Joseph Smith and James 1:5

Æthelbēd æf Niwe Eoforwícscír
(Nobleprayer of New Yorkshire)

Se geonga man gréow on Niwe Eoforwícscír
That young man grew in New York

giornende for tríewþan wæs Æthelbēd
Yearning for truth was Joseph Smith


Æthelbēd wæs wérig for wísdóm
Joseph Smith was weary for wisdom

wyrgende hē for his sáwolan
Worried he for his soul


Æthelbēd for léoht lócode
Joseph Smith for light looked

losod wæs hē fram God
Lost was he from God


leorn Æthelbēd fram léode pástoran
learned Joseph Smith from people Pastors

lǣfde wiþútan andsvaran wæs hē
left without answer was he


þæt sacráre bók him helpede
that sacred book him helped

hǣlan þæt deorcan niht
heal that dark night


gif þū eart wiþútan wísdóm
if you be without wisdom

wealc and sprec þū wið hláford
walk and speak you with Lord


strang and heard cuóm þās word on his heorte
strong and hard came these words in his heart

hē cúðe sprecan wið hláford
he could speak with Lord


Æthelbēd gegánde on þæt gráf
Joseph Smith went in that grove

God wolde andswarian Æthelbēd
God would answer Joseph Smith