מִי יַזְכִּיר תְּהִלָּתֶךָ. בַּעֲשׂוֹתְךָ הַיָּרֵחַ רֹאשׁ לְחֶשְׁבּוֹן מוֹעֲדִים וּזְמַנִּים. וּתְקוּפוֹת וְאוֹתוֹת לְיָמִים וְשָׁנִים: Who shall tell Thy praises? For Thou madest the Moon the chief source whereby to calculate Appointed times and seasons, And cycles and signs for the days and the years.
בַּלַּיְלָה מֶמְשַׁלְתּוֹ. עַד בּוֹא עִתּוֹ. Her rule is in the night, Until the coming of the fixed hour
וְתֶחְשַׁךְ יִפְעָתוֹ. וְיִתְכַּסֶּה מַעֲטֵה קַדְרוּתוֹ. כִּי מִמְּאוֹר הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ אוֹרָתוֹ: When her brightness shall be darkened And she shall clothe herself with the mantle of gloom.
וּבְלֵיל אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר אִם יַעַמְדוּ עַל קַו הַתְּלִי שְׁנֵיהֶם. וְיַפְרִיד בֵּינֵיהֶם. For from the light of the Sun is her light, And should it hap on the night of the fourteenth that both of them stand On the line of the Dragon, So that it cometh between them,
אָז הַיָּרֵחַ לֹא יָהֵל אוֹרוֹ. וְיִדְעַךְ נֵרוֹ: Then the Moon shall not convey her light, And her illumination shall be extinguished,
לְמַעַן דַּעַת כָּל עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ. כִּי הֵם בְּרוּאֵי מַעְלָה. וְאִם הֵם יְקָרִים. עֲלֵיהֶם שׁוֹפֵט לְהַשְׁפִּיל וּלְהָרִים: To the end that all the peoples of the earth shall know That they are the creatures of the Most High, And however splendid they be There is a Judge above them to humble and exalt.
אַךְ יִחְיֶה אַחֲרֵי נָפְלוֹ. וְיָאִיר אַחֲרֵי אָפְלוֹ. Nathless she shall live again after her fall And shall be resplendent again after her darkness,
וּבְהִדָּבְקוֹ בְּסוֹף הַחֹדֶשׁ עִם הַחַמָּה. And when she is in conjunction with the Sun at the end of the month,
אִם יִהְיֶה תְּלִי בֵּינֵיהֶם. וְעַל קַו אֶחָד יַעַמְדוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם. If the Dragon shall be between them, And both shall stand upon one line,
אָז יַעֲמֹד הַיָּרֵחַ לִפְנֵי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כְּעָב שְׁחוֹרָה. וְיַסְתִּיר מֵעֵין כָּל רֹאֶיהָ מְאוֹרָהּ. Then the Moon shall stand before the Sun like a projecting blackness And shall hide the light thereof from the sight of all beholders,
לְמַעַן יֵדְעוּ כָּל רֹאֶיהָ כִּי אֵין הַמַּלְכוּת לִצְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם וַחֲיָלֵיהֶם. In order that all who behold may know That the sovereignty is not with the hosts and legions of heaven
אֲבָל יֵשׁ אָדוֹן עֲלֵיהֶם. מַחֲשִׁיךְ מְאוֹרֵיהֶם. But that there is a Master over them, Obscuring and irradiating,
כִּי גָּבוֹהַּ מֵעַל גָּבוֹהַּ שֹׁמֵר וּגְבֹהִים עֲלֵיהֶם. וְהַחוֹשְׁבִים כִּי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ אֱלֹהֵיהֶם. For height behind height He keepeth, yea, and the heights beyond them, And they that imagine the Sun is their god
בָּעֵת הַזֹּאת יֵבוֹשׁוּ מִמַּחְשְׁבוֹתֵיהֶם. וְיִבָּחֲנוּ דִּבְרֵיהֶם. At such time shall be ashamed of their imaginings, For their words are then tested,
וְיֵדְעוּ כִּי יַד יְיָ עָשְׂתָה זֹאת וְאֵין לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ יְכֹלֶת. וְהַמַּחֲשִׁיךְ אוֹרָהּ לְבַדּוֹ הַמֶּמְשֶׁלֶת. And they shall know 'tis the hand of the Lord hath done this And that the Sun hath no power And His alone is the rule who can darken its light,
וְהוּא הַשּׂוֹלֵחַ אֵלֶיהָ עֶבֶד מֵעֲבָדֶיהָ גְּמוּל חֲסָדֶיהָ. לְהַסְתִּיר אוֹרָהּ. וְלִכְרוֹת מִפְלַצְתָּהּ וַיְסִירֶהָ מִגְּבִירָה: Sending to it a slave of its slaves, A beneficiary of its own kindly glow, To becloud its radiance, To cut off the abominable idolising thereof, ''And let the Sun be removed from sovereignty.''