Genesis 34
1 Forsothe Dyna, the douytir of Lya, yede out to se the wymmen of that cuntrey.
Now Dinah, Leah's daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went out to meet the young women of the land.
2 And whanne Sichem, the sone of Emor Euey, the prince of that lond, hadde seyn hir, he louede hir, and rauyschide, and sclepte with hir, and oppresside the virgyn bi violence.
Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her and he grabbed her, assaulted her, and slept with her.
3 And his soule was boundun faste with hir, and he pleside hir sory with flateringis.
He was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
4 And he yede to Emor,
Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get this young woman for me as a wife.”
5 his fadir, and seide, Take to me this damysel a wijf. And whanne Jacob hadde herd this thing, while the sones weren absent, and ocupied in the fedyng of scheep, he was stille, til thei camen ayen.
Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. His sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.
6 Sotheli whanne Emor, the fadir of Sichem, was gon out, `that he schulde speke to Jacob, lo!
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
7 hise sones camen fro the feeld. And whanne this thing that bifelde was herd, thei weren wroothe greetli; for he wrouyte a foul thing in Israel, and he hadde do a thing vnleueful in the defoulyng of the douyter of Jacob.
The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard of the matter. The men were offended. They were very angry because he had disgraced Israel by forcing himself on Jacob's daughter, for such a thing should not have been done.
8 And so Emor spak to hem, The soule of my sone Sichem cleuyde to youre douytir, yeue ye hir a wijf to hym,
Hamor spoke with them, saying, “My son Shechem loves your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
9 and ioyne we weddyngis to gidere; yyue ye youre douytris to vs,
Intermarry with us, give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
10 and take ye oure douytris, and dwelle ye with vs; the lond is in youre power, tile ye, make ye marchaundise, and welde ye it.
You will live with us, and the land will be open to you to live and trade in, and to acquire property.”
11 But also Sichem seide to the fadir and britheren of hir, Fynde Y grace bifor you, and what euer thingis ye ordeynen Y schal yyue;
Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you tell me I will give.
12 encreesse ye the dower, and axe ye yiftis, Y schal yyue wilfull that that ye axen; oonli yyue ye this damysele a wijf to me.
Ask me for as great a bride price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.”
13 The sones of Jacob answeriden in gile to Sichem and his fadir, and weren feerse for the defoulyng of maidenhod of the sistir,
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, because Shechem had defiled Dinah their sister.
14 We moun not do this that ye axen, nether we moun yyue oure sistir to a man vncircumcidid, which thing is vnleueful and abhomynable anentis vs.
They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to anyone who is uncircumcised; for that would be a disgrace to us.
15 But in this we schulen mowe be boundun in pees, if ye wole be lijk vs, and ech of male kynde be circumcidid in you,
Only on this condition will we agree with you: If you will become circumcised as we are, if every male among you is circumcised.
16 thanne we schulen yyue and take togidre oure douytris and youre; and we schulen dwelle with you, and we schulen be o puple.
Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will live with you and become one people.
17 Forsothe if ye nylen be circumcidid, we schulen take oure douytir, and schulen go a wei.
But if you do not listen to us and become circumcised, then we will take our sister and we will leave.”
18 The profryng of hem pleside Emor and Sichem,
Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
19 his sone, and the yong wexynge man dilaiede not, that ne he fillide anoon that that was axid, for he louede the damysele greetli, and he was noble in al `the hous of his fadir.
The young man did not delay to do what they said, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter, and because he was the most honored person in all his father's household.
20 And thei entriden in to the yate of the citee, and spaken to the puple,
Hamor and Shechem his son went to the gate of their city and spoke with the men of their city, saying,
21 These men ben pesible, and wolen dwelle with vs; make thei marchaundie in the loond, and tile thei it, which is large and brood, and hath nede to tileris; we schulen take her douytris to wyues, and we schulen yyue oure douytris to hem.
“These men are at peace with us, so let them live in the land and trade in it for, really, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22 O thing is, for which so greet good is dilaied; if we circumciden oure malis, and suen the custom of the folc,
Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us and become one people: If every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 bothe her substaunce, and scheep, and alle thingis which thei welden, schulen be oure; oneli assente we in this, that we dwelle to gidere, and make o puple.
Will not their livestock and their property—all their animals be ours? So let us agree with them, and they will live among us.”
24 And alle men assentiden, and alle malis weren circumcidid.
All the men of the city listened to Hamor and Shechem, his son. Every male was circumcised.
25 And lo! in the thridde day, whanne the sorewe of woundis was moost greuous, twei sones of acob, Symeon and Leuy, britheren of Dyna, token swerdis, and entriden in to the citee booldeli; and whanne alle malis weren slayn,
On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob (Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers), each took his sword and they attacked the city that was certain of its security, and they killed all the males.
26 thei killiden Emor and Sichem togidere, and token Dyna, her sistir, fro the hous of Sichem.
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword. They took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.
27 And whanne thei weren goon out, othere sones of Jacob felden in on the slayn men, and rifeliden the citee for the veniaunce of defoulyng of a virgyn.
The other sons of Jacob came to the dead bodies and looted the city, because the people had defiled their sister.
28 And thei wastiden the scheep of tho men, and droues of oxun, and assis, and alle thingis that weren in howsis and feeldis,
They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and everything in the city and in the surrounding fields with
29 and ledden prisoneris the litle children, and wyues of tho men.
all their wealth. All their children and their wives, they captured. They even took everything that was in the houses.
30 And whanne these thingis weren don hardili, Jacob seide to Symeon and Leuy, Ye han troblid me, and han maad me hateful to Cananeis and Fereseis, dwellers of this lond; we ben fewe, thei schulen be gaderid to gidere and schulen sle me, and Y schal be don a wey and myn hous.
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me, to make me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. If they gather themselves together against me and attack me, then I will be destroyed, I and my household.”
31 Symeon and Leuy answeriden, Whether thei ouyten mysuse oure sistir as an hoore?
But Simeon and Levi said, “Should Shechem have dealt with our sister as with a prostitute?”
