Luke 12
1 Amongst which things, when the ten thousands of the multitude were gathered together, so that they were treading one upon another, he began to be saying, unto his disciples, first—Be keeping yourselves free from the leaven of the Pharisees, the which is, hypocrisy.
And whanne myche puple stood aboute, so that thei treden ech on othir, he bigan to seie to hise disciplis, Be ye war of the sourdouy of the Farisees, that is ypocrisie.
2 But, nothing, hath been, covered up, which shall not be uncovered, and hidden, which shall not be made known.
For no thing is hilid, that schal not be schewid; nether hid, that schal not be wist.
3 Because, as many things as, in the darkness, ye have said, in the light, shall be heard; and, what to the ear ye spake, in the chambers, shall be proclaimed on the housetops.
For whi tho thingis that ye han seid in derknessis, schulen be seid in liyt; and that that ye han spokun in eere in the couchis, schal be prechid in roofes.
4 And I say unto you, my friends—Do not be put in fear of them who kill the body, and, after these things, have nothing more uncommon which they can do.
And Y seie to you, my freendis, be ye not a ferd of hem that sleen the bodie, and aftir these thingis han no more what thei schulen do.
5 But I will suggest to you, whom ye should fear—Fear him who, after killing, hath authority to cast into gehenna, —Yea, I say unto you—Him, fear ye. (Geenna g1067)
But Y schal schewe to you, whom ye schulen drede; drede ye hym, that aftir he hath slayn, he hath power to sende in to helle. And so Y seie to you, drede ye hym. (Geenna g1067)
6 Are not, five sparrows, sold for two farthings? and, not one from among them, hath been forgotten before God.
Whether fyue sparowis ben not seld for twei halpens; and oon of hem is not in foryetyng bifor God?
7 But, even the hairs of your head, have all been numbered: Be not afraid: many sparrows, ye excel.
But also alle the heeris of youre heed ben noumbrid. Therfor nyle ye drede; ye ben of more prijs than many sparowis.
8 And I say unto you—Whosoever shall confess me before men, even the Son of Man, will confess him, before the messengers of God;
Treuli Y seie to you, ech man that knoulechith me bifor men, mannus sone schal knouleche hym bifor the aungels of God.
9 But, he who denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God.
But he that denyeth me bifor men, schal be denyed bifor the aungels of God.
10 And, whosoever shall say a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but, unto him who, against the Holy Spirit, speaketh profanely, it shall not be forgiven.
And ech that seith a word ayens mannus sone, it schal be foryouun to hym; but it schal not be foryouun to hym, that blasfemeth ayens the Hooli Goost.
11 But, whensoever they shall be bringing you in before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how, [or what] ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;
And whanne thei leden you in to synagogis, and to magistratis, and potestatis, nyle ye `be bisie, hou or what ye schulen answere, or what ye schulen seie.
12 For, the Holy Spirit, shall teach you, in that very hour, what ye ought to say.
For the Hooli Goost schal teche you in that our, what it bihoueth you to seie.
13 And one from amongst the multitude said unto him—Teacher! bid my brother divide with me the inheritance.
And oon of the puple seide to hym, Maystir, seie to my brothir, that he departe with me the eritage.
14 But, he, said unto him—Man! who hath appointed me a judge or divider over you?
And he seyde to hym, Man, who ordeynede me a domesman, or a departere, on you?
15 And he said unto them—Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one’s abundance, doth his life spring out of his possessions.
And he seide to hem, Se ye, and be ye war of al coueytice; for the lijf of a man is not in the abundaunce of tho thingis, whiche he weldith.
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying—A certain rich man’s estate, bare well.
And he tolde to hem a liknesse, and seide, The feeld of a riche man brouyte forth plenteuouse fruytis.
17 And he began to deliberate within himself, saying—What shall I do? because I have not where I can gather my fruits.
And he thouyte with ynne hym silf, and seide, What schal Y do, for Y haue not whidur Y schal gadere my fruytis?
18 And he said—This, will I do, —I will pull down my barns, and, greater ones, build, and gather, there, all my wheat and good things;
And he seith, This thing Y schal do; Y schal throwe doun my bernes, and Y schal make gretter, and thidir Y schal gadir alle thingis that growen to me, and my goodis.
19 and will say to my soul—Soul! thou hast many good things [lying by for many years: be taking thy rest, eat, drink, ] be making merry!
And Y schal seie to my soule, Soule, thou hast many goodis kept in to ful many yeeris; rest thou, ete, drynke, and make feeste.
