Mark 8
1 In tho daies eft, whanne myche puple was with Jhesu, and hadden not what thei schulden ete, whanne hise disciplis weren clepid togidir,
And in those days, when the multitude was great, and had nothing to eat, he called his disciples, and said to them:
2 he seide to hem, I haue reuth on the puple, for lo! now the thridde dai thei abiden me, and han not what to ete;
I compassionate this multitude; for, lo, three days have they continued with me, and they have nothing to eat.
3 and if Y leeue hem fastynge in to her hous, thei schulen faile in the weie; for summe of hem camen fro fer.
And if I send them to their homes fasting, they will faint by the way: for some of them have come from a great distance.
4 And hise disciplis answerden to hym, Wherof schal a man mowe fille hem with looues here in wildirnesse?
His disciples say to him: Whence can one, here in the desert, satisfy all these with bread?
5 And he axide hem, Hou many looues han ye?
And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? They say to him, Seven.
6 Whiche seiden, Seuene. And he comaundide the puple to sitte doun on the erthe. And he took the seuene looues, and dide thankyngis, and brak, and yaf to hise disciplis, that thei schulden sette forth. And thei settiden forth to the puple.
And he directed the multitudes to recline on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and blessed, and brake, and grave to his disciples to set forth; and they set before the multitudes.
7 And thei hadden a few smale fischis; and he blesside hem, and comaundide, that thei weren sette forth.
And there were a few fishes; and them he also blessed, and ordered them set forth.
8 And thei eten, and weren fulfillid; and thei token vp that that lefte of relifs, seuene lepis.
And they ate, and were satisfied: and they took up seven baskets of the remaining fragments.
9 And thei that eeten, weren as foure thousynde of men; and he lefte hem.
And the men who had eaten, were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
10 And anoon he wente vp in to a boot, with hise disciplis, and cam in to the coostis of Dalmamytha.
And immediately he entered a ship, with his disciples, and came to the place Dalmanutha.
11 And the Farisees wenten out, and bigunnen to dispuyte with hym, and axiden a tokne of hym fro heuene, and temptiden hym.
And the Pharisees came out, and began to dispute with him; and, to tempt him, they demanded of him a sign from heaven.
12 And he sorewynge `with ynne in spirit, seide, What sekith this generacioun a tokne? Treuli Y seie to you, a tokene schal not be youun to this generacioun.
And he sighed with his breath, and said: Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.
13 And he lefte hem, and wente vp eftsoone in to a boot, and wente ouer the see.
And he left them, and embarked in the ship; and they passed to the other shore.
14 And thei foryaten to take breed, and thei hadden not with hem but o loof in the boot.
And they had forgotten to take bread with them, and had but a single cake in the ship with them.
15 And he comaundide hem, and seide, Se ye, and `be war of the sowre dowy of Farisees, and of the sowrdowy of Eroude.
And he charged them, and said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
16 And thei thouyten, and seiden oon to anothir, For we han not looues.
And they reasoned one with another, and said: It is, because we have no bread.
17 And whanne this thing was knowun, Jhesus seide to hem, What thenken ye, for ye han not looues? Yit ye knowun not, ne vndurstonden; yit ye han youre herte blyndid.
And Jesus knew it, and said to them: Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Do ye still not know, nor understand? How long will your heart be hard?
18 Ye hauynge iyen, seen not, and ye hauynge eeris, heren not; nethir ye han mynde,
and ye have eyes, but see not? and have ears, but hear not, nor reflect?
19 whanne Y brak fyue looues among fyue thousynde, and hou many cofynes ful of brokun meete `ye tokun vp? Thei seien to hym, Twelue.
When I broke the five loaves to five thousand, how many baskets full of the fragments took ye up? They say to him: Twelve.
20 Whanne also seuene looues among foure thousynde of men, hou many lepis of brokun mete tokun ye vp?
He saith to them. And when the seven to four thousand, how many baskets full of the fragments took ye up? They say: Seven.
21 And thei seien to hym, Seuene. And he seide to hem, Hou vndurstonden ye not yit?
He saith to them: Why is it that, to this time, ye do not consider?
22 And thei camen to Bethsaida, and thei bryngen to hym a blynde man, and thei preieden hym, that he schulde touche hym.
And he came to Bethsaida: and they brought to him a blind man, and besought him to touch him.
23 And whanne he hadde take the blynde mannus hoond, he ledde hym out of the street, and spete in to hise iyen, and sette hise hoondis on hym; and he axide hym, if he saye ony thing.
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village, and spit on his eyes, and laid on his hand: and asked him, what he saw.
24 And he bihelde, and seide, Y se men as trees walkynge.
And he gazed, and said: I see men like trees which walk.
25 Aftirward eftsoones he sette hise hondis on hise iyen, and he bigan to see, and he was restorid, so that he saiy cleerli alle thingis.
Again he laid his hand on his eyes, and he was recovered, and saw every thing plainly.
26 And he sente hym in to his hous, and seide, Go in to thin hous; and if thou goist in to the streete, seie to no man.
And he sent him to his house, and said to him: Neither enter into the village, nor tell any person in the village.
27 And Jhesus entride and hise disciplis in to the castels of Cesarye of Philip. And in the weie he axide hise disciplis, and seide to hem, Whom seien men that Y am?
And Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And he asked his disciples by the way, and said to them: Who, do men say of me, that I am?
28 Whiche answeriden to hym, and seiden, Summen seien, Joon Baptist; other seien, Heli; and other seien, as oon of the prophetis.
And they said to him: That thou art John the Baptizer; and others: That thou art Elijah; and others: That thou art one of the prophets.
29 Thanne he seith to hem, But whom seien ye that Y am? Petre answeride, and seide to hym, Thou art Crist.
Jesus said to them: And who, do ye yourselves say of me, that I am? Simon replied, and said to him: Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
30 And he chargide hem, that thei schulden not seie of hym to ony man.
And he charged them, that they should say this of him to no person.
31 And he bigan to teche hem, that it bihoueth mannus sone to suffre many thingis, and to be repreued of the elder men, and of the hiyest prestis, and the scribis, and to be slayn, and aftir thre dayes, to rise ayen.
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man was about to suffer much, and be rejected by the Elders and by the chief priests and by the Scribes, and be killed, and rise on the third day.
32 And he spak pleynli the word. And Peter took hym, and bigan to blame hym, and seide, Lord, be thou merciful to thee, for this schal not be.
And he spoke out the thing distinctly. And Cephas took him, and began to rebuke him.
33 And he turnede, and saiy hise disciplis, and manasside Petir, and seide, Go after me, Satanas; for thou sauerist not tho thingis that ben of God, but tho thingis that ben of men.
But he turned, and looked upon his disciples, and rebuked Simon, and said: Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou dost not consider what is of God, but what is of men.
34 And whanne the puple was clepid togidere, with hise disciplis, he seide to hem, If ony man wole come after me, denye he hym silf, and take his cros, and sue he me.
And Jesus called the multitude, together with his disciples, and said to them: Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and come after me.
35 For he that wole make saaf his lijf, schal leese it; and he that leesith his lijf for me, and for the gospel, schal make it saaf.
For, whoever will preserve his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life on my account, and on account of my tidings, shall preserve it.
36 For what profitith it to a man, if he wynne al the world, and do peiryng to his soule?
For, what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his life?
37 or what chaunging schal a man yyue for his soule?
Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
38 But who that knoulechith me and my wordis in this generacioun avowtresse and synful, also mannus sone schal knouleche him, whanne he schal come in the glorie of his fadir, with his aungels.
For, whoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this sinful and adulterous generation, of him also will the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with his holy angels.
