Doctrine and Covenants Section 86 הַלֶּקַח וְהַבְּרִיתוֹת סעיף פ״ו

Hebrew translation, word by word with English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Doctrine and Covenants Section 86 in the interlinear reader for transliteration, roots and notes.

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   אָמֵןverilyכֹּהthusאָמַרsaysיְהוָהthe Lordלָכֶםunto youעֲבָדַיmy servantsעַלconcerningמְשַׁלthe parable ofהַחִטָּהthe wheatוְהַזּוֹנִין׃and of the tares

   Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, concerning the parable of the wheat and of the tares:

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   הִנֵּהbeholdאָמֵןverilyאֲנִיIאֹמֵרsayהַשָּׂדֶהthe fieldהָיָהwasהָעוֹלָםthe worldוְהַשְּׁלִיחִיםand the apostlesהָיוּwereזֹרְעֵיthe sowers ofהַזֶּרַע׃the seed

   Behold, verily I say, the field was the world, and the apostles were the sowers of the seed;

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   וְאַחֲרֵיand afterאֲשֶׁרthatיָשְׁנוּthey have fallen asleepרֹדֵףthe persecutor ofהַכְּנֵסִיָּהthe churchהַגָּדוֹלgreatהַסּוֹרֵרthe apostateהַזּוֹנָהthe whoreגַּםevenבָּבֶלBabylonהַמַּשְׁקָהthat makes to drinkכׇּלallהַגּוֹיִםnationsמִכּוֹסָהּof her cupאֲשֶׁרin whoseבְּלִבָּםheartsהָאוֹיֵבthe enemyגַּםevenהַשָּׂטָןSatanיוֹשֵׁבsitsלִמְלֹךְto reignהִנֵּהbeholdהוּאheזוֹרֵעַsowsאֶת־הַזּוֹנִיןthe taresלָכֵןwhereforeהַזּוֹנִיןthe taresחוֹנְקִיםchokeאֶת־הַחִטָּהthe wheatוּמַדִּיחִיםand driveאֶת־הַכְּנֵסִיָּהthe churchלַמִּדְבָּר׃into the wilderness

   And after they have fallen asleep the great persecutor of the church, the apostate, the whore, even Babylon, that maketh all nations to drink of her cup, in whose hearts the enemy, even Satan, sitteth to reign—behold he soweth the tares; wherefore, the tares choke the wheat and drive the church into the wilderness.

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   אַךְButהִנֵּהbeholdבְּאַחֲרִיתin the lastהַיָּמִיםdaysעַתָּהnowזֶהevenכַּאֲשֶׁרwhileיְהוָהthe Lordמֵחֵלis beginningלְהוֹצִיאto bring forthאֶת־הַדָּבָרthe wordוְהַשִּׁבֹּלֶתand the bladeצוֹמַחַתis springing upוְעוֹדָהּand is yetרַכָּה׃tender

   But behold, in the last days, even now while the Lord is beginning to bring forth the word, and the blade is springing up and is yet tender—

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   הִנֵּהbeholdאָמֵןverilyאֲנִיIאֹמֵרsayלָכֶםunto youהַמַּלְאָכִיםthe angelsצוֹעֲקִיםare cryingאֶלuntoיְהוָהthe Lordיוֹמָםdayוָלָיְלָהand nightהַמּוּכָנִיםwho are readyוּמְחַכִּיםand waitingלְהִשָּׁלַחto be sent forthלִקְצֹרto reap downאֶת־הַשָּׂדוֹת׃the fields

   Behold, verily I say unto you, the angels are crying unto the Lord day and night, who are ready and waiting to be sent forth to reap down the fields;

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   אַךְButיְהוָהthe Lordאוֹמֵרsaysלָהֶםunto themאַלnotתַּעַקְרוּpluck upאֶת־הַזּוֹנִיןthe taresבְּעוֹדwhileהַשִּׁבֹּלֶתthe bladeרַכָּהis yet tenderכִּיforאָמֵןverilyאֱמוּנַתְכֶםyour faithחַלָּשָׁהis weakפֶּןlestתַּשְׁמִידוּyou destroyגַּםalsoאֶת־הַחִטָּה׃the wheat

   But the Lord saith unto them, pluck not up the tares while the blade is yet tender (for verily your faith is weak), lest you destroy the wheat also.

