Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 71

by Mark Lidzbarski

LXXI.

In the name of life.

Blessed and praised be life;

blessed and praised be the name of life

in the place of light.

Blessed be you, my Lord Mandā d-Haijē,

you and your power, your splendor,

your light, your glory, and your help.

Blessed are you, my father Jōšamīn,

Pure One, son of the planting of the mighty life.

Blessed are you, second life,

life that came from life.

Blessed are you, Šilmai and Nidbai,

the Uthras, the guardians of the Jordan.

Blessed are you, Nsab and Arian-Nsab.

Blessed be our father Hibil, Šitil and Anōš,

the name and head of the whole tribe.

Blessed be you, high Abathur;

blessed and established be the great Škīnā in which you sit.

Blessed be you, 4 men, the sons of salvation,

who go out to meet the good.

They go forth to meet the good

and clothe the good with garments.

Blessed be you, light earth,

blessed and praised be your inhabitants.

Blessed be you, Way of the Great, Path of the Perfect,

Footbridge that ascends to the Place of Light.

Blessed be you, Nazerene, from whom the chosen learn.

From you the chosen ones learn and act with wage-payment and almsgiving.

With payment of wages and almsgiving they act,

therefore they ascend and behold the place of light.

Blessed be you, Jordan of living waters,

from whom we fetched victoriousness.

From you we took victoriousness

and received the pure sign.

My parents looked to the life,

my teachers to the place of light.

The Uthras of the victorious light,

Abathur and the sons of salvation,

who stand and praise life.

May the peace of life be granted to the knowledgeable ones

who have passed away from our midst.

May he, my Lord Mandā d-Haijē, be a helper to the poor,

humble people and the disciples (priests).

With thanks be received the kindness of life,

the kindness of life and the Mandā d-Haijē.

The service they have rendered in the name of life, ...

To everyone who gives alms, alms will be a helper.

The chosen and perfect ones, who give alms,

will ascend on the paths of the Kuštā.

They were given an ether wreath,

a wreath of speech and hearing,

of joy and victoriousness,

of Goodness and greatness.

A wreath from the vine Rwaz will be erected

on the head of those souls who have been brought forth,

consecrated and marked by this mass,

as well as (the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters

who have departed from their bodies

and who still dwell in their bodies,

a wreath of the kind that the great (life) erects on its head,

as the great (life) gave it to the Uthras and the Uthras gave it to their disciples.

You physician, whose remedy is water, come, be a physician to your friends.

Be a physician to your friends, and a helper to him who gives alms.

Whom you have healed, my lord, give him also strength.

Whoever stands before you, look at him and do not condemn him.

My Lord, high king of light, revealer, whose eyes are open,

who seeks justice for his friends and brings it to fruition.

Provide us justice before our persecutors,

before the persecutors who persecute us,

and before the evil-doers

and the evil-doers who plot evil against us.

If it pleases you, my Lord, high King of Light,

look upon us and do not condemn us.

Look also upon those souls who believed in you,

who stand in thy name in the Tibil and are persecuted.

Show us the pure ether,

so that we forget the persecution of the Tibil,

so that we may forget the persecution of the Tibil

and the wrath of the wicked and the liars.

Strengthen us our insight, our voice,

our enlightenment and our praise.

(With this, the great life connected you

and raised you up in an excellent way).

From the splendor and the light of my Lord Mandā d-Haijē

and from the peace of life rest a part on us.

My chosen ones! say:

Blessed be the voice of life,

blessed be the great lamp,

which is all light.

And blessed be the life.

Commentary

This "blessed and praised be the life" is the one called Šum bar Nū.

Then read "Blessed and praised be the life", that of the souls,

then read "Good is the good for the good".

