Doctrine and Covenants Section 135 הַלֶּקַח וְהַבְּרִיתוֹת סעיף קל״ה

Hebrew translation, word by word with English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Doctrine and Covenants Section 135 in the interlinear reader for transliteration, roots and notes.

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לַחְתֹּםto sealאֶת־עֵדוּתthe testimony ofהַסֵּפֶרbookהַזֶּהthisוְסֵפֶרand the Book ofמוֹרְמוֹןMormonאָנוּweמוֹדִיעִיםannounceאֶת־הֶהָרֵגthe martyrdomעַלforקִדּוּשׁthe sanctification ofהַשֵּׁםthe Nameיוֹסֵףof JosephסְמִיתSmithהַנָּבִיאthe Prophetוְחִירָםand HyrumסְמִיתSmithהָאָבthe Patriarchנוֹרוּthey were shotבְּבֵיתin the house ofהָאֲסוּרִיםjailבְּקַרְתָּגוֹCarthageבַּיּוֹםon theהָעֶשְׂרִיםtwentyוְשִׁבְעָהseventhלְיוּנִיof Juneשְׁנַתin the yearאֶלֶףone thousandוּשְׁמֹנֶהeightמֵאוֹתhundredוְאַרְבָּעִיםand fortyוְאַרְבַּעand fourהַחָמֵשׁabout fiveאַחֲרֵיafterהַצׇּהֳרַיִםnoonבְּיַדby the hand ofהָמוֹןa mobחָמוּסan armedמְשׁוּחִיםpaintedבְּשָׁחֹרblackכְּמֵאָהof about a hundredוַחֲמִשִּׁיםand fiftyעַדtoמָאתַיִםtwo hundredאִישׁpersonsחִירָםHyrumנוֹרָהwas shotרִאשׁוֹנָהfirstוְנָפַלand fellבְּשֶׁקֶטcalmlyוְקָרָאexclaimingאִישׁa manמֵתdeadאֲנִיI amיוֹסֵףJosephקָפַץleapedמִןfromהַחַלּוֹןthe windowוְנוֹרָהand was shotלְמָוֶתdead in the attemptוְקָרָאexclaimingאֲדֹנָיO Lordאֱלֹהָיmy Godנוֹרוּthey wereשְׁנֵיהֶםboth shotגַּםalsoאַחֲרֵיafterמוֹתָםthey were deadבְּאַכְזָרִיּוּתin a brutal mannerוְקִבְּלוּand receivedשְׁנֵיהֶםbothאַרְבָּעָהfourכַּדּוּרִים׃balls
To seal the testimony of this book and the Book of Mormon, we announce the martyrdom of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and Hyrum Smith the Patriarch. They were shot in Carthage jail, on the 27th of June, 1844, about five o'clock p.m., by an armed mob—painted black—of from 150 to 200 persons. Hyrum was shot first and fell calmly, exclaiming: I am a dead man! Joseph leaped from the window, and was shot dead in the attempt, exclaiming: O Lord my God! They were both shot after they were dead, in a brutal manner, and both received four balls.
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ג׳וֹןJohnטֵילוֹרTaylorוְוִילָרְדand Willardרִיצָ׳רְדְּסRichardsשְׁנַיִםtwoמִןofהַשְּׁנֵים־עָשָׂרthe Twelveהֵםtheyלְבַדָּםaloneהָיוּwereבַּחֶדֶרin the roomבָּעֵתat theהַהִיאtimeהָרִאשׁוֹןthe formerנִפְצַעwas woundedבְּאַכְזָרִיּוּתin a savage mannerבְּאַרְבָּעָהwith fourכַּדּוּרִיםballsאַךְbutהֶחְלִיםhas recoveredמֵאָזsinceהָאַחֲרוֹןthe latterבְּיַדthrough the providence ofאֱלֹהִיםGodנִמְלַטescapedוְגַםand evenנֶקֶבa holeאֶחָדoneלֹאnotהָיָהwas thereבִּלְבוּשׁוֹ׃in his robe
John Taylor and Willard Richards, two of the Twelve, were the only persons in the room at the time; the former was wounded in a savage manner with four balls, but has since recovered; the latter, through the providence of God, escaped, without even a hole in his robe.
