Leviticus 19
1 The Lord told Moses,
The Lord spak to Moises, and seide,
2 “Tell all the Israelites: You must be holy because I am holy; I am the Lord your God.
Speke thou to al the cumpenye of the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Be ye hooli, for Y am hooli, youre Lord God.
3 Show respect for your mother and father, and keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Ech man drede his fadir and his modir. Kepe ye my sabatis; Y am youre Lord God.
4 Don't turn to idols for help or make for metal images of gods. I am the Lord your God.
Nyle ye be turned to ydols, nether ye schulen make to you yotun goddis; Y am youre Lord God.
5 When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, make sure you do it correctly so God will accept you.
If ye offren a sacrifice of pesible thingis to the Lord, that it be quemeful,
6 It needs to be eaten the day you sacrifice it, or the next day. Whatever is left over on the third day must be burned.
ye schulen ete it in that day, in which it is offrid, and in the tother dai; sotheli what euer thing is residue in to the thridde dai, ye schulen brenne in fier.
7 If you do eat some of it on the third day, the sacrifice becomes repulsive and won't be accepted.
If ony man etith therof aftir twei daes, he schal be vnhooli, and gilti of vnfeithfulnes `ether wickidnesse; and he schal bere his wickidnesse,
8 Anyone who eats it eats it will bear responsibility for their guilt, for they have made unclean what is holy to the Lord. They must be expelled from their people.
for he defoulide the hooli thing of the Lord, and his soule schal perische fro his puple.
9 When you harvest the crops grown on your land, don't harvest right up to the edges of your field, or collect what has been missed.
Whanne thou schalt repe the fruytis of thi lond, thou schalt not kitte `til to the ground the corn of the lond, nether thou schalt gadere the eeris of corn that ben left;
10 Don't take every last grape from your vineyard or pick up the ones that have fallen. Leave them for the poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.
nethir in thi vyner thou schalt gadere reysyns and greynes fallynge doun, but thou schalt leeue to be gaderid of pore men and pilgryms; Y am youre Lord God.
11 Don't steal. Don't lie. Don't deceive each other.
Ye schulen not do thefte. Ye schulen not lye, and no man disseyue his neiybour.
12 Don't swear oaths in my name that are not true, otherwise you defame the character of your God. I am the Lord.
Thou schalt not forswere in my name, nethir thou schalt defoule the name of thi God; Y am the Lord.
13 Don't cheat others or rob them. Don't refuse to pay wages due to workers until the morning.
Thou schalt not make fals chalenge to thi neiybore, nethir thou schalt oppresse hym bi violence. The werk of thin hirid man schal not dwelle at thee til the morewtid.
14 Don't speak badly about deaf people. Don't put objects in the way of blind people to trip them up. Instead show respect to your God. I am the Lord.
Thou schalt not curse a deef man, nether thou schalt sette an hurtyng bifor a blynd man; but thou schalt drede thi Lord God, for Y am the Lord.
15 Don't be a corrupt judge. Don't show favoritism to the poor or to the rich. Judge others fairly.
Thou schalt not do that, that is wickid, nether thou schalt deme vniustli; biholde thou not the persoone of a pore man, nethir onoure thou the face of a myyti man; deme thou iustli to thi neiybore.
16 Don't go around spreading false rumors about people. Don't keep quiet when the lives of others are at risk. I am the Lord.
Thou schalt not be a sclaunderere, nether a priuey bacbitere in the puplis; thou schalt not stonde ayens the blood of thi neiybore; Y am the Lord.
17 Don't hold onto hateful feelings towards others. Talk honestly with your neighbors, so that you don't sin because of them.
Thou schalt not hate thi brothir in thin herte, but repreue hym opynly, lest thou haue synne on hym.
18 Don't look for revenge or hold a grudge against anybody, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
Thou schalt not seke veniaunce, nether thou schalt be myndeful of the wrong of thi cyteseyns; thou schalt loue thi freend as thi silf; Y am the Lord.
19 Do what I tell you! Don't make different kinds of livestock breed together. Don't sow your fields with two different kinds of seed. Don't wear clothes made of two different kinds of material.
