race that is set before vs.
Lok yng vnto Iesus the autor and finisher of our fayth, who for the ioye that was set before hym, endured the crosse, and despised the shame, and is set at the ryght hand of the throne of God.
Consider therefore him that endureth such speaking against of sinners, lest ye shulde be wearied and fainte in your mindes.
Ye haue not yet resisted vnto blood, striuing against sinne.
And ye haue forgotten the consolation, whiche speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren: My sonne, despise not the chastenyng of the Lorde, nether faint when thou art rebuked of hym.
For whome the Lord loueth, he chasteneth and he scourgeth euerie sonne that he receiueth.
If ye endure chastenyng, God offreth hym self vnto you as vnto sonnes: for what sonne is it whome the father chasteneth not?
If therefore ye be without correction, wherof all are partakers, then are ye bastardes, a{n}d not sonnes.
Moreouer we haue had the fathers of our bodies whiche corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: shulde we not much rather be in subiection vnto the Father of spirits, that we might liue?
For they verely for a fewe dayes chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he (chasteneth vs) for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holynes.
Nowe no chastisinge for the present semeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: but afterwarde, it bryngeth the quiet frute of righteousnes, vnto them whiche are thereby exercised.
Wherefore lift vp (your) hands which hang downe, and (your) weake knees.
And make strayght steppes vnto your fete, lest that which (is) halting, be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.
Followe peace with all men; and holynes, without the which no man shal se the Lord.
Take hede, that no man fall away from the grace of GOD: let no roote of bytternes spring vp and trouble (you,) lest thereby many be defiled.
Let there be no fornicator, or prophane persone as Esau, whyche for a portion of meatsolde his byrth right.
For ye knowe howe that afterwarde also when he wolde haue inherited the blessing, he was reiected: for he founde no place to repentaunce, thogh he soght (the blessyng) with teares.
For ye are not come vnto the mount that might be touched, nor vnto burnyng fyre, nor to blackenes and darkenes, and tempest.
Nether vnto the sounde of a trumpet, and the voyce of wordes, which they that heard it, excused them selues, that the worde shuld not be spoken to them any more.
[For they were not able to abyde that whiche was commaunded, Yea, thogh a beast touche the mountaine, it shalbe stoned, or thrust thorowe with a darte:
And so terrible was the sight which appeared, that Moses said, I feare and quake.]
But ye are come vnto the mounte Sion, and to the citie of the liuing God, the celestiall Ierusalem, and to the companie of innumerable Angels.
And to the congregacion of the first borne, which are writen in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the Spirits of iust and perfite men.
And to Iesus the Mediator of the newe Testament, a{n}d to the blood of sprinkeling that speaketh better things then that of Abel.
Se that ye despise not hym that speaketh: for if they escaped not whiche refused him, that spake on earth: muche more shall we (not escape,) if we turne away from him, that (speaketh) from heauen.
Whose voyce then shouke the earth, and nowe hathe declared, saying, Yet once more wil I shake, not the earth onely, but also heauen:
And thys (worde,) Yet once more, signifieth remouyng of those thyngs, whyche are shaken, as of thyngs whiche are made (with hands,) that the things whiche are not shaken, may remaine.
Wherefore seing we receiue a kingdome, which can not be shaken, let vs haue grace, whereby we may so serue God, that we may please him with reuerence and feare.
For euen our God (is) a consuming fire.
LEt brotherlie loue continue.
Be not forgetful to lodge strangers: for thereby some haue receiued Aungels into their houses vnwares.
Remember the{m} that are in bondes, as thogh ye were bunde with them: and them that are in affliction, as if ye were also, (afflicted) in the bodie.
Mariage (is) honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremungers: and adulterers God wil iudge.
Let your conuersation be without couetousnes, and be content with those thyngs that ye haue: for he hathe said, I will not faile thee, nether forsake thee:
So that we may boldely say, The Lord (is) mine helper, nether will I feare what man can do vnto me.
Remember them which haue the ouersight of you, whiche haue declared vnto you the worde of God: whose faith followe, considering what hath bene the end of their conuersation.
Iesus Christ yester day, and to day, the same also (is) for euer.
Be not caried about with diuers (and) strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be stablished with grace, (a{n}d) not with meates, whiche haue not profited the{m} that haue bene occupied therein.
We haue an altar whereof they haue no autoritie to eate which serue in the Tabernacle.
For the bodies of those beastes whose blood is broght into the Holie place by the hie Priest for sinne are burnt without the campe.
Therefore euen Iesus, that he might sanctifie the people with his owne blood, suffred without the gate.
Let vs go forthe therefore out of the campe, bearing his reproche.
For here haue we no continuing citie: but we seke one to come.
Let vs therefore by hym offer the sacrifice of praise alwayes to God, that is, the frute of the lippes, whiche confesse his Name.
To do good, and to distribute forget not: for with suche sacrifices God is pleased.
Obey them that haue the ouersight of you and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as thei that must giue accountes that they may do it with ioye, and not with grief: for that is vnprofitable for you.
Pray for vs: for we are assured that 〈◊〉 haue a good conscience in all thyngs, desiryng to liue honestly.
And I desire you some what the more earnestly, that ye so do, that I may be restored to you more quickely.
The God of peace that broght againe fro{m} the dead our Lord Iesus, the great shepherd of the shepe, through the blood of the euerlasting Couenant.
Make you perfite in all good workes, to do his will, working in you that whiche is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ, to whome (be) praise for euer and euer. Amen.
I beseche you also, brethren, suffre the wordes of exhortation: for I haue writen vnto you in fewe wordes.
Knowe that (our) brother Timotheus is deliuered, with whome [if he come shortely] I wil se you.
Salute all them that haue the ouersight of you, and all the Saintes, They of Italie salute you.
Grace (be) with you all.
IAMES a seruant of GOD, and of the Lord IESVS CHRIST to the twelue Tribes, whiche are scattered abroade, salutation.
My brethren, counte it exceadyng ioye, whe{n} ye fell into diuers tentations,
Knowyng that the trying of your faith bringeth for the pacience.
And let pacience haue (her) perfite worke, that ye may be perfite and entier, lackyng nothyng.
If any of you lacke wisdome, let hym aske of God, whiche giueth to all men liberally, and reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen hym.
But let him aske in faith, and wauer not, for he that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the winde, and caryed away.
Nether let that man thinke that he shall receiue any thyng of the Lord.
A wauering minded man (is) vnstable in al his wayes.
Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:
Againe he that is riche, in that he is made 〈◊〉: for as the flower of the grasse shall he vanish away.
For (as when) the sunne riseth with heat, the{n} the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the beautie of the facion of it perisheth: euen so shal the riche man fade away in (all) his wayes.
Blessed (is) the man, that endureth tentatio{n}: for when he is tryed, he shall receiue the crowne of life, whiche the Lord hath promised to them that loue him.
Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God: for God can not be te{m}pted with euil, nether tempteth he any man.
But euerie man is tempted, when he is drawne away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised.
Then when lust hathe conceiued, it bryngeth forth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth forthe death.
Erre not, my deare brethren.
Euerie good giuyng, and euerie perfite gift is from aboue, and co{m}meth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no varia blenes, nether shadowing by turning.
Of his owne will begate he vs with the worde of trueth, that we shulde be as the first frutes of his creatures.
Wherefore my deare brethren, let euerie man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, (and) slowe to wrath.
For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnes of God.
Wherefore lay a parte al filthines, and superfluitie of maliciousnes, (and) receiue with 〈◊〉 the worde that is graffed in you, whiche is able to saue your soules.
And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers onely, deceiuyng your owne selues.
For if anic heare the worde, and do it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his natural face in a glasse.
For when he hathe considered him self, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediatly what maner of one he was.
But who so loketh in the perfit Law of libertie, and co{n}tinueth (therein,) he not being a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, shalbe blessed in his dede.
If anie man among you semeth religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiueth his owne heart, this mans religion (is) vaine.
Pure religion and vndefiled before GOD, euen the Father, is this, to visite the fatherles, and widdowes in their aduersitie, (and) to kepe him self vnspotted of the worlde.
MY brethren, haue not the faith of our glorious Lord Iesus Christ in respect of persones.
For if there come into your companie a ma{n} wth a gold ring, and in goodlie apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment.
And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gaye clothyng, and say vnto hym, Sit thou here in a good place, and say vnto the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my 〈◊〉.
Are ye not partiall in your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoghts?
Hearken my beloued brethren, hathe not God chosen the poore of this worlde, (that they shulde be) riche in faith, and heires of the kingdome whiche he promised to them that loue him?
But ye haue despised the poore. Do not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and do not they drawe you before the iudgeme{n}t seates?
Do not they blaspheme the worthie Name after which ye be named?
But if ye fulfill the royal Law accordyng to the Scripture, (whiche saith,) Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self, ye do wel.
But if ye regarde the persones, ye commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Law, as transgressours.
For whosoeuer shal kepe the whole Law, (and) yet faileth in one (point,) he is giltie of all.
For he that said, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now thogh thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressor of the Law.
So speake ye, and so do, as they that shalbe iudged by the Law of libertie.
For there shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercie, and mercie reioyceth against iudgement.
What auaileth it, my brethren, thogh a man saith he hathe faith, when he hath no workes? can the faith saue him?
For if a brother or sister be naked and destitute of dailie fode.
And one of you say vnto them, Departe in peace: warme your selues, and fill your bellies, not withstandyng ye giue the{m} not those things which are nedeful to the bodie, what helpeth it?
Euen so the fayth, if it haue no workes, is dead in it self.
But some man myght saye, Thou haste the faith, and I haue workes: shewe me thy faith out of thy workes, and I will shewe thee my faith by my workes.
Thou beleuest that there is one GOD: thou doest wel: the deuils also beleue it, and tremble.
But wilt thou vnderstand, ô thou vaine ma{n}, that the fayth (whiche is) without workes, is dead?
Was not Abraham our Father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac hys sonne vpon the Altar?
Seest thou not that the fayth wroght with his workes? a{n}d through the workes was the faith made persite.
And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham beleued God, and it was imputed vnto hym for righteousnes: and was called the friend of God.
Ye se then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.
Like wise also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued the messengers, and sent them out another waye?
For as the bodie without the spirit is dead, euen so the fayth without workes is dead.
MY brethren, be not manye masters, knowing that we shal receiue the greater condemnation.
For in manie things we sinne all. If anie man sinne not in worde, he is a perfect man, and able to bridel all the bodie.
Beholde, we put bits into the horses mouthes that they shulde obey vs, and we turne about all their bodie.
Beholde also the shippes, which thogh they be so greate, and are driuen of fierce windes, yet are they turned aboute wyth a verye smale rudder, whethersoeuer the gouerner lysteth.
Euen so the tongue is a litle member, and boasteth of great things: beholde, how great a thing a litle fyre kindleth.
And the tongue is fyre, (yea,) a worlde of wyckednes: so is the tongue set among our membres, that it defileth the whole bodye, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fyre of hel.
For the whole nature of beastes, and of birdes and of crepyng thyngs, and thyngs of the sea is tamed and hath bene tamed of the nature of man.
But the tongue can no mantame. (It is) an vnrulie euil, ful of deadelye poyson.
Therewith blesse we God euen the Father, a{n}d there with curse wemen, which are made after the similitude of God.
Out of one mouth proceadeth blessings a{n}d cursing: my brethre{n}, these thyngs ought not so to be.
Doeth a fountaine send forthe at one place swete (water) and bytter?
Can the figge tre, my brethren, bring forthe oliues, other a vine figges? so can no fou{n}taine make bothe salte water and swete.
Who is a wyse man and endued with knowledge amonge you? let hym shewe by good conuersation hys workes in mekenes of wisdome.
But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, nether be lyers against the trueth.
This wisdome descendeth not from aboue, but (is) earthlie, sensual, and diuelish.
For where enuying and strife (is,) there (is) sedition, and all maner of euill workes.
But the wisdome that (is) frome aboue is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easie to be entreated, ful of mercie a{n}d good frutes without iudging, and without hypocrisie.
And the frute of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace, of them that make peace.
FRom whence (are) warres a{n}d contentions among you? are they not hence, (euen) of your lustes, that fight in your members?
Ye luste, and haue not: ye enuie, and haue indignation, and can not obteyne: ye fight and warre, and get nothing, because ye aske not.
Ye aske, and receyue not because ye aske amisse, that ye myght consume it on your lustes.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, knowe ye not that the amitie of the worlde is the eni- mitie of God? Whosoeuer therefore wil be a friend of the worlde, maketh him selfe the enemie of God.
Do ye thinke that the Scripture sayth in vaine, The spirit that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?
But (the Scripture) offereth more grace (a{n}d) therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble.
Submit your selues to God: resist the deuil, and he wil flee from you.
Drawe nere to God, and he will drawe nere to you. Clense your hands, ye sinners, a{n}d purge your hearts, ye wauering minded.
Suffer afflictions, and sorowe ye, and wepe: let your laughter be turned into mournyng, and (your) ioye into heauines.
Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he wil lift you vp.
Speake not euill one of another, brethren. He that speaketh euill of hys brother, or he that condemneth his brother, speaketh euill of the Law, and condemneth the Law: and if thou condemnest the Law, thou art not an obseruer of the Law, but a iudge.