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יוֹסֵףJosephסְמִיתSmithנְבִיאthe Prophet ofיְהוָהthe Lordוְחֹזֵהוּand his Seerעָשָׂהhas doneיוֹתֵרmoreלְבַדsaveמִיֵּשׁוּעַJesus onlyלִישׁוּעַתfor the salvation ofבְּנֵיthe children ofאָדָםmenבָּעוֹלָםin worldהַזֶּהthisמִכׇּלthan any otherאָדָםmanאֲשֶׁרthatחַיlivedבּוֹin itמֵעוֹלָםeverבְּעֶשְׂרִיםin the space of twentyשָׁנָהyearsקְצָרוֹתshortהוֹצִיאhe has brought forthאֶת־סֵפֶרthe Book ofמוֹרְמוֹןMormonאֲשֶׁרwhichתִּרְגֵּםhe translatedבְּמַתְּנַתby the gift ofאֱלֹהִיםGodוּבְכֹחוֹand his powerוּבְיָדוֹand has been the meansהוֹצִיאוֹof publishing itבִּשְׁתֵּיon twoיַבָּשׁוֹתcontinentsשָׁלַחhas sentאֶת־מְלֹאthe fulness ofבְּשׂוֹרַתthe gospelעוֹלָםeverlastingאֲשֶׁרwhichבּוֹit containedלְאַרְבַּעto the fourכַּנְפוֹתquarters ofהָאָרֶץthe earthהוֹצִיאhas brought forthאֶת־הַחֲזוֹנוֹתthe revelationsוְהַמִּצְווֹתand commandmentsאֲשֶׁרwhichמֵהֶםof themאֶת־סֵפֶרbook ofהַלֶּקַחDoctrineוְהַבְּרִיתוֹתand Covenantsהַזֶּהthisוְעוֹדand otherכִּתְבֵיdocuments ofחׇכְמָהwisdomרַבִּיםmanyוְהוֹרָאוֹתand instructionsלְטוֹבַתfor the benefit ofבְּנֵיthe childrenהָאָדָםof menקִבֵּץgatheredאֲלָפִיםthousandsרַבִּיםmanyמִקְּדוֹשֵׁיof the Saints ofאַחֲרִיתthe Latterהַיָּמִיםdaysיָסַדfoundedעִירa cityגְּדוֹלָהgreatוְהִנִּיחַand leftתְּהִלָּהa fameוְשֵׁםand nameאֲשֶׁרthatלֹאcannotיוּמְתוּbe slainחָיָהHe livedגָּדוֹלgreatוּמֵתand he diedגָּדוֹלgreatבְּעֵינֵיin the eyes ofאֱלֹהִיםGodוְעַמּוֹand his peopleוּכְרֹבand like mostמְשִׁיחֵיof anointedיְהוָהthe Lord'sבִּימֵיinקֶדֶםancient timesחָתַםhas sealedאֶת־שְׁלִיחוּתוֹhis missionוְאֶתandמַעֲשָׂיוhis worksבְּדָמוֹwith his own bloodוְכֵןand so hasגַּםalsoאָחִיוhis brotherחִירָםHyrumבְּחַיֵּיהֶםin life theyלֹאwere notנֶחְלָקוּdividedוּבְמוֹתָםand in deathלֹאwere notנִפְרָדוּ׃separated
Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it. In the short space of twenty years, he has brought forth the Book of Mormon, which he translated by the gift and power of God, and has been the means of publishing it on two continents; has sent the fulness of the everlasting gospel, which it contained, to the four quarters of the earth; has brought forth the revelations and commandments which compose this book of Doctrine and Covenants, and many other wise documents and instructions for the benefit of the children of men; gathered many thousands of the Latter-day Saints, founded a great city, and left a fame and name that cannot be slain. He lived great, and he died great in the eyes of God and his people; and like most of the Lord's anointed in ancient times, has sealed his mission and his works with his own blood; and so has his brother Hyrum. In life they were not divided, and in death they were not separated!
