Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 25

by Mark Lidzbarski

XXV.

In the name of life.

When the Jordan of living water was granted

to Sām-Smir, the great radiance of life,

992,000 myriad of Uthras, sons of light,

opened their mouths and praised Mandā d-Haijē:

Praised be Mandā d-Haijē,

Praised be Jāwar-Zīwā,

praised be Bihrām and Rām,

praised be Tarwan the light,

praised be Nbat the great first radiance,

praised be Nsab and Anan-Nsab,

praised be Sar and Sarwan,

praised be that great mighty Mānā,

praised be that great face of glory,

Praised be all that dwelling of the blessed,

Praised be all the paths and ways of the mighty,

Praised be all the mighty, upper worlds of light,

Praised be all those hidden Škīnās,

Praised be that voice, the power, the speech,

and the Commandment that come from the house of Abathur,

praised be the high Abathur,

praised be the 10,000 Uthras that stand before Abathur,

blessed are the Uthras Šilmai and Nidbai, the guardians of the Jordan,

blessed be our father Hibil, Šitil and Anōš, the head of the whole tribe.

Banish and remove from me NN and from these souls who have descended to the Jordan and have been baptized,

the fear, the dread and the terror of the demons, dews, south,..., spirits, amulet spirits, liliths, gods, angels, temple spirits, chapel spirits and idols

that the 7 planets, the lords of the house, let loose against the souls in this world.

Manda d-Haijē! Fix your eyes on your friends, your scions and your disciples.

Look upon us who stand in this place, which is all of evil,

and at the great gate, which is all of (worldly) royalty.

We stand among evil ones

and dwell among sinners.

Deliver us from the world made up entirely of sinners,

and from the evil sorcery of the sons of Adam and Eve.

What we have done, forgive us,

and what we do, forgive us.

Redeemer of sins and trespasses,

remit to us our follies, our stumbles, and our errors.

If you do not forgive our sins, offenses, follies, stumbles and errors,

no one stands before you, Mandā d-Haijē, sinless.

Life, receive your prayer from the hidden place

and establish bliss on your light.

In the name of Šarhabēl, the great, first radiance.

The words of Šarhabēl, the great, first radiance, are erected

on all who love the name of Kuštā, and on me NN.

The darkness is stopped and the light is lifted up.

And praised be the life.

Mandaic transcription

b-šuma ḏ-hiia

kḏ ˁhablẖ iardna ḏ-mia hiia l-sam smir ziua rba ḏ-hiia pta pumaihun tšima u-tšin u-trin alpia ruban ˁutria bnia nhura u-l-manda ḏ-hiia mšabilẖ

mšaba manda ḏ-hiia

mšaba iauar ziua

mšabin bihram u-ram

mšaba taruan nhura

mšaba nbaṭ ziua rba qadmaia

mšabin nṣab u-anan nṣab

mšabin sar u-saruan

mšaba hak mana rba kabira

mšaba hak parṣupa rba ḏ-ˁqara

mšaba hak kulẖ daura ḏ-nihia

mšabin kulhun dirkia u-šbilia ḏ-rurbania

mšabin kulhun almia rurbia ˁlaiia ḏ-nhura

mšabin hanik kulhin škinata kasiata

mšaba hak qala u-haila u-mimra u-paqadta ḏ-atia mn bit abatur

mšaba abatur rama

mšabin ruban ˁutria ḏ-qaimia qudamẖ ḏ-abatur

mšabin šilmai u-nidbai ˁutria naṭria ḏ-iardna

mšabin abun hibil u-šitil u-anuš riša ḏ-kulẖ šurbta

kuruk u-dhun minai dilia p’ br p’t u-mn halin nišmata ḏ-nhit l-iardna u-ˁṣṭba mn hauqa u-dahalta u-ziuihta ḏ-sahria u-daiuia u-šidia u-piqdia u-ruhia u-humria u-liliata u-alahia u-malakia u-ˁkuria u-prikia u-patikria ḏ-šabqia šuba šibiahia marauata ḏ-baita ˁl nišmata balma hazin manda ḏ-hiia truṣ ainak ˁl rahmak u-ˁl šitlak u-ˁl tarmidak hzinan ḏ-qaiminan b-atra hazin ḏ-kulẖ bišia u-btira rba ḏ-kulẖ malkauata qaiminan binia bišia u-šrinan binia haṭia parqinan mn alma ḏ-kulẖ haṭaiia u-mn haršia bišia ḏ-bnia adam u-haua ḏ-abadnin tišbuqlan u-dabdinin tišbuqlan šabiq haṭaiia u-haubia skilatan u-tiqlatan u-šabašatan tišbuqlan hin haṭaian u-hauban u-skilatan u-tiqlatan u-šabašatan lašabqatlan ˁniš zakaia qudamak manda ḏ-hiia laiit hiia qabil butkun mn kisia u-truṣ niaha ˁl nhuraikun b-šuma ḏ-šarhabˁil ziua rba qadmaia u-triṣin pugdamia ḏ-šarhabˁil ziua rba qadmaia ˁl kulhun rahmia šuma ḏ-kušṭa u-ˁl dilia p’ br p’t kbiš hšuka u-triṣ nhura

u-mšabin hiia

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