Ezekiel · Chapter 14

[ edit] And men of þe eldris of Iſrael camen to me, and ſaten before me. And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, þes men han putte her vnclennes in her hertis, and han ſette þe ſclaundre of her wickidnes aȝens her face. Wheþer Y axyd, ſhal anſwere to hem?

For þis þing ſpek þou to hem, and þou ſhalt ſeie to hem, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, A man, a man of þe hous of Iſrael, þat haþ putte his vnclennes in his herte, and haþ ſette þe ſclaundre of his wickidnes aȝens his face, and ſhal come to þe prophete, axynge bi hym me, Y þe Lord ſhal anſwere to hym in þe multitude of his vnclennes; þat þe hous of Iſrael be takyn in her herte, in whiche þei wenten awey fro me in alle her ydolis. Þerfor ſey þou to þe hous of Iſrael, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Be ȝe conuertid, and departe ȝe fro ȝoure ydolis, and turne awei ȝoure facis fro alle ȝoure defoulyngis.

For a man, a man of þe hous of Iſrael, and of proſelitis, or men new comen to þe lawe of Jewis, who euer ſhal be cumlynge, or geſt, in Iſrael, if he ſhal be alienyd fro me, and ſhal putte his ydolis in his herte, and ſhal ſette þe ſclaundre of his wickidnes aȝens his face, and ſhal come to þe prophete, þat he axe bi hym me, I þe Lord ſhal anſwere to hym bi my ſilf. And Y ſhal putte my face vpon þat man, and I ſhal make hym in to enſaumple, and in to a prouerbe, and I ſhal diſtruye him fro þe mydil of my puple; and ȝe ſhulen wite, for I þe Lord.

And whanne þe prophete ſhal erre, and ſhal ſpeke a word, Y þe Lord ſhal diſſeyue þe ilk prophete; and I ſhal ſtretche out myn hoond on him, and ſhal doo hym awey of þe mydil of my puple of Iſrael. And þei ſhulen bere her wickidnes; aftir þe wickidnes of þe man axinge, ſo þe wickidnes of þe prophete ſhal be; þat þe hows of Iſrael erre namore fro me, neþer be defoulid in alle his treſpaſſyngis, but be to me in to a puple, and Y be to hym in to a God, þe Lord of ooſtis ſeiþ.

And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, whanne þe erþe ſhal ſynne aȝens me, þat it treſpaſſynge treſpaſe, I ſhal ſtretche out myn hoond vpon it, and I ſhal togidir trede þe ȝeerd of breed of it; and I ſhal ſende in to it hungre, and I ſhal ſlee of it man and werk beeſt. And if þes þree men, Noe, Danyel, and Job, ſhulen be in þe mydil of it, þei bi her riȝtwiſnes ſhulen delyuere her ſoulis, þe Lord God of ooſtis ſeiþ.

Þat and if I ſhal lede yn werſt beeſtis vpon þe loond, þat I waſte it, and it ſhal be vnwaied, or wayles, for þat þere is no paſſynge bi it for beeſtis, and þes þre men þat ſhulen be in it, þe Lord God ſeiþ, Y lyue, for neþer þei ſhulen delyuere ſones, neþer douȝters, but þei aloon ſhulen be delyuered; forſoþe þe loond ſhal be deſolat. Or if I ſhal lede yn a ſwerd vpon þat loond, and Y ſhal ſey to þe ſwerd, Paſſe bi þe loond, and I ſhal ſlee man and beeſt of it, and þes þree men ſhulen be in þe mydil of it, I lyue, ſeiþ þe Lord God, þei ſhulen not delyuere ſones neþir douȝtris, but þei aloon ſhulen be delyuered.

And forſoþe if Y ſhal ſende yn vpon þat loond peſtilence, and I ſhal ſheede out myn indignacioun vpon it in blood, þat Y doo awei fro it man and beeſt, and Noe, Danyel, and Job, ſhulen be in þe mydil of it, Y lyue, ſeiþ þe Lord, for þei ſhulen not delyuere ſone and douȝter, but þei aloon bi her riȝtwiſnes ſhulen delyuere her ſoulis. For þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Þat and if I ſhal ſende in to Jeruſalem my foure werſt domys, ſwerd, and hungre, and yuel beeſtis, and peſtilence, þat Y ſlee man and beeſt of it, and neþeles ſauynge of men ledynge out ſonys and douȝtris ſhal be laft in it.

Loo! þei ſhulen goo out to ȝou, and ȝe ſhulen ſee þe weie of hem, and þe fyndyngis of hem; and ȝe ſchulen be coumfortid on þe yuel which Y haue ledde in to Jeruſalem, in alle þingis whiche I haue brouȝte in on it. And þei ſhulen conforte ȝou, whanne ȝe ſhulen ſee þe weie of hem, and þe fyndyngis of hem; and ȝe ſhulen knowe, for not idely Y dide alle þingis, what euere Y dide in it, ſeiþ þe Lord almiȝti.