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בְּלֶכֶתwhen wentיוֹסֵףJosephאֶלtoקַרְתָּגוֹCarthageלְהַסְגִּירto deliver upעַצְמוֹhimselfלְדִרְשׁוֹתto the requirements ofהַחֹקthe lawהַמְדֻמּוֹתpretendedיוֹמַיִםtwo daysאוֹorשְׁלֹשָׁהthreeלִפְנֵיprevious toהֵהׇרְגוֹhis assassinationאָמַרhe saidהוֹלֵךְgoingאֲנִיI amכַּשֶּׂהlike a lambלַטֶּבַחto the slaughterאַךְbutשָׁקֵטcalmאֲנִיI amכְּבֹקֶרas a morningקַיִץof summerלִבִּיI have a conscienceנָקִיvoidמִכׇּלofפֶּשַׁעoffenseלֵאלֹהִיםtowards Godוּלְכׇלand towards allאָדָםmenנָקִיinnocentאָמוּתI shall dieוְעוֹדand it shall yetיֵאָמֵרbe saidעָלַיof meנִרְצַחhe was murderedבְּדַםinקָרcold bloodבַּבֹּקֶרthe morningהַהוּאthat sameאַחֲרֵיafterהִתְכּוֹנֵןhad made readyחִירָםHyrumלָלֶכֶתto goהַיֵּאָמֵרshall it be saidאֶלtoהַטֶּבַחthe slaughterכֵּןyesכִּיforכֵןsoהָיָהit wasקָרָאhe readאֶת־הַפְּסָקָהthe paragraphהַזֹּאתfollowingלְקֵץnear the close ofפֶּרֶקchapterשְׁנֵים־עָשָׂרthe twelfthבְּאֶתֶרof Etherבְּסֵפֶרin the Book ofמוֹרְמוֹןMormonוְקִפֵּלand turned downאֶת־הַדַּףthe leafעָלֶיהָ׃upon it
When Joseph went to Carthage to deliver himself up to the pretended requirements of the law, two or three days previous to his assassination, he said: "I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men. I SHALL DIE INNOCENT, AND IT SHALL YET BE SAID OF ME—HE WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD."—The same morning, after Hyrum had made ready to go—shall it be said to the slaughter? yes, for so it was—he read the following paragraph, near the close of the twelfth chapter of Ether, in the Book of Mormon, and turned down the leaf upon it:
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וַיְהִיand it happenedכִּיthatהִתְפַּלַּלְתִּיI prayedאֶל־יְהוָהunto the Lordכִּיthatיִתֵּןhe would giveלַגּוֹיִםunto the Gentilesחֵןgraceלְמַעַןthatיִהְיֶהmight haveלָהֶםtheyחֶסֶדcharityוַיְהִיand it happenedכִּיthatאָמַרsaidאֵלַיunto meיְהוָהthe Lordאִם־אֵיןif have notלָהֶםtheyחֶסֶדcharityאֵין־דָּבָרit matters notאֵלֶיךָunto youהָיִיתָyou have beenנֶאֱמָןfaithfulלָכֵןwhereforeיִטָּהֲרוּshall be made cleanבְּגָדֶיךָyour garmentsוּבַעֲבוּרand becauseרָאִיתָyou have seenאֶת־חֻלְשָׁתְךָyour weaknessתֶּחֱזַקyou shall be made strongעַד־לָשֶׁבֶתeven unto the sitting downבַּמָּקוֹםin the placeאֲשֶׁרwhichהֲכִינוֹתִיI have preparedבְּמִשְׁכְּנוֹתin the mansions ofאָבִיmy Fatherוְעַתָּהand nowאֲנִיIנִפְרָדbid farewellמִן־הַגּוֹיִםunto the Gentilesאַףyeaוְגַםand alsoמֵאַחַיunto my brethrenאֲשֶׁרwhomאָהַבְתִּיI loveעַד־אֲשֶׁרuntilנִפָּגֵשׁwe shall meetלִפְנֵיbeforeכִּסֵּא־מִשְׁפַּטthe judgment-seat ofהַמָּשִׁיחַChristאֲשֶׁרwhereשָׁםthereיֵדְעוּshall knowכׇל־בְּנֵיallהָאָדָםmenכִּיthatאֵיןnotבְּגָדַיmy garmentsמְגֹאָלִיםare spottedבְּדַמְכֶםwith your bloodהַמְצַוִּיםthe testatorsמֵתוּare deadעַתָּהnowוְצַוָּאָתָםand their testamentבְּתֹקֶף׃is in force
And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity. And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness, thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father. And now I … bid farewell unto the Gentiles; yea, and also unto my brethren whom I love, until we shall meet before the judgment-seat of Christ, where all men shall know that my garments are not spotted with your blood. The testators are now dead, and their testament is in force.
