Exodus · Chapter 9

[ edit] To Moyſes forſoþe ſeyde þe Lord, Goo yn to Pharao, and ſpek to hym, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God of Ebrews, Leeue my puple, þat it ſacrifie to me; þat if ȝit þow forſakiſt, and holdiſt hem, loo! myn hoond ſhal be vpon þi feeldis, vpon horſis, and aſſis, and chamels, and oxen, and ſheip, a ful greuows peſtilence; and þe Lord ſhal do a meruelows þing bitwix poſſeſſiouns of Yrael and þe poſſeſſions of Egipcyens, þat no þing algatis periſhe of þes þingis þat pertenen to þe ſones of Yrael. And þe Lord ordeynede a tyme, ſeiynge, To morwe þe Lord ſhal do þis word in þe loond.

Þe Lord dide þanne þis word þe toþer day, and alle þe beeſtis of Egipciens dyeden; of þe beeſtis forſoþe of þe children of Yrael no þing algat periſhide. And Pharao ſent to looke, ne eny þing was deed of þes þingis þat Yrael hadde; and þe herte of Pharao was inwardly agreued, and he lafte not þe puple. And þe Lord ſeyde to Moyſes and Aaron, Tak ȝe hoondes ful of aſken fro þe chymney, and Moyſes ſprenge it into heuene before Pharao; and be þere powdre vpon al þe loond of Egipte; and þere ſhulen ben in men and yn beeſtis biles, and bleynes ſwellynge, in al þe loond of Egipte.

And þei token aſken of þe chymney, and þey ſtoden before Pharao; and Moyſes ſprengide it into heuene; and þere ben maad woundes of þe ſwellynge bleynes in men, and in beeſtis; ne þe clepers of deuels myȝten ſtoonde before Moyſes, for þe woundis þat weren in hem, and in al þe loond of Egipte. And þe Lord hardid þe herte of Pharao, and he herde not hem, as þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes.

And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Eerli aryſe, and ſtoond before Pharao, and þow ſhalt ſey to hym, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God of Ebrews, Lat my puple, þat he ſacrifie to me; for in þis while Y ſhal ſende alle my veniaunces vpon þin herte, and vpon þi ſeruauntis, and vpon þi puple, þat þou knowe, þat þere is noon like me in al þe loond. Now forſoþe I ſhal ſtretche out þe hoond, and Y ſhal ſmyit þee and þi puple wiþ peſtilence, and þou ſhalt periſſhe fro þe erþe; þerfor forſoþe Y haue ſett þee, þat Y ſhewe my ſtrengþe in þee, and my name be toold in eche loond. Ȝit þow holdiſt my puple, and wole not leeue it? Loo!

Y ſhal reyne to morwe þis ſame our ful myche hawle, what maner was not in Egipte, fro þe day þat it was ſett, vnto þe tyme þat is now. Seend þanne now riȝt, and gedere togidere þi beeſtis, and al þat þou haſt in þe feelde; men forſoþe, and beeſtis, and alle þat ſhulen be foundun wiþouten, and not gedered togidere fro watres, and þe hawle fal vpon hem, þei ſhulen die. He þat dradde þe word of þe Lord, of þe ſeruauntis of Pharao, made his ſeruauntis and beeſtis flee togidere into howſis; he forſoþe þat rouȝte not þe word of þe Lord, left his ſeruauntis and beeſtis in þe feeldis.

And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Strecche out þin hoond into heuene, þat þere be maad hawle in al þe loond of Egipte, vpon men, and vpon beeſtis, and vpon al erbe of þe feelde in þe loond of Egipte. And Moyſes ſtrauȝte þe ȝerde into heuene; and þe Lord ȝaf þundres, and hawle, and dyuerſly rennynge leytis vpon þe erþe; and þe Lord reynede hawle vpon þe loond of Egipte; and hawle, and fier mengid togidere weren brouȝt; and it was of ſo greet mychelnes, how greet bifore neuer apeeride in al þe loond of Egipte, ſiþ þat folk was maad.

And þe hawle ſmoot in al þe loond of Egipte alle þat weren in feeldes, fro man vnto beeſt; and al erbe of þe feelde ſmoote þe hawle, and eche tree of þe cuntree it breke togidere; oonly in þe loond of Geſſen, where weren þe children of Yrael, þe hawle fel not. And Pharao ſente, and clepide Moyſes and Aaron, ſeiynge to hem, Y haue ſynned alſo now; þe Lord is riȝtwiys, Y and my puple wickid; preye ȝe þe Lord, þat þe þundres of God and þe hawle leeuen of, and Y ſhal leten ȝow, and ȝe ſhulen dwelle here no more.

Moyſes ſeiþ, Whanne Y ſhal goon out fro þe citee, Y ſhal ſtrecche out my hoond to þe Lord, and þe þundres ſhulen ceeſſe, and hawle ſhal not be, þat þow knowe, for of þe Lord is þe erþe; forſoþe Y knowe, þat þow and þi ſeruauntis dreden not ȝit þe Lord God. Þe flax þanne and barlich was hurt, for þat þat þe barlich was grene, and þe flax now buriownde coddes; whete forſoþe and corn weren not hurt, for þei weren of late growyng. And Moyſes goon out fro Pharao, and out of þe citee, ſtrauȝte þe hondes to þe Lord, and þundres and hawle ceeſiden, and no more droppide þe reyn vpon þe loond.

Pharao forſoþe ſeynge þat þe reyne hadde ceeſid, and hawle, and þundres, encreeſid þe ſynne; and þe herte of hym and of hys ſeruauntis is engredgid, and his herte was ful myche hardid; and he lafte not þe ſones of Yrael, as þe Lord comaundide by þe hoond of Moyſes.