Doctrine and Covenants Section 125 הַלֶּקַח וְהַבְּרִיתוֹת סעיף קכ״ה

Hebrew translation, word by word with English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Doctrine and Covenants Section 125 in the interlinear reader for transliteration, roots and notes.

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   מַה־רְצוֹןwhat is the will ofיְהוָהthe Lordעַלconcerningהַקְּדוֹשִׁיםthe saintsבִּגְלִילin the Territory ofאַיּוֹוָה׃Iowa

   What is the will of the Lord concerning the saints in the Territory of Iowa?

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   אָמֵןverilyכֹּהthusאָמַרsaysיְהוָהthe LordאֲנִיIאֹמֵרsayלָכֶםunto youאִםifהַקֹּרְאִיםthose who callלְעַצְמָםthemselvesבִּשְׁמִיby my nameוְהַמְבַקְשִׁיםand are essayingלִהְיוֹתto beקְדוֹשַׁיmy saintsאִםifיַעֲשׂוּthey will doרְצוֹנִיmy willוְיִשְׁמְרוּand keepמִצְוֹתַיmy commandmentsעֲלֵיהֶםconcerning themיִתְקַבְּצוּlet them gather themselves togetherאֶל־הַמְּקוֹמוֹתunto the placesאֲשֶׁרwhichאֲיַעֵדI shall appointלָהֶםunto themעַל־יְדֵיby the hand ofעַבְדִּיmy servantיוֹסֵףJosephוְיִבְנוּand build upעָרִיםcitiesלִשְׁמִיunto my nameלְמַעַןthatיִהְיוּthey may beנְכוֹנִיםpreparedלַאֲשֶׁרfor that whichצָפוּןis in storeלָעֵתfor the timeהַבָּאָה׃to come

   Verily, thus saith the Lord, I say unto you, if those who call themselves by my name and are essaying to be my saints, if they will do my will and keep my commandments concerning them, let them gather themselves together unto the places which I shall appoint unto them by my servant Joseph, and build up cities unto my name, that they may be prepared for that which is in store for a time to come.

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   יִבְנוּlet them build upעִירa cityלִשְׁמִיunto my nameעַלuponהָאָרֶץthe landנֹכַחoppositeעִירthe city ofנָאווּNauvooוְיִקָּרֵאand let be namedעָלֶיהָupon itשֵׁםthe name ofזָרַהֶמְלָה׃Zarahemla

   Let them build up a city unto my name upon the land opposite the city of Nauvoo, and let the name of Zarahemla be named upon it.

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   וְכׇל־הַבָּאִיםand all those who comeמִמִּזְרָחfrom the eastוּמִמַּעֲרָבand the westמִצָּפוֹןand the northוּמִנֶּגֶבand the southהָרוֹצִיםthat have desiresלָשֶׁבֶתto dwellבָּהּthereinיִקְחוּtake upנַחֲלָתָםtheir inheritanceבָּהּin the sameוְגַםand alsoבְּעִירin the city ofנַשְׁוִילNashvilleאוֹorבְּעִירin the city ofנָאווּNauvooוּבְכׇל־הַיְּתֵדוֹתand in all the stakesאֲשֶׁרwhichיִעַדְתִּיI have appointedנְאֻםsaysיְהוָה׃the Lord

   And let all those who come from the east, and the west, and the north, and the south, that have desires to dwell therein, take up their inheritance in the same, as well as in the city of Nashville, or in the city of Nauvoo, and in all the stakes which I have appointed, saith the Lord.