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| [1]Therefore leauyng the doctrine of the begynnyng of Christe, let vs go foorth vnto perfection, not laying agayne the foundatio of repentaunce from dead workes, and of fayth towarde God |
[1]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, and of teching of baptimys, |
| [2]Of the doctrine of baptismes, and of laying on of handes, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternall iudgement |
[2]and of leiynge on of hondis, and of risyng ayen of deed men, and of the euerlastinge doom. |
| [3]And this wyll I do, yf God permit |
[3]And this thing we schulen do, if God schal suffre. |
| [4]For it can not be that they which were once lighted, and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft, and were become partakers of the holy ghost |
[4]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, |
| [5]And haue tasted of the good worde of God, and the powers of the worlde to come |
[5]and netheles han tastid the good word of God, and the vertues of the world to comynge, and ben slidun fer awei, |
| [6]And they fall away, shoulde be renued agayne into repentaunce, hauyng crucified to the selues the sonne of God a fresshe, and made a mocke of hym |
[6]that thei be renewid eftsoone to penaunce. Whiche eftsones crucifien to hem silf the sone of God, and han to scorn. |
| [7]For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it, and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed, receaueth blessyng of God |
[7]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 that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursyng, whose ende is to be burned |
[8]But that that is bringinge forth thornes and breris, is repreuable, and next to curs, whos endyng schal be in to brennyng. |
| [9]Neuerthelesse, deare frendes, we haue perswaded our selues better thynges of you, and thynges whiche accompanie saluation, though we thus speake |
[9]But, ye moost dereworthe, we tristen of you betere thingis, and neer to helthe, thouy we speken so. |
| [10]For God is not vnryghteous, to forget your worke & labour of loue, whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name, hauyng ministred to the saintes, and [do] minister |
[10]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]Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence, to the full assuraunce of hope, vnto the ende |
[11]And we coueiten that ech of you schewe the same bisynesse to the fillyng of hope in to the ende; |
| [12]That ye faynt not, but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises |
[12]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 promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by hym selfe |
[13]For God bihetinge to Abraham, for he hadde noon grettere, bi whom he schulde swere, swoor bi hym silf, |
| [14]Saying: Surely, blessyng I wyll blesse thee, and multipliyng, multiplie thee |
[14]and seide, Y blessinge schal blesse thee, and Y multipliynge schal multiplie thee; |
| [15]And so after that he had taryed paciently, he enioyed the promise |
[15]and so he long abidinge hadde the biheeste. |
| [16]For men veryly sweare by the greater, and an oth for confirmation, is to them an ende of all stryfe |
[16]For men sweren bi a grettere than hem silf, and the ende of al her ple is an ooth to confirmacioun. |
| [17]Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise, the stablenesse of his counsayle, confirmed by an oth |
[17]In which thing God willynge to schewe plenteuouslier to the eiris of his biheest the sadnesse of his counsel, |
| [18]That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs |
[18]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]Which [hope] we holde as an ancker of the soule both sure and stedfast, and entryng in, into that thing which is within the vayle |
[19]Which hope as an ankir we han sikir to the soule, and sad, and goynge in to the ynnere thingis of hiding; |
| [20]Whyther the forerunner is for vs entred [euen] Iesus, after the order of Melchisedech made a priest for euer |
[20]where the bifore goere, Jhesus, that is maad bischop with outen ende bi the ordre of Melchisedech, entride for vs. |