| 1 | Filii estote Domini Dei vestri: non vos incidetis, nec facietis calvitium super mortuo: |
Be ye the sones of youre Lord God; ye schulen not kitte you, nether ye schulen make ballidnesse, |
Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, no, make any baldness for the dead; | Mourning. Dt.14.1-2 |
| 2 | quoniam populus sanctus es Domino Deo tuo, et te elegit ut sis ei in populum peculiarem de cunctis gentibus, quæ sunt super terram. |
on a deed man, for thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God, and he chees thee that thou be to hym in to a special puple, of alle folkis that ben on erthe. |
Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God: and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon the earth. | |