sermo excerptvs de libro regum.
Saul hatte se forma cyning þe ofer godes folc rixode .001
Se wæs to cynincge ahafen swyðor for folces gecorennysse002
þonne ðurh godes rǽd.
Fela oðre cynincgas003
rixodon ǽr geond ealne middan-eard ofer hæðenum leodum .
ac ofer israhela folc þe on god belyfde
næs nan eorðlic cynincg ærðan þe saul
swa swa hi sylfe gecuron ofer hi cynerice under-fencg .
Se beah hrædlice fram þæs ælmihtigan godes willan008
and nolde be his wissunge and be his witegan lare faran .
and se yfela gast hine drehte mid deofollicum sticelsum .
and on ungewitte his mod awende .
Þa forseah se ælmihtiga god þone saul æt nextan .012
and hine of his rice awearp be his agenum gewyrhtum .
and geceas him to cynincge þone cenan dauid .
Seðe butan wæpnum gewylde ða leon .015
and þæs beran ceaflas to-bræc mid his handum .
and ahredde þæt gelæhte scép of his scearpum toðum .
He ofwearp eac syððan þone swyþlican ent018
goliam þone gramlican þe godes naman hyrwde .
and mid gebeote clypode bysmor godes folce .
gearu to anwige mid ormettre wæpnunge .
Hwæt | þa dauid eode togeanes þam ente .022
and ofwearp mid his liþeran þone geleafleasan ent .
bufon ðam eagan þæt he beah to eorðan .
Gelæhte þa of ðam ente his agen swurd .025
and his ormæte heafod mid þam of asloh .
and hæfde ða gewunnen sige his leode .
Be þysum dauide cwæð se ælmihtiga wealdend .028
þæt he hine gecure þus cweðende .
Ic afunde me dauid æfter minre heortan .030
þæt he ealne minne willan mid weorcum gefremme .
Þes dauid wes witega and wuldorful cyningc .032
and gode gelicode oð his lifes ende .
and mid ealre heortan hī gehyrsumode á .
He wæs forði mære on micclum geðincþum .035
forðan þe he cepte symle hu he cwemde gode .
Æfter him rixodon on israhela037
manega cyningas mislice geworhte .
Sume hi gelyfdon on þone lyfigendan god .039
sume on hæðengildum him sylfum to forwyrde .
and þa ðe god wurðodon wurdon gemærsode .
and sige-fæste wæron Symle on gefeohte .
þa ðe fram gode bugon to bysmor-fullum hæðenscype
þa wurdon gescynde . and á unsigefæste .
An þæra wæs achab se arleasa cyning .045
þe forseah his scyppend and ge-ceas him báál
þæra hæðenra god . þe næfde nane godnysse
ac wæs gramlic deofol mid ge-dwylde afunden;
þyses cyninges cwen wæs forcuþost wifa .
Gezabel gehaten hetelice gemodod .
Seo tihte hyre wer to ælcere wælhreownysse .051
and hi tyrgdon god mid gramlicum weorcum .
On þam dagum wæs helias halig godes witega .053
se abæd æt gode þæt he ðam yfelan cynincge
rén-scuras oftuge . for his reðnysse .
Eode þa forð feorðe healfgear056
butan rén-scurum and reocendum deawe .
and se witega helias gewende of ðam lande .
and god hine afedde þurh fugela ðenunga .
oðþæt he hine asende to sumere wydewan
on sidoniscum earde . and hire sæde se witega .
Ðus cwæð israhela god . þæt ðe ele ne ateorað .062
ne melu on þinum mittan . oðþæt mannum becymð
rén ofer eorðan eow to wæstme .
Þa afedde seo wudewe þone godes witegan065
mid ðam lytlan melewe . and þam | gehwædan ele .
and funde ða fatu æfre fulle eft .
oðþæt god eft forgeaf eorðlice wæstmas .
Betwux ðysum gelamp þæt of life gewát069
þære wudewan sunu . and se witega hine arærde
eft of deaðe þurh his drihtnes mihte .
