The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

And whanne he was rysun fro preier, and was comun to hise disciplis, he foond hem slepynge for heuynesse.

And he seide to hem, What slepen ye? Rise ye, and preye ye, that ye entre not in to temptacioun.

Yit while he spak, lo! a company, and he that was clepid Judas, oon of the twelue, wente bifor hem; and he cam to Jhesu, to kisse hym.

And Jhesus seide to hym, Judas, `with a coss `thou bytrayest `mannys sone.

And thei that weren aboute hym, and sayn that that was to come, seiden to hym, Lord, whether we smyten with swerd?

And oon of hem smoot the seruaunt of the prince of preestis, and kittide of his riyt eere.

But Jhesus answerde, and seide, Suffre ye til hidir. And whanne he hadde touchid his eere, he heelide hym.

And Jhesus seide to hem, that camen to hym, the princis of preestis, and maiestratis of the temple, and eldre men, As to a theef ye han gon out with swerdis and staues?

Whanne Y was ech dai with you in the temple, ye streiyten not out hondis in to me; but this is youre our, and the power of derknessis.

And thei token him, and ledden to the hous of the prince of prestis; and Petir suede hym afer.

And whanne a fier was kyndelid in the myddil of the greet hous, and thei saten aboute, Petir was in the myddil of hem.

Whom whanne a damysel hadde seyn sittynge `at the liyt, and hadde biholdun hym, sche seide, And this was with hym.

And he denyede hym, and seide, Womman, Y knowe hym not.

And aftir a litil another man siy hym, and seide, And thou art of hem. But Petir seide, A! man, Y am not.

And whanne a space was maad as of on our, another affermyd, and seide, Treuli this was with hym; for also he is of Galilee.

And Petir seide, Man, Y noot what thou seist. And anoon yit while he spak, the cok crewe.

And the Lord turnede ayen, and bihelde Petre; and Petre hadde mynde on the word of Jhesu, as he hadde seid, For bifor that the cok crowe, thries thou schalt denye me.

And Petre yede out, and wepte bittirli.

And the men that helden hym scorneden hym, and smyten hym.

And thei blynfelden hym, and smyten his face, and axiden hym, and seiden, Arede, thou Crist, to vs, who is he that smoot thee?

Also thei blasfemynge seiden ayens hym many other thingis.

And as the day was come, the eldre men of the puple, and the princis of prestis, and the scribis camen togidir, and ledden hym in to her councel,

and seiden, If thou art Crist, seie to vs.

And he seide to hem, If Y seie to you, ye schulen not bileue to me; and if Y axe, ye schulen not answere to me, nethir ye schulen delyuere me.

But aftir this tyme mannys sone schal be sittynge on the riyt half of the vertu of God.

Therfor alle seiden, Thanne art thou the sone of God? And he seide, Ye seien that Y am.

And thei seiden, What yit desiren we witnessyng? for we vs silf han herd of his mouth.

And al the multitude of hem arysen, and ledden hym to Pilat.

And thei bigunnen to accuse hym, and seiden, We han foundun this turnynge vpsodoun oure folk, and forbedynge tributis to be youun to the emperour, and seiynge that hym silf is Crist and kyng.

And Pilat axide hym, and seide, Art thou kyng of Jewis? And he answeride, and seide, Thou seist.

And Pilat seide to the princis of prestis, and to the puple, Y fynde no thing of cause in this man.

And thei woxen stronger, and seiden, He moueth the puple, techynge thorou al Judee, bigynnynge fro Galile til hidir.

And Pilat herynge Galile axide, if he were a man of Galile.

And whanne he knewe that he was of the powere of Eroude, he sente hym to Eroude; which was at Jerusalem in tho daies.

And whanne Eroude siy Jhesu, he ioyede ful myche; for long tyme he coueitide to se hym, for he herde many thingis of hym, and hopide to see sum tokene `to be don of hym.

And he axide hym in many wordis; and he answeride no thing to hym.

And the princis of preestis and the scribis stoden, stidfastli accusynge hym.

But Eroude with his oost dispiside hym, and scornede hym, and clothide with a white cloth, and sente hym ayen to Pilat.

And Eroude and Pilat weren maad freendis fro that dai; for bifor thei weren enemyes togidre.

And Pilat clepide togider the princis of prestis and the maiestratis of the puple, and seide to hem,

Ye han brouyt to me this man, as turnynge awey the puple, and lo! Y axynge bifor you fynde no cause in this man of these thingis, in whiche ye accusen hym;

nether Eroude, for he hath sent hym ayen to vs, and lo! no thing worthi of deth is don to hym.

And therfor Y schal amende hym, and delyuere hym.

But he moste nede delyuer to hem oon bi the feest dai.

And al the puple criede togidir, and seide, Do `awei hym, and delyuer to vs Barabas;

which was sent `in to prisoun for disturblyng maad in the cite, and for mansleynge.

And eftsoone Pilat spak to hem, and wolde delyuer Jhesu.

And thei vndurcrieden, and seiden, Crucifie, crucifie hym.

And the thridde tyme he seide to hem, For what yuel hath this don? Y fynde no cause of deeth in hym; therfor Y schal chastise hym, and Y schal delyuer.

And thei contynueden with greet voicis axynge, that he schulde be crucified; and the voicis of hem woxen stronge.

And Pilat demyde her axyng to be don.

