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The whole work is now ready for the press, and will be proceeded with as soon as the sales of the present work, and advance subscriptions for the New Testament in Broad Scotch have furnished the necessary amount of funds to put the larger work through the press. To those of his Scottish friends who have expressed an interest in the work, and a desire to help it to a moderate extent, the Translator suggests their paying five dollars each, for which they will receive three copies of the New Testament ; or to those less interested, two dollars for a single copy ; (8vo., cloth extra.) In this way they would share in the credit, and hasten the date, of the getting out of this unique tribute to the Land, the People, and the Tongue, of the ever-remembered Scotia ! Subscriptions, to be paid when the work is ready for delivery, are also solicited : $2.00 per copy. These, while not assisting in get- ting out the work, are a certain sort of guarantee and encouragement to the publishers. 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And over and above its dialectic peculiarities, this version claims to be a colloquial rendering. Many of us have wished — not as a public version, but for private study — for a iiamiliar and ct^oquial rendering of the New Testament It is a thmg which wiH never be satis- fiiictorily done in EnglTsh ; and he would be a bold.man indeed who would attempt it. But, under cover of the "Scotch," the present Translator humbly intimates that he has done that very thing I It could have been rendered in a stately style, equally as native to the soil, but separated at a great distance from the kindly folk who use the colloquial Scotch among themselves. To those who may imagine that a solemn and reverent theme must needs suffer in a familiar and " dialect " rendering, it is only necessary to pass in our reading from Bums und Scott, to Samuel Rutherford and John Knox, to see how the pithy terseness of the " Scotch " equally adapts itself to the most weighty aud solemn themes and thoughts. The present work has been approached in a most reverent spirit ; and (let us trust,) ex- ecuted in an rcceptable manner. The completed woric wUl have, as an appendix, a copious Glossary of all the Scottish tarms used — extending to very many hundneds of words. " Matthew," 25 cts. The New Testament, in same style and type, bound in clotb «xtra, $a.oo. WILLIAM WYE SMITH, November, 1898. St. Catharines, Canada. • % PtUladeliriiia, Or, IMRIB, Graham & Co., Printmv, 31 Church St., Toronto, Canada. Some of these chapters have become the property of the Sumlay School Times^ Itriiia, and are printed here by permission.— W.W.S. rT^r MATTHEW. CHAPTIR ANE. 7 he Forbears and Nativity o' Christ. rpiHE buik o' the generation o' Jesus _L the Christ, Dauvid's son, the son o' Abr'am. 2. Abr'am begat Isaac ; and Isaac be- gat Jaucob ; and Jaucob begat Judah and his brethren. 3. And fudah begat Pharez and Zarah, o" Tamar ; and Pharez begat Esrom ; and Esrom begat Aram. 4. And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naason; and Naason begat Salmon. 5. And Salmon begat Boaz, o' Rahab ; and Boaz begat Obed, o' Ruth ; and Obed begat Jesse. 6. And f ' sse begat Dauvid the king ; and Dauvici the king begat Solomon, o' her wha was Uriah's. 7. And Solomon begat Rehoboam ; and Rehoboam begat Abijah ; and Abijah be- gat Asa. 8. And Asa begat Jehosaphat ; and Jehosaphat begat Jehoram ; and Jehoram begat Uzziah. 9. And Uzziah begat Jotham ; and Jotham begat Ahaz ; and Ahaz begat Hezekiah. 10. And Hezekiah begat Manasseh ; and Manasseh begat Amon ; and Amon begat Josiah. 11. And Josiah begat Jehoiachin and his brethren, narhaun the time they war carry't awa' till Babylon. 12. And eftir they cam till Babylon, Jehoiachin begat Salathiel ; and Salathiel begat Zerubbabel. 1 3. And Zerubbabel begat Abiud ; and Abiud begat Eliakim ; and Eliakim be- gat Azor. 14. And Azor begat Sadoc ; and Sadoc begat Achim ; and Achim begat Eliud. I ;. And Eliud begat Eleazar ; and Eleazar begat Matthan ; and Matthan begat Jaucob. 16. And Jaucob begat Joseph, Mary's husband, o' wham was born Jesus, wha isca'd "The Christ." 17. Sae a' the generations frae Abr'am till Dauvid are fowrteen generations ; and frae Dauvid till the takin awa' till Baby- lon fowrteen generations ; and frae the T takin awa' till Babylon till Christ fowr- teen generations. 18. Noo the nativity o' Jesus Christ was this gate : whan his mither Mary was mairry't till Joseph, she was fund wi' bairn c' the Holie Spirit. 19. Than her guidman, Joseph, bein an upricht man, and no desirin her name soud be i' the mooth o' the public, was ettlin to pit her awa' hidlins. 20. But as he had thir things in his mind, behauld ! an Angel o' the Lord appear't till him by a dream, sayin, " Joseph, son o' Dauvid, binna feared to tak till ye yer wife, Mary ; for that whilk is begotten in her is by the Holie Spirit. 21. " And she sal bring forth a son, and ye sal ca' his name Jesus ; for he sal <* save his folk frae their sins." 22. Noo, a' this was dune, that it micht come to pass what was said by the Lord throwe the prophet, 23. *' Behold ! a maiden sal be wi' bairn, and sal bring forth a son ; and they wuU ca' his name Emmanuel," whilk is, translatit, *' God wi' us." 24. Sae Joseph, comin oot o' his sleep, did as the Angel had bidden him, and took till him his wife. 25. And leev'd in continence wi her till she had btocht forth her first-born son ; and ca'd his name jESUS. CHAPTIR TWA. The Wyss Men frae the East, To Egypt, and back as-atn. NOO, whan Jesus was born i' Bethle- hem- Judah, i' the days o' King Herod, behauld ! Wyss Men cam frae the *East till Jerusalem. « V. 21. The dourness o' the Jews, and e'en o' his ain kith accordin till the flesh, was unco strange. The Angel till Joseph, (and Simeon and Anna^) said naething u his bein a great cnnquerer, but aye to be a blessin till the warld ; and yet they wad hae it that he soud be a conquerin King like Dauvid. * V, I. The comin o' the Wyss Men wad be for some gude end. It wad pit gear i' Joseph's haun to gang till Egypt wi' ; but muckle mair, it wad open the way i' the East for the Blythe-Message, eftirhaun carry't by th^ Apostles. f^940 The Wyss Men. MATTHEW, II. John's preachin. 2. And quo' they, '* Whaur is he bidin that is ca'd King o' the Jews ? for i' the East we saw his starn, and are come forrit to worship him." 3. But the King, hearin, was sair putten-aboot ; and a' Jerusalem wi' him. 4. And, gatherin a* the heigh-priests and writers o' the nation, he wad ken o' them "whaur the Messiah soud be born?" 5. And quo' they, '• In Bethlehem- Judah ; for sae it is putten doon by the prophet, — 6. '"And thoui Bethlehem, land o' Judah, nane the least amang Judah's princes 1 for oot o' thee sal come a Ruler, wha sal tend my folk o' Isra'l 1 ' " 7. Than Herod, convenin the Wyss Men privately, faund oot mair strickly o' the comin o' the starn ; 8. And bad them gang till Bethlehem ; and quo' he, " Gang, and seek ye oot the wee bairn; and whan ye ken, fesh me word again, that I as weel may come and worship." 9. Eftir hearin the King, they gaed awa' ; and behauld ! the starn whilk they saw i' the East gaed on afore them, till it stude ower whaur the wee bairn was. 10. And whan they saw the starn, they war blythe wi' unco blytheness. 11. And comin intil the hoose, they saw the wee bairn, and his mither Mary ; and loutin doon, worshipped him. And openm oot their gear, they otfer't till him gifts — gowd, and frankincense, and myrrh. 12. And bein warned in a dream no to gae back till Herod, they airtit their way till their ain kintra anither gate. 13. Noo whan they had gane, behauld ! an Angel o' the Lord appear't till Joseph by a dream, and quo' he, •' Rise, tak till ye the wee bairn, and his mitVier, and flee intil Egypt, and bide ye thar lill I tell ye ; for Herod seeks the wee bairn to destroy him." 14. And he, risin, took the wee bairn and his mither by nicht, and cam intil Egypt. 1 5. And bade thar till Herod's death : that it soud be fulfilled what was said by the Lord throwe the prophet, "Frae Egypt hae I ca'd my Son." 16. Than Herod, seein he was made sport o' by the Wyss Men, was unco furi- ous, and sent oot to slay a* the lad-bairns in Bethlehem, and a' the kintra-side abooti frae twa-year auld doon : conform 2 till the time he had been tell't by the Wyss Men. 17. Than cam to pass the sayin o' J" .miah the prophet : — 18. "A voice was heard in Ramah, greetin and maenin, and mournin sair ; Ra'hel greetin for her weans, and wadna be comfortit, for that they are-na I " 19. But Herod deein, behauld ! an Angel o' the Lord by dream appears till Joseph in Egypt. 20. And quo' he, " Rise ! tak the wee bairn and his mither, and journey intil IsraTs land ; for they that socht the wee bairn's life are deid." 21. And he raise, and took till him the wee bairn and his mither, and cam intil the land o' Isra'l. 22. But whan it was tell't him that Archelaus rang in Judea in the stead o' Herod his faither, he was fieyed to gang thar : but, bein instruckit in a dream, he gaed intil the pairts o' Galilee : 23. And cam and dwalt in a citie ca'd Nazareth ; that it soud come to pass that was said by the prophet, "He will be ca'd a Nazarene." CHAPTIR THRIE. John bapteezin. He speaks wf unco plain- ness to the folk. Bapteeses the Son o' Man. NOO, i' thae days« comes John the Baptist, preachin i' the wilderness o' Judea. 2. And quo' he, " Repent ye a' 1 for the kingdom o' Heeven is at haun I " 3. For it is he wha was tell't o' by Esaiah the prophet, sayin, *• The sough o' ane cryin oot i' the waste, * Mak ye ready a gate for the Lord I Strauchten oot his fit-road ! ' " 4. And John his sel had his cleedin o' camel's hair, and a belt o' a skin ; and his meat was locusts and rock-hinny. 5. And thar war gangin oot till him Jerusalem and a' Judah, and the kintra- side aboot Jordan ; 6. And war bapteez't by him in Jordan ; confessin a' their sin. 7. But whan he saw a hantle o' the Pharisees and Sadducees come till his bapteezin, quo' he till them, "Eh, ye venomous race! Wha has gien you warnin to flee frae comin wrath ? 8. " Fesh than forth the frutes conform till Repentance ! 9. " And say-ye-na to yersels, • We mM^ Jesus tempit. MATTHEW, IV. Ca's a wheen disciples. hae Abra'm for oor faither ! ' for say I t'ye, God coud raise up oot o' thir stanes, bairns till Abra'm i 10. '* And noo is the axe brocht to the rute o' the trees ; and ilka tree bringin-na forth gude frute is cuttit doon, and cuisten intil the burnin. 11. "I, indeed, div in watir bapteeze ye intil Repentance ; but he wha follows me is sterker than mysel ; whase shoon I'se no fit to cairry; he sal bapteeze ye wi' Holie Spirit, and flaughts o' fire. 12. " Whase fanner is in his neive, and he'seo'scour-oot his threshin -floor, and gaither his wheat intil his girnal ; but the caulTwull he burn in nevirendin lowe ! " 13. Than cam Jesus frae Galilee till John, to be bapteez't o' him. 14. Noo, John wad hae forbidden him ; and quo' he, " I hae need o' thy bapteezin, and come ye till me ? " 15. But Jesus answer't him, and said, " Sae be it e-noo ; for sae it behoves us to fulfil a' richt-ganging I " Than he con- tentit him. 16. And Jesus, whan he was bapteez't, gaed up straught frae the watir, and be- hauld ! the heevens war unsteekit till him, and he saw the Spirit o' God comin doon like a doo, and lichtin upon him. 17. And behauldl a voice oot o' the lift, sayin, " This is my Son, my Beloved, in wham I delicht 1 " CHAPTIR FOWR. Sautan has a tulste wC Christ. Jesus tahs up wi' Capernaum ; and bids a ivheen disciples. THAN was Jesus airtit by the Spirit intil the wilderness, thar to be testit o' the Enemy. 3. And whan he had fastit for forty days and nichts, he was spent wi' hung'er. 3. And whan the Tempter cam till him, quo' he '* Gin thou be God's Son, speak to thir stanes, that they be bannocks ! " 4. Qut he, answerin till him, said, *' No allenarlie on breid leeves man, but by ilk word o' God's mooth I " 5. Than the deevil taks him wi' him intil the holie citie, and pits him on the tapmaist towerickie o' the Temple. 6. And quo' he till him, " Gin ye be * V. 12. The Lord is unco lang-sufferan ; but wha lichtlies him will fin' a time comin whan the Maister redds up his floor ; and what's caufF maun gang the gate o' the cauff— intil the lowe t 3 God's Son, cuist yersel ower; for it is putten-doon, 'Till his Angels sal he gie chairge anent ye ; and on their hauns sal they baud ye up, that ye clour-na yere fit again a stane ! ' " 7. Quo' Jesus till him, '• Ance mair it is putten-doon, • Ye sanna temp the Lord yere God ! '" 8. And again the Enemy taks him up intil an unco heigh mountain, and airts him till a' the kingdoms o' the yirth, and a' their glorie ; g. And says till him, " A' thae things gie I t'ye, gin ye, fa'in doon, gie worship till me I " 10. Than quo Jesus till him, "Awa' Sautan ! for it is putten-doon, ' The Lord yere God sal ye worsh'p ; and him allenarlie sal ye ser' ! ' " 11. Than the deevil quats him; and behauld ! the Angels cam to ser' him. 12. Noo whan it was tell't him that John was taen baud o', he gaed awa' intil Galilee : 13. And forsakin Nazareth, he cam and made his dwallin i' Capernaum, on the side o' the Loch, on the border o' Zabulon and Naphtali ; 14. That it micht come to pass what said Esaiah the prophet, 15. "Land o Zabulon 1 and land o' Naphtali ! Galilee o' the nations ! 16. "The folk that war sittin i' the mirk, saw an unco licht ■ and till a' thae sittin i' the land and the mirkness o' the deid, the licht raise up ! " 17. Frae that time forth begude Jesus to preach ; and quo' he, " Repent ye 1 for Heeven's kingdom draws nar-haun ! " 18. And walkin by the Loch o' Galilee, he saw twa brithers, Simon, (ca'd Peter), and Andro his brither, castin aboot a net i' the Loch, for they war fisher-folk. 19. And quo' he till them, "Follow ye me I and I'se mak ye fishers o' men ! " 20. And they, withoot ado, left the nets, and gaed eftir him. 21. And gangin forrit tharawa, he saw ither twa brithers, James, son o' Zebedee, and his brither John, in a smack wi' Zebedee their faither, workin on their nets : and he bad them " Come ! " 22. Ard they, forsakin the boat, and their faither. gaed eftir him. 23. And [esus gaed ower a' Galilee, instructin i' their kirks, and giean forth the BIythe- Message o' the Kingdom, and healin a' diseases, and a' infirmities amang the folk. Sermon on the Mount. MATTHEW, IV, Canniness and peace. 24. And the sough o' him gaed oot inti! a' Syrria; and they fesh't till him a' wha war ill wi' a' diseases and pains, and thae possess't wi' demons, and dementit, and that had a stroke : and he healed them. 25. And unco thrangs foUow't him — frae Galilee, and the Ten Cities, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and ayont the Jordan. CHAPTIR FYVE. Wha's happy? A wheen auld sayins stra uchtit oot. Ettle ye perfection / AND, seein the thran^o' folk, he gaed up intil a mountam ; and whan he was suttendoon, his disciples gather't aboot. 2. And he open't his mooth, and in- structit them ; and quo' he : 3. " Happy the spirits that are lown and cannie : for the kingdom o' Heeven is waitin for them I 4. " Happy they that are makin their maen : for they sal fin' comfort and peace I 5. •• Happy the lowly and meek o' the yirth : for the « yirth sal be their ain hadden I 6. "Happy they whase hung'er and drouth are a' for holiness : for they sal be stegh'd ! 7- "Happy the pitifu' : for they sal win pity theirsels ! 8. " Happy the pure-heartit : for their een sal dwall upon God ! 9. " Happy the makkers-up o' strife : for they sal be coontit for bairns o' God l 10. •' Happy the ill-treatit anes for the sake o' gude : for they'se hae the kingdom o' God I 11. "Happy sal ye be when folk sal misca' ye, and ill-treat ye, and say a' things again ye wrangouslie for my sake I 12. Joy ye, and be blythe i for yer meed is great in Heeven ! for e'en sae did they till the prophets afore ye I 13. "The saut o' the yirth are ye : but gin the saut hae tint its tang, hoo's it to be sautit ? Is it no clean useless ? to be cuisten oot, and trauchl't under folk's feet. 14. '* Ye are the warld's licht. A toon biggit on a hill-tap is aye seen. 15. "Nor wad men licht a crusie, and « V. S. The "yirth" here isna the great warld ; but the grund, the soil. The meek, thae maist like to be rutit oot by stouthreif and guile, sal keep their ain haddens and inailins, and lea' them till their bairns I 4 pit it neath a cog, but set it up ; and it gies licht to a' the hoose. 