TITUS
Heliand
Part No. 12
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Chapter: XII 
XII


Verse: 949    Sô sprac thô iung gumo   bi godes lêrun
Verse: 950    mannun te mârðu.   Manag [samnoda]
Verse: 951    [thar] te Bethania   barn Israheles;
Verse: 952    quâmun    thar te Iohannese   cuningo gisîðos,
Verse: 953    liudi te lêrun   endi iro gilôƀon antfengun.

Verse: 954    He dôpte sie dago gihuuilikes   endi im iro dâdi lôg,
Verse: 955    uurêðaro uuillion,   endi loƀode im uuord godes,
Verse: 956    hêrron sînes:   "Heƀenrîki uuirðid", quað he,
Verse: 957    "garu gumono sô huuem,   sô ti gode thenkid
Verse: 958    endi an thana [hêleand] *uuili   hluttro [gilôƀean],
Verse: 959    lêstean is lêra".   Thô ni uuas lang [te] thiu,
Verse: 960    that im fon Galilea giuuêt   godes êgan barn,
Verse: 961    *diurlîc drohtines sunu,   dôpi suokean.

Verse: 962    Uuas im thuo an is uuastme   uualdandes barn*,
Verse: 963    al sô he mid thero thiodu   thrîtig habdi
Verse: 964    uuintro an is uueroldi.   Thô he an is uuilleon [quam],
Verse: 965    thar Iohannes   an [Iordana] strôme
Verse: 966    allan [langan] dag   liudi manage
Verse: 967    dôpte diurlîco.   [Reht] sô he thô is drohtin gisah,
Verse: 968    holden hêrron,   sô uuarð im is hugi blîði,
Verse: 969    thes im [the] uuilleo gistôd,   endi sprac [im thô] mid is uuordun [tô],
Verse: 970    [suuîðo gôd gumo,   Iohannes te Kriste]:
Verse: 971    "nu cumis thu te mînero dôpi,   drohtin frô mîn,
Verse: 972    thiod[gumono] [bezto]:   sô scolde ic te thînero duan,
Verse: 973    huuand thu bist allaro cuningo craftigost."   Krist selƀo gibôd,
Verse: 974    uualdand uuârlîco,   that he ni sprâki thero uuordo than mêr:
Verse: 975    "uuêst thu, that ûs [sô] girîsid", quað he,   "allaro rehto [gihuuilik]
Verse: 976    te gifulleanne   [forð]uuardes nu
Verse: 977    an godes uuilleon".   Iohannes stôd,
Verse: 978    dôpte allan dag   druhtfolc mikil,
Verse: 979    uuerod an uuatere   endi [ôk] uualdand Krist,
Verse: 980    [hêran] heƀencuning   handun sînun
Verse: 981    an allaro [baðo] them [bezton]   endi im thar te bedu gihnêg
Verse: 982    an cneo craftag.   Krist up giuuêt
Verse: 983    fagar fon them flôde,   friðubarn godes,
Verse: 984    liof liudio uuard.   Sô he thô that land [afstôp],
Verse: 985    sô anthlidun thô himiles doru,   endi quam the hêlago gêst
Verse: 986    fon them alouualdon   oƀane te Kriste:
Verse: 987    - uuas im an gilîcnissie   [lungras] fugles,
Verse: 988    diurlîcara dûƀun   - endi sat    im uppan ûses drohtines [ahslu],
Verse: 989    [uuonoda] im oƀar them uualdandes barne.   Aftar quam thar uuord fon himile,
Verse: 990    hlûd fon them [hôhon] radura   [en] grôtta thane hêleand selƀon,
Verse: 991    [Crista], allaro cuningo bezton,   quað that he ina gicorana habdi
Verse: 992    selƀo fon sînun rîkea,   quað that im the sunu [lîcodi]
Verse: 993    bezt allaro giboranaro manno,   quað that he im uuâri allaro barno lioƀost.

Verse: 994    That môste Iohannes [thô],   al sô it god uuelde,
Verse: 995    [gisehan] endi gihôrean.   He gideda it sân aftar thiu
Verse: 996    mannun [mâri],   that sie thar mahtigna
Verse: 997    hêrron habdun:   ["thit] is", quað he, "heƀencuninges sunu,
Verse: 998    ên alouualdand:   thesas uuilleo ic urcundeo
Verse: 999    uuesan an thesaro uueroldi,   [huuand] it sagda mi uuord godes,
Verse: 1000    drohtines stemne,   thô he mi dôpean hêt
Verse: 1001    uueros an uuatare,   sô huuar sô ic gisâhi uuârlîco
Verse: 1002    thana [hêlagon] gêst   *fan heƀanuuange
Verse: 1003    an [thesan] middilgard   ênigan man uuaron,
Verse: 1004    cuman mid craftu;   that quað, [that] scoldi Crist uuesan,
Verse: 1005    diurlîc drohtines suno.   Hie dôpean scal
Verse: 1006    an thana* hêlagan gêst*   endi hêlean managa
Verse: 1007    manno mêndâdi.   He haƀad [maht] fon gode,
Verse: 1008    that he alâtan mag   liudeo gihuuilicun
Verse: 1009    saca endi sundea.   Thit is selƀo Krist,
Verse: 1010    godes êgan barn,   gumono bezto,
Verse: 1011    friðu uuið fîundun.   Uuala that eu thes mag frâhmôd hugi
Verse: 1012    uuesan an thesaro uueroldi,   thes eu the uuilleo gistôd,
Verse: 1013    that gi sô [libbeanda]   thana landes uuard
Verse: 1014    selƀon gisâhun.   Nu môt [sliumo] sundeono lôs
Verse: 1015    manag gêst faran   an godes uuilleon
Verse: 1016    tionon atômid,   the mid treuuon uuili
Verse: 1017    uuið is uuini uuirkean   endi an uualdand Krist
Verse: 1018    fasto gilôƀean.   That scal te [frumun] uuerðen
Verse: 1019    gumono sô huuilicun,   sô that gerno dôt".




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