10. Sōþlīce þā ðā tungelwītegan þone steorran gesāwon, fægenodon swȳðe myclum gefēan.[1]
11. And gangende intō þām hūse hī gemētton þæt cild mid Marian hys mēder; and hī āðenedon hī, and hī tō him gebǣdon; and hī untȳndon hyra goldhordas, and him lāc brōhton, þæt wæs gold and rēcels and myrre.[2]
12. And hī āfēngon andsware on swefnum þæt hī eft tō Herode ne hwyrfdon; ac hī on ōðerne weg on hyra rīce fērdon.[3]
13. Þā hī þā fērdon, þā ætȳwde Drihtnes engel Iosepe on swefnum, and þus cwæð, Ārīs and nim þæt cild and his mōdor, and flēoh on Egypta land, and bēo þǣr oð þæt ic ðē secge; tōweard ys þæt Herodes sēcð þæt cild tō forspillenne.[4]
14. Hē ārās þā and nam þæt cild and his mōdor on niht, and fērde on Egyptum;[5]
15. and wæs þǣr oð Herodes forðsīð: þæt wǣre gefylled þæt ðe fram Drihtne gecweden wæs þurh ðone wītegan, Of Egyptum ic mīnne sunu geclypode.[6]