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Another Testament of Jesus the Messiah, Son of David
The Book of Mormon, Hebrew & English
Jesus the Messiah is the Torah made flesh and dwelt among us.
Synthesis of 3 Nephi 15:9 & John 1:14
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For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake
I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Isaiah 62:1
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And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations .
Excerpt from Book of Mormon Title Page
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Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses been given; and all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.
2 Nephi 11:4
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And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews,
that Jesus is the very Christ . . .
2 Nephi 26:12
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And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews.
2 Nephi 29:13
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And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land.
2 Nephi 30:7
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I have charity for the Jew.
2 Nephi 33:8
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And behold, they (The Book of Mormon teachings) shall go unto the Jews; and for this intent shall they go -- that they may be persuaded that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God; that the Father may bring about, through his most Beloved, his great and eternal purpose, in restoring the Jews, or all the house of Israel, to the land of their inheritance, which the Lord their God hath given them, unto the fulfilling of his covenant;
Mormon 5:14
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The Book of Mormon is the instrument that God designed to "sweep the earth as with a flood, to gather out [His] elect." (Moses 7:62)
President Ezra Taft Benson, Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon, Ensign, November 1988.
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And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
Mark 13:10
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For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,
as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 11:9
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Please share the PDF file with your Jewish friends.
The Jews have carried their Torah scrolls as they fled burning villages.
Nephi carried the Torah, as engraved on the "plates of brass," across the ocean to the New World.
The Book of Mormon is a volume of scripture derived from the Torah and the Nevi'im.
The Book of Mormon conveys the prophecies of Joseph, who was sold into Egypt.
It also gives the prophecies of the Hebrew prophets Neum, Zenock, and Zenos.
The House of Israel is the Olive-tree. The people of the Book of Mormon are a branch of this tree.
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The Hebrew translation is given in PDF format. Each verse is given in both Hebrew and English.
Guests who have the DavkaWriter Hebrew word processor may download: BofM_Hebrew.dwd
The English verses given in the PDF documents are taken from project Gutenberg via: http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/mormon/
This is a work in progress which may take many years to complete.
Verses will be added on a regular basis until the entire Book of Mormon is posted. Revisions will occur in parallel.
I welcome suggestions and corrections.
I need volunteers to proofread the translation!
Perfunctory but Necessary Disclaimers:
1. I am not an expert in Hebrew.
2. I do not possess an Urim and Thummin, a Liahona, or any other miraculous device.
3. I have not received any angelic visitations.
4. I am not a prophet.
5. I am not an apostle.
6. I am not trying to start a church.
7. This is a private site which is not endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
8. This Hebrew translation does not represent an official version of the LDS Church.
9. The LDS Church has an ironclad agreement with the government of Israel that no missionary work will be undertaken within Israel.
10. The LDS Church owns the copyright to the Book of Mormon.
11. Yes, there is a difference between Biblical and modern Hebrew; I need to learn both.
12. I have never participated in Sunstone or any similar symposia.
13. See Book of Mormon, Mormon 9:33.
14. See Doctrine & Covenants, Section 58:26-29.
15. See Mark 9:38-41.
16. If this depth of inquiry troubles you in any way, then I invite you to skip this site altogether and instead read the "Especially for Mormons" book series.
17. I am receiving no monetary compensation for this effort. Rather I am spending a great deal of my own time and money on this endeavor.
18. I look forward to the day when the LDS church finally releases a permanent, full, official Hebrew translation of the Book of Mormon (including the nikkud vowel marks). This official version would then clearly take precedence over my own translation.
19. It is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
20. Actually, I am a Rocket Scientist. I analyze mechanical shock & vibration data from launch vehicles.
21. BYU students and faculty should not even download the Hebrew translation, due to extraordinarily sensitive agreements between BYU and the government of Israel.
22. (Insert your own disclaimer here.)
