Exodus 20
1 And the Lord spak alle these wordis, Y am thi Lord God,
And the Lord spoke all these words, saying:
2 that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of seruage.
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou schalt not haue alien goddis bifore me.
You shall have no other gods beside me.
4 Thou schalt not make to thee a grauun ymage, nethir ony licnesse of thing which is in heuene aboue, and which is in erthe bynethe, nether of tho thingis, that ben in watris vndur erthe; thou schalt not `herie tho,
You shall not make to yourself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.
5 nether `thou schalt worschipe; for Y am thi Lord God, a stronge gelouse louyere; and Y visite the wickidnesse of fadris in to the thridde and the fourthe generacioun of hem that haten me,
You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,
6 and Y do mercy in to `a thousynde, to hem that louen me, and kepen myn heestis.
and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands [of them], and on them that keep my commandments.
7 Thou schalt not take in veyn the name of thi Lord God, for the Lord schal not haue hym giltles, that takith in veyn the name of his Lord God.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord your God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.
8 Haue thou mynde, that thou halowe the `dai of the sabat;
Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.
9 in sixe daies thou schalt worche and schalt do alle thi werkis;
Six days you shall labour, and shall perform all your work.
10 forsothe in the seuenthe day is the sabat of thi Lord God; thou schalt not do ony werk, thou, and thi sone, and thi douytir, and thi seruaunt, and thin handmaide, thi werk beeste, and the comelyng which is withynne thi yatis;
But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God; on it you shall do no work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your servant nor your maidservant, your ox nor your ass, nor any cattle of your, nor the stranger that sojourns with you.
11 for in sixe dayes God made heuene and erthe, the see, and alle thingis that ben in tho, and restide in the seuenthe dai; herfor the Lord blesside the `dai of the sabat, and halewide it.
For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
12 Onoure thi fadir and thi moder, that thou be long lyuyng on the lond, which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee.
Honour your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.
13 Thou schalt not sle.
You shall not commit adultery.
14 Thou schalt `do no letcherie.
You shall not steal.
15 Thou schalt `do no theft.
You shall not kill.
16 Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
17 Thou schalt not coueyte `the hous of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt desyre his wijf, not seruaunt, not handmaide, not oxe, not asse, nether alle thingis that ben hise.
You shall not covet your neighbour's wife; you shall not covet your neighbour's house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to your neighbour.
18 Forsothe al the puple herde voices, and siy laumpis, and the sowne of a clarioun, and the hil smokynge; and thei weren afeerd, and schakun with inward drede, and stoden afer,
And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,
19 and seiden to Moises, Speke thou to vs, and we schulen here; the Lord speke not to vs, lest perauenture we dien.
and said to Moses, Speak you to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.
20 And Moises seide to the puple, Nyle ye drede, for God cam to proue you, and that his drede schulde be in you, and that ye schulden not do synne.
And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be amongst you, that you sin not.
21 And the puple stood afer; forsothe Moises neiyede to the derknesse, wherynne God was.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.
22 And the Lord seide ferthermore to Moises, Thou schalt seie these thingis to the sones of Israel, Ye seiyen that fro heuene Y spak to you;
And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and you shall report it to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
23 ye schulen not make goddis of silver, nethir ye schulen make to you goddis of gold.
You shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold you shall not make to yourselves.
24 Ye schulen make an auter of erthe to me, and ye schulen offre theronne youre brent sacrifices, and pesible sacrifices, youre scheep, and oxun, in ech place in which the mynde of my name schal be; Y schal come to thee, and Y schal blesse thee.
You shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it you shall sacrifice your whole burnt offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to you and bless you.
25 That if thou schalt make an auter of stoon to me, thou schalt not bilde it of stoonys hewun; for if thou schalt reise thi knyif theronne, it schal be `polluted, ether defoulid.
And if you will make to me an altar of stones, you shall not build them hewn [stones]; for you have lifted up your tool upon them, and they are defiled.
26 Thou schalt not stye bi grees to myn auter, lest thi filthe be schewid.
You shall not go up to my altar by steps, that you may not uncover your nakedness upon it.
