4. Ic syngode, þā ic sealde þæt rihtwīse blōd. Đā cwǣdon hig, Hwæt spycst þū þæt tō ūs?[1]
5. And hē āwearp þā scyllingas in on þæt templ, and fērde and mid grȳne hyne sylfne āhēng.[2]
6. Đā sōðlīce þǣra sācerda ealdras onfēngon þæs seolfres, and cwǣdon, Nys hyt nā ālȳfed þæt wē āsendon hyt on ūre maðmcyste, for þām hyt is blōdes wurð.[3]
7. Hig worhton þā gemōt, and smēadon hū hig sceoldon þæs Hǣlendes wurð ātēon; þā gebohton hig ǣnne æcyr mid þām fēo tigylwyrhtena on tō bebyrgenne elþēodisce menn.[4]
8. For þām is sē æcer gehāten Acheldemagh, þæt is on ūre geþēode, blōdes æcyr; and swā hē is gehāten oð þisne dæg.[5]
9. Đā wæs gefylled þæt gecweden is þurh Hieremiam þone wītegan, þus cweþende, And þā hig onfēngon þrīttig scyllinga, þæs gebohtan wurð þone ðe wæs ǣr gewurþod fram Israhela bearnum;[6]
10. and hig sealdon þæt on tigelwyrhtena æcyr, swā swā Drihten mē gesette.[7]
- ↑ A, syngade; A, sprycst.
- ↑ A, innan (for in on); A, tempel.
- ↑ Corp., cwædon (æ above the line); A, for ðam þe hyt; A, weorð.
- ↑ B, scoldon; B, hælyndes; A, weorð; A, B, æcer; A, bebyrgeanne ælðeodige men.
- ↑ A, acheldemah; A, æcer.
- ↑ A, gecweden wæs (is above wæs); A, and hig, B, and hi (om. þa); B, þritig; A, weorð; A, geweorðod; A, ysrahela.
- ↑ A, æcer.
