And he said to them, “Ye are thae wha pit their sels richt afore men, but God taks tent oʼ yere hearts; for the lofty amang men is an abomination in Godʼs sicht.
And mark! thar was a man iʼ Jerusalem, whase name was Simeon; and this man was holie and devout, lookinʼ for Israʼlʼs consolation. And the Holie Spirit was on him.
For oor consolation is, the witness oʼ conscience, that in purity, and aefauldness afore God, no in wisdom oʼ man, but by Godʼs favor, we sae leeved iʼ the warld — and mair owerflowin toward you.
That ye may become fautless and innocent bairns oʼ God, wyteless amang a thrawart and perverse generation; amang wham schaw yersels as lichts iʼ the warld;