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;
For the law having a shadow of the good [things] to come, not the very image of the things, they can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.
2 ellis thei schulden haue ceessid to be offrid, for as myche as the worschiperis clensid onys, hadden not ferthermore conscience of synne.
Else would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more conscience of sins?
3 But in hem mynde of synnes is maad bi alle yeris.
But in those [sacrifices] there is a remembrance made of sins year by year.
4 For it is impossible that synnes be doon awei bi blood of boolis, and of buckis of geet.
For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
5 Therfor he entrynge in to the world, seith, Thou woldist not sacrifice and offryng; but thou hast schapun a bodi to me;
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;
6 brent sacrificis also for synne plesiden not to thee.
In whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hadst no pleasure:
7 Thanne Y seide, Lo! Y come; in the bigynnyng of the book it is writun of me, that Y do thi wille, God.
Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O 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,
Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to 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.
then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 In which wille we ben halewid bi the offring of the bodi of Crist Jhesu onys.
By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And ech prest is redi mynystrynge ech dai, and ofte tymes offringe the same sacrifices, whiche moun neuere do awei synnes.
And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins:
12 But this man offringe o sacrifice for synnes, for euere more sittith in the riythalf of God the fadir;
but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 fro thennus forth abidinge, til hise enemyes ben put a stool of hise feet.
from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made the footstool of his feet.
14 For bi oon offring he made perfit for euere halewid men.
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 And the Hooli Goost witnessith to vs; for aftir that he seide, This is the testament,
And the Holy Ghost also beareth witness to us: for after he hath said,
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, saith the Lord; I will put my laws on their heart, And upon their mind also will I write them; [then saith he],
17 and now Y schal no more thenke on the synnes and the wickidnessis of hem.
And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
18 And where remyssioun of these is, now is ther noon offring for synne.
Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Therfor, britheren, hauynge trist in to the entring of hooli thingis in the blood of Crist,
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by 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 dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 his fleisch, and we hauynge the greet preest on the hous of God,
and [having] a great priest 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 with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body 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 hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:
24 And biholde we togidere in the stiring of charite and of good werkis; not forsakinge oure gadering togidere,
and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;
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.
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting [one another]; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.
26 Forwhi now a sacrifice for synnes is not left to vs, that synnen wilfuli, aftir that we han take the knowyng of treuthe.
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,
27 Forwhi sum abiding of the dom is dreedful, and the suyng of fier, which schal waste aduersaries.
but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.
28 Who that brekith Moises lawe, dieth withouten ony merci, bi tweine or thre witnessis;
A man that hath set at nought Moses’ law dieth without compassion on [the word of] two or three witnesses:
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?
of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we knowen him that seide, To me veniaunce, and Y schal yelde. And eft, For the Lord schal deme his puple.
For we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. And again, The Lord shall 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.
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;
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.
partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.
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 ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions, knowing that ye yourselves have a better possession and an abiding one.
35 Therfor nyle ye leese youre trist, which hath greet rewarding.
Cast not away therefore your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward.
36 For pacience is nedeful to you, that ye do the wille of God, and bringe ayen the biheest.
For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
37 For yit a litil, and he that is to comynge schal come, and he schal not tarie.
For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.
38 For my iust man lyueth of feith; that if he withdrawith hym silf, he schal not plese to my soule.
But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
39 But we ben not the sones of withdrawing awei in to perdicioun, but of feith in to getynge of soule.
But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.
