Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 13


 * XIII.
 * I went down to the Jordan,
 * not I alone,
 * Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,
 * went down with me to the Jordan.
 * Hibil, Šitil and Anōš
 * went down with me to the Jordan,
 * who performed the great baptism of life.
 * Piriawis-Zīwā and Piriafil-Malākhā
 * strengthened me the limbs of my body.


 * I descend before these souls whom life redeems,
 * saves and keeps from all evil,
 * from those who do not give and take,
 * who do not lend and get repaid,
 * from the Dēws who ran and did not reach,
 * from the Liliths who fell and did not get up.
 * Their hands sank to their knees,
 * their eyes became blind that they could not see,
 * their ears became deaf that they could not hear.


 * In your name, Šilmai and Nidbai,
 * with the power of Hibil, Šitil and Anōš
 * bind, seal and keep these souls who go down to the Jordan
 * and are baptized with the signet ring of Jōzaṭaq Mandā d-Haijē,
 * the physician whose power no one can match.
 * And life is victorious.

Commentary

 * Read until you reach "Piriafil-Malākhā strengthened me the limbs of my body" and get into it up to a quarter of your yours.
 * When you baptize a soul, say "of my body. I descend before this soul of the NN".
 * If you baptize several souls, read as it is written.
 * In the place where it says "bind, seal and keep them", say (for one soul) "bind, seal and keep this soul of the NN". Place it in front of you and then read the saying from the staff.

Mandaic transcription

 * l-iardna asgit lau balhurai
 * šilmai u-nidbai adiaurai minai nhit l-iardna
 * hibil u-šitil u-anuš minai asgun l-iardna ḏ-hinun ṣabia maṣbuta rabtia ḏ-hiia
 * piriauis ziua u-piriapil malaka prulia handamai qumat ˁhut l-qudamaiin ḏ-halin nišmata ḏ-hiia mparqilin u-mšauzibilin u-mnaṭrilin l-halin nišmata mn kul ḏ-biš u-mn ḏ-laiahbia u-nasbia u-mn ḏ-larašin u-mitpiria u-mn daiuia ḏ-rhiṭ u-l-amṭun u-mn liliata ḏ-npal u-l-aqam npal ˁdaihun ˁl burkaihun ˁiauar ainaihun mn mihzia u-ˁṭaraš ˁudnaihun mn mišma
 * b-šumaikun šilmai u-nidbai
 * u-b-hailahun ḏ-hibil u-šitil u-anuš
 * ˁsurinin u-hutmunin u-naṭrunin l-halin nišmata ḏ-nahta l-iardna u-miṣṭiba b-ˁsqta ḏ-iuzaṭaq manda ḏ-hiia asia ḏ-ˁniš b-hailẖ l-amṣia
 * u-hiia zakin
 * s_____a


 * qria alma ḏ-maṭit piriapil malaka prulia handamia qumat u-nhut alma l-rubaia ḏ-aṭmak ˁu hda nišimta ṣabit amur qumat ˁhut l-qudamẖ ḏ-hazia nišimta ḏ-plan ˁu nišmata ṣabit qria kḏ ḏ-ktib u-dukta ḏ-amar ˁusrunin u-hutmunin u-naṭrunin amur ˁisruia u-hutmuia u-naṭruia l-haza nišimta ḏ-plan u-qaimẖ l-qudamak u-haizak qria pugdama ḏ-gauaza
 * s_____a