אַדִּיר בִּמְלוּכָה | Adir Bimlukhah, a Latin translation of the piyyut by Johann Stephan Rittangel (1644)

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Date: 2021-03-20

Last Updated: 2021-03-21

Categories: Nirtsah

Tags: 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, אדיר במלוכה Adir Bimlukhah, זמירות zemirot, פיוטים piyyutim

Excerpt: The text of the popular piyyut "Adir Bimlukhah" (a/k/a "Ki lo na'eh") in Hebrew, with a Latin translation. . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (Latin)	Secondary Translation (English)
כִּי לוֹ נָאֶה. כִּי לוֹ יָאֶה׃ אַדִּיר בִּמְלוּכָה. בָּחוּר כַּהֲלָכָה. גְּדוּדָיו יֹאמְרוּ לוֹ. לְךָ וּלְךָ. לְךָ כִּי לְךָ. לְךָ אַף לְךָ. לְךָ יְיָ הַמַּמְלָכָה׃	Quoniam ipsi decorum (est,) quoniam ipsum decet, magnificum (esse) in regno,   electum jure meritissimo;   turmæ ejus dicent ipsi,   tibi & tibi, tibi quoniam tibi, tibi etiam tibi: tibi Domine competit Regnum.	Because it is proper for Him, because it befits Him. Magnificent in his reign;  election, justly his reward.  His entourage says to Him:  “Yours and Yours, Yours because it is Yours, Yours and only Yours— Yours, YHVH, is Majesty!”
כִּי לוֹ נָאֶה. כִּי לוֹ יָאֶה׃ דַּגוּל בִּמְלוּכָה. הָדוּר כַּהֲלָכָה. וָתִיקָיו יֹאמְרוּ לוֹ לְךָ וּלְךָ. לְךָ כִּי לְךָ. לְךָ אַף לְךָ. לְךָ יְיָ הַמַּמְלָכָה׃	Quoniam ipsi decorum (est,) quoniam ipsum decet, vexillatum (castrorum acie ornatum) esse in regno,   gloriosum jure meritissimo;   fortes ejus dicent ipsi,   tibi & tibi, tibi quoniam tibi, tibi etiam tibi: tibi Domine competit Regnum.	Because it is proper for Him, because it befits Him. Standardbearer (of the battle line) in his reign;  glory, justly his reward.  His valiant ones say to Him:  “Yours and Yours, Yours because it is Yours, Yours and only Yours— Yours, YHVH, is Majesty!”
כִּי לוֹ נָאֶה. כִּי לוֹ יָאֶה׃ זַכַּאי בִּמְלוּכָה. חָסִין כַּהֲלָכָה. טַפְסְרָיו יֹאמְרוּ לוֹ. לְךָ וּלְךָ. לְךָ כִּי לְךָ. לְךָ אַף לְךָ. לְךָ יְיָ הַמַּמְלָכָה׃	Quoniam ipsi decorum (est,) quoniam ipsum decet, castum (esse) in regno,   validum jure meritissimo;   principatus ejus dicent ipsi,   tibi & tibi, tibi quoniam tibi, tibi etiam tibi: tibi Domine competit Regnum.	Because it is proper for Him, because it befits Him. Chaste in his reign;  legitimacy, justly his reward.  His chief command says to Him:  “Yours and Yours, Yours because it is Yours, Yours and only Yours— Yours, YHVH, is Majesty!”
כִּי לוֹ נָאֶה. כִּי לוֹ יָאֶה׃ יָחִיד בִּמְלוּכָה. כַּבִּיר כַּהֲלָכָה. לִמּוּדָיו יֹאמְרוּ לוֹ. לְךָ וּלְךָ. לְךָ כִּי לְךָ. לְךָ אַף לְךָ. לְךָ יְיָ הַמַּמְלָכָה׃	Quoniam ipsi decorum (est,) quoniam ipsum decet, summè unum (esse) in regno,   magnificum jure meritissimo;   discentes ejus dicent ipsi,   tibi & tibi, tibi quoniam tibi, tibi etiam tibi: tibi Domine competit Regnum.	Because it is proper for Him, because it befits Him. Supreme in his reign;  magnificence, justly his reward.  His students say to Him:  “Yours and Yours, Yours because it is Yours, Yours and only Yours— Yours, YHVH, is Majesty!”
כִּי לוֹ נָאֶה. כִּי לוֹ יָאֶה׃ מָרוֹם בִּמְלוּכָה. נוֹרָא כַּהֲלָכָה. סְבִיבָיו יֹאמְרוּ לוֹ. לְךָ וּלְךָ. לְךָ כִּי לְךָ. לְךָ אַף לְךָ. לְךָ יְיָ הַמַּמְלָכָה׃	Quoniam ipsi decorum (est,) quoniam ipsum decet, Regem (esse) in regno,   formidandum jure meritissimo;   circum circa ipsum (qui sunt) dicent ipsi,   tibi & tibi, tibi quoniam tibi, tibi etiam tibi: tibi Domine competit Regnum.	Because it is proper for Him, because it befits Him. Governing in his reign;  mortal fear, justly his reward.  Round about all say to Him:  “Yours and Yours, Yours because it is Yours, Yours and only Yours— Yours, YHVH, is Majesty!”
כִּי לוֹ נָאֶה. כִּי לוֹ יָאֶה׃ עָנָיו בִּמְלוּכָה. פּוֹדֶה כַּהֲלָכָה. צַדִּיקָיו יֹאמְרוּ לוֹ. לְךָ וּלְךָ. לְךָ כִּי לְךָ. לְךָ אַף לְךָ. לְךָ יְיָ הַמַּמְלָכָה׃	Quoniam ipsi decorum (est,) quoniam ipsum decet, mansuerum (esse) in regno,   redemptorem jure meritissimo;   exercitus ejus dicent ipsi,   tibi & tibi, tibi quoniam tibi, tibi etiam tibi: tibi Domine competit Regnum.	Because it is proper for Him, because it befits Him. Gentle in his reign;  redemption, justly his reward.  His legion says to Him:  “Yours and Yours, Yours because it is Yours, Yours and only Yours— Yours, YHVH, is Majesty!”
כִּי לוֹ נָאֶה. כִּי לוֹ יָאֶה׃ קָדוֹשׁ בִּמְלוּכָה. רַחוּם כַּהֲלָכָה. שִׁנְאַנָּיו יֹאמְרוּ לוֹ. לְךָ וּלְךָ. לְךָ כִּי לְךָ. לְךָ אַף לְךָ. לְךָ יְיָ הַמַּמְלָכָה׃	Quoniam ipsi decorum (est,) quoniam ipsum decet,   sanctum (esse) in regno,   misericordem jure meritissimo;   Angeli ejus dicent ipsi, tibi & tibi, tibi quoniam tibi, tibi etiam tibi: tibi Domine competit Regnum.	Because it is proper for Him, because it befits Him. Holy in his reign;  compassion, justly his reward.  His angels say to Him:  “Yours and Yours, Yours because it is Yours, Yours and only Yours— Yours, YHVH, is Majesty!”
כִּי לוֹ נָאֶה. כִּי לוֹ יָאֶה׃ תַּקִיף בִּמְלוּכָה. תּוֹמֵךְ כַּהֲלָכָה. תְּמִימָיו יֹאמְרוּ לוֹ. לְךָ וּלְךָ. לְךָ כִּי לְךָ. לְךָ אַף לְךָ. לְךָ יְיָ הַמַּמְלָכָה׃	Quoniam ipsi decorum (est,) quoniam ipsum decet, potentam (esse) in regno, sublevantem jure meritissimo;   perfecti ejus dicent ipsi, tibi & tibi, tibi quoniam tibi, tibi etiam tibi: tibi Domine competit Regnum.	Because it is proper for Him, because it befits Him. Powerful in his reign;  assistance, justly his reward. His perfect ones say to Him: “Yours and Yours, Yours because it is Yours, Yours and only Yours— Yours, YHVH, is Majesty!”

