2 And answerin, quoʼ he to them, “Think ye that these men oʼ Galilee bude be sinners aboon the lave oʼ Galilee, for that they dreed thir things?
And thar war some thar, at yon time, tellin him oʼ the men oʼ Galilee, whase blude Pilate had minglʼt wiʼ their sacrifeeces.
“Na, I tell ye! but gin ye repent‐na, in siclike mainner sal ye be destroyʼt.
“Or, thae auchteen, the tooer iʼ Siloam fell on, and killed them — think ye they war ill‐deedie anes aboon aʼ the men iʼ Jerusalem?
And his disciples speirʼt at him, “Maister! whase sin wasʼt? the manʼs ain sin, or his faither and mitherʼs, that he was born blinʼ?”
And whan the folk saw the beasʼ hingin frae his haun, they said ane to anither, “To a certaintie this man is a murderer; and thoʼ he has escapit the sea, yet Justice suffers‐na to leeve!”