There is one Law giuer, whiche is able to saue, and to destroye. Who art thou that iudgest another man?
Go to nowe ye that saye, To daye or tomorowe we wyll go into suche a citie, and continue there a yere, and bye and sel, and get gaine.
[And yet ye can not tell what (shalbe) tomoro we. For what is your lyfe? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and after warde vanisheth away.]
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord wyll, and, If we liue, we wil do this or that.
But nowe ye reioyce in your boastyngs: all suche reioycing is euil.
Therefore, to him that knoweth howe to do wel, and doeth it not, to him it is sinne.
GO to nowe, ye ryche men: wepe, and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you.
Your riches are corrupt: and your garments are moth eaten.
Your Golde and Siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a wytnes agaynste you, and shall eat your fleshe as (it were) fyre. Ye haue heaped vp treasure for the last dayes.
Beholde, the hyre of the laborers, which haue reaped your fields [whiche is of you kept backe by fraude] cryeth, and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of hostes.
Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earthe, and in wanto{n}nes. Ye haue nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
Ye haue condemned (and) haue killed the iuste, and he hathe not resisted you.
Be pacient therefore, brethren, vnto the commyng of the Lorde. Beholde, the housband man waiteth for the precious frute of the earth, and hathe longe pacience for it, vntill he receiue the former, and the latter rayne.
Be ye also pacient therefore and setle your hearts: for the commyng of the Lord draweth nere.
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: beholde, the iudge standeth before the dore.
Take, my brethren, the Prophetes for an ensample of suffering aduersitie, and of long pacience, whiche haue spoken in the Name of the Lord.
Beholde, we count them blessed whiche endure. Ye haue heard of the pacience of Iob, 〈◊〉 haue knowen what end the Lord (made) For the Lord is verie pitiful and mercifull.
But before all thyngs, my brethren, sweare not, nether by heauen, nor by earth, nor by anie other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and (your) naye, naye, lest ye fall into condemnation.
Is anie among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is anie merie? Let him sing.
Is anie sicke among you? Let hym call for the Elders of the Churche, and let them praye for him, and anoint hym with oyle in the Name of the Lord.
And the prayer of fayth shal saue the sicke, and the LORDE shall rayse him vp: and if he haue committed sinne, it shalbe forgiuen hym.
Acknowledge your fautes one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: for the prayer of a ryghteous man auaileth muche, if it be feruent.
Helias was a man subiect to lyke passions as we are, and he prayed earnestlye that it myght not rayne, and it rained not on the earth for thre yeres and six moneths.
And he prayed agayne, and the heauen gaue rayne, and the earth broght forthe her frute.
Brethren, if anye of you hathe erred frome the trueth, and some man hathe conuerted hym.
Let him knowe that he whiche hathe conuerted the sinner from goyng astraye out of his way, shal saue a soule from death, a{n}d shal hide a multitude of sinnes.
PETER an Apostle of Iesus Christ, to the strangers that dwel here and there throughout Pontus Galacia, Cappadocia, Asia & Bithynia,
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father vnto sanctificatió of the spirit through obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Iesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied vnto you.
Blessed (be) God euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, whiche accordyng to his abundant mercie hathe begotten vs againe vnto a liuelie hope by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead.
To an inheritance immortall and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserued in heauen for you.
Whiche are kept by the power of GOD through faith vnto saluation, whiche is prepared to be shewed in the last time.
Wherein ye reioyce, thogh now for a ceason [if nede require] ye are in heauines, through manifolde tentations.
That the triall of your faith, being muche more precious then golde that perisheth [thogh it be tried with fyre] might be fou{n}de vnto (your) praise, and honour and glorie at the appearing of Iesus Christ.
Whome ye haue not sene, and yet loue (him) in whome now, thogh ye se him not, yet do you beleue, and reioyce with ioye vnspeakeable and glorious,
Receiuing the end of your faith, (euen) the saluation of your soules.
Of the which saluation the Prophetes haue inquired and searched, which prophecied of the grace that shulde come vnto you,
Searching when or what time the Spirit which testified before of Christ which was in them, shulde declare the suffrings (that shulde come) vnto Christ, and the glorie that shulde followe.
Vnto whome it was reueiled, that not vnto them selues, but vnto vs they shulde minister the things which are now shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the Gospel by the holie Gost sent downe from heauen, the which things the Angels desire to beholde.
Wherefore, girde vp the loynes of your minde: be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is broght vnto you, by the reuelacion of Iesus Christ,
As obedie{n}t childre{n}, not facioning your selues vnto the former lusts of your ignora{n}ce.
But as he which hathe called you, is holie, so be ye holie in all maner of conuersacion.
Because it is written, Be ye holie, for I am holie.
And if ye call him Father, which without respect of persone iudgeth according to euerie mans worke, passe the time of your dwelling here in feare,
Knowing that ye were not redemed with corruptible things, (as) siluer a{n}d golde, from your vaine conuersacion, receiued by the tradicions of the fathers,
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lambe vndefiled, and without spot.
Which was ordeined before the fundacion of the worlde, but was declared in the last times for your sakes,
Which by his meanes do beleue in God that raised him from the dead, and gaue him glorie, that your faith and hope might be in God.
Seing your soules are purified in obeing the trueth through the spirit, to loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,
Being borne a new, not of mortal sede, but of immortal, by the worde of God, who liueth and endureth for euer.
For all flesh (is) as grasse, and all the glorie of man (is) as the flower of grasse. The grasse withered, and the flower falleth away.
But the worde of the Lord endureth for euer and this is the worde which is preached among you.
WHerefore, laying aside all maliciousnes and al guile, and dissimulacion, and enuie, and euil speaking.
As new borne babes desire the syncere milke of the worde, that ye maye growe thereby.
If so be that ye haue tasted how bountifull the Lord (is.)
To whome ye come as vnto a liuyng stone disalowed of men, but chosen of God (and) precious.
And ye as liuelie stones, be made a spirituall house, and holie Priesthode to offer vp spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ.
Wherefore it is conteined in the Scripture, Beholde, I put in Sion a chief corner stone elect & precious: & he that beleueth therein shal not be ashamed.
Vnto you therefore whiche beleue, it is precious: but vnto them which be disobedient, the stone which the buylders disalowed, the same is made the head of the corner.
And a stone to stomble at, and a rocke of offence, euen (to them) which stomble at the worde being disobedient, vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeined.
But ye are a chosen generacion, a royall Priesthode, an holie nacion, a peculiar people, that ye shulde shew forthe the vertues of hym that hathe called you out of darkenes into his marueilous light.
Whiche in time past were not a people, yet (are) now the people of God: whiche in time past were not vnder mercie, but now haue obteined mercie.
Derely beloued, I beseche you, as strangers and pilgrems, absteine from fleshlie Iustes, whiche fight against the soule.
And haue your conuersacion honest amo{n}g the Gentiles, that they which speake euil of you as of euill doers, maye by (your) good workes whiche they shal se, glorifie God in the day of the visitacion.
Submit your selues vnto all maner ordinance of man for the Lords sake, whether it be vnto the King, as vnto the superiour.
Or vnto gouernours, as vnto them that are sent of him, for the punishme{n}t of euil doers, and for the praise of them that do wel.
For so is the wil of God, that by wel doyng ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men.
As fre, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but as the seruants of God.
Honour all men: loue brotherlie felowship: feare God: honour the King.
Seruants, be subiect to your masters with all feare, not onely to the good & courteous but also to the frowarde.
For this is thanke worthie, if a man for conscience towarde God endure grief suffering wrongfully.
For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your fautes, ye take it paciently? but and if when ye do wel, ye suffer (wrong) and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God.
For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for vs, leauing vs an ensample that ye shulde folowe his steppes.
Who did no sinne; nether was there guile founde in his mouth.
Who whe{n} he was reuiled, reuiled not againe when he suffred, he threatened not but committed it to him that iudgeth righteously.
Who his owne self bare our sinnes is his bodie on the tre, that we being deliuered from sinne, shulde liue in righteousnes: by whose stripes ye were healed.
For ye were as shepe going astraye: but are now returned vnto the shepherd and bishope of your soules.
LIkewise let the wiues be subiect to their housbands that euen thei which obey not the worde, may without the worde be wonne by the conuersacion of the wiues,
While they he holde your pure conuersacion, with feare.
Whose apparelling let it no be outwarde, (as) with broyded heere, and golde put about, or in putting on of apparel.
But let the hid man of the heart be vncorrupt, with a meke & quiet spirit, which is before God a thing muche set by
For euen after this maner in time past did the holie women, which trusted in GOD, tier them selues, and were subiect to their housbands.
As Sarra obeied Abraham, and called him Sir: whose daughters ye are, while ye do wel, not being afraid of anie terrour
Like wise ye housbands, dwel with them as men of knowledge, giuing honour vnto the woman, as vnto the weaker vessel, euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted.
Finally, be ye all of one minde: one suffre with another: loue as brethren: (be) petiful: (be) courteous,
Not rendring euil for euil, nether rebuke for rebuke: but contrariewise blesse, knowing that ye are there unto called, that ye shulde be heires of blessing.
For if anie man long after life, and to se good daies, let him refraine his tongue from euil, and his lippes that they speake not guile.
Let him eschewe euil and do good: let him seke peace, and folow after it.
For the eyes of the Lord (are) ouer the righteous, and his eares (are open) vnto their prayers: and the face of the Lord (is) vpon them that do euil.
And who is it that wil harme you, if ye folowe that which is good?
Not withstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffre for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, nether be troubled.
But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and be readie alwaies to giue an answer to euerie man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you,
(And that) with mekenes and reuerence, hauing a good conscience, that when theyr speake euil of you as euil doers thei may be ashamed, which blame your good conuersacion in Christ.
For (it is) better [if the wil of God be so] that ye suffer for wel doing, then for euil doing.
For Christ also hathe once suffred for sinnes, the iust for the vniust, that he might bring vs to God, and was put to death concerning the flesh, but was quickened in the spirit.
By the which he also went, & preached vnto the spirits that were in prison.
Which were in time passed disobedient when once the long suffring of God abode in the daies of Noe, while the 〈◊〉 was preparing, wherein fewe, that is, eight soules were saued in the water.
To the which also the figure that now saueth vs, (euen) Baptisme (agreeth) [not the putting awaye of the filth of the flesh, but in that a good conscience maketh request to God] by the resurrection of Iesus Christ.
Which is at the right hand of God, gone into heauen, to whome the Angels, and Powers, and might are subiect.
FOrasmuche then as Christ hathe suffred for vs in the flesh, arme your selues like wise with the same minde, (which is) that he which hathe suffred in the flesh, hathe ceased from sinne,
That he hence forwarde shulde liue [as muche time as remaineth in the flesh] not after the lustes of men, but after the wil of God.
For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the time past of the life, after the lust of the Gentiles, walking in wantonnes, lustes, dronkennes, in glottonie, drinkings and in abominable idolatries.
Wherein it semeth to them strange that ye runne not with them vnto the same excesse of ryote: (therefore) speake thei euil (of you.)
Which shal giue accountes to him, that is ready to iudge quicke and dead.
For vnto this purpose was the Gospel preached also vnto the dead, that they might be condemned, according to men in, the flesh, but might liue according to God in the spirit.
Now the end of all things is at hand Be ye therefore sober, and watching in prayer.
But aboue all things haue feruent loue among you: for loue couereth the multitude of sinnes.
Be ye herberous one to another, without grudging.
Let euerie man as he hathe receiued the gifte, minister the same one to another, as good disposers of the manifolde grace of God.
If anie ma{n} speake, (let him talke) as the wordes of God. If anie man minister, (let him do it) as of the abilitie which God ministreth, that God in al thi{n}gs may be glorified through Iesus Christ, to whome is praise and dominion for euer, and euer, Amen.
Dearly beloued, thinke it not strange concerning the fyrie trial, which is among you to proue you, as thogh some strange thing were come vnto you:
But reioyce, in asmuche as ye are partakers of Christs sufferings, that whe{n} his glorie shal appeare, ye may be glad and reioyce.
If ye be railed vpon for the Name of Christ, blessed (are ye) for the Spirit of glorie, and of God resteth vpon you: (which) on their parte is euil spoken of: but on your parte is glorified.
But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or (as) a thefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters.
But if (anie man suffer) as a Christian, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorifie God in this behalfe.
For the time (is come,) that iudgement must beginne at the house of God. If it first (begin) at vs, what shal the end be of them which obey not the Gospel of God?
And if the righteous scarsely be saued, where shal the vngodlie and the sinner appeare?
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the wil of God, co{m}mit their soules (to him) in wel doing, as vnto a faithful Creator.
THe elders which are among you, beseche which am also an elder, and a witnes of the suffrings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glorie that shalbe reueiled,
Fede the flocke of God, which dependeth vpo{n} you, caring for it not by constraint but willingly: not for filthie lucre, but of a readie minde:
Not as thogh ye were lords ouer (Gods) heritage, but that ye may be ensamples to the flocke.
And when the chief shepherd shal appeare, ye shal receiue an incorruptible crowne of glorie.
Like wise ye yonger, submit your selues vnto the elders, and submit your selues euerie man, one to another: decke your selues in wardely in lowlines of minde: for God resisteth the proud & giueth grace to the hu{m}ble.
Humble your selues therefore vnder the mightie hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
Cast all your care on him: for he careth for you.
