3 And aʼ war gaun to be enrolled, ilk ane to his ain citie.
Noo iʼ thae days it cam aboot thar gaed oot a decree frae Cesar Augustus that aʼ the inhabiters oʼ his dominions soud be enrolled.
And this enrollment was made whan Quirinius was Governor in Syria.
And Joseph, as weel, gaed up frae Galilee, oot oʼ the citie oʼ Nazareth, intil Judea, intil Dauvidʼs citie, whilk is caʼd Bethlehem; for that he was oʼ the hoose and stock oʼ Dauvid:
To be enrolled, wiʼ Mary his betrothed wife, wha was a mither‐to‐be.