Am Ministear agus a' Chaora Chaillte

GF307i09 AM MINISTEAR AGUS A'CHAORA CHÀILLTE

Beulaiche: Tormad Pheadair Ruairidh 'Illeasbuig | Norman MacLean
Tar-Sgrìobhadh: Bun is Barr; Làrach-lìn "An Drochaid Eadarainn" (Baile nan Gaidheal) | "An Drochaid Eadarainn" Website (Highland Village Museum)

Ministear agus bha fear ann a—ann a 'sa Bhoom 's bha e car, bha—cha robh e dol an còir eaglais. Ach mu dheireadh, thàinig am ministear, 's toiseach a' gheamhraidh, a choimhead air. Nuair a ràinig e bha, bha e 'g obair do 'n a' chonnaidh aige aig an taigh ach nuair a—ministear a' bruidhinn ris, bha, bha [?] then, thuirt am ministear ris, ars' esan, ars' esan, "Tha mise coimhead airson caora chaillt' Iosrael."
Agus, "O," ars' esan, "dona an obair a th' agaibh. Bha mi—b' àbhaist dhomhsa bhith mar sin cuideachd," ars' esan, "o, mu dheireadh," ars' esan, "thuirt mi: leigidh mi leotha gus an cuir a' fuachd dhachaidh 'ad!"

Translation:

THE MINISTER AND THE LOST SHEEP

A minister and a man there in in the Boom and he was somewhat he was he never went near a church. Finally, the minister came and it was the beginning of winter to visit him. When he arrived, he was, he was working on preparing his firewood at the house, but when the minister was speaking to him then the minister said to him, said he, "I am looking for the lost sheep of Israel."
And, "Oh," said he, "what a hopeless task you have. I am—I also used to be like that," said he, "till at last," said he, "I said: I will let them be till the cold drives them home!"