< Hebrews 3 >

1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Therfor, hooli britheren, and parceneris of heuenli cleping, biholde ye the apostle and the bischop of oure confessioun, Jhesu,
2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
which is trewe to hym that made hym, as also Moises in al the hous of hym.
3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath built the house hath more honour than the house.
But this byschop is had worthi of more glorie than Moises, bi as myche as he hath more honour of the hous, that made the hous.
4 For every house is built by some man; but he that built all things is God.
For ech hous is maad of sum man; he that made alle thingis of nouyt is God.
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later;
And Moises was trewe in al his hous, as a seruaunt, in to witnessyng of tho thingis that weren to be seid;
6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
but Crist as a sone in his hous. Which hous we ben, if we holden sad trist and glorie of hope in to the ende.
7 Therefore ( as the Holy Spirit saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Wherfor as the Hooli Goost seith, To dai, if ye han herd his vois, nyle ye hardne youre hertis,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
as in wraththing, lijk the dai of temptacioun in desert;
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
where youre fadris temptiden me, and preueden, and siyen my werkis fourti yeeris.
10 Therefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Wherfor Y was wrooth to this generacioun, and Y seide, Euere more thei erren in herte, for thei knewen not my weies;
11 So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
to whiche Y swore in my wraththe, thei schulen not entre in to my reste.
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Britheren, se ye, lest perauenture in ony of you be an yuel herte of vnbileue, to departe fro the lyuynge God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
But moneste you silf bi alle daies, the while to dai is named, that noon of you be hardned bi fallas of synne.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end;
For we ben maad parceneris of Crist, if netheles we holden the bigynnyng of his substaunce sad in to the ende.
15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
While it is seid, to dai, if ye han herd the vois of hym, nyle ye hardne youre hertis, as in that wraththing.
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: yet not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
For summen heringe wraththiden, but not alle thei that wenten out of Egipt bi Moises.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
But to whiche was he wraththid fourti yeeris? Whether not to hem that synneden, whos careyns weren cast doun in desert?
18 And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
And to whiche swoor he, that thei schulden not entre in to the reste of hym, not but to hem that weren vnbileueful?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
And we seen, that thei myyten not entre in to the reste of hym for vnbileue.

< Hebrews 3 >