Children of men!

Those who sit in darkness

and in the shadow of death

bound in affliction and [chains of] iron.

He brought them out from darkness,

from the shadow of death,

and their shackles, He broke.

They are fools—

because of their transgression

and their iniquities—

they cause their own affliction.

All manner of food is abhorred by their soul,

and they draw near until the gates of death.

[Then] they cried out to Adonoy

in their distress;

from their anguish, He delivered them.

He sends His word and heals them,

and delivers them from destruction.

Let them thank Adonoy for His kindness,

and for His wonders to the children of man.

If there be for him an angel,

one interceding angel among a thousand,

to vouch for man's uprightness;

then [God] is gracious unto him, and says:

“Redeem him from going down to the pit,

I have found a ransom [for him.]”

This is my exchange,

this is my substitute,

this is my atonement.

This rooster shall go to its death,

and I shall proceed

to a good, long life

and peace.

This is my exchange,

this is my substitute,

this is my atonement.

This hen shall go to its death,

and I shall proceed

to a good, long life

and peace.

This is your exchange,

this is your substitute,

this is your atonement.

This rooster shall go to it death,

and you shall proceed

to a good, long life

and peace.

This is your exchange,

this is your substitute

this is your atonement.

This hen shall go to its death

and you shall proceed

to a good, long life

and peace.

These are our exchanges,

these are our substitutes,

these are our atonements.

These chickens shall go to their death

and we shall proceed

to a good, long life

and peace.