Be sober and watch: for your aduersarie the deuil as a roaring lyon walketh about, seking whome he may deuoure:
Whome resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren which are in the worlde.
And the God of all grace, which hath called vs vnto his eternal glorie by Christ Iesus, after that ye haue suffred a litel, make you perfect, co{n}firme, strengthen & stablish (you.)
To him be glorie and dominion for euer and euer. Amen.
By Siluanus a faithful brother vnto you, as I suppose, haue I writen briefly, exhorting and testifying how that this is the true grace of God, wherein ye stand.
(The Church) that is at Babylon elected together with you, saluteth you, and Marcus my sonne.
Grete ye one another with the kysse of loue. Peace be with you all which are, in Christ Iesus. Amen.
SIMON Peter a seruant and an Apostle of IESVSCRIST to you which haue obteined like precious faith with vs by the rightousnes of our God and Sauiour Iesus Christ.
Grace and peace be multiplied to you, by the knowledge of God and of Iesus our Lord,
According as his godlie power hathe giuen vnto vs all things that (perteine) vnto life and godlines, through the knowledge of him that hathe called vs vnto glorie and vertue.
Whereby most great, and precious promises are giuen vnto vs, that by them ye shulde be 〈◊〉 of the godlie nature, in that ye flee the corruption, which is in the worlde through lust.
Therefore giue euen all diligence thereunto ioyne moreouer vertue with your faith: and with vertue, knowledge:
And with knowledge, tempera{n}ce: and with temperance, pacience: and with pacience, godlines:
And with godlines, brotherlie kindenes: and with brotherlie kindenes, loue.
For if these things be among you, and abunde, they wil make you that ye nether shalbe ydle, nor vnfruteful in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ.
For he that hathe not these things, is blinde, and can not se farre of, and hathe forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes.
Wherefore, brethren, giue rather diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shal neuer fall.
For by this meanes an entring shalbe ministred vnto you abunda{n}tly into the euerlastiug kingdom of our Lord & Sauiour Iesus Christ.
Wherefore, I wil not be negligent to put you alwais in remembrance of these things, thogh that ye haue knowledge, and be stablished in the present trueth.
For I thinke it mete as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stirre you vp by putting you in remembrance.
Seing I knowe that the time is at hand that I must lay downe this my tabernacle, euen as our Lord Iesus Christ hathe shewed me.
I wil endeuour therefore alwaise, that ye also may be able to haue remembra{n}ce of these things after my departing.
For we folowed not deceiueable fables when we opened vnto you the power, and comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, but with our eyes we saw his maiestie:
For he receiued of God the Father honour and glorie, whe{n} there came suche a voyce to him fro{m} the excellent glorie, This is my beloued Sonne, in whome I am well pleased.
And this voyce we heard whe{n} it came from heaue{n}, being with him in the holye mounte.
We haue also a moste sure worde of the Prophetes; to the whiche ye do well that ye take hede, as vnto a light that shineth in a darke place, vntil the day dawne, and the daye starre arise in your hearts.
So that ye first know this, that no prophecie in the Scripture is of anie priuate motion.
For the Prophecie came not in olde time by the wil of man: but holie men of God spake as they were moued by the holie Gost.
BVt there were false prophetes also among the people, euen, as there shalbe false teachers among you: whiche priuely shal bring in da{m}nable heresies, euen denying the Iord, that hathe boght them, and bryng vpon them selues swift damnation.
And manie shall followe their damnable wayes, by whome the way of trueth shalbe euil spoken of.
And through couetousnes shall they with fained wordes make marchandise of you, whose iudgement long agone is not farre of and their damnation slepeth not.
For if God spared not the Angels, that had sinned, but caste them downe into hell and deliuered them into chaines of darkenes, to be kept vnto damnation.
Nether hathe spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the eight (persone) a preacher of righteousnes, and broght in the flood vpon the worlde of the vngodlie.
And turned the cities of Sodome and Gomorrhe into ashes, condemned them and ouerthrewe the{m}, a{n}d made them an ensample vnto them that after shulde liue vngodlie.
And deliuered iuste Loth vexed with the vnclenlie conuersation of the wicked.
[For he being righteous, & dwellyng among them, in seing and hearing, vexed his righteous soule from day to day with their vnlawful dedes.]
The Lorde knoweth to deliuer the godlye out of tentation, and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement to be punished:
And chiefely the{m} that walke after the flesh, in the lust of vnclennes, and despise the gouernement, (whiche are) presumpteous, and stand in their owne conceite, and feare not to speake euill of the{m} that are in dignitie.
Where as the Angels which are greater both in power and might, giue not railing iudgement against them before the Lord.
But these as brute beasts, led with sensualitie and made to be taken, and destroyed speake euil of those things which they knowe not, and shal perish through their owne corruption.
And shal receiue the wages of vnrighteousnes, as they which counte it pleasure to liue deliciously for a season. Spottes (they are) a{n}d blottes, deliting them selues in their deceiuings, in feasting with you.
Hauing eyes ful of adulterie, and that can not cease to sinne, beguiling vnstable soules they haue hearts exercised with couetousnes cursed children,
Whiche forsakyng the right waye, haue gone astraye, following the way of Balaam, (the sonne) of Bosor, which loued the wages of vnrighteousnes.
But he was rebuked for his iniquitie: (for) the domme asse speaking with mans voyce, forbade the foolishnes of the Prophet.
These are welles without water, (and) cloudes caryed about with a te{m}pest, to whom the blacke darkenes is reserued for euer.
For in speaking swelling wordes of vanitie they beguile with wantonnes through the lustes of the flesh them that were cleane escaped from the{m} which are wrapped in errour.
Promising vnto them libertie, and are them selues the seruants of corruption: for of whome soeuer a man is ouercome, euen vnto the same is he in bondage.
For if they, after they haue escaped from the filthines of the worlde, through the knowledge of the Lord, and of the Sauiour Iesus Chaist, are yet tangled againe therein, and ouercome, the latter end is worse with them then the beginning.
For it had bene better for them, not to haue knowen the way of righteousnes, then after they haue knowen it, to turne from the holie commandement giuen vnto them.
But it is come vnto them, according to the true prouerbe, The dogge is returned to his owne vomit: &, The sowe that was washed to the wallowing in the myer.
THis seconde Epistle I now write vnto you, beloued, where with stirre vp, and warne your pure mindes,
To call to remembrance the wordes, which were tolde before of the holie Prophetes, & also the commandement of vs the Apostles of the Lord and Sauiour.
This first vnderstand, that 〈◊〉 shal come in the last dayes, mockers, which wil walke after their lustes,
And say, Where is the promes of his co{m}ming for since the fathers dyed, all things continue a like from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly knowe not, that the heauens were of olde, and the earth that was of the water and by the water, by the worde of God.
Wherefore the worlde that then was, perished, ouerflowed with the water.
But the heauens and earth, whiche are now, are kept by the same worde in store, and reserued vnto fyre against the day of iudgement, and of the destruction of vngodlie men.
Derely beloued, be not ignorant of this one thyng, that one day is with the Lorde, as a thousand yeres, and a thousand yere, as one day,
The Lorde is not slacke concernyng (hys) promes [as some men count slackenes] but is pacient towarde vs, and wolde haue no man to perish, but wolde all men to come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord wil come as a thief in the night, in the whiche the heauens shall passe away with a noyce, and the elements shal melt with heate, and the earth with the workes, that are therin, shalbe burnt vp.
Seing therefore that all these things must be dissolued, what maner persones ought ye to be in holie conuersation and godlines.
Loking for, and hasting vnto the comming of the day of God, by the which the heauens being on fyre, shalbe dissolued, and the elements shalt melt with heat?
But we loke for new heauens, and a new earth, according to his promes, wherein dwelleth righteousnes.
Wherefore, beloued, seing that ye loke for suche things, be diligent that ye may be founde of him in peace, without spotte & blameles.
And suppose that the long suffring of our Lord is saluation, euen as our beloued brother Paul according to the wisdome giuen vnto him wrote to you.
As one, that in all (his) Epistles speaketh of these things: among the which some things are hard to be vnderstand, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable, peruert, as they (do) also other Scriptures vnto their owne destruction.
Ye therefore beloued, seing ye know these things before, beware, lest ye be also plucked away with the errour of the wicked, & fall from your owne stedfastnes.
But growe in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ: to hym (be) glorie bothe now and for euermore. Amen.
THat which was from the beginning, which we haue heard, which we haue sene with our eyes, which we haue loked vpon, and our hands haue handled of the Worde of life,
[For the life appeared, and we haue sene it, and beare witnes, a{n}d shewe vnto you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and appeared vnto vs]
That, (I say,) which we haue sene and heard declare we vnto you, that ye may also haue felowship with vs, and that our felowship also may be with the Father and with his Sonne Iesus Christ.
And these things write we vnto you, that your ioye may be ful.
This then is the message which we haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God is light, & in him is no darkenes.
If we say that we haue felowship with him and walke in darkenes, we lye, and do not truely.
But if we walke in the light as he is in the light, we haue felowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his Sonne clenseth vs from al sinne.
If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs.
If we acknowledge our sinnes, he is faithful and iust, to forgiue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes.
If we say we haue not sinned, we make him a lier, and his worde is not in vs.
MY babes, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not: and if any man sinne, we haue an Aduo cat with the Father, Iesus Christ, the Iust.
And he is the reconciliation for our sinnes: and not for ours onely, but also for (the sinnes) of the whole worlde.
And hereby we are sure that we know him if we kepe his commandements.
He that saith, I knowe hym, and kepeth not his commandements, is a lier, and the trueth is not in him.
But he that kepeth his worde in hym is the loue of God perfite in dede: hereby we know that we are in him.
He that saith he remaineth in hym, ought euen so to walke, as he hathe walked.
Brethren, I write no newe commandement vnto you: but an olde commandement, whiche ye haue had from the beginning: the olde commandement is the worde, whiche ye haue heard from the beginning.
Againe, anewe commandement I write vnto you, that whiche is true in him, and 〈◊〉 in you for the darkenes is past, & the true light now shineth.
He that saith that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkenes vntill this time.
He that loueth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of euil in hym.
But he that hateth his brother, is in darkenes, and walketh in darkenes, & knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkenes hathe blinded his eyes.
Litle children. I write vnto you, because your sinnes are forgiuen you for his Names sake.
I write vnto you, fathers, because ye haue knowen hym that is from the beginnyng. I write vnto you, yong men, because ye haue ouercome the wicked.
I write vnto you, babes, because ye haue knowen the Father. I haue written vnto you fathers, because ye haue knowen hym, that is fro{m} the beginning. I haue writen vnto you, yong men, because ye are strong, & the word of God abideth in you, and ye haue ouercome the 〈◊〉.
Loue not the worlde nether the things that are in the worlde. If any man loue the world the loue of the Father is not in hym.
For all that is in the worlde [(as) the luste of the flesh, the luste of the eyes, and the pride of life] is not of the Father, but is of the worlde.
And the worlde passeth awaye, and the luste thereof: but he that fulfilleth the will of God abideth euer.
Babes, it is the last time, and ye haue heard that Antichrist shall come, euen now are there many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last time.
They went out from vs, but thei were not of vs: for if they had bene of vs, they wolde haue continued with vs. But (this commeth to passe,) that it might appeare, that they are not all of vs.
But ye haue an ointement from hym, that is Holie, and ye haue knowen all things.
I haue not written vnto you, because ye knowe not the trueth: but because ye know it, and that no lye is of the trueth.
Who is a lyer, but he that denyeth that Iesus is Christ? the same is the Antichrist that denyeth the Father and the Sonne.
Whosoeuer denyeth the Sonne, the same hathe not the Father
Let therefore abide in you that same which ye haue heard from the beginnyng. If that whiche ye haue heard from the beginnyng, shall remaine in you, ye also shall contine we in the Sonne, and in the Father.
And this is the promes that he hathe promised vs, (euen) eternall life.
These things haue I writen vnto you, concernyng them that deceiue you.
But the anointyng whiche ye receyued of hym, dwelleth in you: and ye nede not that any man teache you: but as the same Anointing teacheth you of al things, and it is true, and is notlying, and as it taught you, ye shall abide in him.
And now, litle children, abyde in hym, that when he shal appeare, we may be bolde and not be ashamed before hym at his comming.
If ye knowe that he is righteous, knowe ye that he whiche doeth righteously, is borne of him.
BEholde, what loue the Father hathe shewed on vs, that we shulde be called the sonnes of God: for this cause the worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not hym.
Dearly beloued, now are we the sonnes of God, but yet it doeth not appeare what we shalbe: and we knowe that when he shall appeare, we shalbe like him: for we shall se him as he is.
And euerie man that hathe this hope in him, purgeth him self, euen as he is pure.
Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the Law: for sinne is the transgression of the Law.
And ye knowe that he appeared that he might take away our sinnes, and in hym is no sinne.
Whosoeuer abideth in hym, sinneth not whosoeuer sinneth, hathe not sene him, nether hathe knowen hym.
Litle children, let no man deceiue you: he that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, as he is righteous.
He that committeth sinne, is of the deuill: for the deuill sinneth from the beginnyng: for this purpose appeared the Sonne of God that he might lose the workes of the deuill.
Whosoeuer is borne of God: sinneth not: for his sede remaineth in him, nether can he sinne, because he is borne of God.
