Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 73


 * LXXIII.
 * In the name of life.
 * It is a well-sealed letter
 * that goes out from the world.
 * A letter written with Kustā,
 * sealed with the signet ring of great ones.
 * Perfect men wrote it,
 * faithful men secured it.
 * They hung it around the neck of the soul
 * and sent it to the gate of life.
 * The soul in its wisdom
 * pressed her nail on the letter.
 * Her nail she pressed on the letter,
 * put it in shine and covered it,
 * dipped it in light and covered it.
 * How was it that Daium saw
 * that the soul was carrying the letter?
 * How was it that Daium saw it
 * while her 7 sons were gathered around her?
 * These said:
 * "Who wrote the letter,
 * whose secret no one knew?
 * Who wrote the letter
 * that is sealed with these constrictions?
 * With Kuštā the letter is written,
 * sealed with the signet ring of great ones.
 * Perfect ones wrote it,
 * faithful men secured it.
 * They hung it around the neck of the soul
 * and sent it to the gate of life".
 * The soul flies and moves along,
 * until it came to the guardhouse of the 7.
 * When the chief tax collectors caught sight of it,
 * they whispered and said:
 * "Who wrote the letter whose secret no one knew?
 * Who wrote the letter that is sealed with these constrictions?
 * The letter is written with Kuštā,
 * sealed with the signet ring of great ones.
 * Perfect ones wrote it,
 * faithful men secured it.
 * They hung it around the neck of the soul,
 * and sent it to the gate of life".
 * The soul flies and moves along
 * until it came to the watch house people.
 * The watchmen bowed their heads,
 * and the soul passed by the watchmen.
 * The soul flies and moves along
 * until it came to the water brooks.
 * When it arrived at the water brooks,
 * the outflow of brilliance went to meet it.
 * He seized it by the surface of the right
 * and led it through the water streams.
 * The soul flies and moves along
 * until it arrived at the house of life.
 * When it arrived at the house of life,
 * it sent its call to the house of life.
 * When the life heard its call,
 * it sent a companion to meet it.
 * He seized her by the flat of the right hand,
 * he led her,
 * and she was supported on the image of life,
 * at the place where the shining beings,
 * the light beings and the shining ones
 * placed her among the Uthras
 * and set up among the luminaries.
 * They erected an ather wreath on her head
 * and led her out of the world in splendor.
 * The life supported the life,
 * the life found its own;
 * life found its own,
 * and my soul found what it hoped for.
 * And the life is victorious.

Commentary

 * Up to here read about the oil bottle, while it is boiled in clay up to its mouth.
 * Let it be pure clay from the Jordan.

Mandaic transcription

 * b-šuma ḏ-hiia
 * ˁngirta mhatamta
 * ḏ-napqa minẖ mn alma
 * ˁngirta b-kušṭa kiba
 * u-htima b-ˁsqat rurbia
 * kidbu šalmania
 * u-zarzu gubria mhaimnia
 * tiliu b-ṣauar nišma
 * u-l-baba ḏ-hiia šadru
 * nišma b-hakimutẖ
 * ṭuprẖ ˁl ˁngirta alaṣ
 * ṭuprẖ alaṣ ˁl ˁngirta
 * atna b-ziua kasiẖ
 * u-auṭip ba-nhura kalalẖ
 * mna hzatẖ daium
 * l-nišma ḏ-ˁngirta dria
 * mna hzatẖ daium
 * kḏ knipilẖ šuba bnẖ
 * u-amria
 * man kidbẖ l-ˁngirta
 * ḏ-ˁniš brazẖ la-ˁda
 * man kidbẖ l-ˁngirta
 * ḏ-b-halin miṣria mhatma
 * ˁngirta b-kušṭa kiba
 * u-htima b-ˁsqat rurbia
 * kidbu šalmania
 * u-zarzu gubria mhaimnia
 * tiliu b-ṣauar nišma
 * u-l-baba ḏ-hiia šadru
 * pahra u-azil nišma
 * alma l-maṭra ḏ-šuba mṭa
 * rab maksia ḏ-hiziuia
 * mdandmia u-amria
 * man kidbẖ l-ˁngirta
 * ḏ-ˁniš b-razẖ la-ˁda
 * man kidbẖ l-ˁngirta
 * ḏ-b-halin miṣria mhatma
 * ˁngirta b-kušṭa kiba
 * u-htima b-ˁsqat rurbia
 * kidbu šalmania
 * u-zarzu gubria mhaimnia
 * tiliu b-ṣauar nišma
 * u-l-baba ḏ-hiia šadru
 * pahra u-azil nišma
 * alma l-maṭaraiia mṭa
 * maṭaraiia kbaš rišaihun
 * u-nišma ˁl maṭaraiia ada
 * pahra u-azil nišma
 * alma l-hapiqia mia mṭa
 * maṭuiẖ hapiqia mia
 * hu ṣurik ziua alanpẖ npaq
 * ligṭẖ b-pras iaminẖ
 * u-hapiqia mia abrẖ
 * pahra u-azil nišma
 * alma l-bit hiia mṭa
 * maṭuiẖ bit hiia
 * qalẖ l-bit hiia rma
 * hiia ḏ-šimuia l-qalẖ
 * šadar alanpẖ paruanqa
 * ligṭẖ b-pras iaminẖ
 * u-dbar ba-dmu hiia asmkuia
 * dukta ḏ-ziuia u-nhuria
 * u-pasimkia
 * lapuia binia ˁutria
 * u-qaimuia binia pasimkia
 * klil aiar traṣlẖ b-rišiẖ
 * u-rabut apquia mn alma
 * hiia smak l-hiia
 * u-hiia dilun aška
 * hiia aška dilun
 * u-aškat nišmat ḏ-msakia
 * uhiia zakin
 * s_____a


 * alma l-haka qria l-šiša ḏ-miša kḏ matna b-ṭina alma l-puma ḏ-šiša u-ṭina dakia nihuia mn iardna
 * s_____a