1    ^note Forþam ðe witodlice manega þohton þara þinga race geende-byrdan þe on &udia;s gefyllede synt.

2   swa us betæhtun ða þe hyt of frymðe ges&adia;won. ∧ þære spræce þ&edia;nas wædia;ron;

3   Me ge-þuhte geornlice eallum oð &edia;ndebyrdnesse writan þe; þ&udia; se s&edia;lusta the&odia;philus

4   &thaet; ðu oncn&adia;we þara worda soþfæstnesse of ðam ðe þu gelædia;red eart;

5   On herodes dagum iud&edia;a cyninges. wæs sum sacerd on naman zacharias of abian t&udia;ne. ∧ his w&idia;f wæs of &adia;&adia;rones dohtrum. ∧ hyre nama wæs elizabeth;

6   Soðlice hig wæron butu riht-wise be-foran gode. gangende on eallum his bebodum ∧ rihtwisnessum butan wrohte.

7   ∧ hig næfdon nan bearn. forðam ðe. elizabeth wæs unberende. ∧ hy on heora dagum butu forð-eodon;

8   Soðlice wæs geworden þa zacharias his sacerdes hades bre&adia;c on hys gewrixles endebyrdnesse beforan gode.

9   æfter gewunan ðæs sacerdhades hlotes. he e&odia;de þæt he hys offrunga sette; Ða he on godes tempel eode

10   eall werod þæs folces wæs &udia;te gebiddende on þære offrunga t&idia;man;

11   Ð&adia; ætywde him drihtnes engel standende on þæs weofodes swyðran healfe;

12   Ða wearð zacharias gedr&edia;fed &thaet; geseonde ∧ him ege on-hreas;

13   Ða cwæð se engel him to. ne ondrædia;d þu þe zacharias. forþam þin b&edia;n ys gehyred ∧ þin w&idia;f elizabeth þe sunu cenð. ∧ þu nemst hys naman Iohannes.

14   ∧ he byð þe to gef&edia;an ∧ to blisse. ∧ manega on his acennednysse gefagniað;

15   Soðlice he byð mædia;re beforan drihtne ∧ he ne drincð w&idia;n. ne be&odia;r. ∧ he byð gefylled on haligum gaste. þonne g&ydia;t of hys modor innoðe.

16   ∧ manega israhela bearna he gecyrð to drihtne hyra gode.

17   ∧ he gæð toforan him on gaste. ∧ el&idia;as mihte. &thaet; he fædera heortan to heora bearnum gecyrre. ∧ ungeleaffulle to riht-wisra gleawscype. drihtne full-fremed folc gegearwian;

18   Ða cwæð zacharias to þam engele. hwanun w&adia;t ic þis; Ic eom nu eald ∧ m&idia;n w&idia;f on hyre dagum forð-e&odia;de;

19   Ða andswarode him se engel; Ic eom gabriel ic þe stande beforan gode. ∧ ic eom asend wið þe sprecan. ∧ þe ðis bodian;

20   And nu þu byst suwiende. ∧ þu sprecan ne miht. oð þone dædia;g þe ðas ðing gewurðaþ. forþam þ&udia; m&idia;num wordum ne gelyfdest. þa beoð on hyra t&idia;man gefyllede;

21   And &thaet; folc wæs zachariam geanbidiende ∧ wundrodon &thaet; he on þam temple læt wæs;

22   Ða he &udia;t-e&odia;de ne mihte he him to sprecan. ∧ hig on-cneowon &thaet; he on þam temple sume gesihtðe geseah. ∧ he wæs bicniende him ∧ d&udia;m þurh-wunede;

23   Ða wæs geworden þa his þenunga dagas. gefyllede wæron. he ferde to his huse;

24   Soðlice æfter dagum elizabeth his w&idia;f ge-eacnode ∧ heo bediglude hig f&idia;f monþas ∧ cwæð;

25   Soðlice me drihten gedyde þus. on þam dagum þe he geseah minne hosp betux mannum afyrran.

26    ^note Soþlice on þam syxtan monðe wæs &adia;send gabriel se engel fram drihtne on galilea ceastre. þære nama wæs nazar&edia;th.

27   to beweddudre fæmnan &adia;num were. þæs nama wæs iosep. of dauides h&udia;se. ∧ þære fæmnan nama wæs maria.

28   Ða cwæþ se engel ingangende. h&adia;l wes ð&udia; mid gyfe gefylled. drihten mid þe; Ðu eart gebletsud on wifum.

29   þa wearð heo on his spræce gedr&edia;fed. ∧ þohte hwæt seo greting wædia;re;

30   Ða cwæð se engel. ne ondræd þu ðe mar&idia;a; Soðlice þu gyfe mid gode gemettest;

31   Soðlice nu þu on innoðe ge-eacnast. ∧ sunu censt ∧ his naman hælend genemnest;

32   Se byð mædia;re ∧ þæs hehstan sunu genemned. ∧ him sylþ drihten g&odia;d his fæder. dauides setl.

33   ∧ he ricsað on ecnesse on Iacobes h&udia;se. ∧ hys r&idia;ces &edia;nde ne byþ;

34   Ða cwæð maria to þam engle. hu gewyrð þis forðam ic were ne on-cn&adia;we;

35   Ða ∧swarode hyre se engel; Se halga gast on þe becymþ ∧ þæs heahstan miht þe ofer-sceadað. ∧ forðam &thaet; h&adia;lige ðe of þe acenned byð byþ godes sunu genemned

36   ∧ nu elizabeth þin mædia;ge sunu on hyre &ydia;lde ge-eacnode. ∧ þe monað ys hyre sixta. seo is &udia;nberende genemned.

