Niwenglisc/Þie Bibel/Gekyndbok

Kapitel 1

 * 1) In þem Frymþ schop Godd þie Rodern and þie Erðe.
 * 2) Nu was þie Erðe unheiw and lær, Þiestre was ofer þem Eard, and þe Gast Goddes swaf ofer þen Watern.

Kapitel 5 - Of Adam oþ Noah

 * 1) Þisse is þie Bok Adames Mæȝrake.  In þem Dæȝ þe Godd Mann schop, worȝhte he hin in his Andleiknes.
 * 2) He schop hje Wæpnedmann and Weifmann and hje blesste. And he namde hje "Adam" (Mannkynn), þa he hje schop.
 * 3) And Adam lifde twahundþrittiȝ (230) Ȝære, and kennde anen Son in seiner Andleiknes, and heȝht hin Seth.
 * 4) Æfterþem he geboren warþ, lifde Adam sefenhundred (700) Ȝære and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 5) Allnunge lifde Adam neiȝnhundþrittiȝ (930) Ȝære, and þa starf he.
 * 6) And Seth lifde twahundfeif (205) Ȝære, and kennde Enosch.
 * 7) And Seth lifde sefenhundsefen (707) Ȝære, æfterþem he Enosch kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 8) Allnunge lifde Seth neiȝnhundtwelf (912) Ȝære, and þa starf he.
 * 9) (Year 1, Adam was 0 years old.  Add 230, and Seth was born in 231; add 205, and you get 436 when Enosch was born)
 * 10) Þa Enosch hundneiȝntiȝ Ȝære lifde, kennde he Kenan.
 * 11) And Enosch lifde sefenhundfeiftien (715) Ȝære and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 12) Allnunge lifde Enosch neiȝnhundfeif (905) Ȝære, and þa starf he.
 * 13) And Kenan lifde hundsefentiȝ (170) Ȝære, and kennde Mahalalel.
 * 14) And Kenan lifde sefenhundfiertiȝ (740) Ȝære, æfterþem he Mahalalel kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 15) Allnunge lifde Kenan neiȝnhundtien (910) Ȝære, and þa starf he.
 * 16) And Mahalalel lifde hundfeifandsixtiȝ (165) Ȝære, and kennde Jared.
 * 17) And Mahalalel lifde sefenhundþrittiȝ (730) Ȝære, æfterþem he Jared kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 18) Allnunge lifde Mahalalel aȝhthundfeifandneiȝntiȝ (895) Ȝære, and þa starf he.
 * 19) And Jared lifde hundredtwaandsixtiȝ (162) Ȝære, and kennde Enoch.
 * 20) And Jared lifde aȝhthundred (800) Ȝære, æfterþem he Enoch kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 21) Allnunge lifde Jared neiȝnhundtwaandsixtiȝ (962) Ȝære, and þa starf he.
 * 22) And Enoch lifde hundfeifandsixtiȝ (165) Ȝære, and kennde Methuselah.
 * 23) And Enoch geng trewlice mid Godde þriehundred (300) Ȝære, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 24) Allnunge lifde Enoch þriehundfeifandsixtiȝ (365) Ȝære.
 * 25) Enoch geng trewlice mid Godde; þa was he nan mær, forþem God hin ætnaam.
 * 26) And Methuselah lifde hundredsefenandaȝhtiȝ (187) Ȝære, and kennde Lamech.
 * 27) And Methuselah lifde sefenhundtwaandaȝhtiȝ (782) Ȝære, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 28) Allnunge lifde Methuselah neiȝnhundneiȝnandsixtiȝ (969) Ȝære, and þa starf he.
 * 29) And Lamech lifde hundredtwaandaȝhtiȝ (182) Ȝære, and kennde anen Son.
 * 30) He namde hin Noah, and kwaþ, "He werðeþ usic in þem Arfoþ and swærer Besige userer Hænde angestalld be þem fram Driȝhten(YHWH) gewergden Grund frœfern."
 * 31) And Lamech lifde feifhundfeifandsixtiȝ (565) Ȝære, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 32) Allnunge lifde Lamech sefenhundþreeandfeiftiȝ Ȝære (753), and þa starf he.
 * 33) And Noah was feifhundred (500) Ȝære, and kennde Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Shem at 502).

