Hebrews 6
1 Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
Therfor we bringinge in a word of the bigynnyng of Crist, be we borun to the perfeccioun of hym, not eftsoone leggynge the foundement of penaunce fro deed werkis, and of the feith to God,
2 of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. (aiōnios g166)
and of teching of baptimys, and of leiynge on of hondis, and of risyng ayen of deed men, and of the euerlastinge doom. (aiōnios g166)
3 This will we do, if God permits.
And this thing we schulen do, if God schal suffre.
4 For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
But it is impossible, that thei that ben onys liytned, and `han tastid also an heuenly yifte, and ben maad parceneris of the Hooli Goost,
and netheles han tastid the good word of God, and the vertues of the world to comynge, (aiōn g165)
6 and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
and ben slidun fer awei, that thei be renewid eftsoone to penaunce. Whiche eftsones crucifien to hem silf the sone of God, and han to scorn.
7 For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;
For the erthe that drinkith reyn ofte comynge on it, and bringith forth couenable erbe to hem of whiche it is tilid, takith blessing of God.
8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
But that that is bringinge forth thornes and breris, is repreuable, and next to curs, whos endyng schal be in to brennyng.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.
But, ye moost dereworthe, we tristen of you betere thingis, and neer to helthe, thouy we speken so.
10 For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
For God is not vniust, that he foryete youre werk and loue, whiche ye han schewid in his name; for ye han mynystrid to seyntis, `and mynistren.
11 We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
And we coueiten that ech of you schewe the same bisynesse to the fillyng of hope in to the ende;
12 that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
that ye be not maad slowe, but also sueris of hem, whiche bi feith and pacience schulen enherite the biheestis.
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
For God bihetinge to Abraham, for he hadde noon grettere, bi whom he schulde swere, swoor bi hym silf,
14 saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”
and seide, Y blessinge schal blesse thee, and Y multipliynge schal multiplie thee;
15 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
and so he long abidinge hadde the biheeste.
16 For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
For men sweren bi a grettere than hem silf, and the ende of al her ple is an ooth to confirmacioun.
17 In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,
In which thing God willynge to schewe plenteuouslier to the eiris of his biheest the sadnesse of his counsel,
18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
puttide bitwixe an ooth, that bi twey thingis vnmeuable, bi whiche it is impossible that God lie, we han a strengeste solace, `we that fleen togidere to holde the hope that is put forth to vs.
19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil,
Which hope as an ankir we han sikir to the soule, and sad, and goynge in to the ynnere thingis of hiding;
