16. Iacob gestrȳnde Ioseph Marian wer, of þǣre wæs ācenned'sē Hǣlend þe is genemned Crīst.[1]
17. Eornostlīce ealle cnēoressa fram Abrahame oð Dauid synd fēowertȳne cnēoressa; and fram Dauide oð Babilonis gelēorednysse fēowertȳne cnēoressa; and fram Babilonis gelēorednesse oð Crīst fēowertȳne cnēoressa.[2]
Đys godspel gebyrað on mydewyntres mæsseǣfen.
18. Sōðlīce þus wæs Crīstes cnēores: Đā þæs Hǣlendes mōdor Maria wæs Iosepe beweddod, ǣr hī tōsomne becōmun, hēo wæs gemēt on innoðe hæbbende of þām Hālegan Gāste.[3]
19. Sōðlīce Iosep hyre wer, ðā hē wæs rihtwīs and nolde hī gewīdmǣrsian, hē wolde hī dīhlīce forlǣtan.[4]
20. Him þā sōðlīce ðās þing ðencendum Drihtnes engel on swefnum ætȳwde, and him tō cwæð, Iosep, Dauides sunu, nelle þū ondrǣdan Marian þīne gemæccean tō onfōnne; þæt on hire ācenned ys, hyt ys of þām Hālgan Gāste.[5]
- ↑ A, gestrinde (throughout).
- ↑ A, eornestlice; A, cneorisna (four times); A, geleornesse (twice); A, feowertine (second time; corrected into feowertyne); A, babilones (second time); A, feowertine (third time).
- ↑ A, cneorisn; A, moder; A, beweddad; A, becomon; A, heo wæs gemet hæbbende on innoðe (changed order); A, halgan.
- ↑ A, ioseph hire; A, digelice.
- ↑ A, Ioseph; A, gemæccan, B, gemeccean; A, onfone.
