Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 18

by Mark Lidzbarski

XVIII.

In the name of life.

Pirjawis, the great Jordan of the first life,

which is all healings,

flames like splendor in the Tannā.

When the life flamed,

when the life rose by the great effulgence flaming in it,

the life rose

and founded a Škīnā above the Tannā.

The splendor heated up,

and the Tannā melted.

Water was created and arose,

and life found permanence in its own water.

It set up Jūr in Jür,

and life was glorified by its own splendor

and the great splendor that flames in it.

The life set up the life in the water.

Over the water the fruit blossomed up and settled the Škīnā.

Great Jordan of life!

I address you by the treasure of light,

the great support and rest of life,

by Jōšamīn,

the pure one who dwells by the treasures of water and the springs of light,

by Jōsmīr,

the man who was united with the water,

by Adatan and Jadatan

who sit at the gate of life and pray for spirits and souls at the place of light,

Šilmai and Nidbai who bear witness before the great first life:

look upon these souls who go

from collapse to construction,

from error to truth,

from the abodes of worship of the deity of the house to the great place of light.

If he to whom I speak

hears whom I call,

shows himself firm,

enters into communion with life

and allows himself to be built into the great edifice of truth,

I will be to him a helper, escort and guide to the great place of light and the shining abode.

If he to whom I speak

does not hear whom I call,

does not show himself firmly,

he will be called to account.

I will not be called to account for the sake of truthful speech and the raising of the Jōkabar-Zīwā.

Life stands firm in its Škīnā, life is victorious.

Commentary

Then read, "In the name of the great life. Everyone who has the strength and whose soul loves it, come, descend to the Jordan, be baptized, receive the pure sign, Put on the vestments of splendor and put on the crowns of their heads.

(b) Here baptize the souls.

They shall go down behind you and be immersed 3 times, while thy olive staff is at thy left hand.

Grasp them with your left hand, turn them to the right and place them between you and your olive staff.

Submerge her 3 times, grasp her with your left and draw her 3 times with your right, while, her face is turned toward the gate of prayer.

(c) When you draw her, say,

"N, son of N! You are drawn with the sign of life,

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

You are marked with the baptism of the great Bihrām,

the son of the mighty (life). Your baptism keep you and be successful.

The name of life and the name of the Mandā d-Haijē is pronounced over you."

Give them 3 handfuls water to drink and say to them,

"Drink, find healing and endure, the name of life and the name of the Mandā d-Haijē is pronounced over you".

Read "Mandā created me" over the myrtle wreath and place it on their heads.

When you place your hand on their head, read these secret names:

(d) "The name of the great hidden first spring is pronounced over you,

and the name of the great first palm is pronounced over you.

The name of the great Šišlam is pronounced over you.

The name of the great Ezlath is pronounced over you.

The name of the great Pawar is pronounced over you.

The name of the Simath-Haijē is pronounced over you.

The name of the great Jōhabar is pronounced over you.

The name of the Mānā and his likeness is pronounced over you.

The name of the great mystery and secret sayings is pronounced over you.

The name of S'haq, the great first radiance, is pronounced over you.

The name of Sāms, the pure effulgence, the beloved, great, first firstborn, is pronounced over you.

The name of life and the name of the Manda d-Haijē is pronounced over you".

Then hand them Kuštā, and they shall go up before you.

(e) Then baptize your bottle, fill it with water, and hand it to the one standing on the shore. Baptize also your bowl, then recite the song "At the head of the waters I went forth" (= LXXXII)

(f) and "Blessed be you outer gate" (= XX) and read the fortification for the Jordan

(g) When you read "Bound be the sea" (= XV), "A perfect Gimrā am I" (= XVI), "Trembling, trembling hasten away" (= XVII), "Piriawis" (= XVIII) and all that is written, if it is 2, 3 or more souls, say, that it is written, if it is one soul, say "the soul of the NN who descended to the Jordan, was baptized and received the pure sign". Pay close attention to your act of baptism.

