Genesis A, B

oððe on þissum folcum freond ænigne

eac þissum idesum þe we her on wlitað,

alæde of þysse leodbyrig, þa ðe leofe sien,

ofestum miclum, and þin ealdor nere,

þy læs þu forweorðe mid þyssum wærlogan.

Unc hit waldend heht for wera synnum

Sodoma and Gomorra sweartan lige,

fyre gesyllan and þas folc slean,

cynn on ceastrum mid cwealmþrea

and his torn wrecan. þære tide is

neah geþrungen. Gewit þu nergean þin

feorh foldwege. þe is frea milde."

Him þa ædre Loth andswarode:

"Ne mæg ic mid idesum aldornere mine

swa feor heonon feðegange

siðe gesecan. Git me sibblufan

and freondscipe fægre cyðað,

treowe and hyldo tiðiað me.

Ic wat hea burh her ane neah,

lytle ceastre. Lyfað me þær

are and reste, þæt we aldornere

on Sigor up secan moten.

Gif git þæt fæsten fyre willað

steape forstandan, on þære stowe we

gesunde magon sæles bidan,

feorh generigan." Him þa freondlice

englas arfæste andswaredon:

"þu scealt þære bene, nu þu ymb þa burh sprycest,

tiða weorðan. Teng recene to

þam fæstenne; wit þe friðe healdað

and mundbyrde. Ne moton wyt

on wærlogum wrecan torn godes,

swebban synnig cynn, ær ðon þu on Sægor þin

bearn gelæde and bryd somed."

þa onette Abrahames mæg

to þam fæstenne. Feðe ne sparode

eorl mid idesum, ac he ofstum forð

lastas legde, oðþæt he gelædde

bryd mid bearnum under burhlocan

in Sægor his. þa sunne up,

folca friðcandel, furðum eode,

þa ic sendan gefrægn swegles aldor

swefl of heofnum and sweartne lig

werum to wite, weallende fyr,

þæs hie on ærdagum drihten tyndon

lange þrage. Him þæs lean forgeald

gasta waldend! Grap heahþrea

on hæðencynn. Hlynn wearð on ceastrum,

cirm arleasra cwealmes on ore,

laðan cynnes. Lig eall fornam

þæt he grenes fond goldburgum in,

swylce þær ymbutan unlytel dæl

sidre foldan geondsended wæs

bryne and brogan. Bearwas wurdon

to axan and to yslan, eorðan wæstma,

efne swa wide swa ða witelac

reðe geræhton rum land wera.

Strudende fyr steapes and geapes,

swogende leg, forswealh eall geador

þæt on Sodoma byrig secgas ahton

and on Gomorra. Eall þæt god spilde,

frea mid þy folce. þa þæt fyrgebræc,

leoda lifgedal, Lothes gehyrde

bryd on burgum, under bæc beseah

wið þæs wælfylles. Us gewritu secgað

þæt heo on sealtstanes sona wurde

anlicnesse. æfre siððan

se monlica (þæt is mære spell)

stille wunode, þær hie strang begeat

wite, þæs heo wordum wuldres þegna

hyran ne wolde. Nu sceal heard and steap

on þam wicum wyrde bidan,

drihtnes domes, hwonne dogora rim,

woruld gewite. þæt is wundra sum,

þara ðe geworhte wuldres aldor.

Him þa Abraham gewat ana gangan

mid ærdæge þæt he eft gestod

þær wordum ær wið his waldend spræc

frod frumgara. He geseah from foldan up

wide fleogan wælgrimne rec.

Hie þæs wlenco onwod and wingedrync

þæt hie firendæda to frece wurdon,

synna þriste, soð ofergeaton,

drihtnes domas, and hwa him dugeða forgeaf,

blæd on burgum. Forþon him brego engla

wylmhatne lig to wræce sende.

Waldend usser gemunde wærfæst þa

Abraham arlice, swa he oft dyde

leofne mannan. Loth generede,

mæg þæs oðres, þa seo mænegeo forwearð.

Ne dorste þa dædrof hæle

for frean egesan on þam fæstenne

leng eardigean, ac him Loth gewat

of byrig gangan and his bearn somed

wælstowe fyrr wic sceawian,

oðþæt hie be hliðe heare dune

eorðscræf fundon. þær se eadega Loth

wærfæst wunode, waldende leof,

dægrimes worn and his dohtor twa.

Hie dydon swa; druncnum eode