Deuteronomy · Chapter 30

[ edit] Whanne þerfor were comen vpon þee alle þes wordes, bleſſynge or malyſoun, þat I haue purpoſid in þi ſiȝt, and brouȝt þurȝ forþenkyng of þin herte in alle folkis of kynde, into þe whiche þe Lord þi God haþ ſcatred þee, and were turned aȝen to hym, and obeyſhideſt to þe heeſtis of him, as Y to day comaunde to þee, wiþ þi ſones, in al þin herte and in al þi ſoule, and þe Lord þi God ſhal bryng þee aȝen fro þi chaytifte, and ſhal haue mercy of þee, and eft ſhal gedre þee fro alle puplis, into þe whiche þee before he ſcatride; if to þe eendis of heuene þow were ſcatryd, þens ſhal aȝen drawe þee þe Lord þi God; and ſhal taak, and brynge into þe loond þat weldiden þi fadris; and þow ſhalt holde it, and bleſſynge to þee, of more noumbre he ſhall make þee to be þan weren þi fadris.

Þe Lord þi God ſhal circumcyde þin herte, and þe herte of þi ſeed, þat þow loue þe Lord þi God in al þin herte and in al þi ſoule, and þow may lyue. Forſoþe alle þes maliſouns þe Lord ſhal turn vpon þin enemyes, and hem þat haten þee þei ſhulen purſue. Forſoþe þow ſhalt turne aȝen, and here þe voice of þe Lord þi God, and þow ſhalt doo alle þe maundementis þat I comaunde to þee to day; and þe Lord þi God ſhal make þee to be plenteuous in alle þe werkis of þin hoondis, in þe progeny of þi woomb, and in þe fruyt of þi beeſtis, in plenteuowſte of þin erþe, and in largyte of alle þingis.

Forſoþe þe Lord ſhal turne aȝen, þat he ioye on þee in alle goodis, as he ioyede in þi fadres; if neuerþelater þow hereſt þe voyce of þe Lord þi God, and kepiſt þe heeſtis of hym, and cerymoyns, þat in þis lawe ben writen, and turn aȝen to þe Lord þi God, in al þin herte, and in al þi ſoule. Þis heeſt þat I comaunde to þee to day, is not aboue þee, ne ferre put, ne in heuene ſet, þat þow maiſt ſeye, Who of vs may to heuene ſty vp, þat he brynge it to vs, and we heren it, and fulfillen in dede? ne biȝond ſee ſet, þat þow pleyn, and ſeye, Who of vs may paſſe ouer þe ſee, and it to vs hidir brynge, þat we mowen here, and doon þat þat is comaundid?

But riȝt nyȝ þee is þe word, in þi mouþ and in þin herte, þat þow doo it. Bihold þat to day I haue purpoſid in þi ſiȝt lijf and good, and aȝenward deþ and yuel; þat þow loue þe Lord þi God, and goo in þe weies of hym, and keep þe heeſtis of hym, and cerymoyns, and domes; and þow lyue, and he multiplie þee, and bleſſe to þee, in þe loond to þe which to be weeldid þow ſhalt goon yn. Forſoþe if þin herte were turned awey, and woldiſt not here, and bi errour diſſeyued honouriſt alyen goddis, and ſerueſt hem, I before ſeye to þee to day, þat þow periſhe, and litil tyme þow ſhalt dwelle in þe loond, to þe which Jordan ouer put þow ſhalt goon yn, þat it be weeldid.

Wytneſſes Y inwardly clepe heuene and erþe to day, þat Y haue purpoſid to ȝow lijf and deþ, good and yuel, bleſſynge and curſynge; chees þerfor lijf, þat and þow lyue and þi ſeed, and þow loue þe Lord þi God, and þow obeyſh to his voyce, and to hym þow drawe to; forſoþe he is þi lijf, and þe lengþe of þi days; þat þow dwelle in þe loond, for þe which þe Lord haþ ſwore to þi fadris Abraham, Yſaac, and Jacob, þat he ȝeue it to hem.