[1.1] For the love with which the lord of Torabe, the most beloved by God, [1.2] I come to sing to you today about the life of Arcideus, the holiest among those of Symbay, [1.3] who, since that holy day in which the Holy Mother wanted to show herself to him, she carried out the undertaking of the Father in Heaven, [1.4] who wanted her to live two hundred and forty (years), so that she could carry out all the things that she had to do [2.5] and that she would spread like this the task himself, giving him glory in martyrdom for the Faith, [2.6] in the two bodies of his two sons, Prapsus and Oconadascy, who went [2.7] to Anoce, to then meet the Christians, who were from all of Meriny. [2.8] The two brothers reached the shore of Meriny, in the ship of Phocydar and one hundred and twenty Leldonians. [3.9] From there they went to the court of Arxitax, a king who had accepted the Faith of Christ. [3.10] Arcideus showed it to him, but the king had rejected it, because he had thought it was a stowaway from Udmucrate, [3.11] and he had him killed, but first he sent his servants to set fire to the ship. [3.12] Arcideus then asked him for one last chance to show him the power of his Lord. [4.13] He told him that, if his gods were so powerful, he should ask them to set their ship on fire. [4.14] But if they did not answer him, he would ask his god to light the chariot, [4.15] in which his executioners were going to take him away. The king accepted [4.16] and asked his god, Ruspenus, to cast fire on the Saint's ship. [5.17] But the ship did not burn. He asked again to give it a light, but it remained intact. [5.18] Then, Arcideus, like Elijah, addressed the Lord of Heaven [5.19] and asked him, if he loved those of Symbay, as much as he loved his people in Canaan, [5.20] to light the wooden cart on fire in the one his captors were going to take him to. [6.21] Then a drop of fire fell on the floor of the vehicle, which was devoured by fire. [6.22] Arxitax saw the power of Israel and served him from that moment on.

[6.23] Having reached the entrance to the king's residence, the Saint sent the herald [6.24] to notify of her arrival. But, when he entered the espolfio[1], a Tharcaian soldier attacked him [7.25] and then stuck a erfy[2] in his neck. The illustrious woman had realized that her protégé was taking a long time [7.26] when a tall man, with light skin and short hair [7.27] came to her and said: "My lady, daughter of the most illustrious man, Srumpubus is the one who speaks to you; [7.28] I am a knight of the towns that are at the foot of the Darmelerians, which (are) next to the river Biphus[3]; [8.29] I serve Dingusit, who fights with the Tharcaians." And he brought them to him, [8.30] then on the throne and with the captive king. There Dingusit said to them: [8.31] "May Etaste receive you; I am Dingusit of Liscray and I serve the greatest person [8.32] of all of Zarcaia." Then, Oconadascy said to him: [9.33] "My good lord, may the Holy Father save you; we are not from this kingdom, [9.34] but we have come from the land of the Symbaians, to meet the man whom you have impiously imprisoned [9.35] and I ask you for the price of liberation." And the. "If you are Symbaians, then you are enemies of my lord; [9.36] I do not expect any payment from you, because it is much more important to me that my general be favorable to me" [10.37] and having said this, he ordered the soldiers to kill them, but Prapsus immediately [10.38] crashed his rusca[4] against the heads of the soldiers, killing them instantly. [10.39] For this reason, Dingusit said to Srumpubus "The strength of this man does not seem like that of a man; [10.40] call upon the god whom you told us that you invoked from the Biphus, for a god can confront a god." [11.41] When Srumpubus was in his land, he had learned to invoke some god of the rivers, [11.42] who rose above the trees, molding his flesh with the waters of the river. [11.43] According to what has been said, one day he invoked this god in the waters of Biphus, [11.44] to attack six hundred men, whom he killed, swallowing them in the waters. [12.45] Srumpubus invoked the god from the Egray, which rose on the roof of the castle of Arxitax. [12.46] Seeing this, Prapsus's chest then filled with fear and he said to his sister: [12.47] "My dear, during my life I have seen many battles and my rusca has collided with men, [12.48] but I have never I have seen a beast like this; perhaps it is Parble, who, when he learned of the Symbaians that we abandoned the false gods [13.49] then, was enraged. The Heavenly Father [13.50] is the only one with power and my chest tells me which is some unholy spirit[5] of Baal." [13.51] And while Prapsus was saying this, two great serpent heads then appeared out of the water. [13.52] Then the young Christian said: “As I said, this is not a god made of water; [14.53] It is certainly the Leviathan clothing the waters." And, having said this, he raised his rusca [14.54] high and with it he quickly cut off the two heads of the impious spirit, [14.55] who, hurt, then returned to the bottom of the river. Oconadascy to Srumpubus: [14.56] "Oh, cruel one; You have taught your people that a god was favorable to you and with that you have fueled your pride, [15.57] offering armies of men in tribute to this false god; but you always lied, because the one who was favorable to you then [15.58] was an impious spirit and no servant of the Enemy can confront a man [15.59] if the Lord of Israel is in his favor."

