Niwenglisc/Þie Bibel/Gekyndbok

Kapitel 1
Þe Frymþ ÆȜ ȝŒœǶƕ
 * 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. Þe ærste Daȝ: Lieȝht
 * 3) And Godd kwaþ, "Werðe Leoȝht!" and þa warþ Lieȝht.
 * 4) And Godd saw þat þat Leoȝht god was, and schedd þat Lieȝht of þer Þiestre.
 * 5) And Godd heȝht þat Leoȝht "Daȝ," and þie Þiestre heȝht he "Naȝht."  And þa was Æfen, and þa was Morgen - þe ærste Daȝ. Þe tweȝnþe Daȝ: Rodor
 * 6) And Godd kwaþ, "Werðe ane Ƕalfe betwienen þen Watern, Water of Water to schaden."
 * 7) So schop Godd þie Ƕalfe and schedd þat Water under þer Ƕalfe of þem Water bufen her. And it warþ so.
 * 8) And Godd heȝht þie Ƕalfe "Lyft."  And þa was Æfen, and þa was Morgen - þe tweȝnþe Daȝ. Þe þridde Daȝ: Drieȝ Grund
 * 9) And God kwaþ, "Werðe þat Water under þer Lyft to anem Stedd gegæderd, and læt drieȝen Grund ætiewen." And it warþ so.
 * 10) And Godd heȝht þen drieȝen Grund "Land," and þie gegaderden Water heȝht he "Sæen."  And Godd saw þat it god was.
 * 11) And Godd kwaþ, "Aspriete þat Land Grownes: sædberende Planten and Treen on þem Lande þe Ofet mid Sæden þærin bereþ, æfter hjeren syndrigen Kynnen on þer Erðe."  And it warþ so.
 * 12) Þat Land asprot Grownes: sædberende Planten æfter hjeren Kynnen and ofetberende Tree mid Sæden þærin æfter hjeren Kynnen.  And Godd saw þat it god was.
 * 13) And þa was Æfen, and þa was Morgen - þe þridde Daȝ. Þe Fierþe Daȝ: Sunne, Mone, Sterren
 * 14) And Godd kwaþ, "Werðeþ Lieȝhter in þer Ƕalfe þer Lyft, þen Daȝ of þer Naȝht oftoschaden, and werðeþ hje to Taknen þeȝnen, godkunde Teimen, and Dæȝe, and Ȝære to gemarken,
 * 15) and werðeþ Lieȝhter in þer Ƕalfe þer Lyft, for on þer Erðe to lieȝhten." And it warþ so.
 * 16) And Godd schop þwa greate Lieȝhter - þat grieter Leoȝht for þen Daȝ to walden and þat læsse Leoȝht for þie Naȝht to walden.  He schop eak þie Sterren.
 * 17) And Godd stallde hje in þie Ƕalfe þer Lyft for on þer Erðe to lieȝhten,
 * 18) for þen Daȝ and þie Naȝht to walden, and for þat Leoȝht of þer Þiestre to schaden.  And Godd saw þat it god was.
 * 19) And þa was Æfen, and þa was Morgen - þe fierþe Daȝ. Þe Feifte Daȝ: Fische and Fugeln
 * 20) And Godd kwaþ, "Tieme þat Water mid libbenden Wiȝhten, and fliegen Fugeln bufen þer Erðe þwers þie Ƕalfe þer Lyft."
 * 21) So Godd schopp þie greaten Orken þer Sæ and geƕilce libbende Wiȝht, þærmid þat Water tiemþ and þærin ƕirfþ, æfter hjeren Kynnen, and geƕilcen fyðerden Fugel æfter his Kynn. And Godd saw þat it god was.
 * 22) And Godd blesste hje and kwaþ, "Gewæstmbereþ and maniȝfaldeþ and fylleþ þat Water in þen Sæen, and maniȝfaldeþ þie Fugeln on þer Erðe.
 * 23) And þa was Æfen, and þa was Morgen - þe feifte Daȝ. Þe Sixte Daȝ: Wiȝhte on þem Lande

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created mankind in his own image,

in the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Kapitel 5 - Of Adam oþ Noah

 * 1) Þisse is þie Bok Adames Mæȝrake.  In þem Daȝ 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.

Kapitel 50

 * 1) Josef fell on seinen Fader and wepp ofer hin and kysste hin.
 * 2) Þa bebod Josef þie Læcen in seiner Þeȝnung, seinen Fader Israel intobalsamen.  So balsamden þie Læcen hin in,
 * 3) namen hje fiertiȝ fulle Dage, forþen þat was þie niedbehoflice Teid intobalsamen.  And marnen þie Egyptischen hin sefentiȝ Dage.

4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, 5 ‘My father made me swear an oath and said, “I am about to die; bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”

6 Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt— 8 besides all the members of Joseph’s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father’s household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen. 9 Chariots and horsemen[a] also went up with him. It was a very large company.

10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father. 11 When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.[b]

12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them: 13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. 14 After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.

Joseph Reassures His Brothers

15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?” 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died: 17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.

19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. 21 So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.

The Death of Joseph

22 Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years 23 and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.[c]

24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” 25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

26 So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Vocabulary
ÆȜ ȝŒœǶƕ
 * allnunge (adv) - altogether
 * asprieten (sv3) - to sprout, bring forth; [asprot, asproten]
 * ælc (pron, adj) - each
 * Barnsbarn (n) - grandson
 * Eard (m) - surface (land)
 * Erðe (f) - earth
 * for...to + infinitive - in order to + infinitive, for the purpose of X-ing
 * 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
 * Grownes (f) - vegetation, (plant) growth
 * lær (adj) - void, empty; different from æmtiȝ
 * Leoȝht (n) (pl Lieȝhter) light
 * 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.