דוד והראם David und Ram David and Ram

דָּוִד הָיָה רוֹעֶה צָעִיר, ||young shepherd|young shepherd David was a young shepherd,

לִפְנֵי שֶׁהָיָה מֶלֶךְ אַדִּיר. Before|"there was"||mighty Before there was a mighty king.

יוֹם אֶחָד רָעָה אֶת הַצֹּאן בַּמִּדְבָּר, ||||the sheep|"in the desert"

וּפִתְאֹם רָאָה לְפָנָיו הַר. "and suddenly"|"saw"|before him|mountain And suddenly he saw a mountain in front of him.

עָלָה עַל הָהָר, הִתְנַשֵּׁף, הִזִּיעַ, "climbed the mountain"|"up the"||"panted"|sweated Climbed the mountain, gasped, sweated,

עַד אֲשֶׁר לַפִּסְגָּה הִגִּיעַ. |"until"|to the summit|"has reached" By the time he reached the summit.

לְפֶתַע הִתְנַעֵר הָהָר וְהִתְרוֹמֵם, Suddenly the mountain shook and rose,

זֶה לֹא הָיָה הַר אֶלָּא רְאֵם! ||||"but rather"|wild ox It was not a mountain but a ram!

דָּוִד הָיָה רָכוּב עַל הַקַּרְנַיִם, ||mounted on||the horns David was riding on the horns,

גָּבוֹהַּ כָּל כָּךְ – שֶׁהִגִּיעַ לַשָּׁמַיִם. "So high – it reached the sky."||||to the sky So high that it has reached heaven.

הִתְחַנֵּן דָּוִד: "אֱלֹהִים, אֲנִי כְּבָר לֹא יכוֹל, David pleaded: "God, I can't anymore."|||||| David pleaded: "God, I can no longer,

עוֹד רֶגַע מֵרֹאשׁ הָרְאֵם אֶפּוֹל. |||the cliff|I will fall Another moment from the top of the darkness.

אִם תּוֹרִיד בְּשָׁלוֹם אֶת הַצֹּאן ואוֹתִי, |"bring down"||||"and me" If you take the sheep and me in peace,

אֶבְנֶה לְךָ בֵּית מִקְדָּשׁ עֲנָקִי. "I will build"|||temple|gigantic I will build you a huge temple.

וְגָדְלוֹ שֶׁל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם Its greatness|||| And the size of the temple in Jerusalem

יִהְיֶה מֵאָה אַמּוֹת – כְּאֹרֶךְ הַקַּרְנַיִם." ||cubits|"as the length"| There will be a hundred deaths - according to the length of the horns. "

הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא נֶעְתַּר מִיָּד, |"blessed"||was entreated immediately|immediately Blessed is he who is accepted immediately,

וְשָׁלַח לַמָּקוֹם אַרְיֵה מְיֻחָד. ||special lion|special lion And sent a special lion to the place.

הִתְיָרֵא הָרְאֵם מִן הָאֲרִי וְנִלְחַץ, "feared"|||the lion|and was pressed Be afraid of the lion and be pressed,

וְתֵכֶף נִשְׁכַּב וּלְפָנָיו רָבַץ. "And immediately"|lay down|"before him"|lay down And he lay down immediately, and lay before him.

דָּוִד רָצָה לָרֶדֶת אֲבָל... |wanted|to go down|but David wanted to go down but ...

רָאָה אֶת הָאַרְיֵה וְנִבְהַל. ||the lion|was terrified See the lion and be startled.

אֵיךְ יִנָּצֵל דָּוִד מִן הַלָּבִיא? |"will David escape"|||the lion How will David be saved from the lion?

מִיָּד זִמֲּן הקָדוֹשׁ בָּרוּך הוּא צְבִי. |||"blessed be He"||deer Immediately the Blessed One is a deer.

קָפַץ הָאַרְיֵה בְּעִקְבוֹת הַצְּבִי וְרָץ אַחֲרָיו, "leaped"||"in pursuit of"|the deer|"and ran"|"after him" The lion jumped on the deer's footsteps and ran after him,

כָּךְ יָרַד דָּוִד מֵהָרְאֵם - וְנִצְּלוּ חַיָּיו. |||from the cliff|"and his life was saved"|his life was saved This is how David came down from Haram - and his life was saved.