Hebrews · Chapter 8

[ edit] Forſoþe a capitle vpon þo þingis þat ben ſeid. We han ſuch a biſchop, þat ſaat to gidere in þe riȝþalf of þe ſeete of greetneſſe in heuenes, myniſtre of ſeyntis and of þe verri tabernacle, þat God ſette, and not man. Forſoþe ech biſchop is ordeyned for to offre ȝiftis and ooſtis; wherfore it is nede, and þis man for to haue ſum þing þat he ſchal offre. Þerfore if he were vpon erþe, he were no preſt, whanne þer weren þat ſchulden offre ȝiftis vp þe lawe, þe whiche ſeruen to þe ſaumpler and ſchadewe of heuenly þingis. As it is anſwerid to Moyſes, whanne he ſchulde ende þe tabernacle, Se, he ſeiþ, make þou alle þingis vp þe ſaumpler, þat is ſchewid to þee in þe mount.

Now forſoþ he haþ getyn a betre mynyſterie, by how moche and he is a mediatour of a betere teſtament, þe which is halewid, or confermyd, wiþ betere biheeſtis. For if þe ilke firſte hadde be voydid fro blame, ſoþli a place of þe ſecunde ſchulde not be ſouȝt. Forſoþ reprouynge hem he ſeiþ, Loo! dayes comen, ſeiþ þe Lord, and I ſchal ende a newe teſtament vpon þe hous of Yſrael, and vpon þe houſe of Juda; not vp þe teſtament þat I made to her fadris, in þe day in which I cauȝte her hond, þat I ſchulde leede hem out of þe lond of Egipt; for þei dwelliden not perfitly in my teſtament, and I haue diſpyſid hem, ſeiþ þe Lord.

For þis is þe teſtament, þe which I ſchal diſpoſe to þe hous of Iſrael aftir þo dayes, ſeiþ þe Lord, in ȝyuynge my lawis into þe ſoulis of hem, and into þe hertis of hem I ſchal aboue wryte hem; and I ſchal be to hem into God, and þei ſchulen be to me into a peple. And ech man ſchal not teche his neiȝbore, and ech man his broþer, ſeyinge, Knowe þou þe Lord; for alle men ſchulen wite, or knowe, me, fro þe leſſe til to þe more of hem. For I ſchal be helpful, or mercyful, to þe wickidneſſe of hem, and now I ſchal not biþenke on þe ſynnes of hem. Forſoþ in ſeyinge newe, þe formere wexiden olde; forſoþ þat þat is of many dayes, and wexiþ olde, is nyȝ þe deeþ.