Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 36

by Mark Lidzbarski

XXXVI.

In the name of life.

I adore, glorify and praise that great, hidden, first Mānā,

who dwelt 999,000 myriad years in his own Škīnā alone,

to whom no comrade had approached

except that great, hidden, first Mānā,

in whom he dwelt and became great.

Then I adore, glorify and praise that great, hidden, first Nituftā,

from which had arisen those who had dwelt 144,000 myriad years in their own Škīnā alone,

to whom no comrade had approached.

Then I adore, glorify and praise Sar,

that great, hidden, first vine who dwelt with them.

Then I glorify, exalt and praise Pirūn,

that great, hidden, first vine

from which 880,000 myriad of Uthras arose.

From them and those Uthras arose an Uthra

whose name is "the great face of glory,"

the smallest among his brothers,

the oldest among his fathers.

Mandā d-Haijē, the equipped Uthra, taught, revealed, and said,

"Over every Nāsōraean who says sitting

'you first life is established'

and establishes the Pihtā,

damnation will come from the house of life."

But I am established by the light of life.

And the life is victorious.

Mandaic transcription

b-šuma ḏ-hiia

sagidna šahabana u-mšabana l-hak

mana rba kasia qadmaia ḏ-hua tšima u-tšin u-tša alpia ruban šnia b-škinta ḏ-napšiẖ b-alhudẖ ḏ-lahua atalẖ ṣauta l-bar mn hak mana rba kasia qadmaia ḏ-huabẖ u-rbabẖ

tum sagidna šahabana u-mšabana l-hak

niṭupta rabtia kasita qadmaita ḏ-minẖ hun ḏ-huat ma u-arbin u-arba alpia ruban šnia b-škinta ḏ-napšẖ b-alhudẖ ḏ-lahua talẖ ṣauta

tum sagidna šahabana u-mšabana l-hak

šar gupna rba kasia qadmaia ḏ-hua luataihun

tum sagidna šahabana u-mšabana l-hak

pirun gupna rba kasia qadmaia ḏ-hun minẖ tmanima u-tmanan alpia ruban ˁutria minaihun u-mn hanatun ˁutria hua ˁutra hda ḏ-hu parṣupa rba ḏ-ˁqara šumẖ zuṭ ahẖ u-qašiš abahatẖ

apriš u-galil u-amar manda ḏ-hiia ˁutra mzarza kul gabra naṣuraia kḏ iatib nitab u-nimar mqaimitun hiia qadmaiia u-pihta nipta agzarta tihuia ˁlẖ mn bit hiia u-ana ba-nhura ḏ-hiia mitqaiamna

u-hiia zakin

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