Kepe ye my lawis. Thou schalt not make thi beestis to gendre with the lyuynge beestis of another kynde. Thou schalt not sowe the feeld with dyuerse sede. Thou schalt not be clothid in a cloth, which is wouun of twei thingis.
20 If a man has sex with a servant girl promised to become another man's wife, but who hasn't yet been bought or set free, then compensation has to be paid. However, they are not to be killed, because she hadn't been set free.
If a man slepith with a womman by fleischly knowyng of seed, which womman is an `hand maide, ye, a noble womman of kyn, and netheles is not ayenbouyt bi prijs, nethir rewardid with fredom, bothe schulen be betun, and thei schulen not die, for sche was not fre.
21 But the man must bring a ram as his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
Sotheli the man for his trespas schal offre a ram to the Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng;
22 The priest will set things right for him before the Lord using the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and his sin will be forgiven.
and the preest schal preye for hym, and for his trespas, bifor the Lord; and the Lord schal be merciful to hym, and the synne schal be foryouun.
23 When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, treat the fruit at first as unclean. For three years you are forbidden to eat it.
Whanne ye han entrid in to the lond of biheest, and han plauntid therynne appil trees, ye schulen do awei the firste flouris; the applis whiche tho trees bryngen forth, schulen be vncleene to you, nethir ye schulen ete of tho.
24 The fourth year all the fruit must be dedicated to the Lord as a praise offering.
Forsothe in the fourthe yeer al the fruyt of tho trees schal be `halewid preiseful to the Lord;
25 However, the fifth year you may eat the fruit and in this way you will have an even greater harvest. I am the Lord your God.
forsothe in the fifthe yeer ye schulen ete fruytis, and schulen gadere applis, whiche tho trees bryngen forth; Y am youre Lord God.
26 Don't eat meat with blood in it. Don't use fortune-telling or witchcraft.
Ye schulen not ete fleisch with blood. Ye schulen not make veyn diuynyng, nether ye schulen kepe dremes;
27 Don't cut your hair on the sides of your head or trim the sides of your beard,
nether ye schulen clippe the heer in round, nether ye schulen schaue the beerd;
28 don't cut your bodies in some pagan ritual for the dead, and don't get yourselves tattoos. I am the Lord.
and on deed men ye schulen not kitte youre fleischis, nether ye schulen make to you ony fyguris, ether markis in youre fleisch; Y am the Lord.
29 Don't bring shame on your daughter by making her a prostitute, otherwise the land will become morally and spiritually depraved.
Sette thou not thi douytir to do leccherie for hire, and the lond be defoulid, and be fillid with synne.
30 Keep my Sabbaths and show respect for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
Kepe ye my sabatis, and drede ye my seyntuarie; Y `am the Lord.
31 Don't try and find help from mediums or spiritists—don't even go looking for them, otherwise they will corrupt you. I am the Lord your God.
Bowe ye not to astronomyers, nether axe ye ony thing of fals dyuynours, that ye be defoulid bi hem; Y am youre Lord God.
32 Stand up and be respectful of older people. Show reverence for your God. I am the Lord.
Rise thou bifor an hoor heed, and onoure thou the persoone of an eld man, and drede thou thi Lord God; Y am the Lord.
33 Don't mistreat foreigners who live in your country.
If a comelyng enhabitith in youre lond, and dwellith among you, dispise ye not hym,
34 Treat them in the same way as a fellow citizen, and love them as you love yourself, because you were once foreigners living in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
but be he among you as a man borun in the lond; and ye schulen loue hym as you silf, for also ye weren comelyngis in the lond of Egipt; Y am youre Lord God.
35 Don't use dishonest weights and measures.
Nyle ye do ony wickid thing in doom, in reule, in weiyte, and in mesure; the balance be iust,
36 Make sure your scales and weights are accurate, that your measures of ephah and hin are correct. I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt.
and the weiytis be euene, the buschel be iust, and the sextarie be euene; Y am youre Lord God, that ladde you out of the lond of Egipt.
37 Keep all my rules and regulations, and make sure you follow them. I am the Lord.”
Kepe ye alle myn heestis, and alle domes, and do ye tho; Y am the Lord.
