Lines 493–615

Ferde to foldan þurh fæmnan had
ufan from eðle, and on eorþan gebad
tintregan fela and teonan micelne.
Me seredon ymb secgas monige
dæges and nihtes, hu heo me deaðes cwealm,
rices rædboran, hrefnan mihten.
þa wæs þæs mæles mearc agangen
þæt on worulde wæs wintra gerimes
þreo and þritig geara ær ic þrowode.
Gemunde ic ðæs mænego on þam minnan ham
lange þæs ðe ic of hæftum ham gelædde
up to earde, þæt heo agan sceolon
drihtnes domas and duguðe þrym;
wuniað in wynnum, habbað wuldres blæd
þusendmælum. Ic eow þingade
þa me on beame beornas sticedon,
garum on galgum. Heow se giunga þær,
and ic eft up becom ece dreamas
to haligum drihtne."
Swa wuldres weard wordum sæde,
meotod moncynnes ær on morgen
þæs þe drihten god of deaðe aras.
Næs nan þæs stronglic stan gefæstnod,
þeah he wære mid irne eall ymbfangen,
þæt mihte þam miclan mægne wiðhabban,
ah he ut eode, engla drihten,
on þæm fæstenne, and gefatian het
englas eallbeorhte andleofan gingran,
and huru secgan het Simon Petre
þæt he moste in Galileam god sceawian,
ecne and trumne, swa he ær dyde.
þa ic gongan gefregn gingran ætsomne
ealle to Galileam; hæfdon gastes bled,
ongeton haligne godes sunu
swa heo gesegon hwær sunu meotodes
þa on upp gestod, ece drihten,
god in Galileam. To ðæs gingran þider
ealle urnon, þær se eca wæs.
Feollon on foldan, and to fotum hnigon;
þanceden þeodne þæt hit þus gelomp
þæt hi sceawodon scyppend engla.
þa sona spræc Simon Petrus:
"Eart þu þis, drihten, dome gewurðad?
We ðe gesawon æt sumum cyrre,
þec gelegdon on laðne bend
hæþene mid hondum; him þæt gehreowan mæg
þonne heo endestæf eft gesceawiað."
Sume hie ne mihton mode oncnawan
þæt wæs se deora (Didimus wæs haten)
ær he mid hondum hælend genom
sylfne be sidan þær he his swat forlet;
feollon to foldan fulwihtes bæðe.
Fæger wæs þæt ongin þæt freodrihten
geþrowode, þeoden ure.
He on beame astah and his blod ageat,
god on galgan, þurh his gastes mægen.
Forþon men sceolon mæla gehwylce
secgan drihtne þanc dædum and weorcum,
þæs ðe he us of hæftum ham gelædde
up to eðle, þær we agan sceolon
drihtnes domas,
and we in wynnum wunian moton.
Us is wuldres leoht
torht ontyned, þam ðe teala þenceð.
þa wæs on eorðan ece drihten
feowertig daga folgad folcum,
gecyðed mancynne, ær he in þa mæran gesceaft,
burhleoda fruma, bringan wolde
haligne gast to heofonrice.
Astah up on heofonum engla scyppend,
weoroda waldend. þa com wolcna sweg,
halig of heofonum. Mid wæs hond godes,
onfeng freodrihten, and hine forð lædde
to þam halgan ham heofna ealdor.
Him ymbflugon engla þreatas
þusendmælum. þa hit þus gelomp,
þa gyt nergende Crist gecwæð þæt he þæs
ymb tene niht twelf apostolas
mid his gastes gife, gingran geswiðde.
Hæfde þa gesette sawla unrim
god lifigende. þa wæs Iudas of,
se ðe ær on tifre torhtne gesalde,
drihten hælend; him seo dæd ne geþeah,
þæs he bebohte bearn wealdendes
on seolfres sinc; him þæt swearte forgeald
earm æglæca innon helle.
Siteð nu on þa swiðran hond sunu his fæderes;
dæleð dogra gehwæm drihten weoroda
help and hælo hæleþa bearnum
geond middangeard. þæt is monegum cuð
þæt he ana is ealra gescefta
wyrhta and waldend þurh his wuldres cræft.
Siteð him on heofnum halig encgel,
waldend mid witegum. Hafað wuldres bearn
his seolfes seld swegl betolden.
Leaðað us þider to leohte þurh his læcedom,
þær we moton seolfe sittan mid drihtne,
uppe mid englum, habban þæt ilce leoht,
þær his hired nu halig eardað,
wunað in wynnum, þær is wuldres bled
torht ontyned. Uton teala hycgan
þæt we hælende heran georne,
Criste cweman. þær is cuðre lif
þonne we on eorðan mægen æfre gestreonan.
Hafað nu geþingod to us þeoden mæra,
ælmihtig god,
on domdæge drihten seolfa.
Hateð hehenglas hluddre stefne
beman blawan ofer burga geseotu
geond foldan sceatas.
þonne of þisse moldan men onwecnað;
deade of duste arisað þurh drihtnes miht.
þæt bið daga lengust, and dinna mæst
hlud gehered, þonne hælend cymeð,
waldend mid wolcnum in þas woruld færeð.
Wile þonne gesceadan wlitige and unclæne
on twa healfe, tile and yfle.
Him þa soðfæstan on þa swiðran hond
mid rodera weard reste gestigað.
þonne beoð bliðe þa in burh moton
gongan in godes rice,
and heo gesenað mid his swiðran hond
cynincg alwihta, cleopað ofer ealle: