Jeremiah 5
1 Cumpasse ye the weies of Jerusalem, and loke, and biholde ye, and seke ye in the stretis therof, whether ye fynden a man doynge doom, and sekynge feith; and Y schal be merciful to hem.
to rove in/on/with outside Jerusalem and to see: see please and to know and to seek in/on/with street/plaza her if to find man if there to make: do justice to seek faithfulness and to forgive to/for her
2 That if also thei seien, The Lord lyueth, yhe, thei schulen swere this falsli.
and if alive LORD to say to/for so to/for deception to swear
3 Lord, thin iyen biholden feith; thou hast smyte hem, and thei maden not sorewe; thou hast al tobroke hem, and thei forsoken to take chastisyng; thei maden her faces hardere than a stoon, and nolden turne ayen.
LORD eye your not to/for faithfulness to smite [obj] them and not to twist: writh in pain to end: destroy them to refuse to take: take discipline to strengthen: strengthen face their from crag to refuse to/for to return: repent
4 Forsothe Y seide, In hap thei ben pore men, and foolis, that knowen not the weie of the Lord, and the doom of her God.
and I to say surely poor they(masc.) be foolish for not to know way: conduct LORD justice God their
5 Therfor Y schal go to the principal men, and Y schal speke to hem; for thei knewen the weie of the Lord, and the doom of her God. And lo! thei han more broke togidere the yok, and han broke boondis.
to go: went to/for me to(wards) [the] great: large and to speak: speak [obj] them for they(masc.) to know way: conduct LORD justice God their surely they(masc.) together to break yoke to tear bond
6 Therfor a lioun of the wode smoot hem; a wolf at euentid wastide hem, a parde wakynge on the citees of hem. Ech man that goith out of hem, schal be takun; for the trespassyngis of hem ben multiplied, the turnyngis awei of hem ben coumfortid.
upon so to smite them lion from wood wolf plain to ruin them leopard to watch upon city their all [the] to come out: come from them to tear for to multiply transgression their be vast (faithlessness their *Q(k)*)
7 On what thing mai Y be merciful to thee? Thi sones han forsake me, and sweren bi hem that ben not goddis. Y fillide hem, and thei diden auowtrie, and in the hous of an hoore thei diden letcherie.
where? to/for this (to forgive *Q(k)*) to/for you son: child your to leave: forsake me and to swear in/on/with not God and to satisfy [obj] them and to commit adultery and house: home to fornicate to cut
8 Thei ben maad horsis, and stalouns, louyeris to wymmen; ech man neiyede to the wijf of his neiybore.
horse to feed to lust to be man: anyone to(wards) woman: wife neighbor his to cry out
9 Whether Y schal not visite on these thingis, seith the Lord, and schal not my soule take veniaunce in siche a folk?
upon these not to reckon: punish utterance LORD and if: surely no in/on/with nation which like/as this not to avenge soul: myself my
10 Stye ye on the wallis therof, and distrie ye; but nyle ye make an endyng. Do ye awei the siouns therof, for thei ben not seruauntis of the Lord.
to ascend: rise in/on/with vine-row her and to ruin and consumption not to make to turn aside: turn aside tendril her for not to/for LORD they(masc.)
11 For whi the hous of Israel and the hous of Juda hath trespassid bi trespassyng ayens me, seith the Lord;
for to act treacherously to act treacherously in/on/with me house: household Israel and house: household Judah utterance LORD
12 thei denyeden the Lord, and seiden, He is not, nether yuel schal come on vs; we schulen not se swerd and hungur.
to deceive in/on/with LORD and to say not he/she/it and not to come (in): come upon us distress: harm and sword and famine not to see: see
13 The profetis spaken ayens the wynd, and noon answer was in hem; therfor these thingis schulen come to hem.
and [the] prophet to be to/for spirit: breath and [the] statement nothing in/on/with them thus to make: do to/for them
14 The Lord God of oostis seith these thingis, For ye spaken this word, lo! Y yyue my wordis in thi mouth in to fier, and this puple in to trees, and it schal deuoure hem.
to/for so thus to say LORD God Hosts because to speak: speak you [obj] [the] word [the] this look! I to give: make word my in/on/with lip your to/for fire and [the] people [the] this tree: wood and to eat them
15 Lo! thou hous of Israel, seith the Lord, Y schal brynge on you a folk fro fer; a strong folk, an eeld folk, `a folk whos langage thou schalt not knowe, nether schalt vndurstonde what it spekith.
