Strofa 4

The Triumph of Grace

Christ secures eternal salvation by conquering death and redeeming the first man.

He granted us eternal salvation, bound the prince of hell, took death upon himself, and remembered the first man.¹²

Read the original Latin

Przydał nam zdrowia wiecznego, Starostę skował pkielnego, Śmierć podjął, wspomionął Człowieka pirwego.

Notes

1 ↩Old Polish zdrowie here is salvific welfare, not bodily health; rendered as eternal salvation.
2 ↩Starosta pkielny is the devil as hell's overlord/governor; pkielnego is archaic piekielnego.

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