Hebrews · Chapter 10

[ edit] Forſoþ þe lawe hauynge ſchadowe of goodis to comynge, not þe ilke ymage of þingis, by alle ȝeeris by þe ilke ſame ooſtis, whiche þei offren wiþoute ceeſſinge, neuere may make men comynge nyȝ perfyt; ellis þei ſchulden haue ceeſſid for to be offrid, þerfore þat þe worſchipers clenſid oonys, hadden no conſcience of ſynne ferþermore. But in hem mynde of ſynnes is maad by alle ȝeeris. Forſoþ it is ynpoſſible ſynnes for to be don awey by blood of bolis, and buckis of geet. Þerfore he entrynge into þe world, ſeiþ, Þou woldiſt not an ooſt, or ſacrifice, and offring; forſoþ þou haſt ſhapyn a body to me; and brent ſacrificis for ſynne pleſide not to þee. Þanne I ſeyde, Loo!

I come; in þe heed, or bigynnyng, of þe book it is writyn of me, þat I do þi wille. He ſeying aboue, or bifore, For þou woldiſt not ooſtis, and offringis, and brent ſacrificis, and for ſynne, ne þo þingis ben pleſaunt to þee, þe whiche ben offrid vp þe lawe, þanne I ſeide, Lo! I come, þat I do þi wille, God. He doiþ awey þe firſte, þat he make þe ſecunde. In which wil we ben halewid by þe offring of þe body of Criſt Jheſu oonys. And ſoþli ech preſt is redy ech day mynyſtringe, and ofte tymes offringe þe ſame ooſtis, þe whiche mown neuere do awey ſynnes.

Forſoþ þis man offringe an ooſt for ſynnes, for euermore ſittiþ on þe riȝþalf of God þe fadir; fro þennis forþ abidynge, til his enemyes ben put a ſtool of his feet. Soþli by oon offryng he endide for euermore halowide men. Forſoþ and þe Hooly Goſt witneſſiþ to vs; forſoþ aftirward he ſeide, Forſoþ þis is þe teſtament, þe which I ſchal witneſſe to hem aftir þo dayes, þe Lord ſeiþ, in ȝyuynge my lawis in þe hertis of hem, and in þe ſoulis of hem I ſchal aboue wryte hem; and now I ſchal no more þenke on þe ſynnes and wickidneſſis of hem. Forſoþe where is remiſſioun of þeſe, now non offring for ſynne.

And ſo, briþeren, hauynge triſt into þe entring of ſeyntis in þe blood of Criſt, þe which he halowide to vs a new wey, and lyuyng bi a veyl, or keuering, þat is to ſeye, his fleiſch, and þe greet preſt on þe hous of God, go we to wiþ verri herte into þe plente of feiþ; we ſpreynt þe hertis fro yuel conſcience, and waiſchyn þe body wiþ clene watir, holde þe confeſſioun of oure hope vnbowynge, or þat may not be foldyn; forſoþ he is trewe þat bihiȝte aȝen. And biholde we in to gidere in þe ſtiringe of charite and of goode werkis; not forſakynge oure gederinge to gidere, as it is of cuſtom to ſum men, but comfortinge, and by ſo moche þe more, by how moche ȝe ſchulen ſe þe day neiȝinge.

Forſoþ to vs ſynnynge wilfully, aftir þe knowyng of treuþe takun, now an ooſt for ſynnes is not left. For whi ſum abyding of doom is dredful, and þe ſuyng of fyer, þe which is to waaſtynge aduerſaries. Ony man makynge voyde, or brekinge, þe lawe of Moyſes, deieþ wiþ outen ony mercy, by tweyne or þre witneſſis; how moche more geſſen ȝe, him for to diſſerue worſe turmentis, þe which ſchal defoule þe ſone of God, and ſchal leede, or holde, þe blood of þe teſtament polute, in þe which he is halewid, and ſchal do wrong, or diſpit, to þe ſpirit of grace? Soþeli we witen hym þat ſeide, To me veniaunce, and I ſchal ȝelde. And eft, For þe Lord ſchal deme his peple.

It is feerful for to falle into hondis of God lyuynge. Forſoþ haue ȝe mynde on þe formere dayes, in þe whiche ȝe liȝtned ſuſteyneden greet ſtryf, or fiȝt, of paſſiouns. And ſoþly in þat oþer ȝe maad a ſpectacle bi ſchenſchips and tribulaciouns; in þe toþir forſoþe ȝe ben maad felowis of men lyuynge ſo. For whi and to boundun men ȝe hadden compaſſioun, and ȝe reſſeyueden wiþ ioye þe raueyne of ȝoure goodis, knowynge ȝou for to haue a betere and dwelling ſubſtaunce. And ſo nyle ȝe leeſe ȝoure triſt, þe which haþ greet rewardyng.

Forſoþ pacience is nedeful to ȝou, þat ȝe doynge þe wille of God, brynge aȝen þe biheeſte. Ȝit ſoþeli a litil, how euere litil, he þat is to comynge ſchal come, and he ſchal not tarie. Forſoþ my iuſt man lyueþ of feiþ; þat if he ſchal wiþdrawe him ſilf, he ſchal not pleſe to my ſoule. Forſoþ we ben not þe ſones of wiþdrawynge awei into perdicioun, but of feiþ into þe getyng of ſoule.