6 Thair wus thïs man sent oot frae God bi tha name o Jhone.
Thïs ïs tha yin tha Scrïptures taak aboot whan the' say: ‘Lïsten, A wull senn oot ma messenger aheid o ye; he wull mak readie tha wye afore ye.’
Jhone's baptisin - whar dïd ït cum frae? Wus ït frae heiven, or wus ït jist a notion o man?” The' stairtit tae taak aboot ït amang thairsels an the' saed, “If we say, ‘Frae heiven,’ he'll ax iz, ‘Sae hoo cum yis dïdnae believe hïm?’
But tha angel saed, “Dïnnae be feart, Zechariah, fer God haes heerd yer prayer, an yer wife Lïzbeth wull gie ye a wee sinn! An ye maun caa hïm Jhone.
An you, ma wee sinn, ye'll get caad ‘Tha proaphit o tha maist heich God’, fer ye'll mak tha wye readie fer tha cumin o tha Loard.
A wudnae a knowed hïm, but tha yin that sent me fer tae baptise wi wattèr toul me, ‘Whan ye see tha Spïrit cum doon an bide on a man, ït's hïm that wull baptise wi tha Halie Spïrit.’
Shair yis know yersels, A toul yis strecht; ‘A'm no tha Christ, A wus jist sent aheid o hïm.’