Eft ða se ælmihtiga het þone witegan072
faran to his earde and to ðam arleasan cynincge .
cwæð þæt he wolde sendan syððan renscuras .
Helias ða ferde . and efne hine gemette075
abdias se æðela . and se arwurðfulla godes ðegn .
se fægnode his tocymes and cwæð him þus to .
Swyðe we axodon embe ðe gehwǽr .078
and se cyning sende swyðe fela ærendracan
to gehwylcum eardum embe þe axiende .
Næs ðe leof gecyd þæt ic cuce behydde081
hund-teontig witegan and hi mid wistum afedde
ðaða gezabel acwealde ealle godes witegan
þe heo ofaxian mihte on ealre ðysre leode .
Helias ða becom to ðam cyninge achab .085
and he befrán sona þone soðfæstan witegan .
Eart ðu lá helias ðe israhel gedrefst? [sic @ Skeat]087
Þa andwyrde se witega þam wælhreowan and cwæð .088
Ne gedræfde ic na israhel . ac gedrefdest ðu sylf .089
and þines fæder hiwræden . gé þe forleten god
and fyligdon báál mid fulum biggencgum .
Hat nu gelangian to me ealle þa leasan witegan092
ðe þeowiað báál . and etað mid gezabél .
Þa sende ce [sic @ Skeat; should be se] and cydde his leode .094
and het israhela folc and ða facenfullan witegan
ealle endemes cuman to helian spræce .
Þa cwæð helias to eallre þære meniu .097
Hu lange wille ge healtian on twa healfe ðus .098
Gif ure drihten is god fyliað þonne him .099
Gif báál is god fyliað his biggengum .100
Þa suwode þæt folc . and helias feng eft on .101
Ic beláf ana ealra godes witegena .102
and baal hæfð feower hund and fiftig witegan .
Nimon hi anne oxan . and geoffrian heora gode .104
and ic oðerne oxan geoffrige minum gode .
and beon hi begen beworpene mid wuda wiðneoðan .
Uton biddan syððan onsundron æt gode .107
ic æt minum gode þæt he mine lac forbærne
mid upplicum fyre . and ge | eac swa dón .
beo þonne se soð god þe asent þæt fyr ufan .
Þa cwæð eall þæt folc þæt he ænlice spræce .111
Ða namon þa deofolgildan þone dunnan oxan .112
bewurpon mid wudu . on heora wisan to offrunga.
and clypodon to báál þæt he heora bene gehyrde .
Stodon ða fram ærne-mergen earmlice hrymende .115
oð ofer midne deg ge-drehte forðearle .
ne him answaru ne com ne seo offrung næs forbærned .
þa cwæð helias to ðam leasum witegum .
Clypiað git hluddor uncuð þeah þe he slæpe119
þæt he huru awacnige . and eow wið spræce .
Hi clypodon þa swyðor . and hi sylfe gedrehton [←gewundodon]121
ac se leasa báál ne mihte hi geblyssian .
Þa genam helias þone oþerne oxan .123
beworhte mid wuda on ða ealdan wisan
Het ða gewæterian ealne þone wudu .125
and clypode anmodlice to þam ælmihtigan gode .
Þu ælmihtiga god þe abraham on belyfde127
and his sunu Isáác . and eac swilce Iacób .
geswutela on þysum dæge þæt ðu eart soð god .
and þis folc oncnawe cuðlice mid geleafan
þæt þu eart drihten god þe heora heortan gebigst .
Æfter ðisre clypunge com fyr of heofonum .132
and forbærnde þone oxan and ealne ðone wudu .
and ða twelf stanas ðe stodon under ðam oxan .
Þa feol eall þæt folc forht on gebedum .135
and clypode mid geleafan to ðam lyfigendan gode .
Drihten sylf is god . drihten sylf is god .137
Him cwæð þa to helias .138
Gelæccað þa witegan138
þe báále ðeowdon þæt heora nán ne ætberste;
hi wurdon ða gelæhte and gelædde to helian .
and he hi acwealde þæt þær nan ne beláf cucu .
