Hebrews · Chapter 13

[ edit] The charite of broþerhed dwelle in ȝou, and nyle ȝe forȝete hoſpitalite; forſoþ by þis ſumme pleſiden to aungels receyuede to herbore. Þenke ȝe on boundun men, as ȝe to gidere boundun, and of trauelinge men, as and ȝe ſilf dwellinge in þe body. Honorable wedding in alle þingis, and bed vnwembid; forſoþ God ſchal deme fornycatouris and auoutreris. Be maners wiþoute coueytiſe, payd wiþ preſent þingis; ſoþli he ſeide, I ſchal not leue þee, neþer forſake, ſo þat we triſtily ſeie, Þe Lord is an helper to me; I ſchal not drede, what a man ſchal do to me.

Haue ȝe mynde of ȝoure ſouereyns, þat han ſpokun to ȝou þe word of God; of whom ȝe biholdinge þe goynge out of lyuynge, ſuwe ȝe feiþ, Jheſu Criſt, ȝiſtirday, and to day, he and into worldis. Nile ȝe be ledd awey wiþ dyuerſe techingis, and pilgrym, or ſtraunge. Forſoþ it is beſt for to ſtable þe herte wiþ grace, not wiþ metis, þe whiche profiten not to men wandrynge in hem. We han an auter, of þe which þei þat ſeruen to tabernacle of þe body, han not power for to ete. Forſoþ of whiche beeſtis þe blood is borun yn for ſynne into hooly þingis bi þe biſſhop, þe bodies of hem ben brent wiþ oute þe caſtels.

For which þing and Jheſu, þat he ſchulde halwe þe peple by his blood, ſuffride wiþoute þe ȝate. Þerfore go we out to him wiþ oute caſtels, beringe his repreue, or ſchenſchip. Soþli we han not here a citee dwellinge, but we ſeken a citee to comynge. Þerfore bi him offre we an ooſt of heriynge euermore to God, þat is to ſeie, þe fruyt of lippis knowlechinge to his name. Forſoþ nyle ȝe forȝete of wel doynge, or ȝyuynge, and of comunyng; forſoþ by ſuche ooſtis God is diſſeruyd. Obeye ȝe to ȝoure prouoſtis, or prelatis, and vndir ligge to hem; þei perfytly waken, as to ȝeldinge reſoun for ȝoure ſoulis, þat þei do þis þing wiþ ioye, and not ſorwynge; forſoþ þis þing ſpediþ not to ȝou.

Preie ȝe for vs, ſoþli we triſten for we han good conſcience in alle þingis, willinge for to lyue wel. More ouer forſoþe I biſeche ȝou for to do, þat I þe ſonnere be reſtorid to ȝou. Soþeli God of pees, þat ledde out fro deede men þe greet ſchepherde of ſcheep, in þe blood of euerlaſting teſtament, oure Lord Jheſu Criſt, ſchape, or make able, ȝou in al good þing, þat ȝe do þe wille of him; he doynge in ȝou þat þing þat ſchal pleſe bifore him, by Jheſu Criſt, to whom is glorie into worldis of worldis. Amen. Forſoþe, briþeren, I preie ȝou, þat ȝe ſuffre a word of ſolace, or coumfort; forſoþe by ful fewe þingis I haue writyn to ȝou.

Knowe ȝe oure broþer Tymoþe left, wiþ whom if he ſchal come more haſteli, I ſchal ſe ȝou. Greete wel alle ȝoure ſouereyns, and alle hooly men. Þe breþeren of Ytalye greeten ȝou wel. Þe grace of God wiþ ȝou alle. Amen. Here enden þe epistlis of Poul, and now bigynneþ þe prolog to Actus Apostolorum.