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Heliand
Part No. 22
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Chapter: XXII 
XXII


Verse: 1837       He im thô bêðiu [befalh]
Verse: 1838    [ge te seggennea]   sînom uuordun,
Verse: 1839    huuô man himilrîki   gehalon scoldi,
Verse: 1840    uuîdbrêdan uuelan,   gia he im geuuald fargaf,
Verse: 1841    that sie môstin hêlean   [halte] endi blinde,
   
Verse: 1842    liudeo lêfhêdi,   legarbed manag,
Verse: 1843    suâra suhti,   giac he im selƀo gebôd,
Verse: 1844    that sie at ênigumu manne   mêde ne nâmin,
Verse: 1845    diurie mêðmos:   "gehuggead gi", quað he, - "huand iu is thiu dâd cuman,
Verse: 1846    that geuuit endi [the] uuîsdôm,   endi iu thea geuuald fargiƀid
Verse: 1847    alloro firiho fadar,   sô gi sie ni thurƀun mid [ênigo] feho côpon,
Verse: 1848    mêdean mid ênigun mêðmun,   - sô uuesat gi iro mannun forð
Verse: 1849    an iuuuon hugiskeftiun   helpono mildea,
Verse: 1850    lêread gi liudio barn   langsamna râd,
Verse: 1851    fruma forðuuardes;   firinuuerc lahad,
Verse: 1852    suâra [sundeon].   Ne lâtad iu siloƀar [nec] gold
Verse: 1853    uuihti thes uuirðig,   that it [eo] an iuuua geuuald cuma,
Verse: 1854    fagara fehoscattos:   it ni mag iu te ênigoro frumu huuergin,
Verse: 1855    uuerðan te ênigumu uuilleon.   Ne sculun gi geuuâdeas than mêr
Verse: 1856    erlos êgan,   [bûtan] sô gi than an hebbean,
Verse: 1857    gumon te [gareuuea],   than gi gangan sculun
Verse: 1858    an that gimang [innan].   Neo [gi] umbi [iuuuan] meti [ni] sorgot,
Verse: 1859    leng umbi iuuua lîfnare,   huand thene lêreand sculun
Verse: 1860    fôdean that folcskepi:   [thes sint thea fruma] uuerða,
Verse: 1861    leoƀlîkes lônes,   the [hi] them liudiun sagad.

Verse: 1862    Uuirðig is the uurhteo,   that man ina uuel fôdea,
Verse: 1863    thana man mid môsu,   the sô managoro scal
Verse: 1864    seola bisorgan   endi an thana sîð spanen,
Verse: 1865    gêstos an godes uuang.   That is grôtara thing,
Verse: 1866    that man bisorgon scal   [seolun] managa,
Verse: 1867    huô man thea [gehalde]   te heƀenrîkea,
Verse: 1868    than man thene lîchamon   [liudibarno]
Verse: 1869    môsu bimorna.   Bethiu man [sculun]
Verse: 1870    haldan thene holdlîco,   the im te heƀenrîkea
Verse: 1871    thene uueg uuîsit   endi [sie] uuamscaðun,
Verse: 1872    feondun uuitfâhit   endi firinuuerc lahid,
Verse: 1873    [suâra] sundeon.   Nu ic iu sendean scal
Verse: 1874    aftar thesumu    landskepie   sô lamb undar uulƀos:
Verse: 1875    sô sculun gi undar iuuua fîund faren,   undar filu theodo,
Verse: 1876    undar mislîke man.   Hebbead iuuuan môd uuiðar them
Verse: 1877    sô glauuan tegegnes,   sô samo [sô] the [geluuo] uurm,
Verse: 1878    nâdra thiu fêha,   thar siu iro [nîðskepies],
Verse: 1879    [uuitodes] uuânit,   that man iu undar themu uuerode ne mugi
Verse: 1880    besuîcan an themu sîðe.   Far thiu [gi] sorgon [sculun],
Verse: 1881    that iu thea man ni mugin   môdgethâhti,
Verse: 1882    uuillean [auuardien].   Uuesat iu so [uuara] uuiðar thiu,
Verse: 1883    uuið iro [fêcneon dâdiun],   sô man uuiðar fîundun scal.

Verse: 1884    Than uuesat gi eft an iuuuon dâdiun   dûƀon gelîca,
Verse: 1885    hebbead uuið erlo gehuene   ênfaldan hugi,
Verse: 1886    mildean môdseƀon,   [that] thar man negên
Verse: 1887    thurh iuuua [dâdi]   bedrogan ne uuerðe,
Verse: 1888    besuican thurh iuuua sundea.   [Nu] sculun gi an thana sîð faran,
Verse: 1889    an that ârundi:   thar sculun gi arƀidies [sô] filu
Verse: 1890    getholon undar theru thiod   endi gethuing sô samo
Verse: 1891    manag endi mislîc,   huand gi an mînumu namon
Verse: 1892    thea liudi lêreat.   Bethiu sculun gi thar lêðes filu
Verse: 1893    fora uueroldcuningun,   uuîteas antfâhan.

Verse: 1894    Oft sculun gi thar for rîkea   thurh thius mîn rehtun uuord
Verse: 1895    gebundane standen   endi bêðiu [gethologean],
Verse: 1896    ge hosc ge harmquidi:   umbi that ne lâtad gi iuuuan hugi [tuîflon],
Verse: 1897    seƀon [suîcandean]:   gi ni thurƀun an ênigun sorgun uuesan
Verse: 1898    an [iuuuomu] hugi huergin,   than [man iu] for [thea] hêri forð
Verse: 1899    an thene gastseli   gangan hêtid,
Verse: 1900    huat gi im than tegegnes [sculin]   gôdoro uuordo,
Verse: 1901    [spâhlîcoro] gesprecan,   huand iu thiu [spôd] cumid,
Verse: 1902    helpe fon himile,   endi sprikid the hêlogo gêst,
Verse: 1903    mahtig fon iuuuomu [munde].   Bethiu [ne andrâdad] gi iu thero manno    nîð
Verse: 1904    ne forhteat iro fîundskepi:   thoh sie hebbean iuuuas ferahes geuuald,
Verse: 1905    that sie mugin thene lîchamon   lîƀu beneotan,
Verse: 1906    [aslahan] mid suerde,   thoh sie theru seolun ne mugun
Verse: 1907    uuiht auuardean.   Antdrâdad iu uualdand god,
Verse: 1908    forhtead fader iuuuan,   frummiad gerno
Verse: 1909    is gebodskepi,   huuand hi haƀad bêðies giuuald,
Verse: 1910    liudio lîƀes   endi ôc iro lîchamon
Verse: 1911    gec thero seolon sô self:   ef gi iuuua an them sîðe [tharod]
Verse: 1912    farliosat thurh thesa lêra,   than môtun gi sie eft an themu liohte godes
Verse: 1913    beforan fîðan,   huuand sie fader iuuua,
Verse: 1914    haldid hêlag god   an himilrîkea.




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