Deuteronomy 14

1 You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

Be ye the sones of youre Lord God; ye schulen not kitte you, nether ye schulen make ballidnesse,

2 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

on a deed man, for thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God, and he chees thee that thou be to hym in to a special puple, of alle folkis that ben on erthe.

3 No disgusting thing may be your food.

Ete ye not tho thingis that ben vncleene.

4 These are the beasts which you may have for food: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

This is a beeste which ye schulen ete; an oxe, and a scheep, and a goet, an hert,

5 The hart, the gazelle, and the roe, the mountain goat and the pygarg and the antelope and the mountain sheep.

a capret, a `wielde oxe, tregelafun, `that is, a beeste in parti lijk `a buk of geet, and in parti liik an hert, a figarde, an ostrich, a camelioun, `that is, a beeste lijk in the heed to a camel, and hath white spottis in the bodi as a parde, and `is lijk an hors in the necke, and in the feet is lijc a `wilde oxe, and a parde.

6 Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.

Ye schulen ete ech beeste that departith the clee `in to twei partis, and chewith code.

7 But even among these, there are some which may not be used for food: such as the camel, the hare, and the coney, which are unclean to you, because, though their food comes back, the horn of their feet is not parted in two.

Sotheli ye schulen not ete these beestis, of these that chewen code, and departen not the clee; a camel, an hare, and a cirogrille, `that is, a beeste ful of prickis, and is more than an irchoun; for tho chewen code, and departen not the clee, tho schulen be vncleene to you;

8 And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.

also a swyn, for it departith the clee, and chewith not code, schal be vncleene; ye schulen not ete the fleischis of tho, and ye schulen not touche the deed bodies.

9 And of the things living in the waters, you may take all those who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates.

Ye schulen ete these thingis, of alle that dwellen in watris; ete ye tho thingis that han fynnes and scalis;

10 But any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.

ete ye not tho thingis that ben with out fynnes and scalis, for tho ben vncleene.

11 All clean birds may be used for food.

Ete ye alle clene briddis;

12 But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

ete ye not vncleene briddis, that is, an egle, and a gripe,

13 The falcon and the kite, and birds of that sort;

and an aliete, ixon, `that is, a whijt brid lesse than a vultur, and is of the `kynde of vultris, and a vultur, and a kite bi his kynde,

14 Every raven, and all birds of that sort;

and al thing of rauenys kynde,

15 And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;

and a strucioun, and a nyyt crowe, and a lare,

16 The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;

and an hauk bi his kynde, a fawcun,

17 And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant;

and a swan, and a siconye, and a dippere, a pursirioun, and a reremous, a cormeraunt,

18 The stork and the heron and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

and a caladrie, alle in her kynde; also a lapwynke and a backe.

19 Every winged thing which goes flat on the earth is unclean to you and may not be used as food.

And al thing that crepith, and hath fynnes, schal be vncleene, and schal not be etun.

20 But all clean birds you may take.

Ete ye al thing that is cleene; sotheli what euer thing is deed bi it silf, ete ye not therof.

21 You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

Yyue thou to the pilgrym which is with ynne thi yatis, that he ete, ether sille thou to hym, for thou art the hooli puple of thi Lord God. Thou schalt not sethe a kyde in `the mylk of his modir.

22 Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed, produced year by year.

Thou schalt departe the tenthe part of alle thi fruytis that comen forth in the lond bi ech yeer;

23 And make a feast before the Lord your God, in the place which is to be marked out, where his name will be for ever, of the tenth part of your grain and your wine and your oil, and the first births of your herds and your flocks; so that you may have the fear of the Lord your God in your hearts at all times.

and thou schal ete in the siyt of thi Lord God, in the place which he chees, that his name be clepid therynne; thou schalt offre the tithe of thi wheete, wyn, and oile, and the firste gendryd thingis of thi droues, and scheep, that thou lerne to drede thi Lord God in al tyme.

24 And if the way is so long that you are not able to take these things to the place marked out by the Lord your God for his name, when he has given you his blessing, because it is far away from you;

Sotheli whanne the wei is lengere, and the place which thi Lord God chees is fer, and he hath blessid thee, and thou maist not bere alle these thingis to that place,

25 Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

thou schalt sille alle thingis, and schalt turne in to prijs, and thou schalt bere in thin hond, and thou schalt go to the place which thi Lord God chees;

26 And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;

and thou schalt bie of the same money what euer thing plesith to thee, ethir of droues, ether of scheep; also thou schalt bie wyn, and sidur, and al thing that thi soule desirith; and thou schalt ete bifor thi Lord God, and thou schalt make feeste,

27 And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.

thou, and thin hows, and the dekene which is withynne thi yatis; be thou war lest thou forsake hym, for he hath not other part in possessioun.

28 At the end of every three years take a tenth part of all your increase for that year, and put it in store inside your walls:

In the thridde yeer thou schalt departe another dyme of alle thingis that growen to thee in that yeer, and thou schalt kepe withynne thi yatis.

29 And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

And the dekene schal come, whych hath noon other part nether possessioun with thee, and the pilgrym, and the fadirles, ether modirles child, and widue, that ben withynne thi yatis, `schulen come, and schulen ete, and be fillid, that thi Lord God blesse thee, in alle werkis of thin hondis whiche thou schalt do.