2 Chronicles · Chapter 19

[ edit] Joſaphaþ, þe kyng of Juda, is turned aȝein peſibly in to his houſe in to Jeruſalem. To whome Hieu, þe ſone of Ananye, ſear, aȝein came, and ſeiþ to hym, To þe vnpiteuous man þou ȝeuiſt helpe, and to hem þat haten þe Lord by frenſchip þou ert ioyned; and þerfore þe wraþ forſoþe of þe Lord þou haddiſt deſerued; bot good werkis ben founden in þee, for þi þat þou toke awey þe mawmete wodis fro þe lond of Juda, and haddiſt maad redy þin hert, þat þou ſeche aȝein þe Lord God of þi fadirs. Þan Joſaphaþ dwellide in Jeruſalem; and eft he wente out to þe puple fro Berſabee vnto þe hill of Effraym, and he clepide hem aȝein to þe Lord God of þeir fadirs.

And he ſette domeſmen of þe lond in alle þe ſtrengþed citees of Juda, by alle placis. And comaundyng to þe iugis, Seeiþ, he ſeiþ, what ȝe done; forſoþe ȝe enhaunten not dome of man, bot of þe Lord; and what euer ȝe ſchul demyn, in to ȝou it ſchal redoundyn; be þe drede of þe Lord wiþ ȝou, and wiþ diligence alle þingus doiþ; forſoþe þer is not anentis þe Lord oure God wyckidneſſe, ne acceptynge of perſones, ne couetiſe of ȝiftis. And Joſaphaþ in Jeruſalem ſette Leuytis, and preſtis, and princes of þe meynees of Yrael, þat dome and þe cauſe of þe Lord þei ſchulden deemyn to þe dwellers of it.

And he comaundide to hem, ſeyinge, Þus ȝe ſchul doon in drede of þe Lord, feiþfully and in perfijte herte. Al cauſe þat comiþ to ȝou of ȝoure breþeren, þat dwellen in þeir cytees, bitwen kynrede and kynrede, wher euer queſtioun is of þe lawe, of þe maundement, of cerymonyes, of juſtyfyingis, ſcheweþ to hem, þat þei ſynnen not in to þe Lord, and wraþ come not vpon ȝou and on ȝoure faders. So þanne doynge ȝe ſchul not ſynnen. Amarias forſoþe, preſte and ȝoure biſchop, in þes þingis þat to God pertenen, ſchal ſytten vpon.

Bot Zabadias, þe ſone of Yſmael, þe whiche is duyk in þe hous of Juda, ſchal ben vpon þo werkis þat pertenen to þe office of þe kyng; and ȝe han maiſtris and Leuytis before ȝou; takiþ coumfort, and doiþ diligently, and þe Lord ſchal ben wiþ ȝou in goodis.