16. Sae lat yere licht gang abeid, amang men ; that, seein yere gude warks they may'gie God glorie. 17. "Think-na 1 am come to do awa' wi' the Law, or the Prophets : I'se no come to do awa, but to bring to pass 1 i8. " For truly say I t'ye, Till Heeven and Yirth dwine awa, ae jot or ae tittle fails-na o' a' the Law, till a' comes to pass ! 19. "Than, wha breks ane 0' thae wee'st comm^uns, and gars ithers sae do, he sal be ca'd sma' i' the kingdom o' Heeven : but wha sal keep them, and spread them abreid, he sal be ca'd heigh i' the kingdom o' Heeven. 20. •' For I say till ye. Gin yere gude- ness gang-na 'yont the Scribes and Phari- sees, ne'er sal ye win intil the kingdom o' Heeven i 21. " Ye ken hoo it was spoken till the folk o' yore : ' Ye maunna kill ; and wha- Scie kills is in danjrer o' the Coort.' 22. " But say I t'ye, ' Whasae is angry wi' his britherman, sal be in danger o' the Coort : and wha sal say till his brither- man, " Gonyel I " sal bd in danger »' the Cooncil : but wha sal say, " Fule I " sal be in danger o' the fire o' hell ! ' 23. " Sae, gin ye fesh yere offeran till the altar-place, and thar bethink ye o' a sairness in a brither's mind anent ye, 24. " Pit doon yere gift foment the oflferan-stane, and haud awa ; first, be at ane wi' yere brither-man, and syne come and offer yere gift 1 25. " Mak up wi' yere enemy while ye are yet i' the highway wi' him ; sae as he gies-ye-na ower till the judge, and the . judge till the officer, and ye be cuisten intil the prison. 26. " Truly say I t'ye, Ye come-na oot, till ye ha paid the last bodle I 27. •• Ye hae heard it was said lang syne, * Ye sanna commit adultery I ' . 28. " But say I t'ye, Whasae sets his een on a wumman wi' desire, has e'en e-noo committit the sin wi' her in his heart ! 29. " And gin yere richt ee ensnare ye, oot wi't, and cast it frae ye ! it is for yere gude that ae member soud be destroy't, and no that yere hail body soud fa' intil hell! 30. "And gm yere richt haun ensnare ye, cut it aff, and cast it awa ! better for ^ i»d Pfnce. ; and it r abeid, cle warks do awa' I'se no pass I Heeven ae tittle :onies to Swetr-na f MATTHEW, VI. Anent prayer. ye that ae member soud fail, and no that yere hail body soud fa' intil hell ! 31. "The sayin has been, • Whasae pits awa his wife, lat him gie her a writ- ten divorcement I ' 32. " But say I, Whasae pits awa his wife, let abee for the cause o' adultery, gars her commit adultery ; and whasae weds her that is putten awa commits adultery. 33. " Ance mair, ye ken it has been said by thae o' by-past time, ' Ye sanna mansweir yersel, but ye'se render till the Lord yere aiths I ' 34. '• But say I, Sweir-na ava I no by Heeven, for it is God's thron : 3{. •* Nor yet by the Yirth, for it is his fit-brod : nor by Jerusalem, for it is the citie o' the Great King. 36. " Nor sal ye sweir by yere ain heid, for ye canna mak ae hair white nor black. 37. '* But lat yere answer be, " Aye, aye,' and ' Na, na ! ' for onything mair comes o' nae gude. 38. " Ye ken it has been said, 'An ee for an ee, and a tooth for a tooth ! ' 39. '• But s.iy I, Resist-ye-na ill ; but gin ane clour ye on the ae cheek, turn ye till him the ither as weel. 40. " And gin ony man hae a law-plea wi' ye, and tak awa yere coat, e'en lat him hae the cloak as weel. 41. "And gin ye be impress'd for a mile wi' ane, gang ane mair wi' him. 42. "Gie till him seekin frae ye; and frae him wha wad receive o' ye turn-ye-no awa. 43. " Ye ken it has been said, ' Ye sal lo'e yere neebor, and hate yere fae.' 44. *' But say I, Lo'e yere faes ; bless the anes that ban and curse ye ; seek the gude o' thae that hate ye ; and pray for sic as shamefully ill-treat ye, and seek for yere wrang : 45. "That ye a' may be bairns o' yere Faither in Heeven ; for he gars his sun to glint alike on the ill and on the gude ; and sends oot his rain baith on the just and the unjust. 46. " For gin ye but lo'e whaur thar u love till yersel, whaur is yere meed? divna e'en the reivin tax-men do the same? 47. "And gin ye but speir eftir yere ain kith, how div ye mair nor ither folk ? divna e'en the tax-men sae ? 48. *' But ye maun be perfete, e'en as yere Faither Aboon is a' perfete I " 5 CHAPTIR SAX. He tvha hears prayer ran weel teach it! Ane soudna hae twa Maisters, nor be sair trauchled aboot things o the yirth. " r I 1AK tent no to do yere gude warks i' J_ the sicht o' men, that ye may be seen by them ; els hae ye tint reward frae yere Faither wha is in Heeven. 2. " Whan, than, ye wad do a gude wark, dinna hae a bugle-horn soondit afore ye, as the pretenders div in kirks and merkits, that they may be roosed o' men. Truly say I t'ye, they hae gotten f ,' their reward ! 3. " But whan ye wad do a gude wark, lat yere left haun no jalouse what yere richt haun is thrang wi I 4. "That yere gude warks may be dune hidlins ; and yere Faither wha sees i' the hidlin place, sal his ain sel reward ye. 5. "And whane'er ye pray, be-na as the pretenders ; for weel they like to pray i' the kirks, and at the corners o' the braid causeys, sae as folk soud see them. Aye, aye ! say I ; they hae gotten their re- ward I 6. " But ye, whan ye wad pray, gang intil yere bower ; and, steeikin yere door, pray till yere Faither wha is in the hidlin place ; and yere Faither, wha sees i' the hidlin place, sal his ain sel reward ye ! 7. "And in yere prayin, rhyme-na things ower and ower, incontinent, like the heathen-folk : for they trow gin that they speak eneuch, they sal be heard. 8. •• Come-na than to be like till them ; for yere Faither kens weel a' yere needs, afore e'en ye ask him. 9. " And sae pray ye : * Faither o' us a', bidin Aboon ! Thy name be holie 1 10. " • Lat thy reign begin 1 Lat thy wull be dune, baith in Yirth and Heeven 1 ir. "'Gie us ilka day oor needfu' fendin. 12. " ' And forgie us a' oor ill-deed^s, as we e'en forgae thae wha did us ill : 13. " ' And lat us no be siftit ; but save us frae the«lll-Anel For the croon is thine ain, and the micht and the glorie, for evir and evir, Amen ! ' «V. 13. "Frae the Ill-Ane " raither read, than frae " ill " in general. Sae oor best authorities. And "the croon, and the micht, and the glorie," isna fund in mony ancient copies ; but seems natheless to hae been generally used i' the kirks, Fasttn and faJiin MATTHEW, VI. Judge-na t y I i 14. " For fjin ye be forRiean men their fauts, yere Faithet in Heeven wull e'en forgie you. 15. " But gif ye are no forgiean men their fauts, nae mair wull yere Faither for- gie yere fauts. 16. *' And again, whan ye are fastin, ye arena to be as the pretenders, wi' wae i' yere faces ; for they mar their looks, that they may kythe afore men as fastin. Aye, aye ! say I, they too hae their reward I 17. " Hut ye, whan ye fast, snod yere heid, and freshen yere face ; 18. " That ye be-na seen by men to be fastin, but seen o' yere Faither wha is e'en i' the hidlin place : and yere Faither, wha sees i' the hidlin place, his ain sel sal reward ye. 19. " Lay-na up gear for yersel on the Yirth, whaur the moth and the roust mak- awa wi't, and whaur thieves howk throwe and steal. 20. "But lay ye up gear in Heeven, whaur nae moth and nae roust can mak- awa wi't, and whaur thieves canna howk throwe- nor steal. 21. " For whaur yere treasur lies, e'en thar yere heart wull be ! 22. " The lamp o' the hail body is the ee ; than, gin aiblins yere ee is aefauld and leal, yere hail body is fu* o* licht. 23. " But gin yere ee be dooble and ill, yere hail body bides i' the mirk. Gin, than, the vera licht within ye is but gloom, hoo unco great is the gloom ! 24. " Nae man can tak service wi' twa maisters ; for aither he wull lichtlie the ane, and lo'e the ither ; or incontinent he wull baud by the ane, and care-na for the ither. Ye canna be in God's service, and Mammon's as weel ! 25. "Wharfor say I t'ye, Be-na sair fash'd wi cark and care anent yere life — what ye are to eat, and what ye are to drink ? nor yet for yere body, hoo ye are to be cleedit ? Isna the life mair nor the mea't ? and the body mair nor the cleedin ? 26. " Look ye to the wee birdies o' the lift ; for they neither saw nor shear, nor lead intil the barn : and yet yere Heeven- lie Faither gies them meat. Are-ye-na a hantle better nor they ? 27. " And wha amang ye, be he never sae fain, coud mak his sel a span heigher ? 28. " And anent cleedin ; why soud ye hae sae muckle cark and care? Look weel at the lilies o' the lea, hoo they growe ; they toil-na, nor spin ; 29. "y^nd yet say I, that Solomon in a' his glorie was na buskit braw like ane o' thae! 30. " Noo than, gin God sae deed the foggaRCt (the day on the lea, and the morn brunt i' the oven,) hoo muckle mair you, O ye o' the sma' faith 1 31. "Sae be-na sair trauchl't i' yere mind, sayin, ' What sal we eat ? ' or •What sal we drink ? ' or • Hoo sal we be cleedit?' 32. " For o' a' thae things div the Na- tions seek eftir : but yere Heevenlie Faither kens weel that ye need a' thae things. 33. " But be ye seekin first o' a' God's reign and God's richtousness ; and a' thir things sal be ower and aboon t'ye ! 34. " Hae than nae wearin-care anent the day to come : for the morn wull hae care o' its ain. Eneuch for the day is its ain ill ! ' CHAPTIR SEEVEN. Jtidge-ye-nUy but pray: and seek the richt yett. And bigg-ye-na on the sands ! " "TUDGE-NA; that ye be-na judged ! cj 2. "For wi' yere ain judgment sal ye be judged yersel : and wi' yere ain firlot sal yere corn be measur't till ye ! 3. " And why soud ye craftily spy oot the mote i' yere brither's ee, and think-na o' the caber i' yere ain ee ? 4. " Or wull ye say till yere brither, 'Thole ye, till I tak oot the mole frae yere ee ! ' and behauld ! a caber is in yere ain ee ! 5. " Pretender ! Oot wi' the caber frae yere ain ee first ! and than may ye hae gude sicht to pu' the mote oot o' yere brither's ee ! 6. •' Ye maunna gie holie things to dowgs ; nor yet cast pearls afore swine ; that thir trauchle-them-na aneath their feet, and thae turn-na on ye to rive ye. 7. '• Ask, and it sal be gien ye ; seek, and ye sal hae ; chap, and it sal be unsteekit t'ye. 8. " For ilk ane that asks obteens; and he fin's wha seeks ; and till him wha chaps it sal be open't. 9. "And whatna man is amang ye, wha — gin his son asks for breid — wad gie him a stane ? 10. " Or gin he asks a fish, wull he gie him a viper ? 11. *' Gin ye, than, bein sinfu', ken hoo to be aye giean gude things till yere ain Judge-na ! omon in a' ike ane o' deed the \ the morn mair you, I't i' yere eat ? '^ or ) sal we be V the Na- Heevenlie id a' thae ' a' God's inda' thir ye ! rare anent 1 will] hae day is its the richt nds ! a judged ! gment sal yere ain till ye 1 y spy oot [ think-na e brither, Tiote frae is in yere :aber frae y ye hae 3t o' yere :hings to e swine ; Uh their ive ye. e; seek, t sal be ens; and lim wha lang ye, -wad gie 11 he gie ken hoc i^ere ain Gude and ill fnite. MATTHEW, VIII. The officers servant. bairns, hoo muckle mair sal yere Faither wha is Abooii gie gude things till thae that ask o' him } 12. "Andsae, a' things whatsoe'er ye wad that men soud do till yersel, div ye do e'en sae till them ; for this is the hail Law and the Prophets. 13. "Gang ye in at the strett yett ; for muckle is the yett, and braid is the causey, that leads on till destruction ; and mony a ane gangs intil't ! 14. '• For strett is the yett, and crampit is the fit-road that airts awa to life ; and but a wee wheen find it ! 15. "Tak ye tent o' fviuseprophets, whilk come t'ye i' sheep's-cleedin, but i' the hinner-end are devoorin wolves ! 16. •' Ye may « ken them by their frutes . Div folk gather grapes frae the thorns, or figs amang thrissles ? 17. " E en sae, ilka gude tree brings forth gude frute ; but a fushionless tree brings forth ill frute. 18. "A gude tree winna bring forth ill frute ; nor can a fushionless tree gie gude frute. 19. •' Ilka tree that brings-na forth gude frute is cuttit doon, and cuisten intil the fire. 20. " Sae by their frutes ye sal aye ken then). 21. '* It isna ilka ane that cries oot ' Lord, Lord ! ' that gangs intil the King- dom o' Heeven ; but he that dis the wull o' my Faither wha is in Heeven. ■ 22. " Mony a ane wull say to me i' that day, ' Lord, Lord ! prophesy't-we-na i' thy name ? And cuist-we-na-oot demons i' thy name ? And did-we-na mony ferlies i' thy name ? ' 23. *' And than wull I confess till them, • I nevii acknowledged ye ! Depairt frae me, ye that cairry-oot wrang I ' 24. " And sae ilka ane hearin and per- formin thir sayins o' mine, sal be liken't till a wyss man, wha biggit his hoose on the rock. 25. " And the rain fell, and the spate cam, and the win's blew and stormed again that hoose ; and it fell-na, for it stude siccar on the rock ! 26. "And ilka ane wha hears and dis- na thir sayins o' mine, sal be like till a sumph wha biggit his hoose on sand : 27. " And the rain fell, and the spate cam, and the win's blew and stormed again that hoose ; and it wharriml't ower ; and muckle was the fa' o't ! " 28. And it cam aboot, whan Jesus had endit thir words, the folk war amazed at his teachin ; 29. For he spak till them as ane that had authority, and no like the Scribes. CHArXIR AUCHT. Intil Capernaum, ivhaiir he drave oot sick- ness : oot on the Ijich, whaur the storm was hauden in his neive ! AND wh;m he cam doon frae the mountain, great thrangs o' folk fol- low't him. 2. And behauld ! a leper cam and wor- shipp't him, and said, " Lord ! gin ye wad, ye can mak me clean ! " 3. And Jesus pat oot his haun, and touched him, sayin, " I wull, be ye clean ! " And at ance his leprosy was healed. 4. And Jesus chairged him, *' See thai ye tell nane ; but gang yere ways till the priest, and gie ye the gift commandit by Moses, for a token till them ! " 5. And whan Jesus cam intil Caper- naum, thar cam till him a Captain, and besocht him, 6. Sayin, " Lord ! my servant-lad is doon wi a stroke, in my hoose, in unco pain ! " 7. Quo' Jesus till him, ** I wull come and heal him ! " 8. And the Captain aiiswer't, " Lord ! I am-na fit ye soud come aneath my roof; but only say the word, and my servant- lad sal be weel ! 9. "For e'en I my sel, « a man aneath authority, hae sodgers under me ; and I say till and • Gang,' and he gangs ; and till another • Come,' and he comes ; and till my servant-lad, ' Do sae and sae,' and he dis it!" 10. Hearin this, Jesus ferlied ; and said till thae that follow't, '• I haena fund sic faith as this, no in a' Isra'l ! 11. "And I say t'ye, Mony sal come frae the East and frae the Wast, and sit doon wi* Abra'm, and Isaac, and Jaucob, i' the Kingdom o' Heeven. vz. •• But the sons o* the kingdom sa| ■ V. 16. And tak ye tent, that ither men ken you by your frutes, as weel ! As a man acts and thinks, sae is the man ! 7 « V. 9. The Roman Captain argued weel ! He, an inferior officer wi' a hunner men, had his biddins dune by them ; hoo muckle mair coud this Divine Healer order the palsy to be gane I Storm on the Loch. MATTHEW, VIII. The man ivV a stroke. ts be cuisten oot intil the mirk oot-by : thar sal be greetin and girnin o* teeth ! " 13. And Jesus said till the Captain, " Gang yere ways ! E'en as ye lippened, sae sal it be dune t'ye-" And his servant- lad was made weel i' that same 'oor. 14. And Jesus, enterin Peter's hoose, saw his gude-mither lyin, doon wi' a fivver. 1 5. And he touched her haun, and the fivver was gane. And she raise, and waitit on him. 16 But whan the gloamin cam on, they brocht till him a hantle wi' evil spirits, and he cuist oot the spirits wi' a word, and healed a' the sick : 17. That sae micht the words o' Esaiah be fulfilled, wha threepit, " He his ain sel took oor sillinesses, and bure oor sick- nesses I" ' >, 18. Noo Jesus, seein great thrangs aboot him, commandit to gang ower till the ither side. 19. And a certain Writer cam, and quo' he, " Maister ! I wuU follow ye, whaursa- e'er ye may gang ! " 20. Jesus said till him, "The tods hae holes, and the birdies o' the lift hae nests ; but the Son o' Man hasna whaur his held may lie ! " 21. And anither o' his followers says, " Lord ! lat me first gang till my faither's burial ! " 22. But Jesus says till him, "Follow ye nie ! and lea' the deid to bury their ain deid ! " 23. And whan he gaed intil a boat, his disciples foUow't him. 24. And behauld ! a great storm raise on the Loch ; and wave eftir wave gaed ower the boat : but he was sleepin. 