< Jeremiah 51 >
1 The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal reise on Babiloyne, and on the dwelleris therof, that reisiden her herte ayens me, as a wynd of pestilence.
thus to say LORD look! I to rouse upon Babylon and to(wards) to dwell Leb (Leb)-kamai spirit to ruin
2 And Y schal sende in to Babiloyne wyndeweris, and thei schulen wyndewe it, and thei schulen destrie the lond of it; for thei camen on it on ech side, in the dai of the turment therof.
and to send: depart to/for Babylon be a stranger and to scatter her and to empty [obj] land: country/planet her for to be upon her from around: side in/on/with day distress: harm
3 He that beendith his bowe, beende not, and a man clothid in haburioun, stie not; nyle ye spare the yonge men therof, sle ye al the chyualrie therof.
not to tread (to tread *Q(K)*) [the] to tread bow his and not to ascend: rise in/on/with armor his and not to spare to(wards) youth her to devote/destroy all army her
4 And slayn men schulen falle in the lond of Caldeis, and woundid men in the cuntreis therof.
and to fall: fall slain: killed in/on/with land: country/planet Chaldea and to pierce in/on/with outside her
5 For whi Israel and Juda was not maad widewe fro her God, the Lord of oostis; but the lond of hem was fillid with trespas of the hooli of Israel.
for not forsaken Israel and Judah from God his from LORD Hosts for land: country/planet their to fill guilt (offering) from holy Israel
6 Fle ye fro the myddis of Babiloyne, that ech man saue his soule; nyle ye be stille on the wickidnesse therof, for whi tyme of veniaunce therof is to the Lord; he schal yelde while to it.
to flee from midst Babylon and to escape man: anyone soul: life his not to silence: destroyed in/on/with iniquity: punishment her for time vengeance he/she/it to/for LORD recompense he/she/it to complete to/for her
7 Babiloyne is a goldun cuppe in the hond of the Lord, and fillith al erthe; hethene men drunken of the wyn therof, and therfor thei ben mouyd.
cup gold Babylon in/on/with hand LORD be drunk all [the] land: country/planet from wine her to drink nation upon so to be foolish nation
8 Babiloyne felle doun sudenli, and is al to-brokun; yelle ye on it, take ye recyn to the sorewe therof, if perauenture it be heelid.
suddenly to fall: fall Babylon and to break to wail upon her to take: take balsam to/for pain her perhaps to heal
9 We heeliden Babiloyne, and it is not maad hool; forsake we it and go we ech in to his lond; for the doom therof cam `til to heuenes, and is reisid `til to cloudis.
(to heal *Q(k)*) [obj] Babylon and not to heal to leave: forsake her and to go: went man: anyone to/for land: country/planet his for to touch to(wards) [the] heaven justice: judgement her and to lift: raise till cloud
10 The Lord hath brouyt forth oure riytfulnessis; come ye, and telle we in Sion the werk of oure Lord God.
to come out: send LORD [obj] righteousness our to come (in): come and to recount in/on/with Zion [obj] deed: work LORD God our
11 Scharpe ye arowis, fille ye arowe caasis; the Lord reiside the spirit of the kyngis of Medeis, and his mynde is ayen Babiloyne, that he leese it, for it is the veniaunce of the Lord, the veniaunce of his temple. The kyng of Medeis is reisid of the Lord ayens Babiloyne.
to purify [the] arrow to fill [the] shield to rouse LORD [obj] spirit king Mede for upon Babylon plot his to/for to ruin her for vengeance LORD he/she/it vengeance temple his
12 Reise ye a signe on the wallis of Babiloyne, encreesse ye kepyng, reise ye keperis, make ye redi buyschementis; for the Lord thouyte, and dide, what euer thing he spak ayens the dwelleris of Babiloyne.
to(wards) wall Babylon to lift: raise ensign to strengthen: strengthen [the] custody to arise: establish to keep: guard to establish: prepare [the] to ambush for also to plan LORD also to make: do [obj] which to speak: speak to(wards) to dwell Babylon
13 A! thou Babiloyne, that dwellist on many watris, riche in thi tresours, thin ende cometh, the foote mesure of thi kittyng doun.
