17 An yis'll be haitit bi aa fowk on accoont o me.
Ye'll be haitit bi yin an aa on accoont o me, but he that tholes tae tha enn wull be saved.
Then ye'll be hannit ower tae be persecutit an püt tae deith, an ye'll be haitit bi aa nations jist fer bein ma follaers.
Blisst ir you whan fowks baadmooth ye, an trait ye ïll, an miscaa ye on accoont o me.
Ye'll be haitit bi aa fowk on accoont o me, but tha yin that tholes tae tha enn wull be saved.
Yis'll even be hannit ower bi thaim that ïs clase tae yis: yer mither an faither, yer brithers, yer freens an nighbers. An some o yis wull be kïllt.
But no e'en yin hair o yer heid wull cum tae onie hairm.
Blisst ir you whaniver fowk hait ye or gie ye tha coul shoodèr, baadmooth ye or blekin yer name, on accoont o tha Sinn o Man.
If ye belanged tae tha warl, ït wud love ye as ïts ain. Aa tha same, ye dïnnae belang tae tha warl, but A hae waaled ye oot o tha warl. Thon's tha raison tha warl haits ye.
The'll dail wi ye thon wye acause o ma name, fer the' dïnnae ken tha Yin that sent me.
A hae gien thaim yer wurd an tha warl haes haitit thaim, fer the'r nae mair o thïs warl ner A be.
Tha warl haes nae cal tae hait yous. It haits me but, fer A stan wutness that tha warl daes nocht but ïll.