John 12 - New Testament in Braid Scots 1904 (William Wye Smith)

CHAPTIR TWALʼ. Mary ance mair at Jesusʼ feet. He rides intil Jerusalem. The licht gaun to leaʼ them.

¹ Than Jesus, six days afore the Pasche, cam to Bethanie, whaur was Lazarus, that he had raised frae the deid.

² And they made him a supper; and Martha serʼt at the table; but Lazarus sat wiʼ him, amang the guests.

³ Than Mary took a pund oʼ ointment, the raal nard, unco precious, and anointit Jesusʼ feet; and dichtit his feet wiʼ her hair; and the hail hoose was fuʼ oʼ the perfume oʼ the ointment.

⁴ But ane oʼ his disciples, Judas, says (he wha wad betray him),

⁵ “Hoo isʼt this ointment wasna raither sellʼt for thrie hunder siller pennies, and gien to the puir?”

⁶ Noo this said he, no that he cared ocht for the puir, but for that he was a thief, and bure the wallet, and made awa wiʼ what gaed intilʼt.

⁷ Than said Jesus, “Dinna pit her aboot! has she no been hainin it for my buryin day?

⁸ “For ye hae aye the puir wʼye; but ye haena me aye wʼye!”

⁹ The feck oʼ the folk amang the Jews kent he was thar; and they cam oot, no for Jesusʼ sake allenarlie; but eʼen to see Lazarus as weel, wham he had raised frae the deid.

¹⁰ But the Heigh‐priests socht hoo they micht mak awa wiʼ Lazarus as weel;

¹¹ For that by reason oʼ him, a hantle oʼ the Jews gaed awa, believin on Jesus

¹² On the morn, a great companie oʼ folk, wha had come to the Feast, whan they heard say that Jesus was comin to Jerusalem,

¹³ Tuik branches oʼ the palm‐trees, and gaed oot to meet him, and cryʼt oot, “Hosannah! Blessin on him wha comes iʼ the name oʼ the Lord! the King oʼ Israel!”

¹⁴ And Jesus, whan he had taʼen a young ass, sut himsel onʼt; as it is putten doon,

¹⁵ “Fear‐na, O dochter oʼ Zion! for see, yere King comes, sittin on an assʼs cowt.”

¹⁶ Thir things did‐na his disciples think oʼ at the first; but whan Jesus was glorifyʼt, than mindit they that thir things war putten‐doon anent him, and that they had dune thir things to him.

¹⁷ Sae the thrang oʼ folk that war wiʼ him whan he caʼd Lazarus frae the tomb, and raised him frae the deid, bure witness.

¹⁸ And for this cause the haill multitude gaed oot to meet him, for they had heard tell that he had dune this great ferlie.

¹⁹ Than the Pharisees said amang their sels, “See ye hoo ye mak nae heidway! Look! the warld is gane eftir him!”

²⁰ Noo, thar war certain Greeks amang the folk that cam up to worship at the Feast.

²¹ And thir men cam to Philip, wha was oʼ Bethsaida oʼ Galilee, sayin to him, “Sir, we wad fain see Jesus!”

²² Philip cam and tellʼt Andro; and than Andro and Philip tellʼt Jesus.

²³ And Jesus answerʼt them, and quoʼ he, “The ʼoor is come for the Son oʼ Man to be glorifyʼt.

²⁴ “Truly, truly say I tʼye, gin a pickle oʼ wheat faʼna into the yirth and dee, it bides allenar; but gin it dee, it brings muckle increase.

²⁵ “Wha loʼes his life, sal tine his life; and wha hains‐na his life iʼ this warld sal hain it for Eternity!

²⁶ “Gin ony man wad serʼ me, lat him follow me; and whaur I bide, thar sal my servant bide; gin ony man serʼ me, my Father wull gie him honor.

²⁷ “And noo is my saul unco wanrestie; and what sal I say? Faither! save me frae this ʼoor! But eʼen for this cam I intil this ʼoor!

²⁸ “Faither, glorify thy name!” Than cam thar a sough oʼ a voice oot oʼ the lift, sayin, “I hae baith glorifyʼt it, and wull again glorify it!”

²⁹ Aʼ the folk, tharfor, that stude by, said it thunnerʼt. But ither some, that “An Angel spak to him!”

³⁰ Jesus answerʼt, and said to them, “This voice cam‐na for my sake, but for yours.

³¹ “Noo is the turnin‐point for this warld: noo sal this warldʼs prince be cuisten oot!

³² “And I, gin I be liftit up frae the yirth, wull wyle aʼ men to me!”

³³ This said he, meanin whatna kind oʼ death he wad dee.

³⁴ And aʼ the folk answerʼt him, “We hae heard oot oʼ the Law that the Anointit Ane bides for aye; and hoo say ye, ‘The Son oʼ Manʼs to be upliftit?’ Wha is this Son oʼ Man?”

³⁵ Than cryʼt Jesus to them, “Yet for a wee while is the licht wiʼ ye. Walk ye while ye hae the licht, that the mirk faʼ na on ye; for wha gangs iʼ the mirk kens‐na whaur he is gaun.

³⁶ “Whilst ye hae the licht, believe iʼ the licht; sae sal ye be bairns oʼ the licht!” Thir things spak Jesus, and gaʼed awa, and keepit his sel hidlins frae them.

³⁷ But eftir doin sae mony great warks amang them, yet believed‐they‐na on him;

³⁸ That the saying oʼ Esaiah the Prophet micht come gude whan he said, “Lord, wha has lippened to oor word? And by wham has Jehovahʼs airm been seen?”

³⁹ Tharfor, they didna believe, for that Esaiah said again,

⁴⁰ “Their eʼen are blindit, and their heart made hard; that they soudna see wiʼ their eʼen, nor understaun wiʼ their heart, and be turned, and I soud heal them!”

⁴¹ Thir things quoʼ Esaiah whan he saw his glorie, and spak oʼ him.

⁴² Nane‐the‐less, eʼen amang the Heigh‐priests, a hantle believed on him; but being fleyʼt oʼ the Pharisees, they didna own him, for fear they soud be putten oot oʼ the Kirk.

⁴³ For they loʼed to be roosʼd oʼ men mair nor to be commendit oʼ God.

⁴⁴ Jesus cryʼt, an quoʼ he, “Wha believes on me, believes na on me allenarlie, but on him wha sent me.

⁴⁵ “And wha looks on me, looks on him wha sent me.

⁴⁶ “I am come for a licht to the warld, that wha believes on me soud nae mair bide iʼ the mirk.

⁴⁷ “And gin ony man hear to my words, and winna keep them, I judge‐him‐na; for it wasna to judge the warld, but to save the warld that I cam.

⁴⁸ “Wha winna hear me, and winna hae my words, has ane to judge him: the word I hae gien oot, that sal condemn him iʼ the Last Day.

⁴⁹ “For I haena spoken by mysel; but the Faither wha sent me, he gied it to me, what I soud gie oot, and what I should speak.

⁵⁰ “And I ken his commaun is Life‐for‐Aye: that whilk I speak, tharfor, eʼen as the Faither has said to me, sae I speak.”