Exodus · Chapter 10

[ edit] And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Goo yn to Pharao, Y forſoþe haue hardid þe herte of him, and of his ſeruauntis, þat Y make þes my ſignes in hym; and þow telle in þe erres of þi ſone and of þi coſyns, how ofte ſiþes Y haue born doun togidere þe Egipciens, and haue doon toknes in hem; and knowe ȝe for Y a Lord. Þanne Moyſes and Aaron ȝeden yn to Pharao, and ſeiden to hym, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God of Hebrews, How long wolt þow not be ſuget to me? Leeue my puple, þat it ſacrifie to me; yf forſoþe þow wiþſtonde, and wole not leeue it, loo!

Y ſhal leede yn to morwe a locuſt into þi cooſtis, þat ſhal couer þe vttermoſt of þe erþe, þat eny þing of it ſhal not apeere, but be etun þat was lafte to þe hawle; forſoþe he ſhal gnawe alle trees þat buriounen in þe feeldes; and þei ſhulen fulfille þin howſes, and of þi ſeruauntis, and of alle þe Egipcyens, how many han not ſeen þi fadris, ne her fadris, ſiþ þei weren born vpon erþe, vnto þe day þat is now. And he turnede hym a wey, and ȝede out fro Pharao. And þe ſeruauntis of Pharao ſeiden to hym, How long ſhulen we ſuffre þis ſclaundre? Leeue þe men, þat þei ſacrifye to þe Lord her God; ſeeſt þow not, þat Egipte periſhiþ?

And þei clepeden aȝen Moyſes and Aaron to Pharao, þe which ſeide to hem, Goþ, and ſacrifieþ to þe Lord ȝoure God; who forſoþe ben þat ben to goon? Moyſes ſeiþ, Wiþ oure children and aldren we ſhulen goon; and wiþ ſones, and douȝtres, wiþ ſheip, and droues; it is forſoþe þe ſolempnyte of þe Lord oure God. And Pharao anſwerde, So þe Lord be wiþ ȝow, what maner þanne Y ſhal leeue ȝow and ȝoure children? to whom is it dout, þat ful yuel ȝe þenken? It ſhal not be doon ſo, but go ȝe oonly men, and ſacryfye to þe Lord; þis forſoþe and ȝoure ſeluen aſkiden. And anoon þei weren put out fro þe ſiȝt of Pharao.

And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Strecche out þin hoond vpon þe loond of Egipte, to a locuſt, þat it ſtey vp vpon þe loond, and deuowre al herbe þat to þe hawle was laft of. And Moyſes ſtrauȝte out þe ȝerde vpon þe loond of Egipte, and þe Lord brouȝte yn a brennynge wynde al þat day and nyȝt; and þe morwe tyde biganne, a brennynge wynd reride vp locuſtes, þe whiche ſteiden vp fro al þe loond of Egipte, and ſeeten in alle þe cooſtis of Egipciens vnnoumbrable, whiche maner before þat tyme weren not, ne afterward ben to comen.

And þei couerden al þe vttermoſt party of þe loond, waſtynge alle þingis; þanne þe heerbe of þe loond was deuowryd, and what euer þing of apples þat was in trees, þat þe hawle hadde laft; and algatys no grene þing was laft in þe trees and in heerbis of þe loond, in al Egipte. Wherfor hiynge Pharao clepide Moyſes and Aaron, and ſeide to hem, Y haue ſynned in þe Lord ȝoure God, and yn ȝow; but now forȝyue ȝe þe ſynne to me; alſo þis ſiþe prey ȝe þe Lord ȝoure God, þat þis deeþ he doo a wey fro me.

And Moyſes ȝede out fro þe ſiȝt of Pharao, and preide þe Lord; þe which made blow þe mooſt hidows wynde fro þe weſt, and þe locuſt takun he þrewe a fer into þe reed ſee; and þere laft not forſoþe oon in alle þe cooſtis of Egipte. And þe Lord hardide þe herte of Pharao, and he lafte not þe children of Yrael. Forſoþe þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Strecche out þin hoond into heuene, and be þere derknes vpon þe loond of Egipte, ſo þik þat þei mown be gropid. And Moyſes ſtrauȝte out þe hoond into heuene, and orrible derkneſſes ben maad in al þe loond of Egipte; þre dayes no man myȝte ſe his broþer, ne mouede him out of þat place þat he was ynne; where euer þe children of Yrael dwelten, was liȝt.

And Pharao clepide Moyſes and Aaron, and ſeide to hem, Goþe, and ſacrifieþ to þe Lord; ȝoure ſheep oonli and droues abiden þei ſtil; ȝoure children goo þei wiþ ȝow. Moyſes ſeiþ, Forſoþe ooſtis and brent ſacrifices þow ſhalt ȝyue to vs, þat we offren to þe Lord oure God; alle þe flockis ſhulen goon wiþ vs; þere ſhal not leeue a clee of þe þingis þat ben neceſſarie into þe heriyng of þe Lord oure God, namely, whan we knowen not what ſhal be offryd, to þe tyme þat we comen fullich to þat place. And þe Lord hardide þe herte of Pharao, and he wold not leeue hem. And Pharao ſeide to Moyſes, Goo awey fro me, and be war þat þow ſe no more my face; what euer day þow aperiſt to me, þow ſhalt dye.

Moyſes forſoþe anſwerde, So be it doon, as þow haſt ſpokun; Y ſhal ſe no more þi face.