Then Srumpubus said to Dingusit: "My Sir, [15.60] This man has sent Oullmunufus[6] back to the bottom of the river; He is a strong [16.61] and haughty god, so if either a more powerful god is favorable to this man, [16.62] or if he is a powerful god, we cannot do anything to him." Then Dingusit said to Prapsus: "You, great god, [16.63] we are spectators of your power; if your will is to take this kingdom, [16.64] then we will not stop you, because what men do is not on the same level as what men do." gods [17.65] do." And Prapsus to him: “Brother, the power is not mine; I am but a man, [17.66] who serves the Father of men.” Then, hearing that he was a man, [17.67] he ordered five men to arrest him and, tying him with iron chains, [17.68] they put him on a cart, which they set on fire, and Dingusit said to him: “If you are a man, [17.69] You will not be able to free yourself from the bonds; If you are a god, you will free yourself.” Prapsus, his head, [17.70] lifted up and said to the Lord: "Beloved Father, to make me appear as a god, as these say, [17.71] is an insult to your name; showing them that my flesh is mortal, I give myself up to your mercy.” [17.72] And when he had said this, the fire devoured him. Then Dingusit turned to Oconadascy [18.73] and said to him: "This one who came with you was a man; but the strength with which he defeated the god made of water, [18.74] where did it come from?" And the Saint said to him: “Impious man; That was no god [19.75], but one of the servants of the Enemy, and the one who gave strength to my beloved brother [19.76] was then the Heavenly Father, the true god." But the Tharcaian did not believe her [20.77] and said her: "There is another cart; If your god is so powerful, [20.78] tell him to set fire to it." Then the daughter of Arcideus raised her hands to sky and said: [20.79] "O Father of us all, if as you then loved my father in this earth, [20.80] if as much as you loved your people in Canaan, you love those of Symbay, [21.81] I ask you to cast fire on this cart, before the pagan eyes." [21.82] Then a drop of fire fell on it floor of the vehicle, which was devoured by fire. [21.83] Dingusit and Srumpubus saw this, but, believing [21.84] that the Father was a false god like any other they worship, he also ordered the Saint to be arrested [22.85] and, tying her with iron chains, they put her on a wooden cart, which they set on fire [22.86] and it devoured her. So the Lord, may the descendants of Arcideus, among all the Symbaians, [22.87] be the most holy, he wanted then, and he wanted his Word to reach the ears of the Merinians [22.88], as well as the ears of the Tharcaians of Cipte.

[1] spólpφi, is a hall, typical of Symbaian houses. The author calls this room by this name to refer to a hall, but this does not constitute a room in the Merinian dwellings.

[2] érfi, in the same way, the erfy is a weapon of Vermaric origin, but the author uses this word to refer to the Tharcaian dagger.

[3] Bêiφos, Symbaian name of the Phoephonian river.

[4] ryská, semi-long battle sword.

[5] ztérpas gâydas, it is the expression with which the Christian Symbaians referred to demons.

[6] Oyllmýnyφys, symbainic version of the name of the Phoephonian deity Olmonofus (Öλmönöфǔ phoeph.), equivalent to the Phojean Oeshmenevius (Œǧmœnœviy phoj.) and the Cenutzian Anmaenafy (Ąñmąęnąφi cnz.); the three coming from the Peninsular Vermaric deity *ɐʝ̞mɐənɐpʰ(j)ʊ̈, whose name literally means “body of water”, from the Proto-Vermaric *g(o)r-a and *(a)tʃ(a)-p(a)l (ek)-avju. These deities manifested themselves as bodies of water, as Srumpubus tells us; In this way these cultures explained tidal waves, storms and waves. However, the Symbaians do not know her (in this verse, in fact, she agrees with the masculine verb balagdýry, and not with the feminine one, balagdáry, even though she is a female deity and what Srúmpubus is talking about, but the Symbains do not know her). know it due to this story, the Christians of Dutory began to use the word "Oulmunufus" as an epithet of Leviathan, as well as the name of a demon in the Kirdaian and Dutorian Symbaian stories, which was characterized by presenting itself to missionaries and knights like a body of water that rose above the rivers and seas.