Isaiah 32
1 Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.
Lo! the kyng schal regne in riytfulnesse, and princes schulen be souereyns in doom.
2 And each hath been as a hiding-place [from] wind, And as a secret hiding-place [from] inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.
And a man schal be, as he that is hid fro wynd, and hidith hym silf fro tempest; as stremes of watris in thirst, and the schadewe of a stoon stondynge fer out in a desert lond.
3 And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.
The iyen of profetis schulen not dasewe, and the eeris of heereris schulen herke diligentli;
4 And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.
and the herte of foolis schal vndurstonde kunnyng, and the tunge of stuttynge men schal speke swiftli, and pleynli.
5 A fool is no more called 'noble,' And to a miser it is not said, 'rich;'
He that is vnwijs, schal no more be clepid prince, and a gileful man schal not be clepid the grettere.
6 For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.
Forsothe a fool shal speke foli thingis, and his herte schal do wickidnesse, that he performe feynyng, and speke to the Lord gilefuli; and he schal make voide the soule of an hungry man, and schal take awei drynke fro a thirsti man.
7 And the miser — his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.
The vessels of a gileful man ben worste; for he schal make redi thouytis to leese mylde men in the word of a leesyng, whanne a pore man spak doom.
8 And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.
Forsothe a prince schal thenke tho thingis that ben worthi to a prince, and he schal stonde ouer duykis.
9 Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying,
Riche wymmen, rise ye, and here my vois; douytris tristynge, perseyue ye with eeris my speche.
10 Days and a year ye are troubled, O confident ones, For consumed hath been harvest, The gathering cometh not.
For whi aftir daies and a yeer, and ye that tristen schulen be disturblid; for whi vyndage is endid, gaderyng schal no more come.
11 Tremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,
Ye riche wymmen, be astonyed; ye that tristen, be disturblid; vnclothe ye you, and be ye aschamed;
12 For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.
girde youre leendis; weile ye on brestis, on desirable cuntrei, on the plenteuouse vyner.
13 Over the ground of my people thorn — brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,
Thornes and breris schulen stie on the erthe of my puple; hou myche more on alle the housis of ioie of the citee makynge ful out ioie?
14 Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been for dens unto the age, A joy of wild asses — a pasture of herds;
For whi the hous is left, the multitude of the citee is forsakun; derknessis and gropyng ben maad on dennes, `til in to with outen ende. The ioie of wield assis is the lesewe of flockis;
15 Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned.
til the spirit be sched out on us fro an hiy, and the desert schal be in to Chermel, and Chermel schal be arettid in to a forest.
16 And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.
And doom schal dwelle in wildirnesse, and riytfulnesse schal sitte in Chermel;
17 And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness — Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.
and the werk of riytfulnesse schal be pees, and the tilthe of riytfulnesse schal be stilnesse and sikirnesse, `til in to with outen ende.
18 And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.
And my puple schal sitte in the fairnesse of pees, and in the tabernaclis of trist, and in riche reste.
19 And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.
But hail schal be in the coming doun of the foreste, and bi lownesse the citee schal be maad low.
20 Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!
Blessid ben ye, that sowen on alle watris, and putten yn the foot of an oxe and of an asse.