25. And comin till him, they roused him, sayin, " Maister ! save us : we perish ! " 26. And he says till them, " Why soud ye be fley't ? ye o' sic sma' faith ! " Than he raise, and challenged the winds and the sea. And a' was lown ! 27 And the men ferlied, uncolie, sayin, " Whatiia man is this, that e'en the winds and the watirs obey him ? " 28. And whan he cam till the ither side, till the pairts o* the Gadarenes, thar met him twa possess't anes, comin oot o' the tombs, unco fierce, sae that nane daur gang that gate. 29. And behauld ! they cry't oot, •' What hae we wi' you^ Son o' God ! Are ye come to torment us 'or the time ! " 8 30. Noo thar war feedin, a gey bit aff frae them, a great herd o' swine. 31. Sae the evil spirits besocht him, sayin, " Gin ye^ast us oot, send us intil the herd o' swine ! " 32. And he said till them, " Gang ! " And whan they cam oot, they gaed intil the herd o' swine ; and behauld ! a' the herd rushed doon the scaur intil the Loch, and perished i' the watirs. 33. And they that herdit them fled, and gaed their gate till the citie, and tell't a' ; and what had befaun the possess't anes. 34. And behauld ! a' the citie cam oot to meet Jesus : and whan they saw him they besocht him to gang awa frae their borders. CHAPTIR NINE. Twa hames made blythe — Matthew and Jairus. The blM and the dumb rejoice. AND he enter't the boat, and gaed ower, and cam till his ain toun. 2. And behauld ! they war bringin till him a man doon wi' a stroke, lyin on a couch : and Jesus, seein their aefauldness says till the man, " Bairn, be o' gude heart ; yere sins are forgien ye ! " 3. And behauld ! thar war Writers sayin within theirsels, ^' This ane speaks profaneness ! " 4. And Jesus, kennin their thochts, says, " Why soud ye think ill in yere hearts ? 5. " Whilk is easier to say, *Yere sins are forgien ! * or to say, ' Rise ye, and walk ' ? 6. " But sae as ye may ken the San o' Man has auihoritie on the yirth to forgie sins," (quo' he till the ane wi' a stroke,) " Rise ye, tak up yere couch, and gang yere w^s till yere ain hoose ! " 7. And he, risin up, gaed awa till his ain hoose. 8. And a' the folk, seein it, war dauntit wi' fear, and glorify'i God " for giean sic pooer to men ! '' 9. And as Jesus gaed on frae that, he saw a man ca'd Matthew, sittin whaur the dues war paid ; and he says till him, " Follow ye me 1" And he raise, and foilow't him. 10. And it cam aboot, as he was at meat i' the hoofe, that behauld! mony tax-men and ill deedie anes cam and sat doon wi' him and his disciples. 1 1. And whan the Pharisees saw that, quo' they till his disciples, " Hoo is't that t ! JvV a stroke. The wumman healed. MATTHEW, X The Tivat sent oot. \ yere maister taks meat wi' tax- folk and ill-deedie anes ? " 12. Noo Jesus heard ; and quo' he till them, '• It's no the hale anes that need the leech, but thae that are ill. 13. "But gae ye and learn what that sets forth, • I wad suner hae mercy nor sacrifeece'; for I am*na come to ca' the richtous, but sinners ? " 14. Than the disciples o' John cam till him; and quo' they, "Hoo is't that we fast muckle — and the Pharisees — but yere disciples haena to fast ? " 1 5. And Jesus says till them, " Can the bairns o' the bridal-bower fast whan the bridegroom is wi' them ? But the days come, whan the bridegroom is taen awa frae them, and than wull they fast ! 16. " And nae ane pits a clout o' raw claith on an auld coat , for in waukin-up it rives awa frae the cleedin, and the hole is made waur. 17. " Nor div men teem new wine intil auld skins ; else the skins rive, and the wine skails ; and the skins are destroy't : but they teem new wine intil new wine-skins, and baith are keepit." 18. And, meanwhile he was speakin thir things till them, behauld ! a certain Ruler cam, and loutit doon afore him, sayin, " My dochter maun e'en noo be deid ! But come and pit thy haun ower her, and she sal leeve ! " 19. And Jesus raise and foUow't him ; and the disciples as weel. 20. And behauld! a wumman wi' an issue o' blude twal year, cam ahint him to touch the border o' his manteel. 21. For she said till hersel, " Gin I can but touch his manteel, I sal be weel ! " 22. But Jesus turned him roon', and whan he saw her, said, " Dochter, tak heart I Yere faith has made ye hale 1 " And the wumman was made hale frae that 'oor. 23. And Jesus, comin intil the Ruler's hoose, saw the flute-players, and the folk makin a rout. 24. He said till them, " Gie place : for the bairn is no deid, but is sleepin ! " And they geck't at him, and leuch. 25. But whan a' the folk war putten oot, lie gaed ben ; and takin her by the haun, the lassie raise. 26. And the sough o't spread abreid in a' that kintra-side. 27. And as Jesus gaed forrit, twa blin' men follow't him, cryin oot and sayin, '• Son o' Dauvid I hae mercie on us I " 28. And whan he was within the hoose, the blin' men cam till him ; and Jesus says till them, " Lippen ye that I can do this ? " And they say till him, *' Aye, Lord I " 29. Than touched he their een, sayii., " E'en as yer faith, sae be it dune till ye ! " 30. And their een war unsteekit ; and Jesus stricklie chairged them, sayin, " See that nae man ken ! " 31. But they gaed oot, and spread abreid his fame in a' that kintra-side. 32. And as they gaed oot, behauld I they brocht him a dumb man, wi' an evil spirit. 33. And whan the evil spirit was cuisten oot, the dumb spak ; and a' the folk ferlied, sayin, " Nevir was sic seen in Isra'l!" 34. But the Pharisees said, *' He casts oot the demons by the prince o' the demons ! " 35. And Jesus gaed aboot a' the touns and villages, teachin i' their kirks, and makin kent the Blythe-message o' the Kingdom, and healin a' kinds o' sickness, and every ill amang the people. 36. But whan he lookit on the thrangs, he was fu' o' compassion, for they war in distress and war scattered, as sheep wantin a shepherd. 37. Than said he till his disciples, " The hairst is maist abundant, but the hairst-folk are few ! 38. "Pray ye till the Maister o' the hairst, that he may send oot laborers mtil his hairst ! " CHAPTIR TEN. The Tival Apostles coonseWt, and sent oot. AND ca'in his twal disciples till him, he gied them the rule ower unclean spirits, sae as to cast them oot, and to heal a' mainner o' sickness and feckless- ness. 2. Noo the twal Apostles' names are thir : first Simon, wha is named Peter, and Androhis brither; James o' Zebedee, and John his brither; 3. Philip, and Bartholomie, Tammas, and Matthew the tax-man ; James o' Alpheus, and Thaddeus ; 4. Simon the Zealot ; and Judas Iscariot, wha e'en betray't him. 5. Thir twal Jesus sent oot, and chairged them, sayin, " Gang-na the gate o' the Gentiles, and enter-na ony Samari- tan-citie : WJ The Twal' instructit. MATTHEW, X. FoUowin Christ. \ ? t the '* And whasae winna tak ye in, nor yere words — whan ye gang oot 6. " But gang ye raither till forwanderin sheep o' Isra'l's hoose. 7. *• And as ye gang, proclaim and say, * The Kingdom o' Heeven is at haun I ' 8. ** The sick heal ; the lepers cleanse ; the deid raise ; ill spirits cast ye oot : freely ye hae gotten ; as freely gie ye ! 9. "Get ye nae gowd, nor siller, nor yet copper i* yer pouches ; ID. " Nae wallet for yere journey, nor a spare coat, nor shoon, nor staff: for the worker is wordie o' his meat ! 11. •• And intil whatna citie or toun ye may gae, seek ye oot wha is wordie ; and bide ye thar till ye gang awa. 1 2. " And whan ye come intil a hoose, salute it. 13. "And gin the hoose be wordie, lat yere peace bide upon it ; and gin it be no wordie, yere peace wuU come back till ye again 14. hear yere worus — wnan ye gang oot o that hoose or that toun, flaflf aff the vera stour frae yere feet. 15. "Truly say I t'ye, It sal be mair tholeable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day o' Judgment nor for that citie! 16. *' Behauld I I send ye oot as sheep amang wolves : be ye than wyss like serpents, and aefauld as doos. 17. " But «tak tent o' men I for they wull gie ye up till Cooncils, and clour ye i' their kirks ; 18. "And ye sal be brocht afore Governors and Kings for my sake, for a testimbnie till them and till the nations. 19. " But whan they deliver ye up, be- na fashed aboot hoo or what ye sal say : for in that same 'oor it sal be gien ye what to say. 20. " For it isna ye wha are speakin, but the Spirit o' yere Faither wha speaks in ye. 21. " And brither sal gie up the brither till deid, and the faither the bairn ; and the bairns sal rise up again the parents, and hae them putten till deid. 22. •• And ye sal be hatit o' a' folk for the sake o' my name ; but he wha tholes to the end, that same sal be deliver't. 23. " But whan they persecute ye i* this toun, flee till anither ; for truly say I t'ye, Ye'se no be ower the cities o' Isra'I till whan the Son o' Man comes ! 24. "The learner is no aboon the teacher, nor a servant aboon the maister. 25. " Eneuch that the learner sud fare as dis the teacher, and the servant like his maister. Gin they ca' the maister o' the hoose Beelzebul, hoo muckle mair them o' his househauld ? 26. " Be-na fley't at them than ; for thar is naething cover't that sanna be uncover't ; and hid, that sanna be kent. 27. "What I tell ye i' the mirk, tell ye oot i' the licht ? And what ye hear whush't i* the lug, proclaim ye on the hoose-taps 1 28. " And dreid-na them wha slay the body, but canna slay the saul I but raither dreid ye him wha is able to wreck saul and body in hell ! 29. *' Arena twa sparrows gaun for a bodle? And ane frae mang them fa's-na on the grund withoot yere Faither I 30. " But the vera hairs o' yere heid are a' coontit. 31. "Be-na doon-pitten, than : ye are better nor mony sparrows I 32. '* Whasae sal own me afore men, him sal I own afore my Faither wha is in Heeven. 33. " But whasae disowns me afore men, him sal I disqwn afore my Faither wha is in Heeven. 34. "Think-na I am come to cast abreid quateness on the yirth : I come-na to cast quateness, but a sword. 35. *' For I am come to set in dispute a man again his faither, and a dochter again her mither, and a bride again her gude-mither ; 36. "And a man's faes are they o' his ain hoose. 37. " Wha lo'es faither or mither mair «V. 17. "Tak tent"; no i' the way o" fol- lowin or belie vin them, (a? in Acts 8:6. whaur the same expression is used ;) but to avoid what they say. " Do as we do," says the warld, "and let Christ aiane ! " " Na ! ' says the Christian, " I'll follow him, e'en gin he leads me till my cross !" (ver. 38.) "A Christian," quo' Luther, "is aye a Crusian !" 10 nor me, isna wordie o' me ; and wha lo'es son or dochter mair nor me, isna wordie o' me. 38. " And wha taks-na-up his cross, to follow me, isna wordie o' me. 39. " He wha wins his life sal tine it ; and wha tines his life for my sake, he sal win it ! 40. " Ho wha welcomes you, welcomes me ; and he wha welcomes me, welcomes him wha sent me forth. 41. "He wha taks m a seer, in the 'ollowin Christ. ■le wha tholes deliver't. srsecute ye i' ^or truly say I cities o* Isra'I mes I aboon the 1 the maister. irner sud fare Jrvant like his naister o' the mair them m than ; for lat sanna be na be kent. he mirk, tell 'hat ye hear ™ ye on the wha slay the sauI I ' but ble to wreck 5 gaun for a them fa's-na ither ! )' yere heid Anent John Baptist. Matthew, xi. Wae to ye, Chorazin ) nan : ye are afore men, ther wha is 5 me afore my Faither tne to cast : I come-na I* : in dispute 1 a dochter 5 again her they o' his either mair d wha lo'es sna wordie s cross, to al tine it ; sake, he welcomes welcomes !r, in the name o' a seer, sal receive a seer's re- ward ; and he wha taks in a holie man i' the name o' a holie man, wins a holie man's reward. 42. '* And whasae sal gie to drink till ane o' thir wee anes a cup o' the cauld watir only, i' the name o' a disciple — truly I say t'yCf he sanna in onygate tine his reward ! " CHAPTIR ELEEVEN. John Baptist speirs ; and Jesus answers. Folk that wadna speir, and wadna be speir^t at! AND it cam aboot, whan Jesus had endit his commauns till his disci- ples, he gaed on, to teach i' their touns. 2. Noo whan John, i' the prison, had heard o' the warks o' the Christ, he sent twa o' his disciples, 3. And speir't at him, "Are ye He wha Comes ? Or div we look for some ither Ane?" 4. Jesus answer't, and says till them, " Gang yere ways ; and schaw John a' that ye see and hear ! 5. " The blin' are gettin their sicht, the lameters walk aboot, the lepe.'s are made clean, the deif are hearin, the deid are raised up, the puir and destitute hae the BIythe-message proclaim't till them ! 6. " And happy sal he be wha sees nae cause o' misdootin in me ! ' 7. And as they gaed th ' 'ays, Jesus begude to speir at thethranK-, ' lent John, *' What gaed ye oot intil the wilderness to see ? a reed waggin i' the wund ? 8. " But what gaed ye oot to see? a man in saft cleedin ? Behauld ! they •wha wear saft cleedin are in Kings' coorts. 9. " But what gaed ye oot for to see ? A prophet ? Aye ! say I t'ye ; mair nor a prophet ! 10. " For this is he o' wham it is written, ' Behauld ! I send oot my messen- ger afore thy face, wha sal mak gangable thy fit-road afore thee I * 11. •* Truly say I t'ye, Amang a' thae that are born o' weemen, hasna risen ane greater nor John Baptist : yet whasae is wee i' the Kingdom o' Heeven is « greater nor he ! oV. II. "In knowledge inade kent till him, in boundless hope, in a felt sibness till his Faither and his God, the laighest bairn o' the new covenant has a richer tocher than the greatest prophet o' the auld." — Farrar, Life of Christ, ch. xx. II 12. "And frae John Baptist's days the Kingdom o' Heeven is in the way o' bein seized, and the seizers tak it by main- stren'th I 13. " For a' the prophets, and the Law, testify't down till John. 14. "And, gin ye but accept ii, this is ' Elijah', wha was to come ! 15. "He wha has hearin to hear, sae lat him hear ! 16. " And to what sal I even this race ? It is like bairns sittin i' the merkit-place, and cryin oot till their marrows, 17. " And sayin, ' We played till ye, and ye didna dance ; we maen'd till ye, and ye made nae wail ! ' 1 8. " For John cam, eatin-na and drinkin-na, and ye say, ' He has an evil spirit ! ' 19. *' The Son o' Man cam, eatin and drinkin ; and ye say, ' See ! a man gluttonous ! a sipper o' wine ! a freend o' tax-men and ill-deedie folk ! * But, * What comes o' Wisdom vindicates her ! ' " 20. Than begude he to challenge thae cities whaur the feck o' his great wunner- warks war dune, for that they repentit-na : 21. "Wae comes till ye, Chorazin! Wae comes till ye, Bethsaida ! for gin in Tyre and Sidon had been dune sic wunner- warks as war dune in you, they wad hae repentit lang syne in tow-claith and assis ! 22. "But say I t'ye, it sal be mair thnleable for Tyre and Sidon at the day o' Judgment, nor for you ! 23. " And ye, Capernaum ! TillHeeven are ye to be raised ? Till hell sal ye be dung doon ! for gin the warks dune in you had been dune in Sodom, it wad hae been to the fore till this day ! 24. " But say I t'ye, It sal be mair tholeable for a Land o' Sodom in the day o' Judgment nor for you ! " 25. At that time Jesus spak, and said : "I gie thee thanks, O Faither, Lord o' Heeven and Yirth ! that thou did hide thir things frae the wyss and the discernin and did schaw them till weans I 26. " Aye, Faither ! for sae it was gude in thy sicht ! 27. " A' things are gien till me o' my Faither. And nane weel-kens the Son but the Faither allenarlie, and nane weel- kens the Faither but only the Son, and he the Son wuU schaw him till. 28. "Come ye to me, a' ye wha toil and moil wi' heavy burdens, and I wull gie ye rest I 29. "Tak my yoke upon ye. and learn The wizeeri't haun. MATTHEW, XII. Wha expels demons ? m ye o' me : for I am meek and lowly-heartit, and ye sal fin' rest till yer sauls. 30. '• For my yoke is pleasant ; and my burden licht. CHAPTIR TWAL. Graun teachin — in field, kirk and hoose ; but ill-mou'd, thrawart scholars. AT sic a time Jesus gaed on the Sabbath-day throwe the corn ; and his disciples war yap, and begude to tak baud o' the heids o' the corn, and to eat. 2. But whan the Pharisees saw't, quo' they till him, " See ! yere disciples are doin what's no alloo'd, on the Sabbath ! " 3. Bui he answer't them, " Hae ye no read what Dauvid did, whan he was hung'er't, and the anes that war wi' him? 4. '* Hoo he gaed intil God's Hoose, and did eat the Breid o' the Presence, whilk was unlawfu' for him to eat — and unlawfu' for them wi' him to eat — but for the priests allenarlie ? 