He astáh ða ardlice up to anre dune .142
and gebigedum cneowum bæd ðone ælmihtigan god
þæt he renas forgeafe eorð-bugiendum .
and het his cnapan ða hwile hawian to ðære sǽ .
gif ænig mist arise of ðam mycclum brȳme .
þa gecyrde se cnapa seofon siðum him to .
and on ðam seofoðan cyrre sæde ðam witegan .
þæt an gehwæde wolcn of ðære widgillan sǽ
efne þa upp astige mid þære unscæðþigan | lyfte .
Efne ða arás se wínd . and ða wolcnu sweartodon .151
and com ormæte scúr of ðære lyfte .
Þa gewende se cyning aweg mid þam rene .153
and cydde his wífe ðæs witegan dæda .
and hu he ofsloh ða hæðengildan .
Þa asende gezabel ongean to helian .156
and swor þurh hire godas mid syrwigendum mode .
þæt helias sceolde ðæs on mergen sweltan .
and beon anum gelíc hire leasra witegena.
Þa for-fleah helias þæt fracode wif160
út to anum westene and wearð ðær on slæpe .
ac hine awrehte sona anscinende godes encgel .
het hine arísan and hine gereordian .
He geseah þær licgan ænne snaw-hwitne focan .164
and an lytel fæt ful wæteres þaþa he awacnode .
He æt ða and dranc . and eft wearð on slæpe .166
ac se encgel hine awrehte oþre siðe . and cwæð .
Aris hraðe . and et . þu hæfst swyþe langne weg .168
He æt eft . and dranc . and eode be ðam mete169
feowertig daga onán . butan ælcum gereorde .
Sum þegen hatte naboð . se hæfde ænne win-eard171
wið ðæs cynincges botl . þa cwæð se cynincg him to .
Syle me ðinne wineard me to wyrtune .173
and ic þe oðerne finde on fyrlene for-hwega .
oððe mid feo ofgange forðan þe he is me gehende .
Þa cwæð naboð him to . þæt he ne mihte alætan176
his yldrena yrfweardnysse swa eaðelice him to handa .
Þa gebealh hine se cynincg and to his bedde eode .178
wende hine to wage wodlice gebolgen .
Him eode þa to gezabel and cwæ [sic @ Skeat; ð not printed] .180
Hwi eart ðu geunrotsod . and þe gereordian nelt? [sic @ Skeat]181
Þa sæde se arleasa his yfelan wife .182
hu he þæs win-eardes gyrnde . and him forwyrnde naboð .
Þa olæhte gezabel þam unrihtwisan and cwæð .184
Arís and gereorda ðe mid rædfæstum mode .185
ic ðe forgife þone wineard ðe ðu gewilnodest .
Þa sende gezabel sona anne pistol .187
to naboðes neh-geburum mid þisum ge-banne .
Habbað eow gemot . and to middes settað naboð189
eowerne nehgebúr . biddað lease gewitan
þæt hi hine forsecgan on eowere | gesamnunge ðus .
Naboð wyrigde on ure gewitnysse god192
and his cyne-hlaford . acwellað hine siððan .
Þa dydon þa heafod-menn swa swa þæt hetelice wíf194
him on gewrite bebead . and budon hī to gemote .
Fundon ða lease gewitan þe forlugon naboð .196
þæt he sceolde wyrigan wælhreowlice god .
and his cyne-hlaford . and acwealdan hine mid stanum .
Cyddon ða gezabele . þæt naboð cucu næs .199
Hwæt ða gezabel eode mid blysse200
to þam unrihtwisan cyninge . and cwæð him ðus to .
Arís nu and hafa ðe naboðes win-eard .202
þeah ðe he þe ðæs ne uðe . hé is nú unlifes .
Þa arás se arleasa . and ferde204
to naboðes winearde wolde hine habban.
