ליום שביעי 4

כא. על פי א"ב. חתום אליה בר שמעיה חזק:

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ

Our God and God of our fathers!

אָפֵס הוֹד כְּבוּדָה

The glory of the honored [Israel] has ceased,

נֶאֱלָמָה דַּבְּרָנִית.

the eloquent spokesman is silenced.

בְּשֵׁפֶל יָשְׁבָה

She dwells in depression,

הֻתָּשָׁה נֶחֱלָשָׁה

weak and feeble is she

גְּבַרְתָּנִית.

who was once a proud ruler.

גַּם סוּגָה

She who was protected like a delicate rose,

נוּגָה נְסוּגָה אֲחוֹרַנִּית.

sits in mourning, turned backwards;

דֻּלָּלָה אֻמְלָלָה

diminished and despondent

לְוִיָּה אַהֲרוֹנִית

are her Levites and Aharonites [Priests],

עֵירָנִית:

and villagers.

הַהֻלָּלָה זֻלָּלָה

The praiseworthy one has been vilified

חֻלָּלָה וּכְסוֹטָה פְרוּעָה.

profaned as an unfaithful wife,

וְנִזְרֵית כְּמוֹ דָוָה

cast aside like a niddah,²A woman in menstruation is prohibited from being intimate with her husband.

וְנִטְמֵאת כִּצְרוּעָה.

impure as a metzorah.³A spiritual disease, often mistakenly interpreted as leprosy.

זֵרָהּ נִזְרָהּ חֻלַּל

Her crown and glory are profaned,

וּפְרָזוֹן גְּדוּעָה.

her strongholds cut off,

חָזְרָה נִתְפַּזְּרָה

she is again dispersed

בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא זְרוּעָה:

in an uncultivated land.

טְלָאֶיךָ בְּרַעַשׁ וּבְרֹגֶז

Your flock—amid turmoil and anger—

טָמֵא יְגַמֵּא.

has been devoured by the unclean,

יַחֲרֹק

he gnashes his teeth,

יַעֲרֹק יִשְׁאַף

he runs to swallow them—

רָעֵב וְצָמֵא.

[to satisfy his] hunger and thirst.

כֹּחַ גְּבוּרָתֶךָ

The powers of Your might [Oh God]—

אֵפוֹא יִוָּדַע וּבַמֶּה.

where and how will it become known?

לְשׁוֹלְחִים זְמוֹרוֹת אַף

[Punish those] who offer incense to idols

פְּעָמִים כַּמֶּה וְכַמֶּה:

time and time again.

מִמְשַׁל רַב לְסָרֵב

The long rule of the rebellious—

לָמָּה הוּחֲלַט.

why have You made it permanent?

נָבָל בְּנָדִיב,

The degenerate rules over the prince,

וְכִילַי בְּשׁוֹעַ שָׁלַט.

the evil one rules over the nobleman.

סִבְרוֹ עָלֶיךָ

His hope is on You,

נִקְרָא בְּשִׁמְךָ יֻמְלַט.

save him who is called by Your Name;

עֵזֶר הָיֹה תִהְיֶה

be a help to him,

מִשְׂגָּב וּמִפְלָט:

a stronghold and a refuge.

פְּנֵה אֶל תְּפִלַּת הָעַרְעָר

Turn to the prayer of the supplicant,

וְלוֹ הֵעָתֵר.

and accept his plea;

צַחַן וַתֵּר

overlook the stench of his sins,

כֶּתֶם כַּבֵּס כְּבַנֶּתֶר.

cleanse his stain as with nitre [soap]

קוֹחַ תִּפְקַח

open the prison [exile],

בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה הוֹתֵר.

release the condemned,

רוֹמֵם קוֹמֵם שְׁמָם

uplift and restore their name,

לְטוֹבָה לְהִוָּתֵר:

let them remain for a life of goodness.

שַׁבֵּט מְלַבֵּט

Smite those who torture us,

מְחַבֵּט גְּדַע וּשְׁבֹר.

strike them, excise them, crush them,

תָּעִיר קִנְאָה

arouse Your vengeance,

תָּרִיעַ תַּצְרִיחַ כְּגִבּוֹר.

sound the war-cry, shout like a warrior;

אוֹבְדוֹת נִכְחָדוֹת

the lost ones, the remote ones—

תִּכְסֹ‍ף תֶּאֱסֹף תִּצְבֹּר.

yearn for them, collect them, assemble them,

לְקַבֵּץ לְרַבֵּץ לְרוֹמֵם

gather them, give them rest, uplift them,

לְהַעֲלוֹת מִבּוֹר:

take them up from the pit.