5. " Or hae ye read-na i' the Law, hoo on the Sabbath-day the priests i' the Temple brek the Sabbath, and sin-na ? 6. " But I say t'ye, Thar is Ane here, greater e'en than the Temple ' 7 ' ~ this, feece,' ye wadna hae wytit the guiltless ! 8. " For the Son o' Man is Lord o' the Sabbath ! " 9. And he left thar-awa, and gaed until the kirk. 10. And behauld ! a man was thar, wi' a wizzen't ha'- lud they speir't at him, " Is it richt to ..-.il folk on the Sabbath- day ? " that they micht wyte him. 11. And said he till them : " Whatna man is amang ye, wha auchts ae sheep, and gin it fa' intil asheugh, wull he no lay baud o't, and tak it oot ? 12. •• Hoo muckle mair than is a man no worth nor a sheep ? And sae, it is weel to dogude on the Sabbath-day." 13. Than said he till the man, oot yere haun ! '* And he rax't it and it was restor't, hale and weel, like the ither. 14. Than the Pharisees gaed oot, and counsell't thegither, how they micht mak awa' wi' him. 15. But Jesus, kennin it, withdrew frae that place ; and great thrangs follow't him ; and he heal'd them a' ; 16. Chairgin them that they soudna mak him kent ; 12 pass what " But gin ye had kent the meanin o' • I choose mercy raither than sacri- "Rax oot ; 17. That it micht come to Esaiah spak, whan he said : " Behauld my Servant, my Chosen, my Beloved ! My saul is wecl-pleased in him. I wull lay my Spirit on him, and he sal schaw true judgment till the nations. 19. " He sal mak nae tulzie, nor cryin ; and nae man sal hear his voice i' the streets. 20. "A dentit reed he breks-na, and the ill-luntit tow he s ips-na, till true judgment he sends on to victory. 21. " And on his name sal the nations lippen." 22. Than was brocht till him ane pos- sess'd wi' a demon, blin' and dumb : and he heal'd him, sae that the dumb man spak and lookit. 23. And a' the folk war astonish't ; and quo' they, *' Is this no Dauvid's Son ?" 24. But whan the Pharisees heard that, quo' they, " This ane casts-na-oot demons but throwe Beelzebul, the prince o' the demons!" 25. But, kennin their thochts, he said till them, •• Ilka kingdom workin again itsel is brocht to waste ; and ilka citie or hoose workin again itsel canna staun. 26. " And gm Sautan cast oot Sautan, he is workin again himsel ; hoo than wull he mak his kingdom staun ? 27. " And gin I throwe Beelzebul cast oot demons, wha casts them oot by yere ain sons? Sae they sal e'en be yere judges. 28. " But gin I by the Spirit o' God hae cuisten them oot, than the pooer o' God has come on ye 1 29. " Or, hoo sal ane come intil a Strang man's hauld, and poind his gear, gin he divna first shackle doon the Strang, man, and than harrie his hoose ? 30 •' He wha isna wi' me is again me ; and wha gaithers-na wi' me, skails abreid. 31. " Sae, say I t'ye, Ilka sin and bias- phemie sal be forgi'en to men ; but the blasphemin o' the Spirit sanna be forgi'en. 32. " And wha sal speak a word again the Son o' Man, it sal be forgi'en till him ; but wha sal speak again the Holie Spirit, it sanna be forgi'en him, naither i' this warld, nor in that to come ! 33. " Mak aither gude the tree and gude the frute ; or els mak ill the tree and ill the frute : for the tree is kent by its frute. 34. " Ye oot-come o' vipers I hoo are ye, bein ill, to speak gude things ? for o' the owercome o' the heart the mou' wuU speak. Solemn wamins. MATTHEW, XIII. Parable o' the Sawer. 35. "A gude man, oot o' the gude treasur, feshes forth ^ude things, and an ill man, oof o' the ill plenishin, feshea forth ill things. 36. " And I say t'ye, Ilka lowse word that men sal say, they sal gie accoont o't at the Day o' Judgment ! 37. " For by yere words sal ye be ac- ceptit, and by yere words sal ye be hauden guilty." 38. Than some o' the Writers and Pharisees answer't, sayin, " Maister, we wad see a token frac thee ! " 39. But he answer't till them, "An ill-doin and adulterous race seek for a token ; and nae token sal be gien till't, but the token o' Jonah the prophet. 40. " For as Jonah was thrie days and thrie nichts i' the wame 0' the sea-mon- ster, sae sal the Son o' Man be i' the heart o' the yirth thrie days and thrie nichts. 41. "The folk o' Nineveh sal rise in judgment wi' this race, and condemn it ; for they turned at Jonah's preachin ; and behauld ! Ane greater nor Jonah is here i 42. •' The Queen o' the Sooth-land sal rise up i' the Judgment wi' this race, and condemn it ; for she airtit hersel frae the ends o' the yirth to hear Solomon's wis- dom ; and behauld I Ane greater nor Solomon is here ! 43. '* But the foul spirit, whan it has gan^ frae the man, gangs oot throwe drouthie pairts, seekin rest, and Bn'in nane: 44. 'I • Than', quo' he, ' I'se e'en gang back till my ain hoose, whaur I cam frae 1 ' And whan he comes, he finds it toom, soopit oot, and buskit braw. 45. " Than gangs awa he, and takin wi' him seeven mair, waur nor himsel, enters in and bides thar ; and that man's last state is '^ waur nor the first. Sae sal it be wi' this ill-doin race ! " 46. And whan he was e'en-noo speakin till the folk, behauld I his mither and his brethren stude oot-by, seekin to speak wi' him. 47. And ane says till him, " Behauld ! thy mither and brethren, staunin oot-by, seekin to speak wi' thee I " » V. 45. Ca' oot the ill s{}irit I but dinna stop thar : welcome the Holie Spirit within ! A toom hoose is the gangrel's invitation : and a reformation that ends short o' bein horn again, lea's ane waur nor before I 13 O^ 48. But quo' he till him wha tell't him, " Wha is a mither to me ? and wha are brethren o' mine ? " 49. And raxin oot his hauns towards his disciples,, he says: "Behauld my mither and brethren ! For wha sal do the wuU o' my Faither Aboon, he is my brither, and sister, and mither I " CHAPTIR THIRTEEN. Parables and Wvss-Sayins propoondit ; and a ivheen 0' them made plain. Lat ilka man tak tent I that vera day gaed Jesus oot o' the hoose, and sat doon.by the side o' the Loch. 2. And great gaitherins o' folk cam thegither till him, sae that he gaed intil a boat, and sat doon ; and the hail o' the folk stude on the shore. 3. And he spak mony things till them in parables ; and quo' he: "Tak tent: The sawer gaed oot to saw. 4. '* And in his sawin, a neii!u' was mis-cuisten on the fit-road, and eaten up wi' the birdies. 5. " Some fell on the stanerie bits, whaur the yird was jimp ; and it brairdit bonnie, for the mool was thin. 6. " And whan the sun raise heigh, it birsl't up ; and, for that it had nae rute, it dwined awa. 7. " And some fell whaur thorns jiad been ; and up cam the thorns, and chokit it. 8. " And some fell on the gude grun', and brocht forth frute — this a hunner, that saxty, and the ither thretty. 9. *' Wha has lugs for hearin, lat him hear I " 10. And, drawin nar, his disciples say, "Why soud ye speak till them in parables?" 1 1. And he answer't them, " It is, that till you it has been gien to ken o' the things o' the Heevenlie Kingdom : but to them it isna sae gien. 12. " For wha has, to him sal be gieni and he sal hae rowth o't ; but wha hasna, frae him sal be taen awa e'en what he has ! 13. " Sae, speak I till them by parables : for they, seein, are blin'; and they, hearin, are deif ; naither div they ken. 14. "And wi' them is brocht to pass the prophecy o' Esaiah, whilk says : * Wi' hearin ye sal hear, and in naegate under- staun ; ane seein ye sal see and in nae- gate perceive. Gude and ill seed. MATTHEW, Xin. The " Tares*' exponed. 15. •* • For this people's heart is gross, and their lugs are dull to hear, and their een hae they steekit ; least they soud see wi' their een, and hear wi' their lugs, and understaun wi' their heart, and turn again and I soud heal them ! ' 16. '♦ But fair fa' yere een, that they see I and yere lugs, that they hear ! 17. *• For truly say I t'ye, that ahantle o' prophets aud holie men war fain to see the things ye ste, and saw-them-na ; and to hear the things yt hear, and heard- them-na ! 18. " Hear ye than the parable o' The Sawer : 19. " Whan ony ane hears the word o' the Kingdoia, and unde'-stauns-it-na,than comes the Itl Ane, and cleeeks awa that sawn in his heart : this :i he sawn by the fit-road. 20. •• And he on the stanerie bit sawn, is he wha hears the word, and blythely receives it ; 21. "Yet has he nae rate in himsel, and bides but for a wee ; and on dool or fash comin, he stumbles belyve. 22. " And he sawn amang the thorns, this is he wha hears the word, and than the cark o' the warl', and the glamor o' riches, choke up the word, and it bears nae frute. 23. '* But he sawn on the gude grun', this is he wha baith hears and understauns the word ; wha e'en brings forth frute ; and gies, this a hunner, that saxty, and the itherthretty." 24. Anither parable set he afore them ; and quo' he : " The Kingdom o' Heeven is like till a man, wha sawed gude seed in his croft ; 25. " But whan folk war sleepin, cam his fae, and sawed tares amang the wheat, and slippit awa. 26. •' But whan the wheat brairdit and brocht forth frute, than schawed the tares as weel. 27. " Sae cam the servants o' the gude- man, and quo' they till him, ' Sir, did- ye-na saw gude seed i' yere croft ? Frae whatha cause than has it tares ? ' 28. " And he said till them, * Some enemie has dune this 1 ' And quo' the servants till him, * WuU ye hae us gang and gaither them up ? * 29. "But quo' he, 'Na; least as ye gaither up the tares, ye pu' up the wheat wi' them I ' 30. *• • Lat baith grow thegither till the hairst; and at hairst-time I wuU say to 14 the shearersi "Gaither ye thegither the tares first, and burn them ; but gaither ye the wheat intil my barn. " ' " 31. Anither parable set he afore them, sayin, "The Kingdom o* Heeven is like a mustard-seed, whilk a man took, and plantit in his yaird. 32. " Whilk in sooth is sma'est o' a' seeds, but whan it is grown is greater nor the yerbs, and comes till be a tree, sae that the birdies o' the lift come and howflf in iis branches." 33. Anither parable set he afore them : *' The Kingdom o' Heeven is like till risin, whilk a wumman look and pat in a firlot o* meal, till the hail was risen." 34. A' thae things spak Jesus to the folk in a parables ; and wantin a parable spak-he-na till them, 35. That it soud come to pass what was said by the prophet, " I will open my mou' in parables ; I will gie oot things keepit hidlin frae the warld's fundation." 36. Than he pairtit frae the thrangs, and gaed intil the hoose ; and his disci- ples cam till him, and quo' they, " Ex- pone till us the parable o' the Tares o' the Croft ! " 37. He answer't, and quo' he till them, "He wha sawed the gude seed is the Son o' Man. 38. " The croft is the warld ; the gude seed are the bairns o* the Kingdom ; but the tares are the bairns o' the 111 Anfi. 39 " The enemie that sawed them is Sautan ; the hairst is the endin o' the warld, and the shearers are the An- gels. 40. " And e'en as the tares are gaither't and brunt i' the fire, sae sal it be at the end o' the warld. 41. "The Son o' Man sal send oot his Angels, and they sal gaither oot o* his kingdom a' things that ensnare, and a' that do ill ; 42. " And sal cast them intil the lowin « V. 34. How mony maun hae been oor Lord's parables ! Matthew, maist like, gies us but a wheen o' the number. And think yena, Christ aften gied them ower again? Weel- kent Evangelists in oor ain day fin* the ad- vantage o't. And wadna this accoont for the differ i' the cleedin o' them? Matthew giean a parable the way he first heard it, or the way he likit it best ; and Luke the same parable m anither form that he likit best, or they likit it best wha. tell't him. See also note, Luke 14 : 24. II H Jesus at Nazareth. MATTHEW, XIV. John beheidit. ima'est o' a' s greater nor B a tree, sae ne and howff furnace ; thar sal be maenin and girnin o' teeth ! 43. " Than sal the richtous glint forth like the sun, i' their Faither's Kingdom. Wha has hearin to hear, lat him hear ! 44. *' Ance again : The Kingdom o' Heeven is like till gear,bidlins in a field ; the same, whan a man has fund, he hides again, and for the joy o't gangs and niffers a' that he has, and buys that field. 45. '* Again, the Kingdom o' Heeven is like till a tradin-man, seekin precious pearls ; 46. " Wb'd, whan he has fund ae pearl o' a' price, gaed and sell't a' he had, and coft it. 47. " Again, the Kingdom o* Heeven is like till a net cuisten intil the sea, and it gaither't o' a* kinds : 48. " Whilk, whan it was fu', they harl't till the shore, and they sut them doon and waled oot the gude intil creels, but cuist the bad awa. 49. " Sae sal it be at the end o' the warld : the Angels bal come forrit, and wale oot the wicked frae amang the gude ; 50. " And sal cast them intil the lowin furnace : thar sal be maenin and girnin o' teeth ! " 51. And quo' Jesus till them : "Haeye understude a' thir things ? " Quo' they till him : " Aye Lord ! " 52. Than said he till them, *• Ilka scribe wi' the lear o' the Kingdom o' Heeven, is like till ane that is heid o' a hoose, whu can fesh oot o' his presses things baith new and auld." 53. And it cam aboot, that whan Jesus had made an end o' a' his parables, he gaed frae that place. 54. And whan he was come intil his ain kintra-side, he was teachin them i' their kirks, sae that they war astonish't, and quo' they • '• Whaur gat this man this wisdom, and thir ferlies .'' 55. " Isna this the wricht's son ? And isna his mither ca'd * Mary' ? And his brithers James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judah ? 56. And his sisters, arena they a' wi' us ? Frae whaurawa, than, has this man thir things .? " 57. And they war stumbl't at him. But Jesus said till them : " A Prophec isnevir wantin honor, binna it be in his ain kintra- side, and amang his ain folk." 58. And he wrocht-na mony wunner- warks thar, because o' their unbelievin. IS CHAPTIR FOWRTEEN. Herod slays John. Breid V the Wilderness, ijhrisfs fit road on the Sea. ABOOT that time Herod, the King- Depute, heard a' that was said aboot Jesus. 2. And quo' he till them o' his hoose- hauld, " This maun be John the Baptist : he is risen frae the deid ; and sae div thir pooers schaw theirsels in him. 3. For Herod had grippit John, and putten him in bonds ; and cuist him intil prison for the sake o' Herodlas, wife o' his brither Philip. 4. For John said till him : '* It Is un- lawfu' for ye to hae her ! " 5. And whan he wad hae putten him to deid, he was fley't o' the people, for they reckon'd him a Prophet. 6. But whan Herod's birthday cam, the dochter o' Herodias danced i' the midso' them a', and glamor'd Herod. 7. Whauron, he swure to gie her ony- thing she micht crave. 8. And she, bein set on by her mither, said : *' Gie me here John Baptist's heid, on a server ! '• 9. And the king was griev't ; but for the sake o' his aiths, and for thae that sat at meat wi' him, he commandit it to be gien till her. 10. And he sent, and beheidit John i' the prison. 1 1. And his heid was brocht on a server, and gien till the lass ; and she brocht it till her mither. 12. And his disciples cam, and took up the body, and bury't it ; and gaed and tell't Jesus. 13. And whan Jesus heard it, he gaed awa by boat till a desert-place oot-by ; and whan the crowds heard o't, they foUow't on fit frae the toons. 14. And he cam oot, and saw a great thrang ; and he had pitie on them and healed their sick anes. 15. And whan it cam on the e'enin, his disciples cam till him, and quo' they, " This is but a desert-bit, and the time is gaun by ; send the folk awa, that they may gang till the neebor-toons, and buy theirsels meat ! " i6. But Jesus said till them, "They need-na gang awa ; gie ye them to eat 1 " 17. Quo' they till him, " We hae here but five bannocks, and twa fish.'' 18. He said, " Fesh them here till met" u Jesus on the sea. MATTHEW, XIV. 19. And he order't the crood to sit doon on the gerss ; and took the five bannocks and the twa speldrins, and lookin up till Heeven be gied thanks, and brak, and gied the bannocks till the disciples, and the disciples till the folk. 20. And they a' did eat, and war satis- fy't; and theyliftit o' the broken bits that war left, <» twal baskets-fu'. 21. And .hey wha had eaten war aboot five t'aoosand men, forby weemen and weans. 