Deuteronomy · Chapter 26

[ edit] Whanne þow comyſt into þe loond þat þe Lord þi God is to ȝyue to þee to be weeldid, and holdiſt it, and dwelliſt in it, þow ſhalt taak of alle þi fruytis þe cheef, and put in a leep; and þow ſhalt goo to þe place þat þe Lord þi God haþ choſun, þat þere be inwardly clepid þe name of hym. And þow ſhalt goon to þe preeſt þat were in þo days, and ſeye to hym, I knowleche to day before þe Lord þi God, þat Y am comen into þe loond, for þe which he haþ ſwore to oure fadris, þat he ſhulde ȝyue it to vs. And þe preeſt takynge þe leep of þin hoond, ſhal put before þe auter of þe Lord þi God.

And þow ſhalt ſpeke in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord þi God, Sirus purſuede my fader, þat deſcendide into Egipt, and þere pilgrimagide in mooſt fewe noumbre; and he growide into a greet folk of kynde, and ſtrong, and of multitude wiþ out ende. And þe Egipciens greuowſly traueilyden vs, and purſueden, puttynge on mooſt greuows birþens. And we crieden to þe Lord God of oure faders, þat haþ herde vs, and bihold oure mekenes, and traueyl, and anguyſſes; and he haþ lad vs out of Egipt in a myȝti hoond, and in an arme ſtreiȝt out, in greet drede, in toknes, and wondres, and brouȝte into þis place; and haþ taak to vs þe loond mylk and hony flowynge.

And þerfor nowe Y offre to þee þe cheef of þe fruytis of þe erþe þat þe Lord haþ ȝeue to me. And þow ſhalt leeue hem in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord þi God. And þe Lord þi God honourd, þow ſhalt eete in alle goodis þat þe Lord þi God haþ ȝeue to þee and to þin hows, þow, and Leuytis, and comlyng, þat is wiþ þee. Whanne þow haſt fulfillid þe tiþe of alle þi fruytis, þe ȝeer of tiþis þe þridde, þow ſhalt ȝeue to Leuyte, and comlynge, and faderles child, and widewe, þat þei eten wiþ ynne þi ȝatis, and ben fulfillid.

And þou ſhalt ſpeke in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord þi God, Y haue brouȝt þat is halowid fro myn hows, and haue ȝyue it to Leuyte, and comlynge, and faderles child, and widewe, as þow haſt comaundid to me; I haue not paſſid biſide þin heeſtis, ne haue forȝet þi maundement. Y haue not eete of hem in my ſorwe, ne haue ſeuerd hem in eche vnclennes, ne haue ſpendid of hem eny þing in þing of deed coors. Y haue obeiſhid to þe voyce of þe Lord my God, and haue doo alle þingis þat þow haſt comaundid to me.

Bihold fro þi ſanctuary, fro þe hiȝe dwellynge place of heuens, and bleſſe þow to þi puple Yrael, and to þe loond þat þow haſt ȝyue to vs, as þow haſt ſwore to oure fadres, to þe loond mylk and hony flowynge. To day þe Lord þi God haþ comaundid to þee, þat þow doo þes maundementis and domys, þat þow kepe and fulfil of al þin hert, and of al þi ſoule. Þe Lord þow haſt choſun to day, þat he be to þee God, and þow goo in þe weies of hym, and keep his cerymoyns, and heeſtis, and domys, and obeiſh to his maundement.

Loo! þe Lord haþ choſen þee to day, þat þow be to hym a ſpecial puple, as he haþ ſpoken to þee, and þow keep alle þe heeſtis of hym; and he ſhal maak þee hiȝer þan alle þe folkis, þat he haþ maad of nouȝt, into preyſynge, and name, and his glorye; þat þow be an holy puple of þe Lord þi God, as he haþ ſpokun.