1 WYC Britheren, Y nyle, that ye vnknowe, that alle oure fadris weren vndur cloude, and alle passiden the see; BSB BSB: I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
2 WYC and alle weren baptisid in Moises, in the cloude and in the see; BSB BSB: They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
3 WYC and alle eeten the same spiritual mete, BSB BSB: They all ate the same spiritual food
4 WYC and alle drunken the same spiritual drynke; thei drunken of the spiritual stoon folewynge hem; and the stoon was Crist. BSB BSB: and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
5 WYC But not in ful manye of hem it was wel pleasaunt to God; for whi thei weren cast doun in desert. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
6 WYC But these thingis ben don in figure of vs, that we be not coueyteris of yuele thingis, as thei coueitiden. BSB BSB: These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
7 WYC Nether be ye maad idolatreris, as summe of hem; as it is writun, The puple sat to ete and drynke, and thei risen vp to pleie. BSB BSB: Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
8 WYC Nether do we fornycacioun, as summe of hem diden fornicacioun, and thre and twenti thousyndis weren deed in o dai. BSB BSB: We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
9 WYC Nethir tempte we Crist, as summe of hem temptiden, and perischiden of serpentis. BSB BSB: We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
10 WYC Nether grutche ye, as summe of hem grutchiden, and thei perischiden of a distrier. BSB BSB: And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
11 WYC And alle these thingis felliden to hem in figure; but thei ben writun to oure amendyng, in to whiche the endis of the worldis ben comun. BSB BSB: Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
12 WYC Therfor he that gessith hym, `that he stondith, se he, that he falle not. BSB BSB: So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
13 WYC Temptacioun take `not you, but mannus temptacioun; for God is trewe, which schal not suffre you to be temptid aboue that that ye moun; but he schal make with temptacioun also purueyaunce, that ye moun suffre. BSB BSB: No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
14 WYC Wherfor, ye most dereworthe to me, fle ye fro worschiping of maumetis. BSB BSB: Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 WYC As to prudent men Y speke, deme ye you silf that thing that Y seie. BSB BSB: I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
16 WYC Whether the cuppe of blessyng which we blessen, is not the comynyng of Cristis blood? and whether the breed which we breken, is not the takyng of the bodi of the Lord? BSB BSB: Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
17 WYC For we manye ben o breed and o bodi, alle we that taken part of o breed and of o cuppe. BSB BSB: Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
18 WYC Se ye Israel aftir the fleisch, whethir thei that eeten sacrifices, ben not partyneris of the auter? BSB BSB: Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
19 WYC What therfor seie Y, that a thing that is offrid to idols is ony thing, or that the idol is ony thing? BSB BSB: Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 WYC But tho thingis that hethene men offren, thei offren to deuelis, and not to God. But Y nyle, that ye ben maad felowis of feendis; for ye moun not drynke the cuppe of the Lord, and the cuppe of fendis; BSB BSB: No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
21 WYC ye moun not be parteneris of the boord of the Lord, and of the bord of feendis. BSB BSB: You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
22 WYC Whether we han enuye to the Lord? whether we ben strengere then he? Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but not alle thingis ben spedeful. BSB BSB: Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
23 WYC Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but not alle thingis edifien. BSB BSB: “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
24 WYC No man seke that thing that is his owne, but that thing that is of an othere. BSB BSB: No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
25 WYC Al thing that is seld in the bocherie, ete ye, axynge no thing for conscience. BSB BSB: Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
26 WYC The erthe and the plente of it is, the Lordis. BSB BSB: for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
27 WYC If ony of hethene men clepith you to soper, and ye wole go, al thing that is set to you, ete ye, axynge no thing for conscience. BSB BSB: If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.
28 WYC But if ony man seith, This thing is offrid to idols, nyle ye ete, for hym that schewide, and for conscience; and Y seie not, BSB BSB: But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—
29 WYC thi conscience, but of an othere. But wherto is my fredom demed of an othere mannus conscience? BSB BSB: the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
30 WYC Therfor if Y take part with grace, what am Y blasfemed, for that that Y do thankyngis? BSB BSB: If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
31 WYC Therfor whether ye eten, or drynken, or don ony other thing, do ye alle thingis `in to the glorie of God. BSB BSB: So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
32 WYC Be ye with outen sclaundre to Jewis, and to hethene men, and to the chirche of God; BSB BSB: Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
33 WYC as Y bi alle thingis plese to alle men, not sekynge that that is profitable to me, but that that is profitable to manye men, that thei be maad saaf. BSB BSB: as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
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