Tesse äre the tiyo buud
The Law of the Lord
An introduction to the Ten Commandments as a divine gift given through Moses.
These are the Ten Commandments, which the Lord God gave us himself through Moses, his faithful servant, on Mount Sinai. Lord, have mercy.
Duties Toward God
The first three commandments focus on exclusive devotion to God, reverence for His name, and the sanctification of the Sabbath.
I alone am the Lord your God. Keep yourself free from other gods. Direct all your devotion toward me, and love me with all your heart. Lord, have mercy. Don't misuse God's precious name. Let your yes mean yes and your no mean no. Don't let empty words leave your mouth; honor God's name from the depths of your heart. Lord, have mercy. Keep God’s Sabbath day faithfully so the weary servant can rest. Set your own work aside so that God himself may work within you.
Duties Toward Neighbor
The remaining commandments outline the horizontal responsibilities of honoring parents, preserving life, purity, property, and truth.
Honor your father and mother; you must respect and help them. Then you'll live a long life, and things will go well for you. Don't kill with your tongue or a knife, and don't seek anyone else's life. Put away hatred and be gentle; be kind, even to your enemy. You must not commit adultery either, because it brings great suffering. Drive all sexual immorality away from you; it carries shame and disgrace with it. Kyrie—1 You must avoid all theft, deceit, fraud, usury, and cheating; support the poor with your possessions and a generous hand. Don't deal in false testimony or lie about your neighbor. Help and support him in what is right, and completely cover his disgrace and shame. Don't desire your neighbor's wife, house, or possessions; instead, wish for him and help him obtain everything you would want for yourself.
A Prayer for Obedience
A concluding reflection on the necessity of the Law and a prayer for the Holy Spirit's help to fulfill it.
God’s commandment is now fully laid out and teaches us what pleases him. This is what he truly wants from us; anyone who doesn’t follow it can see their failing right here. Lord, have mercy. May he, in his mercy, grant that we always keep God's commandments. May his Spirit help us do what he wants. Lord, have mercy.
Read the original Latin
TEsse äre the tiyo buud/ som oss gaff sielffuer herren gud/ genom Mosen sin tienare tro/ vppå thet berg Sinai Kyrieeleyson.
Jach är tin herre gud alleen/ halt tich frå andra gudhar reen/ til mich scal stonda all tijn lijt/ och elska mich med allo flijt Kyrieeleyson
Gudz dyra nampn misbruka ey/ titt taal scal wara ia och ney/ låt ey fåfengt gå aff tin mun/ hedra gudz nampn aff hiertans grund/ Ky
Gudz sabbatz dagh halt ock fullwel/ at sich må huila then arme trääl/ Tu lät tijn eghen werck bestå/ at gud sielff j tich werka må/ Ky
Fader och moder j wördning halt/ them tu hedra och hielpa scalt/ Så scalt tu lenge liffua få/ och thet scal wel med tich gå/ Ky
Dräp ej med tungo eller knijff/ och statt ey epter annars lijff/ Lägg bort haat och haff sacta modh/ war ock så tinom owen godh/ Ky
Tu scal ock ey bedriffua hoor/ ty ther aff kommer plågha stor/ All okyskheet driff bort frå tich/ hon haffuer skam och blygd med sich/ Ky
Så scal tu allan tiuffnat fly/ fals/ flerd/ ocker/ bedregerij/ Them fattiga tu gör bestond/ vtaff titt godz och milda hand/ Ky
Tu scalt ey medh falsk tygh uumgå/ och ey tin nästa liuga vppå/ Hielp och styrck honom til sin rett/ Hans blygd och skam tu skyyl all slett/ Ky
Tin nästes hustru/ huus/ bohagh/ begier och lusta haff fördragh/ Önska och skynda honom til/ alt thet tu sielffuer haffua wil/ Ky
Gudz bud är nuu så wijdt vtstrect/ och lärer oss hwad honom är täckt/ Thet wil han haffua aff oss wist/ then thet ey gör seer her sin brist/ Ky
Göra gudz buud j alla stund/ han vnne oss aff sijn miskund/ Hans ande hielpe oss ther til/ at göra thet han haffua wil/ Kyrieeleyson
Notes
- 1 ↩The abbreviated final word appears to begin a recurring Kyrie refrain that continues beyond the supplied section.
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