Genesis 9
1 benedixitque Deus Noe et filiis eius et dixit ad eos crescite et multiplicamini et implete terram
And God blisside Noe and hise sones, and seide to hem, Encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the erthe;
2 et terror vester ac tremor sit super cuncta animalia terrae et super omnes volucres caeli cum universis quae moventur in terra omnes pisces maris manui vestrae traditi sunt
and youre drede and tremblyng be on alle vnresonable beestis of erthe, and on alle briddis of heuene, with alle thingis that ben moued in erthe; alle fischis of the see ben youun to youre hond.
3 et omne quod movetur et vivit erit vobis in cibum quasi holera virentia tradidi vobis omnia
And al thing which is moued and lyueth schal be to you in to mete; Y have youe to you alle thingis as greene wortis,
4 excepto quod carnem cum sanguine non comedetis
outakun that ye schulen not ete fleisch with blood,
5 sanguinem enim animarum vestrarum requiram de manu cunctarum bestiarum et de manu hominis de manu viri et fratris eius requiram animam hominis
for Y schal seke the blood of youre lyues of the hoond of alle vnresonable beestis and of the hoond of man, of the hoond of man and of hys brother Y schal seke the lijf of man.
6 quicumque effuderit humanum sanguinem fundetur sanguis illius ad imaginem quippe Dei factus est homo
Who euere schedith out mannus blood, his blood schal be sched; for man is maad to the ymage of God.
7 vos autem crescite et multiplicamini et ingredimini super terram et implete eam
Forsothe encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and entre ye on erthe, and fille ye it, Also the Lord seide thes thingis to Noe,
8 haec quoque dixit Deus ad Noe et ad filios eius cum eo
and to his sones with him, Lo!
9 ecce ego statuam pactum meum vobiscum et cum semine vestro post vos
Y schal make my couenaunt with you, and with your seed after you,
10 et ad omnem animam viventem quae est vobiscum tam in volucribus quam in iumentis et pecudibus terrae cunctis quae egressa sunt de arca et universis bestiis terrae
and to ech lyuynge soule which is with you, as wel in briddis as in werk beestis and smale beestis of erthe, and to alle thingis that yeden out of the schip, and to alle vnresonable beestis of erthe.
11 statuam pactum meum vobiscum et nequaquam ultra interficietur omnis caro aquis diluvii neque erit deinceps diluvium dissipans terram
Y schal make my couenaunt with you, and ech fleisch schal no more be slayn of the watris of the greet flood, nethir the greet flood distriynge al erthe schal be more.
12 dixitque Deus hoc signum foederis quod do inter me et vos et ad omnem animam viventem quae est vobiscum in generationes sempiternas
And God seide, This is the signe of boond of pees, which Y yyue bitwixe me and you, and to ech lyuynge soule which is with you, in to euerlastynge generaciouns.
13 arcum meum ponam in nubibus et erit signum foederis inter me et inter terram
Y schal sette my bowe in the cloudis, and it schal be a signe of boond of pees bitwixe me and erthe;
14 cumque obduxero nubibus caelum apparebit arcus meus in nubibus
and whanne Y schal hile heuene with cloudis, my bowe schal appere in the cloudis,
15 et recordabor foederis mei vobiscum et cum omni anima vivente quae carnem vegetat et non erunt ultra aquae diluvii ad delendam universam carnem
and Y schal haue mynde of my boond of pees which Y made with you, and with ech soule lyuynge, that nurschith fleisch; and the watris of the greet flood schulen no more be to do awey al fleish.
16 eritque arcus in nubibus et videbo illum et recordabor foederis sempiterni quod pactum est inter Deum et inter omnem animam viventem universae carnis quae est super terram
And my bowe schal be in the cloudis, and Y schal se it, and Y schal haue mynde of euerlastynge boond of pees, which is maad bitwixe God and man, and ech soul lyuynge of al fleisch which is on erthe.
17 dixitque Deus Noe hoc erit signum foederis quod constitui inter me et inter omnem carnem super terram
And God seide to Noe, This schal be a signe of boond of pees, which Y made bitwixe me and ech fleisch on erthe.
18 erant igitur filii Noe qui egressi sunt de arca Sem Ham et Iafeth porro Ham ipse est pater Chanaan
Therfore thei that yeden out of the schip weren Noe, Sem, Cham, and Japheth; forsothe Cham, thilke is the fadir of Chanaan.
19 tres isti sunt filii Noe et ab his disseminatum est omne hominum genus super universam terram
These thre weren the sones of Noe, and al the kynde of men was sowun of hem on al erthe.
20 coepitque Noe vir agricola exercere terram et plantavit vineam
And Noe, an erthe tiliere, bigan to tile the erthe, and he plauntide a viner,
21 bibensque vinum inebriatus est et nudatus in tabernaculo suo
and he drank wyn, and was drunkun; and he was nakid, and lay in his tabernacle.
22 quod cum vidisset Ham pater Chanaan verenda scilicet patris sui esse nuda nuntiavit duobus fratribus suis foras
And whanne Cham, the fadir of Chanaan, hadde seien this thing, that is, that the schameful membris of his fadir weren maad nakid, he telde to hise tweye britheren with out forth.
23 at vero Sem et Iafeth pallium inposuerunt umeris suis et incedentes retrorsum operuerunt verecunda patris sui faciesque eorum aversae erant et patris virilia non viderunt
And sotheli Sem and Jafeth puttiden a mentil on her schuldris, and thei yeden bacward, and hileden the schameful membris of her fadir, and her faces weren turned awei, and thei sien not the priuy membris of her fadir.
24 evigilans autem Noe ex vino cum didicisset quae fecerat ei filius suus minor
And forsothe Noe wakide of the wyn, and whanne he hadde lerned what thingis his lesse sone hadde do to hym,
25 ait maledictus Chanaan servus servorum erit fratribus suis
he seide, Cursid be the child Canaan, he schal be seruaunt of seruauntis to hise britheren.
26 dixitque benedictus Dominus Deus Sem sit Chanaan servus eius
And Noe seide, Blessid be the Lord God of Sem,
27 dilatet Deus Iafeth et habitet in tabernaculis Sem sitque Chanaan servus eius
and Chanaan be the seruaunt to Sem; God alarge Jafeth, and dwelle in the tabernaclis of Sem, and Chanaan be seruaunt of hym.
28 vixit autem Noe post diluvium trecentis quinquaginta annis
Forsothe Noe lyuede aftir the greet flood thre hundrid and fifti yeer;
29 et impleti sunt omnes dies eius nongentorum quinquaginta annorum et mortuus est
and alle the daies of hym weren fillid nyn hundrid and fifty yeer, and he was deed.