22. And at ance he gar't his disciples gang intil the boat, and gang awa first till the ither side, till he wad send the crood awa. 23. And whan he had sent the croods awa, he gaed up intil a mountain by his sel to pray ; and whan e'enin fell, he was thar alane. 24. But the boat was noo i' the mids o' the loch, vex'd wi' the waves : for the win' was contrar. 25; And i' the hinmaist watch o' the nicht Jesus cam till them, gangin on the sea. 26. And whan the disciples saw him watkin on the sea, they war sair glifft, sayin, " It is a spirit ! And they cry't oot for fear. 27. And at ance Jesus spak till them, •' Be o' gude heart ! It is I ; fear-na ! " 28. And Peter answer't, and quo' he, " Lord, gin it be thou, bid me come till thee on the watirs i " 29. And he said, whan Peter was gotten boat, he walkit on the Jesus. 30. But whan he saw the wund gousty, he fear't ; and as he begude to sink he cry't oot, " Lord, save me ! " 31. And at ance Jesus rax'd oot his haunt and grippit him, sayin till him, " O thou o' sic sma' faith, why did thou fear?" 32. And whan they war gane up intil the boat, the wund was lown. 33. And they o' the boat worshipped him, sayin, " Truly, thou art the Son o' Godl" 34. And when they gat ower, they cam till the land, till Gennesaret. 35. And whan the men o' that place had kennin o' him, they sent oot intil a' •• Come ! " And doon oot o' the watir to gang till Whatfyles. him V. 20. The twal' basket-fu's war nae doot gien till the puirest o' the folk. Breid is a sacred thing, and the' multply't by miracle^ is no to be wastit. 16 the kintra-side, and fesh't till that war ailin ; 36. And entreatit him that they micht but touch the border o' his garment : and a' that touched war made hale. CHAPTIR FYFTEEN. What fyles a man ? The Canaan-wum- man. A great denner on sma' providin. THAN cam Writers and Pharisees o' Jerusalem till Jesus ; and quo' they, 2. "How is't yere disciples mindna the biddens o' the faithers o' auld ? For they eat breid wi' unweshen hauns." 3. But he answer't them, and quo' he, •* Hoo is't that ye too gang contrar till God's commaun wi' yere biddens ? 4. " For God commandit, ' Honor faither and mither', and, 'Wha bans faither or mither, lat him dee t ' 5. " But ye say, ' Wha says till his faither or his mither, • It is a' «devotit, ocht that ye micht hae by me ; 6. *' ' He sal do nocht to mainteen his faither or his mither '. Sae hae ye brocht God's commaun till nocht byyere biddens. 7. " Ye fause anes ! Esaiah weel fore- tell't o' you, sayin, 8. '* ' This folk come nar me wi' thar mou', and gie me honor wi' their lips, but their heart is far awa ! (« t But a' in vain worship they me, layin down for rules the biddens o' men' ". 10. And he ca'd till him the folk, and quo' he till them, '• Hear ye, and under- staun ! 1 1. " It isna what gangs intil the mooth that fyles the man ; but what comes oot o' the mooth, that fyles the man ! " 12. Than cam his disciples, and quo' they, " Kenn'st thou the Pharisees war ill-pleased, whan they heard yon sayin ? " 13. But he said, " Ilka plant no o' my Heevenlie Faither's plantin, sal be up- rutit. 14. " Lat abee ! they're but blin' lead- ers o' the blin" I And gin the sichtless airt the sichtless, baith sal fa' intil the sheugh." 15. Than up-spak Peter, and quo' he, •• Expone till us the parable ! " « V. 5. The awfu' selfishness o' a man tellin his puir faither that he has devotit a* to God, and sae canna fend him— and the Pharisees sayin it was a' proper— is weel condemned here. The faither^s buird was bare : but the son's heart grew stane— a waur ill to dree I W-hatfyles, r* t''l him a' lat they micht ISarment: and nale. fEEN. I Canaan-Tviini- ^a' providin. Pharisees o' nd quo' they, pies mindna ^ auld? For hauns." and quo' he, ig contrar till 'dens ? it. • Honor 'Wha bans leel' says till his a' "devotit, )e; mainteen his lae ye brocht yere biddens. ah weel fore- me wi' thar heir lips, but hip they me, ns o' men* ". he folk, and and under- '1 the mooth t comes oot lan ! " Si and quo' arisees war on sayin ? " t no o' my sal be up. blin' lead- sichtless ' intil the ' quo' he, man tellin 'otit a* to -and the '—is weel buird was ' stane— a The Canaanite s dochter. MATTHEW, Are ye e'en yet XVI. They seek a sign. i6. And Jesus says, ' wantin knowledge ? 17. '• Div ye no ken, that vvhate'er may gang in at the mooth, fin's its way intil the paunch, and is cuisten oot intil the sewer? 18. " ;'ut hae things whilk come frae the mooth, cv le oot frae the heart, and they fyle the man ! ig. "For frat ihft heart come oot ill- thochts, bludeshed, adulteries, lecherie, thievin, fause-sweeHn, blasphemies ; 20. " Thir things fy^e a man ; but to eat wi' hauns unpurify't fyles-ns a man ! " 21. And Jesus gaed thence, and cam till the pairts o' Tyre and Sidon. 22. And behaiild ! a Canaar'.te wum- man cam oot frae thae pairts, and cry't oot till him ; and quo' she, " Hae pitie on me, O Lord, thou Son o' Dauvid I my dochter is sair vex'd wi' a demon ! " 23. But he answer't her no a word. And his disciples cam and entreatit him, and quo' they, " Send her awa, for she skreighs eftir us ! " 24. But he answer't, and said, " I wasna sent, but till the forwanderin sheep o' Isra'l's hoose !" 25. And she cam nar, and worshipp'd him, sayin, " Lord ! help rrte !" 26. But quo' hei " It isna bonnie to tak bairns' breid, and to cast it till the dowgs ! " 27. And she said, " Even sae, Lord ! yet the vera dowgs eat o' the mools fa'in frae the maister's buird ! " 28. Than answer't Jesus till her, "Eh, wuniman ! yere faith is great ! Lat it be till ye as ye wull ! " And her dochter was made hale frae that 'oor. 29. And Jesus gaed awa frae that place, and cam nar to the Loch o' Galilee ; and gaed up intil a mountain, and sat him doon. 30. And great croods o' folk cam till him, haein wi' them lameters, sichtless, dumb, maimed, and mony mair ; and laid them doon at Jesus' feet ; and he healed them. 31. Sae that the folk ferlied uncolie, to behauld the dumb speakin, the maimed hale, the lameters to gang, and the blin' seein ; and they glorify't the God o' Isra'l. 32. Than Jesus ca'd his disciples till him, and quo' he, " I hae pitie on the folk, for that they hae been wi' me noo thrie days, and hae nae meat ; and I winna send them awa» least they soud swarf i' 33. And thedisciples said till him, " In whatna way coud we hae sae muckle breid i' the wilderness, as to fill sae great a crood o' folk ? " 34- Jesus says till them, " Hoo mony bannocks hae ye.?" And they said, " Seeven ; and a wheen wee speldrins." 35. And he commandit the folk to sit doon on the grun'. 36. And he took the seeven bannocks, and the fish, and gied thanks ; and he brak, and gied till the disciples, and they till a' the folk. 37- And they did a' eat, and war filled ; and they gather't up o' the broken meat left, seeven creels fu'. 38. And they wha did eat war fowr thoosan' men, forby weemen and bairns. 39. And he sent the folk awa; and gaed intil a boat, and cam till the pairts o' Magdala. CHAPTIR SAXTEEN. The barm 0' confession, won. the Pharisees. Peter's gratm What is tint, and what is i gate. 17 AND rhe Pharisees and the Sadducees cam, and in a twafauld way speir't at him, '' Gin he wadria schaw them a token frae Heeven ? " 2. He answer't, and quo' he, "Whan it is e'enin ye say, ' Fair wather ; for the sky is reid ! ' 3. "And i' the mornin, ' Broken wather the day, for the sky is reid and lowerin 1 ' Ye ken hod to judge the scaum o' the sky ;— can ye no the signs o' the times ? 4. "An ill-deedie and adulterous race seek eftir some sign ; and nae sign sal be gien till't but the sign o' Jonah." And he gaed off frae them. 5. And the disciples cam till the ither side, and forgat to tak breid. 6. And Jesus said till them, " Tak tent, and troke ye-na wi' the barm o' the Pharisees and Sadducees ! " 7. And they spak ane till anither, sayin, " We took nae breid ! " 8. And Jesus, kennin it, said, " O ye o' the sma' faith, why soud ye reason amang yersels for that ye hae nae breid ? 9. " Div ye no ken, div ye no mind, the fy ve bannocks o" the fyve thoosan' ? And hoo mony baskets ye gather't ? ID. "Naitherthe seeven bannocks o' the four thoosan', and how mony creels ye gather't ? n. '* Hoo is'i ye dinna ken I spak till- 'Il I :h Peter's teslimonie. MATTHEW, XVI. Christ in lichl I to tak tent and o' the Pharisees ye-na anent breid; but beware o' the teachins and the Sadducees ? " 12. Than saw they hoo he bad them no beware o' the barm o' the breid, but o' the doctrines o' the Pharisees and the Sadducees. 13. Whan Jesus had come intil the kintra-side o' Philip's Cesarea, he speir't at his disciples, "Wha div folk say the Son o' Man is?" 14. And quo' they : " Some, John the Baptist ; and some, Elijah ; and ithers, Jeremiah, or ane o' the Prophets." 15. He says till them, •• But wha say ye that I am ? " 16. And Simon Peter spak, and quo' he, •• Thou art the Anointit Ane, the Son o' the Leevin God 1 " 17. And Jesus answerin, says till him, " Happy are ye ; Simon, son o' John ! lor nae flesh and blude tell't it t'ye, but my Faither i' the Heevens. 18. " And I say t'ye, ye are a Rock- man ; and on this Rock wuU I bigg my kirk ; and the yetts o' Hell sal nevir ower- come it ! 19. "And I wuU gie t'ye the keys o' Heeven's Kingdom; and what ye sal bind on the yirth sal be bund in Heeven ; and what ye sal lowse on the yirth sal be lowsed in Heeven." 20. Than chairged he the disciples no to tell ony man he was the Anointit Ane. 21. Frae that time forrit Jesus begude to schaw till his disciples, hoo tliat he bude gang till Jerusalem, and dree mony things o' the Elders and Heid-priests, and Writers ; and be slain ; and on the third day rise again. 22. Than Peter took him aside, re- pruvin him ; and quo' he, " Hae mercie on thysel' ! this sal nevir be thy fa' ! " 23. But he turned him aboot, and quo' he till Peter, " Ahint me, Sautan ! ye are but a snare to me ! for ye seek-na the things o' God, but the things o' men 1 " 24. Than quo' Jesus till his disciples, " Gin ony man wad come eftir me, lat him deny his sel, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25. " For whasae wad tine it ; and whasae wull my sake, sal win it. 26. " For what is a man the better, tho' he win the hail warld, and tine his ain saul ? or what sal a man gie as ca'tion for his saul ? ?7. •* For the Son 0' Mao comes in the 18 glorieo' his Faither, wi' the Angels ; and than sal he gie every man accordin as his wark sal be. 28. ''Truly say I t'ye, thar are they staunin here, wha sal in naegate pree death, till they hae seen the Son o' Man « comin in his Kingdom ! " CHAPTIR SEEVENTEEN. Jesus fo laddi for idie. save his life sal tine his life for a wee in glorie. The lunatic A fish brings tribute-money. AND sax days eftir, Jesus taks Peter, and James, and his brither John, and brings them up intil a heigh moun- tain by their sels : 2. And was transfigur't afore them ; and his face beamed like the sun, and his cleedin glintit as the licht. 3. And behauld ! thar was seen by them Moses and Elijah, speakin wi' him. 4. Than answer't Peter, and quo* he till Jesus, " Lord ! it is graun for us to be here 1 Gin thou wull, lat us mak here three bothies — for thee ane, and for Moses ane, and for Elijah ane." 5. Whiles he was speakin, lo I acludo' brichtness cam ower them ; and a voice cam oot o' the clud, sayin, '* This is my Son ! the Beloved, wham I delicht in ! Hear ye till him ! " 6. And whan the disciples heard, they fell on their faces," fearin uncolie. 7. And Jesus cam nar, and touched them, and said, " Rise, andbe-na fley't ! " 8. And liftin up their een, they saw nane, but Jesus allenar. 9. And comin doon frae the mountain, Jesus chairg'd them, "Schaw ye the vision till nae man, until the Son o' Man rise frae amang the deid ! " 10. And his disciples speir't at him, " Hoo than div the Writers say, « Elijah maun first come ? ' " 11. And he answer't them, "Elijah dis come, and redd a' things. 12. " But say I, Elijah 'is come els, and they kent him na ; but did till him as they desir't. E'en sae sal the Son o' Man dree o' them ! " 13. Than the disciples begude to see that he spak till them o' J ohn the Baptist. " Y; fC- ^ ^°"'' ^^^y ^" to understaun that his Kingdom was a spiriiual ane ! They gat a wee blink o' whatna kingly gloria was ^u fu' u ?' ?.*"sfig""n. But it was wae that he bude chairge them no to tell he was the Anomtit, (ver. 20), as lang as they didna wnderstaun what he WHS unointit/or/ Christ in licht / the Angels ; and n accordin as his thar are they in naegate pree the Son o' Man SNTEEN. ie. The lunatic rtbute-tnoney, 5SUS taks Peter '' brither John, a heigh moun- 't afore them ; the sun, and his ' was seen by peakin wi' him. «■, and quo' he aun for us to be ' us mak here ane, and for » ane." 'njol acludo' ^ ; and a voice '» " This is my I delicht in ! es heard, they incolie. J and touched • be-na fley't ! " een, they saw the mountain, 5chaw ye the ^e Son o' Man 'Peir't at him, s say, ♦ Elijah lem, •• s. 's come els, ■ did till him 'al the Son o' Mail for the Temple. MATTHEW, XVIIl. " Ae sic bairn,*' Elijah •egude to see '^Jhe IJaptist. to understaun lal ane ! They 'gly glorie was ^utit waswae |o tell he was 'ang as they anojntit^^ / 14. And whan they war come till a' the folk, thar cam till him aman. loutin doon on his knees, and sayin, 1 5. " Lord, hae mercie on my son ; for he is sair dementit, and unco hauden ; for aft he fa's intil the fire, and aft intil the watir : 16. "And I feshed him till thy disciples; and they coudna heal him." 17. And Jesus said, •' O race, thrawart and wantin faith ! hoo lang sal I be w'ye ? hoo lang sal I thole ye ? Bring him here till me ! " 18. Than did Jesus challenge the demon, and he gaed forth oot o' him ; and the laddie was made hail frae that 'oor. 19. And than the disciples cam till i Jesus, a' by their sels, and quo' they, I M Why was't we coudna cast him oot ? " 20. And he says till them, " For that [ye want faith : for truly say I t'ye, gin [aiblins ye had faith e'en as a pickle o' tmustard-seed, ye sal say till this moun- itain, • Flit ye to yon place ! ' and it sal [flit ; and nocht sal be ayont yere pooer. 21. "But this kind gangs-na oot, but In prayer and fastin." 22. And while they bidit in Galilee, Jesus says till them, "The Son o' Man sal be gien up, intil men's hauns. 23. '• And they wuU slay him ; and the third day he wull rise again." And they war uncolie grieved. 24. And whan they cam till Capernaum, they that took in the Hauf-shekel cam nar till Peter, and quo' they, " Yere Maister — dis he no pay the « Hauf-shekel?" 2?. Quo' he, "Aye!" And whan he cam intil the hoose, Jesus spak first, and quo' he, •' What div ye think, Simon .-' Frae wham div kings o' the yirth tak toll and tribute ? frae their ain folk, or frae fremd folk ? " 26. Peter says till him, " Frae fremd folk." Quo' Jesus till him, " Than their ain folk are free ! 27. •* But that we gar-them-na stumble, gang ye till the Loch ; and cast in a neuk, and tak the first fish comin up ; and openin it's mou', ye sal find a shekel. Tak it, and gie till them for me and you." » V. 24. This was tribute for the Temple . and, till the Great Atonement was oifer't, Jesus wad hae the Temple-service keepit up. 19 CHAPTIR AUCHTEEN. liaim-liie is God-like. Conquerin wi love. The Uni^atefu' Servant, I' THAT oor cam the disciples till Jesus and quo' they, " Wha is chief >' the Kingdom o' Heeven ? " 2. And he ca'd till him a bairn, and set him i' the mids o' them, 3. And quo' he, " Gin ye turn-na, and come to be like a bairn, ye enter-na intil the Kingdom o' Heeven. 4. " Whasae than sal mak his sel naething, as this wee bairn, the same is hiegher i' the Kingdom o' Heeven. 5. "And whasae taks till him ae sic wee bairn i' my name, taks me till him. 6. " But whasae sal mak to fa' ane o' thae wee anes that lippen me, it had been better for him to hae a milNstane hung aboot his neck, and he sunk i' the deeps o' the sea ! warld for snares o' snares wull come ; but man by wham the snares 7. "Wae till the stumblin ! For wae till the come. 8. "And sae, gin yere haun or fit ensnare ye, sned it aff, and cast it awa ; it is gude for ye to enter intil life hirplin or maim'd, raither than wi' twa hauns or feet to be" cuisten intil nevir-endin low ! Q. "And gin yere ee ensnare ye, oot wi t, and cast it awa ; it is gude for ye to enter intil life wi' ae ee, raither than wi' twa een to be cuisten intil hell-fire I 10. " Tak tent that ye lichtlie-na ane o' thir wee anes ; for say I t'ye, that in Heeven their ain Angels aye look upon my Heevenlie Faither's face ! 