In this are the children of God knowen, & the children of the deuil: whosoeuer doeth not righteousnes, is not of God, nether he that loueth not his brother.
For this is the message, that ye heard from the beginning, that we shulde loue one another.
Not as Cain whiche was of the wicked, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euil and his brothers good.
Marueile not, my brethren, thogh the worlde hate you.
We knowe that we are translated frome death vnto life, because we loue the brethren: he that loueth not (his) brother, abideth in death.
Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslayer: and yc knowe that no manslayer hathe eternall life abidyng in hym.
Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he laid downe his life for vs: therfore we ought also to lay downe (our) liues for the brethre{n}.
And whosoeuer hathe this worldesgood and seeth his brother haue nede, & shutteth vp his compassion from hym, how dwelleth the loue of God in hym?
My litle children, let vs not loue in worde, nether in tongue (onely,) but in dede and in trueth.
For there by we knowe that we are of the trueth and shal before him assure our hearts.
For if our heart condemne vs, GOD is greater then our heart, & knoweth al things
Beloued, if our heart condemne vs not, the{n} haue we boldenes towarde God.
And whatsoeuer we aske, we receiue of him, because we kepe his co{m}ma{n}deme{n}ts, & do those things whiche are pleasing in his sight
This is then his commandement, That we beleue in the Name of his Sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another, as he gaue co{m}mandement.
For he that kepeth his commandements, dwelleth in him, and he in him: and hereby we knowe that he abydeth in vs, (euen) by the Spirit which he hathe giuen vs.
DErely beloued, beleue not euerie spirit, but trye the spirits whether they are of God: for many false Prophetes are gone out into the worlde.
Hereby shall ye knowe the Spirit of God, Euerie spirit that co{n}fesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God.
And euerie spirit whiche confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God but this is the (spirit) of Antichrist, of whome ye haue heard, how that he shulde come and now already he is in the worlde.
Litle children, ye are of God, and haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in the worlde.
They are of the worlde, therefore speake they of the worlde, and the worlde heareth them.
We are of God, he that knoweth God, heareth vs: he that is not of God, heareth vs not. Hereby knowe we the Spirit of trueth, and the spirit of errour.
Beloued, let vs loue one another: for loue cometh of God, and euerie one that loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.
He that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.
In this appeared the loue of God towarde vs, because God sent his onely begotten Sonne into the worlde, that we might liue through him.
Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne (to be) a reconciliation for our sinnes.
Beloued, if God so loued vs, we ought also loue one another.
No man hathe sene God at any time. If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is persite in vs.
Hereby knowe we, that we dwell in hym, and he in vs: because he hath giuen vs of his Spirit.
And we haue sene, and do testifie, that the Father sent the Sonne (to be) the Sauiour of the worlde.
Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the Sonne of God, in him dwelleth God, and he in God.
And we haue knowen, and beleued the loue that God hathe in vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, & God in hym.
Herein is the loue perfite in vs, that we shuld haue boldenes in the day of iudgeme{n}t for as he is, euen so are we in this worlde.
There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: for feare hathe painfulnes: and he that feareth, is not perfect in loue.
We loue him, because he loued vs first.
If anie man say, I loue God, and hate his brother, he is a lyer: for how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hathe sene loue God whome he hathe not sene?
And this commandement haue we of him that he whiche loueth God, shulde loue hys brother also.
WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is the Christ, is borne of God, and euerie one that loueth him, whiche begate, loueth, him also whiche is begotten of him.
In this we knowe that we loue the children of God, when we loue God, and kepe his commandements.
For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commandements: and his commandements are not grieuous.
For all that is borne of God, ouercometh the worlde: and this is the victorie that ouercometh the worlde, (euen) our faith.
Who is it that ouercometh the worlde, but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the Sonne of God?
This is that Iesus Christ that came by water and blood, not by water onelye, but by water and blood: and it is the spirit, that be areth witnes: for the Spirit is trueth.
For there are thre, whiche beare recorde in heauen, the Father, the Worde, and the holie Gost: and these thre are one.
And there are thre, whiche beare recorde in the earth, the Spirit and the water and the blood: and these thre agre in one.
If we receiue the witnes of men, the witnes of GOD is greater: for this is the witnes of God, whiche he testified of his Sonne.
He that beleueth in the Sonne of GOD, hathe the witnes in him self: he that belieueth not God, hathe made him a lyer, because he beleued not the recorde, that God witnessed of his Sonne.
And thys is the recorde, that GOD hathe giuen vnto vs eternallyfe, and this lyfe is in hys Sonne.
He that hathe the Sonne, hathe lyfe: and he that hathe not the Sonne of GOD, hathe not lyfe.
These thyngs haue I written vnto you, that beleue in the Name of the Sonne of GOD, that ye may knowe that ye haue eternal life, and that ye maye beleue in the Name of the Sonne of God.
And thys is the assurance, that we haue in him, that if we aske anie thing accordyng to his wil, he heareth vs.
And if we knowe that he heareth vs, whatsoeuer we aske, we knowe that we haue the peticions that we haue desired of him.
If anie man se his brother sinne a sinne, that is not vnto death, let hym aske, and he shall giue him lyfe for them that sinne not vnto death. There is a sinne vnto death: I saye not that thou shuldest praye for it.
All vnryghteousnes is sinne, but there is a sinne not vnto death.
We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but he that is begotten of God, kepeth himself, and the wicked toucheth him not.
We knowe that we are of GOD, and the whole worlde lyeth in wickednes.
But we knowe that the Sonne of God is come, and hathe giuen vs a minde to knowe him, whiche is true: and we are in him that is true, (that is,) in his Sonne Iesus Christ: this same is verie God, and eternal life.
Babes, kepe your selues from idoles. Ame{n}.
THe Elder to the elect Ladie, and her chyldren, whome I loue in 〈◊〉 the trueth: a{n}d not I onelye, but also all that haue knowe{n} the trueth.
For the trueths sake whyche dwelleth in in vs, and shalbe with vs for euer:
Grace be with you, mercie a{n}d peace fro{m} God the Father, and fro{m} the Lord Iesus Christ the Sonne of the Father, with trueth and loue.
I reioyced greatly, that I founde of thy children walkyng in trueth, as we haue receiued a commandement of the Father.
And now beseche I thee, Ladie, [not as writing a new commandement vnto thee, but that same whiche we had fro{m} the beginning] that we loue one another.
And this is the loue, that we shulde walke after his commandements. This commandement is, that as ye haue hearde from the begynning, ye shulde walke in it.
For manie deceiuers are entred in the world, which confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh. He that is suche one, is a deceiuer and an Antichrist.
Loke to your selues, that we lose not the thyngs, whiche we haue done, but that we may receiue a ful rewarde.
Whosoeuer transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hathe not God. He that continueth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath bothe the Father and the Sonne.
If there come anie vnto you, and bring not this doctrine, receiue him not to house, nether bid him, God spede.
For he that biddeth him, God spede, is partaker of his euil dedes. Althogh I had manie thynges to write vnto you, yet I wolde not (write) with paper and yncke: but I trust to come vnto you, a{n}d speake mouth to mouth, that our ioye may be ful.
The sonnes of thine elect sister grete thee, Amen.
THE Elder vnto the beloued Gaius, whome I loue in the trueth.
Beloued, I wishe chiefly that thou prosperedst and faredst wel, as thy soule prospereth.
For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in the trueth.
I haue no greater ioye then this, (that is,) to heare that my sonnes walke in veritie.
Beloued, thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to stra{n}gers.
Whiche bare witnes of thy loue before the Churches, Whome if thou bringest of their iourney as it besemeth accordyng to God, thou shalt do wel.
Because that for hys Names sake they went forthe, and toke nothing of the Gentiles.
We therefore ought to receiue suche, that we might be helpers to the trueth.
I wrote vnto the Churche: but Diotrephes whiche loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not.
Wherefore if I come, I will declare hys dedes whyche he doeth, prateling againste vs with malicious wordes, and not there with content, nether he him self receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that wolde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.
Beloued, followe not that which is euil, but that whiche is good: he that doeth well, is of god: but he that doth euil, hath not sene god
Demetrius hathe good reporte of all men, and of the trueth itselfe: yea, and we ourselues beare recorde, and ye knowe that our recorde is true.
I haue manie thyngs to write: but I will not with yncke and pen write vnto thee.
For I truste I shall shortely se thee, and we shal speake mouth to mouth. Peace (be) with thee. The friends salute thee. Grete the friends by name.
IVde a seruant of Iesus Christ, and brother of Iames, to them whiche are called and sanctified of God the Father, and reserued to Iesus Christ:
Mercie vnto you, and peace and loue be multiplied.
Beloued, when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the commune saluation, it was nedeful for me to write vnto you to exhorte you, that ye shulde earnestly contende for (the maintenance) of the faith, whiche was once giuen vnto the Saintes.
For there are certeine men crept in whiche were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation: vngodlie men (they are) whiche turne the grace of our God into wantonnes, and denye God the onelie Lorde, and our Lord Iesus Christ.
I wil therefore put you in remembrance, forasmuche as ye once knewe thys, howe that the Lord, after that he had deliuered the people out of Egypte, destroyed them afterwarde which beleued not.
The Angels also which kept not their first estat, but left their own habitacio{n}, he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darkenes vnto the iudgement of the great day.
As Sodom and Gomorrhe, and the cities about them, which in like maner as they did, committed, and followed strange flesh, are set forthe for an ensample, and susfre the vengeance of eternal fyre.
Like wise not withstandyng these deamers also 〈◊〉 the fleshe, and despise gouernement, and speake euill of them that are in autoritie.
Yet Michael the Archa{n}gel, when he stroue against the deuil, & disputed about the bodie of Moses, durst not blame hym with cursed speaking, but saith, The Lord rebuke thee.
But these speake euil of those things, whiche they knowe not: and whatsoeuer things they knowe naturally, as beastes, whiche are without reason, in those things they corrupt them selues.
Wo (be) vnto the{m}: for they haue followed the way of Cain, and are cast awaye by the deceite of Balaams wages, and perish in the gaine saying of Core.
These are spottes in your feasts of charitie when they feast with you, without all feare, fedynge them selues: cloudes (they are) without water, caryed about of windes, corrupt trees (and) without frute, twise dead (&) plucked vp by the rootes.
(They are) the ragyng waues of the sea, foming out their owne shame: (they are) wandring starres, to whome is reserued the darknes of darkenes for euer.
And Enoche also the seuenth from Adam, prophecied of suche, saying, Beholde, the Lord cometh with thousands of his Saintes,
To giue iudgement against all men, and to rebuke all the vngodlie among them of all their wicked dedes, whiche they haue vngodly committed, and of al their cruel speakings, whiche wicked sinners haue spoken against him.
These are murmurers, co{m}plainers, walkyng after their owne lustes: whose mouths speake proude things, hauing menspersones in admiration because of a vantage.
But, ye beloued, remember the wordes whiche were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Iesus Christ.
How that they tolde you that there shulde bemockers in the last time, whiche shulde walke after their owne vngodlie lustes.
These are makers of sectes, fleshlie, hauing not the Spirit.
But, ye beloued, edifie your selues in your most holie faith, praying in the holie Gost.
And kepe your selues in the loue of God, lokyng for the mercie of our Lorde Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life.
And haue compassion of some, in puttyng difference:
And other saue with feare, pulling the{m} out of the fyre, and hate euen the garment spotted by the flesh.
Now vnto him that is able to kepe you, that ye fall not, and to present you fautles before the presence of his glorie with ioye.
(That is,) to God onely wise, our Sauiour, (be) glorie, and maiestie, and dominion, and power, bothe now and for euer. Amen.
THE reuelation of IESVS CHRIST, whiche God gaue vnto him, to shewe vnto his seruants things which must shortely be done: whiche he sent, and shewed by his Angel vnto his seruant Iohn.
Who bare recorde of the worde of God, and of the testimonie of Iesus Christ, and of all things that he sawe.
Blessed (is he) that readeth, and they that heare the wordes of this prophecie, and kepe those things which are written therein for the time is at hand.
Iohn, to the seuen Churches whiche are in Asia, Grace (be) with you and peace frome him which is, and Which was, and Whiche is to come, & from the seuen Spirits which are before his Throne.
And from Iesus Christ, whiche is a faithful witnes, (and) the first begotten of the dead and Prince of the Kings of the earth, vnto him that loued vs, and washed vs from our sinnes in his blood.
And made vs Kings and Priestes vnto God euen his Father, to him (be) glorie, and dominion for euermore. Amen.
Beholde, he cometh with cloudes, and euerie ye shall se him: (yea,) euen they whiche pearced him through: and all kinreds of the earth shal waile before him, Euen so. Amen.
I am and, the beginnyng and the ending, saith the Lorde, Whiche is, and Whiche was, and Whiche is to come, (euen) the Almightie.
I Iohn, euen your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdome and pacience of Iesus Christ, was in the yle called Patmos, for the worde of God, and for the witnessing of Iesus Christ.
And I was (rauished) in spirit on the Lords day, and heard behinde me a great voyce, as it had bene of a trumpet.
Saying, I am and, the first and the last: and that whiche thou seest, write in a boke, and send it vnto the seuen Churches whiche are in Asia, vnto Ephesus, and vnto Smyrna, and vnto Pergamus, and vnto Thyatira, and vnto Sardi, and vnto Philadelphia, and vnto Laodicea.
