Part 11 (1/2)
{206} IN DOMINICA PALMARUM.
c.u.m adpropinqua.s.set Iesus Hierosolimis, et uenisset Bethf.a.ge ad montem Oliueti: et reliqua.
Cristes rowung waes geraedd nu beforan us, ac we willa eow secgan nu ?rest hu he com to aere byrig Hierusalem, and genealaehte his agenum deae, and nolde a rowunge mid fleame forbugan.
”Se Haelend ferde to aere byrig Hierusalem, and aa he genealaehte aere dune Oliueti, a sende he his twegen leorning-cnihtas, us cweende, Ga to aere byrig e eow ongean is, and ge gemeta aerrihte getigedne a.s.san and his folan samod: untyga hi, and laeda to me:” et reliqua.
am folce wear cu aet se Haelend araerde lytle aer Lazarum of deae, see laeg stincende feower niht on byrgene: a comon a togeanes Criste e geleaffulle waeron, mid am wurmynte, swa we aer cwaedon. Comon eac sume a ungeleaffullan, mid nanum wurmynte, ac mid micclum graman, swa swa Iohannes se G.o.dspellere cwae, aet ”a heafod-menn aes folces smeadon betwux him aet hi woldon ofslean one Lazarum, e Crist of deae awrehte; foran e manega aes folces menn gelyfdon on one Haelend, urh aes deadan mannes aerist.” We wylla nu fon on one traht issere raedinge.
a twegen leorning-cnihtas e Crist sende aefter am a.s.san, hi getacnodon a lareowas e G.o.d sende mancynne to laerenne. Twegen hi waeron, for aere getacnunge e lareow habban sceal. He sceal habban lare, aet he mage G.o.des folc mid wisdome laeran to rihtum geleafan, and he sceal mid G.o.dum weorc.u.m am folce wel bysnian, and swa mid am twam ingum, aet is mid lare and G.o.dre bysnunge aet laewede folc gebige symle to G.o.des willan.
Se getigeda a.s.sa and his fola getacnia twa folc, aet is Iudeisc and haeen: Ic cwee, haeen, fori e eal mennisc waes a-gyt wunigende on haeenscipe, buton am anum {208} Iudeiscan folce, e heold a ealdan ? on am timan. Hi waeron getigede, foran e eal mancyn waes mid synnum bebunden, swa swa se witega cwae, ”Anra gehwilc manna is gewrien mid rapum his synna.” a sende G.o.d his apostolas and heora aeftergengan to gebundenum mancynne, and het hi untigan, and to him laedan. Hu untigdon hi one a.s.san and one folan? Hi bodedon am folce rihtne geleafan and G.o.des beboda, and eac mid micclum wundrum heora bodunge getrymdon. a abeah aet folc fram deofles eowdome to Cristes biggenc.u.m, and waeron alysede fram eallum synnum urh aet halige fulluht, and to Criste gelaedde.
a.s.sa is stunt nyten, and unclaene, and toforan orum nytenum ungesceadwis, and byren-strang. Swa waeron men, aer Cristes to-cyme, stunte and unclaene, aa hi eowedon deofolgyldum and mislic.u.m leahtrum, and bugon to am anlicnyssum e hi sylfe worhton, and him cwaedon to, ”u eart min G.o.d.” And swa hwilce byrene swa him deofol on-besette, a hi baeron. Ac aa Crist com to mancynne, a awende he ure stuntnysse to gerade, and ure unclaennysse to claenum eawum. Se getemeda a.s.sa haefde getacnunge aes Iudeiscan folces, e waes getemed under aere ealdan ?. Se wilda fola haefde getacnunge ealles ores folces, e waes a-gyt haeen and ungetemed; ac hi wurdon getemede and geleaffulle aa Crist sende his leorning-cnihtas geond ealne middangeard, us cweende, ”Fara geond ealne middangeard, and laera ealle eoda, and fullia hi on naman aes Faeder, and aes Suna, and aes Halgan Gastes; and beoda aet hi healdon ealle a beboda e ic eow taehte.”
