6 “And at fyve he gaed oot, and faund mair staunin; and, quoʼ he, ‘Hoo isʼt ye staun here, idle aʼ the day?’
“And again he gaed oot aboot twalʼ, and thrie oʼclock, and did the same.
“They say, ‘For that nae man feeʼd us!’ He says to them, ‘Gang ye as weel intil the vine‐yaird; and whateʼer is richt, that sal ye hae!’
“And whan they oʼ fyve oʼclock cam, they gat ilk man a hauf‐merk.
“I maun do the warks oʼ him that sent me, while it is day: the nicht comes on, when man canna work.
Noo, aʼ Athenians, and the fremd folk biding thar, had leisure for nocht els, but to hear or to tell oʼ some new ferlie.
That ye be‐na slack, but followin on eftir thae wha by faith and long‐tholin fell heirs to the promises.