Exodus · Chapter 8

[ edit] Forſoþe þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Goo into Pharao, and þow ſhalt ſey to hym, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord, Leeue my puple, þat he ſacrifye to me; ellis forſoþe if þow wolt not leeue hem, loo! Y ſhal ſmyte alle þi cooſtis wiþ frogges; and þe floode ſhal boyl up froggis, þat ſhulen ſteyn vp, and goo in to þin hows, and into þi bedchaumbre, and vpon þi beddynge, and into þe houſes of þi ſeruauntis, and into þi puple, and into þi ouenes, and in to þe relyues of þi metis; and to þee, and to þi puple, and to alle þi ſeruauntes ſhulen goon yn froggis.

And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Sey to Aaron, Strecche out þi hoond vpon floodes, and vpon ryuers, and merſhes; and brynge out frogges vpon þe loond of Egipte. And Aaron ſtrauȝte out þe hoond vpon þe watris of Egipte; and þere ſteyden vp frogges, and couerden þe loond of Egipte. And þe clepers of deuels diden by her enchauntyngis lijk maner; and brouȝten out frogges vpon þe loond of Egipte. Forſoþe Pharao clepide Moyſes and Aaron, and ſeiden to hem, Preye ȝe þe Lord, þat he do awey frogges fro me, and fro my puple; and Y ſhal lat þe puple, þat þei ſacryfye to þe Lord.

And Moyſes ſeide to Pharao, Ordeyn me a tyme, whan Y ſhal preye for þee, and for þi ſeruauntis, and for þi puple, þat þe frogges ben dreuen a wey fro þee, and fro þin hows, and fro þy ſeruauntis, and fro þi puple; and oonly in þe floode þei abiden. Þe which anſwerde, To morwe. And he, After þi word, he ſeiþ, Y ſhal do, þat þow knowe, for þere is not a Lord as oure God; and þe frogges ſhulen goon awey from þee, and from þin hows, and fro þi children, and fro þi ſeruantis, and fro þi puple; and oonli in þe floode þei ſhulen abijd. And Moyſes and Aaron ȝeden out fro Pharao. And Moyſes criede to þe Lord, for þe biheeſte of froggis, þat he couenauntide to Pharao.

And þe Lord dide after þe word of Moyſes; and þe frogges weren deed of þe howſis, and of þe townes, and of þe feeldes; and þei gedered hem togidere into greet heepes wiþouten noumbre, and þe erþe ſtonke. Pharao forſoþe ſeynge þat þere was ȝeue reſt, his herte engredgide, and herde not hem, as þe Lord comaundide. And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Spek to Aaron, Strecche out þi ȝerde, and ſmyit þe powdre of þe erþe, þat þere ben ſtynggynge gnattes in al þe loond of Egipte.

And he dide ſo; and Aaron ſtrauȝte out þe hoond, holdynge þe ȝerde, and he ſmote þe powdre of þe erþe; and þere weren maad ſtynggynge gnattes in men, and in beeſtis; al þe powdre of þe erþe is turnyd into ſtynggynge gnattes þurȝ out al þe loond of Egipte. And liyk manere diden þe clepers of deuels in her enchauntyngis, þat þei myȝten dryue out þe ſtynggynge gnattes, and þei myȝten not; and ſtynggynge gnattes weren boþe in men and in beeſtis. And þe clepers of deuels ſeiden vnto Pharao, Þe fyngur of God ys here. And þe herte of Pharao was greetli hardid, and he herde hem not, as þe Lord hadde comaundide.

And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Aryſe eerli, and ſtoond before Pharao, forſoþe he ſhal goon out to þe watris; and þow ſhalt ſey to hym, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord, Leeue my puple, þat þei ſacrifye to me; and if þow late hem not, loo! Y ſhal ſeende into þee, and into þi ſeruauntis, and into þi puple, and into þin howſes, al kynde of fliȝis; and þe howſis of Egipte ſhulen be fulfillyd wiþ fliȝis of dyuerſe kynde, and al þe loond in which þei ſhulen ben. And Y ſhal mak merueylows in þat day þe loond of Geſſen, in þe which is my puple, þat þere ben not þere fliȝis; and wyte þow þat Y am Lord in þe myddel of þe erþe; and Y ſhal ſette partynge bitwix my puple and þi puple; to morwe ſhal be þis tokne.

And ſo dide þe Lord. And þere cam þe mooſt greuows fliȝe in to þe hows of Pharao, and of his ſeruauntis, and into al þe loond of Egipte; and þe loond was corrupte of lyche maner fliȝis. And Pharao clepide Moyſes and Aaron, and ſeiþ to hem, Gooþ, and ſacrifieþ to þe Lord ȝoure God in þis loond. And Moyſes ſeiþ, It may not be doo ſo; þe abhomynaciouns forſoþe of Egipciens ſhulen we offre to oure Lord? þat if we ſleen þes þingis þat Egipciens heryen beforn hem, þey ſhulen felle us down wiþ ſtones. We ſhulen goon þe weye of þree dayes into wildernes, and we ſhulen ſacryfie to þe Lord oure God, as he haþ comaundid vs.

And Pharao ſeid, Y ſhal leeue ȝow, þat ȝe ſacrifie to þe Lord ȝoure God in deſerte; neuerþeles go ȝe a wey no ferþere; preieþ for me. And Moyſes ſeiþ, Y goon out fro þee ſhal preye þe Lord; and þe fliȝe ſhal goo a wey fro Pharao, and fro his ſeruauntis, and fro his puple to morwe; neuerþeles wole þou no more deſceyue me, þat þow lat not þe puple ſacryfie to þe Lord. And Moyſes goon out fro Pharao preiede þe Lord, þat dide aftir his word, and he tok awey fliȝes fro Pharao, and fro þe ſeruauntis, and fro his puple; þere ouerlafte not oon forſoþe. And þe herte of Pharao was engredgid, ſo þat ȝit þis while he wolde not leeue þe puple.