< Isaiah 21 >

1 The birthun of the forsakun see. As whirlewyndis comen fro the southwest, it cometh fro desert, fro the orible lond.
oracle wilderness sea like/as whirlwind in/on/with Negeb to/for to pass from wilderness to come (in): come from land: country/planet to fear
2 An hard reuelacioun is teld to me; he that is vnfeithful, doith vnfeithfuli; and he that is a distriere, distrieth. Thou Helam, stie, and thou, Meda, biseche; Y made al the weilyng therof for to ceesse.
vision severe to tell to/for me [the] to act treacherously to act treacherously and [the] to ruin to ruin to ascend: rise Elam to confine Media all sighing her to cease
3 Therfor my leendis ben fillid with sorewe; angwische weldide me, as the angwisch of a womman trauelynge of child; Y felle doun, whanne Y herde; Y was disturblid, whanne Y siy.
upon so to fill loin my anguish pang to grasp me like/as pang to beget to twist from to hear: hear to dismay from to see: see
4 Myn herte fadide, derknessis astonieden me; Babiloyne, my derlyng, is set to me in to myracle.
to go astray heart my shuddering to terrify me [obj] twilight desire my to set: make to/for me to/for trembling
5 Sette thou a boord, biholde thou in to a toting place; rise, ye princes, etynge and drynkynge, take ye scheeld.
to arrange [the] table to overlay [the] rug to eat to drink to arise: rise [the] ruler to anoint shield
6 For whi the Lord seide these thingis to me, Go thou, and sette a lokere; and telle he, what euer thing he seeth.
for thus to say to(wards) me Lord to go: went to stand: stand [the] to watch which to see: see to tell
7 And he siy the chare of tweyne horse men, the stiere of an asse, and the stiere of a camel; and he bihelde diligentli with myche lokyng,
and to see: see chariot pair horseman chariot donkey chariot camel and to listen attentiveness many attentiveness
8 and criede as a lioun, Y stonde contynueli bi dai on the totyng place of the Lord, and Y stonde bi alle nyytis on my kepyng.
and to call: call out lion upon lookout Lord I to stand: stand continually by day and upon charge my I to stand all [the] night
9 Lo! this cometh, a man stiere of a carte of horse men. And Isaie criede, and seide, Babiloyne felle doun, felle doun; and alle the grauun ymagis of goddis therof ben al to-brokun in to erthe.
and behold this to come (in): come chariot man pair horseman and to answer and to say to fall: fall to fall: fall Babylon and all idol God her to break to/for land: soil
10 Mi threschyng, and the douyter of my cornfloor, Y haue teld to you what thingis Y herde of the Lord of oostis, of God of Israel.
threshed my and son: type of threshing floor my which to hear: hear from with LORD Hosts God Israel to tell to/for you
11 The birthun of Duma. It crieth fro Seir to me, Kepere, what our of the niyt? `kepere, what our of the niyt?
oracle Dumah to(wards) me to call: call to from Seir to keep: guard what? from night to keep: guard what? from night
12 The kepere seide, Morewtid cometh, and niyt; if ye seken, seke ye, and be ye conuertid, and `come ye.
to say to keep: guard to come morning and also night if to enquire [emph?] to enquire to return: again to come
13 The birthun in Arabie. In the forest at euentid ye schulen slepe, in the pathis of Dodanym.
oracle in/on/with Arabia in/on/with wood in/on/with Arabia to lodge caravan Dedanite
14 Ye that dwellen in the lond of the south, renne, and bere watir to the thristi; and renne ye with looues to hym that fleeth.
to/for to encounter: meet thirsty to come water to dwell land: country/planet Tema in/on/with food: bread his to meet to wander
15 For thei fledden fro the face of swerdis, fro the face of swerd neiyynge, fro the face of bouwe bent, fro the face of greuouse batel.
for from face: before sword to wander from face: before sword to leave and from face: before bow to tread and from face: before heaviness battle
16 For the Lord seith these thingis to me, Yit in o yeer, as in the yeer of an hirid man, and al the glorie of Cedar schal be takun awei.
for thus to say Lord to(wards) me in/on/with still year like/as year hired and to end: finish all glory Kedar
17 And the remenauntis of the noumbre of stronge archeris of the sones of Cedar schulen be maad lesse; for whi the Lord God of Israel spak.
and remnant number bow mighty man son: descendant/people Kedar to diminish for LORD God Israel to speak: speak

< Isaiah 21 >