First Authored by: Dela/Hellenia after 305 BC
Written into the book by: Wiljo after 280 BC
Events described: After 593 BC
The writings of Hellenia Yesus or Buda
16 times 100 years ago is Atland sunken, and at that time happened there something whereupon no one had reckoned.¹
In the heart of Finda’s land, upon a mountain range lies a dale, which is called Kashmir, that is, unusual.
There was a child born, his mom was daughter of a king and his dad was a head priest.
To escape shame must they forsake their own blood.
Therefore was he brought beyond the town to poor people.⁵
In between was naught hidden from him, therefore did he everything to get and gather wisdom.
His understanding was so great that he understood all what he saw and heard.
The folk regarded him with great reverence and the priests were fearful over his questions.
When he came of age went he to his parents.
They must hear hard things, to be quit of him gave they him an abundance of costly stones;¹⁰
but they dared not acknowledge him as their own blood.
With sadness overwhelming the false shame of his parents went he to wander about.
While travelling forth met he a Frya’s seaman who served as a slave, from whom he learned our morality and customs.
He bought him free, and they remained friends to the death.
All about where he went forth, he taught the people that they must abide no rich people nor priests, that they must guard themselves against false shame, which always did ill to love.¹⁵
Earth bestows her gifts according to how one scratches her hide, that one aught to dig, to reap and to sow, as one will share thereof.
Though said he, no one need do this for another, be it not by the common will or brought about out of love.
He taught that no one might work in her (Earth’s) bowels for gold nor silver nor costly stones, whereupon envy glues itself and whence love flees.
The streams give enough (gems, gold and silver) to adorn your maidens and wives.
No one, said he, is powerful to satisfy all people and to grant equal happiness.²⁰
Though it is the duty of all people as much to satisfy the people and as much pleasure to grant, as is to be achieved.
No science, said he, may one scorn though justice (like deals) is the greatest science which time may teach us.
Therefore that it keeps offence from earth and feeds love.
His first name was Jesus, though the priests who sorely hated him called him Fo, that is, false, the folk called him Krisen, that is, herdsman, and his Frisian friend called him Buda, in that he had a treasure of wisdom in his head and in his heart, a treasure of love.
At last must he flee from the wrack of the priests but everywhere he came was his lore gone before him and everywhere he went, his enemies followed after him like a shadow.²⁵
When Jesus had thus travelled about for twelve years, he died but his friends preserved his teaching and spoke where there were ears to be found.
What thinkest thou now that the priests did, that must I tell you, also must ye verily grant attention thereto, furthermore must ye watch over their schemes and tricks with all the strength which Wralda has laid in you.
While Jesus’ lore went over the earth, the false priests went to the land of his birth to announce his death, they said that they were his friends, they feigned great grief, tore their clothes to shreds and shaved their heads bald.
In the caves of the mountains went they to dwell, though thence had they brought their treasure, therein made they images after Jesus, these images gave they to the unsuspecting people, at long last said they that Jesus was a god, that he himself had professed it to them, and that all who would believe on him and on his lore, hereafter should come into his kingdom, where joy and happiness are.
Because they wist that Jesus was champion against the rich, so said they always that to have poverty and simplicity, thus were the door to come into his kingdom, that those who had the most suffering, here upon earth, hereafter should have the most pleasure.³⁰
While they wist that Jesus had taught that one must rule and steer all his cravings, so they taught that one must kill all his passions, and that the perfection of the person consisted thereof that he become even as unfeeling as the cold stone.
Now in order to fool the folk that they did thusly, thus affected they poverty, on the streets, and to prove further that they had all of their passions dead, took they no wives.
Though whenever a daughter had a transgression, so was that quickly forgiven, the weak, said they, must one help and to keep his own soul must one give much to the church.
Thus doing had they wives and children without households and they were rich without work, but the folk became much poorer and more wretched than before.
This religion whereby the priests have no other science than godly speech, pious appearance and unright habits, spreads itself from the East to the West and shall also come over our land.³⁵
But as the priests shall ween that they have snuffed out the light of Frya and of Jesus, so shall there people, in all areas, stand up who have preserved truth in stillness among each other and have hidden from the priests.
These shall be out of the blood of princes, of the blood of priests, of the blood of Slavs, and of Frya’s blood.
They shall bring out their Foddiks and the light, so that all people may see the truth;
they shall cry woe over the deeds of the priests and princes.
The princes who love truth and right, they shall shrink away from the priests.⁴⁰
Finda’s folk shall put its cleverness to the common need, the Lyda’s folk its strength and we our wisdom.
Then shall the false priests be swept away from the earth.
Wralda’s ghost shall everywhere and always be honoured and hailed.
The law whereby Wralda, at the beginning, bestowed will upon us, shall alone be obeyed, there shall not be no other masters nor princes nor bosses, than those who are chosen by common will.
Then shall Frya rejoice and Earth shall only give her gifts to the working people.⁴⁵
All this shall begin four thousand years after Altland is sunken and a thousand years later shall there no longer be any priests nor (tyrannical) force upon earth.
Dela surnamed Hellenia, watch!