Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 77

by Mark Lidzbarski

LXXVII.

In the name of life.

You, Life, are to be praised, worshipped, glorified, blessed, the first life, the second life, the third life, Jōfin-Jōfafin, Sām, the well-kept Mānā, the vine that is all life, the great tree that is all healings.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Oṣar-Hai and Ptā-Hai,

who create the creation of life,

plant the planting of light,

and found the first image in the house of life.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Nbaṭ,

the first sprout, the outflow from life as its epithet.

To praise, to adore, to glorify, to bless

the Lord of the great, high fruit,

who blossomed and made to blossom

and created the great fruit for himself.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Jō-kabar-Zīwā,

who was mighty in his splendor,

great in his light.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Jō-zaṭaq Mandā d-Haijē,

the life that came from life,

the Kuštā, which was from time immemorial at the beginning, which was great in its splendor from the worlds of light.

To praise, to adore, to glorify, to bless

Has,

the container of splendor, splendor, light and glory.

1,000 times 1,000 are its shoots, 10,000 times 10,000 are its tendrils.

Hail to him who has seen that tree.

Bihrām, who saw it, received life, light, healing and endurance, and his name did not die.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Ṣa-naṣēl

who stands at the gate of life and prays for the spirits and souls.

He shows silence, grants hope, and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls of the true believing men at the place of light.

To praise, to adore, to glorify, to bless

Hai-jašum-Kuštā,

the messenger of life,

the word of the first men of proven righteousness,

who penetrated the worlds, came, split the firmament and revealed himself.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Bhaq-Zīwā,

who is called "He acted and succeeded in his Škīnā".

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Jōkašar,

the container of splendor, who grants splendor and shows light.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

the valiant Birjawiš-Kannā.

The Kannā realized that he was great in his splendor.

To praise, to adore, to glorify, to bless

the ether, the pure vine,

which rests in the great, high treasure of light.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Jōšamīn the pure one

who rests by the treasures of water and by the mighty springs of light.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Taurēl-Uthra,

the man who rests by the concealment of water. From the little finger of his right separated and fell solidification in the Tibil, came consuming (fire) in the world of the lie.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Adatan and Jadatan

who stand at the gate of life, praising and upholding life and praying for the spirits and souls of the true believing men at the place of life.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Šilmai and Nidbai,

the two Uthras, the messengers of the Mandā d-Haijē.

Who, through the Kuštā, cause and effect life,

who, with the testimony of life, baptize the living, shining, bright, resplendent souls

who go to the Jordan with Kuštā, not in the name of idolatry and Christ.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Šum-Hai, Rhum-Hai, Īn-Hai, Zamar-Hai,

the 4 men, the sons of salvation,

who meet the truthful, believing men and bring them under the bands and ? the hands of the wicked,

under the nails of the (evil) plotting men,

and lift them up to the great place of light and the shining dwelling place,

fit them into fellowship with life,

and build them into the great structure of truth.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

Hibil, Šitil and Anōš,

the sons of the living, shining, resplendent, light tribe,

the men who were not carried away by the sword,

were not burned by the fires of fire,

were not washed away by the floods of water,

whose shoestrings on their feet were not wetted by the water.

They fought a legal battle and won whether, searched and found, ran and arrived at the great place of light and the shining dwelling.

To praise, to worship, to glorify, to bless

the Uthras Ṣihiūn, Pardūn and Kanfūn,

whose name is each separately in the house of life,

the Uthras Adam the Hidden, Bihrām and Rām the Great,

whose name is each separately in the house of life, whose epithets are two.

Also the name of the true believing men

was established in the place of light.

Your name shines,

your name is bright,

your name is pleasant,

your name is established,

your name is victorious,

and victorious are the words of the Kuštā,

which come out of your mouth, over all works.

Make victorious and strengthen this my soul of the NN,

and life is victorious over all works.