(to dwell *Q(k)*) upon water many many treasure to come (in): come end your cubit unjust-gain your
14 The Lord of oostis swoor bi his soule, that Y schal fille thee with men, as with bruke, and a myry song schal be sungun on thee.
to swear LORD Hosts in/on/with soul: myself his that if: except if: except to fill you man like/as locust and to sing upon you shout
15 The Lord swoor, which made erthe bi his strengthe, made redy the world bi his wisdom, and stretchide forth heuenes bi his prudence.
to make land: country/planet in/on/with strength his to establish: make world in/on/with wisdom his and in/on/with understanding his to stretch heaven
16 Whanne he yyueth vois, watris ben multiplied in heuene; which Lord reisith cloudis fro the laste of erthe, made leitis in to reyn, and brouyt forth wynd of hise tresouris.
to/for voice to give: cry out he crowd water in/on/with heaven and to ascend: rise mist from end land: country/planet lightning to/for rain to make and to come out: send spirit: breath from treasure his
17 Ech man is maad a fool of kunnyng, ech wellere togidere is schent in a grauun ymage; for his wellyng togidere is fals, and a spirit is not in tho.
be brutish all man from knowledge be ashamed all to refine from idol for deception drink offering his and not spirit: breath in/on/with them
18 The werkis ben veyn, and worthi of scorn; tho schulen perische in the tyme of her visityng.
vanity they(masc.) deed: work delusion in/on/with time punishment their to perish
19 The part of Jacob is not as these thingis; for he that made alle thingis is the part of Jacob, and Israel is the septre of his eritage; the Lord of oostis is his name.
not like/as these portion Jacob for to form: formed [the] all he/she/it and tribe inheritance his LORD Hosts name his
20 Thou hurtlist doun to me the instrumentis of batel, and Y schal hurtle doun folkis in thee, and Y schal leese rewmes in thee;
war-club you(m. s.) to/for me article/utensil battle and to shatter in/on/with you nation and to ruin in/on/with you kingdom
21 and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an hors, and the ridere therof; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a chare, and the stiere therof;
and to shatter in/on/with you horse and to ride his and to shatter in/on/with you chariot and to ride his
22 and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a man and womman; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an elde man and a child; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a yong man and a virgyn;
and to shatter in/on/with you man and woman and to shatter in/on/with you old and youth and to shatter in/on/with you youth and virgin
23 and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a scheepherde and his floc; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an erthetiliere and his yok beestis; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee duykis and magistratis.
and to shatter in/on/with you to pasture and flock his and to shatter in/on/with you farmer and pair his and to shatter in/on/with you governor and ruler
24 And Y schal yelde, seith the Lord, to Babiloyne, and to alle the dwelleris of Caldee, al her yuel, which thei diden in Sion, bifore youre iyen.
and to complete to/for Babylon and to/for all to dwell Chaldea [obj] all distress: evil their which to make: do in/on/with Zion to/for eye your utterance LORD
25 Lo! Y, seith the Lord, to thee, thou hil berynge pestilence, which corrumpist al erthe. Y schal stretche forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal vnwlappe thee fro stoonys, and Y schal yyue thee in to an hil of brennyng.
look! I to(wards) you mountain: mount [the] destruction utterance LORD [the] to ruin [obj] all [the] land: country/planet and to stretch [obj] hand my upon you and to roll you from [the] crag and to give: make you to/for mountain: mount fire
26 And Y schal not take of thee a stoon in to a corner, and a stoon in to foundementis; but thou schalt be lost with outen ende, seith the Lord.
and not to take: take from you stone to/for corner and stone to/for foundation for devastation forever: enduring to be utterance LORD
27 Reise ye a signe in the lond, sowne ye with a clarioun in hillis; halewe ye folkis on it, telle ye to the kyngis of Ararath, of Menny, and of Ascheneth ayens it; noumbre ye Tapser ayens it, and bringe ye an hors, as a bruke hauynge a pricke.
