< Hebrews 2 >

1 Therfor more plenteuousli it bihoueth vs to kepe tho thingis, that we han herd, lest perauenture we fleten awei.
Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, so that we will not drift away.
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,
For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;
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.
how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
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.
God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Ruach ha-Kodesh, according to his own will?
5 But not to aungels God sugetide the world that is to comynge, of which we speken.
For he did not subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels.
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?
But one has somewhere testified, saying, "What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?
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.
You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.
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;
You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that he put all things under him, he left nothing that is not under him. But now we do not yet see that all things are under him.
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.
But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Yeshua, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
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.
For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
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,
For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
12 seiynge, Y schal telle thi name to my britheren; in the myddil of the chirche Y schal herie thee.
saying, "I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly I will praise you."
13 And eftsoone, Y schal be tristnynge in to hym; and eftsoone, Lo! Y and my children, whiche God yaf to me.
And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Look, I and the children whom God has given me."
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,
Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
15 and that he schulde delyuere hem that bi drede of deth, `bi al lijf weren boundun to seruage.
and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
16 And he took neuere aungelis, but he took the seed of Abraham.
For, truly, he did not come to help the angels, but to help the offspring of Abraham.
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.
Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful cohen hagadol in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
18 For in that thing in which he suffride, and was temptid, he is miyti to helpe also hem that ben temptid.
For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

< Hebrews 2 >