Rather I am learning Hebrew, in part through this translation effort. My tools are computer software, Hebrew textbooks and dictionaries, as well as a stubborn desire to bring forth this Hebrew translation of my own free will and choice, if only one verse at a time.
The Book of Mormon story about the two thousand stripling warriors is a story about faith, obedience, physical strength and great courage. These valiant young men were also know as the Army of Helaman and as the Sons of Helaman. Their story is also an account of the faith of their mothers.
There is another dimension to the stripling warriors' story...... Their fathers had made a covenant of peace whereby they buried their weapons in the ground. The fathers vowed that they would never again shed the blood of men. Yet the sons had not made this covenant. Furthermore, the fathers and sons collectively had a moral imperative to take up arms in defense of the Nephite people.....
The Book of Mormon title page twice sets forth the moral imperative that we must convey the Book of Mormon to the Jews. This imperative is repeated several times throughout the Book of Mormon.
Following the example of the stripling warriors, we can carry the Hebrew Book of Mormon forth to the Jewish people in ways that the LDS Church has covenanted not to do so.
Err on the side of initiative.
Gumption, Chutzpah!
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Photograph: Translating Moroni 5:1-2 on June 28, 2008 on the Hill Cumorah: Translation_2.jpg
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quix·ot·ic - Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality - American Heritage Dictionary.
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Don’t Ask “Who Will Let Me?” but “Who Will STOP Me? - Ayn Rand
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Also, if someone needs a project... but is unable to help with the Hebrew translation.... we still need to translate the Book of Mormon into Latin! Let's do this for our Catholic brothers and sisters!
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Software and Learning Materials:
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Jewish Charities
And I will bless them that bless thee. Genesis 12:3
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: Isaiah 58:10
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Other Charities and Worthwhile Causes
Provide loans to the working poor: Kiva
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"Chessed" - (pl. Chasadim) - an act of kindness. It was said by Shimon HaTzaddik (Simon the Righteous) that the world continues to exist because of three things: Torah Study, the worship of Hashem, and the performance of "gemilut chasadim," "acts of kindness."
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Ma'os Chittim
In Orech Chayim 429:7, the Aruch HaShulchan writes: "All of the nation of Israel has the custom (in the month of Nissan) to collect 'Ma'os Chittim' - to purchase flour for the poor for Pesach, or to give them money so they can purchase it for themselves."
The custom of contributing "Ma'os Chittim," literally "money for wheat," is widespread. Not only do we contribute money to provide for the flour (and therefore Matzos) of the poor, but to provide as well for all the needed Pesach provisions.
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Rosh Hashanah, or the Feast of the Trumpets
Rosh Hashanah began on the evening of September 21, 1827. This is the Jewish New Year.
That evening, prayers were said pleading that God would remember his Covenant People in exile.
The Shofar, which is a trumpet, was blown the following morning in Jewish communites throughout the world. The shofar heralded the period of repentance and preparation for The Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur.
Joseph Smith recevied the golden plates on this same day that the shofar was sounded, September 22, 1827. The Book of Mormon was taken from these plates.
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Prophet Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith wrote, “Those engaged in seeking the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah, cannot fail to enjoy the Spirit of the Lord and have the choicest blessings of Heaven rest upon them in copious effusions . . . He [the Lord] will endow you with power, wisdom, might, and intelligence, and every qualification necessary; while your minds will expand wider and wider, until you can circumscribe the earth and the heavens, reach forth into eternity, and contemplate the mighty acts of Jehovah in all their variety and glory” (History of the Church, 4:128-129).
This quote is from a letter to Orson Hyde and John E. Page, dated 14 May 1840.
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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
"In so many ways, Jerusalem ... constitutes the scene, the setting and the circumference of our religious heritage," Holland recently told a new group of 44 students at the church's Jerusalem center. "The origins of our sacred texts all focus us here."
(Reference: LDS leaders find acceptance in Israel, Visit far different from 1987 opening of center, By Marshall Thompson, Associated Press, Saturday, March 31, 2007)
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