Þa com hī gangende to se godes witega helias .206
asend fram gode and sæde him ðas word .
Ðus cwæð se ælmihtiga god .208
Þu ofsloge and geagnodest .208
Swa swa hundas lapodon naboðes blód .209
swa hi sceolon lapian and liccian þin blód .
ic adilegie þinne hired and fordó þinne ofspring .
forðan þe ðu me getyrgdest and min folc mis-tihtest .
and gezabel sceolon etan ælegrædige hundas .
Hwæt ða æfter fyrste ferde acháb se cyning214
to-geanes syrian cynincge mid swyðlicre fyrdinge .
wolde mid gewinne wanian his rice .
þa hét syrian cyning sona his cepan .
þæt he ana feolle of eallum his folce .
Þa gebende an scytta sona his bogan .219
and ascét ana flán swylce on ungewis .
and atæsde ðone cyning betwux þære lungene .
þæt he feallende sweolt on ðam gefeohte ærest .
Þa gewende his here aweg swyðe hraðe223
and leddon ðone cyning on his cræte swa deadne .
and his blod ða fleow binnon ðam cræte .
þæt liccodon hundas ðaða hí hám comon .
Ða feng his sunu sona to his rice .227
oozias gehaten swyðe yfel-dæda .
He ferdeswa [sic @ Skeat] swa his forcuða fæder and swa swa his fracode modor229
him yfele gebysnodon . and binnon twam gearum
his lifes ðolode . and his lænan rices .
He feoll of anre stægere . and forðy gelæg .232
Sende ða to hæðengilde het axian be him .233
and helias gemette þa menn ðe he asende .
cwæð | him sona to . swa swa him sæde godes engel .
Hwæt la nis se ælmihtiga god on israhela ðeode .236
and ge farað to hæðengilde eowre hæle to axienne .
Nu cwæð se ælmihtiga forði . þæt se cynincg ne sceall arisan238
of ðam bedde þe he on lið . ac sceall beon dead.
Þa gewendon ða ærendracan eft to ðam cynincge .240
and cyddon hwæt se witega him be wege sæde .
Þa sende se cyning sona fiftig manna242
to ðam godes witegan . wolde hine gelangian .
Ða cwæð se yldosta to ðam arwurðan witegan .244
Gang nu godes man of þære grædan dune .245
se cynincg gewilnað þæt þu cume him to .
Þa andwyrde helias anrædlice and cwæð .247
Gif ic godes man eom . forbærne eow godes fýr .248
Hwæt þa mid ðam worde wand fyr of heofonum249
and forbærnde þa fiftig manna mid ealre heora fare .
Þa asende se cynincg eft oðre fiftig251
up to ðære dune þær helias sæt .
and him eallswa getimode swaswa ðam oðrum flocce .
þæt hi wurdon forbærnde mid brastligendum lige .
heofonlices fyres færlice ealle .
Þa asende se cynincg gyt ðriddan siðe him to256
fiftig his ðegna . ða feollan ealle on cneowum
biddende þone witegan mid bifigendre heortan .
þæt hé hí ne forbærnde ðeahðe hi heora ærende abudon .
swa swa ða oþre ðe him ær tocomon .
Ða het godes engel þæt he gán sceolde261
forð mid ðam mannum . unforht to ðam cynincge .
Elias ða eode to þam adlian cyninge .263
and him sylfum sæde þæt he sweltan sceolde .
forðan þe he asende to þam sceandlican hæðengilde .
to befrinenne his hæle swylce god nære on israhel .
Ða gewat se cyning swa swa se witega cwæð .267
and his broðor ioram feng to his rice .
and hit endlyfan gear yfele geheold .
and his modor gezabél manfullice leofode
on fulum forligere and on ælcere fracodnysse .
oþþæt godes wracu hire wælhreownysse geendode .
Betwux ðysum wearð se witega helias273
up to heofonum ahafen hál butan deaðe .
and lyfað git on licha|man mid langsumre strangunge .
