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Heliand
Part No. 11
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Chapter: XI 
XI


Verse: 859    Than uaas im Iohannes   fon is iuguðhêdi
Verse: 860    auuahsan an ênero uuôstunni;   thar ni uuas uuerodes than mêr,
Verse: 861    [bûtan] that he thar êncora   alouualdon gode,
Verse: 862    thegan thionoda:   forlêt thioda gimang,
Verse: 863    manno [gimênðon].   [Thar] uuarð im mahtig cuman
Verse: 864    an thero uuôstunni   uuord fon himila,
Verse: 865    gôdlîc stemna [godes],   endi Johanne gibod,
Verse: 866    that he Cristes cumi   endi is craft mikil
Verse: 867    oƀar thesan middilgard   mârean scoldi;
Verse: 868    hêt ina uuârlîco   uuordun seggean,
Verse: 869    that uuâri heƀanriki   heliðo barnun
Verse: 870    an them landscepi,   liudiun ginâhid,
Verse: 871    uuelono uunsamost.   Im uuas thô uuilleo mikil,
Verse: 872    that [he] fon sulicun sâldun   seggean môsti.

Verse: 873    Giuuêt im thô gangan,   al sô Jordan flôt,
Verse: 874    uuatar an uuilleon,   endi them uueroda allan dag,
Verse: 875    aftar them landscepi   them liudiun cûðda,
Verse: 876    that sie mid fastunniu   firinuuerc manag,
Verse: 877    iro [selƀoro]   sundia bôttin,
Verse: 878    "that gi uuerðan hrênea", quað he.   "Heƀanriki is
Verse: 879    ginâhid manno [barnun].   Nu lâtad [eu] an euuan môdseƀon
Verse: 880    [euuar] [selƀoro]   sundea hreuuan,
Verse: 881    [lêdas] that gi an thesun liohta [fremidun],   endi mînun lêrun hôread,
Verse: 882    uuendeat aftar mînun uuordun.   Ic eu an uuatara scal
Verse: 883    gidôpean diurlîco,   thoh ic euua dâdi ne mugi,
Verse: 884    [euuar] selƀaro   sundea alâtan,
Verse: 885    that gi thurh mîn handgiuuerc   hluttra uuerðan
Verse: 886    lêðaro gilêsto:   ac the is an thit lioht cuman,
Verse: 887    mahtig te mannun   endi undar eu middiun stêd,
Verse: 888    - thoh gi ina selƀun   gisehan ni [uuillean] -,
Verse: 889    the eu [gidôpean] scal   an euues drohtines namon
Verse: 890    an thana [hâlagon] gêst.   That is hêrro oƀar al:
Verse: 891    he mag    allaro manno gihuuena   mêngithâhteo,
Verse: 892    sundeono sicoron,   sô huene sô sô sâlig môt
Verse: 893    uuerðen an thesaro uueroldi,   that thes uuilleon haƀad,
Verse: 894    that he sô gilêstea,   sô he thesun liudiun uuili,
Verse: 895    gibioden barn godes.   Ic bium an is [bods]kepi herod
Verse: 896    an thesa uuerold cumen   endi scal im thana uueg rûmien,
Verse: 897    lêrean thesa liudi,   huuô sea [sculin] iro gilôƀon haldan
Verse: 898    thurh hluttran hugi,   endi that sie an hellea ni thurƀin,
Verse: 899    faran an fern that hêta.   Thes uuirðid sô fagan an is môde
Verse: 900    man te sô managaro [stundu],   sô huue sô that mên forlâtid,
Verse: 901    gerno thes gramon anbusni,   - sô mag im thes gôdon giuuirkean,
Verse: 902    huldi heƀencuninges,   - sô huue sô haƀad hluttra treuua
Verse: 903    up te them alomahtigon gode."   Erlos managa
Verse: 904    bi them lêrun thô,   liudi uuândun,
Verse: 905    uueros uuârlîco,   that that uualdand Krist
Verse: 906    selbo uuâri,   huuanda he sô filu sôðes gisprac,
Verse: 907    uuâroro uuordo.   Thô uuarð that sô uuîdo cûð
Verse: 908    oƀar that forgeƀana land   gumono gihuuilicum,
Verse: 909    seggiun [at] iro selðun:   thô quâmun ina sôkean tharod
Verse: 910    fon Hierusalem   Iudeo [liudio]
Verse: 911    bodon fon theru [burgi]   [endi] [frâgodun], ef he uuâri that barn godes,
Verse: 912    "that hêr lango giu", quaðun sie,   "liudi sagdun,
Verse: 913    uueros uuârlîco,   that he scoldi an thesa uuerold cuman".

