Yit tha Sinn o Man cum aitin an drïnkin, an the' say, ‘Wud ye luk at hïm, he's a glutton, an he's tarrible fand o tha drïnk sae he ïs - tha freen o tex men an wrangdaers!’ But daein whut's richt proves tha wusdom o God's wyes.”
An ïf he wull no lïsten tae thaim, tell ït tae tha kirk; an ïf he wull no lïsten tae tha kirk ether, dail wi hïm tha wye ye wud dae wi a tex man, or tha haithen.
Sae ït cum aboot, whan Jesus wus haein a bite tae ait at Levi's hoose, monie tex getherers an “sïnners” wus aitin alang wi Jesus an hïs follaers, fer thair wus aye a hale crood alang wi hïm.
Whaniver tha taichers o tha Laa an tha Pharisees saen hïm alang wi tha sïnners an tex men, the' axt hïs follaers, “Whut's he daein aitin wi tex getherers an sïnners?”
But tha tex man stud awa bak, an wudnae as much as lïft hïs een tae heiven, but he bate hïs breesht ïn sorra, an saed, ‘O God, hae mercie on me, fer A'm naethin but a sïnner!’
But tha Sinn o Man cum aitin an drïnkin, an ye say, ‘Wud ye luk at hïm, he's a glutton, an he's tarrible fand o tha drïnk, sae he ïs - tha freen o tex men an wrangdaers!’