And he delyueride to hem hym, that for mansleyng and sedicioun was sent in to prisoun, whom thei axiden; but he bitook Jhesu to her wille.

And whanne thei ledden hym, thei token a man, Symon of Syrenen, comynge fro the toun, and thei leiden on hym the cross to bere aftir Jhesu.

And there suede hym myche puple, and wymmen that weiliden, and bymorneden hym.

And Jhesus turnede to hem, and seide, Douytris of Jerusalem, nyle ye wepe on me, but wepe ye on youre silf and on youre sones.

For lo! daies schulen come, in whiche it schal be seid, Blessid be bareyn wymmen, and wombis that han not borun children, and the tetis that han not youun souke.

Thanne thei schulen bigynne to seie to mounteyns, Falle ye doun on vs, and to smale hillis, Keuere ye vs.

For if in a greene tre thei don these thingis, what schal be don in a drie?

Also othere twei wickid men weren led with hym, to be slayn.

And `aftir that thei camen in to a place, that is clepid of Caluerie, there thei crucifieden hym, and the theues, oon on the riyt half, and `the tother on the left half.

But Jhesus seide, Fadir, foryyue hem, for thei witen not what thei doon.

And thei departiden his clothis, and kesten lottis. And the puple stood abidynge; and the princis scorneden hym with hem, and seiden, Othere men he maad saaf; make he hym silf saaf, if this be Crist, the chosun of God.

And the knyytis neiyeden, and scorneden hym, and profreden vynegre to hym,

and seiden, If thou art king of Jewis, make thee saaf.

And the superscripcioun was writun ouer hym with Greke lettris, and of Latyn, and of Ebreu, This is the kyng of Jewis.

And oon of these theues that hangiden, blasfemyde hym, and seide, If thou art Crist, make thi silf saaf and vs.

But `the tothir answerynge, blamyde hym, and seide, Nether thou dredist God, that art in the same dampnacioun?

And treuli we iustli, for we han resseiued worthi thingis to werkis; but this dide no thing of yuel.

And he seide to Jhesu, Lord, haue mynde of me, whanne thou comest `in to thi kyngdom.

And Jhesus seide to hym, Treuli Y seie to thee, this dai thou schalt be with me in paradise.

And it was almest the sixte our, and derknessis weren maad in al the erthe `in to the nynthe our.

And the sun was maad derk, and the veile of the temple was to-rent atwo.

And Jhesus criynge with a greet vois, seide, Fadir, in to thin hoondis Y bitake my spirit. And he seiynge these thingis, yaf vp the goost.

And the centurien seynge that thing that was don, glorifiede God, and seide, Verili this man was iust.

And al the puple of hem that weren there togidir at this spectacle, and sayn tho thingis that weren don, smyten her brestis, and turneden ayen.

But alle his knowun stoden afer, and wymmen that sueden hym fro Galile, seynge these thingis.

And lo! a man, Joseph bi name, of Aramathie, a cite of Judee, that was a decurien, a good man and a iust,

this man concentide not to the counseil and to the dedis of hem; and he abood the kyngdom of God.

This Joseph cam to Pilat, and axide the bodi of Jhesu,

and took it doun, and wlappide it in a cleene lynen cloth, and leide hym in a graue hewun, in which not yit ony man hadde be leid.

And the dai was the euen of the halidai, and the sabat bigan to schyne.

And the wymmen suynge, that camen with hym fro Galile, sayn the graue, and hou his bodi was leid.

And thei turneden ayen, and maden redi swete smellynge spicis, and oynementis; but in the sabat thei restiden, aftir the comaundement.

But in o dai of the woke ful eerli thei camen to the graue, and brouyten swete smellynge spices, that thei hadden arayed.

And thei founden the stoon turned awei fro the graue.

And thei yeden in, and founden not the bodi of the Lord Jhesu.

And it was don, the while thei weren astonyed in thouyt of this thing, lo! twei men stoden bisidis hem in schynynge cloth.

And whanne thei dredden, and boweden her semblaunt in to the erthe, thei seiden to hem, What seken ye hym that lyueth with deed men?

He is not here, but is risun. Haue ye mynde, hou he spak to you, whanne he was yit in Galile,

and seide, For it bihoueth mannys sone to be bitakun in to the hondis of synful men, and to be crucified, and the thridde dai to rise ayen.

And thei bithouyten on hise wordis.

And thei yeden ayen fro the graue, and telden alle these thingis to the enleuene, and to alle othir.

And ther was Marie Mawdeleyn, and Joone, and Marie of James, and other wymmen that weren with hem, that seiden to apostlis these thingis.

And these wordis weren seyn bifor hem as madnesse, and thei bileueden not to hem.

But Petir roos vp, and ran to the graue; and he bowide doun, and say the lynen clothis liynge aloone. And he wente bi him silf, wondrynge on that that was don.

And lo! tweyne of hem wenten in that dai in to a castel, that was fro Jerusalem the space of sixti furlongis, bi name Emaws.

And thei spaken togidir of alle these thingis that haddun bifallun.

And it was don, the while thei talkiden, and souyten bi hem silf, Jhesus hym silf neiyede, and wente with hem.

But her iyen weren holdun, that thei knewen him not.

And he seide to hem, What ben these wordis, that ye speken togidir wandrynge, and ye ben sorewful?