11. " For the Son o' Man has come to save thae that war lost. 12. "Noo, hoo think ye, yersels? Gin a man hae a hunner sheep, and ane o' them is gane awa, dis he no lea' the ninety-and-nine, and gang intil the moun- tains, seekin the ane forwander'd? 13. •' And gin sae be that he lichts on't, truly say I t'ye, he is blyther ower that sheep than ower the ninety-and-nine that gaed-na awa. 14. " E'en sae, thar is nae desire afore yere Faither in Heeven that ane o' thir wee anes soud be lost. *i5. "And gin yere brither-man sin again ye, gang till him, and schaw him his faut, atwixt you and him alane : gin he hear till ye, ye hae won yere brither- man. 16. " But gin he winna hearken till ye, A ncnt Jorffiveness, MAITHIDW, XVIII. Ttvafnuld t/uais/cns. than talc w'ye ane or twa mair, sae that at the mooth o' twa or three witnesses, ilk word may be « made siccar. 17. "And gin aiblins he winna hear them, tell it to the kirk ; and gin he winna hear the kirk, than lat him be till ye as a frcmd ane, or ane o' the tax men. 18. "Truly say I t'ye, whatsoe'er ye bind fast on the yirth, sal be bun' fast in Heeven ; and what ye lowse on yirth sal be lowced in Heeven. that 19. "And ance mair say I t'ye, gin twa o' ye mak it up on the yirth what ye sal ask for, it sal be dune for them by my Faithfi- in Heeven. 20. ** Forwhaur the twaorthe thrieare forgather't i' my name, thar am 1 i' the mids o' them." 21. Than Peter comes forrit till him, and quo' he, "Lord, hoo aft may my brither-man sin again me, and I maun forgie him ? Seeven times ? " 22. Jesus said till him, " I say t'ye, No till seeven times, but seeventy times seeven I 23. "And sae is the Kingdom o' Heeven like till a certain king wha wad hae a reckonin wi' his servants. 24. " And whan he had begude to reckon, ane was brocht till him wha awed him ten thoosan' talents. 25. "And haein nocht to pay, his maister order't him to be sell't, and his wife, and weans, and a' that he had ; and payment to be made. 26. '• The servant than fell doon and worshipp'd him, cryin, ' Lord, thole ye wi' me, and I wull pay ye a' I ' 27. " Than, mov'd wi' pitie, that ser- vant's lord Icwsed him, and forgae him the debt. 28. " Arid that same servant, gaun oot, faund ane o' his fellow-servants wha was awn him a hunder pennies ; and he laid baud o'him, and grippit him by the hause, cryin, ' Pay me what ye are awn ! ' 29. " And his fellow-servant fell doon at his feet, and besocht him ; ' Thole ye wi' me, and I wull pay ye a' ! ' 30. " And he wadna, but gaed and had him cuisten intil prison, till he soud pay what was awn. 31. "Sae whan his fellow-servants saw V. 16. Gin he has wrang'd ye, and confesses his faut afore a neebor, he 11 no be tempit to fa' awa frae it eftir. Whiles Sautan, in sic cases, moves a " reconsideration." Din- na second his motion I 20 what was dune, they war unco wae, and cam and tell't till their Maister a' that was dune. 32. "Than his lord ca'd for him, and quo' he till him, ' O, ye ill-deedie servant ! 1 forgae ye a' that debt, for that ye did beseech me : 33. *' ' Soud-ye-na had rewth on yere fellow-servant, e'en as I had mercie on you?' 34. " And his lord was incensed, and gied him ower till the officers, till he soud pay a' that was awn till him. 31;. " E'en sae sal my Heevenlie Faither do till you, gin ye forgie-na ilk ane his brither-man frae yere hearts I " CHAPTIR NINETEEN. Marriage and Divorce. His hauns and blesstn on the wee bairns. Aboot Grace and Gear. AND it cam aboot, that whan Jesus had made an end a' thae words, he quat Galilee, and cam intil the pairts o' Judea ayont Jordan. 2. And great croods follow't him ; and he healed them thar. 3. And Pharisees cam till him, waylay- in him, and sayin, " Is't lawfu' for a man to pit awa his wife, for ony cause ava ? " 4. And he answer't, and quo' he till them, " Hae-ye-na read hoc he wha made them at the beginnin, made them male and female. 5. "And said, 'For this wull a man lea' his faither and his mither, and be joined till his wife, and they twa sal be ae flesh ? ' 6. " Sae that they are nae mair twa, but ae flesh. And sae what God has joined thegither, lat-na man pit sindry ! " 7. They say till him, "Hoo than did Moses commaun to gie her a writin o' divorcement, and to pit awa ? " 8. He says till them, " Moses, for the hardness o' yere hearts, tholed that ye soud pit awa yere wives; but frae the beginnin it wasna sae. 9. " And I say till ye, that whasae sal pit awa his wife, let-abee for adultery, and sal wed anither, commits adultery; and wha weds the divorced wumman commits adultery." 10. His disciples say till him, " Gin it be sae wi' a man and his wife, it isna gude to mairry ! " 11. But he said till them, "A' canna tak m this sayin ; but only thae to wham it is gien. if^ni Ane wi' mttckle gear. MATTHEW, XX. mco wae, and laister a' that d for him, and eedie servant ! for that ye did incensed, and rs, till he soud n. jvenlie Faither na ilk ane his si" ow't him ; and 12. •' For thar are some eunuchs frae their mither's womb ; and thar are some sae, made eunuchs by men ; and thar are some that hae made theirsel sae for the Kingdom o' Heeven's sake. Wha has strenth to tak it in, lat him tak it in ! " 13. Than war brocht till him wee bairns, that he soud pit hauns on them, and gie them his blessin : and the dis- ciples challenged them. 14. But Jesus said, " Lat the wee bairns come to me, and dinna forbid them ; foi sic anes mak up the Kingdom o' Heeven 1 " 15. And he pat his hauns on them ; and gaed awa. 16. Andbehauld! ane cam till him, and quo' he, " Maister ! Whatna gude thing sal I do, that I may win Eternal Life ? ' 17. And he says till him, "Whydivye speir aboot that whilk is gude? Ane thar is wha is gude ; that is God ! But gin ye wad enter intil Life, keep the Com- maunments." 18. He speir't at him, "Whilk?" And Jesus said till him, " * Ye sanna kill ; ye sanna commit adultery ; ye sanna bear fause-witness ; 19. •' ' Honor yere faither and yere mither; and ye sal lo'e yere neebor as yersel!'" 20. The lad says, '* A' thir I keep ! What want I yet ? " 21. Jesus says till him, "Gin ye wad be perfete, gang and «sell a' ye hi e, and gie it oot till the puir ; and ye sal hae gear laid up in Heeven ; and come, follow me 1" 22. But whan the young man heard that sayin, he gaed awa, dowie ; for he had great estates. 23. And Jesus said till his disciples, "It is no an easy thing for a man o' muckle gear to enter the Kingdom o' Heeven ! 24. " Aye ! say I t'ye, it is easier for a camel to threid a needle's ee, than ane rich to enter the Kingdom o' Heeven ! " 25. Whan the disciples heard it they ferlied uncolie ; and quo' they, " Wha than can be sav't ? " 26, een 111 vail uc oav I. i 56. And Jesus, dwallin on them wi' his 1, said, " Wi' men, this wad be im- a V. 21. Ilk man has a besettin sin that he maun ding, gin he wad enter Heeven This man's sin was the love o' siller. Wi' anilher, it micht be pride, or revenge, or fame. Freend, what wad he lay his fing'er on, as your besettin sin ? 21 . The vtne-yaird. For wi' God, possible ; but no wi' God. a' things can be possible I 27. Peter answer't, and quo' he, •' We hae left a' to follow thee ; what sal we hae, than ?" 28. And Jesus said till them, •* In the A'-Things-New, whan the Son o' Man sal sit on the thron o' his glorie, ye too sal sit on twal' throns, ower the Twal Tribes o' Isra'l. 29. "And ilka ane forsakin hooses, or brethren, or sisters, or faither or mither, or bairns, or mailin, for my name's sake— sal hae a hunner-fauld, and sal inherit Life Eternal I 30. " But mony first sal be last ; and last first." CHAPTIR TWONTY. The Laborers. The ambition o' twa. The blin gar't to see, " "|j^t)R the Kingdom o' Heeven is like JJ till a man, a laird, wha gaed oot i' the dawin, to hire workers intil his vine- yaird. 2. "And whan he had agree't wi' the laborers for a hauf-merk a day, he sent them intil his vine-yaird. 3. " And he gaed oot aboot the chap o' nine, and saw ither anes staunin idle 1' the merkit. 4. " And quo' he till them, ' Gang ye too intil the vine-yaird, and whate'er is richt, ye sal hae ! ' And they gaed their ways. 5. " And again he gaed oot aboot twal, and thrle o'clock, and did the same. 6. " And at fyve he g11 us, whan do what is the sign 5 hinner-end o and quo* he, nistryst ye I e in my name, Ane ! ' and sal weir, and a* the y't ; for a' thae ! end o* a' isna i again nation, iom ; and thar 'Si in a hantle schaw the on- n up to dool, sal be hatit o' usalem and her a wither ower 5 follow't us, a' 'a get quat o't I w this and kent despairin anes [ieahirtit.and he worshippers temptation to » = i<5) and as ■ c'tJe, it maun t sichts i' the «'ae thatjeru- is bonnie I lo. " Than sal mony stotter ; and they sal gie ane anither up, and sal hate ane anither. II." And mony fause prophets sal rise, and lead mony a-gley. 12. " And, sin owerflowin, the love o' mony sal grow cauld. 13. " But wha tholes till the hinner-end sal be saved. 14. " And thir Gude-tidins o' the King- dom sal be preached in a' the warld for a testimonie till the nations : and than sal the end come. 15. "Whan than ye see the abomina- tion that ruins a', spoken o' by Daniel the Prophet, staunin i' the Holie Place, (wha reads, lat him think !) 16. " Than thae that are in Judea, lat them hie till the mountains ! 17. *' Lat him that is on the hoose-tap no gang doon to tak ony o' his plenishin oot o' the hoose : 18. '* Nor lat him wha is in the croft, rin back to grip his mantle. 19. " But wae for thae that are mithers- to-be! and forthaethatgiesooki'thaedays! 20. '• And pray that yere flittin be-na i' the winter, or on the Sabbath ! 21. " For thar sal be dolor and sorrow, sic as nevir has been sin' the warld be- gudei till noo ; na, nor evir sal be mair ! 22. "And but for that thae days hae been shortened, nae flesh soud hae been saved ; but for the chosen's sake, the days are shortened. 23. '* Than, gin ony man say t'ye, * See ! here is the Anointit Ane ! ' or ' yonder ! ' heed-him-na ! 24. " For thar sal rise fause Christs, and fause prophets, and they sal schaw unco signs and ferlies ; sae as to lead awa, gin it war possible, e'en the chosen. 25. *' See ! I hae tell't ye aforehaun ! 26. *• Sae, gin they say t'ye, • Behauld ! he is in the desert ! ' gang-na oot ; ' Be- hauld I he is ben i' the chaummer ! ' be- lieve-it-na I 27. •• For as the fire-flaucht glints i' the East, and flares e'en till the Wast, sae sal the comin o' the Son o' Man be. 28. " Whaure'er the carcase is, thar wull the kites be gaither't thegither t 29. •* But incontinent " eftir the dool o' « V. 29. The view widens noo, and taks in the great things o' the last days ; the sun, mune and starns denotin pooers and govern* ments ; (as in Revelation). But verse 34 re fers mair specially to the beginnin o' the things here spoken o'. 27 thae days, sal the sun be putten oot, and the mune sanna gie her licht, and the starns sal fa' frae their places, and the pooers o' the heevens sal be cuisten doon. 30. " And thar sal be display'd abreid the token o' the Son o' Man in Heeven : and than sal a' the tribes o' the yirth maen ; and they sal see the Son o' Man come on the cluds o' Heeven, wi' unco pooer and glorie. 31. " And he wull send oot his Angels wi' an unco blast o' a trumpet, and they sal gaither thegither his chosen frae the fowr wunds, frae ae far-awa end o' heeven till the ither. 32. •• Noo, frae the fig-tree tak her lesson ! Whan her young sprigs are tender, and the leaves are comin, ye ken simmer is nar; 33. '• And sae e'en ye, whan ye see a' thir things, ken that it is nar-haun, e'en at yere doors. 34. " Truly say I t' ye, this generation sanna pass awa, till a' thir things are dune ! 35. " Heeven and yirth may pass awa, but my words sanna pass awa ! 36. " But, anent yon day and 'oor, nane kens — no e'en the Angels in Heeven — but my Faither allenar. 37. " For e'en as it was in Noah's days, sae sal be the comin o' the Son o' Man. 38. "For as i' thae days afore the Flude, they war feastin and drinkin, mar- ryin and giean in wedlock, till the vera day Noah gaed infil the ark, 39. "And kent-na till the Flude cam, and sonpit them a' awa ; sae sal be the comin o the Son o' Man. 40. " Than, twa sal be i' the field; ane sal be taen, and the ither left. 41. " Twa sal be grindin at the mill ; ane is taen, and the ither ane left. 42. *' Tak gude tent tharfor I for ye ken-na on what day yere Lord comes ! 43. •' But tak ye tent o' this : that gin the gudeman had kent whan the reiver wad come, he wadna hae had his hoose howkit throwe ! 44. " Sae be ye aye ready ! for ye ken-na but that at some 'oor ye think-na, the Son o' Man comes ! 45. " Wha than is the wyss and leal servant, wham his maister has putten ower his hoosehauld, to gie them th' .. providin at due times ? 46. " Weel is that servant, wham his lord, whan he comes hamei sal fin' saedoin. f lilHiii* 'uiii«iiii7fti.*» The witless maidens. MATTHEW, XXIV. The Talents, 47. " Truly say I t'ye. he wuU set him ower a' his hadden. ill servant sal say lord is lang in 48. •' But, gin that within his sel, ' My comin ! ' 49. " And sal begin to clour his fellow- servants, and to feast and drink wi' the drucken, 50. *'The maister o' that servant sal come in a day he looks-na for him, and at an 'oor he kens-na, 51. "And sal smite him thorough; and his fa' sal be wi' a' the fause anes : thar sal be greetin and girnin ! CHAPTIR TWONTY-FYVE. The Ten Maidens, the witless and the wyss. The Talents. The Great Day. " rilHAN sal the Kingdom o' Heeven \- be like till ten maidens, takin ilk ane her ain crusie, and gaun oot to meet the bridegroom. 2. " And fyve o' them war unco witless, and fyve war wyss. 3. •* For the witless took nae oyle wi' them whan they took their crusies ; 4. " But the wyss took oyle i' their .pouries, wi' their lamps. 5. "Noo, while the bridegroom cam-na, they a' grew sleeperie, and dozed. 6. •* But at midnicht cam a shout, ' Hey, the Bridegroom comes ! C'way and meet him ! ' 7. " Than raise a' thae maidens, and fettled up their crusies. 8. " And the witless said till the wyss, • Gie us o' yere oyle ; for oor lamps are gaun oot.' 9. "But the wyss answer't, and quo' they, ' Aiblins thar wadna be eneuch for us and you ; but raither gang ye to thae that sell, and seek for yersels.' 10. "And while they war aff, trokin, the bridegroom cam ; and they that war ready gaed in wi' him till the marriage- feast ; and the door was steekit. 11. "Than belyve cam the ither maidens, sayin, ' My lord, my lord, open till us I ' 12. "But he answer't, and quo* he, * Truly say I t'ye, I ken nocht o* ye ! * 13. " Sae, tak ye tent I for you ken-na the day nor the 'oor ! 14. " For it is juist li'^e a man gaun till anither Ian', wha ca'd till him his servants, and gied ower till them his gear. 15. "And till ane he gied fyve talents, till anither twa, and anither ane ; to ilka 28 ane accordin till his ain ability ; and than he gaed on his journey. 16. "Than he that had gotten the fyve talents, gaed and trokit and niffer't wi' the same, and made fyve talents o' increase. 17. " And likewise the ane o' the twa talents, he gained twa mair. 18. " But he that gat the ane, gaed awa and howkit i' the grun', and hid awa his maister's siller. 19. "And, lang eftir, the maister 0' thae servants comes ; and has a reckonin wi' them. 20. " And he that had gotten the fyve talents gien him, cam and said, ' My lord ! ye gied me fyve talents ; see, I hae gotten fyve talents forby I ' 21. "His maister says till him, *Weel dune, gude and leal servant ! ye hae been leal and true ower a wee wheen things ; I wull gie ye chairge ower a hantie o* things. Enter ye intil the joy o* yere lord ! ' 22. •' Likewise he o' the twa talents cam forrit, and quo' he, ' My lord ! ye gied me twa talents ; see ! I hae gotten twa ither talents ! ' 23. " His lord said, ' Weel dune, gude and leal servant ! Ye hae been leal and true ower a wee wheen things ; I wull gie ye chairge ower a hantie o' things. Enter ye intil the joy o* yere lord ! ' 24. " He, too, wha had gotten the ae talent, cam ; and quo' he, • My lord ! I kent ye war a siccar man, shearin whar ye saw'd-na, and gaitherin in whar ye cuist-na abreid ; 25. " • And I was fley't, and gaed awa, and hid yere talent i' the grun'. See ! ye hae yere ain 1 * 26. «• But his lord answer't him, and quo' he, • Wicked and feckless servant ! did ye mdeed ken that I shear whaur I saw-na, and gaither whaur I castna abreid ? 