2 WYC biholdinge in to the makere of feith, and the perfit endere, Jhesu; which whanne ioye was purposid to hym, he suffride the cros, and dispiside confusioun, and sittith on the riythalf of the seet of God. BSB BSB: Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 WYC And bithenke ye on hym that suffride siche `ayen seiynge of synful men ayens hym silf, that ye be not maad wery, failinge in youre soulis. BSB BSB: Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
4 WYC For ye ayenstoden not yit `til to blood, fiytyng ayens synne. BSB BSB: In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
5 WYC And ye han foryet the coumfort that spekith to you as to sones, and seith, My sone, nyle thou dispise the teching of the Lord, nether be thou maad weri, the while thou art chastisid of hym. BSB BSB: And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
6 WYC For the Lord chastisith hym that he loueth; he betith euery sone that he resseyueth. BSB BSB: For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
7 WYC Abide ye stille in chastising; God proferith hym to you as to sones. For what sone is it, whom the fadir chastisith not? BSB BSB: Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
8 WYC That if ye `ben out of chastising, whos parteneris ben ye alle maad, thanne ye ben auowtreris, and not sones. BSB BSB: If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
9 WYC And aftirward we hadden fadris of oure fleisch, techeris, and we with reuerence dredden hem. Whethir not myche more we schulen obeische to the fadir of spiritis, and we schulen lyue? BSB BSB: Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
10 WYC And thei in tyme of fewe dayes tauyten vs bi her wille; but this fadir techith to that thing that is profitable, in resseyuynge the halewing of hym. BSB BSB: Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
11 WYC And ech chastisyng in present tyme semeth to be not of ioye, but of sorewe; but aftirward it schal yelde fruyt of riytwisnesse moost pesible to men exercisid bi it. BSB BSB: No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
12 WYC For whiche thing reise ye slowe hondis, BSB BSB: Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
13 WYC and knees vnboundun, and make ye riytful steppis to youre feet; that no man haltinge erre, but more be heelid. BSB BSB: Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
14 WYC Sue ye pees with alle men, and holynesse, with out which no man schal se God. BSB BSB: Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
15 WYC Biholde ye, that no man faile to the grace of God, that no roote of bittirnesse buriownynge vpward lette, and manye ben defoulid bi it; BSB BSB: See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
16 WYC that no man be letchour, ether vnhooli, as Esau, which for o mete seelde hise firste thingis. BSB BSB: See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
17 WYC For wite ye, that afterward he coueitinge to enherite blessing, was repreued. For he foond not place of penaunce, thouy he souyte it with teeris. BSB BSB: For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
18 WYC But ye han not come to the fier able to be touchid, and able to come to, and to the whirlewynd, and myst, and tempest, and soun of trumpe, and vois of wordis; BSB BSB: For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
19 WYC which thei that herden, excusiden hem, that the word schulde not be maad to hem. BSB BSB: to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
20 WYC For thei beren not that that was seid, And if a beeste touchide the hil, it was stonyd. BSB BSB: For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
21 WYC And so dredeful it was that was seyn, that Moises seide, Y am a ferd, and ful of trembling. BSB BSB: The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
22 WYC But ye han come nyy to the hil Sion, and to the cite of God lyuynge, the heuenli Jerusalem, and to the multitude of many thousynde aungels, BSB BSB: Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
23 WYC and to the chirche of the firste men, whiche ben writun in heuenes, and to God, domesman of alle, and to the spirit of iust perfit men, BSB BSB: in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24 WYC and to Jhesu, mediatour of the newe testament, and to the sprenging of blood, `betere spekinge than Abel. BSB BSB: to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
25 WYC Se ye, that ye forsake not the spekere; for if thei that forsaken him that spak on the erthe, aschapide not, myche more we that turnen awei fro him that spekith to vs fro heuenes. BSB BSB: See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
26 WYC Whos vois than mouyde the erthe, but now he ayen bihetith, and seith, Yit onys and Y schal moue not oneli erthe, but also heuene. BSB BSB: At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
27 WYC And that he seith, Yit onys, he declarith the translacioun of mouable thingis, as of maad thingis, that tho thingis dwelle, that ben vnmouable. BSB BSB: The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
28 WYC Therfor we resseyuynge the kingdom vnmouable, haue we grace, bi which serue we plesynge to God with drede and reuerence. BSB BSB: Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
29 WYC For oure God is fier that wastith. BSB BSB: “For our God is a consuming fire.”
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