21. Witodlīce hēo cenð sunu, and þū nemst hys naman Hǣlend; hē sōðlīce hys folc hāl gedēð fram hyra synnum.[1]
22. Sōþlīce eal þys wæs geworden þæt gefylled wǣre þæt fram Drihtne gecweden wæs þurh þone wītegan,[2]
23. Sōðlīce sēo fǣmne hæfð on innoðe, and hēo cenð sunu, and hī nemnað his naman Emanuhel, þæt ys gereht on ūre geþēode, God mid ūs.[3]
24. Đā ārās Iosep of swefene, and dyde swā Drihtnes engel him bebēad, and hē onfēng his gemæccean;[4]
25. and hē ne grētte hī. Hēo cende hyre frumcennedan sunu, and nemde hys naman Hǣlend.
CAPUT II
1. Eornustlīce þā sē Hǣlend ācenned wæs on Iudeiscre Bethleem, on þæs cyninges dagum Herodes, þā cōmon þā tungolwītegan fram ēastdǣle tō Hierusalem,[5]
2. and cwǣdon, Hwǣr[6] ys sē Iudea Cyning þe ācenned ys? Sōðlīce wē gesāwon hys steorran