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Heliand
Part No. 4
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Chapter: IV 
IV


Verse: 243    Thô ni uuas lang aftar thiu,   ne it al sô gilêstid uuarð,
Verse: 244    sô he mancunnea   managa huîla,
Verse: 245    god alomahtig   forgeƀen habda,
Verse: 246    that he is himilisc barn   herod te uueroldi,
Verse: 247    si selƀes sunu   sendean [uueldi],
Verse: 248    te thiu that he hêr alôsdi   [al liudstamna],
Verse: 249    uuerod fon uuîtea.      [Thô] uuarð is [uuisbodo]
Verse: 250    an Galilealand,   Gabriel cuman,
Verse: 251    engil thes alouualdon,   thar he êne idis uuisse,
Verse: 252    munilîca magað:   Maria uuas siu hêten,
Verse: 253    uuas iru thiorna githigan.   Sea ên thegan habda,
Verse: 254    Ioseph gimahlit,   gôdes cunnies man,
Verse: 255    thea Dauides dohter:   that uuas [sô] diurlîc uuîf,
Verse: 256    idis anthêti.   Thar sie the engil godes
Verse: 257    [an] Nazarethburg   bi namon selƀo
Verse: 258    grôtte [geginuuarde]   endi sie fon gode quedda:
Verse: 259    "Hêl uuis thu, Maria", quað he,   "thu bist thînun hêrron liof,
Verse: 260    uualdande uuirðig,   huuand thu giuuit haƀes,
Verse: 261    idis enstio fol.   Thu scalt [for] allun uuesan
Verse: 262    uuîƀun giuuîhit.   Ne haƀe [thu] uuêcan hugi,
Verse: 263    ne forhti thu thînun ferhe:   ne quam ic thi te ênigun frêson herod,
Verse: 264    ne dragu ic [ênig] [drugithing].   Thu scalt ûses drohtines uuesan
Verse: 265    môdar mid mannun   endi scalt thana magu fôdean,
Verse: 266    thes [hôhon] [heƀancuninges] [suno].   The scal Hêliand te namon
Verse: 267    êgan mid eldiun.   [Neo] endi ni kumid,
Verse: 268    thes uuîdon rîkeas [giuuand],   [the] he giuualdan scal,
Verse: 269    mâri theodan."   Thô sprac im [eft] thiu magað angegin,
Verse: 270    uuið thana engil godes   idiso scôniost,
Verse: 271    allaro uuîƀo uulitigost:   "huô mag that giuuerðen sô", [quað] siu,
Verse: 272    "that ic magu fôdie?   Ne ic gio mannes ni uuarð
Verse: 273    uuîs an mînera uueroldi."   Thô habde eft is uuord garu
Verse: 274    engil thes alouualdon   thero idisiu tegegnes:
Verse: 275    "an thi scal hêlag gêst   fon heƀanuuange
Verse: 276    cuman thurh craft godes.   [Thanan] scal thi kind ôdan
Verse: 277    uuerðan an thesaro uueroldi.   Uualdandes craft
Verse: 278    scal thi fon them hôhoston   heƀancuninge
Verse: 279    scadouuan mid [skimon].   Ni uuarð scôniera giburd,
Verse: 280    ne sô mâri mid mannun,   huand siu kumid thurh maht godes
Verse: 281    an [these] uuîdon uuerold."      Thô uuarð [eft] thes uuîbes hugi
Verse: 282    aftar them ârundie   al gihuorƀen
Verse: 283    an godes uuilleon.   "[Than] ic hêr garu standu", quað siu,
Verse: 284    "te sulicun ambahtskepi,   sô he mi êgan uuili.

