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3. From the east came three kings
Who wanted to find Christ.
they brought a precious offering with them;
they learnt about the dear child
there81 the star wishes honour;
the best, best, best gold, the best, best, best gold,
the purest gold and plenty of myrrh
With pure frankincense.
4. With sweet victory he rose
On the third day, the son of God.
He chained the evil Beelzebub.
He preached glory,
the saviour of all people,
Into heaven he ascended, ascended, ascended,
Into heaven ascended the Great Good.
He commanded the war for us.
5. And as he returns
At the resolved time
this good god and Man
then sits in judgment
And will pay the evil ones their debt.
the Christians then, then, then,
the Christians then he calls to:
“Come in manifold glory!”
6. to the heavens the Lord speaks:
“from them comes little peace,
I cannot tell you apart,
I do not know even one of you:
Go to Belial’s bench
With life and soul, soul, soul,
With life and soul into the blazing Fire,
You will not see me!82
81 Most manuscripts have þá with the temporal meaning “as”; some versions have þeim, refer-
ring more directly to the “dear child” than þar “there” in this version.
82 this verse references the conception of hell as the absence from God.