Isaiah 57

1 A iust man perischith, and noon is, that thenkith in his herte; and men of merci ben gaderid togidere, for noon is that vndurstondith; for whi a iust man is gaderid fro the face of malice.

[the] righteous to perish and nothing man: anyone to set: put upon heart and human kindness to gather in/on/with nothing to understand for from face: before [the] distress: harm to gather [the] righteous

2 Pees come, reste he in his bed, that yede in his dressyng.

to come (in): come peace to rest upon bed their to go: walk straightforward his

3 But ye, sones of the sekere of fals dyuynyng bi chiteryng of briddys, neiye hidur, the seed of auowtresse, and of an hoore.

and you(m. p.) to present: come here/thus son: child to divine seed: children to commit adultery and to fornicate

4 On whom scorneden ye? on whom maden ye greet the mouth, and puttiden out the tunge? Whethir ye ben not cursid sones, a seed of leesyngis?

upon who? to delight upon who? to enlarge lip to prolong tongue not you(m. p.) youth transgression seed: children deception

5 which ben coumfortid in goddis, vndur ech tree ful of bowis, and offren litle children in strondis, vndur hiye stoonys.

[the] to warm in/on/with terebinth underneath: under all tree luxuriant to slaughter [the] youth in/on/with torrent: valley underneath: under cleft [the] crag

6 Thi part is in the partis of the stronde, this is thi part; and to tho thou scheddist out moist offryng, thou offridist sacrifice. Whether Y schal not haue indignacioun on these thingis?

in/on/with smooth torrent: river portion your they(masc.) they(masc.) allotted your also to/for them to pour: pour drink offering to ascend: establish offering upon these to be sorry: relent

7 Thou puttidist thi bed on an hiy hil and enhaunsid, and thidur thou stiedist to offre sacrifices;

upon mountain: mount high and to lift: raise to set: make bed your also there to ascend: rise to/for to sacrifice sacrifice

8 and thou settidist thi memorial bihynde the dore, and bihynde the post. For bisidis me thou vnhilidist, and tokist auouter; thou alargidist thi bed, and madist a boond of pees with hem; thou louedist the bed of hem with openyd hond,

and after [the] door and [the] doorpost to set: make memorial your for from with me to reveal: uncover and to ascend: rise to enlarge bed your and to cut: make(covenant) to/for you from them to love: lover bed their hand: penis to see

9 and ournedist thee with kyngis oynement, and thou multipliedist thi pymentis; thou sentist fer thi messangeris, and thou art maad low `til to hellis. (Sheol h7585)

and to travel to/for king in/on/with oil and to multiply perfumery your and to send: depart (envoy your *L(abh)*) till from distant and to abase till hell: Sheol (Sheol h7585)

10 Thou trauelidist in the multitude of thi weie, and seidist not, Y schal reste; thou hast founde the weie of thin hond,

in/on/with abundance way: journey your be weary/toil not to say to despair living thing hand: power your to find upon so not be weak: weak

11 therfor thou preiedist not. For what thing dreddist thou bisy, for thou liedist, and thouytist not on me? And thou thouytist not in thin herte, that Y am stille, and as not seynge; and thou hast foryete me.

and [obj] who? be anxious and to fear: revere for to lie and [obj] me not to remember not to set: put upon heart your not I be silent and from forever: antiquity and [obj] me not to fear: revere

12 Y schal telle thi riytfulnesse, and thi werkis schulen not profite to thee.

I to tell righteousness your and [obj] deed your and not to gain you

13 Whanne thou schalt crie, thi gaderid tresours delyuere thee; and the wynd schal take awei alle tho, a blast schal do awei hem; but he that hath trist on me, schal enherite the lond, and schal haue in possessioun myn hooli hil.

in/on/with to cry out you to rescue you collection your and [obj] all their to lift: bear spirit: breath to take: take vanity and [the] to seek refuge in/on/with me to inherit land: country/planet and to possess: possess mountain: mount holiness my

14 And Y schal seie, Make ye weie, yyue ye iurney, bowe ye fro the path, do ye awei hirtyngis fro the weie of my puple.

and to say to build to build to turn way: road to exalt stumbling from way: road people my

15 For the Lord hiy, and enhaunsid, seith these thingis, that dwellith in euerlastyngnesse, and his hooli name in hiy place, and that dwellith in hooli, and with a contrite and meke spirit, that he quykene the spirit of meke men, and quykene the herte of contrit men.

for thus to say to exalt and to lift: exalt to dwell perpetuity and holy name his height and holy to dwell and with contrite and low spirit to/for to live spirit low and to/for to live heart to crush

16 For Y schal not stryue with outen ende, nether Y schal be wrooth `til to the ende; for whi a spirit schal go out fro my face, and Y schal make blastis.

for not to/for forever: enduring to contend and not to/for perpetuity be angry for spirit from to/for face: before my to enfeeble and breath I to make

17 Y was wrooth for the wickidnesse of his aueryce, and Y smoot hym. Y hidde my face fro thee, and Y hadde indignacioun; and he yede with out stidfast dwellyng, in the weie of his herte.

in/on/with iniquity: crime unjust-gain his be angry and to smite him to hide and be angry and to go: went turning back in/on/with way: conduct heart his

18 Y siy hise weies, and Y helide hym, and Y brouyte hym ayen; and Y yaf coumfortyngis to hym, and to the moreneris of hym.

way: conduct his to see: see and to heal him and to lead him and to complete comfort to/for him and to/for mourning his

19 Y made the fruyt of lippis pees, pees to hym that is fer, and to hym that is niy, seide the Lord; and Y heelide hym.

to create (fruit *Q(K)*) lips peace peace to/for distant and to/for near to say LORD and to heal him

20 But wickid men ben as the buyling see, that may not reste; and the wawis therof fleten ayen in to defoulyng, and fen.

and [the] wicked like/as sea to drive out: drive out for to quiet not be able and to drive out: drive out water his mire and mud

21 The Lord God seide, Pees is not to wickid men.

nothing peace to say God my to/for wicked