17 “Think‐na I am come to do awaʼ wiʼ the Law, or the Prophets: Iʼse no come to do awaʼ, but to bring to pass!
But Jesus answerʼt him, and said, “Sae be it e noo; for sae it behoves us to fulfil aʼ richt‐gangin!” Than he contentit him.
“And sae, aʼ things whatsoeʼer ye wad that men soud do till yersel, div ye do eʼen sae tae them; for this is the hail Law and the Prophets.
“But it sal suner be that heeven and earth sal pass awa, than for ae haet oʼ the Law to fail!
“Noo Moses, iʼ the Law, gied commaun to stane siclike; but what say ye?”
Sayin, “This ane is perswadin men to worship God, contrar to the law!”
Cryin oot, “Men! Israʼlites! coʼway and help! This is the man wha is speakin again the people, and the law, and this place everygate! Aye, and has eʼen brocht Greeks intil the Temple, and has profaned this holie place!”
And set up witnesses forsworn, wha said, “This man is aye speakin ill oʼ the Holie Place, and the Law;
For Christ is what the Law ettles at, iʼ the way oʼ richtousness, to ilka ane wha has faith.
Are we, than, makin the Law naething? No sae! On the contrar, we are makin siccar the Law.
That the holy ends oʼ the Law micht be seen in us, wha walk conform to the Spirit, and no conform to the flesh.