Verse: 285    Thiu bium ic theotgodes.   Nu ik [theses] thinges gitrûon;
Verse: 286    uuerðe mi aftar thînun uuordun,   al sô is uuilleo sî,
Verse: 287    hêrron mînes;   nis mi hugi tuîfli,
Verse: 288    ne uuord ne uuîsa."   Sô gifragn ik, that that uuîf antfeng
Verse: 289    that godes ârundi   gerno suîðo
Verse: 290    mid leohtu hugi   endi mid [gilôƀon] gôdun
Verse: 291    endi mid hluttrun treuun.   [Uuarð] the hêlago gêst,
Verse: 292    that barn [an] ira bôsma;   endi siu ira breostun [forstôd]
Verse: 293    iac an ire seƀon selƀo,   sagda them siu uuelda,
Verse: 294    that sie habde giôcana   thes alouualdon craft
Verse: 295    hêlag fon himile.   Thô uuarð hugi Iosepes,
Verse: 296    is môd [giuuorrid],   the im êr thea magað habda,
Verse: 297    thea idis anthêttea,   aðalcnôsles uuîf
Verse: 298    giboht im te brûdiu.   He afsôf [that] siu habda barn undar iru:
Verse: 299    ni uuânda thes mid uuihti,   [that] iru that uuîf habdi
Verse: 300    giuuardod sô [uuarolîco]:   ni [uuisse] uualdandes thô noh
Verse: 301    blîði gibodskepi.   Ni uuelda sia imo te brûdi thô,
Verse: 302    halon imo te hîuuon,   ac bigan im thô [an] hugi thenkean,
Verse: 303    huô he sie [sô] forlêti,   sô iru thar nu uurði lêdes [uuiht],
Verse: 304    ôdan [arƀides].   Ni uuelda sie aftar thiu
Verse: 305    meldon for menigi:   antdrêd that sie manno barn
Verse: 306    lîƀu binâmin.   Sô uuas [than] thero liudeo thau
Verse: 307    thurh then aldon êu,   Ebreo folkes,
Verse: 308    sô huilik sô thar an unreht   idis gihîuuida,
Verse: 309    that siu simbla thana bedskepi   buggean scolda,
Verse: 310    frî mid ira ferhu:   ni uuas gio thiu fêmea sô gôd,
Verse: 311    that siu [mid] them liudun leng   libbien môsti,
Verse: 312    uuesan undar them uueroda.   [Bigan] im the uuîso mann,
Verse: 313    suîðo gôd gumo,   Ioseph an is môda
Verse: 314    thenkean thero thingo,   huô he thea    thiornun thô
Verse: 315    listiun forlêti.   Thô ni uuas lang te thiu,
Verse: 316    that im thar an drôma quam   drohtines engil,
Verse: 317    heƀancuninges bodo,   endi hêt sie ina haldan uuel,
Verse: 318    minnion sie an is môde:   "Ni uuis thu", quað he, "Mariun uurêð,
Verse: 319    thiornun thînaro;   siu is [githungan] uuîf;
Verse: 320    ne forhugi thu sie te hardo;   thu scalt sie haldan uuel,
Verse: 321    uuardon ira an thesaro uueroldi.   Lêsti [thu] inca uuinitreuua
Verse: 322    forð sô thu dâdi,   [endi] [hald] incan friundskepi uuel!
Verse: 323    Ne lât thu sie thi thiu lêðaron,   thoh siu [undar] ira liðon êgi,
Verse: 324    barn an ira bôsma.   It cumid thurh gibod godes,
Verse: 325    hêlages gêstes   fon heƀanuuanga:
Verse: 326    that is [Iêsu] Krist,   godes êgan barn,
Verse: 327    uualdandes sunu.   Thu scalt sie uuel [haldan],
Verse: 328    hêlaglîco.   Ne lât thu [thi] thînan hugi tuîflien,
Verse: 329    merrean thîna môdgithâht."   Thô uuarð eft thes mannes hugi
Verse: 330    [giuuendid] aftar them uuordun,   that he im te them uuîƀa genam,
Verse: 331    te thera magað minnea:   antkenda maht godes,
Verse: 332    uualdandes gibod.   Uuas im uuilleo mikil,
Verse: 333    that he [sia] sô hêlaglîco   haldan môsti:
Verse: 334    bisorgoda sie an is [gisîðea],   endi [siu] sô sûƀro [drôg]
Verse: 335    al te huldi godes   hêlagna gêst,
Verse: 336    gôdlîcan gumon,   antthat sie [godes] giscapu
Verse: 337    mahtig gimanodun,   that [siu] [ina] an manno lioht,
Verse: 338    allaro barno bezt,   brengean scolda.




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