Verse: 914    Iohannes thô gimahalde   endi tegegnes sprac
Verse: 915    them bodun baldlîco:   "ni bium ic", quað he, "that barn godes,
Verse: 916    uuâr uualdand Krist,   ac ic scal im thana uueg rûmien,
Verse: 917    hêrron mînumu."   Thea heliðos frugnun,
Verse: 918    thea thar an them ârundie   erlos uuârun,
Verse: 919    bodon fon [thero] [burgi]:   "ef thu [nu] ni bist that barn godes,
Verse: 920    bist thu than thoh    Elias,   the hêr an êrdagun
Verse: 921    uuas undar thesumu uuerode?   He is [uuiscumo]
Verse: 922    [eft] [an] thesan middilgard.   Saga ûs huuat thu manno sîs!
Verse: 923    Bist thu ênig [thero],   the hêr [êr] uuâri
Verse: 924    [uuîsaro] uuârsaguno?   Huuat sculun uui them uuerode fon thi
Verse: 925    seggean te sôðon?   Neo hêr [êr sulic] ni uuarð
Verse: 926    an [thesun] middilgard   man [ôðar] cuman
Verse: 927    dâdiun sô mâri.   Bihuuî thu hêr [dôpisli]
Verse: 928    [fremis] undar thesumu folke,   ef thu tharo forasagono
Verse: 929    ênhuuilic [ni] bist?"   Thô habde eft garo
Verse: 930    Iohannes the gôdo   glau anduuordi:
Verse: 931    "Ic bium forabodo   frâon mînes,
Verse: 932    lioƀes hêrron;   ic scal thit land recon,
Verse: 933    thit [uuerod] aftar is uuillion.   Ic hebbiu fon is uuorde mid mi
Verse: 934    stranga stemna,   thoh sie hêr ni uuillie forstandan filo
Verse: 935    uuerodes an thesaro uuôstunni.   Ni bium ic mid uuihti [gilîc]
Verse: 936    drohtine mînumu:   he is mid is dâdiun sô strang,
Verse: 937    sô mâri endi sô mahtig   - that uuirðid managun cûð,
Verse: 938    uuerun aftar thesaro uueroldi   - that ic thes uuirðig ni bium,
Verse: 939    that ic môti an is giscuoha,   thoh ic sî is [scalc] [êgan],
Verse: 940    an sô [rîkiumu] drohtine,   thea reomon antbindan:
Verse: 941    sô mikilu is he betara than ic.   Nis thes [bodon] gimaco
Verse: 942    ênig oƀar erðu,   ne nu aftar ni scal
Verse: 943    uuerðan an thesaro uueroldi.   Hebbiad euuan uuillion tharod,
Verse: 944    liudi euuan gilôƀon:   than eu [lango] [scal]
Verse: 945    [uuesan] euua hugi hrômag;   [than] gi [helligithuuing],
Verse: 946    forlâtad lêðaro drôm   [endi] sôkead eu lioht godes,
Verse: 947    upôdes hêm,   [êuuig] rîki,
Verse: 948    hôhan heƀenuuang.   Ne lâtad euuan hugi tuuîflien!"


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