Deuteronomy · Chapter 33

[ edit] This is þe bliſſynge, wiþ þe which Moyſes, man of God, bliſſede þe ſones of Irael before his deeþ; and ſeiþ, Þe Lord fro Syna cam, and fro Seir is ſprongun to vs; he aperide fro þe hil of Pharan, and wiþ hym þouſandis of ſeyntis; in þe riȝt hoond of hym firy lawe. He louede puples; alle ſeyntis in þe hoond of hym ben, and þat neiȝen to þe feet of hym, ſhulen taak of þe loor of hym. Lawe comaundide to vs Moyſes, þe erytage of þe multitude of Jacob. And þere ſhal be anentis þe mooſt riȝt a kyng, þe princis of þe puple gedrid wiþ þe lynagis of Yrael. Lyue Ruben, and dye he not, and be he litil in noumbre.

Þis is of Jude þe bleſſynge; here, Lord, þe voyce of Jude, and to his puple wiþ ynne leede hym; his hoondis ſhulen fiȝt for it, and helper of it he ſhal be aȝens þe aduerſaryes of it. Forſoþe to Leuy he ſeiþ, Þi perfeccioun and þi loor fro þin hooli man, whom þow haſt preued in temptacioun, and haſt demed at þe Watris of Aȝenſeiynge; þe which haþ ſeide to his fader and to his moder, I knowe ȝow not, and to his briþeren, I vnknowe hem; and þei knewen not her ſones. Þes kepten þi ſpeech, and þi couenaunt; heelden þi domys, O! Jacob, and þi lawe, O! Yrael; þei ſhulen put maad encenſe in þi woodnes, and brent ſacrifice on þin auter.

Bleſſe, Lord, þe ſtrengþ of hym, and þe werkis of þe hoondis of hym tak; ſmyit þe backis of þe enemyes of hym, and þat haten hym, aryſe þei not. And to Beniamyn he ſeiþ, Mooſt loued of þe Lord ſhal dwelle triſtili in hym; as in a chaumbre al day he ſhal dwelle, and betwix þe ſhuldres of hym he ſhal reſt. Forſoþe to Joſeph he ſeiþ, Of þe bleſſynge of þe Lord þe loond of hym; of þe applis of heuene, and of þe dewe, and of þe ſee vnderligging; of applis of þe fruyt of ſunne, and of mone; and of þe cop of þe oold mounteyns, and of applis of euerlaſtynge hillis; and of fruytis of þe erþe, and plente of it.

Bleſſynge of hym þat aperyde in þe buſſhe come vpon þe heed of Joſeph, and vpon þe fortop of Nazarey among his briþeren. As of þe firſt goten bool þe feirnes of hym; hornes of an vnicorn þe hornes of hym; in hem he ſhal wyndowe gentilys, vnto þe teermes of þe erþe. Þes ben þe multitudys of Effraym, and þes þouſandis of Manaſſe. And to Zabulon he ſeiþ, Glad þow, Zabulon, in þi goynge out, and, Yſachar, in þi tabernaclis. Puplis at þe hil þei ſhulen cleep, and þere þei ſhulen offre ſlayn ſacrifices of ryȝtwyſneſſe; þe whiche þe flowynge of þe ſee as mylk ſhal ſowke, and hid treſours of graueils. And to Gad he ſeiþ, Bleſſid in breede Gad; as a lioun he reſtide, and he took arme and fortop.

And he ſawȝ his prynſehod, þat in his paart a doctour he was ſeid vp; þe which was wiþ princis of puple, and dide riȝtwiſneſſes of þe Lord, and hys doom wiþ Yrael. To Dan forſoþe he ſeiþ, Dan, keetlyng of a lyon, ſhal flowe laargly fro Baſan. And to Neptalym he ſeide, Neptalym plenteuowneſſe ſhal ful vſe, and ful ſhal be wiþ bleſſyngis of þe Lord; eerly and mydday he ſhal weeld. To Aſer forſoþe he ſeiþ, Bleſſid in ſones Aſer, be he pleſynge to his breþeren; weet he in oyle his foot. Yrun and bras þe ſhoynge of hym; as days of þi ȝongþ ſo and þin eelde. Þere is noon oþer God as þe mooſt riȝt God; þe ſtier of heuen þin helper; þurȝ þe hidows doynge of hym to and fro rennen þe clowdes.

Þe dwellynge place of hym aboue, and vndurneþe euerlaſtynge aarmys; he ſhal caſt out fro þi face þe enemye, and he ſhal ſeye, Be þow to-trode. Yrael ſhal dwelle truſtilych, and aloone; þe eye of Jacob in þe loond of whete, and of wyn; and heuens ſhulen wexe derk þurȝ dewe. Bleſſid art þow, Yrael; who lijk of þee, þou puple þat art ſaued in þe Lord? Sheeld of þin help and ſwerd of þi glorye þi God; þin enemyes ſhulen denye þee, and þow ſhal treed neckis of hem.