The 10 Behests (Commandments)

Taken from þe book of Exodus, chapter twenty, yeddings one through seventeen, from the King James reading:

Full Anglish
And God ſpake all theſe words, ſaying,

I am þe Lord þy God, hwich haev broht þee out of þe land of Egypt, out of þe houes of haeft (bondage).

Þou ſhalt haev no oþer gods befoer me.

Þou ſhalt not maek unto þee any graven imaeg, or any liekneſs of any þing þat is in heaven aboev, or þat is in þe earþ beneaþ, or þat is in þe water under þe earþ.

Þou ſhalt not bow down to þem, nor beþeen (serve) þem: for I þe Lord þy God am an andy (jealous) God, beſeeking (visiting) þe þewleſſneſs (iniquity) of þe faþers upon þe children unto þe þird and fourþ begetting of þem þat haet me;

And ſhowing ruþ unto þousands of þem þat loev me, and keep my beheſts.

Þou ſhalt not taek þe naem of þe Lord þy God in wanhoep (vain); for þe Lord will not hold him guiltleſs þat takeþ his naem in wanhoep.

Mind þe ſabbaþ day, to keep it holy.

Six days ſhalt þou work, and do all þy work:

But þe ſevenþ day is þe ſabbaþ of þe Lord þy God: in it þou ſhalt do no work, þou, nor þy ſon, nor þy dohter, nor þy manþeen (manservant), nor þy maidþeen (maidservant), nor þy lievstock, nor þy man þat is wiþin þy gaets:

For in ſix days þe Lord maed heaven and earþ, þe ſea, and all þat in þem is, and reſted þe ſevenþ day: hwerefoer þe Lord bleſſed þe ſabbaþ day, and hallowed it.

Maþer (honour) þy faþer and þy moþer: þat þy days may be long upon þe land hwich þe Lord þy God giveþ þee.

Þou ſhalt not kill.

Þou ſhalt not breach þy wedlock.

Þou ſhalt not steal.

Þou ſhalt not bear untrue witneſs againſt þy neihbour.

Þou ſhalt not want þy neihbour's houes, þou ſhalt not want þy neihbour's wief, nor his manþeen, nor his maidþeen, nor his ox, nor his aſs, nor any þing þat is þy neihbour's.

Simple Anglish
And God spake these words, saying,

I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of heft.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, of any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Thou shall not bow down to them, nor betheen them: for I the Lord thy God am an andy God, beseeking the thewlessness of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth begetting of them that hate me;

And showing ruth unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my behests.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in wanhope; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in wanhope.

Mind the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Six days shalt thou work, and do all thy work:

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy mantheen, nor thy maidtheen, nor thy livestock, nor thy man that is within thy gates:

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Mather thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not breach thy wedlock.

Thou shalt not steal.

Thou shalt not bear untrue witness against thy neighbour.

Thou shalt not want thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not want thy neighbour's wife, nor his mantheen, nor his maidtheen, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.