James 2:5 - New Testament in Braid Scots 1904 (William Wye Smith)
5 Hearken, my beloved brethren! Hasna God taen the puir oʼ the warld to be rich in faith, and to hae the kingdom he has promised to thae that loʼe him?
“The blinʼ are gettin their sicht, the lameters walk aboot, the lepers are made clean, the deif are hearin, the deid are raised up, the puir and destitute hae the Blythe‐message proclaimʼt till them!
“Then wull the King say to them on his richt haun, ‘Come ye, aʼ blessed oʼ my Faither! Inherit the Kingdom made ready for ye frae the up‐biggin oʼ the warld!
“Noo, it cam aboot that the beggar‐man deeʼt, and was carryʼt awa by the Angels, and laid in Abraʼmʼs bosom. And forby, the rich man, too, deeʼt and was buryʼt.
“But Abraʼm said, ‘Bairn! caʼ ye to minʼ that ye gat aʼ yere gude things iʼ yere lifetime; and Lazarus the ill things: and noo he is at rest, and ye are in sair pyne.
And he said, “Men! Brethren and faithers, hear! The God oʼ Glorie schawed his sel to oor faither Abraʼm, whan he was in Mesopotamia, afore he bade in Haran;
But, eʼen as it is putten doon, “What‐na things the ee saw‐na, and the ear heard‐na, and manʼs heart conceivʼt‐na — sae mony things has God prepared for thae that loʼe him!”
For ye understaun the love oʼ oor Lord Jesus Christ, in that he made his sel puir for yere sakes (thoʼ he was rich!) that ye, throwe his poortith, micht be made rich.
And as for the lave: thar is lyin‐by for me a holie croon, that the Lord the Richtous Judge wull gie me iʼ that day; yet no allenar tae me, but eke tae aʼ thae wha love his shinin‐forth.
“I coonsel ye to buy frae me gowd made clear wiʼ fire, that ye may be rich; and white cleedin that ye may be weel‐buskit; and that the shame oʼ yere nakitness appear‐na; and ee‐saʼ to anoint yere een that ye may see.