to lift: raise ensign in/on/with land: country/planet to blow trumpet in/on/with nation to consecrate: prepare upon her nation to hear: proclaim upon her kingdom Ararat Minni and Ashkenaz to reckon: overseer upon her official to ascend: attack horse like/as locust rough
28 Halowe ye folkis ayens it, the kyngis of Medey, the duykis therof, and alle magistratis therof, and al the lond of his power.
to consecrate: prepare upon her nation [obj] king Mede [obj] governor her and [obj] all ruler her and [obj] all land: country/planet dominion his
29 And the erthe schal be mouyd, and schal be disturblid; for the thouyt of the Lord schal fulli wake ayens Babiloyne, that he sette the lond of Babiloyne desert, and vnhabitable.
and to shake [the] land: country/planet and to twist: writh in pain for to arise: establish upon Babylon plot LORD to/for to set: make [obj] land: country/planet Babylon to/for horror: destroyed from nothing to dwell
30 The stronge men of Babiloyne ceessiden of batel, thei dwelliden in stronge holdis; the strengthe of hem is deuourid, and thei ben maad as wymmen; the tabernaclis therof ben brent, the barris therof ben al to-brokun.
to cease mighty man Babylon to/for to fight to dwell in/on/with stronghold be dry might their to be to/for woman to kindle tabernacle her to break bar her
31 A rennere schal come ayens a rennere, and a messanger ayens a messanger, to telle to the kyng of Babiloyne, that his citee is takun fro the toon ende `til to the tother ende;
to run: run to/for to encounter: meet to run: run to run: run and to tell to/for to encounter: meet to tell to/for to tell to/for king Babylon for to capture city his from end
32 and the forthis ben bifore ocupied, and the mareisis ben brent with fier, and the men werryours ben disturblid.
and [the] ford to capture and [obj] [the] pool to burn in/on/with fire and human [the] battle to dismay
33 For the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, The douyter of Babiloyne is as a corn floor, the tyme of threischyng therof; yit a litil, and the tyme of repyng therof schal come.
for thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel daughter Babylon like/as threshing floor time to tread her still little and to come (in): come time [the] harvest to/for her
34 Nabugodonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, eet me, and deuouride me; he made me as a voide vessel, he as a dragoun swolewide me; he fillide his wombe with my tendirnesse, and he castide me out.
(to eat me to confuse me *Q(K)*) Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon (to set me *Q(K)*) article/utensil vain (to swallow up me *Q(K)*) like/as serpent: monster to fill belly his from delicacy my (to wash me *Q(K)*)
35 Wickidnesse ayens me, and my fleisch on Babiloyne, seith the dwellyng of Sion; and my blood on the dwelleris of Caldee, seith Jerusalem.
violence my and flesh my upon Babylon to say to dwell Zion and blood my to(wards) to dwell Chaldea to say Jerusalem
36 Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal deme thi cause, and Y schal venge thi veniaunce; and Y schal make the see therof forsakun, and Y schal make drie the veyne therof.
to/for so thus to say LORD look! I to contend [obj] strife your and to avenge [obj] vengeance your and to dry [obj] sea her and to wither [obj] fountain her
37 And Babiloyne schal be in to biriels, it schal be the dwellyng of dragouns, wondryng and hissyng, for that no dwellere is.
and to be Babylon to/for heap habitation jackal horror: appalled and hissing from nothing to dwell
38 Thei schulen rore togidere as liouns, and thei schulen schake lockis, as the whelpis of liouns.
together like/as lion to roar to growl like/as whelp lion
39 In the heete of hem Y schal sette the drynkis of hem; and Y schal make hem drunkun, that thei be brouyt asleepe, and that thei slepe euerlastynge sleep, and rise not, seith the Lord.