aera a.s.sena hlaford axode, hwi hi untigdon his a.s.san? Swa eac a heafod-men gehwilces leodscipes woldon wyrlice wicwean G.o.des bodunge. Ac aa hi gesawon aet a bydelas gehaeldon, urh G.o.des mihte, healte and blinde, and dumb.u.m spraece forgeafon, and eac a deadan to life araerdon, a ne mihton hi wistandan am wundrum, ac bugon ealle endemes to G.o.de. Cristes leorning-cnihtas cwaedon, ”Se {210} Hlaford behofa aera a.s.sena, and sent hi eft ongean.” Ne cwaedon hi na Ure Hlaford, ne in Hlaford, ac forrihte, Hlaford; foron e Crist is ealra hlaforda Hlaford, aeger ge manna ge ealra gesceafta. Hi cwaedon, ”He sent hi eft ongean.” We sind gemanode and gelaode to G.o.des rice, ac we ne sind na genedde. onne we sind gelaode, onne sind we untigede; and onne we beo forlaetene to urum agenum cyre, onne bi hit swilce we beon ongean asende. G.o.des myldheortnys is aet we untigede syndon; ac gif we rihtlice lybba, aet bi aeger ge G.o.des gifu ge eac ure agen geornfulnyss. We sceolon symle biddan Drihtnes fultum, foran e ure agen cyre naef naenne forgang, buton he beo gefyrrod urh one aelmihtigan.
Ne het Crist him to laedan modigne stedan mid gyldenum geraedum gefreatewodne, ac one wacan a.s.san he geceas him to byrre; foron e he taehte symle eadmodnysse, and urh hine sylfne a bysne sealde, and us cwae, ”Leornia aet me, aet ic eom lie and swie eadmod, and ge gemeta reste eowrum sawlum.” is waes gewiteG.o.d be Criste, and ealle a ing e he dyde, aeran e he to men geboren waere.
Sion is an dun, and heo is gecweden, 'Sceawung-stow;' and Hierusalem, 'Sibbe gesih.' Siones dohtor is seo gelaung geleaffulra manna, e belimp to aere heofenlican Hierusalem, on aere is symle sibbe gesih, butan aelcere sace, to aere us gebrinc se Haelend, gif we him gelaesta.
Cristes leorning-cnihtas ledon hyra reaf uppan an a.s.san, foran e he nolde on nacedum a.s.san ridan. Reaf getacnia rihtwisnysse weorc, swa swa se witega cwae, ”Drihten, ine sacerdas sind ymbscrydde mid rihtwisnysse.” Se nacoda a.s.sa bi mid reafum gesadelod, onne se idela man bi mid wisra lareowa mynegungum and gebisnungum to G.o.des handa gefraetwod; and he onne byr Crist, swa swa se apostol cwae, ”Ge sind gebohte mid micclum wure; wuldria fori, and bera G.o.d on eowrum lichaman.” G.o.d we bera on urum lichaman, foran e we beo tempel and {212} faetels aes Halgan Gastes, gif we us wi fule leahtras gescylda: be am cwae se ylca apostol swie egeslice, ”Se e gewem G.o.des tempel, G.o.d hine forde.” Se e ne bi G.o.des tempel, he bi deofles tempel, and byr swie swaere byrene on his baece.
