Hebrews 10
1 For the lawe hauinge a schadewe of good thingis `that ben to come, not the ilke image of thingis, mai neuer make men neiyinge perfit bi the ilke same sacrifices, which thei offren without ceessing bi alle yeeris;
The Law, though able to foreshadow the better system which was coming, never had its actual substance. Its priests, with those sacrifices which they offer continuously year after year, can never make those who come to worship perfect.
2 ellis thei schulden haue ceessid to be offrid, for as myche as the worschiperis clensid onys, hadden not ferthermore conscience of synne.
Otherwise, would not the offering of these sacrifices have been abandoned, as the worshipers, having been once purified, would have had their consciences clear from sins?
3 But in hem mynde of synnes is maad bi alle yeris.
But, on the contrary, these sacrifices recall their sins to mind year after year.
4 For it is impossible that synnes be doon awei bi blood of boolis, and of buckis of geet.
For the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to remove sins.
5 Therfor he entrynge in to the world, seith, Thou woldist not sacrifice and offryng; but thou hast schapun a bodi to me;
That is why, when he was coming into the world, the Christ declared – “Sacrifice and offering you do not desire, but you provide for me a body;
6 brent sacrificis also for synne plesiden not to thee.
You take no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.
7 Thanne Y seide, Lo! Y come; in the bigynnyng of the book it is writun of me, that Y do thi wille, God.
So I said, ‘See, I have come’ (as is written of me in the pages of the book), ‘To do your will, God.’”
8 He seiynge bifor, That thou woldist not sacrificis, and offringis, and brent sacrifices for synne, ne tho thingis ben plesaunt to thee, whiche ben offrid bi the lawe,
First come the words – “You do not desire, nor do you take pleasure in, sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin” (offerings regularly made under the Law),
9 thanne Y seide, Lo! Y come, that Y do thi wille, God. He doith awei the firste, that he make stidfast the secounde.
and then there is added – “See, I have come to do your will.” The former sacrifices are set aside to be replaced by the latter.
10 In which wille we ben halewid bi the offring of the bodi of Crist Jhesu onys.
And it is in the fulfilment of the will of God that we have been purified by the sacrifice, once and for all, of the body of Jesus Christ.
11 And ech prest is redi mynystrynge ech dai, and ofte tymes offringe the same sacrifices, whiche moun neuere do awei synnes.
Every other priest stands day after day at his ministrations, and offers the same sacrifices over and over again – sacrifices that can never take sins away.
12 But this man offringe o sacrifice for synnes, for euere more sittith in the riythalf of God the fadir;
But, this priest, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, which should serve for all time, “took his seat at the right hand of God,”
13 fro thennus forth abidinge, til hise enemyes ben put a stool of hise feet.
and has since then been waiting “for his enemies to be put as a stool for his feet.”
14 For bi oon offring he made perfit for euere halewid men.
By a single offering he has made perfect for all time those who are being purified.
15 And the Hooli Goost witnessith to vs; for aftir that he seide, This is the testament,
We have also the testimony of the Holy Spirit. For, after saying –
16 which Y schal witnesse to hem after tho daies, the Lord seith, in yyuynge my lawes in the hertis of hem, and in the soulis of hem Y schal aboue write hem;
“‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,’ says the Lord; ‘I will impress my laws on their hearts, and will inscribe them on their minds,’”
17 and now Y schal no more thenke on the synnes and the wickidnessis of hem.
then we have – “And their sins and their iniquities I will no longer remember.”
18 And where remyssioun of these is, now is ther noon offring for synne.
And, when these are forgiven, there is no further need of an offering for sin.
19 Therfor, britheren, hauynge trist in to the entring of hooli thingis in the blood of Crist,
Therefore, friends, since we may enter the sanctuary with confidence, in virtue of the blood of Jesus,
20 which halewide to vs a newe weie, and lyuynge bi the hiling, that is to seie,
by the way which he inaugurated for us – a new and living way, a way through the sanctuary curtain (that is, his human nature);
21 his fleisch, and we hauynge the greet preest on the hous of God,
and, since we have in him “a great priest set over the house of God,”
22 neiye we with very herte in the plente of feith; and be oure hertis spreined fro an yuel conscience, and oure bodies waischun with clene watir,
let us draw near to God in all sincerity of heart and in perfect faith, with our hearts purified by the sprinkled blood from all consciousness of wrong, and with our bodies washed with pure water.
