21 Sae the' axt hïm, “Wha ir ye then? Wud ye be Elijah?” “Na, A'm no,” qo he. “Ir ye tha Proaphit we ir waitin on?” “Na,” saed he.
An ïf ye ir wullin tae believe whut A say, Jhone ïs tha Elijah that wus tae cum.
The' saed, “A wheen say Jhone tha Baptiser; some wud say Elijah; an still ithers, Jeremiah or yin o tha proaphits.”
An tha croods saed bak tae thaim, “Thïs ïs Jesus, tha proaphit frae Nazareth ïn Galilee.”
He wull be laik Elijah, fu o God's Spïrit an pooer; he wull saffen tha hairts o tha faithers tae thair weans, turnin contrairie yins tae a richt wye o thïnkin; an he wull gang afore tha Loard tae mak tha fowk readie fer hïm.”
At tha enn o ït the' speered, “Wha ir ye? Gie iz yer answer tae tak bak tae thaim that sent iz. Whut hae ye tae say fer yersel?”
“Gin ye'r no tha Christ, ner Elijah, ner tha Proaphit, hoo cum ye'r baptisin fowk then?”
An whaniver tha fowk saa tha wunnèr Jesus wrocht, the' saed, “Thair's nae doot thïs maun be thon Proaphit the' saed wud cum ïntae tha warl.”
Whaniver the' heerd hïs wurds, some o tha fowk saed, “Thïs man fer shair maun be tha Proaphit!”