in/on/with to warm they to set: make [obj] feast their and be drunk them because to exult and to sleep sleep forever: enduring and not to awake utterance LORD
40 Y schal lede forth hem, as lambren to slayn sacrifice, and as wetheris with kidis. Hou is Sesac takun, and the noble citee of al erthe is takun?
to go down them like/as ram to/for to slaughter like/as ram with goat
41 Hou is Babiloyne made in to wondre among hethene men?
how? to capture Babylon and to capture praise all [the] land: country/planet how? to be to/for horror: appalled Babylon in/on/with nation
42 And the see stiede on Babiloyne, it was hilid with the multitude of hise wawis.
to ascend: rise upon Babylon [the] sea in/on/with crowd heap: wave his to cover
43 The citees therof ben maad in to wondryng, the lond is maad vnhabitable and forsakun; the lond wherynne no man dwellith, and the sone of man schal not passe bi it.
to be city her to/for horror: appalled land: country/planet dryness and plain land: country/planet not to dwell in/on/with them all man and not to pass in/on/with them son: child man
44 And Y schal visite on Bel in to Babiloyne, and Y schal caste out of hise mouth that, that he hadde swolewid, and folkis schulen no more flowe to it; for also the wal of Babiloyne schal falle doun.
and to reckon: punish upon Bel in/on/with Babylon and to come out: send [obj] swallowing his from lip his and not to flow to(wards) him still nation also wall Babylon to fall: fall
45 Mi puple, go ye out fro the myddis therof, that ech man saue his soule fro the wraththe of the strong veniaunce of the Lord;
to come out: come from midst her people my and to escape man: anyone [obj] soul: life his from burning anger face: anger LORD
46 and lest perauenture youre herte wexe neische, and lest ye dreden the heryng, that schal be herd in the lond; and heryng schal come in a yeer, and aftir this yeer schal come heryng and wickidnesse in the lond, and a lord on a lord.
and lest be tender heart your and to fear in/on/with tidings [the] to hear: hear in/on/with land: country/planet and to come (in): come in/on/with year [the] tidings and after him in/on/with year [the] tidings and violence in/on/with land: country/planet and to rule upon to rule
47 Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on the grauun ymagis of Babiloyne; and al the lond therof schal be schent, and alle slayn men therof schulen falle doun in the myddis therof.
to/for so behold day to come (in): come and to reckon: punish upon idol Babylon and all land: country/planet her be ashamed and all slain: killed her to fall: kill in/on/with midst her
48 And heuenes, and erthis, and alle thingis that ben in tho, schulen herie on Babiloyne; for rauynours schulen come fro the north to it, seith the Lord.
and to sing upon Babylon heaven and land: country/planet and all which in/on/with them for from north to come (in): come to/for her [the] to ruin utterance LORD
49 And as Babiloyne dide, that slayn men felle doun in Israel, so of Babiloyne slayn men schulen falle doun and in al the lond.
also Babylon to/for to fall: kill slain: killed Israel also to/for Babylon to fall: kill slain: killed all [the] land: country/planet
50 Come ye, that fledden the swerd, nyle ye stonde; haue ye mynde afer on the Lord, and Jerusalem stie on youre herte.
survivor from sword to go: went not to stand: stand to remember from distant [obj] LORD and Jerusalem to ascend: rise upon heart your
51 We ben schent, for we herden schenschipe; schame hilide oure faces, for aliens comen on the halewyng of the hous of the Lord.
be ashamed for to hear: hear reproach to cover shame face our for to come (in): come be a stranger upon sanctuary house: temple LORD
52 Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on the grauun ymagis of Babiloyne, and in al the lond therof a woundid man schal loowe.
to/for so behold day to come (in): come utterance LORD and to reckon: punish upon idol her and in/on/with all land: country/planet her to groan slain: wounded
53 If Babiloyne stieth in to heuene, and makith stidfast his strengthe an hiy, distrieris therof schulen come on me, seith the Lord.
