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| Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
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”גַּם כִּי אֵלֵךְ בְּגֵיא צַלְמָוֶת לֹא אִירָא רָע כִּי אַתָּה עִמָּדִי“ (תהלים כג:ד) |
“Though I walk through a valley of deepest darkness, I fear no harm, for You are with me.” (Psalms 23:4) |
כִּי אִתְּךָ אֲיַחֵל לִשְׁלֹשָׁה נְעָרִים אִתְּךָ אֲבַקֵּשׁ חַיֵּיהֶם, חֲלוֹמָם אִתְּךָ אֶשְׁתָּאֶה מֵהוֹרִים שֶׁשְּׂפָתָם וִידֵיהֶם אֱמוּנָה אִתְּךָ אֶתְחַנֵּן שֶׁיִּגְדַּל נָא כֹּחַ הַחֶסֶד בָּאָרֶץ |
Because with You I awaited the three youths With You I will plead for their lives, their dreams With You, I am amazed by parents whose speech and deeds are faithful With You I beg to increase the power of love in our land |
וְאִתְּךָ אֶקְרַע בְּנַפְשִׁי כְּשֶׁאֶשְׁמַע שֶׁאֵינָם עוֹד אִתְּךָ אֲקוֹנֵן עַל אַחִים שֶׁלֹּא יְשׁוּבוּן אִתְּךָ אֶבְכֶּה אֶת חֻרְבָּן הָאָדָם שֶׁנָּטַל אֶת הַנֶּפֶשׁ אִתְּךָ אֶחֱרַד מֵרִשְׁעָה אֲפֵלָה בּוֹ. |
And with You I will rip my soul when I hear they are no more With You I will lament three brothers who will not return With You I will bewail the destructive one who took their life With You I will tremble before the darkest evil in him. |
וְאִתְּךָ אָז אַצִּיל אֶת נַפְשִׁי שֶׁאֶרְחַק מִנָּקָם וּמִדָּם אִתְּךָ אֶתְאַפַּק לְבַל יִמָּחֶה קֹדֶשׁ בִּי. אִתְּךָ אֶשְׁמַע צַעֲקַת יְלָדִים הָעוֹלָה מִן הָאָרֶץ בֵּין שִׁבְרֵי אֱנוֹשׁוּת וְעַמִּים וְרָעוֹת-חֲשֵׁכוֹת. |
And then, with You I will save my soul, distancing from vengeance and blood. With You I will show restraint lest the holiness in me be lost. With You I will hear the children’s cry emerging from the earth Between the fragments of humanity and nations and evil-darkness. |
וְאִתְּךָ אֶתְפַּלֵּל שֶׁאָשׁוּב לֶאֱסֹף אֶת רוּחִי שֶׁאָשׁוּב לְהַאֲמִין בָּאָדָם שֶׁאָשׁוּב לִשְׁמֹעַ כָּל קוֹל וּבְכִיָּה קוֹל אָדָם בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא שָׁם. |
And with You I will pray That I will again gather my spirit That I will again believe in humanity That I will again hear every voice and wailing The voice of each person wherever they are. |
כִּי אַתָּה, שֶׁשָּׁמַעְתָּ בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר זַעֲקַת תְּמִימִים תֵּן בִּי כֹּחַ שֶׁלֹּא אֶתְיָאֵשׁ וְאָקוּם לְפָנֶיךָ לִשְׁאֹג: הֲרֵינִי מְקַבֵּל/ת עָלַי עֹל מַלְכוּת חַיִּים שְׂפַת חֶסֶד וְשָׁלוֹם וְאַהֲבַת אָדָם. תֵּן בִּי כֹּחַ שֶׁלֹּא תָּמוּת נַפְשִׁי כִּי תִּחְיֶה, וְתִרְאֶה אוֹר-עוֹלָם הַמַּפְצִיעַ קִמְעָה. |
Because You Who have heard the screams of the innocent in every generation Grant me the strength not to despair so that I can proclaim: Behold, I take upon myself the yoke of the kingdom of life A language of compassion and peace and love of humanity. Grant me the strength that my soul not die but live, And perceive the eternal light as it gradually bursts forth. |
עוֹד אֶבְנֶה, אֱלֹהַי, בַּיִת, חַיִּים וְעוֹלָם וְאוֹרְךָ לִי יַהֵל אֶת הַדֶּרֶךְ עוֹד קוֹמַת הָאָדָם הַשְּׁלֵמָה תִּגָּלֵה לֹא אֲפַחֵד. לֹא אִירָא. לֹא אֶסּוֹג, שֶׁאַתָּה עִמָּדִי. |
I shall still build, my God A home, life, world And your light shall illuminate the path Until the fullness of humanity is revealed I shall not fear. I will not be frightened. I shall not retreat, because You are with me. |
וְחַיִּים וּקְדֻשָּׁה וַעֲדִינוּת שֶׁנָּטַעְתָּ בְּכָל הָאָדָם, בְּכָל עַם וְלָשׁוֹן וּבְכָל יְצוּרֵי עוֹלָמִים, הֵמָּה יְנַחֲמֻנִי. |
Life and holiness, and delicacy that You implanted In every human, every people and nation And all the world’s creation, They will comfort me. |
This prayer in lament for three Jewish youths taken captive and killed by Hamas in 2014, was written by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum and published by the Masorti Movement in Israel through their Facebook page on 4 July 2014. English translation by Shoshana Michael Zucker. (Thank you.)
“תפילה לזכר הנערים | Prayer in the memory of Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaer, and Naftali Fraenkel — by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum (Masorti Movement in Israel, 4 July 2014)” is shared through the Open Siddur Project with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.
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