Jeremiah · Chapter 32

[ edit] The wrd þat is don to Jeremye fro þe Lord, in þe tenþe ȝer of Sedechie, king of Juda; it is þe eiȝtetenþe ȝer of Nabugodonoſor. Þanne þe oſt of þe king of Babiloyne beſegede Jeruſalem; and Jeremye, þe profete, was cloſid in þe porche of þe priſoun, þat was in þe hous of þe king of Juda. Cloſed hadde forſoþe hym Sedechye, king of Juda, ſeiende, Whi profecieſt þou, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Lo!

Y ſhal ȝyuen þis cite in to þe hond of þe king of Babiloyne, and he ſhal taken it; and Sedechie, king of Juda, ſhal not ſcape fro þe hond of Caldeis, but he ſhal be taken in þe hond of þe king of Babiloyne; and ſpeken ſhal his mouþ wiþ þe mouþ of hym, and his eȝen þe eȝen of hym ſhul ſeen; and in to Babiloyne he ſhal lede Sedechie, and þere he ſhal be, to þe tyme Y viſite hym, ſeiþ þe Lord; yf forſoþe ȝee ſhul fiȝte aȝen þe Caldeis, no þing welſum ȝee ſhuln han? And Jeremye ſeide, Don is þe wrd of þe Lord to me, ſeiende, Lo! Ananeel, þe ſone of Sellum, þin emys ſone, ſhal come to þee, ſeiende, Bye to þee my feld, þat is in Anaþoþ; to þee forſoþe falleþ of nyȝ kinrede, þat þou bie it.

And cam to me Ananeel, þe ſone of myn em, after þe wrd of þe Lord, to þe porche of þe priſoun, and he ſeiþ to me, Weld my feld, þat is in Anatot, in þe lond of Beniamyn; for to þee falliþ þe eritage, and þou art þe neer kin, þat þou welde. Y vnderſtood forſoþe, þat it was þe wrd of þe Lord. And Y boȝte þe feld of Ananeel, þe ſone of myn em, þat is in Anatot. And Y peiſede to hym ſiluer, ſeuene halue ounces, and ten ſiluerne platys; and wrot in þe boc, and ſelede, and toc witneſſes. And Y peiſede ſeluer in a balaunce; and Y toc þe boc of þe poſſeſſioun ſelid, and þe beheſtus to þe aſkingus, and þe fermed þingus, and þe tocnes wiþouteforþ.

And Y ȝaf þe boc of þe poſſeſſioun to Baruch, þe ſone of Nery, ſone of Maaſie, in þe eȝen of Ananeel, myn emys ſone, and in þe eȝen of wytneſſes þat weren writen in þe boc of þe biyng, in þe eȝen of alle Jewis, þat ſeeten in þe porche of þe priſoun. And Y comaundide to Baruch befor þem, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtis, God of Irael, Tac þeſe bokis, þis ſeled boc of biyng, and þis boc þat is opened, and put þem in a britel veſſel, þat abide ſtille þei moun manye daȝes. Þeſe þingus forſoþe ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, God of Irael, Ȝit weldid ſhul be houſes, and feldus, and vyneȝerdis, in þis lond.

And Y preȝede to þe Lord, aftir þat Y hadde take þe boc of poſſeſſioun to Baruch, þe ſone of Neery, ſeiende, Allas! allas! allas! Lord God, lo! þou madeſt heuene and erþe in þi grete ſtrengþe, and in þi ſtraȝt out arm; ſhal not be to þee hard eche wrd; þat doſt mercy in þouſendus, and ȝeldiſt wickeneſſe of faders in to þe boſum of þe ſonus aftir hem.

O! þou moſt ſtrong, gret, and myȝty, Lord of oſtus name to þee; gret in counſeil, and incomprehenſible in þenking, whos eȝen ben opened vp on alle þe weies of þe ſonus of Adam, þat þou ȝelde to eche after his weies, and after þe frute of his fyndingus; þat ſettedeſt tocnes and wnders in þe lond of Egipt, vn to þis dai, and in Irael and in men; and þou madiſt to þee a name, as is þis day. And þou laddeſt out þi puple Irael fro þe lond of Egipt, in tocnes and in wndris, and in ſtalwrþe hond, and in ſtraȝt oute arme, and in gret ferd; and ȝeue to þem þis lond, þat þou ſwore to þer faders, þat þou ſhuldiſt ȝyue to þem, þe lond flowende mylc and hony.

