טז. ע"פ א"ב. חתום שלמה אבן גבירול
שַׁחַר קַמְתִּי לְהוֹדוֹת לְךָ אֱלֹהֵי תְהִלָּתִי. וַאֲרַנֵּן לְךָ בֹּקֶר וְאוֹדִיעֲךָ חַטָּאתִי. תִּנָּתֶן לִי בָזֶה שָֹכָר לִפְעֻלָּתִי. נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:
I have risen at dawn to thank You, God of my praise, I will sing to You in the morning and make known to You my sins; for this,1My praise of You and my confession. grant me as a reward for my endeavor, that my life be spared at my request, and my people at my petition.
לְפָנִים זֹאת בְּיִשְֹרָאֵל מַקְרִיבֵי הַקָּרְבָּן. אִם חַטָּאַי כַּשָּׁנִי כֻּלּוֹ הָפַךְ לָבָן. וַאֲדַדֶּה כָּל שְׁנוֹתַי וַאַאֲנִין עַל הַחֻרְבָּן, וְאֵין לִי לְבַד מִלָּתִי וְעוֹלָתִי תְפִלָּתִי: נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:
In former days in Israel, when sacrifices were offered, though my sins were red as scarlet, they turned completely white.2Through the sin-offering. Therefore, sleep escapes my eyes, and I lament the destruction [of the Temple]; and I have nought but my words and my prayer is my burnt-offering, that my life be spared at my request, and my people at my petition.
מִזְבֵּחַ בִּהְיוֹתוֹ וְקָדָשִׁים לִזְבִיחָה. וְהֵבִיא אִישׁ אֶת־זִבְחוֹ וְחַטָּאתוֹ נִמְחָה. אָפֵס מֶנִּי מְכַהֵן וְאֵין־זֶבַח וְאֵין מִנְחָה. תּוֹדָתִי זְבִחָתִי שִׂיחָתִי מִנְחָתִי. נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:
When the Altar still existed, and sacred offerings were slaughtered. Each man brought his offering and his sin was eradicated; but now there is no Priest, no sacrifice, no meal offering; [therefore] let my confession be my sacrifice and my prayer be my meal offering, that my life be spared at my request, and my people at my petition.
הֵן בִּהְיוֹת הָעֲבוֹדָה וְכֹהֲנִים עַל מִשְׁמֶרֶת. הֲלֹא חַטָּאת מְכַפֶּרֶת וְהָעוֹלָה מַכְשֶׁרֶת. וְאֵין חַטָּאת וְאֵין עוֹלָה וְלֹא חֵלֶב וְיוֹתֶרֶת. וְאֶשְׁפֹּךְ אֶת רִנָּתִי וְאַפִּיל תְּחִנָּתִי: נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:
Behold, when there was a sacrificial service3In the Temple. and the Priests served their turn, the sin-offering atoned, and the burnt-offering exonerated; [but now] there is neither sin nor burnt-offering, no fat and no liver-lobe; [instead] I pour out my prayer and present my supplication, that my life be spared at my request, and my people at my petition.
הֵן קֶדֶם בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ בְּקוּם זְרִיזִים בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת. טְהוֹרִים נִצְּבוּ לְהָפִיס, חֲדָשִׁים לִקְטֹרֶת. וְאֵין לְבוֹנָה וְאֵין קְטֹרֶת וְנִשְׁאַרְתִּי שְׁחַרְחֹרֶת. בְּהִתְוַדּוֹת חַטָּאתִי תְּהִי כְקָרְבָּן תּוֹדָתִי: נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:
Behold, in the Holy Temple of old, when the zealous priests rose early, the pure ones stood to draw lots,4This was done in order to assign the priests to the various services. but only new ones5A priest could only perform the incense offering once in his lifetime because it enriched the one performing it. offered the incense; but now there is no frankincense and no incense offering, and I am left blackened with sin; [therefore] when I confess my sins, let my confession be accepted as an offering, that my life be spared at my request, and my people at my petition.
חֲזֵה קָדוֹשׁ כִּי־יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִי. וְאֵין מִי יַעֲמֹד בַּעֲדִי וְאֵין לִי בֵּית־מְנוּחָתִי. לְבַד בְּךָ אַזְכִּיר שִׁמְךָ מָעוֹז צוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי. הַעֲבֵר אֶת אַשְׁמָתִי וְעָנְתָה בִּי־צִדְקָתִי. נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:
See [O God] my Holy One, that my hurt is greater than my groaning, and there is none to stand by me, and I have no House of Rest [the Temple]; only in You [I trust] and mention Your Name. Strong Rock of my deliverance; remove my guilt, and then my righteousness will answer for me, spare my life as my request and my people as my petition.
אֵל מֶֽלֶךְ. יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים. מִתְנַהֵג בַּחֲסִידוּת. מוֹחֵל עֲוֹנוֹת עַמּוֹ. מַעֲבִיר רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן. מַרְבֶּה מְחִילָה לְחַטָּאִים וּסְלִיחָה לְפוֹשְׁעִים. עוֹשֶׂה צְדָקוֹת עִם כָּל בָּשָׂר וָרֽוּחַ. לֹא כְרָעָתָם תִּגְמוֹל: אֵל הוֹרֵיתָ לָנוּ לוֹמַר שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה. זְכָר לָֽנוּ הַיּוֹם בְּרִית שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה. כְּהוֹדַֽעְתָּ לֶעָנָו מִקֶּֽדֶם. כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב וַיֵּרֶד יְהֹוָה בֶּֽעָנָן וַיִּתְיַצֵּב עִמּוֹ שָׁם וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם יְהֹוָה:
Almighty! King! Who sits on the throne of mercy, governs with kindness forgives the iniquities of His people. He removes their sins one by one, increasing forgiveness to sinners, and pardon to transgressors. Acting righteously with all who are of flesh and spirit; not according to their wickedness does He repay them. Almighty! You instructed us to recite the thirteen Divine attributes; remember unto us this day the covenant of thirteen Divine attributes, as You made them known to the humble Moses of old, as it is written, “And Adonoy descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name, Adonoy.
קהל וחזן:
Congregation and Chazzan:
וַיַּֽעֲבֹר יְהֹוָה עַל פָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא:
“And Adonoy passed before him [Moses] and proclaimed:
יְהֹוָה יְהֹוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶֽרֶךְ אַפַּֽיִם וְרַב חֶֽסֶד וֶֽאֱמֶת: נֹצֵר חֶֽסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶֽשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה: וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲוֹנֵֽנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵֽנוּ וּנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ:
Adonoy, Adonoy, Almighty, Merciful, Gracious, Slow to Anger, and Abundant in Kindness, and Truth. Keeper of kindness for thousands of generations, Endurer of iniquity, and transgression, and sin; and Acquitter of those who repent. “And pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance.”
סְלַח לָֽנוּ אָבִֽינוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ. מְחַל לָֽנוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כִּי פָשָֽׁעְנוּ: כִּי אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב וְסַלָּח וְרַב חֶֽסֶד לְכָל קֹרְאֶֽיךָ:
Pardon us our Father, for we have sinned, forgive us our King, for we have transgressed. “For You, my Master, are good and forgiving, and abounding in kindness to all who call upon You.”