Then I turned backe to sethe voyce, that spake with me: and whe{n} I was turned I sawe seuen golden candlestickes.
And in the middes of the seuen candlestickes, one like vnto the Sonne of man, clothed with a garment downe to the feete, & girde about the pappes with golden girdle
His head, and heeres (were) white as white woll, (and) as snowe, and his eyes (were) as a flame of fyre.
And his fete like vnto fine u brasse, burning as in a fornace: and voyce as the sounde of many waters.
And he had in his right hand seuen y starres: and out of his mouth went a sharpe two edged sworde: and his face (shone) as the sunne shineth in his strength.
And when I sawe him, I fell at his fete as dead: then he laid his right hand vpon me, saying vnto me, Feare not: I am the first and the last.
And am aliue, but I was dead: and beholde, I am aliue for euermore. Amen: and I haue the keyes of hel and of death.
Write the things which thou hast sene, and the things whiche are, and the things which shal come hereafter.
The misterie of the seuen starres whiche thou sawest in my right hand, and the seuen golden candlestickes, (is this,) The seuen starres are the Aungels of the seuen Churches: and the seuen candlestickes whiche thou sawest, are the seuen Churches.
VNto the Angel of the Church of Ephesus write, These things saith he that holdeth the seuen starres in his right hand, and walketh in the middes of the seuen golden candlestickes.
I knowe thy workes, and thy labour, a{n}d thy pacience, and how thou canst not forbeare them whiche are euil, and hast examined the{m} whiche say they are Apostles, and are not, & hast founde them lyers.
And thou hast suffred, and hast pacience, & for my Names sake hast labored, and hast not fainted.
Neuertheles, I haue (some what) against thee, because thou hast left thy first loue.
Remember therefore from whe{n}ce thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first workes: or els I wil come against thee shortly, and wil remoue thy candlesticke out of his place, except thou amende.
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the workes of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Let him that hathe an eare, heare, what the Spitit saith vnto the Churches, To him that ouercometh, wil I giue to eate of the tree of life whiche is in the middes of the Paradise of God.
¶ And vnto the Aungell of the Churche of the Smyrnians write, These things saith he that is first, and last, Whiche was dead and is aliue.
I know thy workes and tribulation, and pouertie [but thou art riche] and (I knowe) the blasphemie of them, which say they are Iewes and are not, but (are) the Synagogue of Satan.
Feare none of those things, whiche thou shalt suffer: beholde, it shall come to passe that the deuill shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tryed, and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes: be thou faithfull vnto the death, and I will giue thee the crowne of life.
Let him that hathe an eare, heare what the Spirit saith to the Churches. He that ouercometh, shal not be hurt of the seco{n}de death
And to the Angel of the Church whiche is at Pergamus write, This saith he which hath the sharpe sworde with two edges.
I knowe thy workes and where thou dwellest, (euen) where Satans throne is, and thou kepest my Name, and hast not denied my faith, euen in those dayes when Antipasmy faithful martyr was slaine among you, where Satan dwelleth.
But I haue a fewe things against thee, because thou hast there them that mainteine the doctrine of Balaam, whiche taught Balac, to put a stumbling blocke before the children of Israel, that they shulde eat of things sacrificed vnto idoles, and commit fornication.
Euen so hast thou them, that mainteine the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, whiche thyng I hate.
Repent thy self, or els I wil come vnto thee shortely, and will fight against them with the sworde of my mouth.
Let him that hathe an eare, heare what the spirit saith vnto the Churches, To him that ouercometh, wil I giue to eat of the Manna that is hid, and will giue hym a white stone, and in the stone anewe name writen, whiche no man knoweth sauing he that receiueth it.
¶ And vnto the Angel of the Church which is at Thyatira write, These thyngs saith the Sonne of God, which hathe his eyes like vnto a flame of fyre, and his fete like, fine brasse,
I knowe thy workes and thy loue, and seruice, and faith, and thy pacience, and thy workes, and that (they are) mo at the last, then at the first.
Notwithstanding, I haue a fewe things against thee, that thou suffrest the 〈◊〉 Ie sabel, which calleth her self a Prophetesse, to teache and to deceiue my seruants to make them commit fornication, and to eat meats sacrified vnto idoles.
And I gaue her space to repent of her fornication, and she repented not.
Beholde, I wil cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her, into great affliction, except they repent them of their workes.
And I wil kill her children with death: and all the Churches shal knowe that I am he which searche the reines and hearts: and I wil giue vnto euerie one of you according vnto your workes.
And vnto you I say, the rest of them of Thyatira, As many as haue not this learning, nether haue knowen the depnes of Satan [as they speake] I wil put vpo{n} you none other burden.
But that which ye haue all ready, holde fast til I come.
For he that ouercometh and kepeth my workes vnto the end, to him wil I giue power ouer nations,
And he shal rule them with a rodde of yron: (and) as the vessels of a potter, shal 〈◊〉 be broken.
Euen as I receiued of my Father, so will I giue him the morning starre.
Let him that hathe an eare, heare what the Spirit saith to the Churches.
ANd write vnto the Angel of the Church which is at Sardi, These things saith he that hathe the seuen Spirits of God, and the seuen starres, I know thy workes: for thou hast a name that thou liuest, but thou art dead.
Be awake and strengthen the things which remeine, that are readie to dye: for I haue not founde thy workes perfite before God.
Remember therefore, how thou hast receiued and heard, and holde fast, and repent. If therefore thou wilt not watch, I wil come on thee as a thefe, and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wil come vpon thee.
(Notwithstanding) thou hast a fewe names yet in Sardi, which haue not defiled their garments: and they shal walke with me in white: for they are worthie.
He that ouercometh, shalbe clothed in white araye, and I wil not put out his name out of the boke of life, but I wil confesse his name before my Father, & before his Angels.
Let him that hathe an eare, heare, what the Spirit saith vnto the Churches.
¶ And write vnto the Angel of the Church which is of Philadelphia, These things saith he that is Holie and True which hathe the keye of Dauid, which openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth,
I knowe thy workes: beholde, I haue set before thee an open dore, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a litel strength and hast kept my worde, & hast not denied my Name.
Beholde, I wil make them of the synagogue of Satan, which call them selues Iewes and are not, but do lye: beholde, (Isai) I wil make them, that they shal come and worship before thy fete, and shal knowe that I haue loued thee.
Because thou hast kept the worde of my pacience, therefore I wil deliuer thee from the houre of tentatio{n}, which wil come vpon all the worlde, to trye them that dwell vpon the earth.
Beholde, I come shortly: holde that which thou hast, that no man take thy crowne.
Him that ouercometh, wil I make a pillar in the Temple of my God, and he shal go no more out: and I wil write vpon him the Name of my God, and the name of the citie of my God, (which is) the new Ierusalem, which cometh downe out of heauen from my God, & (I wil write vpon him) my new Name.
Let him that hathe an eare, heare what the Spirit saith vnto the Churches.
And vnto the Angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write. These things saith Amen the faithful and true witnes, the beginning of the creatures of God.
I knowe thy workes, that thou art nether colde not hote: I wolde thou werest colde or hote.
Therefore, because thou art luke warme, & nether colde nor hote, it wil come to passe, that I shal spewe thee out of my mouth.
For thou saist, I am riche and increased with goods, and haue nede of nothing, & knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable and poore, and blinde, and naked.
I counsel thee to bie of me golde tryed by the fyre, that thou maiest be made riche, and white raiment, that thou maiest be clothed & that thy filthie nakednes do not appeare: and anoint thine eyes with eye salue, that thou maist se.
As manie as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and amende.
Beholde, I stand at the dore, and knocke. If anie man heare my voyce and open the dore, I wil come in vnto him, and wil suppe with him, and he with me.
To him that ouercometh, wil I grante to sit with me in my throne, euen as I ouer came, and sit with my Father in his throne.
Let him that hathe an earc, heare what the Spirit saith vnto the Churches.
AFter this I loked, and beholde, a dore was open in heauen, and the first voyce which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, saying, Come vp hither, & I wil shewe thee things which must be done hereafter.
And immediatly I was (rauished) in the spirit and beholde, a throne was set in heauen, and one sate vpon the throne.
And he that sate, was to loke vpon, like vnto a iasper stone, and a sardine, & there (was) a raine bowe rou{n}de about the throne in sight like to an emeraude.
And rounde about the throne (were) foure and twentie seates, and vpon the seates I sawe foure and twentie Elders sitting, clothed in white raiment, and had on their heads crownes of golde.
And out of the throne proceded lightnings, and thundrings, and voyces, and there were seuen lampes of fyre, burning before the throne, which are the seuen spirits of God.
And before the throne there (was) a sea of glasse like vnto cristal: and in the middes of the throne, and rounde about the throne (were (foure beastes full of eyes before and 〈◊〉.
And the first beast (was) like a lion, and the seconde beast like a calfe, & the thirde beast had a face as a man, and the fourthe beast (was) like a flying egle.
And the foure beasts had eche one of them six wings about him, and they were ful of eyes within, and they ceased not day nor night saying, Holie, holie, holie Lord GOD almightie, which Was, & Which is and Which is to come.
And when those beasts gaue glorie, and honour, and thankes to him that sate on the throne, which liueth for euer and euer,
The foure and twentie elders fell downe before him that sate on the throne, a{n}d worshipped him, that liueth for euermore, k and cast their crownes before the throne, saying,
Thou art worthie, ô Lord, to receiue glorie and honour, a{n}d power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy willes sake they are, & haue bene created,
ANd I sawe in the right hand of him that sate vpon the throne, a Boke written with, and on the backeside, sealed with seuen seales.
And I saue a strong Angel which preached with a loude voyce, Who is worthie to open the boke, and to lose the seales thereof?
And no man in heauen, nor in earth, nether vnder the earth, was able to open the Boke nether to loke thereon.
Then I wept muche, because no man was founde worthie to open, and to reade the Boke, nether to loke thereon.
And one of the elders said vnto me, Wepe not: beholde, the lion which is of the tribe of Iuda, the rote of Dauid, hathe obteined to open the Boke, and to lose the seuen seales thereof.
Then I behelde, and lo, in the middes of the throne, and of the foure beasts, and in the middes of the elders, stode a La{m}be as thogh he had bene killed, which had seuen hornes and seuen eyes, which are the seuen, spirits of God, sent into all the worlde.
And he came, and toke the Boke out of the right hand of him that sate vpon the throne.
And when he had taken the Boke, the foure beasts and the foure and twentie elders fell downe before the Lambe, hauing euerie one harpes & golden viales full of odours, which are the prayers of the Saintes,
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthie to take the Boke, and to open the seales thereof because thou wast killed, and hast redemed vs to God by thy blood out of euerie kinred, and tongue, and people, & nation,
And hast made vs vnto our God Kings and Priests, and we shal reigne on the earth.
Then I behelde, and I heard the voyce of manie Angels rounde about the throne and (about) the beasts and the elders, and there (were) thousand thousands,
Saying with a loude voyce, Worthie is the Lambe that was killed to receiue power & riches, and wisdome, and strength, & honour, and glorie, and praise.
And all the creatures which are in heauen, and on the earth, and vnder the earth, and in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I, saying Praise and honour, and glorie, and power (be) vnto him, that sitteth vpon the throne, & vnto the Lambe for euermore,
And the foure beasts said, Amen, and the foure and twentie Elders fell downe, and worshipped him that liueth for euermore.
AFter, I behelde when the Lambe had opened one of the seales, a{n}d I heard one of the foure beasts say, as (it were) the noyce of thunder, Come and se.
Therefore I behelde, and lo, there (was) a white horse, and he that sate on hym, had a bowe, and a crowne was giuen vnto hym, & he went for the conquering that he might ouercome.
And when he had opened the seconde seale, I heard the seconde beast say, Come and se.
And there we{n}t out another horse (that was) red, and power was giuen to him that sate thereon, to take peace from the earth and that they shulde kill one another, and there was giuen vnto him a great sworde.
And when he had opened the thirde seale, I heard the third beast say Come and se. Then I behelde, and lo, a blacke horse, & he that sate on him, had balances in his hand.
And I heard a voyce in the middes of the foure beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penie, a{n}d thre measures of barlie for a penie, and oyle, and wine hurt thou not.
And when he had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voyce of the fourth beast say, Come and se.
And I loked, and beholde, a pale horse, & his name that sate on him was Death, and Hel followed after him, and power was giue{n} vnto the{m} ouer the fourth parte of the earth, to kill with sworde, and with honger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
And when he had opened the fift seale, I sawe vnder the altar the soules of the{m}, that were killed for the worde of God, and for the testimonie whiche they mainteined.
And they cryed with a lowde voyce saying How long, Lorde, holie and true! doest not thou iudge and auenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
And long white robes were giuen vnto euerie one, and it was said vnto them, that they shulde rest for a litel ceason vntil their felow seruants, and their brethren that shulde be killed euen as they were, were fulfilled.
And I behelde when he had opened the sixt seale, and lo, there was a greate earthquake, & the sunne was as blacke as sackcloth of heere, & the moone was like blood
And the starres of heaue{n} fel vnto the earth as a figge tre casteth her grene figges when it is shaken of a mightie winde.
And heauen departed away, as a scrole when it is rolled, and euerie mountaine and yle were moued out of their places.