20 But God said unto him—Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
And God seide to hym, Fool, in this nyyt thei schulen take thi lijf fro thee. And whos schulen tho thingis be, that thou hast arayed?
21 [So, is he that is laying up treasure for himself, and is not rich, towards God.]
So is he that tresourith to hym silf, and is not riche in God.
22 And he said unto his disciples—For this cause, I say unto you, —Be not anxious for the life, what ye shall eat, nor yet for [your] body, what ye shall put on;
And he seide to hise disciplis, Therfor Y seie to you, nyle ye be bisy to youre lijf, what ye schulen ete, nether to youre bodi, with what ye schulen be clothid.
23 For, the life, is more, than the food, and, the body, than, the clothing.
The lijf is more than mete, and the body more than clothing.
24 Consider well the ravens—That they sow nor, neither do they reap, which have neither chamber nor barn, —and, God, feedeth, them! By how much do, ye, excel, the birds?
Biholde ye crowis, for thei sowen not, nethir repen, to whiche is no celer, ne berne, and God fedith hem. Hou myche more ye ben of more prijs than thei.
25 And, who from among you, though anxious, can, unto his stature, add a cubit?
And who of you bithenkynge may put to o cubit to his stature?
26 If then, not even the least thing, ye can do, why, concerning the rest, are ye anxious?
Therfor if ye moun not that that is leest, what ben ye bisie of othere thingis?
27 Consider well the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you—Not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like one of these.
Biholde ye the lilies of the feeld, hou thei wexen; thei trauelen not, nethir spynnen. And Y seie to you, that nethir Salomon in al his glorie was clothid as oon of these.
28 But, if God thus adorneth, the grass, which is, in a field, to-day, and, to-morrow, into an oven, is cast, how much rather you, O little-of-faith?
And if God clothith thus the hey, that to dai is in the feeld, and to morewe is cast in to an ouen; hou myche more you of litil feith.
29 Ye, therefore, be not seeking what ye shall eat and what ye shall drink, and be not held in suspense;
And nyle ye seke, what ye schulen ete, or what ye schulen drynke; and nyle ye be reisid an hiy.
30 For, after all these things, do, the nations of the world, seek, —but, your Father, knoweth that ye need these things.
For folkis of the world seken alle these thingis; `and your fadir woot, that ye neden alle these thingis.
31 Notwithstanding, be seeking his kingdom, —and, these things, shall be added unto you.
Netheles seke ye first the kyngdom of God, and alle these thingis schulen be caste to you.
32 Be not afraid, the dear little flock! for your Father delighteth to give you, the kingdom.
Nile ye, litil flok, drede, for it pleside to youre fadir to yyue you a kyngdom.
33 Sell your possessions, and give alms, make for yourselves purses that wax not old, —treasure unfailing, in the heavens, where, thief, doth not draw near, and, moth, doth not spoil.
Selle ye tho thingis that ye han in possessioun, and yyue ye almes. And make to you sachels that wexen not oolde, tresoure that failith not in heuenes, whidir a theef neiyith not, nether mouyt destruyeth.
34 For, where your treasure is, there, will your heart he also.
For where is thi tresoure, there thin herte schal be.
35 Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning,
Be youre leendis gird aboue, and lanternes brennynge in youre hoondis;
36 And, ye yourselves, like unto men awaiting their own lord, once he may break up out of the marriage-feast, —that, when he cometh and knocketh, straightway, they may open unto him.
and be ye lijk to men that abiden her lord, whanne he schal turne ayen fro the weddyngis, that whanne he schal come, and knocke, anoon thei openen to hym.
37 Happy those servants, whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching! Verily, I say unto you—he will gird himself, and make them recline, and, coming near, will minister unto them.
Blessid be tho seruauntis, that whanne the lord schal come, he schal fynde wakynge. Treuli Y seie to you, that he schal girde hym silf, and make hem sitte to mete, and he schal go, and serue hem.
38 And, if, in the second, or if, in the third, watch, he come and find, thus, happy, are, they!
And if he come in the secounde wakynge, and if he come in the thridde wakynge, and fynde so, tho seruauntis ben blessid.
39 But, of this, be taking note—Had the householder known, in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not suffered his house, to be digged through.
And wite ye this thing, for if an hosebonde man wiste, in what our the theef wolde come, sotheli he schulde wake, and not suffre his hous to be myned.
40 Ye, therefore, be getting ready, because, in what hour ye are not thinking, The Son of Man cometh!
And be ye redi, for in what our ye gessen not, mannus sone schal come.
