Hebrews · Chapter 9

[ edit] Soþeli and þe formere hadde iuſtifyingis of worſchipe, and hooly þing worldli, þat is, duringe for a tyme. Forſoþ þe tabernacle was maad firſt, in which weren candelſtickis, and boord, and puttinge forþ of looues, þat is ſeid hooly. Forſoþ aftir þe veil, or hydyng, þe ſecunde tabernacle, þat is ſeid ſancta ſanctorum, þat is, hooly of hooli þingis; hauynge a goldin ſencer, and þe arke of teſtament, keuerid aboute on ech ſyde wiþ gold, in þe which a pot of gold hauynge manna, and þe ȝerd of Aaron þat floriſchide, and þe tablis of teſtament; vpon whiche þingis weren cherubyns of glorie, ſchadewinge þe propiciatorie; of whiche þingis it is not now for to ſeye by alle.

Forſoþ þes maad þus to gidere, ſoþli in þe formere tabernacle preſtis entriden yn euermore, endinge þe officis of ſacramentis; forſoþ in þe ſecunde tabernacle, onys in þe ȝeer þe biſſhop aloone, not wiþoute blood, þe which he offriþ for his ignoraunce and þe peplis. Þe Hooly Goſt ſignyfiynge þis þing, not ȝit þe wei of ſeyntis for to be openyd, ȝit þe former tabernacle hauynge ſtate. Þe which parable is of þis preſent time, biſydis which ȝiftis and ooſtis, or ſacrifyſis, ben offrid, þe whiche mown not make a man ſeruynge perfit by conſcience, oonly in metis, and drynkis, and dyuerſe waiſchingis, and riȝtwyſneſſis of fleiſch, put til to þe tyme of coreccioun.

Forſoþ Criſt beynge a biſchop of goodis to comynge, by a larger and perfiter tabernacle, not maad by hond, þat is to ſeye, not of þis makyng, neþer by blood of gootbuckis, or of caluys, but bi his owne blood, entride oonys into hooly þingis, euerlaſting redemcioun foundyn. Forſoþ if þe blood of goot buckis, and bolis, and aſche of a cow calf ſpreynd, halowiþ vnclene men to þe clenſyng of fleiſch, how moche more þe blood of Criſt, þe which by þe Hooly Goſt offride hym vnwemmyd to God, ſchal clenſe oure conſcience fro deede workis, for to ſerue to God lyuynge?

And þerfore he is a mediatour of new teſtament, þat deeþ fallinge bitwixe, into redempcioun of þe treſpaſſyngis þat weren vndir þe former teſtament, þei þat ben clepid take repromyſcioun of euerlaſting eritage. Soþeli where is a teſtament, it is nede, þat þe deeþ of þe teſtament maker come bitwixe. Forſoþ þe teſtament is confermyd in deede men; ellis it is not worþ, þe while he lyueþ, þat made þe teſtament. Wherfore ſoþli neþer þe firſte teſtament is halowid wiþoute blood.

Forſoþ ech maundement of þe lawe radd of Moyſes to al þe peple, he takynge þe blood of calues, and of buckis of geet, wiþ watir, and reed wolle, and yſope, ſpreyngde and þe ilke book and al þe peple, ſeyinge, Þis is þe blood of þe teſtament, þat God comaundide to ȝou. Alſo he ſpreyngde by blood þe tabernacle, and alle þe veſſels of mynyſterie, or ſeruyſes, in lich manere. And almoſt alle þinges ben clenſid in blood vp þe lawe; and wiþoute ſcheding of blood remyſſioun of ſynnes is not maad. Þerfore it is nede þe ſaumpleris forſoþ of heuenli þingis for to be clenſid wiþ þeſe þingis; forſoþ þe ilke heuenly þingis wiþ betere ooſtis þan þes.

Forſoþ Jheſus entride not into hooly þingis maad by hondis, þe ſaumplers of verri þingis, but into þe ilke heuene, þat he appere now to chere, or face, of God for vs; neþer þat he offre him ſilf ofte, as þe biſchop entride into hooli þingis by alle ȝeeris in alien blood, ellis it bihofte hym ofte for to ſuffre fro þe bigynnyng of þe world; now forſoþ onys in þe endyng of þe worldis, to diſtruccioun of ſynne by his ooſt, or ſacrifice, he apperide, and as it is ordeyned to men, oonys for to deie. Forſoþ aftir þis dom, ſo and Criſt was offrid onys, for to auoyde þe ſynnes of many men; þe ſecunde tyme he ſchal appere wiþoute ſynne to men abydinge him into þe heelþe of hem by feiþ.