uii. kl̅ maí . passio sci̅ marci euangeliste.
Marcvs se godspellere be godes dihte ge-fór 001
to aegipta lande and ðær lærde þæt folc .
and to fulluhte gebigde fram þam fulan hæþenscype .
He ferde þa geond eall ðæt aegiptisce land 004
sawende godes sǽd . and ða seocan gehælde .
Hreoflige he geclænsode fram ðære unclænan coðe . 006
wode he gehælde . and on witte gebrohte .
and adræfde þa deofla þe derodon mannum .
Þa gelyfdon ða hæðenan on ðone soðan hælend 009
and wurdon gefullode . and towurpon heora deofol-gild .
He wearð þa æt nextan geneosod þurh god . 011
and se halga gast het hine faran
to alexandrian byrig . and bodian geleafan .
Seo burh is mærost mid egyptiscum man-cynne . 014
Hwæt þa se god-spellere gegrette his gebroðra . 015
and sæde þæt he hælend hine hete faran
to alexandrian byrig . and bodian geleafan .
Hi þa sona eoden to scipe mid him . 018
and bædon god georne þæt he his weg gewissode .
He ferde ða on scipe . oð þæt he gesundful becom 020
to alexandrian byrig . and bobode ðær geleafan .
and fela wundra worhte and ðær wunode lange .
Sum sutere siwode þæs halgan weres sceos . 023
and ðurh-þide his hand hetelice swyþe .
ac se halga wer hine gehælde sona .
and to fulluhte gebigde and fela oðre mid him .
Anianus wæs gehaten se ylca sutere . 027
and he geþeah swa for gode . þæt se godspellere hine gesette
þam folce to bisceope þære burh-scire .
He ge-hadode eac þa ðry messe-preostas . 030
and seofon diaconas . and endleofan clericas .
Þa syrwdon ða hæðenan and hine beswican woldon . 032
forþan þe he awende heora gewunelican ðeawas .
and heora goda offrunga mid ealle adwæscte .
Þa ferde se godspellere fram ðære byrig . 035
to ðam geleaffullum ðe he ær lærde .
and ðær þurhwunode wel twa gear mid him .
and getrymede ða gebroðra ðe he ǽr to gode gebigde .
and þær bisceopas gehadode . and halige preostas .
and ferde eft ongean to alexandrian byrig .
and gemette þær fela gemenig-fealde on geleafan .
and on godes gife ðeonde and he ðæs þancode gode .
Hi hæfdon eac aræred on hrædincge ane cyrcan . 043
and weox se geleafa . and godes wuldor scean .
Þa worhte marcus myccle wundra . 045
he gehælde untrume on ðæs hælendes naman .
blinde and deafe . and bodode geleafan .
and ða hæðenan cepton hu hi hine acwealdon .
Þa com seo halige easter-tid . and þa hæðenan cepton 049
hwær se godspellere mæssode . and mærsode his drihten
þe on ðam ylcan dæge of deaðe arás .
and urnon endemes to and hine gelæhton .
Becnytton ða his swuran sona mid rape . 053
and tugon geond ða stræt . swa þæt þa stanas wæron
mid his blode begotene . and mid his flæsce begleddode .
and se halga marcus micclum þancode .
þam hælende criste þæt he for hine þrowode .
Þa siððan on æfentiman hi setton hine on cweartern . 058
oð þæt hi beðohton hu hí hine acwealdon .
Efne þa on middere nihte wearð mycel eorð-styrung . 060
and godes encgel fleah færlice to þam cwearterne .
and awræhte þone godspellere . and ðas word him sæde .
Þu godes þeowa . þin nama is awriten 063
on ðære liflican béc and ðin gemynd ne ateorað .
and ðu eart gefera ðære upplican mihte .
þær ðu á lyfast . and þin gast bið on heofonum .
and þin rest ne losað næfre on worulde .
Þa astrehte se halga his handa and cw̅ . 068
Ic ðancie ðe drihten þæt ðu me ne forlete . 069
ac gemundest min mid þinum halgum .
Ic bidde þe nu hælend crist . onfoh mine sawle on sibbe . 071
and ne geðafa þu þæt ic beo fram ðe ascired .
Mid þam ðe he þis cwæð . þa com crist sylf him to . 073
on þære ylcan gelicnysse þe he leofode on worulde .
and hine mid sibbe gegrette . and sæde him þas word .
Pax tibi marce noster euangelista 076
Sy þe syb marce ure godspellere . 077
And [sic @ Skeat] marcus him cwæð to . Min drihten hælend . 078
and se hælend siðode sona to heofonum .
