Deuteronomy · Chapter 11

[ edit] Loue alſo þe Lord þi God, and kepe wel þe heeſtis of hym, and cerymoyns, domes, and maundementis, al tyme.

Knowe ȝe to day þat ȝoure ſones vnknowen, þat han not ſeen þe diſciplyne of þe Lord ȝoure God, þe greet þingis of hym, and ſtrong hoond, and ſtrauȝt arme, toknes and werkis, þat he dide in þe myddil of Egipte to Pharao þe kynge, and to al his loond, and to al þe ooſt of Egipciens, and to hors and charys; what maner wiſe couerden hem watris of þe Reed See, whanne þei purſueden ȝow, and þe Lord dide hem awey vnto þe day þat is now; and to ȝow what þingis he haþ doo in wildernes, to þe tyme þat ȝe camen to þis place; and to Daþan and Abyron, þe ſones of Eliab, þat was þe ſone of Ruben, whom þe erþe, his mouþ opned, ſowpide awey, wiþ howſes and tabernaclis, and al þe ſubſtaunce of hem þat þei hadden, in þe myddil of Yrael. Ȝoure eyen ſawȝen alle þe greet werkis of þe Lord, þe whiche he dide, þat ȝe kepen alle þe maundementis of hym, þe whiche I to day comaunde to ȝow, and mowen goo yn, and weelde þe loond, to þe which ȝe ſhulen goon yn, and myche tyme lyue in it, þat vndur ooþ þe Lord haþ bihoot to ȝoure fadres, and to þe ſeed of hem, mylk and hony flowynge.

Forſoþe þe loond, to þe which to be weeldid þow ſhalt goon yn, is not as þe loond of Egipte, of þe which þow wentiſt out, where þe ſeed þrowun in maner of gardyns moyſtynge watrys ben lad; but it is hilli, and feeldi, abidynge fro heuene reynes, þat þe Lord þi God euermore viſitiþ, and þe eyen of hym in it ben, fro þe bigynnynge of þe ȝeer vnto þe eend of it. If þanne ȝe obeſhen to myn heeſtis þat I to day comaunde to ȝou, þat ȝe louen þe Lord ȝoure God, and ſerue to hym in al ȝoure herte, and in al ȝoure ſoule; he ſhal ȝyue to ȝoure loond reyn tymeli and laate, þat ȝe gederen to gider whete, and wyn, and oyle, haye of þe feeldes to beeſtis to ben fed, and þat ȝe eten and ben fulfillid.

Be ȝe war, leſt perauenture ȝoure herte be diſſeyued, and ȝe goon a wey fro þe Lord, and ſeruen to alyen goddes, and honoure hem; and þe Lord wrooþ clooſe heuenes, and reynes comen not down, ne þe erþe ȝyue his buriownynge, and ȝe periſhen ſwiftli fro þe beſt loond þat þe Lord is to ȝeuynge to ȝow. Putte ȝe þes my wordis in þe hertis, and in ȝoure inwittis, and honge ȝe hem vp for a tokne in hoondis, and among ȝoure eyen ſette ȝe. Teche ȝe ȝoure ſones, þat hem þei deuowtli þenken, whanne þow ſittiſt in þin hows, and goſt in þe weye, and lyiſt, and aryſiſt.

Þow ſhalt wryte hem vpon þe poſtis and ȝatis of þin hows, þat þi days and of þi ſones be multiplied in þe loond þat þe Lord ſwore to þi fadris, þat he ſhulde ȝyue to hem, as long as heuene ſtoont a boue to erþe. Forſoþe if ȝe kepen þe heeſtis þat I comaunde to ȝow, and doon hem, þat ȝe louen þe Lord ȝoure God, and goon in alle þe weyes of hym, drawynge to hym, þe Lord Almyȝti ſhal ſcater alle þes gentilis bifore ȝoure face, and ȝe ſhulen weelde hem þat ben more and ſtrenger þan ȝe. Eche place þat ȝoure foot trediþ, ſhal be ȝour; fro deſeert, and fro Libane, and þe greet flood of Effrate vnto þe weſt ſee, ſhulen ben ȝoure termes.

No man ſhal ſtoond aȝens ȝow; ȝoure dreed and feerd ſhulen ȝyue þe Lord ȝoure God vpon al þe loond þat ȝe ben to trede, as he haþ ſpoke to ȝow. Loo! I purpoſe in ȝoure ſiȝt to day bleſſynge and curſynge; bleſſynge, if ȝe obeiſhen to þe heeſtis of þe Lord ȝour God, þat to day I comaunde to ȝow; curſynge, if ȝe heren not þe maundementis of þe Lord ȝoure God, but gon awey fro þe weie þat Y now ſhewe to ȝow, and gon after alien goddis þat ȝe knowen not.

Forſoþe whanne þe Lord þi God lediþ þee into þe loond, to þe which to be had þow gooſt, þow ſhalt putte bleſſynge vpon þe hil of Gariſym, curſynge vpon þe hil Hebal, þat ben biȝonde Jordan, after þe weye þat turneþ to þe ſunne goynge down, in þe loond of Chananey, þat dwelliþ in þe wilde feeldes aȝens Galgalam, þat is biſide þe valey ſtrecchynge and entrynge aferre. Forſoþe ȝe ſhulen paſſe Jordan, þat ȝee weelden þe loond þat þe Lord ȝoure God is to ȝyue to ȝow, and ȝe han and weelde it. Se ȝe þerfore þat ȝe fulfillen þe cerymoyns and domes, þat I to day ſhal putte in ȝoure ſiȝt.