22 “Happy are ye, whan men sal hate ye, and whan they sal separate ye, and miscaʼ ye, and cast oot yere name as vileness, for the Son oʼ Manʼs sake.
“And ye sal be brocht afore Governors and Kings for my sake, for a testimonie to them and to the nations.
“And ye sal be hatit oʼ aʼ folk for the sake oʼ my name; but he wha tholes to the end, that same sal be deliverʼt.
“He wha wins his life sal tine it; and wha tines his life for my sake, he sal win it!
“And, castin him oot oʼ the vine‐yaird, they slew him! And what, noo, sal the laird oʼ the vine‐yaird do to them?
“And yeʼse be hatit by aʼ men, for my nameʼs sake:
“Happy, ye wha are hungerin noo! for ye sal be fillʼd! Happy, ye wha greet noo; for ye sal smile.
Nane‐the‐less, eʼen amang the Heigh‐priests, a hantle believed on him; but being fleyʼt oʼ the Pharisees, they didna own him, for fear they soud be putten oot oʼ the Kirk.
“Ye sall be putten oot oʼ the Kirk: aye, the time is at haun that gin ony ane sheds yere blude, he wull fancy he sers God!
“Thy word hae I gien them; and the warld has ill‐wulled them, for that they arena oʼ the worldʼs ain: eʼen as I am‐na oʼ the warldʼs ain.
“The warld canna hate you: but it hates me, for I gie testimonie again it that its warks are ill.
They answerʼt, and quoʼ they to him, “Ye war born in sin, oot and oot; and wad ye teach us?” And they cuist him oot.
Noo they hearkened as far as this word; and than cryʼt aʼ oot, sayin, “Awa wiʼ siccan a ane frae the yirth! for it isna fit he soud leeve!”
“For, findin this man a pest, and teachin treason amang aʼ the Jews iʼ the hale inhabited‐warld, and a heid ane oʼ the sect oʼ the Nazarenes;
“For I wull schaw to him what unco things he maun dree for the sake oʼ my name.”
Happy he wha tholes trial! for, sae being appruvʼt, he sal hae a croon oʼ Life, promised oʼ the Lord to thae that loʼe him!
But gin eʼen ye soud dree ill for that whilk is gude, happy are ye! “But their dreid, dreid ye‐na! nor be ye put‐tillʼt;