Þeim unni guð geymi
guðdóms, es vel sómir,
hreinum himna sýnar,
hirðar vist með Kristi.
Jón, heyrðir þú orða
eilífs fǫður deili,
hollr við oss, ok allan
almôtt séa knáttir.
Guð unni sýnar himna þeim hreinum geymi guðdóms, es vist hirðar með Kristi vel sómir. Jón, hollr við oss, þú heyrðir deili orða eilífs fǫður ok knáttir séa allan almôtt.
God granted a vision of the heavens to that pure guardian of divinity [APOSTLE], whom an abode in the court with Christ well beseems. John, gracious towards us, you heard the distinctive features of the words of the eternal Father and were able to see all [his] omnipotence.
[3] himna ‘of the heavens’: The ms. reading is ‘hifna’, a form which shows the regular sound change mn > n; such forms as himna (gen. pl.) or himni (dat. sg.) are secondary restitutions modelled on the analogy of the nom./acc. form himinn and the gen. form himins (cf. ANG §225). See also Kolb Jónv 5/1.