41 But Peter said—Lord! unto us, this parable, speakest thou? or, even unto all?
And Petre seide to hym, Lord, seist thou this parable to vs, or to alle?
42 And the Lord said—Who then is the faithful steward, the prudent one, whom the lord will appoint over his body of attendants, to be giving, in due season, the measured allowance of wheat?
And the Lord seide, Who, gessist thou, is a trewe dispendere, and a prudent, whom the lord hath ordeyned on his meyne, to yyue hem in tyme mesure of whete?
43 Happy, that servant, whom the lord, when he cometh shall find doing, thus!
Blessid is that seruaunt, that the lord whanne he cometh, schal fynde so doynge.
44 Of a truth, I say unto you—Over all his possessions, will he appoint him.
Verili Y seie to you, that on alle thingis that he weldith, he schal ordeyne hym.
45 But, if that servant should say in his heart—My lord delayeth to come! and should begin to be striking the youths and the maidens, —to be eating also, and drinking, and making himself drunk,
That if that seruaunt seie in his herte, My lord tarieth to come; and bigynne to smyte children, and handmaydenes, and ete, and drynke, and be fulfillid ouer mesure,
46 The lord of that servant, will have come—on a day when he is not expecting, and in an hour when he is not taking note, —and will cut him asunder, and, his part, with the unfaithful, will appoint.
the lord of that seruaunt schal come, in the dai that he hopith not, and the our that he woot not; and schal departe hym, and putte his part with vnfeithful men.
47 And, that servant, who had come to know the will of his lord, and neither prepared, nor wrought unto his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
But thilke seruaunt that knew the wille of his lord, and made not hym redi, and dide not aftir his wille, schal be betun with many betyngis.
48 Whereas, he who had not come to know, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And, every one to whom was given much, much, shall be sought from him; and, he to whom they committed much, for more than common, will they ask him.
But he that knew not, and dide worthi thingis of strokis, schal be betun with fewe. For to eche man to whom myche is youun, myche schal be axid of hym; and thei schulen axe more of hym, to whom thei bitoken myche.
49 Fire, came I to cast upon the earth, —and what can I wish, if, already, it hath been, kindled?
Y cam to sende fier `in to the erthe, and what wole Y, but that it be kyndlid?
50 But, an immersion, have I, to be immersed with, and how am I distressed, until it be ended!
And Y haue to be baptisid with a baptysm, and hou am Y constreyned, til that it be perfitli don?
51 Suppose ye, that, peace, I am come to give in the earth? Nay, I tell you, but rather division.
Wene ye, that Y cam to yyue pees in to erthe? Nay, Y say to you, but departyng.
52 For there shall be, henceforth, five in one house, divided, —three against two, and two against three:
For fro this tyme ther schulen be fyue departid in oon hous; thre schulen be departid ayens tweyne, and tweyne schulen be departid ayens thre;
53 There shall be divided—Father against son, and son against father, mother against daughter, and daughter against the mother, —mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.
the fadir ayens the sone, and the sone ayens the fadir; the modir ayens the douytir, and the douytir ayens the modir; the hosebondis modir ayens the sones wijf, and and the sones wijf ayens hir hosebondis modir.
54 And he went on to say, even unto the multitudes, —Whensoever ye see a cloud springing up from the west, straightway, ye are saying—A thunderstorm is coming! and it happeneth thus.
And he seide also to the puple, Whanne ye seen a cloude risynge fro the sunne goynge doun, anoon ye seien, Reyn cometh; and so it is don.
55 And, whensoever a south wind, blowing, ye say—A scorching heat, will there be! and it cometh to pass.
And whanne ye seen the south blowynge, ye seien, That heete schal be; and it is don.
56 Hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven, ye know how to scan; but, this season, how know ye not to scan;
Ypocritis, ye kunnen preue the face of heuene and of erthe, but hou preuen ye not this tyme.
57 Why, moreover, even from yourselves, judge ye not what is just?
But what and of you silf ye demen not that that is iust?
58 For, as thou art going along with thine adversary unto a ruler, on the way, take pains to get a release from him; lest once he drag thee along unto the judge, and, the judge, deliver thee up to the punisher, —and, the punisher, cast thee into prison:
But whanne thou goist with thin aduersarie in the weie to the prince, do bisynesse to be delyuerid fro hym; lest perauenture he take thee to the domesman, and the domesman bitake thee to the maistirful axer, and the maistirful axer sende thee in to prisoun.
59 I tell thee—In nowise shalt thou come out from thence, until, even the last fraction, thou pay!
Y seie to thee, thou schalt not go fro thennus, til thou yelde the laste ferthing.
