The Nag Hammadi LibraryThe Prayer of ThanksgivingTranslated by James Brashler, Peter A. Dirkse and Douglas M. ParrottThis the prayer that they spoke:"We give thanks to You! Every soul and heart is lifted up to You, undisturbed name, honored with the name 'God' and praised with the name 'Father', for to everyone and everything (comes) the fatherly kindness and affection and love, and any teaching there may be that is sweet and plain, giving us mind, speech, (and) knowledge: mind, so that we may understand You, speech, so that we may expound You, knowledge, so that we may know You. We rejoice, having been illuminated by Your knowledge. We rejoice because You have shown us Yourself. We rejoice because while we were in (the) body, You have made us divine through Your knowledge.

La Oracin de Accon de GraciasTraducido al espaol por Jorge Santiago Leiva Delgado

Esta la oracin que hablaban:"Damos gracias a Ti! Cada alma y corazn que se elev a Ti, nombre tranquilo, honrado con el nombre de" Dios "y elogiado con el nombre de" Padre ", para que todos y en todo (venga) la amabilidad y el afecto paternal y amor, y cualquier enseanza que pueda haber sea dulce y sencilla, nos das la mente, el habla, (y) conocimiento: la mente, para que podamos entenderte a Ti, el habla, para que podamos exponer ante Ti, el conocimiento, para que podamos conocerte a Ti. Nos regocijamos, despus de haber sido iluminados por Tu conocimiento. Nos alegramos porque nos has mostrado a Ti mismo. Nos regocijamos porque mientras estbamos en el (los) cuerpo, nos has hecho divino a travs de Tu conocimiento."The thanksgiving of the man who attains to You is one thing: that we know You. We have known You, intellectual light. Life of life, we have known You. Womb of every creature, we have known You. Womb pregnant with the nature of the Father, we have known You. Eternal permanence of the begetting Father, thus have we worshiped Your goodness. There is one petition that we ask: we would be preserved in knowledge. And there is one protection that we desire: that we not stumble in this kind of life."

"La accin de gracias del hombre que alcanza a Ti es una cosa:... Que te conocemos a Ti. Que te hemos conocido a T, luz intelectual Vida de la vida, te hemos conocido a Ti.Matriz de toda criatura, te hemos conocido a T. Vientre embarazado con la naturaleza del Padre, te hemos conocido a T.Permanencia eterna del Padre que engendra, por lo tanto hemos adorado Tu bondad. Hay una peticin que nosotros solicitamos: que nosotros seamos preservados en el conocimiento y hay una proteccin que deseamos: que es no tropezar en este tipo de vida".

When they had said these things in the prayer, they embraced each other and they went to eat their holy food, which has no blood in it.

Cuando hubieron dicho estas cosas en la oracin, se abrazaron cada uno y se fueron a comer su comida sagrada, que no tiene sangre en ella.

Scribal NoteI have copied this one discourse of his. Indeed, very many have come to me. I have not copied them because I thought that they had come to you (pl.). Also, I hesitate to copy these for you because, perhaps they have (already) come to you, and the matter may burden you. Since the discourses of that one, which ,m - have come to me, are numerous ...Nota del escriba

He copiado este discurso suyo. De hecho, muchos, muchos han venido a m. No los he copiado porque pens que haban venido a ti (pl.). Adems, yo dude en copiar esto para ti porque, quizs ellos han (ya) venido a ti, y el asunto puede agobiarte. Ya que los discursos de estos, que, m - han venido a m, son numerosos ...