יְשׁוּעָה תִקְרָא

Announce the deliverance [of Israel],

תָּשִׁית חֵיל וְחוֹמוֹת.

establish the ramparts and walls [of Jerusalem]

הַשְׁפֵּל הַגְּבוֹהוֹת

humble the haughty [nations],

הָמֵךְ רָמֵי הַקּוֹמוֹת.

demote their arrogant leaders;

בּוֹטְחֶיךָ

those who trust in You—

לְנוּחֶךָ הָשֵׁב

return them to Your Resting Place [Jerusalem]

בְּפֶקֶד נֶחָמוֹת.

according to Your promise of consolation,

רוֹדִים הַמַּגְדִּילִים

[then] will the tyrants who rule them

יִלְבְּשׁוּ בֹשֶׁת וּכְלִמּוֹת:

be clothed in disgrace and humiliation.

שַׁדַּי מַלֵּט עֲבָדֶיךָ

Almighty God, rescue Your servants,

יְדִידֶיךָ הַצְלַח.

make Your loved ones successful,

חִישׁ זְמַן קָרֵב

quickly bring near the time [of deliverance],

פְּדוּתָם תִּשְׁלַח.

send them [Your] redemption;

מְחַל לָנוּ אָבִינוּ

pardon us our Father

וְחַטֹּאתֵינוּ סְלַח.

and forgive our sins,

כִּי אַתָּה יְהֹוָה טוֹב וְסַלָּח:

for You Adonoy are good and forgiving.

אֵל מֶֽלֶךְ.

Almighty! King!

יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים.

Who sits on the throne of mercy,

מִתְנַהֵג בַּחֲסִידוּת.

governs with kindness

מוֹחֵל עֲו‍ֹנוֹת עַמּוֹ.

forgives the iniquities of His people.

מַעֲבִיר רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן.

He removes their sins one by one,

מַרְבֶּה מְחִילָה לְחַטָּאִים

increasing forgiveness to sinners,

וּסְלִיחָה לְפוֹשְׁעִים.

and pardon to transgressors.

עוֹשֶׂה צְדָקוֹת

Acting righteously

עִם כָּל בָּשָׂר וָרֽוּחַ.

with all who are of flesh and spirit;

לֹא כְרָעָתָם

not according to their wickedness

תִּגְמוֹל:

does He repay them.

אֵל

Almighty!

הוֹרֵיתָ לָנוּ לוֹמַר

You instructed us to recite

שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה.

the thirteen Divine attributes;

וּזְכָר לָֽנוּ הַיּוֹם

remember unto us this day

בְּרִית שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה.

the covenant of thirteen Divine attributes,

כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוֹדַֽעְתָּ

as You made them known

לֶעָנָו מִקֶּֽדֶם.

to the humble Moses of old,

כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב

as it is written,

וַיֵּרֶד יְהֹוָה בֶּֽעָנָן

“And Adonoy descended in the cloud,

וַיִּתְיַצֵּב עִמּוֹ שָׁם

and stood with him there,

וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם יְהֹוָה:

and proclaimed the Name, Adonoy.

קהל וחזן:

Congregation and Chazzan:

וַיַּֽעֲבֹר יְהֹוָה עַל פָּנָיו

And Adonoy passed before him [Moses];

וַיִּקְרָא:

and proclaimed:

יְהֹוָה יְהֹוָה

Adonoy, Adonoy,

אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן

Almighty, Merciful, Gracious,

אֶֽרֶךְ אַפַּֽיִם

Slow to Anger,

וְרַב חֶֽסֶד וֶֽאֱמֶת:

and Abundant in Kindness, and Truth.

נֹצֵר חֶֽסֶד

Keeper of kindness

לָאֲלָפִים

for thousands of generations,

נֹשֵׂא עָו‍ֹן וָפֶֽשַׁע

Endurer of iniquity, and transgression,

וְחַטָּאָה

and sin;

וְנַקֵּה:

and Acquitter of those who repent.”

וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲו‍ֹנֵֽנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵֽנוּ

“And pardon our iniquity and our sin,

וּנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ:

and take us for Your inheritance.”

סְלַח לָֽנוּ אָבִֽינוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ.

Pardon us our Father, for we have sinned,

מְחַל לָֽנוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כִּי פָשָֽׁעְנוּ:

forgive us our King, for we have transgressed.

כִּי אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי

“For You, my Master,

טוֹב וְסַלָּח

are good and forgiving,

וְרַב חֶֽסֶד

and abounding in kindness

לְכָל קֹרְאֶֽיךָ:

to all who call upon You.”