Kapital 5 Noten

 * Bidde markeþ þat þe Septuagint hafþ oðre Reime in Stedden for Adam (230 instedd 130), Seth (205 instedd 105), Enosch (190 instedd 90). Þie Reime wurden fram þen Phariseen gewrixeld, forþem hje þie Witegung Jesus onsakan wollden, þe sæȝde þat þe Hælend in þem feiften Jarþusend kommen wirþ.  If þie Reime gewrixeld wurden, þa warþ he in þem wrangen Jarþusend geboren, and þus was noȝht þe Hælend.


 * Adam was in þem 1. Ȝære geboren. Þær is nan Ȝær 0.  Þus warþ his Son, Seth, in 231 geboren.
 * Teimleine: Adam: geboren 1, Seth in 231, Enosch in 436, Kenan in 626, Mahalalel in 796, Jared in 961, Enoch in 1123, Methuselah in 1288, Lamech in 1475, and Noah in 1657.
 * Noahs Sœne: Japheth (500), Shem (502), þa Ham.

Kapitel 11

 * 1) And þie hale World hafde an Gererd and ane gemæne Sprake.
 * 2) So geschaa, þat hje easten fœrden, fanden hje an Gefilde in þem Lande Schinar, and þær eardeden.
 * 3) Hje kwaðen to ælcen oðern, "Kommeþ, scheppeþ wiȝ Tiȝlen and hje þurȝhbaken."  Hje broken Tiȝle instedd Stanes, and Teer for Wallleim.
 * 4) Þa kwaðen hje, "Kommeþ, bueþ wiȝ us selfen ane Burg, mid anem Turr þe to þen Rodern ræceþ, soþat wiȝ us gemærsen; elkor werðeþ wiȝ ofer þie Ruse þer halen Erðe gestrogden."
 * 5) Ak þe Driȝhten (YHWH) kam niðer, þie Burg and þen Torr to seen, þie þie Leode gebuen hafden.
 * 6) Þe Driȝhten (YHWH) kwaþ, "Soðes sind þie Leode geþwær and habeþ an Gererd.  And hje habeþ þis begunnen, nu wirþ naȝht oþhalden, þe hje akræfteþ to don.
 * 7) Kommeþ, gaþ wiȝ niðer and gemencgeþ hjer Gererd, soþat hje understandeþ noȝht ælcen oðern."
 * 8) So testragd þe Driȝhten (YHWH) hje þanen ofer alle þie Erðe, and hje lannen of, þie Burg to buen.
 * 9) Þus hatte schie Babel - forþen þe Driȝhten (YHWH) þær þat Gererd þer halen Werld gemencgde .  Þanen testragd þe Driȝhten (YHWH) hje ofer þen Eard þer halen Erðe. Of Shem oþ Abram
 * 10) þis sind þie Kynnrekenne Shems. Twa Ȝære æfter þem Flod, was Shem hundredwintre (100 years old), and kennde Arphaxad.
 * 11) And Shem lifde feifhundred (500) Ȝære, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 12) And Arphaxad lifde hundfeifandþrittiȝ (135) Ȝære, and kennde Cainan.
 * 13) And Arphaxad lifde fierhundþrittiȝ (430) Ȝære, æfterþem he Cainan kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.  And Cainan lifde hundþrittiȝ (130) Ȝære, and kennde Shelah.  And Cainan lifde þreehundþrittiȝ (330) Ȝære, æfterþem he Shelah kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 14) And Shelah lifde hundþrittiȝ (130) Ȝære, and kennde Eber.
 * 15) And Shelah lifde þreehundþrittiȝ (330) Ȝære, æfterþem he Eber kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 16) And Eber lifde hundfierandþrittiȝ (134) Ȝære, and kennde Peleg.
 * 17) And Eber lifde þreehundsefentiȝ (370) Ȝære, æfterþem he Peleg kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 18) And Peleg lifde hundþrittiȝ (130) Ȝære, and kennde Reu.
 * 19) And Peleg lifde twahundneiȝn (209) Ȝære, æfterþem he Reu kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 20) And Reu lifde hundtwaandþrittiȝ (130) Ȝære, and kennde Serug.
 * 21) And Reu lifde twahundsefentiȝ (270) Ȝære, æfterþem he Serug kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 22) And Serug lifde hundþrittiȝ (130) Ȝære, and kennde Nahor
 * 23) And Serug lifde twahundred (200) Ȝære, æfterþem he Nahor kennde, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter.
 * 24) And Nahor lifde neiȝnandsefentiȝ (79) Ȝære, and kennde Terah.
 * 25) And Nahor lifde hundredneiȝnandtweȝntiȝ (129)* Ȝære, and kennde oðre Sœne and Dœȝhter. (125, 119, or 129?)
 * 26) And Terah lifde hundþrittiȝ (130) Ȝære, and kennde Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Abrams Heired
 * 27) þis sind þie Kynnrekenne Terahs.  Terah kennde Abram, Nahor, and Haran.  And Haran kennde Lot.
 * 28) And Haran starf forr seinem Fader Terah, in þem Lande seiner Gebyrd, Ur þer Chaldeanen. (28)
 * 29) Abram and Nahor geweiften.  Þe Name Abrams Weif was Sarai, and þe Name Nahors Weif was Milah, Harans Doȝhter, þe Fader Milkahs and Iskahs.
 * 30) Ak Sarai was untiemende, schie kennde nan Cild.
 * 31) And Terah naam seinen Son Abram, and Lot Haransson seinen Barnsbarn, and seine Snore Sarai, þat Weif seines Sones Abrams, and hje kamen ætsammen of Ur þer Chaldeanen ut, to Canaan to gan.  And hje kamen to Harran and eardeden þa.
 * 32) Terah lifde twahundredfeif (205) Ȝære, and starf in Harran.