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חִירָםHyrumסְמִיתSmithבֶּןagedאַרְבָּעִיםfortyוְאַרְבַּעand fourשָׁנָהyearsהָיָהoldבְּפֶבְּרוּאָרin Februaryשְׁנַתin the yearאֶלֶףone thousandוּשְׁמֹנֶהeightמֵאוֹתhundredוְאַרְבָּעִיםand fortyוְאַרְבַּעand fourוְיוֹסֵףand JosephסְמִיתSmithבֶּןagedשְׁלֹשִׁיםthirtyוּשְׁמֹנֶהand eightשָׁנָהyearsהָיָהoldבְּדֵצֶמְבֶּרin Decemberשְׁנַתin the yearאֶלֶףone thousandוּשְׁמֹנֶהeightמֵאוֹתhundredוְאַרְבָּעִיםand fortyוְשָׁלֹשׁand threeוּמֵעַתָּהand henceforwardיִמָּנוּwill be classedשְׁמוֹתָםtheir namesעִםamongעֵדֵיthe martyrs ofהַדָּתreligionוְהַקּוֹרֵאand the readerבְּכׇלin everyגּוֹיnationיִזָּכֵרwill be remindedכִּיthatסֵפֶרthe Book ofמוֹרְמוֹןMormonוְסֵפֶרand book ofהַלֶּקַחDoctrineוְהַבְּרִיתוֹתand Covenantsהַזֶּהthisאֲשֶׁרofלַכְּנֵסִיָּהthe churchנִקְנוּcostבְּמִבְחַרthe bestדַּםblood ofהַמֵּאָהthe centuryהַתְּשַׁעnineעֶשְׂרֵהteenthלְהוֹצִיאָםto bring them forthלִישׁוּעַתfor the salvation ofעוֹלָםa worldחָרֵבruinedוְאִםand that ifתֹּאכַלcan scatheהָאֵשׁthe fireאֶת־הָעֵץa treeהָרָטֹבgreenלִכְבוֹדfor the glory ofאֱלֹהִיםGodאַףhowכִּיeasyתִשְׂרֹףit will burn upאֶת־הָעֵצִיםthe treesהַיְּבֵשִׁיםdryלְטַהֵרto purifyאֶת־הַכֶּרֶםthe vineyardמֵהַשְׁחָתָהof corruptionלַכָּבוֹדfor gloryחָיוּthey livedלַכָּבוֹדfor gloryמֵתוּthey diedוְכָבוֹדand gloryשְׂכָרָםis their rewardלְעוֹלָםeternalמִדּוֹרfrom ageלְדוֹרto ageיֵרֵדshall go downשְׁמָםtheir namesלְדוֹרוֹתto posterityכְּאַבְנֵיas stonesחֵפֶץpreciousלַמְקֻדָּשִׁים׃for the sanctified
Hyrum Smith was forty-four years old in February, 1844, and Joseph Smith was thirty-eight in December, 1843; and henceforward their names will be classed among the martyrs of religion; and the reader in every nation will be reminded that the Book of Mormon, and this book of Doctrine and Covenants of the church, cost the best blood of the nineteenth century to bring them forth for the salvation of a ruined world; and that if the fire can scathe a green tree for the glory of God, how easy it will burn up the dry trees to purify the vineyard of corruption. They lived for glory; they died for glory; and glory is their eternal reward. From age to age shall their names go down to posterity as gems for the sanctified.