We wylla secgan eow sum bigspell. Ne maeg nan man hine sylfne to cynge gedon, ac aet folc haef cyre to ceosenne one to cyninge e him sylfum lica: ac sian he to cyninge gehalG.o.d bi, onne haef he anweald ofer aet folc, and hi ne magon his geoc of heora swuran asceacan. Swa eac gehwilc man haef agenne cyre, aeram e he syngige, hweer he wille filian deofles willan, oe wisacan. onne gif he mid deofles weorc.u.m hine sylfne bebint, onne ne maeg he mid his agenre mihte hine unbindan, buton se aelmihtiga G.o.d mid strangre handa his mildheortnysse hine unbinde. Agenes willan and agenre gymeleaste he bi gebunden, ac urh G.o.des mildheortnysse he bi unbunden, gif he a alysednysse eft aet G.o.de geearna.
aet folc e heora reaf wurpon under aes a.s.san fet, aet sind a martyras, e for Cristes geleafan sealdon heora agenne lichaman to tintregum. Sume hi waeron on fyre forbaernde, sume on s? adrencte, and mid mislic.u.m pinungum acwealde; and sealdon us bysne aet we ne sceolon, for nanum ehtnyssum oe earfonyssum, urne geleafan forlaetan, and fram Criste bugan, e ma e hi dydon. Menig man is cristen geteald on sibbe, e wolde swie hrae wisacan Criste, gif him man bude aet man bead am martyrum: ac his cristendom nis na herigendlic. Ac aes mannes cristendom is herigendlic, see nele, for nanre ehtnysse, bugan fram Criste, ne for swurde, ne for fyre, ne for waetere, ne for hungre, ne for bendum; ac aefre hylt his geleafan mid G.o.des herungum, o his lifes ende.
a e aera treowa bogas heowon, and mid am Cristes weig gedaefton, aet sind a lareowas on G.o.des cyrcan, e pluccia a cwydas aera apostola and heora aeftergengena, {214} and mid am G.o.des folce gewisia to Cristes geleafan, aet hi beon gearwe to his faerelde.
aet folc e Criste beforan stop, and aet e him fyligde, ealle hi sungon, ”Osanna Filio Dauid,” aet is on urum geeode, ”Sy h?lo Dauides Bearne.” a e Criste beforan stopon, a sind a heahfaederas and a witegan, e waeron ?r Cristes flaesclicnysse; and a e him baeftan eodon, aet sind a e aefter Cristes acennednysse to him gebugon, and daeghwamlice buga: and ealle hi singa aenne lofsang; foran e we and hi ealle healda aenne geleafan, swa swa Petrus se apostol cwae, aa he spraec be am heahfaederum, ”We gelyfa aet we beon gehealdene urh Cristes gife, swa swa hi.”
Hi cwaedon ”Dauides Bearn,” foran e Crist is aes maeran cyne-cynnes Dauides, aefter aere menniscnysse. Of am cynne waes seo eadige Maria his modor. Hi sungon, ”Gebletsod is se e com on G.o.des naman.” Se Haelend com on G.o.des naman, foran e se Heofenlica Faeder hine asende us to alysednysse; and ealle a wundra e he worhte, on eallum he herede and wuldrode his Faeder naman. ”Sy haelo Dauides Bearne on heahnyssum.” aes Haelendes to-cyme and his rowung waes halwendlic aeger ge mannum ge englum; foran e we geeacnia heora werod, e se feallenda deofol gewanode; be am cwae se apostol Paulus, ”aet sceoldon ealle heofenlice ing and eorlice beon ge-edstaelode on Criste.”
Se Haelend waes wunigende binnan am temple of isum daege o nu on unres-daeg, and aeger ge mid lare ge mid wundrum aet folc tihte to sofaestnysse and to rihtum geleafan. a namon a heafod-men andan ongean his lare, and syrwedon mid micelre smeaunge, hu hi mihton hine to deae gebringan. Ne mihte se dea him genealaecan, gif he sylf nolde, ac he com to mannum to i aet he wolde beon gehyrsum his Faeder o dea, and mancynn alysan fram am ecan deae mid his hwilwendlic.u.m deae. eah-hwaeere {216} ne nydde he na aet Iudeisce folc to his cwale, ac deofol hi tihte to am weorce, and G.o.d aet geafode, to alysednysse ealles geleaffulles mancynnes.
We habba oft gesaed, and git secga, aet Cristes rihtwisnys is swa micel, aet he nolde niman mancyn neadunga of am deofle, buton he hit forwyrhte.