for to ascend: rise Babylon [the] heaven and for to gather/restrain/fortify height strength her from with me to come (in): come to ruin to/for her utterance LORD
54 The vois of a criere of Babiloyne, and greet sorewe of the lond of Caldeis,
voice outcry from Babylon and breaking great: large from land: country/planet Chaldea
55 for the Lord distriede Babiloyne, and lost of it a greet vois; and the wawis of hem schulen sowne as many watris. The vois of hem yaf sown,
for to ruin LORD [obj] Babylon and to perish from her voice great: large and to roar heap: wave their like/as water many to give: cry out roar voice their
56 for a rauenour cam on it, that is, on Babiloyne; and the stronge men therof ben takun, and the bouwe of hem welewide, for the stronge vengere the Lord yeldynge schal yelde.
for to come (in): come upon her upon Babylon to ruin and to capture mighty man her to to be dismayed bow their for God recompense LORD to complete to complete
57 And Y schal make drunkun the princis therof, and the wise men therof, the duykis therof, and the magistratis therof, and the stronge men therof; and thei schulen slepe euerlastynge sleep, and thei schulen not be awakid, seith the kyng, the Lord of oostis is name of hym.
and be drunk ruler her and wise her governor her and ruler her and mighty man her and to sleep sleep forever: enduring and not to awake utterance [the] king LORD Hosts name his
58 The Lord God of oostis seith these thingis, Thilke brodeste wal of Babiloyne schal be mynyd with mynyng, and the hiye yatis therof schulen be brent with fier; and the trauels of puples schulen be to nouyt, and the trauels of hethene men schulen be in to fier, and schulen perische.
thus to say LORD Hosts wall Babylon [the] broad: wide to strip to strip and gate her [the] high in/on/with fire to kindle and be weary/toil people in/on/with sufficiency vain and people in/on/with sufficiency fire and to faint
59 The word which Jeremye, the profete, comaundide to Saraie, sone of Nerie, sone of Maasie, whanne he yede with Sedechie, the kyng, in to Babiloyne, in the fourthe yeer of his rewme; forsothe Saraie was prynce of profesie.
[the] word which to command Jeremiah [the] prophet [obj] Seraiah son: child Neriah son: child Mahseiah in/on/with to go: went he with Zedekiah king Judah Babylon in/on/with year [the] fourth to/for to reign him and Seraiah ruler resting
60 And Jeremye wroot al the yuel, that was to comynge on Babiloyne, in a book, alle these wordis that weren writun ayens Babiloyne.
and to write Jeremiah [obj] all [the] distress: harm which to come (in): come to(wards) Babylon to(wards) scroll: book one [obj] all [the] word [the] these [the] to write to(wards) Babylon
61 And Jeremye seide to Saraie, Whanne thou comest in to Babiloyne, and seest, and redist alle these wordis,
and to say Jeremiah to(wards) Seraiah like/as to come (in): come you Babylon and to see: see and to call: read out [obj] all [the] word [the] these
62 thou schalt seie, Lord, thou spakist ayens this place, that thou schuldist leese it, that noon be that dwelle therynne, fro man `til to beeste, and that it be an euerlastynge wildirnesse.
and to say LORD you(m. s.) to speak: speak to(wards) [the] place [the] this to/for to cut: eliminate him to/for lest to be in/on/with him to dwell to/for from man and till animal for devastation forever: enduring to be
63 And whanne thou hast fillid to rede this book, thou schalt bynde to it a stoon, and thou schalt caste it forth in to the myddis of Eufrates; and thou schalt seie,
and to be like/as to end: finish you to/for to call: read out [obj] [the] scroll: book [the] this to conspire upon him stone and to throw him to(wards) midst Euphrates
64 So Babiloyne schal be drenchid, and it schal not rise fro the face of turment, which Y brynge on it, and it schal be distried. Hidurto ben the wordis of Jeremye.
and to say thus to sink Babylon and not to arise: rise from face: because [the] distress: harm which I to come (in): bring upon her and to faint till here/thus word Jeremiah