27. " ' War ye no behauden, than, to gie ower my siller to the bankers ? and at my hame-comin I soud hae gotten back my ain, wi' increase. 28. " ' Tak, than, the talent frae him : and gie it till him that has the ten talents ! 29. " ' For till ilk ane wha has, sal be gien, and he sal hae routh ; but frae him wha wants sal be taen awa e'en what he has ! 30. " 'And cast ye the ungainfu' ser- vant intil the ooter mirk; thar sal be weepin and girnin I I p Talents. I and than >tten the ad niffer't [talents o' y the twa ^ne, gaed ' hid awa Jaister o' reckonin the fyve |aid, 'My see, I «• *WeeI hae been things ; I o' things, d!' 'a talents lord ! ye ae gotten me, gude ' leal and I wuU gie ' things, dl' in the ae lord I I rin whar whar ye led awa, See ! ye im, and servant ! vhaur I cast-na ™. to gie i at my »ck my le him ; lie ten sal be le him hat he u' ser- ai be The last day. MATTHEW, XXVI. A Toark that was bonnie. 31. *' But whan the Son o' Man sal come in his glorie, and a' the angels wi' him, than sal he sit on the thron o' his glorie. 32. " And a' the nations sal be gaither't afore him ; and he wull pairt them ane frae anither, juist as a shepherd pairts the sheep frae the goats. 33. And he wull pit the sheep on his richt haun, but the goats on the left. 34. " Than wull the King say till them on his richt haun, ' Come ye, a' blessed 0' my Faithert Inherit the Kingdom made ready for ye frae the up-biggin o' the warld t 35. '• • For I was hung*er't, and ye gied me meat ; I was drouthie, and ye gied me drink ; I was a fremd ane, and ye took me in ; 36. " • Strippit was I, and ye clad me ; I was ill, and ye socht me oot ; I was in thrall, and ye cam till me ! ' 37. "Than wull the richtous say till him, ' Lord ! whan saw we thee hung'er't, and gied meat? or drouthie, and gied drink ? 38. "'Or whan saw we thee a fremd ane, and took thee in ? Or strippit, and clad thee ? 39. " ' Or whan saw we thee illi and in thrall, and cam till thee ?' 40. '• Than sal he answer them, sayin, * Truly say I t'ye, in-as-muckle as ye did it till ane o' thae my brethen, e'en thae least anes, ye did it till me ! ' 41. '• Than, eke, sal he say to them on his left haun, ' Awa frae me, ye curst, intil nevir-endin low, made ready for the deevil and his angels ! 42. '• • For I was hung'er't, and ye gied me nae meat ; I was drouthie, and ye gied me nae drink ; 43- " ' I was a fremd ane, and ye took- me-na in; strippit, and ye didna deed me ; ill, and in thrall, and ye socht-me- nal' 44- "Than, eke, wull they answer, sayin, *Lord I whan saw we thee hung'er't, or drouthie, or fremd, or strippit, or ill, or in thrall, and didna ser' thee ? ' 45- " Than wull he answer them, sayin, * In-as-muckle as ye did-it-na till ane o' thir least anes, ye did-it-na till me ! ' 46. "And thir sal gang awa intil nevir- endin pyne ; but the richtous intil never- endin life." Tak tent here, that baith the servant that did nocht wi' the talent, and the wicked that 29 gaed awa till the pit, war condemned, no for what they did, but for what they failed to do I Fauld yere hanns, and do naething — and yere doom is siccar ! CHAPTIR TWONTY-SAX. The sweet perfume 'o Bethany. The dool 0* the gairden. Jesus deliver^ t up. AND sae it cam to pass, that whan Jesus had made an end o' thae say- ins, he said till his disciples, 2. "Ye ken that twa days mair, and the Pasche comes ; and the Son o' Man is deliver't up to be crucify't." 3. Than forgather't the Heid-priests and the Elders o' the nation intil the palace o' the Heigh-priest — the ane ca'd Caiaphas. 4. And coonsell't thegither that they micht tak Jesus hidlins, and slay him. 5. " But," quo' they, " no at the Feast- time ; or thar wad be a stramash amang the people." 6. Noo, whan Jesus was in Bethany, i' the hoose o' Simon the leper, 7. Thar cam till him a wumman wi' an alabaster o' unco precious perfume ; and she teemed it on his heid as he was at meat. 8. And the disciples, seein it, war put aboot, and q^uo' they, " For what is siccan a wastrie ? 9 •' For this micht hae been sell't for muckle, and it gien till the puir." 10. But Jesus, takin tent, says till them, " Why fash ye the wumman ? For a wark that is bonnie has she wrocht on me. 11. "For ye hae aye the puir w'ye ; but ye hae-na me aye ! 12. "For she, strinklin this perfume on my heid, did it for my burial. 13. "Truly say I t' ye, Whaursoe'er thir Gude-tidins sal be made kent i' the hail warld, this too 0' what she has dune sal be tell't for a memorial o' her." 14. Than ane o' the Twal,' the ane ca'd Judas Iscariot, gaed awa tfll the Heid-priests, 15. And quo' he till them, "What meed wull ye gie me, and I wull deliver him up t'ye?" And they trokit wi' him for thrctty merks. 16. And frae that time forrit he watched for a time to betray hint. 17. Noo on the first o' the days o' the Sad Breid, the disciples cam till Jesus, askin him, *' Whaur wull ye that we male ready for ye to eat the Pasche ? " Supper vn" the TtoaV. MATTHEW, XXVI. In Gethsemanie. 1 8. And he says, " Gang awa intil the citie, to sic and sic a « man, and speir at him, 'The Maister says, My time is comin ; I keep the Pasche at yere hoose, wi' my disciples I ' " 19. And the disciples did e'en as Jesus tell't them ; and they made ready for the Pasche. 20. Noo, whan the e'enin was come, he sat doon at meat wi' the Twal'. 21. And whiles they war eatin, he said, " Truly say I t'ye, that aiie o' you wuU betray me I " 22. And they war unco wae, and begude to say till him, ilk ane o' them, •♦ Is it I, Lord ? " 23. And he said, " He wha dippit his haun wi' me i' the dish, that ane wull be- tray me ! 24. '* The Son o' Man gangs, as it was written o' him ; but wae to that man by wham the Son o' Man is deliver't up ! It war gude for yon man gin he had nevir been bom I " 25. And Judas, wha betray't him, spaic, and ciuo' he, " Is't I, Maister ? " He says till him, " E'en as ye say I " 26. And as they war eatin, Jesus took the laif, and gied thanks, and brak it, and gied till the disciples, sayin, " Tak, eat ; this in my body ! " 27. And takin a cup, and giean thanks, he gied it till them, sayin, " Drink ye a' o'it! 28. '* For this is my blude o' the New Covenant, whilk is shed for mony, for the pittin-awa o' sins 1 29. " But I say till ye, I drink nae mair fprrit o* this frute o' the vine, till yon day whan I drink it new wi' you i' my, Faither's Kingdom ! " 30. And whan they had sung praise, they gaed oot intil the Mount o' Olives. 31. Than says Jesus till them, "A' ye sal fin' cause o' stumblin in me this nicht ; for it is putten-doon, ' I wull clour the Shepherd ; and the sheep o' his hirsel sal be scatter't abreid ! ' 32. " But eftir my Risin, I wull gang afore ye intil Galilee." 33. Peter answerin, says till him, •• Gin « V. 18. — We ken-na this man ; but we feel as gin we war sib till him, for the kindness the Lord kent was in his heart ! Some folk think this lairge upper room (Mark 14 : 15) was the ane wnaur the Spirit cam doon on Pentecost. It is very likely ; but we dinna ken* 30 a' soud stumble in thee, yet nevir wad I stumble ! " 34. Jesus says till him, *' Truly say I t'ye, that this vera nicht, 'or evir the cock craw, ye sal thrice disown me ! " 35. Peter threepit till him, "Gin I soud dee wi' thee, yet wull I no disown thee 1 " And sae-like said a' the disciples. 36. Than cam Jesus wi* them intil a place ca'd Gethsemanie ; and says till the disciples, " Sit ye here, till I gang yonner and pray." yj. And takin wi' him Peter, and Zebedee's twa sons, he grew unco fu' o* sorrow, and sair putten-aboot. 38. Than says he till them, " My saul is unco sorrowfu', e'en till death ! Bide ye here, and watch wi' me I " 39. And he gaed on a wee bit yont, and fell on his face, and prayed, sayin, •• O my Faither ! gin it be possible, lat ^ this cup pass by me ! yet, no as I wull, but as Thou wult ! " 40. And he comes till the disciples, and fin's them sleepin ; and quo' he till Peter, " E'en sae I Coud-ye-na watch wi' me ae 'oor ? 41. "Tak ye tent, and pray, gin ye fa'-na intil temptation ! The spirit is in- deed wullin, but the flesh is weak I " 42. Again a second time he gaed afT, and prayed, sayin, " O my Faither ! gin this canna gang by me unless I drink it. Thy wull be done ! " 43. And, comin again, he faund them sleepin ; for their e'en had wan heavisome. 44. And he left them again, and gaed awa, and prayed a third time, sayin the same words. 45- And he comes till his disciples; and says he till them, " Sleepin are ye noo, and takin yere rest ! Behauld ! the 'oor is at haun ; and the Son o' Man is deliver't intil the hauns o' evil men 1 46. " Rise ye, and lat us be gaun ! See, he is at haun wha betrays me I " 47. And e'en while yet he spak, be- hauld I Judas, ane o' the Twal', cam, and wi' him a great thrang, wi' swords, and rungs, frae the Heid-priests, and elders o' the nation. 48. And he wha betrayed him had gien them a sign, and quo' he, " Wha I sal kiss, that same is he : grip hini I " 49' And at ance he cam till Jesus, and said, "Hail, Maister I "wi* unco kissin. 50. And Jesus said ti ll him, "Freend.for * V. 39.— See Mark 14 : 36, note. Afore the Heigh-Priest, MATTHEW, XXVII. Peter disowned him. what did ye come ? " Than cam they, and pat their hauns on Jesus, and grippit him. 51. And behauld 1 ane o' them that war wi' Jesus, rax't oot his haun, and drew sword, and strack a servant o' the Heigh- priest, and sned aff his lug. 52. Than said Jesus till him, "Pit up yere blade intil its place ! for a' they wha talc oot the sword, by the sword sal dee ! 53. " Think-ye-na that I coud pray my Faither, and he soud send me mair nor twal' legions o* Angels ? 54. " But hoo than coud the Scripturs be fulfilled that sae it soud be ? " 55. In that 'oor said Jesus till the thrangs, " Cam ye oot as again a robber, wi' swords and rungs to tak me ? I sat day by day, teachin in the Temple, and ye grippit-me-na." 56. But a' this was dune, that the writins o' the Prophets soud come to pass. Than a' his disciples forsook him, and fled. 57. And they wha had taen Jesus led him awa till Caiaphas the Heigh-priest, whaur the Scribes and the Elders war forgather't. 58. But Peter follow't far ahint, till the Heigh-priest's palace ; and gaed in, and sat wi' the servants, to see the end. 59. Noo the Heid-priests and the hail Cooncil socht fause witnesses again Jesus, that they micht pit him to deid ; 60. But faund-them-na, tho' a hantle cam forrit as witnesses. At last cam twa, 61. And said, " This ane said, ' I am able to destroy the Temple o' God, and up-bigg it in thrie days ! ' " 62. And the Heigh-priest raise, and quo' he, " Answer-ye-na ? What is't that thir are witnessin again ye ? " 63. But Jesus was silent. And the Heigh-priest said, " I adjure ye by the Leevin God, that ye tell us gin ye be The Anointit, the Son o' God ? " 64. Jesus says till him, " Ye hae said it ! Natheless, I say t'ye, here-eftir sal ye see the Son o' Man seatit at the richt haun o' pooer, and comin' i' the cluds o' Heeven ! " 65. Than did the Heigh-priest rive his garments, and quo' he, " He has spoken profanely ! What need hae we o' mair witnesses ? Behauld 1 ye hae noo heard his profane speech ! 66. •' Hoo dis it seem till ye ? " They answer't and said, '*He is wordie o' death ! " 67. Than they spat in his face, and 31 the bafTt him ; and ithers strack him wi' loof, 68. Sayin, " Prophecie till us, thou Anointit Ane ! Wha was't that clour'd thee ? " 69. Noo, Peter was sittin oot-by i' the coort-yaird: and a maid cam till him, sayin, " Ye war wi' Jesus o* Galilee 1 " 70. But he deny't foment them a' ; threepin, '* I ken-na what ye're sayin 1 " 71. And whan he was gane oot intil the porch, anither lassie saw him, and says till them that war thar, " This ane, too, was wi' Jesus the Nazarene I " 72. And again he deny't wi' an aith, " I ken-na the man ! " Ti. " And eftir a wee, they that stude by cam and said till Peter, *• O' a sooth ye are ane o' them ; for yere tongue tells on ye!" 74. Than begude he to curse and ban, " I ken-na the man ! " And at ance the cock crew. 75. And Peter ca'd to mind the word Jesus spak, "Afore the cock craw, ye w\jll thrice disown me ! " And he gaed oot, and grat sair. CHAPTIR TWONTY-SEEVEN. Afore the Governor. At the Cross. In the Tomb. WHAN mornin was come, a'theHeid* priests and Elders o' the nation coonsell t thegither again Jesus to com- pass his death. 2. And they bund him, and led him awa to Pilate the Governor. ' 3. Than Judas, that betra/t him, whan he saw he was condemned, repentit sair, and took back the thretty merks till the Heid-priests and Elders, 4. Sayin, "I hae sinned, in deliverin up innocent blude ! " But quo' they, " What is't till us ? See ye till't yersel I " 5. And he cuist doon the siller i' the Temple, and gaed awa ; and gangin oot, he hang't his sel. 6.. And the Heid-priests liftit the siller, and said, " It isna flt to gang i' the Treasury, seein it is the price o' blude ! " 7. And, takin advice on't, they coft wi't the potters'-grund, to bury fremd anes in. 8. Sae that grund was ca'd "The Bluidy Field," till this day. 9. Than cam to pass what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, " And they took the thretty merks, the price o' him that Barabbas lowsed. MATTHEW, XXVII. Jesus crucify' t. had a price set on h'm, wha was priced amang Isra'l's sons ; 10. " And gied them for the potter's- field; as the Lord appointit me. 11. And Jesus stude foment the Governor. And the Governor speir't at himt *• Are ye the King o' the Jews ? " And Jesus said till him, " Ye hae said it." 12. And bein accused o' the Heid- priests and Elders, he answer't nocht. 13. Than said Pilate till him, •' Hear- ye-na hoo mony things they threep again ye?" 14. And he answer't him no saemuckle as a word ; sae that the Governor ferlied uncolie. 15. Noo, aye at the Feast, the Gover- nor had lowsed to them ae prisoner, sic ane as they wad. 16. And they had, at that time, a noted prisoner, ca'd Barabbas. 17. Sae whan they had forgather't, Pilate speir't at them, " Wham wad ye that I lowse ? Barabbas, or Jesus that is ca'd Christ ? " 18. For he kent that for mere ill-will they had deliver't him up. 19. And as he was on the Judgment- seat, "his wife sent till him, savin, " Hae ye nocht to do wi' yon just man I for I hae dree't mony things this day in a dream, on hisaccoont.' 20. Noothe Heid-priestsand the Elders perswadit a' the folk that they soud ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21. And the Governor said till them, *• Whilk wuU ye, o' the twa, that I soud release ye ? " Quo' they, " Barabbas ! " 22. Pilate says till them, "Than what sal I do wi' Jesusi wha is ca'd Christ ? " They a* say, " Lat him be crucify't ! " 23. And he said. •* Why sae ? What ill has he dune?" But they cry't oot fierce and lang, '* Lat him be crucify't ! " 24. Sae Pilate, seein he prevail't-na, but that raither a tulzie was risin, had watir, and wesh't his hauns afore a' the folk, sayin, •• I am innocent o' the blude o' this richtous man ! See ye till't ! " 25. And a' the folk answer't, " His blude be on us, and on oor bairns ! " 26. Than lowsed he Barabbas ; but Jesus he lash't, and deliver't him to be crucify't. 27. Than the soagers o' the Governor, takin Jesus wi' them intil the Judgment- ha', gaither't thegither the hail core ; 28. And they strippit him, and pat on him a scarlet manteel. 29. And they wove a croon o' thorns, and pat it on his heid, and a reed in his richt haun ; and they loutit doon afore him, and geck't at him, sayin, *' Hail, King o' the Jews I " 30. And they spat upon him, and bafft him ower the heid wi' the reed. And whan they had mock't him, 31- and awa « V. 19. E'en as i* the days o' Elijah — we a' mind o' the seeven thoosand wha didna bow the knee — the Lord has unco mae disciples than mony folk think ! And I doot-na but that this Claudia Procula (for sae the auld writers gie her name to be) was ane. 32 they took aflT the manteel frae him, pat on his ain cleedin, and led him to be crucify't. 32. And, comin oot. they lichtit on a man o' Cyrene, ca'd Simon ; him they press'd, to cairry the cross. 33. And whan they war come till a place ca'd Golgotha, that is to say, " Skull-place," 34. They offer't him wine wi' gall in't ; and whan he had pree'd, he wadna drink. 