Lines 1115–1236

Eall þis magon him sylfe geseon þonne,
open, orgete, þæt he for ælda lufan,
firenfremmendra, fela þrowade.
Magun leoda bearn leohte oncnawan
hu hine lygnedon lease on geþoncum,
hysptun hearmcwidum, ond on his hleor somod
hyra spatl speowdon. Spræcon him edwit,
ond on þone eadgan ondwlitan swa some
helfuse men hondum slogun,
folmum areahtum ond fystum eac,
ond ymb his heafod heardne gebigdon
beag þyrnenne, blinde on geþoncum,
dysge ond gedwealde. Gesegun þa dumban gesceaft,
eorðan ealgrene ond uprodor,
forhte gefelan frean þrowinga,
ond mid cearum cwiðdun, þeah hi cwice næron,
þa hyra scyppend sceaþan onfengon
syngum hondum. Sunne wearð adwæsced,
þream aþrysmed; þa sio þeod geseah
in Hierusalem godwebba cyst
þæt ær ðam halgan huse sceolde
to weorþunga weorud sceawian;
ufan eall forbærst þæt hit on eorþan læg
on twam styccum. þæs temples segl,
wundorbleom geworht to wlite þæs huses,
sylf slat on tu, swylce hit seaxes ecg
scearp þurhwode. Scire burstan
muras ond stanas monge æfter foldan,
ond seo eorðe eac, egsan myrde,
beofode on bearhtme, ond se brada sæ
cyðde cræftes meaht ond of clomme bræc
up yrringa on eorþan fæðm,
ge on stede scynum steorran forleton
hyra swæsne wlite. On þa sylfan tid
heofon hluttre ongeat hwa hine healice
torhtne getremede tungolgimmum;
forþon he his bodan sende, þa wæs geboren ærest
gesceafta scircyning. Hwæt, eac scyldge men
gesegon to soðe, þy sylfan dæge
þe on þrowade, þeodwundor micel,
þætte eorðe ageaf þa hyre on lægun.
Eft lifgende up astodan
þa þe heo ær fæste bifen hæfde,
deade bibyrgde, þe dryhtnes bibod
heoldon on hreþre. Hell eac ongeat,
scyldwreccende, þæt se scyppend cwom,
waldende god, þa heo þæt weorud ageaf,
hloþe of ðam hatan hreþre. Hyge wearð mongum blissad,
sawlum sorge toglidene. Hwæt, eac sæ cyðde
hwa hine gesette on sidne grund,
tirmeahtig cyning; forþon he hine tredne him
ongean gyrede, þonne god wolde
ofer sine yðe gan. Eahstream ne dorste
his frean fet flode bisencan,
ge eac beamas onbudon hwa hy mid bledum sceop,
monge, nales fea, ða mihtig god
on hira anne gestag þær he earfeþu
geþolade fore þearfe þeodbuendra,
laðlicne deað leodum to helpe.
ða wearð beam monig blodigum tearum
birunnen under rindum, reade ond þicce;
sæp wearð to swate. þæt asecgan ne magun
foldbuende þurh frod gewit,
hu fela þa onfundun þa gefelan ne magun
dryhtnes þrowinga, deade gesceafte.
þa þe æþelast sind eorðan gecynda,
ond heofones eac heahgetimbro,
eall fore þam anum unrot gewearð,
forhtafongen. þeah hi ferðgewit
of hyra æþelum ænig ne cuþen,
wendon swa þeah wundrum, þa hyra waldend for
of lichoman. Leode ne cuþon,
modblinde men meotud oncnawan,
flintum heardran, þæt hi frea nerede
fram hellcwale halgum meahtum,
alwalda god. þæt æt ærestan
foreþoncle men from fruman worulde
þurh wis gewit, witgan dryhtnes,
halge higegleawe, hæleþum sægdon,
oft, nales æne, ymb þæt æþele bearn,
ðæt se earcnanstan eallum sceolde
to hleo ond to hroþer hæleþa cynne
weorðan in worulde, wuldres agend,
eades ordfruma, þurh þa æþelan cwenn.
Hwæs weneð se þe mid gewitte nyle
gemunan þa mildan meotudes lare,
ond eal ða earfeðu þe he fore ældum adreag,
forþon þe he wolde þæt we wuldres eard
in ecnesse agan mosten?
Swa þam bið grorne on þam grimman dæge
domes þæs miclan, þam þe dryhtnes sceal,
deaðfirenum forden, dolg sceawian,
wunde ond wite. On werigum sefan
geseoð sorga mæste, hu se sylfa cyning
mid sine lichoman lysde of firenum
þurh milde mod, þæt hy mostun manweorca
tome lifgan, ond tires blæd
ecne agan. Hy þæs eðles þonc
hyra waldende wita ne cuþon;
forþon þær to teonum þa tacen geseoð
orgeatu on gode, ungesælge,
þonne Crist siteð on his cynestole,
on heahsetle, heofonmægna god,
fæder ælmihtig. Folca gehwylcum
scyppend scinende scrifeð bi gewyrhtum,
eall æfter ryhte rodera waldend.
ðonne beoð gesomnad on þa swiþran hond
þa clænan folc, Criste sylfum
gecorene bi cystum, þa ær sinne cwide georne
lustum læstun on hyra lifdagum,
ond þær womsceaþan on þone wyrsan dæl
fore scyppende scyrede weorþað,
hateð him gewitan on þa winstran hond,
sigora soðcyning, synfulra weorud.
þær hy arasade reotað ond beofiað
fore frean forhte, swa fule swa gæt,
unsyfre folc, arna ne wenað.
ðonne bið gæsta dom fore gode sceaden
wera cneorissum, swa hi geworhtun ær,
þær bið on eadgum eðgesyne
þreo tacen somod, þæs þe hi hyra þeodnes wel
wordum ond weorcum willan heoldon.