Wisdom: Chapter 2 (wycliffe)

Wisdom 2
- 1 Forsothe wickid men seiden, thenkynge anentis hem silf not riytfuli, The tyme of oure lijf is litil, and with anoye; no refreisching is in the ende of a man, and noon is, that is knowun, that turnede ayen fro hellis.
- 2 For we weren borun of nouyt, and aftir this tyme we schulen be, as if we hadden not be; forwhi smoke is blowun out in oure nose thirlis, and a word of sparcle to stire oure herte.
- 3 For oure bodi schal be quenchid aische, and the spirit schal be scaterid abrood as soft eir; and oure lijf schal passe as the step of a cloude, and it schal be departid as a myst, which is dryuun awey of the beemys of the sunne, and is greued of the heete therof.
- 4 And oure name schal take foryeting bi tyme; and no man schal haue mynde of oure werkis.
- 5 Forwhi oure tyme is the passyng of a schadewe, and no turnyng ayen of oure ende is; for it is aseelid, and no man turneth ayen.
- 6 Therfor come ye, and vse we the goodis that ben, and vse we a creature, as in yongthe, swiftli.
- 7 Fille we vs with preciouse wyn and oynementis; and the flour of tyme passe not vs.
- 8 Corowne we vs with roosis, bifor that tho welewen; no medewe be, `bi which oure letcherie passe not.
- 9 No man of vs be with out part of oure letcherie; euery where leeue we the signes of gladnesse; for this is oure part, and this is oure eritage.
- 10 Oppresse we a pore iust man, and spare we not a widewe, nether reuerence we hoor heeris of an old man of myche tyme.
- 11 But oure strengthe be the lawe of riytfulnesse; forwhi that that is feble, is foundun vnprofitable.
- 12 Therfor disseyue we a iust man, for he is vnprofitable to vs, and he is contrarie to oure werkis; and he vpbreidith to vs the synnes of lawe, and he defameth on vs the synnes of oure techyng.
- 13 He biheetith that he hath the kunnyng of God, and he nemeth hym silf the sone of God.
- 14 He is maad to us in to schewyng of oure thouytis.
- 15 He is greuouse to vs, yhe, to se; forwhi his lyf is vnlijk to other men, and hise weies ben chaungid.
- 16 We ben gessid of hym to be triffleris, and he absteyneth hym silf fro oure weies, as fro vnclenessis; and he bifore settith the laste thingis of iust men, and he hath glorie, that he hath God a fadir.
- 17 Therfor se we, if hise wordis ben trewe; and asaie we, what thingis schulen come to hym; and we schulen wite, what schulen be the laste thingis of hym.
- 18 For if he is the very sone of God, he schal vp take hym, and schal delyuere hym fro the hondis of hem that ben contrarie.
- 19 Axe we hym bi dispisyng and turment, that we knowe his reuerence, and that we preue his pacience.
- 20 Bi fouleste deth condempne we hym; for whi biholdyng schal be of hise wordis.
- 21 Thei thouyten these thingis, and thei erriden; for whi her malice blyndide hem.
- 22 And thei knewen not the sacramentis of God, nethir thei hopiden the meede of riytfulnesse, nether thei demyden the onour of hooli soulis.
- 23 For whi God made man vnable to be distried, and God made man to the ymage of his licnesse.
- 24 But bi enuye of the deuel deth entride in to the world;
- 25 for sothe thei suen hym, that ben of his part.
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John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395) (wycliffe - 2.4.1)
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