Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 8


 * VIII.
 * How sweet the fragrance, how sweet the fragrance,
 * yes, for the mighty, first, alien life from the worlds of light,
 * the sublime one that is above all works,
 * for the ancient splendor and the first light,
 * for the life that came from life
 * and for the Kuštā that was from time immemorial at the beginning.
 * How lovely the fragrance, how lovely the fragrance,
 * indeed, for Jōka-bar-Zīwā,
 * who was great in splendor, rich in light and glory
 * I the messenger of the first men of tried righteousness,
 * who penetrated the worlds,
 * came, split the firmament, and revealed himself.
 * How lovely the fragrance, how lovely the fragrance,
 * yes, for Jōzaṭaq Manda d-Haijē, the fountain of life,
 * which shows silence and grants hope,
 * which keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls of the true and faithful, good and kind people
 * in the place of life and in the light dwelling.
 * How lovely the fragrance, how lovely the fragrance,
 * yes, for the father of the Uthras (i.e., Abathur),
 * the old, high, hidden, kept,
 * the man who sits there high above, hidden deep below.
 * He sees and understands what the worlds and aeons are doing in the worlds of darkness.
 * How lovely the fragrance, how lovely the fragrance,
 * yes, for the Škīnā of life and the planting of the Uthras.
 * How sweet the fragrance, how sweet the fragrance,
 * yea, for the Škīnā of the 4 men, the sons of salvation.
 * How lovely the fragrance, how lovely the fragrance,
 * yes, for the Škīnā of Abathur.
 * How lovely the fragrance, how lovely the fragrance,
 * yea, for the Škīnā of Hibil, Šitil, and Anōš,
 * the sons of the living, shining, resplendent, bright tribe,
 * the men who were not carried away by the sword,
 * were not burned by the fires,
 * were not swept away by the floods of water,
 * whose shoe-straps were not wetted by water.
 * They sought and found,
 * they fought and prevailed,
 * they spoke and were heard.
 * They are full, not less;
 * they are whole, not deficient;
 * they are victorious, not defeated.
 * They came from a louder place
 * and go to a louder place.
 * How lovely the fragrance, how lovely the fragrance,
 * yes, for the life of the men of our fathers,
 * the true, believing men who have passed away
 * and left their bodies and who still dwell in their bodies.


 * They witnessed, now the gate of sins is closed before them
 * and the gate of light is opened.
 * May they be granted the connection with Life,
 * for which there is no separation.
 * Pray for us from there,
 * and we will pray for you from here.
 * All fruits come to an end
 * and all fragrances pass away,
 * but the fragrance of life is raised for all ages and all eternity
 * for the friends of the name of Kuštā.
 * Without sins, trespasses, transgressions, stumbles and errors
 * these souls who descend to the Jordan and receive baptism
 * shall ascend and behold the great place of light and the light abode.
 * Praised be the great life in the light, the life is victorious.

Commentary

 * This saying "lovely is the fragrance, yes, for the first life": read over the incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the bank of the Jordan in a new bottle and new fire on the (furnace?), the helper of all sayings, which are spoken at the Jordan.
 * Then read here the (prayers of) baptism: "We confessed" (= LXXV), "Praises" (= LXXV, "You (live)" (= LXXVI) and "I lift up my eyes" (= XXXV), then read the baptism.

Mandaic transcription

 * riha ḏ-basim riha ḏ-basim
 * hal hiia rurbia qadmaiia nukraiia mn almia ḏ-nhura iatiria ḏ-ˁlauia kulhun ˁubadia l-ziua hatiqa u-l-nhura qadmaia u-l-hiia ḏ-hun mn hiia u-l-kušṭa ḏ-hua mn qudam briša
 * riha ḏ-basim riha ḏ-basim
 * hal iukabar ziua ḏ-kbar b-ziuẖ u-asgia b-anhura u-ˁqara šganda ḏ-bhiria zidqa qadmaiia ḏ-abar almia u-ata u-bza rqiha uˁtiglia
 * riha ḏ-basim riha ḏ-basim
 * hal iuzaṭaq manda ḏ-hiia niba ḏ-hiia ḏ-mhauia šidqa u-iahib sibra u-ahir bauata ḏ-ruhia u-nišmata ḏ-anašia kšiṭia u-mhaimnia ṭabia u-basimia b-atra ḏ-hiia u-b-daura taqna
 * riha ḏ-basim riha ḏ-basim
 * hal aba ḏ-ˁutria atiqa rama kasia u-nṭira gabra ḏ-ram u-iatib amuq u-ksia hazia u-pariš almia u-daria mahu ḏ-abdia b-almia ḏ-hšuka
 * riha ḏ-basim riha ḏ-basim
 * hal škinat hiia u-l-ˁnṣibat ˁutria
 * riha ḏ-basim riha ḏ-basim
 * hal škinat arba gubria bnia šlama
 * riha ḏ-basim riha ḏ-basim
 * hal škinat abatur
 * riha ḏ-basim riha ḏ-basim
 * hal škinat hibil u-šitil u-anuš bnia ḏ-šurbta haita ˁrta u-rauazta u-taqunta gubria ḏ-bhirba la ˁtinsib u-b-iaqdania ḏ-nura laˁqad u-b-ṭupania mia laṭap u-arqia msanun mia l-aˁṣṭba bun u-aška dan uzkun amar u-ˁštma malia hinun ḏ-lahun bṣiria šalimia hinun ḏ-lahun hasiria zakaiia hinun ḏ-lahun haiabia mn atra naqia ˁtun u-l-atra naqia azlin
 * riha ḏ-basim riha ḏ-basim
 * hal haiaiun gubria abahatan ḏ-anašia kšiṭia u-mhaimnia ḏ-šalim u-npaq mn pagraihun u-l-dqaimia b-pagraihun shad nistkar minaihun baba ḏ-haṭaiia u-niptalun baba ḏ-nhura u-nitlipun b-laupa ḏ-hiia ḏ-litlẖ psaqa anatun mn tam bun ˁlan u-anin mn haka nibia ˁlauaikun kulhun ˁbibia saipia u-kulhun rihania baṭlia riha ḏ-hiia triṣ l-rahmia šuma ḏ-kušṭa l-dardaria u-l-alam almia adinqia haṭaiia u-haubia u-skilata u-tiqlata u-šabašata nisqa halin nišmata ḏ-nahta l-iardna u-miṣṭiba nihzunẖ latra rba ḏ-nhura u-l-daura taqna u-mšabin hiia rbia b-anhura
 * u-hiia zakin
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 * hazin pugdama ḏ-riha ḏ-basim hal hiia qadmaiia qria l-riha u-sandlus u-atna l-qudamak l-kipa ḏ-iardna b-qauqa hadta u-nura haditia ˁl bit riha ḏ-nhaša adiauria ḏ-kulhun pugdamia ḏ-mitibdin l-iardna tum haka qria maṣbuta aidin u-tušbihan u-ˁlkun dilkun u-bit mišqal ainia tum qria maṣbuta
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