But the Angel says to him, “Be‐na fleyt, Zachariah! for yere prayer has been heard, and yere wife Elizabeth sal bear a son tʼye, and his name yeʼse caʼ John:
And whan the auchth day was come for the circumceesion oʼ the bairn, his name they caʼd JESUS, whilk was sae caʼd by the Angel ʼor he was conceivʼt iʼ the womb.
And quoʼ they to the wumman, “Noo we believe — no for yere report — for oor ain lugs hae heard him; and noo we ken that he is the Anointit Ane, the warldʼs Saviour!”
But gin aiblins we are gaun on iʼ the licht, as he is in the licht, we marrow ane wiʼ anither, and the blude oʼ Jesus his Son maks us clean frae aʼ sin.
And quoʼ I tae him, “My lord, ye ken!” And quoʼ he tae me, “Thir are the anes that cam oot oʼ sair and unco tossins‐aboot, and hae made their cleedin white iʼ the blude oʼ the Lamb.