Zechariah · Chapter 3

[ edit] And þe Lord ſhewide to me þe grete preſt Jheſu, ſtondynge byfore þe aungel of þe Lord; and Saþan ſtode on his riȝt half, þat he were aduerſarie to hym. And þe Lord ſaide to Saþan, Þe Lord blame in þee, Saþan, and þe Lord blame in þee, þat ches Jeruſalem. Wher þis is not a dead brond rauyſhid of þe fijr? And Jheſus was cloþid wiþ filþi cloþis, and ſtode byfore þe face of þe aungel. Whiche anſwerde, and ſaiþ to hym þat ſtode bifore hym, ſayinge, Do ȝe awey filþi cloþis fro hym. And he ſaide to hym, Loo! Y haue don awey fro þee þi wickidneſſe, and Y haue cloþid þee wiþ chaungynge cloþis. And he ſaide, Putte ȝe a cleene cappe, or mytre, vpon his heued.

And þei puttiden a cleene cappe, or mytre, vpon his heed, and cloþiden hym wiþ cloþis. And þe aungel of þe Lord ſtode, and þe aungel of þe Lord witneſſide Jheſu, ſayinge, Þeſe þingis ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis, Ȝif þou ſhalt go in my wayes, and ſhalt keepe my keepyng, and þou ſhalt deme my hous, and ſhalt keepe my porchis; and Y ſhal ȝeue to þee men walkynge, of þeſe þat now ſtonden here niȝ. Heere þou, Jheſu, grete preſt, þou and þi freendis þat dwellen byfore þee, for þei ben men ſignyfyinge þing to cummynge. Loo! ſoþely Y ſhal bringe my ſeruaunt ſpryngynge vp. For loo! þe ſtoon whom Y ȝaf byfore Jheſu, vpon oo ſtoon ben ſeuen eeȝen; and loo!

Y ſhal graue þe grauynge þerof, ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis, and Y ſhal do awey þe wickidneſſe of þat lond in oo day. In þat day, ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtus, a man ſhal clepe his frend vndir his vyne ȝerd, and vndir his fijge tree.