Hebrews · Chapter 12

[ edit] Forſoþe and we hauynge ſo greet a cloud of witneſſis put to, doynge awey al charge, and ſynne ſtondinge aboute vs, by pacience renne to þe ſtryf, or fiȝt, purpoſid to vs, biholdinge into þe maker of feiþ and ender, Jheſu; þe which ioye purpoſid to him, ſuffride þe croſſ, confuſioun diſpiſid, and ſittiþ on þe riȝþalf of þe ſeete of God. Forſoþ biþenke ȝe on him þat ſuſteynede ſuch aȝen ſeyinge of ſynful men aȝens him ſilf, þat ȝe be not maad wery, faylinge in ȝoure inwittis. Forſoþ ȝe aȝenſtooden not ȝit til to blood, fiȝtinge aȝens ſynne.

And ȝe han forȝete þe comfort þat ſpekiþ to ȝou as to ſones, ſeyinge, My ſone, nyle þou diſpiſe þe diſciplyn of þe Lord, neþer be þou maad wery, þe while þou art chaſtyſid of hym. Forſoþ þe Lord chaſtiſiþ hym þat he loueþ; forſoþ he ſcourgiþ euery ſone þat he receyueþ. Laſte ȝe ſtille in diſciplyn; God offriþ him to ȝou as to ſones. Soþli what ſone is it, whom þe fadir ſchal not reproue, or chaſtyſe? Þat if ȝe ben out of diſciplyn, of which alle ben maad parceners, þerfore ȝe ben auowtreris, and not ſones. Aftirward ſoþli we hadden fadris of oure fleiſch, lerneris, and we wiþ reuerence dreden hem. Wher not moche more we ſchulen obeiſche to þe fadir of ſpiritis, and we ſchulen lyue?

And þei ſoþli in tyme of fewe dayes vp her will lerneden vs; forſoþ þis fadir to þat þing þat is profitable, in receyuynge þe halowing of him. Forſoþ ech diſciplyn in þis preſent tyme is ſeyn trewly for to be not of ioye, but of ſorwe; aftirward forſoþ it ſchal ȝelde fruyt of riȝtwyſneſſe moſt peeſyble to men excerſiſid, or hauntid, by it. For which þing reiſe ȝe vp ſlowe hondis, and knees vnboundun, and make riȝtful goyngis, or ſteppis, to ȝoure feet; þat no man haltinge erre, but more be heelid.

Sue ȝe pees wiþ alle men, and hoolyneſſe, wiþoute which no man ſchal ſe God; biholdinge þat no man fayle to þe grace of God, þat no roote of bitterneſſe vpward burionynge lette, and bi it foulid be many men; þat no man be lecchour, eþer vnhooli, or curſid, as Eſau, þe which for oo mete ſolde his firſte þingis. Soþli wite ȝe, for and aftirward he coueytinge for to anherite bleſſing, was reproued. Forſoþ he found not place of penaunce, þouȝ he ſouȝte it wiþ teeris.

Forſoþ ȝe han not come to þe tretable fyer, or able for to touche, and able to come to, and greet wynd, or whirlwynd, and myſt, and tempeſt, and ſown of trumpe, and vois of wordis; þe which þei þat herden, excuſeden hem, þat þe word ſchulde not be maad to hem. Forſoþ þei baren not þat þat was ſeid, And if a beeſt touchide þe hil, it ſchal be ſtooned. And ſo dredful it was þat was ſeyn, Moyſes ſeide, I am aferd, and ful of tremblyng.

But ȝe han come nyȝ to Syon hil, and þe citee of God lyuynge, heuenli Jeruſalem, and þe multitude of many þouſynd aungels, and to þe chirche of þe firſte men, þe whiche ben writun in heuenes, and God, domeſman of alle, and þe ſpirit of iuſte perfit men, and to Jheſu, mediatour of þe newe teſtament, and þe ſprengynge of blood, betere ſpekinge þan Abel. Se ȝe, þat ȝe forſake not þe ſpekinge; forſoþe if þei forſakinge him þat ſpak on þe erþe, aſcapiden not, moche more we þat turnen awey fro him ſpekinge to vs fro heuenes. Whos vois þanne mouede þe erþe, now forſoþe he aȝen byhetiþ, ſeiynge, Ȝit onys and I ſchal moue not oonly erþe, but alſo heuene.

Forſoþ þat he ſeiþ, Ȝit onys, he declariþ þe tranſlacioun of mouable þingis, as of maad þingis, þat þo þingis dwelle, þat ben vnmouable. And ſo we receyuynge þe kyngdom vnmouable, han grace, by which ſerue we pleſynge to God wiþ drede and reuerence. And forſoþ oure God is fyer waſtynge.