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    Shetland Bible
    Shetland Bible
    Shetland Bible
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    Shetland Bible

    By Charles Greig

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    The Shetland tongue has, in many ways, been blessed by its isolation, making it both unmistakable and unlike anything else you will hear on the British Isles. This work contains 81 popular Bible stories that help readers to see the Bible afresh.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSaint Andrew Press
    Release dateAug 5, 2014
    ISBN9780861537334
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      Shetland Bible - Charles Greig

      TO DIANE

      First published in 2009 by

      SAINT ANDREW PRESS

      121 George Street

      Edinburgh EH2 4YN

      Copyright © Charles Greig, 2009

      Illustrations supplied by Smirk

      ISBN 978 0 7152 0915 8

      eISBN 978 0 8615 3685 6

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent.

      The right of Charles Greig to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      It is the publisher’s policy to only use papers that are natural and recyclable and that have been manufactured from timber grown in renewable, properly managed forests. All of the manufacturing processes of the papers are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.

      Typeset in Zapf Book by Waverley Typesetters, Fakenham

      Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by MPG Books, Bodmin

      Contents

      Foreword

      Introduction

      Old Testament

      Genesis 1:1—2:3 At da very Start

      Genesis 2, 3 Eden – da Boannie Place

      Genesis 6–8 Noah an da Doontöm

      Genesis 12, 17 Abraham’s Feth

      Genesis 25, 27 Da Twa Bridders

      Genesis 37 Jacob’s Boys

      Exodus Moses Looks Efter his Fock

      Ruth 1 A Tale of Love

      Ruth 2–4 At da Hairst

      1 Samuel 3:1–10 Da Loard Spaeks ta Samuel

      1 Samuel 16, 17; 2 Samuel 23:1–5 David da King

      1 Kings 3 Solomon seeks Sense

      Job 5:1–7 A Lok o Budder

      Psalm 23 Da Shepherd’s Blissins

      Psalm 24 Da King o Glory

      Psalm 30 Gie Tanks ta da Loard

      Psalm 65:9–13 Da Loard o da Hairst

      Psalm 84 Da Hoose o da Loard

      Psalm 95 In praise o da Göd Man

      Psalm 96 A New Sang

      Psalm 103 Coose Blissins on da Loard

      Psalm 121 Da Göd Man’s Care

      Psalm 139 Da Loard is Aye Dere

      Proverbs 31:10–29 Da Göd Wife

      Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 Der’s a Time an a Place

      Isaiah 6:1–8 What can I Pit

      Isaiah 35:1–10 Da Wye o da Göd Man

      Isaiah 40:1–11 Da Wird o da Göd Man

      Isaiah 53 Da Will o da Loard

      Isaiah 61:1–4 Da Göd Man’s Speerit

      Isaiah 65:17–25 A New Wye

      Jeremiah 31:31–6 A New Start

      Hosea 6:1–6 Startin Ower

      Hosea 11:1–11 Love dat Hadds oot ta Aathing

      Jonah Sent be da Loard

      Micah 4:1–4 Takkin Paece

      Micah 6:1–8 Whit da Göd Man Wants

      New Testament

      Luke 2:1–7 Da Birth

      Matthew 2:1–11 Da Men fae da Aest

      Matthew 3 Jesus’ Cöshin

      Matthew 4:1–11 Jesus i da Desert

      Luke 5:1–10 Fishin fir Fock

      Matthew 5:1–10 Da Loard’s Blissins

      Matthew 5:43–8 Da Loard maks Sense

      Matthew 6:2–13 Aye be Moaderate

      Matthew 6:25–33 Da Care o da Göd Man

      Matthew 7:1–11 Seein Sense

      Matthew 11:28–9 A Gentle Mindin

      Matthew 12:9–14 Döin Göd on da Loard’s Day

      Matthew 20:1–16 Wirkers i da Vineyard

      Matthew 25:14–30 A Guddick fae Jesus

      Mark 10:13–16 Da Bairns

      Luke 5:18–26 Back on his Feet

      Luke 7:36–50 A Boannie Thing