Mandaic transcription

b-šumaihun ḏ-hiia

ˁlkun dilkun hiia

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-hiia qadmaiia

u-l-hiia tiniania

u-l-hiia tlitaiia

u-l-iupin iupapin

u-l-sam mana smira

u-l-gupna ḏ-kulẖ hiia u-ˁlana rba ḏ-kulẖ asauata

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-ˁuṣar hai u-pta hai

pahtia pihta ḏ-hiia u-naṣbia niṣubta ḏ-nhura u-šaknia dmuta qadmaita bit hiia

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-nbaṭ

nibṭa qadmaia ṣurik hiia b-kinianun

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-maria pira rba u-ˁlaia ḏ-hu pra u-paria u-šauia pira rba l-napšiẖ

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-iukabar ziua

ḏ-kbar b-ziuẖ u-asgia ba-nhurẖ

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-iuzaṭaq manda ḏ-hiia

hiia ḏ-hun mn hiia u-kušṭa ḏ-hua mn qudam b-riša ḏ-kbar b-ziuẖ mn almia ḏ-nhura

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-haš

kana ḏ-hidra ziua u-nhura u-ˁqara ḏ-alip alip hauin nigbẖ u-ruban ruban hauin luatẖ ṭubẖ ḏ-hiziẖ l-ˁlana hanatẖ bihram ḏ-hiziẖ hia u-nhur u-ˁtasia u-ˁtqaiam u-lamit šumẖ

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-ṣanaṣˁil

ḏ-qaiim ˁl baba ḏ-hiia u-baiia l-ruhia u-nišmata mhauia šidqa u-iahib si[b]ra u-ahid bauata ḏ-ruhia u-nišmata ḏ-anašia kšiṭia u-mhaimnia b-atra ḏ-nhura

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-haiašum kušṭa

šganda ḏ-hiia u-malala ḏ-bhiria zidqa qadmaiia ḏ-abar almia u-ata bza rqiha u-ˁtiglia

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-bhaq ziua

ḏ-hu mitiqria ḏ-abad u-kšar b-škintẖ

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-iukašar

kana ḏ-ziua ḏ-ziua iahib u-nhura mhauia

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-biriauiš

kana hliṣa haš kana ḏ-kbar b-ziuẖ

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-aiar

gupna dakia ḏ-šria b-ˁuṣar nhura rba u-ˁlaia

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-iušamin dakia

ḏ-šria l-ˁuṣria ḏ-mia

u-l-mambugia rurbia ḏ-nhura

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-taurˁil ˁutra

gabra ḏ-šria l-kisia ḏ-mia ḏ-mn hiṣra ḏ-iaminẖ gṭa npal tihua b-tibil hua akla b-alma ḏ-šiqra

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-adatan u-iadatan

ḏ-qaimia l-baba ḏ-hiia

u-l-hiia mšabia u-miatria u-baiin l-ruhia u-nišmata ḏ-anašia kšiṭia u-mhaimnia b-atra ḏ-hiia

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-šilmai u-nidbai

ˁutria trin padibrẖ ḏ-manda ḏ-hiia ḏ-abdia u-mabdia hiia b-kušṭa u-b-sahduta ḏ-hiia ṣabin nišmata haiata ˁrata taqunata u-rauazata ḏ-b-kušṭa masgian l-iardna lau b-šum alahuta u-mšiha

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-šum hai rhum hai ˁin hai u-zamar hai

arba gubria bnia šlama ḏ-atin alanpaihun ḏ-anašia kšiṭia u-mhaimnia u-mapqilun mn tutia asaria ˁdaihun ḏ-bišia u-mn tutia ṭupraihun ḏ-gubria mhašbania u-masqilun l-atra rba ḏ-nhura

u-l-daura taqna laipilun b-laupa ḏ-hiia u-banilun b-biniana rba ḏ-šrara

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-hibil u-šitil u-anuš

bnia šurbta haita ˁrta rauazta u-taqunta gubria ḏ-bhirba la-ˁtinsib u-b-iaqdania ḏ-nura la-ˁqad b-ṭupania mia laṭap u-arqia msanun ḏ-bligraihun mia la-ˁṣṭba dan u-zkun bun u-aška rhiṭ u-maṭun l-atra rba ḏ-nhura

u-l-daura taqna

l-šabuhia l-iaquria l-raurubia l-barukia

l-ṣihiun u-pardun u-kanpun

ˁutria ḏ-had had hauia šumaihun bit hiia

adam kasia bihram u-ram

ˁutria ḏ-had had hauia šumaihun bit hiia u-trin trin hauin kinianun u-ˁtqaiam šumaihun ḏ-anašia kšiṭia u-mhaimnia b-atra ḏ-nhura nahur

šumak u-taqun

šumak u-basim

šumak u-mqaiam

šumak u-zakia

šumak u-zakin pugdamia ḏ-kušṭa

ḏ-napqia mn pumak ˁl kulhun ˁubadia

zakiẖ u-qaimẖ l-haza nišimtai dilia p’ br p’t

u-hiia zakin ˁl kulhun ˁubadia

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