Heliseus his gingra eode mid him on ǽr .276
ða cw̅ se lareow helias to his leorning-cnihte .
Bide me loca hwæs þu wille ærðan þe ic beo genumen278
of ðinre gesihðe . and of ðysum geswince .
Þa cwæð eliseus to ðam arwurðan witegan .280
Ic bidde þe min fæder . þæt ic beo afylled281
mid þam witegendlicum gaste þe on ðe nu wunað .
Þa cwæð helias to his leorning-cnihte .283
Myceles þu bæde . ac ðu bist swa ðeah tiða284
gif ðu most geseon hu ic siþige heonon .
gif ðu hit ne gesihst soðlice hit ne bið .
Betwux heora spræce com an heofonlic cræt287
swylce eall fyren mid fleogendum horsum .
and helias ferde on ðam fægeran cræte
upp geond ða lyft . and let afeallan his basincg .
Þa geseah heliseus hu he siðode up .291
and clypode hlude æfter his lareowe þus .
Pater mi . pater mi . Currus israhel et auriga eius .293
þæt is on englisc; [sic @ Skeat] Fæder min . fæder min . israheles cræt .
and his wissigend . þæt is cræt-wisa .
He ne geseah hine siððan ac genam sona his basincg296
ðe of þam cræte ætfeoll . and ferde ongean .
and wæs godes witega swa wís swa se oðer .
and fela wundra worhte . and witegode fela ðincg .
He arærde ænne deadne mann þurh drihtnes mihte .300
ænne on his life . and oðerne æfter his forðsiðe .
Æfter þæs witegan forð-siþe wearð302
an lic gebroht to ðæs halgan byrgene .
and sceaðan þa afligdon færlice ða lic-menn .
þæt hi forleton þone deadan uppan his byrgene .
and urnon aweg swa hraðe swa hi besawon on ðone reþan floc .
Þa aras se deada mid ðam þe he hrepode þa byrgene .307
and eode ham gesund for heliseus geearnungum .
Heliseus gehælde eac ænne ealdor-man309
fram ðam atelicum hreoflan . se hatte náámán
of syrian lande . and he gelyfde on god
þurh þæt mycele wundor ðe god on him geworhte .
Fela oðre tacna gefremede god þurh hine313
on israhela ðeode . on þam yfelan timan .
Heliseus ða asende sumne oðerne wite|gan315
mid godes ærende to anum ealdor-menn
hieu gehaten . het hine halgian to cynincge .
Ða ferde se geonga witega to þam foresædan ealdor-menn .318
begeat his heafod mid ele . swa swa se ælmihtiga hét .
and abead him godes ærende an-rædlice and cwæð .
God ælmihtig cwæð be þe . ic ðe to cynincge gesmyrode .321
ofer israhela folc . þæt þu eall adilegie
achabes ofsprincg ðæs arleasan cynincges .
þæt ic beo gewrecen on þære awyrigendan (sic) gezabel .
Heo bið hundum to mete ná bebyrged on eorðan .325
Hwæt ða hieu se ní-gehalgode cynincg .326
ferde mid fultume to gefremmenne þa þincg
ðe him god bebead betwux his gebroðrum .
Þa com him togeanes Ioram se cyning .329
axode hwæðer he come mid sibbe swa caflice .
Ða andwyrde hieu and cwæð unforht him to .331
Git ðinre modor manfullan forligr .332
and fela unlybban syndon forðgenge .
Þa gewende ioram awæg sona . and cwæð .334
Ðis synd syrwunga . and hieu hine scét335
bæftan his bæce . þæt him to-bærst seo heorte .
Het hine ða wurpan of þam wege swa deadne .337
Þa fleah iudea cyning þe com mid ðam oþrum .338
ac hieu hine offerde and him his feorh benam .
wende þa to gezabel þe wæs on þære byrig .
and stód uppon anre upflora ænlice geglencged .
and gehiwode hire eagan and hire neb mid rude
togeanes hieu . and beheold his to-cyme .