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This is the piyyut, Adir Bimlukhah (also known by its incipit, Ki Lo Na’eh), in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel as found in his translation of the Pesaḥ seder haggadah, Liber Rituum Paschalium (1644). The piyyut, first appearing in the 13th century, and, according to Macy Nulman in his Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer (1992) is based on the midrash in Bereshit Rabbah 6:2 where Psalms 74:16 is brought for interpreting Genesis 1:16 (on the creation of “the two great luminaries”). While the piyyut may not have been originally written for the Passover seder, this midrash on the appropriateness of praising Hashem at night (as on the Seder) for the miracles made at night (as in Mitsrayim) makes the piyyut feel perfectly apposite.

Transcription of the Latin by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer, and of the Hebrew (with English translation of the Latin) by Aharon Varady.

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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)
  Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
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  Name: Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)
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  Name: Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation)
  Bio: Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin: Rittangelius) (b.1606 Forscheim near Bamberg – d. 1652 Königsberg ) was a Christian Hebraist. Born Jewish, he later converted to Catholicism, and later to Calvinism and Lutheranism. In 1640, Rittangel was appointed professor of Oriental languages at the University of Königsberg (Prussia). In 1641, Rittangel visited a community of Karaite Jews in Trakai, before traveling to London and then to the Dutch Republic where, in Amsterdam, he taught Hebrew and possibly identified, for a time, as a Jew. In July 1642 he left the Low Countries to go to Königsberg, where he spent the rest of his life until his death in 1652. He obtained a Hebrew manuscript of the Sefer Yezirah through the Mennonite merchant Gerebrand Anslo, for a translation into Latin in 1642 ( Liber Jezirah qui Abrahamo Patriarchae adscribitur). In 1644, he published his Latin translation of the Passover Haggadah. He made one of the earliest translations of Jewish prayers, under the title Hochfeyerliche Sollennitaeten, Gebethe und Collecten Anstatt der Opfer, Nebst Andern Ceremonien so von der Jüdischen Kirchen am Ersten Neuen-Jahrs-Tag Gebetet und Abgehandelt Werden Müssen, Königsberg, 1652. His posthumous work Bilibra Veritatis was written to substantiate the claim that the Targums prove the doctrine of the Trinity. This is also the subject of his Veritas Religionis Christianæ (Franeker, 1699).
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