37   forþam nis ælc w&odia;rd mid g&odia;de &udia;nmihtelic;

38   Ða cwæþ mar&idia;a her is drihtnes þ&idia;nen. gewurþe me æfter þ&idia;num w&odia;rde. ∧ se engel hyre fram gewat.

39    ^note Soþlice on þam dagum ar&adia;s maria ∧ ferde on munt-land mid ofste. on iudeisce ceastre

40   ∧ eode into zacharias h&udia;se ∧ grete elizabeth;

41   Ða wæs geworden þa elizabeth gehyrde mar&idia;an gretinge. þa gefagnude &thaet; c&idia;ld on hyre innoðe; And þa wearð elizabeth halegum gaste gefylled.

42   ∧ heo clypode micelre st&edia;fne. ∧ cwæþ; Ðu eart betwux w&idia;fum gebletsod. ∧ gebletsud ys þ&idia;nes innoðes wæstm.

43   ∧ hwanun is me ðis &thaet; mines drihtnes modor to me cume;

44   Sona swa þinre gretinge stefn on minum earum gew&odia;rden wæs. þa fahnude m&idia;n cild. on minum innoþe;

45   And ead&idia;g þu eart ðu þe gelyfdest &thaet; fulfremede s&ydia;nd. þa ðing þe ðe fram drihtne gesædia;de synd;

46   Ða cwæð maria min sawl mærsaþ drihten;

47   And min gast geblissude on gode minum hælende;

48   Forðam þe he geseah hys þinene eadmodnesse; Soþlice heonun-forð m&edia; eadige secgað ealle cneoressa.

49   forðam þe me micele þing dyde se ðe mihtig is. ∧ hys nama ys h&adia;lig

50   ∧ hys mild-heortnes of cneoresse on cneoresse hyne ondrædendum.

51   He worhte [mægne] on hys earme. he to-dælde þa ofer-m&odia;dan. On m&odia;de hyra he&odia;rtan;

52   He awearp þa r&idia;can of setle. ∧ ða eaðmodan up ah&odia;f;

53   Hingriende he mid g&odia;dum gefylde. ∧ ofer-m&odia;de idele for-l&edia;t;

54   He afeng israhel hys cniht. ∧ gemunde hys mildheortnesse;

55   Swa he spræc to &udia;rum fæderum abrahame ∧ hys sæde on &adia; woruld;

56    ^note Soþlice maria wunude mid hyre swylce þr&ydia; monþas. ∧ gewende þa to hyre huse;

57   Ða wæs gefylled elizabethe cenning-t&idia;d. ∧ heo sunu cende.

58   ∧ hyre nehcheburas ∧ hyre cuðan &thaet; gehyrdon &thaet; drihten hys mild-heort-nesse mid hyre mærsude. ∧ hig mid hyre blissodon;

59   Ða on þam ehteoþan dæge hig comon &thaet; cild ymsniþan. ∧ nemdon hyne hys fæder naman zachariam.

60   Ða andswarode his modor nese soþes. ac he byð iohannes genemned;

61   Ða cwædia;don hig to hyre. nis n&adia;n on þ&idia;nre mægðe þyson naman genemned;

62   Ða bicnodon hi to hys fæder hwæt he wolde hine genemnedne b&edia;on.

63   þa wr&adia;t he gebedenum wex-brede; Iohannes is hys nama; Ða wundrodon hig ealle;

64   Ða wearð sona hys muð ∧ hys tunge geopenod ∧ he spræc drihten bletsiende;

65   Ða wearð ege geworden ofer ealle hyra nehcheburas. ∧ ofer ealle iud&edia;a munt-l&adia;nd. wæron þas w&odia;rd gewid-mærsode.

66   ∧ ealle þa ðe hit gehyrdon on heora heortan settun ∧ cwædia;don; Wenstu hwæt byð þes cnapa. witodlice drihtenes hand wæs mid him;

67   And zacharias his fæder wæs mid halegum gaste afylled. ∧ he witegode ∧ cwæþ;

68   Gebletsud s&idia; drihten israhela god. forþam þe he geneosode. ∧ his folces alysednesse dyde;

69   ∧ he &udia;s hædia;le horn arærde. on dauides huse hys cnihtes;

70   Swa he spræc þurh hys halegra witegena muð. þa he of worldes frymðe sprædia;con.

71   ∧ he alysde us of urum feondum. ∧ of ealra þara handa þe &udia;s hatedon;

72   Mildheortnesse to wyrcænne mid &udia;rum fæderum. ∧ gemunan his halegan cyþnesse;

73   Hyne us to syllenne þone að. þe he &udia;rum fæder abrahame sw&odia;r.

74   &thaet; we butan ege of &udia;re feonda handa al&ydia;sede him þeowian.

75   On halignesse beforan him. eallum urum dagum;

76   And þu cnapa byst þæs hehstan witega genemned. þu gæst beforan drihtnes ansyne. his wegas gearwian;

77   To syllenne his folce hys hædia;le gewit on hyra synna. forgyfnesse;

78   Þurh innoþas &udia;res godes mildheortnesse. on þam he &udia;s geneosode of east-dædia;le up-springende;

79   Onlihtan þam þe on ðystrum ∧ on d&edia;aþes sceade sittað. ure f&edia;t to gereccenne on sybbe weg;

80   Soþlice se cnapa we&odia;x. ∧ wæs on g&adia;ste gestrangod. ∧ wæs on westenum oþ þone dædia;g hys æt-iwednessum ON ISRAHEL;

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