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   לָכֵןthereforeהַנִּיחוּletלַחִטָּהthe wheatוְלַזּוֹנִיןand the taresלִגְדֹּלgrowיַחַדtogetherעַדuntilאֲשֶׁרthatהַקָּצִירthe harvestבָּשֵׁלis ripeכָּלִילfullyאָזthenתְּאַסְפוּyou shall gather outרִאשׁוֹנָהfirstאֶת־הַחִטָּהthe wheatמִתּוֹךְfrom amongהַזּוֹנִיןthe taresוְאַחַרand afterאֲסִיפַתthe gathering ofהַחִטָּהthe wheatהִנֵּהbeholdוְהֵןand loהַזּוֹנִיןthe taresאֲסוּרִיםare boundבַּאֲלֻמּוֹתin bundlesוְהַשָּׂדֶהand the fieldנִשְׁאָרremainsלְהִשָּׂרֵף׃to be burned

   Therefore, let the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest is fully ripe; then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the tares, and after the gathering of the wheat, behold and lo, the tares are bound in bundles, and the field remaineth to be burned.

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   לָכֵןthereforeכֹּהthusאָמַרsaysיְהוָהthe Lordלָכֶםunto youאֲשֶׁרwith whomעִמָּכֶםwith youהַכְּהֻנָּהthe priesthoodנִמְשְׁכָהhas continuedדֶּרֶךְthroughתּוֹלְדוֹתthe lineage ofאֲבוֹתֵיכֶם׃your fathers

   Therefore, thus saith the Lord unto you, with whom the priesthood hath continued through the lineage of your fathers—

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   כִּיforאַתֶּםyou areיוֹרְשִׁיםheirsכַּמִּשְׁפָּטlawfulלְפִיaccording toהַבָּשָׂרthe fleshוַהֱיִיתֶםand have beenצְפוּנִיםhidמִןfromהָעוֹלָםthe worldעִםwithהַמָּשִׁיחַChristבֵּאלֹהִים׃in God

   For ye are lawful heirs, according to the flesh, and have been hid from the world with Christ in God—

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    לָכֵןthereforeחַיֵּיכֶםyour lifeוְהַכְּהֻנָּהand the priesthoodנִשְׁאֲרוּhave remainedוְהִשָּׁאֵרand must needsיִשָּׁאֲרוּremainבָּכֶםthrough youוּבְתוֹלְדוֹתֵיכֶםand your lineageעַדuntilהֲשָׁבַתthe restoration ofכׇּלallהַדְּבָרִיםthingsהַנֶּאֱמָרִיםspokenבְּפִיby the mouths ofכׇּלallהַנְּבִיאִיםthe prophetsהַקְּדוֹשִׁיםholyמֵאָזsinceהָחֵלbeganהָעוֹלָם׃the world

    Therefore your life and the priesthood have remained, and must needs remain through you and your lineage until the restoration of all things spoken by the mouths of all the holy prophets since the world began.

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    לָכֵןthereforeבְּרוּכִיםblessed areאַתֶּםyouאִםifתַּעַמְדוּyou continueבְּטוּבִיin my goodnessאוֹרa lightלַגּוֹיִםunto the Gentilesוְדֶרֶךְand throughהַכְּהֻנָּהpriesthoodהַזֹּאתthisמוֹשִׁיעַa saviorלְעַמִּיunto my peopleיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelיְהוָהthe Lordאָמַרhas said itאָמֵן׃Amen

    Therefore, blessed are ye if ye continue in my goodness, a light unto the Gentiles, and through this priesthood, a savior unto my people Israel. The Lord hath said it. Amen.