We have heard and known such great things,
as our fathers have described to us.
These things have not been hidden
from their sons in any generation:
declaring the praises
of the Lord, and his virtues,
and the wonders that
he has done.
And he has received
testimony with Jacob,
and he has set a law
within Israel.
Such great things, he
has commanded our fathers,
so as to make these
things known to their sons,
so that another
generation
might know them, and
so that the sons,
who will be born and
who will grow up,
shall describe them to
their sons.
So then, may they put
their hope in God,
and may they not
forget the works of God,
and may they seek his
commandments.
May they not become
like their fathers,
a perverse and
exasperating generation:
a generation that does
not straighten their heart
and whose spirit is
not trustworthy with God.