He hit forwyrhte aa he tihte aet folc to Cristes cwale, aes aelmihtigan G.o.des; and a urh his unscaeigan dea wurdon we alysede fram am ecan deae, gif we us sylfe ne forpaera. a getimode am rean deofle swa swa de am graedigan fisce, e gesih aet ?s, and ne gesih one angel e on am aese stica; bi onne graedig aes aeses, and forswylc one angel for mid am aese. Swa waes am deofle: he geseh a menniscnysse on Criste, and na a G.o.dcundnysse: a sprytte he aet Iudeisce folc to his slege, and gefredde a one angel Cristes G.o.dcundnysse, urh a he waes to deae aceocod, and ben?med ealles mancynnes ara e on G.o.d belyfa.
Naes na Cristes rowung gefremmed on isum daege, ac a feower G.o.dspelleras awriton his rowunga on feower gesetnyssum; a ane we raeda nu to-daeg, and a ore on isre wucan. a Iudei genamon hine on frige-aefen, and heoldon hine a niht, and aes on merigen hi hine gefaestnodon on rode mid feower naegelum, and mid spere gewundedon. And a embe non-tid, aa he forferde, a comon twegen gelyfede men, Ioseph and Nichodemus, and bebyrigdon his lic aer aefene, on niwere ryh, mid deorwyrum reafum bewunden. And his lic laeg on byrgene a saeter-niht and sunnan-niht; and seo G.o.dcundnys waes on aere hwile on h.e.l.le, and gewra one ealdan deofol, and him of-anam Adam, one frumsceapenan man, and his wif Euan, and ealle a e of heora cynne G.o.de ?r gecwemdon. a gefredde se deofol one angel e he ?r graedelice forswealh.
And Crist aras of deae on one easterlican sunnan-daeg, e nu bi on seofon nihtum; be am is gelimplicor onne mare to reccenne onne nu sy: ac uton nu sprecan be yses daeges wurmynte.
{218} Se gewuna stent on G.o.des cyrcan, urh lareowas geset, aet gehwaer on G.o.des gelaunge se sacerd bletsian sceole palm-twigu on isum daege, and hi swa gebletsode am folce daelan; and sceolon a G.o.des eowas singan one lofsang, e aet Iudeisce folc sang togeanes Criste, aa he genealaehte his rowunge. We geeuenlaeca am geleaffullum of am folce mid isre daede, foran e hi baeron palm-twigu mid lofsange togeanes am Haelende. Nu sceole we healdan urne palm, oaet se sangere onginne one offring-sang, and geoffrian onne G.o.de one palm, for aere getacnunge. Palm getacna syge.
Sygefaest waes Crist aa he one micclan deofol oferwann, and us generede: and we sceolon beon eac sygefaeste urh G.o.des mihte, swa aet we ure uneawas, and ealle leahtras, and one deofol oferwinnan, and us mid G.o.dum weorc.u.m geglencgan, and on ende ures lifes betaecan G.o.de one palm, aet is, ure sige, and ancian him georne, aet we, urh his fultum, deoful oferwunnon, aet he us beswican ne mihte.
Synfulra manna dea is yfel and earmlic, foran e hi fara of isum scortan life to ec.u.m pinungum: and rihtwisra manna dea is deorwyre, fori onne hi geendia is geswincfulle lif, onne beo hi gebrohte to am ecan life, and bi onne swylce heora ende beo anginn; foran e hi ne beo na deade, ac beo awende of deae to life. Se lichama, e is aere sawle reaf, anbida aes micclan domes; and eah he beo to duste formolsnod, G.o.d hine araer, and gebrinc togaedere sawle and lichaman to am ecan life; and bi onne gefylled Cristes behat, e us cwae, ”onne scina a rihtwisan swa swa sunne on heora Faeder rice,” see leofa and rixa a butan ende on ecnysse. Amen.
Circlice eawas forbeoda to secgenne aenig spel on am rym swig-dagum.