And the Kings of the earth, and the greate men &, the riche men, & the chief captaines and the mightie men, and euerie bondman, & euerie fre man, hid them selues in dennes, and among the rockes of the mountaines.
And said to the mountaines and rockes, Fal on vs, and hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lambe.
For the great day of his wrath is come, and who can stand?
ANd after, that, I sawe foure Angels stand on the foure corners of the earth, holding the foure windes of the earth, that the windes shulde not blowe on the earth, nether on the sea, nether on anie tre.
And I saw another Angel come vp from the East, which had the seale of the liuing God, and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure Angels to whome power was giuen to hurt the earth, and the sea, saying, Hurt ye not the earth, nether the sea, nether the trees, til we haue sealed the seruants of our God in their foreheades.
And I heard the nomber of them, which were sealed, and there (were) sealed an hundreth and foure & fortie thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed twelue thousand. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed twelue thousand. Of the tribe of 〈◊〉 were sealed twelue thousand.
Of the tribe of Aser, were sealed twelue thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthali were sealed twelue thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelue thousand.
Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelue thousand. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed twelue thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelue thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelue thousand.
Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed twelue thousand. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed twelue thousand.
After these things I behelde, and lo, a great multitude, which no man colde nomber, of all nacions and kinreds, and people, and tongues, stode before the throne, and before the Lambe, clothed with long white robes, a{n}d palmes in their hands.
And they cryed with a loude voyce, saying, Saluation (cometh) of our God, that sitteth vpon the throne, and of the Lambe.
And all the Angels stode rounde about the throne, and (about) the Elders, and the foure beastes, and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God.
Saying, Amen Praise and glorie, & wisdome, and thankes, and honour, & power, & might (be) vnto our God for euermore, Amen.
And one of the Elders spake, saying vnto me, What are these which are araied in long white robes? and whence came they?
And I said vnto him, Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulacio{n}, and haue washed their long robes and haue made their long robes white in the blood of the Lambe.
Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God, & serue him day and night in his Temple, and he that sitteth on the throne, wildwell among them.
They shal hunger no more, nether thirst anie more nether shall the sunne light on them, nether anie heate.
For the Lambe, which is in the middes of the throne, shall gouerne them, & shal leade them vnto the liuelie fountaine of waters, and God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes.
ANd when he had opened the seuenth seal, there was silence in heauen about halfe an houre.
And I sawe the seuen Angels, whiche stode before God, and to them were giuen seuen trumpettes.
Then another Aungell came and stode before the altar hauing a golden censer, and muche odours was giuen vnto hym, that he shulde offre with the prayers of all Saintes vpon the golden altar, whiche is before the throne.
And the smoke of the odours with the prayers of the Saintes, went vp before God out of the Angels hand.
And the Angel toke the censer, and filled it with fyre of the altar, and cast it into the earth, and there were voyces, & thundrings and lightenings, and earthquake.
Then the seuen Angels, which had the seue{n} trumpettes, prepared them selues to blowe the trumpettes.
So the first Angel blewe the trumpet, and there was haile a{n}d fyre, mingled with blood and they were cast into the earth, and the third parte of trees was burnt, and al grene grasse was burnt.
And the seconde Angell blewe the trumpet, and as it (were) a great mountaine, burning with fyre, was cast into the sea, and the third parte of the sea became blood.
And the third parte of the creatures, which were in the sea, and had life, dyed, and the third parte of 〈◊〉 were destroyed.
Then the third Angell blewe the trumpet, and there fell a greate starre from 〈◊〉 heauen burning like a torche, and it fell into the third parte of the riuers, and into the fountaines of waters.
And the name of the starre is called worme wood: therefore the third parte of the waters became worme wood, and manie men dyed of the waters, because they were made bitter.
And the fourthe Angel blewe the trumpet, and the third parte of the sunne was smitten, and the third parte of the moone, and the third parte of the starres, so that the third parte of the{m} was darkened: & the day (was smitten), that the third part of it colde not shine, and like wise the night.
And I behelde, and heard one Angel flying through the middes of heauen, saying with a lowde voyce, Wo, wo, wo to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the soundes to come of the trumper of the thre Angels, which were yet to blowe the trumpettes.
ANd the fift Angel blewe the trumpet, & I sawe a starre fall from heaue{n} vnto the earth, and to him was giuen the keye of the bottomles pit.
And he opened the bottomles pit, and there arose the smoke of the pit, as the smoke of a great fornace, and the sunne, and the ayre were darkened by the smoke of the pit.
And there came out of the smoke Locustes vpon the earth, and vnto them was giuen power, as the scorpions of the earth haue power.
And it was commanded the{m}, that they shulde not hurt the g grasse of the earth, nether anie grene thing, nether anie tree: but onely those men which haue not the seale of God in their forheades.
And to them was commanded that they shulde not kil them, but that they shulde be vexed fiue moneths, and that their paine shulde be as the paine that cometh of a scorpion, when he hathe stung a man.
Therefore in those daies shal men seke death, and shal not finde it, and shal desire to dye, and death shal flee from them.
And the forme of the locustes (was) like vnto horses prepared vnto battel, and on their heades (were) as it (were) crownes, like vnto golde, and their faces (were) like the faces of men.
And they had heere as the heere of women and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
And they had habbergions, like to habbergions of yron: and the sounde of their wings (was) like the sounde of charets when manie horses runne vnto battel.
And they had tailes like vnto scorpio{n}s, and there were stings in their tailes, and their power was to hurt men fiue moneths.
And they haue a King ouer them, which is the Angel of the bottomles pit, whose name in Hebrewe (is,) Abaddon, and in Greke he is named Apollyon.
One wo is past, (and) beholde, yet two woes come after this.
¶ Then the sixt Angel blewe the trumpet, & I heard a voyce fro{m} the foure hornes of the golden altar, which is before God,
Saying to the sixt Angel, which had the trumpet, Lose the foure Angels, which are bounde in the great riuer Euphrates.
And the foure Angels were losed, which were prepared at an houre, at a day, at a moneth, and at a yere, to slay the third parte of men.
And the nomber of horsemen of warre were twentie thousand times ten thousand: for I heard the nomber of them.
And thus I sawe the horses in a vision, and them that sate on them, hauing fyrie habbergions, and of Iacinth and of brimstone, & the heads of the horses were as the heads of lyons: and out of their mouthes went forthe fire and smoke and brimstone.
Of these thre was the third parte of men killed, (that is) of the fyre and of the smoke, and of the brimstone, which came out of their mouthes.
For their power is in their mouthes, and in their tailes: for their tailes were like vnto serpents, and had heades, where with they hurte.
And the remnant of the men which were not killed by these plagues, repe{n}ted not of the workes of their hands that thei shulde not worship deuils, and idoles of golde & of siluer, and of brasse and of stone, & of wood, which nether can se nether heare nor go.
Also thei repented not of their murther, and of their sorcerie, nether of their fornicacion, nor of their thefte.
ANd I sawe another mightie Angel come downe from heauen, clothed with a cloude, and the raine bowe vpon his head, and his face was as the sunne, and his feete as pillers of fyre.
And he had in is hand a litle boke open, and he put his right fote vpon the sea, 〈◊〉 (his) left on the earth,
And cryed with a lowde voyce, as when a lyon roareth: and when he had cryed, seuen thondres vttered their voyces.
And when the seuen thonders had vttered their voyces, I was about to write: but I heard a voyce fro{m} heauen saying vnto me, Seale vp those things which the seuen thondres haue spoken, and write them not.
And the Angel which I sawe stand vpon the sea and vpon the earth, lift vp his hand to heauen,
And sware by him that liueth for euermore, which created heauen, and the things that therein are, & the earth and the things that therein are, and the sea a{n}d the things, which therein are, that time shulde be no more.
But in the daies of the voyce of the seuen Angel, when he shal beginne to blowe the trumpet, euen the mysterie of God shalbe finished, as he hathe declared to his seruants the Prophetes.
And the voyce which I heard from heauen, spake vnto me againe and said, Go and take the litle boke which is open in the hand of the Angel, which standeth vpon the sea and vpon the earth.
So I went vnto the Angel, and said to him, Giue me the litle boke. And he said vnto me, Take it, and eat it vp, and it shal make thy bellie bitter, but it shalbe in thy mouth as swete as honie,
Then I toke the litle boke out of the Angels hand, and ate it vp, & it was in my mouth as swete as honie: but when I had eaten it, my bellie was bitter,
And he said vnto me, Thou must prophecie againe among the people and nations, and tongues, and to many Kings.
THen was giuen me a rede, like vnto a rodde, and the Angel stode by, saying, Rise and mette the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
But the court which is without the temple cast out, and mette it not: for it is giuen vnto the Gentiles, and the holie citie shal they treade vnder fote two and fortie moneths.
But I wil giue power vnto my two witnesses, and they shal prophecie a thousand, two hundreth, and threscore dayes, clothed in sacke cloth.
These are two oliue trees, and two candelstickes, standing before the God of the earth.
And if anie man wil hurte them, fyre procedeth out of their mouthes, and deuoureth their enemies: for if anie man wolde hurt them, thus muste he be killed.
These haue power to shut heauen, that it raine not in the dayes of their prophecyng, & haue power ouer waters to turne them into blood, and to smite the earth with all maner plagues, as often as thei wil.
And when they haue finished their testimonie, the beast that cometh out of the bottomles pit, shal make warre against them, and shal ouercome them, and kill them.
And their corpses shal lie in the stretes of the great citie, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord also was crucified.
And they of the people and kinreds, and to{n}ges, and Gentiles shal se their corpses thre dayes and an halfe, and shal not suffer their carkeises to be put in graues.
And they that dwell vpon the earth, shal reioyce ouer them and be glad, and shal send giftes one to another: for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth.
But after thre dayes and an halfe, the spirit of life (comming) from God, shal enter into them, & they shal stand vp vpon their fete: and great feare shal come vpon them which sawe them.
And they shal heare a great voyce from heauen, saying vnto them, Come vp hither. And they shal ascēde vp to heaue{n} in a cloude and their enemies shal se them.
And the same houre shal there be a great earth quake, and the tenth parte of the citie shal fall, and in the earth quake shalbe slaine in nomber seuen thousand: and the remnant shalbe afraid, and giue glorie to the God of heauen.
The seconde wo is past, (and) beholde the thirde wo wil come anone.
And the seuenth Angel blew the trumpet & there were great voyces in heauen, saying, The kingdomes of this worlde are our Lords, and his Christs, and he shal reigne for euermore.
Then the foure and twentie Elders, which sate before GOD on their seates, fell vpon their faces, and worshipped God,
Saying, We giue thee thankes, Lord God almightie, Which art, and Which wast, and Which art to come: for thou hast receiued thy great might, and hast obteined thy kingdome.
And the Gentiles were angrie, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they shulde be iudged, a{n}d that thou shuldest giue rewarde vnto thy seruants the Prophetes, and to the Saintes, and to them that feare thy Name, to smale, and great, and shuldest destroye them, which destroye the earth,
Then the Temple of God was opened in heauen, and there was sene in his Temple the Arke of his couena{n}t: and there were lightnings, and voyces, and tho{n}drings, and earthquake, and muche haile.
ANd there appeared a great wonder in heauen: A woman clothed with the iunne, and the moone (was) vnder her fete, and vpon her head a crowne of twelue starres.
And she was with childe and cryed trauailing in birth, and was pained readie to be 〈◊〉.
And there appeared another wonder in heauen: for beholde, a great red dragon hauing seuen heades, and ten hornes, and seuen crownes vpon his heads:
And his taile drue the third parte of the starres of heauen, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stode before the woman, which was readie to be deliuered, to deuoure her childe when she had broght it forthe.
So she broght forthe a man childe, whiche shulde rule all nations with a rod of yron, and her sonne was taken vp vnto God and to this throne,
And the woman fled into wildernes where she hathe a place prepared of God, that they shulde fede her there a thousand, two hundreth and threscore dayes.
And there was a battel in heauen. Michael and his Angels foght against the dragon, and the dragon foght and his Angels.
But they preuailed not, nether was their place founde anie more in heauen.
And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuil and Satan, was cast out which deceiueth all the worlde: he was (euen) cast into the earth, and his Angels were cast out with him.
The{n} I heard a loude voyce, saying, Now is saluation in heauen, and strength and the kingdome of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast downe, which accused them before our God day and night.
But they ouercame him by the blood of the Lambe, and by the worde of their testimonie, and they loued not their liues vnto the death.
Therefore reioyce, ye heauens, and ye that dwell in the{m}. Wo to the inhabitants of the earth, and of the sea: for the deuil is come downe vnto you which hathe great wrath knowing that he hathe but a short time.
And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth, he persecuted the woma{n} which had broght forthe the man (childe.)
But to the woman were giuen two winges of a greate egle, that she myght flie into the wildernes, into ther place, where she nourished for a time, and times, and halfe a time, from the presence of the serpent.
And the serpent cast out of his mouth was water after the woman lyke a flood, that he myght cause her to be caryed awaye of the flood.
But the earth holpe the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swalowed vp the flood, whiche the dragon had cast out of his mouth.
Then the dragon was wroth with the woman, and wente and made warre wyth the remnant of her sede, whiche kepe the commandements of God, and haue the testimonie of Iesus Christ.
