וּבְמַלְכוּת֙ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת מַלְכוּת֑וֹ כָּתְב֣וּ שִׂטְנָ֔ה עַל־ יֹשְׁבֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְאֶת־ קַ֖שׁ יָבֵ֣שׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֞ל יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וִֽישַֽׁעְיָ֧הוּ בֶן־ אָמ֛וֹץ הַנָּבִ֖יא עַל־ זֹ֑את וַֽיִּזְעֲק֖וּ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

זִקְנֵ֨י גְבַ֤ל וַחֲכָמֶ֙יהָ֙ הָ֣יוּ בָ֔ךְ מַחֲזִיקֵ֖י בִּדְקֵ֑ךְ כָּל־ אֳנִיּ֨וֹת הַיָּ֤ם וּמַלָּֽחֵיהֶם֙ הָ֣יוּ בָ֔ךְ לַעֲרֹ֖ב מַעֲרָבֵֽךְ׃

וְנָתַ֧ן אַהֲרֹ֛ן עַל־ שְׁנֵ֥י הַשְּׂעִירִ֖ם גּוֹרָל֑וֹת גּוֹרָ֤ל אֶחָד֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וְגוֹרָ֥ל אֶחָ֖ד לַעֲזָאזֵֽל׃

Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

vaatasya meLiM sacate nijuurvann aashuM na vaajayate hinve arvaa

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

وَلَئِنْ مُتُّمْ أَوْ قُتِلْتُمْ لَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

eSaa divo duhitaa praty adarshi jyotir vasaanaa samanaa purastaat

saM gachadhvaM saM vadadhvaM saM vo manaaMsi jaanataam

For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

nuu cit sa bhreSate jano na reSan mano yo asya ghoram aavivaasaat

And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

sa pakSan mahiSam mRgam pitre maatre vibhukratum

apa jyotiSaa tamo antarikSaad udnaH shiipaalam iva vaata aajat

And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

yunajmi te brahmaNaa keshinaa harii upa pra yaahi dadhiSe gabhastyoH

visho yena gachatho devayantiiH kutraa cid yaamam ashvinaa dadhaanaa