“Eneuch that the learner sud fare as dis the teacher, and the servant like his maister. Gin they caʼ the maister oʼ the hoose Beelzebul, hoo muckle mair them oʼ his househauld?
Whiles he was speakin, lo! a clud oʼ brichtness cam ower them; and a voice cam oot oʼ the clud, sayin, “This is my Son! the Beloved, wham I delicht in! Hear ye till him!”
And Peter answerin, says to Jesus, “Maister, it is bonnie for us to be here! and lat us mak thrie bothies; for thee ane; and for Moses ane; and for Elijah ane!”
And he cam iʼ the mirk oʼ the nicht to Jesus, and quoʼ he, “Maister! we aʼ ken ye are a Teacher frae God; for nane could do sic wunner‐works as ye do, gin God warna wiʼ him!”
And till John they cam, sayin, “Maister! the Ane that was ayont Jordan wiʼ ye, the Ane ye bure witness till — dʼye ken heʼs bapteezin, and aʼ the folk come till HIM?”
I John, yere brither, and yere marrow in dool, and the kingdom, and the tholin, in Jesus, was iʼ the Isle caʼd Patmos, for the sake oʼ the word oʼ God, and the witness oʼ Jesus.
And I loutit doon afore his feet, to do reverence to him. And he says to me, “No sae! for I am a fellow‐servant wiʼ ye, and oʼ yere brethren wha haud the testimonie oʼ Jesus: gie God worship; for the testimonie oʼ Jesus is the heart oʼ the prophecie.”
And quoʼ he to me, “No sae! I am yere fellow‐servant, and oʼ yere brethren the prophets, and oʼ thae that are keepin the words oʼ the buik: tae God gie worship!”