And I stode on the sea sand.
ANd I sawe a beast rise out of the sea, hauing seuen heads, and ten hornes, and vpon his hornes (were) ten crownes, and vppon his heades the name of blasphemie.
And the beast which I sawe, was lyke a leoparde, and hys fete lyke a beares, and hys mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gaue him his power and his throne, and great autoritie.
And I sawe one of hys heades as it (were) wounded to death, but his deadlie wounde was healed, and al the worlde wondred (and) followed the beast.
And they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beast, and they worshipped the beast, sayinge, Who is lyke vnto the beast! who is able to warre with 〈◊〉!
And there was giuen vnto hym a 〈◊〉, that spake greate thynges and blasphemies, and power was giuen vnto hym, to do two and fortie moneths.
And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemie against God, to blaspheme his Name a{n}d his tabernacle, and them that dwel in heauen.
And it was giuen vnto hym to make warre wyth the Saintes, and to ouercome them, and power was giuen him ouer euerie kinred and tongue, and nation.
Therefore all that dwell vpon the earth, shal worship hym, whose names are not writen in the Boke of life of the Lambe, whiche was slaine fro{m} the beginning of the worlde.
If anie man haue an eare, let him heare.
If anie lead into captiuitie, he shal go into captiuitie: if anie kill with a sworde; he must be killed by a sworde: here is the pacience, and the faith of the Saintes.
And I behelde another beast commyng vp out of the earth, whiche had two hornes like the La{m}be, but he spake like the drago{n}.
And he did all that the first beast colde do before him, and he caused the earth, a{n}d them whiche dwel therein, to worship the firste beast, whose deadlie wounde was healed.
And he did great wonders, so that he made fyre to come down fro{m} heauen on the earth, in the sight of men.
And deceiued them that dwel on the earth by the signes, which were permitted to him to do in the sight of the beast, saying to the{m} that dwel on the earth, that they shuld make the image of the beaste, whiche had the wounde of a sworde, and did liue.
And it was permitted to him to giue 〈◊〉 spirit vnto the image of the beast, so that the image of the beaste shulde speake, and shulde cause that as manie as wolde not worshyp the image of the beast, shulde be killed.
And he made al, bothe small and great, riche and poore, fre a{n}d bonde, 〈◊〉 receiue a marke in their right hand or in their forheads.
And that no man might bye or sell, saue he that had the marke, or the name of the beast or the nomber of his name.
Heare is wi dome. Let hym that hathe wit, count the nomber of the beaste: for it is the nomber of a man, and his nomber is six hundreth, threscore and six.
THen I loked, and lo, a Lambe stode on mount Sion, and with him an hundreth, fortie a{n}d foure thousand, hauing his Fathers Name writen in the forheads.
And I hearde a voyce frome heauen, as the sounde of manie waters, and as the sounde of a great thunder: and I heard the voyce of harpers harping with their harpes.
And they sung as it (were) a new song before the throne, and before the foure beasts, and the Elders, & no ma{n} colde learne that song, but the hundreth, fortie a{n}d foure thousand, whiche were boght from the earth.
These are they, whiche are not defiled with women: for they are virgins: these followe the La{m}be wither soeuer he goeth: these are boght from men, beyng the first frutes vnto God, and to the Lambe.
And in their mouths was founde no guile: for they are without spot before the throne of God.
¶ The{n} I sawe another Angel slee in the middes of Heaue{n}, hauing an euerlasting Gospel, to preache vnto the{m}, that dwell on the earth, and to euerie nation, a{n}d kinred, and tongue, and people.
Saying with a loude voyce, Feare God, a{n}d giue glorie to him: for the houre of his iudgement is come: and worship him that made heauen and earth, and the sea, and the fountaines of waters.
And there followed another Angel; saying, It is fallen, it is fallen, Babylon the great citie: for she made all nations to drinke of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
¶ And the thirde Angel followed them, saying with a loude voyce, If any man worship the beast & his image, a{n}d receiue (his) marke in his forhead, or on his hand.
The same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God, yea, of the pure wine, which is powred into the cup of his wrath, and he shalbe tormented in fyre and brimstone before the holie Angels, & before the Lambe.
And the smoke of their torment shal ascend euermore: & they shall haue no rest daye nor night, which worship the beast & his image, & whosoeuer receiueth the pri{n}t of his name
Here is the pacience of Saintes: here are they that kepe the comma{n}dements of God, and the faith of Iesus.
Then I heard a voyce frome heauen, saying vnto me, Write, Blessed (are) the dead, whiche hereafter dye in the Lord. Eue{n} so saith the Spirite: for they rest from their labours, and their workes followe them.
¶ And I loked, & beholde, a white cloude, and vpon the cloude on sitting like vnto the Sonne of man, hauyng on his head a golden crowne, and in his hand a sharpe sickle.
And another Angell came out of the Temple, crying with a loude voyce to hym that sate on the cloude, Trust in thy sickle and reape: for the tyme is come to reape: for the haruest of the earth is ripe.
And he that sate on the cloud, thrust in his sickle on the earth, a{n}d the earth was reaped.
The{n} another Angel came out of the temple, which is in heaue{n}, hauing also a sharpe sickle
And another Angell came out from the altar, whiche had power ouer fyre, and cryed with a loude crye to him that had the sharpe sickle, and sayd, Thrust in thy sharpe sickle, and gather the clusters of the vineyarde of the earth: for her grapes are ripe.
And the Angel thrust in his sharpe sickle on the earth, and cut downe the vines of the vineyarde of the earth, and cast them into the great wine presse of the wrath of God.
And the wyne presse was troden without the citie, and blood came oute of the wine presse, vnto the horse bridles by the space of a thousand and six hundreth furlongs.
ANd I saw another signe in heauen great and marueilous, seuen Angels hauynge the seuen laste plagues: for by them is fulfilled the wrath of God.
And I sawe as (it were) a glassie sea, mingled with fyre, and them that had gotten victorie of the beast, a{n}d of his image, a{n}d of his marke, and of the nomber of his name, stande at the glassie sea, hauing the harpes of God.
And they sung the songe of Moses the seruant of God, and the song of the Lambe, saying, Great and marueilous (are) thy workes, Lord God almightie: iuste and true (are) thy wayes, Kyng of 〈◊〉.
Who shal not feare thee, ô Lord, and glorifie the Name! for thou onely (art) holie, and all nations shal come and worshyppe before thee: for thy iudgements are made manifest.
And after that I loked, and beholde, the temple of the tabernacle of testimonie was ope{n} in heauen.
And the seuen Angels came out of the te{m}ple, which had the seuen plagues, clothed in pure and bright linnen, a{n}d hauing their breastes girded with golden girdles.
And one of the foure beastes gaue vnto the seuen Angels seuen golden viales full of the wrath of God, which liueth for euermore.
And the Temple was ful of the smoke of the glorie of God & of his power, a{n}d no ma{n} was able to enter into the Temple, til the seuen plagues of the seuen Angels were fulfilled.
ANd I heard a great voyce out of the Temple, saying to the seuen Aungels, Go your wayes, and powre out the (seuen) viales of the wrath of God vpon the earth.
And the firste went, and powred out hys vial vpon the earth: and there fel a noysome, and a grieuous sore vpon the men, whiche had the marke of the beast, and vpon them whiche worshipped his image.
And the second Aungel powred out his viall vpon the sea, and it became as the blood of a dead man: and euerie liuyng thyng dyed in the sea.
And the thirde Aungell powred out his viall vpon the riuers and fountaines of waters, and they became blood.
And I heard the Aungell of the waters say, Lord, thou art iust, Whiche art, and Whiche wast, and Holie, because thou hast iudged these things.
For they shed the blood of the Saintes, and Prophetes, and therefore hast thou giue{n} the{m} blood to drinke: for they are worthie.
And I heard another out of the Sanctuarie say, Euen so, Lord God almightie, true and righteous are thy iudgements.
And the fourth Aungell powred out his viall on the sunnes, and it was giuen vnto him to torment men with heat of fyre.
And men boyled in great heat, and blasphemed the Name of God, whiche hathe power ouer these plagues, and they repe{n}ted not, to giue him glorie.
And the fift Angel powred out his vial vpon the throne of the beast, and his kingdome waxed darke, and they gne we their tongues for sorowe.
And blasphemed the GOD of heauen for their paines, and for their sores, and repented not of their workes.
And the sixt Angel powred out his viall vpo{n} the great riuer Euphrates, and the water thereof dryed vp, that the way of the Kings of the East shulde be prepared.
And I sawe thre vncleane spirits like frogges come out of the mouth of the dragon, & out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
For they are the spirits of deuils, working miracles, to go vnto the Kyngs of the earth, and of the whole worlde, to gather them to the battell of that greate day of GOD Almightie.
Beholde, I come as a 〈◊〉. Blessed (is) he that watcheth and kepeth his garme{n}ts, lest he walke naked, and men se his filthines.]
And they gathered them together into a place called in Hebrue Arma-gedon.
¶ And the seuenth Aungel powred out his vial into the ayre: & there came a loude voyce out of the Temple of heauen from the throne, saying, It is done.
And there were voyces, and thundrings, & lightnings, & there was a great earth quake, suche as was not since men were vppon the earth, euen so mightie an earthquake.
And the greate citie was diuided into thre partes, and the cities of the nacions fel: and greate Babylon came in remembrance before GOD, to giue vnto her the cup of the wine of the fiercenes of his wrath.
And euerie ydle fled away, and the mountaines were not founde.
And there fell a great haile, like talents, out of heauen vppon the men, and men blasphemed GOD, because of the plague of the haile: for the plague thereof was excedyng great.
THen there came one of the seuen Angel whiche had the seuen viales, and talked with me, saying vnto me, Come: I will shewe thee the danation of the great whore that sitteth vpon many waters.
With whome haue committed fornication the Kings of the earth, and the inhabitants of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication.
So he caried me away into the wildernes in the Spirit, and I sawe a woman sit vpo{n} askarlat coloured beast, full of names of blasphemie, which had seue{n} heads, & te{n} hornes.
And the woman was araied in purple and skarlat, and guilded with golde, a{n}d precious stones, and pearles, and had a cup of golde in her hand, ful of abominations, and filthines of her fornication.
And in her forhead (was) a name written, A Mysterie, great Babylong, the mother of whoredomes, and abomination of the earth.
And I sawe the woman drunken with the blood of Saintes, and with the blood of the Martyrs of Iesus: and when I sawe her, I wondred with great marueile.
Then the Aungell said vnto me, Wherefore marueilest thou? I will shewe thee the mysterie of the woman, and of the beast, that beareth her, whiche hathe seuen heads, and ten hornes.
The beast that thou hast sene, was, and is not, and shal ascende out of the bottomles pit, and shal go into perdicion, and they that dwel on the earth, shal wo{n}dre [whose names are not writen in the Boke of life from the fundacion of the worlde] whe{n} they beholde the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Here (is) the minde that hathe wisdome, The seuen heads are seuen mountaines, whereon the woman sitteth: they are also seuen Kyngs.
Fiue are fallen, and one is, a{n}d another is not yet come: and when he cometh, he must continue a shortspace.
And the beast that was, and is not, is 〈◊〉 the eight, and is one of the seuen, and shall go into destruction.
And the ten hornes which thou sawest, are ten Kings, whiche yet haue not receyued a kingdome, but shall receiue power, as Kings at one houre with the beast.
These haue one minde, and shal giue their power, and autoritie vnto the beast.
These shall fight with the Lambe, and the Lambe shal ouercome them: for he is Lord of Lords, and King of Kings: and they that are on his side, called, and chosen, and faithfull.
And he said vnto me, The waters whiche thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are people, & multitudes, & nations, and to{n}gues
And the ten hornes whiche thou sawest vpon the beast, are they that shall hate the whore, and shal make her desolate & naked, and shal eat her flesh, & burne her with fyre.
For God hathe put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to do with one consent for to giue their kingdome vnto the beast, vntill the wordes of God be fulfilled.
And the woman whiche thou sawest, is the great citie, whiche reigneth ouer the Kings of the earth.
ANd after these things, I sawe (another) Aungell come downe from heauen, hauing great power, so that the earth was lightened with his glorie.
And he cryed out mightely with a loude voyce, saying, It is fallen, it is fallen, Babylon the great (citie,) and is become the habitation of deuils, and the holde of all fowle spirits, and a cage of euerie vncleane & hatefull byrde.
For all nations haue dronken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the Kyngs of the earth haue committed fornication with her, and the marchants of the 〈◊〉 are waxed riche of the abundance of her pleasures.
And I heard another voyce from heauen say Go out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers in her sinnes, and that ye receiue not of her plagues.
For her sinnes are come vp vnto heauen, & God hathe remembred her iniquities.
Rewarde her, euen as she hathe rewarded you, and giue her double accordyng to her workes: (and) in the cup that she hath filled to you, fil her the double.
In asmuche as she glorified her self, and liued in pleasure, so muche giue ye to her torment and sorowe: for she saith in her heart, I sit being a quene, and am no widowe, & shall se no mourning.
Therefore shall her plagues come at one day death, and sorowe, and famine, & she shalbe burnt with fyre: for strong is the Lorde God whiche wil condemne her.
And the Kings of the earth shal be waile her and lament for her, whiche haue committed fornication, and liued in pleasure with her, when they shal se the smoke of her burning
And shal stande a farre of for feare of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great citie Babylon the mightie citie: for in one houre is thy iudgement come.