Kapitel 11 Noten

 * Þie Ælden þisser Menne wurden fram þen Phariseen geschyrted, to þon þe hje ane Witegung Cristes unsoðen kuðen. Æfter hjeren Geliefen wyrde Christ in þem 6.  Ȝærþusend of Geschæft (5000 oþ 5999 AM) ætiewen, and þat Kynereic in þem 7. Ȝærþusend inlæden.  If man gelytle þie Ælden syndriger Hefdfæder in Gekyndbok 5 and 11, þonn wære Crist to ær geboren worden, and þus wære noȝht þe Hælend.  Mid þissen smælleren Ælden, schollde þe Hælend æm ærsten 240 AD geboren werðen, forþen þe masoretische Traȝht gereimþ, þat 3761 BC þie Tælmark Geschæft seie.
 * The ages of these men were shortened by the Pharisees, in order to be able to disprove a prophesy of Christ. In their beliefs, the Christ would show up in the 6th millenium from Creation (5000 to 5999 AM), and usher in the kingdom in the 7th millenium.  If you deflate the ages of several of the patriarchs in Genesis 5 and 11, then Christ would have been born too early, and thus not be the Messiah.  With these smaller ages, the Messiah should be born at least 240 AD, because the Masoretic text calculates 3761 BC to be the date of Creation.

Vocabulary
ÆȜ ȝŒœǶƕ
 * allnunge (adv) - altogether
 * ælc (pron, adj) - each
 * Barnsbarn (n) - grandson
 * Eard (m) - surface (land)
 * Erðe (f) - earth
 * frœfern (wv) to comfort, solace
 * Frymþ (m) - beginning
 * gadern (wv) - to gather; sammen (wv) is the verb to gather where there's an implied purpose or benefit to the gatherer
 * Geleafe (m) - belief; faith
 * lær (adj) - void, empty; different from æmtiȝ
 * Mæȝrake (f) - genealogy; OE mægracu
 * Roder (m) - heaven, firmament
 * sterfen (sv3) - to die; (stirfþ, starf, is gestorfen)
 * sweifen (swaf, geswiffen) - to hover; move, sway
 * Tælmark (f) - date
 * testreȝden (s3) - to scatter; (testragd, testrogden)
 * þa (adv) - þa V S = then S V; þa S V = when S V (used at definite time)
 * -wintre (suffix) - X years old. Anglo-Saxons reckoned age by the number of winters you lived, as winter was the last season of the year before the start of the year at spring.