¹ Therfor Y seie, Whether God hath put awei his puple? God forbede. For Y am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the lynage of Beniamyn.

² God hath not put awei his puple, which he bifor knew. Whether ye witen not, what the scripture seith in Elie? Hou he preieth God ayens Israel,

³ Lord, thei han slayn thi prophetis, thei han vndurdoluun thin auteris, and Y am lefte aloone, and thei seken my lijf.

⁴ But what seith Goddis answere to hym? Y haue left to me seuene thousyndes of men, that han not bowid her knees bifore Baal.

⁵ So therfor also in this tyme, the relifs ben maad saaf, bi the chesyng of the grace of God.

⁶ And if it be bi the grace of God, it is not now of werkis; ellis grace is not now grace.

⁷ What thanne? Israel hath not getun this that he souyte, but eleccioun hath getun; and the othere ben blyndid.

⁸ As it is writun, God yaf to hem a spirit of compunccioun, iyen that thei se not, and eeris, that thei here not, in to this dai.

⁹ And Dauith seith, Be the boord of hem maad in to a gryn bifor hem, and in to catchyng, and in to sclaundre, and in to yeldyng to hem.

¹⁰ Be the iyen of hem maad derk, that thei se not; and bowe thou doun algatis the bak of hem.

¹¹ Therfor Y seie, Whether thei offendiden so, that thei schulden falle doun? God forbede. But bi the gilt of hem helthe is maad to hethene men, that thei sue hem.

¹² That if the gilt of hem ben richessis of the world, and the makyng lesse of hem ben richessis of hethene men, hou myche more the plente of hem?

¹³ But Y seie to you, hethene men, for as longe as Y am apostle of hethene men, Y schal onoure my mynysterie,

¹⁴ if in ony maner Y stire my fleisch for to folowe, and that Y make summe of hem saaf.

¹⁵ For if the loss of hem is the recouncelyng of the world, what is the takyng vp, but lijf of deede men?

¹⁶ For if a litil part of that that is tastid be hooli, the hool gobet is hooli; and if the roote is hooli, also the braunchis.

¹⁷ What if ony of the braunchis ben brokun, whanne thou were a wielde olyue tre, art graffid among hem, and art maad felowe of the roote, and of the fatnesse of the olyue tre,

¹⁸ nyle thou haue glorie ayens the braunchis. For if thou gloriest, thou berist not the roote, but the roote thee.

¹⁹ Therfor thou seist, The braunchis ben brokun, that Y be graffid in.

²⁰ Wel, for vnbileue the braunchis ben brokun; but thou stondist bi feith. Nyle thou sauere hiye thing,

²¹ but drede thou, for if God sparide not the kyndli braunchis, lest perauenture he spare not thee.

²² Therfor se the goodnesse, and the fersnesse of God; yhe, the feersnesse in to hem that felden doun, but the goodnesse of God in to thee, if thou dwellist in goodnesse, ellis also thou schalt be kit doun.

²³ Yhe, and thei schulen be set yn, if thei dwellen not in vnbileue. For God is myyti, to sette hem in eftsoone.

²⁴ For if thou art kit doun of the kyndeli wielde olyue tre, and ayens kynd art set in to a good olyue tre, hou myche more thei that ben bi kynde, schulen be set in her olyue tree?

²⁵ But, britheren, Y wole not that ye vnknowen this mysterie, that ye be not wise to you silf; for blyndenesse hath feld a parti in Israel, til that the plente of hethene men entride,

²⁶ and so al Israel schulde be maad saaf. As it is writun, He schal come of Syon, that schal delyuere, and turne awei the wickidnesse of Jacob.

²⁷ And this testament to hem of me, whanne Y schal do awei her synnes.

²⁸ Aftir the gospel thei ben enemyes for you, but thei ben moost dereworthe bi the eleccioun for the fadris.

²⁹ And the yiftis and the cleping of God ben with outen forthenkyng.

³⁰ And as sum tyme also ye bileueden not to God, but now ye han gete mercy for the vnbileue of hem;

³¹ so and these now bileueden not in to youre merci, that also thei geten merci.

³² For God closide alle thingis togidere in vnbileue, that he haue mercy on alle.

³³ O! the heiynesse of the ritchessis of the wisdom and of the kunnyng of God; hou incomprehensible ben hise domes, and hise weies ben vnserchable.

³⁴ For whi who knew the wit of the Lord, or who was his counselour? or who formere yaf to hym,

³⁵ and it schal be quyt to hym?

³⁶ For of hym, and bi hym, and in hym ben alle thingis. To hym be glorie in to worldis. Amen.