Hwæt þa on ærne merigen comon ða arleasan hæðenan . 080
and becnytton his swuran eft sona mid rape .
and drogon hine eft swa swa hi ǽr dydon .
huxlice sprecende be ðam halgan were .
and se eadige [sic] marcus mycclum þæs ðancode
þam hælende criste . and cwæð þis gebæd .
In manus tuas domine commendo spiritum meum . 086
On þine handa drihten . ic betæce minne gast . 087
and he gewat mid þam worde of worulde to gode .
mid ðam he á blyssað butan earfoðnyssum .
Þa woldon þa hæðenan his lic forbernan 090
and worhten mycel ád . ac hit wearð adwæsced .
swa þæt god asende swyðe mycel rén .
ofer ealne þone dæg mid eges-licum ðunore .
swa þæt manega hus hetelice feollon .
and eac manega menn mid ðam þunore swulton .
and þa oðre flugon mid fyrhte fornumene .
Comon þa syððan sona þa cristenan . 097
eawfæste weras and hi aweg feredon
þæs godspelleres líc . and ledon on anre þryh .
and mid arwurðnysse bebyrigdon . mid gebedum þancigende .
þæt hi swilcne halgan mid him habban moston .
him to mund-boran . to þam ælmihtigan gode .
Þam sy wuldor and lof á to worulde amen. 103
item alia.
We habbaþ nu gesæd sceort-lice on ðysum gewryte 104
hu se halga marcus wæs gemartyrod .
Nu wylle we eow secgan hu se halga hieronimus 106
be ðam feower godspellerum . ðe gode gecorene synd .
awrat on ðære fore-sprræce þaða he awende cristes bóc
of ebreiscum gereode . and sume of greciscum .
to læden-spræce on þære ðe we leorniað .
He cwæð þæt lucas sæde swa swa hit ful soð is . 111
þæt manega menn ongunnon godspel to writenne
butan þam halgan gaste and þæs hælendes wissunge .
and be heora gewille sædon swa swa him geþuhte .
and þam gelamp seo awyrigung þe se witega cwæð .
Wa þam þe witegað be heora agenre heortan . 116
and farað æfter heora gaste . and cwæðaþ þæt hit god sæde
þæt þæt hi secgað and god hi ne sende .
Be swilcum cwæð se hælend eac on sumere stowe . 119
Warniað eow georne wið lease witegan . 120
þa ðe cumað to eow on sceape gelicnysse .
and hi synd wiþ-innan reafigende wulfas .
Ac seo geleaffulle gelaðung þe is gelogod on criste . 123
and on him gefæstnod swa swa on fæstum stane .
ne under-fehð þa gesetnyssa þe swilce gedwolan
ðurh hi sylfe gesetton . buton soðfæstnysse .
Se forma god-spellere [is] þe gode gecoren wæs . 127
matheus gehaten þone se hælend geceas
of woruldlicum tollere to gastlicum godspellere .
and he wæs an ðæra twelfa godes ðegna .
þe awrat on ebreisc ærest þa godspel .
þe on ðæra (sic) forman béc . beoð geendebyrde .
He awrat hi on ebreisc þam ebreiscum mannum . 133
ðe on iudea lande gelyfdon on criste .
and wolde mid ðam gewrite þe hi wæron on afedde .
heora geleafan getrymman . forðan þe he lufode hi
and he sceolde ða faran to fyrlenum lande .
to hæþenum leodum hi to lærenne .
þa wolde he on ær . his agenre leode
þæt godspell awritan . ærðam þe he gewende him fram .
Se oðer godspellere is marcus . þe wæs mid þam apostole petre 141
getogen on lare . and to geleafan gebiged .
Petrus wæs his god-fæder and hine gode gestrynde . 143
and he swa lange folgode his fulluht-fædere petre .
oð þæt he gesette mid soðum geleafan .
þa oðre cristes bóc on italia lande .
Ne ge-seah he crist on life . ac he leornode swaðeah 147
of petres bodunge hu he ða bóc gesette .
and petrus hi sceawode and sealde to rædenne .
Se ðridda godspellere is lucas . se wæs læce on worulde . 150
and wunode mid ðam apostolum . and mid paule syððan .
þeowigende þam ælmihtigan butan ælcum leahtre .
on clænum life æfre buton wife . mid godes gaste afylled .
and he ða godspel awrat . and wislice geende-byrde .
and actus apostolorum eac he gesette .
