Ezekiel · Chapter 23

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeyynge, Sone of man, two wymmen weren douȝtris of o modir, and þei diden fornycacioun in Egipt, in her ȝongþ þei diden fornycacioun; þere þe breeſtis, or tetis, of hem ben vndirled, and þe tetis of her puberte, þat is, tyme of mariage, ben broken. Forſoþe þe names of hem, Oolla þe more, and Ooliba þe leſſe ſiſter of hir. And Y hadde hem, and þei baren child, ſones and douȝtris; ſoþeli þe names of hem, Samarie Oolla, and Jeruſalem Ooliba.

Þerfor Oolla dide fornycacioun vpon me, and wexe woode in to her loueres, in to Aſſiriens neiȝynge, cloþid wiþ iacynct, princis, and magiſtratis, ȝonge men of coueiting, alle knyȝtis, or rydynge men, ſtiers vp of horſis. And ſhe ȝaf her fornycaciouns vpon hem, þe choſyn ſonys of alle Aſſiriens, alle and in alle in to whom ſhe wexe woode, in þe vnclennes of hem ſhe is defoulid. More ouere and ſhe lefte not hir fornycaciouns, whiche ſhe hadde in Egipt; for whi and þei ſlepten wiþ hir in þe ȝongþ of hir, and þei togidre braken þe breſtis of hir puberte, and ſhedden out her fornycacioun vpon hir.

Þerfor Y bitook hir in to þe hoondis of hir louers, in to þe hoondis of þe ſonys of Aſſur, vpon whos letchery ſhe was woode. Þei vnhilliden þe yuel fame of hir; þei token þe ſonys and douȝtris of hir, and ſlewen hir in ſwerd; and þei ben maad famous, or ſclaundrid, wymmen, and þei diden domys in to hir. Which þing whanne hir ſiſtir Ooliba hadde ſeen, ſhe wexe woode in lecherie more þan ſhe, and ſhe ȝaf vnchaſtili, or wiþ outen ſhame, hir fornycacioun, ouer þe fornycacioun of hir ſiſter, to þe ſonys of Aſſiriens, to duykys and magiſtratis comynge to hir, cloþide wiþ dyuerſe clooþ, to knyȝtis þat weren born in horſis, and ȝonge men in noble fourme, or ſhappli, to alle men.

And Y ſawȝ þat o weye of boþe was defoulid, and ſhe encreſide hir fornycaciouns. And whanne ſhe ſeeȝ men peyntid in a wal, þe ymagis of Caldeis expreſſid, or opnyd, in colours, and gird þe reyns wiþ knyȝtis girdlis, and cappis died, or ſteyned, in þe heedis of hem, þe fourmes of alle duykis, liknes of þe ſones of Babiloyne, and of þe loond of Caldeis, in whiche þei ben born; and ſhe wexe woode aȝens hem in coueitiſe of hir eiȝen, and ſente meſſageris to hem in to Caldee. And whanne ſonys of Babiloyne cam to hir, to þe couche of hir tetis, þei defouleden hir in her lecheries of defoulynge of maydynhod; and ſhe is defoulid of hem, and þe ſoule of hir is fulfillid of hem.

And ſhe made nakid hir fornycaciouns, and diſcouerede hir euyl fame; and my ſoule wente awey fro hir, as my ſoule hadde gon awey fro hir ſiſter. Forſoþe ſhe multipliede hir fornycaciouns, biþenkynge þe dais of hir ȝongþ, in whiche ſhe dide fornycacioun in þe loond of Egipt. And ſhe wexe woode bi letcherie vpon þe liggynge bi of hem, whos fleſſhis ben as þe fleſſhis of aſſis, and as fluxis, or rennyngis, of horſis þe fluxis of hem. And þou haſt viſitide þe grete treſpaſſis of þi ȝongþ, for þi breſtis ben vndirled in Egipt, and þe teetis of þi pubertee ben togidre brokyn. Þerfor, þou Ooliba, þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Loo!

Y ſhal reyſe alle þi loueris aȝens þee, of whiche þi ſoule is fulfild, and Y ſhal gadre hem aȝens þee in cumpas; þe ſonys of Babiloyne, and alle þe noble Caldeis, and tyrauntis, and princis, alle þe ſonys of Aſſyriens, and ȝonge men in noble fourme, duykis, and magiſtratis, alle princis of princis, and þe named ſtiers of horſis. And þei ſhulen come vpon þee, maad redy wiþ chaare and wheel, þe multitude of puplis ſhulen be armed aȝens þee on eche ſyde wiþ hauberioun, and ſheeld, and helme; and I ſhal ȝyue before hem doom, and þei ſhulen deme þee in her domys.

And Y ſhal putte myn enuye, or wraþþe, in þee, which þei haunten wiþ þee in woodnes; þei ſhulen kitte of þi nooſe and þin eeris, and whiche þingis ſhulen dwelle, þei ſhulen kytte of wiþ ſwerd; þei ſhulen take þi ſonys and þi douȝtris, and þi laſt ſhal be deuoured in fier. And þei ſhulen vncloþe þee þi cloþis, and ſhulen take awei þe veſſels of þi glorie. And Y ſhal make þi grete treſpaſſis for to reſte of þee, and þi fornycacioun of þe loond of Egipt; neþer þou ſhalt reyſe þin eyen to hem, and þou ſhalt no more haue mynde of Egipt. For þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Loo! Y ſhal bitake þee in to þe hoondis of hem whom þou hatidiſt, in to þe hoondis of whyche þi ſoule is fulfillid.

And þei ſhulen doo wiþ þee in haate, and þei ſhulen take alle þi traueilis, and ſhulen leeue þee nakid, and ful of euyl fame; and þe euyl fame of þi fornycaciouns, ſhal be ſhewid. Þi greet treſpas and þi fornycaciouns han don þes þingis to þee; for þou didiſt fornycacioun after heiþen men, amonge whom þou art defoulid in ydolis of hem. Þou wandridiſt in þe weye of þi ſiſtir, and Y ſhal ȝyue þe cuppe of hir in þin hoond. Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Þou ſhalt drynke þe cuppe of þi ſiſter, deep and brood; and þou ſhalt be in to ſcornynge, and vndirmowynge, whiche þou art mooſt able to take.

Þou ſhalt be fulfillid wiþ drunkenes and ſorewe, þe cuppe of mournynge and heuynes, þe cuppe of þi ſiſter Samarie. And þou ſhalt drynke it, and drynke of vn to þe dreſtis, and þou ſhalt deuoure þe relyues of it, and þou ſhalt to-teere þi breeſtis, for I ſpak, ſeiþ þe Lord God. Þerfor þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, For þou haſt forȝete me, and caſte me fer after þi bak, and þou beere þi grete treſpaſſis and þi fornycaciouns. And þe Lord ſeiþ to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, wheþer þou demyſt Ooliba and Oolla, and ſhewiſt to hem þe grete treſpaſſis of hem?

For þei han don auowtrie, and blood in þe hoondis of hem, and þei diden fornycacioun wiþ her ydolis; more ouere þei offren to hem her ſonys for to be deuourid, whiche þei gendriden to me. But and þis þing þei diden to me, þei defouleden my ſeyntuaries in þat dai, and þei prophaneden, or maden vnhooli, my ſabotis. And whanne þei offreden her ſonys to her ydolis, and entriden my ſeyntuarie in þat day, for to defoule it, and alſo þei diden þes þingis in þe mydil of myn hous. Þei ſenten to men comynge fro fer, to whom þei ſenten meſſageris. And ſo loo! þei camen, to whom þou waſhidiſt þee, and al about anoyntidiſt þin eyen wiþ oynement of wymmen, and art ourned wiþ wommans a tyre.

Þou haſt ſetyn in a bed mooſt fayr, and a bord is ourned before þee; þou puttidiſt my tymyame, or encenſe, and myn oynement vpon it. And a voys of multitude ioiynge wiþout forþ was in it; and in þe men þat weren led to of þe multitude of men, and camen fro deſeert, puttiden rengis in þe hoondis of hem, and faire corownys in þe heedis of hem. And Y ſeide to hir, þat is defoulid in auowtries, Now alſo þis ſhal doo fornycacioun in hir fornycacioun. And þei wenten to hir as to a womman hoore, ſo þei entriden to Oolla and to Ooliba, curſid wymmen.

Þerfor þes men ben iuſt, þes ſhulen deme hem in doom of auowtres, and in dome of ſheding out blood; for þei ben auowtreris, and blood in þe hoondis of hem, and wiþ her ydolis þei doon fornycacioun. Forſoþe þe Lord God ſeiþ þes þingis, Ȝit brynge þe multitudis, and bitak hem in to noys and raueyn; and be þei ſtonyd wiþ ſtoonys of puplis, and be þei doluen wiþ ſwerdis of hem. Þei ſhulen ſle þe ſones and douȝtris of hem, and þei ſhulen brenne wiþ fier þe houſis of hem. And Y ſhal doo awei greet treſpas fro erþe; and alle wymmen ſhulen lerne, leſt þei doon after þe greet treſpas of hem.

And þei ſhulen ȝyue ȝour greet treſpas vpon ȝou; and ȝe ſhulen bere þe ſynnys of ȝour idolis, and ȝe ſhulen wite, for I þe Lord God.