For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.
ellis þe Lord God of Israel lyueth, which forbeed me, lest Y dide yuel to þee, if thou haddist not soone come in to metyng to me, a pissere to þe wal schulde not haue left to Nabal til to þe morewe liyt.