23 and holde we the confessioun of oure hope, bowinge to no side; for he is trewe that hath made the biheeste.
Let us maintain the confession of our hope unshaken, for he who has given us his promise will not fail us.
24 And biholde we togidere in the stiring of charite and of good werkis; not forsakinge oure gadering togidere,
Let us vie with one another in a rivalry of love and noble actions.
25 as it is of custom to sum men, but coumfortinge, and bi so myche the more, bi hou myche ye seen the dai neiyynge.
And let us not, as some do, cease to meet together; but, on the contrary, let us encourage one another, and all the more, now that you see the day drawing near.
26 Forwhi now a sacrifice for synnes is not left to vs, that synnen wilfuli, aftir that we han take the knowyng of treuthe.
Remember, if we sin wilfully after we have gained a full knowledge of the truth, there can be no further sacrifice for sin;
27 Forwhi sum abiding of the dom is dreedful, and the suyng of fier, which schal waste aduersaries.
there is only a fearful anticipation of judgment, and a burning indignation which will destroy all opponents.
28 Who that brekith Moises lawe, dieth withouten ony merci, bi tweine or thre witnessis;
When someone disregarded the Law of Moses, they were, on the evidence of two or three witnesses, put to death without pity.
29 hou myche more gessen ye, that he disserueth worse turmentis, which defouleth the sone of God, and holdith the blood of the testament pollut, in which he is halewid, and doith dispit to the spirit of grace?
How much worse then, think you, will be the punishment deserved by those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God, who have treated the blood that rendered the covenant valid – the blood by which they were purified – as if it were not holy, and who have outraged the Spirit of love?
30 For we knowen him that seide, To me veniaunce, and Y schal yelde. And eft, For the Lord schal deme his puple.
We know who it was that said – “It is for me to avenge, I will requite”; and again – “The Lord will judge his people.”
31 It is ferdful to falle in to the hondis of God lyuynge.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 And haue ye mynde on the formere daies, in which ye weren liytned, and suffriden greet strijf of passiouns.
Call to mind those early days in which, after you had received the light, you patiently underwent a long and painful conflict.
33 And in the `tothir ye weren maad a spectacle bi schenschipis and tribulaciouns; in an othir ye weren maad felowis of men lyuynge so.
Sometimes, in consequence of the taunts and injuries heaped on you, you became a public spectacle; and sometimes you suffered through having shown yourselves to be the friends of people who were in the same position in which you had been.
34 For also to boundun men ye hadden compassioun, and ye resseyueden with ioye the robbyng of youre goodis, knowinge that ye han a betere and a dwellinge substaunce.
For you not only sympathised with those who were in prison, but you even took the confiscation of your possessions joyfully, knowing, as you did, that you had in yourselves a greater possession and a lasting one.
35 Therfor nyle ye leese youre trist, which hath greet rewarding.
Do not, therefore, abandon the confidence that you have gained, for it has a great reward awaiting it.
36 For pacience is nedeful to you, that ye do the wille of God, and bringe ayen the biheest.
You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God’s will, you may obtain the fulfilment of his promise.
37 For yit a litil, and he that is to comynge schal come, and he schal not tarie.
“For there is indeed but a very little while before he who is coming will have come, without delay;
38 For my iust man lyueth of feith; that if he withdrawith hym silf, he schal not plese to my soule.
and through faith the righteous will find life, but, if anyone draws back, my heart can find no pleasure in them.”
39 But we ben not the sones of withdrawing awei in to perdicioun, but of feith in to getynge of soule.
But we do not belong to those who draw back, to their ruin, but to those who have faith, to the saving of their souls.
