Deuteronomy 12

¹ And ye and youre housis schulen ete there in the siyt of youre Lord God; and ye schulen be glad in alle thingis to whiche ye putten hond, in whiche youre Lord God blesside you. ² Ye schulen not do there tho thingis whiche we don here to dai, ech man that semeth riytful to hym silf. 3 For til in to present tyme ye camen not to reste and possessioun, which the Lord God schal yyue to you. ⁴ Ye schulen passe Jordan, and ye schulen dwelle in the lond which youre Lord God schal yyue to you, that ye reste fro alle enemyes bi cumpas, and dwelle without ony drede. 5 In the place which youre Lord God chees that his name be therynne. Thidur ye schulen bere alle thingis, whiche Y comaunde, brent sacrifices, and sacrifices, and the dymes, and firste fruytis of youre hondis, and what euere is the beste in yiftis, whiche ye auowiden to the Lord. 6 Ther ye schulen ete bifor youre Lord God, ye, and youre sones and douytris, youre seruauntis, and seruauntessis, and the dekenes, that dwellen in youre citees; for thei han not other part and possessioun among you. 7 Be thou war lest thou offre thi brent sacrifices in ech place which thou seest, 8 but in that place which the Lord chees in oon of thi lynagis thou schalt offre sacrifices, and schalt do what euer thingis Y comaunde to thee. 9 Forsothe if thou wolt ete, and the etyng of fleischis delitith thee, sle thou, and ete, bi the blessyng of thi Lord God, which he yaf to thee in thi citees, whether it is vnclene, that is, spottid ether wemmed and feble, ether clene, that is, hool in membris and with out wem, which is leueful to be offrid, thou schalt ete as a capret and hert; oneli without etyng of blood, 10 which thou schalt schede out as watir on the erthe. 11 Thou schalt not mowe ete in thi citees the tithis of thi wheete, wyn, and oile, the firste gendrid thingis of droues, and of scheep, and alle thingis whiche thou hast avowid and wolt offre bi fre wille, and the firste fruytis of thin hondis; 12 but thou schalt ete tho bifor thi Lord God, in the place which thi Lord God chees, thou, and thi sone, and douyter, seruaunt, and seruauntesse, and the dekene that dwellith in thi citees; and thou schalt be glad, and schalt be fillid bifor thi Lord God in alle thingis to whiche thou holdist forth thin hond. 13 Be thou war lest thou forsake the dekene in al tyme, in which thou lyuest in erthe. ¹⁴ Whanne thi Lord God hath alargid thi termes, as he spak to thee, and thou wolt ete fleischis, whiche thi soule desirith, ¹⁵ forsothe if the place is fer, which thi Lord God chees, that his name be there, thou schalt sle of thin oxun, and scheep, whiche thou hast, as the Lord comaundide to thee; and thou schalt ete in thi citees as it plesith thee. 16 As a capret and hert is etun, so thou schalt ete tho; bothe a cleene man and vncleene schulen ete therof in comyn. 17 Oneli eschewe thou this, that thou ete not blood; for the blood of tho beestis is for the lijf, and therfor thou owist not ete the lijf with fleischis, ¹⁸ but thou schalt schede as watir the blood on the erthe, 19 that it be wel to thee, and to thi sones after thee, whanne thou hast do that, that plesith in the siyt of the Lord. 20 Sotheli thou schalt take that that thou auowidist, and halewidist to the Lord, and thou schalt come to the place which the Lord chees; ²¹ and thou schalt offre thin offryngis, fleischis, and blood, on the auter of thi Lord God; thou schalt schede in the auter the blood of sacrifices; forsothe thou schalt ete the fleischis. ²² Kepe thou and here alle thingis whiche Y comaunde to thee, that it be wel to thee, and to thi sones after thee, with outen ende, whanne thou hast do that, that is good and plesaunt in the siyt of thi Lord God. ²³ Whanne thi Lord God hath distryed bifor thi face folkis, to whiche thou schalt entre to welde, and thou hast weldid tho folkis, and hast dwellid in the lond of hem, 24 be thou war lest thou sue hem, aftir that thei ben distried, whanne thou entrist, and thou seke the cerymonyes of hem, and seie, As these folkis worschipyden her goddis, so and Y schal worschipe. ²⁵ Thou schalt not do in lijk manere to thi Lord God; for thei diden to her goddis alle abhomynaciouns whiche the Lord wlatith, and offriden her sones and douytris, and brenten with fier. ²⁶ Do thou to the Lord this thing oneli which Y comaunde to thee, nethir adde thou ony thing, nether abate. ²⁸ If a prophete risith in the myddis of thee, ethir he that seith hym silf to haue seyn a dreem, and he biforseith a signe and a wondur to comynge aftir, ²⁹ and this that he spak bifallith, and he seith to thee, Go we, and sue alien goddis, whiche thou knowist not, and serue we hem, ³⁰ thou schalt not here the wordis of that prophete, ether of dremere; for youre Lord God assaieth you asaieth you, that is, suffrith siche thingis to be doon, that ye be preued. , that he wite that he wite, that is, that he make to be knowun of othere men, for he takith not of newe the knowing of ony thing, but he knewe alle thingis fro with out bigynnyng, and in this maner God spekith in xxij. co. of Genesis, Now Y haue knowe that thou dredist the Lord, that is, Y haue made knowun, for bi the offring of Isaac the obedience of Abraham was knowun to men, and was put to hem into ensaumple. opynli whether ye louen hym ether nay, in al youre herte, and in al youre soule. ³¹ Sue ye youre Lord, and drede ye hym; kepe ye his comaundementis, and here ye the vois of hym; ye schulen serue hym, and ye schulen cleue to hym. ³² Forsothe thilke prophete, ether the feynere of dremes, schal be slayn schal be slayn without mersy, while he is conuyct bi witnessis ether knoulechith. ; for he spak that he schulde turne you awei fro youre Lord God, that ladde you out of the lond of Egipt, and ayenbouyte you fro the hous of seruage, that `thilke prophete schulde make thee to erre fro the weie which thi Lord God comaundide to thee; and thou schalt do awey yuel fro the myddis of thee.