Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 68

by Mark Lidzbarski

LXVIII.

Between the hidden and the shining,

between the light and the uthras,

between the hidden and the shining,

they stand there and question the soul.

They speak to it:

"Say, say, soul, who formed you.

Who built you, who formed you,

who was the man, your creator?"

The soul, the built, well-built soul, replied and spoke.

She replied and spoke

to the man who asked her.

She spoke to him:

"My father! One built me, one formed me,

one was the man, my creator.

One of the sons of salvation graciously took a part.

He wrapped me in a wrap of splendor,

took and gave me to Adam.

Adam in his simplicity

was ashamed because he did not know,

was ashamed because he did not understand.

Adam in his simplicity

took and put me in the corporeal trunk.

He took and put me in the physical hull of wormwood, bitter herb and...

The soul sits there and guards

the bodily hostel that is entrusted to it.

It sits there and guards it

until its measure and number is fulfilled."

When her measure and her number were fulfilled,

the solver went to her.

The loosener went to her and loosened her,

it led her away, who had bound her.

He who had loosed the soul went ahead of it,

he who had bound it came behind it.

The soul ran and reached the loosener;

The one who had bound it ran, but did not reach it.

The soul and the loosener

go to the place of life,

to the place whose sun does not set,

and whose lamps of light do not darken.

To that place

the souls are called and invited,

which have been called by this mass

and drawn by this sign.

They will see the great place of light

and the shining dwelling place.

And praised be the life.

Mandaic transcription

binia kisia l-ziua

u-binia nhura l-ˁutria

binia kisia l-ziua

qaimia l-nišma mšailia

amrilẖ

amar amar nišma

banak man

man bnak u-man banak

u-man hua gabra naṣbak

malil u-amar nišma

nišma bnina u-mbanana

malil ḏ-nimarlẖ

l-gabra ḏ-šailẖ

amarlẖ

ab had ban had banan

had hua gabra naṣbai

had mn bnia šlama

mnata b-ṭabuta lgaṭ

kanan b-knan ziua

u-nsib l-adam ašlman

adam b-tmimutẖ

bit ḏ-laˁda u-bit ḏ-la-praš

adam b-tmimutẖ

nsib b-ˁuṣṭun pagria rman

nsib rman b-ˁuṣṭun pagria

ḏ-gidia u-mraria u-ˁlqia

iatib nišma u-naṭar

špinza ḏ-pagria ḏ-paqadlẖ

iatib u-naṭarlẖ

alma ḏ-kilẖ u-minianẖ šlim

kḏ šlim kilẖ u-minianẖ

asgia šaruia ˁlẖ

asgia ˁlẖ šaruia ḏ-širiiẖ

u-dibrẖ man ḏ-ˁsrẖ

ḏ-širiiẖ l-nišma azil aqamẖ

ḏ-ˁsrẖ atia mn abatrẖ

rhiṭ nišma l-šaruia miṭiiẖ

rhiṭ ḏ-ˁsrẖ l-adaurẖ

nišma u-šaruia

l-atra ḏ-hiia mizlẖ

l-atra ḏ-l-arba šamšiẖ

u-šragia ḏ-nhura la-haškin

ˁlẖ l-hanatẖ atra

qriia u-mzamna nišmata

ḏ-ˁtiqria b-haza masiqta

u-ˁtiršim b-haza rušuma

nihzunẖ l-atra rba ḏ-nhura

u-l-daura taqna

u-mšabin hiia

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