Hebrews · Chapter 3

[ edit] Wherfore, hooly briþeren, parceners of heuenly cleping, biholde ȝe þe apoſtle and biſchop of oure confeſſioun, Jheſu, þe which is trewe to him þat made hym, as and Moyſes in al þe hous of hym. Forſoþ þis biſchop is had worþi of more glorie byfore Moyſes, by how moche þan þe hous, haþ he more honour, þat made it. Forwhi ech hous is maad of ſum man; forſoþ he þat made alle þingis of noȝt, is God. And ſoþli Moyſes was trewe in al his hows, as a ſeruaunt, into witneſſyng of þo þingis þat weren to be ſeid; forſoþe Criſt as a ſone in his hous. Þe which hous we ben, if we holden triſt and glorie of hope til to ſad feiþ.

Wherfore as þe Hooly Goſt ſeiþ, To day, if ȝe han herd his vois, nyle ȝe hardne ȝoure hertis, as in wraþþing, vp þe day of temptacioun in deſert; where ȝoure fadris temptiden me, prouedyn, and ſyen my werkis. Wherfore fourty ȝeeris I was offendid, or wroþ, to þis generacioun, and I ſeide, Euermore þei erren in herte, forſoþ þei knewen not my weyes; to whom I ſwoor in my wraþþe, if þei ſchulen entre into my reſte. Briþeren, ſe ȝe, leſt perauenture in ony of ȝou be an yuel herte of vnbileue, for to departe fro quyk God. But moneſte ȝou ſilf by alle dayes, þe while to day is named, þat noon of ȝou be hardned by falſneſſe of ſynne.

Soþli we ben maad parceners of Criſt, if neþeles we holden þe bigynnyng of his ſubſtaunce ſad into þe ende. While it is ſeid, to day, if ȝe han herd þe vois of him, nyle ȝe hardne ȝoure hertis, as in þat wraþþing. Soþli ſumme heeringe wraþþiden, but not alle þei þat wenten out of Egipt by Moyſes. To whiche forſoþe was he wraþþid fourty ȝeeris? Wher not to hem þat ſynneden, whos careyns ben caſt doun in deſert? To whiche he ſwoor ſoþli, for to not entre into þe reſte of hym, no but to hem þat weren vnbileueful? And we ſeen, for þei myȝten not entre into þe reſt of him for vnbileue.