Þa beseah hieu to þære sceande up .344
and het hi asceofon (sic) sona under-bæc .
Heo wearð ða afylled ætforan ðam horsum .346
and þa hors hi oftrædan huxlice under fotum
Hieu þa eode to his gereorde sittan .348
and æfter his ðenunge cwæð to his þegnum .
Gað to þære hætse (vel sceande) þe ic hét niþer asceofan .350
and bebyriað hire lic for hire gebyrdum .
Hi eoden ardlice to ac heo wæs eall freten352
butan þam handum anum . and þam heafde ufweardum .
and þam fot-wylmum þurh fule hundas .
Þa cyddon ða cnihtas þam cynincge þæt .355
and he cwæð to andsware . þæt hit wæs ǽr swa gewitegod .
Þa wæran of samarian | hund-seofontig aðelinga357
achabes suna þæs ealdan cynincges
iorames gebroðra .
Þa het se bealda hieu359
ða ceastergewaran . þæt hi of ðam hund-seofontigum
ænne æðeling gecuron him to cynincge .
and fuhton him togeanes for heora hlafordum .
Þa sende seo burh-waru to ðam breman hieu .363
budon him manrædene to eallum his bebodum .
Þa het hieu him to gebringan365
þæra æðelinga heafdu ealle þæs on mergen .
and he acwealde siððan ælc þincg ðæs cynnes .
Gewende ðá to samarian þære fore-sædan byrig .368
and het him to gelangian þa leasan deofolgildan .
þe báál wurðodon wolde hine gespræcan .
Het ða gedreohlæcan þæs deofles templ .371
sæde þæt he wolde hine wurðian for god .
swa swa acháb dyde and eac git swyðor .
Þa comon þa sacerdas to þam cynincge ealle .374
and he hét hí ingan to ðam gode báál .
and him geoffrian þa estfullan onsægednyssa .
Hwæt ða hieu het hi ealle ofslean .377
and forbærnan þone báál and to-bræcan his templ .
Worhton þa anne gangtun . þær ðær se god báál379
ær wæs gewurðod wolice oðþæt .
Þa com godes word to ðam cynincge þus .381
Forðan þe þu geworhtest minne willan geornlice382
on achabes ofsprincge . and hí ealle adilogodest .
þine suna gesittað þæt cyne-setl on israhel
oð ða feorþan mægðe . mid fæderlicre æfter-gengnysse .
Manega cynegas wæron myslice geworhte386
æfter þysum rixiende on israhela rice .
and eac on iudea lande . oðþæt se geleaffulla cynincg
ezechias gehaten mid ealre heortan gebeah
to ðam ælmihtigan gode . and his biggengas arærde .
and towearp þa deofolgild þe dwollice oþ þæt
wæron gewurðode mid wolicum biggencgum .
He rixode on iudea lande an leas ðryttig geara .393
and wislice leofode forðan þe he lufode god .
and god hine gescylde wið syrian cyning .
sennacheríb gehaten þe mid hóle him on wan .
and mid ormætre fyrdincge hine afyllan wolde .
and asende his heretogan to . ðe huxlice spræc be gode
and be ezechian mid | mycclum gebeote .
Hwæt ða ezechias anmodlice clypode400
to ðam ælmihtigan gode . þæt he hine ahredde .
Ða asende god his engel to þam syriscan here .402
and ofsloh on anre nihte an hund þusend manna .
and hund-eahtatig ðusend and sumne eacan ðærto .
Þa geseah sennacheríb sona ðæs on mergen .405
þæt his here wæs ofslagen mid heofonlicum swurde .
Wende þa sona hám . and his twægen suna407
hine ofslogon mid swurdes ecge .
Swa ahredde se ælmihtiga god þone æþelan cynincg .409
and eac his leode for his geleafan .
Æfter ðysum wearð geuntrumod ezechias [oð] deað.411
and him com gangende to godes witega isaias .
abead him godes ærende þus bealdlice and cwæð .
