Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 49

by Mark Lidzbarski

XLIX.

In the name of the alien life.

This is the splendor and light of life.

When the spirit and the soul leave the body

and the soul of life is clothed with the garment of life...

the image of life,

which came from the tear of life,

is in the external life,

in Hauraran-Karkawan-Zīwā,

in the treasure of light,

the great rest and support of life,

in the life, which came from life, the Kuštā,

which has always been in the beginning.

The life is in its Škīnā,

the great light in the victories.

When anyone leaves his body,

the 7 figures of the deity come to meet him,

and each one lines up with the one belonging to him.

The solver Saurēl comes,

who detaches the spirit and soul from the body,

he stands above those works with the robes of Jōzataq Mandā d-Haijē.

Hauraran-Karkawan-Zīwā takes away from the soul

what is in it of physical things is.

She dresses herself with the garments of Jōzataq Mandā d-Haijē.

Dress upon dress she puts on,

dress upon dress she puts on.

When she puts on the garments of Jōzataq Mandā d-Haijē,

she laughs, rejoices, skips, jumps,

is proud and well pleased with the glorious honor ... rests honor.

She walks in the clothes of Jōzataq Mandā d-Haijē.

When the planets beheld her from her place,

they were ashamed, clenched their fists,

beat the atria of their chests, and said,

"Woe to the planets that they were defeated

while the works of their hands were victorious."

Further they say:

"How beautiful is this splendor,

how bright this light,

how lovely this ornament,

how wondrous this image".

Further they say:

"Who will clothe us with this splendor,

who will cover us with this light,

who will put on us from this ornament,

who will pass something of this image on our face?

For beautiful, shining and bright it is,

and there are no works in this world like it".

They further say,

"How good is the Kuštā for the good

and Mandā d-Haijē for all the elect who stand in her body

and seek enlightenment in the name of life."

She walks in the robes of Jozataq Mandā d-Haijē,

she passes by those works,

by the hands of all planets.

I went and reached the guardhouse

of the old, high, hidden, kept Abathur.

There the scales are erected,

and before him spirits and souls are questioned

about their name, their sign,

their blessing, their baptism and what else is in them.

The soul of the NN entered the house of Abathur

and gave its name, its sign, its blessing,

its baptism and whatever else is in it.

The souls of our fathers are marked with the sign of life;

the name of life and the name of the Mandā d-Haijē is pronounced over them.

They were brought into the scales,

works and reward were brought in and weighed.

Of the perfect ones, the spirit entered with the soul,

and they were let out pure of sin.

They brought out splendor from the shine of Abathur

and clothed them with it,

brought light and covered them with it.

(The soul) puts on robe upon robe,

puts on robe upon robe.

When it puts on the robes of Abathur

it laughs and rejoices, leaps and jumps,

is proud and cheerful about the glorious honor ... rests honor.

She walks in the robes of Jōzaṭaq Mandā d-Haijē.

I went and arrived at the guardhouse of the 4 men,

the sons of salvation, Īn-Hai, Šum-Hai, Zīw-Hai, Nhūr-Hai.

Each one clothes the soul with his splendor,

each one covers it with his light.

Robe upon robe she puts on,

robe upon robe she puts on.

When she puts on the robes of the sons of salvation,

she laughs and rejoices, leaps and jumps,

is proud and cheerful about the glorious honor ... rests honor.

She walks in the robes of Jōzataq Mandā d-Haijē.

I went and arrived at the streams of water.

It covered the water.

The shining being penetrated,

his name rested in his Škīnā.

It called itself Expensive, Chosen.

It spoke:

"Life, I am yours.

Because of thy name I came from the world of Ptahil,

rom the midst of the evil plans and below the throne of old Abathur".

He goes out to meet this soul of the NN,

an effluence of the great splendor of life is he,

the man who rests above the Škīnās,

whose name rests over the Škīnās.

He grasps the soul by the flat of the right hand

and hands it over to the two Uthras,

the sons of light, Adatan and Jadatan,

of one knowledge, of one mind.

Adatan and Jadatan hand it over to the two Uthras,

Oṣar-Hai and Ptā-Hai, who create the creation of life,

plant the plantation of light

and found the first image of the house of life.

They raised her the arm of life,

they introduced her into the image of life,

they supported her in the place

where splendor flames like light.

The spirit of the NN went,

became like the soul

and found continuance in the house of the life.

And the life is victorious.