Mandaic transcription

bšuma ḏ-hiia

piriauis iardna rba ḏ-hiia qadmaiia ḏ-kulẖ asauata kḏ ziua iaqid b-gu tana

kḏ ˁqad hiia u-nbaṭ hiia b-ziua rba ḏ-iaqidbun

sliq hiia u-škan škinta ˁlauia tana ham ziua pšar tana pta hun mia u-ˁtqaiam hiia b-mai ḏ-napšaihun u-qaiim iur b-iur u-ˁtraurab hiia b-ziua ḏ-napšaihun u-b-ziua rba ḏ-iaqidbun u-qaiim hiia l-hiia bgu mia ˁlauia mia pira pra u-škinta škan

iardna rba ḏ-hiia madkarnalak b-ˁuṣar nhura simaka u-niaha rba ḏ-hiia b-iušamin dakia ḏ-šaria ˁl ˁuṣria ḏ-mia uˁl mambugia ḏ-nhura b-iusmir gabra ḏ-laupa luat mia hua badatan u-iadatan ḏ-iatbia ˁl baba ḏ-hiia u-baiin lruhia u-nišmata b-atra ḏ-nhura

šilmai u-nidbai ḏ-sahduta qudam hiia rbia qadmaiia msahdia hzunin l-halin nišmata ḏ-napqia mn hbila l-biniana u-mn ṭiˁia l-šrara u-mn daria dahalta ḏ-alahuta ḏ-baita l-atra rba ḏ-nhura hin ḏ-ˁmarlẖ u-ništma u-dqrilẖ u-nitqaiam u-nitlip blaupa ḏ-hiia u-nitibnia b-biniana rba ḏ-šrara ahid ˁda u-paruanqa u-mdabrana huilẖ latra rba ḏ-nhura u-daura taqna hin ḏ-ˁmarlẖ u-lanišma u-dqrilẖ u-l-anitqaiam hu ništaial u-ana laˁštaial b-mimar kušṭa u-qaiumia iukabar ziua u-qaiamin hiia b-škinatun

u-hiia zakin

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haizak qria b-šuma ḏ-hiia rbia kul man ḏ-ˁtbẖ haila u-rahma napšẖ nitia u-ninhit l-iardna u-niṭṣba u-niqabil rušuma u-nilbiš ˁuṣṭlia ḏ-ziua u-nitriṣ brišiẖ klilia raizia (b) haka ṣbinin l-nišmata u-ninihtun mn ˁhurak u-niṭimišun tlat ṭmušiata u-margnak l-smalak nihuia lgiṭinun b-smalak u-ahdarinun l-iaminak u-autibinun binia dilak l-margnak uṭumšinin tlat ṭmušiata u-lgiṭinun b-smalak u-ršiminun tlata zibnia biaminak u-anpaiin l-baba ḏ-buta nihuia (c) kḏ rašmatlin amur plan br planita ršimit [u]brušuma ḏ-hiia šuma ḏ-hiia u-šuma ḏ manda ḏ hiia madkar ˁlak ṣbiit b-maṣbuta ḏ-bihram rba br rurbia maṣbutak tnaṭrak u-tisaq l-riš šuma ḏ-hiia u-šuma ḏ-manda ḏ-hiia madkar ˁlak u-ašqinin tlata hupnia mia u-amarlin šut u-ˁtasia u-ˁtqaiam šuma ḏ-hiia u-šuma ḏ-manda ḏ-hiia madkar ˁlak u-qria manda qran ˁl klila ḏ-asa u-truṣlin b-rišaiin u-kḏ matna ˁdak ˁl rašaiin qrinun lhalin šumhata kasiata

(d) šuma ḏ-aina rabtia kasita qadmaita madkar ˁlak

u-šuma ḏ-sindirka rba qadmaia madkar ˁlak

šuma ḏ-šišlam rba madkar ˁlak

šuma ḏ-ˁzlat rabtia madkar ˁlak

šuma ḏ-iauar rba madkar ˁlak

šuma ḏ-simat hiia madkar ˁlak

šuma ḏ-iukabar rba madkar ˁlak

šuma ḏ-mana u-dmutẖ madkar ˁlak

šuma ḏ-raza rba u-pugdamia kasiia madkar ˁlak

šuma ḏ-shaq ziuẖ rba qadmaia madkar ˁlak

šuma ḏ-sam ziua dakia bukra habiba rba qadmaia madkar ˁlak

šuma ḏ-hiia u-šuma ḏ-manda ḏ-hiia madkar ˁlak

u-haizak pšuṭ kušṭa minaiin u-nisqa l-qudamak (e) haizak ṣba qaninak u-muliiẖ mia u-ahbalẖ lman ḏ-qaiim l-gidha u-ṣba niarak u-haizak rmia ˁniana briš mia nipqit (f) u-brikit tira baraia u-qria qaiamta ḏ-iardna (g) u-kḏ qarit ˁsir iama u-gimra ana gmira u-zha u-ˁtazha u-piriauis u-kul ḏ-ktib ˁu tartin ˁu tlata ˁu napša hauia nišmata amur kḏ ktib ˁu nišmata hda ˁu amur nišimta ḏ-plan ḏ-nhit l-iardna u-ˁṣṭba u-qabil dakia rušuma u-balak l-maṣbutak

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