Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 11

by Mark Lidzbarski

XI.

Blessed is your name,

praised is your name, my Lord Mandā d-Haijē.

You were blessed by the pure mountains that do not waver,

and the ophans (?) of the Kuštā that do not change.

You were blessed by the sons of salvation

who sit with you.

You were blessed by Jāwar-Zīwā,

the great king of the Nasoraeans.

You were blessed by the ether, the pure light,

the guide who is all righteousness.

And I adore and praise that ray of light

and the messenger of all lights.

Blessed is your name,

praised is your name,

man who rests over the škīnās.

Over the Škīnās also rests his name,

who daily, daily beholds its form

and praises the great face of glory.

And praised be the life.

Commentary

These four prayers,

"On the light of the ether I stand,"

"I rose early from my sleep,"

"We washed our hands in Kuštā,"

and "Blessed is your name, praised be your name,"

read at the prayer of the dawn after the incense.

Transcription

brik šumak u-mšaba šumak marai manda ḏ-hiia birkuk ṭuria dakiia ḏ-la-naidia u-ˁupania kušṭa ḏ-la-mištanin birkuk bnia šlama ḏ-luatak iatbia birkak iauar ziua malka rba ḏ-naṣiruta birkak aiar nhura dakia paruanqa ḏ-kulẖ zidqa u-ana sagdinalẖ u-mšabinalẖ l-hak agia ḏ-nhura u-la-šganda ḏ-kulhun pasimkia brik šumak u-mšaba šumak gabra ḏ-ˁl škinata šria u-ˁl škinata šria šumẖ ḏ-kul ium kul iuma l-dmutẖ hazilẖ u-l-parṣupa rba ḏ-ˁqara mšabilẖ u-mšabin hiia

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halin arbia bauata <binin> ˁl nhur aiar qaiimna u-mn šintai qadmit qamit u-halilnin ˁdan b-kušṭa u-brik šumak u-mšaba šumak qirinin b-rahmia ḏ-pirša abatar riha

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