Hebrews 2
1 Therfor more plenteuousli it bihoueth vs to kepe tho thingis, that we han herd, lest perauenture we fleten awei.
Propterea abundantius oportet observare nos ea, quæ audivimus ne forte pereffluamus.
2 For if the ilke word that was seid bi aungels, was maad sad, and ech brekyng of the lawe and vnobedience took iust retribucioun of meede,
Si enim qui per Angelos dictus est sermo, factus est firmus, et omnis prævaricatio, et inobedientia accepit iustam mercedis retributionem:
3 hou schulen we ascape, if we despisen so greet an heelthe? Which, whanne it hadde takun bigynnyng to be teld out by the Lord, of hem that herden is confermyd in to vs.
quomodo nos effugiemus si tantam neglexerimus salutem? Quæ cum initium accepisset enarrari per Dominum ab eis, qui audierunt, in nos confirmata est,
4 For God witnesside to gidere bi myraclis, and wondris, and grete merueilis, and dyuerse vertues, and departyngis of the Hooli Goost, bi his wille.
contestante Deo signis et portentis, et variis virtutibus, et Spiritus Sancti distributionibus secundum suam voluntatem.
5 But not to aungels God sugetide the world that is to comynge, of which we speken.
Non enim Angelis subiecit Deus orbem terræ futurum, de quo loquimur.
6 But sum man witnesside in a place, and seide, What thing is man, that thou art myndeful of hym, or mannus sone, for thou visitist hym?
Testatus est autem in quodam loco quis, dicens: Quid est homo quod memor es eius, aut Filius hominis quoniam visitas eum?
7 Thou hast maad hym a litil lesse than aungels; thou hast corowned hym with glorie and onour; and thou hast ordeyned him on the werkis of thin hondis.
Minuisti eum paulo minus ab Angelis: gloria et honore coronasti eum: et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum.
8 Thou hast maad alle thingis suget vndur hise feet. And in that that he sugetide alle thingis to hym, he lefte no thing vnsuget to him. But now we seen not yit alle thingis suget to hym;
Omnia subiecisti sub pedibus eius: In eo enim quod omnia ei subiecit, nihil dimisit non subiectum ei. Nunc autem necdum videmus omnia subiecta ei.
9 but we seen hym that was maad a litil lesse than aungels, Jhesu, for the passioun of deth crowned with glorie and onour, that he thorouy grace of God schulde taste deth for alle men.
Eum autem, qui modico quam Angeli minoratus est, videmus Iesum propter passionem mortis, gloria et honore coronatum: ut gratia Dei, pro omnibus gustaret mortem.
10 For it bisemede hym, for whom alle thingis, and bi whom `alle thingis weren maad, which hadde brouyt many sones into glorie, and was auctour of the heelthe of hem, that he hadde an ende bi passioun.
Decebat enim eum, propter quem omnia, et per quem omnia, qui multos filios in gloriam adduxerat, auctorem salutis eorum per passionem consummare.
11 For he that halewith, and thei that ben halewid, ben alle of oon; for which cause he is not schamed to clepe hem britheren,
Qui enim sanctificat, et qui sanctificantur, ex uno omnes. Propter quam causam non confunditur fratres eos vocare, dicens:
12 seiynge, Y schal telle thi name to my britheren; in the myddil of the chirche Y schal herie thee.
Nunciabo nomen tuum fratribus meis: in medio Ecclesiæ laudabo te.
13 And eftsoone, Y schal be tristnynge in to hym; and eftsoone, Lo! Y and my children, whiche God yaf to me.
Et iterum: Ego ero fidens in eum. Et iterum: Ecce ego, et pueri mei, quos dedit mihi Deus.
14 Therfor for children comyneden to fleisch and blood, and he also took part of the same, that bi deth he schulde destrie hym that hadde lordschipe of deth, that is to seie, the deuel,
Quia ergo pueri communicaverunt carni, et sanguini, et ipse similiter participavit eisdem: ut per mortem destrueret eum, qui habebat mortis imperium, id est, diabolum:
15 and that he schulde delyuere hem that bi drede of deth, `bi al lijf weren boundun to seruage.
et liberaret eos, qui timore mortis per totam vitam obnoxii erant servituti.
16 And he took neuere aungelis, but he took the seed of Abraham.
Nusquam enim Angelos apprehendit, sed semen Abrahæ apprehendit.
17 Wherfor he ouyte to be likned to britheren bi alle thingis, that he schulde be maad merciful and a feithful bischop to God, that he schulde be merciful to the trespassis of the puple.
Unde debuit per omnia fratribus similari, ut misericors fieret, et fidelis Pontifex ad Deum, ut repropitiaret delicta populi.
18 For in that thing in which he suffride, and was temptid, he is miyti to helpe also hem that ben temptid.
In eo enim, in quo passus est ipse et tentatus, potens est et eis, qui tentantur, auxiliari.
