Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 9

by Mark Lidzbarski

IX.

Lifting up the eyes,

lifting up the waves of the countenance

toward the place that is all

gates of splendor, light and glory,

splendor and beauty,

splendor and honor,

toward the dwelling place,

which is all luminaries,

I adore, glorify, and praise

the mighty alien life,

the second life,

the third life,

Jōfin-Jōfafin,

Sām,

the well-kept Mānā,

the vine that is all life,

and the great tree that is all healings.

I adore, glorify, and praise

the dear, well-kept place,

the hidden, guarded Mānās,

the Lord of greatness from the hidden place, from a hidden Place,

Pihtā,

... Kuštā

and faith.

I adore, glorify and praise

Sām-Smīr,

the great Splendor of the first life,

the son of the great, first life,

who pondered and realized and desires His own.

Above the waves of the water rests his Škīnā.

The Kannā of the souls that came out of him will rejoice and embrace him

on the final day when the souls depart from their bodies,

and they will ascend and behold the outer ether and the light dwelling.

I adore, glorify and praise

the great shining beings

and the mighty, great light beings.

I adore, glorify and praise

Piriawis,

the great Jordan of the first life, who is all healings.

I adore, glorify and praise

Jōšamīn the Pure,

who dwells by the treasures of water and by the mighty upper springs of light.

I adore, glorify and praise

the life

that came from life

and the Kuštā

that was from time immemorial in the beginning.

I adore, glorify and praise

Jōkabar-Zīwā,

the messenger of life and the word of the first men of proven righteousness.

I adore, glorify and praise

Abathur,

the ancient, high, hidden, kept, who is hidden and kept high above.

At the gate of the house of life a throne is founded for him.

He sits there, while the scales are set up before him, weighing works and reward.

He sees and recognizes what the worlds and aeons do.

I worship, glorify and praise

Mandā d-Haijē, the Lord of healings,

the man whom life called and commissioned to heal the tribe of souls.

He strips them of their darkness and clothes them with light.

He lifts them up and shows them the essence of the great peace of life,

in the place where the spirits and souls of our ancestors dwell,

clothed with splendor, covered with light,

while the great peace of life is before them.

I adore, glorify and praise

Šilmai and Nidbai,

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

who are appointed over the great Jordan of life,

who perform the great baptism, of light.

And life is victorious.

Mandaic transcription

mišqal ainia arumia gilia parṣupai

l-atra ḏ-kulẖ tiria ḏ-ziua u-nhura u-ˁqara hadra u-šupra šaia u-ˁqara

l-daura ḏ-kulẖ pasimkia

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-hiia rurbia nukraiia

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

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-atra iaqra u-smira

u-l-mania kasiia u-nṭiria

u-l-mara ḏ-rabuta mn atra kasia u-mn atar ksia pihta ṣarka kušṭa u-haimanuta

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-sam smir ziua rba ḏ-hiia qadmaiia br hiia rbia rišaiia ḏ-haš u-praš dilẖ baiia ˁl gilia miia šaria škintẖ kana ḏ-nišmata ḏ-minẖ dilẖ ata l-iuma b-atraia kḏ napqa mn pagraiin b-dilẖ hadia u-mitkarkibẖ u-salqia hazilẖ l-aiar b-araia u-daura taqna

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-ziuia sagiia

u-l-nhuria rurbia kabiria

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-piriauis iardna rba ḏ-hiia qadmaiia ḏ-kulẖ asauata

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-iušamin dakia ḏ-šria ˁl ˁuṣria ḏ-mia u-ˁl mambugia rurbia ˁlaiia ḏ-nhura

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-hiia ḏ-hun mn hiia

u-l-kušṭa ḏ-hua mn qudam briša

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-iukabar ziua šganda ḏ-hiia u-malala ḏ-bhiria zidqa qadmaiia

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-abatur atiqa rama kasia u-nṭira ḏ-ram u-ksia u-nṭir ḏ-ˁl baba ḏ-bit hiia kursia rmilẖ u-iatib muzania triṣ qudamẖ taqil ˁubadia u-agria hazia u-pariš almia u-daria mahu ḏ-abdia

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-manda ḏ-hiia maraihun ḏ-asauata gabra ḏ-qiriuia hiia u-paqduia lasuiia kana ḏ-nišmata mašlilin hšuka u-malbišlin nhura masiq u-mahuilin ˁit ruaha rba ḏ-hiia dukta ḏruhia u-nišmata ḏ-abahatan qadmaiia iatbia ziua lbišan u-nhura mkasia u-hauia ruaha rba ḏ-hiia l-qudamaihun

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana

l-šilmai u-nidbai ˁutria trin padibrẖ ḏ-manda ḏ-hiia ḏ-hinun mšalṭia l-iardna rba ḏ-hiia ḏ-hinun ṣabia maṣbuta rabtia ḏ-nhura

u-hiia zakˁin

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