9 Þa stod drihtnes ængel wið hyo ⁊godes brihtnysse heom ymbescan; ⁊hyo heom mychel eige adredden.
Him þa soðliche þas þing þenchendum. drihtnes ængel on swefnum ateowede ⁊hym to cwæð. Ioseph dauiðes suna. nyle þu ondræden. marian þine gemæcchen to onfonne. þæt on hyre gekenned ys. hyt is of þan halgen gaste.
Ða cwæð se ængel ingangende. Hal wæsse þu mid gyfe gefylled. drihten mid þe. Þu ert gebletsed on wifen.
Ænd heordas wæren on þam ylcan riche wakiende ⁊nihtwæccen healdende ofer heore heorda.
Ænd þa wæs geworðen þa hyo on mode afereden wæren be þysen. þa stoden twegen weres wið hyo on hwiten reafe.
Ysaias sægde þas þing. þa he geseah hys wuldor ⁊spræc be hym.