Prayer of Manasseh
Prayer of Manasseh 1:1–14
The penitential prayer of the king who filled Yarawashalam with idols: bowed down with iron bands, he asks the God of the righteous for the repentance he has promised sinners.
1 Yahawah (), Tzabaawath (troop - plural) Al Shaday () Alahayamay (Alahayam) Abawathayanaw (O our fathers), Abaraham (Abraham), Yatzachaq (Isaac), WaYaiqab (and Jacob), WaAlahayamay (And alahayam) Zarai (seed) Tzadayaqam (righteous);
2 AsharaIshahayath (Who/that made) AthaHaShamayam (the entirety of the heaven) WaAthaHaAratz (and the entirety of the earth), Im (ornament thereof); Kal (every) Tzabaam (their troop)
3 AsharaAsawarath (Who/that 𐤀𐤎𐤅𐤓) AthaHaYam (the entirety of bound the sea) BaDabarak (by your word commandment); WaSagarath (and you shut) WaChathamath (and sealed) Thahawam (the deep/primordial abyss), BaShamak (in your name) HaNaYawaraa (who terrible) WaHaNaKabad (and who glorious);
4 whom all men fear, and tremble before your power; for the majesty of your glory cannot be borne, and your angry threatening toward sinners is importable:
5 but your merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable;
6 for athah (you) are the most ilayawan (high) Adanay (), of rab (great) racham (compassion), arak (longsuffering), very Chasad (grace), and nacham (repent) of the rai (evils) of ban (men). Athah (You), O Adanay (), according to your rab (great) tawab (goodness) have promised nacham (repentance) and forgiveness to them that have chataa (sinned) against you: and of your infinite racham (mercies) have shawam (appointed) nacham (repentance) to chataayam (sinners), that they may be yashai (saved).
7 Athah (you) therefore, O Yahawah (), that art the Alahayam (God) of the just, have not Shawamath (appointed) WaYaNaNacham (and repentance) to the just, as to Abaraham (Abraham), and Yatzachaq (Isaac), and Yaiqab (Jacob), which have not LaChataayam (sinned - plural) against Athah (you); but you have appointed Nacham (turn away / repent) to me that am a chataa (sinner): cb
8 for I have iwan (sinned) above the masapar (number) of the sands of the sea. My pashai (transgressions), O Yahawah (), are rab (multiplied): my pashai (transgressions) are rabah (multiplied), and I am not worthy to han (behold) and nabat (see) the marawam (height) of heaven for the multitude of mine iwan (iniquities).
9 I am shachach (bowed) down with kabad (many) iron raash (bands), that I cannot LaNashaath (lift) up mine barazal (head), neither have any release: for I have provoked your wrath, and done raii (evil) before you: I ishah (did) laa (not) your will, neither shamar (kept) I your matzawah (commandments): I have qawam (set) up thawaibah (abominations), and have rabah (multiplied) chataa (offences).
10 Ithah (Now) therefore I karai (bow) the barak (knee) of mine labab (heart), beseeching you of grace.
11 I have chataa (sinned), O Adanay (), I have chataa (sinned), and I yadai (acknowledge) mine iniquities:
12 therefore, I humbly chanan (beseech) athah (you), salach (forgive) me, O Yahawah (), salach (forgive) me, and sapah (destroy) me not with mine iniquites. Be not angry with me for ever, by shamar (reserving) evil for me; neither condemn me to the thachathay (lower) parts of the aratz (earth). For athah (you) are the Alahayam (God), even the Alahayam (God) of them that repent;
13 and in me you will racham (show) all your tawab (goodness): for you will yashai (save) me, that am unworthy, according to your rab (great) racham (mercy).
14 Therefore I will halal (praise) you for ever all the yawam (days) of my chay (life): for all the powers of the shamayam (heavens) do halal (praise) you, and your is the kabawad (glory) for ever and ever. Aman (Amen).