5 And they war blythe, and trokit wiʼ him to gie him siller.
And, gaun his gate, he coonsellʼt wiʼ the Heid‐priests and Captains, in whatna way he micht gie him up to them?
And he made a paction wiʼ them, and waitit for a gude openin to gie him up to them, whan the crood wadna be aboot.
(“Noo this ane gaitherʼt to him a field oot oʼ the reward oʼ iniquity; and faʼin heidlang, he brak throwe iʼ the mids, and aʼ his inwarts teemed oot.
But Peter says to him, “Perish yere siller wiʼ yersel! for thinkin to troke for the gift oʼ God wiʼ siller!
Gaun a‐gley frae the straught way, and are forewanderʼt; traikin eftir the gate oʼ Balaam son oʼ Bosor, wha socht the fees oʼ unrichtousness.
And in their menseless greed, wiʼ twafauld words, wull they mak trokin‐ware oʼ ye: whase condemnation oʼ auld days isna gane‐by, and their destruction sleeps‐na.
Alack for them! for they gaed on iʼ the path oʼ Cain, and warslʼt forrit iʼ the sin oʼ Balaam, and perishʼt iʼ the mockery oʼ Korah.