Deuteronomy · Chapter 2

[ edit] And goon forþ þens, we comen into wildernes þat lediþ to þe Reed See, as þe Lord ſeide to me; and we enuyrounden þe hil of Seyr long tyme. And þe Lord ſeide to me, Suffice it to ȝow to goon about þis hil; goo ȝe aȝens þe norþ. And to þe puple comaund, ſeiynge, Ȝe ſhulen paſſe bi þe cooſtis of ȝoure briþeren, þe ſones of Eſau, þat dwellen in Seyr, and þei ſhulen drede ȝow. Se ȝe þerfor biſilych, þat ȝe ben not meued aȝens hem; ne forſoþe I ſhal ȝeue to ȝow of þe loond of hem as myche as þe ſtap of a foot may treede, for into þe poſſeſſioun of Eſau Y haue ȝyue þe hil of Seyr. Meetis ȝe ſhulen bigge of hem for money, and eten; water bouȝt ȝe ſhulen drawe, and drynke.

Þe Lord þi God haþ bleſſid to þee in al þe werk of þin hoondes; he haþ knowun þi weie, what maner wiſe þow haſt paſſid þis greet wildernes, bi fourti ȝeer, þe Lord þi God dwellynge wiþ þee, and no þing failed to þee. And whanne we hadden paſſid bi oure briþeren, þe ſones of Eſau, þat dwelliden in Seyr, bi þe feeldi weie fro Elaþ, and fro Aſiongaber, we camen to þe weie þat lediþ into deſeert of Moab. And þe Lord ſeide to me, Fiȝt þow not aȝens Moabites, ne go þou in aȝens hem to bateyl; forſoþe I ſhal not ȝyue to þee eny þing of þe loond of hem, for to þe ſones of Loþ Y haue take Ar into poſſeſſioun.

Emyn weren þe firſt dwellers of it, a greet puple, and a ſtroong, and ſo hiȝe, þat of Enachym lynage as geauntis þei ben trowed, and weren lijk of þe ſones of Enachym; þerfor Moabites clepen hem Emyn. In Seyr forſoþe raþer dwelten Horrey, þe whiche put out and doon awei, þe ſones of Eſau dwelliden, as Yrael dide in þe loond of his poſſeſſioun, þat þe Lord ȝaf to hym. Þanne aryſynge, þat we myȝten paſſe þe ſtreem of Zareþ, we camen to it.

Forſoþe þe tyme, in þe which we wenten fro Cades Barne vnto þe paſſynge of þe ſtreem of Zareþ, was of eiȝt and þretti ȝeer, to þe tyme þat al þe congregacioun of men of bateyl weren waſtid fro þe tentis, as þe Lord ſwore; whos hoond was aȝens hem, þat þei dien fro þe myddil of þe tentis. Forſoþe aftir þat alle þe fiȝters fellen, þe Lord ſpak to me, ſeiynge, Þou ſhalt paſſe to day þe cooſtis of Moab, þe citee, Ar bi name; and comynge nyȝ into þe ſide cooſtis of þe ſones of Amon, be war leſt þow fiȝte aȝens hem, ne be þou meued to batayl; forſoþe Y ſhal not ȝeue to þee of þe loond of þe ſones of Amon, for to þe ſones of Loþ I haue ȝeue it into poſſeſſioun.

Þe loond of geauntis it is holdun, and in it ſum tyme dwelten geauntis, whom þe Ammonytes clepen Zoumym; myche puple, and greet, and of feyre lengþe, as Enachym, whom þe Lord dide awey fro þe face of hem, and made hem to dwelle for hem, as he dide to þe ſones of Eſau, þat dwellen in Seyr, doynge awey Horreis, and þe loond of hem to hem takynge, þe which þei weelden vnto þe tyme þat is nowe. Forſoþe Eueos, þat dwellen in Aſſerym vnto Gazam, men of Capadoce putten out; þe whiche goon out fro Capadoce, diden hem awey, and dwelliden for hem. Ryſe ȝe, and paſſiþ þe ſtreem of Arnon; loo!

Y haue takun in þin hoond Seon, þe kyng of Eſebon, and Amorreis; and þe loond of it bigynne to take poſſeſſioun, and doo aȝens hym batayle. To day Y ſhal bigynne to ſende drede and þi feerde into puplis þat dwellen vndur al heuen, þat þi name herd, þei dreden, and bi maner of wymmen berynge child þei bigynnen to tremble, and wiþ ſorwe biholden. Y ſente þerfore meſſangeris fro þe wildernes of Cademoch to Seon, þe kyng of Eſebon, bi peſible wordis, ſeiynge, We ſhulen paſſe bi þi loond, þe comoun weye we ſhulen goo; we ſhulen not goo aſide, ne to þe ryȝt ne to þe left. Lyuelodis bi prijs ſel to vs, þat we eeten; water for money ȝif, and ſo we ſhulen drynke.

Oonlich is, þat þow graunte to vs paſſyng forþ, as þe ſones of Eſau diden, þat dwellen in Seyr, and Moabitis, þat dwellen in Ar, to þe tyme þat we comen to Jordan, and paſſe to þe loond þat þe Lord oure God is to ȝyuynge to vs. And Seon, þe kyng of Eſebon, wolde not ȝyue to vs paſſynge; for þe Lord, þi God, inwardly hardide þe ſpirite of hym, and aȝen feſtnede þe herte of hym, þat ſo he were take into þin hoondis, as now þow ſeeſt. And þe Lord ſeide to me, Loo! Y haue begunne to take to þee Seon, and þe loond of hym; bigynne to weelde it. And Seon goon out to mete wiþ vs, wiþ al his puple, to þe batayle in Jaſa.

And þe Lord oure God took hym to vs, and we han ſmyten hym, wiþ his ſones, and al his puple. And alle þe cytees in þat tyme we token, ſleyn þe dwellers of hem, men, and wymmen, and children; we laften not in hem eny þing, out take beeſtys þat camen into þe part of þe praye takers, and ſpoylis of þe citees whiche we token. Fro Aroer, þat is vpon þe brenke of þe ſtreem of Arnon, fro þe wallid town þat in þe valeye is ſet, vnto Galaad, was no ſtreet or cytee, þat oure hoondis aſkapide.

Alle þe Lord oure God took to vs; wiþ oute þe loond of þe ſones of Amon, to þe which we comen not nyȝ, and alle þat liggen to þe ſtreem of Jeboch, and þe mounteyn citees, and alle þe places fro þe whiche þe Lord oure God haþ defendid vs.