Mandaic transcription

b-šuma ḏ-hiia

brikia u-mšabia hiia

brik u-mšaba šumaihun ḏ-hiia b-atar nhur

mšabit marai manda ḏ-hiia

anat u-hailak u-ziuak u-nhurak u-ˁqarak u-adiaurutak

mšabit ab iušamin dakia

br niṣubtun ḏ-hiia rurbia

mšabitun hiia tiniania

hiia ḏ-mn hiia hun

mšabitun šilmai u-nidbai

ˁutria naṭria ḏ-iardna

mšabitun nṣab u-anan nṣab

mšabin abun hibil u-šitil u-anuš

šuma u-riša ḏ-kulẖ šurbta

mšabit abatur rama

brika u-mqaima škinta rabtia ḏ-iatbatbẖ

mšabitun arba gubria

bnia šlama ḏ-alanpaihun ḏ-ṭabia napqia alanpaihun napqia ḏ-ṭabia u-malbišilun l-ṭabia ˁuṣṭlia

mšabit arqa ḏ-nhura brikia u-mšabia daiaria ḏ-bik

mšabit ˁuhra ḏ-rbia

u-dirka ḏ-šalmania

u-šbila ḏ-saliq l-atar nhur

mšabit naṣiruta ḏ-minik bhiria sabria minik sabria bhiria u-bagra u-zidqa mitangria mitangria bagra u-zidqa u-salqia hazilẖ l-atar nhur

mšabit iardna ḏ-mia hiia

ḏ-minak zakuta nsabnin minak nsabnin zakuta u-qabilnin dakia rušma abahatai hzun l-hiia u-masbiranai l-atar nhur ˁutria ḏ-nhura zakia abatur u-bnia šlama ḏ-qaimia l-hiia

mšabia nihuilun ruaha ḏ-hiia l-sabria ḏ-mn binan praš sabria aniia u-daniia u-tarmidia hu marai manda ḏ-hiia nihuilun b-ahid ˁda titqabal ṭabut hiia u-ṭabuta ḏ-hiia u-manda ḏ-hiia pihla ḏ-ˁl šum hiia pla kul man ḏ-zidqa iahib zidqa nihuilẖ b-ahid ˁda bhiria u-šalmania ḏ-iahbia zidqa b-dirkia kušṭa nisqun ˁhablun mn klil aiar klila klil ˁmra u-šima u-haduta u-zakuta u-ṭabuta u-rabuta klila mn ruaz gupna nitriṣlin b-rišaiin l-halin nišmata ḏ-ˁtiqria u-ˁtqaiam u-ˁtiršim b-haza masiqta u-dabahatan u-rabanan u-dahan u-dahuatan ḏ-npaq mn pagraihun u-l-dqaimia b-pagraihun mn ḏ-rbia b-rišaihun tarṣia mn ḏ-rbia ˁhablun l-ˁutria u-ˁutria l-tarmidaihun ˁhab asia ḏ-samẖ mia ata l-rahmak huilun asia asia l-rahmak huilun u<d>iahbẖ l-zidqa huilẖ b-ahid ˁda ḏ-asitẖ marai šrara ˁhablẖ ḏ-qaiim qudamak huziẖ u-la-tagzar ˁlẖ marai malka rama ḏ-nhura galaia ḏ-ainẖ galian b-aiia dina u-abid dina l-rahmẖ abidlan dina mn radpan u-mn radpia ḏ-radpilan u-mn bišia u-mšargzania ḏ-l-biš mithašbia ˁlan ˁu hinialak marai malka rama ḏ-nhura hzinan u-la-tagzar ˁlan hzinin l-halin nišmata ḏ-ˁthaimanbak ḏ-ˁl šumak dilak b-tibil qaima u-mitradpa hauinan aiar dakia ḏ-ridpa ḏ-tibil ninišiẖ ninišiẖ l-ridpa ḏ-tibil u-aiṭa ḏ-bišia u-kadabia agbar ˁlan bintan u-qalan u-ˁrutan u-tušbihtan b-gauẖ l-apuk u-tirṣuk hiia rbia mn riš b-riš mn ziua u-mn nhura ḏ-marai manda ḏ-hiia u-mn ruahun ḏ-hiia nišria ˁlan bhirai timrun brik qala ḏ-hiia u-mšaba pasimka rba ḏ-kulẖ nhur

u-mšabin hiia

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hazin brikia u-mšabia hiia ḏ-šum br nu qria abatar haka qria brikia u-mšabia hiia ḏ-nišmata u-haizak qria ṭab ṭaba l-ṭaba

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