< Genesis 4 >

1 Forsothe Adam knewe Eue his wijf, which conseyuede, and childide Cayn, and seide, Y haue gete a man bi God.
and [the] the man (Adam) to know [obj] Eve woman: wife his and to conceive and to beget [obj] Cain and to say to buy man with LORD
2 And efte sche childide his brother Abel. Forsothe Abel was a kepere of scheep, and Cayn was an erthe tilyere.
and to add: again to/for to beget [obj] brother: male-sibling his [obj] Abel and to be Abel to pasture flock and Cain to be to serve: labour land: soil
3 Sotheli it was don after many daies, that Cayn offride yiftis to the Lord of the fruytis of erthe;
and to be from end day and to come (in): bring Cain from fruit [the] land: soil offering to/for LORD
4 and Abel offride of the first gendrid of his floc, and of the fatnesse of tho. And the Lord bihelde to Abel and to the yiftis of hym;
and Abel to come (in): bring also he/she/it from firstborn flock his and from fat their and to gaze LORD to(wards) Abel and to(wards) offering his
5 sotheli he bihelde not to Cayn and to hise yiftis. And Cayn was wrooth greetli, and his cheer felde doun.
and to(wards) Cain and to(wards) offering his not to gaze and to be incensed to/for Cain much and to fall: angry face: angry his
6 And the Lord seide to hym, Whi art thou wrooth, and whi felde doun thi face?
and to say LORD to(wards) Cain to/for what? to be incensed to/for you and to/for what? to fall: fall face your
7 Whether not if thou schalt do wel, thou schalt resseyue; but if thou doist yuele, thi synne schal be present anoon in the yatis? but the desir therof schal be vndur thee, and thou schalt be lord therof.
not if be good elevation and if not be good to/for entrance sin to stretch and to(wards) you desire his and you(m. s.) to rule in/on/with him
8 And Cayn seide to Abel his brother, Go we out. And whanne thei weren in the feeld, Cayn roos ayens his brother Abel, and killide him.
and to say Cain to(wards) Abel brother: male-sibling his (to go: went [the] land: country *X*) and to be in/on/with to be they in/on/with land: country and to arise: rise Cain to(wards) Abel brother: male-sibling his and to kill him
9 And the Lord seide to Cayn, Where is Abel thi brother? Which answerde, Y woot not; whether Y am the kepere of my brothir?
and to say LORD to(wards) Cain where? Abel brother: male-sibling your and to say not to know to keep: guard brother: male-sibling my I
10 And God seide to Cayn, What hast thou do? the vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro erthe.
and to say what? to make: do voice blood brother: male-sibling your to cry to(wards) me from [the] land: soil
11 Now therfor thou schalt be cursid on erthe, that openyde his mouth, and resseyuede of thin hond the blood of thi brothir.
and now to curse you(m. s.) from [the] land: soil which to open [obj] lip her to/for to take: recieve [obj] blood brother: male-sibling your from hand your
12 Whanne thou schalt worche the erthe, it schal not yyue his fruytis to thee; thou schalt be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute on erthe in alle the daies of thi lijf.
for to serve: labour [obj] [the] land: soil not to add: again to give: give strength her to/for you to shake and to wander to be in/on/with land: country/planet
13 And Cayn seide to the Lord, My wickidnesse is more than that Y disserue foryyuenesse; lo!
and to say Cain to(wards) LORD great: large iniquity: punishment my from to lift: bear
14 to dai thou castist me out fro the face of the erthe; and Y schal be hid fro thi face, and Y schal be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute in erthe; therfore ech man that schal fynde me schal slee me.
look! to drive out: drive out [obj] me [the] day from upon face: surface [the] land: soil and from face your to hide and to be to shake and to wander in/on/with land: country/planet and to be all to find me to kill me
15 And the Lord seide to hym, It schal not be don so, but ech man that schal slee Cayn shal be punyschid seuenfold. And the Lord settide a signe in Cayn, that ech man that schulde fynde hym schulde not slee hym.
and to say to/for him LORD to/for so all to kill Cain sevenfold to avenge and to set: put LORD to/for Cain sign: indicator to/for lest to smite [obj] him all to find him
16 And Cayn yede out fro the face of the Lord, and dwellide fleynge aboute in erthe, at the eest coost of Eden.
and to come out: come Cain from to/for face LORD and to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet Nod east Eden
17 Forsothe Cayn knewe his wiif, which conseyuede, and childide Enoth; and Cayn bildide a citee, and clepide the name therof of the name of hise sone Enoth.
and to know Cain [obj] woman: wife his and to conceive and to beget [obj] Enoch and to be to build city and to call: call by name [the] city like/as name son: child his Enoch
18 Forsothe Enoth gendride Irad, and Irad gendride Manyael, and Manyael gendride Matusael, and Matusael gendride Lameth;
and to beget to/for Enoch [obj] Irad and Irad to beget [obj] Mehujael and Mehujael to beget [obj] Methushael and Methushael to beget [obj] Lamech
19 that took twei wyues, the name to o wijf was Ada, and the name to the tother was Sella.
and to take: marry to/for him Lamech two woman: wife name [the] one Adah and name [the] second Zillah
20 And Ada gendride Jabel, that was the fadir of dwellers in tentis and of shepherdis;
and to beget Adah [obj] Jabal he/she/it to be father to dwell tent and livestock
21 and the name of his brother was Tubal, he was the fadir of syngeris in harpe and orgun.
and name brother: male-sibling his Jubal he/she/it to be father all to capture lyre and pipe
22 And Sella gendride Tubalcayn, that was an hamerbetere, and smyyt on alle werkis of bras and of yrun; forsothe the sistir of Tubalcayn was Neoma.
and Zillah also he/she/it to beget [obj] Tubal-cain Tubal-cain to sharpen all to plow/plot bronze and iron and sister Tubal-cain Tubal-cain Naamah
23 And Lameth seide to his wyues Ada and Sella, Ye wyues of Lameth, here my vois, and herkne my word; for Y haue slayn a man bi my wounde, and a yong wexynge man bi my `violent betyng;
and to say Lamech to/for woman: wife his Adah and Zillah to hear: hear voice my woman: wife Lamech to listen word my for man to kill to/for wound my and youth to/for wound my
24 veniaunce schal be youun seuenfold of Cayn, forsothe of Lameth seuentisithis seuensithis.
for sevenfold to avenge Cain and Lamech seventy and seven
25 Also yit Adam knewe his wijf, and sche childide a sone, and clepide his name Seth, and seide, God hath put to me another seed for Abel, whom Cayn killide.
and to know Adam still [obj] woman: wife his and to beget son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Seth for to set: appoint to/for me God seed: children another underneath: instead Abel for to kill him Cain
26 But also a sone was borun to Seth, which sone he clepide Enos; this Enos bigan to clepe inwardli the name of the Lord.
and to/for Seth also he/she/it to beget son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Enosh then to profane/begin: begin to/for to call: call to in/on/with name LORD

< Genesis 4 >