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נְקִיִּםinnocentהָיוּthey wereמִכׇּלof anyפֶּשַׁעcrimeכַּאֲשֶׁרasהוּכַחthey had been provedפְּעָמִיםoftenרַבּוֹתmanyלְפָנִיםbeforeוְרַקand onlyכֻּלְּאוּwere confinedבְּבֵיתin the house ofהָאֲסוּרִיםjailבְּקֶשֶׁרby the conspiracyבּוֹגְדִיםof traitorsוּרְשָׁעִיםand wicked menוְדָמָםand their bloodהַנָּקִיinnocentעַלonרִצְפַּתthe floor ofבֵּיתthe house ofהָאֲסוּרִיםjailבְּקַרְתָּגוֹof Carthageהוּאisחוֹתָםa sealרָחָבbroadהֶחָתוּםaffixedעַלuponהַמּוֹרְמוֹנִיּוּתMormonismאֲשֶׁרthatלֹאcannotיוּכַלbeלְהִדָּחוֹתrejectedבְּכׇלby anyבֵּיתhouse ofדִּיןjudgmentבָּאָרֶץon earthוְדָמָםand their bloodהַנָּקִיinnocentעַלonשֶׁלֶטthe escutcheonמְדִינַתof the Stateאִילִינוֹיof Illinoisעִםwithאֱמוּנַתthe faith ofהַמְּדִינָהthe Stateהַשְּׁבוּרָהbrokenאֲשֶׁרwhichעָרַבpledgedהַמּוֹשֵׁלthe governorהוּאit isעֵדa witnessלֶאֱמֶתto the truth ofבְּשׂוֹרַתthe gospelעוֹלָםeverlastingאֲשֶׁרthatכׇּלallהָעוֹלָםthe worldלֹאnotיוּכַלis able toלְהַכְחִישׁimpeachוְדָמָםand their bloodהַנָּקִיinnocentעַלonדֶּגֶלthe bannerהַחֵרוּתof libertyוְעַלand onמְגִלַּת־הַזְּכֻיּוֹתthe magna chartaאַרְצוֹתof the UnitedהַבְּרִיתStatesהוּאisשָׁלִיחַan ambassadorלְדַתfor the religion ofיֵשׁוּעַJesusהַמָּשִׁיחַChristאֲשֶׁרthatיִגַּעwill touchבְּלֵבthe heartsיְשָׁרִיםof honest menבְּכׇלin allהָעַמִּיםnationsוְדָמָםand their bloodהַנָּקִיinnocentעִםwithדַּםbloodכׇּלof allהָעֵדִיםthe martyrsהַנְּקִיִּיםthe innocentמִתַּחַתunderלַמִּזְבֵּחַthe altarאֲשֶׁרthatרָאָהsawיוֹחָנָןJohnיִצְעַקwill cryאֶלuntoיְהוָהthe Lord ofצְבָאוֹתHostsעַדtillיִנְקֹםhe avengesאֶת־הַדָּםbloodהַזֶּהthatבָּאָרֶץon the earthאָמֵן׃Amen
They were innocent of any crime, as they had often been proved before, and were only confined in jail by the conspiracy of traitors and wicked men; and their innocent blood on the floor of Carthage jail is a broad seal affixed to "Mormonism" that cannot be rejected by any court on earth, and their innocent blood on the escutcheon of the State of Illinois, with the broken faith of the State as pledged by the governor, is a witness to the truth of the everlasting gospel that all the world cannot impeach; and their innocent blood on the banner of liberty, and on the magna charta of the United States, is an ambassador for the religion of Jesus Christ, that will touch the hearts of honest men among all nations; and their innocent blood, with the innocent blood of all the martyrs under the altar that John saw, will cry unto the Lord of Hosts till he avenges that blood on the earth. Amen.