Deuteronomy 14
Deuteronomy chapter 14 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 Sotheli ye schulen not ete these beestis, of these that chewen code, and departen not the clee; a camel, an hare, and a cirogrille, that is, a beeste ful of prickis, and is more than an irchoun; for tho chewen code, and departen not the clee, tho schulen be vncleene to you;</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="2"><sup>2</sup> also a swyn, for it departith the clee, and chewith not code, schal be vncleene; ye schulen not ete the fleischis of tho, and ye schulen not touche the deed bodies.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="3"><sup>3</sup> Ye schulen ete these thingis, of alle that dwellen in watris; ete ye tho thingis that han fynnes and scalis;</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="4"><sup>4</sup> ete ye not tho thingis that ben with out fynnes and scalis, for tho ben vncleene.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="5"><sup>5</sup> Ete ye alle clene briddis;</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="6"><sup>6</sup> ete ye not vncleene briddis, that is, an egle, and a gripe,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="7"><sup>7</sup> and an aliete, ixon, that is, a whijt brid lesse than a vultur, and is of the kynde of vultris, and a vultur, and a kite bi his kynde,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="8"><sup>8</sup> and al thing of rauenys kynde,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="9"><sup>9</sup> and a strucioun, and a nyyt crowe, and a lare,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="10"><sup>10</sup> and an hauk bi his kynde, a fawcun,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="11"><sup>11</sup> and a swan, and a siconye, and a dippere, a pursirioun, and a reremous, a cormeraunt,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="12"><sup>12</sup> and a caladrie, alle in her kynde; also a lapwynke and a backe.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="13"><sup>13</sup> And al thing that crepith, and hath fynnes, schal be vncleene, and schal not be etun.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="14"><sup>14</sup> Ete ye al thing that is cleene; sotheli what euer thing is deed bi it silf, ete ye not therof.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="15"><sup>15</sup> Yyue thou to the pilgrym which is with ynne thi yatis, that he ete, ether sille thou to hym, for thou art the hooli puple of thi Lord God. Thou schalt not sethe a kyde in the mylk of his modir.
16 Thou schalt departe the tenthe part of alle thi fruytis that comen forth in the lond bi ech yeer;
17 and thou schal ete in the siyt of thi Lord God, in the place which he chees, that his name be clepid therynne; thou schalt offre the tithe of thi wheete, wyn, and oile, and the firste gendryd thingis of thi droues, and scheep, that thou lerne to drede thi Lord God in al tyme.
18 Sotheli whanne the wei is lengere, and the place which thi Lord God chees is fer, and he hath blessid thee, and thou maist not bere alle these thingis to that place,
19 thou schalt sille alle thingis, and schalt turne in to prijs, and thou schalt bere in thin hond, and thou schalt go to the place which thi Lord God chees;
20 and thou schalt bie of the same money what euer thing plesith to thee, ethir of droues, ether of scheep; also thou schalt bie wyn, and sidur, and al thing that thi soule desirith; and thou schalt ete bifor thi Lord God, and thou schalt make feeste,
21 thou, and thin hows, and the dekene which is withynne thi yatis; be thou war lest thou forsake hym, for he hath not other part in possessioun.
22 In the thridde yeer thou schalt departe another dyme of alle thingis that growen to thee in that yeer, and thou schalt kepe withynne thi yatis.
23 And the dekene schal come, whych hath noon other part nether possessioun with thee, and the pilgrym, and the fadirles, ether modirles child, and widue, that ben withynne thi yatis, schulen come, and schulen ete, and be fillid, that thi Lord God blesse thee, in alle werkis of thin hondis whiche thou schalt do.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="25"><sup>25</sup> In the seuenthe yeer thou schalt make remyssioun,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="26"><sup>26</sup> that schal be fillid bi this ordre. To whom ony thing is dettid, ethir owid of his freend, ether neiybore, and brother, he schal not mowe axe, for it is the yeer of remyssioun of the Lord.
27 Thou schalt axe of a pilgrym of a pilgrym, in Ebreu it is, of a straungere; a straungere is he, that is not of the feith of Jewis. and comelyng; thou hast not power to axe of a citeseyn and neiybore;
28 and outerli a nedi man and begger schal not be among you, that thi Lord God blesse thee, in the lond which he schal yyue to thee in to the possessioun.
29 If netheles thou schalt here the vois of thi Lord God, and schalt kepe alle thingis whiche he comaundide, and whiche Y comaunde to dai to thee, he schal blesse thee, as he bihiyte.