Doctrine and Covenants Section 16 הַלֶּקַח וְהַבְּרִיתוֹת סעיף ט״ז
Hebrew translation, word by word with English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Doctrine and Covenants Section 16 in the interlinear reader for transliteration, roots and notes.
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הַאֲזֵןhearkenעַבְדִּיmy servantפֶּטֶרPeterוּשְׁמַעand listenלְדִבְרֵיto the words ofיֵשׁוּעַJesusהַמָּשִׁיחַChristאֲדוֹנֶיךָyour Lordוְגֹאֲלֶךָ׃and your Redeemer
Hearken, my servant Peter, and listen to the words of Jesus Christ, your Lord and your Redeemer.
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כִּיforהִנֵּהbeholdאֲנִיIמְדַבֵּרspeakאֵלֶיךָunto youקָשׁוֹתwith sharpnessוּבְכֹחַand with powerכִּיforזְרוֹעִיmy armעַלis overכׇּל־הָאָרֶץ׃all the earth
For behold, I speak unto you with sharpness and with power, for mine arm is over all the earth.
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וְאַגִּידand I will tellלְךָyouאֶת־אֲשֶׁרthat whichלֹאnoיָדַעknowsאִישׁmanזוּלָתִיsave meוְאַתָּהand theeלְבַדֶּךָ׃alone
And I will tell you that which no man knoweth save me and thee alone—
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כִּיforפְעָמִיםtimesרַבּוֹתmanyבִּקַּשְׁתָּyou have desiredמִמֶּנִּיof meלָדַעַתto knowמַהthat whichיִהְיֶה־לְּךָwould be unto youיָקָרof worthמִכֹּל׃the most
For many times you have desired of me to know that which would be of the most worth unto you.
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הִנֵּהbeholdבָּרוּךְblessedאַתָּהare youעַלforהַדָּבָרthingהַזֶּהthisוְעַלand forדַּבֶּרְךָyour speakingאֶת־דְּבָרַיmy wordsאֲשֶׁרwhichנָתַתִּיI have givenלְךָunto youכְּמִצְוֹתָי׃according to my commandments
Behold, blessed are you for this thing, and for speaking my words which I have given unto you according to my commandments.
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וְעַתָּהand nowהִנֵּהbeholdאֲנִיIאֹמֵרsayלְךָunto youהַדָּבָרthe thingאֲשֶׁרwhichיִהְיֶה־לְּךָwill be unto youיָקָרof worthמִכֹּלthe mostהוּאwill beלְהַשְׁמִיעַto declareתְּשׁוּבָהrepentanceלָעָםunto peopleהַזֶּהthisלְמַעַןthatתָּבִיאyou may bringנְפָשׁוֹתsoulsאֵלַיunto meלְמַעַןthatתָּנוּחַyou may restעִמָּהֶםwith themבְּמַלְכוּתin the kingdom ofאָבִיmy Fatherאָמֵן׃Amen
And now, behold, I say unto you, that the thing which will be of the most worth unto you will be to declare repentance unto this people, that you may bring souls unto me, that you may rest with them in the kingdom of my Father. Amen.