1 WYC Therfor al the cumpeny criede, and wepte in that nyyt, BSB BSB: Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
2 WYC and alle the sones of Israel grutchiden ayens Moises and Aaron, and seiden, BSB BSB: All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
3 WYC We wolden that we hadden be deed in Egipt, and not in this waast wildirnesse; we wolden that we perischen, and that the Lord lede vs not in to this lond, lest we fallen bi swerd, and oure wyues and fre children ben led prisoneris; whether it is not betere to turne ayen in to Egipt? BSB BSB: Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
4 WYC And thei seiden oon to another, Ordeyne we a duyk to vs, and turne we ayen in to Egipt. BSB BSB: So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
5 WYC And whanne this was herd, Moises and Aaron felden lowe to erthe, bifor al the multitude of the sones of Israel. BSB BSB: Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
6 WYC And sotheli Josue, the sone of Nun, and Caleph, the sone of Jephone, whiche also cumpassiden the lond, to renten her clothis, BSB BSB: Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
7 WYC and spaken to al the multitude of the sones of Israel, The lond which we cumpassiden is ful good; BSB BSB: and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
8 WYC if the Lord is merciful to vs, he schal lede vs in to it, and schal yyue `to vs the lond flowynge with mylk and hony. BSB BSB: If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
9 WYC Nyle ye be rebel ayens the Lord, nether drede ye the puple of this lond, for we moun deuoure hem so as breed; al her help passide awei fro hem, the Lord is with vs, nyle ye drede. BSB BSB: Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
10 WYC And whanne al the multitude criede, and wolde oppresse hem with stonys, the glorie of the Lord apperide on the roof of the boond of pees, while alle the sones of Israel sien. BSB BSB: But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
11 WYC And the Lord seide to Moises, Hou long schal this puple bacbite me? Hou longe schulen thei not bileue to me in alle `signes, whiche Y haue do bifor hem? BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
12 WYC Therfor Y schal smyte hem with pestilence, and Y schal waste hem; forsothe Y schal make thee prince on a greet folk, and strongere than is this. BSB BSB: I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
13 WYC And Moises seide to the Lord, Egipcians `here not, fro whos myddil thou leddist out this puple, BSB BSB: But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
14 WYC and the dwelleris of this loond, whiche herden that thou, Lord, art in this puple, and art seyn face to face, and that thi cloude defendith hem, and that thou goist bifore hem in a pilere of cloude bi dai, BSB BSB: And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
15 WYC and in a piler of fier bi nyyt, that thou hast slayn so greet a multitude as o man, BSB BSB: If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
16 WYC and seie thei, He myyte not brynge this puple in to the lond for whiche he swoor, therfor he killide hem in wildirnesse; BSB BSB: ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
17 WYC therfor the strengthe of the Lord be magnified, as thou hast swore. And Moises seide, BSB BSB: So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:
18 WYC Lord pacient, and of myche mercy, doynge awei wickidnesse and trespassis, and leeuynge no man vngilti, which visitist the synnes of fadris in to sones in to the thridde and fourthe generacioun, Y biseche, BSB BSB: ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
19 WYC foryyue thou the synne of this thi puple, aftir the greetnesse of thi merci, as thou were merciful to men goynge out of Egipt `til to this place. BSB BSB: Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
20 WYC And the Lord seide, Y haue foryouun to hem, bi thi word. BSB BSB: “I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied.
21 WYC Y lyue; and the glorie of the Lord schal be fillid in al erthe; BSB BSB: “Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
22 WYC netheles alle men that sien my mageste, and my signes, whiche Y dide in Egipt and in the wildirnesse, and temptiden me now bi ten sithis, and obeieden not to my vois, BSB BSB: not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
23 WYC schulen not se the lond for which Y swore to her fadris, nethir ony of hem that bacbitide me, schal se it. BSB BSB: not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
24 WYC Y schal lede my seruaunt Caleph, that was ful of anothir spirit, and suede me, in to this lond, which he cumpasside, and his seed schal welde it. BSB BSB: But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
25 WYC For Amalech and Cananei dwellen in the valeis, to morewe moue ye tentis, and turne ye ayen in to wildirnesse bi the weie of the reed see. BSB BSB: Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
26 WYC And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seide, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
27 WYC Hou long grutchith this werste multitude ayens me? Y haue herd the pleyntis of the sones of Israel. BSB BSB: “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.
28 WYC Therfor seie thou to hem, Y lyue, seith the Lord; as ye spaken while Y herde, so Y schal do to you; BSB BSB: So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
29 WYC youre careyns schulen ligge in this wildirnesse. Alle ye that ben noumbrid, fro twenti yeer and aboue, and grutchiden ayens me, BSB BSB: Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
30 WYC schulen not entre in to the lond, on which Y reiside myn hond, that Y schulde make you to dwelle outakun Caleph, the sone of Jephone, and Josue, the sone of Nun. BSB BSB: Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
31 WYC Forsothe Y schal lede in youre litle children, of whiche ye seiden that thei schulden be preyes `ethir raueyns to enemyes, that thei se the lond which displeside you. BSB BSB: But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
32 WYC Forsothe youre careyns schulen ligge in the wildirnesse; BSB BSB: As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.
33 WYC youre sones schulen be walkeris aboute in the deseert bi fourti yeer, and thei schulen bere youre fornycacioun, til the careyns of the fadris ben wastid in the deseert, BSB BSB: Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
34 WYC by the noumbre of fourti daies, in whiche ye bihelden the loond; a yeer schal be arettid for a dai, and bi fourti yeer ye schulen resseyue youre wickidnesse, and ye schulen knowe my veniaunce. BSB BSB: In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
35 WYC For as Y spak, so Y schal do to al this werste multitude, that roos to gidere ayens me; it schal faile, and schal die in this wildirnesse. BSB BSB: I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”
36 WYC Therfor alle the men whyche Moises hadde sent to see the lond, and whiche turniden ayen, and maden al the multitude to grutche ayens hym, and depraueden the lond, that it was yuel, BSB BSB: So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—
37 WYC weren deed, and smytun in the siyt of the Lord. BSB BSB: those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.
38 WYC Sotheli Josue, the sone of Nun, and Caleph, the sone of Jephone, lyueden, of alle men that yeden to se the lond. BSB BSB: Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
39 WYC And Moises spak alle these wordis to alle the sones of Israel, and the puple mourenyde gretli. BSB BSB: And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
40 WYC And, lo! thei riseden in the morewtid first, and `stieden in to the cop of the hil, and seiden, We ben redi to stie to the place, of which the Lord spak, for we synneden. BSB BSB: Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
41 WYC To whiche Moises seide, Whi passen ye the word of the Lord, that schal not bifalle to you in to prosperite? BSB BSB: But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
42 WYC Nyle ye stie, for the Lord is not with you, lest ye fallen bifor youre enemyes. BSB BSB: Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.
43 WYC Amalech and Cananei ben bifor you, bi the swerd of whiche ye schulen falle, for ye nolden assente to the Lord, nether the Lord schal be with you. BSB BSB: For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”
44 WYC And thei weren maad derk, and stieden in to the cop of the hil; forsothe the ark of the testament of the Lord and Moises yeden not awey fro the tentis. BSB BSB: But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.
45 WYC And Amalech cam doun, and Chananei, that dwelliden in the hil, and he smoot hem, and kittide doun, and pursuede hem til Horma. BSB BSB: Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.