And þei wenten in, and weldeden it; and obeſheden not to þi vois, and in þi lawe ȝiden not; alle þingus þat þou comaundedeſt to þem, þat þey ſhulde do, þei diden not; and þer camen to þem alle þeſe eueles. Lo! ſtrengþingus ben mad out aȝen þis cite, þat it be take, and þe cyte is ȝouen in to þe hondus of Caldeis, and in to þe hondus of þe king of Babiloyne, þat fiȝten aȝen it, fro þe face of þe ſwerd, and of hunger, and of peſtilence; and what euere þingus þou ſpeeke, þei fellen, as þiſelf biholdiſt. And þou ſeidiſt to me, Lord God, Bie þou þe feeld wiþ ſyluer, and tac witneſſes, whan þe cheef cite is ȝouen in þe hond of Caldeis. And don ys þe wrd of þe Lord to Jeremye, ſeiende, Lo!

Y þe Lord God of alle fleſh. Wheþer to mee hard ſhal ben eche wrd? Þerfore þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Lo! Y ſhal take þis cite in to þe hondus of Caldeis, and in þe hond of þe king of Babiloyne, and þey ſhul taken it. And come ſhul Caldeis fiȝtende aȝen þis cite, and þei ſhul teende it vp wiþ fyr, and brenne it, and þe houſes, in whos rooues þei ſacrifieden to Baal, and offreden to alien godis ſacrifiſes of licoures, to terre me. Weren forſoþe þe ſonus of Irael and þe ſonus of Juda contynueli doende euel in myn eȝen, fro þer waxe ȝouþe, þe ſonus of Irael þat vnto now ſharpeden out me in þe werkes of þer hondus, ſeiþ þe Lord.

For in wodnes and in myn indignacioun mad is to me þis cyte, fro þe dai þat þei bilden it vp, in to þis day, in whiche it ſhal be don awei fro my ſiȝt; for þe malice of þe ſonus of Irael, and of þe ſonus of Juda, þat þei diden, to wraþe me terrende, þei, and þer kingus, þer princes, and preſtes, and þer profetus, men of Juda, and dwelleris of Jeruſalem. And þei turneden to me backes, and not faces, whan Y ſhulde teche þem þe morutid, and lernen; and þei wolden not heren, þat þei ſhulden take diſciplyne. And þei ſetteden þer mawmetes in to þe hous, in whiche is inwardly clepid my name, þat þei ſchulden defoule it.

And þei bilden vp heȝe þingus of Baal, þat ben in þe valey of þe ſone of Ennon, þat þei ſacrifie þer ſonus and þer doȝtris to Moloch, þat Y comaundide not to þem, ne ſteȝede vp in to myn herte, þat þei ſhulde do þis abhominacioun, and in to ſynne bringe doun Judam. And now for þeſe þingus, ſeiþ þe Lord God of Irael to þis cite, of whiche ȝee ſeyn, þat it be taken in to þe hondus of þe king of Babiloyne in ſwerd, and in hunger, and in peſtilence, Lo! Y ſhal gedere þem fro alle londus, to whiche Y caſte þem out in my wodneſſe, and in my wraþe, and in my great indignacioun; and Y ſhal bringe hem aȝeen to þis place, and to wonen hem Y ſhal make troſtily.

And þei ſhul be to me in to puple, and Y ſhal be to þem in to God. And Y ſhal ȝyue to hem oen herte and o ſoule, þat þei drede me alle daȝes, and wel be to þem, and to þer ſonus after hem. And Y ſhal ſmyte wiþ þem couenaunt euere durende, and Y ſhal not ceſe to wel do to þem, and my drede Y ſhal ȝyue in þer herte, þat þei go not awei fro me. And Y ſhal gladen up on hem, whan wel to þem I ſhal do; and Y ſhal plaunte hem in þis lond in treuþe, in myn herte, and in al my ſoule. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, As Y haue broȝt in to þis puple al þis grete euel, ſo Y ſhal bringe to vp on hem al þe good, þat Y ſhal ſpeke to þem.

And weldid ſhul be feldus in þis lond, of whiche ȝee ſeyn, þat deſert it is, for þi þat þer ſhal not leuen a man and beſte; and ȝouen is in to þe hondus of Caldeis. Feldus wiþ monee ſhal be boȝt, and writen in boc, and prented in ſhal be þe ſel; and witneſſes ſhul be take to, in þe lond of Beniamyn, and in þe cumpas of Jeruſalem, and in þe cites of Juda, and in þe mountewous cites, and in þe feldi cites, and in þe cites þat at þe ſouþ ben; for Y ſhal turne þe caitifte of hem, ſeiþ þe Lord.