Isaiah · Chapter 53

[ edit] Who leeuede to oure heering? and þe arm of þe Lord to whom is it ſhewyd? And it ſhal ſteȝen vp as a quyk hegge biforn hym, and as a roote fro þe þreſtende erþe. Þer is not ſhap to hym, ne fairneſſe; and wee ſeȝen hym, and he was not of ſiȝte; and wee deſireden hym, diſpiſid, and þe laſte of men, man of ſorewes, and witende infirmyte. And as hid his chere and diſpiſid; wherfore ne wee ſetteden by hym. Vereli oure ſicneſſes he tooc, and oure ſorewes he bar; and wee heelden hym as leprous, and ſmyten of God, and mekid. He forſoþe woundid is for oure wickidneſſes, defoulid is for oure hidous giltes; þe diſcyplyne of oure pes vp on hym, and wiþ his wanneſſe we ben heled.

Alle wee as ſhep erreden, eche in to his weie bowede doun, and þe Lord putte in hym þe wickidneſſe of vs alle. He is offred, for he wolde, and he openede not his mouþ; as a ſhep to ſleyng he ſhal be lad, and as a lomb bifor þe clippere itſelf he ſhal become doumb, and he opened not his mouþ. Fro anguyſh and fro dom he is take awei; þe ieneracioun of hym who ſhal tellen out? For kut awei he is fro þe lond of lyueres. For þe hidous gilte of my puple I ſmot hym. And ȝyuen he ſhal vnpitous men for biriyng, and riche men for his deþ; for þi þat wickeneſſe he dide not, ne treccherie was in his mouþ; and þe Lord wolde to-trede hym in infirmytee.

If he ſhal putte his ſoule for ſynne he ſhal ſeen ſed of long age, and þe wil of þe Lord in his hond ſhal be riȝt reulid. For þi þat he trauailede, his ſoule ſhal ſeen, and ben fulfyld. In his kunnyng he my riȝtwis ſeruaunt ſhal iuſtefien manye, and þe wickidneſſes of hem he ſhal bern. Þerfore I ſhal dele to hym manye, and of ſtronge men he ſhal deuyde ſpoiles; for þi þat he toc in to deþ his lif, and wiþ hidous gilteres is holden; and he þe ſynne of manye toc, and for treſpaſeres preȝede.