He awrat his godspell on achaian lande . 156
and gewat to gode mid ðam halgan gaste afylled .
ða þa he wæs on ylde feower and hund-eahtatig geara .
Se feorða godspellere is iohannes cristes moddrian sunu . 159
se wæs criste swa leof þæt he hlynode uppan his breoste .
on ðam þe wæs behyd [eall] se heofonlica wisdom .
swylce he of ðam drunce þa deopan lare .
þe he siððan awrát on wundorlicor gesetnyssa .
swa þæt he ofer-stah ealle gesceafta .
and þa word geopenade þe englas ne dorston .
He wæs ærest gecoren eallra þæra god-spellera . 166
ac he is forði se feorða forþan þe he sette þa feorðan bóc.
æfterðam [sic @ Skeat] þe ða oðre ge-endebyrde wæron .
and wide geond þa woruld awritene wæron .
On asia he wæs þa he awrat þa boc . 170
and he leofode lange on life æfter criste .
oð þæt þa oðre apostolas geendoden heora lif .
and sige-fæste ferdon to ðan soþan life .
Ðas feower godspelleras syndon gode gecorene . 174
and hi ealne middan-eard mid heora lare on-lihton .
swa swa þa feower éán . ðe yrnað of neorxne-wange .
ealne þisne embhwyrft endemes wæteriað .
and ðas feower godspelleras god geswutelode gefyrn .
on ðære ealdan ǽ . ezechihele þam witegan .
He geseah on his gesihðe . swylce feower nytenu . 180
An þæra feower nytena wæs gesewen . swilce mannes ansyn . 181
þæt oðer wæs lic anre leon hiwe .
and þæt þridde stód anum styrce gelíc .
and þæt feorðe wæs fagum earne gelíc .
Þes mannes gelicnyss belimpð to matheę . 185
forðan þe he ongan his godspell be cristes menniscnysse .
Se leo belimpð . swa swa þa geleaffullan secgaþ . 187
to marces gelicnysse . forðan þe he hlud swege clypode .
swa swa leo grimmeteð gredig on westene .
Uox clamantis In deserto . parate uiam domini rectas facite semitas eius . 190
Clypiende stemn on westene . gearciað godes weg . doð rihte his paðas .
Þæs celfes gelicnyss belimpð to lucan . 192
forðan þe he ongan his godspell . swá swá god him gedihte .
fram ðam sacerde þe zacharias hatte .
forðan þe man offrode on ða ealdan wísan
cealf for ðæne sacerd . and ofsloh æt ðam weofode .
Þæs earnes gelicnys belimpð to iohanne . 197
forðan þe se earn flyhð ealra fugela ufemest .
and mæg swyðost starian on þære sunnan leoman .
Swa dyde Iohannes se driht-wurða writere . 200
he fleah feor upp . swylce mid earnes fyðerum .
and beheold gleawlice hu he be gode mihte mærlicost writan .
Se fore-sæda witega sæde on his gesihðe . 203
þæt þæra feower nytena fét wæron rihte .
and hi eodon æfre æfter ðam gaste .
and hæfdon eagan him on ælce healfe .
Þus is on ðære ealdan ǽ . awriten be ðam godspellerum . 207
and eft on ðære niwan gecyðnysse æfter cristes menniscnysse .
apocalypsis seo bóc be ðis ylcum segð
þæt iohannes gesawe þa fore-sædan nytenu .
on þam ylcan hiwe þe we ær sædon .
and hi sungon þisne sang . mid singalum dreame .
Sanctus . Sanctus . Sanctus . dominus deus omnipotens . qui erat . et qui est . et qui uenturus est . 213
Halig . halig . halig . drihten god ælmihtig . seðe wæs . and seðe nu is . and seðe towerd is .
Se halga sang geswutelað þa halgan þrynnysse . 215
on anre godcundnysse æfre wunigende .
seo ðe æfre wæs . and eac nu wunað .
and æfre is towerd butan ateorunge .
Nu we habbað gesæd on ðisre sceortnysse . 219
hu god geswutelode þa soðfæstan godspelleras .
on þære ealdan . ǽ . and eac on þære niwan .
and þas feower ana syndon to under-fonne .
on geleaffulre gelaðunge . and forlætan þa oðre
þe lease gesetnysse gesetton . ðurh hi sylfe .
na þurh þone halgan gast . ne ðurh ðæs hælendes gecorennysse
We geendiað þus ðas gesetnysse hér . 226