God cw̅ be ðe cynincg . þæt þu becweðe þine ðincg .414
forðan þe ðu sweltan scealt . and þu soðlice ne leofast .
Þa awende ezechias to wage his ansyne .416
and clypode to gode þus cweðende mid wope .
Ic bidde þe min drihten þæt þu beo gemyndig418
hu ic ætforan ðe ferde on fulfremedre heortan .
and on soðfæstnysse þe symle gecwemde .
Isaias se witega wæs awæg farande .421
ac god hine gecyrde þus hī eft secgende .
Gecyr to ezechian and sege him ðas word .423
Drihten god gecwæð þe dauid on ge-lyfde .424
ic gehyrde þin gebed . and ic beheold þinne wóp .
and efne ic ðe gehæle þæt þu hál gæst
nu embe þry dagas to þines drihtnes temple .
and ic fiftyne gear þe to fyrste læte
ðinum dagum to eacan . and ic eac þas burh gescylde .
Þa het se witega isaias wyrcan ænne clyþan430
to þæs cynincges dolge . and him com ða hælu .
He leofode þa siððan oð þæt sixteoðe gear .432
and mid ealre godnysse gode gecwemde .
Mannases wæs gecyged ezechias sunu .434
and se feng to rice æfter his fæder geendunge .
and mid manegum yfelum dædum þone ælmihtigan god gegremode .
þa asende him god to swyðlice steore .
swa þæt him comon to ða chaldeiscan leoda
| and hine gebundenne geleddon to babiloniscre byrig .
and on cwearterne bescufon to sceame his kyne-scipe .
Þa behreowsode mannases mycclum his synna .441
and mid eallre heortan to þam ælmihtigan clypode .
biddende miltsunge ealra his man-dæda .
and behet geswicennysse and hit eac swa gelæste .
Hwæt ða se ælmihtiga god þas earman cynincges445
bene gehyrde . and gebrohte hine
eft to his cyne-rice of ðam reðan cwearterne .
and he ge-bette syððan þæt ðæt he ær tobræc .
He oncneow þa godes mihte and his mildheortnysse on him449
and awende his dæda to his drihtnes willan .
and wel ge-endode þeah ðe he yfele ongunne .
His sunu amón swyðe ungesælig452
feng to his rice . and hit unrihtlice heold
swa þæt hé forlét þone almihtigan god .
and deofolgild beeode and dæd-bote ne geworhte .
Twa gear he rixode unrædfæstlice .456
Ða gewearð his þegnum þæt hi hine acwealdon457
and Iosias his sunu sona feng to rice .
on iunglicre ylde and ge-efenlæhte dauide
on ealre godnysse . and godes wyllan gefremode .
He awearp yfelnysse and ða unrihtan biggengas461
ðæra leasra goda þe his fæder on gelyfde .
and geedniwode godes ǽ . mid eallum biggencgum .
and wiccan fordyde . and wigleras afligde .
and drycræft towearp his drihtne to gecwemednysse .
Næs soðlice nan cynincg þe gecyrde swa geornlice466
mid ealre heortan to ðam ælmihtigan gode
beforan iosian . ne eac siððan ne cō
nan his gelica ðe swa gelyfde on god .
An and þryttig geara . he rixode þrymlice on hierusalem .470
and myldheortnysse weorc be moyses . ǽ .
symle beeode . swa swa us secgað gewrytu .
Ne mage we awritan ða mænig-fealdan gerecednyssa473
ealra iudeiscra cyninga on ðisum lytlan cwyde .
oððe israhela ðeode hu hi ealle leofodon .
ac we cweðað to soðum se þe synnum gehyrsumað .
and godes beboda forsyhð nu on þæs godspelles timan .
þæt he bið þam cynincgum | gelic ðe gecuron deofolgild .
and heora scyppend forsawon .
Se ðe soþlice is479
ana god ælmihtig . æfre rixigende .
Þam sy wulder on ealra worulda woruld. Amen.481