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Seo earrann 脿 seann leabhar G脿idhlig. 鈥橲 e f猫in-eachraidh a tha ann. Bha an t-霉ghdar ainmeil.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Bha mi cho sona 鈥檚 gun do ghineadh mi bho ph脿rantan diadhaidh 鈥� a rinn na h-uile dh矛cheall a chum mo thogail suas ann an eagal an Tighearna, agus mo dhleastanas a theagasg dhomh 鈥� gu h-脿raidh mo mh脿thair chaomh a dh鈥檌onnsaich dhomh 霉rnaigh a dh猫anamh cho luath 鈥檚 a b鈥� urrainn mi labhairt鈥�

听听听听听听听听听听听 Bha am fear a sgr矛obh an leabhar e fh猫in diadhaidh. B鈥� esan D霉ghall Bochanan. Bha e ainmeil mar bh脿rd spioradail. Thug e taic cuideachd don Urramach Seumas Sti霉bhart 脿 Cill Fhinn nuair a rinn esan eadar-theangachadh dhen Tiomnadh Nuadh gu G脿idhlig.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Anns an leabhar aige Beatha agus Iompachadh Dh霉ghaill Bhochanan, tha D霉ghall ag innse mu rud a thachair dha. Bha e c貌ig bliadhna a dh鈥檃ois. Bha e a-muigh air an t-Sabaid, a鈥� cluich. Cha robh fios aig a mh脿thair. Nuair a thill e dhachaigh, bha na rinn e a鈥� cur dragh air a chogais. Air an oidhche sin, bha bruadar aige. Anns a鈥� bhruadar, th脿inig 脤osa thuige. Bha 脤osa m矛-thoilichte gun do bhris D霉ghall an t-S脿baid.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Cha chreid mi nach e sin an latha a fhuair e iompachadh. Th貌isich e air 霉rnaigh gu tric.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Anns na beagan Litrichean romhainn, tha mi a鈥� dol a thoirt s霉il air eachdraidh-beatha Dh霉ghaill Bhochanain. Rugadh e ann an seachd ceud deug is sia-deug (1716). Bhuineadh e do dh鈥櫭爄te a bha gu math G脿idhealach aig an 脿m sin 鈥� an t-Iomaire Riabhach. Tha sin faisg air Both Chuidir ann an Siorrachd Shruighlea. 鈥橲 e Strathyre a chanas daoine ris ann am Beurla (ged a th脿inig sin bhon Gh脿idhlig cuideachd).

听听听听听听听听听听听 Nuair a bha e sia bliadhna a dh鈥檃ois, chaochail a mh脿thair. Goirid an d猫idh sin bha aislingean aige. Thug na h-aislingean buaidh mh貌r air. 鈥淭h貌isich an Tighearn鈥� air m鈥� fhiosrachadh le seallaidhean uabhasach,鈥� tha e a鈥� sgr矛obhadh. Anns na h-aislingean, bha 脤osa air tilleadh gus breith a thoirt air t-saoghal. 鈥淐hunnaic mi mi fh矛n,鈥� tha D霉ghall ag r脿dh, 鈥溾��air mo dh矛teadh a chum losgadh siorraidh.鈥�

Here鈥檚 a section from an old Gaelic book. It鈥� s an autobiography. The author was famous.

听听听听听听听 I was very happy that I was produced by pious parents ... who made every effort to raise me in the fear of the Lord, and to teach me my duty ... particularly my gentle mother who taught me to pray as soon as I could talk...

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听听听听听听听 The man who wrote the book was himself godly. He was Dugald Buchanan. He was famous as a spiritual poet. He also helped the Reverend James Stewart from Killin when he translated the New Testament into Gaelic.

听听听听听听听 In his book The Life and Conversion of Dugald Buchanan, Dugald tells about something that happened to him. He was five years old. He was out on the Sabbath, playing. His mother didn鈥檛 know. When he returned home, what he had done preyed on his conscience. That night, he had a dream. In the dream, Jesus came to him. Jesus was unhappy that Dugald had broken the Sabbath.

听听听听听听听 I reckon that was the day he was converted. He started to pray frequently.

听听听听听听听 In the next few Litrichean, I鈥檓 going to look at the life history of Dugald Buchanan. He was born in 1716. He belonged to a place that was very Gaelic in character at the time 鈥� An t-Iomaire Riabhach [鈥榯he brindled ridge鈥橾. That鈥檚 near Balquhidder in Stirlingshire. It鈥檚 called Strathyre in English (although that came from Gaelic as well).

听听听听听听听 When he was six years old, his mother died. Shortly after that he had dreams/visions. The visions had a big effect on him. 鈥淭he Lord started to inform me with terrible visions,鈥� he writes. In the visions, Jesus had returned to pass judgment upon the world. 鈥淚 saw myself,鈥� says Dugald, 鈥�...condemned to eternal hellfire.鈥�

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