      Luke 9:10–17 Bannocks an Fish

      Luke 10:27–37 Da Göd Samaritan

      Luke 10:38–42 Mattie an Mary

      Luke 14:7–24 Bidden tae a Foy

      Luke 15:1–7 Da Lost Sheep

      Luke 15:11–32 Da Wanless Craetir

      Luke 16:19–31 A Pör Body Caad Lazarus

      Luke 17:11–18 Wan Gratefil Sowl

      Luke 18:9–14 Loard, tak Peety upo me

      Luke 19:1–10 Pittin Zac Richt

      Luke 21:1–4 Da Weedoo’s Ha’pny

      John 3:16–17 Da Göd Man’s Love

      John 4:7–26 At da Well

      John 10:1–16 Da Göd Shepherd

      John 14:1–7, 27 Da Richt wye wi Jesus

      Luke 22:14–20 Da Passover

      Luke 22:39–53 Judas Betrays his Mester

      Luke 22:66—23:25 Pilate wi Jesus

      Luke 23:27–47 Da Crucifixion

      John 20:11–18 Da Resurrection

      Luke 24:13–35 On da Rodd Hame

      John 20:24–9 Tammas Winders

      Acts 2 Da Speerit o Jesus

      Acts 9:1–22 Saul comes Göd

      Romans 8:31–9 Da Love o Christ

      Romans 12:9–21 Richt Love

      1 Corinthians 13 A Sang o Love

      Philippians 2:1–11 Be da sam as Jesus

      Colossians 3:12–17 Hap Yoursels wi Love

      James 2:1–18 Shaain your Feth

      Revelation 21:1–4, 10; 22:3–5 A New Heerin an a New Aert

      Acknowledgements

      Glossary

      Foreword

      Andrew R. C. McLellan

      When Murdoch Nisbet first translated the New Testament into Scots he had to keep it hidden. In the years that followed, his family were persecuted because of it. No-one will persecute Charles Greig for A Shetland Bible, for in some ways we live in more gentle times; and I hope that it will not be kept hidden, for it deserves wide readership.

      Of course it is guaranteed to be read widely in Shetland. Charles Greig was born in Shetland. He and I became friends during a Moderatorial visit to Shetland. He was the Presbytery Clerk, and like many Presbytery Clerks he knew everyone and everything. Also, like many Presbytery Clerks, he was very kind to us.

      So he knows Shetland and its dialect, and he knows the Bible. This translation contains selected passages, but there is enough to encourage the hope that it will be read far beyond Shetland. It takes a little practice for non-Shetlanders. ‘Da Göd Man’ may be a recognised way for Shetlanders to speak of God, but at first it seems odd to the rest of us. But it is these very challenges which can make new translations of the Bible so stimulating.

      There is a linguistic, historical Shetland interest to the book. But there is also a spiritual and a religious interest. This is not merely a translation: it is a translation of the Bible. Its purpose is that people should know the love of God. This is Romans chapter 8: ‘Whit’ll keep wis awa fae da love o Christ? Will ony warsel or trachle, or budder or eans fornenst wis, or fantation, or bein midder-nakit, or things ta mak wis faerd or ta mirackle wis? Na, we can rise abön aa yon trowe him dat loved wis.’

      This book is a charming and modest attempt to help people read the Bible imaginatively. The greatest of all English translators, William Tyndale, said ‘The nature of God’s word is that, whosoever read it, it will begin immediately to make him every day better and better’. I am glad to commend A Shetland Bible; and I have no doubt that when we do read it it will make us ‘better and better’.

      Introduction

      Somebody once said that I had three interests – the Church, Shetland and photography. I would have loved to have filled this book with photographs for as they say ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. However the book does reflect my deep interest both in the Bible and in Shetland. ‘The Bible is in my soul

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