And the marchants of the earth shal wepe and waile ouer her: for no man byeth their ware any more.
The ware of golde and siluer, and of precious stone, and of pearles, and of fine linen, and of purple, and of silke, and of skarlet, and of all maner of Thyne wood, and of al vessels of yuorie, and of all vessels of moste precious wood, and of brasse, and of yron, and of marble.
And of synamon, and odours, and ointments, and franck incense, and wine, and oile and fine floure, and wheat, and beastes, and shepe, and horses, and charets, and seruants, and soules of men.
[And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from thee, and al things which were fat and excellent, are departed fro{m} thee and thou shalt finde them no more.]
The marchants of these things which were waxed riche, shall stand a farre of from her, for feare of her torment, weping & wailyng.
And saying, Alas, alas, the greate citie, that was clothed in fine linen and purple, & skarlet, and guilded with golde, and precious stone, and pearles.
For in one houre so greate riches are come to desolation. And euerie shippe master, and all the people that occupie shippes, and shipmen, and whosoeuer trauaill on the sea, shal stand a farre of.
And crye, when they se the smoke of her burnyng, saying, What (citie was) like vnto this great citie?
And they shall cast dust on their heads, & crye weping, and wailing, and say, Alas, alas, the great citie, wherein were made riche all that had shippes on the sea by her costlines for in one houre she is made desolate.
O heauen, reioyce of her, and ye holie Apostles and Prophetes: for God hathe giue{n} your iudgement on her.
Then a mightie Angel toke vp a stone lyke a great milstone, "and cast it into the sea, saying, With suche violence shall the great citie Babylon be cast, & shalbe founde no more.
And the voyce of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpetters shalbe heard no more in thee, and no craftes man, of whatsoeuer crafte (he be) shalbe founde any more in thee: and the founde of a milstone shalbe heard no more in thee.
And the light of a candle shall shine no more in thee: and the voyce of the bridegrome and of the bride shalbe hearde no more in thee: for thy marchants were the great men of the earth: and wyth thine inchantements were deceiued all nations.
And in her was founde the blood of the Prophetes, and of the Saintes, and of al that were slaine vpon the earth.
ANd after these things I heard a great voyce of a greate multitude in heauen, saying, Hallelu-iah, saluacion a{n}d glorie, and honour, and power (be) to the Lord our God.
For true and righteous (are) his iudgeme{n}ts: for he hathe condemned the greate whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornicacion, and hath aduenged the blood of his seruants (shed) by her hand.
And againe they sayd, Hallelu-iah: and her smoke rose vp for euermore.
And the foure and twentie Elders, and the foure beastes fell downe, and worshyped God that 〈◊〉 on the throne, saying, Amen, Hallelu-iah.
Then a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, alye his seruants, and ye that feare him, bothe smale and great.
And I heard like a voyce of a greate multitude, and as the voyce of manie waters, and as the voyce of strong thondrings, saying, Hallelu-iah: for (our) Lord God almyghtie hathe reigned.
Let vs be glad and reioyce, and giue glorie to him: for the mariage of the La{m}be is come and his wife hathe made her selfe readie.
And to her was gtaunted, that she shulde be araied wyth pure fyne linen and shyning, for the fine linen is the righteousnes of Sainctes.
Then he said vnto me, Write, Blessed (are) they which are called vnto the Lambes supper. And he sayd vnto me, These wordes of God are true.
And I fell before hys feete, to worshippe hym: but he sayd vnto me, Se thou do it not: I am thy fellowe seruant, and one of the brethren, whiche haue the testimonie of Iesus. Worship God: for the testimonie of Iesus, is the spirit of prophecie.
And I sawe heauen open, and beholde a white horse, and he that sate vpon him, was called, Faithful and true, and he iudgeth and fighteth righteously.
And hys eyes (were) as a flame of fyre, and on his head (were) manie crownes: and had a name written, that no man knewe but hym self.
And he was clothed with a garment dipte in bloode, and hys name is called, THE WORDE OF GOD.
And the warriers whyche were in heauen folowed hym vppon white horses, clothed with sine linen white and pure.
And out of hys mouth wente out a sharpe sworde, that with it he shulde smite the heathen: for he shall rule them with a rod of yron: for he it is that treadeth the wyne presse of the fiercenes a{n}d wrath of almightie God.
And he hathe vppon hys garment, and vppon hys thygh a name written, THE KING OF KINGS, AND LORDE OF LORDS.
And I sawe an Aungell stand in the sunne, who cryed with a lowde voyce, saying to all the foules that did flye by the middes of heauen, Come, and gather your selues together vnto the supper of the great God.
That ye may eat the fleshe of Kynges, and the fleshe of hie Captaines, and the fleshe of mightie men, and the fleshe of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all fre men and bondemen, and of smale and great.
And I sawe the bèast, and the Kinges of the earth, and their warriers gathered together to make battel against him, that sate on the horse and against his souldiers.
But the beast was taken, and wyth hym that false Prophete that wroght miracles before hym, whereby he deceyued them that receyued the beastes marke, and them that worshiped his image. These both were aliue caste into a lake of fyre, burnyng wyth brimstone.
And the remnant were slayne wyth the sworde of hym that sitteth vppon the horse, which cometh out of his mouth, and all the foules were filled full with their flesh.
ANd I sawe an Angel come downe from heaue{n}, hauing the keye of the bottomles pit, and a great chaine in his hand.
And he toke the dragon that olde serpent, which is the deuil and Satan, and he bounde him a thousand yeres.
And caste him into the bottomles pit, and he shut him vp, and sealed (the dore) vpon hym, that he shulde deceiue the people no more, til the thousand yeres were fulfilled: for after that he must be losed for a litle season.
And I sawe seates: a{n}d they sate vpon them, and iudgement was giuen vnto them, and (I sawe) the soules of the{m}, that were beheaded for the witnes of Iesus, and forthe worde of God, and whiche did not worship the beast, nether hys image, nether had taken hys marke vpon their forheads, or on their handes: and they liued, and reigned with Christ a thousand yere.
But the rest of the dead men shall not lyue againe, vntil the thousand yeres be finished: this is the first resurrection.
Blessed and holie is he, that hathe parte in the firste resurrection: (for) on suche the seconde death hath no power: but they shalbe the Priests of God and of Christ, and shall reigne with him a thousand yere.
And when the thousande yeres are expired, Satan shalbe losed out of his prison.
And shall go oute to deceyue the people, whyche are in the foure quarters of the earth: (euen) Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battel, whose nomber (is,) as the sand of the sea.
And they wente vp into the plaine of the earth, whyche compassed the tentes of the Saintes aboute, and the beloued citie: but fyre came downe frome God out of heauen, and deuoured them.
And the deuil that deceiued them, was cast into a lake of fyre and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophete shalbe tormented euen day and night for euermore.
And I sawe a greate white throne, and one that sate on it, frome whose face fled awaye bothe the earth and heauen, and their place was no more founde.
And I sawe the dead, bothe great and small stand before God: and the bokes were opened, and another boke was opened, which is (the boke) of lyfe, and the dead were iudged of those things, whiche were written in the bokes, according to their workes.
And the sea gaue vp her dead, whiche were in her, and death and hell deliuered vp the dead, which were in them, and they were iudged euerie man according to their workes.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fyre: this is the seconde death.
And whosoeuer was not founde wrytten in the boke of lyfe, was caste into the lake of fyre.
ANd I sawe anewe heauen, and anewe earth: for the firste heauen, and the first earth were passed away, and there was no more sea.
And I Iohn sawe the holye citie newe Ierusalem come downe from God out of heauen, prepared as a bride trimmed for her housband.
And I heard a great voyce out of heauen saying, Behold, the Tabernacle of God (is) with men, and he will dwell with them: and they 〈◊〉 his people, and God him selfe shalbe their God with them.
And God shall wipe away all teares frome their eyes: and there shalbe no more death, nether sorowe, nether crying, nether shall there be anie more paine: for the first things are passed.
And he that sate vppon the throne, sayd, Beholde, I make all things newe: and he sayd vnto me, Write: for these wordes are faythful and true.
And he sayd vnto me, It is done; I am and, the beginning and the end. I will giue to him that is a thirst, of the well of the water of life frely.
He that ouercometh, shall inherite all thinges, and I will be his God, and he shalbe my sonne.
But the fearefull and vnbeleuing, and the abominable and murderers, and who remon gers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all lyars shal haue their parte in the lake, whiche burneth with fyre and brimstone, whiche is the seconde death.
And there came vnto me one of the seuen Aungels, whiche had the seuen viales full of the seuen laste plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come: I will shewe thee the, bride, the Lambes wife.
And he caryed me awaye in the spirite to a great and an hie mountaine, and he shewed me the great citie, holie Ierusalem, descending out of heauen from God.
Hauing the glorie of God: and her shyning was like vnto a stone moste precious, as a Iasper stone cleare as cristal.
And had a great wal and hie, and had twelue gates, and at the gates twelue Aungels, and the names written, whiche are the twelue tribes of the children of Israel.
On the East parte (there were) thre gates, (and) on the Northside thre gates, on the Southside thre gates, (and) on the Westside thre gates.
And the wall of the citie had twelue fundacions, and in them the names of the Lambes twelue Apostles.
And he that talked wyth me, had a golden rede to measure the citie with all, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
And the citie laye foure square, and the length is as large as the bredth of it, and he measured the citie wyth the rede, twelue thousande furlongs: and the length, and the bredth, and the height of it are equal.
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundreth, fortie and foure cubites, by the measure of man, that is, of the Angel.
And the buyldyng of the wall of it was of Iasper: and the citie was pure golde like vnto cleare glasse.
And the fundacions of the wall of the citie were ganished with all maner of precious stones? the first fundacion (was) Iasper: the second of Saphire: the third of a Chalcedonie: the fourth of an Emeraude.
The fift of a Sardonyx: the sixt of a Sardius: the seuenth of a Chrysolite: the eigh of a Beryl: the ninth of a Topaze: the tenth of a Chri sophrasus: the eleuenth of a Iacinth: the twelueth an Amethist.
And the twelue gates (were) twelue pearles and euerie gate (is) of one pearle, and the strete of the citie (is) pure golde, as shinyng glasse.
And I sawe no Temple therein: for the Lord God almightie and the Lambe are the Temple of it.
And the citie hathe no nede of the sunne, nether of the moone to shine in it: for the glorie of God did light it: and the Lambe is the light of it.
And the people whiche are saued, shall walke in the light of it: and the Kings of the earth shall bring their glorie and honour vnto it.
And the gates of it shal not be shut by day: for there shalbe no night there.
And the glorie, and honour of the Gentiles shalbe broght vnto it.
And there shal entre into it none vncleane thing, nether whatsoeuer worketh abomination or lies: but they whiche are writen in the Lambes Boke of life:
ANd he shewed me a pure riuer of water of life, cleare as crystal, proceding out of the throne of God, and of the Lambe.
In the middes of the strete of it, & of ether side of the riuer, was the tre of life, whiche bare twelue maner of frutes, and gaue frute euerie moneth: and the leaues of the tre (serued) to heale the nations with.
And there shalbe no more cursse, but the throne of God and of the Lambe shalbe in it, and his seruants shall serue him.
And they shal se his face, & his Name shalbe in their forheades.
And there shalbe no night there, and they nede no candle, nether light of the sunne: for the Lord God giueth them light, and they shall reigne for euermore.
And he said vnto me, These wordes are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holye Prophetes sent his Angel to shewe vnto hys seruants the things whiche must shortely be fulfilled.
Beholde, I come shortely. Blessed (is) he that kepeth the wordes of the prophecie of this boke.
And I am Iohn, which sawe and heard these things: and when I had heard and sene, I fell downe to worship before the fete of the Angel, which shewed me these things,
But he said vnto me, Se thou (do it) not: for I am thy felowe seruant, and of thy brethren the Prophets, and of them which kepe the wordes of this boke: worship God.
And he said vnto me, Seale not the wordes of the prophecie of this boke: for the time is at hand.
He that is vniust, let him be vniust stil: and he which is filthie, let him be filthie stil: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous stil: & he that is holie, let him be holie stil.
And beholde, I come shortely, and my rewarde is with me, to giue euerie man according as his worke shalbe.
I am and, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Blessed (are) they, that do his commandements, that their right may be in the tre of life, and may entre in through the gates into the citie.
For without (shalbe) dogges and enchanters and whoremongers, and murtherers, & idolaters, and whosoeuer loueth or maketh lyes.
I Iesus haue sent mine Angel, to testifie vnto you these things in the Churches: I am the roote and the generacion of Dauid, and the bright morning starre.
And the Spirit a{n}d the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth, say, Come: and let him that is a thirst, come: and let whosoeuer wil, take of the water of life frely.
For I protest vnto euerie man that heareth the wordes of the prophecie of this boke, if any man shal adde vnto these things, God shal adde vnto him the plagues, that are write{n} in this boke.
And if any man shal diminish of the wordes of the boke of this prophecie, God shal take away his parte out of the Boke of life, a{n}d out of the holie citie, and fro{m} those things which are writen in this boke.
He which testifieth these things, saith, Surely, I come quickely. Amen. Euen so come Lord Iesus.
The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ (be) with you all,
