Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 19


 * XIX.
 * Mandā created me,
 * Uthras strengthened me,
 * they clothed me with splendor,
 * covered me with light.
 * Hazazban set the wreath on the head on me, NN,
 * as well as those souls who go down to the Jordan and are baptized.
 * Its tendrils shine,
 * and its fragrance is pleasant.
 * It does not wither or come apart,
 * and its leaves do not fall off.
 * And blessed be the life.

Commentary

 * This is the saying for the wreath at baptism.
 * Read it over the myrtle garland
 * and place it on the head of the souls you baptize.

Mandaic transcription

 * manda qran
 * ˁutria qaimun
 * ziua albšun
 * u-nhura kasiun
 * hazazban klila traṣlia b-rišai dilia p’ br p’t
 * u-l-halin nišmata ḏ-nahta l-iardna u-miṣṭiba
 * ḏ-aluatẖ nahra u-rihẖ basim
 * ḏ-lašahia u-lapaiia u-aṭirpẖ minẖ l-anatar
 * u-mšabin hiia
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 * hazin pugdama ḏ-maṣbuta hu qria ˁl klila ḏ-asa u-truṣlin b-rišaiin l-nišmata ḏ-ṣabit
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