Mandaic transcription

b-šuma ḏ-hiia

nukraiia hazin ziua u-nhur hiia mipaq ruha u-nišimta mn pagra u-ˁtlabušia nišmat hiia balbuš hiia hadinat hiia dmut hiia ḏ-mn dimat hiia huat b-hiia baraiia b-hauraran u-karkauan ziua b-ˁuṣar nhura niaha u-simaka rba ḏ-hiia b-hiia ḏ-hun mn hiia u-kušṭa ḏ-hua mn qudam b-riša hiia

hinun b-škinatun u-nhura rba b-zakauata kḏ ˁniš ˁniš mn pagrẖ napiq u-atia alanpẖ šaba dmauata ḏ-alahuta u-ˁniš ˁniš l-dilẖ qaiim u-atia ṣaurˁil šaruia ḏ-šaria ruha u-nišimta mn pagra l-ˁiil mn ˁubadia ˁlin qaiim b-lbušia ḏ-iuzaṭaq manda ḏ-hiia ḏ-šaria u-nasib minẖ hauraran u-karkauan ziua ma ḏ-bẖ ḏ-pagra u-tlabaš b-lbušia ḏ-iuzaṭaq manda ḏ-hiia lbuš ˁl lbuš labša u-lbuš ˁl lbuš mitlabša kḏ lbušia ḏ-iuzaṭaq manda ḏ-hiia labša tam ahka hadia sahqa daiṣa gaia u-mitparpa ˁl ˁqar giua šaria ˁqara u-lihuia azlabẖ ba-lbušia ḏ-iuzaṭaq manda ḏ-hiia šibiahia b-duktaihun ḏ-hiziuia b-hit mlun b-gurmaizaiun u-šqap l-tarbaṣia hadiaiun

u-amria ˁuai ˁl šibiahia ḏ-hinun hun haiabia u-ˁubadia ˁdaihun hun b-zakaiia

u-amria kma iaiia hazin ziua u-kma taqun hazin nhura u-kma basima hazin ṣauta u-kma šanai hazin dmuta

u-amria mn hazin ziua man nalbišinan u-mn hazin nhura man nikasinan u-mn hazin ṣauta man nišria ˁlan u-mn hazin dmuta man nadia alanpaian mn qbal ḏ-iaiia u-nahur u-taqun u-laiit ˁubadia b-alma hazin ḏ-lẖ dilẖ damin uamria kma ṭab kušṭa l-ṭabia u-manda ḏ-hiia l-kulhun bhiria ḏ-qaimia b-pagraihun u-mitaprišia b-šuma ḏ-hiia u-lihuia azlabẖ ba-lbušia ḏ-iuzaṭaq manda ḏ-hiia adin ˁl ˁubadia ˁlin ˁl ˁdaihun ḏ-šibiahia kulhun azlit u-maṭit maṭarta ḏ-abatur hatiqa rama kasia u-nṭira tam triṣ muzania u-aqamẖ mištailia ruhia u-nišmata ˁl šumaiin u-ˁl rušumaiin u-biriktin u-maṣbutin u-mindam ḏ-bẖ alat nišimta ḏ-plan l-bit abatur u-iahbat šumẖ u-rušmẖ u-biriktẖ u-maṣbutẖ u-mindam ḏ-bẖ nišmata ḏ-abahatan ršima b-rušma ḏ-hiia u-šuma ḏ-hiia u-šuma ḏ-manda ḏ-hiia madkar ˁlauaiin ailun b-muzania aiil ˁubadia u-agria tiqlun šalmania alun ruha mn nišmta apqunin b-zakaiia anpiq ziua mn ziuẖ ḏ-abatur albšunin u-aitun nhura kasunin lbuš ˁl lbuš labša u-lbuš ˁl lbuš mitlabša kḏ lbušia ḏ-abatur labša tam ahka hadia sahqa daiṣa gaia u-mitparpa ˁl ˁqar giua šaria ˁqara u-lihuia azlabẖ ba-lbušia ḏ-iuzaṭaq manda ḏ-hiia u-azlit u-maṭit maṭarta ḏ-arba gubria bnia šlama ˁin hai šum hai ziu hai nhur hai ˁniš ˁniš mn ziuẖ malbišlẖ u-ˁniš ˁniš mn nhurẖ mkasilẖ lbuš ˁl lbuš labša u-lbuš ˁl lbuš mitlabša kḏ lbušia ḏ-bnia šlama labša tam ahka hadia sahqa daiṣa gaia u-mitparpa ˁl ˁqar giua šaria ˁqara u-lihuia azlabẖ ba-lbušia ḏ-iuzaṭaq manda ḏ-hiia u-azlit u-maṭit hapiqia mia ahpa mia abar ziua šra šumẖ bgu škintẖ iaqir bhir qra l-napšiẖ

u-amar hiia ana dilkun ḏ-ˁl šumaikun dilkun atit mn alma ḏ-ptahil u-mn binataiin ḏ-mhašabata bišata u-mn atutia kursia ḏ-abatur atiqa ḏ-napiq u-atia alanpẖ ḏ-haza nišimta ḏ-plan ṣurik hu ziua rba ḏ-hiia gabra ḏ-ˁl škinata šria u-ˁl škinata šria šumẖ lagiṭlẖ b-pras iaminẖ u-mašlimlẖ l-trin ˁutria bnia nhura l-adatan u-iadatan had manda u-had ˁuṣar u-adatan u-iadatan mašlimilẖ l-trin ˁutria l-ˁuṣar hai u-pta hai ḏ-pahtia pihta ḏ-hiia u-naṣbia niṣbta ḏ-nhura u-šaknia dmuta qadmaita ḏ-bit hiia arimlẖ knap hiia ailu ba-dmu hiia asmku dukta ḏ-ziu kḏ nhur iaqid u-azlat ruha ḏ-plan u-huat kḏ zan nišmta u-ˁtqaimat bit hiia

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