Deuteronomy · Chapter 6

[ edit] Theſe ben þe heeſtis, and cerymoyns, and domes, þat þe Lord oure God comaundide þat Y ſhulde teche ȝow, and ȝe doon hem in þe loond to þe which to be weeldid ȝe paſſen forþe; þat þow drede þe Lord þi God, and kepe alle þe maundementis, and heeſtis of hym, þat I comaunde to þee, and to þi ſones, and to þi ſones ſones, alle þe dais of þi lijf, þat þi days ben drawen along. Here, Yrael, and keep wel, þat þow doo þat þe Lord haþ comaundid to þee, and wel be to þee, and þow be multiplied forþermore, as þe Lord God of þi fadres haþ behoot, to ȝyue to þee þe loond flowynge mylk and hony. Here, Yrael, þe Lord þi God o God is.

Þow ſhalt loue þe Lord þi God of al þin herte, and of al þi ſoule, and of alle þi ſtrengþis. And þes wordis þat I comaunde to þee to day, ſhulen be in þin herte; and þow ſhalt telle hem to þi ſones, and deuowtly þenk, ſyttinge in þin howſe, and goynge in þe weie, and ſlepynge, and aryſynge. And þow ſhalt bynd hem as a tokne in þin hoond; and þei ſhulen be before þin eyen, and not be meued; and þow ſhalt write hem in þe þresfold and dores of þin hows.

And whanne þe Lord þi God haþ lad þee into þe loond, for þe which he ſwore to þi fadrys Abraham, Yſaac, and Jacob, and ȝeueþ to þee greet and beſt citees, þat þow haſt not bilde, howſes ful of alle ritcheſſes, þat þow haſt not made out, and cyſterns, þat þow haſt not doluen, vyyn places, and olyue places, þat þow haſt not plantid, and eetiſt, and were fulfillid, be war biſily þat þow forȝete not þe Lord, þat haþ lad þee out of þe loond of Egipte, fro þe hows of ſeruage.

Þe Lord þi God þow ſhalt drede, and to hym oonli þou ſhalt ſerue, and bi þe name of hym þow ſhalt ſwere. Ȝe ſhulen not go aftir alyen goddis, of alle gentilis þat about ȝow ben; for a gelouſe God þe Lord þi God, in þe myddil of þee, leſt eny tyme þe woodnes of þe Lord þi God wraþþe aȝens þee, and doo þee awey fro þe vttermooſt of þe erþe. Þow ſhalt not tempte þe Lord þi God, as þow haſt temptid in þe place of temptynge.

Keep þe heeſtis of þe Lord þi God, and witneſſyngis, and cerymoyns, þat he comaundid to þee; and do þat is pleſaunt and good in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord, þat it wel be to þee, and þow goon yn weelde þe beſt loond, of þe which þe Lord haþ ſwore to þi fadres, þat he ſhal do awey alle þin enemyes bifore þee, as he haþ ſpokun.

And whanne þi ſone aſkiþ þee to morwe, ſeiynge, What to hem ſelf wolen þes witneſſyngis, and cerymoyns, and domes, þat þe Lord oure God haþ comaundid to vs? þow ſhalt ſeie to hym, Þrallis of Pharao we weren in Egipte, and þe Lord ladde vs out of Egipte, in a ſtrong hoond; and haþ doo ſignes, and greet wondris, and mooſt yuel in Egipte, aȝens Pharao, and alle þe ſeruauntis of hym, in ȝoure ſiȝt. And he ladde ȝow out þens, þat vs lad ynne, he ȝyue þe loond, vp þe which he haþ ſwore to oure fadres. And þe Lord haþ comaundid to vs, þat we doon alle þes lawful þinges, and drede þe Lord oure God, þat it wel be to vs alle þe dayes of oure lijf, as it is to day.

And he ſhal be merciable of vs, if we doon and kepen alle þe heeſtes of hym, bifore þe Lord oure God, as he haþ comaundyd to vs.