Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 54

by Mark Lidzbarski

LIV.

Jōkašar chose the otherworldly one,

he chose him, created him and established him.

He clothed him with splendor in abundance

and brought light in quantity

and covered him with it.

He lifted him up to the great place of light and the luminous dwelling.

In his own Škīnā he secluded himself,

and his soul found rest in his treasure.

As the living water shone forth from the house of life,

so may these souls, which have been brought forth,

strengthened and drawn by this mass, shine forth,

as well as those of our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters,

who have departed from their bodies

and who are are still in their bodies.

On the paved way and on the paths of the perfect ones,

may they ascend and behold the great place of light and the shining abode,

may they be established by Ptā, the great, first light.

And the life is victorious.

Mandaic transcription

bihrẖ iukašar l-braia bihrẖ u-qiriiẖ u-qaimẖ

albšiẖ ziua ḏ-npiš u-aitia nhura ḏ-kabir kasiẖ

u-asqẖ l-atra rba ḏ-nhura u-daura taqna

b-škinta ḏ-napšiẖ ˁtparaš u-ˁtnihat napšiẖ b-ˁuṣrẖ

ˁtiaiuria mia hiia mn bit hiia nitiaira halin nišmata ḏ-ˁtiqria u-ˁtqaiam u-ˁtiršim b-haza masiqta

u-dabahatan u-rabanan u-dahan u-dahuatan ḏ-npaq mn pagraihun

u-ˁl ḏ-qaimia b-pagraihun

b-ˁuhra mikta u-b-dirka ḏ-šalmania nisqa nihzunẖ l-atra rba ḏ-nhura u-l-daura taqna u-nitqaima b-pta nhura rba qadmaia

u-hiia zakin

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