The daughter of my people wails in her sorrow, about Chanah and her seven sons, because all seven were slaughtered before her eyes, and she fell and died on her sons.
They were pressured to forsake God and serve Bel, and to testify against the one who created the world. "How could you forsake the inheritance of Hevel over the cruel?" And the tears of a mother fall on her face.
To the first, the cruel slaughterer asked "If you desire this foreign god and bow to it, I will honor you and crown you as king." [And the first son answered] "How can I forsake God, whose strength is universal?" With the sword, he was decapitated, and his mother's tranquility shattered. And she fell and died on her sons.
To the second they tried to appeal to the strength of his spirit. "Worship my idol because of the strength of its right hand." [The second son answered] "I will serve none other than the One who dwells alone on high, who redeems his treasure from their oppressor."
To the youngest, the king offered "bow down and pick up my ring from in front of this idol." Don't disparage and disgrace my law, and don't let my assistance thing you violated my word, and that I swore a false oath." He answered him "with my tongue I will answer."
(A voice is heard screaming in the heavens, "Praiseworthy are you, seven sons of Chanah. Your inheritance in Gan Eden is prepared because you served your God with faith. Your joyous mother is in Gan Eden with her sons.")
בַּת עַמִּי תְּיֵילִיל בִּיגוֹנֶיהָ. עַל חַנָּה וְעַל שִׁבְעָה בָּנֶיהָ. כִּי נִשְׁחֲטוּ שִׁבְעָתָם אֶל עֵינֶיהָ. וְהִיא נָפְלָה וּמֵתָה עַל בָּנֶיהָ:
The daughter of my people wails in her sorrow, about Chanah and her seven sons, because all seven were slaughtered before her eyes, and she fell and died on her sons.
וְהִיא נָפְלָה וּמֵתָה עַל בָּנֶיהָ:
And she fell and died on her sons.
נִמְשְׁכוּ עָזוֹב הָאֵל וְלַעֲבוֹד בֵּל. וְהֵעִידוּ יִחוּד לַמֵּכִין תֵּבֵל. אֵיךְ עֻזַּב לְאַכְזָר נַחֲלַת חֶבֶל. וְדִמְעוֹת אֵם יוֹרְדוֹת עַל פָּנֶיהָ:
They were pressured to forsake God and serve Bel, and to testify against the one who created the world. "How could you forsake the inheritance of Hevel over the cruel?" And the tears of a mother fall on her face.
וְהִיא נָפְלָה וּמֵתָה עַל בָּנֶיהָ:
And she fell and died on her sons.
לָרִאשׁוֹן פָּתַח זָר הָאַכְזָר. אִם תֹּאבֶה וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתָ לְאֵל זָר. אֲכַבֶּדְךָ וּבִמְלוּכָה תְּהִי נֶעְזָר. אֵיךְ אֶעֱזוֹב אֵל בִּגְבוּרָה נֶאֱזָר. בְּסַּיִף הֻתָּז רֹאשׁוֹ וְנִגְזָר. נְשָׁקַתְהוּ אִמּוֹ בִּשְׁאוֹנֶיהָ: וְהִיא נָפְלָה וּמֵתָה עַל בָּנֶיהָ:
To the first, the cruel slaughterer asked "If you desire this foreign god and bow to it, I will honor you and crown you as king." [And the first son answered] "How can I forsake God, whose strength is universal?" With the sword, he was decapitated, and his mother's tranquility shattered. And she fell and died on her sons.
וְלַשֵּׁנִי פִּיֵּס בְּרוּחַ אוֹנוֹ. סְגוֹד לְפִסְלִי. כִּי עָצְמָה יַד יְמִינוֹ. לֹא אֶעֱבוֹד כִּי אִם לְיָחִיד הַשּׁוֹכֵן בִּמְעוֹנוֹ. אֲשֶׁר פָּדָה סְגוּלָּה מִמּוֹנֶיהָ:
To the second they tried to appeal to the strength of his spirit. "Worship my idol because of the strength of its right hand." [The second son answered] "I will serve none other than the One who dwells alone on high, who redeems his treasure from their oppressor."
וְהִיא נָפְלָה וּמֵתָה עַל בָּנֶיהָ:
And she fell and died on her sons.
וְלַצָּעִיר נָאַם קַח אֶת טַבַּעְתִּי. וְאַל תִּבְזֶה וְתַקֵּן אֶת תַּקָּנָתִי. וְאַל יֹאמְרוּ סְגָנַי כִּי הָפְרַעְתִּי. וְלַשֶּׁקֶר שְׁבוּעָתִי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי. הֱשִׁיבוֹ לֹא בִלְשׁוֹנִי אֶעֱנֶהָ: וְהִיא נָפְלָה וּמֵתָה עַל בָּנֶיהָ:
To the youngest, the king offered "bow down and pick up my ring from in front of this idol." Don't disparage and disgrace my law, and don't let my assistance thing you violated my word, and that I swore a false oath." He answered him "with my tongue I will answer."
קוֹל נִשְׁמַע צֹוֵח בִּמְעוֹנָה. אַשְׁרֵיכֶם שִׁבְעַתְכֶם נִינֵי חַנָּה. נַחֲלַתְכֶם בְּגַן עֵדֶן מוּכָנָה. כִּי עֲבַדְתֶּם אֱלֹהֵיכֶם בֶּאֱמוּנָה.
(A voice is heard screaming in the heavens, "Praiseworthy are you, seven sons of Chanah. Your inheritance in Gan Eden is prepared because you served your God with faith. Your joyous mother is in Gan Eden with her sons.")
וְאֵם שְׂמֵחָה בְּעֵדֶן עִם נִינֶיהָ: