another translation please

With apologies I know this forum is not a translation service. When the writer of my bygdebok moves from facts and figures to metaphor and analogy, I as a foreigner am quickly lost. Here the author introduces a passage about the behavior and morals in rural western Norway 300-400 years ago..."om dei låg under for låke tildriv, Eller om hugen deira stod til det som var rett og godt og edelt, sjå då kvem vi straks i beit".