Agus thug Dia gliocas do Sholamh, agus tuigse ro mhòr, agus farsaingeachd cridhe mar a' ghaineamh a tha air tràigh na mara. Agus bu mhò gliocas Sholaimh na gliocas uile chlann na h-àird an ear, agus na uile ghliocas na h-Eiphit... Agus labhair e trì mìle gnàth-fhacal; agus b’e àireamh a dhàn mìle agus còig. Agus labhair e air craobhan, on chrann-seudair a tha ann an Lebanon, eadhon gu ruig an hiosop a dh’fhàsas a-mach as a’ bhalla; labhair e mar an ceudna air ainmhidhean, agus air eunlaith, agus air nithean a shnàigeas, agus air èisg. (1 Rìgh 4:29-33)
Thug an Tiarna eagna agus tuiscint thar chuimse do Sholamh agus croí chomh fairsing le gaineamh na trá. Sháraigh eagna Sholaimh eagna mhuintir an Oirthir go léir agus eagna na hÉigipte...Chum sé trí mhíle seanfhocal, agus ba mhíle agus a cúig líon a dhuanta. Thrácht sé thar chrainn ón gcéadar sa Liobáin go dtí an íosóip a fhásann ar an mballa; thrácht sé thar ainmhithe agus thar éin, thar phéisteanna agus thar iasc. (1 Ríthe 5:9-13 [4:29-33][An Bíobla Naofa])
Athair,
Thug an Tiarna eagna agus tuiscint thar chuimse do Sholamh agus croí chomh fairsing le gaineamh na trá. Sháraigh eagna Sholaimh eagna mhuintir an Oirthir go léir agus eagna na hÉigipte...Chum sé trí mhíle seanfhocal, agus ba mhíle agus a cúig líon a dhuanta. Thrácht sé thar chrainn ón gcéadar sa Liobáin go dtí an íosóip a fhásann ar an mballa; thrácht sé thar ainmhithe agus thar éin, thar phéisteanna agus thar iasc. (1 Ríthe 5:9-13 [4:29-33][An Bíobla Naofa])
Athair,
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson craobhan mòra is beaga;
- airson gliocas saidheins is ealain.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson duilleagan, geugan is fàinnean-fàis;
- airson gliocas matamataig.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson fànas-craoibhe 3-thomhaiseach;
- airson gliocas triantanachd is ealain-snaight.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson luasgain gheugan sa ghaoith;
- airson gliocas cinèitig agus danns.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson èirigh-snodhaich agus foto-cho-chuir;
- airson gliocas fisig is ceimig.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson eun is feòragan air meanglain;
- airson gliocas fìor bhith-eòlais.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson radharc is claistinn is beantainn is blais;
- airson gliocas mhothachais.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson co-leanailt structair is rian;
- airson gliocas loidsig.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson gach cuimhne a dhùisgeas na croinn;
- airson gliocas eachdraidh.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson arbre is Baum is craobh is dendros;
- airson gliocas cànanachais.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson àite còmhraidh is cuairt, is àirneis-taigh;
- airson gliocas eòlais-comainn.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson aire air stòras pailt agus gann;
- airson gliocas eaconamais.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson peantaidh is bàrdachd is ciùil;
- airson gliocas estètig.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson comharraidhean-tìre is crìochan is seilbh;
- airson gliocas eòlais-lagha.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson roghainn is stiùbhardachd is modh;
- airson gliocas eitig.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson freumhan na cinnt;
- airson gliocas dia-eòlais is feallsanachd.
Tha sinn gad mholadh airson Craobh na Beatha;
- Is aithreach leinn Craobh an Àicheidh.
Tha sinn gad mholadh gu bheil Esan a fhuair bàs air a’ Chraoibh
A-nis air A dhèanamh ar Gliocas.
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God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt… He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five. He described plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also taught about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. (1 Kings 4:29-33)
Father,
We praise You for trees great and small;
- for the wisdom of science and art.
We praise You for myriad leaves and branches and growth-rings;
- for the wisdom of maths and arithmetic.
We praise You for arboreal 3-dimensional space;
- for the wisdom of trigonometry and sculpture.
We praise You for the sway of boughs in the wind;
- for the wisdom of kinetics and dance.
We praise You for sap-rise and photosynthesis;
- for the wisdom of physics and chemistry.
We praise You for birds and squirrels among branches;
- for the wisdom of true biology.
We praise You for sight and sound and touch and taste;
- for the wisdom of sensibility.
We praise You for coherence of sylvan structures and systems;
- for the wisdom of logic.
We praise You for tree-mediated memories;
- for the wisdom of history.
We praise You for arbre and Baum and craobh and dendros;
- for the wisdom of linguistics.
We praise You for shade as we talk, glade as we walk, tables and chairs;
- for the wisdom of sociology.
We praise You for awareness of plentiful and limited resources;
- for the wisdom of economics.
We praise You for tree-inspired painting and poetry and music;
- for the wisdom of aesthetics.
We praise You for landmarks and boundaries and accountability;
- for the wisdom of jurisprudence.
We praise You for choice and stewardship and tact;
- for the wisdom of ethics.
We praise You for the roots of assurance;
- for the wisdom of theology and philosophy.
We praise You for the Tree of Life;
- We repent of the Tree of Apostasy.
We praise You that He Who died on the Tree
Has now become our Wisdom.
