Lines 370–492

þa Satanus swearte geþohte
þæt he wolde on heofonum hehseld wyrcan
uppe mid þam ecan. þæt wæs ealdor heora,
yfeles ordfruma. Him þæt eft gehreaw,
þa he to helle hnigan sceolde,
and his hired mid hine, in hynðo geglidan,
nergendes nið, and no seoððan
þæt hi mosten in þone ecan andwlitan seon
buton ende. þa him egsa becom,
dyne for deman, þa he duru in helle
bræc and begde. Blis wearð monnum
þa hi hælendes heafod gesawon.
þonne wæs þam atolan þe we ær nemdon
þa wæron mid egsan ealle afyrhte,
wide geond windsele wordum mændon:
"þis is stronglic, nu þes storm becom,
þegen mid þreate, þeoden engla.
Him beforan fereð fægere leoht
þonne we æfre ær eagum gesawon,
buton þa we mid englum uppe wæron.
Wile nu ure witu þurh his wuldres cræft
eall toweorpan. Nu ðes egsa com,
dyne for drihtne, sceal þes dreorga heap
ungeara nu atol þrowian.
Hit is se seolfa sunu waldendes,
engla drihten. Wile uppe heonan
sawla lædan, and we seoððan a
þæs yrreweorces henðo geþoliað."
Hwearf þa to helle hæleða bearnum,
meotod þurh mihte; wolde manna rim,
fela þusenda, forð gelædan
up to eðle. þa com engla sweg,
dyne on dægred; hæfde drihten seolf
feond oferfohten. Wæs seo fæhðe þa gyt
open on uhtan, þa se egsa becom.
Let þa up faran eadige sawle,
Adames cyn, ac ne moste Efe þa gyt
wlitan in wuldre ær heo wordum cwæð:
"Ic þe æne abealh, ece drihten,
þa wit Adam twa eaples þigdon
þurh næddran nið, swa wit na ne sceoldon.
Gelærde unc se atola, se ðe æfre nu
beorneð on bendum, þæt wit blæd ahton,
haligne ham, heofon to gewalde.
þa wit ðæs awærgdan wordum gelyfdon,
namon mid handum on þam halgan treo
beorhte blæda; unc þæs bitere forgeald
þa wit in þis hate scræf hweorfan sceoldon,
and wintra rim wunian seoððan,
þusenda feolo, þearle onæled.
Nu ic þe halsige, heofenrices weard,
for þan hirede þe ðu hider læddest,
engla þreatas, þæt ic up heonon
mæge and mote mid minre mægðe.
And ymb þreo niht com þegen hælendes
ham to helle; is nu hæftum strong,
witum werig, swylce him wuldorcyning
for onmædlan eorre geworden.
Segdest us to soðe þætte seolfa god
wolde helwarum ham gelihtan.
Aras þa anra gehwylc, and wið earm gesæt,
hleonade wið handa. þeah hylle gryre
egeslic þuhte, wæron ealle þæs
fægen in firnum þæt freodrihten
wolde him to helpe helle gesecan."
Ræhte þa mid handum to heofencyninge,
bæd meotod miltse þurh Marian had:
"Hwæt, þu fram minre dohtor, drihten, onwoce
in middangeard mannum to helpe.
Nu is gesene þæt ðu eart sylfa god
and ece ordfruma ealra gesceafta."
Let þa up faran ece drihten;
wuldre hæfde wites clomma
feondum oðfæsted, and heo furðor sceaf
in þæt neowle genip, nearwe gebeged,
þær nu Satanus swearte þingað,
earm aglæca, and þa atolan mid him,
witum werige. Nalles wuldres leoht
habban moton, ah in helle grund,
ne hi edcerres æfre moton
wenan seoððan. Him wæs drihten god
wrað geworden, sealde him wites clom,
atole to æhte, and egsan gryre,
dimne and deorcne deaðes scuwan,
hatne helle grund, hinsiðgryre.
þæt, la, wæs fæger, þæt se feða com
up to earde, and se eca mid him,
meotod mancynnes in þa mæran burh!
Hofon hine mid him handum halige
witigan up to eðle, Abrahames cynn.
Hæfde þa drihten seolf deað oferwunnen,
feond geflemed; þæt in fyrndagum
witegan sædon þæt he swa wolde.
þis wæs on uhtan eall geworden,
ær dægrede, þæt se dyne becom,
hlud of heofonum, þa he helle duru
forbræc and forbegde; ban weornodon
þa hie swa leohtne leoman gesawon.
Gesæt þa mid þære fyrde frumbearn godes,
sæde soðcwidum: "Snotre gastas,
ic eow þurh mine mihte geworhte,
Adam ærest and þæt æðele wif.
þa hie begeton on godes willan
feowertig bearna, þæt forð þonon
on middangeard menio onwocon,
and wintra feola wunian moston,
eorlas on eðle, oððæt eft gelamp
þæt hie afyrde eft feond in firenum;
fah is æghwær.
Ic on neorxnawonge niwe asette
treow mid telgum, þæt ða tanas up
æpla bæron, and git æton þa
beorhtan blæda, swa inc se balewa het,
handþegen helle. Hæfdon forþon hatne grund,
þæs git ofergymdon hælendes word,
æten þa egsan. Wæs se atola beforan,
se inc bam forgeaf balewe geþohtas.
þa me gereaw þæt min handgeweorc
þæs carcernes clom ðrowade.
Næs ða monna gemet, ne mægen engla,
ne witegena weorc, ne wera snytero,
þæt eow mihte helpan, nimðe hælend god,
se þæt wite ær to wrece gesette.