41 And Peter spak: “Lord div ye speak this parable to us, or to aʼ the folk?”
“And what I say to you, I say to aʼ — tak tent!”
And he comes, and finʼs them sleepin, and says to Peter, “Simon, are ye sleepin? Coud‐ye‐na watch ae ʼoor?
“And the servant wha cam to ken his lordʼs wull, and naither gat his sel ready, nor wrocht oot his wull, sal be sair cloured.
“But he that didna come to ken, and did deeds caʼin for stripes, sal hae the smaʼ punishment. And ilka ane that gat muckle, sal hae muckle required oʼ him; and frae him wha had muckle committit to him, wull they seek the mair.
But the end oʼ aʼ comes on: be ye than oʼ sounʼ mind, and doucely pray ye.
Be douce; be alert; for Sautan yere fae, as a rampin lion, is gaun aboot, seekin wham to devoor.