Isaiah 47
1 Thou virgyn, the douytir Babiloyne, go doun, sitte thou in dust, sitte thou in erthe; a kyngis seete is not to the douyter of Caldeis, for thou schalt no more be clepid soft and tendir.
to go down and to dwell upon dust virgin daughter Babylon to dwell to/for land: soil nothing throne daughter Chaldea for not to add: again to call: call by to/for you tender and dainty
2 Take thou a queerne stoon, and grynde thou mele; make thou nakid thi filthe, diskeuere the schuldur, schewe the hippis, passe thou floodis.
to take: take millstone and to grind flour to reveal: uncover veil your to strip skirt to reveal: uncover leg to pass river
3 Thi schame schal be schewid, and thi schenschipe schal be seen; Y schal take veniaunce, and no man schal ayenstonde me.
to reveal: uncover nakedness your also to see: see reproach your vengeance to take: take and not to fall on man
4 Oure ayen biere, the Lord of oostis is his name, the hooli of Israel.
to redeem: redeem our LORD Hosts name his holy Israel
5 Douyter of Caldeis, sitte thou, be thou stille, and entre in to derknessis, for thou schalt no more be clepid the ladi of rewmes.
to dwell silence and to come (in): come in/on/with darkness daughter Chaldea for not to add: again to call: call by to/for you lady kingdom
6 I was wrooth on my puple, Y defoulid myn eritage, and Y yaf hem in thin hond, and thou settidist not mercies to hem; thou madist greuouse the yok greetli on an eld man,
be angry upon people my to profane/begin: profane inheritance my and to give: give them in/on/with hand: power your not to set: make to/for them compassion upon old to honor: heavy yoke your much
7 and thou seidist, With outen ende Y schal be ladi; thou puttidist not these thingis on thin herte, nether thou bithouytist on thi laste thing.
and to say to/for forever: enduring to be lady till not to set: put these upon heart your not to remember end her
8 And now, thou delicat, and dwellynge tristili, here these thingis, which seist in thin herte, Y am, and outakun me ther is no more; Y schal not sitte widewe, and Y schal not knowe bareynesse.
and now to hear: hear this voluptuous [the] to dwell to/for security [the] to say in/on/with heart her I and end I still not to dwell widow and not to know bereavement
9 These twei thingis, bareynesse and widewhod schulen come to thee sudenli in o dai; alle thingis camen on thee for the multitude of thi witchecraftis, and for the greet hardnesse of thin enchauntours, ether tregetours.
and to come (in): come to/for you two these moment in/on/with day one bereavement and widower like/as integrity their to come (in): come upon you in/on/with abundance sorcery your in/on/with strength spell your much
10 And thou haddist trist in thi malice, and seidist, Noon is that seeth me; this thi wisdom and thi kunnyng disseyuede thee; and thou seidist in thin herte,
and to trust in/on/with distress: evil your to say nothing to see: see me wisdom your and knowledge your he/she/it to return: turn back you and to say in/on/with heart your I and end I still
11 Y am, and outakun me ther is noon other. Yuel schal come on thee, and thou schalt not knowe the bigynning therof; and wrecchidnesse schal falle on thee, which thou schalt not mowe clense; wretchidnesse which thou knowist not, schal come on thee sudenly.
and to come (in): come upon you distress: evil not to know dawn her and to fall: fall upon you misfortune not be able to atone her and to come (in): come upon you suddenly devastation not to know
12 Stonde thou with thin enchauntours, and with the multitude of thi witchis, in whiche thou trauelidist fro thi yongthe; if in hap thei profiten ony thing to thee, ether if thou maist be maad the strongere.
to stand: stand please in/on/with spell your and in/on/with abundance sorcery your in/on/with in which be weary/toil from youth your perhaps be able to gain perhaps to tremble
13 Thou failidist in the multitude of thi councels; the false dyuynours of heuene stonde, and saue thee, whiche bihelden staris, and noumbriden monethis, that thei schulden telle bi tho thingis to comynge to thee.
be weary in/on/with abundance counsel your to stand: stand please and to save you (to divide *Q(K)*) heaven [the] to see in/on/with star to know to/for month: new moon from whence to come (in): come upon you
14 Lo! thei ben maad as stobil, the fier hath brent hem; thei schulen not delyuere her lijf fro the power of flawme; colis ben not, bi whiche thei schulen be warmed, nether fier, that thei sitte at it.
behold to be like/as stubble fire to burn them not to rescue [obj] soul: myself their from hand: power flame nothing coal to/for to warm them flame to/for to dwell before him
15 So tho thingis ben maad to thee in whiche euere thou trauelidist; thi marchauntis fro thi yongthe erriden, ech man in his weie; noon is, that schal saue thee.
so to be to/for you which be weary/toil to trade your from youth your man: anyone to/for side: beyond his to go astray nothing to save you
