Hebrews · Chapter 5

[ edit] Forwhi ech byſſhop takyn of men, is ordeyned for men in þeſe þingis þat ben to God, þat he offre ȝyftis and ſacryficis for ſynnes. Þe which may to gidere ſorwe wiþ hem, þat vnknowen and erren; for and he is enuyrowned wiþ infirmyte. And þerfore he owiþ, as and for þe peple, ſo alſo and for hym ſilf, offre for ſynnes. Neiþir ony man takiþ to him honour, no but he þat is clepid of God, as Aaron. So and Criſt clarifiede not hym ſilf, þat he were biſſhop, but he þat ſpak to him, Þou art my ſone, to day I gendride þee. As and in oþere place he ſeiþ, Þou art a preſt into wiþ outen ende, vp þe ordre of Melchiſedech.

Þe which in þe dayes of his fleiſch offringe preieris and biſechingis to God þat myȝte make him ſaf fro deeþ, wiþ greet cry and teeris, is herd for his reuerence. And ſoþli whanne he was Goddis ſone, he lernede obedience of þes þingis þat he ſuffride; and he endid is maad cauſe of euerlaſting heelþe to alle obeiſhinge to him, clepid of God a biſchop, biſydis þe ordre of Melchiſedech. Of whom to vs a greet word, and able for to be interpretid, for to ſeye, for ȝe ben maad feble for to heere. Forſoþe whanne ȝe ſchulen be maiſtris for tyme, eftſoone ȝe neden þat ȝe be tauȝt, whiche ben þe elementis, or lettris, of þe bigynnyng of Goddis wordis.

And ȝe ben maade, þo to whom is nede of mylk, and not ſad mete. Forſoþ ech þat is parcener of mylk, is wiþoute part of þe word of riȝtwyſneſſe, forſoþ he is a litil child. Forſoþ of parfit men is ſad mete, of hem þat for þe ilke cuſtom han wittis excerſyſid, or trauelid, to diſcrecioun of good and yuel.