look! I to come (in): bring upon you nation from distance house: household Israel utterance LORD nation strong he/she/it nation from forever: antiquity he/she/it nation not to know tongue: language his and not to hear: understand what? to speak: speak
16 The arowe caas therof is as an opyn sepulcre; alle ben stronge men.
quiver his like/as grave to open all their mighty man
17 And it schal ete thi cornes, and it schal deuoure thi breed, thi sones and thi douytris; it schal ete thi flok, and thi droues, it schal ete also thi vyner, and thi fige tre; and it schal al to-breke thi stronge citees bi swerd, in whiche thou hast trist.
and to eat harvest your and food your to eat son: child your and daughter your to eat flock your and cattle your to eat vine your and fig your to beat city fortification your which you(m. s.) to trust in/on/with them in/on/with sword
18 Netheles in tho daies, seith the Lord, Y schal not make you in to endyng.
and also in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) utterance LORD not to make with you consumption
19 That if ye seien, Whi hath oure Lord God do alle these thingis to vs? thou schalt seie to hem, As ye forsoken me, and serueden an alien god in youre lond, so ye schulen serue alien goddis in a lond not youre.
and to be for to say underneath: because of what? to make: do LORD God our to/for us [obj] all these and to say to(wards) them like/as as which to leave: forsake [obj] me and to serve: minister God foreign in/on/with land: country/planet your so to serve: minister be a stranger in/on/with land: country/planet not to/for you
20 Telle ye this to the hous of Jacob, and make ye herd in Juda, and seie ye,
to tell this in/on/with house: household Jacob and to hear: proclaim her in/on/with Judah to/for to say
21 Here, thou fonned puple, that hast noon herte; whiche han iyen, and seen not, and eeris, and heren not.
to hear: hear please this people fool and nothing heart eye to/for them and not to see: see ear to/for them and not to hear: hear
22 Therfor schulen not ye drede me, seith the Lord, and schulen not ye make sorewe for my face? Whiche haue set grauel a terme, ether ende, to the see, an euerlastynge comaundement, whiche it schal not passe; and the wawis therof schulen be mouyd, and schulen not haue power; and schulen wexe greet, and schulen not passe it.
[obj] me not to fear: revere utterance LORD if: surely no from face: before my not to twist: tremble which to set: put sand border: boundary to/for sea statute: allotment forever: enduring and not to pass him and to shake and not be able and to roar heap: wave his and not to pass him
23 Forsothe an herte vnbileueful and terrynge to wraththe is maad to this puple; thei departiden,
and to/for people [the] this to be heart to rebel and to rebel to turn aside: turn aside and to go: went
24 and yeden awei, and thei seiden not in her herte, Drede we oure Lord God, that yiueth to vs reyn tymeful, and lateful in his tyme; that kepith to vs the plente of heruest of the yeer.
and not to say in/on/with heart their to fear: revere please [obj] LORD God our [the] to give: give rain (autumn rain *Q(K)*) and spring rain in/on/with time his week statute harvest to keep: guard to/for us
25 Youre wickidnessis diden awei these thingis, and youre synnes forbediden good fro you.
iniquity: crime your to stretch these and sin your to withhold [the] good from you
26 For ther ben foundun in my puple wickid men, settynge tresoun, as fouleres settynge snaris and trappis, to take men.
for to find in/on/with people my wicked to see like/as to subside fowler to stand destruction human to capture
27 As a net, ether a trap, ful of briddis, so the housis of hem ben ful of gile. Therfor thei ben magnefied,
like/as basket full bird so house: home their full deceit upon so to magnify and to enrich
28 and maad riche, maad fat with ynne, and maad fat with outforth, and thei passiden worst my wordis; thei demyden not a cause of a widewe, thei dressiden not the cause of a fadirles child, and thei demyden not the doom of pore men.
to grow fat to gleam also to pass: trespass word: deed bad: evil judgment not to judge judgment orphan and to prosper and justice needy not to judge
29 Whether Y schal not visite on these thingis, seith the Lord, ether schal not my soule take veniaunce on sich a folk?
upon these not to reckon: punish utterance LORD if: surely no in/on/with nation which like/as this not to avenge soul: myself my
30 Wondur and merueilouse thingis ben maad in the lond;
horror: appalled and horror to be in/on/with land: country/planet
31 profetis profesieden leesyng, and prestis ioieden with her hondis, and my puple louyde siche thingis. What therfor schal be don in the laste thing therof?
[the] prophet to prophesy in/on/with deception and [the] priest to scrape upon hand: themselves their and people my to love: lover so and what? to make: do to/for end her