35. And whan they had crucify't him, they pairtit his cleedin amang theirsels, castin the lot ; 36. And they sat doon and watch't him thar : 37. And pat up ower his heid his accu- sation, " This is Jesus, King o' the Jews." 38. Than war twa reivers crucify't wi' him, ane on the richt haun, and ane on the left. 39. And the passers-by misca'd him, waggin their heids, 40. And sayin, '' Ye that ding doon the Temple, and up-bigg it in thrie days, save yersel ! Gin ye be God's Son, come doon frae the cross ! " 41. And e'en the Heid-priests too, and the Scribes and Elders, said, 42. '• Ithers he sav't : his ain sel he canna save I Isra'l's King he is ! lat him, e'en noo, come doon frae the cross, and we wull lippen on him ! 43. " He lippen'd on God : lat him, noo, rescue him, gin he cares ocht for hiin ! for he said, • I am God's Son ! ' " 44. And e'en the reivers that war cru- cify't wi' him, cuist the same reproach at him. 45. Noo, frae the 'oor o' twal', thar was black mirk ower a' the kmtra, till the 'oor o' thrie. 46. And aboot the 'oor o' thrie, Jesus The new tomb. CHAPTIR XXVIII. The Angel spak. cry't oot wi' a great voice, sayin, " Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ! " that is, " My God I My God ! tor why did Thou forsake me?" 47. And some o' them staunin thar, said, •' He is ca'in for Elijah ! " 48. And at ance, ane o' them ran, and took a sponge, iillin it wi' vinegar, and pat it on a reed, and ^ied him to drink. 49. But the lave said, " Hand awa, lat us see gin Elijah comes to rescue him ! " 50. And Jesus cry't oot again wi' a great voice, and gied up his spirit. 51. And behauld ! the Temple- veil was riven in twa, frae tap till bottom, and the grund trimml't, and the rocks war cleft ; 52. And the tombs war open't ; and a hantle o' the bodies o' the saunts wha had faun asleep, raise ; 53. And comin oot o' their tombs eftir his Risin-again, they cam intil the holie citie, and schawed theirsels till mony. 54. And the officer, and thae that war watchin Jesus, whan they saw the yirth trimmle, and the things that war dune, waruncolie fley't, sayin, ' Truly this was God's Son 1 " 55. Noo, mopy weemen war thar, lookin on, frae far-awa, wha had foUow't Jesus frae Galilee, providin for him. 56 And amang them, Mary the Mag- dalene, and Mary the mither o' James and Joses, and the mither o' Zebedee's sons. 57. And whan the gloamin cam on, a rich man frae Arimathea cam, ca'd Joseph ; wha himsel was a disciple o' Jesus, $8. This ane, gaun till Pilate, askit for the body o' Jesus. Than Pilate com- mandit it soud be gien up. 59. And Joseph, whan he had taen the the body, row't it in a fair linen claith, 60. And laid it in his ain new tomb, whilk he had howkit oot i' the rock. And he row't a great stane till the door o' the tomb ; and gaed awa. 61. And Mary the Magdalene was thar, and the ither Mary, sittin ower foment the tomb. 62. Noo the neist day — the day eftir the " Preparation " — the Heid-priests and the Pharisees gaither't thegither till Pilate, sayin till him, 63. '* Sir ! we mind weel that yon de- ceiver said whan he was yet leevin, ' Eftir thrie days I wull arise ! ' 64. "Gie commaun thar-for, that the tomb be made sure and siccar till the 33 third day ; sae that his disciples come-na and steal him awa, and say till a' folk that ' He is risen frae the deid 1 ' sae the last deception wad be waur nor the first ! " 61;. Pilate said, '* Ye'se hae a gaird ; gang yere ways, and mak it as siccar as ye may I " 66. Sae they gaed, and made the lomb safe, sealin the stane, and settin a gaird. CHAPTIR TWON TY-AUCHT. Risin frae the deid. The sodgers sic pitifu' leears. " Gae preach ! " A ND at the hinner-end o' the Sabbath, i\. as it begude to break day at the first o' the week, cam Mary the Mag- dalene, and the ither Mary, to see the tomb. 2. And behauld ! a great yirdin ! for an Angel o' the Lord cam doon frae Heeven, and cam and row't awa the stane, and sat on't. 3. To look at him he was like the fire- fiaught, and his cleedin was white as the snaw ; 4. And, cuisten-doon afore him, the gaird did trimmle, and war as deid men. 5. But the angel, speakin till the weemen, said, •' Be-na ye fley't ! For I ken ye are seekin Jesus, the crucify't. 6. " He isna here I for he is risen, e'en as he said ! Come, see the bit whaur the Lord was lyin. 7. "And gae quickly, and say ye till his disciples, ' He is risen frae the deid ! ' And behauld I he gangs afore ye intil Galilee. Thar sal ye see him. See I I hae tell't ye I " ' 8. And quickly lea'in the tomb, in muckle fear and muckle joy, they ran to tak word till the disciples. 9. And behauld ! Jesus met them, and says, "All hail ! " And they cam forrit, and grippit him by the feet, and wor- shipp't him. 10. Than says Jesus till them, '• Fear- na ! But gae tell my brethren ; sae as they may gang intil Galilee ; thar sal they see me !" 11. Noo, e'en while they war gaun, behauld ! some o' the gaird cam intil the citie, and tell't to the Heid-priests a' that had been dune. 12. And whan they had forgather't wi' the Elders, and counsell't thegither, they gied a routh o' siller till the sodgers ; 13. And quo' they, *• Say ye, 'His dis- ^M The tryst and the orders CHAPTIR XXVIII. o' the Risen Lord. ciples cam i' the nicht, and slippit awa wi' him whan we war sleepin.' 14. *' And gin aiblins this come afore the Governor, we wull cajole him, and make it siccar for you ! " 15. Sae they liftit the siller, and did as they war tell't ; and this tale was spread abreid amang the Jews— aye, e'en till this day. 16. And the eleeven disciples gaed awa intil Galilee, till a mountain whaur Jesus had trystit them. 17. And, » seein him, they adored him : hoobeit, some swither't. 18. And Jesus, drawin nar, spak till them, sayin, '* Thar has been gien till me a' pooer in Heeven, and on yirth ! 19. "Gang ye thar-for, and mak ye disciples o' a' the nations, bapteezin them intil the name o' the Faither, and o' the Son, and o' the Holie Spirit ; 20. " Schawin them hoo till observe a' things, e'en as mony as I hae commandit ye. 21. " And behauld ! I am wi' ye a' the days ; e'en till a' time 1 " « V. 17. Paul tells thar war mair nor fyve bun- der o' them, (I. Cor. i<; : 6.) I canna think ony o' them wad continue to swither and dont. But the ferlie u' his Risin-again was sae great, they bude hae time to lat the truth get fairly baud o' thcin ! 34 GLOSSARY. Note :— Generally, the English definitions that beloiig to the words, asjonndin lk$text, are given only. But the words have often other meanings as well. AuBB, ». — let alone. Aboon, t^'P' — above. Abreid, adv — abroad. Ae, ane, adj. — one. AeJauld, adj, — sincere. Ap' , adv. — obliquely, aside. All lis, adv, — perhaps. Ain. adv. — own. Ainsel, pro. — own-self. Aith, H, — oath. AUenar, allennrlie, adv. — only, solely. Ance, adv. — once. Aneath, prep. — beneath. Anent, prep. — concerning. Assis, n. — ashes. ' Atweesh, prep. — between. Auchts, (gutt.) V. — owns, possesses. Aucht, (gwii.) adj. — eight. Ava, adv.—&i all. Awa, adv. — away. Awn, v. — owing. Bairn, ».— child. Bannocks, n. — bread in flat cakes. Barm, «. — yeast. Befaun, v. — befallen. Behauld, v. — to behold. Begude, z^. — liegan. Belyve, adv. — soon, byeand-bye. Ben, aJiv. — in the inner room. ; Besocht, (gutt. ) V. — besought ' , Biddens, m. — commands. Bigg, V, — to build. Binna, v. — be not. Birsle- v. — to shrivel with heat. Biythe, (hard tk) adj. — glad, joyful. Bodle, n. — a vety small copper coin. Bonnie, adj. — beautiful. Bothie, H. — booth, hut. Bower, n. — chamber. Braird, v. or n. — first sprouting of grain. Braw, adf. — adorned, gaily dressed. Breid, H. — bread. Brek, v. — break. Brocht, (gutt.)v. — brought. Brunt, v. — burnt. Buird, ft. — board, table. . Ca', v. — to call, drive. Cauf. «. — calf. Cauit, n. — chaff. Causey, n. — causeway, street. Cark, n. — burden (of anxiety or labor). Canna, v. — cannot. Ca'lion, caut'in, n. — bail, security. Challenged, v. — opposed, objected. Chaummer, n. — chamloer. Clash, M. — report, gossip Cleckin, ». — brood. Cleed, v — clothe. rieek, M. or v. — a hook ; to snatch away. Clour, (pron. cloor) v. — to strike violently. Clud, M. — cloud. Cog, M. — a wooden vessel for liquids. Conform, prep. — according. Commaun, n. or v, — command. Cowt, n. — colt. Creel, n. — large basket. Croft, H. — A small field. Croon, «.— crown. Crusie, n. — a small open hand-lamp. Cuist, V. — did cast. C'way, V. — come away. Dauntit, ».— intimidated. Dawin, n. — the dawn. Deein, v. or adj. — dying. Deid, n. or a«^'.— death, dead. Deif, adj. — deaf. Delicht, (guU.) n. — delight. Dementit, adj. — deranged in \. Differ, n, — difference. Dight, V. — to wipe off. Div, ». — do. Divna, v. — do not. Dochter, (gutt.) «.— daughter. Dolor, M. — grief, gloom of spirits. Doo, M. — dove. Dool, H, — sorrow, trouble. Dour, (pron. door) adj. — obstinate. Duwie, adj. — dispirited, sad. Dree, v. — to suffer, endure. Drouthie, ad;, — thirsty. Dung, V, — struck, knocked. Dwine, v, — to fade, diminish. Eb, h. — eye. Eftir, prep. — after. Eftirhaun, prep, — afterwards. Els, (hard s) adv, — already, else. Even, V. — to equal, to compare. Eneuch. (gutt.) adv, — enough. Ettle, v. — to attempt, intend. Expone, v, — to explain. Fa', ».— to fall. Fa', n. — fortune, fate. Fae, n. — foe. \i i. Fash, «. or z>. -trouble. » Faund, v. — found. Faur'd, a z/. — stood. Sut, ».— did sit or set. ' , Swither, v. — hesitate. Syne, adf».— then, ago, afterwards. ; Taen, v. — taken. Tang, M. — sharp point, sting. Tapmaist, adj. — topmost. Tent, n. — care, attention. Tentie, adj. — careful, watchful. Tether't, z>.— tied, fastened. Thae, pro. — those. Thar, adv. — there. Tharawa, adv. — thereabouts. Thir, /rfl.— these. Thirlman, «. — bondman, prisoner. Thole, z/. — to bear, endure. Tholeabie, adj. — endurable. Thrang, v. — busy. Thrang, n. — throng, crowd. Threepit, v. — insisted, declared. Thretly, adj. — thirty. Thrawart, adj. — contrary, obstinate. Throwe, ^r«^— through. I'xWtprep. — to. t Tine, v. — to lose. Tint, adj. — lost. Tods, «. — foxes. ' Toon, toun, n. — town. Towerickie, n. — high point ; dimin. of tower. Trauchle (gutt.), &.— to trail among feet. Troke, v. — to traffic, deal. Trow, z/.— to think, decide in one's mind. Tulzie, «.— broil, conflict. Twafauld, adj. — double, deceitful. Unco, ad] or adv. — strange, great, exceeding. Uncolie, adv. — strangely, greatly. Vera, adv. — very. Wa', «.— wall. Wad, V. — would. Wadna, v. — would not. Wae, n, — woe. Wale, v. — to select. Wame, n. — belly, stomach. Wan, V. — won, obtained. Wark, n. — work. I 1 J •mmmimmm IV Waukin, v. — fulling. Waur, adv. — worse. Weans, ». — babes, children. Weel, aJj. — well. Weir, H. — war. Wha, pro. — who. yf ham, pro. — whom. Wheen, adj. — a few. Whamml't, v. — overturned. Whase, pro. — whose. yfhaur, adv. — where. VihiYk, pro. — which. Whush't, V. or adj. — softly whispered. Winna, v. — will not. Wizzen't, adj. — shrivelled. Wordie, «^'.— worthy. Wrangous, adj. — wrongful. Wricht (gutt.) II. — Wright, artificer. Writer, «. — lawyer. Wrocht (gutt.) V. — wrought, performed. Wund, «. — wind. Wunnerwarks, n. — miracles. Wyss (soft i) a^'.— wise. Wyte, n. or v, — blame. Yap, adj. — hungry, keenly appetized. Yerb, n. — herb, plant. Yersel, pro. — yourself. Yirdin, fi, — earthquake. Yirth, n, — earth. Yont, prep. — beyond. ORDER FORM. THE GOSPEL OF SAINT MATTHEW Price, 26 cents. Messrs. IMRIE, GRAHAM & OO., 31 Church Street, Toronto, Canada. Gents, — Please send to my address as below copies of Gospel of Saint Matthew, in Broad Scotch^ at 25c, per copy, post free ^ Cash^ or Stamps, enclosed cents. Name ;. ' P.O. Address ORDER FORM, PROPOSED NEW TESTAMENT I3Sr B£%O.A.D SOOTOH. . Price, $2.00. Messrs. IMRIE, GRAHAM & CO. 31 Church Street, Toronto. Canada. Gents, — Please accept my Name and Address as a subscriber to the proposed ''^ New Testament^ in Broad Scotch''' On being notified that the work is published.^ I will remit the amount, $2.00. Name P.O. Address THE NEW TESTAMENT IN BRAID SCOTS. RENDERED BY WILLIAM WYE SMITH. WITH A GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH TERMS TORONTO, CANADA : Imrie, Graham & Co., Printers and Publishers, 31 Church St. 1898. PREFACE. Thar are mony folk, wha hae spoken English a' their grown-up days, wha like to gang back till the tongue o' their haimhood, i' the mirk and shadows o' auld age. Thar are ithers wha seem to tak the Word till them better, whan it comes till them wi' a wee o' the Scottish birr. And thar are a hantle o' folk — and I meet them a'-gate — wha divna speak Scots theirsels, but are keen to hear it, and like to read it. And thar is anither consideration — the Scots tongtie is no gettin extendit, and some ^ folk think it may be tint a'thegither 'or lang. And God's Word is for a' men ; and ony - lawfu' means ane can use to get folk to read it, and tak tent till't, is richt and proper. For a' thae reasons, and ithers I coud bring forrit, I hae putten the New Testament intil Brai<^ Scots. Lat nae man think it is a vulgar tonsfue — a mere gtbturish to be dune wi' ■as sune as ane is by the schule-time. It is an ancient and honorable tongue ; wi' rutes deep i' the yirth ; aulder than muckle o' the Ei^lish. It cam doon till us throwe oor Gothic and Pictish forbears ; it was heard on the battle-field wi' Bruce ; it waftit the triumphant prayers and sangs o* the Martyrs intil Heeven ; it dirl't on the tongue o' John Knox, denouncin wrang ; it sweeten't a' the heevenlie letters o* Samul Rutherford ; and Aneath the theek o' mony a muirland cottage it e'en noo carries thanks till Heeven, and brings the blesuns doon ! And I haena putten pen till paper unbidden. A wheen screeds o' the Word dune intil Scots I had at times putten afore the public een ; and folk wad write me, " Hae ye ony mair o't ? Is the hail Testament in Scots to be gotten ?" till I begfude to think that aiblins Providence had gien me the Scots blude and the Scots tongue, wi' the American edication, for the vera reason that — haein baith lang'ages — I soud recommend the Word in Scots ; and juist Scots eneuch no to be unfathomable to the ordinar English reader. Whiles thar has been a chance o' makin the meanin plainer ; whiles a Scots phrase o' unco' tenderness or wondrous pith coud come in. And at a' times, ahint the pen that was movin, was a puir but leal Scots heart, fu' o' prayer that this sma' effort micht be acceptit o' the dear Matster — and, survivin a' the misca'in o' the pemickity and the fash- ionable- -micht bring the memory o' a worthy tongue, and the better knowledge o' a Blessed Saviour, to this ane and that ane, as they might chance to read it. St. Catharines, Canada. WILLIAM WYE SMITH. i • • A glossary has been added, to assist the English reader. See Appendix. i 7 -V u V ^-<4« Extract from the Larger Work.) REVELATION,— CHAPTIR TWONTY-ANE. A New Heeven and a New Yirth. The bonnie Bride d Christ wC a' herpearlins and her jewels ! 21. And the twal' yetts war twal' pearls ; ilka alleqar j yett ae pearl ; and the causey o' the citie was pure gowd, like shinin gless. 22. And Temple saw I nane thar-in, for the Lord God Almichty and the Lamb are her temple. 23. And the citie isna wantin for the sun, nor yet for the mune, that they soud shine in't ; for the glorie o' God is her licht, and the Lamb is the lamp o't. 24. And the nations sal gang by the licht o't ; and a' the kings o' the yirth bring their glorie intil't. 25. And a' the day lang the yetts are wide unsteekit, for nae nicht fa's thar. 26. And they sal bring the glorie and treasur o' the nations intil't. 27. And in naegate sal enter intil't ocht that defiles, nor ane that dis abomination, or is a leear ; but they wha are putten-doon i' the Lamb's Buik-o'-Liie. XXn. — I. And he airtit my een till a river o' the Watir o' Life, as clear as crystal, flowin oot frae the thron o' God and the Lanab. 2. And atweeri the river-street and the river, on this side and on yon, the Tree o' Life, giean twal' fruitins ; month by month giean its frute ; and the leaves o' the tree to mak' the nations hale. 3. And nae curse sal be ony mair ; and the thron o' God and o' the Lamb in her sal be ; and his servitors sal do him service. 4. And they sal look on his face ; wi' his name carry 't on their broo. 5. And nae nicht sal fa' mair ; and they need nae licht o' lamp nor shine o' sun ; for the Lord God wuU shed licht upon them ; and they sal reign for evir and aye. t <*